The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-02

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all In" blood u EI. Dody coHgrsunc
abou; III, heart And the a-Ecis Do
keep such An account. tae-- must he
added 10 Il the sufI-rin-s 81 Mariha Par,
sons. ~ sue watcaes bv the czs ~ the
child grown dangerously III since
neutrality-suspicious. and Waits. and -
G "a van for some sound that shall
tell her THAI. through the storm and ;a'
aarEne-.. her husband j. safe al nomf
a. last
JOHNNY. a. hi mother lad written
Lucy. had ueen growing weaker fo-
some months. and hid an2lly appeared
so lad that AI- pa-ca;s had taken alarm
and called . cHv-.c Il n bit a, the lad
seemed - RI y under tie prc-c-p % On
left HIM. they had ceased 20 fer auv
serious results. But now that he e.cc.
Of he medicine had sp"n. :salf the pa
tent again began 10 : ns rapidly.
n TIE excitement o. massng and
-igu ~ tie deed the cav before. for
wnlc4 purpose i Just &c Of tie Peace
had come 10 the cottage n person. md
in the deuar-ure 81 Nj Iar-on. WIKI the
deed N M rocket with tie intention Of
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change II Johnny condition. 4 a1v.
had not been observed: and tie al
made no comp.a n. having come 70 d
cept hi crlIp.ed and weakly condition
- sOmeth nc when could no. be
changed Her husband had not been
long zone. however. before Mrs. Pa
soH- no, ced taat Johnny had 3 slight
fever. and a on e BEGAN to ccusuTe Acr-
S il Tor Mt having Observed y y
and AXE! John 70 have the doctor come
out or =. leas, send another p-e-cr >
ton. |: WAS now TOO late 10 80 'alS,
and shc mus; do Ia" best she could
alone; perhaps after ali the fever would
soon pass Oh.
-. prepared and cave The child some
simple uO.-chOld remedy. -pougei his
person with Icpii water. and sought 10
ama-c him los talking OF The coming
Journey to he Slough. whore Lucy and
Laigs were. and the pleasant time
they would hav" when the gyt there.
Bu, the fever did not gO down o. the
contrary II teramc higher IL the hours
passed. un.il finally Mrs. Parsons be
came greatly f. gAtenrd
She prepared a note - DR.. Rreuton,
asking him 20 come a; once. Upon the
envelope she wro.c a request that any
one going 10 town wonld deliver il INTO
his hand. SIC then fastened the letter
10 "A stick one end of WI ca -hr sharp
ened with Il butcher knife, and telling
Johnny she was gong INTO he vart
aBd would b" 'a"k in a few moments,
ran down to Tie Big road and stuck the
stick. with the letter attached. into the
ground wherr any one pass.n- would b.
almost certain of >ecng Il. This done
she returned To tie house a quickly 81
she nsd zone. and waited. aud watched
tur uae point OF the road which was
visible from the window. hoping 20 see
pass a team Or hor>cman. H. an as>ur-
aucc thai The message a found = ear
rier. One team sh" saw gong IN the
oupcSit" Ir.ction. but if the driver oil
u SAW the letter lie made no effort &c
forward II To il, de>t nation. fancy NJ.
perhaps. that some one going to town
would soon pass and take il.
A. the afternoon came on. a new
cause for alarm to tn. watcher hv the
cot If the sick boy appeared. III.
clouds We're gathering III a way that
h.toGcncd a lCng-coutiuucd and heavy
rainfall. What If John should be- de-
II pei until hate by tie business or
winch he had zone, would he be able
t. return a, night in the midst of the
storm which WIS approaching? II not.
how ~hunld she get through the night
al a'ou" with IL" sick child Or. whai
II John should attrmptto come tAruu-f
the darkness and ram aud should meet
with an accident. She felt certain that
hc would make the attempt 10 rearl
home that right. no matter what tn,
weather nigh, b. but wo0id be he able
To 90; through Would not the r~ayine,
I'LL with wafer ana make the ruad dan.
@c:ou~, f not absolutely impossible
Sc could not tel. She could ouly wait
and hope :or the best but every no.
mcnt seemed IN hour. for hours before
~:c had any reason to expect her hu>-
h"Et : return. even If he wsS not de
layed by the storm.
II WAS but a little after three o'clock
when i began to ran hut e
thick We're the clouds TIA; il
seemed y if night We're already
al hand. johnny had dropped of into
aIght sleep, ana She sat ~ the window
that commanded a view -! the garden.
the ievci ground with the raylnc below.
and the hills stretching AWAY toward,
Eh;pp>bu-~ ard the river. Tee rain
cane down IN torrents. and she noticed
row quIchiy little rllls formed and ran
between the rowS and vegetables f.
In tie garden. and ioS; themselves in ;he
S;uabie icld beyond. The turkeys and
Oh cNen>. deceived hy the unusual dark
ness. rad all sought their rocS:s. e1-
crpt here and there one who hal been
late aHout getting n and now stood
with dropping "a feathers and a gen
orally dcmoralIZed look beneath the
thicH leaves of some shrub or vine.
Then L occurred to her 20 save for
washing purposes some OF the water
;ha: WAS falling. soft water te,nC a luz
urv during halt the year On the mount
am and She Threw An old shawl abou!
her head and shoulders and went out;
and set the wa>h-tub and boiler undo,
TIE cave spout. aad saw them filed a.
most before she could turn back in;o
the kitchen.
And now Johnny had Weakened and
was calling her. She went TO him and
ic.t hey Ieart give 4 great throh - she
noticed that his fever was higher than
ana that his ewes had a s.ranca
looA a5oui them. She preserved her
CAIN appearance. minis cred t. NJ
wants. aud waen he a>kel to- rs
tod him that lie had not re-
and ; n tAev mus, no.; look :or
him yst AVN lie, bu; that he would come
Ivy and ay.
lurng 4 partial lull in the storm she
RAJ ct: - The SEED and MIXED the
COWS. which al come up of their own
a.cI-L sDd were cartp0teily chewing
cUdS beneath tha shelter The
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