The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-31

If | could only de
b. this time. however. Era-;us Lad
partially recovered iron the blow
which had fallen 80 suddenly. 4 40;
Unexpectedly. and was able To take up
II. thread Of the conversation where
Lucy had dropped it; and Jennie. am
ious not To reach home IN uch =
frozen silence as 70 attract the notice
of their mother. also chimcd in. thus
giving her sister time To rally again;
and when they stopped in front Of the
cottage and Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons, the
former carving Johnny in his arms.
came out 10 welcom. them, they
thought they had never seen their
daughter IN a "ayer mood, Il a'trlb-
uted il To joy 1T being home again atter
such a long absence.
When Mr.. Parsons told her husband
OF Lucys engagement be remained
silent for a time and then said:
Il s'posc its natural. Marty, an
whats natural j. gincrally right, but
omewa I'm afcard Lucy Will be sorry
fer IL lone .
Il amt 20, nothin' in particular agin
the Young man. but I'd 4 heap ru,her
| SI' q q lllatlIfb ISt-tA-, du y i''l Y
tam he'd a asked her II Mr.. Annelsey
hadn't got in his way and be seen that
Lucy kind o took 10 him: though l
never could make out that she loved
him so very much while he was q
comm here to see her.
May be it al right rs it s." he
continued. after a moments pause. ".At
least she won't want fer some,h!n 10
eat or " wear. An may be it don't
make any odds how it's got, only so
Won gc, II.
Il used ter think" he went on, that
nobody couldn't 20 10 Heaven that took
what they hadn't earned, but d'know.
Nav be- there amt no Heaven 'er no
Hell; an no right and no wrong that
we're just pat here like the Wild beasts
To fight fer what we ct, and that them
tina, can Git the nos Is the best fcllcrS.
IF a man or 4 child j. hungry and
takes a loaf OF bread, they -cnd him 10
iaIl, because that : q VI IatIOn OF the
law; but If he has money to start oil an
brides tongris Ia pass a law 30 he Kin
rob a lot Of poor folks of everything
they have. a fast rs they a get any
thing together. why. they re- maxim
money because they've got more talents
than other ~fcllcrS have: and everybody
is entitled TO all they can make III this
country,
Il don't believe Chris: ever taught
any sich dortriuc cS that. but there IS
them as pcrtcnds la he His followers
and 10 speak for Him "a i, Away cud-
din 10 the rich, Il KNOWN, too. that
no man can get a million OF dollars
withou, gct;in' some that belongs to
other folks.
Wal. AnnelScy's rich. an Lucy II
be his wife an dress IN silks and satin.
and | hope she'll be- happy. Nav ne
when were dead an gone hell let her
take care OF johnny. If the boy ou,llvcS
u. There ought 10 be SoInc good come
ont of 50 much suflcrin'. an may he
that'n BE- In" way i'll come.
Il wouldn't take a cent of it myself
If | was Il dvn' If HUNGER. but If some
time johnny should need their help it
won't be- a Gift exactly, for the company
that's putin dollars into Annel>cy's
pocket Is Il takin EN- u N of ourn Al
though they ain { the same dollars cN-
actiy. ii amounts t. the same thing
it a Robin of u, to get rich them
selves
a few DAYS after this EraStus inform
ed Mr.. Parsons, and, later in the day,
the other members of the family. that
when the hurry of the season was ovcr
he intended To leave them and strike
out for himself.
He hop. ID tina. they wouldn't feel that
h. was d,Sr,ting them, for he would
never 10 that; but he was now two
wears pat his majority. and ought tn
begin for himself. and Il number of
Young men OF his acquain,anc" Were
going down to the MusS.c Slough
country To take up land. AND he had
decided 10 20 with them.
This decision of ErastuS was the
cause of much regret IN the part of
John and Martha Parsons. They loved
him a their own son. and had hoped
and planted that when he should start
for himself it should be in the imme-
diate n~rignborh"od of their own nome.
if. indeed, he did not marry one OF tLc
girls and remain always with them.
They readily conceded his right TO
90. however. and rs there WAS now
little prospect that they would soon bc
able 10 buy him a place they did not
wonder that he wished to leave them
and start a home of his own.
Perhaps they OWNED some Of his feel
inGS for Lucy: AT least they realize |
that they could offer no objections TO
his going which would rot appear
purely selfish.
At first they insisted that he take he
few hundred dollars remaining in bank,
and \ pair of horses and a wagon.
The money he positively refused to
touch. except a few dollars necessary
to enable him 10 make the journey 10
the Slough. although both the girls
Joined Their parents in begging him To
do So. and declared they would remain
home from school. or even teach school,
rather than permit him who had done
- much TO aid in accommodating what
they possessed. TO leave without any
thing.
Finally it was agreed that he should
take q pair of t~hrce-year-old colts and
one of the wagons. together with pro-
visions and money sufficient to last him
until he could reach his de>;inat on.
look abou, him a Little and decide jus,
what he would DO.
During the time intervening before
the iav set for his departure he worked
even harder than usual, that he nigh;
leave the fall work in good shape and
So relieve Mr.. Parsons A. much as pos
siSlc. The colts. too. Were haruc>>ci
every day and made TO do some light
work tina; they might be hardened q
little before starting upon the journey.
which. although not such a very lon.
one. would We; be a hard one on AMI
mas of their age.
/, vas 4 very sad household. that o.
John and Martha Parsons. during these