Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-01-23

end il he draws out of his ed nobodyIl
understand, and laugh at him. Then
he makes nets for the fishermen. and
he gets a little money by that and clips
me. That pleases him, o he SOS his
hardest thought is that he's a burden
constant like to meas il he could be,
dear lad! As If he wasn't the one
sunny bit of it all to his mother"
'.And the othersp" questioned Lena,
quietly.
"The others, ma'am," said Dinah,
slowly, as if the subject were less
pleasant; ''they have their places in
the world, and far enough from ours"
"SOme are at sea, of coursep"
tom and Ned are on the sea,
ma'am. It'll be three years como No
vember since l saw them go. and then
/ shall begin to look for them back.
Harry is ship.building in-but I always
forget names. Joel remembers all
those for me. IT'S in some river in
Scotland. Would it be the Ni,e?"
"Or the ClydeP" suggested George,
humbly.
"Maybe, ma'am; and Ben is married
and has his own fishing-boat down the
coast; and him l sec least of all, for
Ben's wife is a good-for-nought. But
l will not keep you, ladies; when l be-
gin to talk Of them l forget myself"
1--WE would like to see Joel very
much," said George, softly "Shall
we Gomez"
HE would be so proud, ma'am,
you really"
"Will you tell him, them" said
George, pre- tending not to see the
tears that rose in Dinah's eyes. .'that
| am going to draw a picture, and
shall wait to show it to him, because
he will recognize somebody in itp Will
you tell him thisP"
"Indeed, l will, ma'am. And will
you really come to Upper Brick Hill
and see his drawingsP"
"All of them. if he will show them
to u.s."
THAT will be the greatest day of his
life, dear ladies'" said Dinah, moving
away with a courtesy which Miss
Purke might have initiated for the edi-
f~ieation of superior dodgers.
Lena" observed George, once
more resting her chin easily upon her
hands, "who is it says:
"'He that OF greatest works is fnlsher
Oft does them by the weakest minister"
my namesake. dear, in ALPS Well
that Ends Well"
$50 it is. / wonder why it came in
to my head as Dinah went awayP"
''Perhaps," said Helena. thought
fully. because we, with Gods help,
may help her a little while we are
here-perhaps because, in our doubling
and unrest, He will lot her do US good
by her simple. childlike faith.
"We ought to do something" said
George, gravely; 1--WE have so much
given us. We will try, little one,
won't wo? My doing good always
ends so feebly in words always, al
ways, and the years are passing, and
the opportunities going from me-"
"But, Georgia." said her sister, look
ing ~wistfully into her earnest face,
"words are good deeds sometimes"
"Ah! no, pet; pleasant words are SO
easy. Why should they be counted as
self-denialp They are nothing"
'They tell of other things" said
Lena. Ibid you ever hear q watch
tick regularly and unsteady when the
interior was out Of orderP"
II don't think l have pet, but I have
seen living Pecksniffs. Now I'm off,"
''WhoreP"
"Only a few steps in each direction"
George answered, as she stepped
lightly over the rocks. 81 want 10 fix
upon a spot for my sketch. l won't be
long, pet; go you must make haste, if
you are going - make a romance in
my absence, or l shall be back before
you are ready for me-"
Il almost think" she said to herself,
some minutes afterwards, as she came
back from her wandering. 'that /
might AXE it to-day. This is a most
peaceful morning, and there is a rest
upon everything. All! here comes a
moving contrast And she stood to
watch a couple of horsemen riding on
the cliff road. ''It improves the look
Of it too. l wonder when I shall have
another good canterP How l should
enjoy it at this moment! What's that
going to be? Ah!"
For an instant she held her breath,
then she started forward, for one
horseman had turned aside, cut off the
corner. and taken at a flying leap the
stone wall under which Lena was So
comfortably esconsed. and in that very
spot! George heard a startled cry,
and then. hardly knowing how she ran