The evening world., 1912-03-01

Dora were At home. HaIston
was considering in which d.
rection he should ride that day
when Susie came to him. ana after say
Ing to Smith with elaborate ~potteness,
Excuse me. Mr.. smith. for whispsrtng,
but I nave something very private and
confidential to say to Mr.. Raistoa." she
shielded her mouth with her hand and
said:
Teacher and I are going Ashins. ~
are going up on the side hill now "a
catch gr~asshoppers for bait. ana
thought ms ybe you'd like to help and "a
fish with US this afternoon"
She Uttered In his a r
Susle's action conveyed two things "a
Ralston's mind: First, that ne had not
been 80 clever ~ no had supposed In
assembling his feelings: and second.
posed to render him friendly AID.
Smith noted Ralston's Frightening eye
with suspicion. jumping to tho very nat
ural conclusion that only some pleasing
Information concerning The schoolmaun
would account for II. When. Q few min
utes later. he saw the three startioa
away together. zach with . tin or paste.
board box. he realized that his surmiss
was correct.
Glcwering. Gmfth walked rsssasssiy
about tho house. ignoring the Indian
wonan's snquirink w1stful eyes. curV1nG
to himself as he wondered through ths
corrais n stables. hating with . per
sonal hatred everything which belonged
to Raiston; his gsntie-syed brown mare;
his expensive Navajo saddle blanket: hs
singis-rssed saddle; his birdie with me
wide check pieces and the hand forged
bit. 1t would have been . satisfacton
to destroy thcrn all. Hs hated particu.
iarly tho little hrown mare which Rail-
ton brushed with such care each morn
Ing. Smiuh's mood was black indeed.
But Ralston. ~ ne walked bscwson
Dora and susie 70 the side hin where
the first grasshoppsrs Of spring were
always found. felt at peace with all the
world-evsn S~uhth-and II was In mis-
heart to hug uhe elnah half-brssd oASd
- she skapped beside HIM. pors's ire
Quent. bubblinx iaushtss made him thrta;
no lonssd 10 shout aloud like . school
boy given an unexpected holiday.
Zach time mat his yes sought Dora's.
shsdowed by tho wids br4m Of her hat.
her eyeiids dropped. slowly. reluctantly.
~ though they fell against her Will.
while the color came ana went under TIER
clear skin In a fashion which hllsd him
with delighted wonder.
II may be said hat there are few
things IN life no absorbing IS catching
grasshoppers. While Ralston previously
had recognized his fact no never had
supposed that Il contained n element
OF pleasure akin to the delights Of Para
disc.
To chase grasshoppers by oneself n
one thing. 10 pursue them In the COM
pany OF n fascinating schoolmarm n
another. and when one has In mind the
thought that ultimately he and the
schooimarm may chance TO fall upon
the same gr~asshopper the case becomes
a sport for the gods to envy.
Anent grasshoppers. While the first
rasshopper OF early spring has not the
devillsh agility OF his August descend
ant. he Is SUN GENTLY alert to make his
capture no mean feat, II must be borne
In mind that the grasshopper is not q
fool and that he appears to see best
from the rear. Though he remains mo-
tionless while the ensmy Is slipping
steslthily upon him. II Iy no fol-
lows that he Is not aware of said ene-
my's APPROACH,
The large. brownish- black. grand
lathe rly-looking g~rasshopper Is the
most easily captured. though not 80
satisfactory for bait as the pea-green
or the gray-plnk. IL was TO the frst
variety that Dora ana RalstoD devoted
themselves, while susie followed the
smaller and more sprlghtly around the
hill till she was out OF sight.
Ralston became aware that no mat
ter In which direction the yrasshopper
he mad marked for his own took him.
sinsularly enough he always ended in
pursuit. of Dora's. As a matter Of fact,
her grashopper looked 40 much more
desirable than his that he could not
veil do other wise than abandon the
pursuit Of bis own for hers.