The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-29
THEIR FIRST AND LAST QUARREL.

We'll, | dono as | do"
And they had been just six weeks
married, these two.
Pretty Sally Masters and VIII GRAY
were poor people; he was a farmer. and
She had worked in Il factory in LINN.
IL was like "a new life TO her 10 get
out into the sweet country, but she
knew nothing nj all about farm work
and cared less; il was all new To her,
and at first was very hard.
Then she had a quick temper and a
quick tongue. and Will was the only
sou of n widow and had always had his
w way.
His mother was dead when he mar
ried Sally. or he could not have brought
wife home Ia the lonely farm, for il
would not support three people rs yet.
though Will worked hard 10 make il
pay; and The year before lac had received
five hundred dollars from "A railroad
company for the right To run their road
straight through his front yard.
This seemed "A fortune 10 VIII. and he
thought very little of the road being
only a few rods from his door. in com
parison with the money which enabled
him 10 buy a wood-lot bordering on his
farm and a piece of meadow on the 9TH
or side.
Brit when Sally came there she COM
planned a good deal Of the noise the en-
gincs made. and scolded Ia think the
wagon never could come up TO the door;
for she was afraid 10 cross the track in
il. and the barn lay on the other side of
both road and railway.
However, a thing that can't be cured
mus: he endured. SO she set herself 10
the endurance.
But buttcr-making and cooking were
worse troubles Ia her, and to-day Will
had grumbled nj the specks in the but
ter, and pushed his plate away at break
fast because the buckwheat cakes We're
so sour. Sally mad bcen afraid they
would freeze in the pantry. SO she set
them on the shelf above the stove, and
they were spoiled.
How she wished that she had had n
home and a mother TO teach her home
duties. instead of being an orphan ever
since she could remember and working
SO MANY years in a factory.
But Will never thought of that; he
fancied n woman knew homework if
she did not know ANYTHING else. and he
had TO take a long drive today and
should miss the good breakfast he real
" needed. and he felt very cross.
He pushed his chair back and said:
"Icant eat those things
We'll. YOU no need to- snapped
Sally. who was just ready 10 cry, but
would not show il for the world.
Il had ought 10 have some breakfast
70 60 thirty miles on. and I'm goin'
over to Mystic TODAY
Il hope IN trust you'll get somethin'
YOU can eat over there. s'pose
-'rhrony knows how TO make good
things"
Il bet she does-' said VIII, en-
phaticallv.
Now Ihronv was n pretty, bright.
capable girl, Wills own cousin, and he
had never thought of marrying her.
She was just like his sister. for till very
lately Uncle Dan had lived on the neXt
farm, and the children had always
played together.
But Sally had met Sophronia before
and after her own marriage. and in her
foolish heart had grown Jealous of her
beauty and capacity 10 do all kinds of
home work.
This morning the mention of Mystic,
the village where Uncle Dan lived now,
was the drop too much.
Sally's face famed and her eyes grew
dark.
Perhaps youd better stay TO Mystic
when YOU get there. scein' things amt
10 your likin' here.n she said, with bit
ter emphasis.
"Mabbe | had. if you can't learn how
TO cook vittles halfway decent" was
Wills spiteful response.
Pm sure l don't care" she an
swe-ed.
well. I dono rs l do" he replied.
and walked acros 10 the barn.
Sally was so angry that she flew round
the kitchen as if She stepped or air; she
WAS i'm one of those rags that exalt the
BODY with the passion of the mind. and
make any action easy while the inner
tempest lasts
II seemed to her as if she heard in her
W ears the boiling of her rage; she
certainly did not hear outdoor sounds
at all: il was accidental that in stepping
past the window. she saw Will drive of
down the hard road without so much as
looking back to his home. She had not
heard the sleigh-beils at all.
IL some one else had been there for
Ter to talk to, probably she would have
cooled down sooner; speech is a safety
valve many times TO an ove~r-burdened
heart.
But she was all alone in the house.
and the nearest neighbor lived round a
hill on of sight.
And as she flew round putting the
dishes away and setting back the table
in that bare, silent room, its only out
look sheets of dazzling snow, gray
woods with here and there a dull-green
cedar. Or a round, fat cypress on the
barren hillside. and one expanse of
stainless sunny blue above, her thoughts
ran riot.
She looked back to he time a her