The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25

.Now MIRA Ross" sssi Mauir. -
,hs f,.,ea.hxlrrd dslty. III yaa stA at
sss, ,t.il. AMI aos mass soar Fiak dso'A
I s.il Tel! tVu sssty.
1t an ptpng stuFS. Ma AsF.
and /; IA a males s ss"fy IL pes
a rcall,. trai, slory. shoat What hsP
I.eusd .. . la,ls gal; Ne sss l~ssAtug.
Meta iioscT giving he f'hh-H"hsd
lassiu = liitlp shake,
Mel one. on = tan. shsro Sas a
little earl .l.Hst - bg 10 ~. she
lived in a pFuity house. With hcf patA
and mana.a and her bis efother aad
SISTER. but sAs sazai q bit happy. na.
NOS q single bstl
IAN the iuie girl. IN story took'
have golden cuTls. snd mssst All raj
littla giri. have light hn,sa saT or
black hair. bat ssis !alls gEls hssf
wasn't ike aayb.iy sa&s sit sas r"i,
just ihhs ol tbsi. Meta Rpss. Nhat
,hoald ,ou 10 IL yoar haiT vas rsd. al
stead of light and fadyf
Hut this little girl soashin't have
felt 80 very bad sboal 70. osIs hsf man
ma wouldn't lsl her WEAR u hong Ani
crimpcd like the other itas gifis she
PLAYED with No. her papa tVsk hrr -
the barber > one day. "a hs cat q "f
lust as Close with sone horTtt. gFcat
scissors. and then he brushed Il lpSa
smooth ar,i tight whheut putting The
least mite OF chfl Ia IL anf the itiin
ssl sent lsotnc ssfi cried and cried AMI
cried.
And her brother said. What makr.
YOU cry. Eed-TopY' and that n ,Ia her
cry ali the harder. And that's al about
her hair!
Then this little gihr.nose wasn't
straight and pretty. so folks wouldn't
keep talking about II. lac other hdtla
girls noses II was real short ansi
turned up Mt IN. end. and everybody
that am "a see her mamma saii.
Where did she get such q pus n"sor
And when her sister gps NAL st her
abe called her .r'uggy.' which male the
little girl feel real bal. aud sometimes
when her sister wan . looking she'd
cry. And that's all about her muse
This little girls face wash al nies
anil white. with Just pink cheeks. like
yours. Meta R.se. IL was frscklsd all
over, and she could never run nlt du-,rz
without her hat. like other little girls.
for her mamma'd always say:
Don't Jorge, Ygnr hssi triiuxe
must make that child n sunb bonnet:
she's getting = frcckled she won't bs
III 10 be seen
sometimes her papa called her
Spotty. for fun; bid u meyer Was funny
n bit. Meta Rose. And that's all about
her frecklas.
Then there was one other dreadful
thing tha, made the little girl feel 80
bal. aud that - she was fat.
Everybody said. What a little
dump you are md u dy her sktrr
said. Come. little Fatty. run up -tssr.
md get nv book and When tks tfils
girl got up stairs She w.nt and bid In
the garnet and cred amt criei'
Big folks don't seem To think Bal.
girls have any feelings. Meta Rose. aud
they keep hurting them every day.
when / get to be big and ses say-
body with red hair aud fr.cklss and n
little pug hose and real fat. III say,
: lou re just n darling. and I love YOU
rs well rs IL you hal yellow. c,rIy hair
aud looked Ike other little girls ani
then won't that little girl be glad,
But Da.1edy kBo.sviha, ihi. .Ints
girl cares II thy do car her spot;y ansi
Piggy and Red.Top. bccanse shsrs 80
pre-oud thst she laugh. n. hard whea
u : all cry inside. And that. the ensi
Of the story, Meta Rose. and It's every
word true
Mamie's hair IL jus, ~ bright a collar
a u was on the dsy she tod her dolls
this long story about her.eii. and IL vii
be many mouths before IL sill be long
enough 10 fall in glossy waves over her
plump shoulders.
Blu, she does no, seem IN be unhappy
about It any more. for bcr brother new
er calls her Red-Top now
Her dimpled face show. "A many
fTeekies af il used. bat papa meyer rs-
mind. his little giys ~ them by eslling
her Spotty. No % would suppose hs
Mamis's roly poly figure has gry~a
no more slender since that dsy. sef
her nose turns up as abruptly a ever;
but the nirkuamss II Paits aud Pn1xy
sssin tn be forgotten. and the it'll. v-rt
70 . ighi-hesrtssf and merry "a any .l
her fsir-hsiEsd. fnectIels~ playmates.
IL may be hat somebody stole softly
Upstairs one afternoon sssf overheard
tos story that was told Tn Meta Ro~e-
haes4 T. DO0d. IN loaisas ESBspaaIoa