The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-03
YHE HONE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY.

THE HONE C0-1PEl:iiiTE SOCIETY.
I'm SICK Of It." sail Kat. da-h.ng a
handful 81 ha.r-p.ns upon the '&blr. and
letting = BIZ brown brad 70 ilmJ!.nS
down he Jack.
$50 am - SAID Beth.
$50 ab ~ sad Mamie. who "a
suffering with = dreadful cold.
''tELat IS il. -'rl>E' sad !. turning
my book ia,c down on az lap.
lis the supp r. said Beth.
"iCs tie everlasting %2s5;p.' sad
Kate.
.'It's 50 differed from ho O." said
Mamie, 10 whom boardirg-housc life
was a new experience.
at al three, and much m0Tn.'' was
what | wanted t. say. but Lciar the
oldest IF the four. ii seemed 10y duty
Ia make the brst o! things; 80 | said.
quite ~chccr.uily; Il didn't see anything
unusual about The supper tonight"
That the trogble," gToanrd Beth.
at was altogether too usual. | am so
tired OF bread and butter and apple
sauce and DRY cake that | lee! like
gnashing my teeth at the sight of them.
1 should ike Il piece of toast or q bowl
of bread aud milk occasionally. with
out being made 10 feel that | had dis
arranged the whole internal economy
OF the house"
"Ihe suppcrs are bad enough" said
Kate, .'but they are nothing L the Cos
sin. I'm tired of hearing il whispered
round that 'Air. Johnson and hi, wife
had a quarrel IN their room last night
or that Miss Robinson has worn three
new dresses this month. or that Mr.
Jewelt came in ever so late the other
night, and it SOuRdci us though he fell
upstairs Bah!r" and Kate looked as
scorniul rs a round face with a dimplc
IN il would allow.
Il could stad everything else said
Mamie. If il was odiy hobc-like. Oh,
Il | could odly sit dowd in a clead
kitched, with by feet il the stove ove,i,
and see a braided mat in frod OF the
stove with a dice cat od it, | should be
perlegly habby."
We all laughed at this idea OF Hiss.
but after the laugh there was n sudden
silence. for each one of us recalled such
a kitchen. and the Presence that had
made il homc-like.
~ WI " HlEANtr. w NNSaA Nun ~
each other. but meeting rs strangers in
n city clearinghouse. a strong friend
ship had grown up between Us, start
ing, 1 think. in the fact that WI were
each orphaned and had our living to
carn. and strengthened by many con
genial tastes. We were doing our daily
duties in rather 4 brave. cheerful way,
usually with few complaints, but to-
night we were under 4 cloud. Outside,
q November rain was lashi9g tie win
dows. and inside. the stove smoked.
II was payday n the manufactorv
where Kate WAS book keeper. and that
was always 4 hard day for her; Beth
had worried two of her da;le>t pupils
through Their music lesson: ard [ had
had n time IN school that afternoon with
4 wretch Of a boy. and was at my wits
end what To do with him on the NOR
row; and Mamie was more than half
sick-So we sat there quite still Tor
awhile. Finally Beth said: II suppose
we might make these rooms look Il 1t
lie ~p,easanter. We each have 4 few
pictures and knick-knackS."
-.Do you suppose | would hang nv
few pictures against this awful paper
said Kate. BESIDES. what would bc
the use? just rs We cot everything
nicely fixed some man wou,d want the
room, and we should be invited 10 GO
up higher. I've boarded in this
house two years. and in that time Eve
advanced from the first floor back to
the third fooc 'front.'. and We moves
more VIII takc me ont en- the roof"
1--WE blight so subwhere CSC" said
Mamie.
'rOh. YOU poor little innocent
laughed Beth. You'd change tho
place anu keep The pain They're al
about alike"
begone face taat | feit something mus.
be done.
Girls saidI. in my most impressive
schooi-room manuer.
But here there WAS an i~nterrupt;on
for Mamie let the rocking-chair ant
rushed toward the bed.
.'Oh. Mamie" cried Kate. don
musS The bed; it's harI enough any
way" BIT she spoke too late. for un
der the combined influence of home
sickness and influenza, Mamie hat
flung herself on the ned in a forlor,
little heap and was lifting up her vo:c
in q hoarSc cry.
This was simply dreadful.
Beth AMI | purred over and cuddlet
her. and Kate Slipped downstairs an,
coaxed the cross k~itchen-girl into max
ING a bowl of sage tea. and by the tim
she was back with it the invalid wa
somewhat comforted.
When quiet was restored L spok
again. ..Girls. lets 90 TO housekeep
ing." :Ssunie stopped the bowl halt
way to her lips. Beth sat upright on tn
trunk. and hai& dropped the stick o
wood in her hand back into the box.
where's tho furniture conin'
from?" said she.
..yho1l pay the bills?s\said Mamie
.Nho'il do the work?Nsaid Beth
wbo was born south of Mason an
Oixoa's line.
s-WcrIl all 90 it," said /. dpswcrin,
nhs last question first; and 2 for tn