The Red Cloud chief., 1888-10-26
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Their. IL an ancient vsaAhcs tradition
about the month Of March borrowing
certain days from April. which che
pays back. not Ia the same weather
that she borrows. but In one u her own
glorious gales. nj n later date. aud this
Ia perhaps the most poctical expression
OF tho borrowing OF trouble that We
have. Those Who borrow trouble.
however. are seldom In tho habit oi
paying II back with the scrupulosi,y
Of the month ~ March In the tradition;
they keep IL for themselves, they roll
II over and let II gather accrction. they
make much ~ IL. and they grow ~
weary with the weight Of IL that when
rial trouble there In no strength
u bear that, and the nervous power.
fnil nj tho time when they arc most
needed.
IL there 10 bc that most festive 81 all
festivals In the family. u wedding. the
trouble borrower II sure that the bride
IL u lamb led to tho slaughter. or that
The bridegroom IL nov ~ be- lost for
ever u the family In being adopted
into the new wife's family. and that
nobody knows where they will all be u
year from that day. Or clse the trouble
borrower Ia sure that tho church will
be cold and they will get their deaths.
or the dress will never come from tho
d~rossmakcr's In time. or with the
lovers ~wcll-known dila,ory character.
he will be- sure Ia BE- late at his own
this troublc-borrowcr-an occasion
when one might feel ~ IL there were
already on the spot trouble and 20
spare; IL certainly could not b. cx-
pcctcd that any one could be late M
ones " funeral. In spite Of the feel
ings Of the heirs 81 rich men who per-
sist In living; yc, there ~ we'll ~ else.
where the borrower viii b. sure Ia lind
reason 10 anticipate disaster. At the
christening. again. IL Ia the borrower
who. IL not the bad fairy Of evil gifts
In person. Is the one who secs that fairy
coming. never by any possibility the
bright fairy. the good fairy; and n child
does not undergo tccthing In the family
where the borrower makes n home.
Tor which. from tho first tooth To the
last, trouble IL not To bc extracted. An
urchin nj not he sent To school from
that family where the borrower docs
not forsee AN Overtaxcd brain and
nervous disease. and II can not stay
away from school where there IA not u,
once forecast Of 10 Ounce. In business
matters IL IL ~ bad: this debtor Is not
going tn pay. that creditor Is going 70
~ memorable. In all the concern
u life. In short. the borrower
= drawing on tho future - al
ways n bankrupt future In every
thing but sorrow; and evcn when IL
N To death, the borrower illustrates
his life with the lurid light Of tn.
DANES Of the bot,omlcss pit. although
more often concerned in that light
FOR others than for ones self. IL may bo
said. This borrower of ours extends
operations even into tho outer affairs
of nature. There IL never u sunshiny,
balmy day ~ south winds but II IL u
wcathcr-brrcdcr. and the borrower socs
no sun to-day for the cloud and storm
~ tomorrow. ARR the first buds early.
tho blucbirds here, and all things prom
ising u genial springt-,then II IL UNI
timely weather. and the premature
buds will all bo nipPed by the frosts n
come. and there will bc no .fruit. On the
other hand. has tho bad weather held its
own till late. knowing apparently. with
that strange intelligence Of the clc-
mcnts. that everything will come on in
the stronger aud longer sunshine with
about the same celebrity as II IL had not
had its own frccr aud lingering play.
the grent law Of compensaiions acting
! with inanimatc MS with all other Of the
departments Of naturc?-why. then
the summer Is never going To be long
enough to ripcn anything. aud II there
should not be- u real famine In consc-
qucnce. yet prices will put food out Of
the reach Of the poor, and the balance
Of trade between the continents will bc
| disturbed, and there will bc u change
| In the rate Of discount Of tho Bank Of
England.
Nobody Il made so uncomfortable by
all this borrowing OF trouble ~ the
borrower himself. although. Of course.
everybody In the region IL disturbed
and vcxcd by the habit. II IL u habi,
that takes On serious frcaks sometimcs.
-Harhr's Rnsar.