Show ji A u j etar iaia wila W a iffie n zip BY FRANK H SWEET copyright aty 1903 by dally daily story pub co the sun was two hours high when fritz eritz wardean took the train at pine top twenty miles tho valley the narrow gauge connoted with the through thi ought line lina which waa to talver tako him to botho aitho distant dystant city tim young follow fellow was vas in idl high spirits spirit AS he bour bounded boarded ded into tho car and took arkeat by p window he had bad looked forward to this day th through rough six long years yeara ol of toll toil and economy studied and starved and slaved but how small p emed h his labor now in iii the sunshine althis of glorious present in hla pocket lia could feel tho the rollof bills which represented the work and tho the economy which had abstained from everything except the barest necessities and now he was wag actually on his way ivay to colle college gal and after college what of course there could be ba hut but one thing after and a warm flush roseto his bis face and a glad look leak came into his eyes ho ha would go back to neuchatel Neu chatel wag up ahe the valley to ithe chalet overlooking suzel would bo bb walting forli for him lm and they would remarried be married and comeback come back to america and ma mako he a home tho train rush rushed edon on ana a little maid opposite looked across aej athar neighbor and wondia red wh wf ca mado tho car seem so bright and cheerful when feltz caught hor glance he lau laughed hed and blushed blu ahod and ahn actuary forced a tiny return to her brini lips the conductor 0 in IM laad fal founds the young fellow trying to 0 tempt il a child with a mg aig red ed apple andl and was vas obliged until was over then the child ball and fritz disturbed the aholo caran his eager search after it ft q i at the junction lie he was the first io i o leye was rushing down dowa the platform when 16 bosaw saw ap a pair air of frightened horses approach approaching without hesitation her he sprang forward to ta in exit but as ashe he cef 1 eftimie bitae plat form MI hia T fout slipped alip pad and andjus instead tead of stroking asi he boll if oil directly under sunder tho maddened animals A moment later they were vero stopped and ho he was vas dragged from beneath their hoofs hoefs when the amig returned to feo pine top he was waa an boan jS oar crushed aud and I 1 to hb was wag taken to the place bhora ho 5 1 had worked buano but no money waa i found on his person and the farmei was vas a hard bard man the next day frit Frits I 1 was bundled into a wag and taken to tho the town farm it was waa months befi bedfor braha bra ha he left ibbs bed aal begam hog W hobble around As aa soon was able to ao work set top to shelling corn and sorting potatoes potato ea then it etwas awas discovered that ho he was with mir hla figers ff and his hie work was changed to makin tr ax a helves es and hay hak rakes and other wooden tools for farm use As faff stron stronger gec 0 hia work was increased in the tha spring he was sent hita the fioldo with the hands ho he was not yet able to do a full day days s work il if baliad haI iad been ho he bould tave sought employment among the arm era As it was walt one uty clay several now naly were ti rought to the farra farm among them was a little old was helpless with rheumatism ho he was given a bed near fritz frit F for or somer some days the two narcelo no ticen each other Then Fritz stopped way out and asked it if there was anything he could do the Tho theold old man shook ld alfr T head despondently tho the hext day fritz stopped again andaas allowed to bring him ablass of water after that there was a nod or word every time the young fellow went in or out the old man began to watch woula often detain him by his bedside and anake axe hun dision to long rambling accounts of his m misfortunes Is fritz frita grew weary 0 or o tho crumbling crumblin grum blin bling aud and fault faultfinding finding but lie he was good natured and listened with out taking interest inthe in tho narrative ono evening 0 as he camj D the room the old man motioned him to a 0 stool by hii bis bedside its alful lone lonesome somo inhere all air iri PP r F ka sprang forward td ant day he said querulously scarcely Sc arely nobody comes nigh ma tho ton duin tinaa time achi ach we 11 J get bettor better and can come out ao botho tho fl olda with answered fritz plea the old maa scowled T ampora fields an paupers haupers pau pers work td id ruther be liere here but tai jat right fort me trie to be in sech a place noli ovi I 1 could buy the wh ole caboodle it if I 1 had my money toxins allera i wont went agli agin n me ach thoy thor do db seem ome I 1 did you your miney loso the ord old man did not answer for some borne minutes then he hlo oliea up dejectedly 1 I spase 1 I 1 m ou Vs well tell yo ye boutz bout it ho said theres no sort 0 chanco ro V tho acho monsy agin I 1 marched sar ched adny in aa an dahout an find hide nor halran hair an on jr teven t even the old rock wh ercol hid to tobaie leave sunk into the airth JR ja butac at was badi bad Yo Your seo I 1 aint took no stcl in banasan bank ban livan san them thin s They mall all thieves an mousy maney goi getters I 1 kep anidne in a tin box an when I 1 had occasion to go away I 1 hid it alda of a rock under a ahir boft pine I 1 tool took meas meo ura o trees an things round so that I 1 miss findan it a asin ain in wall it ve me come back a abear year afterwards arter wards them barber woods was all cut down aal an I 1 even pick out cuts the stun there was so many ot efem berrr debbe dug it irp ir pan an stole the money 1 I hung roual a 1 weola or two but f twant tw antiro no use usa then I 1 got alia an aa they brune bruna me him here fritz had listened attentively tho tao barber woods he said cheh l i bously that is ther the place 1 I afaf h af work I 1 diet did katow every treo tree an stone L 1 mind th under the big pin pineD eDId ld it liaf haf a crack and bustya one side tho th o old man and alright 4 q KY 4 obeying a sudden impulse he went in rock with acack i ened look cam came e into bis biz d dim uncertain eyes are you the fellor who got hurt ho he asked huskily yes with ra jt sudden effora itha old man man turned his faco to the wall 1 S seemed like li kerd seen ye some where he muttered but I 1 never thought 0 that fritz stared at him curiously then went to bed A few days later he had occasion to pass what had been known as the chobar barber woods buano but quo trees were there now only a desolate field jot stumps ohalf halt hidden by great piles of cork coed wood and brush tho the talk of the old man recurred to him obeying a sudden impulse ho he went in sea search seehof hof ot the rock with the crack but in spite of his familiarity with the woods it was a longtime mare be llo he could discover it fit when he ha returned to the town farm there was a strange exultant look on his face and every few minutes his hand returned to his hia jacket pocket as if to jeas sura itself ol of something there he went directly to his room theold mans face was toabe wall IT 1 I go to arbor woods fritz began and I 1 find itlie jthn rock you haf lost jost the old man shIY shivered cred and turned a i white face toward him and I 1 find the money fritz continued sharply 1 I bafit in my pocket in tho the tin box t the rhe old man was sitting up now but his face was not cagey only piteous and terrified 11 ach I 1 haf no wish to hurt you said fritz more softly if you tell me q everything very thing true I 1 will say not ings an addari aal an ys ye punish me quavered th therold Gold man not if you tell me everything wall 1 I 1 I daiv the mail baggin that day the ar man was sick an he ast mo me thoy they put you in the baggin aw an an when we got in the woods I 1 took the money but I 1 dast to use it so J I 1 hid it side tho the astlin an went off I 1 blotted on comin back arter a while an git 11 it dut but cuttin down the woods got me all mixed E everything very thina allers has worked agin aal me in an a grieved aggrieved 13 voice fritz did not answer going to a oom DOX near his bell bed lie he took out several books tho marks of much use then he left the room afew A few weeks later a glowing letter ws was w s on ita itza way across the water and in due ume uw youad girl eirl took the hand of the postman po astman andreade and read it while warm blushes chased each othor other over I 1 then with anew light in her big earne t oyos ayes sho sha went up into aba little chalet overlooking looking ta tile anil dreamed of tho the great r eat country beyond the sea and ot of chenco th enco who wait waa golner to lisuch do such wonder vend erful fid thongsa thing thin gsa sz |