Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-06
The Daily Story
That Young Man

| Miss Dora Davis was working among
| the flower beds of her aunts display at
Aspen villa. The hour was just after
| breakfast and she wanted to poke at
something that would keep her out of
| doors for an hour When the gardener
saw her '-poking" he swore a few swear
words under his breath but he dared not
| interfere. Miss Dora was her aunt's
| favorite, and 1t might have cost him his
place to tell the young lady that she was
roofing out Creeping Charlie instead OF
| weeds.
There was some one coming down the
| road. however. who had no fear of losing
his job through giving a few words OF
| friendly advice. He was about 20 years
old, and his suit showed that he was
/ visiting some family near by. and his
| lazy gait that he was also out to poke"
He came along and leaned on the fence
for three or four minutes and then said:
But you are pulling up all the Creep
| Ing Charlie, you know"
Miss Dora uttered little scream OF
| surprise and Strengthened up. He was a
young man. He had a smile on his face.
She had never seen him before. How
dared he come along and speak to her
aye, even chide herl She didn't know
Creeping Charlie from burdock. but was
that any of his business? And II she
wanted to pull every flower and plant up
by the roots would good Aunt Sarah have
| chided her for it2 For a long minute
| the girl looked straight into that young
mans face and then turned away with
q sniff. A girls snin isn't a "humph;"
and It isn't a snort, but It Is a sound of
such indifference and )contsmpt that IL
makes a young man sit up and wonder
If he is growing baldheaded. Walking
into the house with red cheeks and angry
eyes. Miss Dora asked
AUNT Sarah. who is that young man
hanging around here?"
Young man2 Why. haven't seen any.
Where is her"
Look out OF the window"
Why" said the aunt. after taking a
look. that must be the young man that
has come down to visit tho Nortons
heard the other day that they were ex-
pecting a cousin or something. Did he
speak to your
HE tried to boss me. That is. he told
me In bossy way that was pulling up
me freeze himl"
And served him right, too. He must
be what you city folks call fresh
Two hours later. as Miss Dora was "
ing in hammock under the cherry tree
the young man repassed the house.
Twice he almost came to stop. as IL
20 make suggestions or tender Advica
but he changed his mind and went or.
Miss Dora had an eye on MIN.
few rods below the house was a
creek leading into a river not SO far
away. After a day or two Miss Dora
wandered down there. She saw hsh, and
she returned TO the house for pole ana
/ line and bait AS the gardener had moth
/ Ing OF the sort she made an outat for
/ herself The hook was a bent pin, the
/ line Of groeeTs string, and the bait
bit OF cold roast beef. She had been
/ fishing for half an hour when that
/ young man" came down tne road and
stopped to watch her. She never looked
up. She knew he was smiling, but she
| kept her head turned away and hummed
/ the air OF a tune 20 herself
You'll never catch q hsh with any
| such rig-out as that was finally re-
marked; and her visitor moved away TO
/ return IN about 20 minutes with a real
/ pole and hook and line and some worms
/ FOR bait. They were laid on the bank az
most at her feet. and he said as he
/ strolled away;
you win use them Il you really want
{ 70 eaten nsh"
There WAS no snin this tims. Il Bas
I something worse. he hadn't gone % feet