Tensas gazette., 1917-12-14

everything except hot sunshine
Penrod Schofeld, in the saw.
dust box of .his fathers stable, was as
silently busy as Il diligent young worm
in the hear; of nut.
Favoring this comparison. the saw
dust box was naturally almost as dark
as the inside Of a nut is believed TO be
but Penrod worked by the light of a
lantern, which raised the temperature
of the box to Il degree that would have
frightened a stOker. but subtracted
nothing from the fever of composition
Penrod was writing.
He was writing CHAPTER TENTH
Of his secret novel, Harold RAMO-
REZ THE ROAD-AGENT OR WILD
LIFE AMONG THE ROCKY MTS.
"SOOn II was Mr.. Wilson's turn to be
scared and he started begging to be let
Off and said II was not his fault and
how he had never done anything. oh
no, sneered Harold. you did not do any
thing TO this poor old man oh no but
/ guess the time has come now when
you will have to be eXsposed so just
look here n minute l have the papers
to prove you committed the fOregy your
own self 16 long years ago that this
poor old man got put In the peniten-
atriy for and been 16 long years in a
dirty cell with nothing but bread and
water and a little rice
"Yes said our hero and have papers
that prove he murdered your children
and little baby daughter also
81 didn't either and you better look
out how you talk said Mr.. Wilson and
pujered his soul before his Maker No
murdered the old mans children and
little baby daughter also
"SOOn they attempted to put some
hankuffs on Mr.. Wilson but he pulled
out his Ottomatick and reched over
HarOlds soldier where they were
struggling and began shooting away at
the old man but Harold reched up and
caught hold of his hand with his hand
and took the ottomatick away and held
him until the old man could get the
hankuffs on him.
"There sneered the old man when he
was all tied up tight / guess you are
i'm nice fix now just like the way l
used to be for 10 long years. Ha Ha
IHo do you like II and went on tanting
him with his helpless condition Yes
Isneered the old man 1 think you are
one Of the worst people ever knew in
my whole life and aim going to tell
that you were the real foyer that put
everything off on me and then he got
so mad he began STEPPING on Mr.. Wilson
where he was lying on the floor
"Soon Mr.. Wilson started crying at
this and our hero and the old man
tainted him some more for a vile then
went on out with smile. Mr.. Wilson
iquit crying because 1t did not hurt any
more where the old man had kept step
ing on him and soon managed to shake
of his bonds with his teeth You Harold
lRamorez sneered he now l will hunt
you down like dog and he hunted
around until he found his whistle on
the floor some where and soon Sumoned
them you are nice ones you are sneered
he leaving me here alone with those
two men II was Harold RamoreZ and
he has turned the old man lose and we
will have to hurry up or we will probly
not catch them / wonder where they
have gone
II bet | know said the detectives he
has gone to his lair on the steepest
cliff In the Rocky Mts and takin the
old man with him we can easily catch
up with them because IT is dark out
side and prObly II is going to rain too
so after talking some more they soon
went on out and started after our hero
and the old man
"Soon a storm came up and Mr. Will
son and the detectives got close on the
trail of the fugltives in the storm be-
cause they could see them by the light
of the flashes of lightning first would
come flash of lightning and then
would come some thunder.
CHAPTER EvELENTH
This kept up for long vile for It
was a terrible night and the lighting
would scared anybody 1t kept lighting
and laundering all the time and the old
man could not run fast and Mr.. Wilson
and the detectives would shoot at them
by the light Of the lighting and the
lighting would strike rocks that would
fall Off the cliffs and almost hit them
and the wind blowing trees down too
and II got freeing cold and. the olts,man
got hit with one of the rocks and broke
his leg so our hero had to carry him
on his back and more rocks began fall
ing because an earthquake had started
now besides the lighting and thunder
and our hero could not find his way
among the cliffs and then 1t started
raining too
Bling bing went the ottomatick bull
lets bing bing bing bing bing bing bing
bing hing Oh cried the old man | am
wonded again and probly | will die I'M
less we can find some place To get un-
der Bing Bing Bing blng Bing bing
Mr.. Wilson and the detectives kept on
bing blng bing bing bing b'ng bing bing
bing Oh cried the old man because
Mr.. Wilson and the detectives got close
up and the ottomatick bullets hit the
old man every time
Everything kept getting worse but
soon Harold saw terrible looking cav
rem and went inside of II and put the
old man down from earring him The
cavren was all black and II smelled ter