The Red Cloud chief., 1881-07-28
-~kp I'd was s4niil living
81 Pelf0 Donkey
rad nEsed to seek
him EiHE morn.
JpsN srle Liz l6lse. the door
opened I'd nade her aP;;

onsnsd IA male her APP
.pearnnce on a "rfyH&iny snd dustiE"
errand.
suppressed my indignation Oh sec,
ing ner wrap an old "dustIn2-ras
around her broom. and with IT lat and
smear over the face of my divinity
above the manielpiece. fancied she
did it with a special spite toward the
fresh, Young loveliness. which by con-
trast. rem tered her own scraggy form.
sallow face and deep-sct, darK-cIrcled
ewes vet more unattractive.
La. MIR. C%ourtcnay!' she ex-
claimed, turning and affecting to DE,
come aware of ms presence; "who
have expected TO find You shut up here!
Reading? WeIlyou are a literary char
acter; only I'm afraid it ain tgood Tor
YOU. il YOU came into these parts Tor
your health. The piney-woods IS a
powerful strengthener of the lungs:
You ought TO walk about EN- more. and
| drink the tar-spring water. / make 4
pint OF going 10 the tar-sprinS every
day or two. and won't object To sn2w,,
ing You the way for once. nfNS
choose TO go along with 80
black Prue, i take RgsV a~vus-for VIM
Of more congcnial company" Ode
| Miss, MANDY. with a pensivc shipper:
| felt a Little startled. More than
once OF late I had fancied that MISS
I'Msndy had treated me with a favor
which she r~ouchsafcd no other man IN
whose company I had beheid her. ]
had observed that she had somewhat
shortened Les dress. appearing in ear
rings and Hspink nec1rribbon; aud that
TO-DAY her hair was twisted into lnnu-
merablc little wiry rings and spIrass
above her forehead.
She had offered 10 make me turpen-
tine-tea and %pine-cone cordial, as being
beneficial to the general health; and
here she was now actually endearoring
10 inveigie me into a lonely walk
through the pines at the m
hour 81 twilight.
limited how delighted l should be
TO some time avail myself OF her KIND
offer. To-day l had business which
would take me To n distance. and, be
fore Miss Mandy had had t'mr to com
plete her busting of the parlor, i was
on my way to Dorkey's.
I found the old man seated lazily II
front of his ~log-cabin, surveying witt
nm air of patriarchal satisfaction hi
pigs and chickens, aud his patches o
peanuls and watermc'ons, while In
accomplished wife artisticaliv nodded
not of frcshly-churned butter. Thc'
received me with great p~olItcAesS; ana
after some preliminary talk, 1 inquired
about the picture.
Wei, sar.' said Dorkey, thought
fully, u can't igzackly say who da
pictur's meant for. ncber see nobod,
like il, nor nigh so hon some. But ia
pictur' was maie-lemme see, put
ting his knuckle to his bald forehead
-.'bout leetle morcn four year
ago, by u p%T3l ar,s Tsv iem1 ,1va as wa "a
sake oh his healf. He had connip;ion
but de piney-wood cure cured him
Pears to me he guy ole Marse Davi
dat pictur' when he went way; an
hccrd marse say. twas nnYerinl like
cep' not so hon some, Us noscy. -
was wot he call hcr-ROSey!r' conclude
Donkey, with emphasis.
Nv heart gave Il glad little throt
The picture was painted Only four year
: AFRO. and RoSeY must now be in the iu
bloom of her youth and beauty.
And are you sure. Donkey. tbs
You do not know who this Miss Rose
wasp
n ..Sho's death. sar. Nebcr hcer
C bout her 'ccp' dat onct, and do kno'
n no more bout her dan de man in d
v moon-ef dar is any man up dar,' h
' AL led. mcdi,ativcly.
a Pas in" over this astronomical POM
n T Inquired the name OF the artist win
T, ha painted the picture.
Ills name? Well. | done enemos
e forgot it. lie come roun' To my cabi
onct. and made a pictur' o my pic
and chickens. Say, CO. he called.
his wife, .'say, ole woman, wotd lie lam
% dat gentleman come to my cabi
onct and took my pigs and chickens?
..Neber heerd o no gen Lehman stea
ing yo' Pigs an ehickens!' reSponde
Chloe. with dignity.
4 .Oh. sho, you knows well huff wot
4 means" returned the master OF tn
5 house, impatiently.
"Ef you means de gen leman we
Dniutea your ~stOcs," rctorted Chloe
with strong emphasis. and an air OF in
finite superiority, Ibis name Wa
Rooster"
, ROOSTER" repeated. vainiy search
inc my memory for the name OF som
artist resembling this e~uphonious appel
+ lation
Suddenly a light flashed upon me.
WAS it RoySter?'
...Jes' so. sar-jeS' so, OATS d
berry name,,n. and Donkey east a tri
umphant glance at his mortified better
half. She think she mighty smar
woman, sar," he whispered. but CHI
don't know eD'rytiny. He, he"'
Leaving them t. settle this dlfierenc
of opinion rs they might, and deelinIn
the h~ospitable offer OF a watermelon
while 1 slipped something lnto on!oc
hand rs a soother of her woundeu rec
inrs. l returned TO nv tavern :
1t was sunset. and they were ili'A.i
the COWS in the little meaoow-Pa,c
through which my path lay, ahu
caught sight of Miss Mandy leahih
nensively upon the ral!-ie1ce'- WIN
buncb of flowers in her hand, when
taIt sure was intended for me-. Fort
nntaIy. she had not perceived me, an
, ovaded the snare and slipped throuS
the orchard unobserved.
That night | wrote to MT. Guy hos'
ter. artist. and in precisely ten day
tberefrom received his answer. -.
: nv letter. he said. had followed HI
about a%sa- Il the 3iTyTase %oarS. whi5
, accounted for the delay in swerin.
. The picture regardiny whichs*--s
n had been copied by himself some to'
or fi.s years previous, 81 irs Nm an DAVIS avis
whose inn he was Mt that time stayin.
Mir. Davis had allowed him to keep II
q original. which was the work OF his o.
5 friend and precep.or, a distinguish
1t artist. 1T was n portrait oil memo'
r of the Tyrell family. of MarSden CouI
ty This was. in briet' all hat he con-
d tell me in regard tothe picture in whic
took so much interest
a The Tyrsils. of Marsden County.
The words seemed to present so dire,
. ol,o ,b,t- with a sort of romantic e.