. The little Colonel . inutes, his red tongue hanging out asif he were completely exhausted. Suddenly he gave a spring, andbounded away through the tall bluegrass. He was back again in a mo-ment, with a stick in his mouth. Stand- Ube Xittle Colonel ing up with his fore paws in the lap ofhis little mistress, he looked so wistfullyinto her face that she could not refusethis invitation for a romp. The Colonel chuckled as they wenttumbling about in the grass to find thestick which the child repeatedly tossedaway. He hitched his chair along to theother end of the porch as they keptgetting farther a
. The little Colonel . inutes, his red tongue hanging out asif he were completely exhausted. Suddenly he gave a spring, andbounded away through the tall bluegrass. He was back again in a mo-ment, with a stick in his mouth. Stand- Ube Xittle Colonel ing up with his fore paws in the lap ofhis little mistress, he looked so wistfullyinto her face that she could not refusethis invitation for a romp. The Colonel chuckled as they wenttumbling about in the grass to find thestick which the child repeatedly tossedaway. He hitched his chair along to theother end of the porch as they keptgetting farther away from the avenue. It had been many a long year sincethose old locust-trees had seen a sightlike that. Children never played anymore under their dignified shadows. Time had been (but they only whis-pered this among themselves on rarespring days like this) when the littlefeet chased each other up and down thelong walk, as much at home as thepewees in the beeches. Suddenly the little maid stood up 5 Ube OLtttle Colonel. straight, and began to sniff the air, asif some delicious odour had blownacross the lawn. Fritz, she exclaimed, in delight, Imell trawberries ! The Colonel, who could not hear theremark, wondered at the abrupt pausein the game. He understood it, how-ever, when he saw them wadingthrough the tall grass, straight to hisstrawberry bed. It was the pride of hisheart, and the finest for miles first berries of the season had beenpicked only the day before. Those thatnow hung temptingly red on the vineshe intended to send to his next neigh-bour, to prove his boasted claim ofalways raising the finest and earliestfruit. He did not propose to have his plansspoiled by these stray guests. Layingthe field-glass in its accustomed place 6 Ube Xittle Colonel on the little table beside his chair, hepicked up his hat and strode down thewalk. Colonel Lloyds friends all said helooked like Napoleon, or rather likeNapoleon might have looked had hebeen born and bred a Kentuck
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