The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-09
4 CONQUERED ENEMY.

on are 10 have the CooperS 1Or
neighhors. | hear said Mrs. bailey.
as she Stopped on her way down
town TO ciIat for a moment over the
fence with her cousin, Mrs, Sunderland.
Look out for squalls
Mrs. Sunderland paused in her work
of shipping the withered blossoms from
ar.,nning rosc TO u an inquiling
glance toward the speaker.
What i wrong about the Coopers?
They are honest. softer, industrious
FOLKS. are they not?"
.Al of THAI. with MANY other virtues
beside" Mrs. Bailey replied, laughing.
Nevertheless, I'd rather have them
live neX: door to You than ID me-"
Den. be So mysterious" Mrs.
Sun leriani sad, her good humorcd
face beginning 10 wear 4 shade of anNi-
ETY.. Either tel me all there is 10 tell,
or tell me nothinr.'
There X nothing very dreadful TO
reveal, a2d what there is is no secret.
You would have k3own Mrs. Cooper'S
reputation as well rs everybody else in
Greenv lle does if Won were not a new
conner. She is said to be the worst
tempered woman in town. and Las new
ar lived nc;gh5or 4 month to any fami-
" without gctt nc up a qua rel with
them: therefore. L say, beware of
squalls"
Mrs. Sunderland did not think that
the dangers her coIsin had warn q her
10 prepare for We're of 4 very Serious
char Ic;er, but being a woman WISE i'm
her generation" she deemed il prudent
90 pour oil upon the waves before any
signs of a Storm became visible. \ day
or two after h-rncw ~neighbors arrived,
seeing Mrs. Cooper making some en-
deavor 10 improve the condition of Il
very neglected garden patch. Mrs.
Sunderland stepped TO TIE dividing
fence and begged her neighbours nc
ceptance o. - basket full of vegetables
she had Just gathered from her own
thriving garden.
ut is 20 laie in the season that I'm
afraid YOU won be able TO raise much
in ,our garden this year. she said,
pleasantly, land rs | have more gar
,ien-truck than | ear make Use of, |
shall be glad to have you help me dis
pose of If.
Mrs. Cooper turned upon her a face
that certainly was not very progresses
me. Tor il Was dark. sallow and scowl-
in, and when she spoke it was with
such a m~iSp.acin- OF her a>pirate> aS at
once BETRAYED her 10 have been at no
very distant date l subject of Queen
V, toria.
.ili'm much Obliged TO YOU. ma'am,
ami rs you've hoiferci the garden sass.
I'll *, cpt it: but rs a general thing me
and my man pays our hown way. and
don't care 10 bc beholden to no odv."
TIE lal Charlie she found it much
easier To make friends with: he was a
freckle-faccd. black-eyei youugster of
twelve or thirteen. with n head thickly
covered with cloSely-coiled rings of ai-
' burn hair. Noticing him one morning
wheel NJ AVA a lot of weeds and rub
Dish from his mothers garden. Mrs.
Sunderland asked him if he would like
To p -rform the same service for her, of
- urSe for a rem neration. The csfer
WAS eagerly accepted, and after that
Charley Cooper earned nan a dime
by l.ttle services performed for the
widow lady.
frank Sunderland and he became
quite well acquyint Il N the course of
these iaborS. and. as 4 general thing.
the two bows got along together re-
markably well: but one day some acci-
dent happened to Charles wheelbar-
7ow. and he cho~e 10 think Frank was
the cause o: the d >aster. The evil
: temper VIII ch had hitherto lain dor
mant >prang suddenly 10 lie, and Char
lie gave utterance 10 sucn a torrent of
profanity as utterly appalled, not only
Frank, but Franks mother. who wit
messed the scene from her kitchen win
dow She called frank away 1T once,
and after q few words of rebukc 4
Charlie, spoken far more in sorrow
; than in anger, 81. sent HIM home.
saying thai she couli not allow any
boy who Swore or used bad Ian guage TO
be the CONF aaion OF her son
Charlie derar'ed N tears with his
, broken wheel arrow. and probably
gave m account OF the trouble from his
rom o view 10 his mother. for Il
few moments later Mrs. Sunderland