Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-11
THE AGOUT'> FATE.
R@.al- Of Di.ohedseao- sd Tee as~A
Cart.-4ty.

Tired il h1l. E1.- a s--eat fs=l ~ e
hillside HI az r. +. -.-i a-e at '.=
lonc,-d to lovely island b tlE ~
bean ga, Rear The no-th c,e-- - -1a,s
America - far a. tn hall al e. ~ 4
and the hole were ca-1ar4d e.
might have h.sn Il an Island ia tla
eIzlTerzte gone. hut thelr SGT izrlttH--s
FRO. l-lned them a., q L. n the trf
. There were beautiful palms asa t7se
ferns On the kill>sias and the wsats =
was always warm - always even IN
Northumberland Snow and ~ were nev-
G Known in this island. e-cezt that ne
l--te- was sometimes b-n1-hr IN vessels
And a. for Nrs A. III he-~-f 81
too. was dIfT.7sr.t fra-1 any animai ~
have II ozr cs1autry-iu saa}- So
thing like a rabbit III with cav p.
least hi - tail. and sTsaetaIuz lis q
muskrat II caler lat a. afraid = 81
water a. the nm Sra: ! denoted . g,
Ii fact saa was = curious can-.suna q
rahbit. m1St--a, and wpp5-lusk m
agggri. II fA-t-<alled cauti far - -
bv the people = that i>laad-l> -; taa
funniest little animal yea ever saw
Her family consisted - ~ hg-faaA
Mr. CTourI- Who vas generally raa-sla=
afeut lcsaklnc ~ s1zTs tnlu, - eat ut
only f6r hiu~elf, b1t t1r ms lt.!a faa
ily q Youngsters, MI~. ard Master tiuu-
Il. ana two wes lahlss a. yet wliha1t
their ewes o7su Il this world
On tne morning in which We arr SUI
pased 70 make rhsIr scguaIntance. Mas-
tar CToafl bling = ventures me GisT,o-
sltlen, wanted ~ ram ahrvsd. Ike hls
father and find out something at.1-.i
the things At the bottom Of the hill IL
was a sweet. delicious morning. with
dew On the grass blades and perfume IN
the air Master CroQti stuck MS nose
out from BENEATH the overhanging shelf
Of rock and shifted with his sensitive
nost-ils. which were always IN motion.
like those Of hare. And then he went
back and tod MS mother. who was IN
the inner chamber attending to the
wants II the babies. what a perfectly
beautiful morning il was and couldu
he just take little run down to the
banks q the stream at the foot Of the
hill. where the air was - cool and where
tia, he could find TO eat:
Mrs GoUti thought for a moment
and then said We'll. Il you viii
promise not 10 60 near that great cllmp
Of bauboo- there by the sprIac yoq
can run out tar half an haar 81 -. hut
b sure 10 eele back t.fDre the sun cets
hot.
Master Couti promised readily
enough. benz like some LITTLE boys I'D
girls IN tina; re>p1-t, and skipped II
down the hill parfeesly delighted Z
yoa had saen hin hopping Of - hap
PLY, looking Is sweet Is little brown
angel, yau e9u.dn I help but love Linn;
he WAS - god and cunning H haiH
any suspicion = harm coming i him.
b-cause be was 80 innocent himself and
didn' I believe he had an enemy in al
the world
When he reached the foot % the Lill
and saw the bright STRAIN ripping or~r
the rocks and pebbles and the brad
leaved plants growing lush and rank on
its borders he was delighted H dart ID
in under one IF the great plants and
stopped a minute 10 consider which
way he ought 70 go Peering out, he
saw the bamboo clump with ITS i'm
mense shafts like graf spears. deco
rated with bright green leaves and he
scanned it curiouslv, wondering why
he should not venture near it
Now, Mrs Gouti had not told him
why for she was a woman with theories
as TO the bringing up of children, and
one Of her theories was to keep child
as innocent Of the evil all about him as
long as you can. And SO she never told
the little weakling that the reason why
she didn't want him to go near the
bamboos was because il was the lair Of
big and dreadful serpent. an immense
anaconda, who would gobble him up in
minute She wished she had after
ward when the day went by and the
night came again without any signs Of
her small son returning.
But here / am anticipating events
again when | meant merely to have
told the story just as IL happened
Well. Master Gouti wondered why his
mother had forbidden him to 60 into
the bamboo clump or near il, and he
d4Sp NJh'i0Iti "hat sAe meant Uy
near whether a rod, or a foot. or less
He might 90 a little nearer ne thought.
anyway. without disobeying, and 50 he
hoped out from the shelter Of the big
leaf and then stopped and viewed the
bunch Of bamboos. There was nothing
forblddlng IN their appearance, - he
hoped just little nearer, until he
was within yard or SO OF the rafting
spears and falling leaves Then he was
suddenly transtixed by bright round
eye like glittering diamond set in the
head Of what we know was the anacon-
da Bu; ne didn't know it, he was 50
innocent and he was drawn nearer and
nearer, until all at once he saw long
and loaths me body behind the head,