Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-08-15

harm and that they appreciated her
visit.
So she took Bess, the fat pony, anG
went cantering across theplain with the
sack of salt balanced in front Of her
on the pOmmel of her saddle. Up hill
and down. with the sun shining clear
from an unclouded sky, she rode, and
the trip was like joy in making her eyes
shine and her cheeks glow rosy red.
1t was not always May for the little
sod house girl. At the sod schoolhouse
there were many annoying things-and
the worst was the aggravation Of the
big girls on the back seats. The most
aggravating perhaps was Anna Sew
ern, the daughter of the railroad con-
tractor who was staying in the county
because her fathers work held him
there for many months. Naughty in
her bearing aud with the arrogance OF
her naturally aristocratic nature, she
made no secret of snubbing the prairie
girls who had never known a better
home than a sod cabin and were not
used to the delights that she had ex-
perienced in the Eastern cities.
1t was on Tuesday of the following
week that she had spite against Lena
The latter had made her lose her place
In the spelling class and Anna resent
ed It.
'Huh, nothing but a cattle girl" she
muttered so loud that Lena coud hear
her. Herds the stock in summer and
goes to school winters. Who cares?"
Certainly Anna did care for all of her
Boosting. She was chagrined at her
failure while Lena bent lower over her
desk and said nothing. She felt that
she had lost a friend while she had
gained point in her class.
1t continued during the day-this
feeling Of antagcnism. and when the
girls went home 1t was By different
paths, and the word went round the
little circle OF schoolmates that there
had been n quarrel between Lena and
Anna.
1t did not require n reprimand from
her father to induce Lena to go out to
zee to the cattle the next day. She took
Bess, loaded up the sack OF salt and
At noon started for the big pasture.
Strange they are not here" said
Lena. as she mounted the divide that
ed over into the valley of the pasture
and no herd was in sight.
Can 1t have been break in the
fenceT'
She was right in her surmise. There
had been break. A party of campers
had come along the night before and
had cut the wires in order to drive In
and water their horses. They then
went on, as is the fashion, and the cat
tie found the opening. Out through 1t
they went and there WIS soon spread
ing mass of horns and hairy backs
ever the plain. On and on they went,
and II was not long before, led by the
stuactiveness of the grass, they came
to the valley beyond and were out of
sight of the pasture where they had
spent their summer. So it happened
that they were not found by the girl
with the salt bag.
But Lena went on and came to the
hills where she could see for miles over
the plain
Yes, there is the herd?" she eI-
the cattle"
And she could. But she saw some
thing more than that Far over the
plain WAS saunterins the familiar form
Of her schoolmate, Anna. On her way
home from the railroad section where |
her father was overseeing the men she |
was taking her course directly in the
view of the cattle herd.
At first there seemed nothing remark
able in that, but suddenly something
happened that made a difference. On
her shoulders was a red shawl that
was not noticeable while it was worn
partly under her long curls. But the
lnsistent prairie wind took 1t in its An
aan AID wound 1t around tho little