Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-22
FROM A FENCE CORNER.
Grace Taylor in the Current.

Slarchtu ana lrOneu Whlte dress as she ran,
for the twentieth time on that hot July
morning. She had probably. heard the
sound of wheels on the gravel.road that
made gray streak through the green and
yellow fields, and straight past her father s
front paing fence
There 1t aint HIM this time neitherl
When does he expect a-body to start to a
picnic2 After it's all over2 guess that $
it, Tom Mason and Ell Jonesl Why
they've come three times as far as Ike has
to come! Its too bad | oughtn't to put
up with II"
80, Kit Amt you goin'2'
IL ooks like ! amt don't think | have
any use for picnic today Kit is really
yeXed and angry enough to cry.
Come with us, Kit" said Ell, gener.
ousIy Like to have you along anyhow "
Yes Plenty of room for you said
Tom little awkwardly but good sa,uredly,
too
I've great mind to- really believe |
will 1t would serve him about right
\ ou must make people more careful OF
their word, if you want them to" and
she broke of as she climbed skifully into
the buggy; only finishing with com
preston of her lips that spoke Of sudden
and awful resolution
"Now drive on whenever YOU re ready, "
continued Kitty, looking back in time to
see black horse which she knew very
well and a buggy in which sat large,
very young-looking man, whom she knew
very well too.
There's Ike now, said Tom, griuning.
"Lommy drive on before he comes up.
Itll be too good
81 don't know that that would be exactly
right either Maybe we'd better wait a
lirtIe-only minute, said Kitty, half
relenting as she pulled at her brown irzzes
with her slender fingers. Ike apprehend-
ing the situation drove coolly alongside.
"Howdy do, Tom Howdy, Elem then
only a slight nod for KITTY. Going to the
picnic | see. Be lots there ! hear. See
En- Carter this morning Ell2 I'm going
round for her" and Ike pulled his straw
hat down over his eyes, gave his black
horse a cut that astonished him wonder
fully and went flying down little grassy
| lane to the left of where ! sat, whiting
on the top of the rail fence, and where |
had fair view of Kitty's brown eyes
stretched wide open in a stare after the
black horse. Then | heard three laughs
two hearty and natural and enjoying, and
one not so much so-not half so much so,
if ] know anything about it. And think
dol | should think | ought tol
Then away went Tom and the two girls
one on either side and laughing still
And still the same way-one hearty and
natural as you please. And the other
Aha the other think I'll hobble over to
the picnic grounds myself | don't care
for young folks company But.
Here goes Mister Ike and Miss En-.
Carter Em don't look so bad in pink
Looks really pretty Now suppose this
little disagreement should end in perma-
nent one wonder if Kitty? Kitty
, always bought the world and all of me! |
, wonder, nov Wouldn't that be funny ?
| r--ii..'s s'.s-s - s~~ ">''-''J 49, ''' ="
over.
There Look at that, for fun Did you
ever! Fifty couples Of young folks stand
ing or walking round as still as mice
nearly They've gone off into little knots
| Of two, four or six Not to exceed six
About the stifest looking lot of young
| folks that a man OF fifty ever saw! Hal
I hese five are punched together Playing
croquet!
"Won't you take this mallet, Miss
Martini Ohol She's got to be Miss Mar,
tin, has she, Isaac How about plain con,
fidential Kit, now?
"O mol thank you, Mr.. Davis. I'muct
prefer to look on CrOquet doesn't inter
est me much" Well, well Kitty! How
you did miss il You couldn't fool any
body that way! know what you're think
ing o ! how you'd like to hate him AnC
OF you know you will hate him the Ionges
day he livesl The awful, awful, mear
wretch to treat you that way
Aud Ike Let's see what Mr. Ike thinks
IAN right Thought I'd ask vou any
ways No harm in that Here Miss En-
Here's your ball Lemmy show you how
to make that strokel
That badly done, too, Isaac Not the
strokel That was well enough But tina
attempt at lofty Indifference. Why would
you raise your eyebrows high enough t.
look over Kit = broad white hat and at thu
same time keep your fat eyelids dowr
so that you couldn't look higher thar
about a yard this side Of Kits little shoes
And why will you go on whistling that way
Don't you know that little lonesome
aimlcss whistle betrsys fellow, ilstly
You Il know it some OF these tunes
| But En- Really Em is so quiet AM
so lady like! Who'd thought it2
Wont you play in my place it'll
while KirtyY she says, offering the malle'
after an hour or So II want to go and Re
pitcher OF water. I'm so thirsty No'
when she does thing like that she's
well, she s angelicl But Kitty is the mos
bewitching pretty little creaturel Um
hum! Fifty! Nothing like trying, any
how
"No! mo- En-. I'm determined to g
and bring the water myself III be tn
little waterboy, like the men have whe
they work the roads, or thrash"
Kit you missed it again Too "a
with that laugh Too nmble with tina
skipping around after the pitcher! A
the same to Ike, though You foole
him Couldn't tool me that way Kit En-
heh! heb heh-eh Old mans might
smart See lkes under lip And hear hin
whistle What will young fellow b
such a fool for2 En- sees it, too, an,
laughs so slylyl and upon my word
believe she winked at me- She knows
know Ell heh hehl heh-eh
Kit over the fence already! beiev
I'll trot along and catch up with her
While she's mad is-well as good a tim
as any Hello Ike after her, too We
| I'll take my perch on the fence and
whittlel