Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02

1 Oalt-tlaG cOupIlocN tAS
\OI S. Tavlor's career through all tn
Iong weeks of waiting and anxet!
that succeeded the departure VI N"'
from Jersey City. n,
So attached had he become to his lrleno Sn'
nartner. the rash, CHEEKY young runaway
Newton. that for many days after Nat ieas
inc their pleasant home, Sam was lonely n"'
erable and ambitionless. -
He aroused, from the selfish apathy no"
ever. as Mr.. Percival began, to lmproVe. ro
If ever there was taithIui nuIse, l~1,, r;vo,
country bred Sam, and as ne porc;vaI mcH had tn,
means Of securing the best meolcal 1hn batfe
brought about decided change tor Vhe peVto
in the shattered invalid. e..,.s TOO
Freedom kind care and hopel5uiheSfS, H.
were great tones 70 thc oiu AA
First the fever had abated, then the paralyIl'
,vaainess Of the limbs decreased, and, at the
end of two months, Arnold PercVal seeineS nc
his old self and Sam tGuno lou noo.tnraiv 1nsi sympa @
tbetic disnosition from taking part IN III
He would sit at the cabin door IN tne
cool of the evenings, drinking IN Ine anl oeaa,
pure air bracng as fwed WINE 9ae face as he watch
cd Sam replacing walks, Strengthening sign
boards or building fences -. +o he
Dobbs had become an ogre no longer 70 pS
feared Mr.. Percival knew that Inere coulu o
he no object in the gardener seeking 70 re,
cain control of him, as the former jailersnlp
had probably been induced simply by aesire re
10 watch and restrain him until Meserve got
into foreign waters with the Petrol. -.
As to Nat and CarberTy 20 ri anu V1ouId ND come con-
out right, and although he worried consider eI
ablv as the weeks sped by and no word ar
rived from their messenger to Rio Janelro, ne
would say philosophically, to Sam; ,:.
eve shall hear from them soon; feel IL,
7 know it. We shall hear from them soon.,
When he got so that he could walk around,
Sam pretended that his slight aid and advice
were of inestimable value, and, being now
able to leave him alone, the boy, went every
morning to the city at 10 o'clock, returning
Two hours in the morning. four hours IN
the evening and what time Mr.. Perclval put
in. were sufficient to do the requisite work:
Mr. Yesay visited them often, s%1dng aged grela- la
tive, as he supposed for Sam did not reveal
Mr.. Percivals circumstances to the agent, and
Mr. Vesay said one day. 49,,
'Sam, you've got great lot OF rubbish over
"Yes, sir; that's Mats idea. He's gone
away for time, and I'm trying to surprise
him when he returns"
"Going to build?" laughed Mr.. .Vesay.
''We are, for fact" responded sam aY very
load Of dimension stone, whole and half
bricks sand and boards there"
s'But where co you get it"
f'Pick it up. There isn't an alley or street
that hasn't bricks lying around loose, and
where they are building the blocks OF houses
yonder, they give me many rejected piece
of plank. AT one house the carpenter al,
lowed me to creep under the building and
gather the nails dropped there. found over
seven pounds, bent and straight, old and new,
As to the dimension and rubblestone, that
to he had for Diciling it uD.
"You1l win!" was MIR. Vesay's fervent en-
comium.
Yes, Sam had set out to win: Final pos
session of the lot was now a foregone con-
Mr.. Percival, as Sam unfolded his plans,
took almost childish delight in discussing
them and watching their execution.
AS to money, they lived frugally. The ten
regularly, and Sam had struck job that
seemed to him to be little gold mine.
He had run across a second hand book
dealer who had large stock of old maga
zines and books some coverless, some torn
but in readable shape
They were unstable at retail, and the dealer
offered them in lots at prices to suit, by the
wholesale, to Sam.
He bought one hundred, took them home
put on MANILA covers, wrote out the titles
In red and blue ink, and, taking the little wag
on, started out on a new career OF enterprise
and usefulness.
The first days good fortune made him eager
for the second day. The books, some as low
as five cents, sold like magic. At the enc
Of week Sam had cleared eight dollars, will
a probability of future sales to many of hi
first customers.
Coming home often he would load up tn,
cart with bricks, stone or boards, and ado
to that formidable pile Of building materia
on the rear of the lot assigned to Nat anc
himself by Mr.. Vesay.
'"They're going to move the Office, Sam,
was Mr.. Percivals startling announcement
one night as the boy returned from work.
"Yes. Mr.. Vesay was here"
"But what are we going to do?"
"Stay in it. He's sold the corner it's on