The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-06

tree and watched fur this rust At IN sh
new skit. Dreckly the fun begun-ihe 1us'
cotch ON n sec a scairt man ye nevel
heern tell on! Give you my word b.
danced round like . Teller in . bumble-bee'!
nest q yellin' fit ter kill Hurt hint How
could it! The crackers was all inside the
tin box and though it did sound perty lively
it couldn't hurt him Well, he performed
like . rooster with his head of . tryin' e
git some n T. help him and nobody q
KNOWN what on earth were the matter.
Bimebye John Gray cotCh IN and marched
up ter the screamin' MOntressor and begun
ter take his tony summer coat often him,
laughin' 50 hard that the tears went rollin'
down his face. Miss Wintry, when she
found there weren't no danger laughed, too
though she tried ter be perlite and SYM
pathizin'. But her laughin' were too much
fur the curley swell, and he got 3 outra-
geous mad he dove into the heart o. tho
woods and cut across country to the nearest
station and went home 'thout SO much a
by yer leave!
There were a little skift on the brink
W AK OuuluC VI SOu10 SCCu uC0lWe
enish sort Of q name, and I rowed myself
out inter the stream. 'Twere most time
ter be a-goin' home. fur the sun had gone
clean down. behind some shoOmack bushes
on thet top Of the high hill near by, and the
frogs and the katyiids began to croak
louder fur the night. There were only one
thing more ter be lone in the avengin' line,
and l done it ! began ter rock the tipsy
little craft as ! stood up on the seat In the
very middle Of the boat, and when l got
her into full swing, jest gave one unearthly
cry and upset her before their eyes. Down
! went like q regular shot and there /
stayed till l knowed they must be gettin'
clean crazy about me. ! hadn't padded
round our docks at home fur nothin'-pO
more n I'd ride the tricx mule every chance
I'd git, and l Jest KEEP under water till /
couldn't stand it no longer, then bodied up
sereenly kerslap agin John Gray's arm. l
knOwe he'd be there and l Jest played
faint and laid as limp and still a. / could
over his strong right arm
Are you crazy, bOy-what hare you done
this fOrF' ! heerd close into my car.
"Fs~ cDsck." whispered without openin'
eyes" kin swim like q whale, boss.
but you jest hold onter me and lug me
ashore. When you git me- thar roll me fur
more eDsek, and I'll come to-"
He were very 0bejint. And when /. slow
and sOlemn-like, opened my eyes, there
stood Miss Wintry q cryin' over US both.
l see she cried most over John Gray, who
never were in no danger, and took ter
wringin' him out-now this drippin' sleeve,
now that, and aleclarin', between breaths,
that he were the bravest man she ever
saw!
-Aren7cH
Well, fellars. the other gentleman there
hitched the bosses up in q hurry, bundled
US wet folks inter the stylish wehickle, and
she told John Gray to drive as fast as he
could ter ole Job Wintry's and wait there
fur her. My teacher were rugged up in .
ole suit o. Job Wintry's and l were liked up
in toys jest like this very same harness,
kids braid down the pants. brass buttons
and all.
Then I heerd how the 'busses KEN and
took the other kids home. The ole uncle
sent his big keeridge over fur Miss Win
try and her aunt. his sister. And then we
all highland there I'm stayiu' ut
Sos John Gray.
Yer never see any thing work 80 slick as
them schemes o. mime! When Miss Wintry
KEN softly inter the great hall whore u
ire had been made ter warm and dry us.
she went straight over to where John
Gray sat and stood before him He jumps |
up when he sees her there, but she makes |
him jist sit right down again, and fetches
little stool from the corner herself aud
tits down most like it vas at his feet.
"DO You know" says she, in sech .
remblin' voice, "that . little fairy-a !
,rOwnie-came- to me in the woods to-hayf
All, I thought not! And he told me so many
me Of a great soul. so brave,
md tender and true-yet 50 modest, with
], that he dared not give utterance to the
Ne wish Of his heartt Who loves . kim
lred being, the brownie said, Is flowers
owe the dew; who is backward as q violet,
nd for whom Miss wintry is not half
.oed enough-no, nor any other woman that
Miss Wintry,r
THAT is what the brownie said, sja
Ind when ! called the man q coward tor
lis silence, this fairy rebuked me and said
should take it all back-as / do. John
5Fay, as l do nov. with q thousand apol.
'eies for the wrongI have lone you in ny
"HOoray, " yells, ~it,s all comm out
est like = dime nOvel-herOwine and all!
daknt ye goin' ter answer her, Mister
with all my heart. Tin. when you have
iven me = chance. But-but-l fear ] do
lOt understand
"HOw hard yuu make It for me-kAmS'
Well, there weren't much trouble after
hat, ! kin tell yer And I been tiger"
Or Missus Gray I'VE since that day two
ears ago, with money o M own in bank
nd . yearly liberal 'lowance o. crackers
tOrpedOes To celebrate the anniversary
that Fourth o. July, when my master,
|ohn Gray, followed my lead!
EVA BRS9.
We An Have Our Influenee.
Some persons fall discouraged on tho
Of life, because they can not b
his or that great or eminent person. Why
lot be willing to be hemseires! No person
ever h1s lived, or ever win live, 10
Without influence. Why not make the most