The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
IN H r @ NICHE.

IN THE WRONG NICHE.
How q Devoted Wife Passed
i from Darkness to Light.
Halstead Swinger. having tried almost
everything else. and finding nothing to
his taste. took unto himself q wife. He
did not exactly love Rose. but he was
confident that she lOyed him. and on the
whole. he reasoned. the next best thing
to marrying one whom YOU love is
marrying m who loves you. Rose
was q village girl. fair Of face. devoid
of experience. but with a great capacity
for loving. She was the daughter OF
nobody in particular. as her husband
averred; that is. OF course. ne made
haste to add. nobody that ANYBODY
would care 10 know or descend from.
Nevertheless there was n creature
who presently took 1t into his head to
descend from this obscure nobody. and
that was no less a person than Halstead
Swinger's son. Il was q great pity that
he arrived at that inopportune moment,
for his father had just come to the con-
.clusion that he wa in the wrong niche
zas . newspaper reporter, and that his
real vocation was the law.
'sThe law" he said to the admiring
Rose. SIS in this Republic of ours the
only sure way to distinction. Look at
the cabinet ministers, the President
and the foreign ministers-they have
studied law. at some time or other.
every nj of them"
but are you sure. Halstead dear.
that you have q talent for the iawa"
-qucried Rose. timidly.
Talent. did you saye-talent!" ex-
claimed her husband. pacing up and
down the floor. rumpling his picturesque
hair-'talent. my dear Rose3 Do you
mean to say that you doubt my ability?
Alas! and to this I have come. that my
character is questioned and asPersed in
my own family!"
''But. my dear" Rose demonstrated.
stenderly. ''thcre is no one here who has
said . word against your ohxracter-is
there. baby deare" she cooed sweetly.
STOPPING down and rubbing her face
'csreesingly against the bsby's chubby
.cheeks.
speech. Rose, speech" he went on.
somewhat pacified. sis what moves the
souls of mon. have felt from tho hour
of my birth that fate destined me for an
orator. To sway great massOs of men
BY the power OF my speech-that has
always been my idea Of happiness"
But that you car do BY means of
your pen. too" Rose observed quietly;
Tor since baby had arrived sse was
afraid Of encouraging Halstead in fur
6her changes of profession.
my pen!" cried MI. Swinger: did
you say my pena The living word lies
In the pen. and Is henoefOrth but an
inky pen scratch. Must you roach the
heart of humanity by reporting prize
fights and family scandals Tor the
Weekly B0ssoon9"
Rose made nc further remonstrance.
for she always. at heart. agreed with
Halstead in almost everything he said.
II was undoubtedly true that II he only
got into his right niche he would make
tho world war what Q man he was,
and honors and distinctions would
shower down upon him. She therefore
agreed. after IN all-night's talk, to have
him give up his place on tho Weekly
6assoo~ and takeep the study Of law.
She could take II sewing in tie mean.
while. and perhaps got . little writing
to do for the papers. for she had . tow
modest observations to make concerning
&hings in general. and VA anxious o
get . chance to print them.
In . certain outlying quarter Of
Brooklyn. where ash barrels. ancient
4hoes and decTepit ~hoop-skirts play Q
1CedomtnednG part In the scenery,
Haastead Swinger prepared himself for
2is fDrcnsic triumphs. He made Roes
aouG speeches on foreign and dowest;c
poliicA and Roses foolish little heart
owelled With pe3de IN her bosom. She
seot him IN fAocy 10 ConEresa b
foCeign oouttA and wen 70 the White
House. and saw baby - . handsoms
yuune man marching down tie Fifth
Agen0A proodly erect in the conscious.
oees of Inherited distraction. She ran
Ase needle into her finger occasionally
IN hsr sslf-SorKstfal zeal. and sucked !
drop O. two of blood out Of il, while
HA(ssoad addreesod a imag.nary Con.
QEUes On ~ euAiect of Indian WrongA
Her Index niger wa indeed. % per.
1brsted with 1eedle points that il VA
Aorny and ragged and seemed to have
lost m sensation Il VA great 10.
lief % her when sAe could write Bat
tAak che could never do except when
HAlseead and baby wero in bed. Sos
osAegW1e they would both persist IN in.
tcrrupdng hsc. Halsseadfs e3oquenos
~ always overssimmin&. and al
CouE9ot he poor fellow needed some one
q li0een b him. A for her stoeies
6Aey wsEe naturally Of no account q
Ac aniahly declared. and she had. in
Aeed. 10 coaoeifs about them. They
W0re 6oae fde poe-boiler2 ard pro.
loased % b nothing else. But they paid
Dgenk Tor tAe Two little room4 and {
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tAsA - would reap her reward.
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