Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-04-24
THE REPUBLICAN,.


and only son. ne had always remained a,
home. assisting his father upon the farm
John was mucS respected By every one in
the neighboThood. and many bright-eyed
girl had secretly though, that she would
hike to be Mrs. Jackson But John was nc
''lsdy's man" The fact was. he was bash.
fus. BE would rather hoe potatoes al day
than undergo the ceremony OF an introduc.
tion to young lady. Not that John dis
liked tho dear creatures. far from it We
believe that be. in common with all bash
full and well meaning men. entertained the
very highest respect and admiration 70,
them And this no doubt was the princi-
pal cause of his bashfulness. He felt tha,
they were superior beings. and that he was
unworthy to associate with them on terms
OF equality. But We can not stop to NOR.
alizs.
MACY Clark Was the daughter of very
respectable farmer. whose land adioined
the jackson faru1. Nancy Was q pretty
saacy little witch. and she liked John
Jackson. When they were children they
attended the same school, and as he was
few years her senior he was usually her
champion ia the childish disputes that
arose, and her companion in coming and
going. At last John became so much of q
young man ss TO be kept from school; and
was not Is be had been in past years.
John discovered. too. he was growing ont
Of shape. His feet and legs appeared very
awkward; be did not know what TO do
with his hands; his face panied him, and
taking al in all. he was inclined to think
he was not more than half put together.
As noveIists say. it MAS lovely day in
August. The sun was clear, the sky Sc
rene and beautiful. the trees were loaded
with golden fruit. and the beautiful birds
twiisered their songs of love in the branch
ss. Earth--(there we've slid down to
earth once more; such lofty figtts-they
make our head dizzy We were prepared
70 say that t"eArth yielded q bountiful har-
esstof sssss and clover. and honeysuckles;
which the noble yeomenry of Chestervile
had 8ssusred within their storehouses''-
bpt upon ASCEND thought have concluded
a Rrd ID thus: 'srhe farmers OF Ches
@Wle bad done lharrssting.'
John Jackson's sister had quilting that
afternoon. His father had gone to keith
Mills. = to get some wheat ground
and lett John to repair some tools, to BIZ
ready on the morrow. to commence NOW
ing the meadow grass Suddenly il oc
Cured to John that If he remained about
the house that afternoon, be would b.
called in at tea time aud required to dc
ths houors OF the table. To avoid this
he quietly shouldered his scyths and stole
away to tbs meadow half mile distant
fully resolved that be would not lesv.
there until it was so dark that he could
not see TO NOW. SO IS to avoid seeing tn,
girls - - 2 - 2 se
Tho meadow was surrounded on al
sides by thick forest. which effectuall,
shut. ont what little breeze there might
chance to be stirring. The sun poured it,
rays as though the little meadow was tn,
iocus point where fhe heat was concentrated
John moved and sweat--sweat snd m wed
until he was obliged to sic down and coo
of Then il occurred to John that if be
took OF his pants he might be much more
comfortable. There could be no impropri.
city il Il, for ho WAS entirely concealed from
observation. and there was not the slight
est reason to suppose that he could be scar
By any person.
So John stripped Of. and with no cover
save his lineu-commonly called shirt
he resumed his work. He was just con
graduating himself upon the good time h.
had made from meeting the girls. when he
CHANGED TO disturb huge black snake, g
genuine twister. with a white ring around
its neck.
John was no coward, Dat he was NOR
tally afraid Of snake: "self preservation
VS. sha FIRST passage" that flashed acros.
his mind. and legs take care Of the body
was the next. Dropping the scyshe and
spinning around like top, he was ready
to strike "two.forsy" gait, when at tina
ukomsnt the ma s was near enough-to hool
hs rerookodf teeth into Johu's shirt jus
shove the hem. With tremendous sprins
he started off with the speed of locomo
tive. His first jump took the shake clea
from the ground. and a. he stole hasty
glance over his shoulder. he was horrlfiet
to see the reptile securely fastened to tn,
extremity OF his garment. while the rapidit]
w5tA which he rushed forward. kept tn
serpent attended q. an angle of ninety de
grees with his body.
Here was . quandary. II he ssoppes
the snake would coil about his body. an
seneese-bi hin 70 death: il he continued tn
race he must fall OF sheer exhaustion. o,
lvg6swssscarcs daring to think now thi
dreadful race was to end. Instinctivsly b
had taken the direction of home: fcelin:
Of security came over him. Suddenly fash
ed across his mind the true state Of affair
-%his fsth@ ,eons--the quilting. and wors
than all. the girls--The next moment b
felt che body Of the cold. clarnmy m onste
in contact with his bare Isgs. his tail creep
ing around them in . sort of cozenin,
way. - By way Of tickling John upon Cd
sTh1fwss Zoo much for human endur
aDcs. With . yell. such as man never u
tered. save in mortal terror. poor John Sc
forward with break neck speed. and one
moro had the pleasure of seeing the snak
resume his horizontal position. somewha
after the fashion of the tail of comet.
@0n<they 6cwl John forgot the quiltin,
-rfsEget tbs girls-forgot everything bu
the spkSe.
us sctivs exercise Che paid particula
attention to the running together witt