Show r. r cE E er EE iU M Meta m J 3 3 3 37 7 3 I. I He is sitting on a pile of dirt in a corner coiner of f the yard His red hair glistening in inthe inthe inthe the bright sun hangs about his dirty freckled face in curls His sleeves are aie rolled up and his arms are covered with mud to the elbow Evidently he has been working for to his right are two buckets of stiff mud a hatful of sifted dirt and some little oblong boxes A little way to the left is a stack of freshly fleshly 1 bri brick k Just now he seems to be Cresting resting from his arduous labor and while edging qing so he amuses himself himself by by throwing stones ton s at the neighbors neighbor's ch chickens kens Who is is this s sun burned little wo workman k an Why he e is IS W Willie Jones six years old IllS II Great Heavens What is is' is all th that t noise It t sounds as though a thousand cats were engaged in a family quarrel in the cellar Investigation shows that there is only one but out it is kicking and clawing about in mid air suspended by a rope tied to its tail What boy could have been so cruel There he is now sneaking behind the summer He is barefooted and wears no coat oat His ragged overalls are held up by a a. a rope that passes over his left I Ih S shoulder h ou Id ere 0 On n 1 his lS h head ea d. d is IS a rimless straw straw- f hat with a hole in the top through which Jf protrudes a tip of bright red hair He carries in in his hands a bunch of firecrackers firecrackers fire- fire crackers a torch and some matches As Ashe Ashe Ashe he stops to admire them a broad grin creeps over and illumines his freckled yr face while his eyes twinkle mischievously mischievously i an indication that some new plan M of deviltry has just been developed in his fertile brain Who is the boy Its S Billie Jones Twel Twelve ve years old J p f w III J The ha hall is crowded with gay happy boys and girls gills Some are aie attractive because because because be- be cause of their beauty others because of t their I c clothes I ot h es all 11 h have ave c charms h arms more or 01 V 1 less There is IS one young man who t. t seems to be the life of the crowd When iI he talks to the girls the other boys boys' go goway goway way back and sit down When he he l moves a d dozen ozen pair 0 of f eyes f follow 01 1 ow him He never does anything that isn't cute if or says anything that that- isn't witty But Buthis his p popularity is not not d due e to his beauty I I for his curley red hair is IS the greatest of i J his charms Nor is is it due clue to his dr dress ss for M there e are many boys wearing higher collars collars collars col- col lars than his He Ie is attractive because of j his winning ways Who is it Why Willaim Wll 1 aim J. J Jones ones Hes He's e s elg eighteen ht een d P I IV V. V a 1 It is early morning The first traces of Pi daylight are just becoming noticeable in inthe inthe JI The stillness Js is is unbroken the east except ex ex- F by the regular squeak squeak of the washing machine Already h half lf the r laundry is hanging on the lines and if he f can hold out the rest will be done long i i before breakfast He does not whistle at his work but with witha a wild determined n look toils tolls steadily on Need I mention J the name name of this idu industrious gentleman G GIts GIt's Its It's Jones Hes He's married 1 J. J M. M NUTTER |