Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17

You will either apologize or I shall
be compelled to ask you TO fight" de-
clared young Nh Falls very sternly,
That's what / call sportin'," an
nounced Hickey Saunders.
'Magnanimous of Benssy, considering
the difference in class" murmured thick
Tipped Haugh. whose father had been q
dry goods clerk until he developed a
genius for for being lucky at stock and
bond gambling,
OConnel looked over the shoulders and
arms OF the athletic young Mr.. Falls APP
preciatively and a twinkle came into his
eye. Far be 1t from me to commit as
sault battery. or mayhem upon the son
OF my bread and butter" he stated; but
even II you were your own father. Mr..
Falls. I'll bet a months pay I'd defend
myself II struck-if struck
To the surprise of all, young Mr.. Falls
dashed his fist angrily into the red
countenance Of Conductor OConnel; then
Mr.. Falls hit the groundl A hearty cheer
encouraged Conductor O'Connel as he
sailed in to demolish the rest of Benssy s
friends; but at the sound of that cheer
big Jim Wallingford turned to the
cheerer. who was none other than Blsckie
Daw. and gave him a well understood
sign and signal.
Thereupon Mr.. Daw slammed his silk
hat on his head and held back the two
girls who were headed toward the scene
OF the trouble.
Nix" he warned. Under cover fol
ours. Friend Jimmy is already on the
job" and he hurried Violet and Fannie
Warden into the pullman again.
Friend Jirny was indeed on the Job.
He had bent over the PROSTATE Benssy
| solicitously Now he raised that limp
young man, and. with a passing winl
at o'Connel. who had been quieted by
two brakemen and the engineer. sup
ported the son OF old Falls back to the
! Swallow.
He was a friend and a comforter IL
need, was J. Rufus Wallingford, and one
who knew well how TO administer re-
storatives; and take some himself The
boys liked the impressive and helpful
stranger. He was big man and a cheer
! full man. and his round face bore the
color which could come from years OF
fastidiously selected food and drink
moreover, his haberdashery, though
striking. was correct and upto-the-minutt
and there was no disputing the fact that
he employed a tailor who was an artist
l fAASot no dppfcc1apoQ INC pretty nltle
pastboard house. when, IN his active
4 cropping for openings. ne spied IT on the
/ floor and expressed his interest
''Rippln' fine thing II Is" Hickey
Saunders boasted. "Benssy's the grchi.
ftect and builder because he Is such q
clever chap with his fingers. but we're
all IN on the inventin'."
TITS for a fishing trip we contemplate, y
young Falls modestly explained.
And 80 you're building a windproof
dustproof. rainproof and snowproof, por.
table house. suggested J. Rufus. still
/ cropping
ALSO heat and cold proof" added
Hickey. you see, we couldn't find a good
portable house. so we invented one. Stun
ming. the amount of brains we found N
the crowdl Benssy invented the hollow
walls, air-spsce. and that sort OF thing,
you know. Reggy figured out how TO turn
the tables and benches into cots.
Humpsy. who L. no end Of clever me-
chanic. devised the simplest sort OF a
collapsible cookstove with q teleseoplng
pipe. Cash discovered the method OF max
ing the roof ridge water-tight. and 1
worked out a fancy to bind the corners
together; but. after all. the real rippin'
brains OF the thing is Benssy. The hollow
wall idea was his; came to him just in a
flash. Never wasted q moment OF thought
on itT