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Show JIMMY'S HALLOWfi'EN ALVENTIJ '' It was one of Ihe harplest Halloween Hallo-ween parties of the season that Jimmy and Mabel Ilattlow gave All the Usui! Il-illoween gimes hnd been plucd with unusual preilslon nnd enthusldsm tip to the lime Unit Jimmy proposed the water and silt trick" ou Just go nround the block with our mouth full of water and soul hands full nf salt ' snld Jlmm, 'nnd If ou get nil the vvn around without Plllllng n dinp of vvnter or n grain nf salt the wish that ou wish on Ihe in) will 10111L true If ou 1 nigh and swallow swal-low the water or forget to hold ou hand tightly doubltd up our wish won t come true, so OU have lo be er c ireful nnd of course oil can t speak to an one on the w 1 All Ihe bos and klrli nt the p-uty sail the thought It was a beautiful trick until Jimmy added And, ot loutec, each 0110 Ins to go alone lhere vvus n general falling off of cn-Ihuslism cn-Ihuslism anl no one vfluntctred to ko llrst The Unit low a live! on 11 block which ns Mis Haiilow sometimes complained to the 1 hlldren s fathei, tinned a ver fair face to the null I, but was mile than doubtful In the rinr Juit mound the 101 ncr from the 1 nt low of houses fn which Ihe Har-clows Har-clows home was sltuitcil there stood a dllnrldated row of shanties In which man of the most nngerous ihiuicters In the town lived and Mrs llaiclow, together with all the mothers of the re-sttfrlulili re-sttfrlulili sldi of the block nevei fiilhd ti warn Ihe ihlldu of the dangers of this shint quniter Hut if the salt nnd vvnter trick was to be iiopcrl dim It was necessar to gn pan this ver row nt shanties and In the evenhik too when the 1 hlldren knew Ihe ociupants of the sh intlea were partliularl lerkless Hovviver, it uiik fell ilmt no Halloween gnino ln gnml and regular stun ling could he Ignored and utter u few moments of silent loKltutlon Jlmm himself offeied to go flrtt The other! watched him stmt out with mingled fecllnks of 11 Imitation nnd fenr Jimmy doubled his list tlghtl) over the salt and puffed his rheiks stoutl over the vvnter. It took him hut a few moments to tenth the corner and to turn fiom the bright! lighted street Into the gloom, ijarroiv shunt nlle As he had expected the residents of the quartets were many of them upon the streets In splto nf the tool evening and those who not quarreling and kns. siring nulNlle sat at their oten windows win-dows Joining now and ag iln In the conversation con-versation Prudent lo ns he was, Jimmy Ind Ml v ul his wish up until lie should need It 'I gues? Ill wish to get safel mound In thought Just is the shunt qunrtei lesldtnis taught sight of hlin and ralstd a shout ut his expense Hut he took biuk the wish Immediate! No 1 wont i-llht-i he thought, I ma need it worst than I do now nnd he still trd to rim past a shouting gtoup of nun nnd women A big hand taught hlin b the collar What me ou making fines at asked 11 lough voire Jimmy woull have liked to explain thnt he wasn t miking fates but onl hoi ling water In his mouth hill lit iniildnt without losing his chunie to wish so he kei t sib ut Can I vou sii nothln nskfd the man sulkllv Jlmm shook his head Hnlf a doren more men anl women Joined ihe ninn who held him The hind on llminy s nilliir tot k so tight a grasp that II hint him So in, of the tough men und women jostled hlin nnd some tried in trip him up llnim wns n riosperous ho and as lit saw tho greed tn his inptnrs tes he rcniein-hertd rcniein-hertd with 11 sinking heirt Hut slowed awn unlei his ovirtoat was his hind-some hind-some new gnll wntih I must shout foi help thought Jlmm cu 11 If I do swallow the vvalei and lose 111 jt Inline to wish huilltnl while he still hel I on 11 moment Inngei a tr tame fiom the end of the sltett Tight' l'lghl' si reamed a bo of about Jtiuiiiv s nun iihi rushing mounl he torner The hov s fu 1 was wlldl tti net 11 ml his red hair stood up In i thlik mo Jlnmiv Ml his 1 11 tors hold relene Itself and wlih an nnsw.rlng tr In sinned In the dire lion fiom ulilrh the hov 1 1111 with tht oihu men 111 1 Willi Wil-li en at his li ils 1 Inding lilliihilf thus suddenl at lib crty Jimmy i! a b -an run.i. the block wl x r fn".lr haired bo folio ns him1""1 "' '.''a," said the r i haired 1 wasn t so much of in.! "'it' re'dYa'lr'c'dt'1 -'"' Jlmm shook hi head no" 1 that It wns dlsioii ( ous no? m when the red 1 r d Imyhin from his foes lit f7r 8i?I that adventure hi V anxious tor . I, th end of tji without losing h hanetJJ stood looking nt thr red hlr. perrlcxlty until s. lenly K .urrcd to him ll hck'nj ?i''Jn nn,cl r1,n.tr ' ,n " dlr the Hirclows' houtt Kl The red-haired boy bokfj ,. , tmiiement nnd Jimmy m V hand which did not contib ,, began dragging him bj his ram sletve ' 'Uo ott mem for ,, 1 ou" question d his rewier Jlmm nodded a violent " "Well oure qu r Mld ,, mlicd bo hut he follow 1 looking rather pleas d He looked even more p! jj the ri ached tli r dcitlrutt 1 Ilnun drnggtd hln up th' house on the ton 1 1 de of tint Once Inside the hounesidtt completed Jlrmi dropped ( t swalliiivcd the w t r l-n plnnntlons wnedu both tn t! 1 hov an 1 the 1 rl 'I did It he Mid hrtenrtntt t, 'and he unl me Itaall liik he expltln I to th b t IJils Is a Hallow, en pirtr Trj vlted M lint I ur nw "IIiky Orokan ' "1 1 Ih trA' bo I was nt r to a IU pnrt but I like "em H8 ,-iheerfull ,-iheerfull ' 'Oh Ilmmy Ih n j1Ur itj-tome itj-tome true ' snld Mabel "I hops a good one " ' I forgot to make any ' cot' Jlmm. |