The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-04

Gtriuss hanging 70 the ground. With the eyes os :a.th he tke other end of tho strings asta:hcG, per agreement, to the respective big toes of 1;c>.ice-Iegs and Ready. He ierked them. supdued "Ouch!'' to his fcficwed immediately by the faces of hi. fellow consliretors. locking Gown ct kim, g-inatas Eais- fly After exchanging d few dramatic whispers they jUined Shr.Upy hy way O. tk" wcod-sh-d roof The trio crepa 6cs1 tae A.c,cI and -rade for the SpeD Eeids.
 They cid net talk much they felt, i.u fact rather subducd. The: La6 rever seen tte fr!.=aig fields ic such ghcctly guiss ocfc-e. Tags of rc:st swept before first breeze 0: t.. dawc; the;r :set cntans;ed in coawess ksevs with :he dow: arose from bed fnrcs, looming up before the startled tacee Ike elephant through :se mist.
 -I don't w?.at early for" said Reddy with slight uIaver.
 "Phoo, aia't 1aie,' retc-ted Licorice-legs. ''jts gctti.9' Fighter all the t:IGs.'
 Across two felds anG q .u-nip patch and the willow. came into r;cw. h:dins the Professors I-ocuois mound. "You go @rst,'' said Eseddy.
 But the other two hung beck. There thi,.g about t.iS business of digging into Indian mound :n the ghoatiy dawn that chilled tkeir en- thus1asnl. It vas finally decide! flat shruspy ought to go first being the instisa.or of the vea- ture, anyway. Sh-impy did net like ;t; but hidden somewhere ia his thin frame, he had a touch ot tho Spar-ar. He set his teeth ciutcked as the ;:ulee ir his .acke. and t;ir;:eG the of tSe willows: There was nothing .cary about the r.oGnd after a11 Reddy produced his shovel and they took turns at digging. They dug three shel- low Iles, coveted them carefully ith sod, marked tho places, looked at each ether, grinning- They justified in their pride for most artistic ally they sal.ed the Professors Indian mound with three of the choicest relics from Brinkman, Sr.s, famous collection.
 That afternoon the Professor started out with guileess eagerness make last search for relics ir the mound After two or three brushes during tEe week with his smiling1y sarcastic rival, he grm1y determined to make his theory good If digging could prove the mound of Iroquois origin, Iroquois it should be proven. There was fever ish note ia his voice when, having arrived at the mound, he urged speed and industry upon his fol- lowers The gang responded light-heartedly.
 Side by side worked Reddy and Licorice-legs and Shrimpy. The first two seemed consumed with secret merriment; they were continually dig ging each other in the ribs and gggling But Shrimpy, his face flushed with excitement yielded his shovel in nervous silence.
 Suddenly he threw down the shovel stopped and tken stood up In his hand he held a curiousy carved piece of pottery. The other searchers crowded about him. Shrimpy leaned his shovel he had dreamed that he would he held his find up nonchalantly-but he was speeches. at his audacity and dizzy the sudden height of importance to which he had Ieaped. His blue eyes enormous behind his spectacles; his knees Srembled.
 "A carved water bowl,' the Professor cried. ''The finest specimen I have seen. My toys! This will prove my theory that the 1roquois advanced :n the arts the Zunis! A most fortunate find, Hans. This will prove beyond doubt"
  legs and Reddy. They had discovered treasures and they, like Hans, leaned nonchalantly their shoveIs while they held up envious eyes rabbit pipe and queerly carved stone.
 If the Professor excited Lefore he be- side himself He almost incoherent with the number of things the rabbit pipe and the carved stone would prove; he reCklessiy offered quarter to the boy who would discover the next -eIic Thus inci.cG by hope of reward and by burning envy, the rest of the gang fell upon the mount until it looked as if an army of woodchuclIs had chosen it for s tenement house.
 But Shrimpy and Aico-lce-legs and Reddy dug Indeed, Reddy and Licorice-legs were incapacitated for york by their frequent seizures of laughter, which made it fer them to retire behind the willows ana lie down. Shrimpy wasted time away from the of his success He stroed about, swelling notceably and offering adj vice to the other searcheTs His soul expanded n the s1 1Alight of their he put his hands il Ais :,ccEets in imitation of Licorcecgs aud spoSa fatrunizirsIJ wien they pesnught him to point out liSeIy p1ecee n vhici to dig.
 "Aw,' Ee said, "ycure got to tr1I by be t-e of the ground, that's the NsJ I 11G.''
 A. the erd of the efterraon tie nest Fer sis had thioTn c ,vr: his sE"yci iii -cspA;r alG expedition turned loc-,ward, for IL tuittci n P ofeS.or thlt relics ;,e found. ahrin1py walked among them the 2culeward way. e&ra::ating giibly the method employed ID searching for reics. He and GedIy aid icorice-lcgs proudly carrying their spells at the head of the procession +a: preached trr toWl vixen suddenly :!., Professor s1urCI.
 Let take then a moment hoys,' he said, and wrc:sGed t:c bowl, tho pine. and t@c curious sIoce fro1:, .thsIr unwilling hands. lie darteo ahead of them eagerly. To Shrin:p:'s horrcr Le made straight for tic shcp of ETinkraan, ST.
 Shrppy turned, aGonized look upon his panio=:s in guilt, hut thcy, after the Of plices, drew away fror1 him when exposure seemed imminent Shrimpy the Professor dis appear within his fathers shop and heart sank in sckenirg manner. His fatIer strong