The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06

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''Put some ipecac In one or two.
That'll fetch 'em. know how sick II
made me once"
~ did; but more were stolen next
night. 1 can't afford to medicate the
whole village. Last night.I sat up to
watch till twelve o'clock, when moth I
4 "I'll watch tonight" said Arthur,
''and give lem lesson with q good
load of beans, nom the old shotgun. y
ut wouldn't pay,r replied his faith
er.ss.'.Il concluded last night that, all
the melons In the world weren't worth
a nights sleep. They'll have to go,
and next year I'll know more than to
plant any, s..sf.i
"You 60 and help Amy pick cur
rants, aud let me talk to the boy lit
itle," said Mrs. Steele, coming up and
taking Arthur, off for a promenade up
!, the broad path. 3gla ~ ,tr.ss& "a. y :.
"How pretty Amy has gfowfi,n|
said he, glancing with q pleased
smile at the girl as she looked up at
her father. II suppose the young men
are I making = sleeps, eyes at, her al
at doesn't do them any good II they
are," said Mrs. Steele, decisively.
shes only sixteen, aud a. little girl
yet, and has sense, enough to know
"what had she been crying for
when arrived? I saw her eyes, were
rs red as the currants.p rl..g ,ii,v, :.
'Oh, dearln replied Mrs Steele,
with q sign oil, yexation, ''it was her
troubles at the seminary. You know
we let her go as a. day scholar this,
summer. Some of the girls slightand
snub her, and she is very unhappy
"Why, what on earth can anybody
have against AmyT demanded Ar
l,thurin Indignant surprise. s.r =, y
| little hussies from the city have taken
the notion that they wont associate
with mechanics daughter, although
Amy is very careful not to say 1t I'm SO
| many words. for fear of hurting my
| feelings. But / suspect that's about
| where the shoe pinchee." 1i9
Arthur mentioned something be-
I tween an oath and grunt, expressing
the emphasis of the one and the dis
/ gust of the other. +,1 s7I4a.,lT
| ~ tell Amy 1t is foolish TO, mind
their airs, but Pm really afraid III
4 spoils the poor girls happiness"
The tf0dble Tonight Was, that lima
| Maynard, who Is one of the older
girls, has invited nearly everybody at
the seminary except Amy to aubirth-
day party tomorrow. Little mink, j
| could shake her. And the worst OF 1t
4 is. Amy thinks there's nobody like
Lima Maynard" .,..
\ After tea It was still light, and Ar
thur and Amy went out to walk. III
Soon they came face to face with a
party OF girls coming from the direc-
ton of the seminary. 10
There were six or seven of them, per-
haps. but Arthur only got the impress
sion of one and lot of Others. The
one was rather tall girl of 1.-THE figure
and unusually fine carriage. Her
olive complexion was lighted with
graat black eyes that rested on you
4, with an air of impertnrbable assur.
ance, as penetrating as 1t was negli-
panions were listening and laughing.
AS they came face to face with Arthur
and Amy, he saw that they barely no.
ticed her, while glancing at him rather
curiously, with the boldness of girls
in o crowd of their own sex. They
evidently observed that he wasa stran-
ger to the village, and of quite differ
ent style from that of the. country
pumpkins and rural ,exquisites they
were accustomed to meeting. There
was in the big black eyes AS they had
met his moment, n suggestion of IN
terest that was strangely Watering
and left a trace Of not unpleasant agi.
tation. n ~
Who was that ?n he asked, as they
passed out Of hearing. ION
He only thought of asking for one
although there were six, nor she APP
, parentiy of answering differently, 80
Lima Maynard. They are Sem.
1t was dulled voice she spoke in
, quite unlike her usual eager way O
! giving information. She, poor thing
was terribly afraid he would ask he
why they did not seem acquainte'
with her, and it would have been
, painful humiliation to have explained
, Arthur was conscious that he no long
er had exactly the same feeling o
merely contemptuous annoyance to
ward Lima Maynard, on account OF he
as much with his sister, OF course, bu
l somehow felt that to- be recognized b.
3 Lima Maynard was not such u chiidIsl
= /
8 It, was dusk when they reache,
4 home, and found Mr.. and Mrs. Steel
4 on the piazza, which served as an GU
9 door parior In summer, with q neigh
: Dor who had dropped I'm to see Arthur
!. So he got out his cigar case and toll
4 stories of city life and interesting Law
4 cases to an intent audience till tn
8 nine o'clock bell rang, and the neigh
, Der s'guessed he'd 60 home, 'and forth
. with proved that his guess was rigl
Q sSGad. I'd forgotten all about til
j water-melons! Perhaps they're 9
: 'em already cried Arthur, jumpin
2 up and running around the end of III
: piazza to the garden. r, ,rai =.
3 When he returned, it was to meet
2 combined rvolley of protestation
g against his foolish project of keepin
4 watch all night, from his father, hi
: mother and Amy. But he declared
: was no use talking and where wer
n the gun ana the beans So they &C
y journed from the piazza, a lamp Wa
II lit, the articles were hunted up, an
q the gun duly loaded with goo
9 charge Of powder and q pint of har
d beams It was about ten O'Clock whe
>: Arthur, with o parting protest frol
u lis u0ther,.i went out into the 8ardel
II Juggling his gun and big easy-chai
e while Amy followed, bringing one {
It two wraps, and q shocking old overcoi
10 hunted upih the garnet, for the chi
Y hours after midnight. .,aiat. =
d The front of Mr.. Steele's lot abutte
+ on one of the gpleasantest and mo
n thickly housed streets Of the village
n but the lot was deep, and the rear er
q rested on road bordered' by fe
by n rail fence easy to climb over
,e through. The water melon patch w
1t located close to the fence, and thus !
~ full view and temptingly aaccessib
n from the road. q .Tg TT sc &c " :.
d. Closely adjoining the edge Of Il
% melon patch was patch ofgreen cor
= standing ten feet high, and at u
r. fullest perfection of foliage. Th
2, Arthur selected for his ambush, 1
IN / position beinQ such that he could e