The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-03
By CELETT BURGESS AND WILL IRWIN.

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l.r1nlIS STORY or TIE rARl1l1 MILE
Llsirr. OK LOVE SrIiArlGlC.
i had hound pip once that would eat
! anything II, tho world II he on! Eot ing
Iden that you WAS takin' II away from
him sawd,lst or grass OF ch',,.As 49,, -
ocal 1t made no difference 70 Ing l'up
Just hold Ii o,iL, an make Ike you was
| Eoih' to haul It back again. an he'd gran
| IL an sink 1t so quick he never knew NO"
| II tasted He only wanted 1T because ne
couldn't get 1t.
Now, when was younger, they was ,iss
points Of resemblance between me IN ~,
that pup That's the only excuse co1'lu
ever cook up for my fallin' In love win
| Matte kenney n 5i
YOU see. old man Kenney had T. INC OF
| fence across our private road. vice a. q
| year my pa used to go out Will snot-
gun and lake pot shots at old RenneU
while our hired man sawed down inc
| fence posts. An twice year, fenney
would swear out d warrant for pa. II
come a regular as Christmas an curtin
OF July snipin Kenneys was the "a
voritc sport Of my chlldhoods happy
! hours.
seein. that buckshot is penetratin an.
sometimes n rmanent in It's effects.
never met Matte Kenney till vas nine,
tcen when one July day. havn' nothin
particular to do ! went up to take
look at the mines Mt Al,naden. She blew
out into the snperntendent's Office with.
another girl Willie was hearth how
amalgam works.
Miss Wilmarlh, Mr.. Golcher.' he
says, an then. Miss Kenney. Mr..
Golchcr.
Well sir, when he said Kerney. was
for dndgir.' behind the desk an drawing
quick. by instinct. but by the time he
had finished sayin Golcher. ] was laid
out cold She caught my game com
pete. I approved Of her most cordial.
] s'pose II was the hound pup IN me,
for she was doll II they ever vas one.
SHE was little, an kind Of chunky an
buggy, with n pink face an great big
black eyes. all smcary dairy around the
cdgcs. III
Now. reckon that when what the
lady who gives advice about love In
The rcwspa pers calls normal young man
sees what she'd call a normal young
woman. the frs; crack out OF the box
he begins to wonder what 1t would be
like to own her. Anyway, that's the
way 1t hit me, all Of a heap: an my
second idea was that ! couldn't have
her. not without a blamed embarrassin
funeral. An so that's what nailed me
cold to the proposition that had to
have her.
Well, the Willmarth girl ] knew Their.
some. liavin' took her to dances an
80 on. She got In. an worked her con-
rerser heavy TO make things pleasant.
but. nil the same. It was Matte Kenney
| I walked alongside OF when we left the
office TO look at the quicksilver tanks.
Before we got through dom the sights.
Maize had begun to trair them smeary
black eyes Of hers on me. as IL | was
the whole works. an hid spoiled the
only five dollar gold piece had on me.
dippin' 1t into quicksilver to show her
how the nn,algam stuck on. 1t took me
two nights ronstin that five over
coal oil lamp before / got II Off, but
would have risked n twenty.
When we got to her buggy to go home
! l let her know that r was willin to enjoy
more OF her society. Seems like they
was n little speck Of hound pup in her,
too. for she said:
"r generally visit Bee yviilnlarth sun
day nights" Then predicted that Bill
Colchcr wasn't goin' to attend evenln
services next Sunday, very heavy. You
bet | didn' t,ueither,
found business for her pa. an an en-
gagcinent for her ma, an left us alore
on the pIhzza with nothiu' hut the cat
an hammock. That was Bees first
move on the chess board OF love. an
I'll bet that even then she could have
announced mate IN t~ehtJ-seVsn moves.
Ike this here i.asker. Buy, L3ca! oidn I
suspect rothin. why should !! Atter
Matte was gone was 'nat srateiui
that ! Kisseu pee ininaftn. wren !
Wouldn nave CARED % -! me henhey
ErL " course, ! ulant mean notn,n
an Was :. fnlies away rom s"spectt'h
no" mucn, II meant =. % bee, -. 49,
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folks w,li iii ha away 10 morrow.2 don't
M, want - COMA over sn,rvom Az Mails
M, M viii rst s,,,ners'; II sounded so
nica m. home.Iiku' will, Matte an. me-
IN Ia Kitchen together mat [ shivered
Z wac lookin, at ii like a Kitchen butt
for two, Matte ar, me, Of course, with
J3eo srcnrosentn' the hired girl 8