The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-08

Mimy isn'tmy ,rus, sister. call he,
so. but that's because she hasn't any
mamma .! her own. Her real nam.
mas dead. aud 80 | gave her half q!
mine Ia keen ALWAYS
don't really believe she knoss the
difference though. for she's only three
years old. I'm seven. She's real Gun.
ming. and ] love her just "a well "a Il
she was my reaI SISTER.
Mimy don't like IL because my little
ki;tic will drink without having n nap
kin around her neck. the way she does
| herself When she eats nj the table. Last
week she ran all around the yard after
kittie. holding out her napkin. and cali
ing. Kit kit put on nap. But Kit
tie ran into 4 hole under the house. 40
Mlmy couldn't catch her aftcr MI.
Mmy can't talk plain sei She says;
'Oh. punny punny :" when she thinks
n thing il funny. and she said the other
day. that n man went right on the
"walk-side." instead OF The Sidewalk.
Whenever she tear- n hole in her apron.
she says IL Is broken
She is real good mos, always. bat
the other day she climbed up on the
kitchcn-iablc and stuck both her hands
into n squash pie. ] don't ~trlisve che
mean TO be- bad. though. She only did
il because she likes pie 80.
Mamma says | ought never to b. bad.
so AS to set Mimy n good example.
cause m 90 mu h older than she l..
and she always n To do everything
| do. try tn be good. bat somo;imss
/ forget the way I dsi th. other dav.
You see. i ike 10 GO barefoo, ever 40
much. only mamma don't lsi me do 1
very often. and the osher DAY I asked
her. bu; she said ''No. it, loo cold"
Well. that afternoon mamma gent 90
TO see some folks. aud she lcf, Mirny
and me out in the yard. and told me to
take good care o. Mimy; and I said:
..Yes'm. Iwould." and so she went OF.
and Mimy and I played with the dolls"
But by-and- by We got urct. and The
green grass was ~ nice and the sun
was so warm that | thought may be
mamma wouldn't care il ] took od my
shoes and stocking. | wasn't real
sure. but I thought I'd try =. 80 ! did.
The grass fel, real soft and col. and
Just as o - as u nv saw me she t-gas
10 tease and say '.Mc too." and she
tired Ia pull OF her own little Shoes
But | said No. no unii she BE-
gan to cry. and then though. I'd just
take OF her sho~s ons minute and not
ct her run around any.
Mimy liked " ia; ~ vel as did.
and | said Tbs li'tle pig x.n; ~
m.rket. tbs little pig stayed n home"
on her cunning little PINK q
But after awhile we 20. To running
around. aud ss went into the hnr9.
YARD. I got . rope AMI We plsy -
horse there.
But in n mIxute or two I heard Miruy
scream. and : looked around and fbsre
she was. standing night in the Lise ~
askes. and she just bollerei sod cried
dread 'ully. And ran ard psrked her
up and found that SIZE Ds-n: her foot
real badly
You see. bridget had INST easpled
the asbeS and there was . is ot hSs
coal suAng them. and that's the vas
AIimy Was burnt Mimy cried asd
cried. and Bridge, and Ipa, her foot n
TO a pail Of wsr<r.
Twas real glad when mamma An
home. only | Ma AFRAID she'd talk IN
me because I'D gone txre.oo. Be-; shs
didn';. then. only she looked real sosry.
She had % -it up ever 20 late saA
Aimy that night Every time she took
! NiDy's foos ou; Of wafer she'd wake up
and cry. 50 she had TO sc up and hold
her for \ long time And didn't 20
To sleep either. for awhile, because ]
cried 70 TO think I'd made Aimy get
hurt when I Was the bad On thas d.
served TO be hurs instead
Mamma talked to ma thu ssxs morn
ing. and Tn going 10 ny always afsss
this TO be good 80 Miny viii hAeoo1.
foo. and not ga hurA-Nssyk 4Fs0'
ford, - IosfA's Cb0o0iA