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--gsneral drift?” I says.
i
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N sTcoas '
"us:- here head brakeman. be up
W the two of us right of! this
old and revced friend. Scan-
Doolan. is much addicted to
a narrative smack down the
as though it were an oyster.
liturkened. therefore, saying noth-
‘M sure enough, he presently re-
bi. verbal footsteps and began
tho beginning.
: I «of. in full:
"You. sir. that's what he does. Re-
m to listen to reason. this here
w brakeman, be Just red. lights
u 0! into the peaceful and sunlit
m of the moral New York State
Maps.
"l'or some months previous to this.
”Jana the Sweet (‘aps Kid has been
”Mining in that favored metropolis
which is bounded one one side by a.
loud Bound and on the other by a
steep Bluff, and is doing her constant
best at all times to live up to the sur-
roundings. Needless to say, I refer
to e Noo Yawk. the. original haunt
of ”come-on and the native habitat
of the sure thing, where the Jays bite
frosly and the woods are full of fish.
We have been doing very well there
~vory. very well, considering. But
all of a sudden, something seems to
tell me that we oughtcr be moving.
"You know how them mysterious
mmonitlons comes to a feller. A
little bird 'hlspers to you. or you
have a dream. or else you walk into
the mitt-Joint. and hand a he—noto to
a dark complectcd lady wearing a red
kimono and a brown mustache, and
she takes a flush at your palm and
’m. to see a dark man coming with
‘I. lwarrant. followed by a trip up a.
great river to a largo stone building
like a castle. Or else Headquarters
lollies a gensral nlnrm. giving names,
dates. personal description. size or
reward and place where last seen.
This time it's a general alarm. I
(inns a little valuable information
from a. friendly barkeepcr who's got
a hrotherdn-lnw at the Central (if-
dos. and so is ill position to get hold
of much interesting and timely chit-
ehat before it becomes common gossip
throughout the neighborhood. So then
I takes the Sweet Caps Kid off to one
side and I says to him. I says;
“‘Kiddo.’ I says. ‘listen: I've got a
m; presentiment that we should
onghter be ing completely away
from here 0 you seem to get my
i ‘f'Huh.’ he says. ‘you talk as if
thoro'd been a squeal.’
l " 'Squcal‘.” I says. 'Squeal '.’ Son,
you can take it from me there's been a
togular season of grand opera. You
me are about to be accused of
clone activity. “’hat's morq
a re liable to prove it. There's a
vement on foot in influential quar-
ters to provide us with board and
lodgings at a place which I Will not
nnme to you in so many words on ac-
count of your weak heart. The work
there.‘ I says, 'is regular, and the
meals is served on time, and yo‘l'rn
protected from the damp night air;
but,‘ I says. ‘ille hours is too long and
too confining to spit me.‘
“‘On the other lmnd,‘ I says, 'all
nature seems it) beckon to us. Let's
you and mo stcnl forth under the bil-
lowy blue caliber of Heaven and make
hay while the haymakcrs are good.
Int us quit the city With its tempta—
tions nnd its slim-cs and its pitfalls,
'speclally the last named.’ I says. 'and
in some peaceful spot. fur, far away.
let us teal-ll I'llclo Joshua \Vhitcomb
that the hand is quicker than the eye.
him paying cosh down in advance for
tho lessons. Tubby sure, the pickings
has been excellent hcre in the shadow
of the skyscrapers. and it‘ll probably
be harder sledding out amongst the
disk-barrow boys. Evenbody reads
the papers these days. only the Rube
believes what he reads and the city
guy don't. I hate to go. but I ain't
comfortable whero I am. In short,‘
I says. 'I've been handed the office to
skiddoo. and in such cases I believe
in skiddooing. Let us create a va—
eancy in these parts sine quinine—
which.’ I says. 'ls Latin, meaning it's
aabitter dose but you gotta take it.‘
"'I can start right this minute.‘
ms Sweet Caps: 'my tooth-brush is
packed and all I've got to do is to
put on my hat. S'pose we run up to
amundred and Twenty-fifth street,
which is a nice secluded spot.’ he says,
'ald catch the rattler.’
"How are you fixed for currency?
1 saw.
" 'leed?‘ he. says. ‘I ain't fixed a-tall.
fln't‘you been carrying the flrm's
wiltroll? Say. ain't you?‘
1"Well, up until that minute I hadn't
III! the heart to tell the Sweet Caps
that our little Joint partnership
flak-roll is no longer with us. I'd
m saving back them tidings for a
"a suitable moment, but now I has
'0' toll him.
*It seems that the night before, I
about: tiger hunting in the Jungle
at Honest John's. Of course I
Md have knowcd better than to go
against a game run by anybody
lng bisself Honest John. Them
plimentary monikers always work
the reverse English. I know all
fig good and well, but what's a fel-
going to do when his is the only
in town that's open? You've got
play somewheres, aint you? Some-
“ . I always was sort of drawed to
fa’f'Wsll. you know the saying—one
a meat is another’s pisen. He
my pizen and I certainly was his
‘ So now. I ain't got nothing in
pockets except the linings.
“‘3 tells the Sweet Caps Kid Just how
. ”know right upto the very last
. I kept expecting the luck to
”and how even then I migbta got
«A. bash if the game-keeper hadn‘t
‘ , (blamed unreasonable and men.
Ielng-Osrtnln Rural Adventure. ef’Twe Lev-
able and Lsughablo Ioguoo—Seandaious
Doelsa and the M Caps Kids.
"'Is that so? I says. sarea'siieal.
‘Coming in. I says. 'I thought I seen
the word Welcome on the doormat.’
“Going out.” be jays. outlllnouce
that. spelled backward, 's s. French
word signifying Mind Your Step. _
"And while I'm thinking up a proper
comeoback for that last remark of
his'n somebody hands me my hat. and
in less‘n a. minute. seems-like. I'm out
in the street keeping company with
myself.
“I tells all this to the Sweet Caps
Kid. but still he don't seem satisfied
with my explanation. So I save to
him; ‘Cheer up.’ I says. ‘things aint
so worse. Due to my beibg in right
with the proper parties we gets this
here advance tip.‘ and beats the bar-
rier while this here fat Central Office
bull. who thinks he wants us, is slip-
ping his collar on over his head in
the morning. Remember.’ I says, “we
are going to the high grass where the
little birdies sing and
bloom.
"Tubby sure, I'm speaking figurative.
I aim. really aiming for the deep woods
proper. I'm really figuring to land in
one of them small junction points.
such as Cleveland or Pittsburgh. And
we would too, if it hadn'ta been for
that there head brakeman.
"Anyway. we moons round in a kind
of an unostentstioua way until the
shank of the evening arrives 'lomg
about two A. M. Then we slips over
into the yards below Riverside Drive.
There we presently observes a freight
train. which is giving signs of getting
ready to make up its. mind to go some~
wheres.
“A freight train is like a woman.
“’hen you see a woman coming out
of the front door and running back
seven or eight times to get something
she's forgot. you know that woman is
on her way. And it's the same with
freighls: that’s why they call ”em
she‘s. Pretty soon this here freight
quits vacilliating back and forth. and
comes sliding down past where we're
waiting. ‘
“'Herc comes a side-door Pullman.
with the side door open.‘ I says. ‘Let's
get on and book a couple of lowers'
“'llow do you know where she‘s go—
ing?‘ says the Kid, him being greatly
addicted to idle questions.
"'1 don't.‘ I says; ‘the point is that
she's going. Tonight she will be here
but tomorrow she will be extensively
elsewhere; and so.’ I says. 'will we.
Let us therefore depart from these
parts while the departing is good,‘ I
says.
"Which we done so. Just like I'm
telling you. And for some hours we
trundles along very snug and com-
fortable, both of us being engrossed in
sleep. “'hen we wakes up it‘s an-
iother day. and the wicked city is far.
far behind us. and we are running
through a district which is entirely
‘surrounded by scenery. lf it hadn'ta
been that something keeps reminding
me I aint had no breakfast I couldn
been Just as happy. '
"'Where‘ll we git off'." says sweets
Caps, setting up and rubbing his eyes,
" '\Vell.' I says, ‘ue taken our choice.
Maybe Allmny.‘ I says. “The legisla-
ture is in special session there, and
.'I couple of graftors more or less Wont
make no materlal difference. .‘ninylvc
Rochester.’ I says. ‘wbich is a pleas-
ant city, full of large and thriving in-
dustries. Maybe.’ I says. ‘if this here
train don't take a notion to climb down
of! the track and go berry-picking.
maybe Chicago. Of .eourse.’ I says,
‘Chi sin! quite so polished as ' ‘Noo
Yawk. But,’ I says. ‘what's the differ-
ence? Everywhere you go,’ I says,
'thers's always human life and Chi-
cago is reputed to be quite full of
population and very probably we can
find a. few warm hearted persons'fb'ere
who are more or less addicted to tak-
ing a chance."
"But this. bus. brakeman comes
den. and intimates that we
”the be thinking about getting off.
MW .., thabfggsst brakeiam
m lie-Ins any bigger than
was: be hhddhov twins. We en-
M
”as.
the flowers.
for» the =sduoatsd .
but he don't mind
Illustrated By '
JEFFERSON “cm-ER
. _ . . - - _ i t . "
which you propouhded about the min:
utes ago is now answered. This is
where we get off—right hqe on this
identical spots So let us ’be up,y'and
doing.’ I says. ‘-—apecisily.dolng.' But
the first coastderation,’ I says. ‘ls
vittles.’
"Well. wearises up and goes away‘
from there. walking in a' general d‘r‘cm
tion, and before long we comes to a,
sign which says we ars‘fnow apo"
preaching the incorporated village of
Plentiful Valley—Auto's Reduce Speed
Allowed. I kind of favors the sound of
that name—Plentiful Valley. And as
I remarks to the Sweet Caps Kid. 'We
aint no autos and we aint no tramps
but merely two professional men. look;
ing for a chance to practice our pro~
fesslon. '
"W‘e rambles_on until it must be go-
ing on towards nine forty-five o'clock,
and comes to a neat bungalow on a
green slope inside of a. high white
fence. There's a. venerable party set-
ting on the front porch. in his shirt-
sleeves. lie looks beneficent and well
fed. .
"'Pull down your vest. son-boy: I
says to Sweet Caps, ‘and please re-‘
member not to drink your coffee out
of the sasser. I have s. growing con-
viction.‘ I ssys, 'that we are about to
partake - of refreshment.’
“‘Hadn't we better sell this ancient
guy a. few Bermuda oats. or some-
thing to start off with? says he.
" ‘Not until after we have et.’ I says:
'business before pleasure. And any-
way.‘ I says. ‘1 works best on a full
stomach. Follow your dear uncle.‘ I
says, “and don't do nothin
g till you
hear from me.‘ -
"W'ith that I opens the gate and we
meanders up a neat gravel path. As
we draws near. the venerable party
takes his feet: dovm off the railings.
“'Come in.’ he says cordially. 'coine
right in and rest your face and banda
You're out nice and early.’ ‘
"'Suffer us.’ I says. 'to introduce
ourselves. “'e are a couple of prom-
inent tourist-pedestrians walking from
Noo Yawk to Portland. Oregon. on a
bet. This.‘ I says. pointing to Sweet
Caps, ‘ls Young ’I‘winkletoes. and I
am Commonly knowed as old King
LightJoot' the First. By. an unfortun-
ate coincidence.’ I says. ‘we got sep-
arated at an early_hour from our pro-
vision wagon. as a result of which
we have omitted breakfast and feel
the omission severely. If we might im-
pose.'_ says, ‘upon your good nature
to the extent of—-'
"‘Don't mention it.“ he says: 'take
,two or three chairs and set down. and
we'll talk it over. To tell you the
truth.‘ he says. 'l was Jest setting here
wishing somebody would come along
and ylsit with me a spell. I'm keep—
ing bachelor‘s hall.‘ he says. 'and rais-
ing chickens on the side, and some-
times I get a mite lonely. I guess
Vnaaybe the Chink might scare up some-
thing. nlthough.’ he says, ‘to tell you
the’t‘l‘uth there. aint hardly a bit in
the house. except a. couple of milk-fed
broilers and some fresh tomattuees
right out of the. garden and a few hot
biscuits and possibly some rnzzberries
with cream: for I'm a simple feeder.’
he says, 'and a very little satisfies mo.’
.And just then a tall lady comes ssunteriag out of the bushes
and the flunlies bow and -
fall back
“Her pokes his-head inside thexdoor
and yells to a Jan
places at the table.
upon the current topics of thO’dIY'
and. very shortly.
begin far to peroolate faith hem with«
in. Gaming me to water at
until I has all thp omward'
Of» being an ebb-tide. But this I: ‘
pernicious Sweet Capejdd; be «:3
let' well enough alone. ‘ 0m ‘
'eopi’o‘u‘s signs of amasserupom
side he gets ambitious and
abuse the sacred
about half to W o! -
hour too ma‘oetorth.“ chin:
eye! sees him reaching 1::th
‘3
un' tovsoft ~
_ me. 50m he.
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than his: the ' high
with 'sm. .,
i'
' tbsnvfn'an'ger ‘. )
=bolpod Mammals. first gold
to Eight Miles an Hour—No Tramps,
u:andnew mes’ _ ..
all. in sun's: shame-L Dru-ill
arbor. he ata‘tnorea} .rubo. . -
, “"I'o thinkg'.bersays,.more.in ”do"
immature me. who
brick that ever sea-molded 41: 1““!
country. should'in ~myabstaining year!
.h.Vo.t~' couple of wooden-angered
amatoors come, along and try to slip
me the oldest graft in the known
world! I'llitry to forgive you.‘ he Ill-5'!-
'but at thll'_m0lllult your mere pres-
ence ofldfds me. ',0n; your way out.’
he IQ”. ‘kindly latch the gate behind
you—tile chickens might: stray off.
" {Memoraj he say!- ‘1 '0‘1‘4 0"
fer yous‘wora ogadvlce. Beware: he
says, ‘of the constable in the' village
beyond. 'Ie'u‘ll-‘reeegnize-blm by hi-
whialrers ' he" says. .. 'Alongside.of him-
I look like an in the face. Ten
years "oi-he says, ‘that constable
swore a solemn oath ~ not never to
shave until he'd locked up a thousand
bums. ands-ho say]. 'he's now on his
'last lap. Keep movingfhe an. m!
you feel liks'stopptng, and then don't
P-' “
"Then edifying smells has made me
donerate. .
“ “We don't: go.’ I says. until we gets
a. blte.’ ~ .
"‘Oh! I'll ssa‘.that you get a bite.‘
«he says. ‘8ato,'~he"says, calling of!-
stage. 'kindly. uncbain‘ Ophelia, and
Ralph Waldo. Ophelia: he saw. turn-
ing to us. 'ls a lady Great Dane. stand-
ing foyr feet high at the shoulders
and very morons in disposition. But
Ralph Waldo is a cross-breed—part
Boston bull and part; snapping turtle.
Here they cbme now! Sink. 'em pupsl'
“Sweet Caps starts first, but I beats
him to the gets by , half a length,
Ophelia and, Ralph Waldo finishing
third and fourth, respectivelyl We
fades away down the big road. and
the last. thing we sees as we turns a
wistful farewell look over our shoulders
is them two-man-eaters raging back
and forth inside the fence. and the
-old guy standing on the steps laugh-
ing. -
‘ "So we pikes along through the vil-
lage of Plentlful Valley without step—
ping and walks on and on and on
some more, until‘ we obseJ'Vcs a large.
prosperous-looking building of red
brick. like a summer‘hotel. with a
lawn in front and a igh stone wall
in front of that. A l rge number of
persons of both sexes. but mainly fe-
tnales. is wandering about over the
front yard. dressed in peculiar styles.
Leaning over the gate is a thick-set
man gazing with repugnance upon a
lettuce leaf which he is holding in his
right hand. He sees us and his face
lights up some, but not much.
" ‘What ho. comrades? he says.
‘what's the latest and newest in the
great world beyond?‘
" ‘Mister.’ I says, 'how‘s the pros-
pects for a pair of foot-sore travellers
to‘ get a free snack of vittles here?‘
"‘l‘oor.’ he says, 'very poor. The
diet here.‘ he says. “is exclusively veg-
eterrible. You wouldn't scarcely be-
lleve it.‘ he says. but we're paying our
good money for this. Some of Us is
here to get cured of what the doctors
think we've got. andrnome of us is
bere.‘ he says. 'because as long an we
stay here they ain't so liable to lock
us up in a regular asylum. Yes.' he
says, pensively. 'we've go. all kinds
here. That lady yonder; he says.
pointing to a large female who's dress-
ed all in white and ain't got no shoes
on. 'sbe's getting back to nature: She
walks around in the dew harefooted.
And that fat one Just beyond her be-
, " 'Misht I an?!
to put two.'m_ora_ particular-delusion?
So we recline] cabbage
and indulges in edify‘lng mover-tubal bit? ' ‘
nourishing smells leaf.
the mouth a' ’
”mm opaeand soul-m _ .mmdsht 3
dollars to‘ send
ins: bi an;
jurist; of" herring Widn‘w.
lieves in reincarnation.‘
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says.“ {what 'ls‘your
. Are You a striped
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winch In new use mm.
“‘Not exactly: he says» wa’s such
road-river mil-11W a, has
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but
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gold bowimns‘na: spec's. .
. “Whistle?! Ian"! novel-thought I'd .
all so less as to be 'a vegeterfler. but
y." I earn, 'isj the mother of
vinegar. 'Could you please. air. spare
us it couple (Sf-bites out of that there
endings of your‘n—one large bite for
Ins and one small bits for my young
friend there to keep what little life we
have until the coming of the corned
beef and cabbage?
""Fellow sufferer! he
I: to me.
k
the time comes.
'not here!
“‘Sir.’ I says. ‘I get you.
of yourself and don't get foundered on
‘A bran mash
now and then and a wisp of cured
in so long
the green truck.’ I says.
timothy hay about once
says.
ought to. keep off the grass colic.’
says.
‘Come on, little playmate.‘ I says
to Sweet Caps, “let us meander fur-
tbor into this here vale of plenty of
everything except something to eat.
‘listen
If I don‘t out enough to
me alive to get out of here when
I won't be alive to
get out of here when the time comes.
Anyihére else I could love you like
a brother,’ he says. 'and divide my last
bite with you. but not here.’ he says.
Do you get me?’ he says.
Take care
glancing around hurriedly.
call bim,’ she It’s. -
me.
they give you a. do; The next
time.’ I says, “anybody 'of'fers me a
canine. I'm going to 'take
I to work fut.
legs— Heaven helpblm!‘
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On the steps of this here establishment stands a party almost entirely
concealed in whiskers '
W'hlch, by right s,‘
I says.
name oughter be Ilungry Hollow!
“So we. meanders some more miles.
My voice gets weak, and objects dance
before in _v eyes.
"After a. while they quits dancing.
and I realizes: that I'm bowing low be-
that
She is looking out. of the
front window of a snwll cottage and
her expression verges-on the
proving. As nearly as I can figure out
if there is any tvvo things in the world
which she dis-approves of more than
two
things is me and the SVVt'Oi Caps Kid.
fore. probably the hollics
ever lived.
any other two things.
W?"
t lady
those
-
-“I removes my lid and starts to
speak. but she merely wares her arm
in a maisstic‘manner. 'meanlng, if I
know anything about, the sign‘ tan-
guage. "Exit in case of dog.’
' and oontlnueasnpon. our way
through .therbri’ghi: “imagine. ,_
’ “The mtfamalelang.ownerkwe en-
counters‘livesaway downiln the woods
" and mother-Joann; with
Sow.
Blackout
‘its real
disapo
the woods and stops with our mouths
.‘Ij.l.l" and our eyes bulged out like
push buttons. ‘Do I sleep,‘ I says to
myself, ‘or am I Just plain ellrious?’
"For right there. out in t. 6 middle
of the woods. is a table with a white
cloth on it. and it's all covered over
with the most lucivicioue looking
viands you ever see in your life, in-
cluding a ham and a. couple of chick-
ens and a pie and some cool-looking
bottles with long hacks on 'em and
gilt»f'oil crowns upon their regal heads.
And a couple of t‘lunkies in long-tailed
coats and knee breeehes and white
wigs are mooning round. fixing things
up ship shape. And Just then a. tall
lady comes sauntering out of the
bushes. and she strolls up close and
thcflunkles bowand fallback and she
says something about everything be-
ing now ready for Indy Gwyhldolin's
garden’party and departs the same
way she came. And the second she‘s
out of sight. me and Sweet Caps can’t
hold in no longer. “'e busts through
the. roadside thicket and tears street
that open place. licketty-spllt. It
seems too good to be true. And it is.
When we gets up close we realize the
hOrrlble truth.
“The ham is wood and the chicken
is pasteboard and the pie is a. prop
pie and the bottles ain‘t got nothing
in ‘em but the corks. As we pauses.
stupefled with disappointment, a
cheerful voice calls out: 'That's the
ticket! Hold the spot and register
grief—«vs can Work the scene in and
it'll be a. knock-out?
“And right over yonder at the other
side of the clearing stands a guy in
a checked suit grinding the handle of
‘a. moving-picture machine. ‘We has
inadvertently busted right ‘ into the
drummer. So we‘ kicks over his table
and departs on the run. with a. whole
troupe of them cheap fillum-troopers
chasing after us. calling hard names
and throwing sticks and rocks and
things.
“After while, by superior footwork.
we loses ’em and resumes our Jour-
ney. By the . e nve o'clock comes
we have trave upwards of nine
hundred miles. lining sometime. but
mostly walking. beariy everythinghas
happened to us except something to
eat. So.we comes to the edge‘of a
green field alongside the road and I
falls in a limp, and Sweet Caps he
falls in another heap.
"Klddo,’ I says. ‘let us recline here
and enjoy' the beauties of Nature: 14
says ‘Consider the setting sun.’ I‘
says. ‘a-sinking in theeg’olden west.
Gaze yonder-J I says. ‘upon thatgreat
yellow orb with all them fleecy white
cloudsbanked up behind lt.’
" Tm gating: he says. 'It looks
something like a alg tried on one dds.
That's the way I alwah‘ utter take
mine.’ he an ‘before I gun‘s-neg
‘—n-led with the sunny side up.’
I changed the subject. . . . .
"'4lnt it a remarkable fact,‘ I says.
‘how this dim-{ct is addicted.” dogs?
"Look at that there little stray pup.
yonder. (an. Jumble: uranium
in the wild mustard. making" him ‘
an warm and parity. That’s “my.
‘don't tridrwftb‘ me. here establighment Bland 41"
ate man. and my Mend bars is even most entireh “new...” ‘M
desperater than what I am. Reun- But on his urea" I 3m in
bet. you are-alone and at elm-“Ike! ver badge 31.3mm: ”hum
and—J -. been through thick brush.” ‘u:
.uOh. she says. with a sweet smile. ‘The town Constable
'I ain’t exactly alone. There's.'riga.' uys to hi .iqu
'he an "The same; he saxs
"'I don't see no Tlge.’ I says, do for you?’ ’wim
"‘That ain't his null: lhe 1313. '11!
“But we don't wait. ‘Sweet Capa'
I says to him. as we hikes round the
first turn in the road, ‘tbls district
ain't making no pronounced hit with
Every time you eat 'em for bread
him.’
I says. 'lf he can eat me any faster
than I can eat him,’ I says. 'be'll have
And.’ I says. ‘if I should
meet a nica little clean boy with fat
them
words, we comes to a lovely glade in
die. within me and l 1‘91? plum '
lapses and folds up inside °f "
like a concertina.
he concluded. "why you 81'" m“
for going on the last cish‘fm "'
for breaking
shop" I asked.
Weigh
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" 'LOCR Ilg lip,‘ I
both. We‘re tramp: p-
dellellcks wandermg'inA 5‘“; ' ‘
‘llke raging lions “with“
we might devourKard g '5‘.
‘hnving no luck. N
characters.‘ I says. 'and 1t
to leave us at large. i..." ‘ .
“3'8. 'and feed us.‘ ‘ c. ‘1'
h‘ say, 5‘
3‘3 ‘wlifru
v
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i
Well-e
" 'Nothing doing}
next town—it's or :y hiya ....
good hard road a.. {half-3‘7”
“'1 thought,‘ I Fish“ 8:
a hide-bound oath rim-J.
til you‘d locked u, a 'hn .;._,. '
" ‘Yep; he 333's. "1.. ’< If.“ t‘
a little late. 1 {-5 h"
hour ago.’
“ 'Pincbed who?"
"‘The thousandth
rained him lbw
1 It‘s.
mates on a. clean Fl‘a'.a
says. “in celebrat on. of
casino. I'm giving
l'll‘ht to the regu‘ar boa-pl.
Jail. I guess you'll have 1;: I
—Qeems to me like I smell in,
dressing scorching." “
“And Will that he n .
locks the door behmdgpf-i in.
pay no attention 14: 2! . we“
bars. except to open a» flpgfif
dow and throw bgcke: r“
us. A t
‘Thnt's the last s't-aw,
gives way, both at ores.
direction. Sweet Caps
across the street and pro-t. as
against a. building. and as l:- a.
with his hat I speaks 19 hr;
soft and faint and law. K
“‘Sweet Caps.‘ I revs. 'T‘m
Leave ma.‘ I says. “and mail-a «pf
ization. And.“ 1 5a“. ‘ ‘
get there, come back remain.
collect my mortal Tafta‘ta v.4
'em, I says. ‘in some one, ”-
spot. No. I says. 'dnnl do tFa? . .
a?” me.‘ I says. to s i'rmee‘
tery. The Chinees.’ 1 says. :7;
tals on the. grave-s r.’ the;- 6-;-
parted. instead of flowers. Nut
says. ‘my ghost will walk a: m
says.
'“LOO-k there,’ says Fees: r
pointing up Main Sires: on the .
side. “Read that mark he saw
"I looks and reade. and 1: gafg
front window: '
Undertlking and Embslming i.
Its Branches.
"I rallies a little. 'Scrl boy. I
‘you certainly are or.» tau; .3:
tie guy—but can't you 'akr— a few
talk about passing away. and
get the words 0:? (.’ rr.~.~ pa”
hausted vacant frame yc; beg:
pick out the f‘m‘e'. diroc'er. '
. ‘ “M1:
: ill! s37?
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a
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he (in.
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.
your rush?‘ 1 $335, ".3’.‘. so:
for the remains?"
"'Keep ca'm.’ he sat! ‘az‘l
again. I don't mean ‘3‘6 3.5:" .
he says; 1 mean :h. z-atc rm
beyond. Il's a. dehia'r-ué” ':.'."3'
says. 'containing col“.
to be et Willi-rut turd.-
What‘s more,‘ hr s:..~
delicatessener is 0' 3.3.41
ent moment in Irrw re 2—:
away from here. lr arm ' 3 ha:
hour.’ he says ‘re‘: u" 1‘: '-
happy home. Anti <r.~r'i;v ‘Ce.
he says. ‘what‘li 3c; arc‘ IT‘.‘ is
ing‘.‘ “’e'll be tier-1 '
emporium. in llte n1: , .
says. 'fllling our :n‘dc‘ with pen:
plenty. That's What ue‘t‘. ‘-.= -:‘:;
says.
" ‘Sweet (‘aps.' ref-i: rem
slightly, ‘remember vir w; 2r“
member the prance. r a: -'r.
adorn? \\'ould :c-z.‘ I 5:": 5:1
burglary?
“‘SCandalous,’ 1:: (.mt \r “ fee
‘I’m so hollow I p.»-
feet without lourf .'c r. ..
aoever. Death I‘C’u’a derelict.
not death by qu-r" starvation
you with me.‘ he 523-5 '1- a':‘t_ .
"Well. what could m: 912:: 21
argument like that" szrzrr. not
syllable. So event‘s"? It“ "
And purty soon ll.“ :vl'c sis." -
softly out and at tire :71“ro
me and the Sweet tiara Kw: M
“'1! goes in an al‘u ‘-=:* :‘i . at.
of shops and afler rulng 330;:
the darkness for cuffr- r. KHZ. we
a back Window ni'h a veil; lllf‘.‘
it and we pries it cpe- an: we .
in.
“Only. just as we z"; 7950 all .
and snug. Sweet rag: i310
and turn over a l-:;: :~."f boll ’
standing up on end, and «our. ii 1
ker—blim! making 2 r1“: I‘
noise. Then we hear: scrub"?
stairs run across tl‘e ."n ' “‘8
beads and hears 'rnl p'n don
Item which is built m the o:
of the building to saw 593:;
on the inside of the bikini: 33:1
about a halt a mll’l‘l'e 3 5-.. iv-
some similar appliance nit-«r. the —
a piece begins to rim: :1! headol
"The stuffs off,’ 535's Sweet"
to me in a deep. skeered whisper
beat it.‘
“'le,’ 1 833's. Tm;
there window! l‘m too week 91‘
now. and if they'll fire r19 aha“?
minutes among the vmies m b!
M1 to run. Either way.’ I an
- pinch. and,‘ I says, ‘u e'd beltt.’
it 0111 full stomach. than an ...
one.’ ..
“'Bllt they'll have the good! 6‘
he says. '
"'80!!! I says. ‘2‘! th'F'i' cm '
m I little we’ll have the [004'
‘1!- Bar that window. ' I 5‘5"
ht 10y be unooufined.‘
“So We Mens her up from tho
Side. and while we hears "le 8
and infuriated populace surmfi “
“30 Dhce and getting read! 10 "
to think about making up their "'
.to advance en messy, l pulls cm“
front shades and strikes a match
“tilts up a coal-oil lamp and '
round for something suitable ‘0 .
the first raw edge of!' my IP‘
such I: a couple of hams.
“Then rightoff I secs when "‘
made a fatal mistake, and in! 4
faster .
And that ex? "
“Did they give you eighteen
into the delzcl
1.0-, Doolan fetched a long.
mo.” he said simply. Whey ""
I.
1 $1933, Metropoli'" ‘
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