Boy life on the prairie . ardly put their horses in the barn,and when they crawled into the house, Mr. Stewartsaid : Sick, are you ? and added disgustedly, Ifyoud eat a little decent food and let truck alone, youdcome home able to walk. Let em alone, father, said Mrs. Stewart. Theyknow that as well as anybody. Now, for land sakes !what marked you all up like that ? And look at yourclothes ! Well, you are in nice shape. 150 Boy Life on the Prairie We licked em, anyway, chirped Owen. Licked em r Licked who ? The town boys. And the Sheriff was going toarrest us, an Mikon scared him off. Mrs. Stew
Boy life on the prairie . ardly put their horses in the barn,and when they crawled into the house, Mr. Stewartsaid : Sick, are you ? and added disgustedly, Ifyoud eat a little decent food and let truck alone, youdcome home able to walk. Let em alone, father, said Mrs. Stewart. Theyknow that as well as anybody. Now, for land sakes !what marked you all up like that ? And look at yourclothes ! Well, you are in nice shape. 150 Boy Life on the Prairie We licked em, anyway, chirped Owen. Licked em r Licked who ? The town boys. And the Sheriff was going toarrest us, an Mikon scared him off. Mrs. Stewart looked helplessly at her husband. Well, now, Duncan, what do you spose the younguns have been into ? Send em to bed. Well hear all about it in themorning, he replied, resuming his newspaper. Weak, dizzy, groaning with pain, Lincoln and Owencrawled up the stairs to their beds. The GloriousFourth, their outing, was over, and their dollars weregone to the purchase of a dreadful headache, but of suchwere the ways of CHAPTER XII HIRED MEN The hands of Sun Prai-rie, even those hired by themonth, were a source of greatinterest to Lincohi and Owen, Each March broughta new personality into the home — sometimes a disa-greeable and dangerous one, occasionally a fairly inter-esting one. Some of them could play the violin orsing, and so brought new music into the family. Otherswere famous dancers. Too often they were coarse andvicious and given to low amusements, especially thosewho came to help in haying and harvest. However, a very distinct line was drawn between theday-hand and the hired man. The hired man enteredthe family, and his character was a consideration at thestart. Mr. Stewart always got at the antecedents ofhis help if possible. With a fair chance, Lincoln wasdisposed to make a hero of each new-comer, and bragabout him to the other boys of the neighborhood. 152 Boy Life on the Prairie who had their own accomplished hired men to cele-brate. Jack, the first hired ma
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