Bisbee daily review., 1913-07-03
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1.-The Watermelon and James, two tramps, bantering each other regarding their personal appearance. de- let their companion Mike. be the judge as to which is the better looking.
 CHAPTER II-watermelon goes to a barber shop. wins the contents of the cash register from the barber by a clever trick and gets shave.
 CHAPTER III-He discovers a young man bathing in a lake and steals his clothes. While sitting in an automobile roadside. General Crossman and his daughter. Henrietta. drive up in a car. Assuming that his car Is disabled. the general proffers assistance Watermelon liam Hargrave Batchelor. The general recognizes the name as that of a young man who broke the cotton corner in Wall street a fey days before. He invites him to dine with them.
 CHAPTER Tv-watermelon Is intro ouced to Bartlett, a big Wall street op- orator, and his daughter. Billy, with whom he proceeds to fall in love.
 CHAPTER v-Bartlett. who has been stiing by Batchelar's operations plans to Keep the supposed broker with him for q week while he works 2 coup in the market. He wires instructions to his broker. Watermelon decides to tear him self away from Billy and sink back into the unknown
 CHAPTER vI-whlIe chatting with Billy. the telegraph boy tips of Bart Ietts message to Watermelon.
 CHAPTER vII-watermeIon decides to loin Bartlett and the general in Q weeks auto trip.
 CHAPTER vIII-wstermelon slips away and tells his hobo companions Of 1iT adySrture and asks them = find BatcheloT and give him the tramp clothes.
 CHAPTER TX-The party starts out with Bartlett's and Crossman's cars.
 CHAPTER x-Late at night they come to a deserted house. break in and eat thsir lunch.
 CHAPTER xI--They spend the night. Tn the house Tn the morning Watermelon discovers that the police are coming.
 CHAPTER xU-The party attempts to e5cape but is stopped by the officers xho are hunting for Bachelors car. Wa terrneion: by clever r1se, gets them out of trouble.
 CHAPTER x1Ir-As Bartlet' haz planned, thc parts Ne0~-7~= f@-t
 "Anl why" asked Billy, eff you had the key, didn't We go in by the front door last night?'
 The Watermelon stared from one ac. cuslng face to the other in frank sur prise. Even Mike with his Tat wits would have grasped the situation. T didn't know them" he protested. When can go in by a door. don't choose the window"
 But the key" objected Billy.
 Dick and Lizzie added Henrietta
 Their very ages" ciimaxed the gen. eral.
 'It was only bluff,r said the Wa termelon wearily. -I remembered their names and ages from books I had seen around the room last night and on the dresser, sort of birthday presents and things, you know nev- CT saw one of them"
 The general roared and loved the boy. Henrietta leaned forward and pat ted him on the shoulder Wonderful, wonderful, Holmes," said she
 Did you take the key on puFpose?" asked Billy, all athrilI with admiration
 The Watermelon flushed. He had taken the key if by any chance he should ever be in that neighborhood again. and the family away, he could spend the night In a comfortable bed instead of under a hayrick. Besides keys always came in handy He didn't look at Billy. He laughed and changed his seat to the one between the two girls.
 When I locked the front door, I slipped the key out without thinking. I suppose" said he. Besides, keys are handy. When you are stony broke, you can rattle them and make the oth- CT fellow think maybe they're the mon"
 Now Tor breakfasf. glcHed the gen eFals sasls. never long forgetful of his meals.
 'iTell me. begged Henrietta. what would father says"
 Grace" said the Watermelon.
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