The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-19

At this moment he was sketching in
q most comfortable manner, his fan.
nel-clal figure prone upon the ground,
his hands claspel under the back o.
his dark head, a half-smoked pipe
dropping out Of the corner Of his
mouth. Twice in as many minutes
he had been obliged to remove one
hand, thereby much disseminating
himself, to brush aside persistent fly
which insisted upon descending upon
his nose. A third attack caused him
to open his eyes and utter an i'm.
patient word, decently low in tone.
just as d clear, high soprano voice be.
hind him sang
''Sha-ll wake him?' No, not I;
Tor If did he would surely cry"
And with derisivc shake upon the
last word the branches were pushed
aside to reveal the prettiest little fig.
IRE that an itinerant painter could ash
as q model.
It was young girl standing there.
clad in golf dress of brightest red, ;
most 11ngolf-like, flower-wreathed straw
hat perched Gu her crop Of curly hair
mischief dancing in her laughing eyes.
playing among her dimples, and en-
phasizing the upward turn OF hel
saucy nose. She held in her hand {
stick with a curved handle from which
depended knotty string, which she
waved gaily above the young artist as
he rose into sitting position The1
she drew it back suddenly with a star
tied exclamation, and her face grew
crimson.
II beg your pardon" she faltered
81 thought that it was my brother
Tom"
"Neither Tom nor Harry, only Dick,
very much at your service. Miss 30
Peep-or do you still answer to the
name Of Rosalind given you in hap
tism?"
"Mr. Dedham! How did you know
me?" asked Rosalind, ignoring his
question aud digging holes in the
ground with her stick.
II saw your crook. BY the way
where arc your sheep?"
"Would children do, instead O.
sheep? 1t happens that I am looking
for some at this worry moment. y
"And ain busily sketching, rs you
may see, Yes. I should say that chill
dren would be capital sheep; shall
join in your frantic search?'
"You had better blow your hor1
first and look after your own COWS.
passed them in the corn half an hou]
ago as came along the path and found
you -"
Il was not under a haystack; I wa!
painting fast and iuriously, as I tol(
you before-don't you see my traps?'
'"But how did you know me, Mr.
Dedhan? You haven't seen me TO:
ages, SINCE
"Your Aunt Armies dance for yo1
at Pierce Hall. I have strong mem
ory.- you see, and on that occasion yo1
wore some sort of blue or greer
dress, and your hair was shorter an(
your skin was fairer. DONE you com
pliment me on remembering so we'll
I didn't happen to notice your frec]1le
that evening, but suppose that the,
were there"
'"lhey distress grandmamma hor
ridly," said the girl, putting up tw'
little brown hands to hide them; SSH
makes me wash my face in buttermil1
ugh! how I hate it-but they com
and they stay! Still, I don't reall,
see how You came to know me-
seems strange that-oh, dear, did
hear y child crying?"
"Ncvcr mind if you did. You kno1
tho rhyme; what is it? Let 'em alon
and they'll come home'-how man
are missing?"
1.-TWO Of my small sisters, one sma
brother, two small cousins, three small
visitors. We were all playing hide
and-seek. and when we got tired
took Jim's crook to hook down som
apples, and
"Apples! and green ones, of course
You are a nice sort Of a shepherdess
And you fed them to the infants, an
now they are lying somewhere in tn
agonizing throes Of cholera and 20
will be put in Jail and hanged as
murdcr-ess! Let us run away quicl
before they catch you!"
:'They were not green, and you al
very disasreeablo and-frivolous! b
sides, I ate them myself, except whs
I have in my pocket"
"You have apples in your poke
Aud you see here before you naples
human fellow creature perishing wit
hunger, and you have never offered n
even a bite!'
"What about the cholera?"
"Oh, you said they were not gree
besides you have partaken of them; !
MS die together. OF, if we are broug]
back to life, I will be more genero7
than Adam. I will not say The VI
man Thou gayest me-