The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-29

Did .hs lsasr any chiidruaF
Yes. this lit "a a chlli."
.. And ~ho'ii take herr"

iNt sitr lfafH any shtt4ifNRf y
"Ie-. this BE "a a chai."
And who'll take h~rF"
81 don't know. We arc veTy pss,r
around here. sir. ts1t wc msis, nssi hsr .
plao. .omewheFe God kslp tho
girl. for she i ali alone nos ~
The ssxion hsi called ~ an obi -
ment house on iafayst Street Ia >
take a body tai paupsF'. Geld sha i~
II ons whozc life had h-nen ~ura ussi ,
the triad mill "a hnng.T Snd ,iesFtr
Nnl=pdy knrs that the mother Sss i-sl
hardly suspected that she "a. 81. HH
~ one morning this child appeared a
nrighhoF's door and quietly sail
"Woail You be affsii IA cslne ~
lo my house. for fsa h dead. and ~
keeping awful sii,i. snd I'm afraid =,
talk - her when sks won't ~ans~etF
The mother bad been dead f'suf hesirs.
Long before day came the nans "a Hfs
had burned luw anil died aui. ant tar
child. hardly seven years old. had ben
with the corp@s through the bong bSEs.
cla-piBg the cold hand. kissing ihc wbi'a
face. aud calling for 10. "a reilli.
When asked Il she bal Aay frtsnds b.
shock her bead. when They tald hsr
she Wa alone ia the great WuTai sh&
looked out a the window on the hse6
November day aud answered
"a" can make thnrn kind. q Dress
for doll -babiss, build fires aud caffy 10
wosi, aud III work ever - bari q -uMs
body will JET mo live with fhrtnf
Their. was no funeral. There ws.
need If n sermon there. The lines q
.oTro~ around the dead woman's muuih
counted for more ia Heaven thas any
ma could deliver. There aas
Grape. Ia place % Il three of i-sf
honest hearted wosnru let their tear.
fail upon the white face and WHISPERED
Poor usotbrr-pesDr ebihi'
The child'- hig blne eye. werr fuli -
tears. but there wss hardly a irsfror N
her voice as shs nestled the varm
Hgains, the lips slllesi forever al
said
"~t'oed-bye. ma-yyun come dssn
Heaven svsry night .; ds4. So1t
you, and yoa'H take me up sbegs sa
- -oon a. you ear. won't y1Uf'
The landlord kpcksd OF, the tssssr.
md the child wen, hume rifh oac "A To-
When night sanpe she IN
,1t of che house and away from sbsX<
xho sought to comfort her. sHd roahg
lack 90 the old house she AS dy~a on
he doorstep. having po company bot
darkness. An officer passssi that
say. and leaning over the gss. -
through the darkness a. sgn~
hing on a step and called o1.
is ans body fhsref'
"Nohssdy lat = litsls grit" came The
Who ishlr
"Ii's alitiIe girl whoss ina xss bars~i
lie opened the gate and xsn; elos-A
az be- made cut Der little barr heSf
.Dd innocent face be- said
Why. child. arsast y0u zfratdy'
81 va afraid q little while 60, .hs
AID. "buf jos. q. .Don =. I asksi ms
10 LEI any body hnrt ms I gus nght
yer IL. woaid ssy body dare hsiTt a
tile girl whose ma 10 deAds Thsy
onld be to<sken up. eouldnt th~yf
He offered 60 % with her po the hoaA
here she was 60 haye . b0use for . q PA
sys. and taking his bsg hand ~ish -
,most eonhdeses .be walked hssie
Inn and sasd.
:" L zln . going 10 cry mDeh al ] 81
led. where folks saa'r sc Ese,s
81 hope every one viii be good IN
he Esuaarked ss be pas his hxad
Fer her ruriy bad.
I" II they don't be-. shey n nsvsr got
esssn. VIII theyS~ she gs~-isd.
"yo.-
There wA@ = long pause, and ihsa sks
"a:
Bot gue<. they sll be. Iezn
AXE = dol osx II . ctyshe<pin zad =
see of calico, and I gse~. somsloi1
III be gizd 20 let Eas lire sifh 'sra- n
"a see me over ca the step some e<hsr
2hf yon needn't be = bsf afraid, for I
~ bag en0azh % hrrt any body. sssn
1 dldnt san 10 cry 81 the tine-
'< Prsn.