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

J w ire ned white dress as Sne ran
9c55;SSS1 for the twentieth time, on tina
hot July morning. She had. prob
ably, heard the sound of wheels oil
the gravel road that made a gra,
streak through the green and yello'
fields, and straight past her father
front paling fence.
'Therel it amt him this time
neither! When does he expect a
body to start to a picnic? Afte
it's all over? / guess that s it. Ton
Mason and Ell Jones! Why, they
come three times as far as Ike hai
to come! It's too badl ! onghn'
put up with it"
"Ob, Kit! Amt you goingY
Looks like | amt! / don't thinl
have any use for picnic to day
Kit is really vexed aud angry
enough to cry.
Come with us, Kit" said Ell
generously, Like to have you
along, anyhow"
Eyes. Plenty of room for you,
said Tom, a little a~kwardly but
goOu udGuItu, IOO.
''I've great mind to! | really
believe l will. 1t would serve him
about right You must make peo-
pie more careful of their word il
you want them to -" and she
broke of as she climbed skilfully
into the buggy; only finishing with
a compression of her lips, thai
spoke of sudden and awful resolu
tion.
''Now drive 90 whenever you're
ready" continued Kitty, looking
back in time to see a black horse
that she knew very well, and bug
gy IN which a large, very young
looking man, whom she knew very
well, too.
There's Ike now," said Tom,
grinning. "Lemme, drive on before
he comes up. It'll be too good"
Il don't know that it would he
exactly right, either. Maybe we'd
better wait n Iittle-only a minute .
said Kitty, half relenting as she
pnlled Mt her brown frizzes with
her slender fingers. Ike appre-
hending the situatioR drove coolly
alongside.
"Howdy do, Tom! Howdy, Ellen -
then only a slight nod for Kitty.
Going to the picnic, l see. Be lots
there ! hear. See En- Carter this
morning, Eu2 I'm going round for
her," anu Ike pulled lie straw hat
down over his eyes, gave his black
horse q cut that astopished him
wonderfully, and went flying down
a little grassy lane to the left of
here 1 sat, whiting, on the top
rail of The fence, and where / had a
fair vieE Of Kitty's brown eyes
stretched wide open in a stare after
the black horse. Then ! heard
three laughs-two hearty and nat
ural aud enjoying, and one not so
much so-not half so much so, if l
know anything abOuG it. And /
think l do! l should think l
ought to!
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! l think III hobble over
to the picnic grounds myself! [
don't care for young folks compa-
ny! But
Here goes Mr.. Ike and Miss En-
Carter! EN- don't look so bad in
pink! Looks really pretty Now
suppose this little disagreement
should end in a permanent one. l
wonder if Kitty?-Kitty always
thought the world and all of me /!
wonder, now! Wouldn't that be
funny2 Wouldn't that be too fun
ny? Yes, I'll go oYerl
There! Look at that for fun Did
you ever! Fifty couples of young
folks standing or walking around
as still as mice nearly! They've
gone off in little knots of two: four
or six! Not to exceed six! About
the stiffest looking lot of young
folks that man of fifty ever saw !
Ha these five are punched together!
Playing croquet!
Won't you take this mallet, Miss
Martini" Ohio! She's got to be
Miss Martin, has she, Isaac! How
about plain confidential Kit, now?
ooh, no, thank you, Mr.. Davis. l
much rather prefer to lock on.
Croquet doesn't interest me much :"
Well, well, Kitty! How you did
miss it, You couldn't fool any
body that way! l know what you're
thinking! Oh! how you'd like to
hate him! And oh ! you know you
will hate him the longest day he
lives! The awful, awful mean
wretch to treat you that way!
And Ike! Let's see what Mr.. Ike
thinks!
Call right. Thought I'd ask
you, anyway! No harm in that?
Here, Miss EN-! Here's your BALL
Lemme show you how to make that
stroke'
That's badly done, too, Isaac!
Not the stroke! That was we'll
enough! But that attempt at lofty
indifference. Why would you raise
your e. CuIONS ulSu SuOuSu W lOOh
over Kits brOsd white hat and at
the same time, keep your fat eye
lids down so you couldn't look
higher than about yard this side
of Kits little shoes! And why
will you go on whistling that way
Don't you know little lonesome,
aimless whistle of that sort betrays
fellow, fatty? You'll know it
some of these times!
But EN-! Really EN- is so quiet
and so ladylike Who would have
thought it?
"Won't you play in my place q
little while, KittyY' she says. Offer
ing the mallet after an hour or so.
Il want to go and get pitcher of
water. Pm so thirsty" Now when
she does a thing like that she's
we'll she's angelica But Kitty is the
most bewitching pretty little crea-
ture! Um! hum! fifty! Nothing
,:ke trying. anyhow!