The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08

Jimny Brswa's Terrible Mistake.
I have been in the back bed room up
stairs all the afternoon. and arn cX-
pecting father every minute IL was
Just afser ore O'Clock when he told me
TO coms PIP stairs with him. and ~.
then Mr.. Thomp.on came To Get him %
90 down town with him. and fafher sd
I'd have to excuse him for 4 llfle while
and don't OF 90 out of that DON I'll |
come back. So I excused him. and he
hasn't come back yet; but I've opened
one of the pillow, and stuffed nv clothes
full OF feathers, and ] don't care much
how soon he comes back now.
It's an awful feeling 10 be waiting mp
stairs for ycur father. and 10 know that
you have done wong. though You really
didn't mean 10 do 80 much wrong A. you
have done. am wiling la oxn that
nobody ought 10 take anybody's clothes
when he's in swimming. but anyhow
they began i; first, and | thought just
rs much a. could be that the clothes
were theirs.
The real bows that are TO blame arc
Tom Wilson and AmZi Nillctts \
week ago Saturday Joe Hamilton and |
went in swimming down nj the island
It's a beautiful place. The island - all
full OF bushes. and on one side the wafer
is deep. where the big bows go in. and
on the other il is shallow. where We fell
lows that can swim very much where
the water is more than two feet deep 20
in. While Joe and were swimming.
Tom and AMI came and sto.e our
alash.5 ...t ..t sh.D. -. ST.. IAU aEN
carried them clear across To the deep
part Of the RIVER. We saw them do IL.
and we had an awful time . % get the
clothes back, and think il was just as
mean.
Joe and i said we'd get even with
them. and | know it was wrong. be-
cause il was a ~revengeful feeling. but
anyhow we said we'd do il; and don't
ia nix revenge is so very bad when YOU
don't hurt Il fellow, and wouldn't hurt
him for anything. and just want 10 PLAY
him a trick tina; is pretty nearly almost
quite innocent. But | don't say we
did right. and when We done wrong
I'm always ready To say 80.
Well, Joe and | watched, and last
Saturday We saw Tom and AMI 90
down TO the island and 90 in swimm Dg
III the shallow side; so we waded across
and sncakcd down among the bushes,
and after awhile we saw two piles OF
clothes. So we picked them up and ran
away with them. The boys SAW Us and
made a terrible noise; but W. sung out
that they'd know now how IL felt 10
have your clothes carried of. and We
wnded back across the river. and
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and hid them in his barn. and thought
that wed got g en- with Tom and AMI.
and taught them a lesson which would
do them a great deal of good. and would
make them COOL and useful men.
This Vas in the morning about noon,
and when | had nv dinner l thought
I'd go and see how the boys liked
swimming. and offer To bring back
their clothes if they'd promise 10 be
good friends. | never was more aston
ished in my life than I was 10 find that
they Were nowhere near the island. l
was beginning 10 be afra d they'd been
drowned, when | heard some men cal
ing me. and | found Squire Meredith
and Ami Willetts $ father. who is n
deacon, hiding among the bushes.
They told me that some villains had
stolen their Clothes while they were in
swimming, and they'd give me fifty
cents il | d 20 up to their houses and
Get their wives 10 give me some clothes
to bring down TO them.
I said | didn't want the fifty cents:
but I'd go and try To find some clothes
for them 1 meant to go straight up to
AmZi's barn and TO bring the clothes
I,.l- H., a, a.. 1905, rnt , ..-,I
the clothes in 4 basket bringing them
down to the island, and he said: Some
bOdy's gOin' to be arrested for stealing
father and Squire Meredith's clothes.
l saw the fellows that stole 'em. and
I'm going to tell" You see. Joe and I
had taken the wrong clothes. and
Squire Meredith and Deacon Willetts.
who had been in swimming onthe deep
side of the island. had been about two
hours trying to play they were ZuluS.
and didn't need to wear any clothes,
only they found it pretty hard work.
Deacon Willcts can't, straight 10 our
house. and told father that his unhappy
son-thats what he called me. and
wasn't l unhappy, thouCh-had stolen
his clothes and Squire Meredith S; but
for the sake of our family he wouldn't
say very much about it. only if father
thought best TO spare the rods and
spoil q child. he wouldn't be able to
regard him as 4 man and n brother.
So father callel me and asked me il l
had taken Deacon WilIetts' clothes, and
when | said yes. and was going to ex-
plain how it happened. he said that my
conduct was such. and that l was
bringing his gray hairs down. only l
wouldn't hurt them for fifty million dol
lars. and I've often heard him say he
haint a gray hair in his head.
And now I'm waiting up stairs for tho
awful moment to arrive. deserve it.
for they say that Squire Meredith and
Deacon Willetts are mornhalf eaten up
by mosquitoes. and are confined 20 the
house with salt aid water. and CRYING
out all the time that they can't stand il.
l hope the feathers will work. but il
they don't. 10 matter. / think | shall
be a missionary. and do good to the
heather. / think I hear father coming
in the front gate now. so 1 must close.
Jimmy BroUn," IN EdrPer's louny