A Conscript’s Chrstmas
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
/rom The Centurv:
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As the soldiers approached a dog
harked, and then the singing ceased
and the figure of a girl appeared in
the doorway, only to disappear like
a flash.
This vision, vanishing
with incredible swiftness, was suc
ceeded by a more substancial one
in the shape of a motherly looking
woman, who sfoo<l gazing over her
spectacles at the horseman, appar
ently umleeided whether to frown
or to smile. The smile would have
undoubtedly forced its way to the
pleasant face in any «■vent, for the
years had fashioned n any a path
way for it, but jnst then Unde
Billy Powers himself pushed the
woman aside and made hiis appt ar-
ance. laughing.
“'Light, Loys, ’light!’’ he ex
claimed walking nimbly to the
gate. “’Light whil- h I off wi’your
erectur’s gear. Ah!” he went on,
as he busied* himself unsaddling
the horse s, "you though; that whili-
your Uncle Billy’ was a-moonin’
aroun’down the hill yander you’d
steal a intlreh on your Aunt t'rissy.
an’ maybe come a-conscriptin’ of
her into the army. But not so—
not so! \ our I ne'e Bully has been
lit re long enough to gi t his hands
an’ his face rested.”
as graceful, never pestered herself
about formalities. Initocense is not
infrequently a very delightful form
of boldness. It was so in the case
of Polly powers, at any rate.
Th«; two rough soldiers, unused
to the society of women, were far
more awkward and constrained than
the young woman, but they enjoy
ed the Lig fir«; and the comfortable
supper none the less on that ac
count. When, to employ Mrs.
Powers’s vernacular, “the things
were put away,” they brought forth
their pipes; ami they felt so con-
tented that Captian Moseley re-
proved himself by suggesting that
it might be well for them to proceed
on their journey up the mountain.
But their hosts refused to listen to
such a proposal
“Not so,” exclaimed Uncle. Billy;
“by no means. Why, it you knew
this hill like we all, you’d hoot at
the bar’ idee of gwine further after
nightfall. Besides,” the old man
went on, looking keenly at his
dauglm r, “ten to one you won’t find
Spurlock.”
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it wk ward to a degree.
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«1« mure by turns, her moods were
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illuminated
e cabin, was
heightened
rtain quality
that may lx
I as individu-
alitv! Her
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r«>>< s of youth ami In alth plaved
constantly. There is nothing more
charming to the eye of m tn than
the effei'ts pr.xlm'etl when modesty
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tv ami c«inventi«'nality Pollr, wh<
was as shy as a ground squirrel ami
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’a’ beat you,” sai«l the old man.
■ l'wo ii ii les of tough roatl. I should
AFTER
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mV, l spondctl Moseley.
Loss of V: cici
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ic money ii
We ba' o
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