u young scamp?" demanded

a minute or two,"

two!" ejacula

id Sam. "You see I aint got

got through six hills all the m

cat came along-" S

pted the deacon. "She didn

I'd chase her ou

at

ome of the potatoes," said Sam, a

hase her out of the field, whe

come back, so I chas

ou cat

come round here again," said Sam, in the to

come ri

u see I was pretty tire

catch you in half a minute," said the old man, with justifiable sa

strations. But his guardian was not a man of violence, and did not propose to i

no violence was intended, and hoping to escape

ter," said

yet) went to work with remarkable energy, to the imminent danger o

ast enough

d we'll work along together. Take car

han he had ever done before in his life. He began to think it was no joke,

he thought. "I don't like workin

?" he asked, after a while. "Won't

aid the

t see w

loosened around them, and hea

of trouble

," said the deaco

es like apples," said Sam. "Th

doin's, Samuel," said the deacon, s

derin', that wa

said the old man, indulging in a

acon's foot with his descending hoe. Unfortunately, the deaco

d foot from the ground, while a spasm of anguish contract

ou?" asked Sa

acon, using, in his excitement, words whi

k it was your

re careful next time

l," sa

cumstances, thought it best not to refer to the matter. But at last the welcome sound o

el," said the deacon. "W

ith alacrity, throwing d

and carry it with y

re any more to-day!" s

oe in the fields. Some cat might come along a

idea of a cat stealing a hoe, and

reat satisfaction, saw on one side a pie like that which had tempted him the night before.

of meat and potatoes. When that was desp

cleared h

have no pie, M

or his misdeeds of the ni

my sleep," he said, with a b

hat," said

, then?" as

his mornin', and was gone nigh o

Deacon Hopkins," said

serve any di

m, who could not bear to lose so

I mean. He that will n

nough afterwards

ed well part of the time, so I gave you part

e more meat, th

esitating. "You need streng

sm this afternoon instead of

their place. The afternoon is for work; the even

t to work all the time? A good many people, older than Sam, are of the same opinion, and it is not wholly without reason; but then, it should be bo

. He placed his hand on his stomach, and b

atter?" asked

, screwing up his face

," said Mrs. Hopk

afraid I'm going to be v

s, Martha?" asked the d

d such attacks before. Yes, you may lay down in your roo

f his little trick. It was very much pleasante

k in the old wo

changed his mind, as we sh