Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21

last week over III lut nv"
we'll how to draw JEFF 5 stories.
LET me tell you first about these bar
nacles that clog the wheels of society by
poisoning the springs of rectltude Win
their upas-Hke eye" said Jen, with the
pure CLEAN of the muckraker in his own
GAS / said, three months ago got
into bad company. There are two times
in mans life when he does this-when
he's dead broke. and when he's rich.
"Now and then the most legitimate
business runs out of luck. 1t was out
in Arkansas l made the wrong turn at
a cross road, and drives into this town
of Peavine by mistake. 1t seems l had
already assaulted and disfigured Peavine
the spring of the year before. had
sold $500 worth of young fruit trees
there-plums, cherries, peaches and pears.
The Peaviners were keeping an eye on
the country road and hoping / mlght
pass that way again. drove down
Main street as far as the Crystal Palaee
drug store before / realized had COM
mitted ambush upon myself and my
white horse Bill.
"The Peaviners took me by surprise
and Bill by the bride and began a con
yersation that wasn't entirely disasso-
ciated with the subject of fruit trees
A committee of 'em ran some trace
chains through the armholes OF my
vest. and escorted me through their
gardens and orchards.
s'Their fruit trees hadn't lived up to
their labels. Most of 'em had turned
ont to he persimmonse and dogwoods,
with a grove or two of blackJacks an9
poplars. The only one that showed
any signs of bearing anything was 3
fine young cottonwood that hau pu5
forth a hornets nest and nan an oio
corset cover.
1.-THE Peaviuers protracted our f TUT
less stroll to the edge Of town. Ihey
took my watch and money on account
and they kept Bill and the wagon as
hostages. They said the first time one
of them dogwood trees put forth an
Amsden's June peach l might come
back and get my things. They then
took off the trace-chains and 1erked
their thumbs in the direction OF the
Rocky Mountains; and | struck LeWLs
and Clark lope for the swollen rivers
and impenetrable forests.
..Nhen I recained intellectualness
found myself walking into an unidehti'
/ fled town on the A, T. * ), +. ran
road The Peayiners hadn't left any.
thing in my pocket except pug OF
| chewlng-they wasn't after my Ile-ang
that saved it. l bit OFT chunA anI
! sits down on a pile of ties. by the trach
70 recogitate my sensations Of thought
and perspicaeity.
"And then along comes fast frelgh'
! which slows UP a little at the Low Il
| and off of it drops black ouhale ina.
rolls for twenty yards In a esouu - ~
| dnst and then gets up and Deglns I,
s1it soft coal and Intersections. SET
~ is a Young man broad across the race
| dressed more for Pullmans than frelghts
/ and with a cheerful kind of smile 10 sPittt
Of 1t all that made I Phoe9'e ono" '''
| look like a chimney-sWeep s.
"Fau off? says !. 90 ..,roa
o. nv destination. What town is this 2
Haven't looked it up on the mar
| vet saws l. 4 got in about 1--WE mlnuate'
/ before you did. How does II stIlke you ~ I.
lizard says he, twisting one OF ms
arms around. 4 believe that shoulder
/ no. it's all right H.. 90,
..tJa stoons over to brush the dust OF
/ his clothes. when out OF his POCKET urop'
/ a fine. nino-sach burglars steel Jimmy
! He hicks it GD and looks at me sharp
| and then grins and holds out his name
Brother. says he, greetings. Didn
/ 500 Won in southern Missouri last sum
] mer selling ,olored sand at han -o0iIal
a teaspoOnful to put into lamps 10 Aeei
the oil from exploding ~ -,
/ "'Ou.' saws |, never explodes. It's TN
Gas that forms that explodes But
! shakes hands with him, anyway
"Nv names Bill Bassett, says ne u
/ mo "and If You'll call II professional
I bride instead of conceit, Ill inform YOU
| that you have the pleasure OF meeting th'
I hest burglar that ever set gum shoe Oh
! ground drained by the Mississippi River.
- well. me and this Bill Bassett slt'
/ on the ties and exchanges brags a
artists in kindred lines will do. 1t seen'
] he didn't have a cent, either, ana We
went into close caucus. He explained
Nhv an able burglar sometimes had e
/ travel on freights by telling me that
servant girl had played him false In Lit
| liz Rock, and he was making a quiel
! getaway. 49,.
ITS part of my business" says Bill
| Bassett, 'to play up 10 the ruffles wher
/ I want to make a rifle as Raftes. III
| loves that makes the bit go round
| show me a house with the swag in Il
and pretty parlor maid and yot
might as well call the silver melted
| down and sold, and me spilling trutflei
and that Chateau stuff on the napkin
under my chin, while the police are call
ing it an inside Job just because the ole
! Iady's nephew teaches a Bible class.
first make an impression on the girl,
I SAWS Bill, and when she lets me inside
, I make an impression on the locks. Bu
this one in Little Rock done me- say
! he she saw me taking a trolley rid
1 with another girl, and when cam'
round on the night she was to leave tn
door open for me 1t was fast. And / haC
keys made for the doors upstairs. But
no, sir. She had sure cut off my locks
She was a DelIlah says Bill Bassett.
at seems that Bill tried to break II
anyhow with his Jimmy, but the gir
| emitted a succession Of bravura noise
like the top-riders Of a tally no, and Bill
had to take all the hurdles between
there and the depot. As he had no bag
| gage they tried hard to check his de