Telegram-herald., 1890-04-22

, a loac ~c4ss cavs~ les sw,rs1y over me
ssabsIe-sel3s. higa n air. sad AghE-
ing o. tze Top y = huze ca SENDS forth
4 se-iss u exit gAnt ''e4ss.~ = hls ustes
1bou3 he aaS lsft IA tAe arcbard back OF
tAs barn To ne be seeGs = sAy - them.
There are ~ heDs basis il tai Cd
stram-ss--z. Way sL4y over thsre II tAst
hot. br9lhng s9n2 Cone over hers
into these grand Ola ~0o&s Hard oy
Is the creek. and | know = DARK saa
shady pol whsEs ae car bashe, and be-
low i : shining, slngllz ripple. where
se can wsde aud play < oEr hearts eOn-
tent"
EY5enrly. they understood the mean
iEg of as cries, for = moment later
beEv of ths black snd s2-cy rAsoals 70
scCr-ylng across the nelds and JON hin,
where they a. set upa perfect chorus
II "caWs" which ! take - be eXpres-
sions of approval of neir companions
suggestion
Hastily diyest4ng myself ef coat AID
vest, for IN tie county II Is no breach
OF etiquette TO SO In your shirt
sleeves, ! step into tae hall and take
from the rack . wiie-brimmed straw
hat, and after briet stop at the old
spring house 81 the fIot Of the hill, an
OF, as the crows fly, across nelds for
the woods
On reaching them find an sweat
ing prolusely. What? You say sweat
ing is yulgas, should say perspiringT
Well, 10 matter, l know l am heated
and flushed. but / never felt better.
The air Is pure and sweet the birds are
singing in the woods on the borders OF
the little stream, and now as pause 10
mop my dripping face / hear 3 wood
pecker beating his lively tattoo on an
Gle beech stub and chirp, chirp comes
from saucy little groand squirrel as
he stroaks IL like fash OF russet light
along tho rails Of the old fenoe near
which an standing. i shy rock a.
him, out OF pure wansonness, and am
murderous enough 10 wish l had gun
with which 10 take q crack st that Willy
old wood -pecker. who has, on catching
sight Of me, slyly slipped around 70 the
other side OF the old beech stub, whore
j can still hear him pecking away as
busy as mailer.
hastily scramble over the fence, and
Ave minutes later / stand under the
thick shade of the wide-spreading
branches Of . grand old beech tree
and on tho edge OF steep blun, at
whose base runs the turbulent but TO
mantle Little Wildcat creek. / throw
myself down on the grass, which Is here
30 luxuriant that 1t is softer than the
heaviest carpet, and there | lie for half
an hour idly listening TO the soft AID
indescribable music Of the waters be-
low. Then, having cooled of, l go
down to the waters edge and delib-
erately disro5e and-"go in swimmin'." /"
Mind, don't say bathing, for had no
bathing suit just did as we boys nsed
TO do years ago-'.just stripped of and
went in swimmin" You see, there was
nobody there to look except the birds
and the squirrels and an old black
water snake which | caught summing
himself out on a rock at the waters
edge, and which ruthlessly killed with
club.
How did enjoy that swim, that frolio
all by myseI IN the water! 1lred OF
that, continued my stroll until cool
moss of the air and rapidly y-6eepening
shadows warned me that it was time 70
turn my face homeward.
When | reached the house / made a
discovery, and that was that while in
swimming 1 had done just as | had
often done before when boy-had sun
burned both shoulders into blLsters, one
on each the size Of my hand. Then,
too, as in days long sgone, q liberal ap-
plication OF sweet cream was given and
/ went TO bed with the chickens, was up
with the birds and the next day was
able to 60 quirrel-hunting and had a
glorious time But OF all my brief va
cation days shall not soon forget that
afternoon rar1hlc in the woods.