The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20

watched him well. f,r | was deter
mined that there should be- no mistake;
and | kept the glass on him a. a rifle
man would keep his rifle aiming a, a
bulIs-cyc. could see him a. plainly
a. | see YOU now. He was the same
man. bu; he looked. AZ. twenty years
older: But he was the same. and |
says 10 myself: Il know YOU, but |
never saw a man aye ike YOU; You re-
the same man. but there's an awful
change over You. too
"Wcll. sir. he looks about him here
and there. and then he takes ont of his
pocket a little parcel and puts it under
4 stone, and puts thrc.. or four more
over it. and walks on toward, the edge
Of the cliff. Up and down he goes. and
goes through all | saw him do five
years before. and at last-and !
could make this out-stru-gling against
it a. though some one was pushing hun
Alum o'iiih. sun >ti--'liH- h'''i'i
and nearer to the elge. over he !eaped,
and he was caught just as that girl a
here and there: and the tide did 10 hiIa
as il did to hcr-carricd the body out
to sea-and what with congcrs and
other greedy fish there We're plenty
waiting for him out there. This time
l 1.srp,al mot 20 bold my oman.
30 | reported to the captain. who At
first only tapped hi, forehead AMI said
| must not 20 into fever again; but the
rights of it was gone into and found
out.
Il said: Captain. have the ruins
searched. and I'll take any n YOU
name To the spot
well Duncan said he. I'd be
sorry for You to go of your head. for
you're my sharpest-cyed man. I'll go
with Won myself. and | will ask the
minister To 90. too
And there. sir. under the very
stones which ] pointed out We found
the parce., sure enough. 1t was an old
leather purse wrapped up in 4 piece of
tarrcd canvas what looked like a Bit
of an old sail. and in it was atcn-pound
note and a piece Of paper. and on il
was written in Il hand such almost as
a. school-boy would write: John
Hinch threw his sweetheart over this
cliff five years ago thi, very day and
hour (yOu see, sir. he had ii all got
ready for the very time). because she
would not give him the ten pounds in
this purse. He wrenchcd the money
from her. but he never spent 4 far
thing Of ii. For five long years he
roamcd the world. feeling that some
eve saw him do the deed. and he'>
come here i'm the Sclf-Same clothes
which he had on that day; he's Away.
hearing voices saying that there's some
one to meet him here
1T would look Almost rs if there had
from behind. from the way he went
over, but | saw nobody; the man WAS
there alone. There was no One To
make Il row about the matter, for no
girl had been missed, which is easy
enough To understand, for We RS with
in 4 walk Of a large town. and no one
knew any Thin" Of the man. No in
quests had TO be- held. for no bodies
had been found. Folk don't trouble
much about things which happened
five years ago. and a very bad murder
coming up quite fresh then. people
didn't take much note Of this. !
But. ch, sir. I've often thought
what an awful thing it is that there
an Eve on us when we're not thinking
of it. and how little good sin does Us,
and how. in some way or other, il j.
sure tn meet us. There ism any bet
ter preacher TO me taan my glass: and
there amt many better teachers than
the things we handle and have 10 do
with IN our common life. il only We
understood all they have 10 say
Quircr.