Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-18
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Short Story
TOO Much SIMPLICITY.
BY Alan EIiusdaIe.


I Three OF us held up a train and got
away with q lot of money there was la
the express car. The citizens Twin bv
+ the road made up q posse and got after
as We separated. each man lookn'
/ out for himself 7 knew Of "a house
where lived girl that I'd had some
j experience with a good while before.
thought I'd rather risk myself In that
house than any other
The experience ] speak OF was this
I was on the road looltiu' out Gor some
place to make a haul when J passed q
house that looked kind o. tempting
knocked at the dopr and q very likely
lookiu gal opened it, Z told her tha, <
was down on nay luck I hadn't had
anything to eae for two days ana
wouldn't she give me s0mep.u to eat
That's ali I wanLed-sumep'u to eat
/ The Eal didn't give me a hunk Of
bread and q slice o. meat and tell me
10 move ON. She went to work and
cooked nae a meal While she was lu
the kitchen was in the Twin room. 7
had learned that some people are iu-
eIined 70 put valuabIes in such places
as no one would be expected 10 hide
EN- in, and that's where / did mg iu-
vesttgatin' I dived into 81 pair of Ola
shoes iu "a closet, Ii vase On q mautaI
and such places as nobody but q fool
or an expert would think Of io9llu.
but didn't find anything. But when T
opened a clock that stood ia d corner
and swept the bottom with ms hand [
ran against . EtaCkin full q somgp'u.
yanked il out and opened 1t and found
it fulI O. bills and gold and silver.
[ put it in my pocket and said moth
in to the gal about # tin after I'd eat
en- the dinner she'd cooked for me.
Then I said to her.
You're a mighty good gaf 70 treat
noe so we'll and I'm EOiu to repay yoU
for your kindness by givin' you point.
If you have Yaluables to side dQu5t
put em in such places as no tbIa5
would be expected TO look for 'em. The
best place for TaiUables fs in q safe. IF
you're goin. TO keep 'em in your house.
bury 'cm where any oneH have TO dig
mp lot o. dirt to find EN- Thieves
are too lazy to work
When I had said this I showed her
the stockin' full @ money You should
a seen the expression on her face-an
expression Of surprise that / should
have thought 10 look in the clock for
Valuables.
well, / declared" she said. 'What
made YOU think of looking for cur va--.
uables at all and how did you come to
think of looking ia the clocE2 Im
much obliged for the lesson you've
taught me-
She put out her hand to take the
swag DO Won know there was such
dead innocence in her that for the life
of me I couldn't make q move to stop
her. / was just paralyzed 'by her sim
pIEciry and confidence. She took the
stoGHl" WIN a. s51st M@z - ~ ---
OUT o- Lls 4et51 80 1t.
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man H"U ~ - .L ~
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POCKET ana oH@tet 10 pay t-ei teA 1"r
dinner but she "oulah taAe ~
Ae lesson yo" 'g -t5
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gust Went away "+l"oo- a@s jan
word tt utaA sl4lhe ll-e no" % s'-
had come II over me lltl / Fl eos away
from hef' o4J didL- go oags On "I1-
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noble good man ann
ana so II was -5lt- "neH 51@=
after me lof aolal1 op g-l@ Z ran
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made ior the mousse ana io9a1 s~a ga.
mighty glad to see ne. -..--s.--.
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