Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-08-07
AN IMPUDENT PUPPY.

two eldest daughters were ehP4oyeo,
the one in reading, the other with bit
of fancy work.
4 really don't know, mamma au-
swered Ada, looking up from her work.
81 have had scarcely glimpse of Sue
since we came to the country. She ap-
pears 10 have taken to an outdoor life,
and is never in the house except at
night
Il saw her about two hours ago on her
way to the orchard, remarked Rose.
She said she was going to feed the
pigs, and would afterward take lesson
in milking
Il wish could find her, resumed Mrs.
Wellington. i am certain that either
Col. Hanley or his son will call this af-
afternoon, and it is proper that Sue should
! be present. She did not appear on their
4 former visits
.She will shock the Colonel by her
hoydenish manners, and, as to his son,
hardly think he will particularly ad-
II mire her. He doesn't fancy female So
ciety, I've heard, and prefers his dogs
II and horses. And wasn't he little wild
at college, mamma" ~ 70
I "A little too fond Of what is called
fuu-no.hing more that, have ever
! heard lie is a clever young man, will
be wealthy, and is, next to his father,
| the best match in the neighborhood,
! though, as you say, lie don't appear to
I care particularly for ladies society. |
\ fancy lie looked rather bored while
| talking to that stately Miss Radstock,
I clever and handsome rs she is. And
then he must know that all the girls
! are trying to secure him, which natu-
| him rally makes shy of them
1 These remarks were ciearl 7 intended
as hints to her daughter; for Mrs. Mel
liugtun was a genuine match maker,
aud hal already married Off two danght-
ers advantageOusly.
FNslng that the remaining eldest
daughter had failed to make the de-
sired impression on either Col. Hanley
or bis son, she had bethought herself Of
producing Sue, hitherto as the young
est and prettiest, carefully kept in the
background
n But, meanwhile, where was Sue
! She lad fissd a basket with apples
for the pigs, strolled around the orch
ard, and climed low plumb tree, in
order TO gather an especially fine one
for her father. In this position her
eyes were caught by low line of green
willows, bordering the sloping mea-
dows beyond the orchard. T.
1T looks as though a stream were
there, she thought, and l do so love
water ! dare say it is lovely under
those willows. Come, Rolla,' calling
to little halfgrown terrier, you and
| will 90 on an exploring expedition to.
gether.'
Rolla, after coaxing, ratLer sulkily
obeyed. He was an ugly, little, crooked
legged, hairy-muzzled-pup, which Sue
had on her arrival at the farm, begged
of the farmer for pet Yet Rolla, de-
spite all tie petting, did not take to his
pretty young mistres, but persisted in
evincing decided preference for the
barn and kitchen, low life in general.
Sue waenot disappointed in her tx
pectation. She found clear shallow
stream, which ran 1ippling and muir
muriDg pleasantly beneath the willows,
between 1hickets of wild rose and bios.
soming alder. "
She seated herself on sAe greasy bank,
and took off first her hat and then her
shoes and stockings, and allowed the
cool nipples to dance about her white
feet. Then she became interested in
watching some insect life on the sur
face of the water, and when satisfied
with this, resumed her shoes and stock
ings, and lay back on the cool turf,
dreamily reciting snatches of poetry.
A stray sunbeam glinted on her rip
ping brown hair, and the eyes that
looked up through the waving foliage
were as deeply blue and clear as the
summer sky overhead. Pity there was
no stray artist to gaze upon the pic.
ture.
Suddenly Sue awoke to the fact that
Rolla had disappeared. He had been
smelling about the bushes, and had
now stolen Oft on the track of some
scent, perceptible only to his own keen
oltactories.
She lifted up her voice, and called in
her sweet, clear, girlish TOTES:
'Rolia Rolla'
In answer there was presently rust
ling amid the elder bushes, and forth