Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-10-05
Copyright. 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

Miss Mildred reached the grove with.
out adventure, but one was coming
and close Mt hand. She took seat on
q log and was wondering If anything
further would happen. when some,
thing did. A man came out of the
woods OH the other side Of the high
way, and, as lie saw her, he stopped
and asked:
Grandma. did you see a rabbit run
across the road heref ! %ant to shoot
one and get one Of its feet for luck"
NO; l didn't" was the reply as the
girl noticed that the nan had gun
and from his bearing was evidently
from the city.
well, there goes my chance" sigh
cd the young man. who was evidently
about twenty-five years old, as he
came across the road and sat down on
the same log and wiped the perspira,
alton from his forehead.
Miss Mildred turned shoulder to
him to hide her face as much as pos
sible. but after minute he continued:
Grandma. do you believe there's
any luck In carrying rabbits foot?'
'There may be-" was the muffied
rejoinder.
II have all old grandma myself" said
the man after pause Of minute or
two. "She keeps to the old fashioned
ways. same as you do, and we never
try to modernize her. l>beg your par
don when / soy thlt yalr- q tire ts mt
Un,y daN4ue.. Dds very pecomfng. hf{slit
l ask without rudeness how old you
are?"
II feel about hundred and twenty
FIVE years DID," replied Miss Mildred.
well. that's q good old age" said
the stranger with q laugh, land hope
you'll live to be n hundred and fifty.
hope I have not intruded, but must
go now. ! want to get that rabbit If
possible"
And Brian Moore. who did live in the
city and was out in the country for Il
weeks holiday. rose up and lifted his
hat and went OH. When he was out of
sight Miss Mildred lifted her spectacles
and placed them on the log beside her
and laughed heartily for the next ten
minutes. She must so back and tell
Grandma Parsons about 1t, and she did
20 back, but when she rose up to 60
she left the spectacles behind her. She
had been in the house ten minutes or
more. and she and grandma were max
ing merry over the adventure, when a
knock was heard at the front door.
"I'll see who Is there" said the girl.
and, forgetting that she still wore the
ancient costume which she had donncd
when she set out for the grove, she
walked through the hall and at the
door she come face to face with the
man who was hunting Il rabbits foot.
He started back Mt sight Of her. and
she started back at sight Of him. He
recovered first. and, handing out the
spectacles, he demurely said. and smil.
ed as lie said it:
please. grandma, but you left your
spectacles behind on the log. had to
60 back there to see II the rabbit had
taken refuge under it,
Miss Mildred reached out and took
the spectacles, but she did not thank
him. She tried to. but failed. IN
stead Of thanks. she found herself say
Ing:
"You look tired and hot Shan't ]
bring you q glass Of water|
IF you please" he half laughed.
The water was brought, and then
the two sat down on the veranda, and
when the girl confessed her crime.
with many blush and giggle. and the
young man confessed that he was not
after rabbits. there was talk Of other
matters
How should such an adventure end
The answer came three months later.
when Grandma Parsons said to her
granddaughter:
Mildred. Mr. Moore has been call
Ing here ut Intervals ever since he
looked for the rabbit. Has he bcen
hooking for somrthing clSe?"
And the girl kissed her and hid hc;
face on her shoulder and replied in 6
whisper:
81 gucss. grandma. he Is looking for
me. and hope will bring him more
luck than rabbits footr'