The Red Cloud chief., 1883-06-08
"TTT o TAT,n

Nay seek but fell tO md as.
Ne overcome the habit
OF forever hooking hack.
-JosepAtse Ftilard, IN ". 7. LEDGER.
"TTT FOR TAT"
Pretty Belle Sutherland sat before the
fire that evening with the y Of tears
ON her cheeks. and bright drops still
shining In the brown eyes. that her
lover used 10 look no fondly into. and
call sweetest eyes were ever seen.
And this same lover. now transformed
into her liege lord and master. stood be-
fore q mirror ON the opposite side Of
the room. tying his elaborate tie. with
an unmistakable frown ON his handsome
face.
II must say. Belle" ne Wa saying
just then. IL think YOU are extremely
foolish. Because you will not go any
where. Of any evening. but are content
To bury yourself here ut home with the
children, who have y good nurse To look
after them, IN no reason that / must do
the same, and what is more you needn't
expect il. I need some relaxation of an
evening. and | am going 10 take IT,"
lyon know very well. Arthur" said
the little woman, blazing up ut last.
"that it's not your going out that I OBJ
ject Ia at all. It's the way. O act
when you are out. Didn't Mrs. Stetson
tell me the other day that she was per-
fcctly astonishcd when she found YOU
were n married man, you acted so like
a single one? And didn't Hettie Wilson
tell me that that hateful little cat of a
Nn,sJ..~r Mr. RalSfns II~~ul al.e -.
was perfectly carried away with you,
and her every other word was some
thing Mr.. Sutherland had said or done?
Didn't you dance every set with her,
night before last. while I was at home
nursing baby through the croup?"
And here the brave voice broke down
in genuine sobs.
THAT little cat Of a widow, rs O
call her, is the prcttiest woman I have
seen In many \ day, and those other
women are meddlesome gOssips," and
her husband slammed the door emphat-
icaily as he left the room.
Poor Belle felt as il her heart was
broken, and was rising 10 90 to her own
room. where she could indulge her grief,
when a gentle hand was laid ON her
shoulder, and she turned { o face her
sister.
Belle, will you forgive me?" she
said. . have heard all between YOU
and Arthur, for I could not make YOU
hear me when ] came in. Listen to me.
l want you to treat your husband TO q
game Of tit Tor tat'"-
But, Katie, began Belle.
But me no buts," said the Girl.
"Listen to my plan, and you will see
how IL will work." and rapidly she un-
folded il. "Ali YOU have to- do. Won
nee, is Z o 60 to Mrs. Stetson's party to-
MORROW night, and l will manaS the
rest"
But, Katie, the children
didn't ! say / would come every
night and stay with them? Can't YOU
trust them with me?"
At last Belle. conscious that some.
thing must be done. entered eagerly into
her sisters plans, and the next dav was
spent by the two conspirators in ar
ranging a costume that should make
Mrs. Sutherland the admired Of all ad.
mirers. And, indeed, she was worth
turning twice to look at, rs she came
sweeping into the room where her hus-
band was putting the finishing touches
to his toilette. Her dress, one of the
.ravishing new shades of heavy silk. fit
ting her still fine figure to perfection.
her beautiful brown hair deliberately
dressed BY Katie's def fingers, with q
single heavy dropping rose among the
bsaids; and surely no eyes could be
brighter than tho brown ones that
looked up at her husband, no Inns red
der than the ones that smiled at him.
why. Belle. what does this meanp"
he said. looking ii her in establishment.
"Oh. nothing, only I have concluded
to 60 with YOU tonight" was the reply.
"WM / dO?"
Yes. but the children" he said.
slowly.
"Oh, nonsense" she said. Struggling
her shoulders. "It's all f~oolishness nv
staying with them every night when
toey nave ach . good nurse. Come!
1hey were greeted with numerous ex-
ciamations Of delight, 8 they entered
the already crowded room. But Mr..
Sutherland O found il was not his
presence that had called them forth.
bu that OF his wife, who soon found
hersen The center Of an admirinr circle:
while her husband soon found 6imself'
to use an expressive slang phrase. emo.
where" Not even the entrance AZ his
charmer. the widow, could helm him
0ut, for she Of course had an anxiety ~
see MI. Sutheriand's wife. and vas som
sanding at her side, having been intno-
duced by their ..mutual friend." Mr.
Stetson. And. Belle, now thoruuCAlv
entering into the spirit Of the thinc =.
sIniling down at her. from her few
superior inches Of height. and talkingi in
nef most charming way, while she
mentally decided that the widow w.s
mot y bit pretty after all; e YEA
and red hair! Pah! That she shovId
even be jealous Of that creature" And
the widow. in . secrct rage, was Won
dering how On earth some women
kept that wonderful bloom IN
their cheeks that was % plainly
lot suege. and how they kept the darx
circles from under their ewes.
Belle could have told her, II she had
cared. that It Was early hours and
clear conscience, the tender carssses Of
little children. and al the sweet d.
lights q home, that did these things for
her. And Mr.. Sutherland, standing
little 70 60 aide, and looking at Tie
two. could not help comparing then.
and wondering how he could ever have
thought Tie widow pretty. when he
he'd % mech fairer . type q beauty 1t
his avn 1Ep-side. Just then two een-
ueaeA eueered, ~ whom he knew, and |