Show T HI E fbi 1 I 1 gj PAIN i it lt wit in a tte the old daye days before the of loe was conducted a alth a it that due dus regard to the formalities and to commercial considerations thac that wo now find so charning char wing and ed it was and tho worl was youn young and tho the aun sun was shining BY the footpath on the sav sau it shepherd him were two youner young iambi wherewith he lie had just started in the business busl nes or pro fesson of being a shepherd the lambs had nothing to du but eat and they were tofiq if it vigorously for tho the tima time the shepherd shep heid had nothing tp flo do bw but think and its it was as spring time and he and the world were both youns young you know as ell as I 1 do what he was thinking about abou alen there caina a maiden chrt at ay thesa shop shepherd herds linie nao aj alf the luck f t her iler hair was golden and somewhat some whai briot brief but bul curly she rat down and began to play with ono one of the laniau the shop heid joined in lit the agn ne after atter he bad had caught her round the walet waist and her twice on an tho the ear because thai that was all ebo she allowed him to get at she alto ead said ahe she must bo be going on thu the shepherd caught up the lamb the had been playing with and p put ut it in her arma arm bhatt she eald said ii N that for me mals mal s yap j he eald said if it you will havo have it IL all of it ho lie nodded she hold up no iho the lamb and kil kled ed it i looking out at him blia with bright eyes as abic euc dd so lie ile look tool a step nearer and sho she ran off calling bate her thanks so there was v halt tho the floal eone gone the shepherd q gt t down and wont went on thinking much what ho be had been thinking before presently another maiden came that way y neally these shepherds are too astonishing this maiden had red hair that would have made mude a painter mad cor for pure loy joy and ahe she had tied it up with a blue ribbon and that blue aud that red dpn went toz gother much better than you suppose so tue cue shepherd bogan to talk to her without wit holit previous introduction surety security or preliminary feea fees she did not mind if it tu lu the least because as I 1 bayo have al already really e pla ined this was in the bad old diya which I 1 am thankful to say now aro are eone gone forever abo be bad had gray eye eyes and looked far far more poetical than she ever waa was she sat oil and listened to the boys praise of her which made a pleasant music that spring rooming morning in her cars ears her wide sl 11 Ive tell fell back and showed bow how beautiful her white arm waa 1 I should like to kiss that said tho the boy reflectively she neither moved nor answered so ho he did as he be liked and then ehe she sprang to her feet tor for eho she remember ell that she had to it r to a neigh neighbor to r jag farmhouse to buy three pounds of bacon exactly uke the last it la 18 a sin shame that girls mado made for tor poetry have to do theao these things but it occasionally happeny hap pena do take that lamb with you said the shepherd you do dont doft ft really mean it sald the girl but at the tb same time she undid the blue ribbon from her hair wherewith to lead it home and as be she fastened it round tho the lambs nock neck she said how sweet if it was of blaa him clr red hal haft tumbled in a charming disorder die order I 1 hate to have to say that the ho went on to bu the bacon tt it la Is true so now the shepherd was iras left with alb no flock rt p oil all which ta is generally I 1 believe to be an ins in thin to happen fo to a shepherd then wali walking ang nalo slowly there came toong another maiden 0 alas exar shep shepherd berdt she looked locked straight before her wit wah hip big browa eyes that were full of wonder and of alth faith her midnight hair tell fell over her shapely shoulders she was dressea but in rags and I 1 doubt it ahe she had received a superior education to the boy these defects maint nothing he lie knew know that lit hh true love had come at last and tb there ere was a pain in hia his heart she passed by him in allone tie ile ran OWL her nod and caught her by the baud band have I 1 found you at last be he eald said tn in a low voice 0 my beloved this pas waa a little rapid the girl tuned and looked at him and he was a good bort of a boy to look took at it he ile persuaded her to cotie come co tie and et sit by hica him on tho the gruss end and told her that he ie was a shepherd but you have no fiock flock 1 I had one once he said 1 I 1 had bad two lambs it aws was a hundred years ago whery where are they A maiden malden passed this way he be ald A and I 1 eai ga a hec her one of them and the other well a maiden malden happened to ta 1 I ape sev she said dd you kisa kiss rhett it ans a hundred years ago tho the boy sah dreamily Irea nilly she seized bis his hand and bit it now you are enough she said since almod it seems to you yon a bundled years ngo ago I 1 no he eald said I 1 it was my punish ment that I 1 haqq nothing to give to you whom I 1 love more thun than all the v orld she turned I 1 er head right abay trum him us it she were talking to some one els and sho she said hate have nothing yet you have civo I 1 have to rive tur into the apet acen scented ted dolse h dush they nn 00 the hillside luether I 1 |