The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-28

Il briskly across the kitchen
koice from the back room
Esr"
; The squeak in Miss James shoes
gaSpcd helplessly. and then died.
'.Well?" said she. intcrrOgatively.
"Are you going Out?'
''Only ics'to hang these dish-rags on
the fence. What is it?"
.'Ill wait till you come back said
the voice, and the old rOckipg-chair re-
sumed its creechy-crawch, and Miss
James shoes tapped a little more brisk
~ than before. for a minute had gone
out of her lifetime while she waited TO
hear what her sister had TO say. "LOoks
Kind o'ketchin'." she muttcrcd. spread
ing her towels on the picket fence. and
tipping back her head to squint one
eve at a small black cloud that was
creeping up from the horizon. Il
b'lieve l must try for another mess
q them Strawberries. though; there's
noih.n' makes SD rich sauce for me. '
and Miss Jane gathered up her milk
pan> from the cellar door. where they
-LI been lazily summing themselves
tive o'clock il the m9r"'ng. and
ced herself aS '.goin'
west corner o the back
she appeared AZ the
a few minutes later,
sun-bOnn"t under hcI
T." she added. Iii YOU
hothin' that You wanted
for"
.king-chair crcakcd nerv.
ines. and CaliSta's finger,
she tried To Il Tie thread
of the needle.
waited.
Cali>ta laid down the
drew a long breath.
rcmembcr. SISTER. what tn,
wife was saying yesterdays
h that slack piece. Screny Jack.
ing To bc married? Can't make
ling sauce, Not that Miss Chand
eaid anything about that. but In
~ ! know the whole kit"
.No. not that. sister. What she said
sbout the poor children coming out III,
10 the country for Il little vacation. Oh,
s>ter. | laid and thought last NIGHT
<alista chokcd a little. and then sh,
spohc out bravely-'Tve been thinking
why couldn't we take one for the tw.
weeks
The shot was fired now. and the half
frightened gunner waited for the smoke
10 clear away before she could reckon
the effect on the enemy. Miss Jane
who stood for the cnemy in this case
certainly wasn't dead. but il was equal
ly certain she was pretty well stunned
well" she said, recovering hersel
Il little after a few minutes. Il hadn'
thoughe hothin' about it. an | don
believe YOU could stan it n day an
night. CaliSta;" and this tiny plant q
an objection being well sproutcd. i
grew with 4 rapidity that almos
amazed the cultivator herself. an,
Galista was informed that such .:
Young one. bcin' uneddicatcd and un
hammered. would bang up the dishes
eat the preserves. smash the eggs an
kill the chickens. worry the cat. an
finally CRY nights for ITS mother. if i
has one. which l shouldn't be sur
rri>ed if it hadn't added the goo'
woman. grimly. ..An' it's two chance
70 one but 'twOuld be a foreigner whel
we got it, and sarSy at that; for yo
know. Calista. As well As l do. that
good part of the city is made up G
foreigners-one Kind and another
Miss Jane had emptied her quire,
ana paused. but Calista was runnin
her needle slowly through the block 4
pink print, As if every arrow had flow
over her head.
She laid her work on her knee now
and looked through the window W
to tae blue hills hat melted into tn
horizon. Il didn't sleep much Ia,
night" she said. Sentiy-a shade stoi
over Miss James sharp face. but Calls,
went on. quietly-''and l thought, As
\ laid in my good clean bed. just as II
lirEt WAS coming. and heard the 5irI
sinciny everywhere. and the lay-loch
brushed against the window. and the
kmeiied so pretty thought how NJ.
handler SAID some Of them dear lit.
hines never'd smclt a rose. nor
ch As seen any green grass
xoice ended in sohS. and Mi
eyes grow dim. an
(frong-tower Of d
she fingered hel
inedly. and tied h
snugger knot
lei bad about it. 81
il over, and-we
lido Thou be in HI
,uy prayed the sist
sAe only said. cheer'l