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"I want to get so to eat," explained the youth

If the boy had hurled a dyna The lank, sallow uratively He went up a mile or more, and on the way down he reached his hand inside the kitchen door and brought it forth enveloping the barrel of a shot gun

"Durn ye!" he cried "I'll la o' buall to coin' for food, eh? I'll laun to his shoulder

The Oskaloosa Kid quailed but he held his ground "I wasn't here last night," he cried, "and I'ot plenty ofinto a side pocket and brought forth a large roll of bills The un

"Wy didn't ye say so in the first place then?" he growled "How'd I know you wanted to buy it, eh? Where'd ye come from anyhow, this early in the mornin'? What's yer name, eh? What's yer business, that's what Jeb Case'd like to know, eh?" He snapped his words out with the rapidity of a un, nor waited for a reply to one query before launching the next "What do ye want to buy, eh? How ht o' et it?"

"It's s and ar and crea pan and a little oil stove, if you have one to spare, and--"

Jeb Case's jaw dropped and his eyes widened "You're in the wrong pasture, bub," he rely "What yer lookin' fer is Sears, Roebuck & Company"

The Oskaloosa Kid flushed up to the tips of his ears "But can't you sell ht let ye have sos an' butter an' a leetle bacon an' ot a loaf left frorub fer the United States army ef that's what yew be buyin' fer"