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r - J-0 4 f GCCOND V- SECTION 7 ' . f ' 1 ' V f. " s, j .i 4 . 1 i J ft f. ' f s V t 1 l "v t - 1 1 17 ? .. . . ' i t t !',;;T;'v'V, f ''-''"'' ! f PORTLAND, , OREGON, '.SATURDAY EVENING.VMAYa'jigio ' H':' ? ?'f : rV?? 1- li'-j) Vrf"' :?V' ? '. ? ? v 3Ir!Muwef was np'in'the attick the uwer dav--Bios BDendifepouslattick wc has to our bouse an' some- fcaddjrwmedan my Muvrer she goed down steps, an'--an' I was sittin on a twunk, an'p-an'.the lid opened, BANG! an f rowed me, heels over back-boards on to the flodr. An'--an'out corned ay-a'gr-Mat big savagif erous' tagger wif n'ormous. big sharp toofs,. an fiery yes, an'.he aed, VAr-roo-o! : Ar-rool vAr-roo-ooxj-ool'? , "L " : t; : lTZTri.! - r. f , ..A f ' " - - ' """rinr : I ' ' - ril f- I. '7 Vitsiwr ;r' ' v - I hided Tiihd o the twunk,' 'coyrse I wasn't one bit scared guess not ; ; L jus' wanted to see'wh'at'the tag ger'd do. , An he eated lip some some birdies off o Muwer's hat, sin' 'en he sed, "Fee-fie-foe-fum, I smell the blug o a n'Inglishmunnlir' En"I looked ,round the corner o' the twunk; an I sed; I'Peeki" I sed-jus iiket, ' ,Tee-eekr An' the tagger was orful 'stonished. ' I j -,' . . . ' ' V J ! 'irftlie-laggef sitteddownlefront ome, an'Tie sed,1Iar! HarMIarr-Kiddo, t'm gob' to kill an eal 3ou,. AnI sed,. Isioyou ain't; neither." An an' I jus putted on-sonw-rwmffseswhat I had in mine pwket,-an'l-eiwl i!)ed out 6 the open winder O, ever so far t'way---ah;I shoo ted the bad oY tagger: .'ore I goed, so's he couldn't bite mine "de-ear Muwer when she corned back (i r--;- - -.-. y y ---w- t ' A-i - ' "En I flved orf an ther mi iijwvn u uici iMinw uik luiiucran uicnin siorm. an an .i could see a whni int n --n Engels a-playin ten pins up in the sky 'cause I flyed up so high. An' 'ey had ther' nighties on' an' bare foots -an an' winwes too; JutV like me. An' ev'rv time the ball'd hit. that'd ?lie the fiituWJ WmfA.lmw- 1 . i ' r . t f V ' - " . . . X .... p:rfO- An" ifrairiedtn ':nvr vc'r.gstt ai all wctttd up,-an all'the "f!y-ne$s wis out o 'cm. Aa -an' I feEcil Ccva into a twee, 'an tber w si a r.r fall o fat "it tie tird.es, an' 'ey a$ all dwmed up irif caps, an' an np ? M!ff Vetr n a b' fcu-rry hawk corned to'est em all p tut-1 tocied xrdnebig pistol, an" an' I inctd l.ln ui ti;e eye an he was alfccsdrd up. - -" - ' ' - 'iiTYAmc, .V- ' An the babV birdies "raurrer ' an daclJv corned home wif wrrmj fnr cm.' an Vv $c?, Tn 1 cLTrincs lifet." Ad en I wen ted heme ccn, I was orful clad ta ic r.:"n !rar 3It ' an' she was jwttin the tarsrrr -av in tar rarer .an' camLfire for rwi .t. An I t-!- I I him so'i h wouldn't lite ber, an ahe an!. -What ever wop! I I !-ltI t rv ittl? ! i