The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-06

IN" 10Y IcIl Tue . EeE gDDr !ly1fly
aar a. he re- entered i-eamo o: l.ch,
sEoae into the nall and ter wc-e
sonncs from the room brvouE-s
scratching Of peas. AMI 4 woman
voice: u -ouEG Il wonderfully Ike ,h.;
o. tie lite knit ~ woman, directing
and eGcourag NJ.
Nv ell dom. Su-an.'
Nov don't re ~shear,erei. VII.
OF cour-. while YOU worA in TIE mill
and a only study al d 90: YOU can ,
get along ust rs some 10 who 20 4
school al day. bu' VIVA, Won learn NAV
De %: som. u-e TO you We care mos;
for those things tina; cost Us trouble"
There we're a few simple mathsmacic
a. problems and then reading. and he
word-. ,p-liei out officially ~ some.
We're Babe words.
charity -ui,ereth long and j. kind.
IL ~vauIte;h not it--lf. TAinkcth no
evil. Beareth all thirg-. belieyetn all
thing-, hope:h all ihtngs."
II vas easily understood. Mr..
Wilkin leaned forward a little. and
could peep INTO the room. Fifteen or
twentv boys and girls from the NIL
f"t' "A-hN - hbb4 b3il
those wonderful words read 50 slowly
ani emphatically, seemed suddenly TO
assum. a new and deeper meaning
than Mrs. Wilkin had ever thought Of
their possessing. Some things do show
clearly in the dark than in the
light
AS the timid lite woman, who would
have been frightened at the sound of
her OWE voice in any other audience
half 50 large. explai ned in her simple.
gentle way, the passage read. il occur
red TO the listener outside that some
n was keeping 4 SHARP watch on
those mil people. after all. and that
this might be a better way Of dong il
than might be prac;iced 10y any police
force. II was Z very informal school
One girl had brought her best dress 10
mend a rent in il. and another was try
Ing to knit a pair OF mit.en, for her
brother. Every winter has its thaw-.
Mrs.. Wilkin hal a heart down unler
all the crust of opinions that she chrs-
tened duty; she became Interested, de-
spit. her uncomfortable situation.
The position was unpleasant. She
did not like playing eavcsdropper to
this innocent gathering. but there
seemed no help for il. She could not
escape through the locked door. and
boldly r~cyealin" herself and exp aiming
her absurd suspicious and the Remark
abb" way IN which she hal ON there
was thar ever ner thought could
ndurc SO she KEEP: her place. hoping
that when the pupils Were di>m >-e,l
she might slip cut unuot ccd. But when
the lesson hour WIS over they parted
slo"ly. bv twos snA .hESs>,a1r open
door iliQk1h@ a hood of ligh, out INTO
the hal-lS 4; last only one fingered.
and Mrs Nilkin listened in,ently AS she
caught Lbs voice.
Vow. Tim" said the little knitting
woman. Il like TO have you come. you
know that. and I'll help you all | eau.
bu, YOU must tell your aunt about it.
well. you see. l don't know what
she II say, began Tim. irresolutcly.
but tiat shouldn't hinder you from
dom your duty"
Don't know about that" said Tim.
still DOUBTFUL. You see Aunt Liz
beth got on awful mount o; duty Of
her OWN. md it's such n partic'lar kind
that other folks cant get much chance
to 10 theirs. only when hers is a-nap-
pin. WIZ, Uncle Rcub gives my
mother lOt. of meat but he Just slips It
of and dor I tell"
We'll. II you don't know what is
right for l know what i, RICH, for
me- lid the Little teacher, with a
quet laugh. land can't let you come
again until .'ou tell your aunt how you
spend Your evenings
Mrs. Wilkin nodded 3 vigorous a.
provil. but it was evident that Tim de-
pared in . state OF d:ssaiis!ac; on.
There vas q sound OF - crutch tap
ping on the :toOr. and Mrs. Wiikin re-
meInoerrd that = little lame brother
had sometimes gone about with the
knItt.ng-woman. They w were left
one III The room, and went around
shiNing OFT she lire and putting up
book ana papers.
'Only ten c4nts a week for each one
that's 81 li,te," said the boyish tones.
mus.Egl,.
'ies. bat it isn't so vers much tina, |
can teach theii.' answered the little
woman, hurnb!y. "And ,hcn its all
they can afford to pay. poor things.
And YOU Snow We began more for their
sake than ON Cwn. though We do need
the money. Courage, though Johnny.
Ii al counts. and YOU shall have your
orercoa; pretty soon now. Besides.
this is work ;haI blesses both ways-in
what We give "a we'll AS what We get"
Ii she cou,d o,,;v pass that open Goor.
Mrs. Nilkln vas growing benumbed by
stand NJ so Long IN the cold. Finally
the l'gnJs we've <xiinguishei and the
Two came out his: then. fortunately,
Joanny remembered they had left q
book behind inen< and As they turned
back the prlsonse seized her oppor-
iunit, and escaped
She WAS sitting $one by the tire when
Inn. who "a Itade his homeward
route sufficiently tfcuitous TO include . |
cali on ms mother Returned. He sat
down near her, tw ped his fingers un
easily. and Mrs. Wal Kin guessed what
VAS coming.
There Ue.n ~ tcenin' school here.
Aunt 'L.z'Oeth."
80 1 unirrstansN' peopded Mrs.
W..Ain. cooilv.
"Why. | thought" becan Tim with 1
wide open eyes. AMI then checked him
self with = sudden reflection th:: it
nigh, noJ DC Wei la recall the convsr.
>at.on of IN, morling. Id like to
10 ID that Is. | have been once %
twice. he said. Pact :. Aunt L.iyaI
lie n. when We lived down tn. river
before YOU @ o M. there WASH, an
school ioC me 20 60 10. and - I'm o.-
nind other ~fel.er> Mss hclS.v see
makes 'rthmeiic 80 plan aud heip> re
nIth wra,In and so -
"lou might DO worse" said Mrs
WIKI brie.y. 60 i You wan: II
Only one n ng. I.m.ihv Stone