The Washington herald., 1911-07-16


'J"st GlN" me a mIuutr Abe long 'nough
T." lick ON" of them little rncals. Jest wantcr
durN the hulI Of 'rm IN the ri,cr.'
q" have had plenty OF time e do that,
OH: hut, Judging 10y the way YOU were doing
when came. You didn't think best
'u made II" reply to thus, except to shake
oI Nhr
The Young boys apparently understood that
It Would b" WISER lur them to let the pair
alone, and Qmchly djsapucArrd, though ON
dd not lose the uiru tuut! to again shake
LIS t>t after them and growl.
,Srr the little towards run. Oh if could
C"nN get my claws on en- d throw the hull
lot INTO the river It yuu'd help me, AhCi'
just how much help hoastlul OH desired.
AIr dld not ask; hIs mind was fully occupied
IN rudCavurug to turmuLtt" Il plan toward
carrying ont a scheme that was uppcrmost
in hls thoughts
"'Prars to me you are awful pIum, Ahc,'
comI lllncd Ol us they started rowing on their
hom,Nard trip.
"ru'I Little quicker and make your stroke
= 'ttl" longer, or shall run you INTO the
II never see such a TELLER @s You he to row,
Abe. Its mighty hard work l"r TELLER to
hr, h~, end with yon.,
"\"q IaNc got to- on if you come into my
"Hv VOW really going to mako boat club
like the R"uuIc Blues Ahc honcst:'
"l( the bows Will take ho!d and hrIp me.
"Iurrah, Let's scrl who lie yod going to
1T IN OF course, you won't let in Sine
I"Torug, cos he's the mcancst chump in
lIn,ry.
Nut Nbc was NOT disposed to talk. and the
trip Was made almost IN Hence, excepting the
steady dr of the oars and the music of rum
ming wolcr
Tho-vl there was no rnouu. the clear star
light mdc lh. sccur hwrm enough for them
t. ''iuV their course W.IirrW difficulty.
;\'"s aSl words, rs they ,amc IN sight Of hls
~"c"no around N the morning, ON, and III
Is m2It Nayc been cxrrdcd.' Oh was
promptly on hand the tal"nmG morning,
hruEnG with lam s.N hoys al mN'ous and
eager to know what Nbr rro,ru-rd 10 do.
Il have concluded not to tcIl my plans nm
I'll have got you HlI tugth,r,' sad Abe.
"IlHs evening, at eight o'c'oc,, want every
boy oyer i"rhr Years OF az" to meet me at
loN Trucll's old barn. when ! viii tell YOU
what | intend 10 do. | want You to see, OH,
that every boy in the Pnrry has notice to
l." there.
~ GU don't want Sine Lowering to come
Il sad every boy, OH; and if you leave
out one, YOU shan't have anything to do in
my plan Now 20 and do as have told you,
and don't com" round bothcrin3 me, for |
am goIng to lie very busy all day.
No amount of urging could swcrvC Abe from
his purpose, bat enough had been SAID to set
the boys half wild, and in less than hour
C\'fE youth IN Inc llhGfy IlHd DGtn nOtlICO,
not excepting Slime Lowering, whom OH 50 dis
liked.
While a reign Of excitement held sway over
IT," village, and the boys wCr" continually
asking for him and demanding why they could
not see him, Abe stubbornly stayed in the
house.
What he could be doing was a mystery to
all, though one youngstcr, with more audaCity
than good manners, climbed up so he could
look into window, and saw Abe sitting at
a box which he lad made to take the place
of a table where he was writing away for
dear life, scrlbbl'ng over sheet after sheet of
brown paper, which he would tear up soon
as he had covered it with his 'pot-hooks and
trammPls."
Hes workin awful hard" thought the
spy, "an he's got his coat an hat off, an he
looks as if he mad all over
This account didn't tend to allay the fever
of excitement any, and that evening at least
an hour before the time set, every boy of any
anXiously looking for the coming of the prime
mover of the affair
In a short time Abe was seen coming, bring
ing with HIM the box he had used for a table
throughout the day, while a big roll of paper
was sticking out Of his coat pocket.
Immediately the throng began to crowd
around him. but he waved them back. Then,
seeing that nothing could be gained by wait
ing, he placed the box at the farther end OF
the floor, and taking position behind It,
raped smartly for order, saying IN loud
key, "I.rt us have it Quict' when all talking
and connection instantly ceased.
Them standing firmly erect, like a person
who l7Irw his ground and looking proudly
over the motley assembly, he said:
# suppose you are all dying to know what
| have got you here for, but III make it
PLAN to YOU pretty soon. ! have got grand
project on hand, and if you'll help me, it can
be DONE You know the Pncry has become
the by word and the rcproach Of everybody
outside it. and there are those down at Arma-
dale as have said We weren't anything but
pine cones and that we had pine needles in
our hair and no gumption in our heads. Now
Nv" got plan as shall show 'cm the differ.
cncc-show cm we are as big as they areas
big as they think they are, Yes, boys, wen
show ihn Armnlnln follows how Il is dome and