The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-13

Sire told me. Ketch &c buns down 'e rode
irst ant den sen a relele core 70 SCI me
WIisTLEN DICK.
There was some quiet hu; rapid
|naneuv,ring at Ecl' meade during the
.nsuing hulf hour. which cnd"d IN five
|iisgustcd and sullen tramls being cap
turcd and locked securely in an out
house pending the coming of the At'rn-
ing and %rctrihution. For anuti'rf @
suit the visiting young gentlrata La
secured the unqualified WORSHIP II tAe
visiting young ladies by their l5tin-
rui~l.td and heroic conduct. For : Il
another. behold Whistlirg DicE. the
hero. seated ut the planter fa',e
fra>tiu@.
ihr planter vowed that the Wander
pr should wander 40 more. thnt lis
was Il goodness and an honesty that
should hc rewarded and that II 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 calamity? He assured
Whf,tling Dick that he might on
slider himself Il charge upon lae ho..0r
of Hellemcade, That a position stu,
to his powers would be found H." MIA
at once.
But now. they said. he must Re
weary. and the immediate Thing 10
consider was rest and sleep. 50 the
mistress spoke TO Il servant, and Whis-
ling Pick WAS conducted to Il room in
the wing of the house occupied by the
servants. 70 this room in Il few min
uteS was brought a portable Tin bs'h-
tub filled With water, which VAS
placed IN "A piece of oiled cloth upon
the floor. There the vagrant was left
10 pass the night.
BY the light If a candle he eEaluiurd
the room. \ bed. with the covers neat
Nv turned back. revealed snowy pa
lows and sheets. There were towels
on a rack and soap in a white dish-
Whistling Dick set his candle on a
chair and placed his hat carrfl|'T nm
der the table. After satisfying WHAT
we must suppose to have been his Curl
oSity by a sober scrutiny. he removed
his coat. folded it and laid it upon the
door near the wall, as far AS possible
from the unused bathtub. Taking :
coat for a pillow, he stretched him-|lf
luXuriouSly upon the carpet.
When on Christmas morning the first
streaks of dawn broke above TIE
marshes Whistling Dick awoke and
reached instinctively for his hat. Then
he remembered that the skirts of For
tune had swept him into their folds on
the night previous, and he went 10 the.
window and raised it 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 aStir. The
mighty din of the ogre Labor shook
the earth, and the poor tatte-cd 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. Eff
teen feet below him, against the wall
of the house, ne could make out that
a border of flowers grew, and by that
token he overhung a bed of soft earth.
Softly as a burglar goes, he clam
hered out upon the sill, lowered him-
Z self until ne hung by his hands alone
ana then dropped safely. No one
p seemed to be about upon this side Of
the boJSp He dodppd low and skim
med swiftly across the yard of the low
fence. vae an easy matter to vault