The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-27

n ED FIELD DANvERS..known
 among the boys as ''Red"-came IN out of Doc" McMurray's office
 smiling all over and softly jing- ling in his pockets six shining silver dollars!
 .'Got yer pay. Red?" yelled Jimmy Bates. spy: his radiant a; face from TOT rhiae the with Hen Willard.
 "Uh@huhr responded Red" trying yainly to look as if nothing unusual had
 ffo How much? Fifty dolIarsr'
 "'Taint. eh? Who helped yuh do yer work, I'd like ter know? Who took yer place n drove the Docs COW ter the pasture n back mornin' n night every day fer a week. while yuh gali- wanted off fishin' with Bill Jones? Me. n don't yuh forget it. l want my share O yer fifty"
 "'Twan.t no fifty dollars" interjected Red" "'N' yuhre a low-down sneak ter talk that way. so yuh are; fer yuh know. I gave yuh the moss-agates n my crossbow n my double-barreled giant cap pistol to pay yuh fer doin' my work when I went fishin'; n it was yer own bargain, too!'
 "Thet's so. was there n heard you fellows make tn bargain, put in Hen"
 Jimmy laughed.
 "oh, that's all right, Red. was only Jokin'. Yuh was so stuck up n secret about yer fifty
 "'Twan't no fifty dollars!" corrected Red"
 aWei, well, fifteen, or five. or what ever it was, yuh was so stuck up, l couldn't help maxim game O yuh. But l was only ,tokin.' don't want any O yer money"
 Peace having thus been made. Reds" natural good humor and generosity
 Say, kids" said he. ''been to the fair7'
 No" half-sorrowfully, haif-hope- fully answered both Jimmy and "Hen," way around 1t, and ain't , got any moneyi'
 Lets go right now"
 "All threep
 "Yep. I'll stand treat getting yuh in.''
 Bully, Red!" squealed Jimmy, turn ing a joyful somersault right there in the dust.
 The Pottawatanie County Fair was the great annual event of the village. held for a solid week in the great fair grounds on the edge of town. Every body went-everybody that is. who had the admission price in his pocketbook. The chief crowds assembled in the aft ernoon and evening.
 Our three boys made beeline for the fair grounds and filed past the gate keeper holding their heads high with the virtuous feeling that boys have when for once they are above the neces-
 
 What they failed to see was not worth seeing, you may be sure. Though they feasted their eyes; tneir stomaShs: d ltiin.: of great red and yellow polished apples, pears plums and other fruits the pies and cakes, cookies and doughnuts, pre- serves and pickles, cheeses ana honey which were in the rival exhibitions or the county farmers and their wives.
 They gazed in awe on the compete bird s-eye maple bedroom suit, which was to be presented to the first couple consenting to be publicly married on They fingered long before the pens and stalls containing the prize cattle, hogs, horses and poultry. stand, "Red' bought three immense halls and shared them with Jimmy and Hen" Then they rushed to the place where the thrilling event of the day-Professor Ferrara's balloon as- cension-was scheduled to come on at There was the balloon, an apparent ly uninteresting expanse of dirty, wa terproof cloth, lying in shapeless heap on the ground.
 But presently the gas began to be turned on, the shapeless mass began to assume a pear-like form, to swell escape from the detaining rope which was fastened tight to stake, slipped under the netting on top Of the bal loon and grasped at the free end in inc hands of half a dozen sturdy men. 1t chanced that a strong breeze was blowing, and the balloon got almost beyond control of the men at the rope. Here, you boys" cried the profess sor, who appeared at this Juncture resplendent in flesh -colored tights and Roman sash about his waist. Tend hand will your "Surer cried all three boys, who were only too glad of chance to get