Western Kansas world., 1909-01-16

a boy. known as '.Reddy," from under
horses feet and the urchin proved to be
Miss Page and Hartley were separated
picnic Out sailing later, Van Brunt.
Pratt and Hopper were wrecked in
for the other two revealed an island upon
which they were found Van Brunt rent
Island they lived on the island and
Owner Scudder brought ridiculous pres
Hartley and Hopper in search for CLAIMS
robbed a private "quabaugh-'.
/. CHAPTER WII.-Continued.
did you need the extra bucket2''
asks.
why. no, 1 believe not" says Hart
ley. You see I dug for a while and
then 1 went to look for better places,
and James did the digging We found
holes enough, but they didn't seem to
be the right kind. Worms, did you call
those things? Sea serpents, you
meant, I guess. I never saw such
where there were millions of holes,
but chockful of crabs.'
t'Um-hum," says l. "Fiddlers. You
must have gone plumb up into the
march bank to run into them
'"They was 'orrid things" says Lord
James, rolling his eyes. "And they
'ad claws and swarmed over my feet.
1 give you my word I was that"
''That'l1 do, James," says Hartley.
"Well, 1 was successful at last, skip
per. Struck a place where clans were
actually in layers just under the sand.
We turned 'em over with the hoes like
winking. 1 pointed 'em out and James
picked 'em up. Just look at those
buckets, will your"
I looked at 'em. There was three
buckets chock, trimming full.
Good land of love!" says I. "Them
amt clams-they're quahaugs."
''There're clans in New York." he
says.
Maybe so,'' says l. 1--WE call 'em
quahaugs here. And there's no qua
haugs in this part of the bay unless
they've been bedded. Was there any
marks around emp"
There was a lot of sticks stuck up
around" he says, but we knocked
those out of the way
You did?' says 1. did you leave
any of the-what you call clams?"
You bet we didn't" says he 1--WE
took the last one. Had too much
trouble finding 'em to leave any
"Humph," says l. That's nice.
You've cleaned out somebody's private
quahaag bed. Them quahaugs was all
brought over by somebody and planted
where you found 'em. The sticks was
to mark the place.
You don't mean it2" he says.
..Yes, 1 do" says l. 81 cal1ate we'll
hear from them quahaugs afore long"
And sure enough we did, but that
comes later.
On the way up to the house 1 turns
to his iordship, who was limpfng bare
foot over the beachgrass stubbles, and
says /:
Amt claiming fun?" says
My wordl'' says he, but it expressed
his feelings all right.
All the afternoon the clam hunters
kept getting lamer and lamer and sorer
and sOrer. Their. sun-burnt legs and
arms was hurting 'em scandalous
Hartley Topped into piazza chair and
stayed there, and Lord James crept
around with his limbs spread out like
Windmill sails And every time he'd
bump into a chair or anything you
could hear him whoop to glory
Van Brunt got home about supper
time Scudder rowed him over L had
the quahang chowder made and he ate
enough for all hands Hartley was
feeling toe used Hp to relish it much,
and his fordship didn't eat nothing L
let him OF ON the dish washing and he
went of to the tail end of the veranda
and went to sleep in . chair
After supper Van told about his trip
to Eastwich- Agnes and the Talford
girl was well. he said, and they and
their Fresh Air tribe was coming to
the island next day for picnic.
by the way. skipper" says Van;
"Scudder says he brought some pres
ents for US last night after we went to
bed Where are they?''
Thunderationi I'd forgot all about
them presents" I'd felt like an un-
dertaker when laid 'em away in that
drawer, spld now 1 felt like = grave
rob5er as 1 dug 'em up again spread
em out on the table, coffin plates in
the middle an wreath on one end and
What Is Home Without a Mother on
t'other.
You'd ought to- have heard them
IIeaveniies laugh. Mates presents !
made a hit Van he just |
aid back and roared-