| Show div w THE ORCHARD TW THE TRUE STORY OF A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE one of tho the real life which touched a youths life and made him a better boy st Ilu huberts berCs lodge croydon has haa a line orchard chaid or and the schoolboys who dally passed its walls looked longingly nt the red checked cheeked apples so near and yet so BO far nestling among the glossy leaves leavea behind the tha 01 orchard chard wall to none was thes sight more tantalizing than to willie roberts who hever beyer passed that way without stopping slopping and devouring with his eyes the he ripe rilie tosy rosy fruit until lite hla deslie desire for it became al most a passion one evening ho he slipped away from home and with four or ivo five confederates made hla his way cautiously to the orchard each boy bay with a dark and deep design tn lit hla his brain the road was deserted and at a signal front from their leader they after one or two attempts climbed the wall and dropped down on to the long grass brass of tho orchard inside inaldo here they varied parted c climbing a separate tree willies looked very dark and shadowy as ho be stood beneath it willi beating heart but lie he could see the of dark lumps among the ha leaves which he know were rosy checked cheeked op plea lit in the hie daytime and pulling himself up by the branches wits soon busy tearing tin air tho the apples and thrusting them into the big pocket lining the whole jacket a aun cunning ning re cent aclo possessed by each of tho boys lie ha was waa an expert climber and pushed hla his way up tip higher and higher in the tree hearing all round ailin tho the thuds of the ripest apples dropping on the ground is as the trees were shaken li by tho the movements of the boys all of at a sudden a bright light from a lantern blantern shone abone into the orchard Tiler ewas was a desperate de sperato sound bound of sent fling and scrambling as ha little thieves dropped front from the branches arid took to their heels over the wall again and were soon scuttling home hoine as aa faal faa us as they could all but willie roberti no borts who alarmed like the rest had thrust his toot foot down in the darkness lo 10 obe be gin a hurried descent dese crit but could find no branch beneath to support him bim encumbered by his big booty paralyzed with fear lie he hung on whery lie wail waft until the person who carried tho the lantern one of tho the maids from dom the house thinking she had got rid ot of all the orchard pilferers pilfer ers returned to the houby and locked up tor for the night at ten willie bad riot not returned homo home and his fattier father be comins alarmed reported hla his loss to tho the police anti and the district wits search cri but it was not till two in the morning that through a hint blut let all by one ona I 1 A encumbered by hl 18 booty paralyzed by fear tie he hung on an where he was wa of ills hla confederates the be orchard was visited and there on the top of the iha largest apple treo tree tho the lanterns lanterna were corned on willie roberts Ilo still clinging t to hla his perilous position with riots nore than stolen apples in his big jacket lining ladders lad dera were procured ii abid lie ho wits lifted down and next day at lie police cout court lie ho wept bitterly and clung to tile hla fathers neck |
