The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-11

il IL no wonGer he laughed. or that the
laugh was just 4 ir:fe hyster.cal.
VIVA, q terrible mistake there had
lecn. What a wretch hc was FOR not
haying SPOKEN mp wncu Anuel-y ar-t
came counting lucy. and 50 have saved
all this suffering.
How tender his heart crew. IN nking
of her VINO had suffered so-WLo must
have suffered 80 terribly al this time.
Such were the thoughts that passed
through the young mans Inind a he
walked rapidly towards his boarding
place.
Bat what If Uncle John was mis-
taken?
He wa half way 70 the house when
this Thought zane 81 him. and lie
stopped and stood perfectly siIl FOR
some seconds, bat not -; Ter than hI.
hear. seem d - have become.
~ au rat" III know the truth
he SAL "lpud. aGd then mentally, L
PLAYED The coward one, III no do i.
agan Uncle John certainly meant
IA. To uni"r-ianI t.-t Lacy loved ne
well raougn / o be- my wife. and | would
be a craven IND el not 10 al. herself
now.
COM directly 20 The he'll where the
roam horse stood. b." @roO.u"i him
carefully. then went h the house aud
To the low loom upstairs where he
slept.
Here he baihci and changed into his
best -uit. being careful L. see that Ia"
few collar. in money which u" pos
sco,ci were in his pJck"t-book and IN
his 20 net
Meantime Mr.. johnson had LETT the
ditch ami zone 20 the little patch pf
ground a Duar'cr ii 4 nIIic awav which
his wife cultivated - a yardcu, y here
hc know her 80 be 1T work.
When told that fra-tUS "aS "oing On
"A visit 20 hi old home and would start
nj once. MIR. Johnson hurried to line
house and tcgan preparing a meal Le-
tore hc mould 20.
Neither of them asked the young man
any questions "A 10 the cause az nj ,ui-
den goin", but both gue,-ct that L wa IN
sonc Way connected with a love affair
and were anNiou to ASH: him in every
way possible. Mr.. .Johu-oa Offered 10
loan him al tn money he had. which
was les, than two dDilar-. and Mr..
John ON iiuticrci around. try ny 10 get
~So,ucthin" Il little extra for han "a eat,
hcIhlng him with hi uecItc. and oilcr-
in Ia do 4 dplca other la nc, Il il he
bad suddenly become a child. or what
appeared more iihcly-wa~ gong 20 see,
his syvgcthcaEt, If not. indeed. io ret
married. Aud all the time he VA Try
ing not to ,ay anything that would
how how very anNiou, II" was To- have
him contdc IN her. vel hoping g1"at.y
that he would DO
Era~tu~. ia the iir-. liu-h ri his n-w-
found iuy. WA ontv rc-tra,lESd from
showing Mr.. Parsons !eti.raad Ma,ing
"a clean brca-t of the whole affair ~ =
lin" .rin@ ica- that Uncle John mlEAt
De mi-tak"a.
IL was really very hard for him 20
keep from TELLING. hIr. and Mrs., John
son were the hes. friend Ia had here
al the Slough, anil IA" knew they
thought Il good deal Of him, and h"
wanted To tell them what = loyciy @rl
Lucy was. but could not quite br ng
himself Il DO SO even when Mrs joan
SON remarked. - She fixed his n cktir.
that She - opposed lie would soon have
some one else 10 do il for HIM nov:
and 81 h. left them wholly in doubt,
and mounting the roam, rod" away in
TIA. direction OF Tie ioot-hill, vi the
Slrrras.
II" curLcd his own impatiencc and
the desire Of the spirited roam n; IN"
start. wei knowing tha, time would be-
los. and not gained 10y fast riding for
the first hour or two.
The sun had LONG since set. when.
having put thiriy-.ivc miles between
himself and his >tarting-p place. he dis
mounted. tcthcrcd hi, animal in q spot
of wild oats alittic OIL the road. rubbed
him down with dry leaves and grass.
and rolling himself in n blanket lay
down upon the ground.
If his body was weary ne was not
aware of il. for his heart WAS it!irG
with the >wcc'r>; hopes; and what ~uS-
;ainS The physical powers like hope?
As he lay looking up III the stars. and
watching The full moon coming slowly
up from behind tn distant hills and
cImh NJ Il sky that hal not known a
cl"ud for weeks and weeks. he recalled
every incident Of his life from the time
wacu Mr. and Mr.. Par-onS had taken
him, 4 poor. outcaSt boy, 10 their home
and their hearts.
He thought upon every act of Iucy'S
which appeared in any degree 10 midi
cate her feelings toward himself. and
tried to plac" n against another. III"
unfsyora'lc a.1inS, the favorable. IN
such 4 way A. "a enable him 10 strike a
balance and determine lust what his
chances were. Ii,t IN this he was con
Sc:ouS of failing. for there were manv
little insttnceS-ac;S or wordS-thc
meaning # which ne was utterly un-
able IL determine. which h, Vet fclt Ger
tam had 4 meaning il oniy he knew
upon winch side of his love ccoun 10
place them. Besides. il WAS 50 very
pleasant 10 fancy that the favorable
ouc- outnumlcrci the others. if indeed
there wcvc ~ Others. that he could
10: AVOID going of INTO hl!>sful waking
dreams of the future. when he should
have got his place NJ the Slough irri-
gated. and sci III fruits. and have 4 Cot
tacr built.
He would have a cottage Just like the
one in the foot hills. where they bad all
spent 30 many pleasant days. he
thought: the cottage now abandoned
and ICING to decay. Ley would b. by
his side always. and Unc,c john and
Aunt Martha should bring johnny and
I've with them. their honarcd ami bc-
loved guests. and 81 The mi>rnicr-
standings and suffering OF the past
should be forgotten.
And thus he lay and drew bright yic,-
ur.S of sweet days 10 come. until from
waking dreams he passed 10 dreams
which came in .ecp. but they did not
greatly Iidcr from each other. the
music AMI the words were jul; the
same were love and Lucy: love and