K. I gets Mr. Van on the phone 'n' he comes up 'n' writes a check fur
eighteen hundred, payable to Peewee. He gives this to Duckfoot, slips
him twenty-five bucks fur hisself, 'n' hands him the fare back to
Loueyville besides.
"'What next?' says Mr. Van to me. 'Do we need a burglar's kit, and some
nitroglycerin, or does that class of crime come later?'
"'We want a vet. right now,' I says. 'This bird has got to lose some
tail feathers.'
"'Well, you are the chief buccaneer!' says Mr. Van. 'I'll serve as one
of the pirate crew at present. When you have the good ship Rainbow
shortened at the stem and ready to carry the jolly Roger over the high
seas--I should say, fences--let me know. In the meantime,' he says,
slippin' me five twenties, 'here are some pieces-of-eight with which to
buy cutlasses, hand grenades and other things we may need.'
"I has the vet. dock Rainbow's tail, 'n' as soon as it heals I lets Mr.
Van know. He tells me to bring the hoss to Morrisville, New Jersey, on
the three o'clock train next day.
"When I unloads from the express car at Morrisville, there's Mr. Van and
a shoffer in the battle-ship.
"'Just follow along behind, Blister!' says Mr. Van, 'n' drives off slow
down the street.
"We go through town 'n' out to a big white house, with pillars down the
front. Mr. Van stops the battle-ship at the gates.
"'Take the car to the Williamson place--Mr. Williamson understands,' he
says to the shofe.
"I wonders why he stops out here--it's a quarter of a mile to the house.
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