The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-04

writ. anI until now John Parsons bal
conten,e himself with simply send NJ
his love or supplying some bt Of news
for LucJ or her motter when they
wrota t. either f the absent oaes On
fs-.ly affair
But now be had Al obicc: 10 accom-
plish and mu,; write. and be squared
himself 70 the task
Again he Dipped the pen in ink, but
discovered hat he hal forgotten the
day Of the month and 90; up and con-
suited the almanac which always hung
On a nal driven into the window casing
near the clock.
When he had the date safely down b
began:
DEAR RssTrs.
.Yrr mD-h-r ard Lrcy hsv son 20 town with
some chickens ami ts!nss ard are goin -
br.ns tex -ofnc groceries
Lucy Amt = gon u marry Mr.. Anncl.cy
after al: she . gave hun Ms Sa!kin papers Yer
good.
We are gttn long purity well eonsider.n.
though Gii5 place sht quite 40 comfortable
and nice ~ tie Old one vas. There Amt no
young folks arounJ here much. and Lncy
don't at Ike she ~AniI-i 10 tay anything 10
20 with any OF the young feilers that does
come. HniHt you better come home ADD
make us avs Your mother and me wants
u scc you awful bal and 20 GOES Lucy: least
wise ! think she does.
W ~ ntrn the place fred up some better
than IL 49, shen We came here. Built . porch
over Ia. front door lasr week and the ~irn.n
has set out sJiDc ru-. bushes on both sides OF
IL: you know Lucy always vas terri bic fond
Of roses
-Johnnyis b1u. the .arue a. when you left
He ard | hav teen AT work in the garden THIS
forenoon. but re : asleep nOw unis the reason
I'm WEirin' you. You see l don't SAnt the
~ ,p.a 10 kyaG ~ they are 81 awful CITs
about such things. ] spsct Lucy III think u
wasn't proper II sbe knew IL i reckon she
thinks yCu cant never iorR7'e h.T. .r owe nef
ANY more, cause she went and engaged h'r
SCI 10 that fci4rr Anne!se, FOR. she knew what
she wanted You see = WOMAN thinks she
mus MT en- rip even ef her heart - a breakin- =,
~ al, they Il tic comm back fore long an 1
must quit writ.n aud get ready for ern. W hen
YOU come up you n..in Say ans thing To Lucy
or mother tout my hayin viii Ia you,ctuses gu
see IL Sont do I'm any good 10 know IL an
Lucy IN yht not Ike IL: Inishi think you come
out u - ~ fer her or some, sin. They re- awful
ours critters, sImcn IL.
This from yours aIectiona'eiy.
"JoHN PARSONS"
He read the letter over slowly snd
carefully, and then added:
"p. =. IL wss Lucy's 4oins breaking 81
with Auncl-ey. an | don see Why she
should have done 4 ef sh. hadn't loved SOM
body else better.
The letter finished. he sealed il up,
directed ii and placed it in the inside
pocket Of his vest
He had yet 10 get it T. the post-ohce
without the kno~iedge OF the family.
and he WAS at some loss 10 know how
20 accomplish this. as it was fifteen
miles TO the landing. and he could
think of no eNcu,c for goin" there i'm
mediatcly after his wife and Lucy had
purchased all needed family supplies;
but he determined to bring it about
somehow. MAY be they'll forget
something he said. mentally, as he
replaced the pen and ink in the bureau.
Il hope they viii; ef they DO I'll jes,
lope a horse an ride over there to-mor-
row an mail this letter. fer I'm bound
10 give 'RaStus = hint Of how the lead
ruus."