La Junta tribune., 1907-01-05

taiurei uirA the su~ll Of Dev bread
Th- boys exchsns-t looks Say.
darss yer- asked Sissy
-Yep. darsf- returned Leander- h;s
eyes rowing TO the pole and baskets
3 You he runnin' thea suggested
: Sissy
{ I-aEder oteysi- A foot shot out In
front Of him There MAS \ crash fall
snd away roiisst the pail Of soap. spill
ing its eoutents over the walk oaee
Z Ls-s nd~r had I-erfcrus-i a similar act OF
( Friendship for Sissy when they wante'f
TO go fishing. only the bread had bssn
d.rersst into the gutter
After that the way Of the transyress-
CT, va. easy for awhile. Leandsr-
soueIl5dlnx not to reveal the catss-
trophe 70 his mother until later. hid the
pail behind the fence. stole into the
barn by way Of the stable door. secur-
I'd the bags and nshins pole and in an
ineredibiy short time Was thrss shinS
the chestnut trees on the swamp farm
along with Sissy and ten other kindred
sS,irits-
Hour after hour they worked while
the suns rays grew hotter until Lean
der voiced the general condition when
be announced eomplaisantly that he
was all OF a lzrher- To he sure. he
was never complaisant abort being
-Iath~r~d' when at work In his fathers
garden. but what did perspiration mat
ter beside two meal bags full OF chest
nuts At 81 per bushei. Nothing matter
ed, although be knew there must come
an hour Of reckoning. for the bamboo
pole was a wreck. while the seat Of his
trousers was badly punctured owing to
Q broken branch In 4 tree. Further
were full Of pgickers. and q hard red
lump adorned the back Of his neck.
called into i>ing by . chestnut bur dee
ing from the end Of . long pole.
Yes. he knew there must cone an
hour Of reckoning. but be bad not
counted on Its arriving 30 suddenly and
unexpectedly ~ II did
IL was nearly noon when be beaded
u procession Of boys staggssing under
their last loads toward the thicket near
the line fence where their treasure
was stored He II was who pushed
nrst among the branches and saw the
heaped up baGs-and something else.
He gave one yell. and q moment later
eleven boys. unincumbered. were flying
helter skelteS over the fence. while the
means Of . broad German hand at the
seat Of his punctured trousers and an
other on his coat collar.
'-Dist ist cine. whay you call-it-bee.
yar inquired Jacob pleasantly as he
churned the unfortunate Leander up
and down. Fine bee fur to nuts gath
er. Yay'
With the last word Leander new
head FIRST across the fence. landed in q
mud puddle apd ewent home, sadder
aud q maddsr boy than when he had
starte1 out with the soap.
The soap epiSosj&- had -enfnesyseUeap-
ed his mind. but not his mothers. An
Snki6s ef .tfIS eRais had asssoAed hss
whose salary the soap fund was In
tended to swell. That good man found
IL unhealthy TO tread on slippery places
and had brought his grievance. also the
discovered soap pail. to the mortified
Mira Remely. %
Therefore II happened that there was
a deal Of one sided converxati0n In the
kitchen between Leanders the FIRST and
the second directly on the latter's ar
rival. and II ended by the seconds re-
tiring TO the wood shed while the first
cut OF such a portion of the weeping
willow back OF the house as was suit
able 10 the occasion That weeping
willow was already badly mutilated.
Late In the day when Leander the
younger emerged from temporary con
fnement and dry crackers n CLEAN OF
Joy entered his soul at sight OF the
calendar hangin; under the kitchen
clock. Halloween was only two weeks
OF.
As the days passed the JOY was deep
ened by various occurrences. First In
conveying the last bag Of ehestnuts to
the store Jacob Fessler had sprained
his ankle and was laid up spell
This Of course was just judgment
on him for his Infamous conduct to-
ward the nut harvesterx. Next, old
Mrs Fe>sler. for reasons unstate,i. an
nounced sorrowfuliy that she could
make no more soap for Mrs. Remely.
Leander did not share her grief. The
~" ihiNe hiAi Js"iA"ht ihc uau lel-
sure now to plan how to get even with
his father and with Jacob Fessler on
Halloween In getting even with the
. latter he had eleven able allies
But as the eventful evening drew
near Encouraging obstacles arose. The
twelve proposed only to find that cir
eurns;ances disposed promptly Of tine
proposals. Sissy suggested that they
tie the Fessler cow hoof and horn and
convey her to the loft of the barn In
ves;ication brought TO light the fact
that the cow. pig and hens had gone
into winter quarters in the cellar of the