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

rer and bigger dog to accompany me on
my walks, if they are to be as dangerous
as this one
Am big enough p inquired the gen
tleman. I'll take the very best care O.
YOU
oh, l don't know you yet. you see.
will ask papa, she answered demurely.
'Certainly-by all means, ask papa !!
said he, eagerly.
Sue blushed, with strong inclina
ton to smile, which she repressed, as
beneath her dignity.
I'm going home now she said, rails
ing.
Won't you permit me to see you safe
There maNsle more cattle around, te
say nothing of snakes and owls
We'll, l think you may come, though
we are near home now. can see papa
sitting on the yerandah, reading; and
there, in the orchard, is my basket Of
apples, which gathered for the pigs. Il
you don't mind, I'll feed them now, and
carry the basket back
Pll enjoy it of all things he retorted
Lifting the basket he carried it TO,
her to the stye, where she amused her.
self with tossing the fruit, one by one
to the eager, pushing crowd within.
SO you take an interest in those
poetic animals 2 remarked her compan-
ion, as be stood curiously looking on.
4 feel sorry for them, they are SO ugly
and dirty. Nature seems to have treat.
ed them unjustly, poor things, in max
ing them SO inferior to other animals.
But, then, the little ones, with their
pink noses and funny eyes, do look so
chubby and Innocent
She tossed some apples to the little
ones, and looked thoughtfully.
They remind me of a picture l saw
lately-Circe, surrounded by herd of
swine, into which she had transformed
her admirers, and would never have
imagined how much expression there
was in the way that they wriggled and
| grOveled at her feet
4 see that picture now, at least some
thing like it, the gentleman remarked,
looking from Sue to the pigs.
And again Sue repeated to herself,
what an impudent puppy" as she
dropped more apples into the stye.
And this was the spectacle which
greeted the Mortified gaze of Mrs. Mel
lington as she stepped on the veran-
dab where her husband was reading,
and looked across the lawn to the Or
chard. The tea table was ready and
she was expecting Sue.
Mercy on me- she gasped. why,
Mr.. Wellington, only look! There is
| actually she, with Col. Hanley's son,
feeding thepigs'
Mr.. Wellington chuckleJ.
well, my dear, don't see the harm
Of it, if they like it. Though whele
| she could have picked him up can't
imagine
Meanwhile, Sue and her companion
le;surely crossed the orchard and the
lawn.
Now, III introduce you to papa, she
said. Only don't know your name
Oh, perhaps he knows it, and will
introduce me to you. Meantime, call
me anything you like
CSC Sue walked straight up to her
father, and, putting her hand on his
shoulder, said; q
Papa, I've had an awful fright. l was
chased by araging mad bull, and my
puppy, Rolla, ran away from me, and
another, with the very same name, saved
me so I've brought him home with me,
nodding in an Introductory manner to-
ward the guest.
Eth ? said papa, looking up; and,
catching the expression of the two faces
before him, he fell into the humor, and,
as be rose, said, with wave of his hand
toward the waiting tea table, sVery well
my dear, we'll feed him. o y
So Mr.. Roland Han]ey sat down to the
table with the family, and with an utter
absence of that unpleasant restraint
which Mrs. Wellington had remarked in
his intercourse with Miss Radstock; and,
despite her vexation at. Sue, the meal
passed off agreeably.
OF course this was not Mr.. Hanley's
last visit to the Mellingtons-of course
there were frequent calls, with walks
and rides, in all of which he fulfilled his
promise of taking the very best care of
Sue; and when, at length, he asked the
privilege of taking care of her through
out life, she did not say him nay.
Lately, when Mr.. Hanley was boast