The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28

NV aNLt pnC VI lntW nuS tNnt uIluukltu IN
loops or'my tangle not ono have | ever cnr-
Ticd into the middle Winds, This, strapse dog
an s@ i once once q th sqerI ri fnS SId hl ne s sSS dr .6s.h
You'll be SURPRISED II he tells YOU howdy."
SO would YOU. Son of Ben All"
No. you're wrong; II would he no surprise
TO mo" Aaron rcIIiel. "ion have won many
hounds. but you are not, as Young as. YOU
were. And something, tells me tha, Il vow
You, ! know what Know" "''.'
md %An n, | know whntl cgR do. Son Of Ben All
This, thing 81 remembering" said Aaron
that when tho race is over"
MANY things [ know we're Taught me Gv YOU:
many learned myself. | have been putting
them all together until noy ! wan, to sec what
Well, So l9rg." said Aaron. You are
TT .ra9s it nat "a Iii i e an@ &c to n your rabbit
Old Scar-Face. disarpcnred In the tunnel.
n9d, Aa,on aud the children went home.
odd timrs-old times replied Aaron.
when he wa; a PUPPY doctored him; and he
minds easy. II he is caught, well IL he amt.
good. He's optrun hounds SO long that he's
H H9 i n MS head thatSnone can catch him.
~ didn't like his looks" said Sweetest Susan
Ull'T u Nlllp.
Nor Inc nceder" Drusilln exclaimed. He
look too much like, folks when le helt his head
ON one side m, grin. He look mighty umble.,
his head down an tnlEin' bout how he swlno
do. You see how he ketcht dat rabbit twas
$40, is eot do Or boy in him. 1 hope deyTl
Buster John sqid nothing. He was wonder
g. on the hunt, that had been arranged for.
At I y; he asked Aaror.s advice
Fountain or Johnny Rartor can take ono Il
tnS S"rriaFs horSesr Buster John suggested:
made M his mind to go with The hunters UNI
,,Hsa everybody in the house shut their ears to
Now. Sweetest Susan. who knew that she
gould not 20 In any event. Was very anxious
for her trothor 70 see the hunt. and If her rea-
n;any, grown persons, She wanted to hear all
John could tell her about II better than any
one else. This was the selfish part. On the
other hand, she also wanted Buster john to { :
"a enough, in Sweetest susan's opinIop, to
Sqrried out with energy, Ipt Buster John
bitches. aud gql!ie. and jumping fences. He
could ride lohind Fountain or JOHNNY Banter,
or on one OF TIE fat and sober earriaEs horses:
many times thar with good dogs and a hot
drag n fox hunter needn't ride very far nor
!hese woris, but She knew what her Grand
Who, had. ceased to be amiitions TO tat! the
los, AND was content to canteT from one posi-
ton 70 another. so a. TO be able to see the most
exciting events in n fox chase.
SO the Youngsters. as children will. Put their
heads together and laid the plan o; a CAMPAIGN.
word vas to be said about tho hunt until they
knew the YER day on which 1t was to tni;e
ts hronched by JENNY. not seriously. bnnt" In a a
Sweetest, susan! and then ,Buat.r Iohn. him;
"Yot never hsa;vo seen one crv as hard as I
after em 'LHpt,itt" injured Drgsl1a..
John; mamma Nh end ioryS reasons why !
As SsEI1 t &c G 2na there . at If be sG soi G mes II
Ing un the house for the gentlemen who nre
to g %huGstng: .be,l he too busy to find any
reasons. You know how mamma is when COM
KIN troAAjR, de day. said nr'stIln With
thing got ter he dssso.""'
And when romnany comes chimed in
nsE her almost. When Mrs. Terrell came that
time | askcG mamma If me and Drusilla might
said yes And the next dav she happened 10
think about the loose plnnks up there. and
then abe said we mustn't 20 in the loft never
any more"
rn It M I:Sn Terrell ,Ss1 hadn't been there" said
loose rNanks right on, the srot.", And to this
Sweetest Susan readily assented.
Their mother. like most mothers. had not
the ~taintest idea that he children were able
to rut their small fingers on some Of her char
acteristics. but Youngsters the world over are
more nhserrant and know n great deal more
than their elders give them crcnit for. The
most OF them are discreet enough to Eeep
their knowledge to themselves.
Well Buster, Johns plan Of cqmnaIgn was
a. wa have outlined above. and. though he did
aiterward develop into n very successful poll
tctan. Il must not he supposed that his plan
disIlaved any special au'nesS or brllliancy.
No. liza was merely n very bright boy. whose
common sensa was in process OF DEVELOPMENT.
Moreover, il his rlan had cost HIM any serl-
ous ihodEht. It would hav" been labor thrown
awav. for rs matters turned out II was not
Tecesssarv Mt al. Indeed. it might hive failed
but for one OF those lucky Incidents that some
times hauuen 10 us all. Buster .;ohn not only
saw the fox hunt. or. at least. the part Of II
that could he seen. but he saw 1t in such n for
tuna'c way ard under such delightful cir
cumEtnnrc- thai II remained for many years n
red letter dQy in his memory.