The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-23

Lucy. with her mother and two chill
dren-a second child, Il grl. having
been born 10 them reached home II
advance Of those who bro ght her
wounded husband. They had heard
the most terrible runor- and were tor
turcd by the most horrible fears, but
were in ignorance Of what had actually
occurred until men came bearing the
bleeding body with il, unconscious face
and laid IT AT their feet. To those who
can not image the agony of these low
ing hearts no description which In"
writer could give would convey any
meaning whatever. ErastU- lived until
morning. He was unconscious during
the whole tine. and died without =
word or loOk Of recognition OF those
about him, while wife and mother and
children poured forth their anguish in
tears and sDbs "a, they watched the
pul,ing OF the heart grow fainter and
fainter and felt the hani- which tEcv
claspc,i become colder and colder. a. the
death-damp gathered upon the brow VI
him they loved.
When he Wa buried thee two lone
and widowed the one in the
D l'i4l4A' va Aal', i8l' 'liitI bBf'i thH
broken and gray with We r and >orro'S,
but more with sorrow than with years.
returned Ia their dcsolate home 70 Clasp
two fathcrlc>s children to tneir breasts.
and weep and moan, living :n daily
fear Of other attempts at eviction n
other Tragedies until such time rs death
shall come t. them, or until the whole
people hall wakcn FROM their slumbsrs.
throw off the fatal ,pe!l which binds
them. and demand that Justice be done,
and rcparation made so far as may be.
Walking down of the principal
streets of Ihicogo one day recently l
met Ensign. tire husband Of Jennie Par
sous. He Wss not As well dressed AS
when | last saw him. and his greeting
had less OF self confidence and manly
independence than formerly. In truth.
| ,hinF he intended to pass without
kpeekTg. but stopped hun and held
$500 hand.
OHOw do YOU do | said; land how
is Jennie aud the babies"
.'They are well. or a well as could
10 expected under the circumstances"
was the reply.
feared that all was not exactly
/ right with them. but could not well APP
| pear to be inquisiti,c. / have a high
respect for Ensign and his wife. and had
Nno intention Of permitting hem 10 drop
from nv list Of friend-. and | said:
81 am coming out To spend an c
jng with you before long if YOU viii AL
low me. ! suppose You are still living
A., sl. a., .. on y. -
NO." he replied. 'thcy forecloscd
and took that from us more than Il year
ago; after we had more than half paid
for it, too. You see. | was thrown out
of nv place by the failure OF the com-
many / was at work for. and could not
keep up the payments on the house and
! lot. and so lost all we had saved since
coming here. together with what little
We had when We came"
land where are you living now?" /
asked.
lie hesitated a little and thcn said:
after we lost our place | got another
job at one Of the mills. but was sick
with the fever for a time. and when |
got up again | could get no steady I'M
ploymcn,, and we were forced TO rem
4 ttb Ab' loo .o'tb' VII
fronting on the railroad track. Well.
thc railroad company ella NEE the
ground that this building and others
stood on and wanted possession. so ey
Oriered u, put out without ceremony.
l came home from a long tramp after
WI X one day and found Jennie and the
Oh ldren on { q sidewalk with what few
no iSehold goods we had let. CRYING
thsir EYES out with fear and anxiety"
And then what | asked. seeing
tina he hcsitstcd again.
well. ] was out If money. an rent
had q be- paid in advance. and Is we
had moth NJ 10 pay with. and could not
borrow. we moved into an old building
will another family down by the river.
unit can find work and rent 4 better
place. We don't call it living: il isn't
livin, :; its only lust II camping; hu. what
can y. fellow do? l assure YOU there are
hundreds of other families in the city
who NJ equally bad OIL"
The story ..Driven from Sea to Sea-
is finished no. not finished. John
Parsons and Erastus Hemingway are
dead. One sleeps with his crippled
child upon the mountain side; one lies
buried in the valley. side by side with
hh> ne Ehbors. who fell like him. the
victims of The rapacious greed of cor.
porate conspiratOrs on that fatal morn
ing of Nav, 1880: but Martha Parsons
and Ley Hemingway sill I've. and
living I'LL contend with >. Corporation
for the yssSfter above their heads aud
the heads of orphaned children. With
them battle Others whose homes and
farms are in jeopardy from the same
source
Occasionally some settler. driven
from his home. made GC>I crate bv
long-continucd suffering. by rnn~S Oft
repeated. takes vengeance upon the
immediate author Of his woe: and
some man. some tool of tho corpora.
ton sent 10 hold possession of tie land
from VIII Oh the settler has been cvic,ed.
is foun dead upon the spot where the
wrong WAS done. Even u Won read
these lines and wond ( such ia nCs
are po>> bic. hon II settlers. not alone
in California. bat in II Of 4 dozen diff
frrvnt states. j, nav be. are beng driven
from their homes. their affairs over
thrown. their household gods destroyed.
the. r lives s~acritc, q. their w!vc> wdbwci
aud their children made orphans.
No. the story j not Vet finished; but
So far a. told it i 4 true story. All Of
the main incidents have taken place
substantially n related The are part
of the history Of our county; have oc-
Cured 10 our own cit scnS. beneath the
shadow of oar own Gao.
Hal i been other than 4 true sIovg
L might have ended with \ br rhtcr
picture, with the brightest AMI bel II