The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-12-14

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! first and den sen = relefe core to get ma
Ost OF soke yourss truly.
There was sOIre quiet but rapid
maneuvering at Bellemeade during the
ensuing half hour. which ended in five
/ Disguised and sullen tramps being cap
! tured and locked securely in an out
house pending the coming Of the morn
I ing and retribution. For another re-
suit the visiting young gentlemen had
| secured the unqualified worship OF the
visiting young ladies by their distin-
guished and heroic conduct. For still
another, behold Whistling Dick, the =.
hero, seated at the planters table
feasting.
The planter vowed that the wander
| er should wander no more, that his
was a goodness and an honesty that
should be rewarded and that a debt
Of gratitude had been made that must
be paid, for had he not saved them
from a doubtless imminent loss and
maybe a great ealamitys He assured
Whistling Dick that he might con-
slider himself charge upon the honor
Of Bellemeade, that a position suited
TO his powers would be found for him
AT once.
But now, they said, he must be
weary, and the immediate thing to
consider was rest and sleep. So the
mistress spoke TO a servant, and Whis-
Ting Dick was conducted to 9 room in
the wing Of the house occupied by the
q IT, ,-r.r,r17 in, a <ca min
utes was brought a portable TN bath
rub filed with water, which WIS
placed on a piece Of oiled cloth upon
the floor. There the yagrant Was left
70 pass the night.
By the light of a candle he examined
the room. A bed, with the covers neat
~ turned back, revealed snowy pill
lows ard sheets. There were towels
on a rack and soap in a white dish.
W-histsng Dick set his candle on a
chair ard placed his hat carefully un-
der the table. After satisfying what
We must suppose TO have been his curl
osity by sober scrutiny, he removed
his coat, folded it and laid it upon the
floor neaS the wall. as far as possible
from the unused bathtub. Taking his
coat for = pillow, he stretched himself
luxuriousiy upon the carpet
When en- Christmas morning the frs
streaks e dawn broke above Ih'
marshes Thistling Dick awoEe anC
reached iIstinctiyeIy for his hal Their
he remembered that the skirts u For.
tune had swept him into their folds on
the night previous, and he went 70 the
window and raised 1t TO let the fresh
breath of the morning cool his brow.
As he stood there certain dread and
ominOus sounds pierced his ear.
The force Of plantation workers
eager TO complete the shortened task
allotted to them, were all astiF. The
mighty din of the ogre Labor shook
the earth, and the poor tatteEed and
forever disguised prince in search Of
his fortune trembled.
The December air was frosty, but
the sweat broke out upon Whistling
Dicks face. He thrust his head out
of the window and looked down. Fif-
teen feet below him, against the wall
Of the house, he could make out that
a border Of flowers grew, ana by that
II token he oyerhung a bed Of soft earth.
II Softly as a burglar goes. he clam
bered out upon the sill, lowered him
"a self until he hung by his hands alone
2. and then dropped safely. No one
10 seemed TO be about upon this side OF
the house. He lodged low and skim
,e med swiftly across the yard of the low
fence. 1t was an easy matter to vault