The Red Cloud chief., 1881-12-01
now PETER wiS rrSiSHrp.

Iha byys n sCGuA az rsurer GErN ha
fAiiips. and !oaai IN J; rcxsca .pr pay
ing maay = Or IL uysss hsa ~hce .
not Ia b. Wondcrvl al uas day. whsn
n ~nuintus oi the older t-ass hai 70
maiurd after holT. - Voasg.t "a the
formation OF . club be crcps nth the
cntrg and listened al the door feSs
found out tina, he ca. ticre. aa1 al
got cui OF y window AMI hSAct fsieT
in. keeping han prs'aey Until Allied
dark. ~hca he Was let osI iTtsAtsnsi
and hungry.
Tie neNt morning be VA greeted "a
the playground bs shout> ut spell Z
Backward lie conld not guess whaf
WA meant and Wa still more p~ustlci
as they continued to call him "lb,uhis-
la katioh," ''kctcr hlr-rug ns. "
and other bits ~ school boz sI lie
begged them IL tell hin. sad Al lat
some one suggested. la a tone o. great
disgust spell your name backward.
BOBBY. and then you u SEE"
lie DID. and he saw hcsss-back.
ward.
but he was not yet ready IN cultivate
straightforward spelling. That club
still bothered him be could not give
up his strong desire Ia hai "lt ia
secrets. iy dint 81 much listsning ani
spyiny he gathered that u VS. T. meet
one night in = barn belonging ~ b
father IL one ~ The BOYS. and he made
up his mind To be- there. He cr"pt
near the door as darkness closed ia.
and ls,cnsd intcntly. They were iu.ide
surely. for h. could near something
moving about: but he wanted to hear
more than that. 80 be ycnturcd - raise
the wooden la;chL IL made no no sc,
ha cautiously opened the door n trise.
and pccpei In. IL was dark aud
gulet. 81 he opened IL wider. IL gave
a loud grating creak n curry az quick
footsteps sounded on the noor AMI
then n white thing suddenly ross before
him. tall aud ghosily Ia an agont of
fright AMI horror he turned ~ run. bat
the thing with one fearful blow
struck him down. trampicd heavily
over him. and spo.l away with n loud
.'Ba-ha-haha-a-a"'
As Peter Iimped home. muddy. bat
tered and bruised. he wondered II any
OF the BOYS knew that Farmer Whip
pleirce's wre,chci old billy-gost Mas
in the barn tina, night.
They did.
How dill q leave William.
Peter hc was asked at least twenty
times in the course OF the next day.
In the grammar class n hos who VS.
called ON for = sentence wru;. "A
william is more worthy 81 respect than n
sneak"
"Oh no. not quite that" remarked
the teacher. "but neither cal be a
Gentleman
On n morning IN early july he ~.
ceiyed as usual the family mail ffum
the carrier al the door and carr ei il to
his mother. examining IL as n went
A po-talcard excited his curiosity: II
was. h. knew. from his aunt. in whose
comnany he was tOgot Ia the mountains.
and he was anxious tn know what she
said. BIT one Of his friends WAS wait
ing for him 20 90 and catch crabs and
mihnows for m aquarium. md ~ the
morning hours are the best for such
work. they were in a hurry. so hs
slipped il into his pocket to read as he
went along. intending 20 place Il where
IL might be found on the hall hoor
when he came back. that hts mother
might ic deceived iaso thinking u had
bccn accidentally dropped their. But
he forgot all about IL before they had
gon twenty steps. lie spent the
morning at the creek and the stsrnoJn
nj his friends house. returning home
in the evening. A. he passed through
the hall To his mothers room. the
thought Of IL sufieaiY flashed on his
mind. lie felt in his pocket with q
sinking ai his heart. but the card was
gone. Wherc2 lie could not pretend
tn imag ne. a. be thought 81 the rouai-
about ramble he had taken lie got
up early the next morning aad careful
" hunted over every step OF The
ground. but all ia vain. IL would have
been well IL he hal gone af nee 90 bis
mother and confessed what he had
done but he della Ell. still c~hsrisninx a
hope OF finding what he has lost. and
the longer he waited the more impos-
sibIe Il became 20 tell. He remembered
that n hos had once said tn him "A
sneak Is sure to be- n coward"
More than n week after this Peter
was sitting on the piazza one evening
alter tea, reading 10 his mother. when
his friend Of the creek expedition tame
in.
Here is acsrd I found addressed %
you. Mira Keens." he said 1T mnst
be the n you were hunting for las;
week. Pete"
She took IL in some surprise. failing
TO observe the color which mounted 10
Peters's face rs he saw IL As she reai
il, = troubled expression o~yerspread her
own
Ten days old. this card" she ct
claimed. ".WedBesday. the 18th -
what does IL mean. Petery" She passesI
il TO him. and he read as follows:
-JrLY
Nj DEAs Errss- -1,e a. give yaa an
qoeOee of k0osrf 8 partner sesirsas "a take
TRIP lzfe tn the seasn- oofs<inx a. - a. cary
% hasert; nsssnx nnssssa sis sss'ia~s. "a
sf Plaffsburx. Shsii stop for Fssr- On tns
evening Of the ma PIe=se s.rs Llm r-szy-
KArnEExE
This was the 18th Peter stared n
his mother in dismay.
IL do not quite understand yet-- she
said Where did you get this card.
Philipy
II found il just now In the arbor
where Ihase my museum: 10 had slipped
behind . box You lost it the day
We play ed there. dbdn't ron Pesey
How cam you 10 have. 10 there.
PeferF'
lit vas in ray pocket, ma'sm. and
] dropped IL l suppose"
Why Vas IL in your pocsets Why
didn't you bring tito mes
wantsd-Iw as just going 70 read
it-
Phil touched his hat. and guiefiy took
his departure Mrs Keens said no
more. bat looked again ~ the dates on
the card Al this moment . hack
drove Up. from which issued . noss
assooishing oufpounaz Of noisy. laugh
ing. chssferinx binc-fanssied bora FOL
lowed By . mother Who looked inst
merry enough 10 b co0msnder of such
. merry crew.
"HnrTsh! HuFrzh, Pete. we're or
An resdJs We en- only Say fvo
hours"
"Soch . teat-ssa, sfxipad snda ID
% Il; sad-"
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