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Show I Hi "WAS "MARKEBF0R DEATH" Br'lRfe put a Scarecrow 0ut of Business. i I ili J 'Thin tiling of belli skoerol enn t bo jfl j expl lined by no rules nor regulations ' 'P S sai 1 i apt Jnhtuioii, medltullvely, ,; ! " ill ho dont think of nothln but th t I thHt skcors Mm An you jj 3 in ii y. he forglt himself and goes 3 y oi sun etiuck Jitkua ' JJ M i sou mm blame him It Hint BIJI'iJM'i ninw ) & " "''" lhlt g' ' ""' mj,t ic'' H ItifliiSs !tQ' 5 '' ' '""' l""u 1 m " "'!'''-r,n " j VflV JJJSS I ku "" Inngrn you re boon r i l' 'l k' " "ng man "" '" nr"1 """ Blra I W k ii iff W ' ' some ii Ishty funii) Lnses of It ! JWt 'tin CT T " ol,) ,n,,n ,","',' rr ,n,,ance 3) Hi JU'l. rt J li' leiiioglu builnesa or pom h 1S jtl"!H the vlrglims lint ami bout rr'i ijj l) '. '" ' icsn vn.k lhe . dice boat ahol I .Olil"' ,. u Ii 1"" ' Kfl "" ' lo " "nu if lav! m. ' i Is not ti like It Jot I ones li Pl'i Ul j li i tj mnll Jtimpiiv rbnar.l un' swim HIM)! !Ai U n i ii leeuuse hi spilled m me in It at .BrliuYr I Till i dim r KlKlli JmI !i i 1 t was superstition I suggested 'Mayi! 51 f, J M o It was mi liny It anl Bfttlllin qfllirl Wl I ) nplHln inu nn mil It SUnf ljj'l Is ll ' "" rh """" '"" superstition B ilcJP''llul!'l l' "i ""'y thing thnl II make a fool 'iViStrl "r ' lake thee us if I up n I.lgo rHrtlil S V IS I .Inrkiii fr Instance lit novir hnd no frN " i 1 I " in erstltlnn thin u dnwg All the jf-V I n,A ' " In waa well night ski tred to death BHIM"' I ' '' TohnKon pans, 1 nnd laboriously BUni'l J ('A roll I in mince or iIhim I plug In the H U'y ' 3 San I i hoi ow of hi Inn.l Th.n hi nturfc I It W f T 9 ll. i " Into liii Hie bowl llrhltil It nnrt wont Hl(iK Sill , " FtfSD & vl'i ' Vnu hop ho nl I thin up n 'Line tifflll',l fl w ilnndy man with th. d liar The li'lh' .' M i1" ' -"' "" innuuh In voir bin rntliei 41 Irj;'" h"1 ' '' ' I n I I h 1nl ii Kl him n limnil JrUi K I fit I ' nc rmi-rint imngy mil loll hlin to HvUii ' I ncnilcli for hliimiir Now belli ' HUJi?!. ' fnrlouH inun ( i u I.Ik tomb money Wij , iti I nt the ."Inn Hint before long he ouneil Hm' , " I! i l " 1" ' " linnl" "" ' lin'1 " "lethlng In the ISl't Jtfl I ll "'il ,,,ln ft I'"' In I ' "" nn ,,nl" .flllli'l i no f mi ly to mippnrt hi kip on nil I In' 'i , V ( It up nn rollln It up until he iih M tf'tilL 1 I 'J r Hi i W nn Imil moil limn ht Imimeil fjMit J Mhat In iln with Thi n he left orf oy. iKll ' I ttrln an In i nine a in ir gl Ige uluirk Hil j . I Nnu one nf the hniin lhat be bad Bl't(') if C a mnrKllge mi nan about n mile out-ISM out-ISM It, . Kid of Qu eimtoun iloun In ole Kent Mrirll ' county It ns a riuilinkl- tumble HnMnR?1 " ilonn ole i Nre nn the man Hint owned BiKP WS'i cSftSV ltM13 ifrill I to Mil III It I tniuap it MHH Bliilill 4 I8i JfV htuntel The nlggi ra in Hint neUlon H IKiTf ?4h.2'I oulilnt go nenr It for line or mone BiT? I JFl i r,llt tal n 'a'' n" ' ,o11 ml "eur H9lti''-i 1 $! had no mure Vuierntltlon tbnn a diwg rWiiilil B "" " '" foiuloMilllii moi gldse whin HMil Vt 4 1 EJ 'I'm the owium eaeh imp fnlled nn went ' C'rlO fX V '" IKo III It hlmniir The lint ulgllt be f I'll' S Jw'5 " ent there In illnklw red that tin li llrift' ll b'i 'I" h't bniinted It wna trnmpa I'liljWii There wna thru, of tbem fine of them if I S?l ?! li hi km eked retueleHH with bla I are ll-t i iV ti' v ! nn 'c oti'r llP "' ' mlt "llh ,1H H""" H! 111' ' i 1 'i day go to meelin rant Cii n Mkc H 111 If U J ! i v'" "" "Z "" n lu" nn n"er '"' ' H'Ul' Uli il no mine mil triitltlnn tlinn ii dang The K li' r. S J?. 1 other tiiuiili hot nuflj K II I 1 tlf t f ' When the neighbor heerd o' It they Hl I V? il IP I I nort er n Inured i np n I Ige but nil the Hf I ' li i He' "Mi I "' they illdn t like him 'ciuihi bo tin I BiK' 51 IS' X mnrgldgia h ingln' unci moat nf them Hll lfvJ i H I ftn he iucr allowed nn merij when tin H'K r it-il ! P. Int'rUHt iiioiie wnsu t til I down on tbo HiJ lOlil'N I mlnut I.lvln' alone tint waj, he HN1 I' TltM Si i i dliln t hftte nothln to do but count bla ' "Ir-Vh t't m n an I en In got to be n unit of n. HfS ! 'I B T-1 nils r Howoier noiobb rs t er Willi-Hiw! Willi-Hiw! Ml til f i'i erelhlm One das lie taught a miniirur Hrli I ffS 5 IB I -ft triunp-anenkln 'luiiiid his door- BWI '.' V.mm,; "rI 'Inv lni1 to tnk0 llle "'"" tJ V. It i M l$mj linltlmori t the hnr Itul w'ni iT, fi:B3"'? "Uul " ",one ",n, K"' fer no H4"! liErlBr 1 man partUulnrls when bea nystend a,l M f ! Wi) I hla life an' b. fu' long l n i 1 b,e got iftl I f'Sl ?'lrH bruoim" 1'lrnt he ,ot the I lenr tluit WiTllL J.ii U llfi lio w i goln- Inln vltkniu nn fir VrfM ';' ', "IPl I nwhll lit Hwnllend enough ali nt nn d- Mr l) i f tM lcln!"1 lo 1 1" a otlikli I hen hi gut In HiiiflJ i, I I I I bellexln thnl pmle were trsln' to swln- 'iJiinP kl 'He im an' he hind a rbsatei liw) r 'ifi .1 VI tKli'll 'rom Hiltlmnie nn wint to liw nsln BrVrlc'Vfi i'ljl, wimebodj or other cwr couilwik BBf l 5 ' i J I' S Klnnllj be innie ncroaa one of them nil Bl'ui I lllllr white an blue rliiinlny tioopiira nn' Hiri f u I" Vh rc'l in fticnimt nt i AnnrtliUt i lot to HI?! I li ffs1 ''low up nd I'urnigle mil the i-ir-ir ii i lilr "f Uniifhj After that In go II lulo Vi.rl i' ' Mil Ids heart that In wan b In trniked un Hfflti ',! that n pi be win Mt on bin hi 1 1 So Br!) 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(J , Villi driv h men u mnn eomln along the Hi kl lifl 'lk" """ '""" " ,H Na,h Hniiklns the HI j ( ,H ' I ii'l'i lut inpn I Igt lulu ,'.5 HH Jf ' Ji, e i- cl,l an ntur-aighted didn t know HI k l, iM 'it u m .Niwh kit a b. nm nf htm he Jj' I I t i a 1. i i f I u ksh ii line of the 'A ' i-klinitntf Noah a I g an' he took Hb. i , a. wi-i .! Hill .' I I ii! " ' -' luur uftirward ha coma Hlfiffiii.i i ICI ,ll'k nllh "K ' onalable nnd the HBiffit! ill's I'll trl" ' si''"1 d nay inirKhal-HIII Hl'iniV' -t'ff '( !SI Jr' and Hiiain Handeraon The HE. Hi L- f, VHj I II r r Ihern nn nke ip lo th ntnik HB' P i ri Vii n ' "' ' " kttthCapn Ugt nap- HB ! ' 'fit ' ' "" '" w i'ii t mil pin' r along HI ft i I '1)1 eh ' " "" ' taught night of em he BH: ( ' v'Tlllli li'1 :1 i Khut BH rf " ,1 Sir '"'' '"'' he bellered BB.'iil L i Vl -mi' ler d Hiram back to BH! ' i I S ilr "h ,r "" nd you to the !"! 1 1 Ifr bot ' ' ""' ' '' if' it lilt Voiirt uu at yelled lllram. ,lil i " aV. 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I up n him un tveis lime he dlaklvereil BB.tl. , jIlV $ i, ' nl !,r J h"t "t e'" rh ninth time a BHJtU J ii, I'n -d t went through tin thin part nf BBlAl nM3 1l ' 1 Jon aa left eir in thlngH began BH,'i J iri 17, t l- w un Hut th. n Ilu tm Hend. i BW'rlih ; If I, '" be ulw y huh i unn n b hum r BBt'ij i L m1 V t " h'1 ol1 a nan to I it Cup n Llj, by BHf,'i5'ki m' y kX"' y BBB'l.i l J !i ' v mil b r z ar li" went BBWi ii ')' " - " i bick, Illl drnggln the ncarp-crow that utood In Hen mlth oat Held It wna ft mighty llkel tenj-e trow, nn n near-iilghled near-iilghled peraon coiildn t hardly tell It from u lite man Wrleglln un behln' the 1 nickel of buahea aalern of Cap n I.lgea rtoekade Hiram aet the scare crow up again a trie like a man atnnd In up in take aim Then he nred n .hot In draw rap ii l.lge a nttentlon an' took to hlf heeln ( np n I IB. turned 'round an acen the Ihlng, an thlnkin" It waa n rain-hi rain-hi In V, yenrs old and near-alghted let fls both burrela Uut the thing didn't mote an he allot again nn then ton-fnundln' ton-fnundln' hia bad link he ahnl nn' ahot an allot nn ahot ontll the amoke hung nil oer hi hoiiao an' the tvooda wna full of lillel The eanlionadln' brought pple on the rush from the town nn ft stranger drlvln by In a buggy got "in and rushed up to nee whut was the matter Hut 'I.lge 'spy-In 'spy-In him shot at him an fnrgot the aenre i row nn' tin stronger made for the won Is an' left Ida team to take caro nf Itself . . This sort nf Ihlng might hae kep' up ontll dipt I,lge s ammynltlon was gone If luck bndn t teen nt,ln him Hut It was an lllrnm Henderson was the man Hint waa unwilled tn be Its Instrument Instru-ment He came forward after Culm l.lge bad sol ter got tired of flrln' at the (i are crow Now it woutln't dn to shoot lilm aei! lllrnm rause lies loonej an" don t know what he s diiln.' Wo might kill him ' It d lie n. good riddance'1 sez Hill Jones hnldln' Ida rnr It'd be murder' sez lllram 'an' 1 wont hne no hand In It The best wns lo git him It seems In me, Is alive 1 in goln to anenk up nn' shy n brick at hlin nir the fence If It lills hlin n gool eraik we can ruli In on hlin before be-fore In t nines tn "lhe other objected to this on account ac-count of the dr.ngei but lllrnm was set on trsln It an while Cap n 'l.lge was tnkln n few farewtll shots nt the scarecrow scare-crow he sneaked up In front of the itoekade nn heated a big hunk of hiilldln stone over the t ip of It 11 the luck I mentioned It stnuk Cap n 'L.lge nl out a huh from the light ear, an' he lied.. I oter Ilk. ns If he m sunstruek Then nil tilled In an disarmed him a' win n ho como lo lllrnm nn Illll wns hnldln' down his aims nn the Btninger lhat he. shot nt waa aettln1 on his legs ' I el me up' bellered Cap'n 'l.lge, strugrlln with nil hla strength Nn sir' aez lllrnm lou're my prisoner' V hat fur?1 selled Cnp n 'I ige I ur Interferln1 with the United btntes malls sez lllrnm 'Its ten Sears In the pen' An then Cnp n I.lgo hroko down an 1 w ep I.i I me up" he bellered 'Let me up If sou lote me' Im only got two dass nn a half to lite The nnnrchliti la ufler me 7heyro goln' to blow me uii like they blnwed up the Czar of Itoorhy! 1 in marked for death. Let me t thi the stranger begun to laugh ns If he would bust Oh' sou snp' hn sez 'Jus' tn think of It' Haw1 haw! That ftln t no death wnrnln' sou nss1 Una notice of the show at the town hall 'Marked for I). nth or the Mssterlea of .Moscow, htptember 2Mb One Mcht Onls No liaise In Prices' Im tho ndnncc ngint I stiu k up the bill An then tho nthera seeln" the Joke, laiightd too nil exceptln' Bill lones a i b an bs Cnp n "Llge looked so sheepish that he almost had to 1 lugh hlsself ' Wns Cnpt 'Llge nrrested? ' I nskel 'Oh' no repllid Cipt Johnson 'the Joke on him wns too good fer that The pnier down tit Qutenstnwn hid n rip-1 rip-1 In fiiniis leio nlmut It otld a-tiled a-tiled to lead It' |
