Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-18
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 You can't shAlle4xs nc that way. Mir. Squirrel he ss4A yointinx the rifle upward; -n0< vhA tnp~Aity"
 Lela gave . nsaGs ss~Gh "Deat shoot me, plsaso." aAs sa,bsA Asvn. "1 plead guilty She eneouz1sssA . HAg of 0Usiss1 brown eyes hskine - at hor. Drop ping his rife t> Ats s11s, the man hftsd his hat polit4y.
 Il never shoot dryaas," he answered.
 II suppose" she said, smile hoy ering on the lips, that you are per , fectly familiar with dryads." @
 Hardly" he answered, smiling up at her. T know very little except they are said to live in trees. Are the other live oaks in this canyon in. habited by your cousins?' \ twinkle came into the dryad's blue eyes "Possibly," she returned, ''ycu know we have family trees"
 Do they all have turquoise eyes like this one?" he asked.
 \ frown crossed the dryad's face but the man's good natured playing quickly banished it, and she said "Oh. yes, and their color is beryl." looking at her sage green sweater. II don't believe" he pursued, "that | the woods would reveal another just | like you If one looked all day.
 Not likely" she replied, continuing tle play, q think all my kind turned | lY,fo 1 petrifod"
 The dryaA. 1nAiAa As pAy had pss- gresssd quite far sasaeA, nsAs DO an l swer The .H sas1 tswaxd the spring, whistaas s~aA~ly As wAsea- cd about and eallel hs9k:
 Miss Dryad, net bsinG familiar with your code of etiquette. hope you will pardon me if have seemed overpre- sumptuous Having no cards with me, I'll introduce myself by telling you l am the mining engineer from the Cop Per Knight property. l came over to 1 the mines to do some construction 1 work. but the men deserted me for Il | holiday. so in self defense l turned | niIlrod and found q dtyad"
 From her leafy perch the diyaa uatehad the man as lie went Watstl.n@ aWay over to the spring. There was something in his half playful speech ed the easy swing of his gait that seemed strangely familiar to her.
 He was building il fire between some 1 rocks when he called 10 her.
 T the dryad will look I'll show her sow to cook game without pot or pan .An Indian guide showed me- he ex Hlained.
 Over 2 Ire of dry bark and tw.ss hs fxed soMs green nsssuits stisks ts which the oAnos was eaysfally SIS isenleA Yhs apsnaa of the hveAiax rabbits wss ss0shA ss eause the 6ryaA ts assss1A. fer tAs rt1s acres the fessAils haA ovsn Asr . vUsss~s apDsstba
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 And . niADsA.- sAs aAesA meeting the boy1sA sDils sa hk face with con fdence. "lt will be . unique Christ mas dinner
 l Tt will be the most delightful one ever eaten" recklessly declared the man. deftly turning the broiling game. When the game was done the two sat down and ate together with no constraint and with real congeniality
 As she stood under the live oak fas- tening up her abundant light brown hair. which had provokingly tumbled down, the man gave her peculiar searching gaze
 "l have certainly met you before"