Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-06-07
ON A STILL HUNT
BY JOHN MONTGOMERY.

Widow Rives Of the manor house, the
Larches, down Long Island way, and
Mr.. Graves WIS employed In a bank
In the city.
There was talk of this and that, and
II finally turned on the country, and
Mr.. Graves expressed wish that he
might be out among the woods and
meadows. He followed that by saying
that 1t would be delight to see the
quail sailing round and round In grace
full flights, and the chipmunks spring
Ing from tree to tree.
The Widow Rives had occupied the
Larches for eight months year for
four years, and yet she could not tell
a rabbit from a cat.
Miss Lena was little more curious
and enterprising than her mother. In
time she learned that quail was not Il
crow, and that a cb!pmunk was not Il
rabbit.
When young Mr.. Graves spoke Of the
qualls sailing round and round and the
chipmunks springing from tree to tree
he was met with:
"oh, but you could never have lived
In the country"
"And why not?" he asked.
Because quails fly straight ahead
and because chlpmunks don't climb
trees"
That closed the conversation on nat
ural history, but neither one was quite
satisfied.
Some weeks later, when Miss Lena
went home, she drove over to see the
Widow Rogers, who lived a mile away,
After the greetings the widow said:
"Wasn't 1t awful?
"Why, whatT"
'The robbery. Didn't your family
tell you about it7"
mot a word. Where was itf"
"Why, my adopted son Arthur, whom
you have never met, went to the city
and learned the banking business, and
few days ago he opened bank al
Chester with $4,000. / contributed
half the money"
sand he failed?"
"No, dear. On the night of the
opening day 1t was robbed of every
dollar. 1t comes hard for me to lose
my share, but Arthur is just heart
broken. He Is without dollar"
On reaching home after her cal
Miss Lena asked of the gardeners as
sistant
"Boy, when quail are scared up how
do they flyT"
"They go away with buzz-z-z-zw
"Do they fly high or low?"
"Not over ten feet high, and not yer,
far. Lemme show you"
Opposite the Larches was field OF
wheat belonging to farmer. The DO,
picked up a stone and walked acros.
the road and gave 1t fling. 1t fel
among the wheat hundred feet away
and instantly there arose flock of {
dozen quail which flew straight away
and flew low.
Behind the house was bit of wood
land, and the girl was soon there ant
seated under tree and watching on
for the lively little chipmunks. AS soor
as the noise of her arrival had beer
succeeded by silence two chipmunk
began chasing each other across tn
leaves, and they played for ten min
utes before disappearing in hollow
log.
AS she walked over to the log tn
chipmunks ran out, but she knelt dow
to have look. The hollow In the loi
was stopped up with something an,
she put In her hand and pulled out
small leather satchel.
"This Is funnyl' she exclaimed
"Well I'll take it home and have
opened"
No key could be found to fit TIL
satchel, and the lock had to be broken
When it was held up and shaken, on
tumbled four packages of greenbacks
"Ten thousand dollars !" gasped Mis-
Lena, as she looked at the figures OF
the bands.
"Say, mother" said the daughter aft
er moments thought, "the Cheste
bank was robbed of just this sum.
shall drive back to Mrs. Rogers wit
the money" said Miss Lena. "Yo1
know the bank was started by he
adopted son and herself"
The pony cart was brought aroun,
and the drive was made. AS the outfi
drew up at the gate the widow and
young man came down from the house
The son was the young Mr.. Grave
the girl had met in the city!
did you forget something when yo1
left here?" asked Mrs. Rogers.
"Oh, no. l came back on an erranC
Mr.. Graves, your bank at Chester wa
robbed q few weeks agow
"Yes," he almost groaned.
"Could you identify the money!"
"Yes, if the packages had not bee
broken.
II think this belongs to your sh
quietly said as she handed over tn
satchel.
upon my soul!" he gasped as h