The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-05
A Virginan Page for Each Member Of the Family
A MAN OF ACTION
ny DONALD ALLEN.

- month with no chance 10 make any
thing on the outside. and had lost 30 al
poker the, Rikht before. aud he took
J pleasure In making the announcement
4 II was when the widow exclaimed
'Oh, dear, but what shall / do" that
the architect recognized her voice ana
re- introduced himself. She was glad
to see him and shook hands heartily
She felt right away that something
would be doing.
Fiji up this stove'" he commanded,
as he returned to the agent,
He was grudgingly obeyed, but at
the same time asked II he thought he
WAS running that railroad.
And now what's the matter with
your telephonef All, see. A boy ten
wears Old could fix IL In i've minutes,
There's a livery stable in town, Of
course. What's the NUMBER"
ITS 4s2, but you won't get no hack,
The man IL drunk and his driver has
quit"
Ring, Ring Ring! Ma answer
But you won't go out in this
storm >" said the widow as the archi-
tect turned up his coat collar.
Back In half an hour" he replied
/ as he passed out.
Yssi the owner of the only public
J =
J own barn He WAS locked in. but the
door was pried open. He woke up and
elected and was flung into stall. A
horse WaA led out -harneEsed To L cut
ter. and the drunken man objected
4ii4ts e-4se-xess fs4tea4ea-tHtt'
/ the snow. In forty minutes Mr.. Frank
I'm drove mp 20 the depot. II WAS
showing and blowing. and IL was the
horse who found the way.
And now for Mrs. Lees"
"But--but / don't know the way. All
] know ia that It's about mile away.
4 The agent had gone across the road
TO stand up to declare that the rich
wers growing richer and the poor
poorer, and that the life blood was
being ground out uf him, when some
one entered and grabbed him by the
arm and demanded to know where Mrs
Lee lived.
I Never heard or her. ne replied az
he saw that II was the architect.
Then you'd better get posted al
once. Come on"
And Mr.. Franklin ran him across
tho street and into the depot and up Il
Mrs. Chalmers, and said:
Tell the lady where Mrs. Lee hives
! and tell her quick"
bout mile up the road. on The
Thanks. can find It."
> bet you can't, not In this storm
r and II you get froxe TO death"
But the widow and the architect wert
. already passing out into the storm l
z was furious. The horse must be lief
to take his own gait. He took IL ant
: brought up at the livery stable. TIL
/ drunken owner awoke and objected
but the equine was turned around, tn
D CAD applied This time he started 70
somewhere He was half way There
a and he WAS going along with his eye
e shut when he stumbled and fell.
d "And now we are surely lost!" crie'
G The widow.
O Mr.. Franklin Jumped ont and ha
n thu old nag OH his four legs in tw
4 minutes. Twenty rods farther on a
d abandoned wagon was found acros
n the road, and the old horse crashe
r into 1t ana sat down. Mr.. Franklf
: rolled IL aside into tire ditch assiste
the horse to stand and In ten minute
n mere he wac making the door bell q
], the Lee mansion ring all kinds of Joy
: Gus sounds. When the door was open
e ed he stood there with snow woma
l In lis arms. and having surrendere
8 her to friends he called a good nigh
e and returned to the horse. Next da.
4 while he was talking with the ma
l. who wanted the modest skyscraper.
/ note was handed him. It asked tn
man of action II he would kindly ca
O somewhere and receive somebody
8 thanks,
|, lie called and he was thanked, an
g II such little romances don't lead
admiration, love and engagement
r. what does become of them?