The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-29

round window, like a portbolc In a YEA.
set. far above their heads.
"Lift up the door. Rob. We may as
well 60 down. Whoever took that
tongue out wouldn't leave Il where We
could find II, you may be sure" said
True.
hut when Rob tried To lift the door.
10 and behold! Il stuck fast. The iron
ring which had once served az a handle
was broken or md there was no way
by which they could get sufficiently
firm hold 20 pull with any considerable
amount Of strength. They tried to Iry
It open with their knives, but only sue
ccrdcd in breaking them. And time
was wearing nwhy. and the Rorrows-
vile celebration must he getting TO-
ward It's li,eliest.
Its % no use 10 hoiler. Nobody
could hear u.s." said Tenncy, despair
ingly.
ITS q pretty place 10 spend the
Fourth in" said Rob. with n groan.
How long do YOU suppose {, will be- bc.
fore they miss us at home and come 10
look for us7"
why, they'd never think OF coming
here to look" replied True. And my
mother said might stay all night with
my cousins over ut Borrowsyillc. She
won't exprct me home tilI Tomorrow.
aud yonr fSlks VIII think you've stayed
with me. Anyway, they would never
think we were up in the church
stccplc."
But when abe knows we're lost,
Rosy MrVie viii tell, If she hasn't al.
ready" said Tcnncy.
"shc wont. She's too much afraid Of
her father Co tell that SHE gave Us the
key" averred True.
but he'll find ont that the KEY Is
gone. and then he'll suspect that we are
here" said Tonncy, who was deter
mined to look on the bright side.
Next Sunday, maybe. We shall be
starved to death before them" said
Rob. who was not proving himself as
brave as his desire for fighting had led
his comra.lrs 60 suppose.
Somebody must have goa wind of
what We meant 60 do, or the tongue
wouldn'i have been tnkcn out Of the
bell" saIsl Tenncy; "and no one coal,l
bc mean enotgh 90 keep ns bess for
long an the Fourth Of July"
'sandy Movie is mean enough Tor
anything" declared Rob; "and perhaps
they have only taken the tongue out to
repair 1t, or something Of that kind"
Sandy Movie meanwhile arose at five
o'clock and took a walk around the
church. There was no broken window.
80 they gave Il up. the young rascals.
and have probably gone over TO Bor-
rowssiiie 60 do their ceiebrating," said
the sexton to himself, and felt q tliSap-
po!ntment that he shoulsi be denied the
grim satisfaction OF bringing the Young
rascais 60 justice. swell, Cherryiield
win be the qujeter for their being out
Of i to-day" he added, to console HIM
self
II not exactly out Of CherryfieId, they
were certainly too far al,osc il 10 Inter-
ferc with its quiet. A faint echo OF dis
tant Feurthyof july noises came tania.
iixingly to their ears now aud then. The
minutes dragged alcnr heavily. They
had no means oftslIing time. and an
hour seemed Hike day hut night iinal-
Is caHe. the dimncss deepenesi Ia utter
darkness and. stretched upon the floor,
they all fell asleep. neiug boys, they
eoald sleep. although the iioor was
hard and keen Cravings reminded them
that they had gone hreakfastless, din
nerlcss aud sapperieHs.
When True awakened, q listls shaft
OF saalight shcae through The xmall
window. away up IN the dlmness at the
stecpir. II danced upon the eobwebx
that covered the dusty beams until they
looked = y made q soia thread. 4