Part 8 (1/2)

”Oh, look who's going to try,--mother, mother, pin a rose on me!”

shouted another boy

”Mother, mother, turn the hose on me,” called another

”Stand frooes backwards!”

”I bet he hits that fellow on the fence!”

To as Mr Ellsworth, with unruffled confidence, stepped in place

”Oi--oi--oi--here's where Hiawatha turns over in his grave!”

It surprised Tom quite a little that they did not seean ostentatiously passing his hat around

”For the benefit of Sitting Bull Ellsworth,” said he, ”highest salaried artist in Temple's lot--positively last appearance this side of the Rockies!”

But ”Sitting Bull” Ellsworth had the laugh on the went his arrow, and he stepped aside and gave an exceedingly funny wink at Toed his favorite

Presently Roy sauntered over to the fence and spoke to hiular shark at it, isn't he?”

”Which one is Westy?” Toht over there with the freckles If you get up close you can see the Big Dipper on his left cheek He's got Orion under his ear too”

”O'Brien?”

”No, Orion--it's a bunch of stars Oh, he's a regular walking firmament”

To who had caught that e out of the darkness and turned the car back, should be right here, hobnobbing with other mortals

”Come over here, Westy,” shouted Roy, ”I want Tom Slade to see your freck--well, I'll be--if this one hasn't shi+fted way over to the other side Westy's our chart of the heavens This is the fellow that helped send you the ht, Westy He ate two plates of plum-duff and he lives to tell the tale”

”I understand Roy kidnapped you,” said Westy

”It was fun all right,” said Tom

”Too bad his parents put him out, wasn't it?” said Westy

”Did you ever taste any of his biscuits?” asked another felloho sauntered over They forot two of them in the Troop Room we use for bullets,” he continued

”What do you think of Cah that they werefun of each other, but he did not exactly kno to participate in this sort of ”guying”