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Rh And Arthur, a happy, rollicking boy, having always had all such things as most boys had, with a Dad making good pay as a railroad conductor, told sadly of an awful railway smash-up which took “Dad” away from four small Rankin orphans, whom Arthur was now supporting; and a scarcity of jobs in Branton Hills and of trips to surrounding towns, always finding that old sign out: “No Work Today.” Of this soap box opportunity bobbing up, which was now bringing in good cash. So our girls found that our Branton Hills boys didn’t shirk work of any kind, if brought right up against want.