The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-15
ONE WAY To M HgAvE

Papa. .t "a nst .s-venroht
AsrlAnd. l~antns ssansi his t.shrf =
sn~e after iss,snins - AtFg~ ssry. i
~rsh ! uuuld be az brave "a ihss
Perhaps 800 ~il Dc ~ara 80 grU~
up"
HAT MAJ - I .hAn't ~vcr ~ ea a
railroad "a ~aca ihervs SUaE so es
a. a-cEienL'
IA bui sacrr arc sure "a De plrs;y
d o'hc wAys &c a brave maA - sAu~
Eims~if."
SEVERAL days af.Ttha. ~hra Mafian4
had quite ~torSoi;en ahouf iyEag - ~
hrsye. ~ihlnsinE. ini~~i. tAat Be- unail
have 10 wait Any~Ay ua1l be was q
man. be and hss httle PLAYMATE. Ads. =
car Younger. ~ere plss az IN tAe do
kennel II a.. \ very larry kcnncL. "a
thai the two ch lir-a otGcn crrtS ,ulo .,
- play house" After ash T. MAJ
land. Sho. II course sN PLAYING The
papa ot the hou--. sss - ~ 'Nd8wu
town t. his business. hc put bis heal
out oi the door .: the kennel. and "a.
)u,t about "a crrcp out ~hra nsh, ia
irop, Of him N hc path he saw = snake
Tie Anew Ia n moment lusi What ~oTt q
n snake }, was. and boa danScroa, Il
Wa. he Knew thai IL IA, = raitl.snalc,
and that II IL bt Ada 90 him ibey
would probably DIE fOr MariAni la
- cni two summer, on his papa. bis
ranch In Kansas. aud he Lad brcn tod
over aud over again. n he ever saw =
snake to uuu from u - fast a. Ae csuAi. /
and this snake JUS. In front og hlu a.
MAJ NJ The queer little NOISE with tAr
~ratti~~ ~ the end -; has tail which Mar.
land had heard enough about "a - able
10 recognize,
Now YOU mus, Know ;ha, n rattle
snake j. no, ~ al like n lion or = bar
although t-t A. Dangerous, in is own
way L. vii not chase vou; 10 can only
and il has - ~a.t and coii itseli
up ia a ring. sounding H.. warning all
the time. before IL can strike nj all. ~
4 .pu arr ever 50 little distance from
il when YOU .ec IL first. you can easily
from IL. The only danger j.
from stepping ON 10 without seeing H..
But MaTland, snake va, already cuilci.
and IL VA, hardly mon. than n foot
the entrance to the kennel. You
must know that the kennel ~as no;
pat in an open field. either. but under
D piazza. and n lattice work ran yer,
IL let a very narrps passagr for
children. even whrrc Their. wasn't
snaSe. II they had been standing
upright they could have run. narrow n.
he way was but they would have la
raw out oi the kennel and find room
or their cntir. little bodies ON the
before ihey could s,raighisn
themselves up aud run. Fortunately.
he snakes bead WAS turned the other
SaV.
Ada said MARYLAND very quietly. 81
tnat his grandpapa. rakIng the
gravel on the walk near by. d,d no,
him. there's a snake uut hcrr.
mi it, n rattlesnakc. Keep very s,ili
md crawl right after me
"Ycs. Ada. he whispered. a, he
,uccredei In squ.rrping hinseli GA, and
srigEling past the snake TIL he could
stand upright "T5,ss's roam. but you
make any noise
Five minutes later the two children Z
aunicrrd slowly down the avcn is.
and in hand. =
'i'rsndpapa." said Marisn!. 'therr's
rattlcsnase IN there wh.rs Ada aud J
we're perhaps you better kill him 80 !
And when th. .nakc bad been killed. >
nj papa for the hundrrith time had >
his little hos in hi. arm. aud !
nurmurpsi Ny brave bo, : NV dear.
rave little boy Mariana l~ooke'u up in !
urprise- ]
Why. il wasn't I that Killed the :
make. papa II was ~grandpapa' !
do anyt Ing | only kept very :
I'LL and ran away" !
but YOU see. in that Case. keeping =
still and running away vas ius, '
hs brasesi thing the little fcllos could
ave lone and / tn nj his MAMMA !
" I am his msmma. and ~ I know
ISt how she did fcel-fslt when she =
Jok him in her arms tha, night that in .
little boys soui there was some .
him. % the stuff OF which heroes ar.
laie.-NrS. Il. ~. KDtiias. "a Htdc :
.scIke. I