Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-07-27
from the New York Spirit of the Times.n
DUCKS IN SUMNER.
.TENNEssEE. Nav l5th lS4e

DUCKS IN SUMMER.
-,TENNEssEE, May 18th 1S4S.
DEAR "SprRrr''-There is no doubt about
its being true; and IFS good one, if | can
hit on the right way OF telling il.
Aaron was tall, Swapping fellow, near
seventeen. You never saw more susceplI-
Die youth. Being good looking, the girls
were as easily smiiten with him. They u.s.
ed TO flock out to the country on Friday
evening aud stay till Monday mornings
Talk of colt! There's no such romp as
town girl turned loose in the country. She
races, she Jumps, she climbs the trees, sha-
king wild cherries down upon the timorous
beau beneath her. Oh, she is the mos, beau
llul, winning, delightful creature in the
world
Moses was much younger than his cousin
He knew Aaron was taking on about that
naughty lass. May Sielton. And May was
IN love with Aaron. May, ana Troup, and
Sue, and Polly. all came out one Friday eve
ming, with Nose sister Angelina. Nose
goes off early Saturday, 10 let Aaron know.
Aaron was for running over TO his aunt's.
''No," says Nose; .sbring the gun; the
woods are full of squirrels; we might kill a
dozen walking the two miles.n
The road led along the creek bank. Aaron
was in brown study, thinking of May
Nose was looking up in the tree tops and
among the bushes, anxious for a pop an
something. Ii was the shadiest and quielest
of places. So lar no game.
"Let's leave the road Bit, and 90 10 the
bend Of the creek" said Nose; sits so out
Of the way, nobody ever disturbi it. Wen
see something there"
And they did. Let il be dated, July 25ih.
''Sh!'' Missed Mo sc, through his teeth.
''What is i?" asks Aaron, reused little.
Nose put his hand to his ear.
"Ducks-,he biggest kind!''
"rhis time o. yeaI!''
81 see em!'
sGive me the gum"
s'No-couldn't think ofiln'
Kick klack
swell, blaze way!-they'l fly if you go
nearer"
"rhe bushes are in the way" says Nose,
bringing the piece down from his shoulder.
"Shoot Anyhow" insisted Aaron, impa-
liently.
'Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! cried Nose, turning
pale as death, and dropping the gun on the
ground.
"Whal's the uatter2' said Aaron, running
up.
"H's the girls in a-S,oimming."
They sat down as still as snow fakes
They were white as The pettcoais strewn ON
the pebbly beach. Their teeth chauered.-
A long silence. All last Aaron looked slow
ly round at Nose, with The meanest sort o.
counienance. Moses face, as he returned the
glance, was regular sheep killing one.
'.Can they find it QUIZ
81 reckon not, if we're sly"
''Lel's climb up the tree; it leans righi
over them"
They crept along like snakes; they reach
ed the tree. Nose, being The lighiest, gave
the gun TO Aaron, aud climbed far out Oh a
branch over The creek and got into squirrels
nest. Aaron wasen't quite so high.
1t was pretty sight, in course. You've
read about nymphs, syrens, and so forth?-
. They coulden't compare. Hair loose, and
E floating on the waves: arms, &c, Sc, gisi
e ening in the wafer. Polly was white as snow
Sue was plump Us partridge in pea time
aud sat in the waves like bird in its nest
!, rroup was slim all over, except the uppe
. works. Aaron promised not TO look at An
geline il Nose wouden'l wink at May. I'm
: possible! Angelina sported gracefully like
t a native OF the element, and May was black
: eyed houri, couleur de rose, from toe tt
e brow They splashed, and padded, and
: chartered Ike mad
. Sir. the tree began TO shake. Aaron had
terrible buck-ague, and little Nose began
t to smoke and burn, commencing at the ears
/ There was a louder noise than usua
among the unconscious bathing beauties. =
Aaron stretched his already elongated neck
n at the same time hitching the gun forward
: Unfortunately, the trigger caught in vine
n and il went off with more deafening report
it seemed to the parties. than ever echoed
from lannon's mouth. II was the climax
7 of the adventure Nose tuulbled from ex
6 element, plump into the creek, between Sue
n and Polly. The gals! they DOVE madly
d strangIed. and put up the bank, their white
S backs gazed at by the ~aiery eyes of the fist
: hawk that had bounced among them. 1hel
h are ROBBED in twinkIing, but not one will
her right dress on. Aaron dashed into tht
; ; woods. There was a terrible scream as b,
: ran right into their midst. All split in differ
ent directions, and came dropping in on,
: after another, al Moses mothers.
IS The boys took long turn into the woods
and did not get back before night They
It said they had been deer hunting, and haden'
n seen the creek. THE GIRLS APPEARED IT
. BELIEVE THEM sTAHL.
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