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Show A Fall Idyl. Vitjic Have- you harvesten yrmr grasshee nSr- m ra el? St'r This may sound queel to ally bred Lto1 folka who don't kiu uttteli nbout fiV? farming but the man or woman wim BQfiu, waa onre- a country boy will under sBbe'' stand The man or woman who wis WSaJ i mice eniintry girl will also ftod ex mQStt thrill al the suggest loo nf happy day-M HLVK' down on the farm among the gins'. Hwi hopiMTs, ihe lightning hngs and ttm ssalaW pip Ah well I remember how o itHSf used to gn down lo the rlvor hunk In HrW the i osy Viiiiiinnal lime and harvi-st gggHS hoppergrasseat H The pniH-r I line to Hire ah eras- H hoppers la Jual after the rural nnet haa ataalB sent tn the iilunt) seat tMimr a burn HaBH Ing isiem redolent of deep and naming gliaHr woods, a heart throb lulersllced with ugaB tinea onre mine assuring us that "tie- uagH frimt I em the pnmpkln aad Ihe tixt ga&H tier's In Ihe slack'" usaaiS Then It la fiHH Autumn's are hiirus slnttl) In Ihs wimi.1 IH IM) by ils Hie deail leave fall ael in-0 KlaalaBl The pun arses hang luslnss there kfJH The wends are full uf rrtnisiwi nh The melam holy days at eiHtt H The days nr yellow, maltem, rtpetif-d While and dainty rhuatkiU ltt H The summer's IhreMati cheat la done gl The season Is one im etlsl and neetlnw H fulness Nu Curl) Uieks. this Isn't sintry I H am Just telling you about the Antuuiti time when graashopiM-rs are rlM H Welt you gn on down through tlm jf lMitutlful vista of color and iiigweeel, H down tin- squirrel haunted hillside Ihniugh Ihe ravine where Ole Thoiilp H son keeps his Ihitliniu bull, on ami on H over Ihe hill and through Ityealruw ImrlH-dwire fence to Ihe river where Iho grasshoppers ale sunning them selves free from Iheumatlsiu eon traded during a frnsty night ,H There niuld Ihe henullful sidendor H of Hie harvest time and wllh Ihs dry leaves rustling all nruund, you siichiU ruthleesly iiimn the bopiM-r crop ami swat II In Ihe iiiurenlrle with your H old pluxh rap Aa faal us you swat H nnn yon put It In your iMn-ket and keep H on (lie' how lliat nun lie kiwi the ia1tu if your band' There Is only one Illicit: H Hint make a man's Iniml tlcklo more H Ihnn the anwy leg of a grasshopper H II a when he get lmcked Into the gH rear tlor with a grato Urn slumber H lug In Ihe chimney corner and a dim H pled hand very much awukn III his Tho light I low, ver low. Indeed, and H ma nnd ia havo Kono to beil, Tlm PgH Kltl'tliaLr liJivury hrowu.llicru Js-u , "igggH nisei In oncli t lii-e'k, heaven In her oyc H and a tlckllshnoM In her palm that H make )ou want lo )cll for help H Then, all nt once, you reullui llmt she iIim.s not nt-ed any help and yon H hang nnlo her pulsing, warm hand H and sqiilrnilngly aunnunro that lliei H nngela aro sluicing ruitllme when she H la ever nigh You lell her hut In see H her waa In hive her and never love gH nnollier' nil te4l her the fragrance H of her presence Is lloda on earlh H that her orb of sight .mi tike gteal H star that over shine a heiit-dli-hin H uiMin your soul' H Oh ou gel awe) up In Ihe all -and IH come down with a thud when she ask IB you how much money you havu Mvixl' H Mali) u man, says she, awi-etly H ki-eplng tier ilpe, riMUfhud llm rem H sirvallvely In the lisrkground, 'ask H a woman to Ily wllh him when he H hasn't enough money lo buy u pair of H rhlcken w lints In a Chicago rnslau H And thill you cin'l stand Ihu tick H ling any longer and uilllier can hIiu H and jour lips mc-e-t In u suction H drntighl Unit Curlulnl Well, an) H how, you Ik gin In savo uller that ami H when you huve 18 10 In tho bank join H argument that tho two of you nun live hssbH cheoiHir marrleil than you alone can H live alngle, lake root and you get H marrlisl and lii'tln to buy Hut Inhv H slicHia' H Tliut Just Hie way u giusshoiper H tlcklea In jour hand' Oil, ), I was H talking iilxMit graasliopetr throatilng H Well, you giggle around wllh your H hamls and your mmI,i'1s full of grow gH hop'per until It Is (line lo iinwrup the H llshllne ami get busy. Then the black tm ha come lo the lianqni't ami pa) lie -H penalty of t lie lr gieud -H Did you ever notice Hint greedy pi-n B plo alwiijs pay Hu- penally or the! lalB folly? Wlmnovi r I am Invited nut to Ml dinner nnd eat so long my wife lias mWH In inaku Iho family reiunteralgn oi HSi kick mo under Ihe lulile, then I liavi (Bfll d)sMiilu next da) ami abuse my ot IbH Urn hoy' You Just can't ge-l away IHH from It and neither ran Hie boy when rfgaal hla grandmother is dead ami tlm base H ball season I over Mgi Now, of ceiiimv, I lutle In tsunpare B3 myself tu u Dab slaie I got no line nBv water wagon, but, well Isn't It mine-- flKj humane lo natch Ihe llsh than lo nvei HQ feeel him ami give him dyspepsia? It HH hard ou the graaabnpper, I know but kVgl be ha no business to be a Kraeshop wH per' (H Thla reminds me of that old ciniuii- jH drum, "Which would you rather do or giH go a flahlng?" R(-- . Ho long, our visit's over for to-day. H Come In again any 1 1 me Just after din - nor and alay until Juat Nfore teu H Ilrlui; your ornchet wtirk ot nit I H |
