The Red Cloud chief., 1886-09-03

sdhsd!e of tie afternoon after I l,as
tunpcd IN my furrow and started bacj
foe Tie other side o! The big Io:. / sav
he sluirc leaning agsins: rag rail
scrcc. examining nv work rather CHI.
ctily. ] thought. Bu; I did no. have
ntch fear. for | could turn the straight
"A handsomest furrow Of any man ia
h4coun,ry.
" was wondering what he could
S.At Of me. for ne seldom came over "a
bur place except on business. when il
Dceurrcd to me that bat the week before
my father had placed . mortgage on
u place to pay q city doctor for
E1ing my mothers life. The squire
bod tic mortgage and was undoubted-
iylovs I" see how things were run.
aie2 On our place. 50 when l came up
OHM 1 stopped my weary oven and
SAIL pleasantly to him something abou.
he wsiuher a l wiped the sweat of
NJ faie. Bu, ] SAW Immediately
7onncihhg was wrong; / was a little
rightend then. for it dawncd upon
ns Ike } fash that NV little Mary was
iis causs Of the squire visit. said
loehing Put waited for him 10 open
ht matte. when / saw him look at
nc SO inHntly and sort Of critically, ~
fAe wera mentally measuring up the
AMOUNT Oman in nv frame. ! crew
ib5ut an inch taller: | brushed my
hair back II my sun-burncd brow with
one hand asd 1 am certain a dcliar:
clance cam, into my ewes.
"'John. '-aid he. Il want to say a
ieS word, Il you. l am sorry that !
mus. but rfy duty - a father COM
maids it. lean loos back about iif.v
"sro and scemyself blowing ard hoe
ia<. working, haif-cicarcd fields
irohl morning till night Then he
icsltated as tiDugh he had said some
thing he wished he hadn't. but coniin-
iet To com. TO the point, | have
discovered YOU; uniortunair attach
Ilcnt for Mary. and | came over this
nothing to tell You il must end. but
.yoin mother saidyou were plowiny the
back lot'-and I've come this after
roa to tell You that your intimacy
nlyst end
There isn't muci to tell now. The
: or. is soon ended After the squire
l'h me. ] did not make the least reply.
bits vcnt on blowing guess the poor
oxen thought ! was going to work all
I ieht for ! had piowtd on until almost
dark before noticed what time it was.
vent hom.. IN a sort Of dized
G ndition. l put up my beast, and went
il and sat down and ate supper. |
y other noticed there was something !
wrong, so she was more than usually
rciui Of me. She said nothing.
v hen the other men had come i'm and
ST. down, | called father aside and told !
h MI was going away t.iat night. He
wanted to know why. and ! told him
Then he said he understood why
tie squire was going to tikc his dauyh-
tar away.
THAT night left. and after wander
around for several months, l hap
ptnod upon the coast and Joined the
crew. | thought, perhaps. /
could meet the fate | prayed for so
lOns.
'One wild. windy night, after we
nd been lying idle for several DAYS.
id1 had Decn with them nearly two
I'ao. we received signals of a sinking
hip. We Immediately put off for it.
against the wind and
= i've. | thought that night If the long
lco-as it seemed To me. After a long
nj We came up To the ship. but she
VS. past helping. The whole crew
l;ii Jeff and only one or two passengers
sTo remaining undrowncd. WITH
NJ my companions. ! went aboard
o heip them enter our boat. when |
aS tiie form of n woman ~cronching
'eaind an old hair trunk. claSpcd
lcr. tut found she was fast. so | drew
both To the side and my comrades
pok her and the trunk in. The other
In ave saved too. but was so blinded
In salt water and ice. / could see
When We pulled in. ] helped -.
sonng woman to alight. when 4
ash crossed and | recognized my ,
l;rg You Youngsters can imagine :
}, nrS:, as | see grandma is getting
nta1n. The squire did not object that !
e4-that'S 2ll.'-Al5dny .frgus. }