Show abe aba cogeer Cou C eEr A edited edmondso EDMONDS aw 1 THE RUBY KING angle swung merrily on tile ali old id white gate of squire EImon 14 ble big M rambling milling farm bonne As A she swung to and fro she spied doine one ona clong along the road ne he wool n R young lad ad in buckskin clothes ile he carried a stick over one shoulder and ang angle e knew that the little bag at one end carried all hla his few belongings she had seen een such young men pass pas the four corners many times and had bad eagerly listened to tile the tales they told of frontier life angle greatly admired those frontier folk so BO as tile the stranger neared the gate she waited in anticipation good afternoon missy he said doffing his coonskin cap dont know of a PI place ace hereabouts where I 1 could get a drink of water do you ill be glad to pet get you a nice cool drink if wait here ansle angle offered hopping down from the gate and when she returned with the dipper of water the young lad drained it thirstily thanks hs he said ald I 1 asked at a good gond man many y houses back I 1 here but no one else offered me a drop I 1 had bad luck in that town anyway he went on seriously you nee bee last night I 1 w wart e diwi for a walk around the square a and n d when left I 1 came back and looked for my pouch of money I 1 find it anywhere lott lost angle ancie exclaimed her eyes growing bleger bigger sure as aa I 1 sit lt here under this elm I 1 it visa as lost alright so I 1 had to do without my supper rod and my breakfast and here I 1 am thirty miles from home 0 t 3 E fangie ly le 2 lab my you must be hungry angle sold said ill try to get you something with a flash angle was off again for the house and into the kitchen and in less leas time than it takes to tell it she blie was wag back again with a paper napkin bulging with a sandwich cake and other goodies the hungry stranger ate as if lie he tasted food for much longer than one night thanks a lot little missy he be said when hen he had finished what a kind hind little miss you arel are how flow of old are you ten replied angle sty he fie till v ray my tittle little sla SIR Is jut just that age her names martha 1 11 ll a washington hendricks we e call a her er hatty blatty my names iiames daniel boone hendrican Hendric ho he continued proudly then he went on to tell her of lith home a rude log affair in the forest where big father had cleared away the trees tr ees they had been very poor for a long time and he daniel lind had been allowed to take the furs fura ot of animals he had bad trapped to ac city to try to earn some money how disappointed they would all be now when he came home with no furs and with no money either t lot but I 1 ought to h he grateful for meeting you he said suddenly to angle and now I 1 roust must be getting on my way for I 1 have far to go jumping up he be fumbled in his pocket for a leng iong time without speaking angle wondered it if he had suddenly remembered what might have happened to his money pouch but no he brought forth a tiny something wrapped rapped in paper and offered it to angle 1 I found this on the square ehli morning he said bald just as I 1 was a as ing I 1 was wag going to take it home to smartha washington hut but youve been so go good to me I 1 want you to have it instead with that he fie was gone and angle angie unwrapping the package found the very thing she elbe had wanted for a long time a lovely ruby ringi she was busy looking at it and admiring it when just then she heard beard the voices of grandfather and mother 11 oho bo had just returned from philadelphia phia she ran around to the corner of the house where villere they were mother kissed her and then folded her in her arms lias has angle been good today ate sl asked yes was angles reply we had a lovely gift for you an gelane said grandfather but your old grandfather Is not to be trusted any more with valuables I 1 lost it this morning not ten minutes after I 1 bought it it was a ruby ring my child the loveliest one in philadelphia why here it Is iq grandle sang angle here is my very own ring and she told them all about daniel boone hendricks and how he hall had given her the ring because she had been kind to him and so surprised were grandfather and mother Iother IN that they could only look first at each other othe and then at angle saying between betheen chuckles well did you ever eve hear bear of such a thing that Is certainly wonderful luck lucil marsot |