The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-01
LOADED FOR
HAWKS
And Brought Down a Case
of Matrimony.
BY c. 8. LEWIS.


There was II great gathering aud out.
cry among the fowls back vi the far
house. with one Iung piercing shrek
Warner dropped the hre;k1ast dish she
was wiping and ran gu, to 80" Il h;'wk
sailing away with IL fat pu';H III his
talonS She waved n"t nHi,ti> ann
cried "Shoo. shoe: nlt there .as II"
salvation for the victim
What Is IL. n,lnty: asked hs' H.. e..
Miss Nettie Ward. from the lily. wh'
had come out to the uld farm for II
vacation.
why, another OF them hawks has
grabbed another of them ., kenS.
was the reply Il told pa only 'a>'
night hat he ought /" git "ul ani GOO
he shotgun fo, IN" pos" tn
hawks have got rs il,,, II lI.1l to ~ y.
MS other folks. hut IN he snnnanlrd
IT,
But he did load the gun. and i,'s
there behind the door. interrupted the
niece
$50 II is Wha, IN old ronse an
getting to be. \pttie. did YOU eyc'
fire gum"
"Npvrr
"Then | must show VOW how 10 a.
it. You take 1t in both lL,nd> tins
way. Yon draw 1t MP 4" your shoulder
this way. Then You shet yon, eyes
and pull the trigger w"h your finger
and the hawk drops dead, \ hawk
may come while I'm down cellar or
upstairs and YOU arr ont here a!onr
and YOU want to lm able tn shoot him
| There We're only uncle aunt and Net
tie ut the farm. and the girl from the
city soon wore off the nrwntSs and the
novelty and became q bit lonesome
On account of this lOneSu,nenesS sh"
almost bowed to a young man who
passed the gate ont. evening ut dusk
and almost bowed to her. and when
she went in she asked her aunt who
he was.
Il haih't seen no strange young men
around here myself" was the answer.
but | understand that the Stevenses.
half a mile below us. have got II sum-
mer boarder. guess he's the one you
saw"
Things happen suddenly out In the
country the same as In the city. Two
days after seeing the young man Miss
Nettie woke up with the toothache.
She had hardly come downstairs
and told Of it when the rural mail
carrier left letter for the aunt. which
stated that sister living ten miles
away was III and wanted her to drive
over at once. She couldn't drive, and
50 Uncle Joe must 80 along. There
was room for Nettie to 80 along. but
the toothache kept getting worse. II
didn't take her long to decide to stay
home and doctor It. She could put on
bag Of hot ashes. hold hot vinegar
in her mouth and now and then press
a wad Of cotton batting wet with pep
permint essence against the offending
molar, and there was hope that she
would be all right before night came.
During the long day. II the ache per
mitted, she could swing In her ham
mock, climb the cherry tree after the
ripe fruit. hunt for hens eggs in the
barn and watch the ducks and gOslings
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 and tramps. As
we haven't seen tramp for six weeks
l guess you won't be bothered. but
them hawks are liable to drop down
any time. Ii one comes you be sure
to shoot it. I've heard that shooting
gun has been known to cure the
toothache"
Uncle and aunt had been gone ar
hour when the toothache ceased. and
Miss Nettie piled into her hammock
under the pear tree With book. She
was just opposite the kitchen dool
J and only thirty feet away. and just
inside the door stood the shotgun. The
maid had great confidence that If
hawk or tramp came along she would
play the part Of heroine.
At II o'clock. when the young man
who boarded down at the Stevenses
came past the house With his kodak
be was satisfied from the swinging o.
! the hammock that Miss Nettie wal
reading.
Two hours later, when he had snap
shotted an old lop horned COW. erat
} apple tree and brook that seemed tc
be flowing up hill. he returned to dnd
!. the hammock 20 still that there WIS
no doubt in his mind that the 0ccu
pant was asleep. He had not passed
the house. walking AZ slowly 40 pos
sible. when he caught sight Of half the
body Of a man in an open window on
the other side. Whoever It was had
come sneaking down through the corn
field.
1t was up to the young man to inves
tigate. He started out With the i'm
preston that the intruder was tramp
and he picked up a club. scaled thu
picket fence and gave n shout Thu