The Bourbon news., 1912-01-05
THEIR DAY
OFF

short girl simultaneously ana unpe-
lievingly.
EYES," 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"
ooh, we'll, it isn't as 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 sudden faint driz-
zle of rain, but as they whizzed on
past the last cottages on the prairie
west of town the sun bobbed out again.
| The level country was a rich green
and the sky was very blue.
Il feel" said the fat man, as though !
I were threatened with good time
today"
81 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 yel-
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
J 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-
a real robin excitement ran high.
, In some of the neat yards of farm
houses there were little round patches
of tulips in bloom and the bushes
covered with golden flowers whose
5 name no human being remembers. Viii
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 at the end of the electric
J. line before they knew it and got sur
n rey and two white horses. one Of
d which seemed tame and one savage.
II because it had a wall eye and rolled
1t.
20 Excuse me-" said the tall girl. but
as none of us knows how to drive
J. shall feel far safer if hold the lines
r myself Driving will occupy my mind
d so that l shan't have time to worry
/. about what may happen. I am posi-.
er tive that the wall-eyed horse doesn't
like us. No doubt We'll have a run
away"
"That being the case" said the thin
man, 81 will sit in the back seat
where egress from the doomed vehicle
is easiest l am great on backward
II /somersaults."
1t was noon and much warmer.
big white butterfly floated along thi
roadside and yellow dandelion!
speckled the grass. Some freshl!
n. plowed land sent forth its rich earth!
re fragrance, and in one farmyard ST,
sprawly little colts stumbled up agains
!. their mothers and stared. The worlt
was very new to them. A bunch o
fat pigs squealed and galloped ava
with their absurd rocking-horse gait
Presently by gray rail fence al
peared a flock of sheep. sadly i
. need Of laundering. Among them wer
\. a dozen lambs with funny black leg:
kN looking as though they had wade
through ink.
Ill Stop the horses!" commanded tn
fat man. Then he waved his hands {
he the flock "Gambol, little lambs" b
ordered "Gambcl, consarn youi"
or And they did If you have nevs
seen infant lambs with stick-up ca:
and stiff black legs shooting out at a
angles, just as though they had nevt
heard of the theory of gravitation, fiji
10. ..l. ting over tiie green, you have lived
I'VE vain!
LIE Like most things in life the hors,
did not act as had been expected. TT
or wall-eyed one plodded along steadil
eg, but every time it turned a corner t.
.ol- tame one ran away. The driver g
my excited and hunted up corners just
80 20, convince herself of the truth of tn
th but still the tame steed invariably ia
ood All these corners of course had to
owe negotiated on the return trip, so t
. B, ride was rather abrupt in spots.
rm, After dinner at a hotel they to-
':yA the electric car again and rode alo
- s; the bank of the river with fisherm
o. a fishing and aspiring canoes shOoti
ism out from unexpected spots, past foaI
dams and clumps of woodland, pa
of high hills crowded with rich mel
theI country mansions overlooking miles
tors river valley and farm land and ps
)rug ,;ttIo nooks in the rocky hills sbelt
bot 80 .,,,,u,or o,..,a.
ure. ing pons"io" aAN
lood flnaily they tuIheo "oou' anu "
ribe a car back 10 Cnicago. suddenly
vice jagged lightning flash ripped the 81
there was thunder crash and
- April rain stormed down. 1t blot
out the brooks and trees and wo
lands and turned the car window gr