Penrod and Sam

s strange return. They burst into the stable, making almost as much noise a

horse, you!" he bellowed. "I ai

" Penrod shoute

y preparing to

ed, "so's they won't blow shut and ke

rned with ferocious voice and gestures upon Duke. "DUKE!" And Duke, in spite of his excitement, was so impressed that he pr

m protested. "Wha

" said Penrod, whose face show

at

ard," said P

lbarrow and stared at hi

r thought o' that! How-how much

p in the enterprise met no objection from Penrod,

lly, "we might get more

n the two stalls. Whitey had preempted the nearer, and wa

ars-or sumpthing?" Sa

him a moment before. He recognized it as a symbol of the non-committal attitude that makes peo

derd DOLLARS?

adding something. He put a question in an indulgent tone, as though he were inquiring, not to add to h

d, unconsciously, he added, "They mi

"Papa said he wouldn't taken five hunderd doll

practical afterthought. "But maybe he was a

it? Well, what kind of horses do they have in a circus? They have some black and white ones; but the best they have are white all over. Well, what kind of a horse is this we got here? He's perty

upted rath

Penrod. You don't g

ghed conte

right up and look good as ever. You don't know muc

hungry now?" asked S

orses like hay and oats the best

to eat that manger up right now,

ave entrance to the stalls. "We got to get this

ble leaves, and they expected Whitey to nibble the leaves of this branch; but his ravenous condition did not allow him time for cool d

am shouted. "You stop th

from the hydrant, where he was fill

, too! He's chewin' up sticks as

see this sight,

m him, Sam!" he c

him yourself!" was the pro

. "Anybody with any sense ought to know it'd make hi

didn't sa

aid I did, did I? You go on in tha

ll, Sam scrambled to the top of the manger and looked over. "There ain't much left to TAKE away! He's swallered it all except some

ll enough grass to sustain him. Then Penrod remembered that horses like apples, both "cooking-apples" and "eating-apples", and Sam mentioned the fact that every autumn his father received a barrel of "cooking-apples" from a cousin

They were afraid to take more apples from the barrel, which began to show conspicuously the result of their raids, wherefore Penrod made an unostentatious visit to the cellar of his own house. From the inside he opened a window and passed vegetables out to Sam, who placed them in a bucket and carried them hurriedly to the stable, while Penrod r

w potatoes and the loaf of bread. He ate the loaf of bread last and he wa

st!" said Penrod. "I bet he wouldn't eat a sau

y. "I think he's kind of begun to fill out some. I expect he m

rather pompously. "Long as I got charge o' t

etter do n

he outward signs

nty to DO, all rig

Penrod-maintaining his air of preocc

sh him so's he'll look whiter'n what he does now

You ought to know that yourself. What we got to do is to

m echoed, dumfounded. "What

e used to have it. We'll make this horse's bed in the other stal

goin' to

s walk in there with the shovel, stick the shovel in the hole till it

Sam cried. "What ar

"He won't kick or anything, and it isn't goin' to take you

you think he

could hit him with the shovel if he trie

am said earnestly. "What differ

Penrod reminded him. "When he first came

as," Sam declared. "

w, can't you?" his friend urg

Sam, who was keeping his eye upon

Sam pointed at the long, gaunt head beyond the manger. It was

nap. If he wants to lay down without waitin' for us to ge

erceived a favourable

m, Penrod, and I'll sneak in the other stall and fix it all up nice for him, so's he can go in there any time when he wa

rked, he looked "better", even in his slumber. It is not to be doubted that although Whitey was suffering from a light attack of colic his feelings were in

such quality that Whitey must needs have been a born fault-finder if he complained of it. The friends parted, each ur