Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-01
ON THE WIDE PRAIRIE.
A Lonely Life That Finally Brought
Domestic Happiness.

Oh, the drcariness of the prairie!
How vast it was; never ending it seemed
to Glare, as she stood in the doorway
of their adobe cottage and gazed sadly
off toward the northwest where q herd
of sheep could be seen.
''How can they live on the dry grass,
and how can Charlie even pretend to
like it. the horrible. lonely life in such
desolation and isolation! Lush! baby
dear, am coming; bow the mosquitoes
and flies do tease and torment him,
poor little whitening blossom-for even
he has felt the blight
The sun rose higher, the wind blew
harder and it seemed to have touch of
fire.
II wonder why baby's cheeks are so
red; can he be seriously i'll? Papa
won't be in until evening, darling;
mamma will do the best she cam
Charlie Dean wondered why no wife
was visible as he approached home;
wondered why DO smoke issued from
the chimney as was usual at supper
time. Had anything happened, he
wondered, fastening his naturally
slow steps.
The scene that met his gaze rs he en-
tered his home was one never to be
forgotten.
His wife, his pretty, little, girlish
wife he had brought from her city
home. lay back in the wooden rocker
white and still, while the baby, the
little six months-old Walter, was mo-
tionless within her arms, and the sweet
face wore Il look the Mortified father
understood.
"Clare! Clare!'' he cried, brokcnly.
''Baby-oh, my loved ones!'
Then Clare opened her arms and per-
mitted him to place the child in it's
cradle-;l cradle he had made ont of u
wooden box.
In a voice he scarcely recognized she
said:
You knew the life / was to share
out here, why did you not tell me?"
but he seemed we'll this morning
wei as he has been lately, mean. Oh,
neve expected this! The ranch is no
lonelier than hundreds of others. I
never thought
''No, but you have had to think now.
He died an hour ago. could not leave
him to seek you-it did not matter
after that. I'll never forgive you for
bringing me out to this.
CLARA! You knew owned the ranch.
You knew was poor"
81 never guessed what it.would be,
especially in case like this" pointing
to her child. II little realized what it
was to be woman
After that Charlie Dean was
changed man. He felt cross and mean,
and found the cold creature he called
wife anything but a cheerful COM
panion.
Let her sullx.'' he said; ''she enjoys
it. Anyway, I'll find other friends"
And he did. He Sc cured the services
of boy in whose care he left the
sheep, and went off almost daily to
little town, a pleasant ride for him of
only about fifteen miles. When there,
his place of lounging can easily be
quo ssed.
Its Clare's doings," he unused;
women like to send men to the dogs"
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usual she remained silent. Sometimes,
when he came nome almost too stupid
to talk, he caught glimpse of con-
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