Sandy

Sandy, alas! was no exception to any rule which went to prove the frailty of human nature. The sudden acqu

s. "I'm goin' to lay in my goods for pedd

iously caught Ricks's slouching gait as they went down the street.

'll mosey round in the stores awhile, then I'll take you to a sho

eat for the rest of the day, and felt that i

cks, that night, as they stopped

uple of dollars and

and a half dead men," he said as h

and a half,"

" asked San

s no

blowed all t

n a bloke onct what lit his cigar

Sandy, incredulously. He did not realize the exp

esignedly. "You can't count on s

his position restlessly. "Now I ax yer

body. But effen it was me I'd

aid Sandy

a d

ain't go

s, contemptuously. "I s'pose you'd count

mean a

e she went after herself in a lookin'-glass and got kilt. Oh, th

at once. He already had visions of becoming the proud owner of a canine champion that w

been bought in partnership, proved a conquering hero. Through the long summer days the boys tramped over the countr

y and confidential intimacy were established by the sale of blue suspen

ld not be said of the nights. Even the phenomenal luck

rouble. When the last fight was on, you set on the fence and

efense, but he knew i

rts of a town. A fight was about to begin when Sandy discovered

ntal. With a valor that lacked the better part of discreti

ugh the dreary night. Hot with rage and defeat, utterly ignorant of hi

and by a star peeped out, then another and another. Before he knew it, he was listening to the frogs and katydids, and wondering what they were talking about. He ceased to thin