The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-01-02

snat sent terror TO the boys heart
voice of the owner of the Or
''Stealiu apples, hey? An h.
sense enough to keep still abon,
Lucky l came home cross lots
dye jest git right straight down on gov
that tree. an don't Yer try to rna M.
the dog'll take after We. Come duo
you theivin' young scaIawags sosa
can get a siuint at ye- Dye hearan
| We'll have to get down and m, 80
it, whispered Joe. That's the o. .at
chance. Be spry. or he'll nab uSp
Joe jumped and set out for the fo,.
on run. Johnny followed. but NJ
Thomas was too quick for him. and u.
unlucky youth was .'nabbed.n
''Sic 'em TOwse," cried Mr.. Tso.
and Towser, nothing 10th, gave a nay
or two and started in pursuit of JOE
"lt's you. is it?" cried Mr.. Tbom,,
dragging Johnny into the LIGHT :,
thought better on We than that. e,x.
We apples this mornin', an that did,
seem TO satisfy We, an now I'm co;,,
to give you tann;n'. Don't "a.
ye'll be apt to come round to-nicb, ~
more O. that" and Mr.. Thom..
chuckled as he cut long sprout f-uS
the nearest tree Then he proceeded -
tan Johnny in way that left NJ.
little TO be desired in that interests.
performance. Johnny bore if ill.,
martyr. He knew it was deserves
punishment, and he felt ashamed -
cry.
Now Jest make tracks fer home an,
don't ye ever let me ketch We in hi,
orchard ag'n." said Mr.. Thomas
Johnny took his advice. without stor
ping to find out what had become If
Joe.
That young lover of forbidden fru;.
had started for the fence, but he he,ri
the dog so close behind him thai Ss
took refuge in tree There M
Thomas found him with Towser sitt;n.
at the foot o. it, growing.
You're safe, | reckon" said the ola
man, with grim chuckle. ..Kssp
watch on him. Towse. Good night
bub. Hope yell rest we'll"
Then he went away and left Joe ia
the longest night of meditation he ever
saw. He tried to drive the dog awsy.
and then, failing in that, to coax him
into being friends, but in vain. The
dog knew his business, and wasn't to
be driven or coaxed from doing h..
duty.
Early the next morning MIR. Thomas
came over to Joe's uncle's. johnny
saw him, but kept out of sight
lone o your young critters is in nv
orchard" called out Mr.. Thomas over
the fence. Got in las night. Better
20 an get him out, | reckon"
Il WILL" said Uncle Able, and started
~
He expected to find the fence down,
and a calf in mischief Instead of that
he discovered Joe perched in tree
looking about as foolish as q boy can.
you're the calf L m lookin' for heysss
said Uncle Able. having to laugh in
spite of himself at Joe's creStfallen ap-.
oearance. Had a good time, s'poses
Don't seem as If it Jest agreed with 70
o be up all night, judgin' from yer
ooks."
Joe climbed down ont of the tree.
while his uncle kept Towse at safe
listaace.
IL wish you'd lick me-" he said to
us uncle, with such queer and conf
al expression on his face that Uncle
Able had to laugh again, and Joe
aughed. too, in sickly way. and
marched of homeward, feeling that
'larks' didn't agree with him as well
S be fancied they might. :.
IN tell You WHAT he said to John
". that afternoon, '.you don't catch
ne stealing apples again"
Nor me- said johnny, thinking Of
us sore back. didn't we get come
lp' with in good shape. thoughe"
''Should say we did," answered JoaI
You d better believe l felt mean anil
polish when l saw Uncle Able coming
never did feel quite so .streaked' IN
ii my life. I'd rather have had tan
ing twice over"
'.And to think of the way in which. :.
re returned Mr.. Thomas kindness.
aid Johnny. He gave us some 81
les and we were mean enough to u
nd steal more from him. Last night
looked like fun to me-or any way Il
RED to make it look 50, but since I
bought IL all over l see there wasn't
ny fun about it. / tell You what it is,
oe, it doesn't pay to do q mean thing
nd try to excuse yourself by calling is
port. :" That's so." answered Joe.
So the boys found out that forbidden
-uit often leaves a bitter taste behi6d
: Eden E. ReIford, tn Western PieD.