Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-07-24

| Is so diHerent-much clcTercr, evan
already. for one thing, better looking.
too. and better tempered Whatever
they quarreled about. Wilfred IS very
sure he is the offender; Lionel never
begins that sert of thing. But he
win put himself in the right at once
and ask Lionel TO make friends again;
be viii consent readily enough-he
always does.
And then he has q bright idea; be
viii take his brother some little present
TO prove that ne really wishes to behave
decently in the future Whst shall he
buys
He finds himself near i large toy
shop at the time. and in the window
are displayed several regiments Of
brightly colorsd tin warriOrs-the very
thing. Lionel is still young enough TO
delight in them
Feeling in his pockets Rolleston dis
covers more loose silver than he hsd
thought he possessed. and 50 he goes
into the shop and asks for one of the
boxes Of soldiers He IS served by one
Of two neafly-dressed female assistants,
who stare and giggle At one another zt
his first words. finding il odd, perhaps.
that fellow Of his age should buy toys
-as Il. he thinks Indignantly. they
couldn't see that il was not for himself
he wanted the things.
But he goes on. feeling happier after
his purchase They viii see now that
he Is not so bad after al; il Is long
since ne has fels such . craving TO be
thought well of BY somebody.
A little further on he comes to row
Of people. mostly women and trades
mems boys, standing on the curbstOne
opposite = man who is seated in 4 little
wooden box on wheels drawn up close
to the pavement He IS pzralytic and
bind. with = pinched. white face framed
in an old-fashioned fur cap with big
ear-lappels; he seems TO be preaching
or reading, and Roileston stops idly
enough 70 listen for few moments,
the women making rO0m for him with
alacrity and the BOYS staring curiously
around at the Lew arrival with = grin.
He hardly pays much attention TO
this; he is listening to the poem which
the man in the box IS reciting with :
nasal and metallic snuffie in his voice
here's . harp and a crown.
For you and for me.
Hanging on the boughs
OF that Christmas tree
He hezrs. and then hurries on agsin.
repeating the stanza mechanically to
himself. without seeing anything par
ncularly ludicr0us about IL The words
have reminded him Of that Christmas
party at the Gord0ns. next door. Did
not Ethel Gordon ask him particularly
TO come. and did he notrcfase her sui
lenly2 Whist brute he was 70 treat
her ike that, II she were to ask him
again. he thinks he would not say no.
though he does hate parties.
Ethel is q dear girl, and never seems
to think him good for nothing IS most
people do. Perhaps it is all shxm.
fhough-no, he can't think that when
be remembers how patiently and kindly
she has borne with his senseless fits Of
temper and tried to drive away his
gloom
Not every girl rs pretty IS Ethel Is
would care 20 notice him and persist in
ii in spite Of everything. vet he has
sclked with her of late Was IL because
she had been kind to Lionel? lie is
ashamed to think that this may hare
been the reason
Never mind. that is all over now; he
viii start ciear with everybody. He will
ask Ethel. too, TO forgive him Is there
nothing he can do to Plesse hs-7 Yes;
some time ago she asked him to draw
something for her. lie detesis dsawing
lessons, but he has rather taste for
drawing things out Of his own head
He had told her. not too civiliy, tha: he
had work enongh without doing draw
ings for girls He viii paint hor
something tonight as = surprise; he
viii begin IS soon IS tea is cleared
away. il viii be more sociable than
reading book
And then already be sees vision Of
the warm little paneled room. and him
self getting out his color box and sit
ting down 20 paint by lamp-Iight-for
a1y light does f,Jr his kind of colOring
while h:s mother sits opposite and
Li1uel watches the picture growing IN
der his hand
What shall he &raws He gets quite
absorbed in thinking over this; his own
tastes run in = CORY direction. bat per-
kzps Ethel. being \ girl. may not care
for battles or desperate duels. A COM
promise strikes him: be viii draw 3
pirate ship; tha; WI be first-rzto. with
the black flag flying on the mainmAst.
and the pirate CAPTAIN on the poop
securing the ocean <ith big glass in
search Of merchantmen; all about the
deck and rigging ha can put the crew.
-esl. - - 49,. I'll II
pistols and daggers.
And on the right there shall be q bit
Of the pirate island, with n mast and
another black fag-he knows he viii
enjoy picking out the skull and cross
bones in thick Chinese white and then.
If there is room. he VIII add = cannon,
and perhaps = palm tree. A pirate
island always has palm trees.
He IS 50 full Of this protected picture
of his that he is quite surprised 10 find
that nc Is very near the square where he
lives; but here. Just in front of him. 1t
the end of the narrow lane. is the pub
lic-house with the coach and four en-
graved on the ground glass of the lower
part Of the window. and the bottles full
of colored water ranged above.
And hero IS the green-gr0ccr's-how
long is il since il was barber ;? surely
a very little time and there is the boot
makers. with its outside display Of
dangling shoes and the row Of naked
gas-iets blown to pale hue sparks and
whistling red tongues BY turns as .
gust sweeps across them
This is his home. this dingy, old
fashioned red brick house At an angle
of the square. with a small paved
space rallied in before IL he pushes
open the old gate with the iron arch
above. where an oil lamp used to hang.
and hurrics up to the door with the
heavy Georgian porch. impatient TO get
TO the warmth and light which await
him within
The bell has got out of order. for
oulv faint ianUlp corr1pS froru balnYx