The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

E1rrfA2Z AN -
s.Elor. wsiA IL has s the rsy ~ a.
10 The ots~r ~crhi -.
The mother Z Fssssace sss1nd sas
world loneiy ~ishca, ksac. . i-Asgs
wb~a he al eAme he her IA - - -
other ~orsd. too. ~ Sra y srsef~
her % tAink Il lssvins Der istss grit
htpd hus abe sas rsiies~i e Ia
,rssbl. IN = vsv asexPrcisd azaFr
Her sister. NJ. DornSs. ksd tArr~
shflirn. ani tAsy al ler hsr n "a HAan'
da,. A .hart and stofrny voyage tae'
ma.te in thai II-sa,ed lit;ls craa shS'
IA. CARED 81 snany other ShiAtrsa oEvi
the daYk waters and shSh &c cas-
aiphshsrsa has these al rvschsi "a
desired h.srn. and IL made 40 NAME
81 aiscrencS to them hos they -
there. OF whs<ker their ssss IN tAi'
world vas icusvr CO shorter
Then Mr. purnisr sajd she ur-ah
lii. faiiencc for her osa hsilr stri. q
the orphan vas provided With = Assae
and the mother sas rvssevcd os bet tas'
earthly anxiety.
Yoa wilI tank. perhaps. that siliAsss
things made Paii-acr vsTy dGll and an
happy. DO; such was Roi the case oas
das she VS. froileiag 90 the eessh'
when a tall. gaanl iancrcAl somsa,
who had heez watching her for ssras
tlme. suddenly lad hcr hzad On hei
shoulder, a. Il abe hsai been the sherts.
and was arrrsting faissuce for ssrns
crime. and asked. siernit
How can yuu carr ga 80 9 yoaI
DANe f.fhrr 4. ~ the eserkaF
II thought my father vas IN Heavvn.
said Patience. opening her black eyes
very wide.
80 he ia; least. I hope he -"
said Miss MINI.
We'll. how can he be in two places
al oucc7'' asked Patience.
Miss Mum was nj = lcss whsi % ~
swer. and Patience went on
II know he lcf his body IN the ocean.
but he doesn't al u any more. Aunt
Jane aid so. Thcrp ar- yer ~ many
pretty things down in the ocean Father
used Ia tell me about IL Did You ever
see the coral he brought me. and the
Whistles tcoih3 I'll show them Ia You
some time.
Little heathcn,' muTmurvd Miss
MINI. ~ she turned away anil pursued
her walk ia disgust
But that was not what Par@ou Hawly
said when Mss MINI related the Incl
dent to him. How these little ones
pu; Ia shame our unbclicff' was his re-
Spouse.
81 neither the occan-gravu Of her
father nor the green graves 81 her
mother aud cousins made her sal. She
thought they were all happy away be-
yond the stars. somewhere. AMI she
was going there. too. some time. and
what Was there Ia cry about la thatP
As for Mrs. Dormer. or Aunt Jane.
she missed her children. Of course.
but not n she would IL she hail been
rich. because she had not time. That
Is "a sivantsgc that poOr people
have over their more prosperous neigh
borS. And although the Doriners owned
the pretty little white cottage which
was their home. they had nothing he
sides. and were dependent on their daily
toll for their daily bread.
Patience wa only nine years oil.
but she found many WAYS in which her
nimbls little fingers and willing feet
could be ~ use. She could set a table
and sweepa floor quite nicely. and IL
a real pleasure Ia her 90 carry her
uncle his dinner when his work took him
al far away that he could not spend
time To come home at noon.
Besides this she often earned q few
pennies by doing errands for Miss MINI.
who was a dress-maker. and frequent
ly wanted some triiling articles from
the stores which IL would have been
very i~nconyenient for her Ia 90 for
herself.
She had n signal which Patience un-
derstood. IL was 10 hang n towel out
Of the window. This had gone on for
months without any trouble Mt all, al
though Miss MINI wa not rcckuned a
pleasant woman Ia deal with. when an
event occurred which threatened Ia dis
solve the partnership altogether.
Miss MINI wanted materials Ia finish
Mr.. Hawly's dressing-gown. and IL must
be- finished that night IL she sat up Till
midnight; so she told Patience:
LIT wiz come to just forty-Gye cents.
and as ] have given you a dollar. there'l
be tfty-iiye cents back. You see, don't
you?"
'Yes'm."
Its a great deal 81 money To trus. n
child like you with; so be careful. and
stop To play by the way. I shall
know IL there's a cent missing"
"Tn be very careful" said Patience.
and she tripped away with the money
her mitten.
She made her purchases and returned
once stopping by the way; for
although she wa several times acssgs,ed
by persons who knew her. she only re-
turned their greeting with a smiling
good-morning.
There was q girl who was no, so
easily shaken Of. IL was Becky SE~iyy.
who was sliding on n few feet III ice by
roadside. and called To Patience IN
stop and slide with her; bu; Pa,ieuc.
only shook her head.
here are you going so fast1'' per-
'fsted Becky. grasping her cloak.
Don't stop me-" pleaded Patience;
u Miss MINI Won't, like H."
"Who cares for Miss Miunr' said
But Patience wa already free. /
hurrying on. When she reached
VI, mum upDI. 0cI CHfsks were IA
rel "a her mi,tens. with the keen No.
air.
Here - the bundle. and here"-
he was going to say. "and here 4. the
money" but when she pulled OF her
nit;en the money was (; there. She
hook her mit,en. and turned Il, wrong
Iide out. She felt in her pocket: she
ooked up her sleeve. IL was no u.e
The money was not there. Mis-. MINI
stood regarding her through
,er spectacies in q manner tina, boisd
10 good 10 Patience.
"WsiiF' said she At length. and all
he judgments of he law seemed con-
'entrated in that one word.
I've lost IL. oh. I've lost itr' said
'aiience-
Don't sdd 10 your sin BY telling lie.
Ibout H." said Miss MINI .Coofes.
What you've done with the o,
I will be worse for your
AZ she spoke she ciutehed her ehx.s-
aine and Patience found herself won.