Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-08
81. Rufus Picks Up Little Vacation Moncy"
The First
Couple in
he undn! lines spntch

w ann !bfu as lie lOpktt =, tiie I'll
lap!datcd stage which was to carr!
them from the foriorn and lonesom,
little station at Brentwood to th'
Pine Lake Health Resort. 1T take.
a couple o: wise lonops like you anJ
me, Blackic, TO get tho prong rooj
when we do get it, and he glanced
ut the wonderful wall.ncford baby
which lay disinterestedly in Mrs Wal.
linstords arms, shielded from the sun
by Mrs. DAVIS gay sunShad".
Don, rims me IN on this. j. Rufus e
protested Black!e paw. twlriinc his
BLACK mustachy with compiaccucc
4 didn't want any health rcmem-
her. I've rot too much now. in spite
OF all can do to ruin it,
You picked GU, the place on tho
railroad folder. and wired for ;hc
rooms. retor;el Wallincford VIVA,
did YOU like about 1.-THE name"
lie can; &c; away from his sys-
tom. Jimmy laughed violo; Honnie
paw. That's the way he always
picks his horses a, race-;rack.
ANA I can't remember whrn ne pulled
down . hr; either time ne was
married 10 me"
Mrs. WalInEtord hopefully. viewing
with pity the moth-eaten horses ana
the larky old driver with the hollow
hopping trimmed straw hat Tho
wheels Of The conveyance wohhicd in
and out as they slowly turned around.
and with every revolution each one
squeaked in different Key.
What fa!n, hopes Mrs Waninrford
had entertained were dashed by the
driver himself as he stopped his
horses a, the platform.
Yes. I'm from Rugs place" ad-
mittcd the driver. Il reckon You'd
better Sc, as near in tho middle OF
the middle seat as you kin" ne con-
tinucd. cycling the huge Wall.nGfori
with more or less OF d!smay. and he
WINGED quite painfully when Wa
linEfurd having seated all the others.
rravely trimmed ship and forced all
the springs down tightly and firmly
upon tho running gear. where they
only served TO accentuatc the ensU-
ing jolts
Blachic paw burst into u chucklc
In which tho others presently joined.
IN; the phySca! discomfort OF tn,
trip was such as 10 check lcvity
promptly, and it was a tired and an
aching and ill-hunorcd group which
Hnally alghtcd in appalling stiffness
at the Pine Lake Health Resort, One
look at the place was enough. Tn"
lake was a pond scarcely larger than
The house, and the latter, weather
beaten and shinElo loose. was a great
square two-story structure without "a
rcdecminE grace The natural sur
roundjngS were pretty enough, Win
trcc-clad range Of hills slopiu.
hack and prorusion of garden
flowers running Wild among thu
weeds hut the ncrlcci was ghls,ly.
The remains OF hisiutograti
buggy, Upon which generations OF
chickens hal roasted, stood IN tn"
IRON; ytrd. AN old barn. witn its solid
old-fash!onrd raftcrS showing
through holes in the roof! seemed
trying to decide whether TO Slide dis
couragcd down its own low -slanting
caves 10 the ground today or wait
until tomorrow. upon the tiny square
porch over The front door sa, u
discouraged -loolSin" an"mic old
couple. under "a Enarlcd ana d"crcpi,
anplctrce sat another pair. and soil.
,ary living shadow Of man stared
modify into the lake as II spcculnt-
ing whether i, could possibly be- deep
enough 10 drown 10.
IT'S right that 'n.a. rotten pick
or" confessed Blackic moodiiy. Tho
dope's correct. though. There's thu
lake and there's the pine" and H..
pointed ont The one single pinetrec
which stood by IN" pond. ''io in ana
pay your bul. Jimmy. and lc,s go"
=, o,,.,, w ,t,,, o. -.
"'speC''o''' ""' "''h ne ga" INC e'l'''
clated Rugs h" changed his mind
and agureG uuou buying MIN a Gates
Ai,-" ..-,1 NO.. 80 ~ ~,
-
i"Nt /" ttf "N"rhlEhI me- Salh, nut
| don't think we're healthy enough To
stand This r.4i,t -.srr, r lo.
NiiE H"''K !'" .'I Il Tax 'itrh' !" en-
courage Incoming guests"
81, s,,,
az" ~ ""s A'hh'-
non any more wish l could sci!
this plant Ia hike for Texas This
&c no ,Iac. far D,.,,-