The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-30
D. GEORGE Aoe.

p4llor on his face ana hlo head
cropped to show white scars) six in.
mates were sitting near the windows
reading . morning newspapsr.< They
had torn the paper into sheets and
divided It. The man who had drawn
the small ads" was discontented.
He could ind nothing on his sheet
except Help Wanted" He lowered
his paper and before him sat Con
dola" Wilson. seemingly yellow III the
Uttered light.
where's the committes!" asked
"0ondola." where's the triumphal
arch, Welcome Homer"
+. YOU'RE alive, then!" .sis
"Alive and kicking"
TT you're alive. Il follows that
you're kicking. How long has It been?''
"A year. next month" =.
you had to 60 crooked at last. did
you."
"well. that's what they called 1t.
I'm lucky they didn't hang me. Some
Of 'em weited to" ~,
''Teh me what you done. I amt the
SQUIRT"
Say. listen. an SEQ II you ever
heard the likes before. It was in Oc.
tobsr. . year ago last OctobeE<. I'd
walked from Loueyville to Terry Hut
With . Niger that played the mouth.
harp. We hid in the yards a. Terry
Hut an got into IN empty stock car
that We thot we thought was bouno
for Danville. Some time in the night
. brakeman seen 10 an fired 10 out
I'd been asleep an the first thing 70
member was fallin' out o the car an
lightin' hard. with the coon comm
after me. We didn't know whore We
was. but We could make out side
track and a chute for loadin' hogs.
About . mile OF We could GEO some
tights an we Judged % we was near
.. purity sood-sized town. Me IN. the
coon started to walk toward town an
then I stopped him an ses:
Here, II we 60 to drillin' around
town at this time Of night an one Of
them country coppers catches q peep
ct ~. he'll shoot 10 first and then ash
- our names after. Let's crawl IN
somewherss an sleep till mornin' an
thea ysM 9esia- town IN " e roanA
Wei. Just % I vas sayin' this. ~
happeoed 70 b walkin: along past tan
feaes. :. / looked through tAs cracks
a. eoald 80 one or two lights quits
. distance q an right near % We .
long haudin' that Looked eo04tAias
nks barn. Il was gsttin' chilly ~
80 70 this pardnsr Of nine: go
Coon. gimme . BOOST over The esaoo
a. ! think Ne can and q. warn Dlsss
Asro.'
80 vs skinned over tAs tsnes ~
come to the building. II was Q Ieas
GO. I still thought II was hasa. We
walled azosnA, lookin' ~ 0otr @
Wi1Aow. % ~ eoslA crawl n. ~
hse THE par6a~ oe nine-Aiu naAo =
Js4 - rlt kiu' hin X ;evse latse1ss
q hin asain-JeR fosnA . hs&iS Aope
tAAk wasn't issksl ~ - vsoe 4.
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Gev. tAaA - nagAt - .sese yAAy-
ss.sts.v . 49, e.. PssH - ~
el1tesse,sonlSAih' N ]; ~ ~
q LIN. We IN arssSl SArs1.:
sovsreA tAas We rsa inea aAlse q
Waeosneaoas hyi1' - ~ 0ooe. I
s'peee u eooa. w. sessy . nooe
tn nslons. hsAf The AIst tAiassI
hS0@hs6 spit oos u EN- opea ~ I
eoSM hear him chompin' IN The 0ask.
Wei. I got up an fslt my way als1g
an party soon I reached oak IN
what DO you suppose took hold q
thseo in the Pitch dark? This aint no
dream I'm tsllin' you. What do. yos
think took holt OF A plate WITH
aboat . dozen biscuits On Il. Nov, !
amt no crook IN I nevsf brolo int
Q house 70 steal anything, bit I'm
leave this to you. II yoa hadn't ~
ANYTHING % ct for sigAtseo houls IN
shosld happsa 70 crawl Into barn q
aiGAe IN FsaaA out into Tie AAsk -
anl 1ossa light biscuits, vosll 20
- -, q sAsev 'ea awayf'
- los1y - go" - ~ -
1Aaxs vAak I Aaas. $500 49, I.
sivs =, Je1. H foanl Q 1900 - -.
sisss n stsusk n. - - - .,
dsas e - Q voodsa shelf sovero1
Nh Pc ~ eakes IN IN kinlD q
eo06s1 sur. ThS saateA only StSno1
ope o minuts. bit ~ made ct TIT
m1sA. Js3 found . plate Of buttee.
an ~ ct the biscuit With butter an
aint tasted anything like II 'sines |