The Red Cloud chief., 1886-04-09
WHY AN A BACHELOR

contents, sell II 10 the rag-bov 70,
tr~ash-paper, and with half Of the dime
thus arrived at invest in half a guire o
plain white fool,cap. You may need
the other half dime 10 buy a little bel
with before you are through.
Here we have a story in verse: some.
thing in the school Of Lucille, pcrhap-
1.-THE lost IsEz."
| by ANITA.
II starts out very -att'y. thus:
young girl -at, one milan summer morn
Ing.
a gazing through the purplc-hazy dawn
\ ing
Morning - "dawning." Thor.
Anita, you have ,at right down on the
rnyming dictionary
" And bark, a voice, hy genie 7cphyr- borne.
Come Ger the IA lis III answer 10 her own"
Anita, we were about to drop Incz
ia the waste basket with the Bachelor
and the WIddcr, but We see vnu have
incl"Scd stamps for return postage.
so we will %inc!osc YOU one of our littl,
printed yellow slip, on which We say
-. ,,,
Suppose, Anita, o try the century.
w SAY ''dawning' and 'warning'
d., n.r r
-.
not to publish these ~ rhymes in our
TN ~pf'i'hllpu> magazine.
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n,
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H. v,.tl- p,,,h NH .,,r,u,.
LAM"
M i''iP'' -" ""'' NH"'h 'H' NY
nOtr of modern Srn~>atiOnaii-m. "ic-
c.rt.I" W. vui f.rv.4rd ,.,u 81,
"a
'-"i'''"- w i'"i''i """' u
Int the "taialnIty Jane made.
nnIy my IL MIGHT inst form =
va :" my ""' -
READ ~ over. but no; l am pdii 10
a, il.
-,
ihTe' hours IaI'f' WITH Inc am Oh
IN ltil.lt SUN III InN httl. j ltN II
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"s ''"'N' WHY '""' iidii ''t noun
vet TIL ! IN free. Surely my head Will
hurst h,f,r. that R,, har.. rn.s
M. ..
"' " |" "''' mali '''' WIN
4 very criinpci ana lu'iiil lItiIc hand
wrifinr
an =, n.
~. ,h. o5,., L. 49, ~
go, al, ,,n ,un, "a vrf,n ,nr. cha,
wouId hc cy,entcd I'm Alfred H., % 70 ,ou
on. knew how hard We tribe over this Won |
would send me some money for il and print il.
herd once about a man name doctor .Jousou !
writing "A .tor TO dcfra h : mothers funcrcl Z
5" thought ] would write II story
,r.sh sv.., mIIe c,nrs .hn.r,r"
for II "a, and some oranges and lemons. EIj,.
is my Older SISTER. she is very sick in bed. l
, u" " NM !" 'nahe MONEY "at 'hen
buys me fudc and clothing wanted IN ,ry
to DO the copying. but Mr.. Stevenson said my
W"sh' lu.' III '"h' kh""
81, needs m,. NH Tho Tim, uu, ,ns, riyh,
when Ellie was asleep and I was lying beside
nor' : 'h"u-nt ''iaS"e might write story: 5"
IN hon mo and H., b.r, my nr,rc
tn INK, for al ii, once must have got inspired
! wrote strate along I'LL DAY. read Ellie
very ,nrJ ;ndc.1 for mn. %, mig 49,. a.,
not tell her | was gong Ia print it. because |
wanted IT I" l" Il surpri~e. IL you think
- =, ~" 80 I,, ~
pee, too much of me. Hoping you will except
story | am, respectfully yours.
Lula nRowN.
rs,,,r. r,,n rm,nno, con Inno",
if M story Is excepted. hope it viii lie for
| am Alfred Ellie Is going TO de.
We'll. her" WAS something a little
outside of our experience" a> story
read II aloud. and before
WAS aware a tear had gathered in my
lnduratcd eye. There WAS >"mcthin"
50 sincere in it, artlr~>nc>>, 50 pathetic
in lis impuloivr childi>hnr>S. II went
IA my heart. Besides it
brought back 10 mind my w sorrow
full childhood "A vision of an attic, a
aud much childish misery.
l read her little story The W SIS
Ii was >wcctly and simply told.
full of natural errors. but with crude
of originality that marked little
Lula aS no ordinary child. Practical
ly. 1t was valucleSS. OF course. but To
me ii was 4 green field and a ripping