The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-01
1HE GOOD SHOT.

pNyT thcrr sas = tnN Wis wAa \
cu--i maEk~uaan with y Stone. oF a sling
shat. Or a bow ~Ani-Arro~. or cuss-
hsnw. or IA a.rg,tn. "r anything hrt".'A
aim with. ~ hr ~rnt ah-iut al daF.
aiming a; ever thing he camc near
Even at hi. meals he would think about
GOOD >hoiS AT The ciock. oT thv cat, DS
the HES on the wall. ur hts mother =
left cyc-glass. or Anyth.ns be chanv",i
a. see.
Near where he lived their lived a
little bird who hal a nest aad Ave
young birds ~ many large mouths Ia
small hcais. always wide open for
food. KEEP, her hard 1t WORK Prom
dawn To dark she How here and there.
over fields and wusis aud r,si.. get
tin. worms. and flies. and bug. ani
seeds. AMI such things a. she knew
were good for her Young birds. IL wa
a great wonder what bots If fool thr~~
Ave small things could cat What she
brought each day would have nlicd that
nest full up Ia the top. set they ate u
Mi and asked for mnry before DAYLIGHT
newt morning.
Ihou.h Il was such haui work. she
Wa glad - Ia Il. and went ga daN aft
rr day. always flying OF with n CAV
chirp. and back quick with a bat "t
some Kind 81 food. And Though she
did not eat murh herself. except shat
stuck {" her bill after she had fri them.
vet she never let tlym want, not even
the ,mallc>, and weakest "i them The
little iclloa could not AK ~ loudly a.
the oth"r-. Yet she alway fed him
One iay. when .hc bal Packed up a
worm. and pcrChr,i a minute ou a vail
before flying tn her nest. the gpEi
mlTksman saw her. and of cpur,c
aimed ~ her AMI hit her in the side.
She was much hurt and IN great pa ia.
vet she tutirrcd anI limpcd. anil
dragged herself to the foot If the tree
where her nest was. but she could uo;
ily mp To her nest. for her wing was
broken. She chirped a little and the
Young on"s heard her. aud Is thry we're
hungry they chirpcd back loudly. and
n" knew all their voices. even th. weak
mote 81 the smallest IL all. but she could
no; come up To them, nor even tell them
why she did not come. And when she
heard the call ot the small one she tried
again Ia rise. but only one ut her wings
Netat'A iilhNfs anu tstA% At~A iAtf'i nv
over ON the side 81 IA" broken WING IN
a droll WAY. ] think the boy wosld
have laughed IL he hsi seen her ium-
bic over.
All the rest IL that dsy the little
mother Law there. and when she chirp"d
her children answered. and hen they
chirpcd she answered. only when the
good n.ark~man CHANGED IL pas. near
by: then she kept quite stll. but her
voice grew fainter and weaker. and late
in the day the young ones could not
hear IL any more. but she could -till
hear them. Some time In the night The
mother.biri died. and in the morning
she Law there quite cold and siih. with
her dim eyes still turned mp Ia the mes,
where her young ones were DIVING 81
hunger.
Bat they dad not die - soon. All
DAY long they slept. until their hunger
wased them up. AMI then called until
they were 80 tircdthey fell asleep again
And the newt night y cold. and
they missed their mothers warm
breast. and before day-dswn they nil
died. onc after the other. excepting the
smallest. which was lowest down IN the
nest. And ia the morning be pushed
up his head and opened his yellow mouth
To he fed but there was no one 10 feed
him. and 40 be died. TOO. At last. with
his mouth s,ill wid. open AID empty.
And - the good marksman hsd
Killed siV birds AT one shOt-the mother
and her ty" Young ones. Do you not
think he must be \ proud boy? Should
you not like 10 do the sanle7
IL you know him. ploase real this
little tale Ia him. lie may like to hear
il. Joseph HirkiGnf. IN -. Sich1Las.