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The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page W NEW ADVENTURES OF Ptesenfed Ry This TJS in ? arr -aw 1 Mil t' ' H-Jpul V luA tit?. kin . Kir ' JO 1 Vit READ nf HEREThenSselt In Motion Pictures WRITTEN BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER Author of Oot-Rich-QulcV-WaUioffor d" 'DRAMATIZED BY CHARLES W. GODDARD Builder of the World' Qreate.t Serial. Vith Ths fewous Paths' Players !ni!0ttrJf,Th-drTk "har"!' i2 ??f Jl'. "i" !. W plek.d th.rn from Then W It 1 Thoo. note, ar. la tha hi. right hand ho held a bedraggled little bunch craned toward the orchard. There were tne ground and did ot throw on a attch or nama of Puahman Kltohao Utenell Oomoany. of geranlume and In tha other a aolled bee- of '0rrUPuVhPUVf wW" n",.. Mr- Ulna J,,;::JLBJ? th I,n,t thU tT' Ut' Th """P"' he. pwnout wftgigtanSK. peppirmlnta H. panted the remum! ?o ku? .mI Ji T-imr... ft m J" b,rn, " Tha Puihmu Kltshen Violet and tha peppermint, to Fanny. -Now. I um wi "hh.r hand a f olded. Tee, but Ihoee bora Utenell Company, now Incorporated. Since tha guess you two purty young Indie, will run -loot?. hlm U ny 1 crck,4 , 1 w iu" roln io tall about tha boy..- ordinal company do., not oiler, it ownotUk. Sut and taka a little walk, and lot no tiki dr. Slookum. Interrupted Jimmy, looklna- hi. uncla ralmlv UD those note, and rou can r.fua. nf th. m." " J'iMk hMh'. . . "'- B,0,okum 7JC ,n tn T.,; bw.t ln p,t of nlra"e"' twlnklo froni any other peraon. Tha mortgaro can till They hesitated. They (lanced at each olher ls .lu B hod, nowmr, inn me aDeoroina auDiouaiy. men. overcome by tha flatterlnr " careiuny in iot roi- uncia .aw ic. "While wa were In tha field company, and can be held until euch time a. attention, of O. W. Blookum they escaped hie '"ill fk. t -in - k. .. ... fathering- up tha apple which had been that company mlht be ln temporary dimcultlee. fatherly pat. on tha ehoulder, and went out i .A .wr Vl! J grumbled, and went taken from ua. a lot of other boya came Then, by thunder. I can make trouble with through tha 'factory door, and rlfraled them- Into the front room, where youna; Pu.hinaa In and clubbed tha tree." ' them!" iv.J ?.lf ',-,.? mSm i JL INTRODUCING i?" lrom 0"nl- with .mliu "JKr were your unr, by dander!" That', dang nonaenM." crackled Blookum. feverishly Into tha office book a Dues, he knew ilf.' . ...... ploded (i. W. Blookum. lie wa. fairly qulv- ' Tou don t know the law. or you wouldn't bow to handle tha ladles bv llnrol HTTP!? MrlMTHQU T D..f., Xr11l-f-J Tvo had no notlca of collection from any erlng with wrath, and hi. voice cracked, think up a schema like that. I tried It once." nanaj. me laoies, py jingo) UUKK IVlCliM lUbH - o - T, KUfUS WalllnfffOrd of the banks," he ob.erved. "I suppo.e you "Tou whl.tled for them ta came In Th.v It wee Blarkle DaW. time to causa, and ha X. a:AV rm.rxy Vi i i :""r"TW 1 DB" wmcn ibus sue lo-mor- were strange boya that I never .aw be- oreetraiieniy. loony poshman hurried Into th aiXXWV. fiumnil - - - XJiaCKIC Jjaw . . . . . lore." Tou re cockaure I can t do tbatr or J. Rufu. Walllngford In tha T ft TT A DnnWTHPrt e, ..? ai-5:T?i. "'TC: - P? -ura a. go.pel I" in.hi5"Jy MltoMh, ww-a.- IVWUUU X ilUli t-ec.- - - V 101CI iBniT.;. ik.u i Vn V.i I. .... , Jl um o tt auingiera . suite, oaught "inen, tnera'a only one other way r Blackle wr, piurapea nimseir into m. . inV 7 i K..;.,". ' v wessup, snonea ana went now sat aown, witn ni. hand, on hi. knee, and ana laugnea OopTTlgM till b, Ti. Mar Co. Ill Jor, . . . . 'J? .'.'h.1 fhTi,,rMUi V'.'K! hl P?" upr'-ht. "I ll have to buy enough "Wed- II .ki. V...r... ' thin han. anil arlnned tha dr and duatv Balm " riritt- .1 "' nwuniwrq stuaiea tne lnteill. stock In tne PUflhman Kitchen ITtensll Qwnaor . ww re mean r- na axuitea. .V. of Mr. Blookum with great oordlallty. Ar ?.,UT," ..,,n,;,PT:i ?"t countenance of hla nephew quit, ear- to vote my enemy out of Office." . bj began to draw ou WW.MWM,W rtlon to lh BIOOkura' 01 ?on:t-mi: rn-.-Up-h.t -.vw: .hi. tru.. JlByr h. io,.d. "jm -s ras fi''hU .. . J: N.w heard of -.m." crackled Mr. Slookum. ."J" L?.', 2".!, "7 . Again th. boy brown aye. twlnhl.d a. h. "How much mo-nev'ld tWES.r. ..T?? ." LOld Slookun, as w oil KHVW B 1UBI aa n as ST ar nnuiufii al Mas nw . a , . i . i a ST " owasw asw swa.e ewa a at - wn ynaa niiinit nnuvn In raks Mlanl ayllghV observed B;ackt. lW witi Tth. lrtJZJ llVv mv m " "V. . lm unc"- "Flfty-on. . thoutend dollar, or moro.- , b.'took the "entlVa nTtv-flvV rown of earneat loalo on hla brow, and ..V ' ' TB mortgage connolaaeur took the check can i prove lti Blackle'a reply wa. prompt and .harp. "The - vim "Old Blookum w v.ni..rnrj in ,. '.iiT.i r"? 'Never heard of em. i... i, th. .m. ..i.hi. That' inanih." aM Weill wfA v. m.n--m ir.Ar,nn.Li X. . . .v. lor mm, tjio. niooKum was blackle to the tall voune- .ir.nVee . .i P?r!r . it with a corner of the Bible: then, all in turned aternly to hi. caller. "When you sand, and Pushman haa the sale of tha stock. l' V nir."l T. "5.-'i" . "Very welL then." went on blackle: 'it" " D perfect alienee, he lit the lamp, produced coma to me with a. complaint about my boy.. They-re snapping it up like hot cakes axoun- Xr;., """Vv. .tii iZX ZA approach you i from th. l.ft.h.nJ r?.. "m"""'rl- ... hie reading-. pectaolea end out them on with - - "IT 1 d Jim from waited, "you a rV.k!Sw Kch.n out ,ud- i '.nt.T of ?Sat fart " wenrolT Walllnaford. AT1't"t,- '.. iillaT'ani " WhlS it iSfo'S'if-ht ,r lr.l, I With a'ln at Blackla. "he i. perhaps th. Vf ,VeVv ft" 7 --. J-"."hSlB..'; '...h1 S.;fctrVhhu' U !SlirrSlTB 0,"U;e-hTuhV he r.luetantlr rrun Puehman." 'Ohl observed Mr, Blookum. blinking all mowm- nT" and ha aat down e apartments Hotel Dinale. dropped a bag tee big chair. ana laughed and ooenlns package, of money oouldn't get down e Daw to It. rd held back the cautious telegraphed f the egg- "lieDDr to meet -rou. Mr. Pu.hm.n M .-,.. eyes. nwuiiiiuni, ouroi nanc. neerti'y. "i never Oh I" commented Mr. Blookum, "In .pits of that fact eater ssienman in tne unura oiaiev. nT..v...wm v - , . . ... observed Mr. Blookum. blinking hi. V Aown to hi.. Id check, to tha crossing I am about to.lnteres Mr. Dawwlth me B""5,c"7. MMB .vm. vma quite wnai tnis laiot means, but I " I w.iiin.fnri v. k.i tnusiasm. i round a new rork jobber to judge that you ar. in the egg-beating business." ' n',," '?'Lmtn Jh. Xlr s?oJ.kum handle my goods, and he', keeping ma bu.y. "kitchen novelties." agreed the young man. P1?."?!".' ''L ,nV! tr7fu;m hVm mouth k "-day discount, too. Aboilt oceptlng Walllngford s best chair. ' He was a lnhrl w n?im!,Vn' a, l Wms " " wa.k. I'd Ilk. (o dt.count that second mooth-shaven chap, wltn a clear eye and a TfiT. lni..A r?u?l deUrV Wa lTna. pleasant amllo, anf he wore the clothing of a ' 11 .".J" Z kiki Mr S wl,n ?erk- Mr- "lookftn "topped writing, prosperous young business man. combined with lTr kiiil.7 U looked over Mr. l-usn- ,.Tp(J donrt wan, to d thltr. n nm,tuy a look of car. between the eyebrowa "Mi', ..v.. - ii. .... h. ..n,. advised. "Tou don t want to cramp your Iaw is an old. old friend of mine. I met him . .- ." 2?ula "!." f"""." uroduclnr power. Ill extend this note if witn a aaw-nis. tne corners oi ms now - n ttl.' e -K . I rw . n ... Wn. .1 ft.-- . . . I h.lfTn hSur anheTn.Ted thaT "1 wouldn't hav. It eg.ended for m.n- would like to give me some business advice IT", ... 1 Wk i Ti took 111 T 7u olt lt crlppl.. my en- J. Hufu. Walllngford glanced speculatively WV! imn. iZlm but tire enterprise. at bis partner. 'em any 'mora. Th ere . nothi ng 1 m ta "Well, I got .om.thlng to .ay about thatr Mynal here Is up to hi. neck In financial "?!nh"""t, f0" TnyputS erackl.d BTookum. who never'llked to col- dlfflcultlee, Jim," Blackle explained, giving Wall- nH ?A a . ' u- jaet his capital If tha Interest was good. Ingford time to study the prospective business m.2;Htim .hln.M aet - resoonded Walling. "If '" ms cripples your business, you ...nc-t.t. "Th. iiiuninn ( ... -,1,1,11..- i. "TBt IS a business asset, responaea waning. v. .hi. in n.. m. rlr out; an not .,i., h. .r,.:3. 7 V.- . ... J ford. "Ixx.k at me. t tp fc 1 ' V' . vnn Jaii'I ilUnnitnl kaIm TAn n..,t It tskei monsy to buy drtnka" V'VnS " rertll. notl" and he capital." -1U be jiggered If f know how my old friend 0t.J?0!,i. bioVd rZt niacin tlv Tm No t'oubla about that" and th. young Daw discovered that I am In a hole" milled Jll.iVnn.i'rimo N?r Wkum manufacturer lit a big cfgar. "There wa. young Mr. Puahman. In perplexity, and he cast ! Mr Slookun? msMCttna? 140 hoo pf mT "'"; money In this town, a wondering . glsnoe at Blackli "I bought Tr.nmlfoSurtouri from hiTr rI I va l v tken ,n " capital Mr. Wal- promptly when the bartender Introduced us. arl ??lnl, JSSzSliZ T don't do taslnsla Ungford." I said that business was good." h"d, of P-"m"8r- 1 don BWnoa. tHookum'. head came op with a Jerk. :5'f.k' .h". "h.".H !5?tod Waringford.... 'LiJJfc hurinM. with me." confidently ore- "7"H .'''? of warno. o. iiisivtea isisosia "i m an exnert wntrr. Hint w.llln.fnrd. and he chuckled. "Vie can't sell 'era!" Interrupted O. Just outside the fence of O. W. Slookum's d and hands, Achat fisherman, and you can't fool em. Now rou wear a new necktie and esy that bunlnee. I aood. Puikmtn. end vnn nrnli.hlv h.w. .v.v-r- body In XJIngl.vlll. bluff.d but your bsnh ; but wi:",";1 SS'uS .TorrVn: Toed j.ssup with their cap. ln their a hird.h.t A.h.rm.n m..M h.v. .ih. Walllngford positively, bettmed. well organ ., ln. c.. wer. nln(. wlth .ODie. Xld you ever catch a whlffl.batT" Tra enousfi .ad- At - W Blookum came around th. "Tiu confounded foci I" chuckled Walllngfwd. ",0'k V,f ,?,r. our Smontr '' ' "" Though ha had been In "Tou do It this way." went on tUckle. twiet- '""m, "l" "with .nd wTm'gford J1"' of the ""'. " of th5 Ing his spikelike mustache complHoentlr. "In 'J'IS R,tl 7 unon Blootarn "if you orohtri. some uneasy Instinct had warned th. still dawn J-u row out to th. middle f " ' Z"! rlTdouWe ?ur morT.yl h m ' th. pr.e.nce of boy.. H. tookoff UN ill. i.r-wy -. you. AndvT" rrled straight down tha walk and Blookum. ... . ... ..field waited younr Jlmmv Walllnaford and "Well sell tne f-ooa. oerore we inyw. anu T J.u.m With their rim in their hands. . ,. . . ,,,.,.. - out along the road. The farm-hand came only wsy Id ge Into business clomplnK up from the barn tn. har(I wnlt, kum. pursing hU llpa Tou i rtow buU.fer"r,',tret(.hlnp. alon(r h.,, 0 blra. it.t ran be got without a risk, and Th , b , d , , ,roonf. tne stiii oawn yu row out to tns miuaie ---v V " . where we can double our money, a perftly circular lake, taking with you a :h Vn"t get a cent out !"' Hammer, two . naiie. an ana a piece or . .nd leaning back, he amlled In ,"t,u cheese. First, you tiail your bon.. to the lekej Hi hu then you take your aiger and bore a linle in Vlp,'",; the water. You ley the rhiese at the edge of ' " .!" the hJie, and whistle like a meadow-lark. Well, ths whlffintiat htars the Inu.lo and tsime. to the hole, whore he smell, the cheese and comee up after IL Then is when you have to be quick. lou leau over tne elde ti your boi Md glggl. hlio to deet.-i. ' Old atiuf , but gsod. creaked Blookum me money th I'm t 1 1 1 1 . n Inuari ft I,. niii'nii ' ' " . - ... ft...,. A terrlllo upronr Prose tne pece " l", "Ahal I cauaht you at it! "Pont you touch u. idff taSt tlfulautumn. There w.r. . .he loud barkim , cf , F o u I , Stlx. but iJSd- ?-lV"!t&& Knof "Put back tho.e apple.," oW yelled Blookum. warnea iota. of hard-shod feet crashing Into a picket fence. ordered Andy. "Whet, the matter with your egg-beater " "eS?a ""ri 7 ihsm danged boy.l" .hrlll.d . aon hv,' 1 .ul m ",CK1l".ImJ. . anddelv inoulred Walllnsford "It. .oma or tnem """ "r ' ately announced Toad. Jimmy had not a Thiv won't bu v them "'and young Puehman )!. In ";t M'llmf " VJKJ word to say. He atood quietly listening to h.Vhl"tr5.mp.oo.Tr iVU. "I've" mriS..rpinc Tl? Td' Uttle half-.mlle. '"Theyr. our thousand dollar worth of them crated, ready tVtti Vml?T 99 applea- w ... ,., v..m ' skin "em av. If I eaten em I ''Ton stole 'em " charred Blookum. J I f ! i t h " 1 p J HuMew t- - I in-i r ' " i v n , mimm Binm mnii aiwi r 1 iiamnniw inin iir-iininj mmm jail ihism wiinft-nii n.iii r i armrainiMimrnrrT" ""' -"i '-t"-"1 r-"tr mm ruinin in nm iiiiiiiriiniitiifTYin'iiTiir rswfaeAy i ; r i.i' o., ".ejrWsi,yey'..sl .yHP '4'?.? 'Cy- ( 'i,irniii'f i if igr-':"x' f ' ' ' - . ! ifl -y , ' i ' ' w.iiinirrAri nnnii.d ereveiv. - . . . . Buaatnir tne nirta nsuu rftvii-u w.i . n 'i.. .v nM .a t. .nnna Tt- town tnosv. rjecause ine eomnanv. in tnv suit v.i .awm , wrviwrw.ftt Btnk all vour mone, f Unh.7 . J on ths little front north Thl. no nd grabbed the capa out of the boyr ;.em. to m., m. g look urn. that the oompialnt agalnat them, showed a profit, even on a hun- Wired me, and I wired -weii, no, muni me ywung man. Tramps. . tmrt,A f.rm-hand "J" . 1 ' - -"."It.- ta on me otner siae." ni rose. e erpanaea orea inousana aousrs capitausatuHi, u over ulnars ford noted that his eye. were rathe.' too close 'a what they ..'" . " field a. far a. he could, and then tossed th. hl. broad chest. "Tou w.r. hish-handed with a hundred and fifty oer cent, a year I" 'They U have to be together. "I sank O. W. flookuina I'm will- w climbing tn. Picasi l'"cV. jimm- Wail. r outelde the fence. , . my boya, sir." Me raised the pitch of his O. W. Slookum gulped, and a apaam of pain Blackle Uaw, fondling i.l , i.k .v.. i,.,.i .., n ur . . the neohew of J. Kufiia, young Jimmy vvaii- ..nmi ar ril scank voul" ha u. . . . ,r... . i.v.j .ti TiJi von know w.'w. .hinr stort.M Ingford. with a club i In hi. i nana. wa. iiwir threatened. . .. . whole trm.hl. Mr. Blookum I. th.t -rou 'Tee: I Oaured that out -myself." h. eorrob thouuid dollar.' wort a J. Bufu. hitched forward. ilvJ. kJi .UiTi.e which , ws. T dMhTnaT v o- ft.."Iou mu,t r,v- V "i,00.' .P?LX " the autiaa.t of DlngTevlUe entirely too orated. jPoUet and back twenty- "Ohl Bljokuml" he seld, and ha mnlled an- looking bull-terrler, which waa dMning vio- hi c,r tyfm KB,ed ,teadlly Into the beady OI1, A rrt many people I discoverhave "Well, Pushman don't Ilk. 'v7allingfod. "And Paul paid caah frovlngly at Blackla "Blockum ha. all hind, isntiy eruunu "-"-""; ones or u. w. Mooxum. . suffered Injustice at your handa I am toint "II almply get Pushman to sell me fifty-one wamngiora. "owever," of money, I believa" unprotected P,nJnV' t -i.h th. .u. "What did you .ayT" crackled Slookum. in to M, Mr, Blookum, If this community can be Pr cent, of that stock, aa soon aa my money dared Just before w. "His." It was Blackl. wno answered thla . L " , 17', , a in artonisnmeni. throttled by a loan .hark." He bent on get. here next week. Then I'll call a meeting mm money. v oat. net hltohlng forward an leaning hi. thin arm. on tumn lves: wea .thrpwlnir aolid. reen ap- ..Tou mut u. k(,k our apple.. gjooKun, hj, sterneet gase. HI. round face had and vote Walllngford out of office, make my- "Seventy-five thousand the table. "Usild. .liver, mlckel. copper, bllla, P'a at t ne """-"! -" '-r; rV"ed "H" Jimmy nrmiy. -we can nave you r6ddened. and shook a threatening fore- .elf .President, and vote myself a big enough . waiiingrora .nook his . t.. reached tha garden, tne larm-nana rwiivia arr.et.d for hlahway robbery." . .v.. .v...l. i a .1. ui.A, .si i,n n ik. nrni. .,nni r "BTotten wa had ta ..II j . 1 . ......... 1 .w. .. xi. .11 ait "Blookum Is "tho Tillage mortratt boMer." one of the apples In th. eye. He fell oft stated puahmaa. " Tou stole 'em!" charged Blookum. "r ""- "- " ' Walllnaford. oll PoUet to order threw worm. new goods." arlnnsdi the money. "bay, do F.wt Plinhtn.A'. An.l-.l t egg-oeateta to Xr-aul four times I" every time," chuckled the dividend we de- lnoorrorated got ua back e, fiuiinuuil i, even." bead. tw.nrv.flw. lk.MMA "We can prove they were our apples." turning, he .talked. In 'outraged majesty, Into per cent. thet'g enough for stockholders. I ll for the treasury." lie worried: "but It wouldn t tt leuow. waiiingioni : ana jaiacaie. ma iu umve wm e.iue any more pro- from his chair, slapped his hands be- motion stock. First of all, we'll take out that and .tamed agitatedly across ana inree mousana ror next week', shipment," and room. ne counted tha money to one aide. "Than w.'ll Blookum wa. allent for a long, long time, taka out twelve thousand for expenses." He is ousy nguring. -mat company naa snuvea inu money to one uae. "We wont fourteen thousand dollar. In a month, count the trifle we lost when I turned those hundred and sixty-eight thousand mortgage, over to th. bank this morning, nor year I Bix per cent, dividends on the will we count the three thousand which w. tlon would only have amounted to six are to pay Paul FolleC That cornea out of lie lost himself In a mass 01 eniran- tne expenses, wo nave here alxty thousand to l divide. Now what do VOU think la falrr" pose Walllngford wouldn't care much "Half," responded the young man. 1 bualnee. If he oouldn't control tn. 1 just wantsa to see whether you hav. th. and get all those extra profits," fa. right kind of .tuff ln you or not," chuckled naiiingiora, -ana you nave." His eye. ball wlla-natred closed and his big shoulders heaved. ik so," and young Pushman loletT" napped Blaekle, stuff." chuckled well. Here', ten toward him. contract I" he legal contract I" Puahman, whan we w to your buel from you, with ten thousand girls gst ths from them." money into hi. straight." he get for being v,i. .... few minutes, tn answer to Wsll'ng. I g. or did lis slier his position over the apples r.ln.,1 on the ground like hall- 1 ' TV?-1.1. i-fc a -re.. lTnWm oncJialent v In VhVThinTJ thl rowed. "Look here, my young friend, don't n..i. ..1...W.....I i.i.iImi . r. rliecker-Doe-n. -we nlnn-t rin anvthlnr out atones. Il.fnr. 1: w Nlnokuin couia prop- v. d.uu.u... - - - 7 - --- ---,.,--.---- .-. ..k. ni.il.. .Km. imii.r k. .1. 7 i .. i.i 1.1. .. at ,ln Ktockume." went nn To.. I erlv lurir. aih.t h. ahnulrf da about It. tht apple. Were Picked. rerlor end wer. Introduced a. Fann ant "Vou knew they a ere not your' apple.." tr.e hu.l be-,, stripped of all it ..a nlee toii f. 4 . . . . . , . ... Wh inrfiinl ii. m... aKt Tiila mA.t nf i . . i ..... . . n ,1 nt its branchea i n- re a a sirangi loiet waroen,. .. i'Z"". ' ''"" ... .1 '7m. --, -.r- enooW..m hut not even her V I andersia id It pertvtly now." Bald youtig w. ""''"'" conue.c.na.a w ana erery apple naa oeen pic.eu - i. th rial 'in i weeks she had bead aasravatsd new chalra. new railings : at a high deek. . ... went on ginmi. " . . - ,n. .nininina room. snow tn "I honestly believe you d Btlng Bloouum, ."in"""" '"uTi,. ik ! .th nViV te light or a peculiar "'' "7" .. vTT Jumping lessed Valllngford, ov-r "y '-"..i--"- " ...""-'. Trr.".- to gleam in nis eyes. ""'""'""- nin.lll. .k. to .h. f.t th.t t t..d hind him Tmim Puahmai. fnlrted It Is arm. on the labia remerKea nauingiuru. v morn na at r srocerv store, ana mere were . - jr-'"--..T ..". ' acroaa tha hIo.V to our Utile bueine.s conversstion." four people saw us buy them. Here I. th. "?..lu" Pr-n o J- "UIU" wauingiora. a nsw - .'ow- . . . m . . v.. v., ..in... rn v.raatlon M -r"r. ! 7VV. . " .n cltisen of sxeat value. For Instance, look at . r- r. not tncvoratear g the sU ItSm? -Xppl.TO" ?Wlt! m That', the answer : we'll incorporate. - Jem empna.is. ..is. 'i . "if those were your appie., wny were you -Tr; ' . V. 'VT . ' . Z . ' ' That wa. a "Then wh.tr It was Blscie who aeked out oT my yard! uit!" sneaking around my tree?" Blookum wa. T ICtl'l "I'Si"? " i?! dollara a Chla J. Rufua frequently Inco.-poratsd. but hi. . Oiled w th rage. ."'1 T om iTi. thVnT Iw. L,.Z capltallsa caovements from then on were alwaye dirferenL ,v., .v... . e weren I .neaaing inunt Tr irn, V . - . 1 thousand. i am-i know- Mrnei w.iiiniciord car. "My notion about It is that we .houTd cheor inainnanti- denied Toad. "We atayed right hand, over fl.t.. , ....... I V" -The rbtof value of Incorporation I. vo 'k' i Jl"." 1 !'" '."' want our appl.-. tTu'SrJulZL V&l "1 "P Vtttg!hMZl nl IsiofoVVet oUr.o;rowV.;dfod.-,glng otr Troubled" .neno."' " frflow by the nW. of Daw Vied tf at.ng hlmT fJUii ,n ium :""" vmii uw.e " .... ,i I, I.i wn. .v.r nl. f..r tlir.ar- . I. .... didn't het Cams alonr with a contract sivlns ousinsss With It- i'-I'V-lM.ft.l.. . ?Z." r ...w':-..ai .. " 'nr m m t L -,-.. i,,.km.... ....k.-.. nieculatea. Z: with one fuot. and leave, ths other upToir """k.-u their annla-r ord.rl Wanted to mml.-on aUlood. J?" . . . .. ...s ni. n. m ....'. .a d.it r 1' X N pi u . 1 1 i.uiK..rrwa ni.v iu tn. lilr.A h.nrf ...... .... ....... . . . . ... n .-u 1.. u. K. Minted monev wMch we so much crava lust with one loot, ana .caves ins oiner up iwr .lv, thel p,rk tWr appiMr oroerea " "''l ii' ,T . . h.. k. . V-. VT' Blackle smacked his flat In hla palm. "Didn't "Glad you thin now. aa O. W. B'ookuma" a nana is. ion Blookum savagely. . ... I " r.T.7 d'.T.. a. "1" NT-.. i. . ha eay so at the trlalT Didn't ha make that seemed relieved. 'Where'. VI . gaththat.-tld yourgPurhman.looh- "Win you ',' That wa. enough. Toa.Je.aup put n,a u-- , - '"l"- Vn great r to the Jury. In which he cheated m. "None of your bu.ln I- Ml put ed. Mr. iv s linmeuiateiy inter. ", , , ... . inumc sua nis lursuup.r ..- - - ft. i..j. ij . r out ot my commission, ana omni ne isu tne wiwi suoaen rancor. etef when he found 1 bad some oonnectlor "All r ght, Jim, ' agreed Blackle. with a .,, H, ,un and .mltted a whlatle ao f I hwed that Daw hadn t sold a dol- otB town thft- ,f h. w to b. ham. ..yM. you h.v. th. with Blookunt. Whyf wink at pushman. "i fouiuii t ten it irom iu .hrlll that Q. W. Blookum seem.a to raise . on.h v ...hm. h. A pered tn any way after hed built up their local J. Rufua. "I think you'll do "Old O. W. skinned soms tr end, o. ou.s, iuu.miii jou, uui . t. ..... . r. etraigm up rrom tue u..u. ........... " " kl" . -Kl" enterprises, bed shake the dust or uingievme tnousana ror you." gr-lalned Walllnfotd brlerty. were thinking the way you looked you' d, be froro mong th .hrubbery acroe. the side mad. htnm.nt, to hla big Jobber amounUng to . jt or.T.rr Young Pushman drew the bill. "fcver hear of President Wa:-dert. Of the better on u you went jiggeroauing. ... road from the apple tree there emergen "'.Z n7Zain thm Again there wa. a long pauao, tn which O. "Ten I W. should hav. had a Wsstern Coniwlldated Uallroad Byeterh?" l.t- locate a Jlggerhalt by ear. Pu.hman. It the full night-force of bell-boye from the you ow el Uvo there w such a Pro"1. w. Blookum speculated. grumbled. aulied Blackla straddling a chu "Well, inskee soun.i like a anut. anu Hotel Dingle They came running, ana w:tn JT,.... ' "Tou say veu don't get your aaoaar atH "Burglar, can't make a ihen Warden died. hi. business rival, E. B. ""t 5JKB.rm.. ..rS'WI .?.?w.i wheop. They eprawled over the rence i ' w.. m., y J"- Mxt wt,,f he prently observed. wiorted Blackla ."Why. Falla who never hed a ciiance to beat warden " . ... -l nere were .even or tnem. . i7 "" r, , V, , K. i, , , . V ZT . , . : " " w . . J came aiong, tne only end you aai at any. game, robbed hie orphans. Ueorge prompt.y Informed them. 'p1''' that they looked like .evenly. Clube Phkt IX' nesa was to have It taken away WasJilnston Blcokum was one of the pmer tuoie i " wno nau t.n ..... ,ne, , no stones new p among in. m v"-:; , "S-r.'v. j. waliriie:fordTB The offioe of the Pushman Kitchen Utenall yu ot. ITil. way. you have who helued tn the manipulation by telling a a. he could, turned .nutrely away from hi bombardment from a tlatllng battery. The ... ' .. Vl"'5:.w .i ronr-n. -.Z.v.laiion whin tE. e..ioi dollara dear I And the Warden x Ilea Hie ahare ws. " t hecksr bostd with a Jerk. lie bed bsen tallest b,u boy paused, for Just a moment. " ''T. -"XZ7 .hit thrivinV fifty thound which wa. stolen "Just a minute." ch U.d J. Rufu.. touch- .it ting hunched over, but now be .tralghf to "paste ' the hirsd hand In th. eye witn " ; 7 'k "v,, a vtslt" Kxnreaa wagona wot belna loaded . Toung Pushman dropped the ln a button. "Mr. Pushman may a. well enen up. . weii-seasonod. n.t. ITZ. i."Zl 1." .... i- ,k,. r.ii hi.h tih of aas-beatera: th.r. ... . bag. "Tea, but I didn't get mine meet the Warden orhans. We tl probably m.k. "All right :j well go home." he "tated. We;ro But th. talle.t bellboy WI 'J t t7,"kT,m ... Vl. A-..t.ir 111 b,,t hi frlah coat of paint o" the froAt. and at the oompTalned. "Thl. I. all I iw. v.la orhre assistants, anyhow. 1 lie r part, ot nay.nK mm n iun nf-rs. j uuniy loosen wno ne.itstea, sven tor . tuin... - x.Hnw. tin. nin.lni nii n .h.i.. ftriih crookea. .Vt", ." .ft. rii .,n.J rT. at him lth a oul.t .mile hut h. ..Id noth- athar bo. ... in tar., nlacea at one. and wa. frantlcl . window, were lace curtain, and new aliade. witn " o. tmA ..d AUUTJ, laaJ In ford". and there wa. nothing naiiway oi a ramuy aaioon i w.tcnea it patient- y.-----' . . r, ' there and watched It lv until l e saw J. nutus waiiingrora ana young ,. , - -- ' r. raw." It wag Mra. Pushman go out for lunch. Then Mr. Blookum nt make a crook out of an honest man. A Puehma vivacious he point of rebellion. lug the books, a handsome blue-eyed you . Mumbling and grumbling, O. w. went Into and at tne typewriter, working Indusltioui I, keen- Puahman rose, with his bag ln his hsnd, and ng lady took hi. bat "Tea, I guess so.'T he admitted. "It's triouaf probably born tn one. Old Blookum wa. telling ' . ...... . , . n. smi'lr.g Into tre blue eye. ot trie n" .... . . s Violet!- snd Blackle Daw t.gged -Jimmy sas tnai noting you want is vi. . M ... ... " O. W. -lookum t V. th. back door of hl. X.9. a snort eCk,. V,?dBbi-.,r0l?,la.- fi'th "1' j;J-"j- 't duiro-4- earyiAwiulni dTT. .nTgTt trth,ng har4 and bony .macked youn, tvbrban farm beuee. wl h the glory of tha -fiafe all III heir" was th. nnsl and climbed out again, trudging turdlly down i'h)rtZt' tlklB lrn- m7Eer tall 1 desk UbeTled "Mr Pushm Puahman r"fht at tho hinge of his Jaw.' Im- auumn spread befo.e him. and on his knees clinching argument of J. Kufua "1-eovo ths roao. toward ths town. They had l 1lX.,r0"ldtM0fao p.- r . much Near the typewriter wag i bm kMM medla'.ely afterward almost Instantly, ln fact, was a sho-gin, losded w'h rv-h salt: lust ths roo-n!" thrown a Mick or a stone. . uel m"n " and he dellbTraU In the earner of vie.on of d. W.'. wrlmtle- The boys clattered out, not half ao crest- J, ma. snd Tosd tried to .Up out ol the 'i'uh"7 J?. j5achs .and tartedlt betweeu of awMtheart roeea man in the era Tbooe two mlselle. were the equlnted eyee was a big appls tree, anxlou. lal.en aa tey mlgSt hae been, and young room wUen O. W. Blookum called at the Sf.' T mustacne and insertea it oetwe or sweetneart reeea Blookum. hla two fl.ta of Kaokie Daw. and one more thump to drop lie frost-rlnn.d spples. In ths field, lhman r'ai-d af.er them in admiration hole: to .... J.mmy'. uncle, but Mr. Blookum W Vrhunh r agreed Blookum. and he grinned. Uttle eyeV narrowing: of his right lauded the amateur sprawling vlbr.una- between th. sppts tree end the or- 'They're frrest kids." he oommentsd. "I'M APneelf ooj-cled . , - . t , . Thi vrtta of lnSr rarlel 17 KarTnr WaTdVn want right on tyotng. hot oro e oeuch. ehar we,, a ..rtr..i.nd .nd a buU terrier: sorry they interfered with our deal, but I "I want there boy. to stsy rlaht whsr. KiaV l.,V Violet LarCund at him sweetly After the disturbance had subsided, and but O. W. Block im t.Wea neftW of tae, don't hoM it e,t.ln.t them - thy . ' he hotly Inalstsd "Thsy came ;,,,JU"1L7.,lJnhrr ItVJenge! "No, Kr-mhAl h. hasroni t lunch" young Puahman had gone away. J. Rufua Wal'- elnre there I n- rual.n of property SO "They didn't Interf ere with the deal.- in. and dair.sged mj property. They sklnnsd JJ roWuJ i Revena-en that isWundreLJ JrZ. w - oTw.lm JJihhSl his hT. Ingford oat aU.nUy on th. arm of the couch taithful aa the own.i- te eof. sl.'ed i Uckle. "'.ry only raised oor prl je my spple tr.e. I "Vent to know If you wahhirfort r ...IT00 "LaaSSf LiYnan th. biulL.I. with a look of deep trouble en his brow Tr..re . a couple of rtrsngsrs to see you. on old H'ookum. Well have to charge htm eu-ourage thst .ort of thing." n-hunhl" tuTraed Blookum. Bo there was I'. '. k..S LJ . BWlle Daw, tossing things Into their grip, fo- paw." Iteni a. c arlril-.l el a Blooknu. u.ld mole, now." " . "How about this, boys?" Inqulrsd Walling- .nation 7 hi. tTna TlVtLl! Ij J-mV haly deptrture. chattered cWfvllv, aa t.e Uis are the sad U w tu he.- a..de f-oed, .4or and yun. Pt.a.imv altoMn Jw. thougn not with the at.rna.ea they "Vou net two wiortrage- xVhfT, Ji TSlnfA w,a worted. arut the habite of the soof.nyoi.n. "Pew" Blk uu nbtt a gnarled lb si. op hie Ci-avir. fold.4 bl. arm. oa the edge .7 tha had expeUod. V-I" or,hhJ 'pj.hmr " KKoheV rteSsll ,7. . tTIil .,clTS grange game flan which rWSt on co.J and daws tn. ba..-rl -r h!s oi l ru tab. " T'-l tell yoj 'ust Low U was, uncle!" o:- Jmca each foV one tnouaand dollara and ' . . . branciee and oould only be onV.oed by I'quor Town tuls. ot rour.ry u.ksr he Inquired. -I dt haow." cHnned Blackle hltoUng fxred JHumv. h' voir, ai.d his manner too STl c for on tnou,mna 1r" violet looked at hlm with wide .yes for a Reviving no answer to h!e Invitation o go In a voice which wrn.UA. "iMty folsa. T ley lK ncn. uo hla chair, also, and fo'.din his arms suet for en'lr. i nnconct. "We took a ... ni,-.-,.. -.i. m.wt. n.w .lawW moment, tien turned to Fanny with a troubled .poofenyounging, Blackle suddenly net, eed. oa t'.te edge of the tabla "How. JlmT" walk out In t:te direction of idr. Blookum'. what about It T" he asked, rubbing hla claw. hrow. "Now, don't you worry about little Jimmy," weiw trying lO you suypoaw ll wu.nu e mu ri... -. ' . a on iini Fanny Tr she liMjulred. auppresslng the trlum- "Certslnly he Is!" agreed Walllngford. d held on. phsnt sparkle In her eyes. esn ,'icg snybody who bints thst he isn't. tnc.ee notes" "I don't know.- hesitated Fanny. J ra airaia - ""y wwr u. x. . n : .. ..- m.ik, 1 L . I. rhat'fl riekl I . a ...1 TXT. n. . J v.... i i....... vi .in. -....! ni.-.k... ..a .-l-v, . . . .7. -iT" Tim a r - . . . .ft...- ... a ..In. Ions- snd deliberate thought on tn. '"" - .w ;.,.':. '""""' . . "..'"' " ,. ' - "ir wwp-s sppics awav irom us. ana mi ,""'. ci.L.Tm "Oh. yea. h. will." Mr. Blookum hastily ao- ' Diacaie nntsn the pacKlng by blwreir. this is Horace G. Dew." Blackle. Into hi field. Wo proved to him that the pa" Mr-. ,flookum- .urid thra. "Tou lu.t w.lt," Beaming on nd want out to Join Fannie Warden. Th. golds, run eacendad Uhind tho thVw. d or eaU" Vio WtwHw,lr JriSSl are la He Introduction. He extded a long, frlag. Ot tree, aad U. W. bioekuaa aat gaa- oalg aa aaaay apple, as e had birught. "Wall, luaybe." ot pocket, and a. alowly withdrew tnem. la (Another Adventure hext VI...) inin i'- " .ii, ii.r. .uv.i v.. niirm ways. p ace, iu VJiore we wea. w r . . , .vine m,. hand, over earn other, a. It tie gu-. " . . .... eon.lde.-ed; "but I'm afraid we'll have to) epnle. In a grocery etore. and here la the wrln an Idas from thoaa. ..fcif. MB!TOr.,m'v1.,?VV.,ft.r:!rt,lJ! u,2w or- r mo"7" '-" .D'V5,? . J1. -IJenr Blackl. Daw Moimed an i.r.e i.n .ua... un . - .v iun iot Bioney et eiiaa vioies in J iribmpnantiy, ana iaia i. n . .i . , , .. , , K , L e wn.t. and wed with sura vetlng ease, and Miss frannv." said Pu.hm.. vi. u. ,:. Kiuuma man took our hand alort. 1 wlsn to purchase
