The Red Cloud chief., 1883-07-13

questioningly, as IL he would fain be
eOntrad:cted.
81 e thought Of il as anything
to forgive" she said, and her voice
melted and broke a little in spite Of
herself. 1T vas so long ago." a little
proudly, as if she would not let him
suppose that it signified. II see now
that fate OF Providence was kinder tn
us than ! believed. I don't think l was
intended for n domestic life," rs her
eyes fell upon the three harum-scarum
children in their torn frocks and mis-
chief-the children who might have
been her own. Int for their mother
double-dealing.
Austin Miller smiled a little sadly rs
his glance followed hers.
.'They are torments tn the neigh
bors, | fear" he said; .'but they are
all the comfortI have holding n hand
10 them. "Comc. children. make your
bow to Miss Hildrcth, and tell her you
are sorry"
"Isut we are not a bit sorry.n said
little Amy. 1.-The peacock is so bcauti-
full, we are glad we coined. We mean
to do it again"
Truth is no longer at the bottom Of
a WELL" said Miss Pruc. with = real
smile dimpling her face rs she said
goodbye.
If Deacon Bracket could have seen
the manuscript Of Mr.. Millcr's sermon
as he reflected in his study that evening.
he would have supposed that the words.
..Comc again. dear dream" scrawlcd
| on the margin, referred beyond a doub,
to the dream of jacob when he saw the
angels Of God ascending and descend.
ing.
Them there Miller boys he enough
% drive you to glory, an no mistake
| declared Jane, a few weeks later. 81
wouldn't be their mother-no, not il
you'd give en- TO me-"
They're not mine TO give" said Miss
Prue. What have they done now?'
Done: They've gone and broke the
pea-hen's eggs. 10 see the little pea.
cocks. sure's you're alive. They ex-
pccted 10 find 'em full-fledged. long
tail and all. Amy's gone home crying
..And where are the boys?n
MIR. Miller. he's going to send them
to bed without their supper. and serve
'em right. Their mothers shirked all
the bother of 'em. sure enough"
"Without' their supper-poor things
cried Miss Prue, why. it's only three
o'clock Of a summers day. rcmem.
Der when / used to be sent to bed by
daylight when / was little and naughty,
and il always seemed TO me a horrible
Injustice. Jane, run over to the par.
sonagc, and tell Mr.. Miller he viii dc
me a favor if he will"
..Baste EN- soundly." put in Jane.
"Jane, how inhuman! He will dc
me a favor il he will let them off thi.
time.
Now, Miss Prne, if you'd write il
yourself-sure's you l;ve-eNcuse me,
miss-but l amt got the face to carry
that there message And it SO hap.
pened that Rev. Austin Miller found
himself dreaming over a perfumed note,
in his study, while his sermon Law for
gotten before him-drcaming Of the first
note he had ever received from Miss
Prue. fifteen years or 50 ago. the words
of which started out from some hidden
corner q his brainwhere they had been
] sleeping unknown to him; dreaming Of
the dewy evenings in the rose-garden a
the ldparsonage where he studied Di-
vinity and she taught the children their
Ces: of moonlight nights on the
f,ver together, ana spring mornings in
the woods hunting the first wild flower;
of Sundays when they SANG together in
the choir; of their stroll home through
green, sweet-seented lanes. The thou.
sand and one dear hours they had spen,
in each others company passed before
his minds eve like some beautiful PIANO.
rama. He wandered il, indeed. he WAS
the hero of those dreams, If he had ever
been so happy. The first parting, the
first estrangemenf. wrung his hear,
anew, Is. Il they had happened only
YESTERDAY. What . foolish thing their
little quarrel looked like to-day. seen by
the LIGHT Of years and knowledge-suci
trife, but with such large result
Yet he had been the first 20 make an
overture toward recoaciliation, thank
God! II she accepted his overture she
wast0 wEite and ss4 SO; but no word
kaA eon6e - hin in reply. Whit days
md hoursof snspe1se lined their shad-
l0ws before hins how the whole world
had seemed bleak and Improbable
without her! And in . season a
weakness, when his wounded
heart could bear no more, he had
accepseaz 30 synpsfAy md coufor,
neozes& ~ hand. snd lad finSlly
married Lefty caieN, becauDe sAe1oved
him, oaly to waka up one day to find
that hcowed all his uAhappiness to her.
Ni0 Hi1dreth lad. indeed, answered
him. bad Eiven Lefty the letter to mail
they had BEEN intimate friends IN
thoee days, intrusted with each other's
beas1-hests-and Lefty had detained
the missiye that would have healed TIE
breach. How did he know thisf yeaEs
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