The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-12
Tsai,x the shears.


Ms MAtF wh~~l~k. zifs Il that ED
pioneer xad snIsResiiy rsspected cStissn
a ihs: usrne. hesc~i svvr th~ haaistsr
Tie ether rs1raiag znA answered hlm
The shsArs Nky. iA~y z<v n<kt
doxu ihsTc -onrxAoES- waS nssn<
ih.rn not Gfs Minutes 40
The Mar ~zn.ea them "a trim e \
horsr-bAnkr. ~ th~ barn. asi he
marched into The .sitin<-rrrm AL up ;o
The family ~ars hk.sxs- az v-ur~z thy
se-v there. he tanhlsSi a bal q yarn.
9 paper Il piEs. q haif nAis Ezrr~ni. a
bstton-hsx and . Tin-CGshsvn - &C The
Arr. male \ dive Aasung SLssns,
~ursi~i. ihrcad~ Asd dsFnsax a,~tars.
and tbs shoars dsi nd ;nrn up Ne
.sozsi ibe w~oTk-baskss % - Bod. hat
Il a. no god. Thea Ne ~va; over "a
tie whS;-no; snd rzkod OF thrse ~ issr
nhasnsraph.. rA;ii0i down j.. Il shs{is
and kn-ked of two ho<ks, bu; tAr
shssrs sefr No, there lie was r~t IN
III. face A. hc wva; INTO the hal aEi
called oai
IL cant Cad hide nor hair Il en-.
and | dout believe yoa ever had Any' -
"Nsv kSsk sgsin-thA,'. q gsra
nan" ,he replied. II kaow thsy an
night there
The MAJOR gUi doEn on hanals Aaa
knees and k-shei under ;hc louagr. No
shears. Thea be s,o-Si up and kssed
on the manfel. The nezrrss sppsusrh
- shears there ~as q beat hair pm
Thea he walked sround and surveyed
each window-sill. a.i gave the work.
basket another racket.
IL tell you there aint IN shears. or
else I'm blindcr'u : bat be shouted
from the hall after ne bad si'en The hall
tree a looking oyer.
WIN, MAJOR. how impasien, You
areir
"There's M impaiiencs shsout a. l
tell You the shears Aint here No one
can ever find ans thing in this house
| had 90 look n straight hour the other
day IA find a ginle,,'
Ill YOU don't sec them In the bed
room I'll come down
He entered the bedroom. glanced over
the bureau and stand. puliei the shans
off the pillows end whirled the pillows
around. and then took down \ haIr-oil
bottle from = bracket and looked into IL.
The shears were not In the bottle, nor
any where else. Stay They might
have been carried under the bed by tha,
mysterious household til. which carries
articles from room Ia room In an inyisi-
bic manner. He crawled under. bumped
his head on the stats. got dus; in IN.
throat, and Was backing out with blood
IN hls eve, when his wife called out
"Why, what On earth are YOU afier2'
after, After he sliou,e,. as he al
most coughed his head off "im after
them Internal shears"
..Why, here they are, They we're
lying in my sewing chair, right IN plain
sight
al don't believe it'll never believe
H. I looked into that chair over ten
thousand times!"
..Well. there they are"
III. no such thing You've host 'em
or pawned 'em ar traded 'em for gum.
You've no more order ia your house
than an old cooper-shop''
lie walked past the chair into the ball
and Wa going ou, when she called
dear, aren't you going % take the
shearsr"
"Shears? What shears I'm going
over Ia the store and buy me a pair al
shears, and If any human being in this
house ever puts a finger On 'em they'll
suffer for il, I'll see il | cant have a
pair of shears in nv house after being
married for upwards Of forty-three
years"
And he pulled down his hat aud slam
med the door with all his might A. he
went out.-Detron Free Press.