The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, August 03, 1909, Page 3, Image 4
A Farm Idyl
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso
ciation
???^1 AIN'T'cause I don't think he's
III good enough. Tomruie's the j
best man I ever had on this j
I I farm. 'Talu't 'cause of thai
?er anything else, only he can't have
my Susan, an' I told aim so this i
.mornln'."
Pap Hildref'; finished filling the old
?browD busk* -tfk ith potatoes and arose
stiffly from his knees. There was a
peaceful, satisned look on his seamed
face as he wiped his dirty hands on
his freshly washed overalls and let bis
?eyes roam about him.
"I'm comfortable." he said, address
ing the old drab hen that was In
dustriously pecking holes in the mel
low red tomatoes just beyond. "I'm
?comfortable well fixed."
The hen turned her back upon him
and sent a spray of dust over the low
"wire fence with the unerriug aim of
"her kind directly in his face.
The dirt se"'od in his hair and
beard, and Pa; * lldrefb set his basket
down and wiped* his mouth on hi.
rsleeve.
Now. he, Pap EZildretb. was a mode
fanner not only to his family, but to
?everything on the farm. To this par
ticular drab hen he had always been
kind and indulgent. Time out of uum
ber had he let her offenses go unpun
Ished only because his heart was big
and he could overlook little mistakes
She was a nuisance, too; he confessed
it to himself now as he spat the gri'
out from beneath his teeth and watch
?ed her destroy whole bunches of red
tomatoes. She had never acted like
?other hens that he could remember,
?and his acquaintance with hens" was
large. She had never laid an egg in
"her life. She had simply stood around
?with a proud, defiant air and waited
for the other hens to do their work.
Then she would proceed to clean up
on the fruits of their labor. She ate
the eggs. She was an aristocrat?no
-doubt of that. She was big and fat
and sleek. Her comb was red as
"blood, and she fairly danced and
pranced about, she was so full of life
and spirits.
"You sure do seem to be enjoyln'
life." continued Pap Hildreth, coming
over to the fence and looking over.
He smiled at the hen from his lips and
?heart and one eye. The other had a
gravel chip in It and couldn't smile.
Pap Hildreth kept It closed.
The hen lifted her head and listened
without turning. Then she put her
head Impudently on one side and said
something sotto voce.
A red flush stole up across Pap Hil
dreth'? already red neck and face.
"If sue didn't say devil as plain as I
or any man kin say It. then my hear
In's gettin' bad." he told himself.
Now. as usual. Pap Hildreth. being
in an amiable mood, had addressed the
hen in a gentlemanly way. He had
simply said, "I'm comfortable well
fixed." and that was ay?nothing
about such a remark for a hen to take
objection to. and he knew It.
He didn't like it a bit, but he simply
grinned foolishly and turned to pick
xip his basket.
Then the drab ben said something
that fairly made his short hair bristle
?something that even he could not let
go unchallenged. He heard it distinct
ly and knew there was no mistaking.
He returned to the fence, his heavy
eyebrows knitted in a frowu. aud the
hen turned and faced him. For a mo- 1
meut the two
looked into one j
another's eyes;
then the h e u j
turned her back
upon bim again
with all a boss'
disdain and sent
a h a D d f u I of j
gravel into his
f a c e at close
quarters.
It was a terri- '
ble insult, an un
pardonable one.
Her life m u s t
pay the penalty.
So decided Pap
Hildreth, stand
ing with lips
drawn back from
? lust tilled teeth
and eyes tight
closed and bauds
gripping either j
trousers leg in helpless frenzy. I>ie
she must, and now?right now. She
should live to make his life n terror
not another minute lougcr than be
could help.
Rut how was he to accomplish his
end? Any hen is clever when it comes
to the last "Lights out!" call. This
particular hen he well kuew would try
all his resourcefulness.
He would deceive her. Yes. that
was the only way. He would let her i
think he considered her audacity clev- |
er; he would go any lengths so that
her suspicions might not be aroused.
*Hc en n't have my
Susun."
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TheD when she least expected it he
would seize her and pluck her neck
feathers out one by one and with bis
own fingers force small particles of
sharp gravel stones into her eyes. He
would laugb at her helplessness and
gloat?yes. that's what he'd do. gloat
over her helplessness. And he would
take her life slowly, torturing her all
the while. He might burn her to
death, but slowly, or scald her in the
big copper caldron, a little piece at a
time.
So far bis mind was fully made up.
Now he must proceed to act So he(
whistled softly?whistled in a dusty, |
wheezy treble?"Ole Zip Coon."
He couldn't see the hen, but he knew
she had picked up her head to listen.
So he with grent difficulty scraped
away at his left eye until he had it
clean enough to see a little. He still
kept whistling, although every note
gave him pain, and the dusty persplra
tion running down his face was all
that furnished the necessary moisture
for his whistle.
He stopped whistling and began to
hum "There Were Ninety and Nine
as he squeezed himself through the
fence, keeping his eye on the hen.
"Poor man!" she said, sidestepping
yard or two and smiling at him.
"Cuss you!" whispered Pap Hildreth
"Jest you wait!"
The hen, which had been scratching
in time to his whistle, said something
softly to herself and looked so pleased
that all the dormant evil In Pap Hil
dreth's nature that had slumbered on
"Poor man/" she chuckled.
awoke with a start. Henceforth his
one object in life was to destroy her.
"Chookie, cbookie. chookie!" he call
ed softly. "Poor chookie! Come and
get some corn."
He threw a handful of dirt about his
feet, and the hen stood on one foot
and craned her neck. "Poor man!"
she chuckled and recommenced opera
j tious on the tomatoes.
I Her back was toward him, and Pap
Hildreth got down on bis hands and
knees and crept toward her. Nearer
and nearer he drew uutll the prize was
I within his grasp. Oh. glory of glories!
I He reached out and. with the words
"Dang you?now I've got you!" made
, a grab at her. Alas that it should be
I the part of man to simply propose!
The hen sidestepped again and sought
the other side of the row of vines.
I Pap Hildreth lay still and said
! things to himself. He made up his
I mind now that when he caught the
hen he would pluck her feathers out
? one by one and tie her dowu to a bed
of ants. And be would catch her. This
be vowed.
I "Chookie. chookie!" he cried, softly
extending oue bare arm toward her.
I A yellow moth settled dowu and
alighted on his arm. Glory! The hen
saw the moth and was creeping toward
it. Now be would have her sure. Just
let her within Iiis reach, and?
She came slowly, trustingly, the yel
low moth her loadstone to destruction.
At last she was there. He would wait
for her to make a roach f>>r the moth.
Then he would grab ber by the neck:
he would jab one of her eyes out with
bis linger. Yes. be would take that
much revenge at once. She came,
and? Pap Hildreth felt a sharp paiu,
as though bis arm was poked by a
redhot Iron, and, lo, she was away
again, the yellow moth fluttering iu
her beak!
Human flesh can endure but so much,
and Pap Iliidretb's stock of patience
was exhausted.
The drab ben bad pecked Pap Hil
dreth on the muscles of the forearm,
leaving a puueturo from which oozed
a little trickle of blood. Noting this.
Pap Hildreth east strategy to the
winds and sprang to bis feet, witli a
growl.
"I might shoot her." lie muttered, |
slipping bis galluses down and tying ;
them about bis waist, "only it 'ml be j
too easy a death for her. I wantef !
torture ber. so I'll run her down, I i
will, by gosh!"
Accordingly be made a dash for the )
hen, and the ben made a dash for the j
fence. She went through with Hying
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colors. Through the. fence she went
and through the fence Pap Hildreth
followed, puffing like a steam engine.
Across the potato patch they raced
and down the path to the barnyard.
The hen dashed around the straw
stack, aud Pap Hildreth. with the su
perior wisdom of mankind, circled the
stack in an opposite direction so as to
meet the drab hen on the other side.
She came sailing around, her bead
over her shoulder and her wings spread
wide. Pap Hildreth made a grab for
her and tumbled pellmell over a fam
ily of little pigs half hidden in the
straw.
He was too much out of breath to do
any damage to the small pips; other
wise it might have fared badly with
them just at this time. When he got
his wind back tbey had wisely taken
themselves away, and the drab hen
he saw quietly
disappearing be
neath the drive
shed. Armed with
a two tined fork.
Pap Hildreth
made his way la
boriously to the
shed and peered
underneath It.
Ah. fate was
kind Indeed, for
the drab ben
was there, sure
enough. She had
settled down, as
she thought, se
cure from all dan
ger beneath the
shed floor. Pap
Hildreth judged
that he could
easily reach her
with a fork. He
tried it. If he
'On, oh!" groaned
Pap Hildreth.
could but impale her in its tines b<*
would have the shed torn down If nec
essary In order to get at her. No; the
fork was just a trifle short. He work
ed his head and shoulders under tho
shed. IIa, ha I Now he could spear
her easily.
Just at this juncture a flock of sheep
came round the corner of the shed and
gazed wide eyed at the strange sight
of a fat little man fanning the air with
his legs. The proud leader of the
flock went forth to investigate. Reach
ing over to sniff at the waving feet of
Pap BJldreth. this particular sheep
received a kick under the Jaw that
made him see all kinds of green and
blue balls and stirred deep resentment
within his breast.
Accordingly he barked away and
came against Pap Hildreth's exposed
person with such force as to drive the
poor man under the shed, wedging him
between the ground and the shed floor
so tightly that he could scarcely budge,
let alone breathe.
"Oh, oh!" groaned Pap Hildreth and
kicked out lustily, only to receive a
more violent shock from the old ram.
Pap Hildreth lowered his legs and
lay still. He could feel the hot sun
on the calves of his legs, which were
exposed owing to the fact that his
troussrs had slipped up on them. Then
the little pigs came over to Investigate,
too. and rubbed their moist noses on
those Calves until poor Pap Hildreth
had to lift his legs again, which was
the signal for another onslaught from
the ram.
How long he lay there helpless he
never knew. It seemed hours to him.
wedged in as he was so as to be scarce
ly able to breathe and receiving at reg
r' ~ Intervals a shock from the old
ra^i. He gave himself up to fate. He
was sure he would die unless help
soon came, and there was little hope
of It, as he was on the south side of
the shed, and even If anybody did by
chance happen to come into the barn
yard he might never be seen. He
tried to shout, but he was too tightly
wedged in. He could hardly breathe,
let alone call. The old drab hen bad
looked around at him and called him
some more names, after which she had
said goodby and left blin.
After what seemed hours to him
Pap Hildreth heard a voice as coming
"I'ull mc out, Tommlc!"
from a lung distance?t wo voices, in
fad ?to which he heard his daughter,
his own llcsh and blood, the darling of
his old age, reply;
"Make him promise first, dear."
"Pull me out." supplicated Tap Iiil
dreth weakly. "For heaven's sake, pull
me ?.ti-t. Toinmie!"
"Kin I have Susan'.-" came the re
sponse.
"Yes, you kin, on one condition,"
faintly replied Pap Hildreth.
".Make him name it," said the other
voice.
"Name it." said Tom.
"If you'll catch me that old hen."
answered Pap Hildreth.
"I'll do it." said Toinmie. And he
did.
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