The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-23
M-..an NI.mT. COON M
MISS RUTiI'S EXPERIMENT.

" never thought To see Sam Shcr-
hurnc uniu- go the had. bat he's on the
same road with the Brown BOYS. cutting
round nights. and NO ialkiu will keep
them aj home. The S~herburnc~ are t,
b" piiici, Tor Sans the nnly one left. 80
The heart j. dcccitful above all
things and desperately wicked. returned
the old -'ur"-kccpcr. in "a tome of fullest
conviction. Satan has an easy field
IN thr ri~in" generation. II does seem
a~ i; he latter day> were nigh at hand.
Nlrket,&c~~ cTup- oUt IN the last place.
you'd expect tu find il. II does beat al
q" think how the Lowgatc boys seem la
be- ~uiug.'
Nj Ruth turned away with e rpack-
are and walked swiftly down the village
street, "a trim. dainty figure in her dark
cloth dress. The words RANG i'm her
ears, e. /; does beat all to think how the
IpWgI', huNS seem 10 Ice mninw." Her
path lrI over the Common 10 q square
brick house. thanked 10y a low wing on
either side and a broad piazza which
held promise of summer cheer. Great
Gins anal naples were st i'm lines M to
lh. mass IF uuihuillin~>. At the hack
Wa an orchard, the guarlcd AMI twisted
aprlr-trr.- standing u dark against
'he evening ky. Ruth Shiycrcd a little
a~ ID. booked. then ran up the steps,
and. Ihr 'Wiuw off wrapping~ on the ia-
hlr iu Dee broad hall entered a room
warmed. and Just now lighIcd.h y an old
fashioned Franklin stove. the shining
brass irudr" and andiron> cleaning in
%" 'e-hin- freight.
SO thee has come. Ruth" said Il
placid voice. and Aunt Mercy Dysart
i'aA,,i mp from h"r knitting and smiled
go: -ay -irl. vino drew a low chair Ia her
side aud sat down with only IN answer
iuy smile. NOW. with the light full up
uH hey face. could see that She must
hr considerably over -. There were
grave lines about the mouth. and her
firm chin and broad forehead needed
ali th. Sweetness in eve and smile to
contradict the impression IF >icrnnc>S.
Proud a. Lucifrr. the village peo-
pile said. and Ruth. who wanted Ia he
friends with all. found il hard Ia work
against thi> impression. Her WAYS
seemed strange and unfamiliar 10 them,
and 20 flavor of the ancient feeling f"r
her house and name still tinctured pres
cut Thought; and made the old people
SAY.
shes a Dy~art. an what else do YOU
hook for hut high notions and plenty of
thcm2"
Ruth n length raised her head and
turned Ia Aunt Mercy. who had been
looking I'll her from time L. time. know
in- she should ~ron hear what the girl
hat to SAY. These two were closest
friends, and exchanged experiences and
opinions with ~ much freedom a. If
forty wears did not lie between them.
And Ruth >pakc now ~ if all that had
gone before were perfectly understood.
I've thought il all ont. Aunt Mercy,
and You and must do something. We
cant let them 90"
"Wrll. child2"
- really believe | should 20 10 the
bad myself in the same place. Do Won
know that with all nv re>ource>-witb
a hundred things to think about that
mean nothing t. them-I get - OPP
pressed with the m~onotonv. with the in
tense ana horrible diiIRcSS. that | want
a team Ia run away, or anv thin" 10
happen that VIII rouse Us one moment.
Aunt Mercy. those bows will hc~in 10
6Ink-or do any thing that will give a
new sensation and bring a sense of life
and by and 10y there will by one or
tw" or three more reckless. swearing.
IounTin~ creatures ike the Car>onS in
the other village. have begun % be-
leVc villages like this are doomed 10 de-
Structi"n. and that New England viii
turn into New ireland unless something
i done 10 make them places where some
zeal life can be found. Aunt Mercv,"
Well. child?"
ID You know. | took up an old
county history to-day. Forty wears aro
There were 800 nor people here than
nov Every man has gone West ex-
eepi these old one who are almost
ready Tor the mex world. and lust a few
who hold on because they were born
here and whose sons viii oct away As
fast a. they can. OF course the mill
brings a certain class, but their lives are
a JnNlc>> Il life IL a treadmiU. And
Yet here i this lovely country. and
these Farms that ought 10 be homes and
not prisons. Now. don't Won Sunnosa
II possible I" stir up some sense of pride. |
some paJriotism-if that is the word
something that viii make these boys
willing % stay, and viii give them some
thing 10 think about? Aunt Mercy. I
have "A plan. Now listen, and see what
You think"
Tea first. child, and thee NAV talk
aflerward- Thee should be hungrv.-
II believe | am" Ruth said, as Lin