The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-23

! OSSto0-wo00 c1sAt~ Ind pec3o|UeeH.
sruetimes covered With Wild grape vineA
AID sometimes adorned with saris;
tr.Tmpef-6owers. grew BY tho wsy-side. ssa
lat. berries. black and swe-: And hcio1s
d~roored from fae:r :tony zines almost be
3eaih The wheels 81 the wagon
2r. Jsckson's praises were voiubie. BIT
Cnc.e Moses assured hin taA. these thias-
were as nothing compared wiia the giaat
hickory and beech trees upoa rs hone
stead.
You don't say -. Xi<:ah Eos,ey.
wisn't e: j; wouldn't be A-ia;ru.iD' too much.
taa' you'd tsse me 20 = bo'iah, You ses.
/ -fr-css 10 BE- IN desc parts = week ~ two
anyhow. a. rny Business IS iupoh,ans aat
can't be hurrieI- I Is . pension agent
a-workin' Up De claims Oh pc callea men
who IA. n De wah. Aai has nebber b-sn
paid yet 20 suH rim and iyin' 10 deg ,oua-
Try. Fl my msMbry is CORES, Gubeccr
| Oglesby ;ole me yoa isdisQuAilfsd 20 . ten
SION. Brud3er Bosleyf' sail Mr.. Jackson In
quirin2ly.
CHcIe Moses hesi:ated Cor . moment. D.;
tie lore OF money WAS deep in his sr1i
SWELL I ksia'r z.ctly say as I vas
wounded. but pears like ms raeuraat's
woultn'; - been 80 BAD 20 the las Ave y ar
- S"Ab t-1- 4ssI
army" he said. the desire for . pens on
stronger than his conscience-
"How long yos done DIR -vths,tesn. Mis- al
Bos,ey.' said Mr.. Jackson with an ON IA
air. BE keer.ul, now. Remember yov Is
jes; the same as on 20 oa., and ! wants ie
whole t-oof AMI muffin but d. troos. ease l
IS one 90 lie guberunent officers. and has
,ooa INV oAs 20 DO my duty"
Inrt. Nn<1. VA. a f-e.l. f~i~hregrt A.
this solemn assertion, and answered. truth
fully: Well. you see. l wasn't really neber
a soldier AZ all. bI; / was lest hired - drive
a wagon from villa Ridge 20 Cairo. when
Col Wallace was jerc with his fhree-n0nih.
n q but il war 3 awful rainy day. and /
tux cold that; settled IN all my bones, aiii l
dest nearly coug.ed nv ina-.. ont"
"Oo co'se. dcn de cuoe-ment one, you a
pension, Mistah Bo-ley. aud | is glad ! Is heAh
10 see dats sou gifts i. Blu: befo' we zoe.
any :uricr win dis business, let me OH.
straight - De pint, and TX you 81 sou won't
boa'd me. ] - able 10 pay well. and sine.
Use got 'quaint-i with you and Mis- Bos!ey,
pears Ike couidn'; feel satisfied boartIn'
nOwhars else" Uncle Moses looked al ms
wife. and waited Until she gave q little
affirmative nod before he answered.: 'We'-
dest po' folks, Mr.. JacXson. and has po'
Twin. but e: you kin put mp with our grub.
well take yCu."
If is ever 81 much obleeyed TO YOU. I'm
sho. Mr.. Bosley. bu, dereis onething lone
forgot 10 Az about. Does you hold family
wUslup rcglar. and does sou say grace al
Dc tablet Case l couldn't b, satisfied less'n
you did"
Moses assured him that those -eiiyious
services were never ON. tied, and inwardly
set Mr.. Jackson still! higher in his es,:ica-
ton.
Il b'leeves in bein' strict in business mat
fers. 80 what mout yo' charges be. Mr..
BosleyF' was the mex; inquiry.
Tine two Old people considered together In
an undertone for a moment, both deciding
tina, since the agent WAS 80 wealthy, they
might as We'll charge a large price.
thiaks ab,I- foar dollahs a week
would kiyer expenses" said Moses.
Again Mr. Jackson, generous spirit re-
VOTED against the smallness of the amount.
II couldn't allow you 70 rob yo'srlves dat
away, nohow. DE guber:ncnt allows Tie
two dollEhs a day Tor bot'd, and Is not
g"in' TO be disiOnes' enough to pay you
only four dollahs a week. and keep de res
myself. only axed You To- fear IL mou, b.
mo- dan two doliahs a day," he said.
Visions Of nore'tivc-cent lawns and a new
hat for herself began Ia dance in Aunt
3etiie's brain * she listened, and Uncle
doses thought OK dem shoats he done been
want:n' 10 buy for sech a long time from
Brudder Jake Bow!eys." and whose posses
.ion now seemed almost a certainty with
both pension and board money.
Then Mr.. Jackson entered into clabOrat.
explanations OF his plans Of procedure in
the pension work. ard engaged Uncle Moses.
al . sa,ary OF two dollars q day. To go around
the neighborhood and Introduce him. dis
playing at the same time a vOlu:nin0us
array Of documents bearing so many red
seals and gilt eagles on their surfaces that !
Uncle Moses vas deeply impressed with Mr..
JacksOn's importance.
Meantime Aunt Bette wa fussing and |
worrying iEwardiy: she was so afraid
Alviry would not I've fixed up when they |
got home. and cudgeling her brain for a
plan 10 avoid having her daughter appear II
q disadyantag" before this fascinating
stranger. SO she mu,icred a few words in
her husbands ear. and accordingly when
they reached their corn field. through which
there was . short cut home. sh. declared
she was too tired 20 ride another minute
longer. and climbed out Of the wagon. de- !
Ginning the company OF the gallant pension
agent rs politely az il was offered.
Aunt BETTE came a. near running then as
her superabundance Of flesh would allow. |
and reache: the cabin very warm and a. |
most breathless.
'Alviry you Alv;ry, wtar is you"' she
called. cxcitcily. the moment she got in |
hearing distance Of The house.
''Halloa. NANNY. here is" said a lank. |
lean girl Of about seventeen years. with big |
bare feet and straight bony legs that were
but sparse!y covered with her scAnty blue
cotton dress. 'Lani sakes. nanny. whats
the matter. You look all beat out and
Where's PARRY. Did them horses run away !
and kill you both" the giri said exciied!y.
NO. no. Run. chile. run. and put on yo'
white dress and yo' shoes and stockings,
Oars q gran rich man comm home with
yo' ,,appy in the wagon. What Ia, you been
dom 10 yo'se!f 20 look 50 oueryF !
Don't look no wu>s than usual. I reck- |
on" said the girl. sullenly. rs beea a-iiy. |
gin saters. - pAppy told me: aud you
know you'd . scoidcd me IL I'D affixed up 10
go into the later patch" f,
well. never min. honey. dest run ard
dress ss quick as ever you tan. There
the wagon VI the lane now" said the |
mother, in honeycd accents. anxious 10 have |
Alviry good-humOred upon Mr.. Jack>on's |
arrival.
The Young lady walked away slowly. evi. |
dentiy much more anxious about the II, |
pearance Of the grand gentleman than her
own: and IL was only by dint Of threa,s and |
persuasions that her mother finally hustled |
her up the ladder into the loft usei ~ her |
bedroom before Mr.. Jscxson's eleeau, figure
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