, 1874-06-27
BABY SYLVESTER.

II HAs AI u 4lLto ulIlluH eA!up III tue CAlHUFNl6
sierraa that he first aawnod upon me In Ill hta
grotesgue sweetueBB.
hsd arrived early In tho morning, but not In
ttmo to interoeps the friend who was tho object
Of my WHIT Flo had gono prospecting, ,"-so
they told mo on tho riyer,-and would not proba-
bly, roturn until Into in tho afternoon. They
could not say what direction he had taken; they
could not suggcBt that would be lke,y to find
him II followed. But 1t was the general opin-
Ion that I lad better wait.
looked around mo. was atauding upon the
banl Of the rigcr; and, apparently, the only
otlor human beings In tho world were my inter-
looutors. who wore evon then just disappearing
flom my horizon down the steep bunk towards
the rivers dry bed. I approached the edge Of
the bank.
o, any w1ers down With them on tho river
Lar, where they vera wording. il likeaI Or
could make myself at home In any Of those
cabins that found lying round Loose. Or, per-
haps It would be oaoIor aud pleaeanter for ma in
my friond's cabin on the hill Did see those
tLrco large sugar-pinos2 And little to the
bashes2 Woll, that was mv friend s.-that was
Diok Sylvesters cabin. could stake my hnras
III that little hollow, and just hang round there
till ho came. ! would End sosne books in tue
shanty could amuHe mysclf with thoul. Or
COULD PLAY WITH THE UApx.
Do Wha&?
But they had already gone. leaned over ths
bank and called after their vanishing figures:
ma a".~ar 1notaI .,ov1. m -, Tin bot .t,o-
p;sh AR. ef ''
pla.s-v with the t,abv."
The lazy ncloes tuck 1t up and toBsed 1t LAM
guidy from hii to hill, until Bald Mountain op-
psS.' sSv sn G1p .en ", was a.i, ~Doa' NV
must bayo bean uatRkan. Nv friand waa nnt
A mar of family: tbera was not womau within
forty mlIes Of lie rlyor oan,p: hs never was 80
pass,ouately devoted to chiIdren ss to import
luxury 80 expensive, / must have besp mug
token
i turned nv borse'a hssd toward tho hill. Al
no slowly climbed the narrow trail ihe little
settiomeua nIuht have boeu come exhuned
Pompaan suburb. 30 deserted aud ailept waro
it, Labitatious. Tho omen doors ulanlv DIS
cloued oaoh radely-furn1shoa intorior-the
rough pins table, with tha .cant oauipago
Of The morning meal htill standing; ttio
blankets. 4 golden lizard-tho yery genius Of
deyolnte st,Il1oss-lad stoppol breathlses uuon
the threshold OF ono csbin; 4 squirrel peepod
impudeutlY into tic wiudow OF auolhet; i wood
uecxor. with tia general flavor OF undertaking
which dlstiugu,st1os that bird, wl,hhotd liz
1opulchlal hammer from tho cotl1u-ltl Of the
ruuf on which he was profos4ionRlty engaged ~
ws|passed, For : mou.enk. / half-regreited that
/ had not accepted the invitation to tue riyor-
bed; but, tbs next moment, breexs sropt up
tho long. dark canon. and she waiting files Of the
ntuea beyond llsnt toward ma in aalutatlon. /
thInk INV horso nnderatooi1 ns weIl N mysslf
tnat It was tho onbios that rnads the eplitutle
numaa. aud therefore unbensablc fur he auick-
ma to tho clxe Of tho wood and the three piuea
tlat atood mo riaattsa beiora tns Sylvester ont
nnst. i
Unsadd]inp nv horse In tho little hollow, I
unslupc the 1oug r1dla from tho ssJdle how. and
t"thar;s1p him TO 4 youua sauljur. turnaj kowari
the enb1n Hut I had eone oSiy = law steus
pnenaaa m'a s;th @'' 0etna '11'' ~" po't
EVERY FIBRE r1xa11sa w1ru FEAR,
ia hrss1s ~ h.. J' a;.d swsv snd nnlx nn ,rssn.
Al hraath ,rou ,Ie doep.cLe ted wuoLs. mara
i;ta iono s,eh tl1nn anv art;cuinta sound ar I'll
dry s,nniiv pf a cicaln In tha the hoatod can-
m was 10 lie heard. 1 examjnoa ths ground
carefully for rattleannses, out in vain. Yst lere
was ponnoso khiyoriu. from l,s arohed neok
tn bjn sauHttiya hsuuchss. hIs very HauKa
,,,os,ino viii tarrnr snnthej him a; wall a.
/ oouli Ind then waiksd to ths sdga Of tbs
wood aid poe.ej Into its dark recosses. Tle
bright lash Of oird'a wing. or The quick dart of
r. .n,,;rrr@ vaa a11 naw. confoss Il w.s witt
aomethins Of auusfg;itIous Expectation that
.us,S t.rnad tn,ys ~ ths cnb;n4 fs,rx ci,;1f
astondod by Titnpa sud her train. lyinr in an
e.nrusiye cradle would mai hnye surnIised ma ::
n naH n n tutY Il VA
ra1on;ttnJ +ho.s :n,,,mdov s.;tn I;sa FL anar,.v
= a9,fea;1 hnran ~ eonAdonttv lax fnr mi
~nn1d lava t,ssad. witi,ont has,t.t;on' '' '>''"
Ismt fonnd nona Of thene. Hara waH ths avt-
danca a. nv fr1end's tasIe and raanan,ant in the
heart, " await surnpulnusly CLAN. u ths riot,,r.
came arr.pe ou,ent Of the fur slius that coyered
ths ioor and flrniturs. and tho stritlei sarangv
Iv,ng on tha wooden couch. Hers ws,s ths walls
fanGlfnlty pauerej WIKI lIiuytratIons from Tn
T,mloI Hu7.s t,era ue q tina tvnni,cnk ,,,rtra, Il
n Mr En,aInnn ovor tia chimnay nurntIv fram
od with blue jays' wings: hola were hls lew fa.
yoyits books 90 tbs swinging shelf; and hare
fv;nc nnnn tho cournh. tha ihtest cony Of Punch
Ha.s. Hns 1b Hsck ~ Tia donr-sack WI .nnatio,ss
an,,ty. buG The goutla uatlriyt seldom m.aued his
waahfy visit.
thraw n1yholf on the couch and triad tn rsad
nut I aonn axl,nustoi nv iutersst in NV flieud's
library. and lay tbsre starn. throuVn the oDen
iloor o., the r.cen hillgldo boyoud, Tbe breoxs
t tp iacansa u of ta %noas st trnne
ca, rHa ain,n1,rna NJ ro"inun -