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Or, HOW SAM PARKER MADE GOOD. By ORLANDO R. MORA. -— ° . Tn onirets Beoreh WHE a
i. forming Sam Parker of Bennie's intention | ge LOVERS AND OTHERS
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DO YOU KNOW: BILL “BRAND? pecting to find Sam Parker there toto meet | Kind te put it past Bill to egg Bennie on |.’ the Weto Graph by one Ades
i “Do you mean to tell me, Bennie,” Lem | him on the way, if he can. He's mean-enough to do a thing | | FENN PUBLISHING CO., PARNASSUS,Pa,
upprobation “Hello, there, kid!
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| had ever. seen this befor
" to lick me | tempted to pass him without returning his
ag'in, Lem. I'm a-goin’ an’ you nor no one
can't can me.”
“I can tell your pa and he can stop ye, I
1 Lem.
“But ye wouldn't do that, would ye, Lem? STi Brand lives up the. river a_ pie
T hain’ atways » liked hing ‘you've | answered Lem, Sey ee He ain't
said an’ done, but I never have found ye a| ‘any friend‘o’ mine an’'T) think you could
do better, Good day,
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A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
“You don’t. seem to like my old friend,”
said the. stranger, eyéing the. boy closely.
“Maybe he's Walloped you somie time. I'v
known him to wallop boys In the past—that | 6 ‘ 3 a
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4 yself, but I've. we ye many | never licked me. - I Hekea hiny and rushe:
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you. "re cut out for s : ‘You did? ‘You? - : . 3
+ Bble tite than circusin’, or ye ain't cut out I did—I." - : i 4 LUGHY. -
for anything. Now, Bennie, I'm a-goin’.to | "¢Fow’s’that?” te ’
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ye tell him that?” Ske ea Bennie, with a] alyzed, has he?” aske:
! queer look in bis weak f agreeably into Lem'’s face ani ching his
. can gu shoulder with a long, dirty forefinger.
“He'lk take. ‘me out 2, the barn an’ wear “Bill’s in prime health. .In fact, he often
a tug out on my rags about his fightin’ ability, t no more
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“Not so bad as that. He's too careful of | to:me,” replied Lem, jerking away from the
the tugs. He might waste a hoop-pole on } man’s hand. ‘
ye; though, Bennie, an’ the good he'd do ye agihen you must be a good one with your
inlebt be worth tt. ukes for a kid, or else, my ”
comonomer
-o you really think so? . Well, he ain't oF else what asked Lem, me
“Or ust: “be an. able liar for a
Say, Lem Shelton, if ye ane on pes rn
-waylay ye some time with a ng o’ circus “Do'y you call t me that?” Lem asked, squar- sk
toughs an’ see ye beat up wean wigs | ine ot and hitching up his pantaloons. “I AGH
gie yer ear to say nothin’ of a tattlin’ want to know
tongue.” BNoo-o; not exactly. Be easy. What's HOW.MANY FIGURES I “he
"I'm goin’ te do what I think is right,” Brand doin’?" ye
| em, earnestly, “and I ain't goin’ to be | “Workin” ‘round, @ Saw-mill.” >, "
worried at all about you an’ yer rst | “A sawyer, {
place, Bennie, ye've got “Ni (Sawyer is a’skitied workriain, He :
‘The kind o’ fellers yer a talkin’ jist slings lumber an’ roils saw-logs and thi |
goin’ to take kindly, to you. like. ‘hi e" good for ’ceptin’ a i
* leave ye dead somewhere in the woods be-| little trick at pilotin’ board . rafts some- i
fore ye'd traveled with ’em « th." mes. lt
w I ain't no “And I suppose you're a superior: being— in
. sald Bennie, thoughtful maybe the boss of alt the great men in these tl
‘ First of all, Lam no coward—but, eered ‘the man. at are ye,
are at the grounds, an’ tl Ray way, that you put Bill Brand down Ha.
is up, they're plowin’ cause he’s a
the top o' the big tent. They ain’ “i'm a shingle packer now.”
, an’ we can see ’e! “A shingle packer?” .
e ain't exactly a hero, elther, Ben-| “That's it.”
ni m, musingly. “Yes; they're] “I expected you to say you was some-
plowhn’ a the sod for the ting, but it don’t | thing away ahead of that. Why, a shingle |
os ng different to ha any other packer don’t loo om up high, you know
win’ What is thar 8 ie interestin’ about “Well, Eve invent ed a way to eek ‘and
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. estin’? Tnterestin’? What is thar 5
interestin’ about it? Lem, hear tha ‘You may end o
inan ‘cuss! “f'imeah. that Yredcheaded man
that’s drivin" the “horses. h
1, I hear ’im.”
“Well, ye’ve heard the, feller cuss that opie
runs the stump machine |
wan the feller that runs the pile-driver?” "
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“Ane Uncle George Van Gordon when , :
feedin’ the thrashinemachine an the thistles x
t in his mouth?” t
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“An’ ye've heard Bob Languist cuss Face,” the boy added, laughing at the me F
when he was shovin’ oxen an’ they swiped of that even r
Zim in the eyes with thelr tatls?" "Scould ye prove it?” asked the stranger, t
exasperating a
: “And, You've heard the old man—I mean correctness. a
a ae no, by 4
7 su ot men and boys.” Fill Out This Subscript Biank. il
el gan any, of "em swear equal to this wei one’ll do.” . HERE ARE The HE PRIZES: WOMAN'S WORLD, Bae ~ tee and Count i:
m . “An’ I'm the one—cuss ’im!”” contest must toe Bl fa th whe bia be ° Beene 4 ailding, Chicago: ies
” ‘Humpni “eruntea Lem: : hin athe words were. spoken in a loud, harsh low end grate of{ Enclosed find §) CUnty fOr Powe Fear’s fotuerpton to |
“T never heard no man swear in’ anything | voice which dem recognized as tl figures in the eq) 0 2 io
as good as this one—lis‘en 10 "Im now—ex- Fanquished en hat of his I Prize pr correct Fox's Wont, which entilee nets four eounte 1 ORT BRS. ye §
cept Bob 1 he man timat helped about |~ “Bill Brand!” exclaimea the stranger. #200 | Lacky "7" Parzle contest. I register my O00 20 ats is 4
the eeerolline tase winter!” went on Ben- “Yes, Sim: glad to see ye.” The two shook * 100 | the blank below, a i es
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nie, en tastay astically. at's this “orner; Kit tellin’ ‘ at
“Bu ib Lake ‘Gian't ‘earn with a cir- | about gc the pest o me fer? ye 1 Brlenent neared $0 Name.....06
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Yes
for Beunte's |~ “Ticked ou and fir - Co ct 991 . :
hat’s the place to educate yourself | race of the mill?” et you Into the tail 0 ts. cog
y boy, “Yes; he ia . aa Teas Fyitet amountin,
/ ond swearer, | - “Shake, boy! You're a. good “un.” “ “ren
: ban ‘ponet-1 don as|_ The stranger held his hand out’ toward
your old man. Better stay at homes ‘Hennie,| Lenn, but the. bos ignored it_and dodged id thoeaue connt ain
avé the real thing. Ye don't’ have to| past him, erying: Toa preethet (ho wmecat
travel with no cireuses to git that when ‘it| “kes, Tm Roint to shake ye both, It yer | of the prizo is divided equally. NoTE.—Simply write in your count in figares
a trend 0° ‘Brand's ye aliet no friend 0° |” i I
. | Bow-legged “Pete, the | mine, T guess, Leastwaya, 1 won't tne rey Address WOMAN'S WORLD, Boyce Bldg., Chicago. that
> Scout said in the mie novel, ‘I'm | chances on you that. wa: So Tong, gents.” | ~ - : x - " 2 \
n way, an’ it's the same| Bennie Ps } onthe mid “ike
the elreus Id a-goin’, sure dle of the etrect is ent one catching. Lem, ,
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f I can git to yer father hefore ye and, if i Lem, ,
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