Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-03-06

L Ducks IN Summer
| ~ Aaron was tall, strapping fellow, near II
good looking, the girls were all easily smittsn
with him. They used to flock to the country
| on Friday evenings. Talk Of colt, There il
| no such romp as town girl turned loose in the
country. She races, she jumps, she climbs the
trees, shaking the wild berries down upon the
| timorous beaux beneath her. Oh, she is the
most beautiful, winning, delightful creature in
| the world
Nose was much younger than his cousin He
knew Aaron was taking on about that naughty
lass, May Stelton. And May was in love with
Aaron. May and Troup, and Sue and Polly,
| all came out ON Friday evening, with Moses
sister, Angeline. Nose got off early Saturday
to let Aaron know; Aaron was for running over
| to his aunt's.
No." says Nose, "bring the gun, the woods
are full Of squirrels. We might kill a dozen
| in walking the two miles"
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 pop at something. 1t
was the shadiest and quietest of places. So far
| and no game.
"Let's leave the road bit, and 90 to the
head Of the creek" said Nose, sits so out Of
| the way nobody ever disturbs it."
"We'n see something there.''
And they did. Let it be dated July "a.
See" hissed Nose through his teeth.
''Whatisit!" asked Aaron, aroused little
Nose put his hand to his ear
"Ducks-the biggest kind,''
{" This time of year,"
g / see 'em"
Give me the gun
NO-couldn't think of it,
klick. klsck.
Well, blaze away-they'lI Hy if you 60
any nearer"
The bushes are in the way" said Nose,
bringing the piece down with his shoulder,
SHOOT anyhow said Aaron, running up.
.'Its the g,rIs IN a syimm,n.''
They sat down like snow fakes. They were
white as the petticoats strewn on the pebbly
beach. Their teeth chartered. A long silence.
At last Aaron looked slowly around at Nose
with the meanest sort of couptenance Nose s
face, as he returned the glance, was a regular
sheep looking one.
" Can they find il out?
=" 1 reckon not, if we're sly"
Let climb up the tree, it leans right over
them"
They crept along like snakes. They reached
the tree. Nose being the lightest gave the
gun to Aaron, and climbed far out on a branch
Aaron wasn't so high.
1t was pretty sight, of course You've read
about nymphs, syrens, &C., They couldn't
compare. Hair loose, floating on the water,
arms, &C., glistening in tho water. Polly as
white as snow, Sue was plump as a partridge
in pea time, and sat on the waves like a bird
in its nest. Troup was slim all over except the
upper works.
Aaron promised not to look at Angeline, if
Nose wouldn't wink at May Impossible
Ange!ine sported gracefully like native of the
element, and May was a black eyed houri,
cOnIeHr de rose, from top to toe. They splashed
and padded, and chatted like mad.
Soon the tree began to shake. Aaron had q
terrible back ague, and Nose began to smoke
and burn, commencing at the ears
There was q louder noise than usual among
the unconscious bathing beauties. Aaron
stretched his already elongated neck, at the
same time hitching the gun forward Unfor-
tunately, the trigger caught in a vine, and it
went oil with deafening report. 1t was the
climax of the adventure Nose tumbled from
excitement into the creek, plump right in
between Sue and Polly.
The gals they dove badly, strangled, and
ran up the bank, their white backs eazed at
by the eyes of the fish hawk that had pounce
among them. They are robed in a twinkling,
but not one with her right dress on. Aaron
dashed into the woods. There was a terrible
scream as he ran right into their midst All
split in different directions, and came drop
ping in one after another at Moses mothers
The boys took long turn into the woods
and did not get back before night They said
they had been deer hunting and hadn't seen
the creek.
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