The Red Cloud chief., 1881-12-08

4 SO3t u1llk 0lu uBt agree Win fo&ms
they mus; have cows milk. the doctor
said and thss was not easy % get in
Miiivilie unless one owned q COW.
Widow ~ Brieu nj iass determined so
have q co~, AMI she aud Teddy. TO.
gether. had laid up Jus, tweniy-three
dollars and sixty-sevsa cents toward
the purchase when Teddy Was brcngh,
home from the mill with hia arm
broken. and the doctors bills swallow
ed up the savings So Michael Dolan's
Gov, .the beautifuleet haste" that tho
Widow u Brcn had .1ver put the two
eycsfv her on" whichhe wished 10 seu
for only fifty dollars. was a. Tar Out Of
her reach a. the cow thai jumped over
the moon. And hey coBtinualbcwailinss
mad had more % do with wearing the
flesh of Teddy's bodes than the pain
of his broken arm. For he felt himself 10
be the man Of the family. who ought 10
buy q COW, instead OF breaking his arm.
by carclessness. and perhaps thereby
cansing the death OF Bart aud Rosy,
who. his mother assured him. were
dying for tbs want OF COWS milk. t
Roy felt sad To see Teddy so pale and
thin. but he thought that the kite could
not fail TO cheer him.
Roy was.a fayorite NJ the Widow
OBrien's-. Dan fr.sked around his
heels. Spitiire arehed her back TO be
patted and sinoo;hed, the squirrel ran
up 10 his shoulder and perciiol there.
and though the parrot screamed
hoarscly: BE on wid- ye, ye
.raskilr,. ii was probably because
10 more complimentary conversation
was at her Command. 1.-THE 'Widdy7
having educated her with the view Of
making her n terror to .he ncigibors
children, wlIo often deseryedtipe unsons-
~kpiitueutsrg epithct At all events. Roy
always took IL rs a friendly greeting on
Polls part. and Poll WAS certainly q very
friendly creature.
She sailed down from her perch above
the doorway. now, and alighted ON
Roy's head. regardless of the squirrel.
who seemed to consider il an infringe
ment upon his rights, and scolded
fiercely. until the kite absorbed. his at
tention. He and Poll both regarded
that with their heads on one side.
Teddy's pale face did brighten a title
at the sight OF that kite, and especially
! after he tried it. There was a good
wind. and Roy had provided a very
liberal allowance 81 string; the kite
scared up. NJ. till it looked like the
tiniest speck against the blne sky. But
: there was u CLOUD up there that MAS
just the shape of'tie COW; 1t reminded
Teddy OF Michael Dollars cow-sueh a
bargain for fifty dollars!--which they
had not the money to buy. and his heart
sank rs fast As the kite rose. lie racked
his brains for some way 10 obtain nifty
dollars, until he forgot all about the
kite. and Roy, feeling hurt that Teddy
seemed to care SO little for it, aud was
: SO silent. soon went home. Then Ted
dy wound up the string and let the kite
l.toat slowly down. [it
Fly as high as It might. il could not
fy away with his trouble, he thought.
He caught himself wishing that Michael
Dolaa's COW could be tied to the kites
tail, and carried up and dropped some
where on the other side of the hills. so
that his mother would never hear OF her
again. And while he was thinking that
his mother cane in at the gate. wiping
her eyes on her apron.
"Oh, musha, musha! the likes o that
crathur niver was seen! Sure the milk
she's aither givin' do be livery dthrop
crane, and the butther comes iv itself!
It's prayin' prayers on us spmebody
must be-we do be that mlsfortunit!
If We were not afther breakiI' your
arm, be your own, carelessnesS. we'd
have the money ag in this time, and
Bart and Rosy'd not be starvin' wild
the hunger, nor meSeIf 'heart-sick wild
lousin' for the COW: Oh, Teddy, it's
al your fault, we rassill!'
Teddy 'fcitu hike the guitieSt rascal
alive. BE would have asked Michael
Dolan to trust him for the COW. If lie
had not known it would be in vain.
Michel never trusted anybody, and.
besides. was short of money Just then.
Teddy could think OF no way by which
the mother could come into posses
sionsof the ..crathur' which she COW
eted, and he ielt almost despairing.
enough TO throw himself into the. NUT
dy little goose-pond, wheE, a the kite
came sailing down, and iluttered its
streamers. in his face, he suddenly
caught sight Of something glfttering
in tlPir folds. He caught it hasti-
ly, but the glitter had disappeared.
Then, feeling the ,kite-tail carefully, he
discovered q hard substance inside one
Of the lace bows, which Roy had fast
ened on just as it came from the bon
net. He drew it out. An earring lay !
in his hand. set with q stone which
caught the light in myriads of flashing
rays, nd.afmost dazzied Teddy's eyes.
A diamond. he was sure, and be knew
that diamonds were valuable. |
He clutched it tightly, and his eyes
, lit might be, the price of the cewr'
said he Il himself. But he'd lind ont,
he thought, before telling his mother
what he had found; he not raise
her hopes only to have them disap-
pointed.
There was a jewelers. store in the
next village, three miles away. Teddy
was still weak, but with such a hope to
cheer him he was sure that he could
walk there. He had got as far as the
gate when, suddenly, his conscience
raised a remonStrance. You may think
it queer, but Teddy's conscience spoke
with a brogus. 1t said: ..It don't be
yours at all, at all. All the business We
have wild it is to ind out whose is it,"
Teddy had always been honest. and he
was in the habit of needing what his
conscience said. but that cow seemed to |
be the n temptation that was too
strong for him He thought of his
mothers tears, of Barty and Rosy's
thin and pale little faces, and he started
of. in the Iirecti9ni q, the Jewellers. as
fast as he could go.
his, fancy so far outfanf his 1oetsteps
that, before he csme il sight Of the vii
las-e. he hSd seer Michael DoiaAfs fine
COW snusly ensconced in his mother sd
shed. Barty and Rosy grown as
broad As they were long. and with
cheeks as ned as Baldwin apples like
the little Japanese children on his Kite,
and his mother radiant with happiness, 1
showing to all the neighbors great balls
of golden butter. and declaring it to be
'.the likes iv the ould country butter
Il
II was no wonder. thst with such
bright visions before his eyes>hs should
have forgQsaen to listen to thet:,still,