They were continually challenging each other
beginning early in tho morning and ending
i late in the afternoon, one !:ri :g off "Dixie”
; and tlie other "Yankee Doodle." It was
j "Yanl«'e-di nlle b.oddy do” and “Doodle
doodle Dixie too." like too chanticleers chal
'■ longing each other afar off.
■ This was the situation as it. appeared to
Squire Fambrough and his daughter- On
i this particular morning the sun was shin
! ing brightly and the birds were fluttering
; joyously in the budding trees. Miss Julia
had brought her bock out. into the grove
of venerable oaks which was the chief
beauty <>f the place and had seated herself
_ a rustic bench that was built around
■! iLe t;i-i->. dust as J- he had heemne
; interested she heard a rille shot. She
' moved uneasily, but fell to reading again,
and was apparently absorbed in the book,
when she heard another shot- Then she
threw' the book down and rose to her feet,
! making a very pretty center piece in the
| woodland setting.
