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should tay. No account nj AL. Why, blcs1
you, cir, that l,oy Is II years oil, neatly three
ycars ol~r thnn my Jim. n'Hl dnn't honestly
sfss he nvEL IT. d % h' w9Fs sG snsx .hsa s a' II
him In school to-day, Mil docs more chores
niout thn hn,r.c In A day than Bill does IN
mouth. Hes no account for anything hnt mis-.
f1e s ds!p p,spn en, ss ssn sst sef aeEse; Ss M
ting.room chimney tho other night, No
noise blew out the ue. Fatt. Just roasrd nnt
yelled a,d vailed III yoa , could a. hang .as or
MacEIroy g to have therhimney cut out next
dag u let tho cat out. And whcn the hole was
made, sir, cat WIS half Wild with fright and shot
out like rocket, and scalpcd the workman.
Elroy's back and snatclcd pound nf dcsh on
l,is tloltlder blades. II was lust awful. Why,
that hpy-h
hit tho collector interrupted him to say, in a
kentlon, that he wasn't speaking Of any boy;
hs ha, Iistle matter here
"Oh, pool,, pooh Oh pshaw,''' exclaimed the
I'D IT Ss3gs ts
ha.i before marked the tones q his volee, "Not
q ~ Of 4: not htt Of IT, ny good s!r:
Nothing the matter with him at AZ;
90 moru than there T. With nc; ,aa,s l.;
knov, either, that the boy does Il for pure
n'canncsss, either. I wont say that; hut ~
wicseincss. SIT. It's deriltr5. Its original
,n Wh thsfs Sc1,ht at no,E 5 IT, ths matter n VIZ
1riglt tntnu. Thil,ks quicker thnn my boy fn
!hts'sown. Goes in sMImnlIng. in Marcl,, and
Eve sccn that boy skating .Dl the pond In De-
fsn1s1 tn ' bars fse wy s1s S 9s Isyy sy
was singing nna playing around here, lost his
dog. Lean, smart, faithful, hatf starred cur
that led him around, fell Into nl old we'll, down
hy the brick yanl, ono day, and iho oil musician
beartbrokcn, vou know, for tho dog supported
him more than his singing. and fiddle did
Mighty smart dog, you know, .aplendltltJ
trnlne1, danced, went dead, collected the
ali kfn.,s of Tricks. Well, / reckon tic two
was about two days trying to get the dog. out.
Sides ot vel! were dangerous, nobody would 60
down. Veil 50 deep aud dark couldn't sec tho
We'll, this Bill Sanlers said he'd get him out.
tot c}oti1csllne and tied big btecltrap 10 II,
tied on good butt, and let tho trap down Into
the dark. Pretty SOON hears sharp. mufllcdt
1lalf-strangfeh snort and yep from the dog, and
Bill hautctl him up, wrl1Eln0 and kicking, nusc
In tho trap. and trap holding on 10 him like
hoy to circus-tickcs. WHY, this Bill san-
But tho collector broke in rather tmpae,ently
TO say that he lad no time to listen u stories,
and lie wnntuu to know what he WIS going to do
With this account Of 4l7.e5 which Taro Il Tret
had against him, and which had been running
over tl[1lC HCIt!9 tuIEG 1H1HtHS HUM
The debtor took tho bill and looked at It fow
moments.
"Uh, yes," he said, very deliberately, after
while, during which tho impatient collector
yes; +. W, Marfot. Yes, Knew him. Wns
In the buihltng before came here, and 1T out
only three weeks after came to Burlington,
You sec, my name's J. II. Sinclair. don't owc
Tare Il 'rrct dollar, never done any business
there's any placo else IN the market In hug.
This man Marnlot is in Texas. Hes no good: a
d. h. Youth never get q cent on TINT bill ID tho
voti. You SCI. tl.ia Tom Marmot-n
But the Indignant collector snatcled tho bill,
aud ctacu1atfng-
HWhy t1illn't vou tell me this bcforct"
-startcsl out tho door, leaving the entertaining
trnticsman to wonder wilat IN the nan,e Of scnac
allied the mau, and 1t anybody wns foul enough
t0 suppose he was gntng to pay nll Of Tom Slar-
mot's old bills Just bccauso hc moved tuto hls
old Rtaud.