The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-12
and animals in this locality"

Then there followed Sincerely
and the name Carroll Denton"
The villain! How dare hel" ex
claimed the girl as she looked at the
boy.
He's an awful fellow" was the
reply. When l told him how you
bluffed me out OF the rabbit up there
he Just gnashed his teeth. He only
wanted ave rabbits at first. but now
he says he'll catch a hundred. He's
cross-eyed and red-headed. and he's
got an awful temper on him"
Miss Gertrude was absent from tho
room four or Ave minutes. and then
returned with reply for the awful
man, II read;
Sir: reiterate that you are a
villain!"
That was all. No Sincerely, no
'respectfully"-no your very ob't
servant" Even the initials &c. A."
were lacking
Mr.. Ainsley was away from home,
and when the mother learned what
had happened she said:
You were always that way from
child, and you can't help It, / sup
pose, but / hope you won't carry It
too far in this case. Calling man
villain is slander, unless he is a vii
lain"
But of course he isl" was the re-
ply. Would any one but villain
hire a boy to murder a poor rabbit
II he catches a robin, a blue-bird or
a quail Tll-Tll-!"
Miss Gertrude clenched her hands
and breathed hard and left It to be
understood that something very ter
rible would happen to the Sross-eyed
and red-headed man. Next morning
she went up to the woods again. She
went In the forenoon because she sus-
pected that boy would set snares over
night and visit them early. She walked
the paths and found four, and the
wires were thrown far away They
had shared no victims.
AS she was on her way home she
met the young man of the day before.
She looked at him more closely this
time, and she liked his appearance.
Surely he was a gentleman. The boy |
was not seen until mid-afternoon. Then
he brought another note, and as he de-
livered it he said
Il was lying up there in a brush
heap this forenoon when you destroyed |
the snares, and oh, wasn't the awful
man awful mad when l told him of
T."
And the note read:
Miss Ainsley: must again politely
'equest that you cease to meddle with
NY affairs"
The same name was signed as to
he other, but the sincerely" was
acklng. Carroll Denton was no longer
sincere. He was grumpy.
A reply was sent as promptly as be-
ore. 1t consisted of few stirring
words:
And 1 must repeat that you are
'illain!"
1t was afternoon of the next day
Vhen Miss Gertrude went up to the
woods again. Almost at once she. be-
eld a robin with a broken wing flut
ering about She had picked It up
nd seated herself on a log and was
rying over it when soft voice at her
lbow said:
please give it to me. l thing I can
o something for It,"
1t was the young man. He took the
ird, made a brief examination and
aid:
The wing is broken, but can use
plints and make 1t sound again after
bit. Nature is very kind to animals {
nd birds. Hope that old maid won't '
ear of this. She'll Say l used club |
q the bird and call me more villains" |
What old maid" was asked, forget 6
ng that she was facing a stranger {
"A Miss Ainsley. She's close on my I
all"
"Why-why, l am the only Miss
insley, and l am not an old maid.
on can't be the-the villain!"
Then of course 1t came out. The
oy had lied for revenge There was
old maid, and there was no cross
red, red-headed man. Mr.. Denton
as a naturalist, and he wanted his i,
iecimens alive and sound that he -
light study their habits. He was =
erciful to a degree. Miss Gertrude Il
lard his explanations with blushing q
leeks and downcast eyes, and at the =
ID she was generous enough to re- a
y: le
We'll, that makes a difference" =
And 1t did. The naturalist found his
ny to the house to tell her how the o
bin was getting along, and the day p
bird flew away on the restored D
ng he said to himself that he had 81
'covered specimen" worth all a'