The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
sold MR.. BINNEY."

AL 'htit iIiclu> nau SAID, when Mrs.
Binney died: Now what a good thing
1t would he ii old Mr.. Binney would but
marry Miss Bright,'
Miss Bright had not been without her
troubles. and Very hard ones hey had
been too, but she bore them with a
brave heart. and carried 4 smiling face.
n had 4 thankful spirit within her,
STRIVING always to remember her bless
lngs. ana how much they outnumbered
any evils she was called upon to bear.
Indeed, to listen to Miss Bright's
showing You would have counted her as
II of the luckiest persons ever born.
she had had the kinGe>t of friends, the
most comfortable of situations, and the
girls she had taught were endowed with
an amiabilty of disposition which made
1t a positive pleasure To be with them.
The only accusation she could bring
against them WAS that they were all in
such a terrible hurry To grow mp and
get married, and then Miss Bright's oc-
cupation WAS zone, and she had to step
ont into the world and find :. fresh field
for her laborS.
As Years rolled on. each one adding
To the score of Miss Bright age these
hunting grounds of instructions became
more n more narrowed. Children of
eight began now where girls of eighteen
ufed 10 leave off, and history and ge-
ography, 10 say nothing of the parts of
speech and grammar. were all so al
tered, that poor Miss Bright had to ac-
knowledge that at times she really did
feel quite confused. VERY soon |
shan: be left with ANYTHING to teach
Ehn "n,ll ~ oL,,,n1 a.l ~.
Mr. Binney's nephew, Joe. or some
other good fellow who heard her. would
declare she should set up a school for
wives, for there never were such wives
As the girls whom Miss Bright had
brought up. She had taught joe wife
sally and her sister. and though since
then she had had other situations. ct
holiday time, or whenever she was seek
ing employment. she always returned to
the house OF DIR. Brendon. their father.
When Mr.. Kinney dropped in. rs he
frequently did. 10 inqu r. after his old
fiendS the BrendonS. he from time TO
time found Miss Bright there. and hap
pening on the occasion of one of her
visits to bring the new that Mrs. Bin
ney was i'll. with no one who-e business
it seemed to lie TO look after re-, moth
inc wa> more natural than that Miss
Bright should volunteer. and a great
comfort they foand her.
SO >prightly Vet unohtrusive was the
CHEEKY little woman that Mrs. Binney
herself was influenced in h.r favor.
until, with an eve 10 their mutual com-
fort, Mr.. Birney proposed Miss Bright
staying with them altogether. ~ nv
not?' he said. We could we'll afford
to pay her a salary" But this word
salary, acting like marie on Mrs. Bin
ney. seemed 10 bring her 10 her senses
immediately. She would be- very glad
TO have Miss Bright a. n visitor Is long
aS she liked to stay, but As to living
with them altogether. NO she would
not give her consent TO that. Slc had al
WAYS objected To having in her house a
third party. Ii was then that Miss
Rriyht's friends pulled very long faces,
indeed. What would she do? they
asked her.
"oh, something is sur 10 turn up
she would say, hopefully. Whenever
| have come to my last ebb an opening
has been made for me, so 1 am not
going TO despair now"
And she said this all the more em2hat- |
icaily, because in spite of her confidence
she could not help feeling that a voice
which she could not still kept repeating: |
What VIII YOU do when You grow |
older: Teaching will Get harder than |
ever That was true enough. but
what else was there for her to do?
When Mrs. Binnry died, which hap
pened ute suddenly ABOUT a year be-
fore. there had been some talk as to
Miss Bright going to Mr.. Binney as
housekeeper, but this proposition
had been made without the knowl-
edge or consent of the principal
person concerned. who, IL soon as the
hint was givcn, negatived il. |
Mr.. Binney thoroughly appreciated
Miss Bright, but no had lost his taste
for matrimony; he remembered that he
had spent forty excellent years with
gu a wife. and. Notwithstanding that
he WAS RON I widower, he could not
con~scientiously say that he felt his state
% be 50 Very unhappy.
Susan the cook, respectable and staid, /
would. he felt sure. manage his house
hold properly. and if it proved that she
should eve way to extravaganza. As
people seemed 10 say. Mr.. Binney fan
cie he could better put up with that
evil than with too much Of the econo-
Qlv from which he had suffered already.
So ali the hopes that on the death of