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Show & Aalkor ai "TV kMntPr") MlUhna rtf," "Colotiil Monro, a Dactrtoa." tie, g f3 .. ajpnuuirr. iwt, nr I All rUbta I OorTamirr, llrt f CJ, g rsmiiii UriiAM Alum meiTol A J UiiaatL lUDDLi j CHAPTER SIX Continued "Isn t It iphmI to be an Amerlran'' asked Jessie at her hand stole Into John's Just then n full rigged ship, inuklng from Huston llarlmr, sproud her tails nnd stood out past them. Jessie looked at her ns Uihengrln might hate looked at the swan, and whispered "Wasn't It I-onafellow who ttood here and felt with u: "My anlll la full nf Innalna Per the aocirt of hr am. And the hwiri nf ihv an-ai iicaain Santla a ihrllllna r-ulap ihrouah m" 'Yet, Jeatlv. not only lingfellow, hut limermin, llauthorne. Tlmreau nnd Cbannlng ilrvnininl here." sal.l John. Hut, Jessie. etr makes inior fee-lint;. I'm hungry " "So am I, ' laughed Jestle. "Come an, I'll race im to the Inn!" nnd iho sprang to her saddle before John ."on M nttltt her. Ticking their wny carefully down ho steep hill, they reached the hard roadbed. Then Jessie spoke In her ii so nnd dashed nliend. She was a (iKid rider, nnd, though It wns a dote ace, John Rallantly conceded defeat. In the dining-room were many guests 'rum Huston and they united to mnko i merry party It wat threo o'clock then they started again for .Nnntas-lot. .Nnntas-lot. Tho flto miles they covered at a lantcr. As John helped Jetslo from her norso at Nanlnskct some one touched him on tho shoulder. John turned. "Ilnou do o dew, John?" exclaimed n strnngo flguro of n mnn, standing there atl grins. "I snnn I'm glad tcr aco o up an' 'round agin! Ilnou do o dew, John? Ilaou air o!" "All right, Ram," said John shaking hands 8am was tho country sport of Itocky Woods, with a fame extending lo Co-basset Co-basset and not wholly unknown' In lllnghnm It wns Saturday, and 8am was In gala attire. Ilo was tall and this no account Jones It lakes a powerful pow-erful long lime ler clean a cittern out proper Hill an' (lus Is down stairs wnllln fer jp 1-et play 'cm one) game nn then e ran go homo an pull the old woman i p." "As I snld before. It's always dark down In Jones' basement, an' nono on 'em took an) account on what was goln" on You knov. how It rained iwterda mnmln'T U started In tew pour 'long about nine o'cloek." 8am paused to laugh. "When old man Show came out er Jonee' basement, the gutter wns full of water on' the rnln wns cinnln' down In sheets Kor three hours It hnd lieen rnlnln" cats nn' dogs! "Old man Bhaw wac plumb scand ler death, lie ran nil tho way Dorno. i!ver lime he looked nt a gutter-spout be nearly fainted away Ilo come tew his place an' rati 'round the back way. He looked down the hole an' saw noth-In' noth-In' but water. "allle! Snllle!' ho hollered. "The old woman wns tlnndln' on lop the bottom of the pall, up ngln the wnll The water was up tew her chin, but she wnt mad all over, an' sho hnd n't lost her voice. "'Yo've come nt latt. Hill 8haw, havo je" ho said. 'You haul mo outer hero qulckcr'n scat, nn' when I gets up I'll scratch er e)c outt Yo ilnno llils on purpose! Yo haul ma out. an I'll fix yo fer this day's work!' "Tho old man lowered a rope, an' after a hard luaalo hauled her up. Tho nt'lghlxirs say she mopped him all over tho )ard, nn' I say It tarred him right." 8am related several other Incidents In tho career of tho 8haws, and Jcsslo laughed until tho tears ran down her cheeks, They bid Ham good-day, and watched him until ho disappeared with thf famous trotter In n cloud of dust. After supper they walled for tho riling ril-ing of tho full moon Tboy saw tho 'mcvjOC yzrA&Ktxyzvp jxxrujsyzr?m awkward. Ills large, rjood nalured mouth, wldo open, displayed rows of whllo teeth, his small bluo eyes twinkled twin-kled shrewdly, nnd his ears ttood clear it n mass nf red hair Juhn glanced nt Jesslo nnd tho nughter In Jier eyes wns n sufficient hint, "Miss Carden, let mo present Mr. Hounds, n schnolmnto nnd neighbor." 8am doffed his cap with n sweeping bow. "Delighted tcr meet c, Miss Carden," Car-den," ho exclaimed, with a sincerity which did not hello his words. Ho extended ex-tended n hugo hand. "Havo often secu yo rldln' by and hoerd nit erbout Hint air runerwny. I swan, that was a mighty ticklish shavo fer )o, Miss Carden, Toll jo what lot'a do! Let's have somo sody wator an' Ico cream. It's my treat to-day! Sold a boss this mornln' an' mndo forty-two dollars clean profit on him, I'm great on bosses, .V ii Carden. John, hero, runs tcr books an' studyln' nn' nil that, Hut, as I say, my Lining holt Is bosses. They say wo all has our llttlo weaknesses weak-nesses present company, of course, expected, I,ct'a go an' git that sody an' Ico cream," And Bam led tho wny to a pavilion and Impressively ordered or-dered tho suggested refreshments, Jesslo engaged Sam In conversation, laughing merrily at his odd remarks and stories. Ho pointed to nn old farmer who drovo past In a rickety wagon. "Thero goes old mnn Shaw," said Sam. "Ilo llvos down the road from our house, an' he's a great character. Yesterday mornln' Mrs. Shaw told tho old man thu cistern nrtcr be ctoancd out. It hadn't rained fer so long that the water waa nil gone, and the 'lowed It was n good chanco tow clean It out. Old man Shnw 'lowed sho was right, hut said Ms rheumatics was so all-fired all-fired bad It wouldn't dow fer him tew Ko donn Inlew nu damp place llko n cistern; so ho lowered tho old woman an' sent her down a pall of water an' tome toap an' n tcrubbln' brush. "Tit go down tow the postoirtco an' see If tharo's a letter, an' then rotno back and pull yo out,' ho hollered Ion tho openln'. Sho said, 'All right,' in' wnt tew work Old man Bhaw sent tew tho pottomce. ntked fer n iHtter, an' of course, tliaro waru't nono Ilo started back, an' was Just patsln' tho cobbler's place, when ho met Jones. "Whore o goln'T' he nskod old man Shaw. "'The old woman's cleanln' the cittern, cit-tern, an' I'vh got tow go homo an' haul her out' sai Shnw. "'flfct tlrt't got It done jet.' tays stalely orb of night break nbovo the ocean's rim and blend Its whllo light with tho pink afterglow of sunset Hathod In her Hood, they turned their horses homeward, riding through a shadow ed and shimmering fair) land Tho gnarled nnd wlnd-wrcnrhed apple ap-ple treea wero otchod In llnea of weird beauty against tho sky. Tho rugged slono walls wero softened, and faded nwny Into dreamy perspectives, In tho ) ears which followed, how the scenoa and Incidents of that summer enmo back to John HurtI Under many sklea ho recalled Iho happy hours spent with Jesslo Carden. Again ho drifted with her In a bont, floating at will of hreeio nnd tide, her hand trailing trail-ing In tho water, and Iho murmur of her volco In hla eara. Again they walked down tho wooded path, whllo the black of tho night stood llko a wall In front of them, nnd Jostlo clutched nt hit arm when an owl sounded hit solemn cry. Jestlo wnt going to Vattar, and John had passed tho examination which admitted him lo Harvard. Ho found that ho could study much better under the shade of tho Hlthop trees than In nny other spot, nnd Jessie hold tho text-books whllo he recited. Tho weeks glided by llko n dream. Ono day In autumn ho stood by her sldo on tho stntlon platform In lllnghnm. lllng-hnm. As tho train rumbled In, something some-thing roto lo his throat and a film stole over his o)es, "flood by, John!" "Hood by, Josalol" Tho train glided out from tho station: sta-tion: n llttlo hand fluttered a laco handkerchief from a window; a sun-buniod sun-buniod pair waved In reply, jestlo had gono back to Ilotton. |