The Washington times., 1915-12-06
CONTINUED from Yesterday

jobber to handle my goods. and he'i
keeping me busy. He takes the ten-da,
discount: too. About next week: IL
VIII 'ieHnt srs M1 Mat seoRam
writing. you don't want to do that?
he hastily advised. "You don't want t.
cramp your producing power. I'll ex
tend this note II you say So"
minute. I'll pay you off IL 1t cripple.
my entire enterprise
Well. got something to say aoou
that" cracked slookum. who never
sSsa ass TO esest soe I esyns eaps' me- srepe
your business. you might not be able tt
pay me clear out: so you don't discount
any notes. You need capital"
young msnufacturer lit a big cigar
There was no hope of my Ecttins
money in this town. 50 I've taken ir
outside capital--Mr. wallingford.
sessu%' Se fsrsfui nsss that T" he
warned. hes n skinner
Just outside the fence Of G. W. Sloo'
kum's field waited young Jimmy wal
caps in their hands. and the caps were
At last q. ". slookum came around
the corner Of the house. Though ne
ss hss sssn sss 81 Rs
ence Of boys. He took Oft his near
glasses and put & on his iar-aTsay snygE?: easS'S'
He hurried straight down the walk
and out along the road. The farm
hand came clomping up from the 1arn,
the hard. white bull-terrier stretching
along .ss;s ahead lroI.rd of him. Ihe TWO ''''
Aha! caught you at it!" yelled
"pent you touch us" warned Toad
We're not on your properly: ordor.d
I'VE don't Rave to put EN- back"
Immediately ANNOUNCED Ioadi ae 'iHd stood
hs,Y hsh not ,ten,na Msra to f Tosd sis with little
hsa5 "Yo" stole emf charged slookun.
Suddenly the hired hand reached over
ths axs fna Ssnd sraGPed he ang s es apples
inside the field as far & as he c9uid; & ;.ars am
then tossed the caps outside the renee;
Now, go home. or I'll spank you!'
You must give us back our apples"
ana his clear eyes gazed steadily Into
the beady ones of G. w. Slookum.
What did you say?" cracked sioo-
kuu1., in astonishmeRt; ;,
You must give us back our apptes.
repeated Jimmy. firmly. I'VE can have
YOU arrested for highway robbery.
I'VE can prove they were our
apples" went on jimmy sn.'re.S escu'is uar r
satisfaction began to gleam in his eyes.
"We bought them this morning at
grocery store, and there were four
People saw us buy them. Here's tne
check" He produced a pink grocer .oc1s. $
81 s5'p bearing the single ''s"'' .'
TT those were your apples. why were
YOU sneaking around my treeE sloo-
KUN was filed with rage.
l. svNO
tree" Indignantly denied Toad. we
stayed right out here on the road
we want our apples"
Mr.. Slookim and Andy looked at
each other in troubled silence, I y, g."
Judged the hired hand.
olive them back their apples" or
dered Slookum savagely.
That was enough. Toad Jessup PVT
his thumb and his forefnger in ., ms
emitted a whistle so shrill that G. W,
Slookum seemed to raise straight up
from the ground. Instantly from
among the shrubhery across the side
emerged the full night. force Of bell
boys from tho Hotel Dingle. They
came running. and with whoop.
They sRrawled over the fence. There
were seven OF them. but they moved
so rapidly that they looked like sew.
enty. Clubs and stones flew up
among the branches like a lombard
ment from Gatling battery. The
tallest bellhoy paused. for just a mo-
ment. to paste" the hired hand in
the eye with a well-seasoned hst.
But the tallest bellboy was the only
one who hcsitated, even for a mo-
ment. Every other boy was In three
places az once. and apples rained on
G. w. slookum could properly Judge
What he should do about 1t. the tree
had been stripped OF all its apples,
most of its leaves. and some OF its
branches and every apple had been
picked from the grpund.
Jimmy Wallngford and Toad Jes-
sup had nothing TO do with all this.
They, had scSambled into the field
and had studiously. filled their caps
again. trudgine stnrdilv down the
road. toward the town. They had nCt
thrown a stick or a stone.
Jimmy ana Toad tried TO sir our
called at tie hotel e to- TO- sce M SipoE"m SI;nomxts
uncle; but Mr.. slookum himself oh
"'T want these bows to stav right
Were .,,, they are" he hotly insisted.
tree. 7 want to know IL Won encnur. rI
aCe that sort of thing"
'Hc" ab"ut t|ts. bows" INQUIRED
Wallingford. thor.Sh not with the
st"'nnHsr they had expected. VIC
TN tell YOU lust how Il was. rTncIa,,
offered Jimmy his voice ana his ma,ner
too auiet for entire innocence. eve
took a walk out in the direction Of Mr.
Slookums place. but. before we went
we bought some apples In a grocery
store. and here is the check for them"
lie produced the pink slim triumphartIy
and laid II in front OF his uncle. "Mr,
Slookum's man took our apples away
from us and threw them over into his
field. We proved TO him that the an
MOS were ours, and he let us gather
them up. We only filled our caps. We
took only as many apples as we had
bought and not one more. We picked
them from the ground and did not
throw one stick or stone into the tree.
Isn't this true. Mr.. Slookum?"
Yes. but those boys"
81 was Just going TO tell about the
hors." interrupt~d Jimmy. looking his
uncle calmly in tho eve: but in sDite ~
himself twinkle came into his own
brown ewes. and his uncle sew II.
While we were In the field gathering
~ the apples which had been taken
from US, a lot OF other bows came in
and clubbed the tree"
hey were Nour RsnR. hN dsnder'
exploded G. W. .slookum. He VAS fairly