The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-20

! al "A - I'D NV " Aasla s4ss@ a'f#l IL
about the house when We struck one
! little town whore we were booked for a
weeks run. Snowy Was ali the tine
behind the scenes. whether his turn
was over or not. In fact. he seemed To
De irving ( o keep under cover and 20
on; a. little a. he could
"One night ] was standing up in the
flies looking things over. when who
should ! SEE slipping over 10 n of the
WIZ, but Snowy, and h all IN a
frembic with excitement w hat : up
| wonler2' said 1. watching him q! the
tine. Well. he sid up alongside the
drop. and pcepcd outside. and 'Eere he
stood Ike a statue. 20 absorbed i don {
mink h.. would have noticed It II ! had
! dropped down on him | don't know
# you'd think IL mean o! me or not. but
I go; down and took sock 81 the audi
cncr 10 -ec what Interested The man 20
much. ! saw 1t al IN a jify. There
was q couple in Il bOY-a young man
and = lady-aEd clearly a. fond OF each
other a. they dared 10 show. Il WIS
this couple Snowy had been watch
inc. and when / got behind the scenes
again. there he WAS still. and. Jupiter.
blamed if hc wasn't crying Ike a child.
on cour-.. | said nothing. bat
watched him. and | noticed when his
turn came hc seemed backward. and
thought he had a mind To shIrk. But
he went on and performed his part a.
usual. He Wa nearly through vixen
heard Il hubbub n the house and went
out in the corridor. The door OF one
3 - So fxn. tr.= nF.at aud /. hIt- u.t-
hurrying nto il with "A glass If water.
kn-cling on the floor Wa the Young
man ] had noticed, and a his feet the
young IN was lying. apparently
stone dead. We had a hard time bring
ing her to, and / didn't know what
happened outside. But ! learned after
ward that Snowy fUnkei bad al OF a
sudden and cu, his part dead short.
This set me a~-thinkug. But the
next night | had food enough Tor re-
fleet on II WAS Gear. mDOni ght night,
and | took a stroll. Now. I'm n :
sentimental mortal. but / DO admire
nature. and once | wa out OF the town
= M among some tire : on a lit,
: mound. and there ! stretched myself
4. with the bright sky over me. There
Was not a sound bat the c~roakirg O!
The frog, and the chirp of the katy
l dds. | don't know how long i Ia,
/ there. but all of a -uidcn | sat up anC
/ looked down AT the road. There were
!. voices there. and they belonged To (:
man and woma ali who We're standing by
:. q gate. and hu~gIng each other 10
lear life. | was amazed al first anI
thought il WAS an ordinary rustic love
| making. But from their GESTURES
( saw that Somcthin" above the common
WAS going IN. The oma seemed e
hc pleading and the man fighting her
of. At last what did thcl do but taxi
10 CRYING. both Of them.
Il kept on watching them. and aftc,
awhile they ki>~ei each Other tcuderly
f, and the man went away. Ii was ther
ihar / first became aware of a curIou
feeling that had been coming owe: III,
"a feeling that ! WAS not alone. W
have all such a feeling sonnet mes. Vol
know. and then. H. ii all such times
! | found | WAS right. There WAS
man standing among some bushc
.'>t above me. and looking at la
A :her going down the roai. was il
the shadow and he did no; notice me
b3t the moonlight wa> full upon hi
face. and | KNEW At once the youn.
man ! had seem IN tie boX. And suci
, II face a. hc did Navc. To be sure, Tall
of di,ligUring a faCe with a blow. or -
an accIdcnt. or with vitric!, They
all bad enough. But x Won want 10 IL,
= terror look al the face Iisiigurci b.
: zeal puSy. and there VoullNayc II. Tina
WIS what aied the fac" | waS lock n.
at II WAS black with pa>>Nn. Ia,
eyes were staring. the lip, were prc,,c,
together. the teeth were cienehcd
Hat. >aVagc and uurrlcut NJ marNcr
! oa> 4 need pr-wI> IN tina: look. | III
: most >hHddc~rG ~ | witnessed it. an,
:. fc!, a deal more comfortable when
: heard footsteps ~crourbin@ among tn,
, dry leaves ana gradually rcccdinw.
! Then | started home. On the Dor
. de- II the town who ,hoali | NEE
, s.oucaing along but SNOWY. stoppr,
: To speak Ia Inn, and ~ he turned al
!, hi> face with a start the mGpnlirh: lei
, upon II. and there were his cVc> ~ re-,
{ n you please. and the bic tears ShinJn.
1 in them. | didu prctcni 10 notice il
i, but al Of a sudden. n ! looked III him
!, | got Il CURIOUS shock. The nwurc. tn
y cCuldni toe mistaken in them
belonged II the man VINO had parte,
with the GIRL.
, "lou may well believe | was inter
|, cS;ci. was manager of In, compau
and | didn't 10 have any scandal
=. about my ears 80 l thought 4; III
: duty To- inquire into the odd things
had seen. But | didn't learn much
+, The |rl who tainted in the box was tn,
:, daughter IF a rich but cranky old fel
i, low. who had Or Ven his oniv son AVA
some time before out of n wnim. an,
:, the Young MAJ was the son IF a neigh
!, hor-a Young fellow IN the Naval Acad
\ cmy and 4 Gallant lad. too. althoucI
he had a temper like Satan.
e Well. the week went b. and | saw
{ nothing more o. SNOWY except whel
n | met him On the stage. Our last nigh
in the town came. and il seemed tina
: We were going 10 close with a pachet
5 house. remember now every seat Wa
Y full and | had Just got done count n,
5 the receipts. and WAS coin- back behin,
/: the scenes 10 see If everything was al
right. when who should | stumble on il
the corr dor but tn Young fellow iron
the Naval Academy. He didn'; lool
, much better than when | had seen hin
. that night out in the bushes. He wa
pale as d aih. and there was a woke,
/: glitter in hi> ewes As he walked mn an,
down. now and then reepinC in ihroucl
r the door NJ the audience and the y r
, formers. l remember noticing. too
: that ne lounced 4 good dcal ao,ut 4 III;
p tie closet where a Gas III tel VAS, an,
, the door of which WAS aiar. Il dd 70
strike me N the time. but uftel