Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-24
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

Synopsis OF Preceding Cnapters
Nat Davis stole from his uncle. William
Dodge. a pocketbook, and, after aostractihg
from it a twenty dollar BILL accidentally drop
ped 1t in a scufle with Jo Morris, a carpeh-
ter's apprentice, and 10 was seen py anoandi and
boy to pick 1t up. That BOY toid MAJ. ,., Atp tbo
when Nat was charged by his uncle with inc
theft he said Jo was the thief To prove
this false assertion the uncle started to~atu ~
the carpenter shop. compelled Nat 10 go aione'
but the crafty boy did not relish racing sss5 so
so, after going a short distance. he dasned
off into the woods. and was pursued os 's ma
uncle He climbed the dead trunk Of an .oda oia
Inside Gsk e the aRS hole hung IL its e Gnn uncle
not having seen him Gimp. weha eh ,psS ps, dawn
In Inside tfs'P tie y hollow tree to the There
he had to remain six hours yany calling gs,dof 6of
dusk dusk in nth The evening, near enough to hear him;
and. seeing it was necessary Vent 70 TO eu the car
1ae pe4ter sres Shop 90 eess to gel The
shop was closed. 10 broke down the door door sna MT
him IN the at They hsd ALREADY ynsrsR s1smiPsss 9sd
few old coins in it also Jos h Sw9 tns p0sS6s sSss
ssUnss eoEk and ssaturay they he vas
The thief and took him to, to the orrdn iall wneh 'ns
n beens IG bad p%5posey weS ela and made
futile efforts to get out Meme No one came Ca the .npSagn mo
the the wSSas wsen tWd Hp5 baeas a9aal
and banned the robbery of Squire Lanes
mansion They heard Mats 90 e5Ies esr aRS With them
and hold their bag Of tools When they tb or4Se IKE
into and entered the tfihen Wihe Of Na fhe mansion
and and r. rang a large bell. alarming the peoip,M
and from thence along the street. shouting
While running he met the shs sheriff f. and be tFea fSa
stspe snd ngt %if hndng III aeF Ns hsre Oe
them convinced Of the quit mspsion Sr }ne and
9he constahle after telling Nat what Jo was
arrested for returned with the boy to the 9aii:
arrested It nfes@ for Se Sst fs Which Gsd
Committed also for forcible entry int into and tng
6e srfie' told himself that he was sneak and a
coward if he didn't get 10 out OF Re fRe ad Of
the BURGLARS tools. he had burst open the coal coal
cellar door entered and pTea pfdgad up and sWaken
ed Jo. who. at rst. objected TO thus getIting aIn
when nSa Nat c69eT nSwf9 found nn in the hoo%
free. with the name John Morris" scratch
ed if Jo was eager enough antIQ 10 g gor the pur
pose of finding some clue to his mlsslng ,aa er
rattle father, and he knew that his father ddn nsn
fp cabin close by The hollow tree He asked asked
Nt there tin ddn RG1 fntW OPy
there was it still there -. =, .ho ioi,
Nv The he S wSv OSy ys fad and p
ed directly to the Tree wherS while lo Nat MitS Tens
e. aS hole for in so%eRdf the Of th
trunk reached in and pulled out tn so 9Ue se
containing, Win OIner InllSss paPeis
eayed that only here and there words could
pc made out When Soatfoa Sat came WHICH 6e6k had
been thrown by the hsfGIaFIs MorrIs f From n
them, and from the decayed papers IN Inc tih
box Jo gathered the knowledge that ms iat IN.
erfs uncle Arnold Percival. whose name ms
dying mother i've ago could no not s9G;ra recall
inauiring about his father and himself H., Ia
there urged S Sa down to GreedooT
to take the train They'd catch you heTe;n .,ren'
~ dollar bill in his hand.
Take It," said Nat. ITS yostro+oa yours To
ITS yours, tell you. persisted TED Nat: and
don't this square it? You GO to New York
After much persuasion Jo took Inc money
And through the woods trndgedl Nat n.
is. he said. with grim determination. as he
hu.11eu, .Veu,ye e." made fair. start to be honest;
don't spoil it. Nobody's lost anything with
nu III the fuss and row. and IL Uncle William
AMI Az tne do the graceful and act decent, why
III light out and follow 10 Motifs that's all