The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-23
HI GOLD BASKET.
How Little Vi Was Tempted To Tell "A tic
and Ibidn't.

and Dtdn't.
Il was only arrIi-di,h Of white china,
with I'll, bands .rs,Hnd il; bat little V
admired it vcTt much and called il
mamma goii basket
One Afternoon, Aunt Emily came to
make "a call. a1d mynma brought in
the basket hllei with mic" large Florida
range After cy"rg body had eaten
IN ORANGE. aa,i Aunt Emily pad gone.
sister Anna set The basket on ~" kitchen
table, and thai va, the way the trouhl.
bcgan.
Little VI xcnt ou, there ali alon, to
play with the cat.
She chased her around arC around
the room I'll bv and 10y kitty. .,r""iug
tired # tn" sport. jumped into u cbZ.r.
and got upon TIE table.
Come down come down. : i'll l:tlr
Vi '.You mus. not -m II those ,rangc
with Vour nose ON down.
But ki:,v did not come; She WIS try
in~ to decide whether the beautiful
Young halls were good I" eat. Eh"n
VI caught her hy the tail and pulled
her backward. She did not 10 il
roughly. hut somehow that gold basket
%ot in the Uay-pcrhap- kittys pa"
touched il, perhaps it was VIZ arm;
bu'. at anT r.f,:, the basket was over
turned, aai down it I'LL, broken IN
pie. e. upon me floor.
Vi star ed in surprise at the dreadful
ruin. and thcn she stared ~ the oranges
rolIinr. kcnrr-skeltcr. under The stove
Who I'D tlrat? IIo" did it fal!?:'
though; she
But mrN: moment it came over her
that She herself was Ia blame.
why. didn't mean 10. That pr"i-
. II. pretty basket What viii ma'ar?a
~ay2" Little Wis forehead was inll 1T
wrinkles. her eyes wcr" full of teas.
She stood - >till that Won could almost
have heard the !ly on he roll r -nwci
>cral e his wirg-.
I'll got. II M | dill il, and I'm
=" sorry. No. I'll her kitty did it; !
gu.>s k.t'v did d. it. Naughty kitiy..'
Tn" li'Iic mr moved one ippt, anil
thea she stood Iii again. The clock
licked vrry loud You know how lpui
"A clock docs tick s"mctim = and the
fly on the towel gazcd al vi. and She
/ gaIcl 1t the ily-
NJ, | wont tell mamma anything;
| won't 90 int" the parlor N all; Ill 90
out in the yard. and then mamma will
! tank kitty brok. the basket, for kitty
J will Ice III here all alone"
Vi took three step towards the out
sill" door. and then She stood still again.
and Tie cloca tckrd worse than ever.
Ii seemed A. ii that clock w.!S watching
To see VI make up her mind. and us II
that oil fly was watching too.
''Ijcs. tock-if YOU =" and leave the
Kitty in here alone it viii he the same
4, 4 l.r iirh. tack same ~ 4 he Ii
wasn't The clock ,lar SAID that. but il
lsou ld d just like the clock.
N"HW If lc the same ~ Il lie. Il truth
lee said the child And then she
looked at the tiv. who nodded his head
and Kept 10 lding il. Vi knew he didn't
mean Nies,' but it seemed itSt - if he
meant y..Nnfwih no; tel a lie" said
VI, turna. osk hRrh In the outside
door, and fNtting Ter foo; down hard:
Il will not tell a lie And with that
she ran into TIE patlot tor if she walked
she WAS afraid she n Int no. 20 n all.
she ran evory step otahc WAY - fast \,
size could run. and So bed out:
20 mamma. it sv1ka't the kitty. i;
was me, But | dGae mean 10 nj ALI
And her mamma kk>ed her. and said
she knew il was ana 'cidcut. and she
never had loved hertlittle daughter 50
We! in her life as No. she came ard
told the whole truth. lkc 4 del brave.
good lit lc girl; for G.e truth is better
tlaa all the gold led >ctS in the world.
Sophie Nag. "a Cwf Li;tic ones.