The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
TIM AND TINY Or the AdEsntqzes .nse sS;b of Week

lots of questions; and then he told the yell
low man to take me to the other house, and
he would be along by-and-by. First, though
they gave me some breakfast. And it was
perfectly horrid! Then had to wait long
time more, until they played game of cards,
and then the yellow man brought me here.
What do you think they are going to do
with me?"
She asked this question with some curios-
ity, but without a trace Of fear, and Tim was
at loss how to impress upon her the gravity
of the situation.
slowly, "and means to keep you until he gets
a reward"
what is a reward?"
"Well-money.- He knows that your father
will pay a big sum Of money to get you
~. ALL h. !, said Tiny, yeaeetive1y. "But, Tim.
az know it is, but the yellow man is wick
ed, too"
Tiny turned the matter over in her mind,
and then asked, suddenly:
did he steal you?"
The yellow man? Oh, MOI" laughed Tim.
81 came here to lock for you. | saw you
II am so glad you did. Now l won't let
the yellow man take me home; you shall do
it, and yet the-you, know"
>, Yes, ! understand, but that's not so easy.
Indeed" cried Tiny, with toss Of her
.%e ssid ssp II F% %ness ssriodnsy. nSa'e you
can't, and neither can I. II | was outside
same fix as you are, although no one would
pa, ten cents reward for me"
"You don't mean to say cried Tiny, that
s We've be both got e stay here until that yellow
Pm afraid he won't let me go at all if he
can help it," replied Tim, triHe gloomily;
then he smiled again for fear Tiny would be
alarmed, and said, There NAV be a way to
ses Gn know wSH' %Sss %e anns M Tn DO
:. Il think answered Tiny, gravely, that
it must be luncheon time"
Tim laughed.
THAT wasn't what I meant, but no mat
ter. dare say it is about noon. You listen
at that door, Tiny, and III take a look
Tiny .obediently jumped down from the ia.
BILE and took her station near the chest OF
There was but one window in the room,
and. like the one in the room below, it
looked out only on a blank wall. Raising the
sash carefully, Tim looked out and saw back
yards all deserted.
Directly underneath the window was the
door leading into the yard, and over the
doorway was sloping hood or cover:
and settled that it was fully seven feet
IF / drop on it, he said to himself, ct
will probably give way under me and I'll
break something. At any rate, I'll fall in
the, yard and make a racket: and then what's
to become of 1inyy ! can't drop her down,
and | don't think she'll jump
The situation was one of perpexity, and
the more Tim thought the less he saw his
way out. There wasn't anything in the
room that could be made into a rope, and
he was afraid to call for help out of the win.
dow Even in case the call was heard,
the inevitable result would be that Vincento
and the others would rush up stairs and at
tack him and Tiny, and perhaps silence them
forever. Then, again, he was 10th to alarm
Tiny by letting her know what danger she
was in unless such course was absolutely
necessary.
While he was in the midst of these con-
ficting thoughts Tiny said. suddenly:
81 hear noise, Tim. Perhaps some one
the yellow man-is bringing us luncheon"
Tim put her to one side and listened
Vincento had evidently discovered the boys
escape and was raging over it.
Tim could hear him and Mrs. Mullins
wrangling and occasional wheezy cought
tod that Arty was also there. The voices
rose still higher in angry alteration, and
then there was a sudden pause
Tim suspected what was. coming, and
braced himself for it. Vincento was tramping
up the stairway.