Show try JOHN PEE LEY KAILEY KANAKA F 1111 r John Kailey Kanaka ina had been settled at the farm three l ree days In that short time ime Mr John Kailey Kanaka ina ma had succeeded in teaching th the largest fancy peacock in the poultry yard to eat front his hand and nd Mrs 1 John Kailey had succeeded in displaying three gay mother-hubbard mother wrappers to the t astonished and bewildered children who came each day to look at the strange family of who had come to work on their farm As for their two sons Samuel Levi and nd Solomon Jonathon the inas were were converted Christians Samuel Christians Samuel Levi had won undying undying undy undy- J ing distinction on the very day of their ai arrival rival by climbing to the topi topmost topmost top top- i most boughs of the thin shaky locust tree which stood near the children's childrens childrens children's childrens children's chil chil- drens dren's swing and Solomon Jonathan had earned four watermelons before before before be be- fore sundown on the second day by singing a native song for the openmouthed openmouthed openmouthed open- open mouthed eyed bulging-eyed children ota Wy-ota pompeii te to una ma maTe ii Y Te una ma te to una ma I W ota Wy-ota ota te to una ma maHe maHe He hy by ho hum w wIt It On the fourth day Mr John Kailey came ame home with a a af f band of gorgeous peacock feathers round his hat He walked into the fY kitchen and stood erect and excited before his wife t r. r The big peacock died this afternoon and Mr give me his t r tail tall feathers said J John majestically J f t Mrs John turned the frying potatoes in in silence John took off l his is hat and looked at the feathers tenderly Did you make a band for my hat too asked she at last giving L the potatoes a vicious turn There wasn't enough said John rather faintly as he noticed his N wife's pale face and realized that it would have been bee better for him if he lie had made two bands of the feathers rs John sat down at the table in silence aft after r hanging his hat on a nail near him Mrs 1 John put the potatoes on the table tabe with a bang and instead and instead o of taking her place and serving her husband and the boys as sh she u usually did she walked out of the room without saying a word She took he her guitar from the next room ln and went out to the bench under the tall cottonwood trees where the family gathered every evening after supper to sing their simple songs songs It was one of those rare June evenings that are filled with silver silverE E moonlight and the perfumes perfumes' of flow flowers rs Mrs John strummed softly on l the guitar and hummed to herself and then when John came from the I. I house with his hat securely on his head she looked straight up up at the 4 shining moon and broke out in her soft accent My sweetheart tile sweetheart the man in the moon We goan to be married in iii J June C l Way up in a cloud where no one is allowed I make love to my man in the moon As the song floated clear and melting on the warm summer air the boys who had come out with their father but had not dared to sit by A him because they saw that something was vas wrong edg edged d nearer to their mother Soon they began to hum the tune under their breath and chords which accompanied the chorus y when their mother played the they sang out Mas Ma's sweetheart the sweetheart the man in the moon rr She go goan an to be married in June Way up in a cloud where no one is allowed w She make love to her man in the moon r t The boys had cast their lot with the side which they knew always came off victorius victories The Mrs John sang the words again herself hers lf 4 I My sweetheart the sweetheart the man in the moon We goan to be married in iii JUlie Jurie Juice Way up in a cloud where whee no one is allowed I make love to my man in the moon i Jol John n shivered and grasped his hat involuntarily He st stroked the the feathers feather tenderly an and as as' he lie looked at their rich colors glowing in the moonlight he lie was glad that he lie had not made two bands y yA A long drawn sigh from Mrs John caused her husband to look at ather ather her and as he lie saw her sitting there staring up at the glorious moon 4 with her soft brown eyes he shivered again Then he lie put on his hat and walked disconsolately out of the gate We vVe had better go in said Mrs John when her husband was out of bf sight We Vve cant can't do any more to For a week Mrs 1 John sang to her mail man in the moon and John sufi suf- suf s i feied the agony of being torn by his jealousy and his love of his peacock peacock peacock pea pea- cock feathers The tune to The man in the moon buzzed through his brain all day and nearly drove him to distraction for in his simple J mind he lie really believed that there was a a man in the moon who was Mrs 1 Johns John's sweetheart At th the end of the week he lie took some of his clothes and bedding and made himself a bed in a little shed near the poultry yard There he lie rolled into it with ith a sigh of relief after placing his cherished peacock iI hat lat carefully under his pillow i I w wont won't mt hear it to-night to he lie said and turned over Just then the soft tones of a guitar broke upon his ear and close f 1 to tl the e shed he lie heard the son son- song My l sweetheart the sweetheart the man in the moon aWe a- a A. A We goan to be married in June Way up in a cloud where no one is allowed I make love to my man in the moon moon If The guitar played on and two treble voices sang out i iMas iMa's Mas Ma's sweetheart the sweetheart the man in the moon 1 I I M She's goan to be married in June June v 1 Way up in a cloud where no one is allowed She make love to her man in the moon John groaned and reached for his hat He stroked the peacock band again but it did not console him much much much-he he was thinking of the theman theman theman man in the moon Then he got up tip and put his head out of the window window window win win- dow of the shed but he lie could see no one for as soon as Mrs John caught a glimpse of his head coming to the window she pulled the boys into the shadow of the bushes and said We had better go home now we cant can't do anything more to to- to- to I 1 night The summer passed and John continued to live in the shed The song continued to haunt him and he grew thinner day by day but buthe he lie still stroked his peacock feather band at night and looked at it in the day clay time S One day in the fall as John was burning up the dry leaves and weeds which were in the barn yard a terrible scream came suddenly g F from froni the direction of the largest fire and rushing to it he saw a fine peacock with his tail afire He Ie pulled off his coat and threw it over the frantic screeching bird and as he lie put out the fire with his hands he lie ran up tip to Mr 1 V a S' S house as f fast st as his legs legs' could t carry him He got his tail on fire I save his life can life life can can I have him h he het t panted when Mr lVIr came to the door Mr laughed and nodded but did n not t have time to say yes for John was already half halfway halfway r way down the path to his own house t He nearly knocked down the kitchen door in his excitement Mina Mina he lie gasped as he lie threw one one arm around his wife wife t and held up the poor frightened peacock in the other He got his tail on fire but I save his life so now he is mine Tomorrow I kill r t. t him and make you a band for your hat The boys in the other room wondered what the excitement was fl about and coming out to the kitchen they saw their father so they began began began be be- gan to hum hung the tune to The man in the moon Their mother looked at them quickly and then gave them both a af ahard ahard f hard slap in the face I Youre bad boys you boys you make fun of your pa He bring me a ai peacock feather band she said said and taking John into the other ther room i left the astonished boys standing there l tJ J. 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