Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-12-05
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winding, pool ani shallow, she had
been &C iuainted with from early years.
Poor Old granny could never see,
never get near enough even to guess
at the half OF this treasure of beauty
and delight.
In consequence, grInny was supposed
10 sue such loss as rendered her an
OBJ ect OF very real compassion and for
oearance; AID in her tender moments
! the child would even look with satis-
action on the good time for granny
which was one day to come, when, in
oder 10 give her some enjoyment such
rs Sc could appreciate and partake OF,
she. Jerry. woLld sacrifice herself in
so f..r as to .ollOw her poor dear in and
| out OF q W nolc dreadful London sea-
son.
Yes. she meant to do that, to go
through even with that for her poor
dcars sake granny was always her
poor dear" when in these moods
| AMI, however hateful and wearisome
the whole thing might be, gr-nny
should never know how much it cost
her.
The resolution helped to salve the
/ wlliful young conscience many time
when Jerry had been more than usu-
ally self-assertive and independent.
She was going to be good by and-bj,
and for the present she was going to
| be-let alone. That. at any rate, was
too often the practical outcome OF a re-
morseful tit.
With something Of the kind in her
mind on the present occasion, the lit
fsherwoman Low ran merrily off down
to the bridge, where Donald waited,
and was eagerly hailed by that expect
ant knight.
Haste ye, haste We, Miss Jerry"
cried he. We arena a thocht over
sune The burnc's doom enough, and
it'll be aye gangn' lower yet. AND
E, the sun it wull no be the sun that we
want and the sun he viii be out him
sell directly" pointing as he spoke to
| CLEANS of light here and there break
,, Ing out on every side. Haste ye.then,"
eXhortcd the raggel urchin ardently;
and sci ing the tasket, and Singing 1t
across his shoulders, while his young
| mistress with eIual dispatch took from
| him her rod. the two suddenly disap-
peared from the bridge and plunged
| into the recesses of the wood, which at
this point approached nearer the Castle
| grounds than at any other.
| Breath was rreci Jus, and neither
wasted it in words quarter o. an
| .
the side Of the burn, which could be
heard ever more and more distinctly
roar ng in its tunuious depths but
| though brief. the transit was rough
enough to have soaked end torn any
less Gurable covering than that donned
by the prudent Ii tie maid. who now
fcariessly followed her pioneer over
mossy rock and quagmire, until each
had slid down the Shiny bank, and
found themselves in The hollow. be-
ne. tn a swollen and be lowing water
fall.
They were not to late. The waite Rs
had barely sutsided su' ciently for
sport. as their unXi US critical eyes
assured them. a snUrp point whiC b
should p-o ect from the hel OF the
fall. when the til to fish the pool be-
! meath had arrived. was nst putting
out its no G, and before that had been
done, the stream would have been too
| full.
Donald nodded in silent ecstasy
speech would have been thrown away.
Bo.h, however, understood to !: O e
little lover down, 10 wherc the black
depth showed signs O. yielding and
flowing out in shallower current
| to ards it's ocean bed, and then almost
simultaneously, each threw a line.
Fortune wa on their side.
At the very first cast greedy trout
| o. lusty proportions and in excellent
humor. as though as ready to be caught
as :he fair angler WAS to catch him,
spor,i-ely hooked himself on to Jerry's
! line, and was landed in a thrice.
| He was but the earnest OF the fun to
follow.
1t was hardly fishing: it see ed al
loading. all basketing, all rejoicing,
and mute comparing.
| At length. however, the little girls
tongue could keep silence no longer.
and at an unlucky moment, for she had
worked her wav to some slight d S.
tance from the lad. she let it 60. She
! ;;ust landed fine one.
"Lnok, look at this, Donald"
Donald at the nome Mt drew carefully
on to the rocks its counterpart.
why, yours Is still bigger. Oh, /
chanted companion. 'Isn't it glorious?
lent it-?"
whats your wull9"
He thought she had something to
say, something or him to do, or to go
| for
isn't it glorious?" in rising accents.
"Ech?" Only those who know the
shrill Highland screech can interpret
that "Ech:" whoss .eeble Southron
meaning would be "Eh?" "Ech?"
screeched the urchin. wrinkling up his
small. shrewd physioanomy, and put
| ting his hand behind his ear, the bet
ter to hear and comprehend
| Nothing nothin," impatiently. 81
| only said how splendid it was. and what
beauties they are" baw]ed Miss Jerry
back, unable woman-l like to resist the
last word.
! "E-c-h? again, at the extreme pitch
of Docald's little yelling voice.
| "Ch, what's the use of talking" and
Jerry stamped and frowned. ''Never
mind never mind, say. Nothing
nothing nothing as the grinning,
wrinkled, inquiring face was still
:retched out for the information which
| the noise OF the waters drowned.
''StupId boy" added she, sotto Oce,
hear that. if you can Oh, the IDIOT,
he is actually coming over the rock TO
me. oh, Donald. you i:iot, stop " h re
| you are, Co back go ba- k / "on
] want you Go back, l say-Lit
| back" waving a peremptory hand.
| go lack" in last supreme e Hort.
"Can tell the boy anything: in
| quired a voice almost in her ear.
So startling was the gentle souDt.
tnnt the effect produced u"on an one
thus taken at unawares might h:,' .
been-nay, must have been, an:ici-
pated; but on Geraldine this eifec:
was intensified from tie fact tia. in
spite OF her hardihooi and early train
ing, she was usually su .certi1ie to an
tn ng of the kind. and in conse nenue
was strictly guarded from tie chance
of its occurring.
1t could, therefore. be no inmate OF
Inchnarew, who, plainly with the in
tention of causing surprise. had tn 3
crept up behini. and now almost
breathed In her ear.
On the surface. the :ntcr:eren - was,
of course, pardonab e. a civil inq airy
and offor To hain when il arl erred