The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-19

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And alas ] that happened which hap
pens now and then on the great ocean
the vessel was not heard: Of again. It
was never spoken; it did not arrive in
port no yestige Of its existence was ever.
washed ashore where men who under
stand such things could find lit. No
figurehead !, no: steamer marked with
name, no bottle in which some bit Of
hurried writing told its fate. 81, ;:5a5:
After .awhile old sailors knew nothing
everswonld be heard Of the ship, and
they told; Lois, whose heart still clung
to hope X. 81 So IS.
And now three years were gone, and
Lois stitched Of the flannel shirts in her
city and Trot grew up thin and
quiet and eagereyed wondering at fate,
and always looking back on merry
Christmas days and midsummer, holidays
and papa's home: comings, and the curly
haired mother who laughed SO much,
and Lois, with limples in her cheeks,
walking with ] ack: in the mopnlght,
and Of herself, q rosy child, witt. g store
of dolls and sugar plumsf and pretty
pink rand blns dresses, kisses imnnmer-
Sable, and shethe pet of the household.
as though she were some one else:
;a. EsE Lois loved her, and she always
found herself in her arms, when she
awoke insthe morning. Only Lois was,
had. and. poor, and there seemed nothing
brig t in life. 4
u On her eleventh birthday, to be sure,
she had asurprise, q beautiful book with
iItcoyer and gay pictures. She did not
$puess how much night work Lois had
done to earn il, and now she was hard
sht work thinking, thinking, thinking,
what she should do that she might give
] Lois, d present on her birthday. Lois
would bs 81, on the Sd Of May. ~: u 5s3!.
4 To do this Trot knew that abe. must
enrn some money. She could not sew
we'll enough, and slough she. was indus
strious and did oil the Homework and
bought the provisions and cooked them
!: and helped carry home the bundles,
s:tliat.nade no money. s,.S
When Trotss went to the bakers for
bread Of So ! the butchers for say, d
neck 81, mutton or some sausages. OF to
hecheap store, where coffee was cheap
1 ~, than III was any where else, sshe
Thought Of this constantly sssfe:
She asked the prices Of the pretty
Sthinius in hesh ops, Of col liars, and :cuIs,
81 neckties, ;yf books; 81 jewelry of the
I ot,eaper sort found in trimming stores.
Things seemed very dear to Trot, but
one who only hoped might as well hope
for ponds as for pence 81
And, ,sometime s, Trot lying alone e
bed before Lois finished her; work and
! came also y to- rest her pretty, / weary
head on the coarse pillow case, would
wish TINT there were fairies like the
I fairies III her boob, who came at night
fo pt at shiliings into good chill dren's
Shoes last the very day before
sLois's birthbay, II seemed to- Frot that
/; this Sfiapp !.
TFot had d IioIe Ia her shoe, right ii
the sole; clio 10 the edge whore II was
fastened 10 the upper. Its let IN the
i. water in rainy ther III
III was d trap for pebbles and spin.
sters. 60 that Trot was often compelled
L to hos on ono foot to o doorstep and
take the intruder ont. And one day,
Il when she had been buying q penny
IS fniince Die, not for DESSERT hut for din.
] nar something slipped in that hurt hel
s q GOOD deal, and that seemed 10 hei
Z lie q button, 13nt IL it Ia button
thought Trot; ID keep III Buttonl
& are useful
aShe 81 her little basket down. and
4 held on By the area-r ailing, md ran hel
ssfinger into her shoe, and into her palm