The Red Cloud chief., 1886-09-03
THE OLD HAIR TRIM
Tho Ancient Romance Clincipo
It and It's Owner.

It and Its Owner.
For the last forty or iif.v wear, j
old hair trunk had occuni.d or.
her Of the garrct. The darl sb,Jl
of the Old corner. ~low-iown under a
roof made IL look nor. iiLc -
crouching animal than old relic,
Va peculiar / IA shape. peculiar in cei
or. peculiar in general appearance
lis shape was unlike n m~oo.rn,ru,}
though | 30 not know tha, | cd
JU,t define lis shape, unless | SAY
wa a between Il mammoth Isl
rato@a' and woman ..worL-bo,
In coIor IT was between a "rariI
brown and a blUci>h red. if Won kn.l
what that i. Somcihin"li Ike = crushc|
strawberry tint. | think. When ,h.I
built 1T they first made a frame. in
IL frame houses are built now-a-do,l
Newt il WAS side! nv. that i. they hu
the walls. floor aud roof Of the ;ruuE|
Then o:"r ali this they fastened |
l.~.fnrr covering. The leather w.I
Tanned with the hair ON and this IA
on the outside. Ii.nc. lis pcculi:J
col"r aud lis animated appearance
IL WAS about; sixty or seventy ycar1
old. Grandfather said he conld I'd
mcmDrr when it first cam into hiI
possession. oniy bv Referring" 10 thj
date of his marriage. and then "randj
mother would blush pc-hap> vod
doubt tina, 80 old Il lady can blush, LuI
she did.
We ali clamorcd to hear IA. s.nryl
Grandfather had told Us all the STORED
he knew, he said. time and AGAIN. hu(
We did not remember one in which ocl
CURED either the old trunk or his marl
riagc. We all knew that when he wa}
q young man he had been connected
with ON sort IF Il coast guard. ID
llfr-boat crew, or somcihin" else Iih,j
that, bu, he was ALWAYS >in"ularld
silent concerning that period of hij
life. We had often wandered ut IT,
but had never said any thing. NoN1
before going amy further he looked I'd
grandma. and asked rather hc>itatin@1
IL. We thought. whether a" >honld pro1
cccd. She bluShcd assent and ; thrI
story started.
..You see when ! WIS a Young man.
,,.,, a, Eg II a.
ton on the coast of Maine. In that
day these stations were rare and usual
iy each n had considerable business.
az the districts were lar".. Many is
the wreck | have helped board and
sayc the crew and passengers from
certain destruction against the rocky
shores. Only the most daring and in
trcpid mcn Were employed. They
were mostly middle-agci men who
had lost their families in some sea dis
and had given up their citizen
ship i'm the active world 10 devote their
to the saving of Others.
..Whcn your grandmother WAS 4
rirl. wears ago. j, seems io me. fell in
love with her. Her people Were wealthy.
while mine and | were poor. ana Were
farmers. For II long time
she and | enjoyed our lives in hiis>ful
.-noranc, of The future before IL. Oar
arms adioincd. that i. hcrfathcr'S ana
nine. and we SAW each other almost
iaily. was abou: eighteen then. u
,ir. bony. strong boy. accustomed 10
abor on the newl,-clcared farm from
an 10 sun. 1t had nad but one effect
m me. | had never been 10 the city.
had only a slight knowledge of the
world or society in general. could
and write. and had often written
hort. painful letters TO a di>,an; brother
# NV fathers. | had read all the books
n the neiehborhood. but unfortunately
or my advancement. in other than 4
way. they treated only of rel
gious topics.
..She was then but sixteen. 4 lovclv} II
tile lass. brigh: blue eyes and light
air-ther. Mary, don't interrupt me:
know you were the pret;ie>; girl
1 that whole county. She had been
!, New York with her father several
mes. and had spent one winter in
oSton with an aunt. But for all that
ne liked me. and when she found me
!, passionately fond Of her. She really :
II in love with me. a grea, rough boy.
.. As l said before. not one thought
what the squire. her father. would
when he discovered the intimacy
vi crossed our minds. While we =
ere wandering about in the woods
,nday afternoons. Ihad become quite
ed to looking ut her. and murmur-
q her name: l had become quite ac-
stoned to calling her my darling: l
d even begun to calculate how much ;
would take to start us in 4 farming T
", when one day the old squire I
me to me AS l was blowing = big
zoe of corn land. l had felt uneasy 8
day, ,.-f poor eel had failed to Il
ok as s:en as l thought they usually Il
/. Nv pillow kept catching into old y
ITS and jerking me about l was u