The Springdale news., 1889-11-01

less Bingo, the never-hlrtlng, calmly polite Bingo has never, never fallen so | far from his high estate as to talk to a girl.
 'Ye powersw gasps Johnny.
 "A girl?n gasps Alicia. "Children, you are mistaken. You can not have seen Bingo, our Bingo, in conversation with girl! With farmer, with a chimney sweep, with a dog, a pig sticker, yea even with pig will Bingo converse. But with girl! Johnny, is the moon at its full?'
 ''But, Alicia, it is true. The truest true that can be- Tammy gets astride the horsehair bolster on the sofa, and fushes with importance.
 ''Joe and l were on top of the hay stack, eating straw ber-oh, well, never mind about that Qor Joe's face is a study, and it's predominant expression says plainly, just wait till catch you alone, and then"O "and we heard voices below us at the stile leading into the four-acre meadow. So we looked down and listened"
 "Of course,o from Johnny.
 And there was Bingo talking to girl. Yes, Alicia. She was such pretty girl. the prettiest girl l haze ever seen, and Joe says so, too" (with a propitiatory glance at Joe-but his expression is still vindictive, and Alicia begins to yawn). Well, Bingo took off his hat and he said: Miss Vivian! This is a pleasure. !"
 Miss Eiviann exclaims Johnny Aha! no lesser star will satisfy our Bingo. He waits for Venus herself.
 Miss Nivianm echoes Alicia. "Now l understand our eldest brothers sud- den burst of extravaganza. and the three new waistcoats which he has bought this month. "
 "So Joe and leaned little further over the edge of the haystack, and we l listened to every word they said. And Bingo had just taken hold of her hand not at all in the way that he takes hold of mine when he wants to pull me over the stile. and somehow l don't think he even thought of pulling Miss Vivian over it-when just then Joe sang out:
 "Bingo, the earl the chivalry's pearl
 Went a-phiIandering after girl
 Alicia filings herself back in the rock ing-chair with a shout of laughter. ="Oh! Joe! Fanny! Oh! Ohi Ohr'
 "Yes, he did, and Bingo jumped around just like dog does when you tread very hard on his tail, and he looked-well, he looked so mad that We lay quite flat on the hay and said no more
 Lay low and said nuthin'," quotes Johnny.
 "Oh dearn' gasps Alicia, sitting up and drying her pretty blue eyes, "how I wish had been there. Children, it is very wrong in you to listen to your elders. O, dear! Bingol Fancy Bingo in love. He must be sorely smitten before he would say any thing to a lady but hot day. or good morning. And fancy the romance of saying sweet nothings by stile How l do wish l had been on the top of the hay stack wonder if they will meet there to- morrow at the same time. Let me see. Just 5:30. Johnny, do you think you could pull me up to the top of the stack? But mind, children. you must never behave so badly again. hope Bingo will punish you both. How long does Miss Vivian propose to say in the vil- lage?n
 ''As long as her aunt remains there, l suppose" answers Johnny. 'Dread- ful old person the aunt is. Blows her own trumpet from morning till night. She is always pestering people, also, with recipes for some horrid mess or other. Nutritious and digestible food, she calls it. That little Miss Vivian has bad time with her. What a pretty girl she is.'
 Perhaps, you, also would like to meet her at the stle tomorrow said Alicia, unfurling her big fan with careless gesture, and with sudden bright spot of color in each cheek.
 Certainly, if you wish me to do so."
 'Pray. please yourself"
 lilo. ho! They are going to fightn' Joe elaps his hands on his knees and grins.
 ''Go away, children" says Alicia, rising with much dignity.
 'Yes, go away" says Johnny, I want to talk business to your sister,
 "Businessm repeats Joe meditatively And then promptly takes to his heels.
 At the time of which l write James Alexander MacTavish, known from his youth up, and without rhyme or req son, as Bingo, is just twenty-four years Of age, broad -shouldered. blue-eyed, and as well set up as any young fellow north of the Tweed. A kindly heart interpreted by these same blue eyes, ready hand and a silent tongue are the chief characteristics which impress those who meet him casually. And only they who know him well and inti- mately are aware that beneath the quiet, unrufiied surface, there exist un- fathomed depths of self-respect and