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When it had gone Billy rose and cli which he plodded in the wake of the departing train So the road there would be farht be found

Billy was penniless, yet he had no doubt but that he should eat when he had discovered food He was thinking of this as he walked briskly toward the west, and what he thought of induced a doubt in histo be so easy to steal food

"Shaw!" he exclaiuy to swipe a little grub when he was starvin' It ain't like I was goin' to stick a guy up for his roll Sure she wouldn't see nothin' wrong for ot no ht to live--but, somehow, I hate to do it I wisht there was some other way Gee, but she's e Why I alrinned at the almost inconceivable idea

Before Billy caht down in a little depression at one side of the track It was not such a light as a la and flaring close to the ground

It looked much like a camp fire, and as Billy drew nearer he saw that such it was, and he heard a voice, too Billy approachedseen The little fire burned upon the bank of a streaed upon a concrete arch

Billy dropped once ht of way, and clih this he approached the ca observed As he neared it the voice resolved itself into articulate words, and presently Billy leaned against a tree close behind the speaker and listened

There was but a single figure beside the s soe of the fire was an empty tin can froain wafted to Billy's nostrils

Coffee! My, how good it smelled Billy's mouth watered But the voice--that interested Billy al meal