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| which lay in q corner Of the room, Here he
Sat %ss r6s sn w ss Mndns
Mrs. waeeneIs. Injunction. he made no at
'0Rss sS 'SSSn ssa Mrs II waeeper hero are your
Rss othfs yo@ VII s .,ssp sS, P hs tSem
L soIsIo NJ york f0ry0n to do you oan play with
After he had t fS changed his clothes; ip which
Wsgensr set him to work at once.
shs tS boy whom piS St
seen In the h9ss9 Sssss sSne In .s.o,
"Yos,, said tho little fellow. whats
.,,y ,SAss, you any eoOd% Ioui. asked him
This question ovorpoweeEsd the boy. and he
was unable to answer. With sneer. Louis
hang SshinS ny S%st. Sec You masSs 9 Try SPS TO
$751; xfEs Rsse sIfRtsns bis
Hss ne HSti play Rsa Ek SH thsns
ssiel hs$ s$ at os e
lovable disposition. possessing that childish
whsh WIS n short tSo
farm. and was. left to his own resources the
tsn sh day Lay y SS q
How his nrst sntthusissm was was chilled may a.;
~ saS,S ssss efst asss
Mr. wssoner told him to iii The buckets sHi With
water for the horses his face foil. He was not
nSt n a %ouS
have 70 do anything but play niter the sun
n .Ss %G IS
saying anything. he went to his task. Bertie
mood for company.
,Bertie ran away. That night when they we're
sey ssEif ssd S.is. sss EHSS f9t a whom I'm big"
eadsHs as fS fn aas sSs:
i!SmsbSreh and told Bertie many, startling
most Of Thsh were
'3a &Rs sGSs snS GAY EoSs all hi. work With
notsne ,'ef & sauehs foss mix Pix
s S ~ and M M eSs hss lasr
liked to rub the horsss; but on the third day
s i hs hsS
out Into the field and found, Louis stretched at
do, II You don't want to @ WORK You had better
hoas IKEA tho %of the better for
these scoldlngs and showed his feelings as
Ing ,s unintellisibIe words When tn. fourth
day came he had conceived q violent hatred
S. little Ps MouS the sha IL
on that morning Bertie brought his toy sx-
Hide me around. Louis will you 2" he asked
coaxingly.
founded upon. Louis's marvellous stories Of
his deeds In Williamshprgh. Louis glared at
Monss s' you S ride FG2e tSe ' iis,Io fellow
louis LOUIS took the handle OF the wagon and ran
began to cry. He toddled to the house as fast
as his legs could carry him and cried:
Won give Hn5s e E9n away with my wagon
Mira Wagener soothed him and said:
Louis is S%sTy.S|,aa q ii5tls boy: 4 be tskesyoar
Wsn III sR e. barn
at that m lent ana did not SEQ Louis. Going
door he say him playing With the wagon
5tnsS % sSPa 81 you right back home Do you under;
Louis resumed his work. The next morning
lit was june l7-Mrs. WaGener set Louis and
esdren into the keh.0 0 snd
watched them for a time. finally he remarked:
Ss,;! Bs5ts saa !. shsl peas auckeFn YOU
An expression. Of savage hatred came into
Louis's face, as he Rrowled:
When the peas were all shelled no rose. gave
BERTHE z severe push. and ran out into the
horses Louis went into the stable and
stretched himself upon tho straw. few min
utes later his employer found him in this po-
Zone. Louis" he said at once. GO into
hf to and ysu put yoS I'm
& %h sip az wassnsr s sed Sfns
a md nj nj cd n wifi la ha hnd dia-
Bertis who had listened with ,oren eyes to
head Of the stairs when Mrs. Wagner: who
serapiug sound upon the iloor. as IL n heavy
object, were being dragged across the room.
Whsn ,bs TS utss
lowed i'm mcdiately by the tAud OF a falling
body. She did not even have time to hecome
to what had happened. when Louis came rum
ming sEfi. d3Tn ala fG IL sfass Hsrtie Gsy5f d tw
Mrs. Wagner hastened UP the stairs with a
heTT bhnd Her Sshea
moving feobly. ns II he were trying t" rise. One
side of his face had been torn away. and the
T oo Theh he lay wqf Il. aa1sa Nth
ior%ara 'p% ied the the chd n her arms n ana lfsS dew
Derfs. you Yoa feG be hsnsed" snsa i0o'' murdered
Louis. who had been standing near the door.
chnlance. turned pae and began to cry.
~ didn't do It," he walled; "Bertie did it."
Mrs. Wagener's cries soon brought her hus-
band to the house. Upon learning what had |
happened he at once ran, for doctor. In the |
country 1t does not take long for news OF such |
an affair rs this to spread throughout tho |
neIghborhood In less than half an hour q |
crowd of neighbora had gathered In the |
kitchen Of the farmhouse. doing all they could |
to stanch the 1ow OF, blood. from ,which 1t
came. Nobody paid any attention to Wood. |
who went into the parl9r and brought out q
When Mr. Magener returned Louis went to |
him and said. sobbingly:
/ want to go home. Take me to tho train" |
Get away from me-" the farmer cried. |
angrily.
Louis walked out OF tho house. stood still |
for a few moments. and then took the road to |
Freehold. Inside the house the deepest 81
animation. When he arose they could soc In
his face that all hone was gone. Two and u
half hours later Bertie died. |
When the confusion had subsidized they be- |
gan to look for Louis. but he was nowhere to |