The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-28

and tell him II he can kc;ch
bld of a likely little Girl, We II tTy an
,lonr with her two wccks'-evcn
k.n Cali.ta only said: We'll. would.
I,cr 4 little Girl wouldn't lie 30
much trouble for YOU u boy most
likely
Hnt after Miss Jane had zone on her
GRAND Calista went into her bedroom
and i'm: the door. She had entered
into her closet.
What Mss Jane said to herself - She
trudrcd away was: "If m g 81 81
p;o. Lord. help me not 10 >gurai and
knock over my vittles every time cant
have 'em 20 suit me- And she backed
up her prayers by her deeds.
Twenty years ago Cali-ta had closed
th< rs Of her husband. young Lieu
tenyt John Emmon,. in a Southern
hoeptal She STAYED with the sick and
wounded TWO years longer. and then
ca ne home with the malaria that made
her an invalid for life.
Jane Sewall haG heard. as her neigh
bDrs nad. that Alexander Merrill was
shot through the head as ne flung him.
self in desperation across the fata! dead
line Of the pen at A~ndcrsonvilic; but
there had been no engagement an
nounced between them.
He had whispered to her under the
blooming apple trees The night before
his regiment went away. and asked If
size would wait until he came back, and
after his death it was whispered about
| that he had been kind - shinin' up To
Jane Sewall," and the postmaster was
sure "he had wrote to her." but the
modesty of the New England village
would have been shocked if she had
presumed to openly mourn for han.
And SO the sorrow that flowed from
Calista's wound. leaving it sweet and
ready for healing. had cankcred in
James heart, and formed a crust that
| few broke through.
She and Calis,a lived comfortably on
the old place with a little money and
Calista's pension: and though their lives
! might not lie in the sunshine. and the
light was subducd. it was tender. not
gloomy. and the only real shadow that
darkeneI the path was the dread that
| sometimes thrust itself forward that
one might be left alone.
The fatal Tuesday rs Miss Jane
would have expressed it. came and
| found Miss Jane irving SD many dough-
nut that CaliSia said. laughingly. she
must be- expecting a 10y, after all; but
they were both surprised when tie min
iSter stopped at the door with Il boy in
his WAGON.
Il said a girl" said Miss Jane. en-
phatically, meeting the minister on the
doorstep.
Il know YOU did. Miss Sewail.
know YOU Il d. SAID the good man.
but now I'll tell YOU just how II Is.
This hoy has brought Il dog W tn him
Miss James face was goryOn-likc IN
its stoniness land Gobod, wants him.
He brought the dog aboard the boat in
that ~pas.cboard box. and there he's
! kept him till somebody caught him put
ting in part of his luncheon fer the lit
tie creature TO eat. He cut holes in the
box so the dog could breathe. and told
him to keep still. and the knowing lit
tie thing hasn't made a sound since
they started last night. The boy said
he WAS afraid {" leave him for fear he
would Toe abused or lost
MIR. Chandler paused, and lookcd n
Miss James face. He read nothing
there.
Il can't say | blame YOU though,
for not wanting 4 boy. he continued
land I'll see if we can't stow him away
somewhere with ours
Miss Jane caught 4 glimpse oi
Cali>ta'S face. You pig. Jane Sewall,
now kick over the whole trough be-
cause you can't have everything youl
wav.' said she 10 herself. and stop.
said she TO the minister: bring him
in"
IL hone You'll never regret it. said
the minister. shaking hands when he
went away.
81 hope | sha'n't." responded Mis-.
Jane, in Il tone that said II know
SHALL" but Mr.. Chandler was used TO i
lack of faith. and h. rode away. Leaving
the boy. with the box under his arm,
standing on the broad. flat door->tone,
in the morning Sunshine.
Miss Jane SAID she ncv did SEE
such a fool for \ boy that seemed Il
have wit. too" as the days wore away
and he asked her ..what held up The
stone wall" that fenced the pastur,
across the road. or wondered that ra>p
berries grew on bushes. or puzzled n
the connection between the hen or thu
nest and the eg- found in there after
ward. Miss Jane was. As she said
really ..nonplusSed ut such ignorance.
The dog. Snap. proved Ia he a harm
less little ra-gcd-haired thing. who pa =.
great respect to the enormous yellow
and-white cat Sarah. and mo!i!'ed he
mistress by catching the rat. III" laz,
Sarah had allowed to gambol abou
the barn almost under her nose.
Quite a friendship grew between
CaliSta and Jack. for he loved 10 li>ter
to her stories of the war. though b
never hesitated 10 tell her when n
: thought she left the straight highway c
fact aud straved into the nelds of imas
nation.
After awhile they found. III add;,io
: To Snap. be had brought with him i
old iaceolet. on which he played. if Nc
|. scientifically. IT least in a wsy Ylea>ln
. 10 these loae.y III
, ..Pina.ore' Vas new. but. ~'ortunat,
! IL. the bands still play "Marchin
Through Georgia" and Annie Laurie.
; and Jack ratified them OF. while {:
: lSta hummcd, in ! soft little voice. 4
: accompaniment half \ measure ahsa
: or behind. as it happened Miss Jar
paid little heed. apparently. 'o the bo.
o but il WAS no; Ca.i>ra who crop: nl
stairs TO look At him Is he lay a>.eel
: and murmured: III he had lived" an
4 then blushed holly alone in the dark
what seemed. TO her rigid creed. a