The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-27

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squirrels and rabbits rustlcd the dead
leaves upon the grou-d "Coa.d
Paradise be more calmly beautiful than
this lovely little glcng' said 10 nv
self. as, seated on 8 log, NV head
resting aga nst n tree. | opened NV
book. l know not how long | had
been reading. for my volume was a life
of Lord NJ. when ! found mysc!. so
charmed, SO interested in the memoir
Of that wonderful man that ] fel. 10 have
only zee him, even 1T a distance.
would have been a pleasure never to be
forgotten. Merely to talk 10 one VINO
had seen him would have been a
qualification.
Just then n pleasant voice interrupted
my musing. and an elderly English
lady, whom I had met on former visits,
stood before me. This was a pleasant
surprise at just this time; so. with nv
natural impulsivencss, / asked hcr IL
she had ever seen Lord NJ, and TO
nv delight learned that when a Young
woman in England. she had heard him
speak At ''Hunslct in the borough Of
Leeds" at was a political speech.
delivered out Of doors, and the people
for miles and miles went on foot, on
horseback, and in carriages To hear
him. He was plain +. Is. NJ a,
that time. but was well known as an
e~ssayist and poet.
HAS we were starting for America
in l8i-," said Mrs. Himsworth,
hover Edinburg RerleW was received.
hand | was more than pleased to see
hin IT n Of Ms hessays; 'is subject
being Madame DArblay-halways
Frances Burncv to husband | hex
pected no small pleasure in reading hit
hon shipboard, but" the old lady
hesitatcd.
You were too Sick" | suggested.
HAT Erst. yes; but we were weeks
hon the hoccan."
Although Mrs. Himsworth had re-
sided oser thirty-fivc years in America.
neither time nor association bad wholly
eradicated the habit acquired in early
years, that of Withholding the III"
when most needed. to prefix it 10 some
word whose uttcrance was not rendered
more musical by the addition of the
aspirate.
mo steamships i'm those DAYS. but |
met with a great trouble hon shipboard.
You see, wen my husband wanted TO
come hover to America, hat first would
not listen to il, but | soon saw rs e
were bent on coming, and if / wudna
come with i'm C were like to come
halone. AT first I said | 'ope | may
die If | ever leave hold England, and
many's the time | thought it were ha
judgment sent on me for my wicked
ness wen my trouble come upon me.
I'VE adj two little ch ldren. Mary
Jane-we had always called 'cr Polite
for short-was three years hold. hand
n of those old-fashioned children,
more like a woman nor q child; the
hother was a baby-a boy. Wen we
were leaving hold England with moth
er, father and sisters be ind, l had but
n thought, hand that nov my misery.
1t were like dying TO leave hall my rel
atives TO come hover 10 ha strange
country; but ] must either do hit. hor
ave my 'uSband think | cared naught
for i'm.
1.-The first few days we were both too
sick 10 think of aught but hover sick
ness, But | was the first one to rally.
Whist we 'ad been sick some of the
'iiN oh iif' snip ivpA tulc HoN Oui
children. albeit they were strangers TO
hus; but has 500 has | felt better. |
did not wish to tax their kindness long
er. Our little Polite al made friends
with Almost hall the well ones hon the
ship. She was SO hold in 'cr WAYS and
could Railways pleasantly banswer a
question. without being hat all bold
like. Many the night would ear 'er
halter she was abed a-going hover and
hover 'er a-b-c's. IL would n done YOU
good to ave card 'cr, with 'er little
piping voice going hover a for acre, Ii
for baker, G for candy, ID for dandy,
until she 'ad finished the h~alphabet;
sometimes falling asleep hin the midst
hoy it.
"But. One day my babe 'ad been very
cross hand my husband 'ad been uncom-
mon sick, so with the care o. them both
l felt Almost worn hout by night, hand
| said, 'I'ope l shall not be disturbed
in the night, for | ham most dead for
want o rest But scarce 'ad my cad
rested hupon my pillow, wen Polite
calls hout:
DADDY, please give Polite ha drink
O. water"
but e was too sick to car 'er, so |
got hup hand gave it 'er. Three times
| harose hand gave 'er water. and was
Just settling myself to sleep wen | was
haroused by her little voice crying:
DADDY, please give Polite ha drink
o waterr
This time | called hout. vexed like, |
'Ush now, | can't be getting hup every
minute TO wait hon you; 90 TO sleep
hand lets ear no more about it 1
were SO drowsy l nodded in spite of 'er
calling. but aroused hat last by'er:
DADDY. please give poor Polite ha
drink O. water!.'
IL gave it 'er in no gentle mood,
hand with the threat that hif l were
again disturbed | should wiper. All
was quiet, has near has l could tell, for
habout an ALT our. then with a gasp,
has if some will nor 'er W 'ad forced
'er, she called hout:
daddy, please give poor Polite ha
drink o. water!
"Oh, Mrs. Teale, 'ad l only been
gentle with my poor Polite, hand a-giv-
en- it 'er, would not 'ad n burden to
carry for thirty-tive long years.
II struck my poor Polite!
II wonder hat myself hoften wen L
think how hit, low l ever could a been
SO cruel; but in those days l thought
obedience was to be taught first, hand
hif l threatened anything Unjust do hit.
be the consequences wateeer they
might. Many's the time l wished my
and 'ad q been paralyzed before | 'ad
a given the blow with hit. but l
thought she was honly willful. and 'av-
ing taken q childish notion she wanted
summat, nothing would do but she
must ave it"
In her agitation Mrs. Himsworth used
the dialect of her girlhood.
"For awhile there was no sound save
that o the ship has hit struggled to
keep hits mastery hover the hocean;
but soon there was one sob, then han
other, then one word hat a time; Dad
dyf-ha SOh-sDaddy'-alwayS Daddy