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"Red" McGonnigle, with his hat over his face, dozed in the shade of the bed-wagon Aunt Lizzie busied herself with preparations for departure Miss Eyester perused the testimonials for a patent medicine contained in a pamphlet left by previous campers Insects droned, heat waves shis It was a peaceful noon-day scene, but Macpherson and Co their prospects, or lack of theht was uppermost, their bubble was punctured, they orse than ruined, for their horses and outfit were ed almost up to their value, and in addition, they had borrowed at the bank, counting on paying off all their indebtedness when the Park trip was finished

"I s'pose I can git a job herdin' sheep--they's good it race of it" Pinkey's voice sounded hopeless

The plaint gave Wallie such a pang that he could not answer, but with a twig played a gaht bitterly that no one could bla Canby to a person who seemed destined to failure in whatever he attempted

He was another of the "four-flushers," he told himself, and the country was full of the somebody Probably, in tirub-stake" in surow, and go sockless, and buy new clothes rather than wash his old ones, and eat froues for entertain hiirl like the blackshter there in Prouty, who had no chin and a fine coel and never said a cross word to anybody?

Since Wallie was too uncoot up and left hi philosophically as he departed to join Miss Eyester: "Well, I never heard of anybody bein' hanged for owin' oin' around with the double-breasted blues over it We ht as histle and say we like it"

Wallie looked after his partner alh for hiuessed he would not be so chipper and so easily resigned to disappoint more to which to look forward than he had