The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-19

twtuty YEAR m her graNo Sno "S
ct~ifr when she dict. and tht> hap
pcned IN her when she wa only ten
YEAR old
! She liyc,! With her father and mother
in one Of The pretty villages IN vie
Massachusetts,; but they ~er not very
well Oh. and the family WAS large. and
they grew poorer and poorer every
wear. until a; last her father and mother
thought the, would leave their old
home. and 90 away oil in the nuTthern
woods where they could have more land
Ia raise food. ~. with halt n dozen ell
their u.d nciShboTS, who wcrr ~ poor
~ themselves. they went up among the
green New Hampshire hills ihCrc
were no railroads IN th"sc DAYS, anil II
took As long to journey over the hun
drcd miles ~ IL would Eow 10 make a
Journey 10 Europe.
They were almost two weeks guiug u
their new homes, but at hast. when they
were beginning To be- thoroughly tired.
they came ;o the place abroad braUi'-
ful table land shut IN on every stlc hS
lofty mountains. j,st growing green ia
the bright spring sunshine liur on
Ihe banks Of a lovely little lake. they
ull'lt iFitls h'fftt~s WV NV ''AN 49,"
zach other. At nr~t they had pretty
hard times. and they could not help be
iny little hpmrsick when they Thought
of the blue sparkling sea tha, they had
seen every day of their lives until n"".
The mountains seemed To- shut them IN
impa>sably from their old homes AMI
~ncighbors, and IL was hard work clear
ing the hand. planting and gathering IN
crops; but women and children worked
together with the mru-fn!k, and tho
clcarings grew Larger ant larger each
year. They raised cOwS and sheen. AMI
at last each family owned u yoke OF
oxen
- hcE," said grandmother. and here
>hc ALWAYS began 10 warm in her mar
ration, 1--WE thought ourselves pretty
forchauded. There was only one
churn IN the ncichburhond. aud that be
lungci In Mrs. Craig. who lived IN the
river road about "A mile from our house.
Onc night when father went over To
borrow the chuTn. Mrs. craig told an
to toe sure aud u,ing IL back sometime
IN the morning. ~ ~uc wau;r.t 10 her
self. ~ mother hurried round aul got
tl" cream IN before >uurt-r. and came
to m, bed and told me II | won 4 ump
up and churu ! might carry the Churu
home.
''It WIS about ten o'cIOk when |
started tor Mrstra'g's IL was II warm.
lo;c.y spring dav. and the churn Mas
light in my sturdy ltttc a:ms ant ! cu-
Joy ell ms walk. which las along the
banks uf the little river. now swollen
with the late spring n rs Uil % rushed
foamlng and tumbiing over the stones
] wen happily along. now AMI hen
stopping u pick Il violet. till just n ]
got about half way there ] heard a
great noise ofcrackling bushes. and then.
right in the path before me. came "a
great black pea with q white face. He
wac dripping wet. as If lie had just como
up out OF the water. and he seemed sur
priscd To see me. for he stopped and
looked at me. n much as to say. Well.
little girl. where did you come from"
But he didn I offer Ia touch me.
al first ! was too frightened Ca run.
and ! only stood and stared NJ him I
suppose this must have saved INV life.
for since | have often heard Tint n wild
beast never atfarks ans on. who has
the courage 10 look him steadily in the
face. Anyway, the bear didn offer Ia
touch me, and by and by ! began Ia
think ! might GET away. So I set The
churn down carefully. and then began
To- go backwards. all the time look NJ
straight ut the bear. who sat down like
n big doy and looked after me. bot did
not offer TO follow.
AT last a turn in the road hal him
from sight. and then ! ran ~ fast ~ l
could. Father was ut work IN "a teld
only n little way oil. and ! ran MI the
way there. lie stopped working when
he saw me coming. and uppo<e
must have looked singular cnou,h. for
j had lost my bonnet. AMI my ha was
living in the wind and | jumped right
over the low fence. AMI ran up 10 him
and pu, my arms round him and began
To cry.
Why. Betty be said. what the
matter"
But ! couldn't speak.
".Bc,ty.' he cried. tell IN. muck
what is ihe matter Are tho children
or Your mother sick or dead?'
Il shook nv head. Mo- I man
aged to say. il the bear
1.-The bear he exclaimed. looking
quickly around why, child, there :
nothing here. DID YOU think you saw
a bear?'
BY this time ] hal gro1n a little
calmer. and 1 said. Il dill see o5e.
Mother sent me TO carry the chu-n
home. and jrst - ! got By the Bend. (
heard n noise. and a gnca; black pear
with n white face stood right in the
road before NE
"Oh. how father laughed Al that
why, Betty he SAID. there ncy-
or was a bear with a white face. 4,
was Only Mira Craig's black sheen; Won
know that has n white face
But | know q was n bear per.
sisted, and u at right down Just ike
CARO-. and watched Inc out 81 SIGHT
81 Well said father. 4 s'tDss I
must 90 with you and see about II but
I guess you II ind il wa nothing tr, n
sheep and he laughed ayain. said
nothing. but took his hand and We went
back r. the road
Well. SAID father ~ Ne came m
sight Of the ehurn stall standing where
j had left . well. Ie.ty. there's your
chuIn. but where = y0pT bearr
81 ion KNOW where ne j. nov hut
he szt IN the rad the other sbfe ii the
churn when ] ian ~. lAa.wsrsI.
"Fsih~r Sest NJ 20 the churu. stii
ho,t ~ ny hand. and. sIDstfany dp1n.
booked At the ground Wien b. got
up. be Ma Dot LuZh'ng. bat be held
ny hand tighter than before. A. hs
said a bear SURE en0uyh. md n Big
one. too Why. Betty. chiLi, Where
were your eyes that you diin : see him
beforey
".why. he came out Of the bushes
sad.
Father looked =: the trarks apasn-
Wen. he's zone Of into the woods
row. and guess you and ! had better
carry tn. churn home. and then THsee
you safe hack 10 mother.
SO be picket up the ehurn. aud.
still holding me tightly by the had. .e
ven, On 20 Mrs Craiy.
why. Mr.. Cross cried Nr Craig
Is she saw Us. did YOU lssve your
work To bring that bome' Now. ihafs
too bad thought one o the children
could do n or stonl1o"t b-