The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-23

the tower the minute the sun VIA.
down 70 be all ready. and she coild
sit up rs Late as she liked: there
was no one mss 10 hinder. Then all
the learned people that came to stay at
the Old Beach heard about the .eis-
scope. and Used To drive over - -. il
and talk about IL II Was tn. frs, time
she had eve got in with Der kiad OF
folks, and i, did her lot. Of sooI. I can
tell you.
There was one Professor 3. lie
bcach. that came quite often. and |
guess he taught her how Ia uss The
telescope better than she knew hon ~
first. Anyhow. all tina: summer and
fall. and way down into the winter she
sat up In that place. taxing -oiid com
fort said then. and ] say now. that
! never saw but one wo,nan in the
world who knew when she hal 20: her
wish and was perfectly satisfied about
II. and that was Marianne Denny. Sh.
did,"
did she ever take you IN 10 look
through the telescope
Yes, two or three times. Shed
have done il oftencr il ] had wanted
u. Marianne WAS always for sharing
with other people. She showed me a
nebuly-a ring nebuly | think she said
il was-lii,lc shiny stars which you
can't see without a telescope. II
didn't interest me much. except ~
things do interest you that you a
sec always. l liked the star with a
ring that looks like "a school-globe "a
great deal better. but Marianne didn't
seem 10 think much Of that She said
quite little telescopes showed IL; but i;
needed a big one like hers 10 show III.
nebuly. ] dHn't care a snap for the
nebuly. but | did care for seeing Mari
anne so pleased. She actually looked
younger. and she used 10 talk about
the summer consultations and how
She was going 10 enjoy them. never
thinking. poor dear. how il was 70 be-
why. what happened?'
20. she died. 1t was the very May
after the telescope came. she diGn'.
have it quite a year. l. did seem too
bad. | shall always think that staying
up in that cold place so much hurt her.
What "A pity. was she sorry 10 go?"
NO; ! don't think she was. recol-
lcct her saying n day when | Was
sitting beside her: You needn't feel
bad about me-. Alice. Some people iii.
and never in all their lives have their
wish granted. I've had mine. Heaven
has been brought clo-. 10 me all this
year. And | know just how wonderful
ii is and how satisfying; and now | am
going nearer still to il. No one MI |
l wish ] could know that somebody |
would enjoy my dear telescope as |
done"
"And did any body?"
My dear. no: "A soul ha, ,ooiyed
il since that day. Tom was
in California and his mine didn't
pan out "a he expected. they say. 20 he
isn't 81 mighty rich. after all. And
Mr.. Brown. the baker. bought the
place. His first idea was Ia pull In.
down. bu: he found he
without pulling down the
house. so he just locked il up. and no
one yer goes up there. Poo Ma
wonder il she knows.
ut seems Is lot of money .or lust
little while she added. reflective
ly. as she ..toed" her stocking. Yet
I can't find il in my heart to he sorry
about il either ]; did make Marianne
So very happy JUS; FOR that
year.
l glanced up ut the knobby come
where the disused telescope wa, rust
ing its days away. The sunse; glinted
its close! pancs and ,inged them
with a fiery pink. I thought 90 the
brave patience Of the denied and mar
-ow life which had ended in that one
Of perfect satisfaction and neither
,ould | find il in my heart 20 be- sorry
or the expenditure Of Tom Burns
noney.-Sasan Coolidge ia Ind pen
tent.