The Washington times., 1915-12-12


in my. cars for hopeless mepsas 4 to
but I amt whistled my ten cents
worth yit," protested Toad.
True, TOO y.he," admitted Blackie.
II see bought an 9ysrsnppd,y;i s,,.,I ds;,v.Ss How
About seven cents worth7'
oh: seven, or mebby about six"
We'll. you come around in the morn
ing, and I'll figure some way for you
to work out that three cents" an
nonnced Bleckie.
One more visitor came upon them
as they were enjoying their coffee and
Nny, II is none other than our de-
liverer, the friend and driver OF Mule"
i6lackie exclaimed. when he opened to
| ITEMS hcsitant knock. Friend lien, nut
your hat on the roof and come In. Now,
cut with the startling news.
"Jone squibble," he said impressiveiy.
is stingy old cussr'
What! Did he only give. YOU half
m apparently panied surprise.
| Half" gssped Hen. "Hc wouldn't
even 81 me n red copper.
| he's the stingiest man In the world"
continued Hen. Hes the man that
madc the county build poorhouse so
that stinsy. hey? You remember how
ne charged you for them fence-rails?
| Well last spring a tall felier with nose
| spectacles picked up q little piece OF
blue rock from this very field and took
made him pay a nickel for II. Think a
that! Jes' crumbly blue rock, that
amt even At 10 drown cats wftht An
there's four acres Of 1t here! Sauibble's
stone.farm, they call it. FRS of, Jone
1 thought mebbe 1t might be wuth some
thin cause the feller said somethin'
about lithograft stone bein' almost
| wuth its weight In money, but nothfn'
ever come Of 1t. Funny-lookin' man this
growed out. here an there. in little
| curly patches ...
Blackie nodded his head wisely. will
liams." he said to Wallingford, invent
ing a name. upon the spot. for the IN
known man. Careful chap. williams;
one OF the best we have, / think. 49,,
Was he workin' for your" Hen
eagerly wanted to know.
well. we wouldn't care to have 1t
talked about" replied Blackie with a
great air of mystery; so wen just
consider that subject as dropped. Your
man in the country. l suppose
He's got cash money buried an hid
all over his house. an his barn.. an
his grissmill. l reckon. He mus have
because he don't trust no banks, an
ary dollar that he chases down an
ketches says good-by to this vain
world"
Hen talked on. and on. until finally q y,
Blackie took him outside to show MIN
how impressive the machine looked In
the dark, and left him there.
BE brave. Jimmy. All Is not yet
lost" admonished Blackje when he re-
turned. See. I smile. though all seems
black"
"Then why not be happy proteste
Blackie. II haven't seen much Of the
hamlet. but I'm free to say that ! IN :
:. tend to like it. can like anything
i Il don't like anything I have to, =
wallineford stated savaseiy. 81
think III wind up Jonas in hurry.
Go right to it," invited Blackte
"I'Il admire to see you fall down fol
10 bpendant. which you want; asains,
the scarab cravat-pin. which yIt
won't give up, that you break youi
Gncernails and don't loosen anything
unless its all on -nnet the ls0eI s0 win unaerj q,
wouldn't offer the bet. Here's ens
hick that you can't skin for amuss,
: ment. practice or thousand dollars.
. "Tll take the bet" agreed "allins
ford THE biggest 'cinches in the
world are tho village mtsers. Gold
brick factories are entirely supported
/ by tightwads." -
Wallingford was up early the mex
IN QrnlnS AM lnauS n CdIclut iASpeS'
ton OF the field upon WHICH hisr ca'
stood. 1t was almost void Or verdur'
: except for a few tufts OF scatteret
| rock-grass, and everywhere. especiall,
; in steep4 bank about Atty feet bacS
there were outcroppings OF shale blu
stone OF which Henry Hant ha'
spoken. He picked up a piece OF tn
rock and scrsped 1t with his pocket
! knife. 1t was surprisingly soft. an'
It cut as smoothly as butter. Wei
pleased he walked back to the car T.
. lind Toad Jessup. a bright new Il,
flute in his hand, waiting patientl.
for Blackie naw. Wallingford I'm
mediately drew a quarter from hi
! pocket and gave it to the boy.
; Son. can YOU find me a spadeT' h
4 inquired. and found himself Iookini
T. at the spot where Toad" had stool
. The boy, who knew. by item ana his
{ tory. the contents of every garder
e barn and alley of tho village. wa
= hack with q rusty spade before Wal
e ingford had picked out a favorabl
= spot for his operations. and with hir
" he brought an equally rusty pickaxt
which had one point broken.
e Continued Tomorrow.)