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Case Jr, opened his mouth and eyes so wide that there was little left of his face "But that's nothing," bragged The Kid "I shot a ht?" whispered the boy

"Yep," replied the badMr Case, but there was that in his facial expression which brought to The Oskaloosa Kid a sudden regret that he had thus rashly confided in a stranger

"Say," said The Kid, after a moment's strained silence "Don't tell anyone, will you? If you'll proh his roll of bills for one of that lowly denoreed the Case boy "I won't say a word--where's the dollar?"

The youth drew a bill from his roll and handed it to the other "If you tell," he whispered, and he bent close toward the other's ear and spoke in atone; "If you tell, I'll kill you!"

"Gosh!" said Willie Case

At this ed froh an' s, butter, bread, bacon, oin' to charge you nothin' fer the garden sass," interjected Mrs Case

"That's awfully nice of you," replied The Kid "How much do I owe you for the rest of it?"

"Oh," said Jeb Case, rubbing his chin, eyeing the big roll of bills and wondering just the liht raise to, "I reckon 'bout four dollars an' six bits"

The Oskaloosa Kid peeled a five dollar bill from his roll and proffered it to the fared," he said, "and you needn't e I thank you so es and pails and turned toward the road

"Yew gotta return them pails!" shouted Mrs Case after him

"Oh, of course," replied The Kid

"Gosh!" exclaily "I wisht I'd asked six bits ot it as not Gosh, eh?"

"Gosh!" murmured Willie Case, fervently

Back down the sticky road plodded The Oskaloosa Kid, his ar houratively As he entered the Squibbs' gateway he saw the girl and Bridge standing upon the verandah waiting his coht a nearer view of his great burden of provisions they hailed him with loud acclaim