Evening star., 1918-08-25
r v YELL. Il came along to vaca-
\Af ton time. and me and Bony
wv was glad. like we always
was, because We never did


was, because We never did
have time to do all we
ranted to do when school kept. What
30 wanted to do most was to nnssh
fp our cave in the clay bank up sauaw
ereek. Tho Graveyard Gang had
chased US away from It. but that was
eu right when vacation came because
The Graveyard Gang kids all have to
- to work when school Is over. Some
4f them work for the farmers on the
Island. and some work in the saw
Snills. So We went up and looked at the
cave.
The cave was all right. The Crave
yard Gang had fixed up the door and
made 1t look better. and the stove was
there. and they had made another
room to the cave, In behind. only It
wasn't all dug out yet. So me and
ewatty and Bony thought we would
finish digging the new room and then,
maybe. We would get Gatling gun
Or something and put 1t In the cave,
% We could hold the fort when school
; began again and the Graveyard Gang
tried to chase us out again. Swatty
eaid maybe his uncle would give him
= 0atling gun for his birthday II he
wrote e Dsrlingport and asked him;
. rood. and We went ahead and dug at
well, Il looked like We was going to
hays The best ysoatiSn ws ever nad,
whom everything looked % bully bom4s
thing was going to spoil 1t all. It was
too rood 70 bs right. PEatty's motAf
Have IA ~ Nc,nu sss.siW tc ret Il vrnrx
ths pasture So % hs- could deliver thS
milk around to the neighbore, and
that was too good t2 be right; And
h1 s s s. of as ssSpRssat psst .ssas s. 4 sSax
We ought to have knowed something
was going to happen.
Il was too nice. Most always. In
vacation. my mother made mo and my
ct noon. and II didn't do any good to
drop plates and break them. or whine,
or get bad headache all of suds
den; I had to wipe. There ought to
be . law 30 boys couldn't wipe dishes,
but there amt; so about all could
ever do was to wipe them as mean
as could and leave the butter be-
my sister didn't wash 1t all out.
Well. when this vacation came +
thought I'd have to start in wiping
the dog-gone dishes again; but I
didn't. Ny mother got hired girl and
sher name was Maggie. She was a big
didn't care any more for work than
ehucks. She could wash and wipe
dishes and enjoy 1t. 30 maybe she was
crazy: but what did ! care II she was2
She pitched In and even carried in her
own wood. and made a jar OF cookies
] ought to have knowed better. I ought
to have knowed that mothers don't get
hired girls that will carry in the wood
and everything unless they've got some-
thing mean they are going to do to q
The first thing that happened was
Bony. Me and Swatty had got 30 we
didn't hardly think Of Bony an q cry
baby any more. and all at once he was
different here. He used to come yell
noon Ss come 20 sor snea ana
ing, Hike dog you've told to go home
and thrown q stone at. He come up to
jus. mighty quiet and looking pretty
sick, and didn't say nothing.
Whats ,he matter, BonyT Swatty
Nothing. You tend your own busi-
ness, can't your he answered back.
= But It wasn't scrappy the way he
said II: Il was whiny.
So ! started. to say something. but
:Awi let him her' he said. .1f he
wants to be q whine-cat let him be
one. What do We care7''
SO We let him. He came along to
the cave with US and dug; but he
didn't seem to have no fun. Il wouldn't
have taken much to make him blub-
her. He acted ashamed, that's what!
Well, that was one day, and the next
morning he was Just as bad. We teased
him some that morning, but he took 1t
and never jawed back. Than he went
, down to the creek to get drink, and
me and Swatty talked about him. Bony's
father and mother fought a good deal
with their Jaws sometimes like when
We thought Bony's father was going
across the river to kill himself and we
went to keep him from 1t. and me and
6watty decided there must be a big
Night going on at Bony's house, because
that always makes fellow feel cheap
and mean. So we said we wouldn't
tease him about It, 30 Bony came bacn
And We dug while and went home to
dinner.
After dinner had to go for an errand
for my mother, and when I came back
ewatty and Bony hadn't come vet, but
Mamie Little was at our house wait
ing for my sister. She was on the
front terrace braiding the grass where
Il was long. Mamie Little was my girl,
20 / picked some grass and made a bali
of-tt and threw It at her and she said
to stop, and got some more and wa.
going to throw It at her, and / felt
pretty good, because she said. "Oh.
George! now don't!" but Just then nv
father came out Of the house. 40 I
nfnnnad had tho,,Ohf ~ h.a