The Washington times., 1915-12-12

q nv cars for hoPalsss Rsigas e
but Amt whlstled my zen cents
"True, TOO cue" admitted Blaclfie.
II see Z bought an oyersppply. How
much shodld You cay yeg'ye. deilveredP
oh, oh: seven even or mebby about six"
wei, YOU come around IN the morn
Ing, and I'll figure some way for you
. work out that three cents" an
one more visitor came upon them
as they were enjoying their coffee aud
why. Il Is none other than our de-
liyerer. the friend ana driver Of Mule
lslackie exclaimed. when he opened 70
tien's hesitant knock. Friend Hen, nut
! your hat on the roof and come In. Now.
out with the startling news.
| Jone squibble," he said impresslyeiy,
rs a stingy old cussi'
What Did he only give. you half
OF that twenty?' exclaimed Blackip
ssPRsaTep Ii.Ds PANIED ned SURPRISE ou,SDt
even 81 me a red copper.
he's the stihsiest man IN the world"
continued Hen. Hes the man that
| maoo the county build a poorhouHe 30
ne could send his mather to Il. Amt
ne charged you for them fence-raIis?
Well. last spring a tall Teller With nose
| spectacles picked up little piece OF
blue rock from this very field and took
a S.fS w ps1 him c s9d Tor Spps 4 gSS,ReI:
thati Jes' crumbly blue rock, that
Amt even At 10 drown cats whit An
there's four acres Of II here! Squibbie'6
! stone.farns, they call II. frs on. Jone
thought mebbe II might be wuth some
thin cause the Teller said aomethin'
about lithograft stone beln' almost
1 with its weight In money, but nothii
ever come OF II. Funny-lookin' man this
Teller was. With RED beard that
Biacixie nodded his head wisely. 'wIl-
Iiams," he said to Wallingford, invent
ing a name, upon the spot. for the up-;
known man. Careful chap, Williams;
one Of the best we have, think"
WAS he workin' for your Hen
eagerly wanted to know.
well we wouldn't care to have II
talked about" replied Blackie with q.
great air Of mystery; so wen just
consider that subject as dropped. Your
friend Soluble is about the richest
man in the country. suppose p =. q
He's got cash money buried an hid
all over his house, an his barn, an
: his grissmiI, reckon. He .mus' have
because he don't trust no banks, an
airy dollar that he chases down an
Ketches says good-by to this vain
world"
Hen talked on. and on. until finally
i Blackie took him OUTSIDE 10 snow MIN
how impressive the machine looked IN
the dark, and left him there.
"Be brave. Jimmy. All Is not yet
, lost" admonished BlAclie when he re-
turned. See. smile. though all seems
, black"
"Then why not be happy?" prOtsstsd
RlarkIe Ell haven't seen much OF the
hamlet, but I'm free TO say that | IN
;: tend to like it. can Hike anything
4 don't like anything | have to-,
wallingford stated savaSeiy. II
go right to IT," invited Blaekte.
I'm admire to see you fSi all, d ymy ,a t9s
, 10 bpendant. which you want; against
: the scarab cravat-pin. which yIu
/ won't give UP; that you break ESn Hs,
! fnGernails and don't loosen anEtnine
! stand, Jimmy. expect to win or I
wouldn't offer the bet. Here's enc
i hick that you can't skin for amuSs.
: ment practice or thousand dciInrs;
ford. THE biggest 'ctnches in the
!, world are the village mtsers. Gold.
Z brick factories are entirely supported
i | by tightwads."'
wallingford was up early the nexi
4 morning ami made a careful inspec-
{ ton OF the field, upon whieh htaz cas-
: stood. 1t was almost void Or vArdufe
e except for q few tufts OF scatsAred
| rock grass, and everywhere. especially
;; in a 0teep4 bank about nifty feet bacS
u there were outcroppings of ehale blue
stone Of which Henry Han liant a ,S.
$ rock and scraped II with his poclEeI'
! | knife. 1t was surprisingly soft, aud
y &c cut as smoothly az butter. Vel
), pleased he walked back to the car e
= lind Toad" Jessup. bright new III
flute in his hand, waiting patiently
for BIackie Daw. wallingford I'm
= mediately drew a quarter from hi
= pocket and gave it to the boy.
s "Son, can you find me q spader HI
d inquired. and found himself looking
T at the spot where Toad" had stool
/. The boy, who knew. by item ana his
Il tory, the contents OF every garden
e barn and alley of the village. wa
" back with rusty spade before Wal
L.. lingford had picked out favorab I
J. spot for his operations, and with hin
- he brought an equally rusty pickaxt
which had one point broken.
le Continued TOmOFTOW.)