The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-18
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Avery Aas ~ li'rl" "roup il waS thar
>ni uu l-r ia" new porch IF the shantv
uut' long air. III stars cam" ont that
might.
50 MANY chances hal tar"n place;
thcrc MAS ~, much tn Tux atont that il
Ms tea o%'cinci before tl"v oIr
i.nu"ht -, the tire. and ~tIll th.y
talked ou for another hour hr!".r Tc:ir-
iug t e. family Ia their eds md i.ras-
IA, ia q huah on the .""r.
Ia" Nu=u- man r"ma u"i! thr.r DAYS
WITT ihrHu. and duriu that tim" they
talked oKcr ali matters rclat M 10 fam
ii. ala r. past pr sent and future.
ar. and Mr. larSpns al course
-,lad,S rave th'r consent Ia the en-
gag.mcnt of the l"un" people. Int IT
was necessary 4" postpone The wedding
uuij, T. ra~iu> could yet iS pace irri-
-atcd and ia >hal" Ia produce a living.
l. seemed very .ari H. Part ayain 80
soo.. i'm, sine hc couId no: TAX"
iu'y win II ia. every day spent away
from Ia, own ramch behaved Their mar
rn." that much tn longer.
and Il cn there Mouli br the pleas
ur" al wriin" md receiving letters.
wulca, oi COURSE. they would To every
wee. ~ the faTih">t.
The pru.cc al selling The mountain
ranrh and a ~"nc t. Ia" Siou"h 10
IKE WI. tai cl If. and Mr. and Mrs.
inr.ouS a.rcc,l ihat when ira~tuS cot
H. 1lacr irrigated and VA, ready 10
MARY. lc was satisfied with In"
%r"untrv and the prospect. they would
Iii d.. 80, y, l,,.,. ,ni l,n,- -sra4n a.
Rear him ~ possible. md II not they
would both sell AMI 20 elsewhere and
.uN ior,ti"r.
And thus all were comiortcl by the
tho"cxi that lurN marriage. when It
snoula ~x ~ would. instead "f Srpa-
rating her froi. her parents. rcunii.
Them ali VIA Fra. Jus. ard II i proc
an.e that for these ,'rce LAYS the in
mates II the shanty lion Ia" mount
ain side were aS happy - !: "!tca falls
1, the lot ot people to be.
Certainly John L. rsoHS wax happy.
Lucy and Era.tus Wandered HboCt the
place. aud through the gulch and up
the mountain side together.
Together they went for the cows. -
Lucy had done alone the night Era.tus
came.
Erastus helped Mr.. Parsons sprout tn,
~Crape-vincS. and Lucy helped Erastus;
and if occasionally, Is they worked to-
Eethcr at a vine. Their hands met and
their finger intcgtwined it was no more
than The tender tendrils Of the vine they
were trimming did.
II. A. they walked hand in hand over
the mountain. or sat 10 rest in some
quiet nook. his lips sought hers and
drank deep O! loves nectar. they only
followed the example of the birds that
near them billed and coocd. and talsed
of where their next years nest should
ts.
And have not you. dear reader. lot
the same? Then have YOU not known
th. sweetest and the best thing that
life has 10 give?
will no. describe the parting. when
n, las, the day and the hour came. and
the roam horse stood ready 10 he
mounted If tie door.
There is enough of sadness aud Suf-
fer Nc in this true story without dwell
ing upon the parting of those loving
heSrtS.
L: was noon when Era>tus started on
his return; il was night on the fourth
day when he led the roam into his stall
at tire Slough and ate supper with Mr..
and Mrs. johnson. Ia whom he frank.
told the purpose and result of his visit.
and from whom he received hearty con-
gratulations.
The next morning he Went back 10
WORK on tie ditch. and il his compan-
ions We're ready witt their jokes. ne WAS
in lar too good n humor with the world
and all things in il To b. offended IT
wha; he knew WAS kindly meant
For months he worked early and late
at the dltcn. and when i had been
completed. and the water. in its slow
seeping through the soil, had rendered
it capable of sustaining vegetable life.
be began planting trees and vines. and
breaking The soil for future crops. When
the wear closed he found his place be-
ginning to look quite like living.
He hadiptended going again to visit
Lucy and ~herparents at this time, but
his place still Hacked . dwelling. and
che little it would cost to make The Jour-
ney would aid just that nh RI towards
buying the material towardA. cottage
which he hsd planned. and 'fnalIy
decided not to 60. but instesS lif take