The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-08-14

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weeas- IN 44&fiillwaaAee,. AAsa-sar- Paul
seemed q more desirable place. of res
idence. When in st. Paul, he had
tired hankering to see the Narcissus
lodging house in Chicago. After he
had arrived at the Narcissus, he began
to watch the trains starting for Gin.
cinnati and longed to curl himself on
. truck and Jolt away to whore. the
muddy stream fronts the sloping ware
houses.
Once he was away from the Mar
cissus for whole year. On the day Of
his return to the Narcissus (the prison
pallor on his face and his head
cropped to show white scars) six In
mates were sitting near the windows
reading . morning neHspaper.s They
bad. torn the paper into sheets and
divided 1t. The man. who had. drawn
the small "ads"+ was disc6ntented.
He could md nothing On liit sheet
except -"fIelp lWanted.r He, lowered
his paper and before him sat Soon
doia" Wilson, seemingly yellow. in the
Uttered light. -.,l:aq.!.;W IL sya.u AZ
where's the, committee?r asked
"Gondola-" ,.:Where's the, triumphal
arch. Welcome Homer" -
you're alive. then?" 900 !;
"Alive and kicking" @fh.i -
If you're alive. II, follows that
you're kicking. How long has Il been?r
"A year. next month";: L, 49,;
N "Yoq had To- 80 crooked at last. did
"wsll. that. what :''tht ssYl . essslrId IL
I'm lucky they didn't hang fhe " some
Of On wanted to.st'iisH III a
:9All dc what iyeu dene!l 1ainx the
court" -:
"sessnh,su. %o'o,,Atf you ever
hesrd the. Akes before, 4 Va, in e. )
walked fromS Lopseyvide o THY Hut:
HHitR a. niger tat played tit fAouth.
harp. we Hid IN thep 9gllfds !ati Terry
Hut; Id got l6t0 81 'empeS stock car
that we thotdwe, thodght tM4f hound
for Daaxille.- time In the night
brakeman aaan -ua- an. 1red ID. cut.
I'd esSR ANasPea aAaAElt thing 7 r.
lightin' bard. With the coon comm
iftet me. u We didn't know where I've
@as; but I'VE could make todes aside
track and !a-t chute. tot tiead1e hogs.
About a mile OF wei could 1aee, some
lights an we judged A. we, 1gsA near
. purity sood.sizea; town. Ne an Tho
coon started to walk toward town lsns
then I stopped him. an, SEES: ~" %
: "'Here,, II We g6 to drii1in' around
town Il this time Of night an one Of
them country ooppsrs catches q pesp
st us; he'll shoot No. first and then hsk.
- our Names laftsrs lets crawl in
somewheres en- sleep ttll ,,l mIyorpig' en- !.
f e Ss e IN '0xR' s so = z fopn q
aver. Yast d, + WI sym this. W
happened TO ID wslkin' along pist tail
fence Il looked through tho cracks
an could see one or two. Nghts quite
distance on an right near ~ x4s q
long, ,buildin' that looked something
like q barn, II was gettin chilly an I
SEES to this pardner Of mine: go ~
"Coon, gimme a boost over the fence
an I think we can find i warm place
here '~H, -IfN .rni 81
80 We skinned over the fence an
come to the building. 1t was long
one I still thought It WAS . barn. we
walked around. loohn' for . door Or
window. 50 We could crawl In. At
last this pardner OF mtneZhiS name b
Jsn - I'if Hill him II sver I iay Eyes
Oh him aglin4Jen ifosnd = littiE doot
that wasn't locked an ;iweb Wit IA,
feelin' our way along thjnhRh |yqn
kpov. tAft We might md some heK
Iii SveF ssoslnstSin IL H. lEaass 81 s5p
Of him. We felt, around dipIanf dis
eovsfed Tilt vds;'d rdhf into e lot ~
wateiimhselonSs llatlh% s6h tie nobr, Il
)SposSE che caon WIS isbnyi ito meet
them melons. huh? : The tflrst, tAiig i
knew he'd. split one Of, 'em open an' I
could hear him chompin' IN the dark.
Well. l got UP. an felt my way along
an purity soon l reached out, an
what do you suppose I! took hold Of
there In the pitch dark? This amt no
dream I'm tellin' you. What do you
think I took holt of? A plate with
about a dozen biscuits on it. Now.
amt no crook an I never broke into
house to steal anything, but I'll
leave this to you. II you hadn't had
anything to eat for eighteen hours an
should happen to crawl into a barn at
night an reach out into the dark an
dnd dozen light biscuits. would you
eat EN- or throw EN- away" Is,
ia prob1y eat en-" was the 70.
ply.
That's what l done. except what I
give to JEFF. He found q match in his
close an struck It, and we isaw In
front Of us . wooden shelf covered
With pies and cakes an all kinds o.
cooked STUFF. The match only burned
for q minute, but We made out that
much. Jeff found q plate Of butter.
an we ct the biscuit with butter an
amt tasted anything like It since
run away from home In Lowell thirty
years ago. Then Jef broke q cake
in half an, give me part Of 1t. It VA
kind Of dry eatin', but We put lots Of
butter on It. s'pose71 ought to have