The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-10
srimps, or the snaring Of some knight in
their artful tolls. Essential facts, in

6rlmps, or the snarlng OF some knight in
their artful tolls. Essential facts, in.
deed |"
To all OF which did Jessie assent, her
own yellow tresses meanwhile rippling
ana waving IN manner to distract less
lort'lhate girls, and her own pansy'
purple eyes maze where many heart
lii'u peeh iost all unrecked OF by theil
owner. ,.,,
arrived at our little domicile, how
ever, we We're confronted by the very
"essehliai TACT that breakfast must bc
prepared by our own hands, and moi
only that, put 'nS foundations OF the re-
p;.sI hi''S' po laiu IRON the very begin
iii,,S' .
Ihere was our gypsy fireplace. JOIN
siaIt "ii "iiniSeu a.; ~ ,No h!Snt pIlore t"'
IN thasa ,n nntrrai one.laa on o,,u , Hu "cIo''
~ ha.uo ,eso n"e"i"a "sivJ, uloli wl'ich
49, 49, soJ a"6 n ous6oSei,siy 5,sy 1.cI 'l'c coo
wi w. hoJ 'Jn rossoJ 60 J' 'Is d;SInsS pS ahy i'ile
t,,uotiouar,'s u % ' oaon ''u"iiy % .l'It sum
isuo.ion"S n olioi VI S"'leiinS pi
VI pi',si' 70 start IL "lu' mum, reluSe, i,,
II III Viie ll8htoi lo1S, aen8htiul raiiple'
III !i'a' same wooolahu "iiich no" ~.
"iii'e ana oe"y pelore us, r"'lpiel
wherein ', we Would collect arV t"leS an.
hclleh-coVered Dark whefeWlth 10 pull'
our morning fire. But now? Well
distance lent enchantmcnt to the view
III this as well as many other cases; but
there was no time for dallying, for al.
ready our appetites We're quickened be-
yondtheirwont, and Jessie, gathering her
skirts about her, cried:
Fill the kettle, Nan, and go after the
roasting ears. I'll get the wood and
build the fire, " adding, rs she vanished
in the dewy depths, You'd better get
some potatoes, too, while you are about
it; they'll roast with the corn"
The little witch. what did she mean ?
Had she forgotten that nv citv training
rendered me oll unfit for s1cb n task
and was she even now laughing Mt NV
perplexityp But there was no help for
It so, taking basket and hoe, | started
for the field Of action. namely the corn.
field, where, nothing deferred by the
showers of dew that fell from the broad
leaves, | gathered goodly quantity of
shat eseulent Wand, and then turned
my attention toward the potatoes. Here,
owing to my inexperience, | was not
quite 50 successful, but, after numerous
struggles with the unwieldy Cat least in
my hands, weapon, | came off in some
degree conqueror and returned i'll tri-
umph, bearing my sheayes with me. The
scene, however, which met my eye was
by no means an encouraging one. Jessie
mad returned from her woodland ramble,
and the evidences OF her toll were to be
seen IN the few dry, knotty twlgs seat
tered about her rs she knelt before a
very small smoky tongue OF 1iame thnt
hickered III the socket and threatened to
expire momehtly' hearing my footsteps
sh9 looked up eagerly, her pretty eyes
req ana tear,hliea ron the eadyhe
smoke, ana hali q'lVer Ill her voice rs
she cried; -.
-, Nan, what shall l do, tins fire
won't purh
You want more kindling, child, u
said briskly. "Here, this fence is all
falling down.. twill not be much the
worse for a few more mckets, " and, drop
ping basket and hoe, lseized the hatchet
and soon reduced one of the aforesaid
plckets to suitable size, through which
timely aid the aspect Of things was
changed to such an extent that our kct
tie was soon boiling and bubbling mcr-
rlly away IN the most approved gypsy
u'S'iioh' we consigned poth corn anu
,or amv slower I w % mat%od and nnon o"D imnus,S S
w. Ino;Icl I i woe tan Iato " Cow ~ nm', " T'mtI,n,
aS,n, n ,,,o o o,I;"o"r m @ l;nn M "S u" -" a'' %'or
"mr D nrna NO InncoI I tnhio tn ua ~ o,,om W, inor ,o
u "ar ~, nnd nronorod % 70 dscuss s T opr sarolr "
"HId m"s "Iu rd'oit N"nor w S t,;t ~" ~ 'pi
onJ ,;ototnos toete haitian th,m tlnan
"ntan with longh and lost that nniot
s,,m,nor ] morn;na. alhe;t n,anw ,n 1.,o, ao,
of the former nw;ng 70 mv Incl, 81
knowlndgn was dnc;1o1Iv y1rnr and
" oronn 3 and many of Tho loftor tnbcrs
,w;ng ~ tha same couse wore in q stato
Of infoncv ''''''
" Rut Nan - soid Joss;o ,,,oful,v IN
. nouso Of onr marrimnnt as o,,r nnrn ~
;np trouhles came Lacl to bor. "wa
.an,t bave ali tL;s troubIs nvo,v dow
,bont n fire What did Tboreou baySo aS
Cow I;ndline9p ~ ' o''"" A"'o
"Groan 5;ckorv sn,;t fro dor,4 ro,,
.emember D" ,nsweraJ r T + nrnmnt,,, uDm , tT"
MTII tolI Won whot wo,u 4, pd,. thnnnt, .
c. A. g.. ...a.. 49,. w. 80 'n's'n s
ooyel , 'llo ilre 1, every niRn. danip gIass
"'iu leaves Will oe JUST 'll' 'iiiiig 'iieh
rake it open in the morning, and start
it with some of this old fence"
Which we did, and successfully v. too.
"Nan," said Jessie again, this time
somewhat hesitatingly = "Nan, what
will we have for dinner?"
"Dinner /" echoed /, in dramatic
tones: "dinner are we never to be free
from that not even in these solemn
woods? What did Thoreau have ?"
"Corn bread and molasses the bread
simply meal and water kneaded hard,
and baked before the fire" answered the
little puss, demurely. l WINGED slightly,
for I'm somnwbot enicurean in NV