Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02

so rich all his life. he does not know
he looked very queer and said IL
did but realize II. no was experiencing
one now. Then he asked me IL
ever read Tcnnyson's lines about.
Somewhat better than his dog--;t little
dcarcr than his horse don't know
what he was driving at but | shall
ask Dickte Thorndyke. lie finished at
Harvard last june and knows every
thinG-was stroke on the crew and
graduated Cum Luudc.' which MIR.
Bradford interprets, Lard as his
| father is Il pork -packcr. | told him
was crazy over cunning little pigs.
loved sansages dearly and enjoyed Il
| hog killing same as n durkie--which
quite Scandalizcd his hikhneSs.
| NOW for u curious coincidence Mr.
! bradford has searched antique shops
Tor the right furnishings to harmunizc
with this quaint old uomicilc Imagine.
my surprise to find our very own Chip
pendalc "idebourd. claw-footed table
ana hall-clock right here in his house
! | feit Hike huRging them for. Of course.
| recognized them the minute set my
eyes on their familiar forms. II really
seemed rs IL the old clock face smiled
DlcK at me with Il knowing wink You
Know how cried when grand daddy
| mad TO part with them. and we would
never have let them 90 If the collector
naa not ohered just the amount needed
| FOR tho mortgage interest MIR. Brnd-
ford thought me joking at first and
said he would have spirit rappings
! win the mahogany table to test tho
authenticity OF such fairy tale I
,oid MIN to open the clock door ana see
| II my initials were not inside. where
! l printed them with polk-berrv iuIce
when ] was eight years old ana first
understood as grandma's nnmesnke
was to heir her things OF all aston
isheu mortals, lie was. for sure enough
staring him in the face were M r. H."
lie says he can't see where Polly
! comes In unless was such chatter
o"N or $" green, my parents had to
rcchfistcn me. Now to convince him
when next You write, put my whole
name on the envelope as II is In the
family Bible-Mary Randolph Boiling.
II. Size asked me as it had been
changed once. would I mind changing
IL aEaln-to Thorndyke for instance
| ihen he declared the old parson who
Nouched for my learning in Belle
Letters, was pious fraud, since IL
was perfectly apparent was not even
familiar with priscilla's retort: that
haven't any education, but as Just
IKE Topsy Crowd up So He vows
| ms antiques are priceless new since
/ my initials stamp them with the hall
'nark OF EenuincneSS, but there's some
thinE else from Virginia he wants so
ne says. to make his home complete
re loid me to try to guess what IL was
out shook his head when 7 noucd
shuh boxes candlclabra and md
IRONS. Tie says it is not an antiru,
ana hes not sure it is for sale. or viii
Il
90 YOU reckon il can be?
zen MN when | go home shall
tdhe Inc clock under one arm tho
.aDie under the other and balance the
. si"epoafd on my head unless as tins
| Tor faithful Service he has them crateI
down to Virginia. lie said no conidn,,
| ne separated from his possessions AM;
Mahoinet must stay with the mountain
winch doesn't look as If I'm to hc
bounced for running his socks and
SAVING up the horse. told him there
hadn't been Yankee i'm our honsn
since surrender and he sovs - 10
came down. grandfather Gould know
'!HehtE soon he was In earnest abou,
" Ihloh made excuses, no; TO seem
!hhospitabie, about our not having :,
| oatH room In the house and no swim
ming pool except the river hut he onl,.
! laughed and vowed his creature com
: .9F's were not essential 10 his heart
! ruth Is, he uses such big words 7
cart tell half the time what he's driy-
ing az nut ono thing know: he hates
,,i, $500 horndEke: This evening hes
giving strawberry feast. ana I'm Ia
pour tea--which is nlusancc-for
,eaS arc so stupid. wish the patriots
mad thrown his c;,ddy in Boston liar
Dor. weather like this was meant for
riding and If dear Stella were here.
would throw dust in his ewes"
Nancy Dearest:
It's past midnight, but I c,nnot
close my eyes In sleep until 7 tell vo,,
] have really had n proposal OF mar
r'age' It would have been ideal, but
sneezed just as he hung IN nv an
s"er. Wasn't IL awful? But we both
."hShrd tiil We cried. Think Of little
MISS Nobody coming North and catch
ing the dearest fellow In the world
Tor mats what i've is. He's ius, as
nice as any Virginia gentleman tina,
ever breathed and handsome "a n ,rn.n,
in a strong manly way, f"cI lil,n
cinderella when she met the Prince
Ills name is Dickie Thorndyke. and he
thinks I'm made OF the right stuff ia
| Try and work to keep down the interest
on Edge HIN He says II he owned
nome that had come down as n land
grant from the King. he would break
rocks by the roadside before he would
! let II go out the family. But he saws
''od never meant me for anything but
a lady. and that IT make. him furious
; ~ '''''n VI DOING my
wages like l was a hired girl That
! must marry him and quit. lie VOWS
/ us pam az the snout on an elephant
That Mr.. B. is in love with me and
says he. been the despair OF Newport
inamas for generations. Bah. I'm not
/ conceited as to believe that--thouph
lie would never strike my fancy. Imnr.
Inc going on bridal trip or kissing
man who put his moustachc in n mel
: at nights: Resides, don't want a
husband who spends his life mani
curing his finger nails. wish :, man
WAC Will do something worth while
some chap who doesn't care VINO steals
Mona Lisa. but whose own hands arc
= not TOO immaculate for honest toll
! ! ;oid Dchie Thorndykc so-told hin,
! would not wipe my foot on a dilct
t"nte ~ got so poor the county would
. nave to send Inc 10 the workhousc
& Ana he said he knew 7 was a dead
game sport. but lie had more money
than he knew how to spend and his
; Dad would be ticklcd TO death IL he
/ settled down TO a decent life and cut
4 out actresses ana cabarcts He saws