The Red Cloud chief., 1881-12-08

THE TAIL QR 4 KiTE,n
And whai Hung Thsrefrotr.
II vas a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES kite,
TO begin with. IL was made of gay
japanese paper, Ornamented with Zig
ures even more grotesque and charm.
.ng than usual. A woman, who seemed
to be dressed in a pink-and-yellow
meal-bag, with a red parasol Owe her
head, was blowing soap-bubbles from a
queer. long pipe. while three or four
children-apparently put together after
the fashion of jumping-jacks. and ex-
periencing nc difficulty in extending
their legs at right angles with their
bottles were capering. To show their
delight, and tive curious animals stood
on their heads. In the distance a pin,
mountain stood on lis head. and a sky
blue villa. tipsily askew, seenret on the
point Of falling into a yellow lake,
Roy was in a hurrv't to get tire kite
done, and hc pasted the paper. on the
frame IN a one sided fashion. so that
the figures were somewh hat mixed up;
but it Was all right il you only looked
at it rightly. which Is The way with a
great many things in this world. Roy
thought be shouldn't mind that, and he
hoped Teddy y, Brien wouldn't The
lite was for Teddy. 1t was "a swap"
Teddy was Irish. but there WIS not a
Yankee iii Millville who could out
white him. He had whitfield a vessel
to which Roy had takena great fancy.
and which he. had sgreei To trado Tor a
kite. Teddy might have made a kite
for himself which would have rjya!ed
any in Iillvillc-he was hard TO beat at
any thing-but he had broken his arm
in the mill where he worked. and was
not able TO use it ut all rs yet. lie had
been confined to the house for more
than IA month. and. as he expressed it,,
"the HART was worn out iv him iGtirc-
" wild frctt'n'." He though: il might
be a little solace to sit in the doorway
and fly a kite; for if Teddy had n weak
ness it was for kites. g.,
Roy and Teddy were great friends,
although Roy was the only son of the
richest man in the town, the owner of
the great mills, where hundreds of men
anu women were employed, and thou
SANDS OF bales OF cotton were turned
into cloth, while Teddy was the oldest
of the seven children of the Wildly"
OBrien. whose chief worldly possessions
were n poor little shanty, a "pratie"
patch. and a pig. Then, too, Roy had
plenty of time for play. having a tutor
who was very indulgent in the matter
of lessons. and almost every amuse-
ment that could be DEVISED while
Teddy worked ten hours a day i'm the
mil. and had no toys excepting those
of his own make. Teddy was a little
condeScending TO Roy, sometimes; he
knew how to make and do So many
things, while Roy had only things that
came out of stores. and couldn't even
turn a somersault without making his
head ache. but Roy never thought of
being condescending to Teddy, because
he was rich and Teddy was poor; by
which YOU will see that Roy was, an I'M
commonly good and sensible boy, and
Teddy-well, You will soon know what
kind of a boy he
Roy Was glad that there was one
thing that he could make almost as
well as Teddy-doubly glad that Teddy
wanted n kite of his making. He would
willingly. have given it TO him, but
when Teddy offered tho vessel he could
not resist it; besides, Teddy would not
have it otherwise: he ..was afther
DON business on the square" he said.
Now it was important that this beauti-
full kite should have a proportionately
beautiful tail. Roy was of the opinion
that the glory of a kite is its tail. No
newspaper nor old rags might be used
n, thu ma bin IF fhgs Etfas fas1f tIa
knew how to get 10 his sister Emily's
store of iinery, and she always had q
great. many pieces of brght-colored
silk and gauze which would lie Just the
things for this iine.kite. Teddy might
not appreciate thiss elegance; he was
practical and wanted a .>aier.l sbovc
every thing, but Roy wanted it to be
handsome. for his own credit and salts
faction. CO.,
He found one OF his sisters bonneta
in a bandboN on thetop shetfpf aeloset,
and this struck him AS being exactly
what he wanted. 1t was all covered
with bows of fluffy lace. and red satin
ribbon, and it had long strings of lace,
he thought would make beauti-
full StreamerS for the kite. =
Its a last summers bonnet. mad l
know that Emily don't want the. old
thing" he said to himself. as he took
possession; and in a very short space of
time the bonnet, which had been a
triumph of the miller's art. was de-
graded to- the position of tail to<a kite.
! say degraded. but Roy and, Teddy
would both say elevated; it all depends
upon whether You consider a beautiful
or a beautiful kite the. more
and useful thing. 1
1t was a very fine kite. aud Roy. was
proud and happy when he carried it to
Teddy's house.
Teddy was sitting on the doorstep, |
with Dan, his black -and-tan terrier. on
one knee. and his yellow cat, Spittire, |
on the other. The two were on the
most amieab4ct terms. althoughrba toll
Grated no other cat. and Spitfire no
other doS-Eight fat little pigs, every
one wins quirk in his tail. burrpwed
the dirt near by. A flock of noisy
geese came wedding up firm a muddy
little pond; 3 strutting gcbfer paraded
around. followed by q great 1ock of
turkeys, little and big. There were
roosters and matrunly hens,with
broods of chickens of a'lsizes; there was
, goat. and . tame squirrel. and last.
but not least. there was . parrotAa de-
m~ure-lookiAg parrot. all in drab, save
for q bit of scarlet like 8 knot of rib
bon. at her throat; she had Q very wise
of countenance, and was q
very knowing bird.
The Widow O'Brien had . fondness
for animals; but she was not satisfied
with her collection. She was q sensible
woman. IN the main. yet the more she
had the more she wanted. Now she
A cow. And IL was MT an nm \