The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

a look of sympathy crept into the
ia e under the plain Quaker cap
Maria quietly set the ralsins aside,
pushed a stool towards her aunt. and
sat Gown.
cit is too dark to see the seeds,
Auntie. and. besides l need the
whole of you now" This Winter"
she added shyly. 1--we been trying TO
bl tighten my corner of the whole, and
Mrs. Lydia Mary tells me from the
platform that I'm pauperil ing the
masses. A while ago another woman
told us that education was the key to
unlock the problem. Teach, teach,
teach, she said, and it sounded prac-
teal. SO by wearing last years bon
net and shabby gloves rve put shoes
on their cold little toes and oatmeal
into their empty little stomachs, and
kept Patsy and Billy at school ell
Winter. Now / lind I'm 'makitg
paupers' of the boys, and thought |
was making citizens" and tn re was
a tremble in the voice
Ibid the Oracle propose a better
way Of making c,tizens:" SAID the
quiet voice. The voice was quiet,
but the eyes were attire.
Il can't renee ber that she pro-
posed anything to do. The world
seems just a drcary, helpless, hope
less blunder, and Eve been battered
against a great stone wall. not IA
CLEAN of light Though it. nor even a
Granny where one could get Il foot
hold to Climb up TO the light"
''Ahcm.." said Aunt Jane, ''taik is
cheap"
Then there's Mrs. Mullisan, you
know, auntie. I've done her IRE
parable injury because l made UP
some unbleached otton for the twins
and didn't charge Tor the stull, and
she a poor WILDLY. the mother OF six.
1t i 'pauperizlnT the masses a-aln.
I'm told. She works ten hourS Il
day, six days to the week. The end
OF her ambition is TO keep of the
town and she does II and if Lydia
Mary or Maria C%iendennin had ne
tenth of her grit, we might thank
our stars. What's my coarse.
scrarchy cotton clotn balanced
against the CHEEKY uplitt she gives me
every ii e | see herr"
""hat inns lrlehd hobhy' she
dOuDlle>S holQ> n cure-all IN ne"
hanus' salu Aunt Marina
les answered the girl with a
sigh. ''it is a patent process, OF taAa.
ton TINS tiiAe when Is to even THINGS
uD-Or down In the new order OI
lnlnes every lau'fef VIII own MS
nome: chubpy cheruOs VII! rep.a"e
puhy babies; Selnshness ana vice, rum
ana gaAbllng. even la1lne>' VIII lee
away anu presto there's the milIen-
mum IKE magic she drew Il icduti-
III picture OIL domestic h!l,>. You
coul almost ZEE the kettle stcamln-
on the hFe' INC smell the tea ana
toast ana lheh sac sal down anu We
an cIalped-and-and-I came
nome.
"Anotner cluo TO he formed, / con-
ctude sa q Aunt Jane di}ly
NO, only another comnlttee. |
leIt the symptoms III the air. and 50
l hurried Oh Tor tear OF Infection.
L be4ohS 10 seven organizations nov.
trying III one way ana another To- lit
tu"t a"lul incubus the misses
committees II sub'cJmulltee'
aualIia les MAKE me th4hk Oh L. 80
Jel!yliAe po-yps Loatihs auout IN
warm soA.A seas y BIT breaks o.
heIa there, and ON every side, and
ANY tHey 30, brand-new lndepen4-
n creatures, ready 10 divide up into
EuLufeda more. I'm 80 tied up with
req tape, l daren t sew a button on a
l)oi As pettlcoat without consulting
a Chairman. I'm Just discouraged.
|. eIes such a mountain and my pick
AK Is 20 sinai
Au atle was very quiet. The
room was very still. A lump Of cOal
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