The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-15

" everything except hot sunshine,
Penrod Schsfield, in the saw
dust box of his fathers stable, was as
silently busy as a diligent young worm
in the heart of a nut.
Favoring this comparison, the saw
dust box was naturally almost as dark
as the inside of nut is believed to be ;
but Penrod worked by the light of a
lantern. which raised the temperature
of the box to a 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 it was Mr.. Wilson's turn to be
scared and he started begging to be let
off and said it 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 viii have to be exsposed so just
look here minute I 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-
utriy for and been 16 long years in
dirty cell with nothing but bread and
water and little rice
"Yes said eur hero and have papers
that prove he murdered your children
and little baby daughter also
II didn't either and you better look
out how you talk said Mr.. Wilson and
puiered his soul before his Maker No
sir cried he it was some irshman that
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 soldher 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
in nice fix now just like the way L
used to be for 16 long years. Ha Ha
HO do you like it and went on tanting
him with his helpless condition Yes
sneered the old man l think you are
one of the worst people ever knew in
my whole life and l am 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 vile then
went on out with a smile. Mr.. Wilson
quit crying because it did not hurt any
more where the old man had kept step
ing on him and soon managed to snake
off his bonds with his teeth You Harold
Ramorez sneered he now / will hunt
you down like dog and he hunted
around until he found his whistle on
the floor some where and soon sumOned
his detectives again and begaN reviln
them you are nice ones you are sneered
he leaving me here alone with those
two men it 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 I wonder where they
have gone
81 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 eaten
up with them because it is dark out
side and probly it is going to rain too
so after talking some more they soon
went on out and started after our nero
and the old man
soon a storm came up and Mr.. VIII
son and the detectives got close on the
trail of the fugitives in the storm De
cause they could see them by the hght
of the flashes of lightning first would
come flash of lightning and then
would come some thunder
"CHAPfTER EVELENTH
"This kept UP for long vile for 1t
was a terrible night and the lighting
would scared anybody it kept lighting
and laundering all the time and the ola
man could not run fast and Mr.. wilson
and the detectives would shoot at them
by the light of the lighting ana the
lighting would strike rocks that Wouid
fall off the cliffs and almost hit them
and the wind blowing trees down TOO
and it got frezing cold and the old man
got hit with one of the rocks and broke
his leg so our hero had to carry MIN
on his back and more rocks began fau-
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 it started
raining too
"Bing hing went the ottomatick pul-
bets bing bing bing bing bing bing ping
bing bing Oh cried the old man am
wOnded again and prObly will Ole uh-
less we can find some place to get uh-
dor pin0 pinO Ring hing Bing ping