The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

! am very, very grateful that I am
still . child-grown . little larger, per.
haps, than Il quite consonant With tho
popular notion u childhood, but losing
nothing Of the child's eager relish OF
life. Although I seem TO be here In nv
workshop planning, jointing and sand.
pAperinG these iancies, ! am in reality
far away, employed In quite another oc.
cupation. II Is something Of q secret
with me, but l will share Il with you In
confidence.
The cows have wandered further from
home than Is their wont, and In the love.
lest Of early summer twilights I hear
the familiar tinkling Of old Blackie's bell
at the boundary VI . wood which am
approaching and through which a co,,n.
try cross.rOad runs. The thick.verdured
trees. whose branches almost meet be.
tween me and the sky, deepen the shad.
ows Of the coming night; and when I
come upon the cows and start them on
their h0meward way my bOyish, an.
taught soul Il tosched with the summer
beauty, the sylvan rcpose and the brood.
ing peace Of the fair landscape in which
l an the sole human figure. The mul.
titudinous voices Of nature seem an.
usually loud, but they neither disturb
nor alright me. could almost claim
friendly acquaintance with that daring
young frog that keeps repeating =" knee.
dee.ee.P, knee-de-e-e-p," ~ Il in disds iu
Of the warning Of the more cautious
veteran with the sOnOrOus voice that In.
sists: "YOull drown.S.n, You'll
drorn.n.n," and himself plungcs into q
greenish pool by the roadside, emitting
sound As IL somebody had struck him
under the fifth rib. Here and there .
FREELY flashes its lantern in the dark
grass, and the shrill chsttcring Of
= red-squirrel that whisks its impish
tail on the very top Of q fence
stake excites unnumbered crickets,
ksty.dids and tree-toads to vigorous
vocal emulation. l aim . stone at tho
squirrel. but one might rs well try to
put rifle bullet into o streak of light
ming on the wing as hit = red.squirrel
with stone except by accident. My
particular game merely disappears for
IN instant to whisk his tail the livelier
and chatter the faster behind the trunk
Of q friendly beech, on one Of the low.
hanging limbs Of which he has taken
cover in that wink Of time.
While these things are going through
my head the world smells good, and
with it all are the sweet breaths Of the
cows and the sweeter smell OF the wild
clover. The cows want to stop aud eat
some Of it, which just here grows pretty
thick along the side Oi the road, cspeci.
ally in the fence corners. II it we're 4
little earlier Id drop down on this bank
and look up at the big sky and the little
starsnnd give the cows achance, though
they are already nightly puffcd out.
and every one Of them looks rs il she's
give u twclve-quart pail level full Of milk.
l must hurry home and help to get the
milking done. for we've got to begin
hoeing corn in the ,wenty.acre lot to.
morrow, and I mu It get up early to 90 out
with the men. You SEQ schools out for
the summer. and | carry water and
lunch, besides doing some Of the chores
in the morning. Father says lisa good
thing for boys to get in the habit Of
working, because work makes play all
the better.
What! Is that the breakfast bell
Are those other sounds the city's bust.
ness roar? DO not We begin with tic
twenty-acr lot this morninge Was it
thirty years ago saw that Face! Hero
Is some strange delusion. must look
ut the -
"Hurry. father! The coffee's get
ting cold and it's nearly time for school,
and mamma says we've got to have IN.
| other load Of coal, this weather keeps so
chilly"
Oh, we'll, it was gentle vision. Why
should quarrel with crows feet and
gray halr when such . dream is posi-.
sles-Sign~ AaE /. As Detroit Free
"A AA&ive paper states that with q
view % promote longevity, . series OF
in1airies has been instituted into tho
kmoS9v kAa habit. and y,norala ~ III Iau.