The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-20

talk tina; IL comes natural 10 them.
Bit Of old sermons. like - ANYWAY.
Dear me. ] don't get much time for
poetry in my life. I'm sure Of that
How Tim does l~oiter''
Tim. meanwhile. had sauntered out
from among the bushes. and was 6
gagged in uniying the old hOr-e that
Mr.. Srarlc- had fastened a. ,ecur- ~
a, if IL could be- induced under any cir
cumsiauce- to run. He VA moved 10
this act Of g~allaniry partly because hs
really liked the CHEEKY little woman
and partly because h. heard Mr.. Bar
N.Y. call and va, in 10 haste 10 60 "a
the house.
That viii do. thank YOU. Tim.' said
Sister S.arle-. ncryOu>iy ANXIOUS To eH-
pediie his steps in the WAY If obs-di-
T! encc. Il think Mrs, Barney - calling
you."
"Yes'm: she mostly always H."
answered Tim, philo-ophically. pan.iDe
To arrange the harness with painful de-
! liberation.
But. my dear boy" urged Sister
Selrlc-, read N something IN hi-
knitted brow,. you should really try
to please and help her al you know.
She i Kind TO YOU
..Oh. Yes. she, KIND. Only when ]
see one Of her kiudnc,-c- a-rnm'n ]
dodge it; it generally hits a fellow hard
enough 10 De- uncomfortable. r.
eppndcd Tin. Then. having relieved
n feelings by this statement, hi con
science prickei him slightly, and he
added: You see. She always in such
a hurry. She can't come and bring
'cm: she has 10 pitch en-.
Mr.. Scarles mcditaicd Is she drove
down the country road
=. We'll. | never thought Of that be-
fore. but ] do suppO>" that : why the
Bible speaks of the Lord loving kind
ness and tender mcrcy-bccaI-c Their"
j. - much kindness in the world that
.sn't one bit loving. and 80 much mercy
that is only duty aud not tenderness.
I'll tell Josiah that. For II happened
that while the good minister porrd over
rs books and studied theology. ms
wife. Going here and there. studied hu-
maniis. And though he cooked his
own sermons she often seasoned them.
The baking was done IT lat. the cur-
rants picked and Mr.. Barney dinner
ready.
FOR the bounty bestowed upon H.
NAV We be- duly grateful. ~murnurcd
Mr.. BARNEY, with head bowed low over
his plat. Then he looked up and re-
marked that H. was tired "f a steady
diet of ham and cggS and didn't see
why they c"uldn have "A Little variety.
You would see II You had to cook
in the hot kitchen a. ! do. rr-poadc
Mr.. Barney. more shortly than her
wont. I'm glad 10 have whatever
get most quickly and easily. Nucn w'
have "A >ummcr-kitchcn W.. can begin
Ia live as other people do.
III So amt all ~ old a. McthuSc-
Ter" complained Master Tommy IN an
uudcrtonc which wa, perfectly audi
bile: ANYWAY. the chickens will he.
if We cant have any cooked till
that time He had shifted ia. od"r,
of the baking on hi, hnm"ward way
from school. and. settling his iuvc-
nile mind upon chicken PIE for DIN
ncr. had been PREVIOUSLY disappointed.
Warm and weary with her morn
inwS work the questions and >ug"cs-
tons frct'"i Mrs. Barney. She felt
wounded and a~@ricv"d. too. - she
moved about SILENTLY after Il nncr. No
one seemed To 80. III. cared II much
for things nice and comfortable q, did
tn. others. She sand To herself. She
cared fa~ more. indeed. nee she
wa, willing io do much now. AMI work
and plaza tor the sake oil having things
all that cuuli lc desired by and by.
How many present comforts and con-
vcniencc. had she iorcgonc for that
Those very cellar stairs toward Whose,
dark and tortuouS steps she WAS
tending were an example; they could
scarcely br more badly built. or in Il
more announcement place. Mr.. Barney
had wanted To remove them. bat She
would not allow hun Ia incur the eN-
u u>c. because a second removal might
br necessary when the house wa> thor
oughly rcIrrangcd.
No. she preferred To submit; to the
discomfort all this tn...
Too long Il time ltproved. for. while
she meditatcd. an insecure board slip
ped beneath her feet. plun- NJ hci
down the dark. narrow stairway,
arainS; the rough stone wall. and then
upon the hard floor IF the cellar. On,
swift moment of terror. the crash of tn,
Il shes that fell from her hands. a flash
Of cNcruc,atingpain. and then She knew
nothing more. She did not hcaI
/ Neale'> wild cry from the room above
nor see her husbands pale face - he
Lifted her IN his arms.
when she returned Ia consciousness,
a strange voicc-thc physician >-wS.
saving:
No bones broken. the1yh It's a won
der her neck wasn't. falling in the Wa,
She did"
Slowly she opened her eyes upon /:
! confused mingling Of anxious faces
wet cloths and bottles Of arnica ant
camphor. and gradually comprchendes
what had happened and her own con
dition-not dangerously injured. bu'
bruised and lamed. and with a sprainee
ankle tina, would keep her a prisoner
for some DAYS AT least. 1t was n sud
den pause In her busy life-au ~enforces
rest. She scarcely knew how to beal
it,. for n moment. ~ she remembers
all she had planned to DO. until a sec
ond shndderipg thought suggested tina
she might have left il all forever: theI
she grew patent and thoughtful. fe
il seemed strange tn be lying quietly M
the lounge in the best bed-room-th'
room tina, had been kept so CAREFUL,
closed to preserve its furniture until a,
addition Ia the house should transmit,
il into u back parlor. TO watch throug,,
the open door, only 3 spectator. VIII
Nealse d tied IN and fro in the k...h..
beyond. spreading the table for IA
How good the Children <.rs IN,
evening. how ,enderly ihcgrh,fnl h,
husband was. coming IN hes -. .r,;