The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-23
now CELIA wgOrE A Cvnr0si
riON.

tEItA Nas tSrfts Nte<s 49,
, hule gid nj her leSspns. 40 :" DC
q, the bead of her classes. and = genrfa
iavoule in sshoal No matter Aos ca
or hard he ies~un. the hsi BITE fsee
10 brighten as the teacher marked u o.
Ia the class wss SURE to be ,eita
! Browns herr tho ns<s vcicc tosSrlsin
..Oh. | reckon sc can ses Il II ne ut
right hard, aud I certainly VIII do
tAs.
Accordingly. Miss Melissa Vas pre-
pared To receive = bright look - sciai.
escencs from Celia. a. least. when shs
one morning announced to he htt'e
| class that . eomposi;Ioa would Do es-
p~cted from each one on the Friday al
the following week. bu; she wss dtsAp-
| pointed To her surprise. Ceiias tacs
said a plainly ~ words could have
spoken. :" cant possibly do ~. Miss
Nelson, and It's OF no sort Ut use to
try"
What are We To write n compost
tion ahs,a. Miss NelSoas' asked ooe
girl. whose face msiched Ceiia's IN cx-
PRECISION. II don't know enough 20
TEL Of any one single thing In this whole
worldr'
| Miss Nelson stnuc2-
..Oh. YES. you do. my dear" she rv-
piled. pleasantly. II think you win
ind you know something worth telling
about sal when you put on yoar think
ing-cap and make up your mind 10 Try.
At any rate, that IL what I expect you
to do try! And ! will let YOU know
af,@rwsrd how nearly you have sue
oreded Ia my satisfaction"
Celia brown never said n word She
jus; closed her lips tightly and shook
her head in utter despair. II Wa Of no
use to talk IA her; = composition she
could not write. Pages OF spelling.
hall the grammar OF ~geography. miles
81 arithmetic. would not have dsunted
her anything like the mere word com
! position. She could no, think II any
thing else that afternoon. aad nj th.
tea table she looked 81 distracted and
vas 81 unusually silent, thai her big
brother Tom. Just home from college.
desired to BE- told IL her tongue had
gone out 10 spend the evening.
30 sister. how you dad practice your
music lesson this afternoon" aided
little Willie; ''you just banged and
tore ! / reckon she didn't count her
one. two. ihrec's much. mamma
Mamma. Miss Nelson has told NIL
the girls in my class % write u compor
sition FOR mex Friday" said Celia. dis
regarding her brothers personal ro-
marks. and looking ansiously at her
mother; land 4 know I can't do II.
/ just couldn't do II II IL would save my
life; I would rather undertake to recite
seventeen chapters 6f history
.Nonscnse," said her father. laugh
ing; lit is quite time you learned To
use you mind in composition seven
teen or twenty-seven chapters Of history
will not do YOU half the good that sir
lines Of carefully-written composition
will DO. And you will no, ind u dihi-
cult. Celia. IL YOU do not make up your
mind against H. Did Miss Nelson give
you 4 s~ubjectP"
"Yes. papa-salt." was the reply. in
n Disguised tone. The idea Of such n
subject | can't think how ANYTHING
interesting could be written upon salt!'
'.Oh, write about the cat exclaimed
Willie. Il wouldn't write about salt.
either; nasty STUFF just write on the
cat Ill tell you exactly what 20 say;
4 a write a composition Pooh It's
t4sy w VI iii utAEliL1 tHas UIE "
school. Now you just write this. The
CAT Il a real nice animal It's got three
white feet and one black one. It's gt
a spot on its breast. too. IL has four
dear little kittens; and IL washes her
face every morning with her paws. She
iicks her face-this amt nice: but what
can you expect from . poor silly cat?
II don't know any better. And ours l.
named Thomas Matilda, after nurses
brother and sister,
Bravo. Willier' exclaimed his IA
Their. joining in the hearty laughter Of
the others II the little boy. $50 YOU
can write o composition. I'd advise
sister TO call on you for help. by all
means"
That composition might do for you.
Willie. dear said Celia, stih laughing;
''but / think IL would sound rather queer
TO Miss Nelson"
why. you needn't care Aosc II
sounds. Need she, papaf She Just
tells every single BIZ she knows. That
is the way I'm going to do when I write
compositions"
''fhss 10 tclerably sound advice"
said her mother. looking as her. with Q
smile ..yust put the thought of how
il viii sound' quite cut Of your mind. 1
and write down al you know about
salt"
The nexf day was Saturday. About
ten O'Clock Celia sat down AZ the little
table in her bedroom. and made up her
mind TO try.
'.Saltr' she wrote At the top ii her
paper. and den there came an awful
pause. .-Oh. dear. rh1f shall 7 say about
IL? sSzlt! sat- Well. I'm sure
doars ksow rAaf /, 10 exactly, unlee
IFS saks and here Celfs' thoughts were
interrupted b. = laugh FRI &c, old
Webster" she continued. thinking
aloud LETS see now and she
whiried the leaves rapidly 70 the SIS
UNI here IL il: 'Salt-ehloride of
sodium-s substance used for seasoning
certain kinds Of food. end for the
preservation of meat, etc IL IL found
native in the earth, or IL is produced by
evaporation and crystallizasion from
water impregnated with saline PARTICLES
Well l do declare. II that's all Mr..
Webster hAs 20 say shout szif, how
should Ibe expected TO know any more,
The idea, Why. Idon't know any more.
and 1 don't know that. Well I do say
Miss Nelson is unreasonable" Celia
wrigyied herself nearly OF her chair.
sighed groaned- famed herself. BIZ
her panhandle. snd finally, n WILLIS 1
call. jumped Up aud ran from the room I
leaving tho composition ssin 70 be ]
written. z
She and her little brother mounfed =
the see-saw in the garden. and during .
this pleasant pastime Cells interro2a,- :,
Cd him upon what he knew sbouf sal, =
VILE didn't know mach. bot what hsl
did know he geperously told /
~Saik" "a inI0Emed ber. VS. WY II
rood 20 make ice-cream with n4s ID
eows liked salt" he also told her. al q
thooxh he didn't d
Celia laughed 50 - this that she 81