The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22
Appeared Stupid Until
lie Caught a
Burglar.
NOT GOOD AT FARM WORK.
But When hi, Inventive Genius Was Gwen
! Chance II Developed HIM
Into 4 Famous Man.

NAN II was Jim Bailey.
\W\V driving home from
xxx the village behind
his steady old horses.
md no haa overtaken boy about IL
years old on the dusty highway.
II guess So" replied the boy ~ ne
climbed up beside the farmer.
~ long look at the boy, who was badly
an. Al elbows and looked hungry. pears
~ me YOU don't bcfong around these dig
r4n.s7 Leastwise. I can't jest remember
you" ,,
straight ahead.
stranger. chr
yep"
"You don't sayl WAL. dunno an
snr,roye OF young boys travelfn around
me country alone. AlIus seems to me as
sf they had run away from home.
,.posa you'n deny that you've run away?"
II hadn't anybody to run FROM" Soberly
observed the boy
s.No father or morther or homer
mo"
"waaI, declare, Then you are an or
phan- Ell? p
had any folks"
"shool what you doin Jest nowf"
eIooann' for work on a farm"
"whewi The likes OF you lookin' for
work on a farm! You might manage TO
DON'T believe you could lift half-grown
pumpkin. No farmer wants any such
weaklin' as yon around. You couldn't do
enough 10 pay for your meala"
The hoy made no reply. One would have
said by the look on hAs fare that he was
used TO hearing himself belittied and that
he had no hopes for the future Farmer
nj ixs.t 49,
ner OF his eye and A. he looked he felt his
heart warming up For mile or more
ne kept turning things over In his mind,
and was silent The boy also seemed to be
thinking. and now and then his lip quiv-
cred as II his thoughts were sorrowfui
By and by the farmer had made up his
mind as to what course to pursue. and he
said:
II dont know ~ need any boy around,
hnt guees you'd better stop with me for
. few days for n change I'm willin' to
try an experiment. II you take hold o.
things I'll board and clothe you for what
you can DO. what aye say?"
"rii try" replied the boy. az his face
lishtened up n bit.
And what's your manner"
Zoe"
short and sweet. ana ain't findin. any
fauH. WAL. we've settled thinrs and r
hopc you'I turn out all right
The welcome which Mrs Bailey vbo
was called Aunt Mary by everybody gave
70 the young tramp was not encoura ging
When he entered the kitchen nj the fary,-
ers heels. she lifted up her hands ana ex-
claimed:
Now, then Pa Bailey, what have Won
gone and done this time,', ~
hfunx homo n boy" he rppifed
should say you had, What on Garth
10 YOU mean TO DO with such a scarecrow
ss MN why. when you az the rar. ana
diff on'n him and cut his hair tbere 49,,
ne enough left OF him 20 feed tha e.,' =,
non DO viii be to track UP my clean fioar.
ana eat us out cf house ana HON. :.
WAL. let him stay few day.
~.u the Farmer. and that settlsd q
ehc,e Jim and Aunt Mary were known
s . miles around as his-hearted people. and
.ss hsd more than their share %
ramps both old and young Thry ,cI,
kindly toward tho boy, ana vet the, AZ.
trusted MIN IL was a sort OF dutv ~ ,,,.
nun IN hut they wished he had sone a,s>
whefc- Had the boy been more cbse,f,,i ~
hoted 2 craving for sympathy. Am,
Msfy would have felt more motheriy
toward MIN. Bot he was silent ana .h.~.,.
minded and preferred 20 ba alona !.
aion't take week TO discover ira, hn ~, !.
Hot worth his salt He wasn't laxy ~, =.
alan sem 20 know how to do anxth,r~
right When sent to drive the cows hn,,a
ne would bring up thu sheep Instead ~
~Sna iceu ,he horses quart OF cots
apiece enc night ami half a bushni IN
next when sent 10 shat up the her bo,,ss
ne let the pigs out o. the prn lie m,
Snly one shing which escaped fault an,strs-
FARMER Bailey had an ole faah,en,l n,nv
ms msehine under a she'd whlch haa Her
CAT or order for two seasons Whom NOT
wanted elsewhere the boy was fInks r,r !,
as that machine, ana with Only ,hs "a
tools te BE- found on the farm he anaih,
pat h In order, The farmer was s,,rr-,z :,
and PLEASED, bat after keeping ice ~ III,
four weeks he said 10 HIN.
'Noa remember said ia try an cxnsrs
naehtf veal, I've tried Il, I've figured /.
out and you sin't worth quite a. fnu,, . .
your board ard wssbin' I'm klna q se-ry
for you, and tonaaFrcr. when yau log ,in,,-
IN RiNe sou any eeats The expertnen,
halnt hesn siHcsss Ne sni Run, sfArv
are Enin' 90 town tbis aftsruooo. and yeY
can ret 90 and sort O Match things {"
The Aoy had n0fbigg 10 saw for ~ aga{,..
swing when the couple started Tor tnur
they locked him out az the house ard les,
hln sitting on an Oh wagon box N ,hs
lsrnNssd
Kind o sorry for him sald Unc,e I,.n
''hta he dent seem 10 knos hen as nae1
as a AgFsrs call"
''lfc don't know anft snap ffags, hare,
81 pickles" reelted Aunt MARY '-anl
aoa1 believe hen ever learn"
wAeu lcst 10 himself the boy Nagaa 10
eroNa around the barn In an aimless way
and after g time he maic discovery IN
the grahsry was rusty old teaT trar
which had beea hanging there Tor years
IL was taken down and carried out ~ thg
heor ana ihe ioinls and springs Kroaosd
with a ficco % Eat pork. The hoy had "a.
ohtect IN view beSaoud seeiaR how the lrar
worked To see Il he had 70 u~e a ieve-
over the spring. and Wien he touched 4
stick 90 the pan thu saws mapped toSc n,
sr With strength enough Ia hold a horse
After iaiy experimenting Ter a while ~
wandered TO the oren door and hooh "a uT
ct the haase The kitchen was what 4
called lesn-to It's root ran No 90 Wtthir
q foot % tAe two back windows OF the SO
end story OF the house proper From ms
ground 10 the caves % the roof - Ia.
iean-to was distance Of only about eight
feet
'Ir any one ever gets into the house al
night IL Will be that way, unused joe, ~