The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-07
The Empty House
Penrod Encounters All Kinds
of Hair Raising Experiences
.sp.S BY BOOTH HARRINGTON
Copyright, 1917, Wheeler syndieate Inel


Penrod Schofeid, in the saw
dust box of his fathers stable, was as
silently busy as 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
lantern, which raised the temperature
of the box to degree that would have
frightened stOker, but subtracted
nothing from the fever Of composition.
Penrod was writing.
He was writing CHAPTER TENTH
of his secret novel, Harold RAMO-
REF 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 1t 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 will have to be eXspOsed so Just
look here minute l 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-
atriy for and been 10 long years In a
dirty cell with nothing but bread and
water and little rice
Yes said our hero and I 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
pujered his soul before his Maker No
sir cried he 1t 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 soldier 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 | think you are
one Of the worst people I 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 shake
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 summoned
his detectives again and began reviln
them you are nice ones you are sneered
he leaving me here alone with those
two men 1t 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 / wonder where they
have gone
Il 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 catch ,
up with them because it Is dark out I
side and probly 1t Is going to rain too
so after talking some more they soon ,
went on out and started after our hero ,
and the old man ;
"Soon storm came up and Mr.. Will n
son and the detectives got close on the /
trail of the fugitivcs in the storm b. n
cause they could see them by the light =
Of the flashes of lightning first would r
come n flash of lightning and then !
would come some thunder. n
CHAPTER EvicLENTH h
''This kept up for long vile for 1t n
was terrible night and The lighting u
would scared anybody 1t kept lighting s
and laundering all the time and the old II
man could not run fast and Mr.. Wilson n
and the detectives would shoot at them o
by the light Of the lighting and the a
lighting would strike rocks that would
fall off the cliffs and almost hit them h
and the wind blowing trees down too II
and 1t got freezing cold and the old man II
got hit with one of the rocks and broke b
his leg so our hero had to carry him
on his back and more rocks began fall II
Ing because an earthquake had started h
now besides the lighting and thunder Il
and our hero could not find his way A
among the cliffs and then It started 81
raining too Il
"Bing bling went the ottomatick bull
lets bling bling bling bling bling bling bling N
bling bling Oh cried the old man am
wounded again and probly will die un- W
less we can find some place to get I'M a
Ter Bing Bing Blng bing Bing bling 50
Mr.. Wilson and the detectives kept on b.
hing bing bling bling bling bling bling bing al
ling Oh cried the old man because al
Mr. Wilson and the detectives got close h;
Up and the ottomatfck bullets hit the d,