The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-16

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he'd try" they said. Then he has the
incest farm in the neighborhood. with
one of the best houses on 1t and money
out at interest. although he's not "a DIT
mean and stingy. Hell do his full
share always for n n%eighbor In distress
IL isn't because he's too stingy to sup
port her that Jared doesn't get "a
wife"
Ii was a clear. crisp morning In Feb
ruary when Jared rod to he village
with the widow Darby seated beside
him in his neat little cutter. The
sleighing was fine and the air keen ana
exhilarating. 1t gave the d
plump cheeks "a beautiful crimson
glow and made her black eyes sparkle.
She was in high spirits and her laugh
rang out frequently as merry n rip
pling as the laugh Of a child.
But then the widow Darby was pro-
verbally CHEEKY. She had suffered
keenly the loss of her husband and
both Of her children. but time had
softened her grief, and she was too
wise to spend her life in gloom and
RT1pI over lit loob VI 'ioo' WV W.
beyond all care and sorrow.
She had a comfortable little home
and "a few acres OF land adjoining
Jared Kent's. She had known Jared
all of her life, but not once had she
thought of him as u possible successor
to Joel Darby.
Jared will never marry anyone"
II l-l .a, III .a-fy M IN !,
ing disposition. Some men are that
way. It's all they lack to make EN-
what God intended they SHOULD be.
My husband and | used to talk Jared
over a good deal. and we did our full
share to get him settled for life with
q good wife. We used to invite lots OF
nice girls, young n elderly both, to
our house and then have Jared come
over to tea and to play croquet with
him. He'd be nice and pleasant n
all that. but he never came any ways
neal falling n any Of the traps we
set for him. We thought once that he
did take a kind of a shine to "A nice.
sweet, real good looking girl of about
80 named Janet Deane from over Shell
by way. who was visiting as. Shed Of
made him an awful good wife, and |
sung her praises all the time. but moth
ing came of It,"
It's an elegant morning, isn't it,"
said Jared. as he and the widow flew
along over the hills and through long
lanes in which the snow was drifted
almost to the top rails Of the fences.
"Oh. it's lovely" replied the widow.
Il like snow"
so do l.. You got much to do in
town."
No; I'll be through with all OF my
rrands In IN hour. ! can let some
thing go II you don't want to stay in
town that long"
"Oh, thatll be none too long for
me. Where shall ! meet you?"
I'm be at Smith & Henderson's dry
goods store IN time you say"
Wen call II IL o'clock, then"
IL vas three minutes after II when
Jared drove up to the appointed place
of meeting. The widow had stepped
into the sleigh and he vas tucking the
robes In around her when she said:
ihNiN, Jui'h' !" Juo' iihN INV
women; I've forgotten something"
What is it,"
II forgot to go around to the post
Office. ! know that there's nothing
there for me, because n of the Stone
boys brought my mail out last night.
and there's no mail trains In until
noon; but poor old Jane Carr came
over just before | left and wanted me
TO be sure and see IL there was a letter
for her. Her daughter is very sick out
west, and she hasn't had a letter for
a week. and she's half wild. couldn't
bear to tell her I'd forgotten to go q
the Office"
I'm drive round that way" said
Jared. 1T won't be three blocks out
of the way"
Two or three boys stood idling In
front OF the postoffice and Jared said