The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-11
TIE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
One Case wherein 70 hid Run smooth

..Oh YES" said Phubc Ann "that
is what | thought"
She looked back over her shoulder a
she spoke and then trottcd "n with 4
w~atcr-pail ia her hand and a pink calico
'.lo@-cabin " "n her head, down along
the worn foot-path, where blue i>icr-
nodded Ia stately shafts Of "~oldcn-ro'l
tha; seemed Ia dip with sunshine, and
where crickcts made merry among the
clover leaves and frin"cd %cutian.
Overhead the poplar leaves stirred
and ruS,lcd Ia each other, though all the
other tree, were still. Something was
"uiu" on In the air that hone but they
knew about. None, unless il might lac
Phdbc Ann. Little enough went on
above or below that she didn't know of
or "a, least guess AT.
Yes, this is what thought and what
| expected and what | SAID" she rc-
pratcd, a. she stopped To ill her pail NJ
the spring.
1t never made any difference ia
Phoebe Ann whether She had a listener
any more than il did 10 1.-THE poplar leaves,
for she WAS always sure of one sensible
nearer.
However. when she came back with
the pail dripping and spillin" ON the
knot ~rass and plantain leaves all ;i'e
way. She found Eugene Mo~scr"ft slttin"
ON the hcn-coop shaping a spoon out oi
"A slender stick of hnNwoud.
..'Swhat | said remarked Ph"'hc
Ann, nndding hospitality when She saw
him.
Ten wears before there WAS n" such
boy II Eugene Mo>Scroft, for all
he looked a. though he had been in the
world always and always would he
looking lust ~ out of his cat-Shapcd
eyes. But here he was now fast enough,
come 10 live with his aunt, Mrs. Pru-
drncc MuS>crnft, in a low. Quakcr-c"i-
orcd cottage behind the Westinghouse.
Mrs. Mo>>croft WAS a small woman
with a slender nosc, and Il bunch OF
Sihcr-@ray curl> on each side of her
face that looked like clusters Of Malaga
n She ought, herself. Ia have
hrcn born a Quaker. but her mother
didn't know il. So she was born a Meth
oii>t She had had a husband and
MANY children. hut they had long been
lNinmin a @rrcn row Ia the graveyard
on the hill and she had lived alone with
a Quaker-colorcd cat, a flock Of Quak-
c~r-culorcd hens and some Quakcr-col-
"Icd knitting-work till Eugene came Ia
live with her. And Eugene came an,
went 80 softly that he added not much
more la the noise ot the house than the
tick of the old ci"ht-day clock ana the
purrinm IF the old eat.
And now here he was sitting ou
Pho.hc AIMS ~hcn-cnop. looking a,
much AT home and i'm his place II,
though he grew there, like the lichcn>
and moss on the great rock 10y the
spring.
said what?" said he. nodding back
Ia Phwhc without looking up from hi,
work.
"SGiEt Why. | said that sooner ~
later we should have i'crrin'S girls ou
our hands, whether or no. Tell me
Well. | knew all the time. A. well H.
know now, that in the chi Perrin would
Get uneasy for salt water and off he'd
20 again. Not but That we'd rather
haze the children Il ourselves, mother
and |; 'ti>n't that. Only | do hate {,
see folks 81 simple. What did he want
Ia 90 and Law out good money Ia bUl
that place for when he was sure tn want
Ia sell out Just when prices are al
down. That Is what | ALWAYS said and
always shall saw. And so, The fool,
amt all dead vet" continued PhGbt
Ann with a violent shake of the head
walking away into the house and paw.
ing no more attention To Eugene han il
he were 4 bit of lichen. sure enough,
and She had been only talking To herself
all the while. Eugene looked after hel
with a little wild wonder. and then NJ !
ca;-bird in the cherry tree over his head
But the cat-bird had her eve on a honey
bee that she proposed breakfasting up
on. and paid no mor attention to Eu
gone than Ph9be had done: and a:
Phgbe Ann did not appear again, Eu
gene turned back To his whiting anC
whiStling till the Westinghouse bel
rang for noon, and then went home L
dinner.
He found out about PERKINS, girls yer,
soon. however. Ii seemed that Perrin
WAS Phoebe AIMS brother. "A ~Sea-captair
who lived in a little house in Haverill
when he didn't live on the ocean. Blu
his wife died, and after tryin" for
year or 50 la keep on with a houSekeep
er, he had given up trying, and had sol,
his house and was bringing his littl,
girls To live with their grandmother an,
aunt at Plumridge. while h
started off 10 60 around the world on
merchantmen. The little girls ha,
brown eyes and brown curls and prett
pink cheeks, and they always smile,
when people spoke TO them nd said
'sif YOU please" and 18th: YOU
Amy wa 10 and Katy was 9 arS old
and they looked As much aEhc rs tw
birds on a Dough.