The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06

%cmC on. old HCuut. . called Art
jennings TO his laggmg companion.
"iHres tho place"
I'm Dale hcsitntcd.
Il don't exactly like 20 gu Ia when
Il nays 80 TrcHpagSing' he re-
mnrkod
oh, that sign" laughed hrt
That's an old sign. ltH been there
for years ana nobody pays any at
tcntion 30 n. You see, the people
tina, own this land don't live here.
and N we don't take those chcstnutH
they'll rot on the ground why lN'
been csminE out here Tor three years
and gNtirg chcainuts of that trrr''
81 suppose the nuts would iutt be-
waited II we don't get them,' sald
Jim
qAnd waistcd. n We dol" laughed
Al. gitlv. climbing the horb-wirc
fr6tc "Soo7 They'll end IN waste
or waist I'd rather have them In
my waist Como on, old top''
Jim knew Art was good folloW
but very hcndstong and quick. con-
Bcqucntly he was always IN trouble
At least most always
"YOu know. you've gotten me into
more than one scrapc' he said, fol-
lowing his impetuouH friend.
In short time both boys we're on
the other side OF tho fence on their
way TO the large chestnut tree, which
stood In a thin fringe ~ trees skirt
ing one eide Of an old pasture whore
tho grass had grown up high, yellow
and sweet IN tho autumn sunshine.
There were ferns and wulicn taller
thhn the boys hosNis, ana tho brown
ghosta OF many wild Towering things
withcrod by the early frost, Outcrop'
ping rocks and holloUA tripped the
unwary feet OF the treHp1ssers.
"Gecl" remarked Jim, "Id hate
20 be chased over this ground
calm your fears, hoy said Art
"S0Sody's goinF to chase US"
The tree was all Art had said "
wna ChcHnuts were scarce and Ret-
ting scarcor every year, but thi'
tree was loaded Ilrown stleklins
burrs covered tho ground, most OF
than open and showing the gliHten'
ing treasures within. Tho boys put
down their sncks and fell TO work
gathering the harvest as fast as they
could. Somehow both felt uneasy
Art remarked
'rve been coming here for three
year and there better not anybody
stop met"
',s'pase they did" said lin.
DON'T worry replied Art He'd
maybe find he was tho one that was
being chased"
Th, words were hardly out OF his
mouth when they were both Htartlud
by roar coming from "a spoY Ynearby
pel What was thatH' Jim eX'
yi@ims1,
Thoy listened and shifted the air
Il know" eald Art. ITS n COW
I'm not quite AS eiufied as you and
know "a COW when | smell one
f&e followed the direction of th'
roat.. while Jim went on harvesting
ssShseas pretty near right" Art ahid
WITH he came back a few momenti
leWNr "ft wasn't q COW though. III
ItN a bull. Rut It's tied"
~ don't like IL here" Jim eaid
LETS hustle up and get out
s,fhe rope didn't look any TO,
touAh," Art replied II guess wee
better move. along as soon as We ge
our packs tull."
They worked furiously and sooi
agreed they had enough. Jim pioket
up his sack and struck Off over th'
field while Art was still knotting his
Hurry up. Arti" he called. ant
hurried himself, anxious TO get OF
the grounds.
when a shout halted him, He looke'
around and saw tall powcrfu
youth OF around fifteen stalking II
his direction, Jim was no coward
but he was a slight fellow an
younger than the newcomer by scN
erai years, besides thorc was some
thing menRclng about the way IN
lats%r came stridsaE toward hin
JiI1.R legs just naturally began I
hF,him swiftly tbwards the fenc,
ipf4sy'" shouted the ytranger. "Yo