Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-02-01
Loaded For
Hawks
BY C. 3. LIE WIS
Copyright. 1876. by c. H. sutclir,

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There was great Gathering and out.
cry among the fowls back of the farm
house, with one long piercing shrek
from single hen, and Aunt Sally
Warner dropped the breakfast dish she
was wiping and ran out to see n hawk
sailing away with fat pullet in his
talons. She waved her hands and
cried "Shoo! Shoo!" but there was no
salvation for the victim.
What is It, auntyF" asked her niece,
Miss Nettie Ward, from the city, who
had come out to the old farm for va
cation.
"Why, another Of them hawks has
grabbed another of them chickens"
was the reply. 81 told pa only last
night that he ought to git out and load
the shotgun for me. l s'pose that
hawks have got as much right to live
as other folks, but I'll be summed
if
But he did LOAD the gun, and It's
there behind the door," interrupted the
niece.
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gun?"
Never"
men 1 mus Sno" Wv ~" " Wv ="
lou take II III po'n h.nus 'n,s "ay s.
lou urn" 1t up " !oui eiioul,iei tn-s
way iheh YOU sne' Sou' W
pun oi uie u'ssel VIZ yoNi
anu the ha"h uiope ueau no"
may coihe Nhiie III w Va
ups'"irs anu YOU are out ~ 80, - ;,
anu you want 10 pe "pie " snoo. - w..
ihere were onis un.,e, auI' l, ea, anu ~ .,,
'ie ut 'le i"fii' anu 'lo slti iton ~
city sum "oie on INC ne 80 , "
noNeity anu uee"ine Va. l,N
on account VI 'ii'e lole'ot-'en 81
alilost po"eu u souH5 "
passeu 'ne s''e ohe en'e 81 80
ana almost oo"eu " n.i' "tt. W. i,,1
sue went III she "sNe" Ae' '11' "-0
1t was
ha'l seen iio ,.i ons souhe lnei
AROUND mere hiysei, vas 'ie unsMe
oul uiiuel let"no ma. 'iie S.e, 'nse9'
her poaruer' guess he 'iie ohe you
saw
Inlhss happen Suuucni! ou' III 'ie
coultr! the same us III 'ne CITY i"o
DAYS alter seeing tne young man MISS
Nettle woke up WIN the toothache.
she had hardiy come DOWNSTAIRS
ana told OF IL Wheh the rural man
carrier lert letter lor the aunt "lich
stated tlat SISTER lNlhS Ten lhileS
away was Ill ana wanted heF 10 urlNe
over at once. one couluil urlNe, anu
SO Uncle Joe must go alons. lnere
was room lor Nettle 10 20 alohs' put
the toothache kept GettihG worse. IL
dluht taKe her long 10 ueclue 10 stay
nome ana doctor IT. ohe coulu put Oh
Dag OF not ashes' hold not vinegar
In her mouth ana now ana then press
Wad Oh cotton pattihS wet WIN pep
perlhiht essence against the onehulns
molar, ana there was nope that she
would be all right pelore night came.
During the long day, II the acne per-
mitted, she could swing In her nam
mock, climb the cherry Tree after the
ripe fruit, hunt for hens eggs In the
barn ana watch the DUCKS ana gosllngs
in the horse pond.
There Is only two things to look out
for said the aunt when she was
ready to drive away. Keep your
eyes out FOR hawks ana tralnps. AS
we maven [ seen tramp LOT SIX Weeks
l guess you wont DE pothered, Dut
them hawks are liable TO drop down
any tlihe. III one comes, you pe sure
to shoot II. I've heard that snoot-
Ing gun has been known TO cure the
toothache.'
Uncle ana aunt had beeh gone an
hour when the toothache ceased, ana
MISS Nette plled INTO her hammock
uhuer the pear Tree WIN DOOR, she
was JUST opposite the Kitchen door
inside the door STOOD the shotgun Inc
mald had great confidence that IL
hawk or tramp came along she Woulu
play the part OF heroine.
AT II O'Clock, when the young man
VINO boarded down at stevens came
past the house with ms KODAK, ne was
satlShed from ne swinging OF lhe
hammock that Mrs. Nettle was read
Ing
Two hours later, when ne had snap
shotted an old lop horned COW, Il crap
apple tree and brook that seemed TO
be hoWing up hill, he returned TO ma
the hammock 80 still that there was
no doubt III MS mlnd that the occu-
pant was asleep. He had not past the
house, walking as slowly as possible,