Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-20

VIZ Ea thecorn-roast. The
| 4 boys had chosen
tallest, slightest saplings, and
bmcd and cut them until they were
exaggerated fishing rods, with
/ |rpIy.pointed ends. All the brush
small logs had been gathered and
|yn On the stone drag to the high
ttme, and piled on the summit of its
3ssy swell, where the hills and val
/ could be seen sinking and rising
and wide, the endless ridges of the
Ben mountains sweeping away to the
| and the blue Adirondacks closing
western view. 1t was the finest
Pm in northern Vermont, old Mr..
Fne had always declared; and the
u pasture mad been for generations
|yoHte place for coasting parties and
fn'FoaSls' 1t was more popular than
h now, since Sue Deane was the
fasomest girl in the county, and
|n'ed her swains by the dozen.
L don't know how Sues ever goin' to
tie down. said her mother. plaint-
| ~ for there's no one man will hui
her the way they all do now. And
F0 Sues so mastcrful; she's as sweet
|apeFed as you please, but she always
hrr own way in the end.'
S0es ohedicnt enough, as far as |
replied Mr.. Deane.
We'll father, she is to you, and al
~ mas been; but, dear me! with
FOodI else she does what she
FasrS' l Will say she's generally
f1' nut that's just it--she's got as
cnsense, and more, than most of her
[luA' ana She amt likely to find a
sO"''u she can'trule. And that's poi
10 woman like Sue; she needs to
managed herself. There's lust one
'"ouSe ior her, and that's Tom Kel-
put lhen, my land! he's not the
y 10 stand bein' played with, and
"o' the Kind to give up her ways
| !. aayoody' so there amt much hope
/ iCm 81 good fellow" said Mr.. Deape
na'D every boy could work through
'"'Se hu law school, nd get into prac-
! |, III ~ d city, as he has in Burlington.
h Que and he, KNOWN each other
Ea' .a Vl'lIaren, eff they don't understand
~ u. olner ,l,,, by now they never will. l
'aA ~ It'll likely be a match"
'ils' Deane shook her head. Accus-
~ '~eu TO be ruled by her daughters
i, y sue mad little faith in any mans
'4pa'ing ~ It's capriees successfully.
! uV main She was right. That very
\ r. sue was planning in her coquettish
a@ ,n',. now TO tease Tom Kellogg at the
H., i''s corh-roast. Sue treated other
,4,ers as She chose; but she felt Tom
: "u'llerent, and liked him all the bet
,a ~ noI pelng sure whether she could
A. ' ".'n nm or not. On this occa-
j. w. j, pe'ig especially tender to him in
n..i,, i"vugh's' she was prepared to be
~ ss''"'iy battling in behavior; for,
y ~ III her woman's heart, she knew
=, ~ a'' 'he delaying, all the coquetting
,ss a' world were not going to keep her
,a.,, % from speaking before his short
i 'oh was over and he went back to
r0. u9' ana meanwhile there was the
ron' ",sS OF an understanding no less
,s's So,. because it was yet unspoken.
rew =. "''u clear the September evening
vi,,, w. The whole neighborhood was
ies ~ ~ 10 the roast. They came in bug
b o" ~ carryalls, in hay wagons; and
,e ds,u'p sup alter another, they climbed
ON " y, y sleeps of the hill pasture. But
,o,a Aellogg did not come, and Sues
pa = = yves sparkled with impatienct
tny, 'oueh Of anger at so unexpected
b ha.a = y, 'he tables. Finally, when the
le 'vallre waa had been lighted, and every
ppow vas = gathering about it, Tom.
n az !. urove up to the foot of the hill
I'd r' ae heiped out Of 1t a very young
N .y ~, pretty girl Miss Eleanor Ca
Oor r"e NJ city boarder at his aunt's
pe m,'o .om! it was not his fault, ant
i "sn, i'a have known it; but the aman
he ae ta Is proverbially unreasonable
ouon "''s We're that Miss Cabell wa,
stic :, w., warming, ignorantly enthusi
louat|a |au never seen corn-roast, ant
!, sa' sa she i. was comforting great ia
's'a lom by accompanying him