Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-26
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 That was all. No sincerely. mo 'respectfully"-Ho your very ob't servant" Even the initials e. A" were lacking.
 Mir. Ainsley was away from hone, and when the mother learned what had happened she said:
 You were always that way from q child. and you can't help it, sup Fose. but I hope you won't carry 1t too far in this case. Calling a man a villain Is slander. unless he is viii lain"
 But of course he isl" was the re- ply. Would any one but villain hire boy to murder a poor rabbit7 If he catches 6 robin. blne-bird or . quail Tll-Pl-i"
 Miss Gertrude cionehed her hands and breatbed hard and left it to be understood that something very ter ribie would happen to the eross-eyed and rod-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 snared 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 be brought another note. and as he de- Hvered it he said:
 T was~lying up there in 8 brush heap this forenoon when you destroyed the snares. and oh. wasn't the awful man awful mad when I told him of It."
 And the note read:
 Miss Ainsley: must again politely request that you cease to meddle with my affairs
 The same name was signed as to the other. but the sincerely" was lacking. Carroll Denton was no longer sincere He was grumpy.
 A reply was sent as promptly as be- scre. It consisted of a few stirring words:
 And I must repeat that you are a villain"
 It was afternoon of the next day when Miss Gertrude went up to the woods again. Almost at once she be- held a robin with a broken wing flut- tering about She had picked it up and seated herself on a log and was crying over it when soft voice al her elbow said:
 Please give 1t to me. thing I can do something for 1t"
 It was the young man. He took the bird, made a brief examination and said:
 The wing is broken but can use splints and make it sound again after 8 bit. Nature is very kind to animals and birds. Hope that old maid won't hear of this. She'll say l used 8 club on the bird and call me more villains"
 What old msid?" was asked, forget ting that she was facing stranger.
 Sii5s aiIsivy. She Shes 5 5i0see 5ie 0Ti TIlT trail"
 "Why-why, am the only Miss Ainsley, and am not ar old maid. You can't be the-the yillain!"
 Then of course i, came out The boy had lied for revenge. There was no old maid, and there was no cross eyed, red-headed man. Mir. Denton was naturalist, and he wanted his specimens alive and sound that he might study their habits. He was merciful to a degree. Miss Gertrude heard his explanations with blushing cheeks and downcast eyes, and at the end she was generous enough to re- ply:
 Well. that makes a difference"
 And it did. The naturalist found his way 10 the hc1se to tell her how the robin was getting along. and the day the bird flew away on the restored wing he said to himself that he had discoyered a specimen" worth all others put together.