The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-19
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 Then she faced her brother.
 "wm your-wil your friend, Mr. Gteve-remain for supper, CalT' she asked.
 And Caleb quick to see an opening, made the most of this one.
 'sStay for supper!'' he repeated her question. and he laughed. "Stay-for supper. Well, should hope he would. why-why, he's going to stop for the night"
 From the vantAge place there at the top of the stops Sarah stood and sur veyed ber brothers wide and guilelcss face fora second. Then her lips began to twitch
 ~yery clever. Cal,- she told him. -Quite clever-for you!"
 And sho nodded and withdrew to see that the tahis was laid for three.
 Caleb. chnckling, watched her go; then, with . nod to the boy, he started to follow her in. But Steve paused at the threshold, and when the man stop ped and looked back to ascertain the cauro of Ids delay he found that the boy was d1positing the bear trap upon the porch floor found him tugxing to fre& the rusty old revolver from his belt Ass
 sTn leave Samanthy here" the one called Steve stated, und Caleb under utood that he meant the trap. "An' I reckon I'd better not Ing my weapon into tho house neither, he'd IT She IT, .>-1Iz~,z S~, <h<, dSv-.o<1ov, of Sarah's disappearance "Oid Ton says womin folks that's gentle born air linda skfttish about havin' shootin' itons sraosmd the placa And don't reckon its ths part of men folhu b pegoer 'em- Y Caleb didn't HnOw just what to say. so he merely nod1sd approval Agzin he had been made b feel that 1t was not . boy, but como littie old man, who vas explaiufng to h1m- Silently he led fh9 way upstzizA and afher he Ind seen tho blanket pack deposited in one cor ner of Sarah's beloved guest room, after he had seen the rusty coat peeled on as preface to removing the 0ust accumulatioA of the long hot day from hands and faea, an fnsDiratzon canss to him. Whxle tho bey wa waking. ut tok1y lot to SSeEytA1ng but Chat uone to simQle tnak, he wsnt sut oc the room on . st1n hant of his own and came back pssssn4ay wlth the thing 10u which he had eone searching. He found tho boy wrestling q ltttie despsr ately with nop of wavy chegtnui hair, which only grew the moro help legs with every stroke .cf the brush.
 s'Nevef mind thak~ Caleb met thu nisapprehensiun in the boys eye .sNever mind that. And live tn1Eer the liberty of digging cut this old can vas shooting coat. It's one I got fbl Sarah for my sister~ but, as you gay women folks are mighty skittish about anything that has to do with gun She never would 90 even 50 far as t< try it on, but if you don't mind Tha, ' coat of yours must be trfde hot fol this weather, I should say"
 Steve reached out a hand that trem bled little and took the coat He tool it and stared at 1t with that sam, strained and hungry look which h had bestowed half hour before upos the 'scity.~
 "Do you mean,- he asked, and hi lips remained paEtad breafhlessly upol the qussttcn-sd you mean-thi yere's for meT
 Caleb thought of the '-intine'-th "steam frjhs."
 T mean just that if youn have t, he replied.
 The boy, slipped his lfttle body int the garment and wheeled to surve himself in a mirror. In compariso with his old coat 1t was the purple of x Solomon. There was a cartridge we , aczoss itsafnont, with loops. and afte he had looked long and long at his n Aect1on the.lsoy thrust both his thumh into the 5belt 1t made.
 Then: ss.rhem's fer ketridges," he 6, nouncedssosemniy
 He scowfed judlclously and nodded.
 AnA 'IMhev to git me some the firs thing in .f11e .n0rnin'," he snld.
 At table the boy talked freely. a ways win his vide eyes upon the faf Of Lis qusst1oner, always in the gray and slghkiy drawing idionns of th woods. Agntn he confded that he ha 4 never befoee been out of the timbe He explained that Old Toms untfpnel taking oG fortnight back had bee { alone responsible for this pflgrimag And that opened the way for a que, k1oa which Caleb had been eager aSk him.
 .T spppogs, this--this Old Tom wa come kin 0fyyoufsr he observed,
 The boy sshook his bead.
 s1Sc," helansweEsd, mo. I ain't nsvt ned no kin. ain't mover he'd nobod father ner mother, neftherr'
 Caleb saw Sarah start a little an bite her thin lips, But the birdlii movement ofssuTpriss was lost upo the speaaR.
 T ainst nsssR he'd nobody" he r averxed, and Caleb, straining to cate . note oG ssaf pity or plea for syn pathy in athe words, realized that u bpy didn&Isvsp know what the one { ths othorewuy. '"I ain't never he'd n body buktold Tom, And he was--l Wasnet nuAAin' but what he oai1ad u -my''- f51p sentenes was broken whi bs paussdsbo get the phrase correctly n Nnsl what = ssnsd ny logic