The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-15

AlssBs
mo. ] want TO buy a hoop. Ellen
Smith has got one. and 50 has MARY
Buck and Sarah Allen. Mr. Gran, has
got some real pretty ones 20 sell. Can't
| have one?"
Nonsense! If you want a hoop. 90
and get one OF some ash barrel. I cant
afford TO be buying hoops for you to
trundle about the Streets
Please. papa"
"No. Itoid You"
The blue eyes filed with tears. and the
sobbing broke pom his ear. Al
bert Landman hurried from the house
with some very impatient words upon
lips.
This was in the morning. At noon
when he anne home To dinner there
was a cloud over the household. His
wife was sober. and even little Lizzie.
usually gay and blithesone, was sad and
But these things could not last long in
that household, for the husband and
wife really loved each other devotedly,
and were at heart kind and forbcaring.
When Albert came home 10 his supper
Kate greeted him with n kiss. and in a
moment sunshine came back; and had
the lesson ended there, the husband
might have faucicd that he had done
nothing wrong. and the cloud had been
only the exhalation Of q domestic fer
ment. for which no one was particularly
responsible, and might have q cherished
the conviction that women's fashions
were n nuisance and 4 humbug. a. well
as q frsghtiul draft upon q husbands
pocket
After tea Albert did n few chores
abou. the house. and then lighted a
cigar and walked Out. He had goae
but n short distance when be met Liza.
In her right hand she dragged an oil
hoop which she had taken from
dilapidated -four barrel. while with her
left she was rubbing her red, swollen
eyes. She was IN deep grief. and was
sobbing painfully. lie stopped the child
and asked what was the matter.
She answered. "a well rs her sobs
would let her, that the other girls had
laughed ~ her. and made fun of her
hoop. They had nice, pretty hoops,
while hers was ugly and homcly.
Never mind" said Albert. patting
the little one onthc head (for the child's
grief touched him); perhaps Wen
have n hoop some time.
"Mayn't | have one now? Mr..
Grants got one lcft-oh, such a pretty
one"
The sobbing had ceased, as the child
caught her fathers hand, eagerly.
mo. not now, Lizzie-not now. I'll
think OF it,"
Sobhing again the child moved on to-
ward home, dragging the old hoop after
her.
At one of the stores Albert Landman
met some of his old friends.
Hello. Albert What's up?"
"Nothing in particular"
What 10 YOU say tt n game of bill
iards. Albert?.'
Good, I'm in for that"
And away went Albert 10 the billiard
hall. where Re had a glorious time with
his friends. He liked billiards. II was
"A healthy. pretty game, and the keeper
o. the hall allowed no rough sculfs on
his premises.
They had played four games. Albert
had won W and his opponent had won
two.
That's two and two" cried Tom
Piker. "Nh1t do You say to PLAYING
them oil, Albcrt?"
"Ail right. go in" said Albert, full
oil animation.
And 81 they PLAYED the fifth game.
and he who lost was TO pay for the five
games. IL was IN exciting contest.
Both made capital runs. bat in the end
Albert WAS beaten by three points: and
with a little laugh he went up To settle
the bill. Five games. twenty cents n
game-just one dollar. Not much for
such sport: and he paid ont the money
with n grace. and never once seemed TO
feel that he could not afford il.
Have n cigar?' said Tom.
"Ics."
They lighted their cigars and then
~sauntcred down the hall TO watch The
others play.
Albert soon found himself seated over
against a table nj which some of his
friends We're playing, and close by stood
two gentlemen, strangers to him, one
of whom was explaining 20 the otherthe
mysteries of the game.
1t is a healthy paStime." said he
who had been making the explanation:
land certainly is one which has no evil
tendency
Albert heard the remarks very pla n
"; and he had n curiosity 10 hear what
the other. who seemed unacqUainted
with billiards. would say.
IL cannot. Of course, assert that any
game which calls for skill and iudC-
ment, and which is free from the at-
tendant curse of gaming. is Of itself an
evil remarked the second gentleman.
Such things ate only evil so far as they
excite and stimulate men beyond the
bounds of healthy recreation"
That result can scarcely follow 81 h
4 game" said the first speaker.
But the other shock his head.
lyon are wrong here. The result
can follow in two WAYS: First. il csn
lead men away from their business: it !
can lead men 10 spend money who have
MOI; none 10 spend. Whenever | visit |
a place Of this kind | am led 10 reject !
upon n most strange and promineg,
weakness of humanity as developed IN |
our sex. For instance. observe that
young man who is Just settling his bin
at The desk. He looks like a mechanic.
and / should say from his manner ard
from the fact that he feels il his duty 10
co home ut this hour. that he has a wifs
and children. j see BY his face that he
is k~ind-hearted and generous, and |
should judge that he means 70 do as nes-
right as he al He has been beatea.
and he pays one dollar and forty cen:,
for the recreation of some two hours'
duration. If You observe YOU will see
that he pays it freely. and pockets TIE
loss with a smile. Happy faculty. Bu,
how 90 You suppose it is in hat youar
mans home? Suppose his wife hal
come to him this morning. and asked
him for a dollar to spend for some tn
fling thing-some household ornameu.
or some bit of jewelry to adorn her per.
son-and suppose his little child put in
a plea for forty cent 10 buy apaper AM
picture books with, what do o think
he would have answered. OF fifty men
just like him. would not forty and ne
men have declared that they had no,
the money TO spare for any such pur-
poses And. moreover. they would have