St. Landry democrat., 1883-06-30
"Where sholl we begin?" said one of

S "Right ..ere in the corner, and NOV
/ round the thicket." was the squire.
S reply.
n John groaned in spirit.
t They climbed the fence and began.
''Come out there, Bull,' said the old
: man, catching sight of the dog.
: Bull was slow about moving.
l s'Jake, take him to the barn and tic
, him.
: Jake led him away, but Bull every
$ now and then looked back as if he ex.
: pected to see John rush out.
John kept very still.
l 1t was impossible to see him from the
} outside, and every round took them far
ther away, lessening the danger of dis
5 covery.
} John now began to think it was time
to see or, at least, hear something of
Mary. She, from her window, saw his
predicament and was delighted with it.
''He is safe, now, till noon," said she.
"He won't come out while father and
, the boys are in the field. And now +
must breakfast and then dress, for to-
} day Cousin John comes from the city,
After awhile John heard a carriage
come up the drive and stop at the front
door. Then he heard Mary's voice ex-
claiming;
"Why, John, I am so glad to see
you!"
kiss me, darlingr' said the new
conner, in lusty tone.
''Ahap' said John in the thicket. .sshe
has another John, has sheen
This was the last of Mary for about
a bp11r. fhar, hn l.
newcomer in the yard chitting and
laughing.
! They came to the apple-trees, and
amused themselves by throwing fruit at
each other. Tired of this they came
marching arm-in-arm to the spring.
John fixed himself SO as to get a good
view through the leaves.
His heart saddened as he saw what a
tall, stylish, good-looking fellow the
new John was. A savage feeling took
possession of him.
The fellow had his arm around her
waist, and was looking into her hand
some, glowing face, as she chatted gay
ly, with something more, as John |
thought, than mere admiration.
After taking drink, she proposed
that they try which could throw water
farthest into Mle bushes.
"Agreedn' said he, and at it they
went.
1t seemed to be fun for them, but it
was anything but fun for John.
The new John became excited, and,
to show his superior strength, threw
down his tin cup and seized bucket.
Ide water came down in torrents.
John in the bushes shivered and
CRASHED his teeth with rage.
oh. how he wished that he could
turn himself into a calf, gorilla-any-
thing-so that he could rush out un-
known across the meadow.
They soon, however, became tired of
this and concluded the exercis~, by
sprinkling water upon each ccher.
Then he arranged her curls, brushed
the water from her dress, took her face
between his hands, made her lips pout
out, held her for a moment, and shall
we tell it?-stooped down and kissed
her. ,
John saw it all-the green-eved
!" took full possession of his
soul; he felt as blood-thirsty as a tiger,
and was on the point of springing from {
his lair and throttling the fellow at ]
once, but prudence restrained him. :
Another hour passed. The suns
rays began to fall vertically through the |
leaves, and the mowers, making large
circles long way off. had done, as he i
,hought, good half-day's work {
Would dinner-time never come? A
'egular Joshua's day, thought John,
IS he waited and longed for the ring y
ng of the bell. a
Soon it rang, and few minutes aft +
+ the Squire and his boys were at the b
prlng washing, preparatory to eating.
Who was that in the field talking J,
0 you?" said Mrs. johnson to the :
quire. 6
Little Tommy Westlake," was the .. u
eply. Z
What did he want?'' u !.
Why, he wanted to know if we'd h h
cen John to-day. He says John got :
P very early this morning and went :,
way, leaving his work undone. and a. a.
1ey have not seen him since.'' &c &c
Strange said Mrs. johnson. u
Moll,, Moll Hurrah, Mollp' :, n'
1outed one of the sboys. ~ ~
" What!' said Mary, coming to the y
DOR. W
8 John Westlake has found another W W
loll and ran off with her. W
"All right, /" was the reply, s'let him Ia
D. can easily get another john !.
"She has got another one alreadyr' 70
uttered John.
They were all now. at dinner; every ca
ing was quiet. m
Give me liberty or give me death!' ar
I'D John, as he crawled out. va
Now, like savage fleeing from his lei
lemles, he ran, STOPPING, along the
nee and past the barn to the corn
Id. AS he sprang over the corn-feld
nee the dogs caught a sight of him and all