The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-12-06

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II s>kS CARING and the
other. We slept with our clothes on,
Of course, and when We three in our
tent were lying fiat, with eur blank
et8 drawn snug, We heard an awful
rumpus going on il the other tent.
AIphonse was screaming "lth "te"r
il the eye
"Iie down and 90 to sleep" Du-
pont said in French.
Alphonse screamed all the louder.
Come now, stop that, said Jones
Grossly; go back to your bed"
81 refuse absolutely" Aiphonse
answered in his best English. 1T
has never yet been demand Of me
that lie myself down, dressed COM
pIete, except the hat, in all my
closes. And the bcd-the bed is
compose entire Of needles. They
stuck to me like the 8tingcrs Of The
bee. | shall not lie down myself
again. Have you hear? prefer to
sit thus and make the screams"
eve all have the same beds" Du-
pont said.
"Those ozzer boys in the ozzeI
tent, they have make the beds this
afternoon, they have take the soft
trees for their own beds. | shall &C
there and make the exchauge-th
swap" said Alphonse.
We heard him patter across to our
tent. Dupont followed promptly.
Pardon" he said, "but AIphonse
he figures to himself that your beds
are softer. ! shall be charmed il
one of you will exchange"
Alphonse had already punched
my bed with his fist and declared
that it was much softer than his own
so ! got up and let him have it, tax
ing the one he had left. Jones wax
ened me very early the next morn
ing.
"Ean,'' he said, shaking my shout
der, dupont and are going fishing
again We shall be gone all day
You three fellows must keep your
eye on Aiphonse."
| was too sleepy to make any oh
jections to Dupont's GOODNESS IL
leaving us to look after his brother
When CARING woke me little later
and | told him that Jones had gone
off again with Dupont to spend tn,
day, he was very glum,
Its a low thing to leave us will
that youngster; all our fun is spoiIt,
he said, shaking the empty coffee
pot-JoneS and Dupont had bee'
small enough to make just enough
for themselves.
'Now you s-s-see, CARING sait
Heygendorf, dupont is just as sh
sh-sharp rs you are yourself; yor
asked him down to do your cooking
and he's going let you be the II II
nurSe-girl for that monkey of an Al
pAonse. That's the way it Away
is. You think you're going to sprin!
something sharp on big fellow, and
10 and behold, he's coming some
thing trickier on you every time"
The woods were unCommonly still
and HeygendOrf, after be made thi
remark, stumbled over the hampe
that had the plates and tins in il
There was, consequently, Il fine clat
ter.
"Now then, clumsy" said Caring
you've got AlphOnse awake.
thought if he could snooze a Will
We might have little peace"
Alphonse appeared in the ten
door before Ca1ling finished speak
ing.
''Good-morning," he said, bowin
and smiling. 81 hear the gran rat
tie of the plates; it is time to serv
the breakfast ~
We told him that it was, that hi
brother was off on another expedi
ton, and that he had better &c
ready for his breakfast.
He got his towels and his tooth
brush and trotted off to the it'll
spring. When he came back an
went into the tent to put his thing
away, breakfast was ready and "
began, expecting that he would com,
He emerged from the tent hnall,
and stood in the doorway looking /
us.
Come on, why don't you ?" sal
CARING.
Gone does not approach to ii
breakfast before one has arrange
the hairs" he answered severed
His long curly hair fluffed out i
snarly business several inches frol
his head.
"Well, arrange your hairs then,
said CARING; ''you brought conn
didn't you ?"
cam | the wild boy that | mai
the visit without the comb ?" d.
manded Alphonse angrily.
"Go on, then, and comb yourself,
said CARING.
at never yet has happened that
use the comb by myself" Alphonl
answered. at is impossible for m
of myself, to arrange the hairs"
"One of US VIII have to 60 an
comb out that young ones wig,
said CARING, looking at HE and the
at Heygendorf as though it lay b.
tween us.
"You ought to do it, said He,
gendorf; "he's a relation to the FL
French cook you invited"
ITO be continued next week.
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