The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-20
BARBARA.
The Mischief She Unwittiu1ly Did,
and How It Was Remedied.

u dOW IL w As 6S00100A0os
know you would much rather / should
take Barbara sister Dot for nv heroine. for
Dot was tall and queenly and. OF course.
naughty as she was tall. and filed up quite q
large space in society. in very opposition to
her name. whereas Barbara was Al elf OF
nine years standing on this grim old foot
stoolof ours. and was not one -quarter as Dig
as her name. with ;he FACE OF a fairy and
bright brown eyes, that looked out from I'M
der her yellow bang. ridiculousiy ike Dots
pony peered from unde- his name. and with
orbs almost as big and fully as limpid- But
then she is my heroine and you must needs
make the best Of her.
Dot was engaged. / Am happy 20 saw. to
a perfect Apollo but I'm sorry TO admit that
she treated said Apollo Is il he were moth
ing more than q poor. weak, errinE mortal,
and took il upon stately, privileged self 70
lecture the young nan upon certain faults
she took. as q matter of course, must BE- in
his possession. beng. as he was. the only
son OF . very indulgent pair OF old folks
But she WAS shaken 10 the very foundation
OF her royal being when one day she discov-
ered that the last sentence Of her excellent
h~arangue mad fallen upon thin air. and she
had a confused sense of a pair Of indignant,
socrowful eyes leaving their light To hsrn nj
her. as she sa. amazed and hurt, after the
. ball door slammed like q wooden oath
Hpwas gone thea--O. Scott: on. Scott"
which was 20 slang az all. but the irate
Apolio's christened nane Dot rose from
her chair % state and carried her heart.
bleeding and torn. NJ the front stairs. TO
onoint il with tears and cover il with the
maTnificen, new bail dress from Madame
4, Observation-Disclosures bandAZe'
~Whath the matter. Do,r" Miss Barbara's
eyes had caugh, the CLEAN OF something
shining. liquid and oesd-like, upon the very
tip Of Dots feather fan. Youth cryingr'
Il believe you would cry. too. Chickie;
wouldn't you. il the Prince came and prom
ised you nice things and then rushed on
without saving any thing about them.
Wouldn't ycur'
.'I;tn't Thco.; going TO take you to the
balr"
1T certainly looks that war. He went OF
80 angry with me- Another tear splashed
hotly down upon Barbara's little upturned
face. The child grsvely wiped it OF. utter
Ing this solemn in junction: Don't you cry
or worry one bit more about thith. will
thee about thith matter mythelf." uncon-
s~ciorsiy initiating pspa's most impressive
name OF speech.
They had always talked TO her as IL she
could understand their mature reasoning
this sister and this paps-that she had come
to have Q ludicrious little air of sage and
wise consideration Of all things brought
within her ken
Nine O'Clock and no Scott-he was not
coming then; must she miss the glorious
assembly ball because Of ha anger. Not
she. Half pas, nine: had Barbara been
awake she would have noticed the quivering
eyelids that tried 50 hard to keep the tear
drops prisoners. Quarter OF ten-she gave
Up al hopes OF Scott and in ten minutes
more papa was drowned in a sea OF over
Towing satin whose cream-white pillows
were filing the coupe TO its utmost capacity.
Ten O'Clock. A loud peal from the door
bell aroused Barbara from her sound SUM
Der. Another peal. Out OF bed. into her
little Mother Hubbard wrapper and down
the stairs crept Barbara OF tiptoe. too.
though there was no need Of that, Is every
blessed trusted servant was gone out n
the child was alone in the big house. The
wee hand mastered the huge door-key and
out in the moonlight the brown eyes discov-
cred Dots lover.
20. it'll yo.~
Yes. Chickie, o. course it is. Is-is-Dot
re1iyf-
Now. I've always been amazed at b little
and big-fbs children can tell on the slight
est provocation- i have even gone 50 far q
TO entertain some odd ideas on the subject
OF The utter lack OF conscience in the world
OF childhood. and honestly believe that re
raci.y is an actual matter Of education, pure
and simple-with . dismal conviction that
even cultivation does NOT always 81 nice. ]
have been ~astonished with what fertility the
brains Of infancy are possessed inventing
with ease uncalled for and unprecedented
untruths; and, as Miss Barbara WAS beyond
The average. ! am bound, in all truth. to say
that she gravel sent the following little nb
up into SCOTS listening ears:
..Yeth. Doth 18th al ready and gone with
pspa-but you are to bring me insthesd- 1
an almotht drethed: jutht 60 into the
libra-<. pleath. ThcotI and ! will not keep
YOU waiting more than Uneven minuths-'
Poor Scotia wrathy whirlwind was
gathering about his ears as. all unconscious
". ne obeved the little maid. His quarrel
il 50 oaesided az affair could be called that
with his beloved had driven all thoughts
of the ball from his head and now to come
and ind her on and away with her parental
relative. and 10 reaiiIe that she had had
ve-y good cause TO think the most horrible
things in the world Of his seeming careless
ness, made him blind to the simple outiand-
ish scheme OF the little sister, and TO be
glad that be has been the object OF even .
thought.
and .eaching her own room again. she, like
ohumsn Essy-did, jumped upon the 0w,