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BOBBIE'S ADVENTURE
proper Gander)

a worried look on his face and was
saying to Bobbie's mother, Il am
missing more logs from the wood
lot next to the mill. l have some very
valuable trees, and I am afraid that
if nothing is done to stop these men,
all of the trees will disappear"
Bobbie's mother tried to think of
some way in which she could help
her husband and finally asked, "could-
r't you send one of your men to the
lot and let him watch until the thieves
Gomez"
I had thought of that but all Of the
men are needed at the saw-mill. l
don't seen any way of catching the
rascals at present.
Bobbie thought to himself as he
finished his breakfast. "Oh! what an
adventure it would be for me, If l
could fall upon the men while they
are at their work, and make them my
captives, like the heroes in all my
storybooks. How the boys at school
will envy me! How everybody will
say of me, as I pass by, there is the
brave boy who captured the thieves
in his fathers wood-lot."
AS he walked along the path from
the mill, through the forest, Bobbie
was still thinking of what his father
had said that morning. Suddenly he
stopped. There, only about fifty
yards away, were two men, busily
loading a wagon with some Of his
fathers finest logs. All Of his manly
visions flew away and his first
thought was to run. But after re-
garding them in silence for few
minutes, an idea came into his busy
little brain, and it was all he could
do to keep from shouting.
Going'up to the men, he said, quite
boisterously, "Hello there! what are
you fellows taking those bum logs
for, why, if you would keep your
eyes open you could see that there
are plenty of trees around here that
would make those logs look like
scrubs"
AS the men looked up, Bobbie's
heart sank. He had expected to see
harsh, coarse looking men, but not
such yillianous brutes as these. His
knees shook, but he managed to keep
his bold appearance.
One of the men said, "who are you
and what trap do you think you are
going to lead US into?"
Bobbie replied, as boisterously as
before and his conscience did not
give him thought, "Oh, I hired out
to the boss of this wood lot, but he
got too rough and gave me too much
work to do, so I've quit. I'm going to
join some gang like yours and help
clean up this lot for the boss, just to
get even with him."
The men were fully convinced
when Bobbie had finished, that he
was telling the truth and would not
get them into any trouble.
One of them said, "Well, since you
are going to join a gang, it mighgt
as we'll be ours as anybody elese's and
you can take US to those trees now
I guess" .
Bobbie was breathless with excite.
ment as he started out in the head OF
the men. He went straight for the
heart Of the woods, but led them
round so that after while they were
going in an entirely new direction
The men grumbled at the distance to
the trees and threatened to go back
to the ones they had left, but Bobbie
told them that they were almost there
Just then they came into clearing
and the two thieves found themselve:
surrounded by the workmen of the
camp.
Bobbie walked up to his father and
said proudly, "Father, here are the
thieves; I have captured them fol
you"
Sarah Leslie, TX.