Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-20
LITTLE FOXES.

attractive for holding eLildren's leyees.
Comfortable, wids-open apartments, fu-
ishei in good old-fashioued style, and the
Whole family, from dear Old grandma to
the least, quite free from nervous com
plants. \ beautiful lawn enc;rclei the
house, stately trees threw out their cool
shadows, aud one they called tie .2iizr
tree, which a child SIX years old could Ca
SLY climb. But the grand old barn was,
after all, the most irresistible part Of the
establishment, as had just been decided
by Z unanimous vote Of the party, in &c
sP-rse to the question, vha, shall We DO
FIST: "TLe barn, tie baru :" said they,
with one voice.
Grandma Ia! been kissed BY the uho.e
cluster ofr5se-bul lips, aud she was Look
ing on eomPlacea,ly from her arm chair.
As :hey were about starting from the
room, she said, "Tl-asaut and happy as
robins, all ofyou Now, don't let the lit
tie foxes catch any Of ycu, Gar!;lgs."
A general sensation epsued, and eZcla-
nations followed thick ard fast. Two or
three Of the smaller ores rau up to grand
mas chair Tor protection
Il amt afraid" said Netiie, "grand-
mas got on her quizzic-l face; she don't
mean real foxes"
"Plea.e ,all US" urged the children,
crovdiug up to listen.
Can you wait long enough for grandma
to preach little sermon -
"O5, yes, indeed" cLiuad in all The
voices; grandma's talk was considered an
extra ,roat with the young folks.
"We.l, then, my subj Ct this afternoon
is L;,;le Foxes, aad my text you may find
in tie Book O.: Books; AID what bo.k is
that, cLildren!"
"The Bible"
"Yes, indeed, it is; and in the Song Of
Solomon it says, second chapter, and fl
teeuth verse, 'T-ke care Of the foxes, the
little foxes that spoil the vines; f-r our
vines have tender grapes You all know
that foxes are very cunning little crea-
tures they steal into the most tempting
gardens, and spoil everything that comes
il their way it is just SO with heart-fozes
creeping into the lovelies. characters to
mar and spoil them. They even come
sometimes into 4 beautiful company, and
play their naughty, ugly tricks. Now, it
is great thing to know these little foxes
when you see them for they often wear
masks to hide tLeir true faces III call
over few Of their names. Fre;fu!ness is
a real fox, aud SO is wiilfulress, and jsal.
ousy, and seldshness, and iauii-fnding, and
taitliug. Oh, how they nip the buds and
flowers. they sometimes come to parties
without an invitation, the saucy intruders
aud that is the reason | told YOU TO look
cut for them this afternoon. Graudma's
preached her se,m0n-uow you may run"
After this timely warning, the foxes
were unusually wary, aut for 4 good while
there vas hardly loop hole for them to
creep through. Swinging, jumping IN the
hay, and keeping house il the cribs, to9k
The starch out Of muslin frocks, AID the
,urls out Of more than one head but the
more Clara Rich shook hers about, the
tighter clupg to it the brown rinsle.s-
Clara was the acknowledged beauty Of all
the parties, and she had good disposition
10 match.
While they were in the height Of enjoy
nenr, George Bailey came up from the (
,ornfe.I. He stopped to wash his hands
4 the brook, ana was ready to offer bis
service at swinging the girls. Mary Ray
.ud Clara were standing together, and
George asked Mary to take the first swing,
She jumped in, leaving Clara P'qged at
ais imagined par!iality. She drew back,
efusiug to take the next turn, on the plea .
# no, feeling well. Poor Clara. she was
,itteu in the mast sensitive spot Of her
esieem-by that miserable
title fox, jealousy, and itsmarted cruelty.
Neither coa1ing nOr pity did it any good,
nd size might have suffered long time
lad not graudma's warning suddenly come
uto her mind. She gave steady look at
.er tormentor, which sent him speaAiHg
f, and a hearty laugh made the cure com
lete. Clara took her place il the swing.
nd a pinch On her rosy cheek, with good
race, and ran up to 4 group Of girls who
-ere discussing rather warmly whether to
lay school or forfeits; each party had
III will in the matter.
"Shoo sbOo shoe. l sfy little fox"
ried Clara, running around them. This
peued their eyes, aud the old barn rang
gain. George laughed, too; he had
card before Of grandma's little foxes, and
uessed what the joke was.
There wasn't much chance for any Of
,e fox tribe again that afternoon, and II :
pretty likely the girls will never forget {
-andms's sermon. The dear old lady did ,
OF question them about it when they
.me in to supper; she fel, quite sure, By
,eir hanpv faces that there were no foxes