The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

run wild. af;er awhile, an long kaiFll gfow all over us. an we'll go with GIT, GUS. an SC, on table an gun a, chll. dren. Amt ,alkin': Ain'i the old hen dun cluoked
 Mulkii,le reflected deeply tor ie~ moments. and said : They've treated me mighty mean. an don't believe they'd care if was dead
 'I know they wouldn't" Jn. easefl, replied. :. tell you. boy amt go, no show. these days. an |; looks like they re ,pin' 10 kill 'em all of. Come or l,s time we're soin'."
 :. Mall be sorry, and sister won, have nobody 10 play boo with her a night. when she takes of her shoes"
 "les. bu, they'll soon q, over Il, Your mall say she's glad you're gone. an your slster'l be better oil. cause she'll git more pic an sieh. All you want now Is ;o shake your hs; a, the house ar say dAm. Ina, Il make you brave. shak'e CT,
 Malki.,le shook his tcar-s;4ined iist. and said dam.
 N od'fe comm :: nov say hell"
 Hell repeated the child.
 Now you re nNed come on
 Mulkiuie followed his leader. olimbef the fence and ran toward the place of ren. dclvoas. Tom and Jerry --eonvisiai name were there. ard. after a huir.cd intro. duC:ion to the new member of the firm began 10 make preparations for depar, ure. They arrived ai the landing ust a, the boa; was ready 10 start, and wen, aboard and deposited theIr traps on the deck
 What are you tads doing here. !" asked the captain.
 We're goin down 10 the tis. ,andin'. :" linn replied We live down there. an we come to town in wagin this mornin but ,he wasin broke down. an the driver had 10 say to gIt |, hxed. an were goin home. cause our folksil he uneasy bon, us. lessen ~e ge, back tonight. We ain, got no money. an we though, you d ie' us ride down there
 !" Amt you running a~ ay from home -
 No. sir. we're goin' back there" e1- claimed Tom.
 The captain turned away The grea, bell sounded; the deck-hands shouted the crowd on the bank cheered. and the boa, swung ou, into the river. The novel scene. the gliding pas, houses and trees the throbbing of the grca, engines. all gathered young Mulkittie in the arms oi romance. and pressed him in a thrilling embrace of adventure 4 fieesing regre, would cross his mind. but the crash of the machinery. the curious songs of the deck hands, and the high spirits of his com panions would soon dTive i. away. Even ing came. and the fires glowed, and the banks looked far away, while the tall grim uees with shadowy heads leaned over the waters edge. The nighihawk screamed far ou, over the land, and the whippoonvill tunedor its wierd flute. A hgh; danced far down or the shore. and the grea; boa, believed m treEnulous cal: : then more lights flashed and voices hailed. and rounding to the machinery stopped and the boa, ezsed to shore
 " guess said the child. "f,s lug abou, nov that sister takes oE her shoes. ''
 The boys climbed up the sandy bank.and were so rife upon adventure that wi,hou, exchanging word with any one, they plunged into the woods. Alter roaming ainlessiy for while, they stopped and made ire of dry sticks which they piled agains; an old log and ignited The blaze |, rp ,he surrounding gloom, and spreading inc blankets on the ground, the adyen'urers began preparations for supper. When the dis,zn. sounds of the wooding steamboat died away ,and no i9n- ger there seemed to be any life any where. the boys chewed ;hesr onions in silence. 4 wild ca, cred away op, in the darkness.
 What. that. exclaimed Tosa.
 "Ill De; i,'s bear. replied i'm. ner- .ously.
 ~Pshaw, felier," said Jery. bears can't howl like that There is is again
 Was i. she bear = asked IrIk;.,le. looking anxiousiy around If the sine bears md Es they'll tear US to pieces
 How do you know" linn inquired.
 Cause the bible says so'
 We can: .ell whether they're she