Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06
CHAPTER XI
FUN ALL AROUND.

CHAPTER XI
FUN ALL AROUND.
~ 1, Ed"
H Nong-drawn-out snore)
ed! Wake up
"wake up. It's half-past seven O'clOck!
'Iemme alonel"
''Well, we want some breakfast.
"Umi" liz
Gland him rap with one of those sllp-
pers of his, Herb; or toss one OF them 0Vei
here, and l will.
"Hey! What's the matter here! ost
sect up and get breakfast. were n'O9'
starved!' a.,v
"Oh, get up and get your own breakfasts
"Ouch Say. somebody'n get hurt If they
don't leave me alone!" 3,
''Get up and get breakfast, then.
"Oh, I'll get up when get ready! NJ
"Wen, we won't wait long before you'll
get this slipper again. tell you were most
starved"
"Huh"
Whack!
A general rough-and tumble fight followed
this last onslaught on Ed, but it ended satis-
factorily to the other boys-Ed got up,
Fried bread, fried eggs, bread and butter
and coffee constituted the first breakfast III
Camp EndoriaslS, and it was pretty fair
breakfast all around, too. Ed was 1mproV-
ing in the art of cooking. :,
Just as the boys were sitting down to 1t,
there came to their ears, from far down the
river, the tune yankee Doodle" whistled
in sort of major minor key, with variations
to match, and occasional Jerky stops ana
starts, which made 1t quite evident that
youth who had but recently acquired the art
OF whistling was making the noise, and Marx
exclaimed: ,
Hello! 'Samyell' is coming with the
milk"
All listened, as the sound grew louder and
yankee Doodle changed to "John Browns
Body" after time, this being rendered IN
manner that positively -defed imitation. Then
came Hold the Fort" which was only rec
ognzed by the time in which the piece was
whistled, and after this a tune that none
of the boys had ever heard before-and,
presumably, no one else-and Herb drily
remarked;
"That's an imitation of the tune the old
cow died on"
"samyell" came in sight directly, and then
comment changed from the whistle to the
whistler.
He was a tall, lanky youth, with light hair
and very narrow, pointed face; and he
wore a suit of clothes which fitted him in a
manner that gave unmistakabe evidence of
having been cut down from some O dads
old ones" And his age might have been
anywhere from Is to II; his appearance gave
no idea concerning it.
As he came into view, walking along the
river bank, carrying in his hand a pail of
milk and still whistling, Mark said:
"That's 'Samyell, sure enough. didn't
see him the other day, but l heard his voice,
as he called to his father that Warrenses'
pig had got into their clover patch; and that's
enough to give any one a pretty fair idea
of what he looks like. He isn't handsome,
is hep?
The other boys smilingly agreed with Mark
that "SamyelP' was not exactly handsome.
Will, however, thought he would not look SO
awfully bad if he was dressed up in regular
"store clothes"
AS he came up within speaking distance,
and stopped whistling, VIII addressed him.
Good morning, Samuel"
81 suppose you have got some milk for us?
said Will.
"Ayup."
Samuel obeyed, and then VIII asked:
"How much do you charge for it quartz"
milk, fl cents a quart; butter, twenty
tew cents a pound; aigs, twenty cents a
dozen; bread, ten cents loaf; potaters,
sixty cents bushel; corn, ten cents q, dozen
ears; tomaters, ten cents halfpeck."
He ratified off this price list in manner
that showed he had spent some time in com
mitting it to memory
Will smiled.
"Well," he said "you may bring us up
cry morning, and then We'll order what
other produce we want from you when you
come. We don't need anything else today,
] think"
Ed emptied the milk out of Samuels pail
into one that belonged to the camp, and
handed Samuels pail back to him.
He seemed in no hurry to go, however,
and stood swinging the pail on one finger