St. Landry democrat., 1886-05-29

and that he had better eat qulchly HILL
self or til ERE would be none left.
There, I have helped you nicely,
said the OK, when they had finished.
1T is always bad manners to leave
what is set before one, and, as you
said, there was too much for you. la,
ia, Savelov;' and he went away.
Next day it was the same thing;
Tom filled the pigs trough with all
sorts of good things, and Little Cherry
waited about till he was gone, and then
thrust in his head and began to eat
them up. Poor Saveloy did not feel
half so pleased as at first, for the OK
had such big mouth that he man
- ged to put away much more food than
the pig did; but then he had also such
gerry sharp horns that Sayeloy did not
like to be rude and say any thing. 1t
is always well to be polite to people,
wih sharp hor1$!
One day the farmer and his daughter
came to look at the pig.
Dear me"' said the farmer, ''he's
still as thin as possible. How can that
1c?'
$50 he is, cried the daughter. ''And
yet l prepare his food myself every
day, and give it to Tom to take to him.
| wonder if he spills it on the way? He
is very careless boy
Yes, he a or-nothing lad
said the farmer, and SO they went on
blaming poor Tom, which was very
unjust, and all the while Little Cherry
was frisking about in the field on the
other side of the fence, trying to at
tract their attention. How much they
think of Savelov!" thought the envi-
Gus OK. Il wish they would look at
men' And just then the farmers
daughter did.
why, father" she said, '.just see
what mad spirits Little Cherry is in!
And how big he is growing, toon'
$50 he is, said the farmer, big and
fat as well. Why, he is as round as a
barrel; he must have been in my clover
field"
.Indeed I haven't" said Little Cher
ry: but no one understood him.
''Iadeed he has not" said poor Save
10y. But no one understood him,
either.
Zone would think we had been fat
tening him for Christmas" said the
farmer. looking at him. upon my
word, Polly, if the pig doesn't improve
by your wedding-day I've half mind
mot to have Little Cherry" cried
the daughter, kissing him. ''Oh,
father! that would be too good. Mo-
''Well, we shall see,' said the farm
er. Il don't like the looks of that
pig and they went away. As for
Little Cherry, he nearly danced for
joy, and could not resist dropping
more than one hint to his brother and
Buttercup of what was going to hap
pen.
.'Who knows but / may be guest at
the wedding, after all9'' he said. lone
hears news down at Saveloy's some
times, my friends"
The farmer now often came to look !.
at the pig and the OK. He shook his
head at Saveloy, but patted Little
Cherry on his sides; and one day he
said to his son-in-law-to-be:
''See now, ism he fine fellow A
baron of him would be noble thing
for our feast; and after all | can afford
it. As for that pig, it is a regular
and [ believe it has the
jaundice. Come, we will make up our
minds 1t shall stay where it is, and
will have the OK, in honor Of you, in
stead
.Aha!' said he to his brother and
Buttercup. "Have you heard the news?
1t is not I, after all, who am to be set
aside and despised. On the contrary
| am to be the most honored guest at
the wedding, and to be made baron
into the bargain. AS for Saveloy, they
call him scarecrow, and won't have
him at all.'
$50, my poor friend, - said he to the
poor pig, Il hear you have got the
jaundice, and are too i'll to 90 to the
They have asked me in
stead, and l am going; but you really
should try to pick up. You look quite
But next day the farmer came into
the field with two men in blue shirts.
One had large sharp knife in his
hand, and the other piece of rope
with moose in it.
(Which is the beast you are going to
kill?" said the man with the knife.
"This," said the farmer, taking hold
Of Little Cherry, who nearly fell down
IN fit. "We were going to kill the
pig, but something is the matter with ]
him; he won't fatten; so we will have
the OK instead, and what we don't eat
Of him we will sell. He ought to fetch
! good price, for he is as fat as but
;er"
Poor Little Cherry would have liked
20 shrek aloud, and toss them all three
INTO the air. He did moo. He did a
great deal of mooing, and Buttercup
md Big Cherry mooed too, for pity;
md he struggled, too: but it was ali
10 use, for the three men were too