Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-10

out OF their way. Or maybe the cat
has been chasing them"
| Once safely around the corner, the
twins changed their tactics. .
I'VE knew you weren't afraid" said
Lark artistically, I'VE were just teas
ing Prudence. We know we couldn't
hurt you"
"Of course" emphasized Carol 1--WE
want to ask favor of you, that's all.
It's something we can't do ourselves,
but we knew you could do 1t, all
right"
| Jerry perceived the drift Of this ar
gument. Il see! I'm paid in advance
for my service. What's the job?"
Then the twins led him to the wood
shed. This woodshed stood about
i, twenty feet from the back door of the
parsonage and was nine feet high in
front, the roof sloping down at the
| back Close beside the shed grew a
! tall and luxuriant maple. The lower
limbs had been chopped off and the
trunk rose clear to height Of nearly
| twelve feet before the massive limbs
branched out. The twins had discov
cred that by climbing gingerly on the
rotten roof Of the wOodshed, followed
by almost superhuman scrambling and
scratching, they could get up into the
leafy secrecy of the grand old maple.
More than this, up high in the tree
they found delightful arrangement
of branches that seemed positively
made for them. These branches must
be utilized and it was in the act of
utilizing them that they called upon
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do you see this board?" began Lark
exhibiting with some pride solid
board about two feet in length.
my eyesight is quite unimpaired,"
answered Jerry, fox he knew his twins.
"Well, we found this over by the
Avery barn. They have big scrap
pile out there. We couldn't find any
thing around here that would suit, so
we looked over there. It's just pile
of rubbish and we knew they wouldn't
mind"
Elise you would not have taken it,
Ell? Anything like apples, for instance,
Is quite under the BAN
Yes, indeed smiled Lark Were
too old to steal apples"
"Of course" added Carol, when we
need our neighbours apples, we send
Connie. And get nicely punished for
it too, l promise YOU
Quite so! And this exquisite
board?"
We'll. we've found perfectly gor-
geous place up in the old tree where
we can make a seat It's quite a ways
out from the trunk, and when the wind
blows it swings splendidly. But 1t
isn't very comfortable sitting on thin
limb, and so we want seat. It's a
fine place, tell you. We thought you
could nail this securely on to the
limbs-there are two right near each
other, evidently put there on purpose
for us. See what dandy big nails we
have!"
From the Avery's woodshed, sup
pose," he suggested, smiling again.
ooh, they are quite rusty. We found
them in sack in an old barrel. 1t
was in the scrap head. We're very
good friends with the Averys, very
good, indeed" she continued hastily.
"They allow us to rummage around at
will-in the barn"
and see this rope,' cried Carol.
isn't it a dandy?'
"Ah! The Avery barn must be mex
haustible in its resources"
How suspicious you are, Jerry"
mourned Lark.
81 wish we were that way, instead
of innocent and bland and trustful.
Maybe we would get rich, too This
is the first time I ever really under
stood how you came to be success
in business"
But you are quite wrong this
time said Lark seriously. "Old Mr..
Avery gave me this rope
Yes, he did! Lark told him she was
looking for rope just exactly like
this one and then he gave 1t to her.
He caught the idea of philanthropy
right away. He's a very nice old
gentleman. ! tell YOU He's so trusting