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The tramp who had plumbed the depths of the creek's foot of water and two feet of softashore

"Whadda YOU want now?" inquired Billy Byrne "A piece o' soap?"

"I'll get youse yet," spluttered the et it," admonished Billy, "an' hit the trail" He pointed toward the railroad right of way "An' you, too, John L," he added turning to the other victi up "Hike!"

Mu the tashed shuffled away, and were presently lost to view along the vanishing track

The solitary camper had returned to his culinary effort, as unruffled and unconcerned, apparently, as though naught had occurred to disturb his peaceful solitude

"Sit down," he said after aup at Billy, "and have a bite to eat with me Take that leather easy chair The Louis Quatorze is too sed for coly toward the sward beside the fire

For afowl iht hand Then he presently broke again into verse

Around the world and back again;it all The land and the hot old plain fro all the tie, hoof it, ride or cliood sort," he broke off, suddenly "There ain't many boes that would have done as ainst one," replied Billy, "an' I don't like theet it-- hed the other "If I could do that I wouldn't be pan-handling A guy by the name of Henry Herbert Knibbs did theht where I live," and then, after a pause; "sure you got enough fer two, bo?"

"I have enough for you, old top," replied the host, "even if I only had half as much as I have Here, take first crack at the ale cup; but James has broken the others James is very careless Soo"

"Who's James?" asked Billy