The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-21

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che hclplcssncss Of the household, and
then nerved himself up anew and said:
"By the help Of God I will o stop, my
children must hsvc homo and educstion
End sdvsntsgea, snd . comfortable start
In the world. and ] must got . little
something shcsd, 10 thst II I sm taken
away these helpless ones will not be
turned out on tho cold charities Of tho
world"
Yes, your father has been q good
friend TO you. He has never told any
one. and nc will tell any one, Of
tho sacrifices he has made for you. And
he II ready 10 keep right on until INTO
To that hand that has been toiling for
you oil these years shall como the very
numbness Of death. You ran not afford
to break his heart. hut you arc doing
IT, Yes. you arc. You have driven tho
dagger clear In up TO the hilt.
And your mothcr-I warrant she has
never told you much about the nights
when you werc down with scarlet foyer,
of diphthcria, and she slopt not q wink,
or falling into drowsincss your first cry
awakened her, and brought tho words.
"What is II, my dear" q. n the rock.
Ing chair could speak! q. II tho cradle
could only tell It's story Of years: And
whom you got better and were frctful
and hard 10 please, ~ Is usual In con.
~valesccnce. she kept her patience no
we'll, and wa IN kind as you were un-
reasonable and cross. q, midnights Of
mOthcrly watching, how can you keep
silence? Speak out and tell that wan.
dering young mi the story that no 80
much needs tO hear.
By the bye, ! wonder what has become
ut our old cradle In which all ~ us chill.
drcn rocked! ] must ask my sister when
sce her next time. We were . largo
family. and that old cradle was going q
good many years. ] remember just how
II looked. II was old fashioned and had
no tapestry. Its two sides and canopy
all Of plain wood, but there was n great
deal Of sound sleeping In that cradle,
and many aches and pains were sOothed
by II IN II moved 10 and fro by day and
night. Most wildly remember tho
rockers. which cainc out from under tho
cradle, were on the top and side very
smooth, " smooth that they actually
glistcncd. They must have boon worn
smooth by q foot that long ago ceased
its journey. How tired the loot that
pressed IL must sometimes have got! Hut
IL did not stop for that. II went right
on and rocked for Phoebe the first, and
Dewitt tho last And II was Q cradle
like that. or perhaps Of q modern make
and richly upholstered, In which your
mother rocked you.
Can II bc that for all that rare and do.
votiOn you arc paying hcr back with
harsh words, or neglect, orr wicked lifcP
Thcn ] must I'll you that you are tho
''fOOlish sOn who In tho hcaviness Of his
mother" IBcttcr 70 home and kias her.
and ask her forgiveness. Kiss her on
tho liM that have No often prayed for
you. Kiss her on the forehead that NO
oftcn has achcd for you. Kiss her on
the eyes that M often wcpt ovcr you.
Hotter 70 right away. for shc will In
dead beforc long. And how will you
feel then after you realize II In your
wsywsrdncss thst killed her: Romulns
made no Law against patricidc, os the
slMying Ut . father. matrtcide, or the Stay.
Ing Of . mother. becausc no considered
such . crimo impO~siblc. and for 900
years there was not . crime Of that sort
In Rome. Then came I.ucius O1tius and
slow his fathor. proving the crime pos.
able. Now, do you ma think that the
child. who by wrong behavior. sends his
father N y premature grave In q patri.
eide, or who ny misconduct hastcns .
mother into the tomb In . matricide?
Tho hcSvincss ot parents Ovcr . sons
dcpravtty II all the greater hccausc II
means spiritual disaster and overthrow.
That In the worst thing about H. In tho
pension regulation . soldier receives for
tho lOss Of both hands ~ feet STA For
loss Of M hand and me foot ~. For
losA II . hand o. foot es0 For lOaa Of
both cycs 81. Hut whO can calculate
thu valuC % . whole man ruined
body. miud and sosl? How ran
parcRts have sny happiness about
your future destiny. n young man
gone astray" Can such opposite lives ~
you end they arr living comc out Ut tho
same place" Can holiness and dissipa.
tiOn enter tho saasc gate" Whore ~ the
little prayer that wan taught you nj
your mothers knee: II tho God they
loved and worshtped your Tod: IT 10
your soul about which they are most
anxious: youP soul that shall live after
the earth itself shall bc gtrhlcd with
flames and the flames. dying down.
will Leave the planet only n live coal
and Oh" 1.-Two coal shall become ashes
and then tho ashes shall he scattered by
thc whirlwtbds II tho Almighty.
"Hut" says some young man. my
mother ~ gone; my behavior will not
trouhl" her sny mare,
What! IL she dead? How you atartle
me! II shc dcads Then perhaps you have
her picture. Hang II up In your room
In the place where you oftcnest look.
to and study her features, and while
You arr looking the pas, will come hack.
and YOU may hear her voice. which Il
now ~ still. speak again. saying: "rrOm
my heavenly home. my dear hoy. I 40
lictt your reformation and salvation. Ito
IL the Christ who pardoned me. aud lie
will pardon you. Ny heaven will not
bc complctc I'll I hear u your chang
ing. Hut I will hear u Il right away,
for there 10 Joy UP here whom one sinuer