The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

lhDuUW ~ 80 turdy-limbcd
en1 ru61y. soes3 heavy hand
~ laboeing sesre lmerrily the
weary 90. snA d Babbath day
tudgiag Danfu1 krch with .
swsSm q rosy ID John Dom
smiled and huml ID = aepn hymn.
and IN the height u II Xb~ntentedness
stopped down and in ~ ID upon his
daughters wayy Dir giving kiss
f4enceforth the ir noc little girl
should not be dened 10 which dis
sppointmept bad ujtl - for so long 3
time. A. he guidod II bob through
the serpentine ctbn ,el9 nding OUT to
the BAY his heart &C; me water. and
In the ennobling iofu : Of that feel.
ing he seemed 70 70 b. unburn and
M Wrinkle and g erowx Dung again.
Quickencd BY IL b raaftbf awakened
love. the vague nj idoaDf early life
came back. and tbs mirage that
somehow loomcd DO til blue surface
Of the bay he saw his son. nd incident
ally himself. crowned viii III the hon.
ors that . grsteld. rcz ecting local
community could e. on. <Unanes,ion-
ing assumption of I'll liability. or
even the possibility cf re social or
political preferEeet for lis son. was
proof positive thatnO see distinction
was likely TO be acco led him, the ar
gument in the mater beink. in effect,
that nothing bnt o. mo- dishearten-
ing Of native ploddrr cd come Of
such q combination o. duIke ,s and I'M
reasoning hope. l. ad @bhn Dorn's
ambition taken de6n G forn and sought
by such mea as nv ithl1 the narrow
circle Of the life elo ~ orc to carve
out the way to tin ,ome mans en-
nobicment. there II ight[ have been
strong grounds fd ope. Ind willing
hands from the grcat city > nose dusky
confines lay but a liftl bey3nd the dis
tant view OF earth % skvnnipbt have
stretched out to helr, th6 i~nstinctle,s
wayfarer over unkpow n pstiIs that lead
TO the goal of his an itio6: but at its
best John Dorm $ nbit3Dn vas as
formless as the night. and Is discourage
ing rs his wifc's inf iorifs. Ia such
a rayless gloom. WIZ ho2 .or light?
Who buts purposees emf nsiast would
see the flower Of geniu : in 1.Ich q track
less waste.
All the tendencies of Z nature were
against John Dorm. b It H.. working
blithely on the wide D. arsf T., he sauc a
song that filled his CO.. I vii iov. The
chances in life wcr, @kainst John
Dorn's ambition, and ct hoped. In
simple truth il must re lid that this
ambition. never who Nv 4ntionary or
definite, changed as fieRsas the wind.
Sometimes his mucnJc vedson guided a
stately ship to distabt seaas oflener he
sang cheer " in a 8 hin2sboat in the
Great South Bay. . on in a rare
while he stood with the 4o~rchlight's
glare to discuss the burn = issues OF
the hour. Alwaysh as tt goal, a,d
not the painful, weal meaus. that this
ambition touched mp u alwnys results,
never the process OF ;Itain@ent The
viyisectionist is right. houek cold aud
unsympathetic. thsre vas Iiltle hope for
either John Dorm or i , SON
CLANS were plentifI | tim day. and
John Dorn's broad at foot churned
them out of the thick mud with more
than usual rapidity 6. I'd eose. Again
and again the wicker basket returned
to the waiting boat piled high with
captured shells. until wien the tide
ceased to run out and he western sun
dipped angrily towaro Tho hazy west,
OOhu bOlu uACW htS dTBn icTOSS
his heated brow and aid Shat he had
done enough. Smilin.. ~contentedly ut
the sleepy little gid, ,e Did that he
would go home with I ie NV tide. To
60 home? To whom; - the baby;
to his son? Perhaps ~ Us time his
wife, remembering pr ,vi0ls converse
tiOns on the subect, ad FAMED him.
And would he answer o tho plain. old
fashioned name ':Johi " Perhaps SO.
1t was old-fashioned, Ia T. lot. to have
the pa~ternal name . escobd through
many generations, bu it @as a good
honest way, and to { Ne bnest. plod-
ding woman in the lit Q htlse among
the trees it would give dfep satisfac-
tion.s
Waiting for his boat t. float. John
Dorm spattered the adv hcing tide
merrily with his bare eetb nd PLAYED
hide-and-go-seek will BIZ little girl.
AL resentment over the birth o a
daughter had vanish NV. and the
father was happy and pro- in having
both daughter and SON. 1t made
things even, he though , ar who could
tell what the future w4ild bring?
Then. as ne stood tho1e aimlessly
swinging his foot to ~ I # in the cool
water, an idea seemed toeGler into and
take possession of his MUD A vague
desire to do somethne To- the young
son who was 70 be his life
had. in some unaccoir tau way, for
mulated itself into alta ngile idea. aud
he tried, unsuccessful f0Xa time, to
give it practical forfn, e realized,
awkwardly enough t n11st be on
that on this day ought TO
carry an offering . he IDLE of his
child, an offering 70 sea. In
moment, it is Il ne, IS patient,
wife ~ eost forgot
ten, and his first1@ 1 filled his
newiy-awakened ina; i'm pn with a
radiance like the gbw Id he western
This seeming he .lec <of his wife
appeared to him a :us44 c, for the
reason 81; I il as through
The fundamentally q his n and not
his wife. that his 0e ultq ambition I
was to be realized! in4 besides his
has been witt inn ANY years.
and had not been ar std ii TO such
E,onors at his hands. En- 'uld be reason
able, therefore. to % gid<now? He
not
An offering from 81 . surely was
not hard to lind. and at hesitated.
Shells were thrown ia pr(igal prolu-
sion, and shells alwts: been con- /.
the time-hd0C c4 frophies of
the ga. ohells wee Ga enough in
their way, and suitable OF occasions |.
Of ordinary interestsa to he firth of
he first son seemed 90 occurrence
Of more than usual il ip> eancc John
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