Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
THE RED AVENGERS.
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insured for. So that helped some, but
old Dad Week showed them the Red
Avengers warning Swatty had iAs-
tened on his barn door. and that was
the barn would be burned was the
time 1t did burn. gk9
guess they might have thought Il
was some men or something. II IL
hadn't been for the name Of the
Agengers. 1t sounded like boys. So
libry named "The Red Avengers" and,
then they knew 1t was boys. It was
printed In the newspapers, and at din.
ner ono noon my mother told my
father they expected to catch the in-
cenderist boys aeon and they would
little. wretches belonged. She said
somebody had just sent Mrs. Wortley
some important eyidence--a memorAn.
DUN hook--and that when they found
who had written the memorandum
BOOK they would know. who set the
nre. Gee. I was scared.
Well. got through my dinner some
how and I skipped out as quick 90
could. went over to Bonys and got
nlm' ana we went over to Swatty'e
ana got him. and we went up into my
white. 50 l told them what my
mother had said at the table.
Well. 1t don't matter whether ne
did 1t or didn't do It," Swatty said,
We wrote down that we were going
o. 90 ~ II. and they've got the warning
both said we'd done It ourselves. and
we both said the other had done Il,
and l guess they'll send US to reform
school. guess II amt much use:
put we've got to say NO matter how
they ask US that we amt the Red
That'd be a lie." said.
-, Wen. no. 1t wouldn't" said Swatty.
because there won't be any RED
A,vengers' and Wen say. No, We
We won't be then. Well bust up the
lied Avengers right now"
Bony was blubbering. but he stopped.
,.h.-k-can your" he asked.
Of course. we can!' Swatty said,
We started them; ! guess we got 4
right to stop them!" ~
any more now" said al Z so saye 70 the oasn
Pooh. mol" swatty said, .swhsn
there ain't any Red Avengers thofo
am, amt any Red Avengers oath. or noth- Z
'And can't anybody put me in state,s
prison for saying what the oath sayv
mustn't tell about any Red 'Avengsr ~
s:No, sir!.a said swatty. .rhat oath |.
@e1a oatn ana don't count no more."
1T" AVAus Sau
Ibid what2" swatty asked.
Toady set the barn anre," Bony
said. still pretty scared. Il couldn't
tell. because I took oath not to ten On
oath Toady did It. I saw him. He had
Q pack of real cigarettes and ha didnsf
care smoke while he was skating boz
cause Mr.. Phillips was skating On the
n nrinH,n 20. Mr. Phillips was the school
$50 I guess Toady thought he would
go up to the Nest to have smoke.U
Eony went on. ''and I was going home. 1
80 when we got to the Nest no asko6
lssts and Tfn ssd + a ices g r Sa.d s 4;
one and threw down the match, and e
SGT the shavings aflre. So he triNd ~
stamp the are out, but It spread too
fast, and go he ran. and I ran. and whoa
80 he said that Il ever even tod wsf he 81 v smI
breaking the Red Avengers oath and
telling on fellow comrade. But he aid
1t. and saw him do It" -
the memorandum book was my WITHIN.
put when she asked me, told her WhSf
Bony had said about Toady, and then
the women who were bestirring tliena-
Selves AuhI nave 10 Deetir, because
they knew Old Dad Week wasn't ruiify.
And. the way II turned out, neither Wns
Toady. i was outrageous that dcalero
would sell cigarettes to children Of HI
age. and the city council passed o Law
against 1t. but nobody got sent to state's
The hre was an accident and the shay.
ings were to blame.
But. anyway. we thought lot moro
OF hony after that. Because It was
noble and true and brave to keep his
was his best friends. and il he kept &
we would have to 20 to reform school
for life. 1t amt everybody who viii
send his best friends to reform school to
Keep an oath. But Bony would.
(copyrisht. 1918. BY Mcclure syndiests.l
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