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' ' Byrank Pearson;
(CopyrigfitW: . Chapman.)
The- Waltons wefe'-npt idealists,
and woe'iC after1 skypars of married
life, they todkVthejnasefitffc and' Bobby,
kged'fiye, trftbe Jong hped 'for ccun
trz.hdme. they wereLprepaf ed for cer-
taihmbatlp.ss,'r;i not eel
easperated'eftibLcoal turned to
cobblestones ia,t&eTn.kce'.alid the
kitchen chimdme. smoked meat
a. partjOf 'eve3fciip'Bit they did
hope "io wseCbjce,1 t
'Orietpab'ofiym6uflb. 'Rocks will
produce two' hunoredpung at the
"He's a Good Watch Dog."
end of a year,'- said Mary. "Now., al
lowing for,- ten per cent failing to
hatch, that means 32,600 at the end
of the second year, or, at fifty cents
apiece, $16,300. Deduct ?500 for food
and fencing and Bobby, don't you
go' near' the, pond'!""
John did not'see'it hat way, but he
did see a future in intelligent chicken
raising. He preferred ducks, bufwiili
a roving little boy upon the premises
the duck pond was not to be made at
tractive with feathered tenants. Bob
by was abnormally inquisitive, knd
the pond kept his mother in qonstant
"alarums and incursions," as Shake
speare puts it So they planned' to
drain it, and meanwhile started on
the chicken proposition, in the shape
of a gigantic rooster and ten hens,
thereby materially increasing the es
timated profits.
The day after the purchase, how
ever, there were one rooster and nine
hens. The next day there were one
roster and eight hens, and a week
later there were on forlorn and angry-looking
rooster and. two hens,
which went about their domain with
an apprehensive air., r
"It's the pip,": announced John, aft
er studying them intently.
"But pip doesn't obliterate, them,
does it, John?" asked Mary.
"Wouldn't there be- something left to
show?" V
"Then it's thieves," said' JohhVex-.
ultantly. "Now I've got it. I'll get a
gun." S
M$ry was afraid of guns and walk
ed to insure their lives instead. But
John was scornful of this proposition)
It was to a gun or a dog. A gun cosjj
uiieeii uuuars, auu a uug, a. guuu uu.
Tint a tlinTVMifrVihvn? Vinf -ii.of A-
had for less. John couldn't make"
his" mind. Providentally, as it seemi
it was made up for him. That eve:
ing an elderly darky appeared at
front, door. ,
xo aon want to ouy a goo
houn,' do you, boss?" he inquired
pulling at a length of string, from the
far end of which a yelp&ig sound ras
heard. The yelping became more
audible, and after a. few yards had
been drawn in a yellowish parallelo
gram came into view.
"Lay down, Gharliei" his maste:
commanded. Ah'll let yo' have
houn' for five dollars, boss," sail th
