The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-26

s"e source OF all VII. Was rDbbing
myself to pamper him hut for all that
there was = lot Of sweetness in the let
Ter.
We'll. ] thought that fortune was now
mine. But oBe night a bad fire broke
out and ! was burned out. Fires De-
CURED in IA 9ramsn'o every night and
were the work Of thieves. gathered
togctbe- the few pairs oI boots I could
put my hands ON. and placed them with
my money, all in gold. in q trunk. and
] carried II out OF the wo0den shnnty
just as the roof fell in. For better sc-
curity ] sat os nv trunk. and gszed be-
wldered-like nj the flames. 81 have
something left said. after all, 10 .
begin the world with" Just then
was struck a heavy blow over the head
with n club. aud lost all consciousness. I
When / came Ia ] found myself on the
ground and my trunk gone. The
thieves had done the business for me.
All! then gave myself up. just for a
moment. 10 despair. II am ruined ~ !
ruined. for ever. Poor daddy /
thought. But ! " = not ruined. for tia,
crack on the head was the means Of nv
making my fortune.
didn't cry oyer things much. for I
am a good shoemaker. aud that l. a.
ways a solid capital. I had n little
money in my pocket, and wsat 10 san
Francisco. ( knew my old master
would take me back. and he did sd. /
resumed my old place. There was m
a%uctioDccr among his customers with
the tendercst feet ! ever saw. aud, As
am a shoemaker, that explains all NV
good luck. This auctionesr had been
grumbling ever since | left San Fran
cisco. When he saw me he was de-
lighted. al least now" he said. II
am out Of my great misery. I shall
limp no longer" A: nee I made him
n pair of shoes. and he was delighted.
One day he said 10 me: Il had au
auction yesterday. and I put up. with
out getting a single bidder. a lot of very
fine French boots. They won't sell be-
market. They were imported a year
ago. but the shape j. ont Of fashion
now. II was a square toe then, now il j.
around one. Do you want 10 buy them.''
''iiow much?"I asked. Make Your
own price" '.But I have no money"
That makes no difference; you NAV
have them on credit; pay me when Won
can ] went Ia look at those cases of
boots. They were of the finest quality.
and excellent as To make. Some of
them were cavalry boots, and such n
only dandy horsemcn or general officers
wear. Remember, l am n good shocmak-
or and know my trade. bought those
boots nj on dollar a pair. The leather
alone was worth twice that. At night
] used To work on them. | made the
square toes I~ointcd-for I am a good
shoemaker. Some IF them | cut down
into bootecs. oh. ] worked night after
night on them after hours. Then |
hired a small shop, and hung up a few
pairs in the window.
Mexican camcfirst. ''IIow muchp'
''ren dollars" lie took the boots.
Then n miner passed! GLOW much?'
Fifteen dollars" Then n gentleman
on n fine horse came by and looked
from his horse at the boots. and he tie,
up his horse and asked How much?' -
Twenty dollars" He put a double
eagle down. j must have made : 2,5Oo
clear on those boots. Then | found
more of tlcm-a mine of these boots,
and | put in my pocket 5000 in three
weeks. | worked on for n year and
made money in my trade steadily. for
am a good shoemaker. Then I got
married i'm San Francisco 10 q woman
loved, and my married life has been /:
very happy me. IL wis a pang when
said Ia my wife: Il must leave You, my
love. for a short time only long enough
10 pay my dear old daddy n visit"
left my business in her charge. Ii wa,
a voyage of business and pleasure, for
went Ia Paris To buy goods.
/, Poor old daddy! There was the sam,
magpie in the wickcr-work basket, an,
he saluted me. for he remembered me
{ When ! was n Little boy stuck a tail %
false feathers on him with some cob
bler's wax. He never forgot me. an,
ruflcd his feathers at me a soon as h.
saw me. rs if my insult to him lad beer
: of recent date. There was hardly /:
. change in the room. There hung faith
er's old watch. as big as a saucer. tick
ing away. with u spray of box-woo,
over il for luck. Then there was on
/ the shelf the same old ~carthcnware jug
{ The handle 1 broke one unfortunat,
2 day. and n p'ecc of leather was boun,
round il. and il hung on a nail by
thong. He had the same awl in hi
4 hand-at least IL vas the same handle
for once | came near getting n thrash
' ing for having whitfield il. Even an oil,
: almanac of n year long gone past wa
| there. tackled TO the wall with shoe brads
I He had on the same apron. only il wa
, worn thinner.
. The dear old father was bending Owe
his work. pounding slowly ut some III
of leather on a last. You could coun
one, two. three, four between the ham
l merings. In nv time it was rat-tat-tat
!. like n drum beating, with no interval be
tween the strokes. ] STROBE i'm and IN,
old gentleman first looked nj my feet
that was a way he had. At a glance
!, for he was the king of shoemakcrs-h,
!, could take i'm all the difference between
, your foot and the feet of the rest o
( the word. He looked and looke'
: again. He must have recognized
, family foot. for l saw his hand tremble
{ then he pushed up his great steel
trimmed spectacles and the tears raj
, down his cheeks as he rose and tottere,
, and then fell into my arms. How W.
kissed one another. my son. my SOC
5 YOU never would have succeeded hat
, YOU not been a good shoemaker; YOU
never scamped anything; you did tn,
: best you could all the time" was wha
= he said when l told him of my GOO,
luck. Like my dear old daddy die
{ before me-" added. Then / kicke,
, over his workbench, and said: IN,
1 more work for YOU. old pappy. for l
, rich. Ihavc wife; ! have = baby-at
6 baby, named after you-and you ara
take the cars-first-class -to-morr
or the day afterward, and come pS
e haste out Of the old country TO Cali
0 MIA, so that grandchild shall sit on y
g knee. and you shall teach him to
honest and pious. and to love yo
e ..And may l not make him . good 81
maker?''.he asked. '.But Won GO
fast. Let me think over it. You
o me to leave this old Luxembourg, W
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