The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06

a. boy Of fifteen couldn't wed a maid Of
her nge without making folks laugh even
\ IL hc could get Il pnrson to hitch them,
vet a chap OF three-atl twenty might
very properly take n Girl Of flve-an-t TWEEN
ty without the deed calling for any Ques-
ton. An her loved me truly en- ough for
though YOU only see a worn out scare
crow afore you now, yet seventy years
agono 1 filled the eye OF more mnidens
than one, and was bowerly youth to
look upon--tnll, straight tough, WI hair
80 black MS q crow. T "a
'1ohn james he never knowed that
cared u button for Nelly. never showed
It 10 n living soul but her; an she
kept quet-for fear Of being laHs an az at
match with John James, an he pressed
| her SO hard tn shed have took ,, him.
hut for no.. He was pretty fellow
wI axe har an hot terrible gtron 81
Dnrtymoor In them days
! "A1o an her met BY appointment u
week afore she'd got ito to, FIVE eor n'm ,ye.i i
to thls holf; IN yot Ills seventy odd
years agone. b OnB aartland Tor us sat
in the heather unseen, on, .,,p oa ny ~.
arms around her, an loved her. err ], an !,
First 4 inade her prick her finger vi,
thorn Of tho furzc, an draw BLOOD 9, an a.,
swear SAfOro the LlF!nE 'tou sHe y t.t r.. I.
OF a farm She was for Joking about ING
matter at first. but .oon forced ne " "
grow serious. She dono what I told .neI.
an since she be!ieyed n the LiVihn ~, G ios;
sight, for never believed in nothing
but mysclf-not even, when was q. q BOY 20 =.
9 9ail out 'Ns With JOIN james PIT words
jInlher mouth$to say to him. i know the
fashion q man he beEshort q an AZ AZ \,
6 aa t!eWIPS f9 Teil h has not your
col III Il you like. Tell him hem too
pink nn' white for e. Say It's enough w.
y aa' y newer o we'd e Make
! him angry--you ban't a woman Il you
don't know how to do that, Then IN. !. \,
rest be easy enough p Mei nat eo, 81
you no more, for hem 80 \ proud ~ as
Satan. IS
Nellie Baker took In al / said d, !; an an
inside week she'd droppiH,a a my n ol H.
| vanished four-an'-twenyt hours af Yer
,, she'd hinged hlms over. was the last Is
that seed him. Vas
s sethsf any 4Hf Rsn nv ais his ,roubs
hadn't word to fling to me-. .mpsy
light fell, mn went to a tool shed TO.
don my jacket an SO home. I !. sie. J az
said. You so to. the devil he answered.
/ Won't come at 'all.' SO home walked
wi,out word an he never, comh e,,
I hlinsagain from that day to this. !.
ga nine days wonder It was; an II
killed my mother, for John James was
with win John Oh JAMES out OF the way, 7
coined TO be bit more Imporl ant IN the
house. As for Nelly, she kept 50 true
to me as the bird to- her .nest-f ,' ilve
an had saved over three hundred
pounds for her an she was twenty
two. ), !, ], = !, !. I, ! I
Of age, oliver HONEYWELL turned up
from down country an rented that t, old
tenement farm what he called Merrlpit.
An he coined WI tio VIZ l o. !rI,,peto
liI ' lis ali how to farm, an make money
|. pom weekdays. an how to get 70 heaven
Sundays. III ~, tfot
handsome, prosperous man.. with, the IN,
\ solenco Of spollt cat! DIG plenty OF
good as the saying goes. an, went apont
IKE prSeosson for nG HIM r every
Street corner with IA golden crown. Els His
right hand was generous but no 1928 =.
very good care his left hand knowed {, Il 1.
''AnF my Nellie failed IN n, ioye wv"
! lit least sho said So though ne
I q patch On what 1 was at twenty-one
Any way he coined cour,ing her; for't y.
not Known yet that..me nm Nelly 81 !, !. wH rs
y hn,,, s1ve had been secretly tokened for no
less than h SIX years. no coined to see me ne
{ With q long-winded lie in his mouth An
the lie was larded wi texts from Ia acIh,p up
/ ture. Nelly Baker had m!sunder st9oa ,her
;feelings about me, he said; her had never
1 knowed what true love was III she met