Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-11
me9- He nodded guilty.

Santa Claus Srang mer He nodded guilty:
guilty was TOO great for words-se began to cry and
started for the door. I'm goinFtell mamma on you
A bothersrnoe lump came into Bobba's throat and
frown of annoyance to hssbroyy Girls were very
S ne 0H nagf to ef
he called her back: This was one way to meet
os i6 ss nos
for worlds world she own to him that being girl
way to argue the old question
"Drls Is bessern boys anyhow" shes affirmed, vip-
Boy. soat y over No ne.n :: answered .5 quite
chiidseni Whs. were you er.rDsliins sbouts Didn't
open HOLE oves which he hsd it .asPsndsd MS
ton IN one awful second; With one long bound she
reached him sheet o. Asnetburst from the
girl wa; ; s,s m sssror ,..a ~, ~. -. :,
her vos rnh with Both Ssbes S her . sns top TO 3.
street The alarm brought the re-ensine and great
The Yard was ed with smoke hose reen seu and
sSei.ene9s while the :sorerooE was bechng forth
Kept swarnng to the sceneiout Of the ground appar
emily all other celebrating forgotten in this greater
arms: starred too even sI to Scream
But the gallant ireiaddies had the flames
room being some yards from the house saved much
danger in that direction In the space of a few mo
a
self. with gaping hole IN the north wall The FIRE
was out
The hre-chief, who had come changing up in his
hre-buggy. walked through the respectfully divided
crowd to inquire into the whyfores of the confag-
ration. Mrs. Howard excitedly explained
Gasolenel inquired the great official thunderstruci
Then why in the mischief wasn't there an explosion?
Can must have been left open and let all the gas
mo, sir. twasn't" Rosy put in 'T corked it tight
sir, when put It back yesterday"
Further Questioning elected from the twins them
selves the information that time had elapsed
after the uncorking owing to Bobbas errand
after the punk and the subsequent difference of
opinion.
Mighty good thing. too" grunted the chief Saved
an explosion and probably these youngsters lives-its
the gas that accumuiates and explodes-not the
lene, as lots of folks think For once, kd-squabbe
good thing"
And he took his departure ringing his gong like mad
as his big, black fTehorse galloped down the
But kids keepih o mischief is better STILL" de-
clared Rosy, browning nightly at the twins
In the midst of the turmoil and excitement Mrs.
Howard had not noticed that she was scorched and
burned all about the face and hands, from that first
sheet of flame, though her two naughty darlings
quite safe with all their nfamnabe inery intact. But
when the putting engine gone, and the crowd
melted away she back realization of all that
happened and the worst that had almost happened
then she quietly tainted away.
When after Rosy's liberal application of water and
smelling salts herself again. she went
to bed with sick headache the twins were also sent
to bed, though they hadn't tainted ALL and when
papa came home-but why dwell horrors any
longer? will draw veil the doubly painful
that esued and only add that always thereafter
whenever Mrs. Howard found her children growing
oostreperous ali she had to do to brush back the
soft, thick hair from her forehead and show long,
red scar that always stayed there and went
away
AN it never 'sploded, either, after ALL said the
twins, disconsolately.