, 1883-11-10

shore like girl picking flowers, and
when | came to the stump where
they put their clothes | didn't look
toward the water, but acted tired,
and sat down on the stump and began
to fan myself. You'd dide to see
pa look. He crawled up on the beach
in the shallow water, and said, GEL.
der, do you see that?" The elder
looked, with hisself all under water
but his head, and said, "Merciful
goodness, Squire, we are in for 1t.
That interesting female is going to
sit there and read Il novel through
before she goes away" / peeked
through my fan and could seeull they
said, when | pretended to read
novel. They swan around and made
a noise, but l was deaf, and thought
it wasn't any worse for me to sit on
the stump than it was for the minis
ter, when he was good littlebOY, to
steal the clothes of the girls. l stayed
until l got tired, and didn't hear them
when they hOllered tome to go away,
and after awhile they got water
soaked, and had to do something, so
the minister broke off piece of tree
and dressed himself in 1t, andscame
up towards me, and said, MADAME,
excuse me for troubling you, but II
you will go away while l get my
clothes, will take it as a favor.
pretended to be insulted, and got up
and walked eff very indignant, and
went back to the picnic and returned
the clothes, and pretty soon they
came up, looking as red as if they
had been drinking, and the picnic
was ready to go home. Somebody
told pa it was me, but l don't know
who it was that give it away any
way he chased me clear out of the
woods with a piece Of sapling. That
was the time l told you was too tired
to ride, and walked home from the
picnic. Pa has forgiven me, but
don't believe the minister ever will.
Don't you think some of these piOus
folks are awful unforgiven' ?"
"Oh! people are not all as good as
you and are" said the groceryman,
us he watched the boy make sneak
on bunch Of grapes. "But did you
go to the circus ?'
"Circus? Well, I should assimil-
ate. And it is a wonder l am not
there yet. Whatever you do, don't
ask pa if he was at the circus, cause
he would kill you. You see pa and l
drove up to the race track where the
circus was, in the evening, and
after the circus was out, we waited
to see the men take the tents
down, and after they had gone
we started to drive home. 1t
was darker than a squaw's pocket,
and drove out on the race track,
and the old horse used to be rlcker,
and he picked up his ears. Pa took
the lines and said he would drive,
cause we were out late, and ma would
be nervous. told pa didn't btliave
he was on the right road, but he said
he guessed nahody-egRld vfaNlsIpiRe-
if he didn't drive around that track
about eight times. Every time we
passed the grand stand, which pa
couldn't see on account Of his eyes,
LATED, but thought if he knew the
road so confounded well l could ride
as long as he could. After we had
ride around the track about eight
times, and l was getting sleepy, l
mildly suggested that maybe we
had better stop at house and inquire
the way to town, and pa got mad
and asked me if | took him for fool.
Then he drove around couple Of times
more, and the man that keeps the
track came out with lantern and
said, "Hellow Pastopped and asked
him what he wanted, and he 81 4,
Oh! nOthin', and pa drove on and
told him to mind his business. We
went around the track again, and
when we got to the same place the
man was there, and l guess pl
thought it was time to inquire the
way, so he pulled up and asked the
man what he was doing there, and
the man said he was minding his
own business. Pa asked him if we
were on the right road to town, and
the man said If we wasn't in any
hurry he would like to have us drive
on the track all night, as it was little
heavy, and he wanted to get it in
condition to speed the colts the next
day, but Al we had to 90 we could
drive out the gate and take the right
hand road. Well, pa was mad, and
he wanted to know why l didn't tell
him we were on the track, but told
him he seemed to know it all, and it
was dangerous to advise a man wfO
knew it all. He didn't speak all the,
way to town, but when we put out
the horse he said: Hennery, If this
thing gets out your pa will have the,
reputation of being drunk. II you
tell Of it you are no friend Of mine."'
So shall not say anything about it,
cause it is a mean boy that will go
back on his pa"
And the boy went out 'whistling
"She's a Daisy"