Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-10-21

slowed very little attention upon tina
lady. Yet she was very fair to lool
upon She was tall, handsome. ROSY
checked, and the play and sparkle of
perfectly healthy life shone in a thou
sand lights in her dark blue eyes. A
Jacks normal appetite and reawakenet
mind returned he began to take partic
ular notice of Mary's personal charac
terlstlcs. She vas an early riser ant
was generally to be found in the lowe,
garden, or among the cows, or in tn,
held where the farmhands were a
work. Jack had worked for wears al
night upon a daily paper, but somehow
ne had not been long upon the farm
before he, too, had become an early
RISER 1t was also, at least, a singular
coincidence that in the course of his
morning strolls around the farm he
met Miss Mary frequently and found
her company grow more and more
agreeable. lie had intended to return
to the Marigold Mirror after a weeks
absence, but at the end of that time he
wrote to his sub just to keep on sub.
bling until further orders, as he found
his health improving rapidly. Owing
to the peculiar characteristics of farm
life Jack and Mary were thrown a good
deal together. lie always found her
merry and full of fun, so that, although
ne was at first inclined to play the mel
ancholy Dane to attract pity and inter-
est in his case, he gradually found him
self being laughed into a state of abso.
lutte jovialty. Cupid must have been
hiuing IN the grass or among the rose
bushes, for certainly great changes
were taking place in the demeanor of
the shark" chairman of the Marigold
Mirror.
A fortnight, three weeks, had slipped
away, and July was melting into Au.
gust, but still Jack Rule fingered on the
farm. lie explained this frightening
OF his stay to his cousin by saying that
his cure wasn't quite complete vet.
although he felt himself getting better
every day; and then the cousins wife
winked and smiled slyly-very slyly-
and whispered to her husband that per-
haps Mary Blame would have a good
deal to do with the ultimate cure; with
opinion Jacks cousin instantly
concurred. One morning when the
BIRDS were twittering merrily among the
bushes and the sun was spreading a
tempered radiance over meadow and
rec and brook, Jack found himself
gathering a posy OF dew-drenched flow
nrs. what will | do with thcm?n he
himself. "Well,n he answered
to himself, ''Ill give them to Mary"
md as this lady, with her pleasant face
Swallowed in a large sunDonnet, 40.
oeared at that moment in the doorway
and called him to breakfast, no doubt
carried out his intention.
Six weeks after Jack Rules vaca ton /
commenced he reappeared in the Mari
yold Mirror Office, looking as brown as
berry aud as happy as the biggest
'unfiower ever ecn His manner was
% different from what it used to be, he |
ooked SO much more like a good
human being, that he was
Jailed with inquiries on every side.
Hello, Jack. How did you enjoy your
rip?" First rate, never enjoyed my.
elf more in my life. / feel as ii ] don't
are for typesticking any more. Any
Iow, III put on a sub for two nights a
week for some time to come" Another
and: Hello, Jack, how much do Won
'elgh now" And Jack replied: More
han twice what I did when went
way" why. how in thunder is thatY"
well, you see, I've got q better half
and the weight of the whole nat
rally exceeds the weight Of the
Then Jack set them up for
ne whole house like a man--an extrav.
sance such as he had never before
een guilty of-Malcolm Mcpherson,
National Printer Journalist -