Show the th e house ouse of the ac three i gancler G anaze r by iloni bacheller copyright by irvins Ime BbS holler lf CHAPTER IX continued 19 and there thera lay round upon the around round ireat great heaps of bogers 11 always he was up before daylight in the morning when he lighted his lamp started his bis fire washed and dusted the furniture and swept the floor when he shook shads chads shoulder in the morning the grateful odor of coffee end and buckwheat cakes and frying sau gage sag ewas was in the th air come ol oil friend he called its ita the next day breakfast Is ready an I 1 warn ye its fitter fit fer kings king s an queens queene shad needed no urging he leaped out of bed and dressed in a hurry and washed at the rivers edge hurry up an comb yer hair bumpy sputtered as he brought the hot platters to the table it looks as if a mouse had made a nest in it it the bo boy Y had a great liking aking forgot for hot cakes and maple and sausage bumpy seemed to find a sufficient reward for his bis work in shads chads enjoyment ho he kept an eye on him in ili the fashion of an interested witness dont spill so much on em cm he was wont to say bay by you make em look like an in island in a red pond there aint no sense in that you yon dont take moren two wallers fer a flapjack anybody would think ye was basmad mad at lem em 11 bumpas sputtering had a background of good nature shad enjoyed it after breakfast he brought in two palls pails of water and filled the wood box soon boon after seven he set out for amity dam with a volume of blackstone under his arm 1 1 1 be on hand for dinner a jentle be tore fore two bumpy calletto called to him fro from the door ravin having g arrived ved in the familiar village shad went at once to the house of his friend the doctor the litter latter was reading in his office 1 1 I I am glad to see you boy he said without rising sit git dowland down dow nand and tell me what has happened shad told the doctor of the steps stepa that led to the capture ot of algyre algire and of the prisoners prison ees sullen attitude well donel the doctor exclaimed with no n change in the expression of his 1118 face it will yield no immediate result but it Is a long step giep toward thi the truth soon So ozior or late the man may uncover it he Is awa a smart fellow he he knows that blake has not evidence enough to hold him we chave hava as yet only a i suspicion even if he be became a witness tor for the people he could n not ot escape life imprisonment or a long term for a crime so eo atrocious he Is AL a born gambler he would rather take his him chances in the west but inthey it they have a goodcase good case against him and he be should be convicted we may expect help from him we may not have long to wait meanwhile my de dear ar b boy I 1 I 1 will of course geta get a share of t the be reward 11 1 11 I h aveni thought of that I 1 know wh what chatto atto to do with W it ahad answered but you would know chatto what to do with an ali education edic atio n 11 im getting educated rin im learning something everyday id rather rat herthe the reward would wouldga go to you and colonel Col onil blake the doctor smiled and said well boy if I 1 am entitled to any of it which I 1 question it shall be yours there Is another matter of bf which I 1 i would speak you are to mention it only to colonel blake be careful that no one overhears you I 1 recall your telling me once of the ha handsome edsom a young lady who worked in the store in hi south bolton you had seen her one day at bumpy bump browns Brown ls shack I 1 went to call on a pa patient dent in in that village about ten days ago I 1 heard some gossip arouther it was int interesting r but unkind I 1 went to trie the store the girl was there alone T the hj look of her confirmed the gossip it grieved me to see a beautiful girl friendless and in her condition I 1 talked with her a little aliel seem to know what was the matter jt it was w a 8 a sad bad case I 1 her my telephone p h on number and told her that when she needed help I 1 would come familiar as I 1 am with the process I 1 always feel when I 1 help to deliver a child as if I 1 had had hada a humble bumble part pa rt I 1 in a miracle the girl went to ablone a lonely settlement away backan back in the woods there she got ga the help of a midwife the child was wag born something went wrong rong she befanto began to fall and asked them to send for me I 1 went and found her in a a critical condition she will probably die some rotten hearted man who has no share in her trouble has brought her to thit that pass 1 I am note not preaching to you YOI my boy I 1 tell you these things only because 1 I suspect that the virl girl has some connection with our case robert boyce took toofe her to the house of the midwife he was often seen with her now royce Is the heir of mrs doolittle the theory has come to my friend judge swift icat that mrs doolittle did not like the girl that she had threatened to fo disinherit the young man if he married her theren therein Is a double motive for getting rid of his mother 1 I 1 l shad smiled saying 1 I feel sure are that royce Is the man and I 1 think thac colonel blake does docs T if 1 I do not pei fi sure aure although there is iq enuch to Ind indicate leute IV if the d octor doctor went on 1 I know royce well I 1 ar clial h he Is not the type of s i t i n r 1 i rf man an we are sei seeking king SUU it ineasy Is easy to be dec deceived elved 11 shad showed the volume he had bad been studying to the doctor and the queries in his notebook thalea the learned i arned man answered thern them and said the time has come when you need eI a bigger diction dictionary ar y J I 1 williena will wil lIend lend you mine awill I 1 will have my myman man bring it to you at browns cove he looked through many pages of the commentaries and noted down the meaning of the ilie unusual words and latin phrases he gave the boy a book entitled the youths history of england and recommended that he be read it carefully before continuing his study of blackstone the doctor arose his horse and buckboard were at the door 1 1 I I must be going he said please go and see miss Sp enlow she has baa a deep interest in you th the doctor set out on his rounds and shad went to the boarding house bouse CHAPTER X mi miss Ss expresses new sentiments the benevolent spirit of miss betsy had entered upon a griat great senU sentimental mental adventure her face shone with a new enthusiasm she arose and threw chiew helams her arms around the boy boband fand kissed him her affectionate greeting was a bore whim to him but he took it witha with a cheerful countenance you are growing so big and handsome I 1 she exclaimed sit down I 1 1 P left Letl call it the house of the three thre ganders gande want botell to tell you what has happened I 1 have got the sweet sweetest little geenty baby that you ever saw shad turned with a look of astonishment the doctor brought brough t it here so that I 1 could lakeit take it to the rome home tor for the friendless she went on the little thing has got hold of my heart I 1 dont know how im ever going to part with it just come into my bedroom and take a look at her its a little girl the boy had no interest in babies but he went the child lay asleep with ii a nursing bottle beside it in a i swinging brass cr crib lb miss lifted it in her arms and sald said did you ever see anything so CUD cunning in yo your ur life look at that little hand band to sh shad a d the young child was red and sm smelly elly and unattractive but he be would not take issue with a lady in such a matter he agreed with her like a gentleman look at these dainty baby clothes ibe ehe went on the doctor brought them and the crib and everything it a great trouble to you shad asked natii not a bit the young girls come in and belpre help me take care of it night and morning I 1 was ne never verso BO happy in my life ai as I 1 am with this baby she put it back in its crib and they returned to the sitting room had you heard that deacon plumb was dead ehe she asked yea tes I 1 read of it in the canton paper 11 what amity a pity ili I 1 she ehe exclaimed if there ever was a good christian man inthis in this world it was deacon plumb he left five hundred dollars to the home for the friendless shad remembered how fussy the deacon had been about his mall mail when told that there was none for or him hild he was wont V to stare sternly at the boy as an if he did n believe it and go away muttering miss added badde 1 I have written a poem which was waa read at the church sociable the other evening some said bald that it ought to be published awill I 1 will read it to 7 you ou at this point shad was rescued by the arrival of bony who had bad been mending his canoe shad wrote a letter to colonel blake bi ake tn in which he be reported the news new which had come out in hla his interview with the doctor this done he be and bony talked a while the doctors doctora hired girl came in to bit it with the baby while miss went to sunday school she was its superintendent su perin soon the boys set bet out afoot lor for browns cove shad swore bony to secrecy and told him of th the elate late phases in the remarkable problem of the people and of the capture of algyre its wonderful what youve done said bony 1 I heard lem cm tellin in the store that the district attorney thought you was the most pro promising boy that he had ever seen shad smiled and was silent for a little time the words had bulcke quickened ned the beating biating of his heart th were bread to his I 1 soul 1 I dont know what he be thinks shad answered 1111 hes is never told ime me tm rm going to do my best ta to please him all I 1 can do 1 I feel sorry for poor ol oil bumpy he Hewa was sup up at the dam while boil you was away to see if there was any letter for him 01 doran was in the store an abused him shameful called him a liar har an a thief an a murderer bumpy walked awayan away an never cover said a word when chator that ol 01 pup doran got out 0 61 the store I 1 called him every name laamea I 1 could lay my tongue to shad answered the poor old man never said a word to me about it he must have a heavy ceartin he heart artin in him but h he keeps cheerful theres something kind kindol 0 wonderful about him I 1 ihnow know a lot I 1 tell not yet there aint one 0 4 them pin heads that does so much fit to black his shoes they were nearing the little house in browns cove bumpy who had been watching the trail through a awin window adibe as i he worked hustled butof out of the front door to greet them hurry up you pair of young ganders he shouted the old goosens goo goose seis Is ready an hot come 0 on IL it was then that shad gave the little house a name which passed into history it was suggested by like names in the novels of reade and dickens lets call it the house of tho the three ganders he proposed 1 I agree an that makes a majority said bumpy hurry now an git washed up an aft yer hairs combed CHAPTER XI important events in the house of the three ganders 1 the weather turned stormy ii at daylight the air was full fall of rain flying in the wind shad brought in a good supply of wood and water and sat eat down with his task while the raindrops hissed upon the roof and windowpanes the doctor had bad sent down his big websters Web dictionary shad got fw fpx along with the youths history of england that day bumpy was a real help to the boy while the reading progressed in his bis droll way he explained how bow dukes lords barons and popes were made and what was expected of them A lord was a man who fit good in battle ll 11 he explained the king slaps ill him m on the back an says 01 boy put ler er there youve done grand her hereafter beafter have bave all the land an money ye want bantan wan tan an nothan to do but look as beautiful i as ye can an be a gentleman an admy my friend an yer oldest boy shall be a lord an yer daughters shall be grand ladles ye see a kingdom was a kind of a doll factory where ladles ladies an gentle mencas made an dressed up an sold to the people an the people giver lem cm castles to live liv e in an horses an hounds to PI play ly with the people has to have some one that wears weara velvet coats an gowns an looks grand an dois does more graess or lees chitin up it gives lem cm suthon to wonder at an talk about aboul what would the folks do in amity dam if 1 everybody was good their mouths would dry up an their tongues would git paralyzed parly zed when night came shad sat under tb the evening lamp with bumpy and they discussed the great battles of the people for their liberty with the state the barons and the church of which he had been reading in three days he had a fairly good understanding of the background of the commentaries of sir william blackstone td rd say your gun was to lable well loaded sald said the theoloman old man in their last review 1 I guess the colonel will jump when you shoot it off at him hell break down an holler for fer help 1 TO BB CONTINUED |