The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-09-24

winked at me! She knows know
Eth heh 'heh heh! heh-eh!
Kit over the fence already! / be
lieve I'll trot along and catch VI
with her! While she's mad is
well, as good a time as any! Hello
Ike after her, too! Well, I'll take
nv perch on the fence and-whit
tie!
"Miss Martini
Oh, no, Ikey! She won't hear
that! Try it againl
"Miss Kitty! Oh, Kit! Oh, Kit!'
Now see her look around up into
the skyl She's a sly one!
kit! May 1 g with YOU"
OF course, Isaac! Go right along
| would! 1 wouldn't stop to bawl
that way!
I shouldn't think you'd want to
go! You're so interested in that
game of croquet 1 don't see how
you can leave it!
Now see what a look of scornful
despair and hopeless disgust on
Ike's face.
"Shoot the croquet."
Such a laugh from Kitty! A little
high keyed and not mellow laugh
Some Mysteries in it! know by my
first wife! She always
"What made you start off with
Mason instead of waiting for me?'
He's attacking! Aha! She shrinks
little!
Because you hadn't-that is 1
didn't
Kitty! Kitty? What a mess you
are making of it.! Now don't!
"You saw me coming, didn't
your
l see you coming now! So close
you'll be right against her with an
other step.
"Not till we started, Then what
made you go on after EN-? 1 half
think you wanted EN- at first and
kept back so I'd start. So you
did"
So you did Ike! Prove it by me,
here on the fence! SO you did, Ikel
Own up!
Didn't expect me to go by my
self, did you2 Wish l had thought.
What made you get in there with
Tom and--w
81 was so mad at you for not
coming. I'd been dressed and wait
ing two hours, now! l was so mad
And | hate EN- Carter, so 1 do"
Nothing wrong With EN-" said
Ike with grin. Ha, he's going to
tease her a little!
"Why didn't you stay with her?
l didn't want your" Oh, Kit, what
a dreadful big story!
care yoQ real mad at me, Kit?'
"Yes-es-I am So 1 am nowi,
Boo hoo-oo-ooP' What a lugubrious
little wall! Kit, where is your han
kerchief! That'll spoil your pretty
brown eyes and fatten out your
frizzes! Don't.
Il was mad, too, Kit! Gimme
the pitcher! Less go here by the
fence and sit down IA The shade q
little bit? Will youY
Il wish l was dead, so 1 do! i
wish I was drowned in the we'll
when you'd come after the water,
and find me! BOo-oo oo-oop
ooh, don't Kit! ! like you. I'll
never do that way again. Please
don't!' and Ike dives down under
the wide rim of Kitty's white straw
hat and-stays there so long that l
get nervous up here on the fence
I'm! hum! hfty! / wisht /
think I'd!
Il believe you ike her the best,
so do-Oo-ool And I'll 90 away
so 1 will! wish I'd fall in the we'll!
l wish I'd get hooked by big bull!
l wish-oO-oo-oop Oh, Kit, do
you feel so badly, or are you very
hysterIcky like my tirst-2
81 won't let nothing hurt you, Kit.
1 ought to be punished, and / have
been. feel awful mean, Kit. Please
be good" Now he dives again
And here they go down on the grass
in a little white and black stack,
capped by Kits wide-rimmed straw
hat. If that were only me! But
soft! Here comes-Em in her pink
And such a radiant smile! Now
with her finger to her lip that way
she's really beautiful And how
saucy, how piquant as she shakes
her finger and her head both at me!
Careful! Carefulr' I say, shak-
ing my finger warningly.
"Oh, you sly scamp" says EN- to
me all in a glow Of delight and
coming up so close that when she
leans against the fence to look
through, she also leans against me,
thinking no more of it than if she
were leaning against that old gray
wrinkled fence stake there. Caring
no more! Caring less! Caring less
if that could be.
''Give me your hand, EN-, and let
me help you up on the fence where
you can see them. They're recon
ciled, and it's a beautiful sight-as
far as you can see for the hat.
wish she'd take it OFF,
'.Now don't let me fall of here"
En- says in such a delightful way,
and leaning up against me as if l
were the old fence stake onthe 9th
er side and holding on to my hand
as she might hold on to the fence
stake.
"Isn't it lovely2 Don't you wish
it was you, nowP 1 know you like
herl You needn't deny it, You
can't fool me, sir! I know you are
dead in love with her yourself. But
why didn't you speak up? Maybe
she'd"
The fence stake in such a good
strong old stake to lean against, or
l should have tumbled off with the
impact of the thought that rushed
from Ems clinging hands and Ems
expectant and mischievous blue
eyes all over me!
"What if say I'vejust found out
that like you? That it's you I'm
dead in love with, Emp
"Then why didn't you follow me,
instead of me following you like I've