The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-21
Tie next day when Mr.. Parsons re-

III /" Ih5t .'"N - 80
tended as a cover for his feelings over
the loss of the old place and their
changed circumstances
Then he went to Mr.. Blake's Office.
delivered mp the horse. wagon aud
carriage. and gave him a bill Il sale :Or
tn hog, aud the houslo,d goods which
he was To have. and which b. had left b.
agreement a a neighho-'s.
In return he received 81 warranty deed
to the new piac'. madc b. his r. ucst
and without her knowledge in the name
Of his wife.
He did no: DO this for tn purpose Of
~defrauiinS any one for he owed no
man a dollar. tut lie had lost al pride
in OWNERSHIP. and somehow felt that
honor rcqr red tbat. having failed 20
protect bis own rights and guard his
fam " from suffering, he should now
RESIN all claim To the direction If
affairs anl place what | tile wa let
OF their fortune III the hands Of hcr
who. equally vi h himself. had aided in
accumuiat u" al that was lost. 4, well
a. all that rcuyncd.
Accompanying the deaf wa All ab-
,tract OF tile signed by the i:ecor Ter OF
DDcdS for the county. showing that
there Were ID mortgages on record
against Ii" land therein de>cIibr !. and
that tie ;itic thereto was in the name
Of SIR. Ri H..
Not daring 10 trIIst 10 his own kuowi-
edge OF such thing. Mr.. Parsons took
the abstract and deed TO the landlord
o. The hot J. ON hc thought a man
likely TO be possessed OF , M, hnOwl-
cige OF business. the landlord .ooN,d
them over and pronounc'd item ali
right.
Determined 10 have no lingering
doubt, 10 worry nm hereafter. L!r.
Parsons ten sought IA the village
lawyer. and ,ubm tied them to hiuG
also.
That Gentleman glanced them over
and replied:
III, al RIGHT. sir, NIL right
Land entered by John Smith. who
John Smith and Hannah l.. Smith. his
wife. They sell TO Thomas X. Blake.
Thomas II. Blake and Mary 5. Blake
deed to Martha j. Parsons.
mortgage appears upom the records in
my office against the above described lunl-
"E>OS P~rTERE.UGH Recorder"
That's all right Title in your wife.
Nobody can get it away from YOU. sir
That's what ! thought every time
aforr." muttered John Parsons to him
self as he lief the Office. but they d..l
il all the same. But may be Is this
place ain't worth much and amt never
likely to he. they'll leave us in peace
the rest of Vi lives
1t was near the middle of the after
zoo when tn family found themselves
in the spring wagon and on their way.
The road wound round and round the
hills. now up, now down, rocky and
full of guiii.s washed Iv the rains:
never beng repaired except when it
became :b %olutcly impossible. and in
SPITE CT the carrful driving Of his faith.
er the rough jollirg hurt Johnny.
sometimes causing him TO cry out with
pain.
Night overlook them when they We're
several mile from their Journeys end,
making il still more difficult t. travel
with any sped. SO that it was tn
o'clock when they turned their tired
W. ~ i'tstN o' 'bt l.i iosRit itIkb
4 by-track TO the right. and a quarter
OF n mile further on pulled up in front
Of 4 cheap. implanted board shanty-
their new home upon the mountain
side.
Ii wa too late to think OF doing any
thing except to make a cup f colcc
and bunk down in the easiest way pos
s:blc for the night.
Mr.. Parsons. with the assistance of
thu neiyhlor who came with HIM the
day be ore. had rut III Il cook-stuvc
and mace Il bunk for & cm<c,ye> on
tie iloor. whoa remained JUS A. they
had crawlcd on: # il in the morning.
Another similar one was now made up
in another corner Of the room. and
upon these the family slept. exec (
Johnny. w:o occupied his win, clcd cot.
il having been the last thing packed on
the wagon be ore leaving the old honc.
When they arose the next morning
the sun was shining over the mountain
tops. AMI doing the bc>. I could To
make the scene Il pl, a,ant one
MIR: Parsons hastily slipped on his
clothes and went out to look to the
horses.
Mrs. Parsons and the girls also
dressed hurrieilv an then stepped To
the door and looked out. 1t had been
too dark To ; u much the night before,
and they had been too utterly tired out
to Try To see even the little that might
have been 80. II. but now they were
eager 10 know how the place really did
look.
\ sal enough co; trast it was to ihe
old home. Instead of 4 white cottage
with its green blinds AMI wild, open We
randas. their dwelling was a rolgh
>hanty of boards nailed perpcnlicu.arly
TO the framework. rcscmbiu ing in this
respect he one whi,h the. had Orcu-
pied for u 1cw DAYS on the SuScol
ranch. But instead Of Icing sixteen
feet i'll length. these boards were hut
ten feet long. and rs . ION clu.nce
there Was no lot aLoye ~ in the Suscol
cottage.
The interior Wa ce,lad with cotton
cloth. but there Were no little n, CIV
made convenience. no snS: no cup
board; no partition; no por.I over the
door. All was in one room and al was
cheap and rough.
Outside. til" view was no more cheer
ing. The shln,y TODD well u. on the
hill or mountain. Below. and fo- 4 it,
tie distance, both n front and in the
rear. was 4 iece o: tolrraily .evel
ground. perhaps forty acres in al, which
gently To- tie west. emf NJ in a
beyond which the earth bccam
broken and rocky acain.
Above the shanty ihe gronni >.oyei
upwards VITA a sharper y tch for a few
hundred feet and then rose r.pii,. be-
nor AMI Iao,c precip tons. I'm
III L reached the summit u ;h.r! uf =
mile wa.
In places portions III the solid rock