The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-20

Dangerfield couldn't go into business.
It's the family tradition not to. Ihats
what he said"
Perhaps he was only rotting," said
Erebus hopefully.
mo; he wasn't. ! asked Mum and
she said 1t was the family tradition,
too. / expect that's why were all so
hard-up."
But the Squire sells things" said
Erebus quickly. "He sells lot of his
game. And you can't say he isn't a
gentleman, though the Anstruthers
aren't us old as the Dangerhelds."
"Of course he does" said the Terror
in n tone of great relief. I'VE can
easily count rabbits as game"
Forthwith they took their bicycles
and the four rabbits, and set out on
tour through the neighborhood. The
Terror went to the backdoors of their
well-to-do neighbors and broached the
matter of rabbits to their cooks. In
three-quarters of an hour he had sold
the four rabbits for eightpence each.
They were pleased indeed; the Fur
Stole was moving towards them. De-
ductlng expenses, they had fourteen
and tenpence out Of the sixty-three
shillings.
1t was sometimes said of the Twins
that they never knew when to stop I;
but in this case II was not their fault
that they went on. IL was the fault
of the rabbit-market; at the fourteenth
rabbit when they had but twenty-one
and slxpence towards the stole, the
bottom fell out of II. For the time
the desire Of Little Deeplng TO eat rab-
bits was sated.
1t was also the fault OF the cook of
Mrs. Blenkinsop, who said, "Now, II
YOU was to bring me nice fat pleas
ant twice n week. it would be very
different thing. Master Dangerlield.'
The Terror looked Mt her thought
fully, then he said. "And how much
would you pay me for pheasants|
The cook made a silent appeal tC
those processes OF mental arithmetic
she had learned in her village school
saw her profit, and said, "Half-a
crown, sir"
"All right; I'll bring you two ;
week." said the Terror firmly.
When he revealed to Erebus hi
vision of the new Eldorado, she said
"But where are you going to ge
pheasants fromY
"Woods." said the Terror, embracing
, the horizon in a sweeping gesture.
Erebus looked round the horizon
) with greedy eyes; they sparlkle'
fercely.
"But we don't know nearly enoug
/, about 1t, said the Terror thoughtfully
r "I think we ought to talk TO Virgins
5 father. He knows lot of usefu
Y things as well as Higher Mathematlci
. But we'd better not let him see wer
| trying to get anything out of him."
For the next three days they rod
< forth with the intention Of comm
e upon Mr.. Darlington by seeming ace
dent; but 1t was not till the third da
[ that they came upon him and thei
!. young friend. Virgins, walking brlsl
ly, about three miles from Little DeeI
J. ing. The Twins, as rule, were woI
8 TO shun Mr.. Darlington. They had
e great respect for his attalnments, bl
? much greater for his humor. |
d Erebus this respect often took II
form Of wrlggllng In his presence. 81
e did not know what he might say mex
e lie was therefore somewhat surprise
K when they slipped off their bicycle
and Joined him. lie wondered whi
lr they wanted.
d Apparently, they were merely in
'e gregarious mood, yearning for the 81
clety of their fellow-creatures but
d about three minutes the talk was run
lie ming on pheasants. Mr. Carringto
le did not like pheasants except from Il
point of view Of eating; and he DIVE
3 at length on the devastation the 81
cred Bird was working in the Englis
cOuntryslde villages were being eml
tied and let fall to ruin that It migl
II live undisturbed; the song birds WEI
o. being killed of to give 1t the woods
III itself
be II seemed but natural step frol
Z, the pheasant tO the poacher; he va