The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-07
4 True NIT Oh HISTORY.

SMALL Mss Rachel Winchester wass
snapping-eyed Puritan IL -ossa years
She new the shorter catcchism and the
longer caiechtsm; and 10 thcrr bad b~ea
any middle sired caicchisua. like the
"middie-siEed bear" You knos. she
would have hal that NJ her ,onsue's
end. She ns,aaf to he = pretty god
girl 20 ONLY The c~a,echi,m, bal not bad
time Ia strike ia. Her brother AtsA. ~
ali called hun. DID not kpo~ ev~n q
"k~ittenchtsm." and Was Mt q bit
ashamed of H. Rsrh.l and Zsphsnish
lived sith their grandfather. a doctor
In Albany.
Rachel had a fricnd. Scotch Margcry.
with wide-open blu. eyes on~ dsy
she came Tn sec Rachel. who could not
play until she iinishca hcr stint" Eve
rows OF knitting aroani sock
Then they went around TO ~grandtsih-
er's Office ~ sec him gct reaiy to ~
away. Being forbidden ever Co ~n,rs
without permission. they sat down on
the doors;eps with zephsniah aud
looked in.
IL Was q charming place. A dusty.
ho!iow-eycd skull ss.un a shelf, aud in
the corner vas q chest h~oiding-no-
body knew wha. which was awful. you
know. Grandfather WAS making up
powders. getting ready "b,ne mass
assafTtida and green and yellow
mixtures Tor his crvuit around the coun- /
try. Before he put them into hi. cd
leather s~addle-bags he locked over an.
other wallet tia, made shivers run up
Niah's spinc. Here were nirper.
pinchers. cutters. elsshers. SCISSORS.
tooth pullers nni hose wringers. Re-
Wondering n certain poor tooth In his
possession. Nah now arnsc and melt
cal into the distance" n artist say.
The little girls SAT still until grandpa
went away When his beg horse. Thun-
der. had kicked up = c'oad 81 dust and
hid his long legs in IL. Rachel winches
ter. the small Puritan. whose ancestors
came over in tho MAY Flower" che
forgot all the good Ia tots sa,eohism.
and said:
imagery Campbell. 1T as 90 inr'
But your gran'ih said we mustn't"
That's jss wis I want b. What
Is the Use II always behaving wcilp
Let's PEEK around q hanc ba-Niah's
Of the way"
Msrgcry con .-nted. In they went.
First they opened queer little drawers
full Of cloves. spice. slippery elm aud
Then they took hold u hand.
and took = respectful view of the skull.
What Is in the inside OF q when Il
Ii inside Of psr' whispered Mary.ry.
why. nothing. 1hs skin and nair
cover il outside and then Il !, hollow
that l. why your heal ring. when you
get YOU ears boxed" sssd Rachel
Who're do our brains bsse asked
Margsry.
"Oh-why-in our eyes, certainly.
As 500 ~ oa sec .oucthiag yoa DO ysn
10 think-your th mixer Is o a brains. :
you know. Grand .aiher explains ssch !
Lhings tn our family" :
We haycnt got any grandfather" :
"Oh. well. knew 1ss without mine" ,
said Rachel. ~arrogantly. ,
They peked their fingers INTO every .
hing sweet. scur. sticky 90 In any wsy J
MYSTERIOUS. They smeit of various :
and. for n wonder. did no, :
as,e. They put their tongues. how. |.
'ver. tn n lssdanam bottle and then '
'puttered Wildly into the air. Al last :
hey found . nice clean vial fnll of :
'retty white pin. They esAuinsd Il ,
nth delight y
Nov. just let . take the tin Gun of !,
said the enterprising Rachel. !.
and swallow first one of tbe.s. and J.
hen q dirk and then q nyDLey. ana see !.
which can swallow the mossr- =
MargeTy agreed. and nj it shey vent !.
. pti-a drnk-s pii-a driuk-aIP
ills Yin-s pil-u1sii The vial wa !"
mpty. Now you have often heart that !"
ar Puritan foresaihers were very thor
- were our little fore-
Perhaps II these children h.d ma m
80 "sasy. ! might have hsd 20 r,
nd my story With . dresdfni scessns o.
Z Their funersis' ~ 10 vs, shsy over. c.
% the r~ns''er, and their folly saved p
hem n
Margerv had not once WINGED. bu. y
'sehei did not take time IN wink. and III
. came out three pills and q choke n
head Of her frisnd- When slI v~rr b.
nj they went out and sss down n . re
acant lot near the house. II wxs cool W
nd pleasant under the fence. and they O.
egan 10 tel Indian stories SuddeoIx m
the middle Of q Margery e1- ri
atfned. 70
oh. I feel n I did coming from q
rotland- when the ship turned over, d
~ In, sils your said Rachel. s.ovty. te
j guess rs tbs seokiy-Frs b., A
elinS sort of-ooesome in my STUN 10
In . minute she knew exactly how q
felt coming over seaA fce ~ q
oeeomeness incressed and sk. r~oan- II
9, snap b
MsrgsfY. ppwing white ed vhiser. -
ID down Dat On the grzs. fhea via . in
that seemed 70 come from her liz pit
. peEged Shoes. became d~re,dfuIIv b.
e. sd Niss Winchester followed .,
II they had swallowed the vho..
'ntsots a TIE doetor's soddte-bn--
ey GOOD scarcely have suSers6 49, =.
hen Il seemed y II they mua have -
Up not ooiy the pslls. bot he ~
ats 81 their ssomaehs and their a.. ~
Y sin. they ga up md saaeredsA aioe~pS
? the fence, but were soon eurosA a..
OPP down again -
In sr1yA'r' aid NssRsr. ..A.d
Nm airztdI WAIT ny mosher.- N,
Amt IL svfuir" 9Yuaaed R,eAea- In
We committed ain lately and Ta =,
AIRED. tool broke . china Gun sod ~ .it
up tie chimney. n.