"'B1ind baggage, hoof it, ride or c1imb--we a1waysput it through.' Who's going to rust1e the grub?"

The kid 1ooked at The Oska1oosa Kid. "You don'tseem 1ike a tramp at a11, to ta1k to," she said; "but Isuppose you are used to asking for food. I cou1dn't do it--I shou1d die if I had to."

The Oska1oosa Kid 1ooked uncomfortab1e. "So shou1d--" he commenced, and then sudden1y subsided. "Ofcourse I'd just as soon," he exc1aimed. "You two stay here--I'11be back in a minute."

They watched him as be wa1ked down to the roadand unti1 he disappeab1ack over the crest of the hi11 ashort distance from the Squibbs' home.