The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13

But Il Didn't Work to the Authors
Entire Satisfaction.

Entire Satisfaction.
liz Practitioners watched Rev. Mr..
Brown with peculiar interest as he left
the graveyard. leading his two little
girl by the hand. They wondered.
knowing how much she had been to
him. how he would endure the terrible
blow "f las wi.c's death. His face was
Tx. marhl" rs the coffin was lowered
into t." @ray.; there was no outward
ri"n Of anguish. but no on" doubted for
Il moment that he suffered kccnly. He
had been rather a mystery to his con
creation ALWAYS; but they knew him
t. be- capab!c of deep feeling. in spite
al hs cold. Impa-sivc manner a
aoI-l. Gcmon-tra.iyr show of grief
would have been impossible to him.
He -, a nan of great tranquility of
mind, and with little energy of dispo-
Sit.on. He took al that Providence
sent him very utfully. without any
cllort 20 chang o. amend II. no matter
how "h Get enable II IN ght be. and he
po~~c-~cl in perfection the art of ''put-
ing APP with whatsoever befcll hlm.
lie WAS not Il fayorIic with ms Hook,
hut Ia Wa hy no means unpopular.
The poor loved him. Tor his hand WAS
always ready 10 - to his pocket at a
tale of Il stress. limited aS were his
means. and his rrpronfS Were always Of
the mildc>t >ort. The rich. though
they had ltil" TO say for him. had mott-
ing L. SLY against him. They invited
han FIRE urntly Ia their houses. enter
tanned him handsomely. and bore very
CompIacrntly with his habit of falling
INTO Il brown study ri the dinncr-tahi".
A. for the Younger portion of his Hook,
ms good looks, his rich chestnut hair
and dreamy dark eyes had early I'M
pressed them profoundly. and they am
his pTal~a~ without stint
II MAS a source of rcgrct Ia many of
the Young ladcS-and = fcw of the
Older our,-that Mr.. Brown "a a
married man. Many wears before he
had come t. the church nj BarStow he
had welded a gentle. Sweet-tcmpcrcd
-irl. who fairly worshircI HIM. and
had proved herself "A good wife ami Il
devoted mother. Their welded life
had flowed ON aS calmly a 4 meadow
lpuok. andi>tuI bed by any petty
.lomrst g ar~ or troubles. IL had never
occurred L. Mr.. Brown that il might
not 20 ON 50 forever. He did not notice
his wiic'S failing health, and a she MAS
one of the kind who never complain.
hr w:.S utterly unprcpared Tor her
death. Ii stupciicd him, hi could not
- L. ..,nal ;n HIM, IN
credible. impossible. and he felt be-
wildcrcd and half puzzled even when
he heard the >odS falling on the coffin.
He went back IL his lonely home with
his two little girls. and shut himself up
in his study. where he lay down on the
wcll-worn lounge. a dull pain IN his
head. /. seemed In him that his lost
Laura must know how much he needed
her. He could not realize that she was
gone. He laN there. interpreting to
see her enter and 10 feel her tender
touch on his brow. soothing away the
main As she had often done when he
was brain weary. But hour after hour
went by. and no n came near HIM.
and he heard only the voices OF his
children Is they talked loudly to the
cook in the kitchen.
The next day he went out as usuai,
pursuing his accustomed round OF
duties as TRANQUILITY and patiently a>
ever. His parishioners were loud IN
their cNpressions of admiration 10 each
other a they saw how we'll he bore MS
great sorrow. and they were very KIND
10 him. especially in the matter OF ad-
vice. His distressing situation was
the subject of debate in almost every
house in Barstow. II WAS talked over
at the meetings of the sewing circle.
the reading cub and the Indian Relief
Association. and il WAS unanimously
agreed that the best thing the poor Wild
over could do was 10 employ a gov
erness. who could also act As house.
keeper and general manager.
But il WAS not an easy matter 10 hfo
the right kind of a woman forthc place
though there Were many applicants Tor
1t. II was decided that only a middle
aged. respectable. quiet woman. who
would be incapable of schemIng IL MI
the late Mrs. Browns place, and who
would be competent 10 take charge OF
the little girls. would do. ana such 4
one was hard To find.
Ii WAS MISS Anasl3>i3 bcNtu VIM ~
length found Ust the right person. ana
as Mr.. Brown was willing 10 do Just
what Miss Bowen thought best. that
lady took The responsibility of installing
Miss Susan PIPER in the parsonage
without further delay.
Miss Piper was neither Old nor Young;
she had no preienS!onS whatever 10
good looks, and she was so exceedingly
shy that / the minist, r spoke In her on
even the nos: trivia topic she blushed
rs red As i peony. But these, said Miss
A~nastasia, were such trifiing drawbacks
as almost TO be looked upon in the light
of advantages, under the circumstances.
Miss Piper was, as Mr.. Brown soon
saw, a very good exceedingly
conscientious and painstsking. She did
her best for the two little girls-healihy,
happy, pretty little creatures of nine
and eleven years-who learned the
simple lesson she gave them from pure
love for her, not because they feared
her displeasure.