Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27

the ravine feeding the pig which ne was
permitted to keep there.
Phil ran down the hillside. Hello he
cried. Il was afraid you had been carried
of In the night by that five-footed beast
you told us about
Laws sakes. chile, don you evan say
dat aSi Somebody's allus tellin' Nose
dat he's gwine to be kerried Off First de
doctor say rheumatic will kerry him off.
n now you'se er projectin' I'll go wild a
nVe-footed beast. I'd rutheh go wild rheu-
matiz"
You will If you get up so early in the
morning. responded the boy, laughing
But what doctor tells you that your rheu-
matiSm is so bad
Nose thought few moments and fearinr
tnat the betrayal of Blackharts name
might interfere with the efficacy of the
charm that he had prescribed for him. said
slowly: 1T was one dat 1 knowed I'm car
any dun tol me dat de rheumatic was like
10 glt me- Now it am a fac dat dough I'd
rutneh go wild dat dan wild a five-footed
beast, Use jes' not partic'lah bout ergwine
Wld anything right erway'
OF course you don't want to die. Nose -
M saia encoalrag ingly. 'and we're not GO
ing to let you, either
Den yo mus help me, Phil. deed yo'
mus old Nose hev JUS one chance Ia live ..
III do all l can for you Just Won stav
IN pea In the mornings and I'll stop and
ieed the pig and do your chores
:. Ol, II ISM de cho'es OATS hurtin' me:
1t something 1 need for the rheumatic and
can I s1t, dat will cure me-
Ieii me what it is and I'll get it for
you IL can 1 like you ever so much
Nose; you've been good to me-
TO me" an ~ can GIT IL
Pm awfully sorry
IN ,bliged to yo' an mebbe some day
20 II help me widout KNOWN 1T -
We'll, shall be glad If can 7 muSt on
VI, now, for Mrs. Irwin will be frightened
night a. i'iiie last
No
to tell Mis- Irwin. an git a bite o. breal-
Las 20 stay to breakfas' wild me. an den
yo Kin git to work fob Dean does DARN
pr ptease MN; he do love to see boys fohand-
eu. Sc gwne by Mis- Irwln's early dis
maWnin' an I'll ten her yo' safe nun
fhil agreed to this arrangement. and tbe
sdIueher was surprised and a little cha
grlned when he reached the Lodge 70 find
on the terraces "e"'
he went away presently to see to other
Mork. and Cover, who had been saupterinw
ABOUT waiting for an opportunity tn snaaS
to Phil. now came I'D and said mt ,.,,.
near about the fellow on the bicvcIe that
we upset last evening"" mat
NO. we didn't hurt him, did we?'
A. we did, though; sprained his ankle So
That they had to put him to bed in the hast
su ,s chamber 1t wasn't all because his
ar was hurt that he got the best room,
put something else
What is that?'' Phil asked
The strangest thing you ever heard of
!" ME We We're playing burglars and max
ing pelleve to steal Grandmother Dupre's
iuos, there was another ring in the house
exactly like it-at least L heard mana feII
mamma that he thought it was exactly
IKE IL. Just think, two such valuable rings
III our mouse at the same time,
But That isn't all. The fellows name ia
Dupre-Mr Bernard Charles Dupre saw
MS caro- In the library. and papa thinks he
may De son or grandson of NV great
uhcIe that ran away from his home In
france. a hundred years ago-more or
iess-the son that Grandmother Dupre ia
always looking for. you know"
ANA Is your father going to tell him
all about the rings?" min
NO, not yet. He is going to see If grand
hotner can find anything about him like
he isl Ao INT! 'hiiiA
DE- Blackhart was now seen approacbipp
the house. "ppi od|N'iAs
Why! what does he come here forq"
Phil inquired. Il never saw him here he
fore" i'i' mere De-
On! he happened to be passing last
night, Just about the time the accident
came on. Jim started for a doctor. met
TINS one and brought him. Papa wanted to
SEND Tor another this morning, but
chappfe wouldn't hear to ii -
m sorry that we hurt him.
1ou needn't waste your sympathy on
him. It's my opinion that Mr.. Bernard
Charles Dupre is having a royalty good
Time boStered up there in an jnvaIid,s
chair, in papa's best dressing gown. and
enjoying his cigars"
Go be contfnued)