Show 71 f his dinner for Christ christmas mEls day BP B F ii SWEET MET girl discovered chickory chic kork acrobatic tramp 9 S squawked ta 1 swift slid it a n n i W purloining poultry hand to fo for a yuletide Yule tido nock and and feast stifled it it this 1 I mado made tho alf tl and intruder Impe impaled and d wn at into the W J M I 1 dug with CL N on window naili ill ful fm lunge I 1 was but was saved angry at the alio by mew jew friend fiend clumsy work A squawk was a 1 dead giveaway give away of new lingers fingers and mine were old 0 of f course it was ft as a dog barking antho in alio house path and my turning at tile instant of clutching chin but that was ns no excuse for a regular I 1 was getting so cocksure of myself as to be carel careless 1 my mk hand shot out again and another chicken went into the bag that milde six tho the number I 1 boasted I 1 would bring and a one feast for oven even ten hungry hoboka hoboes in a woods cambour cam pour dinner but I 1 always liked to do a little moro than I 1 promised I 1 would tako take t an extra one for good measure n alco fat one ona bly eyes peered along tile tho la 14 i dimly outlined forms on tho the boosts roosts and I 1 hello said a voice at thedoor the door I 1 gasped audibly sharp pars ears were another thing I 1 prided myself on and ahls person had appeared at tho the door as noiselessly as I 1 could havo have myself the two breaks rattled me high up at ono one end was a little square window the enah out to adroit air my eyes were as quick and accurate as my fi fingers and my body had once belonged to an acrobat boy la in a circus almost with tile word from tho the doorway my knees bent and straightened into a swift spring my arms in front and my palms toger like a person diving then tho the humor of it struck roe me nd I 1 chuckled winder VInder holo hole want quick enough in gr crabbin grabb abbin ln so BO missed my neck leavire me 0 to o squawk sames I 1 did number five chicken guess all coman to me say raising my ay voice you man who spoke come coma an got get mo vvo ive caught an ate am holdan myself dont esposo theres any reward colln to pe me christmas you know it 1 was still fairly light outside and ray my head suspended five br or six feet from the ground A cautious stop etc came round tho the corner a aint scared of me trussed up like 4 11 this atre ore you I 1 jeered an still it if it t want for that nail grInd grindlay laI into mo me when I 1 so much as wink an roy my byln w turned wrong side round I 1 could use my fists like anything im good with flats fists better got get your gun an shoot while shoo shootings tins good an great snakes esi I 1 as the figure came within of iny roy screwed round face a girt girl ate tin pretty as a picture IT T wont you that spoke yes it was but I 1 spoke deeps I 1 could ta t sound like ilka a mau Til levin 41 40 lb another chicken went into the bag hoboes hobles nent goodgo meet when they got their ns on lem eia but I 1 sure didget did set you going her tir tinkling diling laugh sounded pleasant oven even in my luy unappreciative post alon tl on of course I 1 came round the cor ner slow blow not being sure sura you meant to stay and say I 1 never did aid have it ft real adventure before with roe me as heroine its just like a book an you d doa 0 11 look ook so funny 1 im in enjoy ln myself som L an I 1 feel funny Just cis as funnye can be an of course I 1 be polite you bluffed me to thin klie you a man why I 1 started my high dive ou u achl ch I 1 winder pinches does it laughed tile the girl carpenter who made it dian didn t know his business knowel lt it too well I 1 groaned between breaths specialty specially whon when lie ho daiv thom nails inas I 1 was twisting round to seo see yil better an ouch I 1 W h them nails are cuttin me right in iwo wo rust fust ire know I ill 11 do bo dropka hilf halt inside an halt half out the girl uttered a low cry ci of corn com miser Atlon 1 I I 1 know she apo apologized contritely 1 I w have I 1 laughed au glied I 1 thought talis just bela squeezed too tight could I 1 pull not on your tour life I 1 cried hastily it would only help the nails not nie me maybe if one sido side of the tram frame 0 ioula could be pried off mahln the ril winder rider bigger I 1 felt it wiggle like loose avlen I 1 stuck ln in 1 but youre an awful hobo tramp who steals an all hesitated tile the girl daybed May bed better walt wait till the master coined comes backa bre breakly break a kin ln up your p pestiferous es tife ti yap dut but hed slap you right fi kjall with the other s 11 deyp wey P I 1 chow choker in i a stait startled led t v r J f i v the camp what about the camar camp yes youve been watched A man was as bild lild all day in tho the top of a pine near ear the edge of tho the swamp watch ln lre your camias an golna goins folks got tired 0 liens hens W on watchdogs watch dogs alz ened nn an such like tho master an aa bout a dozen men with the constable are arc cle cleanon cleanie clea anin aern cm up right now ue ile told me ino to stay round the poultry house on an watch though it t want I 1 likely I 1 anybody would come so early an was you there all tho the tamo almol I 1 asked in a depressed voice right Illg ht in tho the corner comer in the shadow I 1 was sort 0 seared scared when you slipped in art an besides I 1 want sure so I 1 waited but bo be an hour or so fore the master gets back an souil keep on burttie that dont matter none now I 1 said hopelessly Not Noth bIn ln matters its alie pen for me when caught all them hobles hoboes are coln to wit split on mo me to try to save themselves b been u M simp with me I 1 see it n now OW I 1 bragged I 1 was smart so they shoved mo me to the front an kept kattire an tellin mo me what a kingbird I 1 was I 1 I 1 dono done most oi of the steal ste alln lre I 1 killed the lio two watchdogs watch dogs just leave mo li lian angin gln hero to got get sort of used to comin 11 the girl hesitated hesitate ll moving closer dont talk as if f you was all hild bud sho she considered an I 1 like your voice let we me see your faco face plainer but my face was toward tho the wall my body limp elmp and dejected she placed a hand on my head and turned my faco face toward her ugly lookin aint jt it I 1 jeered better got get a ropo rope nn an tie tic roy my hands PF but you an me hie know better im great with my fists bobial you know an youre close enough fur for me ino to maul you right now but sho she pill no attention site sho studied my face a few moments then patted palled my csek softly why yd yo ki to ro not tilte but a boy she said pityingly no noth ln but justa just a boy I 1 im past twenty one indignantly plenty old enough to know what im colre tin nn to take my medicine just a boy she repented repeated now you wait walt 0 minute I 1 wont bo be gono gona long sho she hurried away soon returning with a n tall stepladder step ladder which sho placed against the wall mounting to tile the second step sho she put her arms under my shoulders well lay your head are an shoulders on this stepladder step ladder so be level an easy site she said cheerfully then ill pry ry oft off a side piece like you said ive noticed its loose in ten minutes sh she e had me free standing on the ground beside her but I 1 felt no animation twant worth the trouble I 1 grinned though im just as much obliged but ive ie got old tramp clo clothes on an with tho the country roused spot me ton ten miles oft off an run me in then the gong bang will throw arow all the stuff stud on me tin nna make it good W an strong no 1 ill 11 just stay here till the men como back I 1 see BOO now I 1 want cut out for a hobo anyhow an ive been sus pi clonin it for some time vail im too grass green for one tiling thing an oare o are an too cheap tor for another sly my real work la Is dinglie in dirt like I 1 started out an it it been for nn an uncle who put two mens work on me an pos morite tny ray life out while its his own boys were coln to school id bo be at it now fact ts is I 1 hilret much nor roc me returned the girl sympathetically thet leally im only second girl in the kitchen an they keep into mo me im no count but you vie en me IBO know hotter better were a whole hole lot its only other folks envy my face cleared and I 1 laughed guess youre right I 1 agreed anyhow youre some girl ate an say any I 1 want you sou to remember me as reynolds my real not rat like the lie hoboes hobles call me now you run into the house ate an tell the men when they come that rii ill be out hero here doret dont be silly reynolds Hey iveleen ive been study ln lre it out would anybody know you round hero nono none but MO th gang ive worked in the dark unless by the clothes then its nil all right now theres theres a little room in back the lien hen roost where wo we keep chicken feed I 1 have tile the whole me ot of it an keep tho the key ill loc loati 41 you in thero nn an brint bring out come supper an some peroxide to clean the hurt places an in the in lu when I 1 slip your breakfast ill bring somo clothes lothes a visitor left hero once pretty good an bout your lour size you put em cm on afia an come cht to the kit kitchen choji door all right I 1 promised but what the islea edons sive upa silly again agaid youre golie to work the master masier has bag be been on us to be on the lookout for a man to do hla his Karde garde good helps helpa scarce an hell snatch you up An At eire yin them dead in the ba bag ill fix up for dinner IM have hn e to got get some any waylor company Is cumin christmas dinner soli you know enow 11 i 1 t i f acl |