The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-08
A TALE OF hAlF.hOURS.
The Dimer~ace .~a Too cssis- " hie
Would Sou ssAsLsr he Lac

A TALE OF hALF.hOURS.
The Dimsr-acs n.tw.~a r~a s,sis- Whseh
Would You Rather he iiss-
Molly. what have YOU been DOING"
Nothing. mamma"
VIVA, do you mean by no,hing' I
left Won sitting by this window half an
hour aga Where have You bsra since
them
Nowhere. ann l was watch
Ing the kit,-n-"
Watching tho kitten for half an
hour. Molly, And YOU promised To
help me pare the Peaches
shall do them Low?'
They are Ill done. ! supposed every
moment that you would comc. OF ]
should have called yua-"
I'm sorry. mamma, ] forgot Bat
Molly did no; look particularly sorry.
and not 20 all ashamed. There was
nothing new or Surpd-ing. ! rcxres To-
saw. either in the hali-hour wasted or
the forgotten prom &c, they were ihings
ot every day with Nosly Lester.
Molly was naturally an incident
child The blood did not dance In her
veins ~ a child's blood should she fe,,
no quick impulses toward acton AMI
movement This eonstitu; onal slug
gishness IF temperament was Molly =
excuse her only one; lot il was not cs-
cuse enough. For none az Va are sent
into the world To- 10 only the things Ne
feel like dung; and IN, fact that va
have naturally a bias against wba, IL
right or iaiifu! is but . reason for fight.
ing hard and steadily. and making our
se.yes 10 the duty. Scarc-ly any one
is born ~pcrssvcring. @ industrious. M
prompt. or neai-all these are habits
which must be- formed BY years II rf-
fort: but. when formed they are the
mos, valuable part Of ourselves. tina,
which makes our living worth Will. to
the world and to- the fricads who belong
Ia VI.
Molly Lester was not fighting with
her indolencc. Shr NAL faint r.soiu-
tons To do 80 once in awhile. bit when
the IN came for the effort she was
ton apt to indulge hersclf. 'iust this
once ~ To reflect that 'ronly twenty
minutes more or .'prjy half an hour
could make mo- difference. unmindful Of
the fact that life is male up oi minute.
and half hours. and thea 'o waste them
means io waste lie. A good. hsri
study II vulgar fraciioas would hsvs
taught her the value of part tan their
whole. bat. lear inc, Molly hated
arithmetic. and could never be- induced
Ia apply her IN nd to &C.
There was another girl In the hoas~
who wa. exactly Tn. opposiie ~ Molly.
Her nam. was Lucy-Lucy Lester. She
was Moily's conz n. and abou; the ans
age. Her father and mother died with
in a few reeks of each other 81 typhoid
fever: and her uncle. Robert. Molly.
faiier had taken her boms 10 live with
him. and bc a sister TO Molly. who had
mo- sister Of her own The boy>thenp
were 'hrer-hai NOT been q, all glad %
haze Lucy c,mc. "t.gis arr No fun.
abous in bedrooms. and laying they
d5nl wnnt tn TO snyihing. anu oss -
enough in n housc. an, how. The
bo,- judged MI girls b. Molly. tut they
soon found thai Lucy was Of a different
sor.. She didn't stick in BEDROOMS"
IN. Fixed to 20 rostng and hshing. -
walk in the wood- and ride on the hay
cart. as much ne Tire boys themselves:
and. though she ws always buss. .he
c.sld generally make time 90 mend
clorrx. co-cr BALI and b. useful and
oiIiging
Lucy and Nelly rot On ysry well
together. they s~idnsn quzrreic !. Molly
VA. gossi-humor-d enough. Ike mos;
lazy people: but tt~ girls were :oo un.
like In character ~ understand eseh
cber very well. 81 - grow intimate.
Lucy had b--en carefully trs;n~i sy On
caergc;ic mother. VIM b~Iisvei In .y.-
iem. and Molly's dswdlisg ssy. were
alw ass irritating TO her. Molly .elaom
began ans ne~ pace Of work and neser
finished aha; she began Lney bxi
ben t1ughf thai .he must finish. This
made her cAufisus not 10 undertake too
much. Her inpai.~ ~. IN und~rsaAs
everything hn; she hal irsrnsd by ex-
Teri-nce that t4err come. . time asssax
the middle q MI long tasks when PSI,
pie feel iaclsn-d % give facm up. and
are hall s~rs thai they h~yzn NJ ali
These .-harhiog Plse~s are Ike she
.TLaas-yos ms sms .~f in the nib
de Of hoox hills 70 srrss the wh~esss
moment ~ they 20 by; bat che sh~~sx
go al 'hr faster after oucc sh1y have
rsIs-ed - obstacle. and so % stv-
worker. ~bo prs yer..
Esfs q. kh- w~ns 10 si~sp ~ach night.
Laey mad prwsy much d.r did Ia A~r
own nssd wazs she scs.El 10 10 ID
every hour 81 tbc p~xt dzy "a nsssa
tine tr THE. 60 nmrh fr fhzx esrs
follosfnx each N rrypIzr ~<neus~.
And sscugh I. specs vxs nisxss lsfs for
.TEGL Lney KEGS IN aIyaae~ xAas 49,
mean p fun o BE- This psan sai IS
disadvantages J. fr~:.s~i h~r .osz~-
tsses TO tc nsrssupsai and c.Iies .~ss.
and IA have k@ ntcs,y slgEssss piss
bsssksn ia:Ol >onsess rsss-z j: nsss Ass
ss~s. bgl- on the wa11e. sAs xsssd
oveFhaiancess The evil - ssss kslss o.
fser.. and sh~g got great d~al na~s oSss
al her line Nas IL sh. had esDFborsd =
with no method OF pisn in he< mad
Molly. On the enssrar. hrEsn 9
DAYS wish % IA WAasevsr - 10 Boz
che shoa1A employ shsR sxs<ps -
nDeoauis0 resolve sos ~ do any mofs
shan - musG. So IN lsays snee
brcakfnss: asd. vk1le Lsry s<isred nrs
arns . vnss - hrsnkfas6 ga Molly
50 q saAss idly hAiss<ang 1924 osse
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