The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31
ALLEN AND HIS MAMMA.

~ - ntt D4fH>1ul - wear EaSgt
dresses when one is old enough ior
pants. and il SAT- very nice not to hav,
any shoes. and nobody would Ike "a
stay hoWe and take care Of bay when
all the other bows were playi ing ball
Whenever Allen Maclniyre got into
q temper about all these things. hs
mother would only say. sadly: III will
have 10 be done. /, Will have 10 BE-
done, sooner or later
What will have 10 be done.
mammal Allen demanded u day.
when he had been n~argh,ier than usual.
because the bows called him Miss
Nursey' and Little Girlic' and beg
gar-boy."
why. we will have TO 90 away in
the steam-cars, tomorrow" laid his
mother, TO Il beautiful place in the
country where three dear old lad es live.
who want YOU Tor their title boy.
darling, because they hsve none vi their
own"
Allen listened breathlessly. while hi>
mother held him tight III her arms anJ
the tears streamei down her Tim
cheeks. What wa there 10 cry about?
..iou Will have nice things To play
with she went on
"And 4 pairof pants gasped Allen.
"le'; and plenty of good things 10
! eat"
''Oh, and not take care OF Baby any
more? Goody Goody"'
Allen was fairly wild with delight
He wanted to start that very minute.
and all night he kept waking up to ask;
is it morning yeti"
The wonderful ride in the ears was
all too short for Allen. who had never
been out of Newark before. TEey
stopped at a lovely little town and
walked right UP To a lovely little house.
and there We're the three funny Old
ladies on the piazza waiting for them.
$50 you have decided to give us your
little hoy at la>t." said the first one.
81 am very glad you have, said the
second.
$50 am l." said the third. And
this is the little boy! Oh. the darling"
Then followed "A great kissing and
petting, and the oldest little Old lady
had her pocket full Of peppermints. and
the next n beautiful picture-book. and
the third three little puppies TO show
Allen.
If they Amt just like rats!" he cried.
See them. mamma Whv, where is
she?' and he looked a~nxiously at the
three little old ladies. who looked
a~nxiously al him. but did not speak.
Then it flashed across Allen that these
wicked people meant to separate him
from his mother.
Il want my ma-a-a-ma'" he scream
ed. leaving the puppies and running for
the door. But Miss Carrie. the oldest
of the little old maids. caught him in
her arms, and they all began promising
MIN presents.
"A beautiful new pair of pants" said
Miss Annie. the second little old lady.
"And a whole box full of CANDY"
said Miss Jennie. the youngest.
"And a handful of pennies"
But Allen did not want their pennies
nor their candies. where is nv
mammal? l will have my mamma"
he cried.
81 am your mamma now" said Miss
Carrie.
"And me too" said Miss Jennie.
ME too" said Miss Annie.
.'You are not"' cred Allen. indig-
nantly. ''You naughty. wicked lie
people. Let me go"
But thev would not let him go.
They took him into n pretty room
where a lunch was spread on a table.
and for one moment Allen forgot his
homesickncss as Miss Carrie spread a
muffin with ELY, and Miss Annie
heaped a saucer full of raspberries. and
Miss Jennie cut = big slice of cake Tor
him.
Suddenly he burst out crying. ooh. |
how Baby would like some cake, II
want to take n piece Of cake TO BABY"
You will never have to take care Of
Baby any more. Won't that be nice?'
said Miss Carrie.
NO. it WON'T sobbed Allen. 81
want nv Bapy. / lore t. take ARE of
ter." and he cried so that the old ladies
trotted him off to take q nap, saying he
was tired out.
There was a little white ted in a
pretty room for himself alone, Miss
Carrie said. but Allen was not to be
cousoled. and sobbed himself to sleep.
He woke suddenly, and found Miss
Carrie sound asleep, too, for it was .
sultry afternoon.
A wild thought darted through
Aliens mind He would run away,
Slid Nc off the bed. he tip,oed down
stairs. and paused q moment By the
say: .-Oh. he will forget all about his
mother. before long
..Of course he will" answered Miss
Jennie. If we never let him see her
Forget about his mother. indeed. His
dear. patient. kind mo her!
Allen rushed put of the house. and
down the stree; To the station. He
thoughs he could walk along by the
railroad. until he came to Newark. so
he trddged on in the blazing sun. hot
tears running down his cheeks at the
thought Of forgetting his mother.
Late that night. Mrs. MacIntyre sat
in her dreary cottage. trying Lot to be
when she thought OF the beauti-
fu, home where >he had lie. her little
son. They VIII &c kind and good 20
him. I know" she thought, sadly. "and
Ire Will Crow M tn be a tine Young cen
ashamed of his poor old
mother"
Just then. there came a laundering
rap ~ The door. and behold. there was
the expressman with Allen sound asleep
IN his arms. lost your boy. ma'am?'
he said. Il found the runway tour or
miles up the road
sob. my precious. My darling
cried Mrs. Maciniyre. ioyfully pressing
him close TO her heart What ha,
.happened?" !.
II ruined AVA. mamma" said
Allen. waking up just enough 10 snug
gle closer 10 her. .'Fleasc TO don't send
me away again l a TO be your it
tie boz forever and ever. and nobody's
And it wa hard telling which ,