The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-23

this whirl they presently perceived
the figure of Willie Dalzel seated on
the chest of the Hedge boy.
"Got enough?" asked Willie hoarsely
NO. choked out the Hedge boy.
Then there was another tapping and
| foundering and finally another calm.
Got enough?" asked Willie.
NO. said the Hedge boy. A sort Of
war cloud again puzzled the sight OF
| the observers. Both combatants were
| breathless. bloodless in their faces and
very weak
"Got enough?' said Willie.
mo" said the Hedge boy. The car
mage was again renewed. All the spec
tators were silent but Johnnie Hedges
! little brother, who eXhorted him to
| continue the struggle, but 1t was not
| plain that the Hedge boy needed any
announcement, for he was crying bit
| terly, and it has been explained that
when a boy cried it was bad time to
hope for peace. He had managed to
| wriggle over upon his hands and
knees, but Willie Dalzel was tenacious
y
| seemed that his strength would spend
| itself in futility. The bear cub seemed
| TO have the advantage OF the working
model of the windmill They heaved,
! uttered strange words. wept and the
sun looked down upon them with
steady, 1lVinking eye
| Now, aeter Washington the doc
tors coachman. came out OF the stable
and observed this tragedy of the back
garden He stood transixcd for mo-
ment and then ran toward it shouting:
| eli, what's all dish we're? Hi! Stopper
dat, stopper dat, you two! For lam
! sake, what's all Gish yere?" He grab
! bed the struggling boys and pulled
them apart. He was stormy and fine
| in his Indignation. For Ian sake!
You two kids act like you gwine mad
| dogs Stopper dat" The whitened,
fearful, sol ed combatants, their cloth
ing all awrv, glared fiercely at each
other as Peter stood between them lee
| turing They made several futile at
tempts to circumvent him and again
come to battle. AS he Tended them of
with his open hands he delivered his
reproaches at Jimmie. IFS s'prised at
you. 1 suhtainly is!'
"Why?" said Jimmie. 81 amt done
nothin'. What have l done?"
"Y-y-you done courage desc we're
kids ter scrap" said Peter virtuously.
"Me?' cried Jimmie. II amt had
nothin' to do with it,
,o ~, ro,, rotor%o1 potQr
| with heavy sarcasm. Il raikon you
| been er-prayin', amt your Turning
| to Willie Dalzel, he said, "You jest take
an run erlong outer dish we're or I'll
| Jest nachually take an damnearklll
you.' Willie Dalzel went. To the new
| boy Peter said you look like you had
some saince, but l raikon you don't
know no more'n er rabbit You jest
! take an trot erlong off home, an don
lemme catch you round yere er-fightin
| or I'll break yer back" The Hedge
boy moved away with dignity, follow
ed by his little brother. The latter,
when he had placed sufficient dis
lance between himself and Peter, play
| ed his fingers at his nose and called
| out:
mig ger-r-r! Nig-ger-r-r!'
Peter Washington's resentment pour
ed out upon Jimmie.
"'Pears like you never would under
STAN you amt regular common trash.
| You take an 'sociate with ANYBODY
| what done come erlong."
"Aw, go on" retorted Jimmie pro-
| fanely. go soak your head, Pete"
The remaining boys retired to the
| street, whereupon they perceived Will
| lie Dalzel in the distance. He ran to
them
Il licked him" he shouted exutant-
ly. Il licked him! Didn't l, now?"
From the Whilomville point Of view
he was entitled to a favorable answer.
They made it. "Yes," they said, you
did"
II run in," cried Willie, "an' grab
bed i'm, an afore he knew what 1t was
1 throwed i'm. An then it was easy"
| He pulled out his chest and smiled like
an English recruiting sergeant. "An'
now" said he. suddenly facing Jimmie
Prescott, whose side were you on?"
The question was direct and star
ting. Jimmie gave back two PAGES.
"He licked you once" he explained
haltingly.
HE never saw the day when he
could lick one side Of me. 1 could lick
him with my left hand tied behind me.
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