Show L r gatov UP U C 7 aal ap pp e a U J ef CHAPT CHAPTER ERt 1 the beauty contest you hue tile A phi on er sald said 1 hi watermelon with ran candor fait would mould make a mange I 1 lip lip if I 1 suppose you ou funk clink vor ver knur nui succeed encored jawes janes i 1 I ieria lenack il tilt flit it ho flit 11 it hini himself self wi i i cla sn tim tilt sigh sighed ed Ts is on ell would mould over or ali alit ot or a child no lie he it ir irah ain don t let tint thit boo bloo nin modest of aers ers keei kaei er front from talin the aruti adjured jamrs the ma wavil cl the po aoi si ability aside with airy grice with nil due modesti esti jimcy slid he be 1 I cm cant t claim to I 1 a toman noman 11 not with mith thit lias on sor or mug agreed vike fike c aisling sting i I 1 sleepy ep up waid dnald fion lie he lav lai in ili lizy liev cor tent in ili the long act under the tree when I 1 wa i kid I 1 tool a rne r in a beauty blaut show shon anno incel james wih mith pride r T wa na alii thice e I 1 a cut little cus my hair i was as iello alloi ind ni nii mi i curled it ou ell knox kno IONI hov ill ind and I 1 had a little i bite drei arco on it 1 as a county I 1 fur air I 1 got the lie first rui foi the best loolen kij hil and q i for the I 1 apes ape s if I 1 v a alia ed now non arid and had on oil orie glad clad ir ris tg I 1 d be a lia killer nil all all richt anvid J Ion gid of me said the water melon alid oil d look 1001 ila lie ae a bleat ebed son ot of a told IOU ou illitia h iced make a bally horse rua ou oil N i tt IN hen me hair s cut I 1 ra a bloomin adonis riot not venus ind the melon fusion dil dica at lit in old brodi broin pile pil c cairn aim ind comfor taLl in iii tile the ale sint shido shide where oft breezes antlered if full ui DI liden t N till lib tile the odors 01 01 the llie fields in ili jaue Pe elti end jims v ith alarm cl arm ing ri nanete anete aurs in tun nn famian lit it vent cut co fist fast lit in th ill begin beginning nin ther ler pr amil neice had a chanco chance to aitch up the water malon mell ell haie hae a 1 beauty show lust us to inspired b the thought lie he sat eat up to ind mile opened its his eyes ees long enough to tool look eich hopr with blonn eo scornful derision arid and a mocking grunt janes fondled the hoit itah hair on his cheeks and chin ind nd v al sited ted for development the watermelon A ent on oil IN V a will meet this afternoon afre see seea shaved and aith decent duds on and alike can call pick the winner mile e ile he cant tell a sick hicl cat from a nell one Ti ith all lie he knows s enough to tell licit the he best leolla 1001 la one between nou and me A blind mug aoud do thit hut IN we e b stent hT vent ent any an one else lou ell tit lit it IN e cm cin t hai haie e too much 1 city nt lit fl thi i ho hoa I 1 dislike publicity antti at am tune time and e when ichen I 1 hue on clothes borrowed as ab ion oil might sf vj for the oc cablon it abo iu king ging v vib as here we ne could t ill it c a vote but i nm T in that they aln ain t N we e got to do ax with ith whit we N e got P tle ile cost of lirla Is 16 goin up lip so days das iti gettin hard men eien to bitter i 1 hin handout dout groined mike nho choc idea of arle beauty consisted of i L f ill tomich tonu cli and a shida I 1 place I 1 ace to sl ep on a long quiet sund ty ly afat r noon 1 I am aiu t goin to get e CIT irv plies aoun bourt d on oil tile me it if the public gets an ani nore ill hie to agne up de turf for a that s nil all lo 10 throw a gag hlll ill be bc harder den hod ardvin ar rvin e aint am t coln to hurt the burg none nona mid jaries janes lie he rose languido lang and lou IOU lp lc here this afternoon vike amont thie the th i e ste ete or ill knock cr bloat of of 1 it 68 a a nice quiet IT ngoat anil and fr enough from the hillige to hr be ba 1 1 ira m coln to get a lne and lorro burro N ame mme dudo dude front from ill lie bloomin hos licitr lr up lip onder londer to 40 to do lioi hot or 01 I 1 lo 10 0 de dc OIL oo caBlon lie ire knold d the aceb from ills pile pi p and slipped it into ills hla coclet if ou ell dont don t gt tile the clothes and de shane boull be counted down doan and out sic sica sure aved agreed the Matei V niLlon lie ile laa ii it length on wr gicand tic be tic ri aali the butternut hutt ernut tree irce and juines I 1 luef it a moment to run lit his ei ro 0 crit cau oner oer him from his ic lein in fire alth lilt its two tuc weeks growth of biard b r to his rasped ragged clumsy mice james imad iriina cad nd arp himself up to his rull full might math juia pride ile he was six fert tio ill ili shops that wight as will have hwn aten for all they added to his its height ills ille der em broad breed and muscular mith the ahr genth play ila of gre arnt tit in ill perfect condition conditi oM ills hl neck though mas hi aall 11 shaped ha and elneva not the abort thick neck of i a prize fight i or i t bull lit hl bir hir a wr were mar bair row rov hicl mid lil lambis loar and itral flit ritt iannatti Ion lili his kopea shirt hirt lit lie saw w kr alln oil etil 1 li JIW jl A of th the iu koft ke to 0 o all tho tha ta as and float setd rth lu ian tauta tT uta wax M x W h horar hor tr atil bof 1 ml u aad d itt 16 U if I f ki his at am aaa la 14 pap pled pied marclous man mar flous symmetry J jimes imes v vas as sti strong ong slow heavy lie he wis w is quiet quick aviv lil supple stipple tion ind not loft left its mirk and the hard life of tile the roid had so fir fie merely merel made him qt ill an athlete in per cpr feet condition ills ili vira mcra clean cut aud and symmetrical knitli illi a 1 narrow humorous mouth month and caes soil rolt arid and gu gray arid and gentle tile the eyes ot of i i arc mr and in an idler lames looked at vie ilo slight alight graceful gr in the HIP shade of the butternut trpo trpe and gr ginned nned doubling hl hi hubp arms inith slow luxurious pleasure lit in the mere action and atch inc tin rhythmic ri rise e and fall or of the grait inus cleb you IOU might get ct honorable hono mention in one of 0 arse arse counte coun fairs for ill the epst noto oe of oxen admitted the wa terni ter melon elon front ulgere 11 here lie he li it ease there auk am t going to be no she show raid faid mike mih firch not if ner er hive live to the duila cuds I 1 aint going junes jims that be nas as i i true member of the bon on oil lie he a id d the ollier to ellei cc i ith the airy air grace or of a master gnaster diminishing tin tit impudent 1 I 11 eie is goin to be a con tc test t ter lor the just repaid rev aid of beauty ind mpr pr go son n to 0 o be here mike and III he be the judge or 3 mil hue hine thit that r red 0 d headed beaded block of loins knocked into kirdle I 1 nood sill 0 atis 1 is fit and ind and diran ills his foul loathed trouble anil and ten long adfor d for quiet etli the ardor or of an elderly spinster no 0 o I 1 am ain t sid sin lie in a neill It fuggle for leace i bace 1 I aint am t gain to liang around here until nou ou blokes sire the rags and conn back kiil lit de cois til s after i er sunday dundan said the vi watermelon iter melon from kno Medge by bv past cepe I 1 fence io ib the best time to su alpe an all thing no 0 o one is lookin for trouble that dia di ind so dont don t ind find it see eeb sure james aeri ones marra ind good und and tuu cd and aben hen nei ci fel ft el good aou ou on t blepp e ann d one is bud bid IOU ou know blonn it ii ig alike when ien ner er comfortable table aei PI cant under stand alu N by tile the devil ve N e am t comfort able vi ell N aln ili the he di 11 am ain t 3 or dp minded mile milc 1 I tin nn t ill the shade or all the P anth am I 1 lie sown and be quiet whit tie do yer wint a beamut alio for av am it snipped the lie water vater melon les ics acs ill sto stow it all right dpn kere p re all put to the jug I 1 tell tall ner es I 1 am ain t fit to mork ork the last time I 1 got pinched I 1 ariett croaked I 1 ax aan t cne to ork we lint going to got get pinched slid said times I 1 ou oil mike make more tik over to suits of cloths claths cl it aint am t tile clotees I 1 its ts the tool fool notion of em cut arid and ahn omin ilehr back here and riot not mal mak 11 in TO no get na thi hangout is more inore than four miles ties from the burg aou ou galoot sneered the watermelon no one of coppin us TIR here her they the 11 go 90 to the next town toan or else witch the railroads dut but ill might might mist might be bloom bloomin ln foot fools like ile not ion IN here her are nou ou goin to be spayed in tit til shop said raid james IOU ou faor fanor a lann rn but per pr mon Randly illy I 1 prefer a bar bor lie ile stretched ind abbed an ned I 1 IN ell I 1 im in off before church time or the birbelis boll te closed kemem her bei mike this his afternoon letwen n four our and lie lie HP pulled alivs clothes into place ad austed ins its b hit it at the most be corning ringle arnd started up the narrow ind lind pith through ills his teeth As he disappeared among the trees tile lie fir 01 sound of church bells stole to then them on the quiet of the sabbath mornant morn nio riling int CHAPTER 11 A close shave the watt climbed the stone etona I 1 nall all and piu td ii a In to tio tie ili liis tui the road abound up thi the hill aiom riom the village nestling at its foot and dipped again out of lilt I 1 on oil on all iacre iere tile hills bills falling rocky laiture lands ris rib ing to orchids or and now aion ind and then 1 i I farm arni hous hour it ae sum bum tiler glad lid ii nid ul riotous summer the 1 atei ahei anelon was a vagabond in e ele cr r fiber of his hi long graceful self iek the open plates placer tho sweep of the wind the cil call of the birds the rw pi SO and nd fall of tile the bills hadine the fiti rating beyond belond found harmony with lilt its hiir at an A cap tle the animal given a ebancu tor for tre free dora dom diskes for the th artt timber as ai A cut cat in ill JL 90 ink for ake tk old id familiar stile so 0 o tit this th cl chatry atry ott imalis r and ferloin fr loin and spa p owr a ait in man iran avid lot A As H akl a IMOS aft SOUt ix IR wook mr itka worl ara ami bim stath AV y tho 0 til kills kill atu th wun warmed air tr konn a tiso tk hrak of the th now B too souls M M ta na 01 dulson imreh tells musically math Slit iving from tle be vail aali lio be net neit out it for the village below in the tha YI ato lev allebe the rod road wound steeply down w n tile the lage boasted hut but one barber hop holl a quiet little dusty white one ona room affair le leaning arling in timid hurrill ity against the protecting wall of tha only other public building in town dr do goods grocery and nil butcher ishop in one the church bells bell had stopped atop poil for rome time almo when the watermelon turned into the wide wida empty street and rid ot rolled carelessly up 0 to o the faded red vi white life and blue polo pole of waltons N ilion s parlor in its sunday calm the whole hole village tillage seemed deserted A few ot of the holder bolder spirits who hat had out grown gron apron strings and not t been shired in in one ones bonnet strings hd remained iwa front from church and foregathered fore gathered in tile the seclusion of tile the barber shop the watt rp re carded them a moment through the whitlow as he felt cure cureless lesl in ili lit hl lockets dockets for the coins tint thit were mere noer ducr there the barar nas ius cl aning up after lits last cuto mpr and talking sj apparently as much to himself as to an ons one convinced convince of anat nat lie he knew was so that he had bad no money the tha tt IN ater pushed open the door and I 1 mitered hello said he hello said the barber ml all the papers were lowered and all conversation stopped as each man turned and scanned tile the lie ae comer N ith an interest the Watern watermelon if ten mod estev felt na was chused by some event other than his own entry ile he sur that jimes james had probably been there before him and the next cords of the barber confirmed his surmise the apier little mill inin scanned him coldly from the rakish tip of his big shabby hat aidt to tho the nondescript coler coer ing of his fei fe t which from aiom force ot of habit he be billed and spoke alth ith dekl veiled netted sarcasm I 1 milroe proe ou oil arp are tile the guest from the hotel up to the lake I 1 he NN watermelon grinned ile he niza ITa james role no 0 o said lie cheerfully berr futh 1 im I tin john D ind me car is waiting without nit hout A gaie guest t up tip to the hotel repeated the barbi aion ul on N horn tames tamer ind hid evi dietl nil n tile ide i 1 r powerful row erful impression ni jut just ju t back bacic from a two beeks camp ing and fl fishing lillig trip no said the I 1 don t lit e fili n hin inq bating baiting the hook i cucil sucil d lined inid hit tut tu it li ack ck vent on oil the barber still quoting his out let rink with UAL duclie of mill I 1 look ook like i habip I 1 robabe am ain one grinned the iter melon and vou nou thought ou ell i get a lne asi ah iou ou passed through the vil late lage dire let our nour niep see ou ell san sa interrupted ane watermelon nearah Ne arih what hat are aou ou gning us ug did anyone anone lunko you sou out of 1 shae hane iniel hat linro lingo les es snipped the barber gibout boul in hour ago a teller blew in ili bete likic arid and s iid all thit that he talked well mell and I 1 haved caved him and th enlie found ht he haan hadn t an motion mone lit in his old clothed but h ho would mould send end it right don do n oh 11 sea 3 es the moment ho he got to the lie ho tel td it am sint t come and harr there ays there am ain t no one up to tile the hotel lika ilka that ham s the porter sure slid harry import important antIN I 1 passed p ibser the teller friler as I 1 was mas coming jon iown it and there aint ann an one like hire hill to the hotel the IN numbed IlLar heartily tily A hobo ell eha Il you for fair 01 I 1 ol ell fetters fellers t to ile be so ro dog boned caan get wise get NN wise ise we are now said the barber barbel rut tull full and added sherill st erill it if ion r v ant a shive youe got to show houi our money first sure I 1 wint a shave s ald the watermelon later melon and carelessly care lessily rattled a te few old keys ke s he carried in ani it locket f 5 t CO IC D rn 1 P 1 1 in contentment with tho world and himself chov jingled anith the clink of loose coins arid and were ming to the th ar it il nol ao 0 o to th touch I 1 cama lirra here for a shave but I 1 pay for what I 1 nant aut see by bay ill lt bet that bellot bistod you cesh register bad li i oceail fantl lAn tl toward the th now BW hilly receiver or of aus toras on oa the lh hill boar ur tile ali UK lim bark r ark brought rrell urill ot of exportation to all the lh cariker Us iok kis ha til kedl kM dl baitis lu illia hii law pool I 1 kimt lt iset lost t wook wk abild ia thi l JV amr jr tod hold K will WAS fishy taw paoo proof 11 D do 7 t t to V mh UK T tT tH AR AK ahr in in H tiao th re r tw is ak V BT TOM mr sma aj tw asked 10 tk bow to abw U ahl ta so MM aa bof fau be b Ns aft hat ra JL aft ka te awful si awa 1 5 essa P tru taa ta mwood which it can t be I 1 WM was right here her all 11 II lh ili time aln I 1 lt alta near th the lookin glass said ild th the 1 watermelon ater melon he fie went close cloa to the tha counter to see himself dian didn t lip lie I 1 I 1 yes ye admitted the barber slowly lie H did look at himself for or a lont long time anil and domn of the time our back will was icil il added the Nater watermelon melon you atre cleaning up or looking for a whisk ye yes admitted the barber again still TIT dioro r reluctantly but nobody can bust into one of 0 them thein cash I 1 not without a noise that bould be heard across the room I 1 II 11 it bet t he did mid the water 0 melon ho o oil take me mea but then can t be busted belter liter ater the lie barar then viv liiv the den de |