The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1910-05-26
THEIR DAY
OFF

Whcl@ CiiSu Tue tdll girl anu tuc
short girl simultaneously and unbe.
lovingly.
yes" insisted the fat man and the
thin man, likewise in chorus.
IF you are going on this merry lit
tie jaunt into the country you will
have to rise with the lark" explained
the thin man, because the car leaves
down town at nine o'clock"
"oh, well. 1t isn't az if we couldn't
do IT," said the-tall girl, heroically.
So the next morning the four of
them caught the electric car.
There had been a sudden faint dris-
zle Of rain, but 40 they WhfxnsA on
past the last cottages on the prairie
west Of town the sun bobbsd out again.
The level country was a rich green
and the sky was very blue.
II feel" said the fat man, as though
l were threatened with a good time
today"
Il have exactly the same feeling"
said the thin man.
After time the level country was
succeeded by country that was broken
and rolling, There were glimpses Of
brooks with the willows trailing vel
low-green fingers in the water and
clumps Of naples and sycamores put
ting out glistening young leaves. Some
grazing cattle threw up their heads
and switched their tails and scared
horse galloped to the farther end of
meadow as the car shot by.
Through the open car windows came
the persistent, cheerful melody of
meadow larks. The tall girl had mild
Mysteries when she actually saw two
of the little songsters balancing on
fence rail. When the short girl spied
real robin excitement ran high.
In same Of the neat yards OF farm
houses there were little round patches
Of tulips III bloom and the bushes
covered with golden flowers whose
name no human being remembers. Vil-
lagos decorated with gorgeous coun-
try clubs and plain villages in their
natural state of simplicity fed by
The streets were full of people enjoy.
ing the remarkable spring day.
They were al the end of the electric
line before they knew it and got a sur
reg and two white horses, one of
which seemed tame and one savage.
because 1t had wall eye and rolled
It,
Excuse me-" said the tall girl, but
nf a.
shall feel far safer IL l hold the lines
myself Driving will occupy my mind
so that ! shan't have time to worry
about what may happen. | am posi-.
tive that the wall-eyed horse doesn't
like us. No doubt wen have a, run
away"
That being the case" said the thin
man, Il will sit in the back seat.
where egress from the doomed vehicle
is easiest. l am great on backward
somersaultsi"
II was noon and much warmer. A
big white butterfly hoated along the
roadside and yellow dandelions
speckled the grass. Some freshly
plowed land sent forth its rich earthly
fragrance. and in one farmyard six
sprawly little colts stumbled up against
their mothers and stared. The world
was very new to them. A bunch of
fat pigs squealed and galloped away
with their absurd rocking-horse gait.
Presently by gray rail fence ap-
peared a flock of sheep, sadly in
need of laundering. Among them were
a dozen lambs with funny black legs.
looking as though they had waded
through ink.
stop the horses!% commanded the
fat man. Then he waved his hands at
the flock. "Gambol, little lambs. he
ordered. "Gambol, consarn you!".
AND they did. If you have never
seen infant lambs with stick-up ears
and stiff black legs shooting out at all
angles, just as though they had never
heard Of the theory of gravitation, fit
ting over the green, you have lived In
vaini
Like most things in life the horses
did not act as had been expected. The
one plodded along steadily.
but every time II. turned a corner the
tame one ran away The driver got
sEcited and hunted up corners just to
convince herself OF the truth of this.
but still the tame steed Invariably ran.
All these corners Of course had to be
negotiated on the. return trip, SO the
ride was rather abrupt in spots,
After dinner at "a hotel they took
the electric car again and rode along
the bank of the river with fishermen
fishing and aspiring canoes shooting
out from unexpected spots, past foamy
dams and clumps of woodland, past
high hills crowded with rich mems
country mansions overlooking miles of
river valley and farm land and past
little hooks In. the rocky hills shelter
ing bungalows and summer cottages.
Finally they turned about and took
4 car back to Chicago. Suddenly q
Jagged lightning fash ripped the sky.
here was thunder crash and the
April rain stormed down. 1t blotted
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