The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-13
1.-TWO OLD POKES'

use hammer and nail TO secure
shelf The hammer was broken, but
at her suggestion he gaily trofted
over TO the Rathbone house. lie
would see the hired man only And
right there was the turning point
of his life.
Miss Nellie had found the oatmeal
underdone and the coffee muddy and
had laid both at the door of the new
young man. when she started out TO
feed the doves. There was a large
flock of them. and the feeding took
place twice day. Poised over her
head like an aviator on his way from
New York to st. Louis. was hem
hawk. Although a henhawk. he was
not averse 10 dining on dove now
and then for a change He had been
maneuvering for ten minutes Tor
posftion. and il was when the feed
ing doves got bunehed that he closed
his wings and dropped to gobble one
| in each claw,
The henhawk seldom gets off in
his calculations, but this one made
q bad error. He came on Miss Nellie
Rathhonea head. Her hair was coiled
up. and he got his talons entangled
and couldn't release them. Scream
Why, they heard her half n mile
away. Cayort% Why a colt couldn't
have beaten her gallon around the
yard The hawk ctawed and pecKed.
and the girl yelled and danced and.
OF course. Providence seized upon
that very minute TO lead forward the
new young man. He had never seen
a chicken hawk trying to carry of
a 125-pound girl before, but he was
| equal to the occasion. He grabbed the
! bird and ehoked It's life out and then
| released the tangle.
| With morning dress on that
want a bit pretty--wfth her chest
| nut hair full of kinks and knots and
| flowing down TO her knces-with her
| heart eating with fright and one
| ear bleeding from a oite why-why
anyone can imagine just how the
maiden felt! She made three Jumps
| for the kitchen door and WAS out Of
sight And the son OF the old pokes
was nice about IT. He dtdn ask the
! cook for hammer bttt went home
and told his mother mat they'd have
| TO use brickbat To pound with.
sserne young nfen would have rur
| right back within the hour to see ii
| n doctor was wantec, and To express
the hope that the affair would moi
| have fatal termination. but Req
! Franklin didn't. He had trespassed
and come upon II young lady With an
old gown and u grouch on, and hi
I had the sense not 10 offer any con.
, ISOLATION. He had intended to cal
that evening. but he put 1t off unit
I three evenings later, and then ht
never referred to the heroic rescue
until Miss Nellie introduced the sub.
iect She didn't find him pokey. and
neither did he say too much nor sta,
too long. She expected 10 hear grea
Things about his work, but she has
to ask questions to draw him out
and then he lodged most of them
| When the eesfng Ysaar had taken MI
leave Mr.. Rathbone asked. Of hi
daughter:
We'll. you've seen the new younl
man at last :"
| Yes"
disappointed in him."
kind o. that way
But why?'
Mother, what an old goose dadd
lis. He can't realize that girl want
TO have three or four half-fool youa
men around to anuse her for tim
before a sensible one comes aion
and asks her to be his wife. In
looking for the half-foois just now.
How long are you going to be a
2" persisted the father.
The daughter made up a race a
him and left the room with her boob