Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-12-23
uApTER IV-cont.nued.

.s had my wonderful young
4, whom I grew daily more at
found myself feeling drawn
4 a., can imagine a young fa-
drawn to a young son! and
os | seemed TO see in his eyes
%gsstlon Of a confidence he was
4 edce Of making me-a whim-
|sOnderlng expression, as though
Ds whether he dare to tell me
IN f If. Jack" I asked him for
&beD. early in our acquaintance,
asked him what we were to
lm he had answered with a
81 a0b. call NE Jack-Jack Hark-
4 That is my name when l go
FEATURES. Tell me your adven-
|kmes. l don't want your prosaic
a7 names" well" l had re-
Eeatering into the lads humor,
kand here is Sir Francis Drake,
4 weIl-Tm Sir Henry Morgan"
b is it, Jack?" I repeated.
b shook his head.
he replied, Il like you ever
Inland l wish l could; but l
ebody else's secret agaln?" I
i" And he added: This time
ne, TOO. But-some day per-
<vhO knOws?-" He broke off
fSh confusion.
Efight, dear Jack" I said, pattlng
BOULDER take your own time.
[friends anyway"
b We are" responded the lad,
4 fine glow.
Frstn't be too hard on Char
\ Charlie had another object in
u besides duck. AS a certain
Nutally puts it, he had anticipat-
\ the hunting of man." In ad-
though it is against the law of
britannia Islands, he had prom
He q famingO or two for decora-
purposes. However, flamingoes
POias alike kept out of gunshot
4 the week grew toward its end,
i began to grow a little FESTIVE.
|loOSs," he murmured one eve
p We had completed our four
meal OF roast duck, and were
\ over our after-duck cigars, sit
= Il l am not going to have any
b this
Pad taken a paper from his pock-
was a warrant with which he
provided himself, empowering
\ arrest the said Henry P. To
\ Inc person passing under that
Vu TWO counts: First, that of Sc
PRACTICES with intent to spread
among his majesty's subjects.
| Fc0ld that Of willful murder on
b seas. "a
Fle put the warrant back into
FyAet and gazed disgustedly
lle creek, where the loveliest or
moons was rising behind a
y TIE homeless, barbarlc brush.
r. was never such a place in
Pnd'' he asserted, ito hide in
|lOsl Nor to starve in. l have
y that it would make the
'''''e prison In the world"
L. young moon rose and rose.
'I ID sat in the dusk of our
me medltatlve mountain.
. nothing the glowing end of his
t pSsas-oaally limiting at the cir
Fence Of his face.
n. get him. all the same" he said
'D y, coming out of a sort of
|, u WINCH as I understood Ia
/ T., Ilnl had been making a geo.
n, rn survey of our neighborhood,
w !. ana down every creek and
H. oa a radius of fifty miles,
n Sss sought our respective cots;
> 1' t,I scarcely begun to undress
,es1 ,oOllSl accident for which l
b r,po ,u,i happened, an acct
ia. IIsa' have had serious con-
4 fo anu which, as a matter of
: Ia'e-though not at the mo-
hung ny. everything a man should
b. s sun when he is finished with
eft t tps / had left two cartridges
rnl,v s'e Trigger On the hair-brink
cSn,, ana other epormltles for
!, pSa.S presently, and quite
1t NV S NE with profanity:
Is # ny s. Olg toe tr%ped over the
I nv ' oe, careIessly against the
the o raDln' ana, as It feu, | re-
Shoulder. - 'ne neshy part
,qt Of thoi brought the whole
-. 0ielF shanty, in a state of
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