Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-02
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Bio. Hearted Ashmdn
BY DADDY I
CHAPTER I
lilo Coes A. Sparkling

rooy nnd BILLY we're watching the
I A.bmsn carrying ashes out of the
,..,n,ont Of Pesgy's home and dumping
%, into his wagon. IT seemed hard
'. sus dnsty work and they felt sorry for
-. Asbmon. lie seemed very tired
W. "ron helm youf" offered Billy.
"No thank you answered the Ash
-. nolteIy. at is kind of you to
.Ss, but you would get your nice
.,o,bos all dirty if you tried to help
me- u., ,,u pouov
.unud YOU like drink Yes. the
,,suon said, he would ike q drink.
c. Pcgsy and Billy went into the mouse
So ga made the Ashman a nice. cool drink
~ Iiomonode. When they came out they
%rrd three bad boys standing IN the
.yLr .susr ;eering the Ashman. Ihe three
S ..ro lat Tommy Grim. thin Bemnie
rssn and cross Hiram Hatch. Ihey
vsre singing rude song: 49,,
u,.bmap. ashman. work in the dirt.
Isbmon, ashman, get clean shirt
poagr and Billy were vexcd to think
- Soys should be 80 mean as to Jeer
~! .;sod AshnAn that way. They gave
tne tasbman the cool drink Of lemonade,
a.. .rd as he drank it they turned on the
bad boys. :. ,,L.d for
>.,,. az N tempered, scolded Peggy.
k mkss and I'm going to spank you,'
-,.i pi,,y taking off his leather belt.
"ei 1tIo HoI Ho!" laughed the three
Nd boys. and then they repeated their
rude song A.. a,-.,
"Ashman ashman. work in the dirt
Asbman. Ashman, get a clean shirt y
Peggy turned 10 the Ashman, who was
s,;rtina his lemonade. Don't, you
NM % %|hat those bad boys say" she
s,Iu unoss comfortingly. Billy win give
asm a spanking for singing that song.
Rilly. whirling his leather belt over
bIs head. started after the three PAD
Soys 10 give them thrashing., But
a, three bad boys just lodged him
and jeered him. Then they, GRABBED
sne end Of the belt and started to drag
Billy down the alley. That wasn't hard
10 do, for all OF them were larger
than Billy. and they were three against
one.
"Ho, 10. We will spank Billy"
ther shouted. But at that moment they
beard roar. and turned TO see the
Ashnan rushing upon them.
That scared the three bad boys. They
began 70 run as fast as they could. They
dashed across the alley and climbed
the fence. They were about to throw
themselves over on the opposite side
when something queer happened each
one Of the three bad boys caught on
There they hung halfway over the
knce. sprawlcd out and held fast.
"EIi. you. told you would spank
You" yelled Billy. running up with
his leather belt. Whack. hr brought
The belt down on fat Tommy Grim.
'Oy 90 - howlcd Fat Tommy, grab
bing tho place where the spanking belt
had stung him.
WhacI. Billy hit thin Benuie Bean.
"Yow.oo.," howled thin Bcnnie.
whack' The belt bit cross Hiram
Hatch. WOW 90 80 howled cross
Hiram.
Whack. whack! whack. Billy gave
The boys tho spanking they deserved. !
"That is enough said the Ashmau.
who was sorry for the bad boys. even
though they had been near to him. Then
be helped thcm down Of the fence and
laughed rs they went yowling and limp
Ing down the street holding the places
where Billy had spanked them.
81 thank YOU for the lemonade. and
! thank YOU for defending me against
the three bad boys" said the Ashman.
smiling NJ Peggy and Billy. And. as
a reward for your good deeds to a poor
Ashmar viii invite you TO my party"
Peggy and Billy were surprised at
that, but they had more surprises COM
Ing, as you will find In tomorrow's S
story,