Outing . they bandaged up the burglars, Iwas able to steer my tottering limbs to thetelephone and summon the police. By the time the captives had been cartedaway to the hospital, daylight was stream-ing through the library windows. It illum-ined with a splendid radiance the beard ofHank Wilkins, who was engaged in pluckingfrom its incarnadined depths a wondrousstore of jewels. I watched him with pro-found gratitude and admiration. Thesailor paused in his task to chant a me-lodious inspiration: Heigh, ho! Roll and go!Rubies in his whiskers,For he told me so. I grasped the hard fi
Outing . they bandaged up the burglars, Iwas able to steer my tottering limbs to thetelephone and summon the police. By the time the captives had been cartedaway to the hospital, daylight was stream-ing through the library windows. It illum-ined with a splendid radiance the beard ofHank Wilkins, who was engaged in pluckingfrom its incarnadined depths a wondrousstore of jewels. I watched him with pro-found gratitude and admiration. Thesailor paused in his task to chant a me-lodious inspiration: Heigh, ho! Roll and go!Rubies in his whiskers,For he told me so. I grasped the hard fist of my guest andsaid with deep feeling: You shall not rolland go from this house as long as it suitsyou to stay. There is a man behind thatpeerless Titian beard. My whiskers is my fortune, sir,cheerily replied Mr. Wilkins, and theyare yours to command, even if you wantto dye em bottle-green. I am in need of a faithful assistant, Itold the honest fellow, and I am inclinedto dub you The Hair Apparent. •. IN A MANCHURIAN POPPY FIELD Copyright, 1906, by H. C. White Co., N. Y. BALLOONING AND AERIALNAVIGATION BY F. P. LAHM, U. S. A. PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
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