Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

the crowd that throngsd I'm front, and
climbing by q roundabout way aud
over high board fence into the back
yard, secretly posted themselves at
the blinded window In the rear OF the
little one-roomed Office and breath
lessly awaited news from within.
| They got him laid on the settee,' ~
| whispered venturous boy who had
leaned a board against the window
sill and climbed into position COM
mandlng the enviabie advantage OF o
broken window pane. T kin see him
through a hole In the curtain. Keep
still!
'They got his coat OF, and his
sleeve rolled up" whispered the boy.
I'm northumberland the doctors
a-givin' him some medicine In tum-
bier Now he's a.puIiin' his arm. Gee
mun-neel kin hear the bones
| crunch!"
| "Hain't he a-cryin'7'' dueried milk
faced boy. with very large blue eyes
and fine white hair, and 4 grieved ex-
preston 80 he spoke. "Hain't he
a.cryin'T'
"Weli, he hain't!" said the boy in
the window, with unconscious adntra-
ton. LISTEN
Il heerd him thist teTl 'em at II
wasn't the FIRST time his arm was
broke. Now keep STINT" and the boy
i'm the window again bent his ear TO
the broken pane
"He says both his arms BEN broke
continued the boy In the window
says this.'un 'at's broke now's BEN
broke two times fore this time"
"Dog-gonel hatn't no funny
feller!" said the miIk.faoed boy. with
his big eyes lifted wistfully to the
boy In the window.
"Ele says onc't his pap broke his
arm wen he was wfippin' him. -
whispered the boy in the window.
"Bet his pas a wicked mani" said
the milk-faced boy, In a dreamy, spec
ulatiEe way-~"s'pect he's n drunkard.
or aomepin't"
Keep still" said the boy at the
window: they're tryin' to git him to
tell his pap's nars and his, and he
don't do II, cause he says his pap
comes and steals him ever time ne
finds out where he ia
The milk-faeed boy drew q long,
quayering breath and gazed suspi"
ciously round the high board fence
OF tho enclosure.
''He saya his pap used TO keep a lib
erty stable in Zseny--in Ohio son'ers
but he daresn't stay round there mo
more, cause he broke up there. and
had to skedatdie err they'd clean him
Quit He says he hain't got no mother,
ner no brothers, ner no sisters, uer no
nothin'-~on'y," the boy in the win
dow added, with n very dry and pain
full swallow. ''he says he hain't sol
nothin' only taist the clothes ON his
haokin
ayes, ana I bet" broke in the milk
faced boy, abruptly. with his thin lips
compressed, and his big eyes fixed or
space-'yes. and bet he kin lfef
Billy Kinney, eli his arm Is brokel~
AT this 1uncture. someone inside
coming to raise the window. the DO,
&C the broken pane ieaped to the
ground. and. flocking at his heels, hi!
frightened comrades bobhed one b,
one over the horizon of the high fenes
and were gone In an instant.
Sc II was the hero of this sketch
came to be known as The Boy From
Eeeny.'
The Boy from zeeny. though evi
IDENTIFY predisposed to novel and dis
astrous happenings, for once, at least
had come upon q streak of better FOR
tune for the doctor, II appeared, hat
someway taken fancy to him, ant
had offered him an asylum at his owl
home and haarth--the compensation
stipulated, and suggested by the DO,
himself. being a conscientious and q
flcient service In the doctors stable
Even with his broken arm splintere
i and handaged and supported Ia
sling, The Boy from 2eeny could da...s
be seen Looping tina doctors sptrits
horse up the back alley from tn
stable co the off Q, with the utter col
fidence and careless grace of q Ri
douin When, at last, the injured ar
was wholly well again. the DARN
7 feats Of horsemanship OF which tn
boy was capable vera listened to wit
increduiity by the good boys OF tn
village school, who never playe
q "hcoky" ON long summer afternoon
b and, I'm consequence. never had
d chance OF Witnessing The Boy frol
l. 2eeny Looping up 10 the "sv'nmir
hole" q mile from town. harshacke
y with nothing but halter, and h
n face turned toward the horses 20
10 In fact The Boy from 2esny aisnlaye
"a such q versatility OF accomplishment
q those. too, OF q character but faint
" represented In the average boy of Il
!. country town. that, for all the admir-
Y, ton their pcssossor evoked, al ECU
q envy was aroused In many yeuShf
10 breast. .... ..s