Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1915, Page 24

WRITTEN BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER Author of “Get-Rich-Quick- Wallingiord” DRAMATIZED BY ' CHARLES W. GODDARD Builder of the World's Greatest Serials INTRODUCING BURR McINTOSH - - - « - - J. Rufus Wallingford MAX FIGMAN - - - - =« - -« - - . Blackie Daw LOLITA ROBERTSON - -« = « « - - - =« Violet Copyright 1 by The_ 8 C.. Al M:l IL - u’ 4 long and lank, and clad flln hik lln-n duster, hts Rese automoblle goggle: hurried up A sToNmY n-u 3t he twirled w! chinlegs lout with the gogwle-eyes his “baton” antly, to the gr I .‘:n-rlnn f- at last m_ his SSORTERMANE enodNy e & n s rm ann. Ing stock-still for %ff two ¢ utes, t‘n.tl'r‘-lly r-unlld tl - ln iting re. 1 front of th Audlloflum Hotel ford first emerged from the car, juarely }l an ""5“{ aumoun!ofi ped nd, in t in th the man and 3 he amount of the much refr quibble had, with some on to mule labor, sum total of his bill to itentedly crop way- thirt ents, but the xrass, and the man -ldl-d \m beside the mome: l-umn who was eatl i of uring and ink Inurutofll down at a “Twenty Il t lexs which nrn!rudld from be- two fence-ral a lotor-car 8o large and so elaborately damage to 83 t0 be better termed a motor- neld that your contrnmlon ke downT' asked the mule-rider, after u:f appreciatively to the vigorous me- lnd vocal sounds from beneath wixty t he s Y Wnlllnxrnm he stopped fig- *ritit of my & standin' on no The “villagers” heard this ftemized stat. ment with awe and admiration, ich was increaseq L0 am ement "vhenb'Wlllln ford, without “dlokerin, calmly abstracted and '“ }.h".'-l" R‘flu"fl\n- "“'“q’- pald over a twenty-dollar bill from an obese yside to croohet's "°A: thia juncture, Blackie Da towl I“Mihol- |n yon crimson sunset, 03 w, viewing %fihfio pame ez your mule, please, and 1'# fellow citizen or, decided that it would & orowd like this, and he the KD &l‘ mo youn b‘ eclaimed with his right hand in the bosom '"3' fi. At Of his Guster &nd his it meoa Buiser tohed Tecbanically. THy if holding & scroll, we came not hers for (] , .‘l", /o] bn%vtor the r'-:n::.“ng ‘ame o cas o .b{ e e you Zeaz. wms‘lm band pleass atop playing until Tl squarely in the eye -mr fere I Iol rid, “Toad. "Wlll ou come around In the morning, an X llro some way for you to work announced Blackl me upon them poffee and clga hey «Hen 'Why lt |- none other than our delivere: 4 driver of Mule” Blackle he opened to itan nd Hen, put in. Now, ou en's he our hat on )m with the start- .he sald impressively, “is cnly ive you half of that d Blackle in apparently “He wouldn't even 1 wly unpuqk"wl- stift a4 v n Bo( Time In the Old Town To-night" with out an instant's pruse for wind or water, ow ng wi unnlrl{nn s& clded not to risk the rooms at tha "‘lfl that M' 2f turning to thelr ecar, ked themselv wlfl-‘tfl luu. ';:m:nl They r'.c’:a’“" l|l:ln X ing the d aiscovered the falthful “Toad n joor, 8COV! o fa ul “Toad" ‘b, B ‘h:,‘ nfs faRd toward Johsup, with tired but brave 1ips, workink m ford lu‘Eol S [ 8 o that tune in my ears for hopeless months to come.'" i8¢ ambelliahes with seotvnd- ught an’ oversup How much u tell 1 e 'ut the first .:;ula o200, ey you've de \Vered? About o‘:n.do*thom lom;:. e tonted N or mebby about six," gu a le you right 8 grain- Skin' up s town mere enjoying thelr EI set the -nn c! tvdvn ifiu- » ”"}‘t‘. = oad’ fovcy n.n heave »l £ rell fhore was "fi'.%'.“.""fl:‘:?‘ ‘fl mnom that Blackle had starte 4 him it oy the oar, he ha antly whlltud ere ll it ¥ “supper’ .15?% ioHaTing 1 4088 s o t tiie shrill strains of SR “‘1‘ ¢ Time In ‘the Old Town To-n ?a R purst forth on_thel and Blackle, open- 1 inted task. L0 "dpota berwed Blackle, “As it *‘ t ’p ‘wise move to H "‘n iy e Theen el pro. _ But T ain't w jatled my ten cents’ worth m‘h eed o0t ‘whose county: Vit he Ted dmllhd Blackle. “1 n fi“l you' fi-kca me, .& lt' one lfluu ovmo yona‘{ t{l- rgnlc. o1 b E 'no u-wu.g.(oun: ‘ IA(.E.T leat- Inoe 3 urned e have tound the right ;‘.’,"‘:{ am sure” It w, t man In the world" th build 4 nlh. ee “‘l’l m‘dlfl o county bulld a poorhouse so he cou o “""‘ s la mother to Tt AInt that stin .m. .‘ &. hoy ou ronTnhor how he ehlrl'-a you f-fl'.‘é vhh nose-a| fenoe-ral! ring & nu foked u a “ @ litt rock from this very th him, and Jone l‘u r nl b nly -holnoallukl um ml Mt’... ar: off, ‘Jons thought mebbe It akel “For o, somethin' ‘cause the feller wi Pay ‘Th! orumb| 8 rock, that ain't eve “(i with! F‘,‘u n N ll .!.::'mh.t“' it M.i hlrtd out some In". nout. lithograft stone bel quibble's stone-farm, they An' there's four almost wuth | in money, but nothin' Immyr' demanded the ever come of it. Funny-lookin n this feller tly hurt beyond measure. was, with a red beard that growed out, hers ."' & know who vu n.r-',I ‘;n unl'“(h.kr lnoldlgtldn c}‘-‘lflyh‘“hh"l“ i h— 0, ac nodde s head . Wil- tleman ?E-tu- wnuurord W.l & lMams” he wald to Waliln ford, inventing & L4 t. the_spot, for {hc unknown man. lliama; one of the best we Hen, for sh rt.“ ik -hl hands with o thaks. n.na- ""w.d mok:g:k.h' for yout" Hen eagerly . Daw: aw for are traveling incognito: gl "fl‘“"f.':,{,:"""‘h’ ."‘Y' it - ke Hohnate Incoanito: mystery: we'll just consider that subject .tnduol. except Mule. 'Gladap, Mate s :ru:wod Your friend Squibble I l::ul the in the conntrz 1 sup url.d an' hia all u n' his griss: To "mus 3 don't trust no banks, an' a; ry t b chases down ket Shpsen S« wnr!‘d“' etches says good-by to Hen talked on, and on, until finally Blackie took him outside to show hi resst m- lnlflhln. looked in the ::r'h'mlp.‘ ldl“ All s - m n h-nv"' protested of th .rt upon the steps of “the m l..lronehlnl proces- ”'.'.'. an .o Ioolud llk. a wlnu from far ‘ AV to Mr. Bqul him p“n ::‘d‘ln‘ "Bc bnvch Jimmy. usin’ your -dmofi\nho‘ I-ckh wh votl o v r hav, Wall- Ut two fence-rails l ik 1t ‘wind to set him going up Jonas in a m"‘" o right 1 1o Tavitea B1 ackle, “Ill ad- Mr. Squibble thoughtfully, ™ire to Bee you fall down for once in your ‘n- w:n damage !ife. I bet you my jade fob pendant, which out my You want against that scarab cray n, Y Which you won't give up. that you ke Blackie. ‘Woll your ernalls und don't upoen our arrival, thln unless | all on the 1o arrange the # .vl--y 1 % Fhich one Of you boys can - J l‘or lmuument, Ppractice or . foas: I-. lll‘dn the lh:m-..‘ olla; mlx "hm .'Ir.u.n:.“&ml‘ In“t'h.:d'o,,}m.” e A=u llnly n'::(‘.‘ (},y (|‘h::‘?:lnrlol are en- m wuuufm Wes up ear! ufu Wbon which bla ruk (iabection of 't we on ~3 -tolu of ‘which Honry "Hant He picked up a ploce of the ALLINGFOR Z READ [T HERE-Then Seelt In Motion Pictures JRUFTUS rock and sora) It was smoothly as back to the oar to Before noon Squlbhluvllle was the busiest town on The hlnek-mlth the nif ST esnop, ¢ooper. and even the proprietor of the Audi- bright new tn fute In his hand, waiting torium Hotel. to say nothing of Dale-eyed patlently for Blackie Walllngtord m snd pale heived and red-faced Ben Je mediately drew uarter from his pocket e it to the boy. an you find me a Dl1-7" he in- nd found himself looking at the to spot Where ‘“Toad” stood. day. The Bey, who knew, by jtem lnd hlnor the contents of every bar) ley of the vi wlt I nl( ade before UH‘\.. ord ploked out a faot which com- orable spot for his oparations. ang with Dlsteq the d‘luflwork 3t making s thorouxh © of Hen s wou ave spen "‘.'y'fl.,,. Sagught an egullly rusty plokaze, 3¢ his tima in expounding his reaction. and all the oth iDective occupations in a hurrr even clent and honorable one of loafing cure that unprecedent two dollars a ven Hen Hant with his crowbar and pick an A3 - ary views to his fellow workmen it o, ) h}'m‘“‘..f"f,'hn o B n for the activity of the fo Ban Tare Stk i " Jensup was on the job from the first R ond }, e you mis- yiroke of the pick in the morning until the Come right on, Bpeckies w_m"bm n. cho of the last clank of the crowbar had ited "e-"“ el dig togeth died away at night. and he was continuously or,” and, gan with a will, at the side of every lndlvldua! man of the 1o uk!n h afiingtofa. However: betng rather heavy Taa” v dCSrm onrIoged Alyine b ror um- lnrt ? work, and somewhat short as any other carels of very much relieved when dr|v|rr He knew exactl ow enrrthln: Jonas flr‘u!bblo came at last and gased into should be done. and he had. no hesitancy the inciplent ditch, with wrinkles of cupldity whatsoever In imparting Information. corrugating his noss and aimost closing his drew two and a half & day. and he wi ey worth every cen; n you dlggin't™” he demanded. kpenest dellxht returned Wallingford calmly, him, workmln ‘who of the mo! It was lackle Daw Knew to watch R R e B AP in such cases made an' provided fur” de- clared the gaunt one in a ba: prisingly ground tremble. restrainin’ you from diggin’ any more of this here bluestone, or removin' any more of it from this here fleld untll the case of S?ulbhlu against Wallingford, Wallingford confidently, though now he was Rt "f,‘,‘“"n_‘“““”,d" aetiled. dls frownink: “but It worries me Stiff to think : Kot e uh : that I could have had more. I'll never play ;l”“.r plpehl a notice o' lhellfnl'tlnld l\llk an, 'her piker game as long as 1 live™ ere thrust addin; ain’t “It grows ford. Jony his wrongs. mine under false pretens sald It was lithograph stone, and I'm not saying ®so now,” declared Wallin, om the law had no nets of fin ford, !:rmv.' NG, you was too sligkS” re urncd Jo memm-wuu.hw-. spitting on his hands and ukln. & fresh ‘Hf on the pickax. Ve damages for that” Jonas o WI'll not pay for it declared Wallingtord. “The rent of this ground was included in ll\fl twenty dollars Ave you. wrhat didue inelude tnsyrin' m Jonas severely Bim. o Toull have to pay damages, or Sue and be { x rod red Walling ford, turning vigorously lo hll work ag: then he suddenly straigh cnod t'K in an a srent flash :'f“”afi you take H flaws, or J - h R & ‘&.‘ te ‘hack for o ABE tested its auality by scraping a previ: » ous edxe o W s poc n! an Jone, halh maee ke town. wrowa up (o 1t studyink the scrapings solemnly under & ‘The wooden plank with your n pogket [agnitying xl will be rotted down among the w. 2 T A L that Muppens.” Wallingford sourl 80 "Wl that ‘it aimost: drove Him Jklve you two hundred dollars for the By way of relief, he was driven ts of expedients, including & roll- gall. the adoption of red hat-bands to dis tinguish workmen from visitors, and eve upon the ifth day, the inauguration of a fir excavating the slabs of cru hly much tender 1t &8s, and ing them xently upon beds of straw where Dan Cal- with the phenom- one for each day in the week—measured each slab, and n ind.vidual box for it, into which r careful hands bedded the slab In It firmly propert: red and twenty- ith ming reluctance. d Wallingford, “here's your two hundred and twenty-five dollars” drill, this last belng very much to the and from a fat wallet he produced the &riC: (WIS jast Relgk very much to the gw"‘;‘l and thrust it upon the astounded broke h! aralysis a rushed over to the quibble. bank w! Hen t, presumably digging An' now,” sald Jonas triumphantly, pat- corefully about s particularly fine specim ting his leather money-pouch to make sure that it may go ahead an' dix in his pocket of blue rock with & hand-trowel, was ex- Still safe, “you pounding his theory of how the ihiuity of all the holes You riches could be purged from the land. want to" " blamed foollshne: “Toad"” yelled “Thanks” returned Wallingford, with o 1im, D amed fool 4 equal mum h. “I don't care to dig a hole “You couldn't even understand what I'm now. Hy e way, Mr, Ba’ uibble, are you talkin' about,” retorted Hen patronizingly. KONz over past the post-o 1_understand you're talkin' again, don't 1 might” replied Jonas cantious ly. It demanded “Toad.” “The las’ time I tole “Then kindly mall this letter for me, will you about that, I tele you out’ and allingford handed * him & a5’ time. aidn't 17 Well you're firedr tamped, addressed. and sealed envelope. chunk of blue rock knocked off his "Now, sonny," he sald to “Toad," “get me & hat Whirling, startied. he beheld “Toad” garpenter, a load of straw, and all th- men in town who have crowbars, pilckaxes, and wdu nm1d who are willing to work for two s & day" poised in his “You got th comin' to you, lrI n:m "l‘\ud" snd tmmediately be- you git right loul °h : eame a cloud of throush yoi Johas turned wway with Wallingtord's let- "Hn° Consiasred. and of cow the inscrivtion. Ww s addresse o the t{o nwtional Litho! Stone in " deen n.m which was n,uly Mmin. pain- = ng uf hl slowly walked half way across to the of figures, ...um.my m. store, which was also the post-office, then messures of priceless blue roc! turned and rnm. buk B o i !l.tel ful eye on lmenmunl'. and “Look| par: a Syou" duk that SeleTon & virvoss te “Wallingford, who knew men a students mal nlv:-.e {hink you w.;:'buyidn taat prob- know boa:l, v Lul‘}‘\v lho,hull;(l |n l d the ecause you ) miled. “Wait just & minu oW dare you suspect mer' sald Wall- comes “Toad" with our timi ingtord. 'm\llnl o RN he end. Hen was “fired" ou com B sones IR d. with & sinking v u mkm- pit ol %l- st omach. admissions,” stated Wallink- % oo e no nlnnl:nl m-‘ na"rrt b‘n ry bro qh"( 4o you want o my feld. anyhow? maching, felt the touch Jol|u .&m.,i now sure that he had been tnull‘ hlnd upon his ghoulder, and lnku _’. .l ounced Wall- P 1 to find Blackle pointing gloomily up the Inetora ‘orispiy: ; can't waste -snn we Bluff, run, or fght™ asked Mr. KTeat 1 . work ‘1o 4o vlll. i Jand ory Hete DY Wdllnlfurd arose wit! “Nm-ul of l'El'. thr e that letie; m‘fl' it from Jonas' h “d across t od his request 3 hing (ho re- .‘? L" wato 8 re you don't vast . lhl kid 'O'TI do time In 'Meh l. ou cata “Jlllu!" treatin tion, *it of the works. u ;uv'.r drew up ano into the rain: “Hey, you Paw, come here!" his_time the tone ‘was peremptory. The elder Jessup hesitated a moment, and then o came blodding stolidly across the rain. g “Whadghe want?’ he inquired with his head protruding forward, and utterly ob- livious of the thin streams of water which h.tkn make a 'cnfla of general ewindlin' were runnll’:l down lhfnll:u:k‘?vf Fl‘l‘ n;d:l out o' that, ecially before a good honest a-goin' away w! r. Wallingford and farmer jury, n' o Fewlar citisen hers. Blackie. 1 got a job bein' manager for ‘em, 1 you a blamed stranger. an’ a slick look- we'll pull our frieght to- night ve n' ‘one at that. So now you see where eald the elder Jessup reflectively, you're at."” d orter be a good job, and I reckon res, I see admitted Wallingford. ap- youll do well at it parently much crushed. “What would you ~ “Well, we got him,” declared Blackle, al- suggest that 1 do about e most embarrassed by the suddenness with hero in't but one thing for you to which “Toad" had attached himself per- * ed Jonas eagerly. ou' ve to manently to them. “He's ours and now I su; 1 me back my property. Here Qur pose we'll have to take care of him.” 4 two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Gi' o's more likely to take care of us* back my bill o' sale, and I'll call off the sult. laughed Wallingord. “I'm glad you signed Blackle wilked entirely around Mr. ib- him on. This town's been §00d to m ) bl urveying him from hud to loo by the way, Blackie, while I think of VR cnm‘plu(a'l:.:zéhap:¥f 0( baéhor Jou for that jade fob pendant. Sguawmus County. Jimmy," he SRNOuRced. jeweies Sty s Yopoiened bis ) B g it Ty prop. YOU Win," he confessed; “and you win ru 0 e refuses to get off my » ning easy, ahead by seven lengths of day- returned Wallingford, starting to move 3% Bu¥’ simmy, 171 had it to do over again : - I'd still bet my' life against three gent R twindlerit shiigkeg Jashe worth of tripe that nobody could siin 3o into the conversation with a word of friendly Sauibble out of five dollars, let alone fifteen Somin' to a pussonal guarrel ain’t ::nulnng Let's sce, deducting the _twelve . tlee ousand we get back for the pretty Warden uum:“m:'tm:::‘el'er:uu‘;‘e"‘; ehenta. OFphans, we have thres thousand left for law ‘I'm boun' to prevent it. the expense fund. FPretty good for a long On the other hand, Jonas, if this here gen- 5hot Slaman ordere you off Bie property, You et ou'll go broke picking long shots some fe 8o the law in such cases made 9ay,” commented Wallingford dryly, changing SRt Dravided. his coat for a mackintosh and’ hunting out " 4 throw me off it'll only his “slicker” hat. “The rain's slacking up, m-:: t:x.y l-rui;l. tt:n much stronger,” Jonas ¢cheerful looser, and If this car isn’t standing replied, belng perfectly willing to be thrown 1D three or four feet of water, I'm golng to off bodily, if by that means he could regaln 8crew this attachment in place and we'll - his valuable lithograph-stone mine. hike right on to t %ood town they tell us “I may loss the sult admitted Walling. about where there's a real hotel’ ; i ford, with a wink at Blackie, “but I will not ey smoked a contemplative clgar while be bullyramged. If he had come at.me with they walted for the rain’te die down. . Be an offer of a compromise I might have con- fore it had quite cvased Jonas Squibble wag dered it; but now I shall fight. I don't out on the fleld again, and with him, bee b of Sauawmus County sides his friend. the sheriff, was 2 tall man well that they'd xive In gum boots uud ellow cravanette, even of a decently “This {s Mr. allingford, Mr. Dickerson,* introdiced Jonu!‘ Fubbing his hands togethen 0 © ckerson, Mr. Daw. Mr. Dickerson is from \nEford with admiration. the International Lithograph Stone Company, "' as soon seen the address on tha trath burst from him. wrpey letter you gi' me to mail I wrote to ‘im, < -y 3 in the hotel ever since last night.” himselt.” Jonas winced "1 couldn't see why Mr. Squibble wouldn't ‘Well, I'm willin let me come out” lsughed Mr. Dickerso 3 .. N 1 understand | e 25, Waliehey beard, “but now I un ¢ 16 T want 0s “Oh, - mining and packing the rock, Mr. Walling- 1 suppose Tl ¢5rq. "Of course. this isn't high-grade lithos compelled in the end to let Mr. Bquibble oiil, one "Lut 1t's the best ] could fing in n on At least a portion of this entervrise. 0P8Rl onthe' trip which T have: Juet and I might as well do it now and have & ended, d it's & very good sort for a variety little peace. ¢ commoner Work. I should fudge the de. half Interest—mind you, only a f interest O to be worth | ““in this feld for > He hesitated ust's Bolt, 0 be worlh in the neighborhood of moment. This was the crueial point.” How -~ e ehak uch would Jonas Squibble standi——“for _ “Let me ¢ you by the hand again, R JRnia Jomap Poy , rela Biackie with” gurgling Tl %0 you" returned Sauibble so aulckly ne shake you by both that Walllngford could scarcely repress an o stranger: Pipiaant stranger and a exclamation of triumph for Blackle's humilia- v o%, "2y S8 (n and tion, s acre feld, and all that on top of own ag 1( "Flnq rrowin’ s “About a dog unable longer to remain silent under T nev s jes’ plain land, at a r aF v l xot a lawyer over in Squawmus tells me Jon confound it,” snapped Wallingford as one driven against his will "You're a witness to this 1 e & serrs it s L BoF Dtens Jimmy, sits on the wet step back 4 Baitiniirst (h-(hia four: and mourns. J. Rufus, I'll trouble you for "X 'm|"d you. exceptin’. o nour". l«:-r“":rf pin.' allingford’s automobile wagon, or allin, d 1 en thousand ‘dollare t you ®o sford slowly unfastened those away from h right l"lllhl ln Kot you tl “I knew I was =ame, dlal"hucu I was enouxh o Presented By This WEWSPAPER,, in COLLABORATION With The (amovs Pathe’ PLavers - an artist to make this old penny- -auuur fall oo herd.” exulted Wallingford. “Noy watch me work him to buy the other haif. "Ke ‘carerul, Jimmy." cautioned B klo. “don’t swell yourseif ail up till you get your fingers on the actual coln, and drive over the county line with it.’ “He'll bring us the money, all right.” said th an injunction now pending comforted extra jaundice more he might have sald was complexion, covered up in the hubbub which at that moment arose in the “mine.” and walking out that way they discovered “Toad” Jessup directing an emergency movement with great vigor and decisiveness, “Tear some o' them planks out'n the fence back o' the store there,” he was ordering as they came up. “Never mind the damages. We lithographt stone kin afford to nv for a new fence ruther than " have that soft mud all run down and gum up them onas It's a-goana rain inslde o' ten minutes, I tell you. I been a-fishin’ enough to know what that kine of a black 4 cloud means." The sheriff's volce, booming easily ®both over and under a roll of thunder, at that moment called across the fleld to Wallingford. Squibble was back with the money. jo get it quick!” urged Blackle. *“I never believe monev until I have it in my Jeans and the padlock clamped on it.” His fears, It he really had any, were al layed as_soon as they joined Jonas at the car, for Mr. Squibble thrust the money into Wallingford's hands as soon as he was near enough. “Count it!" ordered Jonas in a voice posi- tively squeaky with excitement. = “You'll find it all there. "Some of it's a little tore, an' some of it's a little musty an’' moldy, mebbe, but it's £00d money. I Rot some more of 1t right here, too. 1 got arnther seven thou- sand just like it, that I'll give you, solld svot cash. right this minute, for the other half o' that fleld! ake it elght thousand and I'l] xo you," Wallingford offered. “That's my last word take ft or leave it." To his {mmense surprise Jonas immediately produced the monev. “Here it 18 he sald. “Now &I' me back my bill o' sale an' we don't néed anv more documents, ‘ceptin’ ses’ Ig write ‘null and vold' acrost the face of this'n." plendidly,” admitted Walling- this suit about, anyhow 1" one swindle!" Interjec “Bought m: point. You that land land price. “ome right inside and we'll wind up the 4 business,” invited Wallingford as one in a dage, and led the way into the car, where h sufrendered the biil of sale, invall directed, and turned Jonas and the erl loose just about one minute before the heaviest rain-storm of the season broke ubon them In all its fury. Wallingford was still crowing over Blackie when “Toad” Jessup. dripping wet but triumphant. threw oben the door. infected himself intc the nice dry car and shook himeelf with all the smiling assurance of a w et dog at a lawn part; “Well, I tole 'em s eclared “Ton justly puffed with n!‘lde “1 mot ever' stone covered up, an’ now it's a-rainin’!” Blackle regarded the foreman sorrowfully and turned to Wallingford. “Would you be- lieve it. Jimmy. that there lr one thing in Squibblaville you'd hate to leave behind?* he wanted to know, ou mean?’ inquired Wgllingford, l does seem rather a pit. t a-goin’ away!” * Wallingford told him: “possibly TR T T T We've sold back d to Sauibble. woan' work for 'lm,” declared “Toad" instantly. Yl think I'll jes' go right along wi you. ou'll need a foreman any place vou mo. I reckon, won't you?" Blackie looked at Wallingford, and find- ing on the face of J. Rufus only the affec- (lonnc smile with which he was_regarding to-night, me to adjust the machine. the flel “Toad,” proceeded to hire young Mr. Jessup upon the spot “Don’t fool the boy that way, Blackle” remonstrated Wallingford. ' His father never would let him go." “He wouldn't, eh?’ retorted “Toad® and, opening the door of the car, he shrilied out o speak first compliment you on the care you've taken in Mr. Squibble, I'll resell you a & pipe and a glass of grog with me, in it, or under i, my jade fob pendant again, and also for my assed them ov w dol Mr. Wallin, (oM. an' I'll xo hl'l what I ged to Black Gash mMONSY. for being a b up_an awful Another Adventure Next Woek, . —— articles of adornment and 3 being