Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1882-12-15

-Sf. Nicholas.
An Unbelieving Little Girl.
think Violet was the most unbeliev-
ing little girl that ever lived.
She did not believe at all that her
dark brown hood soas dark brown, but
black, until she had compared ii herself
with piece of black cloth, though her
mother had told her all along It was
brown.
And she did not believe you could
catch robin. even if you did get the
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you just kept on walking. you would
get to the end of the world after a while
tho very edge of the end. where it
stopped-and nothing was left but air
to step on.
She did not believe that was true at
all, what the big Watson girl said. that
you couldn't get to the end because
there wasn't any end. She said she
meant to start to walking herself some
day and see.
"You'n wait until you get through
going to school. won't you?" asked her
brother Ed. al heard you say the
other day that you wouldn't have Nell
lie get ahead of you for anything. But
she will. if you don't look out; she'll bc
clear through the eighth grade before
you get even half way to the end of the
world! May be she II be through the sew
cnth and into the sixth by the time you
get back. And then she'll be two
grades ahead Of you all the rest Of your
days"
Violet could not help feeling rather
worried at this dreadful prophecy Of
Eds.
"Perhaps it wouldn't take me as long
as all that" she said. ~ don't be-
tieve it would. But guess I'll wait.
anyway. 1t makes me tired enough to
walk over to Aunt Nancy's-and. of
course. the end of the world is a grest
deal farther than that. So / UiH wait
till then. I'll be stronger then. sup
pose"
"Ycs." said Ed; "and more sensi-
bic. let us hope. By then perhaps you
won't be quite such a goose"
"Oh, don't believe that answered
Violet, quickly.
You see for yourself, don't you. how
she WASP
Well, this being SO unbelieving was
what got her into trouble. Up to her
very Uaist in trouble, as you shall see.
Violets folks lived in a mining re-
gion, and about two blocks from her
home there was a great space Of ground
where the miners had been digging for
copper ore.
But they had recently abandoned this
claim, and they left it looking like .
pond with the water all dipped out Of 1t
"a pond with very muddy bottom.
This mud was dangerously deep in
'omo parts. and don't see why under
he sun the place was allowed q Al,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HSed:
But there was Q rickety old fence
.round three sides OF it, and on the 9TH
,r side was the brook from which tho
niiiers had obtained their water
So you see there was no danger OF any
me faliingin in; and l suppose the inhab-
tants OF that town never dreamed that
inv one would deliberately climb tho
ence and try to ,oaik on the mud.
That very thing happened. thought
Violet Swinton tried TO walk on that
mud; she didn't believe she would sink.
You see. the hot sun shining on the
mud had caused thick crust to form
N the top. and the heat had also made
he crust crack all over into-what Vio-
ct called, s'dear little angles, squares
md things. just like the teacher made
N the blackboard.
"This is right-angle." she said.
autiously stepping between two cracks
lear the edge.
"This Is CIRCLE" taking another
tep, "'cept II amt round enough; this
square and this is A."
40 Violet don't go any further"
ried Nellie. who was looking on over
he fence in great concern. You'll
ink in the mud sure. Ed said this
morning it wasn't safe.'
"Oh' pshaw! 1 don't believe 1t, /" said
Toilet putting forward her foot TO step
n a right-angled triangle.
This is a-what-do-you-call-it-A-
III myl am sinking! I ana! Oh! Oh!
)hl Nellie. come over and pull me out
mckr'
Then poor little Nellie. who had done
er best to keep Violet of from ths
aud, crawled through the fence and
ried to rescue her friend.
But she only sank herself-cleart to tho
OPS OF her shoes. And there was Violet
mixing deeper and deeper. She was
a over her Knees already.
"Lets screamt' cried Nellie. fran
ically. .let's scream like cvcrythingr'
And then they screamed. Now. once
a a while. screaming is . very good
hing: this time it was.
For the neighbors came. before the
cho died-almost, il was such an awful
cream. And they pulled out Violet
ust as she had got to her waist in the
mud. and Nellie wriegled herself out.
Fhen she saw them coming.
And Violefs mother took her home.
nd gave her abath. and put her to bed
nd scolded her and kissed her and
coldcd hcr Dmc mor4
And oI11f , whIIo, uAon ~ - -
Toilet coniidcd to hin ~ = ~u111111
here was any end to the word o -
he didn't believe there was any bottom
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