The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-23
BY HANNAH tIRSHFlELD

Nnu let the bol out uelNe'h Nlhti'u''
teasiaways l eau let him sit up In his
box. How old Is hcf"
Five"
well, IN try Il on f,r you. jim. but
don't want your money"
Gownn took the box into the open
ear. lifted tho Id. and Billy clinched
nj. arms around his fathers neck.
BILLY. you must keep very pulet IN.
les, Mr. Murphy Upeus The box. II
any Que hears you Ia the box you
won't get ride"
"Ycs. dlddy I'll Ne quiet"
well gooiby. Give mother kiss
FOE me"
"An right daddy"
"I'll close the I'D en- tho train Il OF
and the car door closed. then Mr.. Muir
ply will let you out"
y The father unwound his sons arms
with kiss. closed tho I'D. slipped the
hook through the stap'e aud left the
! car. In few moments there was q
puffing and q grinding OF wheels. and
! the train pulled out. The III was again
! lifted. and Tom Murphy stood looking
D hNNh ~ BlNF WIN sAahHfa hsshFs
ia u time 10 get upf" asked the boy.
~ reckon III let you get out for
twenty minutes. Then when we stop
OF the station you'll have 10 get back
again"
Billy sat up. and Murphy lifted him
out onto the foor OF the car. Billy
looked about him wonderlngly at tho
boxes aud packages piled .hers aud
there. Seeing Q tricycle.. he was much
Interested and wished TO mount Il aud
have a ride. But Murphy objected.
When the whistle sounded for the next
station Murphy said;
Now. biily. you must get back into
your crib aud keep very quiet until you
hear the door shut aud the train move
/ on"
when the train stopped q special
sgent or the express company got Ia
the ear. He told Murphy he was going
10 the next station and would ride In
the car. Murphy suggested that he
would he more comfortable In q pas.
senger coach. hut he was not to he dls.
susded. Settling himself on box near
Billy's crlh. he lighted a cigar .,.
When the train moved ON Murphy
was much disturbed. The next stop
would not be- made for half an. hour.
And he feared Bllly would not he sble
I 10 keep quiet 50 long. But Rllly un-
I douhtedly appreciated the situation, for
he lay perfectly still. The special
agent. who WAS a supervisor as well.
/ took occasion 10 say 10 Murphy that
there had been many cases of goods
carried by the company's agents the
charges for which had gone into the
agents pockets lie had been ON the
watch for such and had caught several
! agents In the act They had n once
been discharged while communicat.
Ing this fact he looked about him. Muir
phy thought, with n view to discover
Ing another ease.
Finally the supervisor got tired Ot
talking and smoked Ia silence. Sud.
denly he cooked his head Oh one side
and listened. Was that some one
breathingl He got up from his seat
and walked about trying 10 locate the
sound tin he finally stopped bending
over Rilly's crib. lie distinctly heard
the sound ~ some one breathing in
sleep. Murphy was at a rude desk at
an end OF the ear looking over some
way bills His back was To the super.
/ visor. who unlocked the lld Of Billy's
box. and, lifting IL. there was Billy
sound asleep. Glanclng at Murphy.
the supervisor saw he was not OBJ
served. He stood for moment with
his ewes bent on the boys Innocent
/ face irresolute. then softly lowered the
/ lid
A few minutes later the train stopped
at the next station.
'rom," said the supervisor, "all
want from YOU Is that you haven't
made any money that properly belongs
10 the company"
II haven't" was Toms reply
$50 long And he left the car
As soon as new start was made
Tom went To Billy 10 let him out Of his
box. The hook was not in the staple.
lie was su-c he had put ii there at the
/ last stop, Only the supervisor could
/ have removed IT,
4 Thine Ia yet up, BLY," said Tom.
raising the lid.
Are we there" asked Billy. wide
awake.
mo, but at the next station III turn
YOU over TO your mother"
When the train pulled up at Milford
Center Billy WAS standing at the door
of the car. His mother. who was wait
/ Ing for him. saw him aud ran toward
him. When she came near enough he
sprang intO her arms.