The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25

ana grown 10 gracious maidcn-height
III III sersed i'm Heavenly lore and way,
white-Nesfed rs the angles are
10 very light OF very light,
somehow, somewhere you keep the day.
18th those new fricnds-whom .'ncw" we call,
DIN VINO are dearer now than We
no pcttcr known by face and name;
ana so they smile and say: How tall
~ cnliu becomes, how radiant-she
VINO was so little when she came"
Pariing. we count your eighteen years
ritecn In Heaven. on earth but thrce-
M try TO shape you grown and wise.
Bnt all Is vain: there still appears
MY the child you used To be
our baby with the violet eyes.
-SUdn CoOtid0e, IN ". i. h~depcndent.
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The LOST DIAMOND SNUFF.BOX.
The grand old Kingdom of England,
n h course of the messy centuries
you can count over its head, has had
Is times of gloom and depression ~
hangers that looked near, and its times
pf shouting and rejoicing over dangers
Is brave men have driven way quite
put of sight again.
One of the deepest seasons of gloom
was when the French Emperor. Ma
poleon, had conquered one country
~ auollitl, hUll lutIt was Ssdlttlf
anything but England left TO attack;
and one OF the p%roudcst times Of %rcjoic-
Ing was when the Iron Duke" Wei
pington, and the bluff old Prussian,
Blucher. met him At Waterloo, defeated
his armies and drove him from ahe
held. There we're onfires and bell ring-
ingsthen, and from thatd day onward En-
gland loved and cherished every man
who had fought at Waterloo-from the
Iron Duke himself down to the plaincst
private. every one was a hero and a
veteran.
In one of the humblest houses of a
proud nObleman's estate, a low, white
washed cottage, one of these veterans
lived not so very many years ago. he
had fought by his flag in n OF the
most gallant regiments until tho last
hour of the battle, and then had fallen
disabled from active service for the
rest of his life.
That did not seem to be of so very
great consequence, though, just now;
for peace reigned in the land, and with
his wife and two beautiful daughters 10
love, his battles TO think over and his
pension TO provide the bread and coffee,
the old soldier was rs happy as the day
was long. 1t made no difference that
the bread and the coffee were both
black, and the clothes of the veteran
were coarse and seldom new
"Ho, Peggy" he used to say to his
wife, "my cloak is as fine as the one
the Iron Duke. wore when they carried
me past him Just as the French we're
breaking; and as for the bread, only a
veteran knows how the recollection of
victory makes everything taste sweetn'
But it seemed IA if the old soldiers
life was going To prove like his share in
that great day at Waterloo-success
and victory till the end had nearly
come, and then one shot after another
never get over.
The first came in the midst OF the
: beautiful summer days. when the bees
droncd through the delicious air, the
rose-bush was in full bloom, and the
old soldier sat i'm the cottage door re-
yelling in it all. A slow, merciless
fever rose up through the soft ART
did not venture near the high ground
where the castle stood, but it crept
4 noiselessly into the white-washed cot
tage, one night, and the soldiers two
daughters were stricken down. THIS
Twas the beginning of terrible trouble 70
the veteran of Waterloo. Not that he
minded watching, for he vas used to
standing sentry all night, and as for
nursing. he had seen plenty OF the
hospital; but TO see his daughters suffer.
ing that was what he could not bear,
And worst of all, between medicines
and necessaries for the sick, the three
, months pension was quite used up,
and when the old soldiers nursing had
pulled through the ~fiercenesS of the
fever. there was nothing but black
bread left in the house-and black
bread was almost the same rs no bread
at all to the dainty appetites the fevel
had left; and that was what he had'tc
think of, and think of, as he sat in the
r cottage door.
..Bahr' said the old soldier. with
something more like a groan than was
ever heard from him while his wounds
were being dressed, 81 could face al
the armies of Napoleon better than
this"
And he sat more and more in the
cottage door. as if that could leave the
trouble behind; but it stood staring be,
fore him, all the same, till it almost
shut the rosebush and the bees out O,
sight. But one morning a tremendous
surprise came to him like a flash gu,
of the skyi He heard the sound ol
galloping troops. and he pricked up his
ears. for that always made him think OF
acavalry charge.
..Who goes there?" he cried; but
without answering his challenge the
sound came nearer and nearer, and q
lackey i'm full livery dashed up to the
door, and presented him with a note
sealed with the blood-red seal of the
castle arms. 1t was an invitation to
dine at the castle with a company OF
noblemen and officers of the army.
His lordship. who had also fought al
Waterloo. had just learned that a com
rade was living on his estate, and made
haste to do him honor. and secure q
famous CUES. for his dinner party.
The old soldier rose up proudly, and
gave the lackey a military salute.
Tell his lordship," he said, 81 shall
report myself at headquarters, and pre-
sent my thanks for the honor he has
done me-"
The lackey galloped off, and the vet
eran pushed his chair yer with his
wooden Lac. and clattered across the
cottage floor.
~Ho, Peggy he cried, "did l not
saw that luck comes and trouble flies il
o only face the enemy long enough?
This is the beginning of good things, j
TteD YOU! A hero of Waterloo, and fit to
Z dine with lords and generals. will GER
tainly have other good fortune coming
to him, till he a keep his wife and
dsuphters like princesses.. Just wait a
hit and you shall see!"" and he turned
hastily away. for his heartscame up in
his throat so that he coull. not speak.
All the rest of that day he sat in the
Adoor. brushing and darning and polish
;ng his stained uniform. 1t had lain
abandoned on the shelf for many a
year. but before night every button was
Ginning like gold, the scarlet cloth was
simost fresh once more, and the old
soldier. wrapped in his faithful cloak,
making mis- way joyfully across the
hesthery moors to the castle quite al
the other side.
But when he had fairly reached it,
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