Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-17

nlaue you get In there with IOm aRs
Y - ?n
e Il was SO mad at you for not coming
I'd been dressed and waiting two
e hours, nowl I was so mad and
y hate EN- Carter, so do"
e Nothing wrong with EN-" said Ike
with a grin. Ha, he's going to tease
7 her a little!
@Why didn't you stay with her? ]
4 didn't want you 2" Oh, Kit, what a
dreadful big story!
, Are you real mad at me, Kit?"
"Yes-es-I ami So am nowl Boo
: hoo-oo-oop What a lugubrious little
wall Kit, where is your handker-
chief That'll spoil your pretty brown
eyes and fatten out your frizzes /
| Don't.
Il was mad, too, Xiii Gimme the
pitcherl Less go here by the fence
and sit down in the shade a little bit
VIII you"
aI wish | was dead. so dol I wish
/ wish I was drowned in the well
when you'd come after the water, and
find ME Boo-oo-oo-oo.
@Oh, don't Kill | like you. I'll
never do that way again. Please
don't I" and Ike dives down under the
wide rim of Kitty's white straw hat
and-stays there SO long that get
nervous up here on the fencei Umil
huml fifty wishl think I'd
Il believe you like her the best, SO
do-oo -ool And I'll go away SO
| will I wish I'd fall in the WE'LL wish
I'd get hooked by big bull | wish
-oo-oo-ool" Oh, Kit, do you feel so
badly, or are you very hystericky like
my first?
Il won't let nothing hurt you, Kit |
l ought to be punished, aud | have |
| been. feel awful mean, Kit. Please |
be goodp Now he dives again! And |
here they go down on the grass in a |
little white and black stack, capped by |
Kits Undermined straw hat II that |
were only me- But softl Here comes
EN- in her pink And such a radi-
ant snlllel 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 mel
Careful CAREFUL" / say, shaking
my finger warningly.
"Oh, you SLY scamp" says En- to me
all in 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 on the fence where you
can see them. They're reconciled,
on. Il FIJI iorhf 20. fa- / Z.
can see for the hat. wish she'd take
it OFF,
"Now don't let me fall off here"
En- says in such a delightful way, and
leaning up against me as if Iwere the
old fence stake on the other side and
holding on to my hand as she might
hold ON to the fence stake.
"Isn't it lovely? Don't you wish it !
was you, now ? / know you like herl /
You needn't deny it! You can't fool !
me, sir! know you are dead in love {
with her yourself. But why didn't
you speak up? Maybe she'd" Ii
The fence-stake is such good !
strong old steak to lean against. or / {
should have tumbled off with the i'm {
pact of the thought that rushed from !
Ems clinging hands and Ems expec- |
tant and mischevious blue eyes all {
over mel t
what if 1 say I've just found out /
that like you? That it's you Pm /
dead in love with, En- ?" t
"Then why didn't you follow me, 1
instead OF me following you like I've
been doing for whole year nearly ?"
4You following me?"
didn't follow you here ?" a
Suppose kiss you, En- ?" bracing e
myself against the friendly fence-stake '
and if remember rightly, getting my I
arm round the pink dress. Would it b
be the kiss you want p t
If you mean for good and all" v
Il mean for good and all" a
"Well | guess you mayi" And then v
| dive! Coming up after-I haven't a
the least idea how long-I say: c
as it the one you want? Are you !
sure ?" a
sits the very one want!p Then a
dive again and come up only at the i
sound OF laughter from the grass on &
the other side of the fence. e
You're sly old coon. Got her on r
the fence have you?" q
And En-, always ready with all an o
swer put her hand on my shoulder y
and says laughing: v
"No! We've decided Its all set Al
tied think there's nobody really +
on the fence but one or both OF you" r.
Then Ike laughs till you could have r
heard him mile. n
"We amt on any fence either. L
Didn't that scheme work out, En- I? e
Oh. didn't 1T? And Ike would have c
rolled on the grass if Kit hadn't held r.
him up there right before my eyes e
and didn't care bit! In fact was il
glad of it il
What scheme ?" l asked, hearing e
them all laugh uproarously and having L
4 faint suspicion OF Ems sincerity be- p
ginning to dawn on me. a
Il brought En- a purpose to catch II
you'll You amt hall as smart as you 81
thought you wasl" n
/ Iturned toward Em with horror, o
md leaning heavily and limpy against
,he stake. Then | heard EN- say
@Yes he is You're the one fooled Z
/ wanted him all the time. wouldn't
ave anybody else in the whole
vorldp Hearing and suddenly realiz- =
ng this, dive right under that blessed :, s
straw hatI And looking d
put slyly from under it, l perceived, :
With much satisfaction, that Ike has y
llso dived; and the two have resumed y
heir former senlblance to little =,
white and black stack capped with the =, =,
VIDE trimmed straw hat, that | behold a
from the corner OF the fence. n,
G. w. Cable in the Lime Kiln Club u u