Cheyenne Transporter. (Darlington, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 13, 1884 Page: 2 of 10
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M CORBIE TRIBFBRTEH.'
(INDIAN AND STOCK JOURNAL.)
Gko. W. Maffkt Editor & 1'ropi.
La vis Mbiihitt Local Editor.
Subscription $1 per Year In Advance.
Bhevenno & Arapahoe Agency Darlington Indian Ter.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Charles RussVl M. P. tho English
barristor rocoivod ovor $16000 in fees
in ono wook recently.
LONG AGO.
Thkue woro only nine accidents to
trains in 1882 in Groat Britain by
which passongora woro killed.
Seventy-six Sing Sing convicts havo
voluntarily ontorod the night school
which is taught by ono of thoir num-bor.
I sit beside the sinking lire
Watch the weird funs in its glow;
All through the night I should not tire-
But they hive faded long ago.
All lust to dust! the Inst repose-
Ashes to ashes! well I know
How surely thte hath been with those
Those whom I loved so long go.
How surely (his with me will be!
From every potty joy and woe
From fancied slight from Jealousy
Mode free and safe jh I long ago.
And yet may foma things with us sta
As. on these waters Idles blow
In white and green juat as they lay
In white mil green so long ago.
'Tis pleasant now to think "Perhaps
In Memory's light one's face may glow;"
"Out upon Time!" for all thlng-j lapse
In that sad dreary long ago.
But when I'm dead don't thou forget
Thou whom I used to treasure so;
Yet may one te ir thine eyelid wet
Because I loved thee long ago!
Gayc JCarlc Freeman.
The constitution of Now Jorsoy for-
bids tho govornorto makoany appoint-
mouU during tho last wook of his
torm.
In Europo tho states which havo
most womon aro Portugal ami Germa-
ny. Grooco has a fow moro mon than
womon.
The Graphic having hoard that
Pock was going to dramatizo his "bad
boy" ndvisos him "to kill him oarly
in tho first act."
Senator James F. Wilson of Iowa
woars tho national colors with graco
and dignity. Ho has red board whito
hair and blue oyos.
Kansas City Mo. was in 1814
nothing but a huge rivor blufT without
ovon a sottlomont. Now it is a city of
80000 inhabitants.
At Alloghonoy Pa. Professor Potor
Vollz a prominent citizen was found
dead with a bullet through his brain
Ho had boon murdered and robbed.
Goveknok McLane of Maryland
contracted a cold on tho day of his in-
auguration and it has dovoloped into
nouralgia and confined him to lib
room.
Santa Rosa island off tho cost of
California contains 74 000 acres
owned by one man who keeps 80000
shoop. Ilia wool clip last Juno was
415000 pounds.
John Eg an ox-speaker of tho Now
Jorsoy assembly was sontoncod to ono
month's imprisonment at hard labor
and a fino of $500 for an attompt to
bribo an assomblymau.
The insurance of orango grovos is
tho latest thing announced in Florida.
It is said that sovoral Amorican and
ono British company aro now prepar-
ing to guarantee against frost and ico.
The houso in Orloaus Franco in
which John Calvin livod whon ho was
a law studonr in which ho recoivod the
visits of Thoodoro do Bozo and tho
librarian Lourrz has boon pullod
down.
The governor general of tho Soudan
reports that tho insurgents havo cut off
tho retreat of tho garrison in tho
province ot Senaar and roudorod tho
Nilo impassablo bolow Duom by sink-
nifr boats.
One of Pennsylvania's oongrossmon
Mr. Campbell was a typo-sottoi and a
Mississippi boatman a California
'Forty-niner a brigader gonoral dur-
ing tho civil war and surveyor gonoral
of Pon nsj lvauia.
Fiianoe givos hor ambassad thricoors
as much as sho givos hor. cabinot min-
isters uud Gormany does likowiso.
England also pays her ambassadors
considerably more than any mombor
of tho cabinot.
TWl'M
PEARL.
"Listen Pearl and mind all I say."
"Yos papa."
"Can you tako caro of mother all
day?"
"Of courso I can papa. Aro you go
ing away?"
"Yes; Sam and I havo to go after
thoso yearlings. And like as not auntie
will not bo homo till to-morrow."
"What a cosy timo mamma and I
will have!"
"And Pearl if I should not bo homo
till lato can you call old Snow into tho
stablo and push down a littlo fodder
for hor?"
"Yos papa and I1 11 got tho chickons
in too."
"But lot ovory thing olsego tor moth-
er dear. Always romombor that."
"You know 1 will papa."
Hor words were as earnest as his
own as sho ran after him for auothor
kiss; and ho added as ho laid a braid
of hor protty hair against his lips:
"If sho's tho loa3t bit nervous to-
ward night don't leave her a moment
my bird but let tho animals tako caro
of themselves."
Pearl lived on tho shoro of tho Fxa.
Mississippi far down.whero Jack
never gets a very tight grip on tlrfiw
and lets go vory oarly as Madam Spring
comes smiling about. Her fathor was
getting poorer and poororyoar by year
as his worn-out laud grow loss produc-
tive with ovory season of slack tillage
until ho found it hard to wring from it
a living for his small family.
Tho stock dwindled down to a fow
poor ill-kept creatures which lookod
as if forlornly wondering within thoni-
solvos whether it woro roally worth
whila to livo or not. Pearl's fathor
had something of tho same look him-
self which increased as his wifo grow
woakly and gradually sank into tho
condition of a general invalid content
to bo waited upon without perhaps
ovor pausing to ask whether sho roally
stood in nood of it.
You may think Poarl must havo had
a vory sad childhood. But sho had
uovor known any othor placo nor any
other childron and was so happy in
hor own bright unselfish littlo nature
as never to havo suspected anything
doprossing in hor surroundings. Pearl
throvo as nothing else on tho placo
throve even under tho burden of cave
which came to hor too young showor-
ng back upon hor mother so many
caresses and such loving caro that it
would bo hard to say which lookod
most upon tho othor as a child.
"I'll get your breakfast pet. Wait
till you soo what I've got for you."
Poarl skipped about in great gloo at
boing loft in charge for all day and
aftor tho usual amount of small fussing
carried in tho tray with a faeo full of
anticipation of hor mother's dolight.
"Tho first branch of crapo myrtle. I
found it peeping out in tho sunshiny
cornor of tho old pasture You poor
doar littlo mamma" a dozon kisses
on hor thin hands "if you only could
go with mo to seo all tho beautiful
things! But I'll bring you ovory ono.
Papa thought ho had found tho first
magnolia bud tho other day but I had
seen it tho day boforo and novor said a
word. No I won't tako a singlo tasto
Tluro isn't enough for you."
Just a taste littlo ono."
"Not ono bit. Soo what a groat
strong thing 1 am! You must havo
tho good things to mako you woll."
Tho lassie sot hor foot down and
of ogg.
mamma novor dreamed that thoro
was something almost horoic in tho re-
fusal of tho tempting morsel tho littlo
girl having just turned away from hor
own uuinviting breakfast of bacon and
corn-bread.
"Tho river looks curiously mamma
doar" sho said chatting over tho wild
flowers sho was arranging on tho tablo
as she sproad their feast. "I wont into
tho boat to play and whon I wanted to
get out tho water was between it and
the shoro so 1 had to jump."
"Why Pearl aro you sure?"
"Yos mamma; and I was afraid 1
couldn't got in it again; sol untied it
and hold tho rope till it floatod to tho
littlo bayou and then I pulled it in
and tied it. It was hard work too."
"Can tho rivor bo rising? I wish
they were not all away daughter."
Tho holploss woman lookod out of
tho window with a troubled face. Tho
Hoods of tho yoar boforo had dono but
littlo injury in thoir neighborhood tho
land lying much above tho river lovol.
But sho kkow that this was duo to tho
strength of tho loveos many milos
above and romomborod having heard
pooplo say that thoy novor would
stand another prossuro of high wator.
Tho rivor was not yot as high as sho
had soon it but sho obsorvod with
some uneasiness that it had advanced
upon thorn porcoptibly during tho last
fow hour?.
"I don't boliovo tho lovoo will break
though" sho said" trying to oncour-
ngo horsolf and Poarl.
Thoir dinner was oaten rather moro
soberly than quite suited tho littlo girl;
but aftor everything was cleared away
and sho had taken anothor look out-
side both folt bottor at porcoiving that
tho waters seemed at a stand-still.
"Bring mo tho brush for your protty
hair Poarl."
It was ono of tho fow things sho still
had energy to do this brushing and
fondling of the child's hair. No ono
seeing its boautiful luxuriance could
wonder at hor loving admiration.
Poarl took innocent pleasure in it as
co of tho things which mado hor
sweot to father and mother and
laughed as mamma loosonod tho soft
braids and hold up the wavy mass to
'catch tho sunshine.
"Papa says it's my golden Mag" sho
said. "Whon I 'was out hunting old
Snow last week ho know it was mo
when I was a milo away."
"Then you must hang out your flag
whenever you waut him to find you. I
wish aunty woro hero to help you to-
day my pot."
But tho hand which hold tho long
golden braid suddenly dropped.
"Look thoro Poarl!"
Pearl sprang up and saw troos no
far from thoir door standing in tho
wator whoro water had nevorboon be-
fore. In ono moment's glanco sho
marked how tbo river was broadening
and swelling. There was no sudden
rush or roar as would havo boon tho
caso with a narrower stream or ono
with high banks; but thoro was still
something mysterious and terriblo in
tho low sound half-hissing half-murmuring
with which tho pitiless flood
was fast creeping upon them.
Sho turned with ono thought in hor
bravo littlo hoart of caring of hor
mother as sho had promised.
"Mamma darling don't bo fright-
ened. You must got to tho boat you
can I know whon 1 'most carry you."
Poarl had rushed out to tho boat.
Most fortunately tho bank to which sho
had towed and secured it was high.
Drawing it now much nearer the houso
sho camo and hurriedly prepared hor
mother cooing to hor all tho whilo on-
doaring words of oncouragomont
novor lotting her guess how hor own
faco grow palo and hor hoart . stood
still at tho sight of tho danger which
gatherod faster and fastor so near
thorn. Again sho ran to tho boat
and this time with dripping foot
moored it to iho door.
"Now mamma quick!" Poarl novor
could toll how sho got hor in. Whon
it was accomplished sho brought a fow
of tho moro valuablo articlos in tho
houso and placed them beside hor.
Boforo all this was dono sho per-
ceived with incroasod alarm the
violonco with which tho long-imprison-od
waters boro down on them. Thoy
boat angrily against tho houso and
redoubled hor anxiety to got away
from it. But at tho last moment she
obsorvod how tho boat rockod and
tossed and tho idoa suddenly flashed
upon her that hor mother would bo
safer if sho herself remained behind.
"Mamma I'm going to stay horo
whilo you go in tho boat. When you
trot below the bond thoy will seo you
and get you. Toll papa to come for
mo. Toll him I took care of you; and
don't bo frightened you doar dear
mama!" Sho gave her ono loug em-
brace untied and throw in tho rone
and carefully stopped back to the upper
step of tho door. Her mother had not
guessed her intention till tho current
I was carrying them far apart. Sho half
roso with a scream ot dismay.
"Oh Pearl! my Pearl! come to mo!
I shall die without you! And what
will become of you?" She caught ono
glimpse of tho bravo little white faco
smiling at her as tho child called
cheerily after hor.
"Don't bo frightened darling. I'll
como to you as soon as I can. God
will tako caro of you." And then tho
rushing waters shut out ovory sound.
In her alarm and despair tho mother
could have flung herself from tho boat.
How tendor tho littlo faco was and
how small tho childish iiguro as it
stood there for a last word of encour-
agement to hor!
Pearl's faco grow palor as tho tim-
bors of tho old houso groaned and
croakod. Her littlo whito kitton camo
mowing pitcously to hor loot and sho
took it in hor arms whilo sho hastily
took a bundlo of paper. from her
father's desk. Then sho walktul through
water auklo-deop to roach tho stairs to
tho half-story above and sho climbed
them wondering if the water would
como to her there before papa camo.
Ho had gone sonio distance inland but
she know ho would como for her as
soon as ho could.
What a wild wasto of wator sho
looked out upon! Sho saw barns
sheds sometimes a house sweeping
down tho river. Sho saw their own
barn swing out into tho current and
float away. Sho could hear the wator
rushing through the doors and windows
bolow and wondorod how soon tho
houso would break away and follow
thoso sho had seen going down tho
stream.
"I must hang out my golden Hag so
papa will soo mo." Pearl uu braided
hei bright hair and lookod wistfully
out.
But tho weary afternoon woro away
and night camo with its gloom and
chill. Poor littlo Pearl's
courage
al
most failed in tho darkness. Sho sobbed
pitifully for papa everything seemed
so much moro terriblo than whon it
was light then knolt down and said
hor prayors asking flrst that mamma
might bo cared for then horsolf and
feeling comfortod in tho full faith that
God would remember them both reso-
lutely sot horsolf to keep awako until
papa should como.
But hor head dropped on tho window-
sill and sho soon slept quietly. Tho
winged messengers who wait on tho
prayors of a child surely guarded hor
rest with gentlest caro for whon at
last tho strained timbers gavo way
and tho old houso bado adieu to tho
foundations on which it had stood for
many a long yoar sho never know it
but slopt on.
"I saw yonr shining Hag Poarl my
blessing."
Pearl opened her sleepy oyos to soo
tho oarly morning sun beaming upon
her. AH tho treos on tho bank woro
running past her in a most confusing
manner. Papa was lifting her from
tho window into a boat hold by two
other mon close to the house which
still rockod and heaved as it settled
deoper and deeper into tho wator.
"Papa whoro is mamma?"
"Sato dear. Some steamboat mon
brought her inshore and 1 found her
last night."
"Oh-h-h! Woll then papa got my
kitty and poor old Biddy. Oh doar!
my nock and my shoulders hurt."
As tho boat noarod tho shoro sho
opouod hor oyos in amazement almost
in fright.
"That's mamma!" sho cried. "Stand-
ing up! Oh mamma you'll hurt
yourself!"
But mamma mot Poarl at tho vory
odgo of tho wator and lod hor to tho
kouso whoso friendly doors had boon
oponod to them. Doctors havo talked
learnedly of such cases about will
power norvo force and othor things
hard to understand. All I can toll
about it is that iho groat oxcito-
nient and soma vorv sorious thinkiner
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