Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-19

KUN, with her hands folded
Tell him IL aint any USE" cracked
%Tsii him yourseifr' Mrs. slookums voice
Vas meek but her eyes were hard. and her
husband stood his gun carefully in the cor
IAN right; I will" he grumbled. and went
rose from the horsehair couch with smiling
'Tve had no notice Of collection from any
Of the banks" he observed. Il suppose you
still have my note which falls due to-mor-
=. .of course. have" creeklsd slookum.
Il don't pay banks for collection II the
can, and II Il ain't. can sue batter
e. I'm nspPy to s9y that yoSIl p not have
I'll be out q, town tomorrow; so, II you
don't mind. III take up that note. now.
ssrs:s HO think ' you'll ana II. amount G0 cor
reot."
IL with n corner of the Bible; then, all In
perfect silence, he lit the lamp. produced
the dOtsins ~ every =" ana to al the crossing
mes: pioSn up snS he say DOWN Sni 70 his old
;, "Finef' stated young PusAman. with en-
thusiasm. Il found a New York Jobber TO
He takes tho teb-day discount too. About
next week. I'd like to discount that second
With a Jerk. Mr. sloolSum stopped writing.
You dOn't want g do THAR he hastily
producing power. III extend this note II
Il wouldn't have IL extended for a min
tire enterprise"
well, got something to say about THAR!
lect his capital IL the Interest was good
might Ray nO be aSs pay s esar
you don't discount any notes You need
mo trouble about that" and the young
manufacturer lit big cigar. There was
no hope 1 Of my getting money IN this t I.p
slooEgms head, came up with Jerk.
hes skinner
Just outside tho fence of O. W. siOokum.s
sa sssS WIN FhT il tSsr hands,
ana '3s last srs s osS ~ came around tn.
corner OF the house. Though he had been in
Srchard Some 81 uneasy Ss Psnet saS
him OF the presence OF boys. He took OF
sisssss s tsa ssrii f ss sy on you MS Andy
He hurried straight down the walk and
Suii-terrisr stretching along ahead o. him.
io Ssu stStG y6S at yelled sookum
Don't you touch US warned Toad.
"Put back those apples,' ordered Andy.
We don't have TO put EN- back immedi:
word word 20 say. He stood Guistiy listening to
Toad. with little half-smile They're our
You stole emf charged slookum.
snddsn,y the nred hand r eaf s , eyer tns
held as far as he could. and then tossed the
ENoW go home. or I'll spank your he
."You must give us back our apples" and
ones OF c. w. Slookum.
what did you sayf' cracked slookum' In
You must give us back our apples"
repeated Jimmy firmly ro T%s can have you
went on "a Jimmy my. entirely unruhied. though
the s.sm IN q his .Sss bought hs
morning az grocery store re- and there were ere
Bearing the single item. Apples. IS"
these srs $y sooC%
nsSss:s; s!.s 4ss 'S %: ssss a:S;
out here on the s9 %S ATSs S SOSs Our Sch
other in 'y troubled silence.
81 reckon they got the right of IL" Judged
SGIve them back their applssr' ordered
That was enough. Toad Jessup put his
nhed his lungs, and emitted a whistle so
shrin that @. w; si9olsum seemed to s, sniss
from among the shrubbery across the side
road from the apple tree there t smerE tSs
Hotel Dingie. They came running. and with
a wheop They sprawied over the fence,
90 rapidly that they looked like seventy. Clubs
and stones rev. up among the eTanenss IKE re, a
tsiiest bell boy paused. for Just a moment,
70 paste" the hired hand in the eye with a
But The tailest bell hoy was the only one
who hesuated. even Tor motnens. AV sIy
stones Before g. w slookum could prop
erly Judge what he should do about H. tht
most of it's leaves and some OF It's branches
and every apple had been picked from the
ground.
S%I%y wainEs9.S and r ,S S TSsH ssS
scrambled into the neld and had studiously
nle1 ther caps with spP, nsnra 1n ad ns1
the rOae' u toward ard" the town town. They had MOI
sh5ToHn a stick c OF q stone, ALI, on, 20 IN,
loom %as Sn0 a fo va siSokum called at the the
hote. e see Jimmy's uncle but M slookum
Il want these boys 20 stay right whsr,
they are." he hStly insisted. They came
o.. and damaged my property They skinned
sn en- urge that sort OF Of thing" gov
How about this. boysg. INQUIRED Mshins.
had expected.
tn cell you !ust VOW 4 wes. unelsi" o.
s s1ssa aS as yolss nee .ws took '0'
walk eus IN TIE direction Of Ar; slSokum'I
S: SS before re wsns sna S Ssf. N:
iiO sEiSnDSsSsly. saS AZ 4 In ,s ssSn' 90 3
into sis ssIa rev W. Us pro s"s q him sSs. Is
S ssn up w' We snIy silica 6Ss caps We tool
only a. many apples as We had bought