The Springdale news., 1916-08-25
Being the Closing Chapter Of the
Tale of the War-Like Ambi-
tons of Four Youngsters Of
Springdale.

tNtAo L.
Huh I'd stay in that jail a
year fore d pull weeds, or pick
up rocks. Anyway | didn III
tend to bust Dick too hard, and
| told the mayor when | Went
up there that | fell down. an hit
my head on the sidewalk | was
n t telling on nobody = that 5
the way Skinny tells it.
And so it goes, all four OF the
youngsters were ready to do or
die-after they got out-but lis
ten to the tale:
Mayor Smith held juvenile
court Friday afternoon of last
week, and as a result found four
youngsters guilty of having a
part in the free-for-all at the
High School campus fore part
of last week The four boys were
Hugh Riley, Pete Banks, Skin.
ny Tillman and Dick Easterly.
The mayor gave them a good
strong lecture, and assessed
fine of 81 and cost. amounting to
$40. He allowed the boys the
privilege of paying the fine;
working it out. or staying IN the
city jail. Quick figuring on the
part Of the boys developed the
fact that the total fine and cost
amounted to four and a half days
in the jail. and they decided to
work.
They were allowed their free
dom by the mayor, and were soon
ont planning the work. Mayor
Mayor Smith decided to put
them to cutting weeds, picking
up rocks. and other ways clean
ing up the alleys and streets.
He so reported to the boys, and
told them to be on hand early
the next morning. The young
sters then held council Of war.
and taking look at the various
thermometers around town, and
noting that they were register
ing around the century mark.
they went and took a look at the
interior Of the jail. 1t didn [
look SO bad. and the feature
that impressed them most was
the shade. 1t 5 shady all day in
the jail. Back TO the mayor they
journeyed. and asked to be con-
fined. stating that a careful con
sideration OF weed pulling. and
rock picking had changed Their
minds.
About four o clock in the af-
ternoon the door Of the city jail
swung shut. the lock clicked, and
the boys were preparing for Their
four and "A half day stay. and
were anticipating all the FUNNY
tales they would tell when they
got ont. 1t was lark pure and
simple; and It began to look like
it would last.
Soon the evening shadows be
gan to fall; the sun soon passed
out Of sight behind the buildings,
and strange shadows crept into
the corners. By this time the in
terror OF the jail had become en-
tireIy too familiar; there WASH I
a piece Of furniture. nor an ar
ticle that they hadn t examined
closely. They had tried lying
down on the ron cot; they had
tried holding to the bars, and
talking 10 their young friends.
who gathered AT the window lead
INC into tie alley; and the lnltIa-
ton ceremony was about over.
and the reality on. Il didn t
. seem near 50 nice 10 be IN jail.
as II was Oh the outside and eoot
they began to think about supper
q home. and they compared that
with the bread and water the ma
yor had promised earlier III the
day. One ut a time they began
10 wish tie four and half days
were over; they were afraid that
the school bell might ring before
tho cot out they imagined that
The rats used the jail cells as a
play ground: and that horse
thief or regular bad man might
be placed II the jail with them !;
in fact iast what they imagined
would be lengthy. Pretty soon
one o. the boys decided he want
ed ont h. Was Just little timid
about mentioning it; you know
they were very brave Youngsters
at the sta-t: the city lall bad no