Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-23


broken by She burrows and mounds made
ny the FORGOTTEN cu ciuv- Of The early uold.
seekers tommy AZ times hidden by these
irregularities kept closely in their rear,
sauutering whenever he came within the
range OF their eyes in that sidelOug
spasm odic aud generally diagonal fashion
p culiar to small boys, but reHdy AT any
moment to assume utter uncou. ciOusness
ana the Appearance 81 going somewhere
else or OF searching for something on the
ground. In this way appea ring, Il noticed
at all, each time IN some different posi-
tiuu TO the right or left " them, Johnny
followed them TO the fringe of woodland
which enabled him to draw closer to their
heels
Utterly oblivi0us OF this artistic "shad-
owing In the insignificant person Of the
small boy VINO once or twice even crossed
their path with affected timidity, they
continued IN apparently confidential pre-
vlouS interview. The words stocks" and
"suares' We're alone Ineligible. johnny
had heard them during the day, but he
was struck by the tact that Uncle Ben
seemed TO be seeking Information from
the paragon and was perfectly submissive
and humble BuC the boy was Considera-
bly, myStihed when after tramp of half
IN hour they arrived upon the debatable
ground of ths lJ8rrison- Ncktnstry bound
ary. Having been especially warped never
10 % there, Johnny as a matter Of course
was perfectly iauliiar with il. But what
WAS tllt nbEGNeQSlDle stranger tDluE
there Was ne brought by Uncle Ben
with a view Of p6ralyzng bO;hOi the com
btiSuts with the spectacle OF his peItet-
lions Was he q youthful sheriil, Il young
Judge, or may be the son Of the governor
OF California or was II that Uncle Ben
was "silly' and didn't know the locality
Here was an opportunity for him, johnny,
90 introduce hmset ana explain aud even
magnify the danger, with perhaps q slight
tiuslon 10 his own fearless familiarity
with il. Unfortunately as he was making
up his small mind behind tree, the para
gOn turned and with the easy disdain that
80 welt became him, Said
"Weli, | wouldn't Oiier a dollar an acre
for the whole ranch But il you choose
% give fancy price-thats your look
out"
TO Johuny's already preiudiced mind,
| Hcle Ben received this Just contempt sub
mlssvely, as he ought but nevertheless
ne InUttered something SILLY IN reply,
which Johnny was really too disgusted to
iI.jeu to. Ought ne not to step forward
Md inform he paragon that ne was vast
nG his time on man who couldn't even
| spell baker" and WHO was taught his
| letters hy his, JOhnuy's brother
The pH aGOu continued.
And o. course you know that merely
| your buying The title tOthe land don't give
! con possession. You'll have to l2ht these
! quarters and jumpers just the same. ltlI
! De- three instead of two 1iLhtng-that's
All, go
Uncle Ben's imbecile reply did not
! trouble Johnny. He had ears now only
| or the superior intellect before him. 1t
| continued cOOllY.
Now let's take look at that yield Of
yours. | haven much time to give you as
! | expect some men 10 he 10 kluG Tor me
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d., The ria.1 .eD2~ItCd him from hi
.c.gi' h9.s. Pruttulr hating AT the ed-
- If be wood. Joh,ny saw his rc.uItndpn
.I-iou cross The strip OF barren fiat, an,
enter the cabin With Uncle Ben une Az
Other mortal. lie sat down on Il STUN
md awaited il. rcUrD, which ne lOnGl
hoped might be alone At tint end OF hal
an hour he made short excursion 90 eN
p .u.,ue the condition OF q blackberry BRAN
, bic, and returned 20 his post OF obsera
| tou. But there was neither sound 10
p motion il the direction Of the cabin
= Mneu another 10 minutes had elapsed
b the door opened and to jOhuny's iutens
, discontinue, Uncle Ben appeared alOn
: and walked lc!surely towards til
/ | woods. Burning with anxiety Johnu
"a | threw himself ia Uncle Bens way. Bu
j. here occurred one OF those surpri inc il
5 constituencies known only TO children. A
I'ucle Ben turned his small gray eyes upo
G him in a half astonished, half Questiouiu
b manner, the potent spirit OF chidis
a | 4. II f-,.