The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-04

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and now and then q little cottaRe-cheese
Oh, wouldn't that be splendid p" !sss2
n g Helen could make bonnets for the
farmers wives, suggested Saba, ssThe
women out there know what asNpretty
bonnet is as well as. any one, only they
can't get il. I, 5ss 4
s5t /" Bravol Z cried Helen ..clapping her
hands I do think I have rathsr q
genius for the business s$
~ And little Kate could 20 out to
plain sewing by the day among the
neighbors, " added Saba. "Or help
around in soap. making and preserving
times. There are D good many who
would pay fifty cents q day and board
for good intelligent help. =. And that is
9 deal more than she earns here" 55.$
Little Kate looked rather sober. ii 1i.
i! Il have my doubts about that plan
working, Z said she. t.sBut I couldn't
stay here, away from yon.s II you all
60, why, so will l." Ss5 ",
Z? Then" went on Saba, "I'yo laid up
six dollars toward winter cloak. Uncle
John wants it more than I do. I'll keep
it for him" ..;eS a. 81 I. =
THERE'S my ten dollars in the savings
bank w added Helen. Il did want
pair Of thick boots and warm winter
shawl. But if Uncle John is really in
need u Z s,5ys4s /; -
\ Il haven't saved any money" said
little Kate, sorrowfully. aHow could I,
with my wages of two, dollars o week?
But will do all I can to- help
I 90 You are dear, generous girls, both
Of you ,Dsaid Sabs. 3. !" It may be little
hard, at first, but is clearly our duty
to go to Uncle John. And 7 will write
and tell him SO this very night.n Jtg.,
Do" said Helen, "I'u borrow Miss
Clitch's, ink+bottle, and Ithere;areS q pen
and two sheets Of paper! in the wash
stand drawer. can buy a. postage
stamp at the druggist on the COR
ner. = H..
s''Wouldn't q postal card 3be cheap
or ~ said wise little Kate. 4 W. 81 IL
But Saba shook her head.
Would you put Uncle Johns power
ty on q postal card for all the world to
readp she said. s...ss5
And little Kate, answered, somewhat
abashed s. -. ~ &C. 9:
ST didn't think Of that, Ionly thought
of economizing a cent. 4 wonder, il the
time will come when5we don't have to
think Of saving 2" {ss3 5,ssF, 80
And little Kate putIon her bonnet
and tripped around TO the druggists,
where one particular! clerk pnt, himself
out to wait on her. 4; .s,ss5 n :. s IS
"She has got face like q daisy, !"
SAID the druggist's clerk. 5sH ever
marry, should like wife like that
No, she's not much ofj customer OF
ours, but I have seen b er lat church
meetings., and ! walk \ home with. her
sometimes Of an evening. She lives in
1imm's tenement house with her. sister
and cousin, and works at Graceys store.
That's all I know about her. But she
always makes one think OF q wild flow
er. :" ~
+ Uncle John Jaycox was sitting by the
freside when. his niece's letter came.
The fire Of birch logs blazed gloriously
up the chimne g pair fat, home run
candles glittered on the table. In all
poverty. II 3,
es; said Uncle John to q tall Young
man who sat opposite, IT guess I'll have
You to run the farm for me Isreal Pen
field. TITS getting to much. for me to
run il alone. But as for q woman to
keep the house for me, now that Anas-
tasia Grixon has been fool enough to
marry old Simson Eth !? what pa let
ter? I'm obleeged to you, Mrs. Pink
ney ! Stop and take? q warm while /
read it, and I'll gityou . basket Of gille-
flower apples to carry home; afterward.
The 'ret Jest spilen,, TO- be eaten them
gillef lowers i. 81 81
But as; he perused his letter. 70 curl
Gus expression stole over his rugged
features. II. &: III >s8
Snakes a1iyeln he said stamping one
foot on the floor. What in creation
does'all this mean 1 guess We IL have
enough Of housekeeper Isreal. Here
lis my three nieces from New York q
comm to live with me, because Mrs.
Pilkney here has writ Fem that I've
lost my property And there goin'eto
take care of me. Well Iswan r.
L didnft write no SIGH | = whined Mrs.
= taN oiatIMou att
only ss Sgn fgl poor in
health. me1t the lnmla lbago and the
rheumat & didns sny nothing about
money! =
Welt no mat What You said Y o.
what You didns U declared Uncle
John, crumpling up Tie Lett III This
hand and staring &c the fire. The
gals think I'm poor and they're commin'
here to support me, and make a;home
for mesin my old age bless their hearts
Z don't know why they should do lt,n he
added with aeonscien ice stricken face. = I
Gid npth 6ine fos tiieas And Kats and
l4Alen are nny tasist ane's slaTfers,
ana Saba II oEild q Atia
81 NoTkin III 5 iisi;a & aasd ne
|snorehsI know What "a dp, with It's 1
s ssas a asg y has shfH ] g un-
just exactly what I've always said, "
quietl remarked Isreal Penfeld,
Y Uncle John NJ Jnycox looked tat him
with 9 queer twinkle III his} Opaque
blue eyes. is;,'l:.
declare, y said he, tthem gals
has taught me. q! lesson Idon't need to
be took.geod care Of in my old age; but
i swan to oodness lit would be q kind
Of pleasant to have three gals around
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