Tombstone epitaph., 1915-03-14

the crowd that thronged in front, and climbing by a roundabout way and over a 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 a venturous boy who had leaned a board against the window sill and climbed into a position com. manding the enviable advantage of 8 broken window pane. T kin see him through hole in the curtain. Keep still,
 They got his coat of. and his sleeve rolled up,' whispered the boy, in continuation-"a the doctors a-givin him some medicine in a tum- bier. Now hes a-pullin' his arm. Gee ! mun-nee, kin hear the bones ! crunch"
 "Hain't he a-cryin'?" queried a milk faced boy, with very large blue eyes and fine white hair. and a grieyed ex- pression as he spoke. 'Hain't he a-cryin'?'
 Well. he halnt," said the boy in the window, with unconscious admira- i tion Listen,
 T heerd him thist tell 'en at it l wasn't the first time his arm was broke. Now keep still," and the boy | in the window again bent his ear 10 the broken pane
 I He says both his arms ben broke" continued the boy In the window | says this-un ats broke now's ben broke two times fore this time" 1 Dog gone, haint he a funny 1 feller," said the milk-faced boy. with | his big eyes lifted wistfully to the boy in the window.
 He says onc't his pap broke his | arm wen he was vhippin' him" whispered the boy in the window.
 Bet his pas a wicked man" said the milk-faced boy. in dreamy. spec ulatiye way-"s'pect he's a drunkard, CT somepin',"
 | Keep still" said the boy at the window; they re tryin' to git him to tell his pap's name and his, and he don't do it. cause he says his pap tOUlts anu SltdlS mn tfE4 h4AAN H' finds out where he is
 The milkfaced boy drew a long
 quavering breath and cazed suspi- ciously round the high board fence of the enclosure.
 He says his pap used to keep lib- erty stable in Zeeny--in Ohio somers but he daresTt stay round there no ( Ia api had 10 skedaddle CT they'd clean him out, He says he hain't got no mother ner no brothers, ner no sisters. ner no nothin-on'y." the boy in the win dow added. with very dry and pain ful swallow. he says he hain't got noth:n' on'y thist the clothes on his back"
 Yes. and I bet" broke in the milk faced boy. abruptly. with his thin lips compressed. and his big eyes fixed on space-''yes. and bet he kin lick Billy Kinzey, of his arm is broke." At this juncture, someone inside coming to raise the window. the boy at the broken pane leaped to the ground, and fockins al his heels. his frightened comrades bobbed one by one over the horizon of the nigh fence and were gone in an instant So it was the hero of this sketch came 10 be known as The Boy From Zeeny"
 The Boy from Zeeny. though evi- dently predisposed to novel and dis astroUs happenings, for once, at least. [ had come upon a streak of better for tune: for the doctor it appeared. had someway taken a fancy to him. and had offered him an sylum at his own home and hearth-the compensation stipulated and suggested by the boy himself. being a conscientious and ef- ficient service in the doctors stable. Even with his broken arm splintered and bandaged and supported in a sling, The Boy from Zeeny could daily be seen Ioping the doctors spirited horse up the back alley from the stable to the office, with the utter con- fidence and careless grace of Be douin. When, at last. the injured arm was wh.lly we'll again. the daring feats Of horsemanship of which the boy was capable were listened to with incredulity by the good" boys of the village school, who never played "hooky" on long summer afternoons. and. in consequence never had a chance Of witnessing The Boy from l-Zeeny ioping up to the ~swimmin'. hole" a mile frcm town. barebacked, with nothing but halter. and his face turned toward the horses toll. In fac:. The Boy from Zeeny displayed such a versatility of accomplishments, those. too. of character but faintly represented in the average boy of the country town, that. for all the admira- ton their possessor evoked. an equal envy was aroused in many a youthful
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