Show 1 I t. t tri O t 1 4 t 1 r ii- ii 1 i Y r Of J H. H q 1 H. H L t o L J i f r r r 1 1 f t r B Y dr I 17 r I y la de 5 rF r t N z l a t fi i e R 4 4 t t ti w 7 r a S j fl J rI r W j S g J a j 4 At Jj 1 fi I r l f j ITs JT'S T S not on often n a safe af r blower r tug turns ns to the simpler e I et nod of theft f s considers s them ben beneath be- be beneath be be- n neath ath him but sometimes Dame Chance Chalice makes him r her filer messenger and amt nd SQ so Mickey y Shea c carried a turkey ey to the man mal who arrested him hint r. r T RE are re places as 8 you you know a along 9 g f t the e route fit of the T T. T fJ q and aid rj N. y r Texas California J and K New w Railroad Railroad- where the brass flecked brass flecked engine plunges into r stout stone banked mountains ins to scoot out ut i the other aide gide a minute or tire Aye minutes later ater There Thre pre are ot other f points en route where t the e trains skim past verd verdant nt valleys along Wf wee k brooklets ts singing t their IJ roulade to the sea and AndIn r In r to ta skirt dart t the e edge of heaving pulsating R cHi cities fJ But nut there is one Ape division point o one e etUe tUe twenty tY stop aver that perks its head bead v r along t the e way ar ane anti and you hare bare P perhaps r aps noticed the town to which h I I refer reier 1 There J ere is something d distinctly sophisticated atell r p about this little municipality i jn in mind some mind some something j. j thing t that marks t the e township reg regardless regardless pf of fK K t the Je twenty thousand souls who when asked W Where ere do po you come from 1 mee meekly y reply py Barnsdale y PJ i p number though one one though pot it taken advantage advantage ad ad- dJ d- d f J vantage e pf by t the e citizens o of Barnsdale le f do not wish Frish to be citified the initial 1 as assumption as- as in behalf o of Barnsdale's JJ 11 s r stratagem stratagem-Is stratagem 1 Is Editor of Barnsdale Barns Barns- Spur in t the e Barnsdale Barns Barns- dale daJe Optic Jonathan Spurgin JJ has Iles on occasion occasion oc oc- casion no doubt tp arouse delinquent subE subscribers subscribers sub sub- E scribers to a sense of ot t their duty written an obituary notice of the faulty one But from this b barbed thrust i this js indictment of Barnsdale's editorial sharp whose colleague tt is ill said sad to be a n pair pf 1 do iJo Rat pot misunderstand mis mia unde understand t n u mp and form an opinion that t Barnsdale le is a hoo hoodwinking wi ing hamlet hamlet it it i is 9 not Proof that it js is s cardinal cardinal ardinal sign pf Pt th the e town j honesty there honesty is Samuel r Perritt Jerritt boss hoss swapper ne plus ultra trade of or Cold Col d Harbor County I Iam am aware that hoss hos s as Sam calls the art has been cited cite d as a a questionable profession under certain circumstances tp tf say t the e least b but blit t after r forty years pars in iq t the e game aple the business p. p pf pt f r hoes hOBS is is' far Barnsdale Barnsdale Barns Barns- N purged so as ns dale is concerned concerned concerned-by by Sams Sam's confession Im ID Ii a tellin ya fa assured the t tjien thep ear curr e convert rt t a sure gure enough way a durn gur n sure way waT is way When a hos ia hoss-ia is s nin nine year ol of a wrinkle comes comes comes- Im I'm a a- tellin y I q n t the e romer p p critters critter's eyelid at the upper corner p o th lid And Andi as Im I'm a tellin ya that boss hoss is to git a well formed wrinkle each year after after- ward VII Sp lio Sam gain a would continue if If a aboss r boss hoss has three wrinkles wrinkles- wrinkles ya ya kin d rn well 1 r gamble the critters critter's a year twelve No Nobody knew or would tell if they di did dw d 7 know low how many maTlY ti times e during his big bi m mellow w moments that Sam waxed waded U H pl th the e matter p of pf hos Ios hoes wrinkles I sr THAT you rou may oy still stil be 4 dubious jou about the b e integrity the probity of Barnsdale t to o sa eay ar nothing of t the e towns town's ot other r virtues I II I ask lc yop you tp tO fancy j i in n the hour house use e of Joe Bailey one Bailey one of the the two night rounds night rounda men a model of law and c In the old days day reads QU Bailey Pailey J ney f Ii as 8 he be b rocks Slid f fro q reading fro from t the e Saturday th the newsy edition of the Optic in the days daYa it used to be dressing dancing dane ing Ini and drinking driling now th that t. t we have ave t prohibition pro pro- ro- ro Ji fi pays Editor Spurgin they've they've quit dressing pr and l d th they y dance a little more snore joe Joe t will you grab that child There Its It's its it's too late now added Mrs Bailey And it is too late the late the child now sprawls in the bread dough that was placed near the stove to lighten tI I I see here bere Minnie reads the after Her scraping t the he r yaw raw W br bread ad P off the baby Irl I I see ee that there are as ps many as af thirty Different rent kinds of ducks ducks- ducks i g lc would be e fine Erne dust just one of the 1 thirty varieties i if f it if only weighed five pounds or sir i maybe m remarked the wife accepting her ber husbands husband's information as a hint bint of the coming Thanksgiving fowl Duck would b be mighty fine Mm Min but Im I'm in on that lottery of Newtons Newton's and well we'll Lave have to make the best of another won bird r N haw hawl Newton you know only raffles turkeys l r replied the hUS husband fe sensing And sidetracking sidetrack sidetrack- i ing i the suggestion jn in i hi his wife's wife family free f ee- ee t masonry Joe was always s u about out two jumps ahead of pf J the gullible Mrs Bailey at Il times Where There f er was wag a day pr previous to his bis awakening awaken awaken- in jog ing when Joe Toe Bailey was always twp a jumps ps ahead of the sheriff OF h had d been e p the town drunkard and had JOE made a spectacle of himself upon both mai male mala streets of Barnsdale more times than Samuel Ferritt Perritt h had bad p ev ever r his hill wrinkle doctrine Joe Jpe reformed but but qt at what an appalling cost I IA A A. circus paused pa to play Barnsdale Jimmy Y Bailey the t first born born the child chUd who had t q highest number of whip- whip whippings i pings to his credit was seven years pears old olet at nt atthe the time JI He Ile responded to t q fanfare of the the great g real d day ay be he heard and answered the th of the balloon hucksters and Y painted clown band as the mime musicians ns waved v their hands bands to the crowd crowd away away up in th the s l pith floor door of the Cold lint hot Trust and nd Savings Saving Bank jr AR fI the tha parade passed by 1 Jimm Jimmy n il watched batched it it Seeing his father un ITI the curbing at the oU other er side of the tile street the lad Jad tried to cross crOS Too busy handling hi hie hia si six sir broad d. backed Ivor work fork k horses that pulled the heavy H Hippo i DD o wagon the driver failed to note that t I T. T I r U S l r i 4 lg y t AL sr J L. L A 1 rJ f t Rl f f fI Ar j I I U J l t iii i uy o C. C l I J i CJ t. t f i z n ci r. r lyel 7 J. J I 1 r ti i c. c r t n f t fl-t A r f i oil r t if i. i 7 SJ l 0 a ft little b boy y r ran n headlong into the firm front wb wheels pf of the wagon T Q e who s sa w y what happened either screamed or fainted o oT or r blanched in their tracks racks The fhe clown hen band just fast ahead of the Hippo wagon walton J played J jiB Its ts tune tun tune tune- Ji Jimmy Bailey J lay y in jn th tics the wake of or the heavy para parade c wagon Joe h. h hadn't nt drunk so much but that he lie heard rd the te Turning he lle saw paw his 1119 hi 1 Jn u a 11 moment he was at nt the boys boy's I side N w where eJe he be heard Beard the childs child's JEI last words wards ls Dont whip me Daddy pleaded pleaded tb boy boy- Ill ru U never do it again He lie Didn't t 40 lo o it jt again li The angel which the tUp Baileys rl had bad borrowed from God Cod and named Y slumped into the trembling arms of his hia father and before the clown band baud cease ceased its windy fox for trot Jimmy Bails Bailey arrived ar rived at the heavenly playgrounds But that was a few lew years back Since that time Joe Bailey had bad plunged headforemost into the tile of Creek coming coping to the surface with Lottie Lotti Butchers Butcher's unconscious form thereby cheating the i wrapped ire waters of n a life liCe Then there ther e was the rescue pf of the mayors mayor's daughter El Ella EUa la saving her I r from the smoke choked building the barn that served as a playground play play- ground gr for the ex executives executive's uth-e's uth brood was what placed Joe Pl- Pl l the e police force Subsequently Joe Bailey has bas reserved four lour scats seats down in the front and on the center aisle jn n the tie Methodist Church An And there isn't sn aj at the tle present precept prel time tille a better husband a more deeply loved and thoroughly respected citizen than this same manAr man Ar AT T prevent re ept fa making L I ready fox foe Thanksgiving Th The night se season son of the year has hast t tie rounds tb d-tb time when her ber fruits having peen been b n gathered 4 up Im file UH earth folds up and aud lays ays aside her green garments to re rest t for lor tJI the winter vinter At t thi this im when ripeness passes quickly b lp tp d decay decay cIlY n Ina-n snatches eagerly to secure for himself sp so much as he can of natures nature's gifts hickey gifts Mickey Shea was that way snatching snatch lu ing g what he be e could for lor himself but he didn't do o it if in to an n manner Nor did he r reach l forth for what the sober earth ret r ID Cd C what had been lent leb er i during the luring tl the e planting Mickey is h a burg burglar oo f-oo- L For a burglar there is no better time t tl tp proceed with the business of burgling than Thanksgiving have relaxed ed at t that at time is t the b belief And it was as close to this auspicious season ason wll when p M Mickey ickey arrived at Barnsdale f The e potential 11 metropolis was not listed the stops stops accident accident s ent sent t tl ills robberto robber to Barnsdale rather we the might f JY an as un- un expected t d turn in the jo job that the man mad Wl anti and hJ hip confederates had in iu mind for another J. J commonwealth Accident was the town temp marshal at the pu pushing ing pIa place that is js north of pf fh The story of ot the attempted hank bask rOb robbery err i r 4 y tT t 1 7 r l r t r f C Jf SL- SL 1 t r 4 a j i t tr r r ff f 3 j rj it 01 r f i 1 rl ti r. r tl dr 1 S S l A a r e Fy Y I l k 0 1 t r. r sr a r r d r f t t pJ J 7 M t J i i L ter fir ar r. r 1 h hi r I t f i r has beep been n smeared across the press of the tha State from Moose r ose Jaw to anti and h O the w well laid plans were frustrated the effort was one of the most daring acts that took place in Co Cold hI Harbor County There was wu tin an exchange e of shots after after which h hf Mickey went one way tSay his bIll another and finally t the e cross country il q brought Mickey dickey ey up till alongside of the T. T TT C. C J. J and N. N Y J tracks There followed a g f travel roc rocking travel and frequent nt t I stops sleep punctuated with the bleating ble P pf It calves uni and the shouting of ot brakemen rn The following morn morp found Mickey Ucley sidetracked 4 af lit Barnsdale He ire yawned ya and lInd his joint joints t drew his attention It was pot not the or ordinary soreness usually expected and ac accompany accompanying ing a 11 trip of ot forty piles miles il in a boxcar Olcar t the e stiffness in this in tI had bad a Ii deepe deeper E Humm mumbled Mickey cautiously cautious y pro probing lily left knee with a diagnostic index 1 finger p er Guess the of ol 01 inflammatory rheu rheu- hn has f set get et in in-in in in all its uric glory For a wee week he be had to tough it out I a as his pals said slId as liS one by one a n stray hobo hobt dropped il in J to congratulate l Mickey y on th the e fact lct that the empty car must have been over over- looked in the up check-up thereby y leaving it i ithe in inthe inthe the switch for foJ th the burglars burglar temporary home hike Mickey these wandering pals whom to the burglar had hill perhaps met net at other places Were all nU bred of the brotherhood of the trail They were men who had stepped off th the e beaten track of convention i robust fellows fellow S who told in voices invoices voices loud their yarns of ot adventure tale ture Jw irk t J 6 i ii s i i 1 I II I t a aN i N Ii i r r i r rIi q It p st i r Y t r N Nt t e y l irk 1 1 b 1 a 1 fr r w. w fJ j. j r A r 4 Ran into the arms of Policeman Joe Bailey on on his is way homo home Shot in yea yea right right through the right ear On an unknown date bordering 01 on oft Thanksgiving Day DllY Mickey dickey Shea limped 1 painfully into the Uie ba backyard of the Bailey home Ife Ift vas dispatched there thele by t the e all- all powerful master hunger Just Joist step inside said Mrs Bailey apt and Ill I'll warm something up for you y you u. u The r e man Jt hesitated it being the first r t house haute woman he liaG hod hit but he lie I noted J t tie the e woman's womans hands hangs and nil all was well wen They were not th tile the soft sott smooth hands bands of ot womanly hierarchy they were werl worn nearly gnarled ed maybe with rheumatism too thought ht Mickey ye yet let t there was vas a gentleness lt about t them a l certain tNt that hands bands have Ve VeI I a way war of express express' big ingi Mickey dickey understood and alq saw iW i W and knew pew that t nil all was AVOS well Smatter SmitHer with his hia I ear mammal nl in II aa asked asket el i the three year three old ruler JUler of the Bailey hospice i f calling her mothers mother's attention t tp the ragged remains of oC the 1 burglars burglar's right p e shot ear r- r sho o off ff when wIlen he was but 4 II tyro hou house e- e J r. r tt hl g IlU was perhaps shot shot- in n Prall France charitably reassured Mrs lire Bailey nailer the mans man's embarrassment embar embar- J of ot the childs child's frankness Yes I that's right lady gj Bald f Jd t the e caller caHer following the lie kindly II I y veils plugged shot plugged plugged- shot in 1 France shot slot shot in Shatto o Yea Yea- right ea through the right far it ft knocked oft ft my lilY helmet awl and killed ft Il hors horpe a A hundred yards off You Yon poor may maw comforted Mrs rr Bailey l ever f alert to console ole an eq ex soldier From Irom m your lameness I I take it that Ol you left JeH par part t of your foot or limb over there too added the woman au with an eJ eye for Mickey Mickey's ys y's s uneasiness s ess Being hungry end anti wanted badly by r th the e State authorities th the VI visitor turned the eon con on- on to safer slifer An and more filling tilling ways wars o No hg replied this limp mua li lithe be Le the tie gout out I 1 gUess Had 1151 the flail known know that he hI was rae sitting g At the tho head of head 1 of the table of pf the towns town's foremost foremost fore fore- Jno most t or Qt one ope Joe Toe who wh o doled Iii his hla daily dole of ill in capacity th the t thin thought gh lit slope alone would have satisfied Mickey Mamma Mamma famma if he eats ts the fried tater later nt n t tea a what are w we going to cat eat asked the tha th e little girl pouting into the shelter of he her ber r wooers mothers apron while the span roan saw and 1 thought thought- be he understood the exchange o of t blushes and 1 Somehow l Ii Mickey k y g got t the idea that Mrs Irol Bailey Railey was a and il in straitened circumstances But Dut as IlS you know such was wall s not the case epse e. e In nl the same way ay th the e lit little lie girl learned learnell that there thereas was as to be an evident nt shortage of food No o doubt he her r mothers mother's voiced voie conjecture caused this I th the e words worda she Jet let |