Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
THE SORROWS OF. YOUTH

AAll@S = oiiihiS .StAlCUOT WAS Situis ou eho
back steps reading on Saturday afternoon
last He had hipself all drawn and hunch-
ed into knot, and his eyes proruded and
his rising hair iseemed to be pushing his
cap up. IL
Juniper Jack. the sJaybird. threw the
beautiful, but hapless, maiden across the
pommel of his saddle,,, little Tommy Next
door was reading. .asd. putting the spurs
deep into the glossy, heaving sides of his
handsome steed, he,awas away like the
wind, the arrows Of the savages of the
forest whizzing past his ears and the she'll
pink ears of his beautiful charge like hail.
Never fear. thou fairest of women said
Juniper Jack to the tender flower slung
across his saddle pommeI 1 shall protect
thee In the face of death itself, aye, in the
face of thousand deaths!' The lovely
young creature gave little sigh, as she
looked around at the dark shadows of the
woods; and saw, far in the rear. the
bounding figures of the remorSelesS saw
ages. Who art thou, then she inquired,
in a weak voice. that thou sDeakest SO
lightly of the dangers surrounding all who
must live near the pitiless red menT The
mighty scout pulled off his sombrero so
that Its bells tinkled muscally in the 81
lence of the forest, and his long curling
hair fell to his shoulders. and his noble
features lighted up with depreciation. min
gled with amusement. is it possible. fair
est flower of the forest giadeS. he asked
her in rich, deep tone that flowed like
organ music that thou knowest me not?'
When she made no reply, but only glanced
around hope!essly, he whispered into her
ear. Know. then, that / am Juniper Jack.
the Jaybirdr 'Merciful heaven, how glad
l am" exclaimed the glorious young crea-
ture. and then she Swooned with sheer graz
itude. The first thing she said when she
came to was"
Tommy. want you to go to the corner
and get quart of milk, said little Tommy
nor prtn a H.
en- door.
Tommy put the adventures of Juniper
Jack. the Jaybird. away in his jacket with
a glance of extreme resentment at his
mother, but he knew that what she SAID
came pretty near being meant, ana ne look
the milk pitcher and went on the errand
feeling that so commonplace life as MS
life so ingloriously mixed up with quarts
of milk and such, was scarcely worth the
living. When he returned with the mix
however. he resumed his place on the back
steps and again took up his literature.
After riding some seventy-five mics
through the gloomy, almost impenetrab.e
forests in the course of a little over three
hours" he read. Juniper Jack, the Jay
bird, pulled up his tired horse and gently
lifted the lovely burden on his saddle pom
mel to the ground AS he did so the report
of a rifle rang out sharp and clear not two
hundred yards away. and the noble animal
that had borne Juniper Jack, the Jaybrd,
through SO many dangers threw up ms
tottered over. When Juniper Jack, the
Jaybird, saw that his magnificent Arabian
steed. his only friend and companion of SO
many years. had been struck by the mys-
FERROUS bullet, his eyes dilated and his
breath came in short pants through MS
clear-cut nostrils. Raising one hand to
heaven, to make his VOW OF vengeance
the more impressive and binding, he said
in tones that rang like steel on steer
throughout the forest silence. Listen 10
this vow of Juniper Jack the Jaybird, just
heaven"
Tommy go get ME bar of kitchen soap
at the grocery" said little Tommy Next
doors mother, again appearing at the
kitchen door.
Again the expression of deep, whitening
resentment crossed little Tommy..s shiny
countenance, but he went after the soap,
all the same inwardly vowinS, however.
that if he ever grew up man-"hich ne
couldn't help but regard as pretty much OF
a cinch-all of the soap and things that
anybody 'ud ever be able to send MIN aft er
would be SO dirninutive in size as to easily
fit in corner of the sender's eye. When
he returned with the soap, however, and
deposited the same on the Kitchen table
with sundry and divers evidences of dis
taste and dislike for a fate which COM
PEELED him to handle. owing to circum-
stances over which he had no control. 50
gross and plebcian a thing as a cake OF
soap, he resumed his literary exercises on
the back steps.
Just as Juniper Jack. the Jaybird. had
thrown the last shovelful of earth over the
body of his faithful equine friend he read
another rifle shot rang out. Hist! It's EVIL
dent that We are pursued in force. said
Juniper Jack to the frightened young
maiden no sat on a rock a little distance
away. The beautiful young creature i'm
mediately began to wiring her hands in an
guish But how oh. how, are we to cs-
cape? she moaned, looking around wildly.
Easily enough, exclaimed Juniper Jack
the Jaybird. fixing his eagle glance upon an
i,,t ha hr,,r h,,, ton ride n
right where the antlers of a giant deer
were visible The monarch of the herd had
been led by curiosity to peer through the
opening in the brush at the hero and hero
Inc of this story. With a sudden spring.
Juniper Jack was upon the great deer's
back. and with one hand, as the startled
deer rushed onward. he reached over and
picked up the beautiful young woman
whose safety nay, her life depended upon
his quick action, and as he deposited her
on the deer's back he said"
Tommy, you can just run up to your
room and put on your other knee pants: !
want to put patch in that pair said
little Tommy Nextdoor's mother. appearing
again at the kitchen door.
"Jes wait'll I'm growed up. that's all"'
muttered little Tommy Nextdoor, through
his clenched teeth, as he went upstairs.
81 wonder what Juniper Jack 'ud say if
his nav 'ud asst him ter go after milk, an
soap. an wait till she put patches on his
clo'es! 7 jes' wonder"
II QlSHldl, Dlesth eApeiltice W ne lolteu
to the conviction, especially at a tender,
formative period of life, that this is a hard.
unromantic, unheroic old fraud of sphere
HE "LOPED TOO BLOOMIN' 'IGH.'
The Englishman's Only Comment
When the RrOnchO Threw Him.
"Most Englishmen are considered pretty
fair horsemen, but when it comes to riding
a bucking broncho some Of them are not
in, or on 1t for long" said the owner of a
large cattle ranch In Wyoming to the
writer the other day. For instance, a
rich young Englishman recently came out
to my part of the country in quest of some