Show 1 WHY OF HOLD BILLY nun UK tnlt I from and hOI hn hO-I bnpponrd to wander Vii iler Into sCamp s-Camp no one could 51 telltiara tiara toe Of 1 rt t t lOllrtn rU fr + ile I laced wll I r 1 and so eery f y I 111 I t at hr would J 1 q p II sp len 10 ail lnljr In n In > 11 i mart > 01 vote In fact to eonf < Iho I whole truth He woo nee In wit supplied with t ray mutter alum mi he rue not + n outright fool Hvan Camp w tic Hi alrkedcut town of I flu 1 In the t I i or It was th too I i of lu Inhnll 11 in that more method met-hod bn I Hilled In i IUtra Camp thai In mi n r Len 01 I i ago west o I ltio K rkles St i a very hr IJ place for u limit I half wlllc I I n i M mrny Inlo And I II happei I Unit the first build Init Im entered ii fI uniting the tow win Murphy ile the mot dli reputable garabll dart and Ilnmlll In Salon Camp A tough gang alrvs 1 beefed around Murphy I a and ll w tia hand when the boy S I appeared Whoop Cotr4 1 I I I hutch aa hla Icy I-cy a mated en Hi I I who was heel toting near the door What a thla I Ito to It A kit wan Im donned ff a kid halnt recur In hyer Then he pond I m the unoffending boo not dragged him forward Into the olddlo of the room There the boy wan quickly anrronnil ed by the ruffianly crew who began to make sport of hIm tie 414 not dare ii > sou hi o fir nil of the Ir K + neroi l uainraa the iouxb of nne Camp nil rain to leave I Old Grim unmnlrt eA Too y rfgerlwl him aa a harmleite old hermit oho aomhow managed to lire and they would hare regarded II u a disgrace to pick a quarrel with him Out they made aport of Dold Hilly whT ver the boy appeared In the pore on day blank lllootgood rams Into Batin tamp He airalgbtway alerted In for a rack el The liquor to be nbtalned In flatan Camp was rank and Uloodgood was ooo lighting drank p had a word and n long one too M frr thin one IIon1 man aa well ai I i il in ono rulflan had fallen ben be-n U i IK w > I guns lli > one not d lIned to get out of theta the-ta i n llhnul nho Idlng blood The nii < rri > l occurred In Murphys 11 1 Dion IE iod hot Ited Hutch dead I h11 hn started out to run the town nail 1 1 In rnn It for awhile r it in i lamp was not n place one mnn < Olllot run long however and mdgood was soon obliged to get out or loan I him scalp Ho got out hat on liii wy out of loan hit stopped long enough to boot Oil brim Then hft wont on hit drunken conree Irving I a terrified boy weeping and willing over Ibo body of the man who h1 I hr < n no kind to him An hour later Hold Hilly cam mailing mail-ing 1110 I Catguts Tamp In the greateat incitement ho loll them what had happened nod then he entreated them to pursue the murderer and bring him to Justice They laughed at him i o r r n t I r t I W01SaIDt NAMK KID1 = = If aver a boy woe frljhteoed It was the one In the clutch of lied Hutch Worn per name kid demanded the ruffian as he give the lid l a manage shale Speak Up llvly Hub bub billy Dub bubboldrn was the reply that cam through the I chattering teeth of th unfortunate wolf Hilly llolilen eht Wall lints a nice i name for a kid like you to wear around Dllly Doldcnllold Hill How Is I thai for a handle pardit Us great shouted Heil Hutchs sycophants Hooray fer Hald Hilly Irom thai hour the boy waa mown In Salons Camp u Hold Dllly before he caroled from Murphya he wu nearly frightened out ot bli wile for he wu rondo lo dance lo Iba I u n of plitol shot while Ibo ruffla run ml with Uughter Shaking Ilko a leaf he llnally sue reeled In gelling out of the saloon and then ran as fait nod aa far u lie IOUIJ Inilly overcome with terror and vihiuellon ho fell In a fainting quivering quiv-ering heap beyond Ibo llmlli of the town and there Old brim found him Old trite was a grouty hermit who lived beyond the Ilmlti ot Satan Camp He wan something of a mystery iII i-II had been there when Ike first prospector struck nller at the spot where the camp slool but Ibo discovery dis-covery of gold had not seemed to at feet the queer old man In any way lie lived on In his secluded fainlan and the people thai CAnto to the bash room camp grew lo know him by light bul na other way Hi would boo nothing to do with them Old Orlmi clothes worn In rag and tie appeared like a wreck Of better time He spoko kindly to the boy 3 At first Hilly was too frightened to toll bIt st t bI l > innl ccded Ol Cir i f t to f > end nail hii iytt + 11 l flee + a mman InMi j down i Cum huh me I kill tare for if 0 5auk the boy to his cabin and r t ° u thai lay llo Iita OU Or m s naflnw wnrre one went Iho other might be found wove Old Orlm lived the boy never aialn vlilted Old Satau camp alone rr They told him they were not fools llloojgooil was n killer and there wai no one who cared to follow him up When he faun I they would not go the boy literally screamed You are nil cowards cowards cowards Ulte me a gunl I will follow fol-low and enruuro him They laughed Ibo boy but ha repealed re-pealed over and over tint ho would follow Iho asMMln It be had a weapon At length aouieboly shoved I n revolver I revol-ver Into I bis hand 1 ttylug Here ye her It kid now see what ye kin I da i If you bring Hank I lllool good here with hi hands tIed behind i him well agree to lynch him Kb pirds You bet cried the erowd Oo for U 1 Uold Dllly an make yerielf famous fa-mous II Not another word did tbe boy say With the loaded revolver clutched In i hi hand he hurried out of the oamp i on the troll of Hank WooJgojd I Thet the last well ever see o Hold Hilly some one declired Hed be skoered ter death ter we DlooJuooJ Youll loot your gun Dolly Mebbe returned tbe man who nail leaned the boy the revolver At iimset a 1 crowd ot loafer were gathered In front of Saint a Itest the only hotel In Satans Camp Suddenly ono ot them exclaimed < Look bar parch Who them com In down Iher tralir Two critter one head o tolhtr said a rmlwhlikered ruffian bland hllebed behind him by Ihunderl 01 loot In front U tied See tber string that runs ter tother oust Holy Bmoko IfIlitihy I Hunk Hloodgoodt Shores yer born Wbo other ellttr I kinder reckon Its Held Dllly bring In back my revolver said Holly Ilrlggi with grim sattsfacllan Who said I woudn over see thet Tar gun sgInT hold Dllly It was He had taken the killer captive Straight Into town marched Ibo boy and his prisoner Illllys face was deathly pale Dloodgooda right hand had been shallored by a bullet Hero li the man who killed Old Grim > tin only friend I had said the boy his voice weak ns If from great inanition f bar brought him bare th M 1 loop hemp your part of lu agreement agree-ment mentHe h 11 1 croppet In front of Fai5la Rat in hn uttered them wnnl I livrry Insfir there waa on h1 I 11 Hooray fr Bold IHIly1 crkl one Darned of he sin t don It thoiiia I anno how he ever mceeede I Wall I kinder reckon well her tar keep our part of tile eoMrsct eh perils mil tinny llflgg M be game don the sops Thai a right shouted the crowd In nlson Three minutes later dank Dloodgood the killer wu iwtngtng from the Imb of a tree Held Hilly watched Die work roroplt ed then he swayed put Out him hunch and Ml In a anl M beep The n nn tiantlly bent over him Jrit inakMi1 shouted Holly Hrlajgi Ices got two bullet la thee left shout darl lAnk done some shoot but thla > err boy took him all the same 1 Whir s bier SeldonT The doctor waa on hand full ta Ihe bin with had liquor but Mill able to I I ejlrsct a bullet i i I The Job woo done Uold TMIS wounds were bathed and bandaged I and ho was taken to a nearby but And there he lay for weeks nursed II y the ruHlani of Satan Camp nursed with all the care and lenderntei potil ble from muctillno hands Doc SeMen allcwled lilt boy and I the dinars and toughs fixed It no the doc lor could not get n sup ot liquor lathe he camp during the entire time Krom a strut row or saloon brawl In which he bad killed n man a clllsen of Oboe place would go to his bedside of Hold Hilly and play Ibo ollcltoue nun nurNnll they pulled tho boy thromh When It woe nil over with Hold Dllly restored to health they were all happy bat he discovered Old rims secret found Us hermits cabin wa built over the mouth slit rich leado paying vein Satan Camp was proud of him The rough and tough cltlMns stood br him through thick and thin and when Uolil Hilly mid hla mine and He-de departed all regretted hi Ion Ha I bad and In his craw Dolly Irlgg was wont to saywall he ltd J law It In hla eyes when blot him hev my gun Do I know what became o Mint Wall I heard ni how ho went er Frisco got Inter brtefnesa married Killed down an haa some Iwtlo Illllloi o his own now |