Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-25

and red lips made her face rather at
tractive. There was something about
Judith's movements and outlines that
suggested the Indian; and indeed her
father was proud of the fact that one of
his far-away ancestors had been the son
of an Indian chief.
Judith was waiting for Wellington
Bailey, a neighbor boy who always
walked with her through the Lane woods
on the way to the village academy.
wellington was about a year younger
than herself. He had been a city boy,
but boarded at the house of q farmer
cousin who lived not far from Judith g
home. He had been pale, delicate boy
when he came to the farm two years be-
fore; but country life had made him well
and active, though he was hardly as
strong as the other country boys, and
Judith, only year older, was fully
half head taller.
Judith and Wellinston were the only
academy pupils who lived beyond the
Lane woods. The Haskell and BaYleY
farms were on q sunny upland about q
mile and a half from the village.
Neither of the young folks minded the
walk in pleasant weather, nor was
Judith at all afraid to go through the
partnership she waited for Wellington,
and the children were generally excel
lent friends.
Presently Judith saw wellington COM
ing, hurrying across the timber lot.
wellington was q very clean-looking
boy. He had meyer oUtgrown the tidy
habits which his mother nad taught him :,
and his neat collars and ties and nicely
polished shoes gave him among the viii
lage lads rather the reputation of q
dandy. His books and slate were care
fully packed in o book-strap, and ST.
though he was in a great hurry he was
careful to run around or jump over all
the wet or muddy places.
"Afraid of wetting his feetl' said
Judith, little CONTEMPORARY.
Wellington was quite out of breath
when he came within speaking distance.
"What made you SO late, yelling
ton?' Judith asked. ~ began to think
you wasn't coming, and 1 was going on
alone.''
"I've been chasing the COWS, along
with Cousin David,'' Wellington an
swered. ''They all broke loose this
morning, and IL took about an hour to
get them together. We had to run over
the whole lot in the hollow"
"And got your feet wet and had to
change your shoes and stockings, sup
pose, >" said Judith. saroastioally.
eyes, answered wellington, stout
Iy, though he oolored little. ''I
wasn't going all day with wet feet. 1
don u like it,
"The other boys wouldn't mind it
much y" Judith remarked.
"Well do - said wellington.
They had about half mile to walk be-
fore the road dipped down into the Lane
woods. The upland was nearly all
cleared land, and it was a sunny, sight
ly place. From the right of the high
way the land spread away in a gradual
easy slope toward the east. Farm houses
were sparsely scattered over it. Left of
the road the upland was broken off sud-
denly by bluff, at the foot of which q
river had once rushed. Now there was
only q narrow, feeble brook triekling
along among the underbrush of the
ravine.
Straight ahead Judith and Wellington
woods which lay between them and the
village. 1t was scarcely half mile
through the strip, but right and left the
wood reached to q considerable distance,
broken here and there By cleared
patches. The trees were touched now
with the colors of autumn, and beyond
their brightness the buildings OF the VII
lage in the valley shone white in the sun.
Elbow dry the woods look, and how
dusty the road Is for this time of year -
Judith remarked.
eyes," said wellington, "Cousin