Big and Little Sisters

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Big and Little Sisters, by Theodora R. JennessThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Big and Little SistersAuthor: Theodora R. JennessRelease Date: February 1, 2004 [EBook #10902]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BIG AND LITTLE SISTERS ***Produced by Prepared by Al Haines.BIG AND LITTLE SISTERSA Story of an Indian Mission SchoolBy THEODORA R. JENNESSCHAPTER I.It was a Saturday morning in December at the Indian Mission School. Two young Sioux girls were going up the stairs—Hannah Straight Tree and Cordelia Running Bird. It was their Saturday for cleaning. The two girls drew a heavy breath inprospect of the difficult task that confronted them. The great unplastered mission building was a chilly place throughoutthe winter, and the halls and stairway that morning were drafty from the blustering wind that swept the Dakota plains andcame through the outer doors below, where restless children kept going to and fro continually. The young hall-girlsshivered on the upper landing, and stepped back in a sheltered niche in which the brooms were hanging. They hadthrown their aprons over their heads and shoulders, and were dreading to begin their work."My floor and stairs always look nicer than your ...