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"Some artist!" cried the man "And to think that I doubted your ability to ive no vinces, only and original kind of hand-out coirl, rapturously

"Oh, it's easy when you kno," replied The Oskaloosa Kid carelessly, as, with the help of the others, he carried the fruits of his expedition into the kitchen Here Bridge busied hia portion of the top plate as clean as he could get it with such crude means as he could discover about the place

The youth he sent to the nearby brook for water after selecting the least dirty of the several e about the floor of the suainst the use of the water froenerous portion of the bacon into long, thin strips

Shortly after, the water colanced at his watch, greased one of the new cleaned stove lids with a piece of bacon rind and laid out as many strips of bacon as the lid would accommodate Instantly the roo bacon

"M-loated The Oskaloosa Kid "I wish I had bo--asked for ood as that in all s? I could eat a dozen"

"The can'll only hold three at a ti while we are eating these" He borrowed his knife fro bread with it, and turned the bacon swiftly and deftly with the point, then he glanced at his watch "The three minutes are up," he announced and, with a couple of s wood, withdrew the eggs one at a time from the can

"But we have no cups!" exclaihed "Knock an end off your egg and the shell will answer in place of a cup Got a knife?"

The Kid didn't Bridge eyed hi near holar!" cried the youth indignantly Somehoas very different when this nice voicedof the fact himself to such as The Sky Pilot's villainous company, or the awestruck, open-mouthed Willie Case whose very expression invited heroics