The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
CHAPTER RIV.-CoSrINrEp.

CHAPTER IV.-CoSTINTED.
A pore ole woman was clIng,u' at the same
cart. but she let go to'arGs night an fell
out OF sight. No body could go back fer 'cr
wen dark ccmc. an in the mornin' not fur
from US some tore clothes an hair was
found. an human skull with the wet
prints of wolf-tecth all over it. That
mornin' we buried five froze folks in one
grave. | mind. an then went draggin'
;l's,rd agin. but bout noon we could 60 no
furdcr. the snow was deep. an we
stopped ready to lay down an die. But
some of the stoutest of us managed to get
the tents up. an fires startcd.S an went
back in the snow an got the sick an the
froZe, an some what was out of their minds,
az got 'em round the fires. 1t was a tur-
ribie sight, Ny Catharine never said nary
word that day. Her eyes looked big an
CLASSY. an she went wcavln' from one side
u to,her. but she KEEP her eyes on the chill
drcn an 4 tryin' 10 push. ! could see the
end was comm. but / couldn't feel some
how. seemed TO be jest movin' in a numb
kid OF awful nightmare. Sometimes
didn't seem to know whar was: then acin
things'd look clear, but wild an strange,
an seemed 70 be wOrliIn' with all my
might. but I'm feerd it didn't mount to
much.
Well that afternoon hep come. One of
the elders tha: passed Us was shore we'd
never get through an urged President
Young To send US some pervisions. So
that day two of party reached US an tole
Us teams with supplies would be there the
:.ext day, an fer US to kill one oxen an save
ourselves. So we did. they hepin' us, an
that evcnin' we had big fires and all the
Ileat we kccrei fer an used what was left
of the pcryisians. an some on Us got a little
life agin. But many was past AL mortal
hen. an that night my Catherine died. an
lust afore she PASSED away my dirtcr Trcan
was bora,'
There he stopped and sat looking heavily
a the floor. \ sweat broke out Cpon his
furroved forehead. and fo- few moments
be- seemed stupitied by the shocking retro
Sp,-c'-
Il ha;n't no words to show We it furdcr
with." he said. hoarsely. without looking up
I've talked too much about il: it cones too
nirh TO mel" and he swallowed painfully IS
If the vision his memory brought suffoca,ed
i.i.n Il kent say nothin' furder. on ' that
the child was saved an has always been sad
Ike. an rve been broken-down man eyer
since. and he got up and went tre,nblinGiy
ou. with something Ike SOB shaking his
for.a.
Elchard had said nothing as the story
r-o--esscd and the alternate surgeS of
anger and pity IN his bosom had followed
eacl. other with no sign upon the surface
s2vc d Tightening and trembling of the
fingers. clouds flying across the face, and q
Carhening and melting Of the eve.
And when i: ended re still remained
silent. but with tears slipping from Under
the lasacs of his closed eyes. What could
be said. Wha: else given such folly and
suffering but tears! IL was of a piece with
other large examples of abuse IN the
worlds life. One with the hur5ng 10
Cether Of countries IN slaughter bT design
ing tyrants: one with the cnsl:.vinS of
races by sleek opuicncc and greed: one
with combinations on the food for nations
tna- few might live fa;ly al the expense OF
general hardship: o.:c with the stake. the
cham. almost with the ASSASSIN : nnife. TINS
black abGse Of confidence. and get. alas.
what else was there for j; but tears! The
deceived. the fo;.lly injured, still clung 10
the Gecciver. still rcve-ed The destroyer,
still ilnclt 10 the idols that drowned them.
Ave. what could be said.
And what for the effect! Al. it was one
with the trust of ignorance in I'll ages: one
with blind faith ore with reliance on 4 sys-
TEN in the stead Of reason and simple
Righteousness. But what for the cause.
Alas. there was no penalty. no law with
which fo blast il. Nothing but TO leave il TO
the One IL whose name it was perpetrated
and - the long verdict of Tine, and Paul
Elchard, lying there, ground his teeth in
Silence.
Then nearly two weeks fell away slug
gistiy Trcan kept about her work and
well under the shadow OF her heavy sad
ness. coming not often into the room where
Elchard lay. and saying little upon such en-
frances. The injured man, not knowing Of
the swinging over her Of this later cloud,
laid. and naturally. her enduring sOmber-
ness 20 the grief and horrors that hung
about her birth. His heart moved toward
her with the thought Day by day
she Was melting into him, and
he could not put her back. She
seemed like a twilight to his nature. sad,
soft ard beautifully sweet spreading slowly
throughout his being. It did not give him
Joy, thrilling his soul upward into ecstasy
Ike the co:1ing Of love to many. but per.