The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-24

Tor q tiine-w hen the frvcr nal SGT IN,
and JOHNNY WA 1T the worst, that their
noise might pot disturb hiI.:, and tnev
had been taken 10 the Parsons cotta2r,
where they remained some weeks and
were carci for 10y Era-tus and Tia" girl-.
When the crippled boy Wa, al last
removed 10 hi own home. these kind
people beneath whose roof he had been
80 long. would not consent to make
any chargc for their trpubl. 81 to ac-
c"p' any pay. except such rs wa forced
ul.ou them in the WY II presents 10
Mr.. Jones and the children.
CHAPTER Ky.
HriLUISG TIE DAN.
tn" events recorded in our ia>; chan.
ter served. for Il time. To arou> John
Parsons from ia" unhealthy mental
condition INTO winch he WAS sinking.
for 80 long "a the lad, life was in dan.
ger every other thought CAV" way be
fore the one great fear of losing john
ny. his baby, h. nnlv boz. But when
the more imminent danger W. pas,
Tia" fc:r al losing their hom" came aga II
with r"inIbl-d force Il, be realized that
his child mus, ALWAYS remain a cripple.
dependent upon others for ever ncc"s-
si;v and enjoyment i'll life.
IL was at though; Of this, too. tia:
Mr.. Parsons broke down.
Always heretofore sin. had been TN.
n To preserve a cheerful couni"nancc
an To- encourage her husband with cx-
prcs-ionS of hope that the danger To
flrtr Ln-bn ppf.rhs nat Ia. -, .-r.,f - la.
feared. or if 50 there would come some
way out of II.
The law viii compel the company t.
make good the damages if they occur. y
She would tell him: ard even il ""
lose the land We will still lay. the stock
and household Good and Il nee little
sum of money in the bank. and We are
not very old Yet and viii managr 10
ike comfortable. | am SIRE; 80 don't
worr,. dear. it will all come out right
in tn" end.
Hut now,
p VI hen she rot down from the spring
wagon. and johnny was lifted out and
carried in anf lail upper the cot. from
which. ~unaii,s!. >hc knew h" WAS never
Ia ri>c again. an awiul feeling of desc
latI"n came over her Shc was a. one
irwi.drrri and lost in the woods. The
sky. the hills. everything about her.
took ON ia" look they ac when seen
through a pirc" uf smoked 81 stained
"ia>,. The house il e 1, nav. tn" very
faces of her husband and children
sc"In"! strinw" and unnatural. and She
moved from room 10 room a. II III =
dream. and when she poke she heard
hpr owm ole a. Il II cam" from aiar
of. and wa~ the voice OF another.
Al day he WAS in this condition: but
the second dav she aroused herself by
IN effort ~ ne Will and resumed her
usual round OF dE, -. except that much
of her time VS. Of Necessity gwen to
III" crippled boy. VIII" lay in a little 80
which had been male for hm and
placed on wheels that he might 10"
moved ah"u, the houS' easily and out
into the Ward on pheasant DAYS.
Her husband nvw spent most of u
{! M IN the house. Tn" winter rains.
which had sat ia some ."rk~ previously.
rendered ont ,ioor work Impossible tor
day> ~ a time. and il they had not Gone
:" John Parsons had lost al .oyr for
work on the ranch. Besides. .ionnnv
ciai:ncd his almost undivided attention
now.
The little fellow had taken To his
father from before The tine when he
took ms iirst baby steps. aud had
been quite SD well contentrl as when
in his arms. or pcrched upon Ii :
shoulders. or follow inc him about the
place: and now he could not bear 10
have him out of his sight during his
waking moments.
Often. too, in the night Ia" would
waken and call in a weak. piping voice.
SO different from what it had been in
health; and his father would arise and
sit by his side for hours. moving his poor
wasted body this way or that 70 give
him 3 little more ease. or divert his
mind by tales such rs children love Ia
hear. until he fell asleep again or forgo,
his pain.
During the day he wheeled him about
the house; or. If it was sunny. carried
him on, in his arms t, the poultry ,ard.
that he might drop corn To his chickens
and ducks: or to the pasture lot. that he
might pu, out his hand and PET the colt
that had been promised should h. his
when both Were grown. ulon which
promise he had built u thousand castkS
in the air. of encounters with HrizAv.
bears and Indians. besides tax n pre-
miums for speed -, all the fair. IN the
country.
Ii seemed that the MN had hut one
thought. one object in life now-thai OF
caring for the crippled boy.
Certain il is that h. never laughed.
except when once in \ great while
something provoked the child Ia laugh
Ter: then the man always Joined in. hut
NJ M othc- time did any III 'mhcr of the
family ST.. y smile upon his face and
he never went from home any more,
hot even 10 a u%ciEhboy'S
One day wori came ;ha. there was 10
be q meeting NJ the >chonl-hou>r - de
wise means 10 >avr the settlers from THE
q: the mines. and that his
were ANXIOUS for Inn Ia hc
present. for hv this tmc the dan GER was
a-rarcn: II ali Tho fc,t> caused 10y
the rains had overlooked the valley 20
much greater extent than usual. a.
though the NOM of water which had
iallcn Was m more than common ,:
season If the wear.
The wa>hiny> from the mines had
Ill, Il the crecA bed. and n places had
formed dams that checked the water
and caused il 10 overflow fields never
submerged. and 10 Sc, back upon
valleys which opened into the
one through which the creek
Much damage 70 vineyards on
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