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"Did you know that he told your son that he was The Oskaloosa Kid and that he had robbed a house and killed a man last night?" "Huh?" exclaimed Jeb. Then he turned and cast one awful look at Willie a look large with menace. "Honest, Paw," pleaded the boy. "I was a-scairt to tell you, 'cause he said he'd kill me ef I told." Jeb scratched his head.
Carter, of Wisconsin, Geo. Allen, Leander Woolsey and Chas. Clark, of Henderson, Ill., Mr. Gretzinger, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and a Frenchman whose name is unknown. There were some others connected more or less with the party at some part of the trip, but not coming in with the Jayhawker organization.
It is true that he puzzled them. Even The Sky Pilot, the most astute and intelligent of them all, was at a loss to fathom The Oskaloosa Kid. Innocence and unsophistication flaunted their banners in almost every act and speech of The Oskaloosa Kid.
It was The Oskaloosa Kid who first thought of him. "Where's the boy?" he cried suddenly. The others looked quickly about the clearing, but no Willie was to be seen. Bridge shook his head ruefully. "We'll have to get out of this in a hurry now," he said. "That little defective will have the whole neighborhood on us in an hour." "Oh, what can we do?" cried the girl. "They mustn't find us!
Then Giova started out with Beppo in search of garbage cans, Bridge bent his steps toward a small store upon the outskirts of town where food could be purchased, The Oskaloosa Kid having donated a ten dollar bill for the stocking of the commissariat, and the youth and the girl made their way around the south end of the town toward the meeting place beside the old mill.
He has a pocket full o' kale an' sparklers an' tings, and he goes fer to shoot me up wen I tries to get away." "Who was he?" asked Burton. "He called hisself de Oskaloosa Kid," replied Charlie. "A guy called Bridge was wid him. You know him?" "I've heard of him; but he's straight," replied Burton. "Who was the skirt?"
"I never tuk much stock in them stories," said Jeb, with a shake of his head; "but ef you SEEN it! Gosh! Thet beats me. Come on M'randy, les see what we got to spare," and he turned into the kitchen with his wife. The lanky boy stepped, out and planting himself in front of The Oskaloosa Kid proceeded to stare at him. "Yew seen it?" he asked in awestruck tone.
"I don't," replied the man. "But you called me 'Kid' and that's my name I'm The Oskaloosa Kid." The man was glad that the darkness hid his smile of amusement. He knew The Oskaloosa Kid well, and he knew him as an ex-pug with a pock marked face, a bullet head, and a tin ear. The flash of lightning had revealed, upon the contrary, a slender boy with smooth skin, an oval face, and large dark eyes.
Wait until Oskaloosa comes in this weekend. They are in second place. They are a rough team, and if you can beat them, then we'll talk. "'Can't I get any money any advance money on my contract? I asked him. "'You haven't got a contract, he said. "'All right, says I, and I didn't say another word. I knew that he was right.
"See anything funny?" asked Mrs. Case. "We didn't SEE anything," replied The Oskaloosa Kid; "but we heard things. At least we didn't see what we heard; but we saw a dead man on the floor when we went in and this morning he was gone." The Cases shuddered. "A dead man!" ejaculated Jeb Case. "Yew seen him?" The Kid nodded.
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