The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-21

"POPPY'S SICK" SAID II LITTLE BoY.
Cheer up, man. we'll soon have you well
again." and the miner walked around to
the rear Of the wagon.
Hell never be well n more. He's
dead. Friends" said the widow in q choked
voice
'Deadl Well, now, that's rough, ma'am.
Blest ef faint" and one Of the ~bystanders
ven into the house to carry the news.
''Sho. now. yer don't say" and Wash
Jackson turned a griddlc cake over onto
the floor instead Of upon the griddle in his
surprise. IAN his wilder an de little chill
len am at dc do wild de corpse. She, sho.
now. dat Am awful '~scouraging."
''Shet ny. yer black yawp, an get 'cm
something to eat" said one OF tho mon,
roughly; ''they must be clean tuckered
out"
Tho rough. tOil-worn hands Of the
miners helped the widow from the wagon
as revcrentiaily As il she had been q priu-
cess, and the children were taken u warm
hearts and ~tenderly cared for. while the
fathers cold form was prepared for burial
in another s~hauty-the one which Dan
voorhees, has 40 recently scrubbed, little
thinking for whose reception he was max
ing II clean.
Three davs after the funeral the widow
was waited on by q deputatiOn from the
camp. I'VE wanted to ask &c. ma'am,
what We was goin' ter do" said the
spokesman. touching his bcarskin cap re-
specially.
Indeed, sirs. I do not know. replied
the widow. She had shed all her tears
md could speak Of her trouble with dry
eyes. "Ali I have is here, and winter is
coming on"
"Thetss what we was Q thinkin'.
mA'am.' said Dan Voorhees,, eagerly. ian
. hopin' you would consent 70 stay at the
camp. We're = rough set o. men. ma'sm,
but you - feel jest u safe weth Us a. ef
yer owu mother was . rockin' ye. Ell
airy man says . word o. sass to ye we'll
run him out O. camp ut the plot OF . shot
gun"
But what can I do for support" fall
tered the widow. Sho had been teuderly
brought up. and the idea Of spending the
winter with these rough men was appsll-
Ing. deprived Of the protecting presence Of
her husband.
piled liam Collins. I'VE see. we'd all on
u c~alkylated Q pile on hcvin' Brsd's
woman an kids among Us. an we're al
BoS&AoO INV ~ VCAA OeDoRkOtAA00
an we're willin' % do the square thing
BY 70.
"Brad's claim Amt . pannin' out no great,
but tt's enough % make 70 comfortable. IN
veil al chip in oAd do our share toward
lcst ~ regular - il he Wal hero Dan'l
give up his shanty. an w want ter make
70 jest "a happy an comfortable - No
car, for we got . heap O. store BY Bred"
The widows lip Quivered; the kindness
Of these strangers touched her deeply. and
she replied In . trembling voice: "And
what am I going 70 do to repay you gentle
men for al this unexpected kindnessi"
She used the word ~advisably, for in her
estimation they were gentle0en Of the
truest sort
THAT'S al right Don't ron vorrit
about payin', ma'am. We're Q soetsr rough
Get an re Eeed . woman around 70 kinder
pare Ne doWn, an ef you'll sing % Q sons
onct In aWhile-Brad aaid you VA . Das.
. rhand - sin9-aa' let NJ hev the kids ter
love and cuddle . little. veil call is squar.
We've Ill o. NJ had homes an 10 comes
ROACH - u this kind q li1o yeas In an
year out an Il you'll live amoag ~ IN
mako . home fur ~ ter kinder look a. -
'tWeee ~ shell feel veil paid"
She couldn't refuse such . request CON-
ing - Il did from those who had beea
her hasbaad's friends add companions for
the two Year, pest sad % IL was settled.
and the few thiags b he'd brought with
her were moved Into Das voorhees' shanty.
and with her vomAn's skill she made
such . Ao0elike placs Of Il that Bradley
would have thought il IN earthly paradise
roul6 Ia hare HvAd "a 80 II
The childrea took 70 the kindly miners
and Willie and eoiden-haired
Katie were - coatented - kittens when
Sam Cellias v Dick Gowdy eatertAined
them With stories q "yarnA" - they
called them, oe their earlier dayA or whit
lied cut the Curious w0odea toys which
they Nere experts in fashionine.
Baby Eell's ~profereace va ioa Rack
Wash, cd Was 70 uncommon SigAt .
~ her little plAk hood peeDing mp over
Ats battered Ga bat - sAe perchsd @
his sAsuldes. her cAabAU arns clinSinG
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