The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-02

he regau TO move about He vent
into the sitting room. lie spied the
china closet door and opened it.
"Ugh. he laid. as If in delight at
the pretty dishes. lie waved his hand
at Lillian and pointed to the rosebud
china. making an imperative gesture.
as if to say: I'VE want to eat off these"
Lillian. anxious to seem to want to
please these terrible visitors. nodded
and smiled Il gnastly smile. The very
fact that she must do something seemed
tn relieve the spell of cold horror that
had settled on her.
She took a fresh cloth from a drawer.
and spread it deity on the table. As
She Strengthened the corners daintily,
to see if they We're quite even. the In
dian grumbled his approval.
She took out the dishes and set seven
places. She recalled. with a great
thump of her heart. what Jack had
said about scalping. but as yet there
had been no warlike demonstrations.
She began to be more at ease. But
what was that uneasy chief doing? He
was prying into everything. Lillian
distinctly saw him put her scissors into
his pocket. But she dared not protest.
While thus distracted, she heard her
mother in the kitchen burst into a mer-
ry laugh. She ran hastily out to see
what had come over her.
Mrs. Wyman was in the pantry. hold
iEg a corner of her apron over her
mouth, as If to smother her amuse-
! ment.
There sat the six Indians on the
floor, with hats drawn surlily over
their faces, and with blankets shrugged
about their shoulders
Mother. what is it?' was Lilian's
WHISPERED inquiry.
Mrs. Wyman pointed silently at the
ludicruus row IF savages. and covered
her lips again with her apron.
Lillian could not help laughing, too.
? New Years callers, after ALL" she
said. to herself
NJ wrm,r had made The circle of
r,;t,no br,v,. move sonevbat AWAY
fron N. ,,,r. N that, she could ,.ools
! ham and warm potatoes Lillian re-
,urn.d IN her ,abi.-s.ttipp. She placed
SDppn-hpllpr on the clOth. full OF
,rirbt t-e,,noons
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w - 600 mr.h TiIi,r a.x At
hin, I'D 800 20 match them away
- ~ "a. scovIed 6erceIv and
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Al ,nc,, She bearl a great scufiinp of
feet in the kitchen. The other Indians.
| attracted by the sound, were coming to
his rescuc
I, tb.v fled i, formidable line. ..He
shan, have them" cried Lillian. strug-
Cling to prevent the last installment
going into his pocket 'He has nv
thimble and scissors alrea dy. Here"
to the others, your chief is stealing.
| But he can't have nv spoons. You
catching hold of the ne arest one
Jack. Ben, Harry" flor as soon as she
got one good look at the faces of her
callers she knew them) Jack, Zen,
Harry. hold him. He's Just a common
thief
A roar of laughter follow ID
Good for you, Lillian, cried Jack,
finging OFF his hat n blanket I'M
leaPing on the shoulders TO
pihion ms arhhs' IN shan nav S"uf
spoons, Lillian. But allow me to pre-
sent TO yon u cousin harold Mymah.
Just arrived from wyoming we 1ouna
him at tncle Abners' come 10 spend
New Year with us
Lillian, who had captured part OF the
spoons, blushed and dropped them on
! the floor.
Its real mean of you to scare me
so" she stammered. Mother. did you
know it was the boys?!"
Not until Jamie winked at me from
the floor. and then it was all so ridicu-