, 1864-06-26


unload; then I'll manage somehow TO take
Jon: home with e1snd ! guess witafnIak ii
10 a. Jou can stop over night;u9. ~. -
=, H0.."a said David, feeling, III hiagfatituds
thas he could bag taes 1sexn isfea, liz 59qEe
.'1t's kind Of bud; thongh ;that Jou bzdto
rnn away; such thinxa don't sound very
wall, you KNOW, And tosoften what might
seem" Ike repruach, the good man looked
back with genial suile'at David s:S:t:.j
+: 20, my mother kneNi sha let me come!''
The boy FASTENED to asauro bin. w. =. s.--.
- +" Wal, that makea a difference. I, hopa
=. yonf relations W1s glad to see you.''
- don't know how glad:. don't think
shall stsy with 'em long; 7 want to find work,
'o@STns Wors : wb,t c.n1on d,,,,. ::<,
= ! can do anything i set about!'? cried
David, stoutly.. 1--WE done as much as
Dave, In the sugar hush,. since I've been
thar, and wnnt to be farmer"
THAT'S somethlng new-a boy that wants
70 DC farmer! None Of nJ .hoya take no.
tion that wsy:: only wisn they did One
Is In store over to the village where We are
going Another il keeping school-he mexns
to go through college. Tho third one has
gone to learn the cabinetmaker's trade.
And what the other two will be, the Lord
kuo"s don't;' 7 hope they'll sttck to the
much work one Of these days, and I shah:
20, should think they would starr
cried David. II like to be ont doors, aud
there is something SO beautiful everyw
about the woods and fieldsl'''
THAT man in the buggy needn't think he's
suddenly spoke up the farmer There
guess we got the start"
David peeped out Of his nest in the hay,
witk sn exclamation .s
"That'e hlm1'' *. -- - -
- :"1hs h.. officer, ! guess! It's DaYe Crane
And David hid again. ,Ths farmer cracked
-: - s;asy ;; ri, he has got to wait for me.
= Hold On there!" cried the driver Of the
Hold on Sourrelf!',. retorted the farmer.
~ am ina hurry" -
Then why didn't ycu wait for me to pass!
fou'n have 10 backo there now. Couldn't
know country fashions, See" And the
farmer stopped in the middle of the bridge,
Deliberately Whiting for the other to back
:.1ts hi@L. IT'S him! n whispered the e1-
cited David, who had recognised axs: n,ss''.
II nm driving to catch the cazs,'' e1-
claimed the ott'ce.. "come, You can back
easier than can" 6,
"And run the risk Of npsetting my load /?
No, guesa notr' said the farmer, good .na-
5orS ,efsey ne, ,t,1pEel Es1t I'm in no hurry take
All this while, as one will Imagine, great
etzuggle Was going on in the mind Of David
Crane. Although. for certain REASONS, he
Waa willing to 60 With the officer, there were
Others that caused him greatly to dread the
nity-and probably the lsst-to prove tia
identity to Mr. Ragg; he could not resist the
temptation to make the most Of it.
| "AoW do you do, Mr. Qnlmptona' said
aConfourd the fe11owl'' muttered David.
"Ah! how de dol" douhtfully returned
"Do Jon know that man !" asked Rags,
backtug his horse.
-, "Tss; wen - know anybody; don't I,
"Don't sou own him :" whispered Da
"You ought to know me-" said the farm,
er-" that Is, II you're the boy gave ride
the other day, coming over from the rail-
Dave stared, as II Ii, doubt about his ow1
Identity, even since Nj. Qulmpton did mo-
q sin't The boy-th.t was another boy
David VaneI'' be stalnmered. "Ant thil
man has took me for him, and Is carrying
me off j" You know me. Quimpton ~. =
va, I thought did. Did you find you
way safe to Deacon Topthorne's .'as I dl
feo; 5.1e grew = more and = more oevndes
"Why, Mr. Qnimptonl' he began, almos
| But the farmer, watching for an occasion
when the of6ser VAS too fntently occupied IL
czamping the buggy back to observe him
gave tha lad look Of intelligence and eau
ton: Then Mr.. Ragg having got out Of tn
way, tho load Of hay moved On.
f"fou didn't make great deal By clsim
ing that man's acquaintance, did you, m
boy 81 D2vid heard the officer Say, a.
drove away with his prisoner.
81 couldn't hardly keep in,'' said the fat
mer, indulgiug IN a good laugh, stDave look
ed so thundesstruok when I didn't appea
"The deaces @ Why don't he 60 qu1etl,
and Say nothingt He has wanted to 20 t
town 80 long, and now there is q gos
chance, said David, putting up, his hea
again to peer after til, buggy" -,
The result is that the city-bred boy It
mains in the country and the rustic one goe
to town; various and ptquant adventure
follow, and both parties are bettered by th
change. ". =,