The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-12
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'Joe and l were on top of the hay.
stack, eating strawOer--oh, we'll, never
mind about that" (for Joe's face is 9
study, and its predominant expression
says plainly, "just wait till catch you
alone, and then!) "and we heard
voices below us at the stile leading
into the four-acre meadow. So we
looked down and listened"
"Of course" from Johnny.
"And there was Bingo talking to a
girl. Yes, Alicia. She was such q
pretty girl, the prettiest girl | have
ever seen, and Joe says so, too" with
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 pleasure. )"
Miss Vivian" exclaims Johnny.
"Ahal no lesser star will satisfy our
Bingo. He waits for Venus herself"
Miss Vivian!" echoes Alicia. "Now
l understand our eldest brothers sud-
den burst of extravaganza. and the
three new waistcoats which he has
bought this month"
$50 joe and leaned little further
over the edge of the haystack, and we
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
oven it-when just then Joe sang OUT:
"Bingo, the earl the chivalry's pearl,
Went a-philandering after a girl"
Alicia filings herself back in the rock
ing-chair with a shout of laughter.
"Oh! Joe! Tammy! Oh! Oh! Oh!'
"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 fiat on the hay and said no
more"
"Lay low and said nuthiu'," quotes
Johnny.
"Oh dearn gasps Alicia, sitting up
and drying her pretty blue eyes, "how
[ wish had been there. Children, it
is very wrong in you to listen to your
elders. o, dear! Bingo! Fancy Bingo
in love! He must be sorely smitten
before he would say any thing to lady
but hot day. or good morning And
fancy the romance o. saying sweet
nothings by a stile! How l do wish
had been on the top of the hay stack!
l wonder if they will meet there to-
morrow at the same time. Let me see.
just $3.50. Johnny, do you think you
could pull me up to the top of the stackP
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 viii
lagee"
LAS long as her aunt remains there,
suppose, answers Johnny. DREAD
full 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
pretty girl she is!''
Perhaps, you, also, would like to
meet her at the stile tomorrow" said
Alicia, unfurling her big fan with a
gesture, and with a sudden
bright spot of color in each cheek.
Certainly, if you wish me to do so."
'Pray, please Yourself"
"Ho! no! They are going to fight!"
To al Il, ha l.;
grins.
go away, children" says Alicia,
rising with much dignity.
Eyes, go away" says Johnny, l
want to talk business to your sister"
"Businessn' repeats Joe meditatively.
And then promptly takes to his heels.
AT the time of which | write James
MacTavish, known from his !
youth up, and without rhyme or rea-
son, as Bingo, is just twenty-four years
Of age, road-shouldered, blue-eyed,
and as well set up as any young fellow
north of the Tweed. A kindly heart
by these same blue eyes, a
ready hand and a silent tongue are the
chief characteristics which impress
hose who meet him casually. And |
only they who know him well and init
nately are aware that beneath the
Iuiet, unrufliedisurface, there exist I'M
athomed depths of self-respect and
Left at eighteen head of
,he house of MacTavish, and sole pro-
,ector of the seven boys and girls who
ook to him for food and guidance, he
Early learned the lessons OF self-control |
md reticence. His brothers respect
md love him, and even saucy Alicia
though she would not own to the
act behaves rather better and with
more decorum in his presence than in
lis absence. He never asks himself
nconvenient questions about the
growth of his character; self analysis
S foreign to him, but year by year he
,ursues the same quiet and consistent
ife, and meanwhile his virtues flourish
Ind grow strong. A certain shy def
,rence in his manner toward women
,auses them to regard him kindly, but
hose who smile as they notice how he
lvoids female society are far from
guessing that in his inmost heart he
herishes an ideal OF womanhood
which he tends and honors with chival-
GUS devotion. Does he perhaps fear
hat contact with society may shatter
his idealp Certain il is that once in
'ygone years. when Alicia, carried