Putnam patriot., 1916-01-28
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT January IS 1910

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.4t. Nsw we have it, Pride Of tra-
..a.ou: lalslies anl weeds that choke
al. Inc oat Of good edible potatoes.
.sfi..t, which i0aks back only So far, 10
.se plateau and the castle keep. which
.at..sss 10 see the valley below and the
se.ce. long climb up. Nou never think
Il the old chap who started the game
.ualy and maybe died halfway up,
30-h banted. rough hearted. rough
..o....d. u5t afraid OF work. of battle.
passed then went en-:
~NG6545 has a kind word for the
.ssss 81 she family tree mean tie
aots down m The ground. not the
r& Family prize. a punk to your
..i.ae. Pride IS good only when 1t
sees to make US stand ON cur own
80 les Born and bred a gentleman
.as Goae more harm
Man. am a cad after allG' Gran
1rd locked hurt
"a. boy; you're as clean and fine as
ley make EN-. but want to st it
at Of your mind than work such as
eli ito Is 0tHINkH ANlt N0AAliAAl- -
2e Kind. You wouldn't mind being a
military attaehe in Japan or in Ger.
maay. would you? No
TIE other made no reply.
What is the diplomatic service. any
way. hut spying in fashionable clothes,
'nufti and military You're working
s9leng another arm, that's all, free to
ONE. free 10 80. and not more than a
iaker's dozen know what you are do
,ng on the other hand, quit it if II
lUrts you"
Il can't You know very well that
IN good for nothing else. want an
income OF about $1,000 year. It's in
my blood TO like cigars such as this
ne is-luxuries. Do you suppose I'd
nave gone into 1t at all if 1t hadn't
been fer that? Oh, Lord I'm CRATE
fu enough 10 you for landing me the
OBJ. bur il has made me mighty dis
-ontented with myself To wander
from April till October over there, an
ordinary bloodhound IN the latest fash
ion. keeping tab on every ieweler whu
IS generally as big sneak as | am
and sharing half tie gains with him
It's a bad business I'm getting 50
that l can't look a man straight in the
eyes any more
How about the other side of the
medal?'
"What?"
THE real thieves?"
"Oh, that's sport! The odds are
even. give and take. That's the phase
which makes it possible for me to
keep up front when | shave myself.
They know exactly where they stand.
and few of them know that know.
For the deuce of it is some of them
have found me out and have threat
ened me-
Crawford shuddered
That's the one reason why I'm home
now I've got to lie low for awhile A
bad crowd. because every one of them
has brains On my word, | know
but three of them. and there are TWEEN.
ty working the racket ! wear a van,
dyke over there; grow it before | start
and cut 1t OF ON the way home
Friends chaff me, thinking I'm trying
to foreignize myself But the other
people mean no real harm. Why should
rich country like this demand so
much intoerable duty? Aren't we
heavily taxed as 1t is? | tell you that
the general run of smuggling is nothing
more than sense of reprisal. They
do not look upon it as thieving at all.
They are not bringing things into the
country to sell again."
Treason. treasonw l murmured
softly.
"Boshr'
We'll let 1t go as you say. But let
me tell you what the real trouble is,
Gran. You don't know. but | do"
Solemnly | went through the mimic
ry of casting line or paying out. OF
striking. of playing and all TINT rig
marole so dear to the fisherman's heart
Crawford grinned.
"Homing dock" | went on, land
Fox, Grenadier and the creek, Sand
bay, Long Island and Horseshoe! En-
And the call of the duck and the geese
and the foolish loon and the dip of the
hell diver. and the croak of the mud
hens In the PUSHES and the bald eagle
In the dead pine top. And don't for
get Pidgin island, with the bar that
goes northerly and the ledge where the
old sockdolagers lie in wait for club
and sinner and crab. Thirty feet of
line straight down and the skill of
sleight-o hand man to beat 'em as they
break for the surface, What?'
II know more about that country In
enc minute than you'd learn in twenty
years.
"Rieht-ot | admitted. And why the
dickens don't you skip town tonight
and stay up there till the middle Of
October? Get your tackle and hike.
boy
II haven't been up there since year
ago last June"
"Wire old Uncle Billy. and tomorrow
ut this time you'll be eating boned bass
end green corn and washing II down
with the finest coffee ever brewed
Lord. how | wish | didn't have to
write yarns for living. I'd go with
you quickly enough. But I've had my
vacation"
"Where'd you go?" eagerly at last.
I smiled.
Hang it, Have YOU been up thereT
resentfully. did YOU have Uncle Bill
iy row you? How'd they run? Au-
gust? III bet you!"
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