Show the practical J mer rotor peter john was wai a goell fellow but he hn 1 d one glave fault he be was addicted to practical P joking one day dar peter hod been it I 1 few milpa mailea from ills his lome homo at aft tr ir ilia ais alii labor was afta finished hl his 8 cm cal i p ioder invited iti liim to 0 f the ment mill him this invitation peter and fill then ilia FYI beill fortified nillia a supper he ha commenced comard lis his homeward ard it was a dark cold pece niber night the wind bupt fil wilfully fully the creat pines aud and fluid etnis tT nis lu 1 I evair lt 1 1 sr bhim 1 I tit ti fal C t I 1 K now aud and then an it cowf w f uttered ltd hoarse or ic cry or the suddie latt battling ling of the dead lemes told where some borne timid aninias away from the 8 sound of footsteps but peter was strong and ami stout hearted and trudged quietly along without pluck to tile the sights bights and sounds lir him bim until lie had bad achieved perhaps one halt half of 0 his hia journey alien suddenly ills his cars cou caught lit the llie sound of a horses feet descending the louz ion rocky path behind him gradually Ora dually the sound bound bieve nearer until the sharp peculiar voice of 0 the horseman could bo be heard urging the beast to a faster rait gait ah ah ab said peter to himself as lie he heard the familiar tones that is uncle tom barry I 1 now undo uncle tout TOBI aud and peter were neighbors that h i to say their clearings lay about a niilo mile lip anait kit and none knew bettor better than peter that the old man was naturally of 0 a timid disposition and furthermore that nothing inspired hini him with greater acar nothing that lie he had not rather inert thou than a wolf no booner had peter become convinced that tile the liott ionian behind him was his bis than limn lie he reached to use this trait rait of alicle tonis toms as it a means of 0 working out lint he considered would bo be a most capital joke ilis ilia plans avic soon laid and ho he to put therin them into execution through the undergrowth which bordered his path pat lit be Clouch donn clovin and patiently awaited the approach of his victim lie ile hall had not aitt 0 d long before uncle tom his bis boise it at a klinis haip trot and himself casti casting tig timid around art ived opposite ilia his i ace of concealment peter allowed him to pass a few paces and then springing spi logins forward on ins his hands and knees lie uttered one tie or two buni bundling ling yelps followed by the loud clear gathering cry of the wolves tile effect upon uncle tom was wall electrical SPI ingilli half way out of ills his saddle he uttered a bercak of terror and then stoop eto hi until his bi h v A nearly touched the inoue inane he ed III hi vui 1111 irto the horses alores flails an and ti i AT doil din the road lie a hot at 11 for peter he be roll ed I 1 over v or on oil his bis bill ba k and kicked lit hit heel bee 0 ai ira w Pu lAvIa t at lit LIM loud I oud ind rd I 1 ions gig lie laughed varying the performance by making the foiest ong ling with a repetition 0 of the wild sav nw fry erv that had struck such terror into ajile L cilc toms timid heart VIA hut there is un an end cud to all things and ami bo after chile there was an end eail to mirth and lie he wiping ills his eyes te ie i lie ho path and was about to resume his boutney juu iney ahon lie hoard heard a sound that sent the cold hirers coursing coursin over liis his body still and froze the blood in ills his i was tills the wolves heard lis his successful saul imitation or of their music and vote coming sn in lull full cry upon him talling ug nit nil his eabie ciler gies ies into play ho be dashed down tile path with nith scarcely luss less spied nud aud terror thun than did uncle toni tom hairy balry himself peter was a famous ruu run nor iier ibid had come off victor in many a 4 cibil of 0 hen the people lad had come together lit I 1 raisins or loi log lollins lolling but this was no holiday ganie game the race was for or lir life dowid the lope that led to pillin a hollow iud and up tip the absent beyond lied aeter while b chind behind fame cattle a ill ciack hungry and fierce tile the lire life of f nil ili tiu mined would not dot be M 01 th a minutes purchase could they once burto und liin him down don another louff long slop aros aerol a 11 broad ot of ice at its foot and leaber beets becs hill bill with its uini iong steep okill oki 11 lit lt liy bly before blin ile he shuddered hud dered lt 0 lit glana up ili its rugged side tor for he tell felt thit that ln ill strength would boldly eunice to arr bun bill to the tup top still he kept on though it 11 lu madness klikas KliK ts 0 to o lope tor for lis hn cis had gained clif oi him fearfully cartullo car tully lie knew it by the beating beatin ot of their footsteps but with energy inspired ly by mortal lie he ton lan ott on hoping to gain on the brow of tilt the hill bill for or thi ground became more inore upon and ilia his own i abiu was but I a lew few balds beyond iii 11 fl frit flit it sure that his pursuers would not follow luin beyond the summit but could h ill leach it before they would close upon lint bini no 0 not b it lin own ever tion tor for just a n the thought 1 i id i id d through lit hi mind his tot alli i until a ron ro it that c e bonded 0 the way and lit C II heavily d 1 lit hit held head tru h k till ground and ana lie liy ins senseless lian ian peter reco red consciousness he ic found himself it 1 i ing ging over the broad shoulders deis ot of ilia his bi other brother john anil and about to enter his ovin 0 n door here he soon collected his scattered senses and wit was a ulle allie to listen intelligently to his 1 brothers roth account of his rescue uncle toni tom barry in his flight had slopped a at t the cabin long lone enough to shout about ollough the andew V that tile the wolves were out and ou on lolin john who lived with bis bib brother knowing that peter ieter must colw the lie i aine path too took ills hia rim gun and walked out to the lie edge S of f tile the forest whole where he halted hailed to ii listen bilut lit a short time lupsey before I 1 lie to beard r the sound bound of the lite pur surl and it pursuers r all rs and rushing down tile the hill lie he arrived upon tile tha scene just in timp to leap pill between peters prostrate forin orin and the wolves the foremost ft ef nus aa less than ton ten feet dutant alu tant taking steady aim lit he sent cut a bullet into tile creat rits brain and then valle ilelle till pad writ wele fighting over the dead body of el lit he sluter ile ter over ovee his lack and guined gained the open ground lit in safety peter f binkly tad tile the whole truth about tho affair aiu hiir arm bini to end and crow hided tile the tory viall the eail itie tant n ni I 1 inns 0 it its as lie he lived hi be iii old IK it M i r v be kilts of another practical i 1 1 i 1 iw ti faithfully I dept opt until ins ili i il exchange |