The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
Captains of Honor

meant to be faithful, and so long as Abe
requested IT,, he was bound not to divulge
the secret Of the time of the meeting, if il
was possible for him to do so with safety 10
himself.
How was he to do it? The frightened
look winch soon came over his countenance
told palmer than words that his fertile mind
had found a way out of his difficulty.
ABE would lick me if l should tell," he
said.
"How,s he goin' ter know it? Come,
out with it."
Won't you peach on me, SAM"
NO; not if yer tell it straight"
OH looked around him in well-feigned eau
ton, and then he whispered
Tuesday night at eight o'clock"
oyer hev done well, OH. We won't fer.
git ter be there. What makes yer tremble
SO? Yer can go now"
Glad to do this OH quickly left the place,
feeling thankful to have got off SO easily.
According to his easy morals, the equivo
cation Of the truth seemed to him Just what
any one would do under like circumstances.
Nor did he think it worth while to mention
the matter to Abe.
With no way of knowing then the decep,
tion, Sam Flutters went bis way highly
elated.
Agreeably to the notice given them, the
twelve boys selected by Abe to constitute
the boat club were promptly on hand Mon
day evening at the barn and he called the
meeting 10 order with an evident feeling of
pride.
Miss Mackay had posted him in the rules
and regulations governing an assembly OF
that kind; so he astonished his friends by
the business-hke way in which he went to
work.
Fearing that some mischief might be done
to the schoo room, the boys met in the other
porary chairman, and he took his position by
the side of a barrel, which had been stood
on end for a desk.
Under the Pickering light Of q lantern,
Abe stated the object Of the gathering and
read the constitution and bylaws, which
every member was expected to sign and to
obey.
Rose York was then elected clerk, after
which Abe asked all those who wished to
Join the club to come forward and afix their
was no hesitation about doing this; with as
much pride as if they had been signing bank
checks for thousands of dollars, the twelve
placed their signatures to the paper.
Written with many a labored scroll, and
with curves and angles not down in the
copy books, the list stood identically as fol-
lows:
Abe York. Little Queer,
Oh Oates, Ed Smith
Rose York, Len Branch,
Ben Bush, Tom Jones,
Till Turvy, Fast French,
Andy Ring, Kit Coin.
Webb Flutters,
Abe was unanimously chosen captain, as it
was decided to call the chief officer, after the
style of the Bonnie Blues of Armadale; OH
was elected secretary, and Rose York, treas
urcr.
Oh leaped TO his feet, exclaiming:
"Hurrah! the boat club is done. Won't
the Armadale spooners stick out their eyes!
Shall you stump 'em to row with US, Abe?
The next thing We want is name, said
Captain York, ignoring the secretary's out
burst.
80 we do want name" broke in OIL
."I come near forgetting that Let's call
'em the Ellerfunts."
THE most suitable name ] can think Of"
said Abe, "is the Pine Plumes. That seems
to"
"The Pine Plumes The Pine Plumes!"
was taken up on every hand. That's Just
the name for u.s."
"Hurrah for the Plume Pines!" shouted
Oh, in lis excitement getting matters sadly
mixed. Amt we getting up a buster OF q
club?"
The secretary had barely finished his re-
mark, and he had not resumed his seat, when,
happening to glance toward the NOV of hay
filling one-half of that part of the barn, he
uttered yell of terror at a sight which greet
ed his gaze
The other boys saw for a moment, thrust
up from the depths of the hay, a hairy,
tramp-looking visage they would not forget
for many a day.
CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY