The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-29

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Will, by this time. wa whistling
along in the old sleigh. not thinking n
all Of his parting with sally. bu, Of the
| feed and iour he must buy in Mystic.
| the price 81 eranberries and the prob
able weight Of his pig-it vas 80 near
killing time.
But poor Sally. pitiable as well As
blamable, for to have q quick, high
temper is worse for its possessors than
for anybody else. still brooded over her
trouble.
She blamed VIII for his hateful
words. excused herself and piticd her
self for her lonely. mo.herlcss life and
inexpericnce. and planned agreat many
things 10 say and do hat should show
Will she would not be troiden on and
abused weakly and meckiy. She finished
her active work. built up the fire and
sat down to her mending; but By this
time she had ON to iears-she felt ~
sorry for hcrself-and they dropped 50
fast she could not darn.
just then the morning train Numbered
by and spun out Of sight round 4 sharp
curve.
She remembered that she must 20
10 the barn and gather the eggs as
she always did about that time-she
was 80 afraid To- cross the ruad unless a
train had just passed.
She did not put on her hood. for the day
was so brigbt-a and her head was 80 hot
with anger and crying tha. the cool air
was refreshing but ran across hastily;
there were plenty Of eggsto-day. but she
had no basket large enough to hold
them. and TO her as,onishmcnt she
found viii had not fed either the cow
or the pig. and her abated anger rose ia
think that he had gone off without dong
his barn work.
That Il little too much" she said
10 herself. 81 amt a-goin' Ia do his
chores for him, anyway I've got
enough 10 do in the house. and don't
| suit mister nj that. IL he thinks he's
| got "A dumb slave To work for him. he's
mistook. /" here the cow lowed and
| the pig took up his own granting com
| plant. They had heard her voice and
knew that thee was 4 chance Of break
fast.
Sally had a tender, pitiful heart for all
her temper.
Poor critters" she said. Il dono
rs ] had ought u be ugly 10 them cause
he's ugly Ia me. I'll run over and fetch
a basket and get my hood and mittens
anyway. I'll feed 'em. 80 thcre,' and
boiling over again with fresh wrath She
left the barn and slammed the door be-
hind her.
Meantime Will went on his way 10
Mystic, whore he arrived in due time,
did his errands and went TO Uncle Dams,
where he found n good and abundant
dinner; and a plentiful meal of chicken
pot-pic, mashed potato. boiled turnips.
new rye bread and baked Indian pud-
ding put him into excellent humor. so
that when 'Phrony, who had been be-
fore too busy serving and eating To talk.
asked: .'Ilow's Sally?" he said. very
honestly
why she's well. real well; but she
got kinder put ont with me this morn
ing. and | don't blame her a bit, for
begun il, kinder faultin' nv breakfast,
and | guess | made her mad; shouldn't
wonder"
WHY Winr' said 'Phrony. with AN
accent OF rcproach that said more than
her words.
"'Twould he strange if she did know
about homework 10 once" said mild
Aunt Gray; "shc never had no mother
nor no folks SOS she could learn; be
sort q softly 10 her. Will; she's n lone
soxe little cretur. with nobody but YOU
To hold on 10. We know"
Wills really kind heart began to
trouble him; he went out again into the
street. ostensibly 10 finish his errands.
but really To buy Sally a r~ose-pink silk
tie that would look 81 pretty in contrast
with her rich dark hair and eyes, and
perhaps east a glow on her too pale.
smooth cheek.
For VIII had an instinct IF taste in
his uncultivatei nature. aud knew very
well how pretty and refined looking his
wife was even beside 'Phronv's less del
icatc aud more blooming beauty.
So he stepped into the sleigh and
drove Of. thinking how he would
..make friends" with Sally. and how
that dimple in her cheek would come
and go. and her lovely eyes brighten
when she saw the pink tie.
The road seemed very long, for he
knew he had left home in a passion.
and now he was sorry. He got there at
last, Just before shutdown. and driving
into the barn was received with a chorus
from cow and pig.
..JerrtS'lem!' he exclaimed. II
never fed them critters this morning,
l did lose my head. that's a fact. Well.
I've got to tend To EN- now. Wonder
Sally didn't. Mabbe. though. she didn't
come over. or il she did she fetched the
eggs and didn't look At nothing else"
Very speedily he fed the hungry
beasts and put out his horse. resolving
to 60 in 10 supper and finish his barn
work afterward. for he was hungry.
There was no light in the house. which
looked rather cheerlcss. but then Sally
was frugal. and sat far into the twilight
without n lamp. so he went on and
opened the kitchen door.
A cold chill struck him; the place was
empty. still. f~ireleSs: n rat ran across the
floor as he stepped in.
Nobody was the re.
The low light o: the setting sun
struck across the saow-ficlds with 4 wan
glitter into the bare room: the fire was
out; the stove cold. Rehind the door
into the she'd hung Sally's hood and
shawl. and her mittens were on the shelf.
Sally must be in the bed room, sick no
doubt.
With an anxious heart viii opened
the door into it. Nobody was there.
the room was in its usual cherries or
der; the bed white and smooth as the
outer drifts: the white-curtained win
dows shutting out even that wintry sun
shine.
Probably Sally had put on her Sunday
cloak and bonnet. the same dark-red
velvet ,urhan and jaunty. iet-trimmed
sack she had looked so well in when
they Were married. Almost as if he
were afraid of seeing . ghost, VIII
opened the closet-door TO see; there the
things hung against the wall. straight
and smooth. sack and shawl. too, and
the toque was on the shelf above.
Then he opened the tiny parlor. with
awful misyivings. The anairons shone
in the open fireplace; the wax fruit was
under its glass shade. between the glass
candle-sticks on the shelf: and the big
Bible. the photograph-album, the copy