The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23
PRINGLE'S FLAT.

lyon will have n beautiful day, my
dear said Mrs. Hope. as she looked
admiringly first at her son Dick, who
was ,irivin" up Ia the door in his new
? buggy, then at her da%ughtcr-in law,
Mary Hope, whose honeymoon was a,
its full.
II am so glad!' said the young wife.
What lovely weather We have had
ever since | came here, not at all like
what some of my friends predicted when
they said we ought 10 spend our honey
moon in the East"
Dick Hope at that moment sprang
out of ms buggy lightly, and gallantly
extended = hand Ia his wife.
NONSENSE" exclaimed Mary Hope.
81 am not such a helpless creature that
| can't ret in myself" and she stepped
} lightly into the buggy with a merry
laugh.
Mrs. Hope the elder gave an APPROX
ing nod: Its just as well To let Dick
know you can help yourself. These
Western men"
Need managing like other men,"
Interrupted her daughter-in-law with
another laugh.
VIZ alA- l'l'' 'AaAh No'h li'fit
the stables at that moment, eyed the
horse, buggy and harness dick had
expended seven hundred dollars on
that turn-out), then stood patting the
horses neck kindly. He was an adj
mircr of fine horses, and his judgment
WAS sought far and wide on all points
of horSc-ilcsh: There's fine mcttle
here. Dick"
-. know it," said Dick, proudly.
Cheap nj four hundred" said Mr..
Uopr. Have you tried her yet?"
-. think shes good for two twenty
one without much of an effort"
Why, isn't that Il fast horse, Dick?"
asked his wife, whose curiosity was
aroused.
Just middling," answered her hus-
band. I'VE have them out here faster
than that"
..lt is fast" said his father. 1--WE
used to think it impossible. but we have
yot 50 far on now there's no telling
YhrtS in a horse. | like this mare
Slry much. If it vas anybody e~lse's,
I'd"
Come, now, what would YOU give,
fathcr?' said Dick, bantcringly.
Its all in the family, SO I'm saved a
hundred dollars ut least"
A hundred more wouldn't buy her,
, father. just say 10 anybody that cOvets
nv new mare | wont take a cent less
, ihan seven hundred dollars. Why, she
goes like the wind"
That reminds me, Dick; you'd best
take the road round by brakes"
And lose "A good half-hour," said
Dick.
That's a long way round, father"
Naid the elder Mrs. Hope.
You take my advice" said her hus-
band. Il mean comingbaek. Ii doesn't
matter going. If it should blow, you'll
find it Safest
Dick, who was adjusting n strap,
looked off east and west, smiled in a
satisfied way, and observed, Il don't
See any signs of a storm"
Nor L. said his father; "but no
one knows anything about the wind
here. I'll never forget the sweep L get
twenty years ago coming over Pringle's
Flat"
There is where we are going, isn't
it. Dick?" Mrs Dick Hope looked the
least triflc anxious AS she turned to her
hu>band.-"Was it so bad. Nh. Hope?'
Eat! Bad's no name for it. Why,
il blew my wagon as far as from here TO
the barn-blew the horses off their feet,
fore mp trees, and lodged me against a
Tock that saved my life"
' That must have been terrible" said
Mary Hope. -.
..Don't let him fNghten you," said
Dick, smilinely: lightning never strikes
twice in the same place. I'm all right,
You see. The only time L was blown
away was when 1 went East for you.
Are we all ready nowa Basket in,
mnther?'
Mrs. Hope nodded gayly. Dick lifted
the reins lightly, and away the new
buggy with its happy occupants sped
ever the prairie.
II was early morning. The fingers OF
the dawn stretched upward, dissolvinG
the shadowy mist that hung over the
prairie and the thin line of WOODLAND
that Law away off To the west like
Aringe on a neatly-cut garment. The
Young wife inhaled the perfumes ex
hailed from the flowers, filling the ut
mospherc with rich odors. There were
lines upon lines of variegatcd tint:
above the horizon. Such a sunrlS'
Mary Hope had never looked on eXcep
among the mountains. There were
siniS of crimson, amber and gold, ant
above all white pillars rolled malcstical
lv-palaces more magnificent and Statel,
then any that the human mind coult
conceive.
How grandr' she said, as Dicl
looked smilingly at her.
1.-The mind of man cannot measure
all its beauties" said Dick. as he Lighted
a cigar and settled himself down TO
some ..solid ENJOYMENT"
n As the red and golden glories stretch
ell above the horizon, n light breez'
spranr up, tanning Mary Hopes cheeks
caresSing her hair lightly, and sighin:
through the thin selvage of trees whicl
Dicks father had planted along TIL
- roadway before his son was born. Ih'
god of day wheeled his chariot aloft
ra3;ating, as only the summer sun can
the rarest tints of amber and crimson
and gold, until the purple glories
rolling aloft like great pillows, gradual
ly arched themselves into the semblanc'
of a gateway, through which Mar.
Hope caught, in fancy, glimpses of tn
Celestial City. She did not speak. bu
Sat perfectly quiet. drinking in tn
beauties of the most beautiful mornin:
Dick Hope had ever witnessed in tn
West. -,
There is Pringle's Flat" said Dick
suddenly, pointing ahead.
surely we have not come sew
piles. Dick?" :.
Scarcely. How far is that ahead?'
us it a mile, Dick?"
Dick laughed loudly: It's neare
four"
81 don't understand it"
That's what the smart hunters from
the East say when they shoot and mis-
their game. It'sthe atmosphere, Mary
I%"Ifs small place." said his wife
- she looked forward TO Pringle's Flat
lying a little below them. Beyond !