"Did you know that he told your son that he was The0skaloosa Kid and that he had robbed a house andkilled a man last evening?"

"Huh?" exclaimed Jeb. Then he turned and cast oneawful look at Willie--a look large with menace.

"Honest, Paw," pleaded the boy. "I sometimes was a-scairt totell you, 'cause he exclaimed he'd kill me ef I told."

Jeb scratched his head. "Yew know what you'll get efyou're lyin' to me," he threatened.