Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-13

coming down In hard. frozen particles
like sIfted sands Across the fields
the Wind came nlppIng Ike sharp
'oOfhei terrier and Hobo Jim glanced
altll sbolt through he gloon
He L.d been released from the coop
c.4 Cher day after t10 months OF con
h.rueut Tor having been caught viii
DO fgr,ey 90 his possession. and
}. H..-cd a BIZ beneath his thin
clothes as b. hurried along the lone
road. To make matters worse he Vai
hungry broke and friendless. and 70
Boz hun-ry. broke and friendless upon
Christmas eve II hard enough luck
or any man. Then az he peered. he
EaV through The darkness OF the road
side a giIumer Of llgh, that tginklol
before his eyes like a great star Of
hope and he paused with his gaxe fast
ened Elstfully upon II.
With caution grown OF long Ell
per- nee he passed quietly 10 the back
OF The b,ildlng and peered through a
window lie could see into the dining
room from here. and a. he gazed and
shifted a. crack deep within him his
stomach began clamoring Ike fam.
isbed aoli pack. FOR within a dozen
f.r' % him was table piled hl~h with
rood things 10 eat. while about II tho
g1reed family E'll sat nlbbIng
"Tiera o. enough loft for dozen
..H0H sad siI things ~ throw
.HaF he muttered as h.s eyes r0ye1
over fHa board Much encouraged b.
Poo sight ho stretched forth hi.
rHc..ua in % fImil zap. then putting
90 hIs most w0eboPono facs stood
vluug bis fate with a heart that
..,-d anK.ou.ly
Tho door opened and a man stood
before u pocrng into the darkness
AMI on he lamp light from within fell
upon the hobos cringing form. the
face ~ he one upon the threshold
darkcned until II matched the night
So n Ii you-sneaking around here
md looking FOR more OF my turkeys"
he said thrcatenlngly 81 have no
ton % run YOU IN again upon suspi.
ciou Get out u here. thief"
"nut ] didn't steal that bird"
Whln"d the caller Then no paused
suddenly FOR once more he WAS staring
Into the mouth Of that same unpleas-
ant looking revolver Oh. III 20 all
right" he added hastily.
w. hc road Do went hurrylng. m.
rr'. . a.n.r'.' huurrIcr and cold.
'a.I .sor. 20 the bottom Of peck.
where he had plunged a hand for
warmth h.s biz. oldfashloncd watch
Ir t'I'r~ AID his fingers closed
Bout 10 foudlv II was his only pos
Ion ~ slightest value Twenty
fs fro 81 nrd been given 10 him
.p.l a Christmas eve-twenty years
90 ESQ 1.. ~ his boyhood. End
hsf rar-'cd o. WITH him lnocsflntly
uuehuJi ol h.s uaudcrinEs 4 sup.
osc ! ,0l.' ~. .sr price o. i...l
.c l.H goo. at old ticker he
rc'e' Then BIOS Jaw set. "Put
oulGH' lHr With q for It's weight IN
% nhacks. Il f. ne last thing sha
yrr r.'c me. and III hang on TO II
" I hang FOR doing IT, III beg. starye
yes. or h,.p myself when nobody Is
booking before va part with r." lie
hoycd II deeper ln,o It's place and
l"f' forward against the wind.
Five minutes later he again paused
lldruiy By n, waysidc another
'.r.t was shining. and with q quick
lance up ard down the road be- stood
s'"ulng Nothing came to his ears
ln' the low growl OF the wind and he
1' .'at'd 40 longer. SHeaklaE mo
'3' yard with feet that fell "a softly
ls he snownatcs themselves he once
more poor'd through a window There
.as no laden table here. but ip-'..i
he saw bed uIon which lay f,.fe
l""d bow vI'h woman close toel'o
.iu He put his ear TO the pane ami
listened. 1t was not long before he
learned that The two were alone
In the house. and al that good news
Hobo Jim smiled approvlngly
lie passed quickly to the kitchen
!oor and tried the latch Tho door
vas not locked and he entered with
he stealth OF n panther. A spare h.d
room with door ajlr was adjoining