The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-05

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hecn wcand up and his vocal appa-
ratus was kept going with spring.
So Jack climbed back to the most
comfortable place he could find, re-.
luctant-y convinced that he should
have to stay in the tree until morn
ing.
= He seated himself astfida of a
limb, with his back against the
trunk, and put his hands in his
pockets to keep them warm. Pres
emily the dog became quiet, and
Jack sat there looking up at the
stars, which seemed to wink at him
through the frosty air as if to say:
"Got you now, old fellow. s Nice fix
you're in, isn't it 2" e.
Then he began to think about
trees III general. lie thought of
William Penn's treaty tree and of
the picture tlat he had seen of the
prescribed royalist hid in hollow
tree, with pretty girl giving him
food, and he wished Jenny would
only come down stairs and hand him
something warm and comfortable.
BE remembered that cheerful anec-
dote which relates how the coon
which wne treed By Captain Scott
Of Kentucky promised to come
down if the captain would not shoot,
and Mr.. Forbes thought what q
lucky coon it was to be able to come
down when it chose. And there
was the old story about Charles II
hiding in an oak, with the soldiers
beneath looking for him. Jack
thought that he would rather have
a whole hostile army encamped un-
der that tree of his at the present
moment than that Internal dog,
which lay there as calm and quiet as
if nothing were the matter.
Then the stars began to dance
about In the sky and to multiply,
and Jack caught himself nodding
and dreaming SO that once he near
ly lost his balance and fell.
He had always heard that sleepi-
ness was symptom of freezing to
DEATH So he jumped up and began
clambering up and down the branch
es to keep himself warm. This set
the dog to barking again, and it
made such fearful racket that at
last Judge Bates aung up his vim
dow and threw missile Of some
ldnd at the animal, accompanied
with an angry word or two. jack
could stand it no longer. So he
cried out:
"Judgel JudgeBatesp
"Hellol Who's tlhere?" said the
judge nervoualy.
"I-Jack Forbes. 1 am up this
tsee, and can't get down because of
this confounded Dog Of yoursr
"Of mine? I have no dog" said
the judge.
"Wel. at any rate there's a fero-
cious dog hare, and I can't get down.
am freezing to death, actually
freezing" said jack pathetically.
"Wait moment until I get dress
ed" said the judge, closing the win
dow.
In five minutes or ten the Judge
came to the door With q lantern In
his hand, while Mrs. Bates and Jen-
ny Brown and the three servant
girls stood at their respective win
dows, wrapped in shawls, surveying
the scene with eager and excited in
terest.
The Judge came forward cautious
ly and spoke to the dog. It leaped
toward him instantly. The judge
laughed.
"Why, Jack, this is your own
dog" he said.
mo; that can't bel" replied Jack.
"But it is, though" said the
| judge, convulsed with laughter and
holding the lantern close to the
brute.
It was too true. Forbes, in his
nervousness and fear, had mistaken
the friendly capers and yelps Of the
dog for manifestations of ferocity
on the part of some other animal.
Mr.. Forbes slid down from the
tree hastily, but sadly, and while he
explained the whole matter frankly
to the judge, begging him to say
nothing about it, the judge laughed
SO violently that Mrs. Bates and
Jenny came running down stairs,
thinking he had a hystcrical fit.
And Mr.. Forbes climbed over the
fence hurriedly and went shiyering
to bed without even saying good
night to the family.
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The mention of diamonds makes
every one think of a translucent,
white gem. But not all diamonds
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