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VOLUME XXX I .

PA RT I I MAY , 1904 , TO OCTOBER , (904 .

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THE D}! V INNE PRES S .

ST . NICHOLAS

VO LUM E XXXL

PART I I .

e MONTHS—M AY, 1904 , TO OCTOBER , 1 904 .

CONTENTS OF PART I I . VOLUME XXX I .

ACQ U I ESCENT SNAKE, THE. Verse. Carolyn Wells . .

AL LENS ’ S I L VER WEDD I N G , THE. (I l l ustrated by C . D . Wi l l iams)AMER ICAN MEMO R I A LS IN LONDON (I l lust rated from pho tographs) Julian K ing Coyora

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AT G R AND PA ’S FA RM . P ict u re, d rawn by C . F . S ied leA U G U ST DAY IN THE F I ELDS , AN. P ic t ure, d rawn by G. A . HarkerA UT UMN DAY AT THE Zoo , AN . P ic tu re, d rawn by J . C. BeardA VEC UN PEU DE G RACE. Verse. (I l lust rated by theAu tho r ) ValentmeAdam:

BABY ’S SAND-F I LE. Verse. (I l l ust rated by theAu thor )BACK To SCHOOL AFTER VACATION . P ic t u re, d rawn by M inna B rownBA RON AND THE ELVES , THE. Verse. (Il l ust rated by theA u thor )BA SEBA L L SCO R E, How To KEEP A . (I l l ust rated )B EDT I ME‘. Verse. (I l l ustrated by theAu tho r ) .

BEDT I ME I N FA I RY LAND. P ic t u re, drawn by Margaret ElyWebbBEE PAST U R E, THE. P ict u re, d rawn by Margaret Ely \VebbBHA L U : THE IND I AN J UN G LE BEA R . (I l lust rated by theAu thor ) J. 111 . Gleason

B I RDS AS GU ESTS . theB i rds wereOur Guests F . E . Hart/son

B LOOM I NG B I RD, A . J ingle. (Illustrated ) zl'lary Ez/e/yn T/zoma:

B L UE-EYED GRASS . Verse Af/ary A ustin .

B L U E MONDAY . P ic t u re, d rawn by A . W. CooperB R A V E VOL UNTEER S , THE. Verse. (I l l ust rated by E. WardeB laisdel l ) Carolyn LVc/l:

B R I TTANY, THE LAND OF THE SA RD I NE. (I llustrated from pho tographs) . Hug/aAI . Sm it/zB U I LD I NG OF THE B LACK HAWK ,” TH E. (Il lust rated ) S . D . V. B urr

B U RN I NG THE M I DN I GH T F I REFLY . P ic t u re, d rawn byMargaret E. Webb .

B UTTERFLY DAYS . P ic tu re, drawn by Ber tha M . Waters .

CA L ICO CAT, THE P U RS U I T OF THE. (I l lus t rated by pho tographs) CarolineA]. Fuller

CANOE-B U I LD ING ; THE “ B LACK H AWK . (I l lust rated) S . D . V. B urr

CAN ’ T. Verse. (I l lust rated from a pho tograph )CA PT I VE I N A CA GE, A .

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CA R ADOC; Verse. (I l lust rated by JessieMcD . \'Valcott) 1 1/4 73”:c Jo/zm on

CAT-TA I L, A . Verse. (I l l ust rated by theAu tho r )CENT RA L PA R K TOM . (I l lust rated by C. E. Connard )CHAO CHAHNG AND THE MAN -EATER . (I l l us trated by I . W. Taber ) . ClarencePH I/en

CH EA P TO U R A RO UND THE WO R LD , A . Verse T/zoma: Tapper

CH I CKA REE. (I l l ust rated by Margaret ElyW'

ebb ) AnneO’

B rien

CH I LD REN OF HO L LAND , TH E. Verse. (I l l us t rated by A . L . Lew is) . Clara F . Eerry .

CH I LDR EN OF Z U S’ I , THE. (Ill ust rated by F . H . Lungren ) Alaria B raceK'

imball

C I T I ZEN OF THE DEEP , A . (I llust rated ) L ida It’

osc fl'lcCabe

CLASS R U SH , THE. (I l l ust rated by C . M . Relyea) LeslieI'V. Quirk

COA I What a Lump ofCoal could Do . GeorgeE llie/é” ! Walls/z

COMEDY IN \VAx , A . (Il lust rated by Fanny Y . Co ry and Geo rgeVar ian ) . . B . L . i cou .

COM ING AND GO I NG or PETE, THE. (I l l ust rated byW. Benda) N od /z B rooks

COU NTY FA I R , THE. (I l l us t rated by pho tographs) Jose/1: Adam:

COYOTE, THE. (Ill ust rated by theA u t ho r and by Sangu inet t i ) J. I”. Clea-ou

CR U STACEAN CA ROL , A . Verse. (I l l ustrated by A lber t ineRandall Wheelan) . . Carolyn Wells .

CONTENTS .

DAY WI TH HUDSON MAXI M, A . (Illust rated from pho tographs) Josep/zH . Adam

D I FFERENCE, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by Alber t ineRandallWheelan) Alix Tlzorn

D ISOB LIGING BEA R , THE. Verse.o o o o o o o o o o o o

DI VER , A FAMO U S . (See“ A Ci t izen oftheDeep

DMI T R Y. (Illust rated byGeo rgeVar ian)DON , THE B U L LFI NCH . (Illust rated) HelenHarcourt .

D U KE OF DO R SET, THE LI TT LE. (I l lust rated from theoriginal pain t ing by 2 M argaret JacksonHoppner)

D U TCH TREAT, A . (I llust rated by A . B . Dav ies, Marc ia O. Woodbu ry, and Amy B . ]olznson 630theAu thor )

ELF IN CELEB R AT ION , AN . Verse. (Illust rated by Maur iceClifford ) Oscar L lewellyn 8 13ELI NO R A RDEN , ROYA LI ST . (Illustrated byW. Benda) M ary ConstanceD n B oz

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ENTERP R I S ING TAP I R , THE. Verse. (Ill ust rated by I .W. Taber) Laura E . R ichards 1031

FEAST OF LA U GHTER , THE. Verse. (Illustrated ) N ora A rc/zz'

oald s'

t/z 6 1 2

FEED ING THE B I RDS . P ic t ure, by C. D. Gibson 896

F IDO AND TOWSER . P i cture, d rawn by Lyell Car r 693

FI RE-CRACKER , THE SONG OF THE. Verse. (I llust rated by Culmer Barnes) .A da S tewart S lzelton 8 2 9

F LOWER OF P REY, A . Verse. (Illust rated by theA u thor ) 934

F LY ING D UTCHMAN , THE. P i ct u re, drawn by I . W. Taber 1 065FOLLI LOO. Verse. (Illust rated by A . L . B rennan) . .Eua

’ora S . B umstead

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1017F UN AMONG THE RED BOYS. (I llust rated by Seymou r M . S tone) .Julz

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an Ka lp/t 72 0

GAY GRECI AN G I R L, THE. Verse. (I llust rated by F . H . Lungren) 1008

GEOG R APHY AND BED. Verse . C. G. A lberger 1 085GI ANT I N FEATHE R S, A . (I l l ust rated by Dan Beard) .Jo/zn R . Coryell 6 10

GOBOLINKS. (Illus trated by the 1086

GOOD-NI GHT I N THE N U RSERY . Verse. (Illust rated by theA uthor) K atfiarz'

nePyle 62 6

GOOSE H UNT BY STEAME R , A . (I llustrated by theA u thor ) C/zarles A . Zimmerman . I OI 4

G RAMMAT ICA L DI S P U TE, A. Verse. 88 2

GREATEST SHOW IN THE SEA, THE. P ic t ures, drawn by Alber t ineRandallWheelan li i i i i i i 935

G UESSING SON GS. Verse .Henry Jolmstonc

H AROLD ’S CH ICKEN . .Em z

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H A R PY EA G LE, THE. (Ill ustrated by theAu tho r ) J. M . Gleeson 832

H ER NOT I ON . Verse. (I llust rated by theA u thor ) M any S z'

gsaeeKer . 876

HE RO OF SAN BENI TO, THE. (Illust rated by I . W. Taber ) Rev. C/zarles M S ize/don 6x4

H I S NOT ION . Verse 876

HOL LY-T REE WI GH T, THE. Verse. (Ill ust rated byWi l lard B on te) Henry Jolznstmze 98 1

How TEDDY H ELPED 716

H ow TO‘KEEP A B ASEBA LL SCO RE. A llen ‘P . Amcs 694

How Two DO ROTHYS RAN AWAY F ROM THE B R I TI SH . (Illust rated byW.

$ K at/zam’

neOla/s H am ilton 785Benda and from a pho tograph ) .

INC IDENT I N REA L L I FE, AN . P ict u re, d rawn by GeorgeVar ian 1066

INDI AN BOY AT SCHOOL , THE. Verse. (Ill ustrated) . 834

INNSB R UCK, A S UMMER DAY AT. (I l l ustrated) CltarlotteC. Parsons 9 2 9

J I NGLES 6 2 7, 637, 717, 733, 8 13, 876, 884 , 897, 9 1 8, 933, 980, 982 ,

JOHNN IKY VAN AND THE CANN I B AL MAN. Verse. (Illust rated by R . A . Graef) Ellen M anly 742

K I B UN DA I ZI N . (Illust rated by Geo rgeVarian) Gensaz'

[Mural 777, 885, 971 , 1096

K I L LI NG OF STO RM, THE. (I llust rated)LADY . (I l l ust rated)LA R GEST SQ U ASH , THE. (Illustrated by A . B rennan and GeorgeVar ian) .A llen P . Antes

LAZY W I L LIE WI L LOW. Verse. (Illust rated by Mary Hal lock Foo te) Elizabeth Olm z’

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LEAF F ROM THE PAST, A AdeleH . B aldwin

LI FE ON THE MANTEL-SHELF. (Ill us trated from a pho tograph)LI TT LE D U KE OF DO R SET, THE. (Illust rated from theor iginal painting by

Hoppner)LI TT LE MOL LY ’s D REAM. Verse. (Il lust rated) Em zlzePoulsson

2 M argaret Jackson

CONTENTS . VI IPAGE

L I TT LE RED CA R T AND T I I E SHOV EL AND ANN, T I I E. Verse. (I llustrated tby theA u tho r ) l

L I VE STOCK FOR THE COMMODO RE. (I l l ust rated by M . J . B u rns)LLOYD

’s L UCK

MA GDA LEN TOWER AND MAY MO R N I NG . (I l l us t rated by M i l ls Thom pson ilk /en p aw“ B row)“Geo rgeVarIan, and from pho tographs)

MA R Y AND THE LAMB . Verse. (I l l ust rated by theAu thor ) . E . l/V. A’

em lzleMA R Y ’S M EADOW I NG . Verse. (I l l ust rated by Mau r iceClifl

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ord ) .

MAX I M,A DAY W I TH H U DSON . (I l l ust rated from pho tographs)

M AY-MOV I NG I N THE WOODS . P ic t u re, d rawn by E. WardeB laisdel lM I G HTY EX P LO RER S , T I I E. Verse. (I l l ust rated by Geo rgeR . Halm ) Jo/m E rnest AlcCann

M I SS H A I R P I N AND M I SS TH I MB LE. P ic t u re, drawn by Peter NewellM I ST RESS F LYNN AND TH E POT OF GOLD . (I l l ust rated byW. A . Rogers) . . Fred D . S toreyMOON L I GHT EFFECT, A . Verse. (I l l ust rated by H . P . Share) Eva I". L . Carson

MOU NTA I N AND THE VA L LEY , THE. Verse.

M U S I C I N THE GRASS . Verse. (I l l ust rated by Har ry A lich in )“MY HO U SE U PON MY B ACK I B EA R .

” Verse. flenry Jo/znslone

N A VA L BOAT D R I L L , A IV. J. Henderson

NEDDY ’S EVEN I N G TR I B U LAT ION . VerseNOTH IN G B UT A G I R L . (I l l ust rated byTom M i l ls)NO T I ME OF DAY. Verse. (I l l ust rated by H . C. Edwards)NO VEL EX PER I ENCES . J ingle. (I l l ust rated by A lber t ineRandal l Wheelan ) . . Carolyn WellsONE OF UNCLE JOEY ’S JOKES . (I l l ust rated by theAu thor ) ValentineAdams

O PEN I N G OF THE F I SH I N G SEASON, TH E. P ic t u re, -d rawn by A . B . DaviesOUT-CU R VE, THE. (I l lust rated by C. M . Relyea) LeslieIV. Qu irk

OWL AND THE LA R K , THE. Verse. (I l l ust rated by R . B . B i rch )PAI-ILBERG,

A LFRED. (See A Ci t izen oftheDeep”) L ida Rosell/[cCabe 983

PETE, THE COM IN G AND GO I N G OF . (Illust rated byW. Benda) Natl/l B rooles 583PETER P U FF-AND-B LOW. Verse. Henry Jo/mstone. 968

PETS, STO R IES OF MY . (I l l ust rated by B . Rosenmeyer) Helenllareonrl 898

PETTED P U P PY , TH E. Verse. (I llust rated by Albert ineRandallWheelan) . .Laura E . R z'

elzards 1 1 2 6

P I CT U RE, THE. Verse. (I l l ust rated from a photograph ) 111 . Al . D . 6 19

P I CT U RES . 598, 637, 693, 71 1 , 713, 72 0, 735 , 74 1 , 798, 805, 8 14 , 8 1 5, 83 1 , 88 2 , 896, 897,9 2 3, 935, 983, 102 1 , 1065, 1 066, 1077, 1 1 16, 1 1 2 1

P I GMY PASSENGER TR A I N , A . (I l lustrated from pho tographs) Gera ld l-Vin sled . 72 7P LANS FOR THE F U T U RE. J ingle. (Il l ust rated by theAu thor ) ll/a -

arleeClgfora'

. 733P R INCESS SO PH I A MAT I LDA OF GLOUCESTER , THE. P ic t u re, from thepain t ing§ ” 2 1

by Sir Josh ua Reyno ldsP RO UD OLD DANDEL IONS, THE. P ic t u re, drawn by Anna B . Com stockP U RS U I T OF TH E CA L ICO CAT, THE. (I llus t rated by pho tographs)“P U SSY ’S F R I END .

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(I l l ust rated by reprodu ct ions Om e. Ronner’s paintings ) . F . B . lViclzers/zam

Q -RIOUS TOY, A . Verse. (I l l ust rated by theAu tho r )Q UEST ION OF TASTE, A . Verse. (I l l ust rated by J . Gouacher ) H . A . Crowe/l

RAFF LES AND THE CAMER A . P ic tu re, d rawn by Mered i t h N ugen tRA I N RA I NS EV ER Y DAY, THE. Verse. Edit/t M . T/zomas

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fl; A FAM I LY . (I l lust rated from photograph s by Herman T.

iWilliam Low ”Finley0 man

REVERSED PER PET UA L MOT ION. Verse. (I l lus t rated by]. H . Moser ) N orman D . Gray . .

R I NGS AND KN I VES . J ingle. (I l l ust rated by Geo rgeR . Halm ) E . E . S tearns

RONNER , MME. P ussy ’5 Fr iend F . B . [Viel'erslzam

ROXY—TR A I NMAN . (I llust rated from pho tographs) Evelyn A’z'

c/tols Kerr

SA RD I NE, B R I TTANY, THE LAND OF THE. (I l lust rated from pho tographs ) . f lag/z AI . s'

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SECOND S I GHT ON A B ICYCLE-T R ACK . (Il lust rated by theAu thor ) J. C. Beard

SH U TT LECOCK OF FATE, THE. (I l l ust rated by Orson Lowel l ) . A lbert B igelo wPa ine

S I STER BETTY 'S L I TT LE STO R Y . Verse. (I llust rated by Ch r is tineS . R . B aker

SM I LI N G , S L I P AS LEEP . Verse. (I l lus t rated by BessieCollins Pease) A lex Jeflrey .

SON G OF THE F I RE-C RACKER , THE. Verse. (I l lust rated by Cu lmer Barnes) .Ada S lewarl S ize/Ion

S PA R ROW’S NEST IN A L I ON ’

S MO U TH . A . (I l l ust rated by theAu tho r) GeorgeW v‘

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STOR I ES OF MY PET S . (I l l ust rated by B . Rosenmeyer) Helen H arconrl

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PAGE.P LAYER , TH REE SONG S OF A . Verse. (Illust rated byAnna R .

£ 0. G. King 92 01 es

S UMMER DAY AT INNSB R UCK , A . (Illust rated ) CharlotteC. Parsons 9 2 9S UMMER S UNDAY HOU R OF LONG, AGO, A . P ic t u re, d rawn by MaudeCowles 8 15SUNSH I NE EN G I NE, A. (I l l ustrated by theA u tho r ) Meredith N ngent 587TH I RTEEN . Verse. (Illust rated by A . E. S terner ) Lucy Foster 970

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T I TO’S HOME-MADE P ICT U RE-BOOK. Verse. (Illust rated by theAu thor) . GeorgeF rederick We/s/ora

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TOMMY TOYMAN . Verse. (I llustrated by theAu thor ) 62 6

TOM ’S RET U RN . Verse. (I llust rated by I . W. Taber) IV . C. M cClelland 102 2

TOM ’S SUNSH INE ENGINE. (Il l ust rated by theAu tho r)

TWO I S COMPANY . P ict u re, drawn by AnneGold thwai t“TWO SER V ANTS L I STEN .

” Verse neUNCLE ’RAST U S. P i c t u re, d rawn by Peter NewellUNC LES, MY . Verse. (I llus t rated by R . B . B i rch ) L . E . R

UNFO RT UNATE CONCE RT , THE. Verse. (I l l ust rated by theAu thor) KateB aldwin RobertsonVACATION I GNORANCE. (Illust rated)VOL UB LE VOWEL, A . A . J. B ackus .

WATCH ING TH E AFTERNOON EXPRESS . P ict u reWESTWA RD THE CO U R SE OF EMP I RE TAKES ITS WAY . (I l lust rated by}F . B . Mayer )

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WH AT A L UMP OF COA L CO U LD DO. (Illust rated by A . B u r ton) GeorgeE thelbert Walsh .

WH AT ANOTHER S UMMER B ROUGHT To DEN I SE AND NED TOODLES .

§GabrielleE . Jackson .

(Illustrated by C. M . Relyea)WH AT ’

s I N A N AME ? Verse Hannah G. FernaldWHEN DAPHNE DANCED . Verse. (I llust rated by C. M . Relyea) 7ennz

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WHEN THE B I RDS WERE OUR GUESTS . (Illust rated)WH ICH ? Verse. (Illust rated by A . L . B rennan ) . Jo/zn Kendrick B angs

YOUNG AMER ICA. Verse. (Illust rated by GeorgeA .Wi lliam s)YOU R S SEVERELY .

” Verse Edit/z M . Thomas

ZOO, AN A U T UMN DAY AT THE. P i ct u re, d rawn by J . C. BeardZ UNI , THE CH I LDREN OF . (Illus t rated by F . H . Lungren) M arla B raceK imball

FRONTISP IECES .

Mer r ily, mer r ily shall I l ivenow,

” byA r th u r E. Becher, page578 TheShu t tlecock was caugh t and retu rnedbyEleanor,” byOrson Lowell, page674 As Daphnedanced oneafternoon,

” by C. M . Relyea, page770 See,hereis a keepsakefor thee! byW. Benda, page866 Lady Bet ty Delmeand her Ch ild ren,” frorn a mezzotin t byValen t ineGreen ofthepain t ing by Sir Joshua Reynolds, page962 Chao Chahng st ruck him a sweepingsideb low w i th his t runk ,” by I . W. Taber, page1 058.

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MERR ILY, M ERR ILY SHALL I LIVE NOW,

UNDER THE B LOSSOM THAT HANGS ON THE BOUGH .

VOL . XXX I .

TH EY were two Amer ican g i rl s , not veryyoung and no t very Old , and thei r names wereA l iceand Barbara. They rose and d ressedbefore day l igh t , sto le downsta i rs candle i nhand , mas tered thebo l ts and thebars of an

Engl i sh housedoo r, and whi spered and t i ptoedthei r way out of a S leepi ng housebefo rethec lock st ruck four . Once upon the Oxfo rdS t reet i n thecol d of the mo rn i ng ,

w i th the

lamps burn i ng wei rd and yel low i n the lastdarkness, theel der sister

,overcome by the

enorm i ty Of thei r escapade, whi spered , “ Oh ,let

us go back ! I never was o ut at such a creepyhou r before. D o go back .

”

“ Theidea !” was all thead ven t u ro us Barbara would answer.They sped th rough the si len t st reets , S t i l l

speak i ng i n wh i spers. B i rds werebeg i n n i ng towaken beh ind h igh garden wal ls. Themo rning airwas fragran t w i th thescen t Ofyoung flowers and sh rubs . Sober Oxfo rd was yet fas t

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asleep,and thec i ty was g i ven over to bi rds

and flowers and A l iceand Barbara .

A gate i n a red br ick wal l was reached ,and thegi r l of cou rage rang thebel l t i l l i tc langed loud and long . Thefo rbidd i ng gateled to a hospi tablegarden , and t hence to a

hospi tablehouseand lamp - l i t b reakfas t - table.

Hereweremo reAmer icans and a k i nd l y Engl ishhos tess .

“ To be i nv i ted o ut to breakfas t at fou ro

'c lock 3 sighed A l ice. con ten tedly , as Sheate

her toas t and bacon and d rank her tea .

Thedayl igh t had meanwhi lebeen gai n ingupo n them . They cameOut of thedoo rwayi n to a wo rl d ofsm oked pearl , l igh ted bv massesofwh i teblo ssoms .

A llv stood at thegate. A fly !”

sighedA l iceagai n .

“ A c t ual l y to r idei n ajlrafter alltheseyears Of read i ng D ickens .The l i t tle American party d ro ve mer r i ly

th rough thes t i l l , gray st reet s . A t thegateOf

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5 80 MAGDALEN TOWER AND M AY MORN ING . [MM U

M AGDALEN B R IDGE AND FRO M THE R IVE R .

M AGDALEN FRO M TH E STREET.

Magdalen Co l legethey div i ded : theadventurous to moun t thetower , thepoorer- sp i r i ted to

remai n below i n theClo i s ters . Up c l imbed Barbara— up a ladder

,then by a s tai r

,last by an

o ther and s teeper ladder, her Engl i sh com

pan ion pant i ng for th h istor ical fac ts as theymoun ted

Thetower was begun i n 1 4 9 2 , a great dateofyour own,

Miss Barbara,and i t was fin ished

i n 1 507. I ts heigh t i s oneh und red and fortyfivefeet . Three hundred peop le can

s tand on— the top .

A nd by th is thepoor lady ‘s breath was qu i te

gone. Theless enterpr i s i ng of theparty weresuppl ied w i th chai rs , and sat comfor tably i n theClo i sters , wh i lefarabovetheir heads thecompany

gathered on thetop of thebeaut iful MagdalenTower. Thecenter ofthegroup was thewh i terobed col legecho i r.On M ay morn i ng, from t imeimmemo rial , the

Magdalen cho i r has sung a hymn at sun r ise

from thesumm i t of their tower . Thecustom is

so old ,i ndeed , that i t i s los t

“ i n thedark backward and aby sm of t ime,” as Shaksperesaid .

Meanwh i le, ou tsidetheco l lege, upon M ag

dalen B r idge, c rowds wa i ted to hear theM ay

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music . B icyc l is t s had come i nfrom all theco un t ry rou nd ,

and

the smal l boys of Oxfo rd wereout i n fo rce. Yet the hush of

thest rangehou r fell u po n them

To g raveAl i ce, stand i ng i n thei v ied arch of the Founder ’sTower, thest i l l ness that camebeforethemusic seemed i ts mos tfit t i ng prel u de. She was gladthat laugh i ng Barbara had had

her way, and had left her belowto her medi tat ions . Never hadtheold s tonetower looked morelovely than i n thepearly l igh t ofthe(lawn . The du l l gray was

now t urn i ng to rose- co lo r i n the

eas t,t hough i t was prov i ng a soft l y l igh ted

Engl i sh day . and ofa rather hazv sunsh i ne.

TOWER AND M AY N U R S ING .

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THE CHO I R ON M AGDALEN S ING ING AT SUNR I SE .

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Themomen t thehou r of fivehad sou nded ,the cho i r-master ’s signal was g i ven , and the

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deligh tful , calm s t i l l ness of the'

morn ing was

b roken by even lovel ier strai n s ofm us ic .

This i s thesweet , so lemn Lat i n hymn w i thwh ich the cho i r welcomed that rosy M ay

mo rningTeDeum Patrein colimus

Telaudibus prosequim ur

Qui co rpus c ibo reficis,

Coelesti men tem grat ia.

“ I t i s far bet ter to let themus ic comedownto us, as if i t camefrom a gateway ofheaven ,sai d thoselook i ng upward from thec lo i ster orfrom Magdalen B ridge.

“To s tand so near thesky and m i nglew i ththemus ic i s a fo retas teof heaven

,

"was sai d ,

no doubt,by thoseupon thetower .

Between the s tanzas therefell a st i l l ness .Thereseemed not theleas t mu rmu r of a leaf,not thesligh tes t whi sper of theair

, to m ar thewondrous si lence.

A s themus ic of thehym n at las t d ied away ,thererang out over Oxford w i l d , joyou s bel l sannounc i ng the i st of M ay. The sleepi ngc i ty must waken now and jo i n i n p rai seof thesp ri ngt ime.

I fth i s celebration ofM aymo rn ing wereall asolemn i ty , i t would beout of charac ter. I twould be nei ther the Engl i shman nor thecol legeboy that wou ld takesuch a ceremonyal together seriously .

To theaston i shment of thegraveA l iceandto thedel ight of Barbara, j ust as Magdalen

’sbel l s began to r i ng, theu ndergraduates sei zedoneano ther’s caps and gowns , and sen t themflyi ng over thetower bat tlemen ts . Theblackw i nged gowns looked l ikehugebi rds fl utter i ngand c i rcl i ng i n theair. Thefun was greatwhen a cap al igh ted on a h igh roofor a gownfloated graceful l y i n to a t ree-top. Thi s was oneoftheeagerl y awai ted opport un i t ies of thecol

lege“ scou t ,”who t urned a penny by rescu ing

st ray caps and gowns .

A l iceand Barbara wal ked back to theBan

TOWER AND MAY MORN ING .

CAPS AND GOWNS OVER THE BATTLE M ENTS .

darkened house, j ust as thec locks weres tri king si x .

Do you feel morel i kea ghost ora bu rglar ?wh ispered Barbara.

“ Am I walk ing i n my sleep ?” A l icemur

mured. Was that mus ic i n a d ream 9

bu ry Road . To someof thesl umbering househol d thenigh t was not yet over, and theAmer ican maidens had s t i l l thesenseof an escapade

,

spiteof thep resenceof an Engl i sh chaperon .

Softly they l ifted the

heavy gate- latch , and

steal th i l y they fi t ted thekey i n to thegreat housedoor. They l igh tedthei r candleagai n , and

sto leupstai rs th rough the

TH E COM ING AND THE GO ING OF PETE .

BY NOA H BROOKS .

H E cameto us i n oneof thesol i tary placesOftheP lat teR iver val ley , i n western Nebraska .

Therewerefiveof us , fou r you ng men and a

boy Of fifteen , on our way ac ross thecont inen t from theMissou r i to theSac ramento . I nt hosedays— for th is was many , many years agot herewas no wayofc rossi ng theG reat P la i ns

but that of fol low i ng thet rai l afoo t,w i th o x

teams , ho rseback , or o ther simplemeans of

t ravel . I n c rossi ng thepla i ns, men fi rs t had thet rackless w i l derness to penet rate next camethet race, showi ng where a few wayfarers had

passed ; then thet rai l was fo rmed by many feettu rned toward thewest ; after that was the

wagon - t rack madeby theem igran t -wagons Of

go l d - seekers bound to Cal ifo rn ia ; the stageroad camesoo n after , and

,las t Of all, was the

i ro n rai lway . Wewereon thet rai l as i t wast u rn ing i n to a wagon - track .

Lateoneafternoo n,j ust as wehad camped

on thegrassy bank s oftheriver , a largeyel lowdog cameout of theunderbrush and regardedus w i th someanx iety . Bei ng encouraged by a

few k indly cal l s,for i t seemed queer to seea

dog wanderi ng i n that lonely and u ni nhabi tedplace, hecamei n to camp , fo rlo rn and susp ic ious.

Hewas tal l,coarse-hai red , w i th foxy ears

and a c l ub-shaped tai l . We t ried h im w i thvarious names that arecommon i n dog h istoryBose, Tray , Duke

,

’

Turk,and so on ; bu t to

noneOfthesed id hemakereply u n t i l someonesaid Pete! A t th is hegavea diffident l i t t lej ump and a bark . Thencefo rward hewas

Pete,and Peteheremai ned un t i l theend Ofthe

s to ry .

A s wehappened to haveplen ty of buffalomeat i n camp that n igh t , Petewas given a goodsupper. Hewas ravenousl y h u ngry , and wh i lehewas eagerly gnawi ng a bone hesuddenlydropped i t w i th a yel p of pai n . Go i ng to the

poor beas t to seewhat was thet rouble, I passedmy hand along h i s jaw ,

and found a l ump underthesk i n

, as if somepart of thejawbonewere

broken and out of place. Thegen t lep ressu reofmy hand pu t thebonei n to placeagai n , andPete, w i th a grunt of sat isfac t ion , wen t on w i thh is supper . A fter that , as long as hewas w i thus , I ’etewould ru n to me

,wh imperi ng,

whenever h i s ravenous feed i ng b ro ugh t On h is grief.A s helai d h i s noseon my k nee, I p ressed backthet roublesomel ump , and Peteceased h is complai n t s. But helearned to becareful Of hi swou nded jaw,

and avo i ded w rench i ng i t when

gnaw i ng his food .

Oneof thewayfarers whom weoccas ional lymet on thet ra i l toward thesett i ng sun , seei ngmeperfo rm th i s pai n less l i t t lesu rgical Operat io nfor Petesomeweeks after hecameto us , saidthat heknew thedog . H is master

,hesai d , was

a brutal fel low,and

,bei ng angry wi th thedog

oneday, s truck h im v io len tl y on thehead w i ththebu t t Ofh i s r ifle. Thedog fled howl i ng fromthecamp , and p robabl y i n th is way becamea

wanderer un t i l hemadeour acquai n tanceand

found fr iends .Weall l iked Pete, and hewas on themos t

i n timateterms w i th all i n thecamp ; but therewere two reasons why he at tached h imselfch iefly to me: I had fi rs t hel ped h im i n trouble,and I had chargeof the“

grub i n thecamp .

On theplai ns,and i n fac t i n all camps , thefood

i s never known by any namebut that of g rub .

From my hands, usual ly , camethefood thatwas so welcome to Pete. Onek i nd Of foodwhi ch weall l iked was known as flapjacks ;and Petel iked flapjacks as wel l as therest ofthecamp did . But thelabo r of cook ing them ,

oneat a t imei n thefry ing-

pan,was too great

to makeus w i l l i ng that Peteshould havemany .

To tu rn a flapjack o ver i n thepan,it i s neCes

sary to loosen i t a l i t tlearou nd theedges , andtoss i t i n theair i n such a way t hat when i tcomes down i n thepan i t w i l l bew i th thecooked sideu p ; and to do th i s wel l requ i res ex

perience. Somet imes , wh i lethecakeorflapjackwas tu rn i ng i n theair

,thew i nd would catch i t

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and i t wou ld l igh t on thegrou nd instead of i nthepan that flapjack , b roken and gr i t ty w i thsand

,was Pete’s . A nd hewould so lemnly and

w i stful l y si t by thefirewatch i ng thecook ing Of

“ PANT ING \V ITH EXC ITE M ENT A N D FAT IGUE, HE LEAPED UP TO M Y SHOULDERS .

theflapjacks, and wai t i ng for theacc i dents thatwereto gi vehim a shareof thegood th ings .After a wh i lehebecameso exper t i n theart ofcatch i ng the fly ing cakes that heknew j ustwhen onewas go i ng to st r iketheground , andh i s jaws snapped on i t beforei t final ly landedi n thesand . I t migh t bea pret ty hot mo rselfor M r. Pete, bu t henever complai ned .

Our housewas a tent , taken down everymorning beforewet u rned our faces westward

THE COM ING AND THE GOING OF PETE. [MAV,

agai n , and pi tched every nigh t on a soft andlevel s po t ofearth . Petewas never al lowedto sleep i n theten t w i t h us

,mu ch to his su r

p r i seand d iscon ten t ; bu t hediscovered whereI slept near thewal l ofthetent

,and madeh im

self a bed as near thecanvas as hecou ld get,and kept watch all n igh t .When wereached the

alkal i count ry,Petesuf

fered a great deal fromsore feet . The alkal imakes thesp ri ng wateru nfi t for d ri nk ing, and

makes rough and drythe sk i ns of personst ravel i ng over thet rai l .After a wh i lePete’s feetwereso so re t hat wemade him r ide i n thewagon .

I n Sal t LakeC i ty wecamped on theedgeof

the town i n an open ,grassy square, cal ledEm igran t Square

,as

di rected by theofficersof theplace. Onefinemorn i ng wewoketo findouroxen gone, al thoughthey had been carefu ll ychai ned to our wagonwheel s then igh t befo re.

Hoiv had anybody um

chai ned thecat t lew i t hout mak ing any no i seand why did not Peteg ivethealarm when theth ieves came to our

camp ? Pete! Su reenough , wherewas Pete?Hewas nowhereto befound . I n va i n wesearched th rough thecamps ofotherem igran ts ;nei ther thedog nor theoxen wereto beseen .

Theloss ofthecat t lewas mo st severe, ofcou rse,for w i thou t oxen wecould not go on to Cal ifornia ; but to lo sePetewas l i kelosi ng oneof

our party .

Nex t day we discovered the cat tlei n an

i nc losu rethat had been covered w i th brush , as

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586 THE COM ING AND THE GOING OF PETE.

brough t along w i t h us . Usual ly em igran tsplanned thei r journey so as to cross thewaterless and t reeless desert places in then igh t , res ting at thespr i ngs scat tered along at great intervals. Wehad no meat bu t thesal t bacon

,

and wel ived on bacon and stewed beans cookedby a t i ny firemadefrom fuel brough t i n thewagon . Peterefused beans u nt i l , after a t ime,hebecamevery hungry and was near starving then heconsen ted to eat someinto wh icha li t tleofour slender stock of bread had beenc rumbled . Near Rabbi t Ho leSprings, then a

famous water i ng-placeon thedry and drearydesert

,Petecaugh t a smal l an imal resembl ing

a ch ipmu nk or ground- squ i rrel . Hebroughtit i n to camp and lai d i t at my feet, but w i th a

hungry look that seemed to say :“ I t woul d

beon ly fai r if you gave thi s to meto eat.

Ofcou rsePetegot thebi t Offresh meat hehadbrough t i nto camp .

Later on in thedeser t t ramp , wemadea

nigh t march of nearl y forty m i les across a w i l dwasteof sand wh ich was not difficul t for thefeet ofman, but was rather heavy for wagonwheel s . Thefaceof thecount ry was rol l i ngand not at all rocky , and as thet rai l was c learand easy for t ravel , I w rapped a l igh t b lanketabou t me, for then igh ts werecool, and wen t onahead Of thet rain , Petefo l low i ng c loseat myheel s . I t was a s t i l l and starl igh t n ight , w i thonly a

'

gen tles igh of thew i nds b reath i ng overthevas t

,untrodden

,t reeless wil derness . The

s i lencewas so u tter, so complete, that Peteat

my heel s grew uneasy , and oncei n a wh i leleftthet rai l beh i nd meand capered up by my si dew i th a forlorn wh imper , as if hecould not bearthat awful si lenceany longer . I spoketo h imw i th a laugh wh ich seemed to makeh im u nderstand that th i ngs wereall righ t , and then hewould d rop back con tentedly to h i s p laceat

my heel s and giveno moret roubleun t i l thelonesomefi t sei zed h im aga i n .

Wereached a deep swalei n thesand after along walk , and , much to Pete

’

s sat i sfac t ion, set

tled down for a res t . Hec raw led under myblanket , and there, i n thes t i l l ness ofthedesert ,w i th thes tars bl i nk i ng down upon u s from the

dark,dark sky above, I could fancy that wewere

los t i n thelonely heart ofthecont i nen t . Therem igh t beoceans ofwater, no i sy c i t ies, c lat tering

fac to ries, and shriek ing rai lway t rai ns somewherei n thewor l d ; bu t herewas no th i ng but themo s tcompletedesolat ion

,a si lencethat cou l d almos t

be fel t . Presen tly Pete s t i rred uneasi ly and

poked h is noseout from under theblanket w i tha grumble. Hear i ng no th i ng, I sco l ded h imfor h i s suspic ion ; but hewould not bes t i l l , andwh i le I could hear noth i ng i n thedarkness

,

al though I l i stened intently , hebou nded out

w i th a t remendous bark,and kept i t up i n sp i te

of my sco l d i ng. Presently,from out of the

gloom I heard thevo iceof oneofour fel lowem igrants, who , know i ng that I had goneon

ahead , had p ressed on to overtakeme. Petehad detec ted h is l ight foots teps on the sandwhen hewas a ful l m i ledistan t from us !A bou t m i dn igh t ofour las t day in thedesert ,

as wepl unged down a steep gulch , wefoundou rselves, to our great su rp ri se, i n them idst ofa largecamp ofem igrants . They werel i teral l ycamp i ng on thet rail— a very foo l i sh th i ng to

do , as anybody can see. I nstantl y all was confus ion . I n our t rai n was a droveof cat t le, andthefool i sh campers had a d rove ly i ng abou tthei r ten ts . Dogs barked , cat tlebel lowed , menshou ted , and for a t imetheno i seand tumul tweregreat . After a wh i lewemanaged to getmat ters st raightened out

,and

, gathering upour own,

weplodded on down thet rai l and out

i n to therock -st rewn plai n beyond .

After wehad t ramped onward a few m i lesi n to theweari ness Of thedesert , somebody sai d ,

Where’s Pete? ” Wewh i stled and wecal led ,

bu t therewas no reply . Petesel dom left mysideforeven so m uch as an hou r when wewerein camp

,and never beforehad left meon the

t rai l . Two of .us went back on thet rai l , and ,mounting a big boulder, cal led and wh i st led forthem i ss i ng dog. B ut all i n vai n . From wherewestood wecould seethewh i teten ts of thecampers sh i n i ng i n thestarl igh t ; bu t therewasno sign ofPete. Perhaps h i s master was i n thecamp of themen on the t rai l , and Petemayhavebeen captu red by h im . Perhaps a camper ,anx ious to own a dog, had t ime, i n them i dst oftheb u rly-bu rl y , to snareand tiehim up to h iswagon-wheel . I doub t not that , if free, hecertai n l y woul d havefol lowed us to theend of

thecont inent . But wenever knew wh i ther hevan i shed , and wenever saw h im agai n .

TOM’

S S UNS H INE ENG INE .

Bv M ERED I T H NUGENT .

AND j ust to th i nk of i t ! the“ weather man

p red ic ted st i l l mo rerai n . Torn wondered whenhis engi newoul d havean Oppor tun i ty ofshowing how wel l i t could wo rk . Oh , if thesunw o uld onl y sh inefor a few m i nu tes heex

c laimed i rr i tabl y ; then bu ryi ng h imself i n the

b ig chai r , hed reamed rambles i n sunnyCal ifo rn ia the w i n terp rev ious . A s he recal led thedays spen t i n

golden o range-groveshesmacked h is l i ps i nexasperat ion , and thenno t even the rememb ranceof thefinesal

mon taken from thePenobsco t nor the

merry t imes he had

passed w i th RohelYo rk t rou t-fishing i nthe Rangeleys , couldconv i ncehim that hisown State of Mai newas no t the drearies tp laceonearth .

Tom ’s sunsh i neen

gi newas a con t rivanceo fh i s own, and hewas

very p roud of i t . I tcons is ted ofa st iffwr i ting

-paper fly-wheel

eigh t i nches i n d iameter, a paper flangedwheel , st raw upr igh tsto suppor t the s t rawwal k i ng-beam and theax le, a Spl i t st raw driving

-rod and p iston,and a paper cyl i nder . The

two u prigh t st raw supports for the flangedd riv i ng-wheel each measu red five i nches i nlength , and thesewerefastened to a discardedglass negat ivew i t h seal i ng-wax — abso l u tel yperpendicular, you may besu re. Theengi newas Tom ’s i nven t ion , and for thebenefi t of

THE ENG IN E,

o ther boys who m igh t w i sh to makeonel ikei t ,I w i l l tel l you how Tom madeh is . Hebegan

by mak i ng a flanged driving-wheel . To do th i s

pr icked th ree ho lesa s t ri p of paper ,

onefor thep in , ano ther1% i nches fromth is, and a th i rdinch fartheron

from thefirstone.

S HOW ING FLY-WHEEL AND FLANGED DR IV ING

Then,layi ng th is st ri p on a sheet ofstiffwriting

paper , hep ressed a p i n th rough thefi rs t hole,placed a penc i l - po i n t i n the second and de

sc r ibed a c i rc le, and then placed thepenc i l i nthe th i rd holeand desc ri bed ano ther c i rc le.

After th is hemarked ofi theou ter c i rc lew i t h apenc i l at abou t every th reesi x teenth s ofan i nch .

On every mark hecu t a sl i t toward theexac t

588 TOM’

S SUNSH INE ENGINE . (m y ,

center of thedisk as far as thei n ner penc i l c i rcle, not a hai rbreadth farther. Then , hol dingthedisk ever so gently , heturned onel i t t lecu tprojec t ion i n onedi rec t ion , and thenex t i n theopposi te, j ust as you seei n Fig. 2 .

Hethen madeofcardboard a wheel 8 i nchesi n diameter, over thecenter of wh ich , on bo thS ides

,hepasted a smal l c i rc leofpaper to st iffen

thewheel wheretheaxlecameth rough .

St raw up righ ts , hefound , wereever so muchbet ter than wooden ones

,and hes trovew i th

all thecarepossibleas hest uck theneedles i n totheupr igh ts , as shown i n Fig. 1 . Th rough eachof thesetwo vert ical s traws heth rust a needleat an acuteangleupward , and j ust abovewheretheseentered he th rust i n another at exac tl yrigh t angles to each st raw. Then th rough the

F IG. 2 . THE FLANGED DR IV ING-\VHEEL.

exac t cen ter of the flanged wheel he put a

“ st ickpin ,”and on thepo i n t of th i s hep ressed

thelargewheel . Then he lai d th i s st ickpi nw i th i ts two wheel s on thep rojec t i ng needles ,as shown i n Fig . I .

Now hefastened a long st raw up righ t inposi t ion , and at tached thes t raw c ross-beam to

i t w i th a p in,so that i t worked w i thou t the

sl ightest fr ic t ion . To each end of thec rossbeam hesu spended a spl i t s traw

,oneto serve

as a pi ston , theo ther as a dri v i ng-rod . A p inbent as shown i n Fig. 3 was s tuck th rough thec rank -rod and i n to thefly-wheel . Theho lespierced i n thestraws werelargeenough to preven t any bu t thesl igh test fr i c t ion , yet not so

largeas to perm i t thep inheads to cometh rough .

Thedangl i ng piston was al lowed to moveupand down i n a wr i t i ng-paper cyl i nder .When theenginewas completed Tom

’s eyes

fai rly gleamed w i th sat i sfac t ion , and l i t t leGypj us t barked and j umped at h im as though shewereequal ly p leased .

Then Torn wen t to work on the“ powerplan t

,

”as hecal led i t

,for as a mat ter offac t

thepar t t hat wehavej us t desc ribed as if i t werethe“engi ne

” i s i n real i ty the“ load ,”or the

dr iven part ; it was Tom ’ s joke that made i tappear as if theload wered riv i ng theeng i ne.

Wew i l l now descr i be the“ su reenough”

engi ne— thepart that Tom sai d real ly “ d i dthebusi ness . ”

Heat tached a squarebi t of cardboard to

oneend ofa kn i t t ing- needlew i th plen ty ofsealing

-wax, and then w i th moreseal i ng-wax fast

ened st raws on top of th i s at exac t l y thesamedistances apart . Over these st raws hedrew half- sheets Of wr i t i ng-paper, and fastenedthese i n pos i t ion w i th seal i ng-wax ,

so thatthey shoul d all remai n at the same angle

(Fig. Then hestuck a c i rc leOfp ins arounda sl iceof a largecork , so t hat they formedobl iqueangles upward . Then

,j ust abovewhere

thesep ierced thecork,heplaced ano ther c i rc le

ofp ins at obl iqueangles downward . Heuseda wooden up righ t , to thetop of wh ich heat

tached oneend of a p iece of cardboard at

r igh t angles, as shown i n thep ictu re. Nearthep rojec t i ng end of th i s cardboard heboreda ho le

,and about th i s fastened th reeneedles

w i th seal i ng-wax , so as to form a smal l t rianglefor thevert ical k n i tt i ng- needleto revo lvei n .

Heal so fas tened a bi t ofcardboard wi th a ho lei n i t to thenegat iveupon wh ich thewoodenup r igh t was fastened , andplaced th reeneedlesac ross th i s al so , so as to form a t riangledi rec t l yunder theupper one. Theseneedlet r ianglesarenot shown i n Fig. 3 , and arereal l y not absolutely necessary . Then

,to avo i d any chance

of fric t ion,hesharpened thelower end of the

kn i tt i ng-needlew i th coarse sandpaper . Thisdonehelowered thepo i n t ofthekn i t t ing- needledown to theOpen i ng i n thehori zon tal cardboardstri p

,p ressed thepo i n t of i t exac tl y th rough the

cen ter of theco rk wheel, and lowered i t agai nu nt i l theSharp t i p res ted on theglass negat ive.No thi ng remai ned bu t to connec t thecork wheeland thepaper-flanged wheel of theother en

gine w i th a pieceof thread hangi ng ratherloosely , as shown i n pic tu re.

A nd now , ifthesun would on ly shi ne! Tom’

s

engi nestood r igh t i n fron t of thelargeso uthw i ndow ,

a gem Of careful wo rkmansh i p , but asm o t io n less as though i t werenever i n tended to

F IG . 3. T HE SUNS H INE ENG INE COM PLE'

I E

ni ove. Thec louds st i l l scudded rapidly northward as theboy h u rr ied to schoo l thenextmo rni ng, and no t a sign could he detec t of

c leari ng weather.“ I say,Tom ,

why did you stop i n them idd leofthat read ing lesson,

”exclaimed H arry Bakerafter schoo l . and righ t i n them idd leofa sen

tence, too“Wel l , you comealong w i th me

,and I ’

ll

show you why I stopped ,” retorted Tom

,some

what net t led at hav i ng so m uch fun poked at

h im ; “ on ly h u rry up , headded on reach i ngrthelower steps , “ for I atn go i ng to run . Ru nthey did , and i n an i nc red ibly sho r t t imeTomhad t h rown open thedoo r of h i s sunny room .

But what makes i t go , Tom . what makes i t

goP” repeated H arry Baker

,exc i tedly

,as they

gazed on theremarkablep ieceofmechan ism .

“What do you th i nk makes i t go ?”

sa i dTom

, proudly, and w i th a sl igh t air ofmystery .

Harry scratched h is head and t r ied to so l vethepuzzle. Helooked fi rst on ones ideof the

engi ne, then on theo ther , then under thetable,

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S SUNSH I N E ENG INE. 5 89

and then unconsc iously reached out his hand ast hough gropi ng for i nv i s i bleth reads .

“ I ’

ll gi vei t u p ,

‘

hesa id after a few m i n u tes .

“ Tel l me, tel l me, what does makei t go 3

Sunl ight l shou ted Tom ,whoseexuberance

now bu rs t forth i n a w i l d h i lar i ty . A nd wh i lethel i t tlefly-wheel revo l ved j ust l i kethat of areal engi ne, exu l tan t Tom wen t on to explai nthedetai l s ofh is wonderful mechan ism ,

which ,

as hehad tol d H arry , was run by no o ther powerthan theheat rays arisi ng from theglorious sunsh i nei tself.A tiy boy reader of ST . N I C HOLA S may bu i ld

sunsh i neengi nes for h imself by careful l y follow i ng Tom

’s method ofwo rk i ng ; besu re, however

, to bend all you renergies to thewo rk as didth i s you ng i n vento r , for then you w i l l succeed ,

and thesunsh inew i l l ru n'

y ou r l i t t leengi nefor

you day after day and week after week .

WHAT ANOTHER S UMMER BROUGHT TO DEN I SE

AND NED TOODLES .

Bv G A BR I ELLE E . J ACKSON .

DEN I SE RA I SED HER HEAD FRO M HER HANDS

CH A PTER I .

WH AT THE WOOD-THRUSH TO LD .

DEN I SE sat all alonei n her phaeton , herelbows rest i ng upon her knees and her chi npropped upon her hands . The soft b rowncu rl s fel l all about her face

,and theb rown

L I STENED FOR THE S ECOND CALL.

eyes,wh ich matched thecu rl s i n co lor, looked

dream i l y Off toward theglassy r i ver . Theli nencarr iage-robehad sl i pped from her knees , andoneend t rai led out u pon thegreen grass on

wh ich thephaeton stood ; for shehad drivenout of themai n road i nto a l i t tlebyway leading up themoun tai n , her favo r i tespo t for a

DENISE

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good . quiet th i nk .— and sheand Ned TOO

dles wererevel i ng i n thebeauty of that earl yspri ng day. Theatmo spherewas so balmy

,

so fi l led w i th the thousand p rom ises ofspr i ng ,

thesun so warm and comfort ing w i thou t theoppressi veheat that wo u ld comelater i n theseason,

and allnat u resoentranc i ng i n theex quisitelysoft green of her new spr i ng att i re, that i t wasno wonder thesensi t ive, imag i nat i vech i ld of

eleven should be t ransported i nto a fai ry - l ikereverie

,or thel i t t lepo ny , wh ich had now been

her constant compan io n for mo ret han eigh teenmon ths

,should , so far as an an imal can sympa

thizew i th a human bei ng’s moods

, en ter i n tosympathy w i t h Den i se’s . Hes tood perfec t lyst i l l

,his head d roop i ng and theusual ly w i de

awakeeyes part l y c losed , as though he, too ,

had nearl y sl i pped away i n to a land of d reams.

Present ly from out thewoodland cametheincomparablecal l ofthewood- th rush , risi ng fromi t s soft , tender no teto theclear,joyous cal l wh ichto l d to all thewo rl d that l ifewas

,oh

,so sweet !

Den iserai sed her head from her hands and listened for thesecond cal l wh ich sheknew woul dfo l low. I t came, and th i s t imea l i t t lenearer , asthough theb i rd weresearch i ng thewoods fori t s mate. Then back wen t theansweri ng cal l ,bu t not from thebi rd ’ s mate. Rai s ing herhead ,Den isepuckered u p thesoft red l i ps , and c learand sweet from between them camethe

Then shel istened for therepl y . I t came,and so di d thebi rd . Peeri ng cau t iously fromtheleafy covert , i t hopped nearer and nearerto thest i l l figu res at theroadsi de

,as t hough

ask i ng, Whereis she

Den isesm i led , bu t madeno sound ; and the

l i t t le bi rd,dec id i ng that those odd- looki ng

c reat u res so near by wereharm less , Opened h ist i ny beak and

,c lear and sweet at her very s ide,

gaveh i s ent ranc i ng cal l agai n .

Themomen t i t ceased , Den iserepeated hers ,and for a few momen ts a very bewi ldered l i t t lebi rd flitted abou t thenearest trees, un t i l at last ,wi th an i nd ignan t flou r ish ofhis brown tai l

,he

flew off to seek h i s own l i t t lelady - love.

AN D N ED TOOD LES . S9 I

C H A PTER I I .

AN OLD FR I END AND A NE\V ONE.

IT was the2 0 th op ril— Tan ’s b i rthday !A t least

,Den ise con si dered i t h i s bi rthday;

for upon that date, when shewas a weelassieof four

,Tan had been g i ven to her al though

As hed isappeared i n to thewood,a merry

laugh r i ppled after him, and , g iv i ng onebo und

,

Den i sesp rang o ver thewheels and landed upo nthegrass bes idel

'ed . Themovewas a suddenone

, bu t Ned was used to moves o fall so rt s ;so , g iv i ng a soft l i t t lewh i n ny Of welcome. hearoused h imself

,took a step or two nearer , and

poked h is head under Den ise’s arm . She

d ropped upon thesoft grass, sayi ngNed Toodles

,i t ’

s spr i ngt ime! Sp ri ngt ime!sp ri ng t ime! I am so glad , aren

’

t you ?”And

,

cuddl i ng bo th arm s abou t thewarm head wh ichwas th rust i n to her lap as shesat there, she

bu ried her facei n thes i lky forelock and “ sn uggled

”as hard as shecould . Ned responded

by a succession ofsubdued wh inn ies,as though

sayi ng Mo redel ighted than I can express ,for spr ing means green grass, long walks w i t h

you ,and no bo t her w i th blankets.

”

Now ,Ned

,l isten , con t i n ued Den ise, for

t heseconversat ions wereby no means uncom

mon— they werehel d dai ly .

“ Spr i ng meanswarm weather

,warm weather means vacat ion

,

vacat ion means Pokey ! What do you th i nk ofthat ? You see, Ned Toodles, Pokey is c lever ,very c lever i ndeed ! and someday sheis go i ngto befamous , becausesheto l d meso . Sheis

go i ng to s t udy hard and get to bea teacher ,and buy a dear l i t t lehouse

,and fu rn ish i t

,and

haveher mo ther l i vew i th her always . B ut,to

do that,shem ust study hard wh i leshei s a l i t

tlegi rl , and that i s what sheis do i ng now— oh ,

so hard ! A nd j ust as soon as vacat ion comes,

Pokey w i l l comeout here, and— ’

l'

HEN Thisthough t was too t remendous to bedeal t w i ths i t t ing, and ,

spr i ngi ng tip, Den isec r iedLet ’

s go homej ust as fas t asever wecan,

Ned ,for I ’

vea sor t Of feel i ng that someth i ngfine is go i ng to happen ”

; and shesc rambledin to thephaeton and was soon Spin n i ng downtheroad toward home.

5 9 2

they certai n ly had not

come i n to the wo rl dupon thesameday, forTan was

“no k i d ” when

shegot h im . That hewas more than sevenand a half years of ageshek new,

and a fr iendof her father ’ s who waswel l u p i n animal lo resai d that Tan was not

far from fou rteen yearsof age, to j udge fromther i ngs u pon h i s ho rns ,which were almos t as

d i s t i nc t as those seenupon theRocky Mountai n sheep , wh ich Tan

resembled both i n sizeand co lo r . So Tan was

grow i ng Old for a goat ,and dur i ng thepast winter had suflered somewhat from rheumat i sm .

The veter i nary who

cameto seeh im did all

hecoul d to affo rd h imrel ief, bu t said that Tanwou ld p robably not liveth rough ano ther w i n ter .But as Spr i ng drew nearTan imp roved steadi ly ,and when the warmdays cameand hecould

go out i n his fiel d to

c rop the fresh , sweet

grass , i t seemed j ust theton ic he requ i red, and

hegrew qu i tegay and

frisky . Hest i ll fo l lowedDen i se whenever heco uld do so

,bu t i n some

of thei r long ramblesoften grew t i red and

stopped stock -st i l l i n

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the road to pan t after a part icularly hard Direc tly after l uncheon waseaten , Deniseflewc l imb . out to the B i rds ’ Nest ” ; for thep retty l i t tleNed , Sai lor, and Beau ty B u ttons werenot play-houseand s tablefor her pet s was s t i l l as

able to understand , al though Sai lo r h imself, dear to her as upon theday shehad received theit must beconfessed , was no t very young. key to i t from papa

’s hand . Runn i ng i n to the

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594 DEN ISE AND NED TOODLES . (Mn .

Denisehad led Tan to a part icularly invit i ngspot , and taken h im from theshafts, al thoughshehad not removed theharness and i ts decorat ions . Beau ty had hopped out of thecar

riage, and was now spraw led out l i kea big

frog. Seating herself i n one of the rusti cbenches u nder thet rees , Deni sed rew Tan to

ward her, and began to pet him . Sherambledon in theodd way shehad of shari ng all herthough ts w i th her pets (safeconfidants, who

never betrayed her secrets , and who loved the

vo icefor thevo ice’s sake). Presen tly a loud , impat ient whi nny caused her to look over towardthep lay-house.

Do you hear that ? shedemanded . I dobel ievethat Ned is jealous for thefi rs t t imei nh i s l ife and sheanswered thewhi nny by giving a peculiar pi pi ng wh i st le.

A stamp ing and a clat ter weretheresul t, andp resen tly John ’ s vo icewas heard shou t i ng :H i

, you young scamp ! Don ’ t yedarethrythat thrick on meag

’ i n . I t ’s tak in ’ out yerown

bar-fasten i ng ye’ll be, i s it ? Don ’ t yedare!

There,” as thesou nd ofd ropp ing bars told thatNed was free. Get-t-t out beyant to MissDen ise, and cut no morecapers .” A nd , w i th arattleand c lat ter, out rushed Ned, to cometearing over thegrass toward Den ise. H is ab ruptexit so s tart led thek i t tens,who werebask i ng inthesunshinej us t ou tsidethedoor, that theybounced up li ke two rubber bal ls, and torealong ahead ofh im ,

w i th tai l s s tuck st raigh t upin theair l ikebot t le-brushes . They di d not stopthei r fl igh t unt i l they weresafein theb ranchesaboveDeni se’s head .

As though to rebukesuch unseeml y haste,Sai lor arosemajest ical l y from h i s favori tecor;

ner of thepiazza, and , descending thes teps,cameslow ly across thelawn

,wav i ng hi s p l umy

tai l likea flag oft ruce, and look ing w i th digu ified contemp t upon such mad antics as Nedwas j ust then giving way to . A nd for a climaxto h i s perform ance

,Ned rushed around and

arou nd two or threet imes,evidently regardi ng

Den i se’ s peal i ng laughter as w i l d applause, and CHAPTER 1 1 1 ,

then,com ing toward her w i th a rush

,bumped

against old Tan and nearl y upset h im,as he

pushed him asideto pu t iris saucy nosewhere NO second i nvitation was needed , and , restTan’s had been . ing onehand upon thefence, Hart gaveone

I t was all doneso quickly that Denisehardly.

of those“neck-or-noth i ng bounds wh ich only

H ART .

real i zed what had happened , til l shewas startledby a hear ty, boyish laugh from theo ther sideofthehedge, and, t u rni ng quick ly, saw a lad of

abou t twelvelook ing over thefenceand laughing. G iving Ned a shakeby h i s l i tt leS i lkyears

,Deni sepushed h im from her and hopped

up from thebench, saying : I s n’

t he thec razies t thi ng youever saw ? I supposeyou aretheperson I am to seeand not to know a bi t

,

bu t am to cal l an old friend ”

; and w i th th i s bew i l deri ng announ cemen t

,shewent over to the

fenceto speak to thesti l l amused boy.

Hastil y reach i ng in thepocket ofh i s immacu

latel i t tleovercoat, hedrew from it a smal l cardcase, and tak ing from it a li tt lecard , handed i tto Den isew i th a trul y Chesterfieldian air

,as he

rai sed h is capandwai ted forher to read thename.

Although a careful l y bred chil d, Den isehadnot had much experience i n conventional i ties ,and did not go abou t wi th a card-casei n herpocket . SO it never occu rred to her to th rowany formali ty i n to her reply , and her next wordsban ished forever any m i sgiv i ngs theboy m igh thaveentertai ned as to theou tcomeof th i s act.

Wi l l shebes tiffand p rim ?”had been h i s in

ward doub t wh i lecoming back to thehomesolong un tenanted by .hi s paren ts

,and learni ng

that thei r next-door neighbor had an on l ydaughter ofabou t h i s own age. Hehad beenat school abroad , and “manners pol i te” hadbeen as breakfast , di nner, and supper to h im forth reelong years, t i l l very l i t t leof thegenu ineboyappeared upon thesurface, however much i tseethed and bubbled beneath . Trueto h i s t rai ning, thecard had been produced when occasioncal led for i t ; bu t thes igh of rel iefwhich cameat Den i se’s next words tol d that a m igh ty bu rden had been l ifted from h i s boyi sh soul.

Oh , how perfec t ly splend id ! You are

H art Mu rray , mama’ s old friend ’s son. Come

straigh t over thefenceand let meShow you allmy pets , and we’

ll talk till wecan ’ t th ink of

another word to say!

DEN ISE AND NED TOODLES . 59 5

boys can make, and thenext i nstant stood be~

S idethesu rpr ised gi rl .How u nder thesun d id you do i t ?

”she

exc laimed ; for, never having had anyboy com

pan ions except i ng her cous i ns from thec i ty,

Den isehardly knew what to expec t .“ Oh , that

’

s no th i ng, answered theboy,modestly

,as hefo l lowed Deni seover thelawn ,

and a momen t later was su rrounded by her in

quisitivefam i ly . Ned promptl y st ruck an att itude

,and snifled from afar i n long, aud ible

breaths ; Tan p resented arms , so to speak,by

t rying to rear upon h i s h i nd legs as of old , andmakebel ieveto bu t t thenew- comer ; Sai lorwalked r igh t u p to h im and pu t h i s paw i n toh i s hand ; and Beauty , no t to beou tdonei npo l i teness , i nstan tly began to do h i s tr icks forthei r gues t

’ s benefi t,final ly s i t t i ng up on h i s

h i nd legs to“ beg and “ sneeze” th reet imes

i n rapi d succession . Overhead thek i t tens keptup a sort of accompan imen t to theo thers ’ performances by runn ing rap idly up and down thel imbs and meow i ng incessantly .

“ I say! What a lot of them !” exc laimedtheboy.

“A nd aren’

t they dandies P“ Yes, I th i nk that they area p ret ty n ice

group . Tan i s all d ressed up becausei t i s h i sb i rthday .

“ Not real ly ! What a joke, for i t’s m i ne,

too . I ’

m twelveyears old to -day, and that i sthereason 1 cameout here—a sort ofbi rthdayt reat , don

’ t you see.

”

How funny cr ied Deni se; “ but i s n’

t i tsplendid

,too Let ’

s leavemy pets down hereto enjoy themselves whi leyou and I get upi n to thet ree. Seetheseats u p there? I t ’

s a

fineplacefor a powwow.

"

Har t glanced up i n to theblossom - laden tree,and

,w i thou t ano ther word . began to scramble

i n to i ts frag ran t depths, Den ise fol low i ng as

n imbly as a squ i rrel . Seat i ng themsel ves uponbi ts of board which had been nai led i n thebranches

,they at onceavai led themselves of

oneblessed p riv i legeofyou th, and asked quest ions by thedozen .

“When di d you comeout ?”was Den i se's

fi rs t quest ion .

“ J ust befo rel u ncheon , w i th M rs . Dean , thehousekeeper. Father and mo ther won ’ t beoutunt i l to-morrow. But I could n

’

t wai t any

longer. You see,l had n

’

t seen theplacesi nceI was j ust a l i t t lek id on ly fiveyears Old

,and

mo ther sai d that she had always l ived herewhen shewas a gi rl , and that you r mo ther washer old schoo l fr iend . A nd then sheto ld meabou t you r pets, and— and—wel l , she saidthat shehoped you and I would grow to be

good friends too , don’ t you see

”

; and thehandsomeblueeyes sm i led in thefriendl iest way.

Har t was a handsomeboy, tal l and wel l fo rmedfor a boy of twel ve, w i th a fi rm mou th , fineteeth

,and themos t w i nn i ng sm i leimagi nable.

L i t t leb rown Den isewas anexac t opposi te; forh i s hai r was a mass of go l den waves, hers asdark as a seal ’s .

“Why, ofcoursewe’

11 befriends,sai d Den ise

,

heart i l y .

A s they sat chat ter i ng, a mus ical bobavhitewh is t lesounded almos t beneath thei r feet

, and

M rs . Lombard ’ s facepeered th rough theboughs .“That boy up therei s Hart M u rray

,

”shesai d

merri l y .

“ I know,forhehas sto len h is mo ther’s

eyes and go l den hai r and comeout hereto

masquerade. Comes t raigh t down and let meshakehands w i t h you.

”

I t would havebeen hard to resis t M rs . Lonibard ’s co rd ial wel come, and a momen t laterHart ’s slender hand lay i n hers , and shewassm i l i ng i n to h i s faceas on l y M rs. Lombardcould sm i le. I though t I heard a wond rousp i pi ng out i n theold apple- t ree

,

”Shesai d , and

cameou t to learn what manner of b i rd hadtaken possess ion . I havefou nd a rareone

,su re

enough , and shal l t ry to i n ducei t to spend a

good part of i t s t imei n my grounds .

”

I don ’ t bel ievei t w i l l need much coax i ng ,was thelaugh ing reply .

Oh , wehavelai d all sorts ofsp lendi d p lansalready ,

” c ried Den i se,

“and werej us t go i ng

over to thestables when you wh is tled . Comew i th us

,moddie.

”

Sl i ppi ng her arm abou t her mo ther ’s wai s t,

Den iseled theway. Rest ing her hand upontheshoulder ofthetal l boy walk i ng besi deher,M rs . Lombard asked A nd what are theplans for good t imes ?

Oh , all so rts ofth i ngs . Father says that hew i l l get mea pony , and a boat . Den i seand Ican havejo l l y r ides , and I ’

1]takeher row i ng ifyou w i l l let hergo . Wi l l you? heasked eagerly .

596 DEN ISE AND NED TOODLES. (M u ,

Dear me! who w i l l guaranteeher saferetu rn asked M rs . Lombard .

Oh, I’11 takefirst- ratecareofher, ifyou

’

ll

onl y let her come; pleasesay yes.

Ned Toodles had always d isplayed a verymarked aversion for any oneresembl ing a man

,

and i t was funny enough to watch h i s at t i tudetoward Hart . A t fi rs t hesubm i t ted to bei ngpet ted w i th theair of “Wel l, good b reedingcompels meto Show no aversion , bu t , remember

, you areonly accepted on p robat ion .

”B ut

Har t was too manly a chap to tormen t an

an imal,and beforelong Ned grew very fond of

h im .

Thestabledid not boast a man ’s saddle, andNed would bel i kel y to maketh i ngs p ret ty l ivel yfor thefi rs t mascu l inecreatu reat tempt ing to

moun t h im . So when H art asked if hecou ldrideh im , Den i sesaid , I shal l haveto get thenew saddlefrom theharness- room ,

”and wen t

to thep ret ty l i t tlec loset con tai n ing all Ned ’sbelongi ngs. Tak i ng from i t her own beau t ifull i tt lesaddlew i th i ts castor seat and immaculatesaddle-c lo th , shehast i l y rigged up a st i rrupupon ther igh t side, unscrewed thepommels,and

,heigh , pres to ! therewas your man

’s saddlefineas a fiddle.

Ned was then taken from h i s s tal l , and thesaddleadj usted . So far, so good . That movewas not an unusual one, and h i s l i t tlem i stresshad superi n tended theoperat ion. No doub tshewas going to rideh im ,

even though shehadr igged

‘ up that queer dangl i ng thing upon ther igh t sideofthesaddle.

A rr ived at theentrancegate, Hart p reparedto moun t thepony .

Deniseknew Ned ’ s pecul iar i t ies regardi ngboys , bu t it seemed impol i teto say morethanthat hed id not l i kesomeboys . But wel l enoughsheknew that therewoul d be

,as shemen tal ly

termed i t,

“a h igh old t ime” when Har t t ried

to r ideNed . H owever, Ned was not v ic ious ,and theworst ou tcomeof theventurewouldbea sp i l l , wh ich , shethough t , Hart would notm i n d i n theleas t . Now Ned ’s usual procedure

,when subm i t ted to the i nd ign i ty of a

boyi sh bu rden , was to s tand perfec t l y S t i l lunt i l hehad h i s v ic t im safeupon hi s back ,look ing, meanwhi le, thevery pic tu reof i n nocenceand meek ness a sor t of what -a-

good

boy-am -I expression. So when H ar t gathered

up thebri d lei n themost sc ient ific manner,

for

hehad r i ddenever s i ncehewas old enough , andwas a ski lful l i t tlehorseman

,—Ned wagged one

earw i sely and p repared for ac t ion .

”

Har t placed h is foo t in the st i rrups,ad

j ust i ng themakesh ift one to h i s sat i sfac t ion .

Now, old fel low, let’

s Show our paces !” hesaid, and Ned took him at h i s word . Fi rst asedate wal k , smoo th and easy as a rocking

- chai r, bu t gradual l y grow i ng morerap id .

Charm i ng ! Thewal k then changed i n to a tro t,

qu i te the park gai t . Now a gen tle lope.

Could any th i ng bemoreperfec t than that gai t ?H is r ider becamemorethan ever conv i ncedthat thean imal hewas best ri d ing was themos tperfec t ly broken onehehad ever r i dden. A l lth is t imeonew i seeyewas cocked knowi nglybackward

, to watch theboy upon h i s back , andno tew i th great sat i sfac t ion that h i s confidencei n h i s moun t wasmomentarily increasi ng. ThenOff l ikea mad th ing, tai l u p i n theair, headdown

, and Tam o’

Shanter’s imps i n hot pu rsu i t

,t i l l abou t th reeblocks areto l d off. H ALT

Up wen t theh i nd legs, and down wen t thehead ,and it i s i ndeed a sk i l led rider who s t i cks on at

that po i n t ofthegame.But th i s t imeMas ter Ned had reckoned w i th

out h i s hos t, for h is host “ did n’

t sp i ll wor th a

cent,

”as that hos t h imself asserted . Then

camea t ussle, and up and down theroad torethat c razy l i t tle beast , ben t upon di slodgingHar t or dyi ng in the at tempt . Meanwh i leDenisewas stand i ng at thegate, scream i ng w i thlaugh ter, and M rs. Lombard look ing on w i thconsiderableanx iety . H art ’s hat had long s i ncesai led in to a neighbo ri ng fiel d , and most of h i sat t i relooked as though hehad dressed himselfi n thedark . But hewas s t i l l on Ned ’ s back ,and , so far as that bad l i t tlescamp ’s efl

'

orts

wereconcerned , l ikely to stay there.“Ned Toodles, how am you beSO

'

bad !

cr ied Deni se. Ned s topped short at that sound ,and took timeto consider thesi tuat ion . Fatalmomen t ! Fatal , at leas t , forHart ; for i n to thatw i sel i tt lehorse-noddleflashed an idea, wh ichw i thou t a second ’ s hesi tat ion was ac ted upon .

Wi th a w i l d,triumphan t neigh , he wheeled

shor t around , madea rush for an Open gateat

theend ofthegrounds, pel ted th rough i t li kea

t 9o4-l

mons t rous cannon-bal l , and a second later wasi n B ut tercup ’ s cow-yard . Now B u ttercup wasthedeares t cow i n theworl d , and hereyes werebeaut iful to beho ld , and her coat was l ikesat i n .

But thebarn -yard wel l,they arevery n ice

places for cows. I n to th i s yard cameNed l ikea tornado ,

scari ng poor Bu t tercu p out of her

w i ts,for, al though upon thefriendliest ofterms ,

shehad never beforereceived a v i si t from Ned .

“ So you won’

t get ofl my back ! sai d Ned’s

faceand at t i tude,as plai n ly as wo rds could

havesai d i t . “We’

ll see! A nd down hewen tflat upon h i s s ide. What happened next wou ldbet ter beleft u nto ld . A las for thep ret ty castorsaddle! When Den i searr i ved upon ‘

thesceneNed was st i l l rest i ng from h i s labors , Har t s toodstar i ng at thepeaceful ly repos i ng an imal w i th a

dec idedl y crestfal len air,and joh n had come

up to d rop a casual word on affai rs i n general .Ned had never been whi pped , bu t hecame

near to chast i semen t that t ime, and d id not forgethi s sound scol d i ng ; bu t after that an arm i st icewas dec lared , and H ar t was perm i t ted to r ideallhew i shed , Ned ev idently feel i ng that hehadearned ther igh t to do so .

Not long after th is,H art ’s pony was given to

h im ,and al though somewhat larger than Ned

Toodles, as warm a friendsh i p was formed bythetwo l it tlehorses as exi sted between thei rmaster and m i stress . P i n to ,

”as Har t ’s pony

was named , on accou n t ofhis pecul iar mark ings ,was a dear l i t t lebeas t ie

,al though henever at

tained to thedegreeof i n tel l igencet hat Neddisplayed as theyears wen t on. But that

,no

doub t , was becauseh i s l ifehad no t been so

c losely assoc iated w i th a human bei ng as Ned ’shad been ever si ncehebecameDen ise's pet.Den i seand Har t

,moun ted upon Ned and

P i n to , ranged thecoun try far and w ide, and i twas a far co rner i ndeed that they d id not find

DEN ISE AND NED TOODLES . 597

t hei r way in to,sooner or later. Thosesp ri ng

mon ths,w i th all thei r bud and bloom

,were

halcyon days for theboy and g i rl , for H artl i teral ly l ived at M rs . Lombard ’s home, t i l l M rs .Marray

,who was cal l i ng oneday, sai d to her;

“ Em i l ieLombard , when do you i n tend to sendi n my son ’s board bi l l ? This i s simply d readful !Hei s hardly out ofbed i n themorn i ng beforehei s mak ing someexcuseto comeover here.

Let him comeas often as he l ikes , please.

I t i s good forDen i seto havesuch a Stu rdy p laymate

,for shehas never had any real c rony bu t

Pokey , who i s such a gen tlel i t tlesoul that I’

m

afraid Deni sew i l l th i n k mo reof her own way

than someone's el se.”“Wel l , you haveno idea what i t means to

meto havethat boy so happi ly assoc iated !”

exc laimed M rs . Mu rray .

“ Den i sei s j ust thejol ly l i t t lechum for h im to have.

”

I t all seem s too del ightful to bet rue, saidM rs . Lombard ; “

and to haveyou agai n formy neighbor after all theseyears ofseparat ionmakes mefeel l ikea you ng gi rl agai n .

”

You havenever been anyth ing el se, repl iedM rs . Mu rray ; “ for you have s tayed you ngw i th Den ise, and that i s thesecret of you rbeau t ifu l att i tude toward each o t her. Wel l ,you mus t not let H ar t remai n to d inner ton igh t , at alleven ts, added M rs . Murray .

“Sendh im homei n t imeto d inew i th h i s father, or Ido not know what wi l l happen .

“ Very wel l ; homehegoes at thest rokeof

five, to removeall t races of the afternoon ’ss iegebeforeM r. Murray

’s arr ival at si x .

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Yes, p lease; i t w i l l bea real k i ndness : formy timei s so occupied w i th theo ther ch i ldrenthat I fear I havelet H art ‘ paddleh i s own ca

noe’ mo rethan I shoul d havedone. B ut theyareall so smal l that they need memore. Goodby , and run over when you can.

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(Beg un in tlzeNovem éer number. )

Bv B . L .

CHAPTER XX.

LULLA , LULLA , LULLABY .

THE appearanceof thegrounds ofMarybudLodged id not favor thei dea that theworl dwas com i ng to an end, what was tak ing placethereon bei ng part icularly l ivel y and jol ly .

Thel i t t lees tatehav i ng no regular o rchard , thefru i t - t rees weredo t ted abou t here

,there, and

everywhere, i n themos t charm i ng d isregard of

mathemat ical system ; and t h i s madei t all themoredel ightful , becauseyou werecon t inual l ycom i ng upon a fru i t- t reewhen you least expec ted i t . Theapples and pears weregrowing, bu t werenot yet eatable; thecherr ies,however, werequ i te r i peand very fine

,one

whi te-hear t t ree i n part icular el ic i t i ng a cho

rus of adm i r i ng“oh

’

s l ” Loushkin’

s tre

FARJEON .

mendons height gavehim a great advan tageover theo ther celebr i t ies , and bei ng a gl u t toni n theeat i ng of fru i t, hes tuffed h imselfw i thcherr ies as fas t as hecould pl uck them . To

the general ou tc ry that hewas not p lay ingfai r hepai d no at ten t ion . Cries Of Unfai rOh, you greedy I

”fel l u pon deafears . He

pai d no regard to them ,and looked down upon

theroyal p igm ies w i th d isdai n . Noneof thewarr iors had thehard ihood to cometo blowsw i th h im ; even theL ion-hear t d i d not feelh imselfequal to such a con test .I t wasTom Thumb who solved thediflficulty,

and who oncemorep roved to bethehero of

theparty .

“ I ’ll be lambas ted if I ’

m go ing to s tandth i s hec r ied ; and heran to thek i tchen andret urned w i th M rs . Peckham ’ s toas t i ng-fork ,

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w i th which heprodded theg ian t’s legs , by way

of l i t t lep in-p r icks , wh ich madeh im s tamp androar. But Tom eas i l y dodged thehugelegs ;n imbly and gleefu l l y d id hesk ip i n and out,

l i kea schoo l -boy playing a game, and con t i nued to tease Loushkin t i l l the gian t couldstand i t no longer, and c r ied a t ruce. To

show that heboreno mal ice, heho i s ted Tomup i n to thet ree, and thel i t t leman c l imbed totheh igher branches, loaded w i th magn i ficen tcherr ies

,wh ich he t h rew down to theeager

celeb ri t ies, who feasted on them to theirheart’scon ten t . They wereall very gay, and behavedmorel i kech i ld ren than thefamous peopletheywere. I t was hard to bel ievethat theworl d ,at onet imeand ano ther, s tood i n aweof them .

Queen El i zabeth had taken a great fancy toLyd ia

,who had pu t cherr ies w i th doubles tal k s

over Lucy ’s ears and her own,and so far uh

ben t as to say“ Those cherry ear- r i ngs i n th i neears be

come theemarvelousl y wel l . Fix a pai r i nm i ne, mai den .

”

Thefash ion bei ng set, all thelad ies fo l lowedsu i t

,as i s theway of ladies, and werep resently

wal k ing abou t decked w i th cherry ear- r i ngs .R ichard I I I , i n a c rafty vo ice

,was compl i

menting Mary Queen of Sco ts upon her beautifully shaped ears, wh ich theseadornmen ts , hedec lared , madeeven mo rebeau t iful , when she

,

tak ing h i s compl iments i n earnes t , asked h imto sl i ng a hammock for her between two trees .This hep roceeded to do

,and when hehad

fin i shed,heoflered h i s hand to the lady to

assi s t her. But Tom Thumb , who had beenwatch ing h im ,

sp rang forward and c r ied“Do not use i t , Sco tland

’ s Queen ! See

hehas so cu nn i ngly tw i ned theropes that themomen t you get i n to thehammock you w i l lfal l to the grou nd .

” Then,t urn i ng to the

c rooked k ing, hesai d : You w i l l earn thetar and feathers yet, R ichard Th ree, and I shal lbeglad to beat thebarbecue.

”

Pes t on thee!” exc laimed R ichard I I I .

H ow darest thou i n terfere, and what meanes tthou by thy tar and feathers ? ”

I t i s a nat ional institootion, monarch , repl ied Tom Thumb , an i n s t i t u t ion wh i ch thefreeand en l ightened c i t i zens ofa great republ icaremuch sk i l led i n and great l y proud of.

”

How dot h thechorus run ?I haveit '

’M

,

’

m,

’

m !

599

Ha,

Nay, Tom of theThumb,said R ichard

Coeu r de L ion , thou cans t no t c la im thatnovel penal ty as a na t ional ins t i tu t ion

,for i t i s

one of our own ordi nances,dev ised for the

pun ishmen t of knaves when wewereon theEngl i sh th rone.

Knavei n thy teeth !” cr ied R ichard I I I,

darest th o u appl y that ep i thet to u sAy, thou fal se rogue. I dare that

,and

more, and w i l l p rove i t , an thou w i l t , on th yscurvy pate.

”

B ul ly for you ! said Tom Thumb . Now ,

R i chard Th ree,speak you r l i t t lespeaklet and

Show you r musc le.

”

But thesu r l y monarch sl unk away,mu t ter

ing d i res t vengeanceagai n s t thel i t t leman and

all hi s royal cou s i ns .Queen El i zabeth , who had been stand i ng

near,sai d to Lucy :Our gal lan t l i t tleTom of theThumb hat h

a sh rewd head upon h i s shoulders . Had he

morei nches hewoul d havebeen a great sol~

d ier. A s for thehammock , wedeem such bedsa sweet res t ing-placefor babes

,wh i lethecare

ful mo ther, rock ing i t , s i ngs a l u l laby . Wedo no t recall that Wi l l Shaksperew ro tea l u l laby for babes . I fhehad doneso i t would su rel ybesung i n every Engl i sh home. There aresomesweet l ul laby words i n that marvelous play‘A M idsommer N igh ts Dreame,

’ wr i t i n thet rueSp i r i t of poes ie. Ti tan ia—do you k now whoTi tan ia was, ch i l d ?

”

“No , you r Majes ty, repl ied Lucy , embar

rassed at hav i ng to d isp lay her ignorance.

You should , ch i l d . Shewas thefairy queen ,and fel l i n lovew i th a donkey . Ti tan ia saysto her t rai n :

Come, now a Roundel , and 3 Fai ry song ;S ing menow asleepe,

Then to you r ofi‘ices, and let meres t . ’

Ph i lomele, w i t h melody,S ing in you r sweet Lu l laby ;

Lu l la, l u l la, l u l laby, l u l la, l u l la, l u l laby,Never harme, nor spel l , nor charme,

Comeour lovely Lady nye,So good nigh t , w i t h Lu l laby .

Lul la, l ul la ,l u l laby , sang Lucy to herself.

H ow beaut iful i t i s ! ‘

So, good n igh t w i th

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l ul laby . Lul la, l ul la, l ul laby .

’ A nd here i sthep rett ies t da i sy - chai n ofall for you. I love

you,Queen E l i zabeth .

”

A nd welovethee, sweet ch i ld , said QueenEl i zabeth .

“When our revel s hereareendedweshal l bealways pleased to seetheei n our

court at Mary lebone. I t w i l l gladden our

eves to look on t heewhen thou art grownto bea maiden l ikethy s ister Lydia.

”

I w i l l comeoften,"said Lucy

,and wen t

on s i ngi ng Lul la,l ul la

,l u l laby ,

”as Shemoved

abou t thegrounds . Shecould not forget thewords, norfor that mat ter d id shew i sh to for

get them .

“A nd welay i t upon thee, con t i n ued QueenEl izabeth, that now and aga i n thou shal t devotean hou r to thesweet s i nger whosepoemsshed luster on our reign . Whi ther is thefai rLyd ia fly ing? There i s qu i cksi lver i n herp ret ty feet . Goeth sheto put a gi rdleroundtheearth ?

To thefron t gate, c r ied Lucy , s tart ing up .

I hear Harry Bower ’s vo i ce!“Run

,ch i ld

,run . Our t rusty kn igh t, Tom

of theThumb , w i l l rema i n by our s ide.

O l iver Cromwel l was keep i ng guard whenthefron t door-bel l rang, and kep t h is hand on

Si r Row ley ’s co l lar as theold gardener l impedforward to Open thegate.

“Be that you, M r. Bower ?

” Si r Rowleycal led .

Yes, Row ley , answered H arry,ou ts ide.

Open the gate- quick ! cr ied Lyd ia.

Don ’ t befr ightened , Harry !”

I n a tw i nk l i ng thegatewas open and shut,

H arry was i ns i de, and Ol iver Cromwel l , S ternand s t raight, was look i ng down upon theyoungm an.

Lyd ia rushed in to H arry ’ s arms and k i ssedhim ,

and he k i ssed her. They forgo t thateverybody was look i ng on.

Cromwel l frowned . Mary Queen of Sco tsand Mme. Sai n teAmaranthelaughed .

H arry B ower had i n h i s arms a packet ofimmenses i ze.

“ I have brough t them ,Lyd ia,

”hewhis

pered .

Thechoco latec reams,H arry

Yes ; fourteen pounds in pound bags—Ibought someofevery sor t they had i n theshop .

Hed id not Show any as ton i shmen t at whatwas go i ng on around h im ,

whatever hem ighthavefel t . Lyd ia’ s let ter had p repared h im forthemos t amaz i ng events, and hekep t sayi ngto h imself as hewal ked to Marybud LodgeHarry , my boy, you mus t not besurpr i sed

at anyth i ng you see. Therei s someth i ng verymyster ious behi nd all th is, but Lydia knowswhat shei s about

,so beprepared forwonders .”

That i s why hed id not taketo h is heel s whenhe saw all thoses trangely at t i red celebr i t iess tar i ng at h im,

and why hesm i led qui tebr ight lywhen a l i t t leold woman in black cameforward and sai d

Takeh im away,Lucy and Lydia, and

’

tellh im everyth i ng.

”

SO the two gi rl s conduc ted thefortu nateyoung man to a sec l uded part of thegroundscal led theNut Walk , and pou red thewonderful news in to h i s ears. Hetook i t all verycool ly , theonly remarks hemadewh i letheyweretalk i ng bei ng, Yes, yes, yes,

” “Oh, of

course,

” Very nat ural .”

But areyou not surp r i sed , Harry askedLyd ia.

A l i t t le— i ns ideofme, heanswered .

You would never have guessed , would

you?”

“Never. But now that I know what i t i s

,

and seet hem all wal k i ng about , and hear t hemall talk i ng, i t seems themos t nat ural th i ng i ntheworld . What d id you say i n you r let ter ?That you had every confidence i n thes trangefr iends by whom you weresu rrounded . Thati s enough forme. [ haveevery confidencei nthes t rangefr iends by whom I am s urrounded .

Can Lyd ia bewrong i n anyth i ng shesays ,L ucy NO

,shecannot . Would I go th rough

fire and water for Lydia Yes, I wou ld .

I s n’

t th i s much pleasan ter than go i ng t hroughfireand water ? Yes

,i t i s . Therei t is in a

n utshel l .”

You dear boy!” sai d Lyd ia

,br imm i ng

over w i th lovefor h im .

You dear g i r l said Harry,br imm i ng

over w i th lovefor her.

Then they bo th th rew thei r arms roundLucy, and lav i shed thefondes t endearmentson her for hav i ng brough t them together sohappi ly

,and Lucy sa id , I t is n ice, i s n

’

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60 2 A COMEDY I N WAX . [Mm

lovepeep i ng out ofa corner and c lapp ing hi schubby hands i n app roval .Then H arry had a happy though t . Hesa i d

that hecould no t go out and purchasetheprov i s ions alone; hemus t havefem i n i neass istance.

“ You see, Mme. Tussaud , hesai d , “ i t i snot only quant i ty , but qual i ty , that has to beseen to. I can do thequan t i ty

,bu t I can ’ t do

thequal i ty . That requ i res a lady ’s j udgmen t .”

“ Lucy,sai d Mme. Tussaud

,w i th a sly

tw i nk le, you go w i th H arry Bower and look

after thequal i ty .

H arry and Lydia. looked implor i ngly at

Lucy,who p romp t ly rep l ied : I should make

themos t absurd m i s takes . I don ’ t know a

duck from a goose u nless they arewalk i ngabout . Lydia i s thep roper person .

”

“But perhaps Lydia does n

’

t wan t to go

w i th H arry,

” sai d theold lady .

Oh,I don ’ t m i n d a bi t

,

” sa id Lyd ia,wh ich

set them all laughing.

‘ I t can ’ t be done, sai d Mme. Tussaud,

w i thou t someal terat ion i n thear t ic les ofwar.

A t p resen t no oneexcep t H arry is al lowed to

go i n and out.”

Away shet ro t ted to consult her celebr i t ies ,and had a hard task of i t . Hen ry V I I I ins i s ted that it was he, and healone, who shouldesco rt Lyd ia to theshops , and R ichard I I I declared hecould geteveryth i ng that was neededat thepo i n t ofthesword , and that i t would makei t much easier for Lydia if hewen t w i th her.

Mme. Tussaud woul d not l i s ten to them,and

even tual ly returned to the k i tchen and sai dthat H arry and Lydia wereto go . 0115 flew

Lyd ia for her hat and man t le,and then the

happy lovers wen t to thegate.

Tarry not,fai r maiden

,

” sai d Hen ry V I I Iour hear t w i l l beheavy un t i l thy ret urn . I f

thou art long absen t , theb irds w i l l forget howto si ng.

“Hedoes n’

t mean anyth i ng by i t , whis

pered Lyd ia,p ressi ng H arry ’s arm . I t i s on ly

h i s way.

CH APTER XXI .

LOR IMER GR IMWEED APPEARS .

I T took Lydia and H arry a long t imeto

make thei r purchases , and when all thesup

p l ies had been bought , thek i tchen and larderwerefurn i shed w i th such quan t i t ies of prov is ions as to causegreat as ton i shmen t and adm irat ion among thedomes t ics . Every hook hadto bebrough t i nto use

,and tables

,d ressers , and

shelves werefai r ly loaded . H arry,feel ing tha t

th is was thet urn i ng-po i n t i n h i s l ife,madep ur

chases in themos t reckless manner,and hewas

not a bi t annoyed,but only laughed at Lydia’ s

gent leremonstrances .My dar l i ng gi rl ,

”hesai d

,Qual i ty i s you r

department,Quan t i ty i s m i ne. J ust you see

that everyth i ng i s fresh ; I w i l l takecarethatthey haveenough .

Therewas no doub t abou t that . Never wastheresuch a p rov i der ! Ducks and fowl s by thedozen fore quar ters and legs of lamb , r ibs ofbeef Sho rt r ibs

,please

,Lyd ia had sai d to the

butcher,and H arry thought i t very wonderful

of her), saddles ofm u tton , all thek idneys andsweetbreads the butcher could supply

, greatbaskets ofgreen peas , French beans , asparagus ,new po tatoes , tomatoes, and del icac ies ofeveryposs iblek i nd . Thet radesmen werej ub i lan t

,

and kep t recommend i ng th i ngs to H arry— hothousep i neapp les , peaches , nec tari nes , grapes ,and goodness knows what ; and hekep t nodd ing h i s head and saying,

“Yes, wew i l l take

t hat,and that

,and that

,pay ing all thebi ll s

w i thou t aski ng thep r ice.

Oh, H arry,said Lyd ia, you w i l l be

ru ined !”

B ut,for all that

,shecould no t hel p adm iring

her dear boy for h i s generos i ty . Hep urchasedo ther th i ngs as wel l as p rov i s ions— air-p is to l s

,

bows,arrows

,and targets , bats and shut t le

cocks,sk ipp i ng- ropes , humm i ng- tops,whip tops,

bal l s,k ites

,monkeys on s t icks

,Japanesefire

wo rks,ro l l ing- hoops , marbles,ping-pong, and an

“ A un t Sal ly and heh i red a magic lan tern andsl ides . Healmos temp t ied thetoy- shop . Lyd iakep t p ul l ing at h i s sleeveand saying, “ No

,

no,H arry !” and hekep t on o rder i ng mo re

th ings and say i ng, Yes, yes, Lyd ia ; i t’s all

r ight ! Themorethemerr ier . A t las t shesank despai r i ngl y i n to a cha i r in a s ta teofcom icstupefac t ion

,- wh ich made her look p ret t ier

than ever,if any th i ng cou ld ,— and theshop

woman brought her a glass ofwater .They madehalf a dozen journeys back to

rm“

the Lodge, fo l lowed by a regimen t of stou terrand -boys carry i ng heavy loads , and everyt ime they p resen ted themsel ves thev werere

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enjoyed ,thelad ies s i t t i ng i n i t oneafter an

o t her , and thegen t lemen pul l i ng theropes andpush ing. H igher , h igher , higher ! sc reamed

“THE CELEBR IT I ES W I LD FOR FUN , AND WERE B EHAV ING L I KE

scuoor-aovs S ET p agem om SCHOOL. "

ceived w i t h shouts of app roval by a very jo l l ylo t offun- lov i ng royal t ies and no tables .A l l thetoy s and games they had p urchased

were carr ied to the playground ,and H arry

and Luc y and Lydia had as m uch as theycould do to explai n them to the celebr i t ies .H arry fi t ted up a new sw i ng, wh ich was m uch

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Queen E l i zabeth and M me. Sai n teAmaranthe;but Mary Queen of Sco ts was less dar i ng , andsh r ieked i n terro r when shewas whi rled h ighi n theair. A n imated as was theseenewhichhad been p resented to theeyes of M r . Scarlet t when hefi rs t behel d theceleb r i t ies , i t wastamei n compar i son w i th what was now to be

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seen in theplayground . Thecelebr i t ies werew i l d for fun

,and werebehav i ng l i keschoo l

boys set freefrom schoo l . They flew fromonepast in 3 to ano ther. Queen El izabeth wassi t t i ng on a rock i ng- horse, and Tom Thumbwas rocki ng her; Cromwel l and R i chard Coeurde L ion were wh i rl i ng a sk ipp ing-rope for

Mary Queen of Sco ts and Mme. Sai n teAma

rantheand Lucy ; G uy Fawkes was set t i ng off

Japanesefi reworks ; Hen ry V I I I and R i chardI I I weret rundl i ng hoops ; H ouqua had takenp ieces of very th i n paper of var ious co lorsfrom thefo l ds of h i s robe

,and was mak ing

but terfl ies , wh ich hekept fly ing i n theair w i thh i s fan ; Lyd ia and Harry werehav i ng a gameof bat t ledoreand shut t lecock ; Loushkin wason guard at the fron t gate, and Char les I Ion guard at theback .

I t was j ust when Hen ry V I I I had run h i shoop between R ichard I I I

’s legs, and when

thec rooked monarch was p ick ing himself upand grow l i ng and fum i ng, and when H arry

,

roar i ng w i th laughter, was m i sch ievousl y t ryi ngto t r i p theladies w i th theskipp i ng- rope

,that

Lor imer Grimweed rang thefron t doo r-bel l .Bei ng adm i t ted

,hesaw noth i ng of thesem ad

p ranks, thep laygroun d bei ng roun d thecor

ner,at a l i t t led istancefrom thelawn . The

onl y persons i n V iew wereLoushkin and Si rR ow ley .

“Hel lo ,

Rowley, c r ied Lor imer Grimweed .

Who i s t h i s lamp - post,don

’

tcherknow ?

B ut Si r Row ley had scu ttled ofl . Lo r imerlooked at theg iant i n am azement, but Loushkintook no no t iceof h im .

“ Thi s i s a rum go ,

" sa i d Lor imer Grimweed .

I say, you M ay-po le

,who areyou when you

’re

at home?When I am at home, repl ied Loushkin, i n

a t hunderous vo i ce, I am d rum -majo r i n h i sImper ial Majes ty ’s Preobrajensky Regimen t ofR uss ian Guards .

Oh ,” sai d Lor imerGrimweed

,i n s t i l l greater

amazemen t , “ that’

s what you are?“ That i s what I am , and I g iveyou to un

derstand t hat i t i s agai ns t orders to speak totheman at thewheel .”

“But look here, you know ,

remonstratedLor imer Grimweed , w i t h an eyeto exac t i tude;you

’

renot at thewheel , you know .

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Loushkin di d not repl y i n words . Heplacedthefingers and th umb of onehugehand uponLo r imer Grimweed ’

s head , and spu n h im roundl i kea teeto t um .

Oh, I say, you know c r ied Lor imerGrimweed . Here! Look out ! What are

you up to? Oh , gr imes ! Oh , oh , oh !

This was thep ro tes t wh ich camei n breathless jerk s from thesp i nn ing schemer, hi s teethchatter i ng, h is eyebal l s ro l l i ng w i ld ly , and h i shands stretched forth i n theendeavor to catchho l d of someth i ng to s top h i s sp in n i ng rou ndand rou nd . Hecaugh t ho l d ofa human form ,

— theform ofMiss Pennyback,—who ,observ

ing what had taken place, had rushed out to hi srescue.

Keep t igh t ho l d of me, hegasped , c l i nging to her bo th as a p rop and a p rotec t ion .

“Theworl d ’

s go i ng round—and oh, gr imes !

my head ! Did you w i t ness theassaul t ? Don ’ tdeny i t, don

"tcherknow. You must havew i t

nessed i t .”

I d id,s i r

,

”sheanswered i n a sympath i z i ng

tone,

and I was deeply gr ieved— though Icanno t say I was as toni shed .

”

“Oh, weren

’

t you ? That ’

s a good un,

that i s . Not aston i shed ? Oh,ah ! What

next , I wonder ? ”Goodness knows, s i r, shesaid , as shesup

ported h im i n to thehouse. After what hastaken place th i s day no th i ng would as ton i shme. But

,hush ! M r. Scarlet t app roaches !”

“ Good morni ng, M r. Grimweed ,” sa i d the

old gent leman . Good mo rn i ng, good morning, good mo rn i ng . Hewas so nervous thathe wou ld have cont in ued to repeat goodmorni ng several t imes had not Lor imer G r imweed stopped h im .

H ang your‘

good mo rn ings’! Here

,I say

- who ’s them an on s t i l t s , and what ’

s the

mean i ng of theassaul t comm i t ted upon methemomen t I entered theLodge? Noneof you rsh i rk i ng, don

’tcherknow. I

’vegot a w i tness

,

and I ’

11 haveheavy damages .”

A ssau l t ! Dear me! A ssaul t ! Dear me,

dear me!” Theold gen t leman was qu i teat

sea. He stammered ; hekept mopp ing h i sb row w i t h a hugebandana handkerch ief; iadeed , in thosefew seconds hedid several th ingsforwh ich therewas no reason whatever .

H

l

x904 -1

Lor imer Grimweed looked at h im w i th sus

pic ion. There’

s someth i ng i n thew i nd ,though t he.

Where’

s Lyddy? heasked

My daughter is i n thegarden .

Oh, is she? Shek now s what I ’

vecomefor, does n

’

t she? And you know wha t I ’

ve

comefor, don’ t you ?

“Yes

,of cou rse.

you bro ugh t i t ?“ I ’

vebrough t i t , r igh t enough . Herei t is,and i t w i l l bes igned when Lyddy g ives metheanswer I expec t—not befo re, M r . Scarlett , notbefo re. I ’

m not go i ng“

to beplayed upon any

longer. Not if I know i t , s i r ! Does n’

t t h i nkI ’m good enough for her, hey? My s tars !

That ’

s r ich . Not good enough ? Oh ! A h !”

I t i s n’

t exac t l y that , M r. Grimweed,

” sai dM r . Scar let t , and hewas g lad that Lor imerGrimweed i n terrupted h im ,

forhed id not knowwhat hewas go i ng to say next .

Oh, i t a i n’ t exac t l y that

,a i n ’ t i t ? I say,

M r. Scarlet t , there’

s a sor t of changei n youthat I don ’ t find agreeable. I fyou

’

replay ingany of you r t r ick s on me, look out, that

’

s all

I ’

ve go t to say— look out. Hel lo !”— as

,

greatl y to M r. Scar let t’ s rel ief

,Mme. Tussaud

sai led i n to theroom here’s ano ther of ’em .

Who are/ironwhen you

’

reat home This wasa favo r i teform of i nqu i ry w i th h im ; hecon

sidered i t smart and cu t t i ng.

I am a fr iend of thefam i l y , repl ied the

old lady , when I ’m at home, and when I ’

m7,

The new lease. H ave

out

Oh , areyou ? Thefam i l y havea lot of

new fr iends I d id n’

t know anyth i ng about .You look as ifyou

’

d j us t comeout oftheA rk ,sai d Lor imer Grimweed w i th a gr i n . Grimes !Wha t a bonnet ! H ow

’

s Noah and all the

l i t tleuns ? But here, stop a m i n u te— I ’

veseen

you befo resomewhere. By Jove, yes! But,

no it can ’ t be!”

My name i s M me. Tussaud .

th i nk you haveseen mebefo re.

”

“Not thewax un ?

” exc laimed Lor imerGrimweed , los t i n as ton i shmen t .

I should

A COMEDY I N WAX . 605'

Do I look l i ke‘thewax nu

’

? I ’

m theo r ig i nal . Miss Pennyback was abo u t to makea remark when Mme. Tussaud said

,

“Wec an

d ispensew i t h you r p resen ce, M i ss Penyback .

Obl igemeby ret i r i ng. Remember !”

For a momen t M i ss Pennyback though t ofres i st ing. She recogn ized a possi ble al l y i nLo r imer Grimweed

,and shewou ld havedearly

loved to Checkmate her enemy ; but whenMme. Tussaud advan ced toward her, w i t h the

magic caneextended , shegaveu t teranceto a

shr iek,and fled .

“What i s th is ? sai d M me. Tussaud,tak ing

up thecopy of theleasewh ich Lo r imer G r imweed had pu t on thetable.

“Here, I say, j us t you d rop that ! I t be

longs to me, don’

tcherknow? J us t you handi t over

,

” sa id Grimweed .

“ I percei vethat i t ’s a new leaseofMarybudLodge,

” sai d Mme. Tussaud,payi ng no heed

to h i s reques t . “Areyou go i ng to s ign i t ? I

w i l l bea w i t ness .Wai t t i l l you ’ re asked , old lady . The

leasew i l l be s igned when thecond i t ions are

fulfi l led .

I s M iss Lydia oneof thecond i t ions ?“Yes, shei s , ifyou wan t to know . Here, I

say, M r . Scar let t , what’s themean i ng of all

thi s ? I ’m not theman to s tand any o ne’s im

pudence, you know .

”

My dear M r. Grimweed , sai d Mme. Tussaud

,very sweet l y ,

“why pu t you rself out ?

You and I and thelad ies and gen tlemen whohaveaccompan ied mearego i ng to bethebestof fr iends . I w i l l takecareof thedocumen t . ”

I t i s n’

t wo rth thepaper i t ’s wr i t ten on t i l l

i t ’s s igned ,

sai d Lo r imer Grimweed .

Of cou rsei t i s not.”

I say, how does i t happen you know myname?

“H ow does i t hap pen I know a great many

th i ngs?”

A nd what do you mean by theladies and

gen t lemen who haveaccompan ied you ?“You w i l l soon find out

,

”sai d Mme. Tus

saud . Comeand see.

”

To (Becontinued . )

THE COYOTE .

BY J . M .

THE coyo te(ko-yo’ te) i s a mos t u npop ularl i t t lebeas t

,shar i ng , though to a greater degree,

thegeneral d i sc red i t at tached to his moreor

less c iv i l i zed b ro ther , theyel low dog. A s hep rowl s around a camp or lonel y ranch -ho use

,

mak i ng nigh t h ideous w i th h i s sh r i l l yap-

yap

yapp i ng, and on thelookou t for anyth i ng goodto eat, from a leather br i d leto a leg of lamb

,

GLEESON .

He has nei ther the cunn ing of h i s smal lcousi n thefox

,nor thespeed and s trength of

hi s big cous i n thewo lf, but for all t hat , and i nsp i teof con stant persecu t ion , hemanages fai rl ywel l to ho l d h i s own agai n st theill w i l l of anunsympathet ic worl d .

I n many of theWestern States thesean imal sarest i l l qu i tenumerous

,and when weremember

A FA M ILY OF COYOTES AT HO M E .

hi s recep t ion i s ever thesame—hard words anda harder bul let, or more l i kel y a l i t t lest rychn i ne. Hew i l l eat anyth i ng he can catch :m ice

,p rai r ie-dog,p rairie- ch icken , and of course

thesc raps left over by thebig gray wo lf. He

is, i n fac t , a merescavenger, bu t onewhoseserv ices havenot been found accep tableto man.

that i n a s i nglefam i l y theremay befrom s i x toten l it t lecoyo tes , we can readi ly u nders tandwhy in thew i lder sec t ions of our count ry theydo not disappear al together .I t must keep Papa and Mama Coyotevery

busy to carefor their numerous fam i l y , for theyhavenot on ly to befed , and that requ i res con

606

TIIE COYOTE.

s tan t foragi ng ,but al so guarded agai ns t i n n u

merabledangers .I n capt iv i ty they areno t always good paren t s , and I saw onecoyo te that k i l led sevenout of her l i t ter ofeight . Perhaps shed id not

w ish them to grow up i n capt i v i t y . I t wascur io us

,however

,that sheshou ld havesaved

j us t one. Shewas an anx ious though no t over .

gen tlemo ther to thel i t t lesu rv ivo r of t h i s gruesome domes t ic t ragedy . Somet imes

,for no

ev iden t reason,shewould p ick him up i n her

mo u th , thelong, sharp fangs c los i ng down overthel i t t lefel low wherever shehappened to sei zeh im

,somet imes on theback

,but j ust as often

on h i s head , and t ro t around her cageon no i seless

,t i reless feet , as tho ugh look i ng for a place

to concea l h im ,the l i t t lefel low k ick ing and

squeal i ng all the t ime to be set free. Of

cou rse he cou ld no t u nders tand that i n th i sfash ion h i s mo ther wou ld have carr ied h imaway from danger had they been on thep rai r ie,whereall her i n st i nc t s weredeveloped .

I t i s a very p ret ty s igh t to seea l i t ter of l i ttle

,b rown

,fuzzy coyo tes when they beg i n to

c raw l abou t , and I havewatched them for

hou rs as they c lambered and t umbled aroundthei r mo ther . They soon t r ied to get over theh igh board th resho ld of thei r house, and on one

PRA I R I E FOES .

occas ion , when ones t ronger and braver thantherest final ly d i d so and landed on h i s headi n thew ide

,w i dewor l d

,thevery fi rst t h i ng he

did was to to t ter over to thepoo l of water i nthecenter of thecageand t umble i n . And

therehewoul d haverema i ned had I no t hastily summo ned a keeper, for h i s mama madeno responseto h i s c r ies for hel p .

I havenever had any d iffi cul ty i n mak ingfr iends w i th thegray wo lves I happened to besketch ing . Immed iatel y on m y appearance

,

no mat ter what they weredo i ng , they cameatonceto thebars to besc ratched and talked to

,

and when thei r coats werechangi ng and thei rsk i ns very sen s i t ivethey wou ld s tand thereanylengt h of t imewh i le I pu l led away the looset ufts of hai r

,thei r every ac t ion exp ress ing a

somewha t s u l len fr iendl i ness. But w i t h thecoyo te i t was differen t . They never makefr iends w i th nor lo sethei r fear ofman.

General ly speak ing , they resembletheprai r iewo lf

,bu t aremuch smal ler and of a browner

co lor ; thei r fur i s al so longer and theta i l morebushy . They vary cons iderably i n co lor

,chang

ing w i th theseasons . I n w i n ter thei r coa t i sl igh ter, i n summer darker and w i th morebrown .

B lack coyotes , wh i leno t common , aresomet imes seen , but theseareon ly freaks of nat ure.

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A G IANT IN FEATHERS .

BY JOHN R . CORYELL.

IERRE CHARTONN E was not

by any means theleas t exc i ted per

son on theF renchfleet wh ich cas tan chor i n RafalaBay, Madagascar,on a cer tai n daysome th ree hun

d red years ago. P ierrewas to go ashorefor thefi rs t t ime i n morethan a year . Thecaptai nhad p rom i sed that i n themorning he wou ldaccompany themen who werego i ng to lookfor fresh water.Thenex t morning, w i th h is beloved bl under

buss borneupon h is shoulder, P ierres teppedp roud ly on thebeach

,ready and anx ious to

meet thesavagemen and cu r ious w i ld beas tshefel t s u rehewas go i ng to see.

Shortl y beforedinner- t imei t was p roposedthat someof thesai lors should try to shoo t afew of thebi rds of which thefores t seemedful l ; for fresh meat to a sai lor i s oneof the

greates t of l uxu r ies, and i t seemed a p i ty to

do w i thou t i t when i t was di rec t l y at hand .

Herewas an opportu n i ty which P ierred id notlet pass . Heent reated h is command ing oflicerso earnes tl y to let h im beoneof theshoo t i ngparty that consent was gi ven .

P ierre, bl underbuss i n hand , and th reesai lorss tarted for theforest .

“ A n hou r later,theth reemen hu rr ied down

to the beach laden w i t h game, but w i t hou tP ierre. Wherehewas they did not know ;they had m i ssed him morethan half an hou rbefore, and supposed hehad ret urned to thebeach .

Herehei s now,suddenly exc laimed one

of themen.

A nd there i ndeed hewas,hat less and i n

has te. A s qu ickly as h i s shor t legs coul d carry

h im hewas tear ing th rough theu nderb rush ;and as hedrew nearer themen on thebeachcoul d seet hat hewas fr igh tened .

When he reached thealarmed sai lors,he

sank , pan t i ng and exhausted, on thesand . To

all thei r hurr ied ques t ions hecould onl y gaspout,

“ After me!” and po i n t to the fores t .Whereupon they all gathered eager ly abou th im to hear h i s s tory .

“ After wehad goneabou t two m i les in tothefores t ,

”hebegan , I left theo t hers, be

causeI though t wewould seemoregame i ntwo part ies than i n one.

“ A l i t t lewhi leafter I had left them I sawwhat looked l ikea large round wh i testonei n theth ick brush . I though t I m ight as wel lfind out what i t was, and mademy way to i t ,and , I g iveyou my word , i t was a great bigegg—almos t as big as a tar-bucket . I madeupmy m i n d to carry i t back to thesh ip to takehome, though i t was heavy ; but wh i leI s toodw i th i t i n my arms

,bru sh i ng off thed i rt that

was on theunder s ide,I heard a rustl i ng i n the

bushes, and t hen I thought theremus t havebeen a big bi rd to lay that enormous egg, andthen I shook so that I nearl y d ropped theegg.

“ I got beh i nd a t reenear by and s toopeddown so that I could see th rough thebusheswhat k i n d ofa bi rd was com i ng.

“ I never saw such a thing i n my l ifebefore!Maybe

.

you won’ t bel ieveme, but that bi rd

madeso much noi seas it camethrough the

bushes that I though t it was a herd of cat t le.

A nd when it cameto where I cou ld see i t ,each of i t s legs looked as big round as myleg , and i t was as tal l as a smal l t ree. A ndsuch a beak as i t had !

I t wen t d i rec t l y to thespo t wheretheegghad been , and then I was fr ightened , for I knewif i t caugh t mew i th theegg I

’d beeaten up

i n a m inute. But I d i d n’

t dare to move.

When themonstrous creatu rem i ssed theegg,

A G IANT FEAT I-IERS .

i t set up an awful squawk . Then I d ropped theegg and ran i n thed i rec t ion that seemed c learest of t rees .

Thebird ran,too , for I could hear i t c rash

ing through thebushes,and I expec ted every

m i n u teto betaken i n i ts big month. By and

by I could n’

t run any more, and fel l down ,when fivebig bi rds s im i lar to theoneI had al

ready seen cameleap ing along st raigh t at me.

I l ifted my gun, bu t beforeI could shoo t ,thefi rs t b i rd had ru n over meand knocked medown .

“ I j umped u p and ran,and I d id n

’

t s toprun n i ng t i l l I fo und you, and hereI am .

av AN D av I COULD N'

T RUN Ax v M ORE,AND FELL DOWN.

’

I s that all? asked oneofthemen, sar

castically, when P ierrehad ceased speak ing .

Yes,"answered theboy.

Wel l ,” sa id theman

,

“if I werego i ng to

makeup a yarn I ’d try to havei t reasonable

,

orend i n somet hi ng exc i t i ng.

”

But I'

d id n’

t make i t u p !” exc laimedP ierre, i nd ignant l y .

“All I ’m sorry for

,sai d oneof themen

,

i s that hed i d n’

t br i ng theegg w i t h h im . I twou ld havemades uch a rareomelet . ”

A t th i s thesa i lors laughed .

A s long as P ierrel ived hewas known as B igB i rd P ierre, for hecould get nobody to bel ieveh im . Si nceh is t ime, however, morehas beenlearned ofMadagascar, thei sland whereP ierrelanded ; and though nobody has seen a l i v i ngbi rd such as P ierredesc r ibed , eggs and skele

tons ofthebi rds havebeen found,and

,j udgi ng

from them,i t i s no wonder t ha t thel i t t leFrench

boy was fr igh tened .

Theegg i s larger than a foo tbal l , and would ,i t i s calculated ho l d as m uch as onehund redand s ix ty hens eggs . A s for thebi rd , i t wasof thesamefam i l y as theos tr ich , but was mo re

than tw iceas tal l and proport ionatel y heav ier,so that , tower i ng as i t d id a man

’ s heigh t abovethetal les t elephant , i t mus t havebeen a s tar tl i ng bi rd to seefor thefi rs t t imeunexpec tedly .

Thempyornis, as thebi rd is cal led , does notex i s t now,

bu t M r. Wal lace,thegreat natural is t ,

th i nks that all thei nd icat ion s arethat i t mayhavel ived w i th in thelas t two cent ur ies .

I S thevery firs t “ dayofthehare

I n Wasa, thep rovinceof Kishu

,

A nd thebreezes thatsweep th rough thetown

Depar t alla-ri pplewi th laughter

Wi th l igh t-hearted , musicallaughter .

Themon th i s theten th in Japan ,I n Wasa, theprov i nceofKishu ,

A nd theleaves ofthebamboo ares t i rred ,A nd thesugar-canetrembles w i t h laughter

Wi th rustleand t i nkleof laugh ter.

Thebrown baby sm i les in his sleep ,I n Wasa, thep rov i nceofKishu

Wh ilethefathers ha-ha at thei r work ,Themothers ’ l i ps bubblewith laughterWi t h honey -sweet, mel low- toned laughter . A t thefirst oneof thesemeet i ngs,

H av i ng halfforgo t thedate,Shal l I tel l you why m i rth is abroad When thegrand debatewas overI n Wasa

,theprov i nceofKishu Certai n gods ai

'

rived too late!Why theowl s i n thedeep , gloomy shade, Sympathy nor p i ty gavethey

B rother gods in parl iament

R id iculed thetardy com

ers,

Every oneon laughi ngbent .

A nd thetoad i n h i s ho le, shakewi th laugh ter Si ncethat t imei n all thedistric t,Wi th s i l ver- shr i l l

,j ubi lan t laughter On the fi rs t day ofthebare,

”

A nc ient men and toddl ing chi ldrenL i s ten all who l i sten can,

U n to Ise’s shr i nes repai r .A nd hear thi s taleofold Japan ! Jou rney ended , all thegraybeardsAges ago theth i ng befel l , Facethecu rious, wond

’

ring th rongBut peoples t i l l thestory tel l . Laugh , yeb righ t -eyes ! Laugh , yesweet- l i ps

’

T was in them i s ty long-ago,

Ereyet this gray old ear thH ad grown too s tai d and soberTo i n du lgeo

’ermuch i n m i rth .

To thesacred sh ri nesof1583,

Where I zumo’

s

wal l s appearPurple-c lad , thegods

assembledI n thetenth monthevery year.

All affai rs of loveandwedlock

I n thewho lelandofJapan

There were moo ted,

thereweresettled,On a w i secelest ialplan .

THE FEAST OF LAUGHTER .

Laugh and jes t thewholeday longReady sm i les break out i n answerOneach sat in , dusky cheek ;

Hands arec lapping, feet aredanc i ng,D imples p lay ing h ide-and -seek .

Laugh ing hear thefeathered people,Laughs thesun as helooks down ,

A nd, thesweet contagion sp read ing,Laughter r i ngs th rough all the

town .

6 13

Bv R EV. CHARLES M . SHELDON .

(Am/tor of“ I n H is S teps

”

)

THE s tagecur tai n had goneup, and the

impat ien t aud ience, packed c losely i n to the

l i t t letheater ofSan Ben i to , was grow i ng c lamorous. I t had cometo beamused by thegreatp res t i d igi tator, M . Truchette

,and i t had wai ted

now ful l ten m i n u tes and no appearanceof the

great magic ian . A n I tal ian audience i s frequent ly a res t less one. This onehad los t patience. Thereon thes tagewas theapparatusof themaster—thefamous table, themyster iousc ur tain , and var ious dev ices for as ton ish i ngtheunlearned . But monsieu r h imself di d not

makeh i s appearance, and thepeop lewerebe

gi nn i ng to grow abus iveof the theater-man

ager, M . Truchette,h i s ass i stants

,and even the

innocen t l i tt leorchest ra too t ing and scrap i ngaway to fill up thet ime

,and grow i ng nervous

at themurmurs of discon ten t on every s i de.

But if theaudiencecou ld havegonebeh i ndthescenes i t woul d havebeen sat i sfied w i ththe s ight of a very effec t ive l i t t le tableau .

U pon a faded green set teelay thefamous performer , wh i lenear by s tood a youth of a veryfai r coun tenanceand a very determ i ned look .

Hewas ev i dent ly d ressed for theperformance,

and h i s appearancewas exceedi ngl y p leas ing.

Near thes tageex i t of theroom s tood a ner

vous l i t t leman,ev ident ly the

'

stage-manager .H is hand grasped thetasseled cur tai n near thehead of thecouch whereM . Truchettewaslyi ng. Hewas remons trat ing w i th h im i n a

quiet bu t imper ious tone. Theperformancemus t go forward , monsieur . If thelad can

takeyou r place, as hesays hei s ableto do ,why not let h im ! Hecan but fai l . Thepeo

plew i l l not be s i len t much longer. Hark !They begi n to cal l out already. Do you remember that n igh t in Ch r i stmas week

,when

thefirs t tenor was unableto s i ng at thegreatjubi leein t h is very place Thepeop lerushedupon the s tageand toredown all my bes tp ieces . A h ! I t was an irreparabledamage.

”

A nd thel i t t lemanager sh rugged h is shoulderspathet ical ly .

Theman on thecouch t r ied to rai seh i shead

,but groaned and fel l back . Wi th great

difliculty hegasped :r'

He—bu t hei s only a

lad ! Hecanno t do any th i ngYou forget , M . Truchette. I am eighteen

years old . I have learned many th i ngs . Iw i l l do my bes t . I w i l l not t ry to takeyou rp lace. I w i l l on ly pac ify theaud ience.

”

“ A h,wel l , go ! I expec t theaud iencew i l l

m ob us bo th . Ah ! Thepai n in my eyesagai n A nd thear t is t sank back and seemedto havefai n ted .

Go on and do what you can, young m an,

sai d thep ropr ietor of thet heater. “ I w i l l seeto M . Truchette. Do you keep thosechi ld ishpeople qu iet A t leas t

,

”headded

,w i th a

gr im sm i le, give them someth i ng to n ibbleon

,for they aregrow i ng hungry indeed .

”

THE HERO OF SAN

Theno i sei n fron t of thecur tai n was swel ling i n to a roar when theyou th stepped fromtheroom . Headvanced slow ly and w i th d ignity to thefoo t l ights , and madean imp ressivebow. Theaud iencewas i n a bad humor

,bu t

therewas a momen t ’s hu sh,and theyoung

man i ns tan tly took advantageof i t .Lad ies and gen t lemen : I regret to say that

M . Truchettehas been sudden ly sei zed w i th a

bl i nd headacheand w i l l beu nableto appearbeforeyou to -n igh t . I am Rudo l ph C l u ny ,h i s assi s tan t . A nd by perm i ss ion of mons ieu rI w i l l do my bes t to amuseyou th i s even i ng,beggi ng you to excu seany sl igh t m i stakes Imay makeow i ng to theabsenceof any ass istan t .”

Therewas someth i ng so frank and w i n someabou t th is speech that many of theaud iencerega i ned thei r good nat u re. But therewereloud cr ies from d ifferen t part s of thehouse.

“Truchette! Truchette! Th is i s oneof hist r icks ! This i s bu t a lad ! Hecanno t do the

feats ofmonsieu r !R udo l p h saw that h is s l igh t ho l d of theaudi

encewould begone i n a momen t u nless hed id someth i ng to arres t at ten t ion . Heknewenough abou t aud iences to know t hat onceoutof thegrasp of theart i s t i t i s wel l n igh imposs ibleto get them back agai n . Heimmediatel y determ i ned on h i s cou rseofac t ion . H is

s tay of two years w i th h is mas ter as ass is tan thad given h im a good command of theregulars tagejargo n common to j ugglers . A nd bei ngexceed ingly observan t , hehad learned manyth i ngs ofwh i ch mons ieu r h imselfwas igno ran t ,and had even p rac t i sed somenew t r icks of h i sown. Hewas bo l d and was determ i ned to

succeed . A nd ac ross h i s v i s ion thereflitted toi n sp i reh im thel i t t lemother and thes i ster i nthevaleofCamprais for whom hewas serv i ngmons ieu r, and whom hehoped beforelong to

v i s i t when hehad earned a l i t t lemore.

He ran h i s fingers th rough hi s cu rl y hairand began to laugh . Thecries of theaudienceceased , and very soon thepeoplebeganto laugh , too , Rudol p h

’ s laugh was so contagious. I n them ids t of i t all R udo l ph rai sedhis hand and po i n ted to thecei l i ng ofthetheater .I nstan tly every eyewas tu rned that way.

“See c r ied Rudo lph .

“Seethemessen

BEN ITO . 6 1 5

gers of Cup id on thei r way, com i ng down toearth to br i ng a m i s s iveto thefai res t lady i nSan Ben i to I ”

I t was a common t r ick of themas ter juggler, bu t i t happened to benew to thepeopleof San Ben i to . A pai r of snow-wh i tedovesappeared to fly down from thevery cen ter ofthetheater dome. They al ighted upon R u

do lph ’ s shou lders . I n thebi l l of oneof the

bi rds was a bi t of paper . R udol ph took i t ,unfo lded i t and p retended to read as fo l lows

Th is to thefai rest in San Beni to .

Cupid sends t heegreet ing, w ish ing t heebeau tyand happiness many years, and assu res t heethat t hybeau ty w i l l fadeand t hy happiness vanish i f t hou dos tf rown upon him who is special ly favo red of thegods,

R U DO L PH CL UNY ofCam prais.

”

Therewas a momen t ’s qu iet from theaud ience, and then thegenerous applau sethat followed assu red Rudol ph that h i s fi rs t at tempthad given h im favor w i th theficklepeople.

He sm i led and grew confiden t . The b irdt r ick

,seem i ngly so imposs ible, was i n real i t y

very s imple. Thedoves werewel l - trai ned pet sof M . Truchette. Rudo lp h had comeuponthestagew i th theb i rds concealed in oneof

theprofozzzz’es, or deep pockets , ofh i s d ress- coat .

When hepo i n ted to thecei l i ng of thetheater,and every eyei n theaud iencewas d i rec ted toi t,hedrew thebi rds from thepI

’

Q/b fl dé‘ and

tossed them up i n to theair. They soared upa l i t t leh igher and then set t led back upon theyoung man

’s shoulders . Every onei s fam i l iarw i th thefac t that theeyei s eas i l y deceived as

to distances . To theaud iencei t appeared as

iftheb i rds ac t ual l y camedown from thedome.

Thel igh t was dim up there,and at any rate

there the birds were, and they d id fl y fromsomewhereand al ight on the lad ’s shoulders .A s for thelet ter, R udo l ph s impl y by a rap idmovemen t , as hecaressed onebi rd , p laced a

bi t of paper w i th i n i ts b i l l . A nd theres t waseasy , as every stagej uggler i s p rov ided w i t hp lent y to say, speeches of flat tery or nonsense,j us t to diver t theaud ienceas much as poss iblefrom themovemen ts of thehands .Over theaud iencewent that rus tleof ex

pec tation so dear to thesou l of every ac tor,that sharp bu t slz

’

l/ sound,caused by thesud

6 1 6 THE HERO OF SAN BEN ITO . LMAY.

den catch ing of breath on thepart of manypeop le. Rudol ph

,w i th thesens i t iveacuteness

o f the t ruear t i s t,heard and interp reted the

sound to mean an i n teres t on thepar t of thea ud iencethat would i nc reasew i th thes uccesso f

' h is performances . Hefel t p roud to th i nkt hat hewas s ucceeding so wel l at thes tar t andp roceeded w i th h i s nex t t r ick w i t h a j ubi lan tfeeli ng i n h i s heart .Thi s was the“ Myster ious Table

,on which

hep laced a basket of oranges wh ich , after being covered w i th a s i lken c lo th

, were transformed to vases of fresh -cu t roses . Thet r icksucceeded perfec t ly, as did al so the Mysterious Curtai n

,

”ano ther favo r i tet r ick Ofh is c lever

mas ter. Thet rick was w i tnessed by thes implebut sharp -eyed peopleof San Ben i to w i t hfeel i ngs of aston i shmen t

,and loud c r ies of

B ravo !” greeted theyouthful performer, whobowed h is acknowledgmen ts and fel t veryhappy as hep roceeded with h i s nex t at tempt

,

the Magic Pai n t ing.

”

Th is was al so ent i rel y new to thepeop leofSan Beni to , who werebeg i n n i ng to havean

adm irat ion for th is young man from Camprais.

They watched the performance w i th g reateagerness . Wh i le R udo l ph

,whO

'

had neverbeforeat temp ted themagic -pai n t i ng alone

,de

termined that comewhat m ight hewould succeed w i th i t . But a las Who can an t i c i pateall thepossib i l i t ies which awai t one i n thatd iffi cul t gameof legerdemai n .

A g i l t frame, four feet square, res t i ng uponan easel , had been s tandi ng upon the s taged ur i ng theperformance. Rudo lph now p lacedit upon a smal l p latform wh ich hebrought outfrom behi nd thescenes, saying as hed id so

,

that hewan ted everybody to see the mos twonderful pai n t i ng i n all Europe,

'

or, for thatm at ter

,in theworl d .

Wi th i n the p i c t u re-framewas a p iece of

b lank canvas , or what appeared to beth is .R udo lp h now wal ked del iberately to thes ideo f thes tageand waved h is wand . Thepeop lelooked on in breathless an ti c i pat ion . Slow lytheoutl i nes ofa landscapebegan to bev i s ib leo n thecanvas . Then they disappeared , andRudo l ph t u rned pale

,and for thefi rs t t imein

theeven ing seemed d isconcerted . Thet r ickhad fai led

,and ow i ng to thepecul iar way in

wh ich i t was performed by themas ter,R udo lphwas uncertai n concern ing thenex t movemen t .Hehes i tated , and for a momen t hewas so

confused that hecould not th i nk ofanyth i ng todo or say in order to cover h i s fai l u re.

That hesi tat ion was fatal to h im . Thefickleaudiencebegan to h iss . Rudo lph s tretchedout h i s arm w i th a ges tu reof beseechi ng appeal . I t was too late. Thepeop lebegan tora i sethec ry

,Truchette! Truchette!

R udo lph s tepped to thefoo t l ights and t riedto pac ify them . A t that i ns tan t thel i t tlem an

ager al so appeared and added h i s vo iceto thatof theyoung performer . B ut thes igh t of themanager seemed to arousetheaudienceratherthan qu iet i t . Hewas very unpopular w i thsomeof the leading c i t i zens of. San Ben i to .

A nd instant ly a cry aroseagai ns t h im .

B r i ng out Truchette Make good theperformance Bah Thelad canno t repayus for com i ng werethec r ies of many . I nvai n themanager p ro tested that monsieur wasill and u nableto appear . I n vai n R udo lp hbegged the peop le to havepat ienceand hewould show them wonders . Thepeop lewerenot to beappeased .

J us t then a cry of Fi re was heard .

Theli t t letheater was surrounded by bui ldi ngs, and i t s en t rancewas smal l and insuffi

c ien t . I t had been condemned by the inspec tors, but no th i ng had been doneto remedythemat ter . I t was th i s, for one thi ng ,

thathad madethepeop leof San Ben i to i nd ignan tat thetheater-manager . That c ry of firerai seda pan ic . The peoplei turned and made a

fran t ic rush for. thedoors . Women shr ieked,

and men howled l ikew i ld beas ts as they t rampled oneanother. -I t was at that momen t thatRudo lph C l uny regai ned h is composureand

saw that u n less thepan ic was arrested, a hor

r ibledisaster would befal l thepeop le.

Hehad a very sweet vo ice, and at oncehebegan to sing oneof thepopular bal lads of

theday in a toneso tender and express ivethatthepeoples topped . I t i s a wel l -known fac tthat s ingi ng can beheard much far ther than a

shou t or an o rdi nary cal l of thehuman vo ice.

A nd th i s p lai n t ivesong r i s i ng from thesoul oftheslender lad upon thes tagewas so thr i l l i ngin i t s fear less courageand quiet reposetha t i t

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HE CAUGHT H IM UP AND STAGGERED OUT ACROSS THE STAGE.

THE HERO O F

couch . Whether dead or suffo cat i ng hecouldno t tel l . Hecaugh t h im tip and s taggered outacross thes tage. Thestagewas i n flames . R u

d o l ph rushed th ro ugh them , and w i th thebu rden in h i s arms aga i n descended to theo rchestra c i rc le. I t was a terri b lemomen t to h im .

Theent i rebui ld i ng seemed aflame, so rap id lyhad thefirespread . But a t last hereached thed oors . Herushed out. A h H ow sweet thea ir and theCo o l n igh t A nd how thepeopleshou ted when heappeared w i t h h is bu rden !Hefel l fa i n t i ng ,

bu t s t rong arm s ra ised h im and

boreh im to a placeofsafety ,wh i lethetheater of

San Ben i to roared i n theembraceofthefieryelemen t as ifen raged a t theescapeof its pr i soners .When Rudo l ph recovered from h i s burns

,

wh ich wereserious and at o net imethreatenedto befatal

,thepeopleof San Ben i to hono red

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ro . 6 1 9

h im w i th every thi ng i n thei r power . Theywere no t ungrateful . A medal was st ruckoff, commemo rat i ng theeven t

,and Rudo l ph

p ro ud ly wo re i t home; and thel i t t lemo therand s ister i n thevaleof Camprais wept gladtears over thedear lad who had do neso m uchto hono r them .

M . Truchettewas no t unm i ndful of h i s former ass is tan t , and gaveh im encou ragement tos t udy m us i c and develop h i s vo ice, wh ich a

no ted mas ter dec lared to bewel l worth the

i n st ruc t ion . A nd several years la ter Rudo l phC l uny was s i nging thebal lads of theco unt ry todel igh ted aud iences i n Euro pe. Hegrew to be

a tal l , handsomem an. And,bet ter than all

,he

was braveand good . A nd healways wo rethemedal g iven h im by theficklebu t generous peopleofSan Ben i to .

NOTE BY THE AU'

rl-io k .—Th is sto ry was related to meby an I tal ian lady who was presen t at thesceneof

theper formancein thel i t t letheater .ano t her name. Thesto ry never un t i l now been madepub l i c in t h is co un t ry.

R udo lph C l uny is a real being offlesh and b lood , al t hough heis known byC . M . S .

THE BU I LD ING OF

THE

BY S . D .

THE B lack Hawk was bu i l t last year and

paddled and sai led all summer by a boy of

fifteen, who d id not sparetheboat i n any way,and it now l ies in dry -dock (down thecel lar)for thew i n ter

,safeand sou nd i n every st ick .

Thi s summer i t w i l l besandpapered , pai n ted,and pu t i n comm i ssion again.

Therearetwo ways ofbu i l di ng a canoe: onei s to get a p lank fora keel son , a coupleofs tr i psfor thegunwales, any old wooden barrel hoopsfor r ibs

,tack on the canvas

,and t hereyou

are. This certai n l y makes a qu ick job ,but

the resul t i s a th i ng horr ibleto look at, and wh i ch w i l l surely beth rown away unless theowner can fi nd a mo refoo l i shboy who will pay h im fiftycents for theou tfi t .Thenext way i s to bu il d the

boat i n accordancew i th a plan ,k now i ng befo rehand j ust what

you arego i ng to do,and hav

ing in you r m i nd a c lear p ictu reofwhat theboat w i l l looklikewhen fin i shed . Thi s i s notonly thebes t method bu t theeasies t , and is su reto p roducea craft ofwh ich

you w i ll never beashamed , ei ther for i ts looksor i ts sai l i ng qual i ties . Perhaps i t w i l l seem thatth i s last plan i s slow ,

becausei t i s necessary todo a l i t tlework beforetheac tual bu i ld i ng be

KEEL S OM

“ B LACK HAWK .

V . BURR.

gi n s ; bu t i t i s real l y qu ick , since, when oncestarted on theframe, th i ngs go w i th a rush .

TheB lank H awk, however, i s a regular I nd ian canoem odel , w i th rai sed stem and stem ,

bulg i ng s ides, and flat bo t tom . I t i s 1 1 % feetlong, 1 2 i nches deep , 2 4 i nches w ideat thegunwales at thecen ter, and 2 8 i nches i n thew i des tpart at thecen ter . Thebow i s cu rved , whi lethes tem i s s t raigh t to carry therudder.Thekeel son is of sp ruce4 i nches w i deby r

i nch th ick and 1 0 feet long. A t each end th i si s recessed to recei vethes tem and stem posts,

G UN W A L E

F IG. I .

wh ich areheld i n placeby brass sc rews . The

s tem p iece(Fig . I ) i s madeof r% - i nch plank ,p roperl y cu rved at i ts forward edge, whi ch i sbeveled each sideto maketheedge i nchth ick . Along th i sedgethecanvas i s afterward

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F IG .

S TR I P S

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F IG . 2 .

F IG . 4 .

G’UN WA LE

CONS T RUCT ION

CON E/VALE

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3'

n o . 8 .

B O OM 7

M A s T 4 71Leach

,6 ft. 3 in.

Dimensions of themizzen-sail :gYard , 6 ft.

Boom , 4 ft . 2 in.

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F IG . 10 .

D lAC RAM S THE B LA CK H AWK .

6 2 2 TH E BUILD ING OF TH E“B LACK HAWK .

n IMAY,

tacked . Both bow and s tem pos ts areb racedto thekeel son as i n dicated in thedraw i ngs.

Each end ofeach gunwale(they aremadeof2 % by 3

4 inch sp ruce) is planed offso as to fi tn icel y agai ns t thepos ts , and i s hel d by screws .Thesamecou rsei s afterward fo l lowed w i th thelongi tud i nal or lengthw i ses tr ip s .Wearenow ready to maketheth reemo l d

boards wh ich govern the cross -sec t ion,and

upon which depend thel i nes of theboat (Figs .2 and Oneof these(Fig. 2 ) i s placed at

thecenter, wh ile the o ther two (Fig. 3) areplaced oneat 2 8 i nches forward and one2 8

i nches “ aft ” of th is cen ter mol d -board . The

two end mol d-boards areofthesamesize. All

of thesearemadewith notches to receivethegunwales and keel son , whi ch areo nly l ight lynai led i n p lace

,as theboards are

,of course

,to

beremoved final l y . A permanen t c ross - r ib and

braces areshown i n Fig. 4 . This i s to beinserted after thetemporary mold - board (Fig . 2 )i s removed . Theframei s now i n shape

,w i th

the keel son, gunwales . and po s ts in posi t ion

,

and i s ready to recei vethelongi tudi nal s tr i ps .Thesest ri ps can bemadeof spruce. The

longes t are1 2 feet . They shoul d be1 % i nchesw i deby i nch th ick . Thebes t and cheapest

S KELETON PLANS OF THE BLACK HAWK

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way to get them i s to pick out a plank freefromknot s and oftherequ i red th ickness , and haveth issawed i n to st ri ps at them i l l . Bet ter get twentyof these. Theends of thesearebeveled and

nai led permanent ly to the po s ts . Becarefulnot to nai l t hese st r i ps to the mo l d -boards ,which

,as has been said , arelater to beremoved .

Ones tri p i s placed along thekeel and s i x on

each side. Sincetheseri bs govern theoutsideappearanceof theboat after thecanvas hasbeen pu t on,

i t i s of thegreatest impo rtance

THE BUI LD ING OF TH E“BLACK i iAWk .

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6 2 3

frame. The longer ones areselec ted for thecenter , theshor ter ones bei ng used near theends .They aresoaked i n a bath - tub ful l of ho t water, after which they can bebent to thede

s i red shape.

I n plac i ng theri bs it i s bes t to wo rk from the

center, oner i b at a t ime, al ternately toward thestem and s tern . Ther ibs arefi rs t nai led to thekeel son , and arethen tacked to each of thelongst ri ps. This shou ld bedonew i th copper tacks ,from thei ns ide, long enough to pass th rough

A DRY S .\ ll

to haveboth sides ofexac t l y thesamecu r vatu re. By tu rni ng theframeu ps idedown and

s tandi ng at oneend, any i rregular i ty can beseen and remedied . Fi rs t -c lass c ross - r i bs , to

be found everywhere, can bemadeof sugarbarrel hoops . Th is wood i s s trong and tough ,easi l y worked and easi l y ben t . Theseh00psshoul d bedressed down to o r 1 i nch w ideby i nch th ick . They arenow to beben t tothecross- sec tion of the boat

,i n o rder to fi t

w i th i n the lengthwi se str i ps al ready i n the

both p ieces and bec lenched on theou tside. Theonly reason for nai l i ng from thei nsidei s that i tmakes a bet ter appearanceto havetheheads inside, rather t han thec lenchedends . Theends ofther ibs must befi rm ly secu red to thegunwales , astheser ibs form thei r on ly support

,and areunder

great s t rain when thesai l i s ful l , and thecaptai nis s i t t ing on onegu nwale, w i th h i s toes u nder theo ther , and “ h ik i ng

”out to keep thecanoeon a

level keel . I n theB lack H awk a st ri p ofsoft,

th i n brass was carr ied along thegunwaleover

6 2 4 THE BUI LD ING or

theends of theribs. I t was nai led at eachsideofeach end ofeach r ib

,thesena i l s go i ng

th rough thegunwaleand c lench ing upon thei n si de.

To form theupward cu rveat each end , fou rpieces of - i nch p ine plank arecu t to the

THE BLACK H AWK .

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shoul d beNo . 1 0 duck, 5 2 i nches w i deand 1 2

feet long. I t i s tacked along thekeel son forabo u t 5 feet ; then , begi n n i ng at thecenter

,i t

i s hauled over thegunwaleupon each s ideandtacked abou t half-way down thei n sidefaceof

thegu nwale. This wo rk must go along even l y

- l

THE BLACK HAWK UNDER FULL S A I L.

p roper cu rve(a , i n Figs . I and Theseare

nai led to thepos ts,and arehel d to thegun

wales by vert ical c leats nai led over the jo i n ts .A b race i s p laced between thegunwales, 2 8

inches from each end . This not on ly strengthens theframe, but al so forms thesu pport forthemast , as shown in Fig. 6 . This

,in addit ion

,

recei ves thedeck str i ps , wh ich areafterwardcovered w i th canvas .Themai nmast step i s madeofa pieceofbrass

t ubing 2 i nches i n d iameter by 4 i nches h igh

(Fig. This i s cu t quarter i ng for 2 i nches, andtheseparts arebent ou tward at r igh t angles toform a spider. This is screwed to thekeel sonby fou r brass screws. The same course i sfol lowed with them i zzenmast

,whi ch need be

o nly 1% inches i n d iameter at thebo t tom .

We arenow ready for the canvas . Thi s

upon each side. A t abou t 2 % or 3 feet eachsideof thecen ter i t becomes necessary to Spl i tthecanvas along thekeel and takeout a gorepiece

,i n order that the c loth may be taken

arou nd theends w i thou t wri nkl i ng. I f th i swork i s careful l y donethesu rfaceshoul d beperfec t l y smooth . Where the duck i s spl i ttheedgeof onepiecei s tacked to theframe,then thejo i n t i s covered w i th whi telead , andtheo ther edgepul led over and tacked on top .

Therei s no danger of a jo i n t madei n th i s wayever leaki ng, for thetack ing presses theouterlayer of canvas in thec loses t con tac t w i th thewhitelead , wh ich , i n a measu re, ac ts as a waterproofcement .A keel of I by 1% i nch spruce is ‘

then

screwed on the bo t tom ,exten ding from the

end of thecurveat thebow to thestern post ;

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BED -T IME .

BY K ATHAR INE PYLE.

GOOD N IGHT I N TH E NURSERY.

N ow all theli t tletoys arego i ng to sleep ,Thedol l s and Noah ’ s Ark and old t i n sheep

,

Themusic-box , themarbles, and theki teThecu rtai ns havebeen drawn , and i t is n igh t

They do not w i sh to play ; they tal k no morePut them away and c losethecupboard door.

TOMMY

WHEN thel i t t lech i l drenAreall asleep i n bed,

Comes old Tommy Toyman,Wi th h i s no iseless t read .

No onesees h im com i ng,Creeping up thes tai rs,

I n thetasseled n igh tcapThat healways wears.

A pai r ofgreat round spec tac lesHehas u pon hi s nose,

And straigh t up to thenurseryA nd to thetoys hegoes.

When old Tommy Toyman That ’s what Tommy Toyman

Fi nds thel i t tletoys Does,I ’veheard i t said

,

T0m and scratched and broken When thel i t t lech i l drenBy careless gi rl s and boys, Areall asleep in bed .

TOYMAN .

Hesends each onebad dreams ,To danceabovethei r heads ;

So all nigh t they seethem ,

Wh i rl i ng round thei r beds .

B ut when Tommy ToymanFinds that

,after play

,

Thetoys areall i n order,

A nd neatl y pu t away ,

Then puff! heblows thegood dreams,Likebubbles, sh in ing b righ t ,

To float abovethechi ldren ’s headsA nd round thei r beds all n igh t

A no ther day, on desert sand s ,the rai n came pou r i ngdown

A nd th i s af’fr igh ted Afr ican

cr ied,w i th a fearfu l

frown

A l l my l ifelong I’

vek nown

theheat and bu rni ng sun ,bu t yet

I never knew therai n could

fal l enough to makeone

we!

NOVEL EXPER IENCES .

BY CAROLYN WELLS .

JUST once, i n far-offLabrador, thesun gavewarm i ng rays ,

A nd th i s exc i ted Esk imo exc laimed i n greatamaze

Though all my l ife I’veknown the co ld

and ice,and freez ing s to rm ,

never k new thesu n could sh i neenoughmake warm

M Iss PUSSY and Towser and Neddy , all th ree,Weresu rethat thei r s inging was sweet as could be.What a pi ty,

" they sai d , “ that thewor l d cannot hearThesound of our vo ices so sweet and so clear !”

Then Neddy sugges ted , w i th no l i t tlep rideWhat say you, my friends , if a concert wet r ied ?Soon t ickets wereissued , a hundred or more,And theeven ing appo i n ted b rough t crowds thedoor.

Miss Pussy appeared i n a dress of br igh t green ,Qui tepleased with herself that was plai n to beseen .

Then Towser began w i th a B aw -wow-waw-wow ,

And Pussy ch imed i n w i th a th ri l l i ng Me-aw .

THE UN FORTUNATE CONCERT. 6 2 9

Theaudiencelooked t roubled,and c ried , “This won

’ t do !Th is concer t i s scarcel y worth l i sten ing to .

J ust then M r. Neddy gave hi s best bray ;I t startled theaudience, and they all ran

Our t rio to blows I ’

m afrai d almos t came;Puss s tou t ly mai n tai ned Ned was ch iefly to blame;Shesco l ded thepoor chap

,and Towser d id

,too,

A nd then off thes tageall th reeof them flew.

Straigh t back to thei r homePuss and Towser d id run ,Whi leNed soon found th i s t les than si ng i ng morefun ;I fancy they ’

ll now becon ten t to remai nI n thei r own humblesphere

,nor t ry concerts agai n .

A DUTCH TREAT .

BY AMY B . JOHN SON .

been crying agai n ,father.”“Have you, sweet

heart ? I ’m sorry .

”

“ Father.”“Yes, darl i ng.

I don ’ t li keHo l lan dat all. I wish wehadstayed in New York .

And I would much ta

ther stay i n Am sterdamw i th you to -day than to

go and seethosehorr i dl i t tle Du tch ch i l dren.

I ’m su re I shall hate

them all.”

But how abou t M a

rie? You wan t to see

her,don ’ t you ?

”

No. I ’m very much

annoyed with Mar ie. I don ’ t seewhy shecoul d not havebeen con ten ted i n New York .

After tak ing careofmeever s i nceI was a baby ,shemust likemebet ter than thosen ieces and

nephews shenever saw t i l l yesterday .

”

I am su reMar ieloves you very dearl y,Kathari ne, but you areget t i ng to besuch a biggi rl now that you no longer need a nurse, andMariewas homes ick . She wished to comeback to H ol land years ago, bu t I persuaded

her to s tay t i ll you wereold enough to do w i thout her, and un til A un t Katharinewas readyto cometo New York and l i vew i th us, p romising her that when that t imecameyou and Iwould comeover with her

,j ust as wehavedone

,

on our way to Par i s . Wemus t not beselfi shand grudgeMar ieto her sis ters

,who havenot

seen her for twelveyears .”

I am homes ick now, too, father. I was sohappy i n New York w i th my doll s— and you

— and Marie—and“ So you shal l beagai n , darl i ng ; in a few

mon ths wew i ll go back , tak ing dear A un tKatharinew i th us from Par i s , and you w i l l soonloveher bet ter than you do Mar ie.

”

Kathari neand her father, Co lonel Easton ,werefloat i ng along a canal j ust out ofAms terdam ,

ih a trekscizuz’

f, or smal l passenger

boat,on thei r way to thehomeof oneof

Marie’ s S is ters, two ofwhom weremarr ied and

set t led near oneof the di kes of H o l land .

Katharinewas to spend theday therewith hernu rse

,and maketheacquai n tanceof all the

nieces and nephews abou t whom Mariehadtol d her so much , wh i leher father was to re

turn to Ams terdam ,wherehehad business to

t ransac t w i th a fr iend . They had arr ived i nH ol land only theday before, when Mar iehadimmediately left them ,

bei ng anx ious to get

home as soon as possible, after exact ing a

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p rom i sefrom thecolonel that Kathari neshouldv i s i t her thenex t day.

Kat hari nefel t very su reshewould never l ikeHol land , as shegazed rather scornful ly at the

cu rious objec t s they passed : the queer gayco lored boats , thew i ndm i l l s which met the

eyeat every t u rn , w i th thei r great arms wav i ngi n theair, thebusy-look ing people, men and

women , some of the lat ter kn i t t i ng as theywal ked , carry i ng heavy baskets on thei r backs,and all look i ng so contented and plac i d .

“Try and th i nk of then iceday you are

go i ng to havew i th Mar ieand thech i ld ren ,”

“THE W IND M I LLS WH ICH MET THE EYE AT EVERY TURN, W ITH THE IR GREAT AR M S “I AVING I N THE A IR.

sai d theco lonel ; “ then th i s even i ng I w i l lcomefor you, and wew i l l go together to Par i s ,and when you seeA un t Kathari neyou w i l l beperfec tl y happy . See, wearenearl y at thelandi ng, and look at that row of l i t t legi rl sand boys. I do bel ievethey arelook i ng for

you.

“Yes ; they mus t beMarie’s sis ter’s ch i l drenI

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know them from thedesc ript ion Mar iehasread mefrom her let ters . Aren'

t they horri d

l i t tleth i ngs , father ? J ust look at thei r greatc l umps ofshoes

Yes—Nampan; that i s what they arecal led ,Kathari ne.

A nd thei r baggy c lo thes and short waist s !One of them k n i t t i ng, too ! Wel l , I wou l dnever makesuch a frigh t ofmyself, even if I d i dl ivein H ol land

,wh ich I ’

m glad I don’ t . ”

By th i s t ime they had made the landing .

Then Kathari neand Mar ie fel l i n to eacho ther ’s arms and c ried , gazed at i n half-fr igh tened cu riosi ty by seven smal l , shy H o l landers ,and i n p i ty i ng pat ienceby a very largeco lonel .

A u revo i r. I w i l l cal l for Kathar i neth i safternoon

,

” cal led Co lonel Easton , when the

t imecamefor h im to go on board agai n .

Kathari newaved her handkerch ief to her father as long as h is boat was i n S igh t .“See,Miss Katharine

,

”said Marie,—ih Dutch

now,for Kathar i neu nders tood that language

very wel l , Mar iehav i ng spoken i t to her fromher i nfancy , herei s G retel

,and

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th i s i s herl i t t les i ster Kat ri neand her bro ther Jan. The

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o thers aretheir cous ins. Comehere, -Lot ten ;don ’ t beshy . L udo lf, Mayken, Freitje, shakehands w i th my l i t tleAmeri can gi rl ; they werealleager to comeand meet you, dear, so I hadto b ri ng them .

"

Kathari ne shook hands very soberly withtheli t t legroup , and then walked off besideMarie, heari ng no th i ng bu t thec lat ter-c lat teroffourteen wooden shoes beh i nd her.

Soon they arrived at thecot tage, and in a

moment sevenpai rs ofklompen wereranged ina neat row ou tsidea small cot tage, whiletheirowners all talked at onceto two sweet-facedwomen standing in thedoo rway . ThesewereMarie’s Sis ters

,whosehusbands wereout on

the sea fi sh ing, and who lived c losebesideeach other in two t i ny co t tages exac tl y al i ke.

Oh,” exc laimed Kathari ne, as, pan ti ng and

breathless, shefi nal ly joined thegroup , do you

always takeoffyou r shoes beforeyou go into thehouse? ”“Why, ofcou rse, sai d thechil dren .

H ow funny ! sai d Katharine.Then Marie, who had been left far beh i nd ,

c ameup and introduced theli t t lestranger to

Juffrouw Van Dyneand Juffrouw Boekman,

who took her i n to thehouse, fol lowed by theth reechi l dren who belonged thereand thefou rc ousi n s who belonged nex t door . They tookoff her coat and hat and gaveher an arm

chair to si t in as shen ibbled a t i ny p ieceof

gi ngerbread , wh ilelargep ieces from thesameloaf disappeared as if by magic among theo ther ch i l dren . Then G retel showed to herher doll ; Jan shyly pu t into her hand a veryp ret ty small model of theboat shehad comein on that morn ing ; Lot ten offered her a p ieceof Edam cheese, wh ich shetook , whi lepolitelydec lining Mayken

’s offer to teach her to kn i t ;

lit tleKat rinedeposi ted a beau t iful wh i tek i tten on

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her lap; Ludo lf showed her a finepai rof klompen on wh ich h is father was teachingh im to Carvesomevery p retty figu res ; Freitjeb rought all h is new fishing- tackleand i nv i tedher to go fish i ngWi th him at theback ofthehouse. I t was not lOng befo reKathar ineforgo tthat shewas homesick

,and grew reall y interested

in her su rroundings ; and later thedi nner“, consisting ch iefly offish andryebread, tasted verygood to thenow hungry Kathari ne.

I t was after di nner that thetragedy happened .

Thechil dren had all s tar ted out for a wal k .

Beforethey had gonemorethan a m i lefromthehousethefog sett led all around them— So

dense, so th ick , blot t ing out every th ing, thatthey could not seemore than a step ahead .

They werenot frigh tened , however, as all theyhad to do was to tu rn round and go straigh tahead toward home. Thech i ldren took oneano ther’s hands at G retel ’s d i rec t ion, st retchingthemselves across theroad , Katharine, who hel dGretel’s hand , bei ng at oneend of thel i ne.They wal ked on slowly along the dikefora shor t t ime

,talk i ng busi ly, though not able

to seewhere they were going, when suddenly Katharinefel t her feet sl ipping. In t rying to steady herself she let go of Gretel

,

gavea w i l d clu tch at theair,and then rolled

,

ro l led , righ t down a s teep bank,and , sp lash !

into a poo l ofwater at thebo t tom . For a m o

men t shelay half s tunned, not know i ng whathad happened to her; then , as her sensecame, Oh,

" though t she, I must bek i l led, or

drowned , or someth i ng!"

She t ried to cal l“ Gretel ,

” bu t her vo ice sounded weak and

far off, and shecoul d seeno th i ng. Slow ly she

craw led out ofthepoo l , on ly to pl unge, splash !into another. Shefel t , oh

,so cold

, wet, andb ru i sed ! “ I must haverol led right down thedike,

”shethough t . If I could find it, I

migh t c l imb up agai n . Shegot up and t riedto wal k , but sank to her ankles in water atevery step .

Shewas a l i t tlelamefrom herfal l,and soaked

from head to foot . Her c lothes hung arou ndhermos t uncomfortably when shet r ied to walk .

But, ifshehad to craw l on hands and knees, Shemust find thehouse; so, pl unging, t umbl ing,rising agai n , shec raw led i n and out ofdi tches

,

every m i n u te get t ing more co l d and m i serable.But on shewen t , sh iver i ng and sore, every

moment wandering far ther from her friends,

who wereout search ing all along thebot tomofthedike.

After what seemed to hera long t ime, shecamebump up against someth i ng hard . Shedid not know what i t was, but shecou ld havej umped forjoy

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,ifher

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clothes had not been so

heavy , to hear a vo i ce suddenly cal l out i n

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Du tch : What ’s that ? Who has h i t agai nstmy door ? A ch wherei n theworl d haveyoucomefrom ? " Then i n a considerabl y m i ldertone: “ A ch ! thel i t t leone! and sheis Engl ish .

H ow did you get here, dear heart PI I fel l down thed ike. I have losteverybody . Oh

,how shal l I ever get back

to father ? ” answered Kathari ne i n her verypoo r D utch .

But tel l me, l i t t le one, whereyou camefrom— ach ! so co l d and wet !

“ I was spendi ng the(lay w i th Mar ieand

G retel— and—Jan and we werewal k i ngon the d ikewhen thefog cameon ; then Ifel l and coul d not fi nd my way

G retel and Jan could they be Juf

frouw Van Dyne’s ch i ld ren P“ Yes

, yes, eagerl y ;“ that i s where I was.

() h am you takemeback , dear, dearjuffrouw ? ”

Yes, when thefog c lears away,my ch i ld .

I cou ld not find thehousenow ; i t i s morethantwo m i les from here. Besides , you must pu t offthesewet c lo thes ; you w i l l get you r death of

co l d poo r lam bk i n .

”

\t th i s Kathar i ne’ s sobs brokefo rth afresh .

I t must belatei n theeven ing now ,shethough t ;

her father wou ld cometo Marie’s and woul dno t beableto fi nd her

No ,dear ch i ld i t i s onl y fou r o ’

clock in the

afternoon . Thefog may c lear away very soon ,and then I w i l l takeyou back .

”

Quickly thewet garmen ts weretaken offand

hung abo u t the s tove. Ka thari ne p resent lyfoun d herselfwrapped up i n blankets i n a greatarm -chai r i n fron t of thefire, a cush ion at her

back and ano ther under her feet , dri nk i ng somen iceho t bro th , and feel i ng so warm and com

fortablethat shefel l fast asleep , and awoketwohou rs later to find theroom qu i tel ight , thefogalmost gone, thejuffrouw s i t t i ng

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beside her

kn i t t ing, and a comfo rtable- look ing cat pu rr i ngno isi ly at her feet .

I th i nk I havebeen asleep,

”shesa id .

I th i nk you have,” sai d DameDonk .

J us t then a loud knock was heard at the

door , a head was poked i n , then ano ther,and

st i l l ano ther . Theco t tagewas fas t fi l l i ng up .

Therestood , fi rs t of all,poo r , pale, fr igh tened

Mar ie,ho l d i ng a largebundlei n her arms

, Janw i th another smal ler one

,Gretel carrying a

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\Vherei s Ix atharine? ” asked theco lonel ,as hestood ,

tall and comman di ng , on theth reshold ,

later that even ing, survey ing eigh t smal lH o l landers , look ing so much al ike, except forthe difference i n thei r S i zes , that they m igh thavepassed foreigh t Dutch do l l s p ropped u pi n a row agai ns t thewal l .A sudden sh r iek of laughter, and oneof the

pai r ofshoes , and oneof thesisters,comp letel y

fi l l i ng up thedoorway w i th her amplep ropo rt ions

,las t ofall.

I t appears that as soon as thefog had begu nto c lear, thegood DameDo nk had despatcheda boy from a neighbor i ng co t tageto let themknow whereKatharinewas

,and that her ward

robewoul d need replen ishing .

Theexc i temen t oh findi ng thechi l d safeandsound may bebet ter imag i ned than desc r ibed .

How shewas k issed , c r ied , and laughed over,what questions wereasked and not answered ,as shewas taken i n to an adjo i n i ng room and

arrayed i n a com pletesu i t of G retel ’s c lo thes,

even to theklompen,for

,alas ! her French shoes

were now i n no condi t io n to beworn, the

pretty bl uefrock torn and stai ned and hopelessly wet

,thehat w i th i ts dai n ty pl umecrushed

and useless ; i ndeed ,every art ic leshehad worn

looked onl y fi t for therag-bag.

G retel was so much smal ler than Kathar i nethat thec lot hes werea very t igh t fi t

,the

sk i rt which hung rou nd G retel’s ank les reach

ing j ust below Kathari ne’s k nees,and i t was a

funny l i t t lefigu rethat s tepped back i n to the

room— no longer a fash ionabl y d ressed'

New

York maiden , bu t a go l den -hai red ch i l d ofH ol

land,even to thebl ueeyes , sparkl i ng now wi th

fun and merr imen t .“ But (l i d n

’t you b r i ng a c ap for me

,

Mar ie? ” sheasked i n a gr ieved tone.

“ Ah,no

,deary ; I never tho ugh t ofa cap.

Wel l, you mus t pu t oneon methem i n u te

weget back .

”

Oh ,what w i l l father say ? ”

shecried delightedly, as shesurveyed herself i n thel i t tlem i rror .Th i s sobered Mar ieat once. Wha t wouldfather ” say, i ndeed P Would henot havea

r igh t to bevery angry w i th her, that shehadal lowed the ch i l d to get i n to su ch danger P

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do l l s was i n h i s arms,smother i ng h im w i th

kisses . Then every onebegan to talk at once,as usual , and i t was not un t i l latethenex t evening, when heand Kathar i neweres team i ng out

Of Amsterdam ,that thecolonel was to l d the

who lestory and for thefi rst t imefu l ly understood all that had happened to h i s l i t t legi r l onthat even tful day.

Meanwh ilethenew l igh t i n h i s daugh ter’s

eyes and thelaugh ter on her l i ps kept h im fromany desi reto i nqu i retoo deeply i n tothereason

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fora certain embarrassed frightened look on thefaces ofthewomen .

Before leav i ng Amsterdam theco lonel wasobl iged to pu rchasea completesui t ofDu tch

garments for Kathari neas a memento of th i sv i si t

,and “ because t hey areso pret ty

,father

,

”

shesaid,and Oh, father, I j ust loveH ol land !

As for thoseDutch children, I th i nk they are

s impl y thedearest , sweetes t th i ngs I ever saw,

and I havep rom i sed to wr i te to G retel as

soon asever I get to Pari s .”

THE CH I LDREN OF HOLLAND .

BY CLARA F . B ERR Y .

H E children of H o l land,that queeres t of places

,

Areheal thy and happy , w i th br igh t l i t t lefaces .

You’

ll hear t hem go c lat ter i ng down on thes treetWi th queer- looki ng, qua i n t wooden shoes on t hei r feet .

Thesechi ld ren arekept j ustas neat as a pin

,

co ns idered i nFor a’irl i s

H o l land a s i n .

They play h i de-and - seek fl y k i tes i n theair

No happ ier ch i ld ren you ’ l l find anywhere.

P and down,by thed ikes , they

w i l l skatel ikethew i nd ;I n games and amusementsthey ’ renever behi nd .

They ’

ved-Olls, tops , and mar

bles , and all so rts of toys,

A nd thegi r l s areas s tu rdy and gay as theboys .

They keep at thei r tasks t i l l thework i s all done;Then they spor t and they fro l ic i n jo l l iest fun.

What mat ter D utch cos t umes or Yankee togs , p ray ,When young lads and lassies areready for play ? H IDE-AND-S EEK .

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A B LOOM ING B I RD .

BY M ARY E V ELYN THOM A S .

TH EY were"

walk i ng on theterrace,Mama and l i t t leFred ;

Therethey met a s tately peacock ,H is gorgeous tai l ou tsp read .

A s they s tepped out ofthepathway ,TO gi veH is H igh ness room ,

Oh, look ! cr ied Fred , aston ished ,Thepeacock i s i n bloom !”

(WARDS BUI l‘wc‘

kk”

a ,

M AY- M OV ING I N THE WOODS A H TH I S IS THE PLACE FOR US I"

To thel i t t lepig t hat cried wee! wee!St rangeth i ngs befel l , as weShal l see;For P iggy was los t , when hemet an owl

A nd asked his way of that w i seOld fowl .

Now this owl was a mischievous b i rd , youknow

,

Wi th a hear t as black as theblackest c row .

Hew i nked hi s eye, and hesnapped h i s b i l l ,AS hethough t how to servepoor P iggy i l l .

Hefi rst sent Piggy , when heasked h is way,To a si l ly old donkey— to lead him astray .

But as to theway that P iggy shou ld go ,

That s tup i d Old donkey d id not know .

So, after tea, they got i n a boat,

And toward Mother GooseLan d were soonafloat

Thefi rst onethey met,as they cameto land

,

Was H umpty Dump ty,w i th smileso bland .

They asked him theway, bu t, sad to tel l ,Beforehecould answer

,down hefel l .

They fetched thek i ng’s horses

,they fetched

thek i ng’s men

Wi th thepig and thedonkey thenumber was ten.

But when they ar rived at thebaseOfthewal l,

They coul d not find H umpty Dumpty at all.

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Thedonkey,when found , was hav i ng h i s tea,

Which he shared w i th our P iggy , as here

you w i l l see.

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PIGCY TAKES T EA W ITH T HE DONKEY .

Now theowl had played them a t r ick , yousee;

For thedonkey wen t hometo fi n i sh his tea,A nd P iggy much feared hewoul d never get

home,

But h i s whole l ife long roun d the coun t rywould roam .

Then hetu rned ,and he

saw dear M rs . G rayG oose

,

Who sai d she wouldw i l l i ngl y beOfsomeuse

,

Though where P iggy’s

homewas shedidno t j ust k now ,

But theh igh road to Pigland she gladl ywo ul d show .

The road to i t ran

th rough theGobi ll i l l ies’ wood

,

A m i schievous sp ritefol k that do l i t t legood .

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As soo n as t hey saw thecar t d raw i ng near ,

They t i pped i t qu i teo ver,w i th many a jeer .

was

P iggy slow ly cameback to his senses at lastBut theweeGobillillies wereho ld i ng h im fas t .They soon t ied together hi s feet and h i s handsWi th long heavy chai n s and s t rong i ron hands.

Hethen i n a dark p r i son dungeon was th rus t ,H is farewas bu t water and hard mo l dy c rus t ,Wi th no th ing to cheer themysterious gloom ,

A nd to l ivethereforever hefeared was h i s doom .

But i n at thew i ndow a l igh t gl immered soon ,And i n th rough thebars hopped theMan-in

the-Moon .

Heth rew P iggy’ s chai ns on thefloorwi th a c lang,

A nd out th rough thew i ndow afreeP iggy sprang.

M rs . Goose was so

nimbleshero sesafeand sou nd

,

But out fel l poo r P iggyupon the hard

groundA nd , tho roughl y fr igh t

ened,M rs . Goose

ran for aid,

dead shewas so rel y afraid .

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P iggy could not run fast ,—hewas not very L i t t ledreamed thepoor P iggy that hel p was atth i n

,hand ,

And c loser and c loser camea terr ibled i n . Or that hewas near to theP iccan i nny LandHeheard j us t behi nd h im theGobillilly crew ,

Thedear P iccan i n n ies, so braveand so good ,A nd hoo ts oftheowl now what could hedo P Who l ived i n theorchard beyond thenex t wood .

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But when the old owl saw h im , happyand b r igh t ,

A nd noth i ng theworsefor h is terr iblefri ght ,Hetook a great s toneand , flying i n front,Hedropped i t righ t through theth i n floor

of thepun t .

A nd so theboat sank ,and they both hadto swim ,

A nd,hasten ing off, the

frog hal looed to

h im,

St ri keout for thebank .

I w i sh you goodluck !

But I must bewareof

that greedy whi teduck .

Then P iggy st ruck out,

and he sooncameto land ,

A nd a kind l i ttlelamb

A nd exc laimed to poor P iggy, as hew i shedh im good day,

”

F fear you havemet w i th ill l uck on

you r way.

You arewet to thesk in , and as co l d as can

I pray you, good si r, you comehomew i th me?

’

T i s only a s tep,for our housei s Closeby ,

A nd therewew i l l soon makeyou ‘comfyand d ry .

”

TeaChed GUI for h is THE FROG FERR IES P IGGY ACROSS THE R IVER .hand

,

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To th is P iggy grateful ly gaveh is assen tA nd sh ivered as Ofl to thelamb ’s househewen t .I n through thegarden wherethecock le-Shel l s

A nd was welcomed by Ba-Ba (the“ black

sheep ,”

you k now ).

THE OWL “r' ITH A STONE S I N K S THE PUNT .

“Wewi l l d ry you r wet c lo thes,friendly Ba-Ba In thi s cu r ious worl d

,sai d P iggy , I find

then said,

That a black sheep i s often exceedi ngly k i nd .

“Put you r feet i n hot water, and get you to

bed .

”

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Next day, wel l refreshed , P iggy t r ied onceagai nTo find hi s lo s t home

,and theway seemed

qui teplai n

But scarcehad hes tarted when , r igh t i n the But,as hewent ofi", heremarked , w i th a gri n ,

way, You must thank thew i tch -owl for thepl igh tHesaw

, to h i s horror, thefierceold Wo lfG ray . you arei n .

Thewo lf then robbed P iggy of coat and of A pieman was passi ng j ust then , w i th h i s pies ,hat

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. A nd seei ng poo r P iggy with tears i n h i s eyes,P iggy begged for h i s life, and thewolf spared Hefelt very sorry to find h im so sad ,

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Then out of thepie, l i kea swarm ofgreat bees,Cametwen ty-fou r blackbi rds

,as l ivel y as fleas.

They flew at his face,w i th tw i t ters and C I

‘lGS ‘

A nd peeked at thepoor P iggy's ears , nose, and

eyes

Cheer up , said thep ieman , and eat a n icetart .We’

ll catch that old wo lf, and we’

11 soon makeh im smart .We’

ll get back you r c lo thes when wecometo thefai rWi th thehelp ofmy dog, who i s su reto bethere.

”

P iggy soon got his efiothes when they reached thebigA nd at oncestarted out to seeall that was there.

Fi rst hesaw a great pie onefi t for a k ing !A nd as P iggy d rew near hecoul d hear thebi rds si ng .

PIGGY AS KS A BOON O F OLD COLE.

Herushed away madl y t i l l deep i n a wood .

This t imeh i s way homehehad qu ite los t

good .

When out ofthewood , w i thhis pi peand h i s bow l

A nd h i s fiddlers,camesud

denly— good Old

King Co le.

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P iggy bowed humbly then to thek indly old k ing.

A boon ! Si re,a boon !won ’ t you gran t meth i s thing ?

”

I t i s gran ted , 0 Pig, and you havebu t to ask it .

”

Then let theold woman takemehomei n her basket .

Snug and deep i n thebasket hereP iggy nowl ies

A s they moun t up and up— righ t up to the

skies ;Then down , down they come. P iggy fears

for h i s l ife,

theold womanbrings him safe

THE OLD TAKES P IGGY HO M E IN HER BAS KET.

Good -by, dear old P iggy ; you r t roubles are Wi th you r w ifeand th reech i ld ren all safei nover. your home,

Wi th you r w ifeand you r ch i ldren you’ll now Becon tent therehenceforth and no mo ret ry

l ivei n c lo ver ; to roam !

L I FE ON TH E MANTEL - S HELF .

BY CL I FTON JOHNSON .

THE Japanesedoll got up very earl y one

mom ing , and harnessed h i s wooden c ow to

thecart , t hat hem igh t go to town .

Het raveled and t raveled along theman telShelf a great way. Thewooden cow did no t

go very fast , so theJapanesedo l l saw all the

s ights along theway.

Suddenl y heheard someonecal l i ng, Jappy,Jzippy , Jappy, s topA nd theJapanesedo)l said So

,Bo ssy ! so ,

Bossy to thecow ,and thecow stopped .

Then the (lo l l saw who i t was that hadcal led to h im : i t was a paper nun . Shewas

standing now i n fron t of the wooden c ow,

w i t h a great earthern jar i n her arms as big as

a t ub .

You r cow looked so hot and t h i rs ty,

sai dthepaper nun , “ that I though t I would b ringher someth i ng to (lrink .

You are very k i nd , sai d thedo l l,as the

nun set thejar down i n theroadway .

Thecow sn iffed i t and then d rank i t all up ,for i t was ful l ofm i l k i ns tead ofwater .A l i t t leMal tesek i t ten had fol lowed thenun ,

and wh i lethecow was busy d ri nk i ng them i lk ,thek it ten crep t from behi nd thenu n ’s sk i rts tolap up somespat ters of m i lk around thebottom ofthejar.

J ust then a loud and very pecul iar no i sefromaway down theroad— I mean theman tel -shelf—madethek i t ten scamper Offfor safety .

Then u n and theJapanesedo l l looked downtheroad i n thed i rec t ion from wh ich thesoundcame. Even thewooden cow tu rned her headand thek i t ten peeped around from theShel terof thenun ’s black sk i rt .What they saw was a yel low ch i na ch icken

com ing w i th a han d -o rgan . When i t cameupto them theCh icken stopped , and i t played sucha merry tunethat thek i t ten cameo ut i n theroad wherei t could hear bet ter .The nu n c lapped her hands , for shewas

good - natu red and l iked a bi t of m usic now

and then wh i letheJapanesedol l leaned overthe rai l of his cart and sai d to thech icken

,

“ That i s a very p ret ty t une, sir.

Thedo l l had j us t fin i shed speak i ng when thesun rose. I ts b r igh t rays shonei n at thew i n(low and c lear ac ross theroom . That madetheman tel -shelf fo l k all stop j ust wheretheywere; they never move abou t by dayl ight .And when l i t t le gi rl Margaret came downstai rs

,thereshesaw theJapanesedo l l and the

wooden cow and thepaper nu n and theki t tenand thech icken w i th thehand -organ exac tl yas you seethem i n thepic t

'

u re.

NATURE AND

ED ITED BY EDWARD F . B iGELow.

THE MOS QUITO .

Buz—z -ZI P-PAH ! H atefu l sc reen -n-n-now

I’m th rough-oo-oo . D -d -di n ner-r-r! A h-here!”

WH ACK !Buz - z - z narrow-s-s-scape- that ! z - z -z

here’

S -ano ther- p lace- to -z -z - zet t le.— Ah !

Everybody knows thesong that themosqu i tos i ngs, var ied , of course, to su i t occasions ; butli sten a bi t , keeping i n m i nd thesu rroundings ,and you can t ranslatei t eas i l y enough . I t m ay

bethebad boy ’ s tough cheek that i s theburdenof therefrai n , or thel i t t leg i r l

’s tender cheek ;it m aybemama

’ s whitefo rehead,or papa ’s ear

,

or baby ’ s d impled hand . That song a lways

p resages ev i l , and thewors t of i t i s that i t i snot always a so lo , but often a chorus . Therearesomethings that makeus exceed i ngl y an

gry, and yet thenext momen t seem funny or

ri d iculous . Themosqui to i s oneoftheseth i ngs .Over theexasperat ing bloodth i rs ty , diseasespreadi ng pes t wec an get j us t lywrathful u n t i l welong for somet h i ng to descendon each and everyw i nged n ui sanceand p ut them all

out of ex i sten ce.

But thel ivel y l i t t lew r iggler larvae, thewater-babies ofth i s

OTHER HO M ES OF M OSQU ITOS .

A lmost anything that will hold water is acceptable.

i n sec t, w i th thei r funny an tics , areonly amus ingu nt i l wecall to m i nd that i n a shor t t imetheyw i l l becomemosqu i tos ; and then perhaps theoil-can p rompt ly pours i ts con tents upon thesurfaces of t hei r hab i tat ions . There i s noth ing that gives a bet ter oppor tu n i ty to p rac t i secons is tency than one’ s op i n ions of them os

qu i to . General l y ignoranceor carelessness interferes. Wehatethepests ; often they canno tbeto lerated ; wedo what wecan for themo

men t to get away from them— retreat w i th i nthehouseand qu ickly c losethe screen doorafter us

,and thet i ny l i t t lefoes short l y squeeze

through thesc reen and get at us i n Sp i teof ourw i reguards .A nd all th i s fuss when

,w i th very l i t t letrou

ble, wem ight go calm l y abou t and bealtoge

ther r i d of thepests . J ust interes t theneighbors i n thesamei dea ! Let everybody seethatno s tagnan t water exis ts near by , fi l l up or drai nthenat ural l i t t lepool s, overt urn thetomato

cans,b roken p i tch

ers,bo t t les

, old

rubber shoes,and

anyth i ng el se thatcan catch rai n-water ; or if swampyground , ra i n-bar

rel s , tanks, wateri ng- t roughs , or su rface c i s terns can

not be avo i ded ,ei ther pour some

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i s al so commonthat grass , weed s ,and shrubbery are

alone respons iblefor thei r ex is tence.

A s a mat ter offac t,

the malem osqui

tos arenot bloodth i rsty ; thei r ap

pet i tes,ifthey have

any, aremoregentleand peaceful lyi nc l i ned .

Only thefemalesA FAVOR ITE NES

‘

I‘

ING bite,

”

and theyTHE M OSQU ITO .

d° “C”ma y b‘te'

They haveno teethfor bi t i ng. I t i s a p ierc i ng and blood - suckingact they perform

,qui teas bad ,

no doub t , as bi ting, bu t not accu rately descr ibed by that wordin a sc ien t ific accoun t .

-PLACE OF

A M OSQU ITO EXPER I ENCE.

Sheapproaches, expectant , on bloody business bent, “singing

ceases.

tomato - can.

Wh i lethey find shel ter i n thelow herbage,mosqu i tos depend abso l u tel y on water or verymo i s t earth for exi s tence

,though w i nds w i l l

somet imes blow them qui tea distanceawayfrom water and i n great n umbers . This explai ns thefac t , Often no ted , that a tow n or v i llagenear thesea i s somet imes v i s i ted for daysby hordes of these i n sec ts

,and aga i n i s sud

denly freed from them when thew i nd sh ifts totheOppos i tepo i n t s of thecompass .Mosqu i tos havemany enem ies : bats and

b i rds,and ,

morethan these, dragon -flies catchcoun tless n umbers ofthem . B ut thesearenot tobecon tro l led , though they should bepro tec ted .

I f wew i sh to wage relen t less war on the

mosqu i to ,tha t not onl y annoys us bu t endan

SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS .

a highpitched, joyful song .

‘Shealights upon theinvestigator's sleeve, and thesongShelikes no t thesampling thereo f, and removes, theSong contin

ued, to thewilling victim ’

s finger-tip . Sheproceeds to business, and fi lls herself with b lood and thefinger with itching . whereat , rejoicing exceeding ly,sheharkens away,

singing again, and lays numerous eggs in therain-filled

[MAY,

gers our l ivesby carryi ng diseases

,— for i t ap

pears to be the

solecauseofma

lar ia and i n tropi cal coun t r ies of

yel low fever,wemust cal l uponthe agents thatare des t i ned to

exterm i nate the

pes ts in t ime. Of

these methodsthep r i nc i pal are

,

kerosene on thewater

,fi l l ing up

thestagnant poolsw i th earth

,d is

card i ng ra i n-barrel s , and pu t t ing fish in thesmal l ponds to eat thelarvae. Thed ragon-fly

and many o ther water i nsec ts feed uponthemosqu i to larva} and thus aid us i n keeping down thenumbers ofmosqu i tos .I t i s to behoped that someday the

nat ional and thes tategovernmen ts w i l lapp rop r iatelargesums ofmoney to com

bat and des troy themosqu i to . Thi s hasbeen donei n cer tai n sec t ions , as i n NewJersey , Sou th Caro l i na, H avana

,Cuba,

etc . But it mus t bedoneeverywhereatonceto besuccessful , el sethei n sec ts w i l lbecarr ied from i nfested to

“ex term inat

ed region s by means ofboats , trai ns ,etc .

SAMUEL FRANC I S A ARON .

M OSQU ITO PCP/E . (MAGNI F IEDJ

Theoneat thesurfaceon theleft isbreathing air through its air-tubes. Theone on theright has completed itsn-ansformation, and theadult mosquitois com ing out ofthepupa skin througha slit in theback . I ts wings will soonexpand and dry, and it will fly away to

seek food .

M ALE M OSQU ITOS .

Theseplumed dandies,” though hard to Seeand find, arecommon

abou t thematted grasses, ra nk weeds, and bushes in low meadowsand damp w oods , never far from water. They subSISt mostly on

vegetab lematter and sweets.

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WARRlOR MOUND-BUILDERS .

Wis Nat u reand Sc iencereaders haveheardof themou nd -bu i lders as an ex t i n c t race, p robably theancesto rs of our No r th Amer ican I IIi l ians

,who seo n ly t races now left aretherude

mounds or t u n nel s fou nd i n var io us part s o f

theco un t ry .

But them o u nd -bu i lders w i th whom weare

now con cerned arewarr io rs as keen and alert onthewar-pa th to - i lay as anyex t i nc t ones whosenamethey may hear. Su rel y they may no t be

so sw ift of foo t , tho ugh they havefo u r pai rsof legs and can movebackward as wel l as forward . A nd keen of

eye thesefel lows are

to o , fo r thei r eyes aremou n ted on movables talk s and can be

t u rned i n any d i rcet ion .

The crawfish i s a

member of thelobsterfam i ly , and j ust at th ist imeoftheyear no t i nthebest ofsp i r i t s , bei nghungry and i n poo rcond i t ion from the

w i n ter ’ s co nfi nemen t .Hedoes not hiber

nate i n thes tr ic t sensepf thewo rd , t hat is,pass i nto a stateof torpdr, bu t w i thdraws i n toa round dwel l i ng ofh i s own con st ruc t ion du r i ngw i n ter ’s co ld .

I f wewadeout i n to thewater and l ift up

someof tho se rocks , weshal l su rel y find one

or moreof thean imals. SO n umerou s aretheythat hereu nder th i s fi rst s tonei s a good - si zed

,

fero c ious-look ing one,ful l y fou r i nches long.

Theaverage length of thecrawfish i s fromth reeto fou r i nches . On c losei n spec t ion , heexac t l y resembles a l i t t le lobster of a dul l

green i sh or brown ish co lo r .liei s a good figh ter , th i s crawfish warr ior ;

but as an enemy i t would be almos t imposs i ble to meet h im i n a fai r open figh t , forhei s sadly lack i ng i n thet ruewarr io r

’s senseofhonor .I ndeed

,the term “

crawfish has cometomean a w i thd rawal , a back i ng down from one’s

NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR )UNG FOLKS .

CRAWF I SH IN THE I R MOL'NDS .

feelers oneend ing i n two short—jo i n ted fila

ments,l i ke a wh i p -lash

,wh ich i s more than

half thelength of thean imal ’s body .

I fwecan keep t rack of h im and fol low h imto thebank

,hew i l l su rel y retrea t i n to h i s for

t ress . Here at our feet are many Of thesel i t t lefort ificat ions

,wh ich look l ikemud mounds

or ch imneys,from four to twel ve i nches i n

height and w i th an Open i ng abou t two i nchesi n d iameter .Thewarr io rs haveconst ruc ted thesefortifi

cat ions by bu rrow i ng a ho lei n to thegro und ,w h ich reaches muddy water at bo t tom ,

wherethey m ay wet thei r g i l l s . Theearth th rownup i n the bu rrow i ng p rocess form s themudch imney , a rough py ram i da l mound ,

usual l y

po si t io n ; and j ust wa tch th is fel low i n order tou nderstand thes ign ificanceof theterm . Hei s mov i ng slow l y away from us , c raw l i ng alongthebo t tom of thes t ream by means Of h i s fou rpa i rs of legs . \\e bend down cau t iously to

sei zeh im,but beforewecan real i zei t theras

cal has el uded us . Wi th sudden jerks he i srap id l y sw imm i ng backward ,

p ropel led by thest rokes of thebroad fan- shaped tai l wh ich term inates theh i nder end of h i s body .

A sh iel d co vers thefro n t par t of our warr io r ’ s bodv,

and two pu rp le p i ncer c laws are

h is ch ief weapons of offenseand defense. Be

h ind h is two moun ted eyes fo l low two pai rs 0

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theon l y open ing bei ng theen t rance to the

bu rrow .

I n fron t ofmany of t hesemounds, guard i ngtheen t rancew i th ou tst retched c laws , may be

seen o thers of thesequeer fel low s eyes aler t ,feelers p rot rudi ng l ike the m ustach ios of a

fierce bucaneer,ready to sei ze and devour

water- snai l,tadpo le

,or frog ; i n fac t , few

th ings i n theway of food arenow am i s s , forth roughou t thew i n ter themos t alert havebeenableto find l i t t le. Somet imes they makeforaging expedi t ions i nland in search ofvegetablefood

,and I am sorry to say theseunp r i nc i p led

fel lows areoften gu i l ty of can n ibal i sm .

Crawfish vary qu i tea li t t le i n thei r habi ts,accord i ng to thelocal i ty i n whi ch they l ive. I nsomeplaces they bu i l d thei r chimneys at a con

siderabledistancefrom any permanen t body ofwater

,and we find whole ac res of p rair ie

land comp letely covered w i t h thei r cu r io usmou nds . EVA E . FURLONG.

A CRAWF I SH ON THE BANK OF A STREA M .

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS.M AY ,

A SPARROW WITH CONSPICUOUS WH ITE FEATHERS .

WASH I NGTON, D . C.

DEA R ST . N ICHOLAS : I have read you for m anyyears, but I likebet ter t han anyth ing in you r vo l umes(that wehavesaved up) the talks in Nat u reand Sci

THE VES PER-SPARROW.

ence. I haveno t iced in our yard a spar row w it h wh i tein its w ings, and w i t h ou ter tail- feat hers ofpu rewh i te.

I w ish to know i f therearem any spar rows l iket h is.

I hopeyou w i l l answer me, for I am suret h is is thefi rs t oneI haveseen .

You r lov ing reader ,CAND LE R COB B (ageI 3) .

This i s thevesper- sparrow ,that i s a per

manen t res i den t i n Wash i ngton and sou thward

,bu t i s seen by our Northern observers

on ly from A p r i l to Oc tober or N ovember.Thesong has been desc r ibed as

“ pensivebut not sad ; i t s long-d rawn s i lvery no tescon t i n uei n quavers that float of’f unendedl i kea t rai l of m i s t . This sparrow doesnot usual l y s i ng whilegather i ng food , butseeks someelevated posi t ion , wherehedevo tes h imselfen ti rel y to song. Theeven ing,as h i s nameimp l ies , i s h i s favor i tet imefors i ngi ng, but hei s not al together s i len t i n themorn i ng and m i dday .

B IRDS NEAR THE HOUSES .

WAYNE, PA.

DEAR ST . N I CHOLAS : I n thew inter , as I waswalk ing along w i th a young fr iend of m ine, hecal led m y at ten t ion to a rob in in a t reenear thes t reet . I t was thefi rs t onet hat I ever saw in w inter, t hough I had onceread t hat they s tayed in sheltered places in thew in ter . What I w ish to knowis : DO t hey go sou th in thew inter , and , i f so, howi t happened t hat t h is oneis st i l l here?

You r lov ing reader ,ALF RED REDF I ELD .

DE!

DEA R ST. N I CHO LAS : havehad an unusual lyco ld w inter and m o resnow t han wehavehad fo ryears .

Theb i rds do no t seem to go So u th , but stay r ightaro und all the t ime. Therearerob ins and b l ueb i rds,saps uckers , and many o t her b i rds . \Vi l l yo u pleasetel lmewhy th is is, and i f i t means wew i l l havean ear ly

Wecanno t understand t h is at all.

Yo u r devo ted friend , C . “HU G E.

spr ing ?

I t i s no t at all u nusual for robi ns to beseens ingl y or two or th ree together i n w i n ter nearPh i ladel ph ia,

and o ur field observers havere

por ted them every w i n ter for someyears i n theneighbo r i ng cou n t ry d i st r ic t s .

They aremo reor less local , of co u rse, wh ichaccoun ts for t hei r bei ng seen i n onespo t andno t no t iced at ano ther . Thecomparat iveinactivity of o rn i tho log i st s i n w i n ter has a gooddeal to do w i th thei r apparen t absen ce, however. B l uebi rds are s t i l l mo re regularl y res iden t

,now that they areregai n i ng thei r fo rmer

abundance.

A s to Delaware, the same remarks appl y,

except that I haveevery reason to expec t t ha tbo th b i rds arefar moreabundan t therethan inth i s neighbo rhood i n w i n ter .I n sou thern New Jersey therearelargeflocks

of rob ins every w i n ter . STONE,Arm/cmy of Aid /m il P a.

“ I remember one long w i n ter spen t i n the

co un t ry , when i t seemed that spr i ng wouldnever come. A t las t oneday thecal l of a robi nrang o ut

,and on oneof thefew bare spo t s

madeby themel t i ng snow theres tood thefi rs tredbreasts ! I t was a s igh t I can never fo rget .

”

F LORENCE IVI ERR lM AN BA iLEv.

ELECTR IC ITY IN ONE'

S HA IR .

ESSEX , N . Y .

DEA R ST . N I CHO LAS : l havea q ues t ion to ask you .

I havet ho ugh t and t hough t , but I canno t t h ink of theanswer to i t . H ow

,when , why. and wheredid elec

tricity get in to our hai r ? I don ’ t know t hat anybodyknow s , but ifanyb odydoes i t is you. M ama, my fr iendCar r ie, and m y teacher , and I all t hough t i t o ver , butwecanno t find theanswer .You r fai t h fu l reader , F R EDA R . STAFFO R D .

A l l bod ies aresu rrounded by theelec t r ic fl u id,

and theelec t r ic cu rren t i s supposed by sometocons is t of r i ng- l ikewh i rl i ngs i n th i s fl u id , wh ichmove onward much l ike tho se smoke-r i ngssomet imes made by a locomo t ive

, or by a

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . 6 53

smok ing m an. A ny d ry body,when rubbed ,

w i l l becomecharged w i th elec t r ic i ty . Rub a

p ieceof seal i ng-wax w i t h a woo len c lo th,and

i t w i l l p ick up bi ts of papers . Shufflethefeeton thecarpet when theweather is co l d , andsparks may be taken from thebody . So an

i nd ia- rubber comb becomes elec t r ified when

ELECTR IC ITY IN T HE HA I R .

Thefriction ofa comb supplies a small amount enough to maketiny Sparks. This young lady took a largechargefrom anelec trical m achine. You will no tethat someofthehair. tliOugh over two

feet in leng th, is extending upward . Sheis seated on a chair On a

platform supported by blocks of g lass, so that theelectricity canno teasily run

passed through d ry hai r , wh ich i s i tself a poo rconduc tor and p reven ts theelec tr ic i ty frompass i ng Ofl rap id l y . I f the ha i r i s wet, theelec tr ic i t y w i l l pass i n to theearth th rough the

body,and not beno t iced . When th i nk i ng Of

thesema t ters we mus t remember tha t vas tocean Ofelec t r ic fl u id wh ich su rro unds the

who le earth,and tha t any man ifes tat ion of

elec t r ic i ty i s on l y a d ist u rbance i n th is great“sea .

” Wehavedonesometh i ng to set tho ser i ngs to wh i r l i ng. Thecomb has the powerto cau seth i s d i st u rbance. Thehai r has nei ther

gai ned nor lost anyth i ng. Themo vemen t ofthecomb on theha i r has simply caused a com

mot ion in t h i s u n iversal sea ofelec tr ic i ty . You

6 54 NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . (Mu ,

can d is turb theA tlant ic Ocean by dipp i ng you rhand i n to i t . You can makea changei n th i selec t r ical ocean by pass i ng a comb throughyou r hai r, or by rubbing thefur on thecat ’ sback . Kit ty may not bepleased , for you mustrub her fur thew rong way ; but theexper imen ti s i n terest i ng on a co l d day, espec ial l y whenmadei n thedark , for then thefirew i l l flash ,and somet imes theelec tr ic i ty w i l l makeyou rfingers t i ngle. Therubb i ng has caused a com

mo t ion in thesea Ofelec t r ic i ty that su rroundsall th i ngs , and thosewh i rl i ng r i ngs haverun Offfrom thepo i n t s of thehai rs , and theresu l t hasmadei t self seen or fel t , or perhaps bo th .

Theusual sc ien t ificexp lanat ion ,w i th i ts y ort ices

,and i t s negat iveand posi t iveelec t ric i t y , and

how theelec tr ical fl ui d spreads over thewholesurfaceOf a sphere, and neu

tralization,and s t rai n , and the

ac t ion of po i n ted bod ies, andall theres t of i t , i s diflicult foranybody to u nderstand , and Itrust that th is less techn icalanswer w i l l befound a s implerand c learer explanat ion of the

phenomenon .

BOMBARDIER-BEETLES .

THE fol low i ng i s a commu

nication from a you ng lo ver ofnat ureshow i ng rather unusuald i l igencein Observat ion .

THE BOM BARD ’ER' BEETLE '

PH I LADEL PH I A , PA .

DEA R ST . N ICHO LAS : Two fr iends and mysel f took awalk across thefield to the Kno l l to h un t for w i ldflowers. A s I w ished to get some insec ts , I left theo thers to fi l l thei r baskets w i th flowers, w h i leI wen t backoftheh i ll to h un t under a p i leofstones. Im aginemyastonishmen t w hen, upon t u rning over one of the

stones, I was greeted w i t h a dozen small repo r ts l iketheshoo t ing of t iny revo l vers . \Vhat had m adethese\Vel l , what I saw was hal f a dozen l i t t leb l uebeet lesunder thestone, r unning ab ou t , t rying to get away, andeach onewas S hoo t ing at me!— shoo t ing somet h ingwh ich I cou ld no t see, but wh ich b u rnt my fingers w heni t h i t them , and wh ich no t only made the repo r t thathad su rpr ised me, but w as accompanied w i t h a l i t t lepufl of b l uesmoke. I had read abou t t hesebeet les ,and now I was so pleased and ex ci ted o ver act ual ly finding somethat I q u i ck ly gat hered them into my cyanidejar, and wen t r ush ing over theh i l l-cres t , w i ld ly shou ting to theo thers, “ I haveseen thebombard iers ! Ihaveseen thebombardiers !” A t fi rs t th is considerab ly J . CHESTE R B R AD LEY.

alarmed t hem , t i l l I showed t hem the beet les. Ihave~since learned that the b ombard ier -beet les belong to thegenus B rat /g

iants,wh i ch contains twen ty-six

spec ies w idely d is t r ib u ted over the-

Uni ted S tates, varying in s izebut almost al ikein co lor , w ing-covers b l ue

,

therest redd ish b rown . Thegenus Ga/erz'

fa con tainsbeet les of thesameshapeand co lo r , but m uch larger(th ree fou r ths of an inch or m orein length , w hereasbombard ier -beet les arenever m uch over onehal f- inch ) ,and they arem uch mo recomm on herein Pennsy l vania.

Beet les ofthegenus Labia resemb lebombard ier-beet les,but havemoresh iny w ing-covers. Theseth reegenera

may t h us bero ugh ly d ist ingu ished , and therearenoo ther beet les in theUni ted S tates wh ich c losely resemblebouibardier- beet les. I t is almost impossib le, evenfor an exper ienced entom o logist , to tel l thespec ies of

bombard ier-beet les, so m inu tearethediflerences. So

weyoung co l lec tors haveto becon tent w i th label ingtheSpec imens “ Em a/gam ut sp. i f wewan t to usethe Lat in name at all. They belong to the fam i ly

Theshoo t ing of thebombard ier -beet les is donefordefense, and is probab ly very effec t i veagains t smal lenem ies. I t is said t hat they w i l l shoo t as m uch as a

dozen times0in_ s uccession, but I havenever been ab le

to m aket hem shoot m o re t han two or th ree t imes.

I t is also said t hat when thereser vo ir wh i ch con tainsthel iq u id is opened by d issec t ion , i t eflervesces and

evaporates instan taneo usly.

Thebeet les areno t uncomm on in theUni ted S tates,and I wonder how m any t imes in su ccess ion t hey can bem adeto shoo t .

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THE TRUE WATER-S P IDER.Not found in this country. I t carries bubbles ofair into

us under- the-water home.

A BACK-SWIMMER ” NOT A WATER-SPIDER.

WO RCESTER , MA S S .

DEA R ST. N ICHOLAS : Yesterday I d iscovered whatI s upposeto bea water-Spider , and found i t so in teres ting I t ho ugh t you r readers w ou ld l iketo know abou t i t .Theinsec t is ab o u t t h reefo u r t hs Of an inch long and

o nefou r t h ofan inch w ide. I t has six legs and usesbut two when sw im m ing. I t sw im s on its back .

theinsec t finds an air b ubb lei t pu ts a smal l t ube, wh ichis on theend of thebody, in to i t , takes theair, and disappears . l t is very shy and soon t herewas am oneto

beseen . Yo u r in teres ted reader ,H ELEN B . G REEN (age

Thewater i nsec t you saw i s the back—sw immer (Ab/01mm

I n Eu ropetherei s real l y a water-sp ider thatmakes a nes t on plants u nder water and l i vestherea largepart of the t ime

,but

,as far as

anybody knows,therei s no water-spider i n th i s

coun try, though therearemany k inds that l ivenear thewater and can run over i ts su rfacew i thou t S i nk i ng or get t i ng wet. The back

THE BAC KThis is an insect , no t a spider, but this and the water-boatman

aresometimes m iscalled water-spiders.

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sw immer i s al l ied to thesquash-bug, ch inchb ug, and i nsec ts of that k i nd . I t sw im s usual l y back downward , and carr ies air at tachedi n a bubbleto theh i nder end and somet imesover thewho leunder su rface. I n sw imm i ng,i t fo lds u p thefi rs t and second legs , and usesthelong h i nd pa i r as your let ter desc r ibes . Fromthesetwo long legs ex tend i ng l i ketheoars froma boat , thei n sec t i s somet imes cal led “

waterboatman .

” Thi s common namemores tr ic t l ybelongs to ano ther i nsec t (the Carbon) thatsomewhat resembles theback -sw immer i n appearanceand habi t s . TheCor/Lyn, however,sw im s w i th back upward .

Theeggs of oneMexican spec ies areusedfor food by I nd ians and halfb reeds , and large quant it ies of the i n sec ts are

sen t to Eu rope as

food for gameandsong-bi rds

,and for

poul try and fisl

I t i s est imatedtha t one ton

co nta i n s twen~ty

-fivem i l l ioninsec ts.

HEAD ING FOR M AY .

THE OR IOLE ’

S NEST.

B Y PH I L I P STA R K (AGE I 4 ) .

(Cash P rize. )AN Apr il shower is fal l ing fast upon thegrasses green,And in themeadow by theb rook thew i ld flowers may

beseenWh i lesi t t ing in thew indow -seat , mys tory-books among,I seea nes t t hat in a t reetheo r io les havesw ung.

I t has a s tory I w i l l tel l to every l istening ear ;H ow long i t seems s incefi rst ’t was b u i l t—and yet

’t is

but a year !So sk i l f u lly thenest was m ade, each th read was placed

w i t h care,And soon a dainty cradleso ft was swaying in theair.

’T was firs t thepat ien t mo ther b ird t hat sat upon thenes t ;

Shesafely kept secu reand warm theeggs beneat h herb reast .

B ut soon fou r t iny, fl uffy b i rds sat wai t ing to befedThesunbeam s shonet hrough b ranches green and lit

each downy head .

And th us thesummer passed away, thedays grew sho r tand Ch i l l ,

Theair t hat oncewas fu ll ofsong but for thew ind wasst i l l ;

Theb i rds had to thesou thward flown, for cheer lessgrew theair,

And in themaple- t reea nes t c l ung to theb ranches bare.

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Them oun tains mel t in rosy m ist , the flowers w i t hbeau ty glow ,

And fret t ing ’

gainst its m ossy banks I hear ther iverflow ;

B ut t hough thespr ing has comeagain , w i t h nat u re’sbeau t ies free,

I sigh to seean empty nest st i ll swaying on a t ree.

B Y HARRY B . LACH M AN, AGE 17. (CASH PR I ZE. )

TH E Leagueed i tor has w r i t ten m uch abou t theob jec tand pu rposeof our o rganizat ion , and of thespi r i t ofunsel fish endeavor in wh ich thecompet i t ions shou ld beentered and thework per formed .

~ B ut no t h ing theed i to r m igh t say cou ld so well express j ust what ismeant as a let ter from oneof theLeague’s o ldes t andmos t persever ing members, who now , in the hou r of

her graduat ion, ” sends t h is farewel l wo rd

WA SH I N G TON , D . C.

DEA R ST. N ICHOLAS : I am so proud and happy Iscarcely know how to t hank you for my pr ize! Whenmy namewas on thero l l of honor for thefi rs t t ime, Inever t hought t hat w hen I shou ld grad uate” I cou ldhaveat tained t h is heigh t .I never shal l fo rget theday, now m o ret han th reeyears

ago ,—al though I can hard ly bel ieveit,—when I fi rst

saw my namein pr int . I t Was oneCh r is tmas m orningt hat I opened my S

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. N I CHO LA S and saw t hat I hadadvanced a s tep w i th theNew Year number. I fel tt hat i t was thebest of all my Chr is tmas presen ts, for Ihad been work ing alm os t a year in theLeagueand i twas thefi rs t t imemywo rk had been no ted . And then,later on, when I received thes i lver badge, I t h ink Iwas thehappies t ch ild in thec i ty.

Las t A ugus t , w hen m y go ld badgecame, as I lookback now , I can seet herewas a d i fferencein my pleasu re.A t fi rst i t was thedel igh t ofw inning, but las t sum

mer i t was thedel igh t in thework i tsel f. Las t of all

comes t h is five-do l lar pr ize,—thefi rs t m oney I everear.ned ,—for wh ich I find i t harder to express myt hanks than ever before. Not that I do no t val uei t asm u ch , but becausei t means so m u ch to me.

N ow t hat I am abou t to leavei t (theM ay compet it ion w i l l bem y las t ) , I seem o reclear ly t han ever whattheLeaguehas been to its members, and I feel w i t hdeeper real izat ion thes t rong spir i t of fellowsh ip and

k indness that has enab led us to go th us far on our way,

w i t h no t hough t ofenvy, on ly S inceregood w i l l toward

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h is q u iver , hed rew out two ar rows,oneofgo ld and very sharp, theo t hera blun t oneof lead . Thego lden onewas to ex c i teloveand theo t her to re.

pel i t . The fi rst he sen t s t raigh tt hrough thehear t ofApo l lo ; w i th thesecond hest ruck a very beau t i ful gi rlnamed Daphne.Immed iately t hei r spell began to

work . Apollo was seized w i t h an ar

den t lovefor Daphne, wh i leshefearedhim equal ly. He t r ied to approachher and spokep leasant wo rds to her,but sheonly feared him themo reand

ran away likea fr igh tened deer .0 beau t i ful maiden, do not flee

f rom me. I do not w ish to harm you .

Only s tay and let metel l you how

beau t i ful you are.

”So het r ied by ten

derwords to indu ceher to s tay, b utsheonlyran thefaster, and hefo l lowed .

But Apollo was sw i fter t han she, andsoon themaiden saw t hat hewou lds urely over take her, so she lookedabo u t her in search ofsomeway ofescape. S ink ing to theear th , sheprayedto her father , the r iver-god, to help “

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rsroe. av ROBERT EDwA RD F ITH IAN , AGE 1 3 . (GOLD BADGE . )her. S carcely had shesaid t h is t hanshefound hersel f roo ted in theear t h and her body covered w i t h bark . Her arms becameb ranches and herhead a t ree-top, wh i leher long hair formed leaves.

Apo llo, follow ing j ust beh ind , stopped as tonished at

her sudden t rans format ion .

“ A l t hough I may not wed

you,”hesaid , “ I w i l l takeyou for my t ree. Thev ic

to rs of thegames held in my hono r shall becrownedw i t h w reaths of you r leaves .

” Thus, thes tory tel ls‘

us, Apo l lo cameto choosethelau rel for h is emb lem .

“B ITTER COLD. HAROLD s. scnosr, AGE (GOLD BADGE. )

THE M IN STREL ’S NESTING SONG.

BY ANNE ATWOOD (AGE(Gold B adge. )

I LEA VE t hee, sm i t ten w i t h thewander-need,And dal down theroadway t h rough thespr ing.

I lovet hee, but thesummer cal ls mefor t hTo rouseher m inions w i t h my chanty ’s r ing.

When go lden- chal iced dafiies bend and swayAnd swal lows g ivethedeep, r i ch , m at ing-cal l ,I ’ll carol t h rough theb udd ing fores t waysTo m aket heem ist ress ofmy fo res t hal l .

Wheredeep thes t reamlet runs th rough pr im rosedbanks,

\Vherecold w inds never b low nor gray cloudsfrown ,

\Ve’ll nest together in thegolden spr ing,And carol dai ly as li fe’s sun goes down.

MY FAVOR ITE EP ISODE I N MYTHOLOGY.

BY MA R Y ELS I E NEWTON (AGE(Gold B adge. )

1\ IY favor i teepisodein mytho logy is thes tory of

P romet heus.

A long , long t imeago therelived two b ro thers,Prometheus and Epimet heus. P rometheus , no t

car ing to l i veamong thec louds on them ountaintop, wen t down in to thew o r ld to seewhat hecou lddo toward mak ing i t w iser and bet ter .Hefound all mank ind in a very m iserab lecond it ion .

They wereliv ing in caves, sh i ver ing w i t h co ld(for firewas an unknown t h ing to t hem ) and dyingw i t h starvat ion .

Immed iately P rometheus wen t bo ld ly to J upi terand asked him for fire. However , J upi ter refusedthe request , and P rometheus t urned sor row fu l lyaway.

As hewas walk ing by thesho reheno t iced a. reed .

Hesaw t hat thehol low center was fi l led w i th a dry

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p i t h , wh ich wo u ld b u rn s low ly and keep on firea longt ime.

Hetook thes talk to thedwel l ing of theSun in the

fareast , whereheOb tained a spark offire.

Then , has tening home, heshowed thesh iver ing menhow to bu i ld a fireand warm t hem selves by i t . Soon

every homein theland had a fire, and themen, women ,and ch i ldren werew arm and happy.

Bes ides giv ing t hem fire, P rometheus showed t hemhow to b u i ld houses , how to coo k thei r food , and howto defend t hem sel ves from thew i ld beas ts .

Oneday J upi ter chan ced to look down upon theear t h .

Thes igh t o f thesm i l ing land and theprosperous peopleangered him . Hedemanded thenameof

theman who had b rough t abou t t h is change,and find ing out t hat i t was P rometheus, hehadhim punished .

P rometheus was taken to theCaucasus Mo untains, and t herehew as chained to a ro ck , so

t hat hecou ld m ovenei t her hands nor feet . Thew inds w h is t led abo u t h im and thefierceb i rdsto rehis body w i t h t hei r c laws . Yet hebo reall his sufl

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ering w i t ho u t a groan .

Year after year heh ung t here. Ages passed ,

ind at las t a hero ,w hosenamewas Hercu les ,

cameto theland of theCaucasu s . I' Iecl imbedtheh igh m o un tain , hes lew thefierceb i rds , andw i t h oneb low smo tethechains of P romet heusand set him free.

I l iket h is story becauseof thenob leq uali t ies of P romet heus .

Hewas always ready to help o t hers , nevert h ink ing oftheConseq uences, and henever m ur

m u red agains t his lot.

TI- I E B I RD ’S NEST IN \VINTER .

av GLAnvs NELSON (AGE(S i/fer B adge. )

OH , yel i t t lear ch i tects, yeb i rds by summerknown ,

Yefash ioned mew i t h greater sk i l l t han m an

hasever shown.

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Yemademy wal ls of maple tw igs— t hey seem by nat u retw ined .

Th is nest w i t h downy feat hers forthebaby b i rds yel ined .

l l ow b lack thesky abo veus now

how wh i tethedr i ft ing snow !I long for joyo us summer and the

gen t lezephyrs low ;

But now’

t is j us t them oaning ofthew in ter w inds I hear ;

Oh , w hen w i l l summer cometo endt h is w in ter b leak and d rear ?

Oh , how m y hear t is yearning forthe b irds wh ich spr ing t imeb r ings !

How oft t hey ’d come, ere t hey

werest rong , to res t t hei r t i redw ings

B ut ye are gone, and I am but a

w i ld b i rd ’

s empty nest ,Swaying in themaple’s arms l ikea

babeon mo ther ’s b reas t .Themoaning w inds ofw in ter sing a

m o u rnf u l l u l labyS leep, s leep, t hou lonely b i rd ’

s nest ,t i l l the spr ing t ime d rawet hnigh .

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MY FAVOR ITE EPISODE IN MYTHOLOGY .

Br C LA R A SHANAFELT (AGE(S ilver B adge. )

I TH I NK t hat my favo r i teepisodein my tho logy is thesto ry of Pha 'eton and the char io t of the sun . I' low

nat u ral i t was t hat hesho u ld becomeangry w hen hisschoo l fel lows laughed at theidea of his being theson

of the great Phoeb us Apo l lo , and how eagerly hes tar ted out to find his fat her ! When hedid find him ,

how hebegged and en t reated him to let him r idein thesun-char io t , as theson ofanym o r tal wo u ld . I remember I on cewen t to hear TheodoreThomas

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B ITTER COLD . Bv EL I ZABETH HOWLANO WEB STER ,AGE 1 4 . (S ILVER BADGE . )

660 ST .

“ A W INTER STUDY . B Y DOR I S S HAW, AGE 1 3.

and heard t hat sto ry in m usic , and how very real i tseemed . A t fi rst thehorses wen t sm oo th ly and qu i ck ly,but they soon perceived t hat thei r load was ligh ter t hanusual , and they dashed fo rward as i f thechar io t wereempty. They left thet raveled road and dashed along

past theGreat Bear and L i t t leBear , and past theSeorpion w i th his po isono us b reath . Phaeton becameweakw i t h fear and dropped thereins. Thehorses, feel ingt hem looseon t hei r backs, dashed head long into theunknown regions oi thesky, now up amongthes tars, now down sco rch ing theear t h .Them oon was s u rpr ised to seeher brother’s char io t far below her own. Them oun tains took fire, theh ighes t w i t h t hei rcrowns ofsnow . Ther i vers smoked and

allthehar ves t b u rned , and Phaéton, blindedw i t h sm oke, dashed forward heknew not

w h i ther . Then Ear t h prayed to J upi tert hat , i f shem us t per ish , that hes t r ikeherw i t h his t h underbo l ts , or

,i f hew ished to

saveher, to send down rain . B ut theclouds wereall b u rnt . J upi ter t h rew a

t h underbo l t , and Phaeton was h u r led headlong in to ther iver Er idanus . And thenaiads reared a tomb for him and inscr ibedt hesewo rds on i tD r i ver ofPhoeb us ’ char io t , Phaeton ,S t ruck by Jove’s t h under , res ts beneat ht h is stone.

Hecou ld not ru lehis father ’s car offire,Yet i t was m uch so nob ly to aspi re.

”

That , you m igh t say , is them oral : so

nob ly to aspire.

” I t m ay havebeen a

foo l ish th ing to do , but i t was at least anob leaspi rat ion.

THE SPARROVV’

S NEST.

B Y R AY R ANDA L L (AGE(S ilver B adge. )

A L I TT LE gray spar row is b u i ld ing her nestI n exact ly thesamesor t ofway

VVith a b it of st raw here, and a b it ofs t r ing t hereAs thefi rst spar row did thefi rs t day.

SheS ings ofthemorning,Shes ings oftheleaves,

N ICHOLAS LEAGUE .

B ITTER COLD.

[MAv,

Shes ings of her l i t t lehome

Under theeaves .

When she th ink s shehasmade i t j ust so everyyear ,Thereis never a sigh nor

a frown .

Shenever is sad becausesheS t i ll wears

Her last year ’s old- fashioned gray gown .

Shes ings of thesun

sh ine,Shesings ofher nes t ,

SheS ings of the li t t leeggs

Under her b reast .fi r

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(S ILVER BADGE. )

MY FAVOR ITE EP ISODE I N MYTHOLOGY .

Bv F RED s. H O P K I NS (AGE(S ilver B adge.

M Y favor i teepisodein m yt hology is thes tory of

B au cis and Ph i lemon . I like i t becauset hey wereso

k ind to st rangers .

Oneday J upi ter cal led to his sw i f t - foo ted messenger ,Mercu ry, and asked h im i f hewou ld go to theear th

BY ROBERT E. PLATT, AGE 1 2 . (S I LVER BADGE .)

w i th him . Hesaid hehad heard t hat therewas a

v i l lagewherethepeoplewerevery unk ind and t hat hew ished to seei f t h is was t r ue. Heto ld Mercury toleavehis cap and shoes and put on someold clothes.

They go t very t ired w i t h thei r jou rney to theear th ,and so t hey s topped at thefi rs t houset hey cameto and

asked for somefood and water . A wom an answeredthedoo r and to ld them to go to thenex t house. Theycal led at housea fter house and asked for thesamet h ing , but no onewou ld givet hem anyth ing.

Thech i ldren t h rew m ud and st icks at them .

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POSSU M . B Y THUR STON BROWN, AGE ( 5 .

WI LD-AN I M AL PHOTOGRA PH .

(F I R ST PR Izr ,

F inal ly t hey saw a ho useon a h i l l and t hough t t heyw o u ld t ry t hat . Bau c is saw them com ing , and to ld herh usband to go and meet t hem wh i leshegot supper .A l l t hey had for supper was a loaf of b read , a b unch

o fgrapes, and a pi t cher ofm i lk ; but t hey wereg lad to

sharei t . Therewas on ly eno ugh m i lk to go aro und ,“but w hen thest rangers passed thei r cup for mo ret herewas always eno ugh to servet hem . They had only onebed , but t hey gavet hat to thest rangers .

Thenex t m o rning t hey all wen t out to seethesun

r ise, and in theplaceof thev i l lagewas a beau t i fu l lake,and in placeof t hei r ho usewas a palace, and J upi terto ld t hem t hat was to bet hei r home. Heto ld t hem hew o u ld g i ve t hem anyth ing t hey wan ted . Baueis saidByand by Ph i lem on and I w i l l die: let us go toget her .Oneday someone came to look for t hem , b ut t hey

cou ld no t hefo und , and in t hei r placewerea l inden and

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Ti red peoplerested at t heir feet . and theI am liauc is

"; and theoak said 1 am

an oak t ree.

l inden saidPh i lem on .

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They wel comed peoplein t hei r o ld ho use, they we].co ined peoplein t hei r new ho use, and thev welcomedpeoplest i l l .

TH E I IUMM I NG-B I RD '

S NEST.

nv HA RO LD R . NO R R I S (AGE I I ) .ONE l i t t lenes t in them apled ree,Dain t iest

,t inies t of t hem all ;

Onel i t t leb i rd near thenest SO wee,F l u t ter ing sw i ft ly his w ings so smal l

Guard ing h is mate, who , w i th pat ien t care,S i ts on theeggs and keeps t hem warm

Never Shes t i rs from her homein theair,

Th rough tempes t and t h under and summers to rm .

“ wiLD DUCK S . nv HERVEY HUBE I. , AGE 1 3 . (S ECOND PR I ZE,

“ W ILD-B I RD

MY FAVOR ITE EP ISODE IN MYTHOLOGY .

BY G LADYS CA R RO L L (AGE I 3) .

B adge. )

M Y favo r i teepisode in myt ho logy is the spinningcon test w h ich was held between A t hena

,q ueen of the

air, and a m aiden named A rachne.

A rachnespun beau t i fu l ly. she spun si lk ,t h read .

oreven thecoarsest flax , i t was always beau t ifu l . Peoplecame from all o ver thew o r ld to seeherw o rk . S hewas very pro ud of i t , to o , and knew SheSpun wel l . peopleasked herwho taugh t her shewou ld say, N obody taugh t me.

”Most peoplethought,

however , t hat A t hena taugh t her.

Oneday as shewas spinning , w i t h somepeoplewatching her, sheboas ted of her wo rk , and said t hat t herewas no onein thew o r ld t hat co u ld S pin so wel l as she.

Wh i leshew as b oas t ing shehappened to lo o k up , and

shesaw A t hena s tand ing in thedo o rway. A rachne, ”said theq ueen , I have heard yo u r boast ing ; do youmean to say t hat I did no t teach yo u how to Spin ? "Nobody taugh t me, ” said A rachne, bold ly.

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They wen t On talk ing for a fewm inu tes, and as A rachnekept on saying t hat no oneco u ld spin so well asShe, a con test was ar ranged to seewh ich was thebest spinner . Theydec ided to have thegreat J uno as

thei r j udge.

\Vhen theday ar r ived , t ho usandsof peoplecame to see the contest .J uno sat in theclouds and watchedthespinners .

A rachnefi xed her spinning -wheelon theear t h and began . Shep ickedo ut somevery finefloss and wovea

beau t i fu l network ofs i lk .A t hena fixed her w heel in theair,

and w hen shebegan thepeopleheldt hei r b reath .

Sheused thered ofthesunset , theb l ueofthesky, and many o ther co lorsofnat u re.

A s soon as A rachnesaw i t shebegan to weep. I t had been agreed t hattheonewho lost S hou ld never spinagain ; and i t madeA rachneso sad

t hat A t hena, tak ing pi ty on her,changed her in to a spider , so shecou ld sp in as long a

shel ived .

“B lTTER COLD . BY KATHAR INE A. M ARV IN

,AGE 1 4.

MY NEST.

BY A LLE I NE LANGFO RD (AGE(A Former P rize-w inner. )

WH EN in thewest thesun is low ,

A nd ear t h is fi l led w i t h shadowsdeep,

I nes t ledown in m ama’s arms,

And thereshero cks meoff to sleep.

I hear theso ft w ind S t i r theleaves,A s all thewor ld l ies st rangeand st i l l .A rob in tw i t ters to his m ate,And fain t I hear a w h ippoo rw i l l .

I hear a c roak ing frog , and t henI hear thewood - th rush so ft ly cal l ;

And as thesun l igh t fades away,Thetw i l igh t cu r tains gen t ly fal l .

Upon theh i l l I seethet reesS tand dark against theevening sk ies,

And t hen I nes t ledeeper S t i l l ,And closem y drowsy, s leepy eyes.

B iTTER COLD . BY EDWIN S HOE M AKER , AGE 1 6.

Then, wh i lethenigh t b irds wh isper low ,

Thepales tars peep out, oneby one.A fi refly gl immers t h rough thed usk ,H is nigh t ly t ravels j ust begun.

And w hen thes i lver m oon comes up,When m o t her ear t h has goneto res t ,When all thewor ld is c lo thed in gray,I n mama

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s arm s I m akemy nes t .

A STUDY . BY SA M UEL DAV I S OT I S , AGE 1 4 .

MY FAVORITE EP ISODE IN MYTHOLOGY.

BY CLA R A P. POND (AGEK I N G M I DAS is my favor i techaracter in mytho logy.

Hewas very greedy, and never cou ld get enough go ldto su i t him . Thes tory ofM idas runs t h is way.

Bacch us, ano ther mytho logical person, onet imefoundt hat his teacher and foster- father was m issing.

Theold teacher ’s namewas S i lenus, and hehad wandered off unconsc iously.

A f ter a wh i lehewas found by somepeasan ts, whocar r ied him to t hei r k ing , M idas.

M idas recognized old S i lenus, and kept him , t reat inghim well and hav ing great spo r t w i t h him .

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Later .\ l idas resto red him to Bacchus, w ho was o ver

whelmed w i t h grat i t ude, and o ffered M idas a reward ,

whereupon M idas. greedy k ing that hewas , asked t hateveryt h ing hetou ched shou ld t u rn to go ld .

Bacch us consen ted and wen t o h’ w i t h S i lenus .

M idas was del igh ted . Everyt h ing heto u ched t u rnedto go ld .

A t meal -t imehesat down to thetab le, but found ,

m u ch to his d ism ay, that his food all t u rned to so l id

B ITTER COLD . B Y ELSA VAN NES , AGE 1 3.

go ld as soon as tou ched , ei t her w i t h hand or teet h , andw hen hedrank w inei t flowed S low ly and heav i ly downhis t h roat , l ikes l igh t ly mel ted go ld .

M idas then saw his m istake, but t r ied to conso lehimsel f by t u rning o t her th ings to go ld , but to no use. Theh ungr ier hegrew them o rehedetes ted thes igh t ofgo ld .

F inal ly hebegged Bacch us to takeback his gi ft , nowso hatefu l to h im (ungratefu l thing l) . Bacchus merc if u l ly consen ted , answer ing, Go to ther iver Pac to lus ,t racethes t ream to its foun tain-head, pl ungein, and

wash away yo u r sin.

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M idas obeyed and los t thego lden tou ch , after wh ichhedwel t in theCo un t ry and becamea wo rsh iper ofPan.

Thesto ry goes on t h is way : On a cer tain o ccas ionPan was bo ld enough to say t hat hecou ld play on thelyreas wel l as Apo l lo , and Apo l lo accepted thechal lenge.

Of cou rseApo l lo won, and everybody knew i t , butM idas said t hat Pan did .

Apo l lo , enraged , punished M idas by g iv ing him the

ears ofan ass .

Sw i ft savsThegod ofw it, to Sh ow his grudge,C lapped asses ’ ears upon thej udge,A good ly pai r. erec t and w ide,-Vhich heco u ld nei t her g i ld nor h ide.

THE BOY AND THE B I RD ’

S EGGS .

Bv ELEANO R R . JOHNSON (AGE

I ONCE heard ofa naugh ty boy,And robb ing b i rds ’ nests to him was jo v.

Hefound a nes t , oneb r igh t Spr ing day,And theeggs t hat werein i t hetook away.

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them ot her b i rd came, heheard her cr ies ,

And thet ho ugh t ofher gr ief b rough t tears to his eves .

Heput theeggs back in to thenest ,\nd hefel t in his hear t t hat t hat was bes t .

MY FAVOR ITE EPISODE I N MYTHOLOGY.

BY M I LD R ED S'

I‘

A x LEv F LECK (AGEWHO does no t lovea handsomeand spi r i ted horse?

Of all ho rses in song and s to ry, them ost glor io us isPegasus . Flying t h rough the air, his s i l ver w ingsto u ched by thesun l ight , helooked l ikea rad ian t cloudflash ing alo f t in theb l ue. Who does not adm i re a

beau t i f u l yo ung hero such as Bel lerophon ,w ho by pa

t ien t w ai t ing mas tered thewonder fu l s teed , and by his

cou rageand dar ing s lew the ho r r ib leChim tera ? Pa

tiently, day by day , liellerophon wandered and w atchedon theou tsk ir ts o fCo r in t h , hoping to capt u rePegasus ,but in vain . So hev is i ted Palyidos , and theseer to ldhim to s leep bes idetheal tar of A t hene. In his sleephed reamed t hat A t heneappeared to him and gavehima go lden b r id le, b idd ing him S how i t to Po seidon and

sacr i fi cean o x to him . \Vaking, Bel lerophon found , tohis joy, thego lden b r id lebesidehim . Hecaugh t i t upand hastened to theal tar of Poseidon to do as A t henehad b idden h im . N o t forget t ing his grat i t udetowardA thene, heb u i l t an al tar to her. Then , w i t h theenchan ted b r id le, Bel lerophon has tened to theFoun tain ofP ier ian , to h ideand wai t for theco veted pr ize. Sud

denly, down from thesky flashed Pegasus , to q uenchhis th i rs t in thewaters of thefoun tain . Bel lerophon ,know ing now t hat thegods in tended Pegasus to behis,cool ly s l ipped theb r id leo ver his head . Pegasus sub

m itted gracefu l ly, Bel lerophon Sprang upon his back ,and up, up t hey flew in to theaz u reskv. Such r ides as

“B ITTER COLD. BY GERTRUDE I“. AGE 1 1 .

t hey had , sk imm ing over m oun tain and plain , r iver andsea ! But such del igh t co u ld no t con t inue forever .Therewas wo rk to bedone. Thek ingdom of Lyc iawas being ravaged by a

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horriblemons ter , theCh imaera,w i t h thehead ofa l ion , thebody ofa goat , and thetai lofa serpen t , and a fiery b reat h wh ich dest royed all thatcamew i t h in its reach . To s la‘y t h is mons ter

,Bellero

phon set fo r t h upon Pegasus. Bel lerophon soon dis

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covered theCh imaera by thesmokeof its fiery b reat h ,and gu ided Pegasus d irec t ly over its head . Pegasuspaused, c i rc led in theair l ikean eagleprepar ing to

swoop down upon its prey, t hen dar ted suddenl y downw ard and past the h ideo us creat u re. Wi t h a qu ickm ovemen t , Bel lerophon d rovehis spear in to them on

s ter , and the Chim zera fel l dead . And up, up flewBel lerophon upon Pegasus in to theazu resky.

THE SEAWEED NEST.

BY MA R G UER I TE BO RDEN (AGETHE li t t lemer-bab ies who l ivein theseaA rej us t as happy as happy can be;For they laugh and fro l ic in ch i ld ish glee,And when t hey aret i red away t hey sw imTo a co ral t ree, and t hereon a l imbThesleepy bab ies can peacefu l ly res tIn a dear l i t t le, pink l i t t leseaweednes t .

Thel i t t lesea-bab ies can play w i t h thesnai ls,Or r ideon thebacks of thelargest whales ;They can h un t for fishes w i t h sh ining scales,Or gen t ly float on thes i l very waves ,Or d ivefor crabs in thedeep-sea caves ;B ut thecozy nook t hat thebabes likebestI s a dear l i t t le, pink l i t t leseaweed nest .

MY FAVOR ITE EP ISODE I N

MYTHOLOGY.

BY GEO R GE KEA R NEY (AGEIT was a rainy day in March , and H ar ry

and N ina werefeel ing very sad becauseof

thebad weat her , and pou ted and cr ied and said t heywan ted to go out.

\Yby sho u ld you go said thei r m o t her .don ’ t you read you r nicenew story-book

Oh , yes,”said N ina. They opened the book on

thefi rs t page. Thet i t lewas Apo l lo ’

s Cows .

”

Look ing down , t hey read t h is : Mercu ry was theson

ofJ upi ter . H is m o ther ’s namewas Maia .

Shewas a goddess so beau t i ful t hat flowers sprang upwherever shes tepped .

Shewalked t h rough themeadow and called up theflowers from t hei r w inter s leep.

Shemadetheear t h beau t i fulw i th v iolets and b u t tercups.

Shetouched theapp le- t rees, and thesweet - smel l ingblossom s cameout .

I n thelovely m on t h ofM ay Maia takes her walk .

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B Y DOROTHY STURG I S , AGE 1 2 .

“ A W INTER srunv.

BY DOROTHY HOLT,AGE 1 0 .

[M AY,

Mercu ry was a very w isebaby, and when hewas on lya few ho u rs old heunders tood everyt h ing that wassaid to him .

On thevery fi rs t day hecl im bed out of the crad leand ran down to theseashore.

There he found a tor

to ise-shell .Hem adeholes in i t and

st rung across i t someb i tsof seaweed . Then heputi t to h is l ips and b lew uponI t .I t madesuch wonder fu l

m us ic that thet rees dancedforjoy. Theb i rds s toppeds inging to l isten. A fter a

w h i le, being t i red, helay on his back on theshore,look ing aro und for new m isch ief .As helay t herehesaw a great bluemeadow w i t h

wh i tecows feed ing in i t .They belonged to his b ro ther Apollo .

Qu i ck as t hough t heran after t hem in to a cave, wherehefastened them in.

Apo l lo was very angry w hen hefound w hat Mercuryhad done, and complained to his father , J upiter. B ut h is b ro ther was su ch a l i t t lebabyt hat Apo l lo fel t ashamed .

Then Mercu ry picked up his shell. Heb reathed upon i t and m adem usic w i t h i t .Apo l lo listened and soon forgo t his anger .He though t only of the beau t i ful m usic.Then thebig b ro ther and li t t leb ro t her hecamefr iends. Mercu ry gaveApo l lo his lyre.Apo l lo gaveMercu ry chargeo ver his cows.

You can o f ten seehim d r i v ing t hem over theb l uemeadow of thesky.

Wel l , t hat is thefinest s tory I haveeverheard ,

”said N ina. And t hey ran off to

' tel lthei r mo ther.

(S ILVER BADGE . )

THE NEST.

BY MA BEL FLETCHER (AGE(A F ormer P rize-w inner. )

LOD GED in a c rot ch ofour tal l t ree,I t h ung thes ummer t h rough ,

And theretheold b i rds sangand ch i rped ,

And t heretheyoung onesgrew .

Abo vethec louds ofd r i ft ing b loomI t heard theg reat boughs s igh ;

Thewarm w ind shook i t lov inglyA s i t passed gen t ly by.

F rom out its swaying flower-gemmedhome

I t saw thegreen t h ings grow ;Theb l uesky sm i led at i t above,Theb lossom s from below .

And such a b u rs t ofmelodyTh rough all thegarden rang,I t seemed that every l iv ing t h ingRaised up its vo i ceand sang.

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ofwh ich hetel l s mei n a l i t t lecomposi t ion , Iam to givehim a new book of h i s own choosing ; ther igh t to veto thecho iceremai n i ng wi thme, if I do not th ink thecho i cea good one.Therecomes w i th thelet ter oneof thel i t tlecomposi t ions,

” show i ng how th is n i ne-year-oldboy carr ies out h i s part oftheagreemen t .Thei dea seem s an excel len t one; bu t woul d

i t not be imp roved i f the father al so shouldwri tean Opi n ion of thebook

,so that h i s son

m igh t begu ided i n h i s j udgmen t ? I t m igh ta lso bea good p lan for thefather to m akesuggest ions as to thenew book given as a reward—especi al ly as thefather wri tes u s that h i sson ’s tastefor books i s inherited .

A COR RE S PON D I N onelet ter sen t to th i sEN T ’S V I EW S ON

“F A B L E S . departmen t a young girlwri tes that shefi nds all fables dul l ,

” and cannot read any except the“ Fables in Slang,

” abook that even theau tho r would adm i t wason ly themeres t foo l ing. Here, i t would seem ,

i s a taste that needs cu l t ivat ing. Ev i den tl yth i s young reader p refers to read w i thou t m uchth i nk i ng. Fables are, at thei r best , w i sdomstories . Thegreates t teachers th i s worl d hasever seen havechosen fables as themeans ofconveyi ng thedeepest thoughts . Someofthemost beau ti ful possessions i n al l l i teratu rearein th is form . I ndeed , thesubject i s so greatthat i n w r i t i ng of i t onegl ances in bewi l dermen t from onesor t offableto ano ther, wondering wh ich to choosei n p roof ofthei r val ue. A

greater par t of anc ien t w i sdom l ies i n fables,and in themytho logy that is l i t t lemo rethanonegreat series of fables—s tories convey ingthev iews of ancien t peop leon themos t importan t teachi ngs abou t n atu reand l i fe. Perhaps th i s young gi rl m igh t learn to changeheri dea of fables i f sheshou ld read a book l ikeRusk in ’s Queen of theA i r,

” an in terp ret i ngofthemy th or fableofA thene, from whom the

Parthenon at Athens was cal led theMaidenTemple. Bu t i t may be th is young despiseroffables d id not qu i teunderstand themeani ngoftheterm sheused . Shemay not l ikeZEsop

’s

Fables . Even then,onefeel s that th i s comes

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READERS of theopen ing art iclein th is number w i l lbeinterested in thefact that thereis in New York a

chu rch that has not only copied thebeaut iful MagdalenTower ofOxford, but for a quarter ofa century has borrowed i ts m id .air sunr iseservice. Thereis th is difi'

er

ence, however : theChapel of theGood Shepherd, inChelsea Square, New York Ci ty, holds its serviceon Easter morn ing, wh ilethat ofMagdalen Col legetakes placeon thelst ofMay. I t is not un l ikely that other American chu rches may, iftheir arch itecturemakes it possible,adopt someform ofth is beauti fu l service.

D IXON, CAL IFORNIA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : My s ister Ionehas takenyou for twelveyears, but shehas given you to menow .

I go to school and I am in thefou rth grade. S ister isin thelast year of theh igh schoo l . Wel iveth reeand

a hal f m iles from D i xon.

I go to school in thecountry and havelots offun. Igo to school on horseback . I havea horseand pony.Thepony is young and has j ust been broken. I helpedto break her m yself. Sheis a pretty littleth ing.

Psycheis my other horse’s name. Sheis a bay, and

I r ideher too. She“n ickers ” when I comenear thebarn

, and is st ill when I put theb r id leon, for I O ftenr idebareback . I also havea b lack horse. Heis Dana.I guess you th ink I havea lot of horses and pon ies

for on ly being n ineyears Old ; but I w i l l beten the3 I stofDecem ber.F r itz is my dog. Heand I loveeach other dearly .

But I lovePsychethebest of all, for I havehad herthelongest.

You r loving reader,KATHER INE GARNETT.

CAMP CONNELL, CALBAYOG, SAMAR , P. I .DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I thought you wou ld l iketoknow abo ut thePh i l ipp inech i ldren who liveon th isisland ofSamar.When wefirst cameover heretherewereno quarters,

so wehad to l ivein Calbayog. Every day four or fiveli tt legirls wou ld cometo m y w indow and say, Hel lo !F rances, you l i keme? Frances, comein, mean ingcomeout and play.They know how to talk qu itea l i ttleEnglish, and can

s ing The Star-Spangled Banner ” and many otherAmerican songs.When i t rains , even when it is th under ing and ligh tn ing, all thePh i l ipp inech i ld ren taketheir baths in themud-pudd les, and look likea lot of bi rds splash ingaboutThereis a very interest ing plant herecalled “sens itive

plant,”wh ich grows in great abundanceon this is land.

Theother day a pr isoner escaped and went throughsomeof it, leaving a tra il beh ind him madeby theplantClos ing its leaves wherever it was touched by theman ;

so theguards wereableto find him by fo l lowing theclosed leaves, which led them to deep grass in wh ich hewas hidden.

S incerely yours,FRANCES SLADEN BRADLEY (age

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havebeen read ing you foralmost a year . My mother oncehad a cat and it wentaway and stayed a year , and then cameback as ifnoth inghad happened, and walked upstairs and lay down for agood long rest. I am eigh t years old and can read all

your stories m ysel f.You r affectionatereader,

KAR IN BUSCH .

Interesting letters, which lack of spaceprevents ourpr inting, havealso been received from : Marion G. Stedman:Char les Evans, Pendleton Schenck , Ado lphVVydam ,

John B . F . Bacon, Robert M . D river, Valent ineNewton, Theresa L. B ranch , Cecel ia Wulsin, CarlGr imes, Mary B lancheAlston, Bess ieEvelyn A lston,AdelaideJones, FlorenceRamsdell, Walton Musson,Eric McL . , Wi l loughby M . Babcock, Janet E. Stevenson, Leonard W. Doy le, R uth Rosevelt, Pau l ineBeckw ith , MargaretE. Sloan, and KatherineS . Sands, HelenGraham , Agnes B r iggs, HarrietteE. Cushman.

THE COVE, SYDNEY, CAPE B RETON .

M Y DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Wearego ing to tell youabout what wedo in theChr istm as ho l iday. Thedayafterwegot homewewent out sai l ing in our l ittleboat, theSnow F lake, which is someth ing unusual at t h is t imeOftheyear . Oneth ing that was great fun that wedid wasto put thedory on a s led and pu l l it along on theice, sothat if weshould go in weshou ld besa fe. And then wewould takethedory and run alongs ideto theedgeoftheice, and then wewou ld tumb lein i t, and then wewou ldgo splash into thewater and comevery near ly to upsett ing. I guess wew ill end now , becausewehaveto goto tea. My li ttlebrothers and s ister send their love.

A lways you r loving fr iend ,KENNETH and HUGH DUGGAN.

B ENN INGTON, V'

r.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havetaken you for fiveor

six years , and enj oy you very m uch . My favo r itesto r ieshavebeen TheStory of Betty,” “Quicks i lver Sue,”Jos ieand theCh ipm unk ,” and then, Of cou rse, I l iked

all ofthosedel ight fu l stories completein onenumber.Oh, what a t imeI and my two s isters, who areboth’

yo unger than I am , havein thesummer- time! But whenwewereup at camp wehad themost fun.

Our camp was a smal l farm -housewh ich papa hadbought in connection w i th a farm , but it was such a veryneat, n iceli tt lehousethat weall though t wewou ld l iketo s leep there. So wetook Six camp-cots, sometables,and s i x Chairs, and thesweetest l i ttlestove, and therewes lept for nearly a week—mama, our governess, my twos isters, and m yself.Such fun as weall did have, cook ing, sweep ing, and

wash ing thedishes ! At least, mama did thecook ing andour governess washed thed ishes, but st i l l wehelpedthem .

On thewhole, however, weall hopeto go back nextsummer.Someother timeI w i l l tel l you abou t my two pets,

my puppy and my pony.I remain, you r affect ionatereader,

S USAN E. COLGA’

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arenot too busy , you w ill beglad to receivethefirst letter I havean apo sent you for_many moons. “Ie, your aunt and I , heard ofyour ill

ness, from timeto time, and need not tell you that inform ation ofyour rap id recovery deligh ted us greatly. You havemadeup yourm ind beforeth is that a bed is stupid except to sleep in. Wehopeyou will soon get around again, and bebusy w i th bat and ball , gol f,tennis and automob iling , as before. Your friend and uncle, BENJAM IN S M ITH .

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A las , what a confusmg game! ,3. A vivid co lo r.Pirhaps YO“‘hmk themeanIng hld From I to 2 and 3, and from I to 4 and 3, each nameT ‘5 “C I ; for lomed they makethesame.

a Pres ident ; from 3 to 5 and 6, and from 3 to 7and 6,FLORENCE R ' FAXON' each namea h istor ian . ALICE KNOWLES.

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A pr ick le. 4. A keeler. 5 . \Vithout val ue. 6. ThescienceOf l i fe. 7. Someth ing occas ional ly seen after asummer shower. 8 . A fabulous monster having the

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struct ion . 2 . Doubly behead to deal w i th, and leavetoconsume. 3. Doub ly behead theflesh of a pig, sal tedand smoked , and leaveto peruse. 4 . Do ub ly behead toswim , and leavea grain. 5 . Doubly behead sharp, andleaveto free. 6. Doubly behead an art icleof fu rnitu re,and leavea tune. 7. Doubly behead an old language,and leavea metal . 8. Doubly behead a moment , andleavea summer necess ity. 9 . Doubly behead inflated ,and leaveto possess. I o . Doubly behead a tendon, an<lleavenovel . I I . Doub ly behead a portablechai r

, and.

leavea mascu l inen ickname. 1 2 . Doubly behead an

instrument for th resh ing, and leave to t rouble. I 3.

Do ubly behead an in let from a r iver, and leavea pronoun .

Thein itials oftheth i rteen l i ttlewo rds w i l l Spel l twofam i l iar words.

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CONCEALE D K I TCH EN UTEN S I L S .

(I N th is story areconcealed thenames oftwenty-th reek itchen utens i ls . )How theath leteapothecary cal led Sam, ugly as he

was, ever cameto haveso pretty a littledaughter as isK ittieBaskett, let metellyou, it is big r iddleenough ! A

maid ofsuch ai ry gracesheis ! Her papa, ill though hecan afford it, dresses her r ich ly. To-day sheworea. hatofch ip (i t cherry-co lo red ) , on its top a nodding plume,feathers in a sort of areupon i ts br im , a dainty bowlying over ones ide, a redd ish pansy, and r ibbons, eachl ikea bright ray of l igh t. Shewears theprett iest l itt ledress I ever saw , wh i leher m other dresses magnifi

cently. As to velvet, i t formed her dress train, erm inebordered. A pretty handkerch ief, or kerch ief, crossedher bosom , fastened by a clasp I der ided beforeI knewits real val ue. L ittleKitt ie’s manners aremarked w itha glad levity, and even when asleep, latent m isch ief canbedetected in her face. Sometimes upon her head isher dainty bonnet, fastened under her ch in, a close-t iedknot of brown r ibbon, under wh ich coquett ish afl

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airherpretty head w i l l dip pertly in a gay bow to her fr iends.But I m ust step, otherw iseI wou ld pokerather slow lythrough this chron icleof her charms. MYSTICALIA.

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To depr iveof co lor. 5. Becom ingly. 6. S landerous.7. Theact of pluck ing off. 8 . Theact ofd im in ishing .

9 . Earnest and so lemn entreaty. 10. Theact ofinviting.

F rom I to 2 , thenameofa day in May ; from 3 to 4 ,anelegiac poem by Tennyson .

JOHN DUNTON KEYES.

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Tr iply behead shame, and leavecharm . 7. Tr iply behead a worm , and leaveobtained. 8. Tr iply behead a

dr ied grape, and leaveiniquityz 9 . Tr iply behead a

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Tr iply behead a cu r io us trop ical plant, and leavecon

cealed. 13. Tr iply behead to go over again, and leaveto consume. 14 . Tr iply behead harmony, and leavea

measu reof wood. 1 5. Tr iply behead to wander insearch of food, and leaveepoch . 16. Tr iply beheadtan, and leaveto scorch . 17. Tr ip] behead a city ofInd ia, and leavea smal l gulf. 1 8. Tr ip ybehead to terr i fy,and leavethewho lequant i ty. 19 . Tr iply behead theedge, and leavea mach inefor separat ing theseeds fromcotton. 2 0. Triply behead a Sw iss lake, and leavea

fem in inename. 2 1 . Tr iply behead abulwark, and leavea port ion. 2 2 . Tr iply behead a spicy seed, and leaveata d istance. 2 3. Tr iply behead -d isguise, and leavea

passageofScr i ture. 2 4. Tr iply behead a fop, and leavean instrument r adjusting thehai r. 2 5. Tr iply beheadd isgrace, and leaverespect.Thein i tials of thetwenty-fiveshort words w i l l spel l

thenameofa very popular book .ELIZABETH B . BERRY.

DOUB LE ZI GZAG.

CROSS-WORDS : 1 . Remote. 2 . S ign ificat ion. 3. To

dim . 4 . Spi r i ts ofhartshorn. 5 . Propr iety. 6 . M id

dle. 7. To d isplay . 8 . Su re. 9 . A portablelock . 10 .

Abducts . 1 1 . Sh in ing. 1 2 . New Englanders . 1 3.

Moreyouth fu l .From 1 to 1 3, a ho l iday in May; from 14 to 2 4, ah

other namefor this hol iday.E. ADELAIDE HAHN (LeagueMember ) .

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copateidea, and leavepart of theday. 3. Syncopatearoyal dwel l ing, and leavegait . 4 . Syncopateform , and

leaveflame. 5. Syncopateevi l sp ir its, and leavecaves .6. Syncopatehelp, and leavea rocky r idge. 7. Synco

pateact ive, and leavea flower. 8. Syncopateaffect ionate, and leaveprotracted. 9 . Syncopate to m ix , and

leavea measu reof length . 10. Syncopated ischarginga debt, and leavea sudden pain.

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S H UTTLECO CK O F F ATE .

By A LBERT B IGEm w PA iN E.

B UT I real ly do th i nk I m igh t win w i th

you out ofit,Eleano r Fa i r .

And I j us t know that I shou ld ca rry off thepri zei f you would n

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t compete, G raceMart i n .

KateConkl i n th rew back o ver her shoulderat m ass ofwo nderful black hai r .

A nd I am per fectl y posi t ivetha t nei ther of

you wil l w i thd raw from thecon tes t , shesa id .

lt was Sa tu rday , and theseth reeco l legegi rl swho chummed and roomed together wereperfo rm i ng thesomewhat tedious and l i kew i seinteresting du ty ofwash i ng thei r hai r . A l so ,

theywere discussi ng the l ates t p ri ze o ffer to the

j u n ior l i terary c lass— a splend idedition de[m eof Shaksperefor thebest poem on thegen iusor l i feor wo rk of tha t grea t au tho r . G raceMartin , who was slender a nd though t fu l , w i thbrown hai r and deep hazel eyes , was rega rdedas class poet

,oneto berel ied on when theocca

sion requ i red verseof any so r t— ly r ic or epi c,

graveor gay. But Eleano r Fa i r,m o reo ften

,

becauseof her comp lexion , cal led a i r E leanor,

”was a poet , too . I ndeed

,therewerethose

who though t that Eleano r’ s verses bo re the

stam p of real genius . For oneth i ng , her wo rkwas eccent r ic . One coul d never tel l whatEleano r was go i ng to do . Her poem ,

whenshewas sudden l y sei zed w i th the idea of apoem

,m igh t p roveu ncommonly bad . But

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the o ther hand , i t m igh t p roveuncommonly

good — so good as to besta rt l i ng to her classmates and i nst ruc to rs . As for KateConkl in

,

shewas not rega rded as hav i ng a pa rt i n th i spart i cu la r compet i t ion . Essays and sho rt sto rieswereher fiel d . Her p rosewo rk commanded tespec t and even adm i ra t io n . I f shehad everwri t ten any verse thefact had been careful lyconcea led . The prizehad been o ffered by ari ch man ofthel i t t leco l legetown , and perhaps ,l iketheo thers

,shehungered for i t i n her sou l .

Eleano r Fai r,stand ing by the open w i ndow ,

where the l igh t sp r ing b reeze came i n , andfl i ngi ng u p her masses of go l d to dry, took uptheth read of(liscussion.

“ I shal l w ri te a so nnet,

she sa id , “ aShaksper ian sonnet , and cal l i t s im ply ‘ Shakspere.

’ I t w i l l no t bemerely h is l i feor wo rk ,or hi s gen ius . I t w i l l be somethi ng— oh ,

a

grea t dea l mo re than any th i ng thosewo rdsmean ! Those words are all too l i t tle, too

puny,when one th i nk s of what Shakspere

has mean t to thewo rl d . That ’

s wha t I shal lpu t i n to m y sonnet . Shakspere them ighty ,thesupreme, the— theom n i sc ien t soul of theages ! I t w i l l be Shakspere— Shaksperej ust Shakspere.

As Eleano r s tood w i th the a fternoo n sunpou ri ng in on her loosened go lden ha i r , that

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sh immered back over her up l i fted arm s andhands

,her eyes ful l of thefar earnest ness of

her though t ,— shem igh t havebeen theembodiment of i n spi rat ion

,oneof thesac red n ine

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bornes t raigh t from somedim realm of song.

G raceMart i n d ropped in to her chai r .Oh

,Eleano r,

”shesaid

,i fyou arego ing to

do that , and i f you ’regoi ng to w r i teas you

look and talk,I may as wel l giveup now . I

was go i ng to w r i teabou t h i s work , thed ifferent s ides of i t

, you know— thecomedy andt ragedy and hum an i nsigh t of i t al l .

Magician by whosem yst ic wandWemarch to m us ic graveor gayMerepuppets weat his command ,

I n tragic chant or vi relay.

That was oneofthes tanzas,though i t i s n

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t as Iwant i t . I t does n’

t mean just what I w ish to

say,but therhymes areall right , and i t

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s allit

erative, and thewords arep ret ty good .

”

Eleanor had sat down too, and had lost herrap t exp ression .

Good ! Oh, Grace, I shoul d th i nk theywere! How i n thewo rl d do you always getthat perfect al l i terat ion , and how d id you everhappen to th i nk of ‘ v i rel ay ’

? I t i s a lovel ywo rd . J us t what does i t mean , anyway ?

I don ’ t k now ,exact ly I haven’

t lookedi t up . But i t ’s so pastoral , somehow . I alwaysseeshepherds blow i ng thei r p i pes , and lam bkinssk ipp ing, when I hear i t . I hOpei t means somek ind ofmer ry m us ic . I f i t does n’

t I shal l haveto use‘ roun delay , ’ and I don

’ t th i nk that i snearly so good , do y ou

Oh , no ,of cou rsenot. Eleanor had tu rned

to thew i ndow and was look ing thoughtful lydown on thewonderful old t rees and greenslopes oftheco l legegrounds below. G race

,

”

shewen t on,p resen tly , “ don

’ t you supposei tw i l l behard for thej udges to decidebetweenpoem s so differen t as ou rs w i l l be, and don ’ t youth i nk a good m any ofour fr iends w i l l bedissatisfied ,

whatever the decis ion i s ? I was,

j ustth i nk ing that wem igh t draw lo ts— long andsho rt st raws , or someth i ng l i kethat and oneofus stay out al together .

”

But KateConkl i n p ut i n a word here.

You young l adies arem ost am usi ng, shesaid

,wi th mock grav i ty .

“You havecalm l y

taken chargeofthepri zes, and even of thewelfa reof thej udges , befo reei ther of your poem si s wr i tten . H ow do you know but that I maywin theprizefrom bo th ofyou P

Don 't joke, Kate th i s i s a serious m at ter,sa i d Grace.

“ I ’Il draw lots w i th Eleanor

,if

you’11 hol d thes traws .”

“ But real l y , gi rl s , that seem s to mech i l d ’splay . Why not wr i teyou r poem s fi rs t and letmeseethem ? Perhaps even I may saveone,possibl y bo th , ofyou thehum i l ia t ion ofdefeat .

"

“ But I never cou ld supp ress a poem afterwri t i ng i t ,

” sa i d E leano r .Nor I ,

” decl ared G race.

Katesm i led i n a super io r m anner .Ah , wel l , mes mfants, behappy wh i leyou

may. Someday theedi to r w i l l h avea wo rd tosay as to that . But don ’ t draw st raws ; that

’sso tame. A t least makei t a con tes t a rou ndofgol f or a gameof tenn i s.

”

Bu t thegi rl s shook thei r heads . “ Eleano rp lays better gol f than I do,

” sai d Grace.

“And G racegenera l ly beats meat tenn is ,p ro tested Eleano r .Kate Conkl i n ’s eyes wandered abou t the

wal ls whereleaned or hung theparaphernal i aof thei r various games . Over her desk therehung an engrav ing of Shakspere, and j ustabovei t a pai r of racquets somewhat d ifferentfrom thoseof tenn is or p i ng-pong. Tied to

them were two feather-pl umed corks. The

gi rl’s eyes b rightened .

Oh , Eleano r ! Grace!”shesaid .

“ I havei t ! J ust thegame! Shakspereh im sel f perhapspl ayed i t . Bat tledore and sh u ttlecock ! Ibough t theset a long t imeago ,

j us t becausei tseemed old and quai n t . We’

11 go out thereunder thet rees , and you shal l pl ay .

”

But I never p layed it in my l i fe, sa idEleanor.

Nor I,sa id G race.

All the bet ter . You start even . I w i l llook up ther ules i n my book of games , andbeumpi re. You w i l l dec ideth is momen tousquest ion i n a way that Shaksperem igh t haveapproved . Sweet l ad ies , i t i s shu t tlecock weshal l play a t now.

Katehad al ready taken a worn book fromher shelves an d was tu rn ing thepages .

“ Hereit i s,

sheannoun ced .

‘Thepl ay

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to a c l ass lec tu re, aren’t we

,Grac ie? We’

11

begood , and wri teourpoem s and compete, andfo rgi ve the resul t , whatever i t may be

,

though , of course, I supposewe’11 never be

qu i tethesameto each o ther again, wh i cheverw i n s . Now let ’s takethebeans back to the

cook , so shecan havethem i n t imefor di nner.”

Eleano r sc rambled up and d ragged Gracetoher feet . A momen t la ter theth ree

,w i th thei r

arm s abou t oneano ther , wereen teri ng theold

co l legebu i ld i ng t hat had echoed to thel ightfoo tstep and l augh ter and mer ry vo ices of so

m any generat ions ofhappy gi rl s .As commencement day app roached, thebig

room wheretheth reechum s dwel t an d to i ledtogether becamethesceneof m uch al ternate

joy and so r row. Eleano r ’s sonnet was not

execu ted as easi l y as i t h ad been concei ved .

Many ofthel i nes werew rought i n angu ish andt r ibu la tion of sp i r i t . As for G race, her poemwas accom pl i shed w i th mo reease, but therewerem omen ts when i t seemed to her u t terl ybad

,j ust as therewereother t imes when i t

seemed a genu inei nspi rat ion . Thegi rl s d idnot read thei r poem s to each o ther . Kate, whowas unusual ly defer red to , had forb idden that .Nei ther had sheperm i t ted thepoem s to bereadto her.

I should becerta in to offer ad v ice, shesa id

,which m igh t beei ther a good or a bad

th i ng for thepoem,and nei ther woul d befai r .

No ; I w i l l shareyou r joy or m i nglemy tearsw i th you, bu t keep your poem s concealed . Be

sides , as I haveremarked befo re, I may concl udeto wr i teonem ysel f.”

“ You’

d better be at i t , then , i n s tead of

po r ing allday and hal f then igh t over thoseoldexam s

,

" admoni shed Eleano r You’

ll find i ti s n’

t so easy to w r i tepoet ry .

Perhaps Katedid not fi nd i t easy to wri teanyth i ng. Shehad m any though ts— so manythat her pen did not find thei r exp ression al igh t task , even when thep roblem was oneof

per iods , and not ofmeasu res and rhymes . Butsomet imes

,when theo thers werevexi ng them

sel ves wi th thesem atters,shewould wander out

aloneunder theanc ient t rees,and

,ly i ng on the

grass, would let thew i nds wh isper,and the

b i rds s ing, and theleaves gossi p to her, j ust aslong centur ies ago they had wh ispered and sung

and gossi ped , on thebanks of theAvon, to

a boy who , l i steni ng to thesevo ices of theai r,had perhaps fi rs t d reamed of the fo res ts of

A rden . Somet imes shehad sl i pped for th in themoon l igh t , to befor a l i t t leunder the t reesalone, to seethemoon - rays m akefai ry jewel softhedew, and to p i c tu reto hersel f theStratfo rd boy thus watch ing for Park and Oberonand al l thec rew that wereoneday to assemblei n a m i dsummer n ight

’s d ream . I t was alwaystheboy Shaksperewho cameto her. True

,i t

was theman who had w r i t ten and m oved the

world ; but i t was theboy who had l i nked himsel f as onew i th natu reto woo themystery ofthen igh t and thew ind and thet rees — so ft lyto l ay h is ear to thevery breath i ng of theuniverse. Shehad always mean t someday to saytheseth i ngs . What i f sheshoul d say them i nverse Could shedo i t s imply, w i thou t stra i ning after rhymes and phrases— w i thou t l ameness or affectation ? Cou ld shedo i t i n a waythat would havepleased that boy h im sel f ?H ow real hebecameto her! Somet imes

“

,as

fleet i ng bi ts and l i nes s trayed th rough herthought , shewas ready to ask him i f thus i twas hehad dreamed i n that long-ago t ime, andi f i t was i n such measu rehewould wi sh her totel l of i t now.

And so thedays passed and theafternoon ofcommencemen t came. On thec rowded pro

gramme the “ ShaksperePoem ” compet i t ionby thej un ior l i terary c lass had been set down ,but not thenames of thosewho wereto com

pete. I t was a featu re that cameafter thereadi ng oftheva r ious graduat ion papers oftheseniors

,and real ly closed theexerci ses of the

day . Among thec l ass-members the generalfeel i ng was that thereward would go to G raceMarti n u n less Eleano r Fai r should comeforward

,as shewas l ikely to do , wi th oneof her

s tar tl ing th i ngs th at camenobody could tel lhow or when , and from a sou rceof i nspi rat ionequal l y m ysterious . Of cou rseo thers wouldh avepoem s— l i t t leHattieParker , for one; butthey would beoffered mo reas a feat u reof theen tertai nmen t than as a part ofthecom pet i t ion .

Oh , i t was a wonderfu l afternoon , thegreatassem bly-hal l c rowded wi th studen ts and thei rvisi tors

,among wh i ch werem any paren ts

p roud , hopeful , or anxious, as they bel ieved in ,

TH E

or fea red for, thei r loved ones . A nd amongthoseo l der o nes thereweremany who ten or

twenty or th i rty years befo re, perhaps , haden tered tha t same hal l , thei r hea rts beati nghigh wi th you th

, to say and do and p rom i sewhat th i s new generat ion wou ld say and do

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feet march by and real i zed how soon theywould bem i ngl i ng w i th theg reat h um an t ideoftheou tsidewo rl d .

And abovean d abou t and everywherewereflowers . A l l thewal l s and the cei l i ng wered raped and festooned w i th them ,

and theele

ELEANOR'

S SONNET NOT EXEC UTED EAS I LY .

and p rom i seto-day . To someof them camethat old commencement couplet ,

Stand ing w i th expectant feetW'

herethebrook and r iver meet,

wh ich , old and tri te though i t was, did not

seem so now, as they watched the“expectan t

vated s tageat theend was banked and pi ledw i th b loom . Then , oneafter another, thesweet ,whi te- cl ad mai dens read thei r papers or gavethei r reci tat ions

,and am i d the swel l i ng ap

plausewerewel comed by thei r own. And theyears of yesterday seemed to fal l away fromthoseol der ones

,who fo rgo t tha t they wereno

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longer young, and renewed thei r old plans andhopes and dream s i n m i ngl i ng them w i th thoseof thei r ch i ld ren .

But now at l ast cametheShaksperecom

pet i tion . Thenews of i t had been spreadamong thev i s i t i ng audien ce, and a qu iet i n terest had becomegenera l , though m os t of the

gi rl s wh ispered to their parents thei n fo rm at ionthat theonl y real contest was between two,

GraceMart i n and E leano r Fai r .They grew st i l l now,

for a name had beencal led , and a b right- faced gir l s tepped to the

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ed ito r lean over to thegreat autho r, and i n thesudden si lencethat had fol lowed theapplauseh i s words cameto her ear. Oh , morethanany appl auseor pr izeth i s mean t to her

,for i n

her heart was wak ing theoneand m igh ty am

bition that thewo r ld shou ld hea r and know.

But now therewas a flut ter th rough theaudience

,for ano ther namehad been cal led

,an d

E leano r Fa i r had gone to thepl at form . I ttook bu t a m omen t or two

,thereadi ng of her

fourteen l i nes . Therewas a cu r ious exp ress ionon theeditor ’ s faceas hel i stened .

THREE COLLEGE G IR LS \VHO CHU M M ED A ND ROO M ED TOGETHER .

pl atfo rm and read a graceful poem en t i t ledWhen ShakspereL ived .

”Theverses were

not w i thou t p rom i se, and the reader b l ushedw i th p leasu rea t theappl ausethat fo l lowed hereffort . Then ano ther n amewas cal led— tha tof HattieParker ; and p resent ly theaudiencewas happy and l aughing w i th her i n l i sten ingto her poem of Gobbo an d Tom bstone

,and

thei r l i ke, ent i t led Shakspere’s Merry Men“That gi r l w i l l beheard from someday

,

sa id a d i st i ngu i shed ed itor to a gray-hai redm an i n fron t of him , an autho r whosenamei sfam i l i ar to every reader ofbooks .L i t t leHatt ie Parker had finished and was

passing t hem j ust then . She saw the great

A big thought , hem uttered ; “too big for

a gi rl l i kethat . Somefinel i nes,too , but, on

thewhole, hard ly a success . And though theaudienceapplauded and waved

,as they always

d id when fai r E leano r read , therewas thefeeling tha t th i s was not oneofher s tar tl i ngly goodperfo rmances , an d th at i t was mo rethan l ikelyGraceMart i n woul d win. G racehad al readyappeared i n responseto her name

,and the

audiencehad grown very stil l . Shewas a tal l ,sweet- faced gi r l , and sheread i n aneven

, gen tlevoicethat won her hea rers . Her verses

,too

,

wereas smooth as flowi ng water .Thebest p ieceof l i tera ry workmansh i p so

far,

”whi spered thegreat edi to r to h i s friend i n

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MARY’

S MEADOW ING .

Thereis in England a custom , cal led Mary ’s Meadow ing, ” of plant ing for

eign w i ld flowers and garden favor i tes in thewoods, in thehopethat someof

thesemay becomenatu ral i zed there, anti thus increasethebeauty of theforest .

M zry,L ady jlfmy ,

Fair ofe/zeek and brow,

D ang/I ter of a lznndred ear/s,

W/u'

t/zer goes! Mon

I nMeflirty morning ?

Oh, I go a-meadow i ng ,As my m o ther wen t befo re

,

Through thebudding woodlandAnd by theca l l i ng sho re.

I go to set thebloodrootWherepaleLen t l i l ies grow,

To teach thebl ue- fr inged gent ianBy an Engl i sh b rook to blow .

Peon ies and gol den rodTo plan t i n woodland del l s ,

Wherethey shal l seew i th wonderThenodd ing foxglovebel ls .

0 cruelLady jl/ary,

Your tenderplanfs will die,jl/z

’

ssz'

ng t/zesafegarden

And your loving nn’

nz'

siry

I n Melone/y wood/and .

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Nay ; God ’s sun w i l l sh i neon themAnd h i s sweet ra i n w i l l fal l

As wel l i n thew i ld woodlandA s by m y garden wal l .

A/A,thong/t iles; Lady rlfory ,

[f out oneflood - 11m }! break

I n ifs [onerrroodlnnd ex i/e,

IV/wl answer w illyon nut/re

72) Megra i l Gardener ?

Nay ; bees and bi rds and ch i ld renWi l l g i vethem welcomesweet ,

And thetal l oaks sm i ledown on t hemA -bloom i ng at thei r feet .

And i t m ay besomeex i led sou lWhom God hath set to roam

Out i n thewo rld ’ s w idewoodl andFrom a safega rden home

May meet someex i led flowerWi th i n thefo rest w i ld ,

And let i t lead him homeaga i n ,Oncem o rea l i t tlech ild .

B ut ifno su ch a ngel m i n i st ryA s th is bet hei rs to w in,

St i l l thegreat Gardener , heed ing al l ,Wi l l coun t i t no t a s i n

Tha t flowers agai n areneighbo rsThat haveno t met befo re

Sinceour Lady Eved id tend themU pon Euph rates ’ sho re

were on our way to Moscow,

A r thu r Crabt reeand I . Wehadmet i n Belgi um ,

and as i t wastedious t ravel i ng alone, I accep ted h i s proffered company ; besides , of cou rse, i f hechoseto r un ther i sk ofhav i ng h i s nosefrozen off

,he

had a perfec t r igh t to do so . So beho l d us ,wel l enveloped i n cloaks and fu rs

, gi v i ng our

fingers an d toes a final warm i ng at the l i t t lestation ofZ wh i lewewai ted for our sledgeand post -d ri ver to m akethei r appearan ce.By and by them aster of thestat ion pu t h i s

head i n a t thedoo r . I van i s wai t i ng, m ostwo rthy and excel len t s i r. N ot knowi ng mynameor rank , and determ i ned to givemesomet i t le

,thesegood peoplecal led me“ wo rthy

,

”

excel len t , and “ respectab le” so con t i nual lythat I began to en ter ta i n qui tea h igh idea of

my own cha rac ter .Come, Crabt ree, I sai d cheer ful ly , and we

hastened out i n to thel i t t lecou rtyard , whereourblack , coffin- l ikesledgewas stand ing, w i th ast rong l i t tlehorseha rnessed to i t .Therewas a busy hu r ry i ng to and fro, and a

j i nglean d c l ang of sharp - toned bel l s . Our

l i t t leho rsehad a hal f- hoop over its neck , andthebel l s , wh i ch werel argeand loud , hung i nth i s, and swu ng and sounded thei r sharp no tesw i th every toss ofh i s shaggy m ane.

Thed river final l y came,pu l ling h is fu r cap

down over his head,and j ust as wecameout

het ucked a pai r ofpi sto l s i n to h i s bel t and off

westarted .

“What arethosep i stol s for, I van ? ”

For thewo lves, mos t respectablesi r, hesa id

,w i th a gravesm i le.

Wo l ves !” ej acu l ated Crabt ree, w i th a star t .Yes

,wo lves , l i t t legent leman ,

” sai d I van .

But perhaps weshal l seenone. That i s as the

good sai n ts w i l l . Sti l l , i t i s best to beready .

Somet imes wemet ano ther sledge, and I vanwoul d speak a wo rd or two to thedr iver .

Therehavebeen no wol ves seen th i s far ,wo rthy si r . Thoset raders havecometh roughfrom Moscow .

”

Presently a handsomesledge, d rawn by twofineho rses , dashed past us . I van drew hi sl i tt leho rsehum bly out oftheway. Thegentleman all wrapped up i n furs i n theback seatbowed cou rteously as hewas wh i sked by .

“ That i s P r i n ceD ch ,” sa id I van .

“He

owns al l thel and here. Hei s verv good . Therewas someth i ng hed id oncethat you m igh t l iketo hear .Therewas on cea pos t-dri ver who , wi th h i s

w i fean d son, l i ved i n asm al l housenea r thes tat ion wehavej ust passed . I n summer hedrove a droshky and in wi n ter a sledgebetween h i s v i l l ageand thestat ion sometwel veversts (abou t eigh t m i les) farther on. Wel l , he

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wrapped i n h i s long cloak . Hej umped i nto thesledgew i thou t a wo rd , and in a m oment theywereoff. Dm i try waved hi s h and to old Stepanof, who s tood shak ing h i s head after them .

Oh , how co l d i t was, and how thesnowdrifted i n thei r faces ! Thesecreta ry pu l led uptheco l lar ofh i s cloak and loosened thep istol si n his bel t .

B oy, areyou su reyou k now theway ?No

,Si r Sec retary

,

’ said Dm i t ry,m odes t ly ;

‘ I canno t besure i n thi s s to rm : bu t I knowFeodor k nows theway.

’

“Thesecreta ry sh rugged h is shoul ders . Iwas mad to attempt i t , ’ hem ut tered .

Col der and darker grew thenight . The

sec retary dozed somet imes . Feodor ’s bel l sj ingled slow l y ; it was heavy work

,draw i ng the

sledgeth rough theu nbroken s now . But whenever the secreta ry waked

,therewas Dm i t ry

,

sl app ing h im sel f to keep from freezi ng, or t alking cheerine to the pony . He alwaysseemed aler t and w i deawake

,so by and by

thesec reta ry fo rgo t that hewas not i n his owncom for tab lebed

,and hefel l fast asleep .

Hewaswaked by thes topp i ng ofthesledge.

L ights werem ov i ng abou t , and Dm i t ry wassay ing : Weareat thesta tion , Si r Sec reta ry .

Do you w i sh for any th i ng ?’

“ The sec retary j um ped out,yawn ing and

st retch i ng h im sel f.Haveyou been awakeal l thet ime, ch i l d ?A l l thet ime

,si r. ’

H ow haveyou m anaged i t ?’

Dm i t ry sm i led , and d rew theknifeoneof

themen had given him out ofh i s bel t . Somet imes I was forgett i ng ; then see

’- shov i ng up

h i s sleeveand showi ng smal l p r i ck s i n h i s arm .

‘Wew i l l stay herehal f an hou r ! ’ shou tedthesecretary

,

‘ i f al l thedespat ches i n thedom inion wai t . Someof you fel lows r ub downth i s horse. Shal l hehavesometh i ng to eat ?heasked Dm i t ry .

“ ‘Somesa l t fi sh,p lease, Si r Secretary ,

’ sai dDm i t ry , th ink i ng of Feodo r ’s pleasu re.

Come,now

,

’ and thesecreta ry hal f carriedtheboy i n to the room . Hecal led thehost

,

and soon somebread and sausage, and a s teaming kett leoftea, werepl aced on thetabl

“ ‘Here,dri nk and eat,

’ sai d the sec retary,

push i ng thet h i ngs toward Dm i t ry .

HUNE,

m u rm u red Dm it ry,hal f

Hedrank a glass ofthescald ing tea thirst i ly,and by and by began to eat.

Thesecreta ry , walk i ng up and down theroom

,w atched him k indly

,but anx iously .

What a stu rdy,fai th ful spi r i t !’ hesa id to him

sel f. Theprinceought to havehim .

’

Presen tly,when hesaw theboy had fin ished

hesai d br iskly‘Wel l , Dm i t ry , shal l wego on agai nDm i t ry rosequi ckly . I am ready‘That ’s right deeds

,not words , said the

sec reta ry,l augh i ng, and i n a few m i n u tes they

wereoffaga in .

On,on i n to the s to rmy n igh t . Feodor

shook thesnow out of his eyes and ploddedsteadi ly forward .

“They wereneari ng theresiden ceofthep ri n ce.

Thesecreta ry was w i deawakenow . Somet imes Feodo r would stop and sno r t

,as i f to

say , ‘Where now Then Dm i try woul dtu rn to thesecreta ry

,and after a few words

Feodo r woul d t ro t on aga in .

A t l as t thegreat gates werereached . The

secreta ry sprang out and rang a bel l wh ich theyhea rd c la t ter i ng and clangi ng a long way off.

L igh ts m oved to an d fro,vo ices talk i ng , an d

presen tly thegates opened,an d thesecreta ry

walked i n to thecou rtyard,fo l lowed by poo r

,

t i red l i tt le Feodo r,w i th s team i ng s ides and

droopi ng head , h is hal f- frozen l i tt lem aster st i l lhold i ng therei ns .

“ A sp lendi d personagei n vel vet and gol dl acehur ried out to meet them .

His H ighness has been expec t i ng you

anx iously , Si r Secretary;’hesa id

,bow ing low ,

‘but had gi ven up al l hope, then igh t bei ng so

storm y .

’

“ ‘ I woul d never havereached herehad i tnot been for th i s ch i l d

,

’ said thesecretary,l i ft

ing Dm i t ry to thegrou nd .

‘Takehim andt reat him wel l . ’“ ‘But Feodo r

asleep .

“ ‘His H ighness’s own groom shal l seeto

Feodo r ,’ sai d the secreta ry , beckon i ng to one

ofthemen.

‘ Feodo r i s thebest l i t t leho rseIever saw .

’ And Dm i t ry went offwel l p leased .

Nex t m orning thesecreta ry sen t for theboy.

Wel l , my young fr iend , now what rewardshal l I gi veyou for last n ight

’s wo rk

I go4 .]

Theboy ’s facefl ushed .

‘Only to seethe

p rince,Si r Secreta ry ,

’

hesa id husk i ly .

On ly to see thepri nce! That i s easi lydone. for hehas requested meto bri ng you to

D M ITRY STEPI‘ED OUT I NTO THE L IGHT .

him ,

’ sa id thesec retary ; but come, now,what

wi l l you havefor you rself ?’

Only to seethep ri n ce,’ sa id Dm i t ry

,so ft ly .

Wel l , come, then , you odd ch i ld and thesec reta ry led him th rough room after room , t i l l

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they cameto onewherethepri n ce, i n a furl i ned d ress i ng-

gown sat a t b reak fast .“ ‘Therei s the p ri n ce. ’ sai d the sec reta ry .

Now , i f you ha veanyth i ng to say , say i t .’

‘1 m m. TA KE YOU, S I R SECRETARY .

’

Dm i t ry h u rried fo rwa rd and th rew h im sel fat thefeet of thep rin ce

,who was sm i l i ngly

rega rd ing him . My father he gasped ,then bu rst in to loud sobs. The p ri n ceki nd lyraised h im ,

and then hetol d how long hehad

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hoped for a chanceto plead for h i s father, whohad been now two years i n p ri son for say i ngwhat hedid not mean ,

’ sobbed Dm i t ry . Hetol d of h i s m other ’ s p rayers an d tea rs , of the

uDM I

’

I‘

RY H UR R IED FORWA RD AND T H R E\V H I M S ELF AT THE FEET OF TH E PR INCE.

lonel y home, of thehope, th at had sustai nedhim al l thep rev ious n igh t , that i f hecould onlyseethep ri nceall would yet bewel l .

The p ri nce an d his sec reta ry exchangedlooks of sympathy ; and then , rai s i ng thech i l d ,who had agai n th rown h im sel f at h i s feet , thep ri ncep rom i sed that i f h i s i nfluencecould doi t h i s father shoul d befree.

DM ITRY .

And now , said I van , Dm i t ry theel der i smaster ofthepo st stat ion yonder

,and theyoung

man you saw driv i ng theprince’ s sledgej ustnow i s theboy who r i sked h is l ifeto win h i s

father’s pardon . Now ,

wo rth y and mos t excellent si rs , herei s thestation . This i s as fa ras I go ; you w i l l getano ther d river here.

I van badeus good -by

w i th m any sm i les andbows

,and westumbled

in to the warm l i t t leroom at thestat ion asfas t as our hal f- frozenfeet would let us .I n came the hos t

w i th h i s ket tleof tea,

and C rabt reeimmediatel y scalded hismou thw i th it— hehad donethat regul a rly at everystat ion at wh ich wehad s topped .

H ow long w i l l yourem ain here

,most wor

sh ip ful gen tlemenasked thehos t, wi th atwink lei n h i s eyes ashesaw poo r C rabt ree’sdi stu rbed face I tw i l l soon snow

,and

he gave a ca reless

gl anceat thesky .

Can you giveus a

good room“ Excel lent , worthy

gentleman , and to -mor

row you wi l l havethebes t ho rsebetween th i sp laceand Moscow.

Wel l , C rabt ree, what do you say ? I t doeslook l ikesnow ,

and“ And I smel l someth i ng aw ful l y good out

there,” sa id C rabt ree, whose burned mou th

perm i t ted him to speak again .

“ Let us stay,by all means . Wedon ’ t ca reto play Dm i tryand thesecretary to-n ight , a t al l events .

A . L . F .

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690 M I STRESS FLYNN

yep refer : to beroasted aforethefire, or stewedin a saucepan ? ’ Siz theDuck to theCook ,siz he, I f i t ’S all thesameto yersilf, I

’d sooner

bebi led i n a shtrameav col d wather . ’“An

’ i f I had theful l av a cup av that sameco l d wather a t theprisint m omen t ,” si z she

,

“ I ’

d bemorethank ful an ’ less thi rsty . Me

heart ’s broke,

” si z she,

“wid theload an ’ thefatiguean

’theh ate.

”

Pur ty soon shebegan to get drowsy , an’wor

i n theac t av composin’hersilffor a nap, wh i n

shesat up suddin- l i kean’ s i zWh i sh t siz she. What ’

s that beyant ?”

An ’ wel l shem igh t ; for r igh t undher the

i f :

shadeav a big fern , almost w i th i n racheav herarrum

,wid h is head rest i n ’ on thetop av a con

vanient toadstool an ’ h i s legs com fortably c rossedover a lea f av thebracken , laywan av theL i t tlePeople

,fast asleep .

’

T i s thefai ry postman , mutthered she.

There’5 thel i t tleleather m ai l -bag, an

’ thebl uej acket wid brass bu t tons , an

’

theshtovepipehatwid thegould band . Ah

,but i t ’

s thel u ckywom an I am th is day , siz she. TheL i t tleMan knows i very c rock av goul d an

’

trisurethat ’

s bu ried i n theCounty Roscommon .

”

AND THE POT OF GOLD . {JUNE,

An ’, boul di n’

her breath for fear av wak in ’

h im, sheerep ’ up shly, an’ c l u tched h im wid

bo th han ds. TheL i t tleMan kicked an ’ s t ruggled , but i t wor no good ; for Ki tty had him so

t igh t that h i s heart leap t i n t i l h is mou th an ’ h i sribs curled round h i s backbone.

An ’ what may yebe a-wantin’wid me

,

good woman si z he, wh in hewor fa ir ly awake.Good wom an yersilf,

” si z she, i n a

JM ISTRESS FLYNN DI SCOVERS A FA IRY R ING.

5b

Av yedon’ t Show metheshpot, siz she,

“ye

’

11 not on’

y be l ate, bu t l atelaminted.

”

(Wh i ch , as yersilf can see, wor a joke. )

M isthress Flynn , m adam , at yer sarvice,th i n

,

” si z he.

I want yeto l i nd thehel p av yer assi stanceto a lonew iddy , s iz Ki t ty .

I k now noth i n ’ respictin’

thetrisure, s iz he

Who axed ye si z she.

I seei t i n yereye,”Siz he.

Troth , ye’ll seei t i n mepocket aforewe

part company,s i z she.

I don ’ t know wherei t i s , s iz he.Yedo , si z she.

’T i s a long way off

,

”siz he.

We’lI t ramp i t, s iz she.

“Bu t I ’m l ate,

” s iz he, an’thek ing expicts

q NHSTRESS FLYNN

L'avemego ,siz he, an ’ I ’

ll tel l i t to

I ’

ll l ’aveyego , siz she,

wh in yeshow i tto me.

“Thi n comealong, s iz he.

I wi l l tha t,

”siz she.

An ’ off they sta rted , shecarryin’him

,her

two hands c lasped round h i s wa i s t wid a gri pav i ron

,an ’ wid a bag sl ung over her back to

hould thegould i n .

Wh ich way do I go s i z she.

Shtraight beyer nose, siz he.

D’

yemock me? siz she. For, su re, hernosep

’

inted Shtraight upwa rds i n a l i newidthenort h sta r .

N iver a bi t, siz he.

as yego .

”

An ’ shefo rgo t thehatean’thehunger, an

’

thep rov i s ions i n themarket-basket , an’ hobbled

along l i kea paydistrian a t a wal k i n’

m atch .

They had been thravelin’for somet ime

,wh i n

who shoul d happen along bu t M ikeLan igan ,thehedgeschoo lm aster .Whi n Ki tty seehim , shesi z to theL i t tleManHere ’

5 that interfarin’ blathersk i te, MikeLan igan , a-com in ’ . For fea r he’

ll beobsarvin’

ye, I’lljist drop yei n t i l thebag, siz she. An ’

widout aven a by yer l’ave or an axin ’

yerpardon ,”shed ropped him i n , keepi n

’ al l thet imea sha rp bolt on themou th av thesack .

“Good mom i n ’,M isthress Flynn ,

”siz Mike,

wid an illigant flou ri sh .

s iz she, sho r t ly , for sheached to

get ri d av him .

“Pox layenm ,s i z he, purlitely, for hewor a

very edicated gintleman,an ’ so l ’a rned that he

aven used to dhramei n thedead languages .What packs 0

’ tay come? siz she. In iver ordhered anny , an

’

whoiver siz I d id ’s an

imposthor, an’ I won ’ t t ake’em

Yem iscomprehind me, m a’am

,si z he

,wid a

waveav hi s hand .

’

T i s a co ta t ion from theanncient Lat i n , an

’ i t manes,P ’acebewid ye,

”

si z he.

Tro th , I ’d a dalerather that pace’

d bewid me, si z she, “ than MikeLanigan or annysich jabberin

’haveril,

” si z she.Ye’

recomplimenthary, m a’am

,siz he, for

hewor n’

t aisy to oflind . An ’ what haveyei n yer sack , i f I may makeso bould si z he.

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AND THE POT OF GOLD . 69 1

“ Joy go wid ye, th i n , siz he. An ’ hewi n taway wondherin’ a t her l ack av apprec i a t ion avh i s improvin

’ an ’ intertainin’ conversat ion .

As soon ’s hi s back wor tu rned , Kitty grabbed

bould av thecol l ar av thefai ry ’s j acket an ’ tukh im out av thesack ag

’ i n .

I s i t m uch farther ? Siz she.

I t i s,

”siz he. Yego along theroad o ver

an ’ beyant Benauchlan, an’wh i n yerachethe

t ’ other sideav theh i l l , yetu rn down thel anefom inst La rry Ba rry ’s bould i n ’ , an

’

wh i n ye

cometo theWiddy G reen ’s turfshtack, wid the

l i t tlec lam ps av t u r f rou nd i t , yecross thesh tile,an ’ fo l ly thepad road for a m i leor so , th roughthech urch meadows , a n ’ past Drummoch-a

Vanaghan bog, ontil yecomet i l l a l a rget i nac refiel d wid a fairyfort i n the c in ter av them i ddleav i t

,s iz he.

An ’,bethesametoken

,I may as wel l beex

plainin’

to yez that a fai ry for t i s i n thenaytu reav a mound wid an ilivated deprission i ni t,undhernathewh i ch theL i t t lePeoplehould

their coort.An ’ i n that field

,

” s iz theL i t tleMan , “ ina shpot I

’ll di rec t yeto , ye

’ll find thegou ld .

”

“ Su re, s i z Ki t ty ,’

t i s meown fiel d ye’re

afther For Ki t ty m inded thefa i ryr i ng shehad seen earl y that mornin

'

.

Thi n,

” s i z he, yer title‘

to thetrisure’ll be

thecl’arer.

”

A lig av po rk , si z she.

’

T i s a l ively lig ,

” s i z he,for heseetheL i t~

tleMan a-squirmin’ i n thesack , “

an’

wouldm akethefort in av a race-horseav hecouldm atch i t .”

I m i n t a suckin’

pig, si z She.

I s i t dhressed ? si z he.

’T i s al ive

,

”Siz she.

Wheremay yebetak i n’ i t ? siz he.

Home,” s iz she.

Thi n yem aneto sarcum transmigratetheworruld

,ma

’

am si z he,

seein’ as i t ’s on’

y yer

back as i s fac in for home.

”

N i ver yethroubleyer head nayther abou tmefaceo r meback

,siz she.

“ They ’

llmoind

theirsilves,

”siz she.

Can I car ry i t for ye? si z he.

“Yecanno t s i z she.

“Yecan ca rry yers i l f ofl

'

,an ’ I ll be thank ful , an

’

good l uckto ye

69 2

Shmall thanks to ye, siz she,

“ for giv i n’

mewhat ’

5 me,

own a ’ ready .

”

Wel l , afther a long an’

tajus walk , they kemto thefiel d ; an

’wh i n theL i t tleMan p

’

intedout thepl ace

,sheshcraped up a l i tt lehape

av ear th , and set thetu rf indways on thetopav i t .

I ’ll besu reto rayeognizei t ag

’ i n,

siz she.

Yew i l l ,”siz he; an ’ now meconthract ’

s

complate, I'll bel ’av i n ’ ye, av yepl

’ase.

”

Don ’ t beonaisy si z She.

I ’

m not,

” si z he,but ristless.

pic ted at theking’s coort .

”

“ Tel l ’em yewor subpanied as a spictatin’

w itness i n another coort, s i z she.

“But I ’

veletthers to del iver,

” si z he.An

' I ’veletthers to recave, si z she; an ’

they ’

repri n ted round therim av a goul d piece,an ’ whi n I radeth im yecan go ,

” s iz she.

What ’

ll yebedo i n’wid me? ” si z he.

Tak i n ’ ca reav yefor thenigh t,” s i z she

,

an ’ seein’

yedon’ t overshlapeyersilfas yedi d

theday .

”

An ’ away they wi n t,an ’ i n coorseav t ime

they rached Ki tty ’s house,wh in

,s i z sheto the

L i t tleMan , Av ye’11 givemeyer wo rd not to

l ’avetheroom,but to del iver yersilf up to me

in them ornin’

,I ’11 let yeloosefor thenight ,

”

s iz she; “ but av yedon’ t I ’

ll tieye, hand an’

fut,to thebidpost.

”

TheL i t t leMan gaveh i s wo rd , an’ afther a

b i t they sat down quoiet an’

paceableover abigbowl av s t i rabou t an ’ buttherm ilk.

As Ki t ty wor c l ’arin ' off thed ishes aftherwards shechanced to papeout av thew i ndy

,

wh i n , turnin’

to theL i t tleMan , Shes izConcaleyersilf! There

’

s that m ischavousoul d gossip B ridget O

’

H ara a-com i n ’ . Sureavshe’

d stayed t i l l sheworwan ted she’

d wa i t ontilal l thesands in Ould Father Time’s hou r-gl asswor scatthered over Bundoren Beach

,

”siz she.

Good siz B ridget O’

H ara,as she

l i fted thela tch and opi ned thedoo r,an ’ good

avenin ’ t i l l ye, M isthress Flynn .

”

Good siz Kit ty .

An ’ how d ’ yefind yersilftheday ? siz she.Tired wid a ha rd day ’s worruk

,

” si z K i t ty,

and longin’

for shlape!”

“ I t ’s mesilf as won ’ t beb i nderi n ’ ye, si z

B iddy, “but I heard a foo l i sh shtory from Mike

I ’m ex

M ISTRESS FLYNN'

AND THE POT OF GOLD . HUM .

Lan igan theday, an’ I though t it meduty to be

tel l i n ’ yeav i t .”

What w ’

u’

d yeexpic t from a donkey bu t ahee-haw? ” siz Ki tty .

Hesiz that ye’vebi n poachin

’ i n D rumdarra wood

,an ’ hem it yewid a sack ful av hares

an ’ rabbi ts an ’ wid a braceav phisants u ndher

yer arrurn, s iz she.This pu t Ki t ty i n a quandary ; for shesee

Biddy wor jist aten up wid curiosi ty,an ’ she

did n’

t know how to beexplainin’

thebag, wh i ntheL i t tleMan hel ped her out av thesch rapeby upsettin

’

the shtool on wh ich Biddy wors ’ated

,and topplin

’

her over on theflure.

Sureyer housei s bewi tched ,”siz she, as she

pi cked hersilfup and flew out av theroom i n arage.

E nix t morniri’ Kit ty wor up ,an ’ sthirrin

’ a foreBenauchlantop wor a blushin

’ at thefi rs tw i nk av sun ri se. Shetuk the

LittleMan , who del iveredhimsilf up accordin

’ toagramint, an

’ pu t him nu

dher a m ilkpan on

i

theflure

,wid a big sthoneon

the top for a so l id foundat ion . Thi n sheshouldhered a shpadean

’med Shtraight for the

trisurefiel d .

But, oegorra / she c u d sca rcebel ayeher

eyes a t thesigh t tha t m i t her wh in shegotthere. Thefiel d ‘

wor covered from i nd to i nd ,an ’ from -c i n ter to diamether, wid l i t t lebapes avearth

, each wid a tu r f on top exactly l ikethewan shemed then igh t afore.

M illia m ur ther ! shesc reamed . Ch ’ati n ’ !roguery ! rascal i ty ! v i l l ai ny Siz she. Thimthaves theL i t t lePeople have bi n herethen igh t an

’ch

’ated meout av mehard-a irned

goul d. I ’ll n iver find i t u ndher a l l th im bapes

,

av I dig fo r a cintury,” s iz she.

An ’ sheran abou t thefiel d l ikewan possessed, shtnmblin

’ over thebapes an ’ fl i ngi n’

thet u rves around , thryin

’to find theidintical shpot

shem arked thepravious afthernoon. But i ts tands to s inseshec ’u ’d n’

t. TheL i t t lePeoplewor too cunnin

’

for that . I very hapewor asm uch l ikeh is bro ther as two pays, an

’ av coorse

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T thegrounds wheretheprofessioual c l ubs pl ay basebal l , youmay havenot i ced a smal l boxl i kes truc tu reperched on theroofof thegrand stand . I ts pos i tiondi rectly back of homep lateand

on a l i new i th thepitcher i s thebes t possib lefor a v iew of thegame, and ifyou arel u ckyenough to bei nv i ted up by someof thosewhohavea right there, you w i l l besurpri sed to findhow m uch bet ter you can watch what is goi ngon than from a seat nearer theground .

Thi s l i t t lehousew i th thew i renett i ng overthefron t to guard agai nst foul fl ies i s cal led the

press or scorers’ box . Theyoung men who

s i t therehaveneed ofevery fac il i ty for observing thegame, becauseafterward they must p ressent an absol u tel y accu raterecord of i t . I f thecontest ing ni nes belong to an importan t leagueand p lay in a largec i ty therew i l l bean officia lscorer foreach c l ub , bes ides reporters from eachof thedai l y newspapers. Thescorers h avetoreco rd every moveof thegameand , when i t i sover, presen t to themanagers of thei r cl ubs acomp leteset of figures, from wh ich anybodywho understands thespo r t can tel l exactly whateach player has done—how wel l or how poorl yhehas p l ayed .

Watch a sco rer at wo rk . Beforehim i s anopen book w i th thenames of onec l ub wr i ttendown theleft-hand s ideof onepageand thoseoftheoppos i ng team i nscr ibed on thepage0pposite. After each namei s a l ineof checkerboard squares , cur iously m arked ofi"

,an d at

HOW TO KEEP A BASE

BALL S CORE .

BY ALLAN P . AMES .

theend of theseon therigh t ofeach pageareseveral perpendicular col umns headed A B , R ,

I B,S B

,S H

,P O ,

A,and E

,for thesum

m ary . Theses tand for, respectivel y , t imes atbat

,ru ns

, thet imes a player has reached fi rs tbase

,s to len bases, sacrificeh i ts, pu t-ou ts, assis ts,

and errors .Thesymbo l s u sed by professional scorers are

com parat ivel y few and easy to remember, andany onefam i l i a r w i th thegameough t to beableto use them after hal f an hour’s s tudyfo l lowed by a l i t t leprac t ice. Thesystem I amabou t to descri bei s theonemos t general ly employed , an d p robably thesimples t . Scorers varyi t to su i t thei r individual u ses, and i n thecou rseofa long experienceo ften invent signs of thei rown ; but th is is thefoundat ion, an d after it hasbeen mastered thebegi nner i s in a posi tion tom akewhat experimen ts hepleases.I n thefi rs t pl ace, for thesakeofbrev i t yeach

member of a basebal l team is numbered , according to thepos i t ion hepl ays. Thep i tcheri s No . I ; thecatcher , 2 ; thefi rs t basem an , 3second basem an , 4 ; th i rd baseman , 5 ; shorts top , 6 ; left fiel der, 7; cen ter fiel der, 8 , andr ight fiel der, 9 . Thep osi t ions, you w i l l ohserve, aretaken i n thei r regular o rder . Now

,

on thescore-book , opposi teeach player’s name,

i s a hor izontal l i neof squares, each di v i ded offby a central d iamond and l i nes connect i ng i tspo i n ts w i th the four sides of thesquare, asshown i n the sam ple sco res on page 696 .

Somebooks havea c i rcle i n s ide the squarei ns tead of thediamond ; bu t a d iamond seem smo resu i table, becauseit bears a di rect rel at ion to thedi amond on wh i chthegamei s pl ayed . I n thefi rstpen tagon at thelower right-handco rner ofthesqua rei s reco rdedhow thepl ayer reaches fi rs t base,orwas put out befo regetting there. I n thesameway theo ther th reepen tagons areused to set

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down wha t happens a t second and th i rd baseand thehomepl a te, tak i ng them i n thei r o rderrigh t a round thesqua re, cou nt i ng upwa rd andto the left . I n sidethe d iamond i s placed azero when theplayer goes ou t , and thest ra igh tma rk when hescores a run , and a c ross whenhei s left on base.

Now ,when thebat ter i s pu t out, al l i t i s

necessa ry to set down i s thenumbers of theOpposi ng players who hand lethebal l . For

i nstance, 6— 3 i n thefi rs t co rner wou ld meanthat thebat ted bal l went to thesho r t stop ,N o . 6 ,

who th rew i t to thefi rs t baseman,No . 3 . The

formergets an“assis t and thel a t ter a “pu t -out.”

I f thebatsman i s caugh t out on a fly thesco rerplaces a zero i n thecen t ral d iamond and F

,

fo l lowed by thenumber of theOppos ing playerwho caugh t thefly . F

,of cou rse

,s tands for

fly .

”For thesakeofbrev i ty , however , m any

scorers om i t thelet ter, s impl y u si ng thenumberof theplayer mak ing theca tch . I f thebatter

goes out on a foul fly theabbrev i a t ion i s F F ,or i n casethesco rer om i t s theS ign for “ fly

,

” asi ngleF wi l l an swer for foul ."

When thebatsman reaches h is basetherearevarious symbo l s to rep resen t wha t happened .

In thefi rs t p lace,i f hemakes a baseh i t—

O

that

i s,sends thebal l fa i r , and whereno fiel der can

catch i t o r fiel d i t i n soon enough to p reven thim from reach ingi s l ike an i n vertedst raigh t l i nes represen t a two -baseh i t , th ree, ath ree-baser

,an d fou r

,a homeru n . I f thesco rer

wi shes, hecan Show thed i rect ion of theh i t bytheslan t ofthel i nes . p resen ts atwo-baggerto left fiel d . There estillfinerdist in ct ions of reco rd i ng thes tyleofthehit,butthey areby no means necessa ry to thekeepingof a satisfacto ry sco re. Here are some of

them x . The fi rs t of

these means an ordina ry curv i ng fly

, the second,a boundi ng

grounder, theth i rd , a pop fly h igh i n thea i r,thefourth , a bal l h i t almos t straigh t down totheground , and thel a st , a dri v i ng l i neh i t .U nless hem akes a h i t, theonly o ther way a

pl ayer can reach fi rs t i s th rough somem i stake,orm i splay , by theOppos ing side. I f hegets tofi rs t th rough a baseon bal l s

,B B is set down

in thefi rst basecomer, and the pass,

” as the

SCO RE. 69 5

WA R M ING UP BEFORE THE GA M E .

vernacu la r cal lsi t,i s reco rded

again st thepi tcher. E stands for“error

,

"thenum

ber of thegu i l typlayer bei ng pu tw i t h i t . P Bequals “h i t bypi tched bal l .A s fortheways

i n wh ich a runnermay advancefrom first—Wmeans a w i l dp i tch

,

”thelet ter

bei ng pl aced i n theco rner rep resent i ng thebasereached th rough thep i tcher

’s m i stake. Pis for “ passed bal l . 8 B stands for “ s to lenbase.

”I fthebatter st r ikes out, a big S i s pl aced

i n thecen ter of thed iamond in them i ddleofh is square, and a pu t-out gi ven the catcher .When theba tter h i ts thebal l i n su ch a wayth at hereaches fi rs t baseh im sel f, but forcesa p layer a l ready thereto get out t ry i ng to reachsecond , theletters F H , mean i ng “ fo rced hi t

,

are set i n thebatsman ’s squa re. Doubleor

t ri plep lays areno ted thus : 5—6— 3, meaning that theth i rd baseman received thebal land th rew i t to theSho r t s top

,who pu t out the

runner a t second,and then th rew to thefi rs t

basem an i n timeto retirethebat ter . Thesquaresoftheplayers thus pu t ou t areconnec ted by al i ne. For any o ther pl ays tha t a rise, such asout on an i nfiel d fly

,thesco rer can fi nd i n i tial

let ters or abbrev i a t ions to su i t h imsel f.A t ther igh t ofthepagei s theform i n wh i ch

sco res arem adeup for publ icat ion . I t i s in dec i d i ng what const i tu tes someof thesefea tu retha t thefineknowledgeof thegamecomes i n topl ay . A l l necessary i n fo rmat ion

,however, is con

tained i n thena tional ru les , wh i ch every sco rer i ssupposed to havei n h is head orh i s pocket . Animpo r tan t ruleto remember i s that a t imea t ba ti s not coun ted i f theba tsman goes to fi rs t onbei ng h i t by a pi tched bal l , gets h i s baseon bal l s ,or m akes a sacrificeh i t . Wherei nexperiencedscorers arei nc l i ned to m akethemos t m i s takesi s i n al lowi ng players too

'

few h i ts and too

many er rors . A careful s tudy of therules on

696 How TO KEEP A

th i s po i n t wi l l p roveval uable. A good plan tofol low when in doub t is to favor thebat ter ;that is

,savethefielders an er ror and givethe

man at hat a hi t whenever you can . Bear i nm i nd that thecatcher earns a put-out when hecatches thethi rd stri ke, but i f hedrops thebal land i s obl iged to th row thebat ter out at fi rst hereceives an assi s t . Assists shoul d bec redi tedto a player every t imehehandles thebal l i nsuch a m anner that thepl ay would resu l t inret i r i ng thebatter i f all h is co l leagues wo rkedw i thou t an error.Bes ides thetabu l a ted summary of t imes a t

bat,r uns

,etc . ,

a p roperl y compi led sco retel l sthenumber of s to len bases and sac r ificehi tsa nd who m ade them . Acco rdi ng to thenational rules , the rem ainder of the summarym us t contai n thescorem adei n each i nn ingof thegame: thetwo and three-baseh i ts andhomeruns m adebyeach player ; thedoubleandt ri plep l ays m adeby each si de, w i th thep layerspart ic i pat i ng i n each ; thenumber of times ap i tcher s tri kes out an Oppos ing batsman ; thenumber ofbases on bal l s heallows then umberof t imes heh i ts a batter ; thenumber ofwi l dp i tches ; and , wheretwo p i tchers areused i n one

game, thenumber of i n n i ngs that each works,

[J UNE.BASEBALL SCORE.

and how m any bits arem adeoffthedel ivery ofeach ; also thenumber of passed bal l s chargedagai nsteach catcher ; thet imeofthegame

’s durat ion ; and thenameof theumpi re—or, i ftherearetwo umpi res , thei r names and posi t ions.Thebes t i dea ofwhat al l t hi s means can be

gained from s tudying an ac tual score. Belowi s an exact copy of two pages of a sco re-bookused du ring a gamei n theNew York StateLeague. Of the opposi ng cl ubs oneropresen ted A l bany and theo ther theth reetownsof Am s terdam

,Johnstown , and Gloversv i l le,

jo i n tl y .

To get thesw i ng of thesystem fol low thesesco res th rough a few i nn i ngs : TheA . J . G.

C l ub wen t fi rs t to bat . Barry , thecen ter fiel der

(No . s t ruck out ; Malay , thesecon d baseman

,wen t out on a fly to the A lbany left

fiel der ; Wi l l i am s , thefi rs t basem an , ret i red on

a fly to thecen ter fiel der . For A lbany , Cargo,the sho r t s top

,k nocked a grounder to the

p i tcher, who th rew him ou t at fi rst ; Dohertywent out on a fly to therigh t fiel der ; and M cGamwell on a sim i l ar effo rt to thefi rs t baseman . Griflin, who was thefi rst man at bat fortheA . J . G . C l ub in thesecond in n i ng, got h i sbaseon bal l s . This i s to bem a rked up against

Entered according to Ac t ofCongress, in theyear 1877. byA . G. Spalding Bros “in theoffi ceoftheLibrarian ofCongress. at Washing ton, D. C.

B ases on Two-8 aseHits Th ree-BaseHits HomeRuns DoublePlays

"it b y P itched S truck Ou t ). Passed Balls Wild Pitches “ ! Timeof (lame

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BY MARGARET JOHN SON .

EFORE the B ri t i shl ion had met theunicorn

,

When al l Engl andwas a fores t w i l dand gr im ,

When theherdsm an led h i sflock

Wherethebel l s of Londonrock

,

Therel i ved a l i tt leBri t i shboy

'

whosenamewasCaradoc,

I n a cleari ng by a grassy r iver’s b rim .

Hehad n’

t any stock i ngs andhehad n’

t any shoes ;Hehad never seen a hansom

or a hat ;Hehad never p l ayed at cri cket

,

Never hea rd of bat or w i cket ;Hehad never seen a footbal l with abu rn ing w i sh to kick i t

Yet,bel ieveme

,hewas every i n ch a Br i ton

,for

al l that !

CARADOC

Hewen t,ofcou rse

,to schoo l

,i n thefores t dark

and cool,

Wherehest ud ied w i thou t penc i l , book, or c har t .Hewas never taught to readWhat "5 theuseof th at

,i ndeed

But helearned thenameof s tar andstone, ofblossom and Ofweed ,

And cou l d say a lot ofp ieces al l by heart .

Hehad heard from bard an d D ru i d, as they fedthefl am i ng flu id

On thegreat stoneal ta r deep w i th i n thewood

Many a taleOf deeds subl ime,

Wh i ch they to l d i n s t i rr i ng rhyme,Wh i lethe congregat ion fol lowed in a

k in d of pan tom ime,

And heth ri l led, as any l i t t leB riton wou ld.

His amb i t ions they were s im ple— you m ustreal ly not fo rget

That hel ived abou t two thousand yea rs agoJ ust to pai n t h i s body bl ue

,

L i kethewarriors that heknew,

To havea l i t t lekn i feoffl i n t and arrowheads a few ,

And to fo l low when they cu t them i s t letoe.

N ow th is s t urdy l i t tleBri ton had no sofa soft tosi t on ;

He’d a l um py , hum py bearsk i n for a bed ;

Oh,hehad an educat ion, though i t was n

’

t j ustlikeyou rs ;

And h i s t reasu res— he ’

d a cunn i ng coat ofsk in

,

Wi th someamber beads for SundavWel l , perh aps hewo rethem Monday

,

For i n fac t I don ’ t s uppo sethey knewfrom t ’ other day theoneday !

And hehad— h i s prideand h i s del igh t— a

l i t t leswo rd of tin.

But,alas for l i t t leCa rry, hewas very , veryyoung !

An d at New Year ’s,when thepeop lemet to

roamThrough thefo res t , h igh and low,

Wherethesacred branches grow,

(For they m adethegrea tes t fuss abou t apieceof m i s tletoe!)

Hewas left to m i nd thebaby gi rl a t home.

CA RADOC .

Hehad nei ther toy nor book ,And hecould n’

t even lookFrom thew i ndow,

for therewasi n any n i cheor nook ,

Sa ve holecu t i n thecei l i ng overhead .

very st i l l and lonel y , for h i s baby si s terslep t

her c rad le— ifshehad one— by thefire.

His m am a was m ak i ng cal l sOn someneighbo rs who wereGaul s ,J us t ac ro ss the s t reet I mean thedit ch _ and past thew i l low wa l l s

,

a badger- sk i n pel i sse, her bes t at t i re.

Hi s papa and all h is b rothers , they werema rch ing w i t h theo thers ;

Then hesternly kni t h i s l i t t leBri t ish bro“Though theboys ofold weret rum ps ,For they never c r ied for bum ps

,

(And I don ’ t bel ievethey ever had themeasles or them um ps ,)

Yet they l iked a p icn ic j u st as you do now .

And h is pride he had to swal low when he

though t how they would fo l lowI n thesplend id great p rocession u p theglade,

\Vi th theD ru i ds,al l bed igh t

I n thei r gleam i ng robes ofwh i te,Chan ti ng hymns and say ing verses wh i lethey m arched , w i th al l thei r m igh t ,

Til l they stood beneath theoak- t ree’s sp read ingshade.

Sw i sh ! would go thego l den s i cklewherethe

bough was seen to pri ckleTh rough thegreen , w i th m i lk -wh i teber ries al l

And each B ri ton,smal l or big,

6 9 9

IT VERY ST ILL AND LONELY, FOR H I S

BA BY S I STER S LE I’T .

Who wou ld hun t or figh t o r dig,An d bel u cky al l theNew Yea r th rough ,m us t ca rry homea twig

Ofthefo rt u ne-b ri ng i ng, m agi c m i st letoe.

Every boy would havea ber ry saveour l i t tle

Caradoc !Then thefeast i ng and thefro l i c i n thewood !

A l l day long— hefel t a chok ing ;I t was cer tai n l y pro vok ingBut he star ted ; some one so ft l yth rough thew i l low hedgewas pok ing,

And hesp rang w i th i n thedoo rway wherehes tood .

From a host i le t r ibe a st ranger— su ch alooking s t ranger , too

You ’d ha veshaken i n you r very shoes for fea r ?He’

d a ter r iblem ustache,

And a snakesk in for a sash,

And h i s facewas daubed w i th p u rpleina m anner t ruly rash ,

And hehad a very long and ho r ri d spea r.

7oo

H I S M A M A M AK ING CALLS

ON SO M E NE IGHBOR S WHO GAULS .

CA RADOC. (JUNE,

Now a t ram p,though Early Engl i sh, st i l l i s

not a wel comegues t,And ’

t was pla i n h i s plans weres i n ister anddeep .

Though t our l i t t leCa rry , But !I f heslzoulzz’ comei n thehut

,

Wi th thecakes a-bak ing on thehearth,

thepantry doo r not shut,

And thebaby in her cradle,fast asleep !”

On hecamew i thou t del ay i n h i s Early Engl i shway,

Wi th a war-whoop and a m ost ferociousgr i n ;

And was l i t tleCarry fr igh tened ?Fiery bo ld h i s bl ueeyes l igh tened ,And around h i s l i t t leBri t i sh wais t h i sl i t tlebel t het ightened ,

And hep roudl y drew h i s l i t t leswo rd of t i n .

Who can say what m igh t have happened !Bu t in j ust then ick of t ime

Camea good old D ru i d gravel y t rot t i ng by .

Hewas hurry i ng hometo seeH ow hi s favo ri tegoosemigh t be,She’

d had somet h i ng for her break fastthat had seemed to di sagree,

An d hesp ied them i n thetw i nk l i ng ofan eye.

Now “Tu t , t u t !”hecried .

“What ’

s th i s ?Therei s someth ing m uch am iss !

And al though h i s look was real ly no t

u nkind,

Down they fel l u pon thei r knees ;For a D ru id , i fyou p lease,Was as dreadfu l as an em pero r, andwhen hem adedec rees,

Why, the people, they j ust s im ply bad to

m i nd !

R i se! Bu t tell mewhy you’rehereon thefi rs t

day of theyear,”

Heobserved , “when o ther boys arefai n toroam P

Then,as steady as a rock ,

Si r,

” said l i tt leCaradoc,Wi l l you pleasenot wakethebaby !my m am a i s rou nd theblock ,

And I ’m stay i ng, to p ro tect the house, athome!”

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70 2 CA RADOC . {J UNE,

”A“M

A ' N. m v

‘TA KE n

'

, SONNY, AND BE coon!’

On thehear th thefirelight glowed ; safethe babywaked and c rowed ,

A s shesweet l y sucked her l i t tleBr i t i sh th umb ;When thehouseho ld , homeretu rni ngWhi lethesun set red was bu rn ing,Heard thet alewh ich l i tt leCaradoc to tel l themall was yearn i ng.

And forjoy and adm i rat ion they weredumb .

His m ama shehugged and k issed him i n her Earl yEngl i sh way ;

I t was rough , perhaps, bu t lo v i ng, so who caresAnd h i s b ro thers looked askanceAs they p rai sed h is happy chance;For al though het r ied not to bep roud

,

’t was obv ious at a gl ance

That h is m i s tletoewas tw i ceas big as thei rs

t 904~l

H is papa— wel l , hepretended that hed id n’

t

ca rea straw ;As a Bri ton , that was r igh t , ofcou rse, forhim.

Bu t a p roud papa was heAnd they al l sa t down to tea

J ust a s happy and conten ted as a fam i lycould be

When al l Eng la nd was a fores t w i l d and gr im .

Though they atethei r supper s i tt i ng i n a c i rc leon thefloo r

,

Wi th thech i ckens feed ing near them ,and the

cow,

i\'

oneweregayer, wes t oreast

CA RADOC . 703

For i f Lovebeat thefeast,

Such a t r ifleas a tabledoes n’

t mat teri n theleast

Homewas home, two thousand years ago ,as

now !

And i n days or new or o ld beats thesameahear t tha t ’s bo l d

’Neath a j acket or a fu r ry coa t of sk i n ;’l\I id thebusy c rowds tha t flockWherethebel l s ofLondon rock

,

Could you find a braver Br i ton th an our

l i t t leCaradoc ,h i s t rueand t rus ty l i t t leswo rd of t in ?

“H I S M A M A S HE HUGGED AND K IS S ED H IM IN HER EA RLY ENGL ISH WAY .

BLUE - EYED

BLUE- EYED grass i n themeadowAnd yarrow-bloom s on theh i l l ,

Cattai ls that rustleand wh i sper,

And w i nds that arenever st i l l

Bl ue-eyed grass i n themeadow,

A l i nnet ’s nes t nea r by,

GRAS S .

Blackbi rds ca rol i ng clea rlySomewherebetween ea rth and sky ;

Bl ue-eyed grass i n themeadow ,

And thel aden bee’ s low hum ,

M ilkweeds al l by theroadside,To tel l u s summer i s come.

M ary A

A COMEDY IN WAX .

(Beg un in MeN ovem éer num ber . )

Bv B . L . FARJEON .

CHAPTER XX I I .

A PA I R OF ARCH -CONSP I RATORS .

VIDENTLY LorimerGrimweed waspuzzled and per

plexed . Thestateof affai rs i n Marybud Lodge was

m ysterious verym ysterious . Helooked at Mme.

Tussaud,and she

sm i led know i ngly a t him . Sm i les arecheap .

Hesm i led back at her. Hecould n’t loseany

th i ng by th at . Heheard vo ices ou tsideshou ting and l augh i ng ; onevo i cei n part icula r al

m ost drown ing theres t , a jov i al vo i ce, at thatm omen t exc la im i ng, “Go to

,t hou saucy

baggage! and then fresh peal s of l augh ter .A s Lo r imer Grimweed wal ked w i th Mme.

Tussaud to theplayground , hesa id to h im sel fKeep cool

,keep cool . Don ’ t let anyth i ng

stagger you. Whatever i t i s that ’s go i ng on,

you may m akesometh i ng out of i t .”

The celebri t ies were i ndeed hav i ng whatTom Thumb cal led “ a h igh old t ime.

”Heand

Queen El izabeth werewatch i ng a game of

p i ng-pong wh ich R ichard Coeur deL ion an dCharles I I werep lay ing on a tablethat hadbeen b rought out for thepurpose; Cromwel lwas shoot i ng a r rows i n to a target ; R i chardI I I was pl ay ing w i th a m onkey on a st i ck ;an d H ouqua thetea merch an t was mak ing ap rod igiously long tai l for a k i tedeco rated w i thd ragons cu t in yel low paper, wh i ch hei n tendedto fly for theam usemen t of thel ad ies ; and al lwereeat i ng chocol atecream s , w i th wh i ch Lucy ,go i ng sm i l i ngl y from one to ano ther

,kept

them l ibera l ly suppl ied . Presen tly thep ri n ci

“MME. TUS SAUD S M ILED KNOWINGLV AT H IM .

By th i s t imeHarry Bower h ad completed thepal i n teres t becamecen tered i n an Aun t Sal l y arrangemen ts for them atch . The pipewaswh ich Harry Bower had fixed i n theground , fixed in Aun t Sal l y ’s m ou th ; i n her funny fr i l ledand i n wh i ch rol l ick ing past imehewas gi v i ng cap sheseemed to begr inn ing at thecompany

i nstruct ion . Hen ry V I I I was part icul arlyeagerabou t i tA tourney a tou rney ! hecr ied . We

chal lengethebo l des t kn igh t to a t i l t of s t ick s’

gai nst thenoseofMme. ma tan teSal l ie.

”

That k nigh t am I ,” exc la imed Richard I I I ,

beforeany oneel secould speak , “ unless thouar t afeard .

“Afea rd !” cried Hen ry .

“ThepaleghostFear was ne’er yet seen on Hen ry ’s b row !Harry oftheBower, count out thes t i cks, and seethat thep i pei s fi rm l y fixed ’ twi xt Mme. Sal l ie’ sl ips . Afeard ! Wert thou our vassal

,R ichard

,

thelowes t dungeon i n our castlewould bethybed ; but as i t i s, thy chal lengei s accepted .

Heralds, proclaim ; let thet rumpets sound .

”

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Of cou rse, Of cou rse, he sa id eagerly .

And seei ng’

s bel iev ing, i s n’

t i t ? (I wonderi f Shaksperesa id that !) But

,my dear wom an ,

I am not asleep— I am awake. Oh, you’

veno i dea how w i deawakeI am ! I say— whata m agn ificen t d ress Queen El izabeth has ona magnificen t dress !

”

A COMEDY IN WAX . “ONE,

I shal l not t ry . You ’refond of cu rious

th i ngsRather !”

Would you l i keto seesometh i ng very , verycuuous ?

“ I s thereanyth i ng to pay ?No , not a penny ; i t i s qu i tefree.

R ICHARD I I I M IS SED W ITH H I S F IR ST AND SECOND ST ICK S , BUT W ITH H I S TH IRD S M ASHED THE PIPE .

I shou ld th i nk shehas,

saud . I t cost enough .

Shem ust havepaid no end of money fori t . ’ Mme. Tussaud sm i led .

“ And, gr imes !

look at her jewel s ! Why, that si xteen th - centu ryfan she i s wav i ng i s wor th a l i t t le for tu ne.Should n’

t I l iketo get ho l d of it ! Wonderwhat shewants for it ? D

’

you th i nk she’

d

sel l i t ? I’m a j udgeof thoseth i ngs, I am .

You can ’ t takemei n,so you

’d bet ter not t ry .

”

said Mme. Tus I ’

m you r man, then . Trust mefor never

m i ssi ng a chan ce. I f I can get someth i ng fornoth i ng, I get i t .

”

You area c lever one, sa id Mme. Tussaud .

“ I ra ther flat ter m ysel f that I am,sa id Lor

imer Grimweed,w i th a know i ng look .

“Comealong, then , sa id Mme. Tussaud,

leading theway to theschoo l - room . Wh ichofal l thosegrand peop ledo you l i kebes t ?

1 90 4 1

Oh , I l iketha t R i cha rd I I I , herepl ied,

w i th enthus iasm . There’

s someth i ng so k i nglyand nobleabou t him .

You ha vefound tha t out , ha veyouCould n

’

t hel p find ing i t out. I t i s n’

t

m uch that escapes me, you m us t know . I say

M iss Lyddy i s a fineg i rl , i s n’

t she?

Shei s a beau t i ful g i rl .”

Thank you,oh

,thank you ! Weshal l m ake

a splend id couple. I t ’s no useher t ry ing tow riggleout of i t . I '

vego t old Sca rlet t u ndermy thum b under my t humb .

Hesn iggered and chuckled and rubbed h ishands

,an d d id not not icethelook of st rong

a vers ion wh i ch M me. Tussaud cas t a t him . Byth i s t imet hey had a rri ved a t theschoo l - room i nwh ich thegen tlemen celeb ri t ies had slept . Mme.

Tussaud handed Lo rimer Grimweed a key.

I t i s the key of that closet,

she sa id .

Pleaseu nlock i t .Burn i ng w i th cu riosi ty , hepu t thekey i n the

lock . Wha t d id thecloset con tai n ? Jewel s,t reasu res , perhaps , wh i ch shew ished him to

buy ? I f so,hewou ld dr i vea sharp ba rgain .

Thei dea tha t hewould not beableto ou tw i tth i s l i tt leold woma n i n a poke-bonnet m adehim laugh .

Hetu rned thekey slow ly . Someth i ng was

push i ng against thedoo r , someth i ng heavy . I nh i s im pat ience, Lo r imer Grimweed pul led the

doo r w i deopen and thenext momen t hewasrol l i ng on thefloo r, w i th thei nan im atefo rm of

theHeadsman on top ofhim .

“ Here, I say !” he sc reamed,

“ wha t are

you up to , don’

tcherknow P Oh , grimes ! I’

m

bei ng smo thered . Talze him off takehimoff!

Chok ing w i th laugh ter , Mme. Tussaudtouched theHeadsman w i th her m agi c cane,and herosem ajest i cal l y to hi s feet and pi ckedup h is ax .

Lo rimer Grimweed raised h im sel f i n to a si ting postu re, and w i th w i l d eyes s ta red at theefligy. Thegruesomeappea ranceofthem askedman st ruck ter ro r to h i s soul .

“ I t i s o n ly a person I locked u p i n thecupboard for m i sbehav io r , sa id M me. Tussaud .

“Why does he— why does he— ca rry anax ? asked Lo rimer Grimweed , i n a t rembl ingvo i ce. He—helooks l ikean execu t ioner .

A COMEDY IN WAX . 707

Wh i le th i s scenewas bei ng enac ted , everyoneel sei n thehouseand grounds was playingor wo rk i ng most zealousl y . Lucy and Lyd iaand Ha rry Bower and Tom Thumb cu t oceansof flowers, wh i ch werecar r ied i n to thehouse,and tasteful l y arranged by them aids and M issPennyback. A l l thebes t ch i n a and g lass hadbeen brough t ou t , al l thebes t table-clo th s andserv iet tes , al l thebes t cu tlery , and al l thesi l ver .I t woul d h avedoneyou r hear t good to seethek i tchen , wheretheMarch ioness of Barnet andPo l l y and Mar ia were b rist l i ng w i th enthusiasm . Bel i nda took th ings mo recalm ly ; noth ing su rp ri sed her. Si r Rowley and Fl i p o f theOdd werethebus ies t ofthebusy , o rdered abou there

,there

,and everywhereby everybody , and

obey i ng w i th cheer ful alac r i ty . M r. Sca rlet t

got out h i s bes t w i ne, and bustled up anddown i n great good h umo r ; and Lucv andLyd ia were i n a per fect glow of ant ic ipat ion .

But once, for a momen t on l y , Lydia ’s sp i r i tsd rooped , i t m ust becon fessed , and shesa id confidentially to Lucy

I seem to behappy , Lu cy dear , an d so do

you ; but I don’ t k now i f weough t to be for,

oh Lucy ! how i s i t al l go i ng to end ?I n weddi ng bel l s , you darl i ng,

” answeredLucy

,th row i ng her a rm s rou nd Lydia

’s neck ,“ i n weddi ng bel l s ! L i sten ! Don ’ t you hea rthem ? D i ng-dong, ding-dong, d ing-dong ,ding-dong

You dear , you darl i ng !” sa id Lydia .

CH A PTER XX I I I .

\VHAT LONDON THOUGHT O F IT .

WH I LE Marybud Lodgewas i n a fermen t attheseext rao rdi n ary proceedings , al l Londonwas i n a fermen t ofanother k i n d . No soonerwerethegates of theexh ib i t ion opened than

Heis an execu tio ner . I b ri ng him w i t hmeto keep peoplei n o rder .

( ) h , do you !” sa i d Lo r imer Grimweed

,

sc rambl ing hast i ly to his feet . “ Perhaps I ami n theway, and I wou ld n

’

t w i sh to betha t ,you know. I f you ’

llexcuseme, I’

ll jo i n thel adies and gent lemen on thel awn .

So say i ng, hehu r ried away . Never i n h i s l i fehad herun so fast .

708 A COMEDY I N WAX .

thenewspapers cameout wi th great head- l i nesin thevery bo l dest type:

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY

I I I

MME. TUSSAUD’

S

WORLD=RENOWNED EXHIBITIONlI

THE MOST THRILLING AND AMAZING

MYSTERY ON RECORDI I I

MME.

‘ TUSSAUD VANISHEDI

I'

IER CELEBRITIES GONEI I

WHAT H AS BECOME OF THEM ?

HUMAN BEINGS I N THE PLACE OF

AR E THEY AL I VE, OR NOT ?

Throughou t thewho leof theday newsboysweretea ri ng abou t thest reets .l i kemad

,scream

ing at thetop of thei r vo i cesSpeshul! Speshul! Thegreat Baker St reet

mystery ! D i sappearanceof’EnerytheHeigh th !’

O rr ible discover ies ! Queen El izabet h m i ssing ! Lates t ed i t ion , w i th al l thehastoundingnews ! Mysterious escapeof Mary Queen of

Scot s ! Thegreat Baker St reet mvstery Spe

shul ! Speshul !”

Every newspaper i n London i ssued a freshedi t ion every hal f-hour or so , and the paperscould not bepr i n ted fast enough , so del i r iouswas thedem and for them . No rth , sou th , east ,an d west , no th i ng el sewas spoken or though tof bu t theamaz i ng, theastoundi ng, thebewi lder i ng Baker St reet mystery . Bus iness on the

Stock Exchangewas suspended ; nobody wen tto theraces ; a hol i day was gi ven to al l theschool -ch i l dren t radesmen m igh t as wel l havesh u t up thei r shops ; servan ts neglected thei rhouseho l d wo rk , and thei r m i s t resses coul d notremai n i n thehouse. E verybody asked everybody el se

,What has become of them i ss i ng

celeb r i t ies Where are they ? H ow di dthey get out ? H ow di d theo thers get i n ?What w i l l betheul t imatefateof thehuman

(JUNE.

bei ngs now occupy ing thepl aces ofthem i ssingwax effigies in Mme. Tussaud ’s fam ous exhibit ion ? And no onewho asked thequest ion shad the sl igh tes t expectat ion Of recei v i ng asat i sfac tory reply . I t was

,indeed , likea Lo rd

Mayo r ’s day i n London . From every nookand co rner i n themet ropol i s peoplewerewending thei r way to Baker St reet stat ion , and so

great was thec rush between theMarbleA rchand Regen t

’ s Park that l a rgesquads of po l i cewereappo i n ted to regulatethet raffi c and preserveo rder .As for theexh ibi t ion i tsel f, i t was l i teral ly

besieged , and , as Mme. Tussaud had predi cted ,al l theprev ious reco rds of at tendances wereth rown com pletel y i n theshade. Every person connected wi th thegreat show was i n terv iewed again an d agai n , tho semos t i n reques tbeing the n igh t-watchmen and the fi remen .

They posi t i vel y declared that not a soul excep tthem sel ves h ad been i n thep l acefrom themo

men t of i t s closi ng at n ight to themomen t ofi ts Open ing i n themo rn i ng; that no th i ng hadbeen removed from thebui ld ing, an d no th i ngconveyed i n to i t , du ri ng thosehou rs ; th at theyhad not slep t a w ink thewholeofthen igh t , andhad not for a singlemomen t rel axed thei r vigil ance. To theses tatements they unflinchinglyadhered, and , desp i tethefac ts that s tared themi n theface, no arguments could shakethem .

They wererespectable, steady men, and wereasm uch con founded by what h ad taken placeasa l l London was.

But i f they could throw,no l ight upon i t , who

cou ld Peoplewerel i teral ly stupefied . Thenewspapers wereunan im ous i n declari ng thattheastou nd ing Baker Street m ystery was w i thout paral lel i n theannal s ofjournalism ,

and thepubl i c h ung w i th b reath less in teres t u pon the

smal les t detai l that had theremo test con nectionw i t h i t . Theo rdi n ary detec t ivegazed openmouthed at thespectacle; thesc ien t ific m i ndwas bewi l dered .

Theexci temen t sp read i n to themos t excl us ivequarters, and thetho rough fares leading toMme. Tussaud ’s werewedged w i th fash ionableca rri ages . I n thecou rseoftheafternoonway was madefor theLo rd Mayo r, who , i n h iss tatecarriageand robes, and fol lowed by thesheriffs and aldermen in t/zez

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r s tatecarri ages

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figures shoul d beg iven up to them . Thepro

prietors of theexh ib i t ion refused , and theem inen t medi cal men decl ared i t would not besafeto movethefigures . They shook thei r headsand sai d they would not answer for thecouse

quences. And when the- rel at ives said,“ Butwhat bus i ness i s i t of you rs ? ” they cont i n uedto shake thei r heads, and repl ied , Oh , bu t

you shoul d n’

t tal k l i kethatTherel at ives werefu rious. Off they rushed

to thel awyers , who took down hundreds of

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A COMEDY IN WAX. IJUNE.

celebrit ies . And everybody who read thesebi l l s rushed Off to theexh ibi t ion and pai dsh i l l i ngs at thedoors . And at all thera i lwaystat ions and al l thepo rts

,regiments of detec

tives wereon thewatch,so that thecelebri ties

shou ld not escapefrom thek ingdom ei ther byland or by water .Theamoun ts of therewards offered var ied

considerably £ 1 00each for Queen El i zabeth ,Hen ry V I I I , R i ch ard I , R ichard I I I , CharlesI I , and Mary Queen of Sco ts ; £ 60 each for

A R M IES OF B ILL-PO STERS WENT ALL THROUGH LONDON AND POSTED ON THE WALLS IMM ENS E B ILLS OFFER ING R EWARDS FOR THE RETURN OF THE M I S S ING CELEBR IT IES .

law-books , and for days they hun ted th roughthem for precedents . Then they wrotehundredsoft i resomel awyers ’ let ters

,a t s i x sh i l l i ngs and

eigh tpen ceeach , commenci ng ,

“We are ins t ruc ted by our cl ien ts

, SO- and -so and SO-andso, to demand

,

” etc .

Then a rm ies of bi l l -posters wen t al l th roughLondon and pos ted on thewal l s immensebi l l soffering rewards for theretu rn of them i ssi ng

C romwel l and Loushkin ; £ 50 each for GuyFawkes

,Tom Thumb , and Mme. Sa in teAma

ranthe; £ 2 5 forH ouqua, theCh i nam an ; £ 1 5

for theExecut ioner ; and £ 2 50 for Mme. Tussaud .

Aha !” sa id Mme. Tussaud to hersel f, when

she ran her eyeover th i s scale of rewa rds .Thegrea t B ri t i sh p ubl i c knows my value. I tpays mep roper respect .”

I n thesebi l l s, wh i ch werep rinted i n red , yellow

,and bl ack

,w i th theroyal coat of arm s at

thetop , speci al an nouncemen t was m adethat

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the rewa rds wereonly for the [for/it's of the

m i ss i ng celebri t ies . t hei r c lo th ing , accout remen ts ,deco ra t ions

,an d jewel s bei ng fa r too val uable

for app ra i semen t ; and i t was decla red tha t anyperso n or persons found i n po ssess ion ofany of

theseado rnments would bep ro secu ted w i th theu tmos t r igo r ofthelaw .

Theoffer ofthe rewards was p ri n ted i n lateredi t ions ofthenewspapers , wh ich Harry Bowerwen t out from t imeto t imeto obtai n

,and m uch

of wha t was pri nted was im parted by M me.Tussaud to her celebri t ies . I t occas ioned a

good deal ofjealousy. Mme. Sa in teAmaranthe

sa id she(l i d n’

t ca rea bi t t ha t shewas ra tedlower than Ma ry Queen of Sco ts— but i t was

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ev iden t shedid ; and C romwel l wan ted to k nowwhy hewas val ued at £ 4 0 less than thety ran tk i ngs .The ful l pa rt i culars of the u npreceden ted

exc i temen t c reated by them ystery , no t only i nEngl and , bu t i n al l pa rts of thewo r ld , may be

found i n a Spec ial a ccoun t of theaffai r w ri t tenby an em i nen t l i tera ry gen tlem an , and i l lu st ratedby a celebrated art i st . An c

fzz'z'

tz'

on tle luxe,

publ i shed a t a gui nea (net), and l im i ted to

copies,was so l d out on the (lay of

publ i ca tion , and now commands h igh p ri ces .I f any ofthereaders ofthis s to ry should succeedi n obta i n i ng a copy of th i s book they m ay in

deed consider them sel ves very l u cky .

To becor:tinued .

AT GRANDPA’

S FARM .

“covsm NeLLv’

s SCHOOL CLOSED YESTERDAY, AND SHE W ILL BE HERE rm s A FTERNOON .

BHALU —THE IND IAN jUNGLE BEAR .

BY J . M .

FOR thewo lf-boy Mowgl i no m oreapp ro

priatean im al could havebeen adop ted as pl aym ate

, guard i an , and i nst r uc to r than old Baloo ,

or Bhal u,the big bl ack , hai ry slo th-bear of

I nd i a . Kaa,thepython

,m ak ing of h i s s i n uous

fo ld s a jeweled hammock for h i s boyi sh playm ate

,i s a fasc i n at i ng com pan ion ; Bagheera ,

theblack panther,sat isfies com pletel y ourdesi re

for someth i ng s t rong , beau t iful , and terr ible.

But old Baloo , humm i ng h i s s ing- song sayi ngs of the j ungle-law l i ke some old l am am urm ur i ng h i s p rayers , g ives to thep i c tu rethefi nal touch of com p leteness .And wefeel

,too , that hewould foster the

naked cub ,”for h i s natu re am ong h i s own

peop lei s oneof affect ion ; an d becauseof h i shab i ts as an ea ter of fr u i ts

,roo ts

,flowers

,and

honey hewoul d find i t very easy to g ivetheboy a d iet su i tablefor him .

Furthermo re,owi ng to h i s si ze

,an d the

cus tom among the“ bear peop le” of car ry i ngthei r young on thei r backs

,hecould not only

assis t h is l i tt lecom radeon thelong m arches,but would natu ral l y do so

,and that ser v i ce i s

GLEESON .

onethat Bagheera would never havethough tof

,even wereheableto render i t .Kip l i ng always speaks of Baloo as a brown

bear,but the s lo th -bear i s real l y bl ack ; on

h is breast i s a crescen t - shaped l i neof wh ite,and thelong, powerful c l aws arel i keold i vo ry .

Hi s eyes aresm al l even for a bear,dul l and

w i th a near- s igh ted exp res sio n ; as a m atterof fact henei ther see’s nor hears wel l , depending m ain l y on his senseof smel l

,wh ich i s

wonderful ly ac ute,enabl ing him to locatethe

nes ts of an ts deep i n thegrou nd , or honey i nthebo les of dead t rees . H is power of suc t ioni s wonderful

,and hedepends largel y upon i t

to ext rac t thewhi tean ts , or term i tes, from thei ru nderground gal ler ies .I was on ce m uch amused whi le s tudy

ing a splendid spec imen of the slo th -bea rowned by M r . Frank Bostock . A keeper waspassi ng h i s cagew i th an a rm fu l of bread , andj us t to teasethebea r

,who was fond of i t , he

hel d a loaf up for him to look at , keep i ng i tabou t

,

s i x i n ches from thebars of thecage.

I n vain old Baloo s t ra i ned to reach thecoveted

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THE OWL AND THE LARK .

BY CA ROLYN WELLS .

OH , theOwl and theLarkWent a- sai l i ng a fter dark ,

And they boated and they floated down ther iver to thesea ;On thei r m ando l i ns they pl ayed ,And such merry musi c m ade

That thedonkey in thedistancefairl y laughed aloud in glee.

Thet idewas ebbi ng fast ,And theboat wen t dr i ft ing pas t ;

donke’y gavea whi stleas hem unched a th i stle-bloom ,

And hesaid , I t ’s mybel ief,

They w i l l su rel y cometo gr ief,md themot ion of theocean wi l l p rec i p i tate

t heir doom .

”

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That the

D o those

Theboat i t sped along,And so mer ry was thei r songmoon very soon won dered what theno i secould be;

Peep ing over theho ri zon,

Sheexcla imed,Wel l

,that ’s surprisin

’

!

s trangers know thedangers of th issh i ny

,bri ny sea ?

THE AND THE LARK .

Then theboa t gavea l u rch ,TheLark wabbled on her perch ;

Shewas handl i n ’ her mando l i n , when overboard i t wen t .Bu t theOwl said , Now, my dear,I w i l l get i t , never fea r !

And wi th an oar hedashed and Splashed to reach thei nst rumen t.

Bu t , al as ! theboat upsetI n thewatery waves so wet,

And both thequak i ng, shak ing birds weredumped in to thedeep ;TheOwl was washed aground ,Bu t thel i t t leLark was drowned ,

Which caused theOwl to yowl and howl , and moved themoonto weep .

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HOW TEDDY HELPED .

BY F . LOCKLEY , JR .

TEDDY ’S papa own s a large cattle- ranch .

Onesummer therewas a drought . Thesp ri ngsd ried up, and thes t ream s becamet rickl i ng ri l l sordisappeared al together. Thecattlewanderedres tlessly over therangei n search of water .Teddy ’s father sen t to thenearest town and hadmen comewi th steam -dri l l s an d i ron p ipes to bo rean artesi an wel l

,so t hat therewould always be

plen ty ofwater for theca t tle. They bored downseveral h undred feet i n hopes offinding an underground s t ream ,

bu t they could not do so,

and had to giveup thequest . They wen taway

,t ak i ng thei r too l s w i th them ,

but leav i ngwhat greatly interested Teddy a deep ho le

l i ned w i th i ron p ipe. Hewould t aketheboardoff thep ipeand peer down , an d then drop i n arock and seehow m any hecould count beforei t st ruck thebo t tom .

Onen igh t after hehad goneto bed heheardh i s papa talk i ng to h is m ama . Hesai d : Lastw i n ter’s b l i zzard kil led scores of thecat tle, andnow th i s drough t comes . They aresufferi ng forwater and bet ter past ure. I t i s al l outgo and noincome. I don ’ t k now how long wecan keep itup . I n a few years Teddy w i l l beold enoughto hel p me

,but I can ’ t pu t a ten-year-old boy

on theround~up , nor keep him all day in thesaddle

,look ing after thecat tle.

”

Teddy did lo ts ofserious th inking du ring thenex t few days. H ow hew i shed hecould hel ph i s papa i n someway! And theoppo r tun i tycamei n a way Teddy least expec ted . Onedayhewal ked over to wherethemen had boredfor theartesi an wel l . Hepeered i nto i t, bu t i t

was as black as n ight . Hegathered a handful of long, dry prairie-grass, ro l led i t i n asmal l p ieceofbi rch bark i n wh ich hehad p laceda pieceof rock , l ighted i t , and d ropped i t downthewel l . Then hepu t h i s facec loseto theedgeand watched i t b lazeas i t fel l down and down .

Sudden ly a long red co l um n of flameleapedupward w i th a rush ing no i se. BeforeTeddyhad timeto pul l h is head away , theforceoftheexplosion sen t him ro l l i ng over and over awayfrom themou th of thewel l . Theflamesho th igh up and blazed fiercel y for a momen t ortwo. Teddy was ter r ibly frigh tened . Hiseyes sm arted

,an d hecould seea brigh t red

flamedan cing befo rehim in wh ichever direct ion helooked . Wi th s co rched hat and si ngedhai r, heran homeas fast as hecould . Hetol dh i s papa wha t had happened . H is papa wen tto thewel l

,and when hecameback hesa id ,

“Teddy,myboy, I th ink you r acc iden t is goi ng

to m akeour fortune. Our wel l h as tapped asmal l vei n of natu ral gas, and I th i nk i f wegodeeper weshall strikeoil.So thewel l -diggers cameout agai n and te

sumed dri l l i ng. Befo relong they camedownto theoil. TheOil c amerush i ng ou t faster thanthey could saveit. Teddy ’s papa sol d theoil

wel l to an Oil com pany for a good p rice, and withthemoney hebought a ranch in another Statewheretherewas p len ty of pastu reand water ,and shipped h is catt leto thenew ran ch .

Teddy i s learn i ng al l hecan abou t managi nga cat tle- ranch , becausewhen heis old enoughh i s father i s go i ng to takeh im in as a part ner.

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L ITTLE MOLLY’

S DREAM ; OR , AN IDEAL PARK .

Bv EM IL IE POULSSON .

I DREAMED ,

" sa id l i t t leMo l l y ,Wi th faceal igh t

And voice'

awe-filled yet joyous ,“ I dreamed las t n igh t

Tha t I wen t ’way off somewhere,

And thereI foundGreen grass and t rees and flowersA l l grow ing round .

“And al l thes igns, whereverWehad to pass,

Said : ‘ Please’

(yes, real l y truly)‘Keep on thegrass

’!

And i n thebeds offlowersA long thewalks,

Among thep inks or pans iesOr l i ly s talks,

Weres igns : P ick al l theflowersYou wish to,

’ ch i l d ;And I dreamed that thepo l i cemanLooked down and sm i led !

A LEAF'

FROM THE PAST.

I N theea rly pa rt of the l as t cen tu ry therewerefewer facto r ies i n th i s count ry than now,

and many th i ngs werem ade by hand whi chto-day arethework of mach i nery . This wasespec ial l y t rueofthebraid for s t raw hats . Ryes traw was common ly used , al though wheat wasalso i n demand . But theryes t raw had longers tem s and was moreeasi l y handled .

I n dr iv ing along count ry roads,in Massa

chusetts part i cu la rl y,la tei n the summer one

would seegreat bundles of thes t raw hangingon thefences to d ry . When thesun and windhad done thei r sha re of the wo rk

,i t was

placed i n cask s where sul phu r was bu rn ingun ti l i t was bleached to a paleyel low. Theni t was spl i t i n to na rrow w id ths su i tab le for

braidi ng.

Thedaugh ters offa rmers d id not havem anypenn ies of thei r own in t hosedays , and a l lwereeager to ea rn m oney by braid i ng straw.

Every l i t t lewh i lemen would pass th rough thev i l l ages , cal l i ng from houseto houseand buying thes t raw braid . They paid two cents aya rd for i t .

“ D i str i c t schoo l was i n session on ly si xmonths of theyea r— the rest of the t imethe ch i ld ren hel ped thei r mo thers w i th thehousewo rk . When tha t was done t hey tookup thei r bra i ds for am usemen t and occupat ion .

So m uch a day every gi rl expec ted to do asher da il y s t i n t ." Shewould carry i t down bythebrook or up in theapple- t reewhen thesummer days werelong ; or du ri ng thes tormyhours Ofwi n ter shewou ld go w i th i t to theoldatt i c wheretheswing hung from thecobwebbedrafters . Bu t al l thet imeher fingers mus t wo rk

busi ly,les t themen should cal l for thebraids

and fi nd them unfini shed .

The factor ies wherethe st raw was sewedwerein the l a rge towns . The s imp les t hatswere o f the bra ids alone. More el abo rateones had a fancy co rd , also of pl ai ted straw,

sewed on theedgeof theb ra id . Th is co rdwas madeby theold l ad ies . G randmo thersand great - aun ts whoseeyes weretoo dim to

sew woul d takethei r ba l l s of st raw wi th themon neighbo rhood cal l s . Wh i lethey chatted to

gether , thei r hands woul d beweav i ng theyel lows trands i n and out, fash ioning thedain ty cord .

Thep ri cepai d for thecord was on ly hal f acen t a ya rd , bu t th i s was bet ter than no th i ng tothosedames of a byg onegenerat ion .

A poo r coun t ry gi rl would begi n to th i nk of

her ha t from the t imeof seed - sow i ng . A l lsummer shewou ld watch thebi l lowy grai n .

When i t was gathered and on l y theemptys talk s wereleft , shewould tiethem i n to bundlesand hang them in someshel tered nook to d ry .

Bleach ing, sp l i t t i ng, and bra id ing— theseshed id al l herself.When theb ra ids werefin ished and sen t to

thefac to ry , how impat ien t l y shewai ted ! Per

haps grandma cont r ibu ted someOf theco rd shehad madel as t w i n ter that thenew hat m igh t bemo rebeaut i ful . A t l as t theha t camehome,and then what t ry ings on therewere beforetheold gil t-framed m i rro r i n theparlor ! How

lovingl y i ts owner handled i t as sheplaced i tth i s way or tha t on her cu rly head . Oh , a newst raw hat was i n deed a th i ng wel l worth hav ingi n thosedays ofthelong ago

Ade/eIf. B aldwin.

“YES , RAFFLES , 1 VB HAD TO T IE YOU, BUT rr

’

s ONLY FOR A M INUTE . so PLEASE srr ST ILL. AND LOOK pLEA SAN'

r !

FUN AMONG THE RED BOYS .

BY JUL IAN RALPH ;

AR IOUS asarethecu stom s of theI ndi ans

,it i s

theirsavage,wa rl ike natu res thatwearemos t ap tto remember. Few of

us,i n fac t,

ever th i nk ofI nd ian ch i ld ren at al l

,except at thes igh t ofa

p ictu reofthem . L i t t lehas been tol d orw ri t tenabout theboy and gi r l red fo l k , and i t wouldpuzzlemos t of my readers to say wha t theysupposethesech il dren ofnatu relook l i ke, ordoto am usethem selves

,or how they arebrought

up . I t w i l l astonish most ci ty peopleto hear thatred ch i ld ren arevery l ikewh i techi l dren

,j ust as a

lady who was out on thepla ins a few years ago

was aston i shed to find that they had sk i ns assmooth and soft as any lady ’s—no

,smoo ther and

softer than that : as del icateand lovely as anydear l i t tlebaby ’s herei n New Yo rk . This l adywas v i si t i ng theBlack feet i n my company, andshewas so su rprised; when shehappened to

touch onel i t tlered boy ’s ba rearm,that she

wen t abou t p i nch i ng a dozen chubby - faced boysan d g i rl s to m akehersel f surethat all thei r sk i nswerel ikethecoats of ri pepeaches to thetouch .

Whether the I nd i ans real ly lovethei r ch i ld ren

,or know what genui ne love or affec

t ion i s, I canno t say ; but they areso proudand careful of thei r l i t t leones that i t amountsto thesame th i ng so far as theyoungstersareconcerned . Boy babies are'

always mos th ighly prized, becauset hey w i l l grow up in towarrio rs .Thel i t t lethat i s taugh t to I nd ian boys must

seem to them m uch morel i kefun than instruct ion . They m ust hear thefai ry sto r ies and

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72 2 FUN AMONG THE RED BOYS . [JUNB ,

m any snakes . I bought a snow- snake, bu t , r ideand hun t and run wel l . To beabletothough I have t r ied again and agai n , I can run fast is a necessa ry accompl i shmen t for annot get theknack of th row i ng i t . I ndi an . What they cal l run ners ” areim po rBu t I havesi n ceseen I ndian bovs ofm any tan t men i n every t r ibe. They arethemessen

t r ibes at p lay , and onet imeI saw mo rethana hund red and fi fty“ let loose,

” as our

own ch i ld ren are i na cou ntry school -ya rdat recess . To besu re,thei rs i s a perpetualrecess , and they wereat home among the

tents of thei r people,theCanada Black feet ,on thepl a i ns , w i th i nsight of the RockyMoun tains . The

smoke-browned tepees

,c rowned with

p rojec ting pole-ends ,and pain ted w i th figu res of an im al s andw i th gaudy patterns,wereset around i n a

great ci rc le, and thech i l d ren werepl ay ingi n the Open , grassySpace i n the center .Thei r fathers and mo

thers wereas w i ld asany I nd i ans

,excep t

one or two tribes ,on thecon ti nen t , butnoth i ng of thei r savagenatu res showed inthese merry

,l ively,

l augh ing, brigh t- facedl i t t leragam uffins. A tthei r playtheylaughedand screamed and hallooed . Somewere runn ing foot races, somewerew restl i ng, somewere on the backs of

scam peri ng pon ies ; for they aresomet imes pu ton ho rseback when they areno m orethan th reeyears old . Such were thei r spo rts , for In

dian boys play games to m akethem su reof

aim,certa i n offoo t , quick in m o tion , and supple

i n body , so that they can shoot and figh t and

YOU SHOULD H A VE THE STA M PEDE THAT FOL LOWED TH E S IGNA L ,

ger men,and many a oneamong them has run

a hund red m i les i n a day . They cu l t i vateru nning by means offoo t races . I n war they agreewi th thepoet who sang

For hewho fights and runs awayMay liveto figh t another day

and afterward , i f they weretaken p ri soners , theyhad a chancefor l i fe, i n theOld days

,i f they

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could run fast enough to escapethei r capto rsand thespea rs and bul let s ofthei r pu rsuers .A very popu la r gamet ha t att rac ted most of

theBlack feet boys was thethrow i ng of da rts,

or l i t t lewh i tehand -a rrows,alo ng thegrass . The

gamewas to seewho could th row his a rrowfa rthest i n a st ra igh t l i ne. A t t imes thea i r wasful l of thewh i tem i ss i les where theboys wereplayi ng ,

and t hey fel l l i kera i n u pon thegrass .In ano ther pa rt ofthefiel d weresomel arger

boys wi t h rudebows wi th wh ich to shoo t thesesameda rts . Theseboys wereplay i ng a favo r i teBlack feet game. Each onehad a di sk or so l idwheel of sheet - i ron or lead

,and thegamewas

to seewho co u ld ro l l h i s di sk thefa rthest , wh i leal l theo thers sho t a t i t to t i p it over and b r i ngi t to a stop . Theboys m adeSplend id sho ts a tthesw i ft -mov i ng l it tlewheel s , and from greaterdis tances than you wou ld im ag i ne.

They pl ay w i th a rrows so frequen tly tha t i tis no wonder they aregood ma rksmen ; yet youwould besu rp rised to seehow frequen tly theybri ng down the bi rds , rabb i ts , and gopherswh i ch abound on the pla i ns . Thehouses ofthese pl um p l i t tled rab -co lo red c reatu res are

holes i n the t u r f,and as you r i dea long the

pla i ns you w i l l see them everywherearound ,s i t t i ng up on thei r haun ches wi th thei r t i nyfo repaws hel d idleand l im p befo rethem , andthei r bead - l i ke

,brigh t eyes look ing a t you

mos t t rus t i ngl y—un ti l you comej us t so nea r ,when pop!suddenly down goes l i t t leMr .Gopheri n h is ho le. You may besu retheI ndia n boysfind great spo r t i n shoo t i ng at these com i ca ll i tt lec reatu res . But the boys take a meanadvantageofthefac t tha t therestless gopherscanno t stay st i l l i n onepl aceany g rea t leng thof t ime. When onepops i n to a holei t i s onlyfor a m i n u te, and du r i ng that m i n u tetheI nd ianboy soft l y and deft l y ar ranges a snarea roundthe hole, so tha t when the gopher pops u pagain the sna recan bejerked and theanim alcaptured .

Wegave theboys in theBlack feet cam p

great spo r t by s tand ing a t a d is tanceof a hund red yards from al l ofthem and offer i ng a si l verquarter to wh ichever boy got to u s fi rst . You

should haveseen thestam pede tha t fo l lowedthe signal , GO ! Blankets were d ropped ,moccasins fel l off

,boys stumbled and o thers

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fel l a top of them , their b lack locks flew i n thebreeze

,a nd thea i r was no i sy w i th yel l i ng and

la ughter .Theseboys spi n tops , bu t thei r top

- t ime i sthew i n ter , when snow i s on thegrou nd and isc rus ted hard . Thei r tops aremadeof lead or

someo ther metal , and aremere l i t tleci rcula rpla tes wh i ch they cover w i th red flannel ando rnamen t w i th t i ny kno ts or w i sps of co rd all

a round theedges . Thesearespu n w i th wh i psand look very p ret ty on thei cy wh i teplay

grounds . Nea rly al l I nd ian boys play bal l,

bu t not as wedo , for thei r on ly idea of the

gamei s thegi rl i sh oneof p i tch i ng and ca tching. A l l thei r games arethes implest , and lacktherules wh i ch wel ay down to m akeour spo rtsdiflicult and exc i t i ng.

Theboys of thePapago t r ibei n theSou thwes t havea gamewh i ch thefel lows i n Harvardand Yalewou ld fo rm ru les about

,if they played

i t,unt i l i t becamevery l ivel y i ndeed . These

I nd ian boys m akedumb -bel l s of wo ven bucksk i n or rawh i de. They weavet hem t igh t andst i ff

,a nd then soak them i n a so r t of red mud

wh i ch st i cks l ike pa in t . They d ry them,an d

then the queer toys are ready for use. To

pl ay thegamethey ma rk offgoal s, oneforeachband or s ide ofplayers . Theobject ofeachs idei s to sen d i t s dumb -bel l s over to thegoalo f theenemy . Thedum b-bel l s aretossed w i thst i cks tha t areth ru st u nder them as they lieontheground . Theperverseth i ngs w i l l not gost ra igh t or fa r , and a rod i s a p ret ty good th rowfor one. Thespo r t qu ickl y grows exc i t ing , andtheplayers aresoo n bat t l i ng i n a heap , almos tas i f they wereplay ing at foo tbal l .Thesearegames tha t w i l l not wea r out wh i le

thereare I nd ian boys to play them . On the

Ol dest reservat ions , whereeven thegrand fathersof the I nd i an s now al iveweresh u t u p andfed by thei r governmen t theboys sti l l play theold games . But wherever one t ravel s to -day

,

even among thew i ldes t t r ibes,a new era i s

seen to havebegun as theresu l t of theI nd ianschoo l s

,and I ndia n boys arebei ng taugh t

th i ngs mo reusefu l than any they ever k newbefo re. The b righ tes t boys i n the varioustribes areselec ted to besen t to theseschoo l s ,and i t i s hoped that what theylea rn w i l l makeal ltheothers anx ious to imi tatewh i temen ’s ways .

THE L ITTLE DUKE OF DORSET .

Bv MARGARET JACKSON .

ON thesameday (J une8 , 1 567) on wh ichtheDukeof N o rfo l k kn ighted Queen E l iz abeth ’s k i nsman

,Thomas Sackv i l le

,shec aused

him to bera i sed to thepeerageas Baron Buckhurst of Buckhu rst , i n Sussex . A year beforeth i s t imeshehad given him theManor ofKno lei n Ken t , wi th i ts old house, whi ch was bu i l t i npart someth reehundred years befo re. Hed idnot, however, obtai n ful l possess ion ofh i s p roperty un t i l m any years l ater and i n the

sameyear heceased to beS im ply Baron Buckhurst ,forJ ames I then c reated him Earl ofDorset .Heat on ceset to work to rebu i l d pa rt of thehouse, and , by emp loy i ng two hundred workmen for two years

,comp leted thetask . I t is

th is housewh i ch stands to -day i n i ts beaut i fulpark

,oneof themo s t famous of themanOr

houses of Engl and . I t covers fou r acres of

ground , and w i th its m any wonders— i ts fiftytwo s ta i rcases (onefor each week of theyear ) ,i t s th reehund red and si xty-fiveroom s (oneforeach day), i t s fivehundred and fo r ty w i ndows,i t s recent ly d iscovered p r ies t ’s cel l— m any ofthereaders of ST . N ICHOLAS are fam i l ia r , forV i ta Sack v i l le-Wes t has aroused a new i n terestin her homeby her let ter

,p rinted i n theLeague

i n thei ssueof N ovember,1 90 2 . Her father ,

Lord Sack v i l le, who was Bri t i sh m i n i ster to theU ni ted States , 1 88 1—1 888

,is thep resent owner

ofKnolePark .

Therei s no DukeofDo rset now,for thel ast

t imethat thet i tledescended from father to son

was morethana hundred years ago ,i n 1799 ,

when Geo rgeJohn Freder ick Sackv i l le foundh imsel f (by thedeath of h is father), at Meageof fi ve, fou rth Duke of Do rset

,bei ng al so

Earl of Do rset , Earl of Middlesex , BaronBuckhurst of Buckhurst

,and Baron Cranfield

of Cranfield . Rather a heavy load for one

smal l boy to carry ! For hewas a boy l ikeo ther boys

,even if hecameto a dukedom and

ranked nex t to a princebefo reever hehadcometo a knowledgeof readi ng, w r i t i ng, andar i thmet i c .

Hegrew up in thebeau t i ful coun ty ofKen t ,known as the“Garden of Engl and ,

” and wecan im agi nehim play ing w i th h is l i tt les i s ters ,Mary and El izabeth

,am ong thes tatel y beeches

ofKno lePark— perhaps, too , pl ay i ng a t h ideand - seek in thoseth reeh und red and si xty-fiveroom s

,wh ich all belonged to him . La ter he

wen t to school at Harrow,and to co l legea t

Ox fo rd . Hem ust havebeen clever , for h i sun ivers i ty gaveh im thedegreeof Doc to r ofC iv i l Law befo rehewas twenty years old , andvery few people(and nios t - of.thosegray-hai red )can w ri te Oxon .

” after thei r n amesnowadays. Hem us t al so havebeen popu l ar ,for hewas a lieu tenan t - co lonel and thecom

m andan t ofthem i l i t i a of Sevenoaks (thenearest town to Kno le) at thesameage.

Therehas been very“ l i t t le reco rded of hi sshor tearl y l i fe, and therewas, al as ! no l ater l i feto ch ron i cle. A t theageof twenty-onehewask i l led by a fal l from hi s ho rsei n thehunt i ngfield , when on a v i s i t to h is m o ther i n I rel and .

Thetitlewent to h i s cousi n , who was thefi fthand last DukeofDo rset .Thus Geo rgeJohn Freder i ck never l i ved to

gain thefameofhis great ancestor , thepoet andstatesman , thefi rs t Earl ofDo rset .As far as wearecon cerned , all knowledgeof

him m ight havel a in bur ied i n theold lea therbound books of thepeerage i n an alcoveof

someremo tel ib rary , had i t no t been for JohnH oppner, fo rmerl y a German chori s ter boy at theChapel Royal , whom Geo rgeI I I en cou ragedto learn to pain t, and who became, th rough the

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NOT al l of thedel ights of sp ring arefor thecoun t ry boy. Wewho l ivei n thec i ty haveahos t of them ,

and can seem any a st rangeandpleasi ng s igh t i f wekeep oureyes open . A fewdays ago ,

whi ler i d i ng my bicyc ledown Madison A venue

,I heard thetw i t ter i ng of sparrows ,

and,look ing up , saw i n themou th of thes tone

l ion on theco rner of thebui l d i ng of oneof thec i ty ’s p rom i nent c l ubs , the rem ai ns of a l astyear ’ s nes t

,and two sp arrows get t ing ready to

bu i ld a new onefor th i s year . I t was su ch anovel p lacefor a bird to choo sefor housekeep

ing that I s topped and m adea sketch of i t .Wh i les tan d ing on theoppos i tecorner sketching, thepo l i cem an of that “ beat cameoverto talk w i th me. Heseemed pleased that Ishou ld haveno t i ced thebi rds . Hesa i d tha tthesparrows had been keep ing houset hereforsevera l years . Hehad often s topped to watchthem bui ld t hei r nes ts, and l ater feed i ng thei rl i t t leones. Thesebirds wou ld play around thel ion ’s head , s i t t i ng on h i s noseoreyebrows assauc i l y as could be

,as m uch as to say : “

You

m ay look very fierce, but—WHO’s A FRA ID ?

A P IGMY PAS SENGER TRA IN .

GERALD WIN STED .

V IS ITORS to the’

l‘

rans - h'lississippi Exposi t ionin Omaha i n 1 898 , and to thePan -Amer i canExpos i t ion i n Bu f falo i n 1 90 1 , w i l l reca l l seei nga m i n ia tu reengi neand t rain that , i n sp i teofitssmal l s i ze, was i n dai ly serv i cei n carry i ng passengers a round theci rcu i t of i ts d im i n u t ivera i lroad t rack . I t was John W. Sh r i ver , a you ngman pa rt i al l y crippled , who conceived thei deaofbu i ld i ng th i s smal l eng i ne, and hedi d all the

wo rk ofconst ruc tion h im sel f.Theengi neweighed fou r h und red and fi fty

pounds ; i ts length , w i th tender , was but si x feetseven and a halfinches, and thed r i v i ng-wheel swerebut eigh t i nches i n d iameter. And yet i thauled si x observation -cars , i n each Ofwh i ch two

ch i ld ren could becom fo rtably seated . Theeu

t i ret ra i n,cons is t i ng ofeng i ne, tender, fou r ob

servat ion -ca rs, onebox -ca r,and a caboose, was

but an even twenty feet i n length .

Theengi necarr ied si x gal lons ofwa ter i n thetender- tank and fivei n thebo i ler

,wh i ch fu r

nished s team to p ropel i t for two hou rs . Coa lwas shoveled from thetender i n thesameman

ner as on thel arger engi nes . I n fact , thel i t tleengi newas com pletei n m i n i atu rei n every detai l .Con trary to wha t onewould th i nk from i t s

smal l s i ze, Mr . Sh r iver sa id tha t th is engi newould haul a load of two thousand pounds (oroneton) on a level st raigh t t rack at a runn i ngrateoftwel vem i les an hour .

THE LAUNCH ING OF THE WATER A’

ELP IE.

\NHAT

AND NED

ANOTHER. SUMMER. BROUGHT TO DENEEI

TOODLES

Bv GABR IELLE E . JACKSON .

CHAPTER IV .

THE S UN SET H OUR .

THE l i brary w i ndows stood Open,and thesoft

l i t t leJ unew i nds p layed peep w i th thel acecu rta in s

,swayi ng them i n and out

,and let t i ng

therose- l aden ai r sl ip in to theroom . Ou ts idetheset ti ng sun cast long sl an t ing rays upon thel awn and fo l i agebefo rei t sl i pped away beh i ndtheh il l s to carry thep rom iseof a new day too ther l ands . Wi th i n thel ib rary al l waswonderful ly peaceful an d quiet . I t was a very att raet i veroom ,

pervaded wi th thehomeatmosphere

t hat only a m uch-used , wel l - loved room canpossess .AS theclock announced thehour of five

,a

stately pad , pad camestal king across thep iazza,and a second l a ter Sailo r ’ s great head pushedas idethecu rta ins and helooked in to theroom .

That no onewas v i s ibled i d not seem to con

cern him i n theleast,for, wal k ing over to the

fu r rug wh ich lay upon the floor besidethecouch ,

hest retched h im sel f at ful l length uponi t , and l ay therew i th h i s head raised i n a l i stening att i t ude. Pat , pat , pat , camethesound of

sm al l hu r ry i ng feet th rough thehal l , and i n ran72 8

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Thelet ter was barely fin ished when thewh is tleof thei ncom i ng t ra in tol d that Mr. Lombardwould bewi th them presently , and by thet imemo ther and daugh ter had reached theentranceto thegrounds, wi th two dogs and two cats asbody-guard , Sunsh ineand Flash camesp inn ingalong theroad , and neighed aloud as Den i secal led out : Oh, papa! papa ! hereweare!

”

Mr . Lombard stepped from thecarr iageat the

gate, and , sl ippi ng an arm abou t h i s w ifeandsunny lit tledaughter, wal ked w i th them towardthehouse, thedogs and cats c rowding abou thim and cl aiming theno t i cewh i ch they neverc l aimed i n vain . Thepeaceof all thewo rl dl ay upon that home.

CHAPTER V .

“OH , WE

’LL SA IL THE OCEAN BLUE !

"

GOOD-BY , H inky-D i nky we’11 comeback

beforelong ! Den i secal led ou t to Hart, whohad j ust c rawled th rough theopening i n thehedge.

TheOld boat d id n’t comeanyway

, Snipenfri zzle

,

” shou ted Hart,as thecarri agerol led out

ofthegrounds. I t won ’ t beout t i l l to- n ight,papa says . Therewas someth ing m i ss i ng fo rtherudder. Good-by And hewaved h is hat .After pu rchasing a generous supply ofgood

things for Mary, Mrs . Lombard and Den isedroveto t hel i t tlecot tagei n wh ich Shel ived

,

and m adethepoo r woman happy for thewho lemorn ing. Twelveo ’c lock had st ruck upon thetown c lock , indeed , beforethecal l was com

pleted , and Den i sewas as happy as Mary hersel f in seei ng the joy tha t M rs . Lombardbrough t to her.

Upon theway homeDen i sesp ied somec i rcus posters, and was at oncefi l led wi th a desi reto seethec i rcus, for anyth i ng in wh i ch ho rseswerei nt roduced was bl i ss unal loyed for her.

They w i l l behereon the7th Shec ried,

“ thevery day that Pokey wi l l come! Oh, moddie, how splendi d ! We can go, can

’ t wePPapa w i l l su rely takeus .”“We’

11 see—we’ll see, answered M rs . Lom

bard , w i th theexp ression wh ich Den i seknewto mean “yes.

”

Fo r thenext few days Den i secould hardlyth i nk of anyth i ng el se, and no suspi cion ofthe

startl ing events wh i ch would takeplaceerethat c ircus passed out ofher l i feever enteredher head .

Hart was wai t ing for them at thet u rn of theroad, and P i n to and Ned exchanged greet ingsw i th joyous neighs, and can tered along besi deeach o ther.That even ing thenew boat was del ivered at

M r . Murray’s house. I t was a fai ry- l i kel i t t lec raft , bu i l t of cedar and sh i n i ng wi th i ts freshvarn ish .

Wi thou t let t ing thechi l dren know i t,Mrs.

Lombard had m adea finesi l k flag and embro idered on i t a wh i tes tar . Then , to m akethe l aunchi ng l ike a “ real ly t r ul y one,

”she

bough t a t i ny bo t t leof gi nger-ale, warran ted tosm ash and siz zlein themos t approved style.J ust after b reak fas t thenext morning, Hart

’sfacepeeped i n at thew indow, for boyi sh patiencewas stretched to thesnapping-po in t.What i s theboat to benamed ?” M rs . Lom

bard asked on theway down to theriver .“ I th i nk we’

11 c all her theWater Kelpz’

e,

said Hart .H ow w i l l th is answer for thech ristening ?

asked M rs. Lombard, as shedrew from thel i t tlebag shewas carry i ng a bot tleof ginger-ale,gaily decked wi th bl ueribbons .

“Oh ,I say ! Aren ’ t you j ust a t rump !

”

c ried Hart,su rp r ised i n to genu i ne boyish

p ra ise. “That ’s a regul ar jim dandy , andDenisecan smash i t to smithereens . Quick ,let ’s get her l aunched !Theboat lay upon thebeach at thewater ’sedge. They let thebow rest upon land un ti l theceremony of ch r is ten ing i t wasended . I t tookbu t a few seconds, and grasping thel i t tlebo t tleby i ts beribboned neck , Den isebent over thebow,

saying : “ I Ch ri sten theetheWater Kel

pz'

e! " A t thel as t wo rd , SMASH ! wen t thebo t t le, and a v igo rous push from Hart sen t theboat into thewater, heS inging at thetop ofhi sl ungs, “Oh , we

’11 sa i l theocean bl ue!” and

Mrs. Lombard jo i ned in,adding :

“And may I h avethehono r of presen t ingto thecaptain of th i s beau tiful c raft thep rivates ignal wh ich I hOpewil l add to i ts attrac tionsand waveto h i s glory as long as thevesselrides thewavesThe sh rieks of del igh t which greeted the

DEN ISE AND NED TOODLES .

p retty flag when sheu n ro l led i t from i t s wrapp ings left her no doubt of i ts recept ion . I t wasmoun ted upon a slender cedar staff wh ichfi t ted exactly thel i t t lesocket in thes ternOf cou rsethecaptain was in duty bound to

invitethedono r of thi s sp lend id flag to aecompany him upon h i s t ri a l t ri p ; and, tak ing herseat in thes tem ,

w i th Beau ty Bu ttons besideher, Den i seup i n thebow , and thecaptain“ am idsh ips

,

”06 they gl i ded upon thecalm

ri ver.Morethan an hour was spen t upon thewater,

and when they cameasho re Mrs . Lombardfel t en ti rel y reassu red , for Hart handled h i soa rs l ikean “

old sal t , having rowed a greatdeal wh i lea t school .

CHAPTER VI .

POKEY AND A C I RCUS .

A s Shehad wai ted j ust oneyear befo re, gai l ydecked i n b l ueribbons in honor oftheoccasion ,Den isewas now wai t i ng again for her gi rl chumPokey to a rrivefor her usual yea rl y v i s i t .Shewas somewhat tal ler, and that madeher

seem even mo reslender, bu t i t was thesamePokey that stepped from thet rai n i n to Den ise’soutstretched arm s , and Ned Toodles greetedherwi th a co rd ial neigh .

And what do you th i nk ! cried Den i se,when they werespi n n i ng along home, Ned occasionallyjo i n ing i n their conversat ion wi th a soc ia lwhinny .

“ A circus i s here, an d papa i s go i ngto takeus al l to seei t to- n igh t . I t i s go i ng to

paradethrough thetown a t eleven , and as soonas wehaveseen mam a and grandma , we

’ll

driveup to thev i l l ageand seei t . I t won ’ t , ofcou rse, comedown th i s way. Won ’ t i t begreatfun !“You don 't supposeNed wi l l t ry to do any oft ri cks when hesees theo ther pon ies, do

you ? asked Pokey , fo r a year’s or mo reac

quai ntancewi th Ned had no t served to overcomeherm i sgiv i ngs of that an imal

’s w i l d p ranks .“Ofcou rseno t ! Why should he? Besides ,

hecould n’

t wh i lei n harness ,” repl ied Den i se,

bl issful l y ignoran t even yet of that li t tlescamp’ s

resources and determ i na tion to carry h i s po i n t ,onceheset abou t do ing so . Ned was never uglyor v ic ious , but wellDeni seknew that a good b i t

o f fi rm ness was requi red upon her part when shewi shed to get him pas t thel i t tles torewherechoco la tec ream s were so l d , and that i t wasalways far w i ser to chooseano ther road i f timep ressed . Bu t shewas too loyal to her pet tobet ray h i s l i t t leweaknesses .

My dear l i t tleg i rl , how del igh ted wearetohaveyou w i th us agai n !

” sa i d M rs . Lombard,

as shegathered Pokey i n to her a rm s .“Takeher right out to thedin i ng-room ,

dea ry , and haveMary fetch her a gl ass of coolm i l k and somel i t t lebiscu i ts, sa id grandma .

On thei r way to thev i l l ageto seetheci rcusparadethey wereover taken by Hart , moun tedupon Pi n to . Knowi ng tha t Pokey was abou tto arri ve, hehad kept a t a safedistan cet i l l hecou ld si zeher up ,

” as hepu t i t ; for hi s i n tercoursewith gi rl s had been decidedly l im i ted ,an d hehad no no t ion of pl unging i n to an i n t imacy w i th onewhom hehad never seen before.

Shei s n’

t much l ikeDen i se,”was h i s men tal

commen t ; bu t i f Den isel i kesherso m uch shemus t beal l r igh t .

”

' So now herodeup to thephaeton and wasduly p resen ted to Pokey by Deni se, who sai dPokey , t h is i s my fr iend Hart Murray , and th i si s E l izabeth Del ano, Hart, on l y wedon ’ t cal lher by her nameoncein a bl uemoon . Shei sour very own Pokey , and lze

’

5 Hinky -D i nky,”

giv i ng a l augh ing nod toward Hart .“ Yes

,and size’

s Snipenfrizzle

p rompt retort .“Wel l , weal l k noweach other now,

l aughedDenise

,and befo reano therwo rd could bespoken

thesou nd of a band p l aying i n thev i l l agej ustbeyond caused al l to exc l aim ,

“Oh, they’ve

started ! they ’ves tar ted ! and to hurry forward

as though that werethech ief i n teres t oftheday .

Bu t upon Ned theeffec t of tha t band was certainlyodd . I t was pl ayi ng March ing throughGeo rgi a ,

” and onem igh t h avesupposed i t tobeh i s favori teai r, for hebegan to p ranceanddan cei n perfec t timeto i t .

Do look at him ! Do look at him criedDen i se, Cl apping her hands w i th del igh t . “ Ibel ieveheknows th at m arch .

”

“Oh, let’s get out,

” begged t im i d Pokey .

Heacts as though hewerec razy .

”

N onsense! hewon ’ t do a'nyt h ing bu t m arktime

,

” answered Den i se, l augh ing.

“ I a lways

was the

73 2 DEN I SE AND NED TOODLES . um ,

sa id heknew j ust every th i ng, bu t I never supposed th at hewas a m us ic i an .

They werenow j ust a t theedgeof thev i ll age, and at that m omen t thec i rcu s paradet u rned i n from a sides t reet whi ch led out to

thegrounds wheretheten ts werepi tched . The

s treets werecrowded as though theen t i retownhad tu rned out to seetheShow,

wh i ch doub tless it had , for Spri ngdalei n thosedays was asmal l p l ace and c i rcuses di d not often t a r rythere.

I t was,i ndeed , a go rgeous pagean t wh ich

bu rst upon thech i ld ren ’s sight , for i n a Splendi d gol den car bl ared and too ted a brass band ,themusician s resplenden t i n red uni form s,and blow i ng as though thei r very l ives depended upon it, and si x h andsomewh i tehorsesp ranced and curveted befo rei t . Then cameapale-bl ue-and-gol d chario t drawn by s i x of thedeares t “ cal ico pon ies oneever saw,

and w i thwhom Ned instan tl y c la imed k insh ip w i th aregular rowdy hel lo- yoursel f neigh . Now you

haveall doub tless seen ci rcus parades, and knowal l abou t theknigh ts and fai ries, beau ti ful ho rsesw i th thei r gay ri ders, elephan ts, camel s, wi l dan im al s and tameones . But i t i s ofoneparticul a r pony that weareto tel l . All thet imetheparadewas passing Ned kep t up

'

an i ncessan tfidgeting, tuggi ng at the rei n s, paw i ng the

ground , shaking h is head up and down , andon ly rest ra i ned from pl ungi ng headlong i n tothem idst of i t al l by Den ise’s firm hand . P in tos tood bes idethephaeton , but , savefor a start ofsu rp r isewhen an exceptional ly loud too t wasblown , he behaved l ike a gen tlem an . Thechi ldren wereas closeto thel i neofmarch asthey wel l coul d bewi thou t thepon ies ’ nosesb rush ing theelephants

’S ides

,and abou t hal f of

theprocession had passed when a magn ificen tblack horsebearing upon h i s back theG randH igh Mogul oftheShow camep ranc i ng along.

This was them anager, so theposters announced ,mounted upon hi s sp lendid S indbad theGreat ,them os t wonderful perform i ng horse i n thewo rld .

”

J us t then theparadewas obl iged to hal t fora momen t or two , and thehandsomehorseandhi s ri der stopped di rec t ly in fron t ofthechi ld ren .

Wi th a hel lo—how-are-you gl ad-to-m akeyour-acquai n tance ai r, Ned poked out h i s

m uzzleand greeted Sindbad theGreat . Si ndbad ,not to beou tdonei n po l i teness

,pu t down h is

noseto meet l i t tleperky Ned ’s, and they hel d asecond ’s wh i spered conversation— a conversat ion fraught w i th fatal resu l t s for Ned , as wi l lbeseen .

Now Si ndbad ’s ri der had a pai r ofeyes wh i chj ust no th ing escaped , and onesweepi ng glancetook i n every detai l of pony , phaeton , andch ild ren .

Noddi ng pleasan t ly to them,headdressed

Deni sew i th“ Finel i t t leho rseyou

’vegot there. Had

him long ? Hedoes n’t look very old .

”

I ’vehad him nearly two years . I ndeed heis fine! Therei s n’

t another l ikehim i n al l thewo rld . Hei s not n ineyears old yet.

”

“Wan t to sell him ? ” asked theman.

Wel l , I j ust guess not !"was thei ndignan t

reply .

“ L i vehere? ” was thenext quest ion ; butDen i sebegan to th i nk that th i s bravel y deckedi ndiv i dual was dec i dedly cu rious

,and hesi tated

befo reanswering. Befo reshehad madeupherm i nd to do so , theparademoved on, and afew moments l ater thel ast donkey had passed .

Then Ned took m atters into h i s own hands,o r

rather h is teeth , and d id tha t wh ich hehadnever donebefo re si nceDen i se had ownedhim . Heposi t ively refused to tu rn around and

go home, and nei ther coaxing, th reats,nor wh iphad theleast effec t upon him . Shakeh i s head ,back , paw, and ac t l ikea regular l i t tlescam pwas al l hewou ld do, and at l ast , grow ing t i redof t ry i ng to makehei u nderstand what hedidwant

,heresol ved to show her

,and ofl”hewent,

pel t i ng ahead t i l l hehad over taken thevan ishing ci rcus , wheel i ng asideto avo i d thoseat theend ,

tearing along un t i l hehad over taken thepart of theparadei n wh ich Si ndbad was st i l ldel igh t i ng al l behol ders, and then , neck -or

no thi ng, forc i ng h i s way, carri age, occupants,and al l

,r igh t i n beh ind that wi l y beast whose

whi sper had su rel y been : “Comeon behindmeand we’

11 cut a dash—seei f wedon ’ t !or someth i ng to that effect .Hav i ng ach ieved h is objec t, Master Ned

was t riumphant , and no French dan cing-master ever p i rouet ted and showed ofl

‘ ”for the

adm i rat ion of al l beho l ders as did th i s vain

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M I SS HA I RP IN TO M XS S“H U M B LE

M AGN I FVING-G LAS S .

M Y DEAR , I F I WE R E YOU I WOULD N '

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VE NO IDEA OF THE “WAY SHE EXAGGE RATES EVERYTH ING!"

REAR ING A WREN FAM ILY .

BY W ILLI AM LO VELL F I NLEY .

I llustra ted w it/z [hologram/1 s from lifeby Herm an T. B o/zlm an .

WHY s/wula’

n’

t a l i t t lewren haveanenormous appet i te? ” I mused as I lay hidden i nthetal l grass watch ing thefather as hefed theel des t of thefam i l y of five, that had flown forthefi rs t t imefrom thenes t in theho l low s t umpto thealder branches below . Of cou rsewemust admit

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that thedim i n ut ivebobtai led youngs ter must possess themos t rapi d double-ac t iondigestiveapparatu s when weremember that he

grows to maturi ty within two weeks from theday hewas hatched . Thereforethech iefobjec tofhi s l ifemus t beto eat and sleep .

"

Wrens areinteres ting l i t t lechaps anyhow

d ro ll, fidgety l i t tlei nd iv idual s , each w i th greatself-esteem . My i nteres t i n a certai n brownfami l y had i nc reased w i th every v i s i t for a

who lemonth . Onep icks up many acquain

tances rambl ing abou t theh i l l s , bu t , l ikepeople,some aremore i n terest i ng than o thers, and

acquai n tancesh i p often warms i n to fr iendsh i pas thedays pass by .

Wh i leout bi rdi ng i n thelatter part ofJune,I was trudgi ng along up oneof theshadedpath s of thefir- covered Oregon h i l l s ides, whena l i t tlebi rd whizzed headlong down i n i ts t i ppl ing fl igh t , barel y dodging my head . Bo th

736 REAR ING A WREN FAM ILY . (J ung ,

wererather flustered at th i s sudden and unex

pected meet i ng . Themoment ’s pauseon an

overhanging branch was suffi c ient for meto

recognizethehu rrying stranger as a Vigors’

s

wren . But I hardly had t imeto seej ust whatthesmall whiteparcel was shecarried in hermouth . I t m igh t havebeen a whi temil ler

,

wh ich I imagi ned woul d soon beth rust unceremoniously down a gaping th roat . For all mys trategy th i s li t tlebrown bird was too sh rewd toshow meher home.Thenext day, however, I s tolea march , and

was wel l h idden in thebushes near to whereIthought thenes t must be, when thew ren ap

peared . I hardlyexpec ted to escapet hat sharpround eye, and was p repared for thesco ld ingthat fo l lowed ; in fac t, I submit ted rather joyously to it, w i thou t a word i n reply . PerhapsI had no bus iness thereon thewren ’s busiestday. Regardless ofalltheharsh epi thet s hur ledat mefrom theal der l imb, I was too absorbedin gaz ing th rough my field-

glass at an ugl yp ieceof snake- skin thew ren hel d in hermouth . Rather an uncanny mouthful , to besu re. Theidea of a nestful of gap ing mou thsvan i shed from my v i sion as thebrown bodyfidgeted abou t , with her tai l over her back, andt hen wh i rled away to a largeuptu rned roo tcovered w i th v i nes. Hereshehopped abou tin thetangleof b rier and fern, apparen tly for

gerful ofmy p resence; but thosesharp b rowneyes, behind wh ich aregenerat ions of careandcunning gained in contac t w i th natu re, are

never heedless . Her ac t ion woul d havedeceived any o ther c reature, but I knew her too

wel l ; at thelikel ies t momen t and i n an eye’stw i nkling , she s udden ly popped up in to thedead body of an alder- t reeand disappearedinto a t i ny round hole.Wrens havet radit ions, and , l i kesomepeople,

areperhaps sl ightly superst i t ious . I was not

su rethat a Vigors’s wren considered a bi t of

snake-sk i n thekeystone to the arch of its

snugly bu i l t home, bu t I do not remember everexam ini ng thenest of i ts cousin , theParkman

’

s

wren , and not finding th is t radit ional b i t of

treasu re. Maybei t i s a mat ter of p ro tec tion ,for it is sai d a snakew i l l not ventu rewherethevest igeof its own sk in i s found . Generationsago theancestral wrens must havefough t for

p ro tec tion among thet ri bes ofrep tiles, unt i l nowthedescendan ts never th ink of s tart i ng uponhousehold du t ies withou t search ing up theh i l lsi des, th rough themeadows

, or back in thedeep woods u nti l thecast-ofl

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scal y coat ofsomesnakeis found and bornehomein triumph as ahearthstonedei ty .

A lmost every feathered creatu rehas someinteresting t rait of p rotec t ion . I havealwaysfound that thered-breasted nuthatch

,after he

has excavated his wooden homein somedeadstump , never fai l s to collec t a good supply ofsoftpitch , and plas ter it religiously abou t thec i rc leddoorway ofthelog house.Ever si nceI fi rst discovered thewren bu i l d

ing its homein thealder stub my in terest hadgrown, and I was anx ious to Win its friendsh ip ,p rinc i pal l y becausemos t b i rds had fin ishednesti ng for theseason. Why had thenes t notbeen placed nearer theground instead of at a

distanceof twelvefeet , and why d id they selec tsuch a dark , narrow homethat I could hardly

get a gl impseoftheinterior PExperiencehad taugh t menot to try to w i n

theaffec t ions of a bi rd too rap id ly , espec ial lyat that season when househo l d affairs weresoengrossi ng. When I thought I could safely do so

,

I approached thenes t rather caut iously and t imidly and sat down i n thetall ferns . I t surpri sed mesomewhat that nei ther paren t sco l dedat my approach . After watchi ng and wait i ngfor almos t halfan hou r and seeing neither wren ,I becameimpatien t and knocked gen tly on thet ree- trunk to paymy respec ts to thebrown headthat m igh t beth rust from theround door above.

Again I knocked , and then a l i t tleharder. I t 'squeer a wren canno t feel such an eart hquakeagai ns t thep i l lar ofher home. I shook thet reev igorously. Could it beposs iblethehomewasdeserted V i s ions ofall so rts ofbird acc i dentsflashed through my m i nd as I swung up i n totheb ranches and rapped at theround door.All was dark w i th in ; not even thewh i teeggscould beseen . This was bad luck indeed , Ithough t . Then , w i th theaid of a li t t lem i rrorthat is always handy to exam i nedark c revices ,I reflec ted a ray of l igh t th rough thedoor tothei n nermos t depths . Theresat themo ther,her brow n back almost indistinguishable

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from

thedry sides of thehouse, bu t those round

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738 REAR ING WREN FAM ILY . [JUNE ,

I N A FLASH BOTH WRENLETS “'ERE W IDE AWAK E AND ON THE T I PTOE OF EXPECTANCY.

not resi st h u rrying headlong to thenest . Sev

eral t imes , from my rabb i t ’s ho le i n thebushes

,I saw a song- sparrow stop on sway ing

l imb and s i ng a song somewhat resembl i ng thatof thewren , but thech i ldren i n thewoodenhomeknew not thesong, and , t rue to theirparents’ teachings , remai ned qu iet whi le thedoughty father dar ted out and drovetheihtruder from thep rem i ses .On J u ly 2 3 I wro tei n my note-book : “This

morn ing I was surpr i sed to seetwo l i t t leb rownheads as I gazed th rough my neld-

glass at theround nest -ho le.

"But how coul d I ever get

pic tu res ofthew ren nestl i ngs if they wereto remai n cont i nual l y w i th i n thosep ro tec ted woodenwal l sFor some reason thefather s to rmed and

sco l ded morethan usual on my nex t v is i t . Heseemed outofso rts abouteveryth i ng. Therat ingI got was not very much moreseverethan thel i t t lewretch gaveh i s w ifewhen sheret urned

each t imew i th morsel s of food . Someth i ngwas radical ly wrong. I t cou ld not bethat h i smatedid not search hard enough for food or

bri ng enough back . Wi th all his faul t-findinghenever once oflered to rel ieve h i s fai thful

H i dden i n the grass , I t r ied to so lve the

secret of thefather ’s petulant ac t ions . Eachtimethepat ien t mo ther retu rned hegrew moreres t less and v iolen t i n h i s language. Soon Isaw hi s wifewh i r l joyousl y by w i th an un usuallylargewh i tegrub—surely a prizefor any bi rd .

But alas ! for all her prowess , her spousedartedat her as if in madness, whileshe, trembl i ngin terror, ret reated down thel imb and th roughthebushes . For a few moments i t seemed asif thew ren househo l d was to bewrecked . Iwas tempted to takethemo ther ’s part agai ns tsuch cruel t reatmen t as shequ ivered th roughthefern on fl u tter i ng w i ng toward me, bu t atthat moment , as if thoroughly subdued , she

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yielded up thebug to thefather. This was thebone of con ten t ion . A domest ic bat t lehadbeen fough t and hehad won. Thescol d ingceased . Bo th seemed sat isfied . Mount i ng to

thet ree-top, thel i t t lemo ther pou red fo rth sucha flood of sweet song as rarely st ri kes human

From that momen t sheseemed a differen tear.

wren , released from all careand worry . Her

en ti ret imewas spen t i n search for bugs. Eachretu rn was heral ded by theh igh-sou nd ing t ri l lfrom thet ree- top, and her husband wh i r led out

of the tangled v i nes to take themorsel she

carried .

But what of h i s act ions ? Hehad ei ther

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cou ld hardly endu reh im . I f hewerehungry ,why could heno t ski rm i sh for his own bugs ?Wh i le I was chid i ng him for h is i nfamous

ac t ion , themother appeared w i th a largemo th ,which heread i ly took . Among theal der l imbsthefather flew, and final l y up to thenest - ho le

,

out ofwh ich was i ssu i ng such a ser ies ofhungrysc ream s as no paren t w i th theleast b i t ofdevot ion could resi s t . H ardly could I bel ievemyeyes , for thel i t t leknavej ust wen t to thedoo r

,

whereeach hungry nes tl i ng cou ld get a goodofthemo rsel

,then

,as ifsco l d i ng thel i t t le

ones for bei ng so no i sy and hungry , hehoppedback down thet reei n to thebushes .

M ERCY ! SUCH A REACH ING AND ST R ETcm '"

gonec razy or hewas a mos t selfish l i t t letyran t ,for heflew abou t theal der s tump

,cal l i ng now

i n a softer toneto h i s ch i ldren w i th i n,and fi nal ly

swal lowed the grub h imself. Two or th reetimes hed id th i s

,unt i l I was so disgusted I

. p l u nged headlong down ; catch ing i n

Th is was i ndeed causefor a fam i l y revo l t .Thebrown nest l i ng nearest thedoo r grew so

bo l d w i th h unger that hefo rgo t h i s fear andthe

b ranches below wherethefather perched . A nd

REAR ING A “’REN FAM I LY . [JUNE,

thep recoc ious youngster got thelargemo th as

a reward for h i s b ravery .

Not t i l l then did i t dawn upon methat therewas a reason for the father ’s queer ac t ions .Thewrenlets were

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old enough to leavethenest . Outs idei n thewarm sunshinethey cou ldbefed mo reeasi ly and would grow mo rerapidly

,and t hey could be taugh t theway s of

woodcraft . I n halfan hou r,oneafter ano ther,

thel i t t lew rens had been persuaded , even com

pelled ,to leavethenarrow confines of thenest

and lau nch out i n to thebig worl d .

What a task thefather had brough t uponhimself! Su rel y the old woman i n the shoenever had a m ore try ing t ime. Thefretfulfat her darted away to pun ish oneofthewrenletsfor not remai n i ng quiet ; hescu rr ied heretosco l d another for wander i ng too far, or wh i rledaway to whi p a th i rd for not keep i ng low in theunderb rush , away from thehawk ’s watchful eyes .My at tent ion was di rec ted i n part icu lar to

onel i t t lefeathered subjec t who , each t imetheb rown father cameback , i n sisted voc iferous lythat h i s tu rn was next . Once i n part icular

,

when thecamera di d not fai l to reco rd,papa

wren was app roachi ng w i th a largegrub . The

w renlet was all i n ecstasy . Hewas cal l i ng,“ Papa

,papa, thebug i s m i ne! Thebug i s

mine!” fl u t ter i ng h is w i ngs i n such del igh t ashehopped to thenex t l imb near thehesi tat ingparen t . But theyoungs ter

’s emphat ic appealfai led to persuadethefather

,for thenex t ih

Stan t hedeposi ted themorsel i n themou th of

the less bo i sterous ch il d . What a changei nmy en thusiast ic l i t t lefr iend , who at onemomen tfairl y tas ted thedai n ty del icacy and thenex tsaw i t d i sappear down thethroat ofa less no i sybro ther . Hestood look ing i n amazemen t

,as

h i s feathers ruffled up i n anger and an aston ished

peep ofd isgust escaped h i s th roat .A no ther day i n thewarm sunsh ineand the

wrenlets began to ac t mo rel i kethei r parents andto gai n rap idly in worl d ly knowledge. The

th i rd mo rn ing all was qu iet and I though t thefam i l y had departed for o ther h unt ing-

grounds.

Soon,however

,thefather appeared

,and then

themo ther , scol di ng as usual . I crawled downunder thetal l ferns to wai t . Theparen ts hadtaught thei r chil dren theac t of keep i ng q u ietvery wel l , for not a peep was heard . But those

ever-grow i ng appet i tes soon mastered cau tion ,and

,regardless of thecon t i nual warni ngs, there

was a soft lit tlewink ! w ink ! i n the direct ion of thev i ne- covered stump .

’

T was hardlyan exc lamat ion ofdel igh t, bu t j us t a gen tlere

m i nder lest thebusy paren ts forget . G radual l ythese l i t tleno tes of admon i tion i n creased i nnumber and vo l umet i l l theful l chorus of fiveimpat ient vo ices arosefrom among the tangleofv i nes and ferns .My con t i nued v i s i ts had madefast friends of

thel i t t lefel lows . Two of them took thei r pos it ion on the top of a l i t t le stub where the

father was accustomed to l igh t . Here theysat i n sleepy at t i t ude, each awai ti ng h i s turnto befed . Not theleas t accommodat i ng werethey , from thepho tographer

’s po i n t ofv iew,for

general ly when the camera was focused for

thep ic ture, t hey would nod lower and lower,as chi ld ren do at bedt ime, til l bo th weresound asleep in thewarm sunshine. I t wasremarkable, however, to w i tness theeffec t ofthemo ther’s tr i l l as sheheral ded theapproach of

someth i ng edible. I n a flash bo th wrenlets onthewooden watch - tower werew i deawakeand

on thet i p toeofexpec tancy .

Often do I remember try ing to p lay fosterparent to young b i rds, and yet, w i th all my careand pat ience, I seldom succeeded . A week before, when I hel d a largesp ider tempti ngl y nearthenestl i ngs, they had crouched back i n terror ;but by th i s t imethey had certai n ly gai ned i nworl d ly w i sdom . I

,indeed , - had not been

watch ing thew rens for the pas t two weeksw i thou t learning . I had seen themother hopup and dow n an old stump

,l i kea dog after a

squirrel, till shewou ld soon hau l out a b ig grub .

D iggi ng in to th i s b i rd - storehousew i th myknife

,i n a t r iceI col lec ted half a dozen fine

fat worms— a stock of p rov isions that wouldtakethemo ther two hou rs to gather . Why areyoung bi rds so part icu lar , anyhow ? Whatdifferencedoes i t makewhet her thei r di nnercomes from themo ther’s mou th or from somek i ndly d i sposed neighbor ?

I ’11 j ust tes t thel i t tlew rens oncemore

I said to myself,

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as I impaled two of the

cho icest grubs on a sharpened st ick . I t wasimpossiblefor meto announce theapp roachof th i s del ic ious d inner w i th the soft l i t tle

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jOHNN IKY VAN AND THE CANN I BAL MAN .

Bv ELLEN M ANLY .

Johnniky Van,i n h i s Sun day c lo thes ,

Walked out from town oneday,I t chanced that a man from ChamboreeWas si tt i ng besidetheway .

Oh,fat and fierceand b rown was he

Si ng fi - cum'

,fo- cum

,fiddle- cum -fee!

Thewander i ng m an from Chamboree!

Now Johnniky Van was wel l brough t up ,A nd always mos t po l i te, R . A , c. p A EF .

A nd 5 0, though hi s hai r s tood qui teon end ,

A nd heshook in h is shoes w i th frigh tI t ’

s a beaut iful day, dear si r,” sai d he

To theter ribleman from Chamboree.

Oh , fi-cum ,fo- cum

,fiddle- cum -fee!

I t ’s no such a th i ng ! thest ranger grow led ;For thec louds arequ i tetoo green ,

A nd thesky-b l uegrass and thepu rplet reesAretheugl iest th i ngs I

’veseen ;

A nd therai n i s wet,i t appears to me

Oh,fi- cum ,

fo—cum,fiddle- cum -fee!

Sai d thesi ngular man from Chamboree.

Cr ied Johnniky Van : Excuseme,s i r

,

But I real l y must explai nThat thesky is bl ue

,and thegrass i s green ,

And thereis n’

t a drop of ra i n .

Goo-roo ! you’d bet ter not differ w i th me!

Oh , fi- cum,fo—cum

,fiddle-cum -fee

Said thequar rel somem an from Chamboree.

Then Johnniky Van po l i tel y bowed,

But hesai d : My statemen t ’

s t rue;You m ay eat meup ifyou please, dear s i r ,

B ut I ’ll never agreew i th you

Oh,ho

,my fr iend

,I ’11 t ry i t and see!

Said thecann ibal man from Chamboree!“ Sing fi- cum

,fo -cum

,fiddle- cum -fee

Then Johnniky Van heplainly sawTherewas not m uch timeto waste.

So hesai d : I am pleased to havemet you,

si r,

But I fi nd I must leavei n has te.

A nd down theroad l ikea sho t wen t he,Away from theman from ChamboreeSing fi- cum

,fo-cum , fiddle—cum -fee!

jO I INN I KY VAN AND THE CANN IBA L MAN .

This i s dreadful ly hard , thecann ibal cr ied ,On a man w i th no th i ng to eat !

A n icel i t tleboy i n h i s Sunday su i tWoul d havebeen such a charm i ng t reat

A nd ”on", p ray what shal l I havefor tea ?Sai d thecann ibal man from Cham boree.

Oh ,fi- cum

,fo -cum

,fiddle-cum -fee!

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When a cann i bal man’

s i n s ight , my boy,Don ’ t stop to say, Good day

Though i t’

s wel l to bepo l i te, my boyI t i s bet/fr to ru n away .

A nd , whatever you do ,don ’ t d isagree

Wi th a cann ibal man from Cham boree!

Oh ,fi-cum , fo - cum

,fiddle-cum -fee'

THE RA IN RA INS EVERY DAY .

BY ED I TH M . THOM A S .

S A I D therobi n to his mateI n thed ri pp i ng o rchard t ree

() ur dear nest w i l l haveto wai tTi l l thebl uesky wecan see.

B i rds can nei ther wo rk nor play,For therai n rai n s every day,A nd therai n rai ns all theday!

”

Said thev io let to theleafI can scarcel y opemy eye;

So , for fear I’

11 cometo g rief,C losealong theearth I lie.

A l l weflowers for sunshi neprayBut therai n rai n s every day,And therai n rai n s all theday !

”

A nd thech i ld ren,far and w i de,

They , too,w ished away therai n ;

A l l thei r sports werespo i led ou tsideBy the black glo ve

”at thepane

Very dul l i ndoors to stayWh i le therai n rai ns every dayA nd therai n rai ns all theday !

U p and down themurmu rs runShared by ch i l d and bi rd and flower .

Suddenl y thego l den sunDazzled th rough a c leari ng shower.

Then they all fo rgo t to say

That “ therai n rai n severy dayA nd therai n ra i n s all theday

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ED BY

EDWARD F. BIGELOW

April, with her lap filled with violets ; M ay, with her garland of fruit-treeblossomsjune, decked with thegorgeous roses.

—DR. CHARLES C. A BBOTT.

FOX- FIRE.

EGALL very d i st i n c tl y twoQ farmer -boy exper ien ces w i thV fox -fire. Oneeven ing I wen tw i th a candle, i n to thecel lar to

fi l l a pan w i th apples . A s Ipassed thedark recesses of thepo tato-b in

,I saw two great bal l s

of l igh t , l i ketwo eyes star i ng at

me. I s tepped forward p ret tyquickly

,as a boy somet imes has

a way of do i ng i n s uch p laces . Themovement had the sameeffec t upon the l igh tedcandlethat a sudden draft woul d havehad .

I d i d n’

t s top to i nves t igatedeta i l s . I wanteda match—or someth i ng el se—and I wen t ups tai rs w i thou t -thesl igh tes t hes i tat ion . But i nthat t ime, b r ief as i t was, t hosetwo glar i ng bal l s

grew i n to a big an imal i n thecorner of thepo tato—b i n w i th two s tar i ng eyes and I wasimpel led to add a savagemouth and a longtai l . ” Fierceclaws and ano ther smal ler spec imen not far from i t weredawn ing on my exc i ted imagi nat ion , when oneof thewo rkmenlaughed and sa i d , “ That ’ s no t iger— that

’

s

fox -fireon thero t ten taters . ’

Thus I los t thechanceto becometheheroof a terr ib leen coun ter, but I gai ned my fi rs tk now ledgeof thefac t that certa i n decayi ngvegetablemater ial s can glow w i th a wei rd l ight— known to every dwel ler i n the count ry as

fox -fire.

A few mon th s later I had thelesson to learnWhen you find , in thedaytime, a decaying pieceofdamp wood

all over agai n and from a d ifferen t po i n t Of or log on theground among theg rowing plantsh you may suspectv iew . Latei n a dark even ing I wen t to the

that it is thehomeof fox -fire. Go in theevening and ascertainwhether your SuSplCIonS werecorrect .

shed for an armfu l ofwood . Thewood - chopper had that day cu t up a load that had

,as he

exp ressed i t, gonea l i t t lebv — that i s

,i t had

lai n for mo ret han two years i n a p i le i n the

wood lot,t i l l thes t icks near theground had

becomesomewha t decayed so tha t they wereregarded as not good enough to sel l , but

’ couldbemadeto do

”for homeuseif wel l d r ied .

Someof thesedamp st icks had been spl i t orbroken i n p ieces and sca t tered abou t i n the

shed,on thepi le

,and i n theyard so as to dry

thoroughly .

A s I en tered theshed I took j ust onelookand s tarted for thehousew i th a, c ry of Fi re!Thewoodshed ’

s on fire!” that brough t out

thewho lefam i l y w i th thewater-pai l s . And

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RADIUM .

THE new metal , rad i um ,wh ich has

been so much talked and w r i t ten abou tdu ri ng thelas t few months, t u rns outto bea so rt of natu ral Roman candle,si nce

,i n addi t ion to giv i ng l igh t , i t

al so shoo t s off bod ies oftwo differents izes . Thel igh t i tselffrom th i s mysterious substancei s not l i keo rd i narylight . E ven a smal l fragmen t sealed

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up i n a glass t ubesh i nes w i th a wei rd

glow l i kea fi refly,bu t br igh t enough

to read by . Moreover, if theseraysfal l on cer ta i n o ther substances

,as

,for

examp le,diamonds

,i t causes them

al so to glow w i th a sim i lar unearth lyradian ce; and l i ke the X rays

,

wh ich enableoneto seeh i s own bones,they

w i l l go through a plank or a d i c t ionary .

Wenever usemetal l ic rad i um ,becausei t has

never been en t i rely separated from o ther ma ter ial . We haven

’

t“ i t to use. We are there

fo recompel led to becon ten t w i th somesal t (am i x t ure) of themetal . Oneexperimen ter consequen t l y p laced the leas t p i n ch of rad iumbrom i dei n a glass t ube,and sc rewed i t t ightlyi ns ideof a rubber therm ometer- case. Th is heput i n an i ron box ,

w i t h a s i lver soup - t u reenand fou r sheet s of copper abovei t , yet i n someway therays got out . After all, I don

’ t knowthat i t i s any mored ifficul t to u nders tand whyth i s l igh t goes th rough i ron than why thel igh tof a candlegoes th rough glass .

A P IECE OF P ITCH-BLENDE, THE M INERAL FRO M “(H IGHRAD IU M I S OBTA INED.

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . [JUNE,

PHOTOGRAPH M ADE BY THE RAYS FRO M THE PIECE O F P ITCH-BLENDEP ICTURED AT THE BOTTO M OF THE PRECED ING COLU M N .

But a p ieceof radium,i n add i t ion to giv ing

off thesepecul iar rays,sends out such a shower

of l i t t lepar t ic les that i t i s l i kea sor t ofexplod i ngbat tery of t i ny rap id -fireguns . These

,as I sa i d“

at thebegi nn i ng, areoftwo s i zes . Thesmal lestarethe smal les t part ic les known to sc ience.

I ndeed , as they t ravel sometwo h undred thousand t imes faster than a bul let from a r i fle

,they

must needs bep ret ty smal l no t to w i peouteveryth i ng w i th i n range. Theo thers aremuch larger,perhaps by a thousand t imes

,and they do not

t ravel so fas t . But even theseareso smal l t hat,

after m i l l ions upon m i l l ions of them havebeensho t off

,themo s t careful weighi ng w i th a bal

ancefor wh ich a hai r i s a heavy weight canno tdetec t any loss . Now thesesmal ler bod ies are

the myster ious elec t rons ” wh ich,as

they s tream aga i ns t thewal l s ofa Crookest ube

,producetheX rays . So they seem

qu i tel ikeold fr iends . Thelarger onescomes t i l l nearer home. They arel ikethem i n u tepart ic les of vapor wh ich arealways bei ng sen t off. by any substance,such as water, or alcoho l , or camphor, or_ice

,wh ich i s dryi ng up orwast i ng away .

But theremarkablet h ing about rad i umi s that

,wh i lethegas wh ich goes off i n to

theair from thesefam i l iar substances is

gas from radi um i s not rad i um at all,

bu t hel i um . Now hel i um and radiumare to tal ly d ifferen t th i ngs . Radi um

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i s one of the heav ies t of all known substances , wh i lehel i um is oneof thel ightest , andun t i l w i th in a few mo n ths no oneso much as

d reamed that theoneco uld be changed i ntothe o ther any mo re than t hat wood can be

changed into go l d . But if such a t ransfo rmat ion as th is is poss ible, what m ay weno t expec ti n thefu t u re? H owever , t h is spl i t t i ng up of

rad i um i n to hel i um and o ther thi ngs is , after all,j us t theleas t l i t t lebit l i kethebehav ior ofdynam i te and gu npowder . Mos t explosi ves are

sol id s wh ich on o ccas io n shakeapart sudden ly

NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FO LKS .

M . PI ERRE CUR I E A ND M M E. SK LODOWS KA CUR l li (’

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HE D I S ( O VERER S OF RAD I U M ) , THE I R DAUGHTER I RENE ,

IN TH E GARDEN OF THE I R HO M E NEAR PAR IS .

w i th a flash of l ight i n to gases many tho usandtimes less heavy than themselves . Rad i umdoes somethi ng not so very d ifferen t , excep tthat theexplos ion

,i n s tead of bei ng all over i n

a few hund red th s of a seco nd,p robabl y las t s

for several t housand years .

L i kegunpowder and theres t , rad i um ,as i t

slow l y explodes, g ives off cons iderable heat .

A poun d of i t would bo i l a quart of coffeei nabou t two hou rs. This

,to besu re, does no t

seem so remarkable,s i ncea k i t chen rangew i l l

thesubstanceneed no t beabso l u tel y pure, sot hat rad i um go od enough to enableoneto see

most of theses t rangeth i ngs for h im self can behad for less than onedo l lar theg ra i n .

Therei s al so ano ther reaso n bes ides thecostwhy rad i um i s not l i kel y to becomea househo ldcon ven ience: i t wou ld very l ikel y beex t remel ydangerous to s tav i n a room w i th a few pound sof i t . Between thesco rch i ng l igh t and thefu

silladeof t iny bul let s,a piecethesi zeofa d r ied

pea w i l l k i l l a smal l animal s uch as a mouse

do thesameth i ng i n as few m i n u tes . But therangemust befed w i th coal several t imes eachday, whi letherad i um ,

sealed t igh t ly i n a bo t t leand un to uched

,w i l l co n t i n ueto gi ve off hea t

for nobody knows how lo ng.

However,i n sp i te of the co nven ience o f

co nt i nuo u s heat w i tho u t fire,i t w i l l bea long

t ime befo re rad i um w i l l supplant fuel . A tfivet housand do l lars theg rai n , wh ich was latel ythep r i ceof purerad i um sa l ts

,a p iecethesi ze

of a hen ’s egg would co s t from th ree to five

m i l l ion d o l lars. Fo rtu nately ,formost pu rposes

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A PHOTOGRA PH OF A P IECE OF W'

ELS BACH M ANTLE TAKENITS OWN INV I S IBLE RAYS .

or a gu i nea-

pig ; and two or th reemen whowererash enough to carry a l i t t let ubecon ta i ning radium i n their wai stcoat pockets developeddangerous sores wherethesk i n was pelted mos tv igorously . St i l l , l i kea great many o ther dan

gerons things , radi um m ay be pu t to gooduse. Many very d readful d i seases

,such as can

cer, ma lar ia, and ,wors t of all

,consump t ion , are

caused by m i n u tel iv i ng th i ngs wh ich grow inthebody . Perhaps i t w i ll bepo ss ibleto born .

bard thesew i th rad i um u n t i l they arek i l ledand thepat ien t i s cu red . Already thi s has beent r ied successful l y w i th cancer

,but i t has to be

donecau t iously— j ust enough to dest roy the

diseasegerms, but not so much as to i n j u rethehealthy t i ssues of thepat ien t .Never theless , i n sp i teofall i t s var ious char

acteristics, th i s st rangemetal i s not al togetherun ique. Therearetwo Others, ac t i n i um and

po lon ium,concern ing wh i ch weknow even less

than of rad i um ,and two much morecommon

ones,uran i um and t hor i um

,all very heavy

,and

allw i th thesamewonderfu l p ropert ies i n d ifferent measu re. U ran i um has long been used toco lor glass and has someremarkablequal i t iesof i t s own. Thor i um

,as thor i um ox i d

,forms

theman tleofVVelsbach burners . A l l theseac tl i ke rad i um

,and doubt less there areo thers

al so ; but rad ium i s many thousand t imes morepowerful than the two commoner metal s .Sti l l , a VVelsbach man t le, even when col d and

dark, gives off enough X rays to takei t s own

photograph after two days ’ exposure, and ,as

everybody knows,when heated i n thegas-flame, THE SOLD IER-BEETLE.

(JUNE,

g ives much moreo rdi nary l igh t thano ther hot substan ces . I t i s qu i teposs ib le

,too

,that all metal s aresl ight ly

rad ioac t ive,” j ust as they areall sl ightlymagnet i c , though only i ron

,and to a

less degreen ickel and cobal t , ares tr ikingly so . A t any rate, themoretheses t rangepowers arei nvest igated themoreun iversal they arefound to be. Ev idently wearenow onl y j ust at thebegi nn ing of a ser ies of start l i ng discoveries

, so that no onecan so much as

guess what marvel s may appear i n thenex t few years .

EDW IN TENNEY B R EWS TER .

THE FIGHTING-BEETLES .

THERE arebeetles i n England (of thefam i lyknown to sc ient is ts as that arepop ularl y cal led so l d iers and sai lors

,thered

spec ies bei ng cal led by theformer nameand

thebl uespec ies by thelat ter.Thesebeetles areamong themos t quarrel

someof i nsec t s and fight to thedeath on theleast p rovocat ion . I t has long been thecustomamong Engl i sh boys to catch and set them fighting w i th each o ther. They areas ready for battleas game- cocks , and thev ic tor w i l l both k i lland eat h i s an tagon i st .Someof our Amer ican ground -beet les al so

areoften called soldiers,becausethey cap ture

o ther insec ts for food by chas ing or sp r i ngi ngupon them . W. H . WALMSLEY .

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angleworm s , fishworms,and redworm s. They

d raw i n to thei r ho les not only blades of grass,but smal l pebbles, tw igs , leaves , moss , etc .

,any

th i ng that may i n ducethegrow th of organ icsubs tances such as mo ld , m i n u temosses, andl ichens , upon wh ich the worm s feed . Theyal so swal low l i t t le s tones , gravel , san d , and

tw igs , not tak ing t imeto Clean themo l d fromthese

,depend i ng on d iges t ion for that .

THE WI LLOW GALL .

GLEx s FA L LS , N . Y .

DEAR ST . N I CHO LAS : For thefi rs t time that I have gathered

pussy- w i l lows I have seen the cone (or someth ing)inclosed on thew i l low . Can you tel l methenameof i t ?I s thereany germ or anyth ing that m akes i t grow ?

And ob l ige, CA R LTON K I N G .

THE “' ILLU CALL .

The spec imen you send i s thep ine- conew i l low gal l , oneof themos t cu r ious of plan t

growth s . Ev i den tly i t i s not theseed - coneofthew i l low ,

for theseeds of thew i l low , as weall know , arescat tered from thewoo l ly puss ies ” or catk i ns . I fyou w i l l gather a few of

thesep ine-conew i l low gal l s i n a glass jar y ou

w i l l somet imelater find oneor morefl ies i nthejar. Thesearethefl ies that lay thei r eggsi n theend buds of thew i l low . Thelarvaeorworm - l i kes tages of thein sec t grow i nsi deth i sconefrom theegg, t i l l they transform i n topupa

,then to theful l

grow n fl ies . Onecan

s t udy thesew i l low gal l sat any season of the

year and find m uch of

i n terest .P ick apart thescales

oftheconeand you w i l lseehow wonderful ly thew i l low p rov ides a nes tfor thei n truder.

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . Liens ,

HOW A STARFISH SEES .

N Ew YO R K C I TY.

DEAR ST. N I CHO LAS : W i l l you pleasetell mehowa s tarfish can see

You r lov ing reader,H ELEN D . H UNT I N GTON (aget o) .

They havered eye- spo ts on theend ofeacharm ,

wh ich enablethem to seea l i t t le, thoughnot very wel l .

THE RED SQUIRREL SOMET IMES ROBS B IRDS ’ NESTS .

Q UICK GROWTH ” OF A SPANISH ONION.

COL UMB U S , OH IO .

DEA R ST . N ICHOLAS : Yesterday evening m ama cu tin two , across thegrain, a Spanish onion . Thegreencen t ral par ts began to sprou t at once, and in fivem inu tes projec ted a quar ter ofan inch abovethecut su r face.Onecou ld plainly seet hem r ising. Mama says shehas

no t iced t h is beforein Spanish onions b ut never in thecommon k inds. You rs t ru ly,

BERNA RD R AYM UND.

This i s ev i den t ly due to the lengthw i sep ressureof thegrow i ng s tem w i th i n theon ion

,

A PHOTOGRAPH OF A S PAN IS H ON ION ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER IT WA S CUT IN TWO.

CH I LOWAv, DELAWA RE CO N . Y .

DEA R ST. N I CHO LAS : Beh ind our ho usestands a littlemaple- t ree, so closet hat thelimbs tou ch thehouse. I n

t h is t reet hereis a rob in’

s nes t . I was s i t t ing in the

w indow oneday w hen I heard a great no iseamong therob ins . On look ing out I saw a red squ irrel s i t t ing inthenest w i t h an egg in his paws, eat ing i t as hew ou lda nut. I opened thew indow and fr igh tened him away.

Heran up in theleaves and hid . That afternoon I wentout to see i f hehad left any eggs, and found thenestempty. J us t t hen thesqu i r rel j umped into ano ther t ree,and I to ld a b oy who was w i t h meto shakehim out, and

down hecameflat on his back . I j umped down and

followed h im , but hewas too q u ick formeand go t away.

WESTLEv S . B U RNHAM (age

Thered squ i rrel has many in terest i ng ways ,but

,I am very sorry to say, heal so has many

pet ty. v ices .

x904-1 NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS .

and is not real sprou t i ng or grow t h . Cu tt i ngtheo n ion in two part s releases th i s sp rout i ngpo rt ion , wh ich later would haveto push th roughtheouter laver at thetop of theon ion . I cu topen several and was much i n teres ted i n the

apparen t qu ick grow th vou desc r ibe.

Q UEER PLACES FOR NESTS .

SO I’

T I I CO V ENT RY , CONN.

DEA R ST. N IC I IO I as : I have taken S '

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. N I CHO LASfor abou t fo ttr years . I t is thenicest magaz ineI knowof. I t hough t I w o u ld w r i teto tel l yo u abou t someq ueer places for b i rds ’ nests . OneSunday las t mon t hI wen t to walk in thea fternoon w i t h m y fat her , m o t her ,uncle, and tw o aun ts . \Vewen t up to the cemetery,and wh i leI was walk ing near theo ld cannon I saw a

b l ueb i rd flv away from i t . I wen t aro und and lookedinto thecannon , and t here, su reenough , was a b i rd '

s

nest . Ano t her b i rd near my homewas known to b u i ldin a kno t -ho leofa clo t hes - l inepos t . S t i l l ano t her b i rdbu i l t a nes t in theeaves t rough on m y home.

You r lov ing reader , ED IT I I C .

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l‘

Rac v (ageto) .

Thi s i s themon th for nes t -bu i ld ing. Beon

thelooko u t for a nes t i n an i n teres t i ng and un

usual p laceand “ w r i teto ST. N I CHOLA S abou ti t ." A lso look for nests that arenear a mucht raveled path or road . A nest i n a scul p tu redl ion ’ s mou th i s i n terest i ngl y desc r ibed on page

72 6 of th i s n umber of ST . N I CHO L A S .

ANOTHER B IRD BU I LT A NEST IN THE EAVES TROUGH ON M Y HO M E.

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Qt

H

A man’

s NEST IN AN OLD CANNON .

The larger snakewas a water-snake

(N il/fix fascia/a riparian), a spec ies sem iaquat i c i n habi ts

,and feed ing upon fi shes ,

tadpo les,frogs , and toads . The smal l

rept i lewas a green snake(L iope/lz'

s w r

I t feeds upon soft -bod ied i nsec ts .

GRABBED A HUGE SNAKE.

PH I LADEL PH I A , PA .

DEA R S '

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. N ICHO LAS : I wo u ld l iketo tel l you of a

snakeI chanced to meet las t summer . N ot far fromtheplacewhereI l ived was a l i t t lepond j ust teem ingw i t h snakes and frogs and pain ted t u r t les . Oneday, as

I was walk ing by t h is pond w i t h my net, I saw sometad

po les wh ich I w ished to get . I go t down on my kneesand put onehand in thewater , w hen, to my su rpr ise,

I found I had put i t on a snakeabo u t two inchest h ick . I took my hand away, but thesnakedidnot m ove. N ow

,when I catch a snakeI gener

al ly takeho ld j ust beh ind its head , but in th iscase i t was rat her hard to tel l w h ich was thehead

, as on ly a few Co i ls werev is ib le. I selecteda spo t w h ich I t hough t was near thehead , butwhen I pu l led i t up, i t t u rned out to bevery nearthe tai l . I t was l ikepu l l ing on a rope; but as Iwas not very anx ious to medd lew i t h a snakeof that s ize, and had no t go t i t very near thehead ,I let i t go . I w i l l t ry to descr ibei t . I t had a darkb rown back ,

w i t h du l l red spo ts at in ter vals , anda pale yel low abdomen . I have caugh t smal lsnakes l ikei t . Up in thePo cono M ountains Ionce caugh t a snake wh ich was b r igh t green .

Can you tel l mewhat k ind of snakes t hey wereand what to feed them on You rs t ru ly,

THEODO R E M . CHAMBER S .

“ A HEAD ING FOR jUNE. av M UR IEL c. EVANS , AGE 1 6. (FOR M ER PR I ZE-WINNER . )

A JUNE SONG.

BY A L LE INE LAN GFO RD , AGE 1 5 .

H OW do we know whenJ uneis here?

By sc ience, or logic , or cal

endar year ?Oh , no ; weknow by the

b r igh t b l uesky,By thewh i tec louds laz i ly

float ing by,By theso f t , cool b reezeas i tnods thet rees,

By thesinging b i rds, by thehum ofbees,

By thenodd ing rose, by thedaisy wh i te,

The pr im rose dain ty, thecowslip b r igh t ,

Thego lden yellow ofdaffo

d i ls ,Theso f t hazeover thesleep

ing h i l lsBy thewood land glen, bv

field and fen,\Veknow t hat J une—t imehas

comeagain

OUR ch ief regret t h ism on t h is t hat wehavenot

room for even a ten t h oftheespecially interesting Fami ly Trad i t ions, ” every onewo r thy ofpreservat ion . Wedid no t imaginet hat so m uchin terest ing h istory—and not

al together fam i ly h istory,but h istory of thenat ion as

well—ex isted in thefo rm of

stor ies told abou t thehomefires ide, handed down from onegenerat ion to ano ther ,each as precious as a gem to theowners, and likew iseto the h istor ian of some f u t u re day. The Leagueed i tor wou ld u rgeevery oneof his con t r ib u to rs to preser vein w r i t ten and detai led fo rm every b it of su chmater ial to beob tained . Thecoun t ry is comparat ively

COM PAN ION S . BY FANNY c. srons n, AGE 1 6. (GOLD BADGE. )

Car/z Prize. )By therob in’

s red , by theblueb i rd ’

s b l ue,By thewav ing grass and the

pear ls ofdew ,

By thefi rst pink fl ush in thesky ofgray,

And thelark ’s glad song at

thepeep ofday,By them urm

’ring b rawl, the

hem lock tal l,

By thecr icket ’s ch irp, and

thewood-b i rd ’

s cal l ,By theso f t fain t m usic of

low ing k ine,By theW ind ’

s sweet song inthedarkened pine,

By thel i ly b uds on therip

pl ing poo l ,And thegray-green m oss in

thedeep woods cool ,Bytheb rook ’s low croon,

and

thet hr ush ’s gay t une,Weknow , weknow when

them ont h is J une.

new and its t rad i t ions arest i l l c losely al l ied w i t h factsand the detai ls of o ccu rrence. Someday i t w i l l beold . Thet rad i t ions, unlesspreser ved in w r i t ing , w i llhave become legends and

myt hs ; names w i ll belostor changed beyond recognit ion, and m any of t hosewhowerea par t of our h isto ryand helped to m akea great

nat ion w i ll be forgo t ten and unhonored d us t . To

preservethes tory of t hei r deeds is to preser ve the

g lo ry of t hosewho , in days that arenow no m o re,w i t h Wash ington and Lafayet te and o ther h isto r i cheroes , l inked t hei r l ives and for t unes in theupb u i lding of theforemost repub l i c in all h istory.

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R EFLECT ION S . B Y M ARY GOLDTHWA ITE, AGE 1 6

Grand fat h er , seiz ing t h e opportun i ty . wen t ou t qu ickly. and , getting in t h e ca r r i age , to ld t h e coa c h m an tod r i ve h i m to t h e Potomac . T h e d r i ve r , no t know ingthat h e was a pr i s oner , obeyed . G rand fat h e r go t ou tand said ,

“ Tak e t h e P res ident m y co m p l i m en ts fo r t h eu se o f h i s car r i age . ” T h en , j ump ing i n to t h e Po to m ac,h e swa m across and escaped .In t h e tw i l ig h t I o ften l i ke to h ear m o t h e r t e l l abou t

how h e m ade h is escape .

A JUNE SONG .

BY DOROTHEA B ECHTEL(AGE

(S ilver B adge. )

OH ,t h at I w e re an ar t i s t ! Iw ou ld pain t J un e

A s i n m y t h oug h ts I ’

veo f tenp i c t u red h e r

A m aiden w i t h c h er r ies onh er s m i l i ng l ip s

And s un s h i n e i n h e r flow inggo lden h ai r !

A FAM I LY TRAD ITIONOF COU RAGE.

BY CATHAR INE H . STRAKER(AGE

(Go/{l B adge.)

IT m ay i n teres t t h e reade rs o f t h e ST . N I CHOLA S toknow t h a t m o t h e r possessesa docu m en t s igned byGeorge\Vas h i ngton i n t h e year I796 ,

m ak ing an A m er i can ancestor o i m ine j udge o f t h e territory n or t h w es t o f t h e r i verO h io . T h i s m an h ad a w i fe na m ed Rebecca . On t h es econ d S unday af ter s h e was m ar r i ed , s h e h ad wa lkedt o c h u rc h be tween h er h usband and Ti m o t h y P i cke r i n g

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\Vashington’s Secre t ary o f S tate . Wea lso h a ve t h e

dres s s h e wo re on t h at day . I h ave w orn i t on ce mys e l f on m y b i r t h day

,w h en I d i ned late w i t h m y paren ts

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and m y bro t h ers w ere asked to m ee t m e .

REFLECTIONS .

ST . N ICHOLAS LEAGUE .

(GO LD BADGE . )

B Y GERTRU DE M . HOWL AN D ,(cow BADGE. )

UUNE.

A JUNE SONG IN WINTER .

BY MA R GA RET STEVENS (AGE(Gold B adge. )

I S IT in t h e w i ndow corner ,Look ing ou t in to t h e n ig h t ,

\Vhiledown on t h e snow beneat h m eT h e m oonbea m s s h i n e so br ig h t .

M y brain s are t i red o f r h y m ing,An d m y r h y m es see m ou t o f t une ;For i t ’s h ard to w r i te i n w indy M ar c hA song o f s unny J une.

A FAM ILY TRAD IT ION .

BY SOPH RON IA MOORE

COOPER (AGE I I ) .

(Gold B adge. )

AT t h e c los e o f t h e F ren c hWar, i n 1756, m y greatgreat -grand fathe r , S tep h enM oore, was appo in ted D eputy Pos t m as ter -genera l i nQuebec, w i t h t h e Canada D ist r iot un der h i s m anage m en t .,Gene ra l H oldim an, t h en inco m m and in Can ada, h ad occas ion in m idw i n ter to sen dan expres s to Sir Jeffery Amh ers t

,t h e co m m ander-in~

c h ie f i n A m er ica, res id i ng atNew York . Heapp l ied tom y fore fat h e r to look ou t fora person qua l ified fo r t h epu rpos e and acquain ted w i t ha l l t h e w i lderness t h roug hw h ic h i t was n ecessary topas s .N e i t h e r t h e S t . Law ren ce

nor Lake s were s u ffic ien t lyh ard to bear s le ig h or h orses ,

and t h e de spa t c h es req u i red h as te and i m m ed i ate conveyance.

M y an ces tor,after a few h ou rs ’ p reparat ion , to ld t h e

genera l h e h ad found s u c h a pers on , and t h e let terswere i m m ed i ate ly h anded to h i m . Hepu t a pound ortwo o f d res sed p ro v i s ion s i n h is knapsack , pu t on h i sskates

,s l ung h is b lanke t and snows h oes on h is back ,

AGE 1 1 .

“Th en t h ere was a r is i ng o f I nd i an si n t h e N or t h w es t , and all t h e peop leh ad to crow d i n to t h e for ts , m y greatgreat -great -grand fat h er took h is t u rndo in g sen t ry d u ty ou ts ide t h e for t tose t an exa m p le . M y an ces t res s u sedto go ou t an d wa lk up and down bes id e h i m , as t h at was t h e on ly qu ie tt i m e s h e h ad to ta lk w i t h h i m . S h ewas afraid o f t h e I nd i an s , o f cou rse ,but h er great cou rage d id no t le t herre m ai n in for t h at .On ce , w h en t h ere was a m ad m an ,

ar m ed w i t h kn ives , on a r iver boat ,o f w h o m every one was afraid, h e ron ly son was m ade a spe c i al cons tab leby h is fat h er to go and ar res t h i m .

I do n o t know any t h i ng m or e abouth e r , bu t t h is w i l l be enoug h to S h owt h at m y an ces t ress was an unu s ua l lybrave wo m an .

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and s tar ted fro m Qu ebec , on t h e S t . LawrenCe.

On ar r iva l at M o n t rea l , h e h i red aCo up le o f fa i t h fu l M o h awk s , ar m ed asa guard , and a l l of t h e m on snows h oes(t h e snow ve ry d e ep and no ves t ige o f at rack ) , p roceeded t h ro ug h t h e w i ldernes sby thes h o r tes t cour s e known to h is lnd ian gu ides

,to thenor t h end o f Lak e

C h a m p la in . T h e re t h ey to ok to t h e l ak e ,and pro ceeded on i t and Lak e Geo rget oi ts So u t h boundary , and fro m t h e re t o t h eHudson . A t A lbany h e d i sc h arged h isI nd ians

,took to h is ska tes , and k ept on

t h e m un t i l h e reac h ed Co lone l Philipse’

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seat at Yonkers , twen ty m i les fro tn NewYo rk .

He fe l l t h roug h theice tw i ce be foreh e re l i nq u is h ed t h e froz en I Iudson.

Fro m Co lone l Philipse’s h e w a lked to

town , and de l i ve red h i s despa t c h es to S i rjetlery A m h ers t o n t h e t ent h day aft e rlea v ing Quebec . T h e gene ra l to ld m ygreat -grea t -grand fat h e r t h a t h is pos i t ionas Depu ty Pos t m as ter -gen e ra l to t h eK ing 's ar m y fo rbade h is o ffe r i ng any pecun iary re

muneration, but h andso m e ly i n s i s ted upon h is acceptance o f a large s u m as pos tage , presen t ing h i m w i t hone h und red gu ineas .

A lUNE SONG .

nv A N N A H EFF ERN (wo t-1(S i/err B ar/gs .

FLOW gen t ly, ye s t rea m sS ing

,s ing, ev ’ ry bi rd !

S un , s cat t e r t h y bea m s !A nd le t t h e re be h eard

Wi t h great acc la m at ionI n tongue o f eac h nat ionT h i s g lad p roc la m at ion

’T i s june

Now open , ye roses !A nd , gras s es , spr i ng up !Joy-filled , i t o ’erflows ,Do t h , now , nat u re ’ s cup ;

T h e ear t h i t is r ingi ng\V i t h jub i lan t s i ng i ngOf t h i s joyou s br i ngi n g

Ofjune .

\V ind , bear t h e g lad newsFro m pa l m un to p ine !

VI‘ i s s u m m e r ! A ndw h ose

T h i s d u ty bu t t h i ne ?\V i t h no Ia m en ta t ionLet eac h tongue and n at ionS h o u t t h i s procla m at ion

’T i s J un e .

REF LECT ION S .

OUR FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

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S ’ r . N ICHO LAS i s a lways v ery we l co m e , bu t t h is m on t hespec i a l ly so ; for t h e fi rs t t h ing I saw , on open ing it,was

a s tory on Cec i le Daubigny’s bed roo m ; and i t w i l l g i vem e an oppor t un i ty o f te l l i ng you t h a t w h ic h w i l l a lway sre m ai n as a fa m i ly t rad i t ion w i t h u s .

ST . N ICHO LA S

" REF LECT IONS .

BY CO R INNE BOWERS , AGE. I 3.

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h ave been c lo se ly con nec ted w i t h t h e s u rv i v ingm e m ber s o f Daubigny

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s fa m i ly for m any year s—t h at i sto say , M on s ieu r b‘. Daubigny , h is second son , andM ada m e Ka r l Daubigny

,t h e w idow o f t h e e ldes t son .

Cec i l e Daubign y d i ed severa l yea rs ago .Our h o u se was j us t across the road fro m t h e Vi l lades V a l lées , and we fi ve c h i ld ren h a v e spen t m os t o fou r t i m e i n t h e Daubigny h ou se , and all o f u s h aves lept in t h a t bed roo m

,w h ic h weknow by h ear t , as w e l l

as t h e res t o f t h e h ou se .N o t on ly t h e l i t t l e bedroo mh as been decorat ed , bu t a l s ot h e s t ud io , h a l l , and d in in groo m . Oneo f ou r favor i tecorners on rai ny days wast h e big s o fa in t h e corne rof t h e s t ud io , read i ng t h e“A rabian N ig h t s , ” or i nt h e large , coo l , t i led h a l l ,w h e re we w ou ld sew o rp lay w i t h ou r do l l s .\Ve knew eve ry corn e r

i n t h e garden w h ere n u t s ,s t rawber r ies , v io l e ts , an dt h e bes t app les and c h er r iescou ld be found , and w h e rea l so grew t h e fines t i v yleaves , w h i c h we u sed topu t around ou r bouq u e tso f v io le ts and dai s ies .T h e re was a lso t h e B alm ,

t h e boat on w h ic h Daubignyspen t s o m u c h o f h i s t i m e ;i t was p laced at theend o ft h e lawn , w h ere i t was

s low ly decay i n g. On t h eann ive rsar ie s o f t h e deat h o f t h e two Daubignys , M a

da m e Daubigny a lways p laced on t h e B otin bouque t s ,w h ic h weh e lped h er to m ake .On o ur bi r t h day s weu sed to go ove r t h e re to s leep ,

w h ic h wet h oug h t was great fun,t h oug h I h ard ly know

why, as wespen t m os t o f ou r t i m e t h ere i n an y ca s e , som uc h so t h at m o s t s t ranger s t h oug h t wew ere Mada m eDaubigny

’s c h i ld ren .

T h e las t w eek wew ere a t A u vers , Mada m e Daubign yk ind ly len t u s t h e h ous e

,as ou r s was so ld .

(sxevex BADGE . )

M y tw e l ft h b ir t h day ca m e j u s t att h at t i m e , and M on s ieu r B . Daub ignyand M ada m e K ar l Daubigny gav em e an o ld- fas h ion ed r i ng w h ic h belonged to M ada m e C . F . Daubigny .

Wew r i te to eac h o t h e r ve ry o ften ,and l ive i n t h e h op e o f m ee t i ng eac ho t h e r agai n i n dear o ld A uve rs .

THE B I RD S .BY ALI CE B ARSTON (AGE

L I T TLE bi rd i es i n t h e skyDon ’ t you see t h e m fly i ng h ig h

,

Up above t h e great b ig c louds ,L i ke an ar row s h oo t i ng by ?

A FAM I LY TR AD ITI ON .

B Y M OR R IS B I SHOP (AGES z

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lw r B adge. )ONE o f t h e cus to m s o f t h e bu ca

neers was to bu ry a m an or boy,

p re ferab ly a boy , w i t h t h e i r t reasu re .W h en t h ey h ad a m assed eno ug ht reas u re t h ey w ould s e t ou t i n sear c ho f a su i tab le boy .

A las ! m y great -great—great-grandfat h e r on ce h appen ed to be t h a t boy .

CO M PAN ION S .

ST . N I CHOLA S LEAGUE . [J UNE.

av M AR JOR IE CONNER ,AGE x5 .

Hewas cap t uredand taken aboard Captai n K idd ’s s h ip—for i t was K iddh i m se l f who h ad cap t u red h i m — t i l l t h ey cou ld fi nd aspo t to bur y t h e ir ill-go t ten gain s .W h en t h ey fina l ly h i t upon su c h a Spo t ,m y an ces tor was row ed as h ore i n a boatw e ll guarded w i t h bucaneers. S e vera lm ore boat s ca m e, one o f w h ic h was ladenw i t h s o m e m ys te r iou s - look ing c h es t s andboxes .W h en t h ey reac h ed t h e s h or e t h e bu ca

neers ’ at ten t ion was fu l ly occup ied by t h eboxes o f t reas ure , as my fo re fat h er r ig h t lycon c luded t h e m ys te r iou s boxes to be .

“N ow i s m y c h an ce, ” t h oug h t my forefat h er

,and , accord i ngl y, h e “ l i t ou t . ” He

foun d a h o l low log, and craw led i n to i t .T h is saved h i s l i fe , t h oug h h e d id n o tknow it at t h e t i m e .In a few m i n u tes a sp ide r dec ided t h at as t h e m ou t ho f t h e log was qu i t e a t h oroug h fare for fl ies, it wou ld bei m m ense ly to h is advan tage to sp in a web over t h atpar t , and, act i ng upon t h e t h oug h t , h e Spun o n e.M eanw h i le t h e re was gr eat ex

citement a m on g t h e p i rates w h ent h ey d is cove red t h at t h eir b ird h adflown .

T h ey sen t ou t par t ies as far ast h ey dared i n searc h o f h i m . Apar ty pas sed t h e h o l low log

,but

t h ey saidHe can ’ t be i n h er e ; s ee , a

Sp ider i s sp inn ing a web over t h em out h .

”

I n t h e m orn ing m y fore fat h erescaped and foun d h i s way to ase t t le m ent .I do no t be l ieve t h is s t ory i s p er

fectly t ru e, for i t cou ld h ard ly be expected no t to be exaggerated i ns o m e o f t h e par t icu lars

,as i t

never put i n wr i t i ng be fore .m ai n facts , h ow ever , are t ru e.

T h e

CO M PAN ION S . BY ELS IEM OORE

,AGE 1 3.

REFLECT ION S .

AGE 1 5 .

OXCI].

BY J. STUART JEFFER IES ,(S I LVER BADGE . )

tlers .

T h ey t ra ve l ed i n wagon s drawn by oxen .

Oneday, w h en t h ey we re s t i l l a longway fro m Oregon , s o m e I nd i an s d ro ve offt h e ox en .

T h e t rave lers did no t know w h at to do ;t h ey d id no t h a ve p ro v is ion s enoug h to las tv er y lon g, an d t h ey wou ld s tar ve be foret h ey cou ld ge t any m ore .

M y great - gran d fat h e r s e t h is tee t h , took so m e p rov is ion s , and s tar ted ou t , a lone and on foo t, to fin d t h e

He t ra ve l ed for two days . Tow ard e v en ing o f t h es econd day , h e saw so m e I nd i ansi n a rav ine , and at t h e foo t o f t h i srav i ne graz ed t h e oxen . Hew as

un ar m ed ; h e h ad on ly a s t ick i n h i sh and : neve r t h e les s h e reso l ved toge t t h os e oxen .

Hewa lked dow n to w h er e t h eyw ere feed i ng, and , i n fu l l s ig h t o ft h e I nd i an s , h e d rove t h e oxenaway . T h e I nd i an s w ere s o as tonished at h is brave ry and daring thatt h ey d id no t m ove.T h e I nd i an s great ly ad m i re bra ve ry , an d per h ap s t h ey t h oug h t t h a ts u c h a brave m an oug h t to keep h i scat t le.M y great -grand fat h er d ro ve t h eo x en ba ck and t h e se t t le rs res u m edt h e i r journey . I do no t t h i n k t h e i roxen w ere ever s to len again .

A JUNE SONG.

BY ROBE RT E . DUNDON (AGE

(A F ormer Prize-w inner. )I N t h e s un r ise- t i m e

,en rapt u red

,

By i ts po ten t m ag i c cap tu red ,By i t s s t i l ly c h ar m en fo lded ,A s t h e poe t w andered id ly

,

Sw ep t h i s gaz e a bi t m ore w ide ly ,

See in g s h apes no m or ta l m o ldedSave i n free im agi n at ion ,Saw t h i s w onder p resen tat ion

R io tou s and h e l ter -ske l ter ,I n t h e s unn y sou t h S lope ’ s s h e l ter ,M yr iads o f n at u re ’s fai res t

C h i ldren grow i ng, budd i ng, b low ing,W i t h a v igor ove rflow i ng .

W i t h a beau ty o f t h e r ares t,

M ak ing J un e a m on t h o f p leasu re,

P eace, and joy i n end les s m eas u re.Oh, how t awd ry is a m b i t ion ,Vaine r t h an vai n repe t i t ion !E

’en t h e low es t o f t h e low lyS ee m devo ted to creat ion ,See m to ofler vene rat ion

,

See m in sp i red by so m e t h i ng h o ly ,P reac h con ten t m en t , z eal for do i ng

,

Vir t ue g iv i ng, l i fe renew i ng.

A FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

BY H ELEN PLA TT (AGE(S ilver B udge. )

A LON G t i m e ago , i n t h e year 1 847, m y

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A n d t h e so ft ly flow ing r iver o v er w h ic h t h e w i l low s nodS i ngs , as e ve r on i t r ipp les , o f t h e wond rou s love o f God .

A nd t h e s uns h i ne an d t h e flowers see m to catc h andh o ld t h e t une ,

A nd m y h ear t jo i n s in w i t h gladnes s ,i s J un e !

I t i s J une , o h , i t

Every creatu re fee l s t h e h app i ness pe r vad i ng a l l t h e a i r ;Ever y creat u re see m s to s ing i n p ra is e o f J une , t h a t

m on t h so r are.Oh, t h e w h o le w or ld see m s a- r i n g i ng, and t h e bu rdeno f t h e t u ne

S u i ts t h e words m y h ea r t i s s in g i ng I t i s J u n e , o h ,i t i s June !”

A FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

BY M ARJOR I E E. PARKS (AGEI N t h e o lden t imes w h en h and-eng i nes w ere u sed , m y

tw i ce-great- un cl e,I saac H ar r i s , was an act i v e vo l un tee r

fi re m an , as m os t o f t h e m en w e re t h en . I t was t h ecu s to m i n t h os e day s to keep i n t h e h ou ses two or

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t -o s “nu t.

CO M PAN IONS . BY E I LEEN LAWRENCE S M ITH , AGE 1 4 .

t h ree leat h er bu cke t s , to be u sed i n cases Of e m ergen cy .

\«V h en t h e re was a fi re,eve ry one wou ld s e iz e t h e i r

bu cke ts , fi l l t h e m w i t h wate r,and r u s h to h e lp put ou t

t h e fi re .-\ t t h e t i m e to w h i c h I re fe r

,t h e fa m ou s Old Sou t h

C h u rc h i n B os to n was on fi re . T h e da t e was D ecem be r3 1 , 1 8 10 .

A m ong t h e fi r s t to ar r ive on t h e s cene was m y greatgrea t -unc le , who i m m ed i ate ly saw w h at needed tobe done . So h e c l i m bed to t h e roo f o f t h e c h u r c h

,

pou red on t h e water,and t h en w i t h an ax c u t t h e bu rn

in g por t ion fro m t h e bu i ld ing. Fo r t h i s brave act h ewas pre sen t ed w i t h a m ass i ve s i l ver p i tc h e r by t h ec i t iz ens o f B os ton .

T h i s I saac H arr i s was a m as t - m ake r by t rade, and

fu rn i s h ed t h e m as t s for t h e fa m ou s U n i ted S tate sfr igat e Conrtitulz'on

,popu lar ly known as “

Old I ronsides . ”

ST . N I CHOLA S LEAOUH.

(GOLD BADGE. )

tim e.

Fo r J une , t h e m ont h o f day-d ream s , h asco m e again t h is year ;

B i rds are sa i l i n g o ve r h ead—t h e ir coun t les ss o n gs weh ear .

T h e m ur m u r o f t h e S ky lark , up in t h e skys o b lu e ,

See m s now to say , Oh , dream y m on t h ,to t h ee m y h ear t i s t rue . ”

Co m e ou t i n to t h e s un l ig h t , co m e o ut anddrea m w i t h m e ;

Co m e w h e re t h e z ep h yr s gen t ly b low , w h er ed rowsy h u m s t h e bee .

Co m e out , m y l i t t le drea m e r , and s in g am er ry t un e

For all t h e b i rds t h at ever sang p ro c lai mt h e mon t h o f june .

A J UNE SONG.

BY JOSEPH I NE \«VH ITBECK (AGE

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I N J une t h e co ld w i nd ne ver b low s ;I t ne ver rai ns , no r h a i ls , no r snows ;T h ere i s no s l ippery iceabou tBut flowers b loo m day i n , day ou t .I t w ou ld n o t be s o d rearI f J une w ere on ly h ere .

A FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

BY EL I S A BETH CLARK (AGEONE br ig h t day , A ugu s t 1 6, 178 2 , t h e w h i te m eno f B ryan t ’ s S t at ion d i s cove red som e I nd ian s skulking int h e edge o f t h e woods , as i f to tak e t h e for t by s u rpr i se.T h e m en w e re p repared fo r an at tack , e x cept t h ey h adno water . T h e sp r ing was a l i t t le way o ut s ide t h e for t .To ge t t h e w a te r was t h e w ork o f t h e wo m en , and i f t h em en wen t now t h e I nd i ans wou ld know t h at t h ey w er ed is cove red. T h e men to ld t h e wo m en how i t was, an d

A FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

BY M A RG ARET l’ . H AST I NGS (AGE\VHEN my grand m o t h e r was a l i t t le g i r l s h e u sed tov is i t a t M oun t Ve rnon , V i rg i n ia , a great dea l , as s h ewas a great fa vor i te o f M rs . Wa s h i ngton

,t h e m o t h e r o f

A ugus t i n \V a s h ington , t h e las t owne r o f M oun t V ernon ,and was a l so h e r cou s i n .

W h en s h e grew o lde r , t h i s cou s in gav e h e r a pai r o fgo ld s h ou lde r s leeve-but ton s

,w h ic h w ere a lway s said to

h ave be longed to Poca h on tas , who wore t h e m t o fas tenh e r s leeves on t h e S h ou lder w h en s h e was p resen ted atcour t i n Eng land .T h is pai r o f s h ou lde r s leeve -bu t ton s con s i s t o f fou r

l i t t le bu t ton s ; eac h tw o are l i nked toge t h e r , as so m ecu ff- but ton s are , on ly t h ese but ton s a re a grea t dea ls m al ler .Onereason I l ik e t h i s s tory s o m u c h i s becau se I

h ave on e o f t h e bu t ton s on a neck lace .

A JUNE SONG.

BY S IBvL KEN T STONE (AGEOH , a ruddy s h aft o f s un l ig h t now pain t s

t h e w h o le wor ld go ld ;T h e dew i s spark l i ng on t h e grass , t h e ai r

i s fres h an d co ld ,A nd t h e coun t les s cobwebs g l i m m e r , a l l wet

and w h i te w i t h dew ;

R ob ino redbreasts s i ng w i t h j oy , and sun l i tsk ies are b l ue .

ST. N I CHOLA S LEAG UE.

m y tw ice -grcat-grand m o t h e r J o h n son was t h e firs t tovo l un t ee r t o go . T h en theo t h e r w o m en and g i r l s saidt h ey w ou ld go . Grand m o t h e r h ad fo u r c h i ld ren i n t h efor t : He t sey . Sa l l ie . J a m e s , and baby R ic h a rd .

\ I . J o h ns on (who af t e rw ard k i l led Tecu m se h and was V icePres ident o f t h e U n i ted S tates ). B e t sey was o ld

enoug h to go to t h e sp r i ng,w h i le Sa l l ie took care o f

J a m es and R i c h ard . T h e wo m en w en t to t h e Sp r i ngl aug h i ng and t al k i ng as i f t h e re we re no I nd ian s i ngun -s h o t . T h ey go t ba ck to t h e fo r t w i t h t h e w a t er .T h e I nd ians a t t acked the fo r t . A f t e r a h ard fi g h ts o m e men rode up on h or s eback and t h e I nd ians ranaway . T h e re i s now a wa l l a rou nd t h e spr ing andm e m o r ia l t ab le ts to t h e bra v e w o m en of Br yan t 'sS ta t ion .

L I FE' S S PR INGT I M E.

BY'

rI I I-to nosm I I . JESS L‘ I’ I I ) .

Tin-2 sky is o f an az u re b l u e.War m breezes s o f t ly b low ,

P i nk br ie r- roses b lo s so m too ,T h e v io l e t blo ometh low .

li ar away on t h e purp le h i l l s ,Snow m e l tet h fas t fro m s ig h t ;

T h e ve ry c louds on ce dark and gray-\renow a fleecv w h i te .

So i s t h e S pr i ngt i m e ofo u r you t h,

W h en w an t s and cares are few ,

\V h en l i fe ' s s t rea m is a spark l ing r i l l ,-\nd sk ies are a lw ays b l ue .

FAM I LY TRAD IT ION .

BY LO I S tj l S TEVENS (AGETHE s h o r tes t t rad i t ion i n ou r fa m i ly i s abou t t h e

t h ree men who capt u red M aj o r . \ndré as h e ga l lopeda long t h e Tar ry t own road . M y g re a t - grand m a ’ s cousmsaid “ You a re o ur pr i sone r ; get of? you r h ors e . ”A m o n u m en t m ark s t h e S po t w h e re t h ey se ized andsearc h ed h i m .

BY FRANCES B RYANT GoDw ix , AGE 1 1 .

(S I LVER BADGE . )

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NE . BY RO B ERT ED M UN D joNES , AGE I 6 . (S I LVER BADGE .)

MY FA VOR ITE EP I SODE IN

BY I AWRENCE I I ARGER (AGE

I N t h e No rs e m y t h o logy , T h or is t h e god o f t h unde r .I-Iefig h t s t h e g ian t s w i t h h i s m ag ic h am m e r , Mjiillnir,w h i c h re t u rn s to h i s h an d w h en h e t h row s i t . T h eg i an t s a re a lw ay s t ry i ng to get i n to A sga rd , t h e h om eof t h e gods , and they know i f t h ey ca n get h o ld o f t h eh a m m e r t h ey can a c co m p l is h t h e i r end .

Onem o rn ing w h en Tho r awok e h e cou ld no t find t h eh a m m e r . T h en h e t h oug h t of t h e g i a n t s , so h e s en tLok i (t h e god o f fi re ) to look for i t . Lok i bo rrow edt h e fa l con -gu i s e o f Freyj a (godd es s o f lo v e ) , and fl ewaway to Jot u n h e im , the h o m e o f the fro s t - g i an ts .I l ere h e saw Thrym ,

t h e i r c h ie f,s i t t ing on a m ou n tain ,

m ak ing co l lars for h i s dogs .We l co m e , Lok i , ” said h e ; how fares i t w i t h t h e

gods and e l ves,and w h a t br i ngs you h e re ? "

I t fares i l l w i t h bo t h gods and e l ves s ince you s to leT h o r ’s h a m m er , ” rep l ied Lo k i , “

and I h ave co m e to

find i t .T h e g i an t laug h ed a nd sa id

,Yo u w on ’ t find i t , fo r

I h a ve bu r ied i t eig h t m i l es undergro u nd and I w on ' tg i ve i t up u n les s I ge t Ifreyja fo r a w i fe .

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Lok i fl ew back to A sga rd and t o ld T h or , bu t Freyj ai nd ignan t ly r e fus ed .

So ' l ' h o r,d res sed and ve i led l i ke a br ide and w i t h

Lok i d isgu i sed as a s er van t -m a id , jo u rney ed t o J ot unh e i m . \V h en Thrym saw t h em co m ing h e o rde red t h ew edd i ng- feas t prepared . T h e br ide ’ s appe t i t e arou sedThrym

’

s s u sp ic ion s , b u t Lok i exp lain ed t h a t l’ reyjaw as s o h appy t h a t s h e h ad fasted fo r e ig h t days . T h i sp leased Thrym ve ry m uc h , and be car e fu l ly l i f ted t h eedge of t h e ve i l , bu t w h en h e saw t h e br ide 5 eyes h ej um ped back t h e w h o l e l eng t h o f t h e roo m .

\Yby are Freyj a ’ s ey es s o s h arp ?” h e asked .

Oh ,

” s a id Lok i,s h e was s o anx iou s to com e h e re

t h a t s h e h as n’

t s lep t for a w eek .

”

Thrym o rdered t h e h am m e r bro ug h t i n , t h a t i t m ig h tbe u sed i n them ar r i age ce re m ony . N o so one r h ad t h eh am m e r been laid i n t h e br id e ’ s lap t h an s h e to re offh e r ve i l , and t h ere s tood T h or , -h u r l ing t h e h am m err ig h t and le f t .Thrym was pun is h ed , and A sgard safe on ce m o re .

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P ANDOR A .

BY HELEN A . RUSSELL (AGEA LON G t i m e ago t h e re l ived

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a lon e, a l i t t le boy n a m ed Ep i m e t h eu s . A t t h is t i m et h ere was no t roub le o r s ickn es s i n t h e w or ld and no on egrew o ld .Oneday so m e on e broug h t

a l i t t le gir l abou t Epimetheus ’s age to l ive w i t h h i m .

Her na m e was Pando ra .

A l i t t l e w h i le be for e,a

l arge box h ad been le f t w i t hEpi m e t h eu s , and h e h adbeen to ld n e v e r to open i t

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o r to l e t any one e l se . A l

m os t as soon as Pandoracatnes h e asked w h a t was i nt h e box . Epi m e t h eu s to ldh er t h at h e d id no t know ,

andh e h ad been to ld no t to le tany on e Open i t .Pandora d id no t l i ke it becau s e s h e cou ld no t s ee w h atwas i n i t , and s h e soon beca m e cross and bo t h ered Epimetheus. S h e t r ied ve ry h ard to m ak e h i m let h eropen i t , bu t h e w ou ld no t .Later , w h en Ep i m e t h eu s w en t ou t to ge t s o m e food ,Pando ra w en t to t h e box and gaz ed at it . A t las t s h es t ar ted to Open i t . J u s t as s h e began to l i f t t h e l id

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doo r Opened and Ep i m e t h eu s ca m e in,bu t Pandora d id

no t h ear h i m . Hesaw w h at s h e was do ing,but d id

n o t t ry to s top h e r . W h en s h e Opened t h e box , a greatm any l i t t l e i nsect s flew ou t and s t ung t h e m . Soon t h ey

CO M PAN ION S .

A HEAD ING FOR JUNE . BY HELEN W I LSON , AGE 9 .

B Y M ARGERY AGE I S.

NEW CH AP TE R S .

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B essie Tappan , PresiAddress,

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Ep i m e t h eu s h eard a swee t l i t t le vo iceco m ing fro m t h e box , and af t er m u c hcoax in g t h ey opened t h e box again

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an d a beau t i fu l l i t t l e creat u re cal ledH ope flew ou t . S h e h e lped everyone , and h ea led t h e wounds m ade byt h e Troub les .

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A n na C la rk BuchananC l i n ton H . Sm i t hF ran k G . P ra t tA l ice C larkEdw in Shoemake rH e len P ierce M e tca lfE l i zabet h M o rri so nM a rtha G ruen ing [jrR ichard dc C harm s ,R u th H e len BrierleyF ran ces Go ldy BuddM . N . StilesC lara W i l l iamsonBa rbara H in k leyE l si e Worm serH aro ld No rm andSchrenderEd i t h M . HobsonF reda M esservyTheodora Van WagenenH ey l iger de W in d tBess ie H ed e

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M i ld red Mar ti nA l ice K now lesA nn a M . N euburgerE . Ade la ide H ahnEmerson G . Sutc lifleM a ry E . Dunba rE l i zabe t h T . H a rnedM arga re t R . Mem

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H ope AdgateConan tCass i us M . C lay , Jr.Chri s t in e G ra hamDe l ph ina L . H amme rE l len W i n tersM argare t B . R ichardsonDoro thy P . H u tch insM argare t Swee tI l se Knauth A nu nmo. av R . A . CH R I STENSEN, AGE 17. Gwen do l en Scarrit t

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PR IZE COMPET IT ION NO . 57.

THE S t . N ich o l as Le agu e a w a rds go ld and s i l verbadges e ach mon t h fo r th e bes t poem s , s t o r ies , d r aw ings ,ph o t ograph s , pu z z les , an d pu zz le- an sw e rs . A l s o cas hp r i zes o f fived o l l a r s e ach t o go ld -badge w inne r s whosha l l aga in w in fir s t p l ace.

Competition NO. 57w i l l c l o s e June 2 0 (fo r fo re i gnm embe rs June Th e a w a rd s w i l l be ann o un cedand p r ize con t r ibu t i on s p ub l i s hed in ST. N I CHOLAS forSep te m ber .Verse . To con t a in n o t m o re th an t w en t y-tou r l ines .T i t le : to con t a in t he w o r d Go od -by o r F a r ewe l l .”Prose . A r t i c le o r S t o r y o f not

m o re t h an fo u r h und red w o rd s to rel at e s om e inc iden t connec t ed w i t h th eL ou i s i an a Pu rch as e . "Photograp h . A n y s i z e , i n t e r i o r

o r ex te r i o r, m o unted o r un m o un ted ,n o b l ue p r in t s o r nega t i ves . S ubjcet , Wh a t w e Le f t Beh ind .

Drawing . I nd i a in k , v e ry b l ackwriting~ink, o r wa sh (n o t co l o r ) , in.

terior o r ex te r i o r . T w o s ubjec t s ,“ Po r t r a i t fr o m L i fe” and “ A Headi n g o r Ta i lp iece fo r Sep te m ber . "Pu z zle . An y s o r t , b u t m us t bea c c o m p an ied by th e a n s w e r in ful l .P uz zle—answer s . Bes t , n ea t es t ,and m o s t co m p le t e se t o f an s w e rs t opu z z les in t h i s i s s ue o f ST . N I CHOLAS .

Wild Animal or B ird P hotograph . T o en co u r age th e pu r s u in g GOOD-BY. BY ANNA ZUCKER , AGE 1 6.

o f gam e w i t h a cam era in s tead o f a gun . For t he bes tph o t ograph o f a w i ld an im a l or b i rd t ak en in its natural lzom c .

‘ F irst Prize, fived o l l ars an d Le ague go ldbad ge . Second P rize, t h ree d o l l a r s an d Leagu e go l dbadge . T/n

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rd P ri ze, Le ague go ld badge.

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ANY re ader of ST. N I CHOLAS, whe t her a s ub s cr ibe ro r n o t , i s en t i t led t o Le agu e m em be r sh ip , and a Le aguebadge and leafle t , wh i ch w i l l be sen t on app l i c a t i o n .

E ver y c on t r ibu t ion , o f w hat everk ind , m ust bea r th e n am e , age , andadd res s o f t he se nde r , and be lndorsed as o r ig in a l by p a ren t ,t ea cher , o r gu a rd i an, who m ust beconvinced beyond doubl t/zat [becontribution is not copica

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, bu t w ho l l yt h e wo rk and ide a o f th e sende r . I fp rose , t he n um be r o f w o rds s hou lda l s o b e added . These t h ings m u s tn o t be on a s epa r a t e shee t , bu t on111: contribution ilrc'lf—ii a m a n us c r ip t , ou t he upper m a r gin ; i f a p i ct u re, on Memarg in or back. Wr i teor d raw on on: sick of t/1c paper o nly .

A con t r ibu t o r m a y send bu t on e contribution a m on t h—n o t oneo f eachk ind , bu t one on l y . Addres sTh e S t . Nicholas Leagu e ,U n i on Squ a re, N ew Yo rk .

BOOKS AND READ ING .

IT w ill no t requirem uchquestioning to find out

what books refer to thevery part of thecount ry whereyou arego i ng to spend your vacat ion , and i t adds greatly to thei n teres t of you rreading i f you can at thesamet imei denti fy thevery places referred to i n thebook .

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I f you

know whereyou arego i ng, besu reto find out

whether therei s not somebook wo r th readingthat rel a tes to the town o r region in whichyour summer i s to bepassed . Cooper ’s sto r ies,and I rv i ng

’s , to say no t h ing of mo rerecen two rks , rel ateto many local i t ies i n New YorkState, where thousands of young peoplew i l lspend thesummer months

,and you w i l l best

apprec i a tethei r descri pt ions i f you aream i dthevery scenes described . I f thereis no fict ionthat tel l s abou t thepl aces you wi l l see, therei salways an i n teres t i ng local h i story .

You may fin d you rsel f on someold battlefiel d , or tak i ng a country walk along someroadby wh ich an army m arched i n Revol utiona rydays , or in theneighbo rhood ofa h is toric bu i lding, and i n th i s way your reading w i l l assumea v iv idness that wi l l im press i t upon yourmemory for all t ime.

TH E L ITERATU R EOF P LACE S .

P ICTU RE A N D THE St . N icho l as LeagueM AP D R AW IN G has proved that thousands

of our young readers can handlethei r penci l swi th sk i l l . Do they ever t ry to m ake theirreading more c lear to thei r own m i nds byd rawi ng i l l u strat ions or m aps or plans of thescenes and i nc i dents described ? Therei s nobetter way of m ak ing one’ s ideas defin i te. I ndraw i ng themai n ou t l i nes of a scene, you wi l lfi nd it becomes necessary to havei t al l c learlyi n m i nd

,and no doub t you w i l l need to refer

to you r book morethan on cebefo refix i ng precisely upon your composi tion . To takean oldbook , forexample, i t w i l l befound most in terest ing to m akea map or rough pl an of Robi nson Crusoe’s island , showing wherehewas

wrecked , wherehe found h is cave, the h i l lfrom wh ich hesaw thesavages app roach i ng i nthei r canoe, wheretherescueof Friday took

place, and so on . I n h istorical stories thetaskw i l l beeven mo re i n terest i ng and val uable,and in wel l-wri t ten books you w i l l berepeat ingthework of theau thor in p repar i ng him sel f towri tethes tory .

I f th i s suggest ion i s carried out, weshouldbegl ad to exam i nethework of any of our

young arti sts ormap-makers , and perhaps showan in teres t i ng exampleof good wo rk to o theroftheyoung readers ofST . N ICHOLAS .

BES IDES the real out

doo r books thereareo therssu i tablefor thedays when al l natu rei s i nv i tingthechi l dren to playtime. Therearebooks ofl ightness in s tyle an d subjec t th at may betaken up and pu t down agai n w i thou t seriousi n terruption to you r enjoymen t of them . Sucharebest su i ted for you r general summer reading, when you arel ikely to becal led at anymoment to m akeonei n a fou rsome, or i n tenn isdoubles, to go for a wal k w i th a lover of flowers, or to ramblealong thebrooks idew i th theseeker of spec imens for an aquari um . Thet imespen t outdoo rs w i l l never m akeyou theworsereader ofgood books .A l l thegreatest wri ters have loved natu re,

and you w i l l apprec i atethem themoreforknowing morein t im atel y thebeaut ies ofnatu re.Hewho spends al l h i s timeover books and

noneout ofdoo rs i s bu t hal f a student .IT has been w i sely said

that onesees only what theeyes are p repared to see; wh ich means

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course, that each of us not i ces mos t careful lythe th i ngs he considers i n teresting. A t ri pacross theocean and through thestoried landsoftheOldWo rl d has a val uedependingent i rel yupon theperson who t akes i t . One, who hasby reading m ade ready to understan d theassoc i a t ions cal led up by old ci ties

,towns ,

cast les,and monuments , w i l l experien cea series

of go lden days ; ano ther, not so p repared , w i l lperhaps comehomew i th no memories savethoseofthel i t t lediscom forts of t ravel .I n a way, one

’s wholel i femay becompared

S UM M E RB OOK S .

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THE LETTER- BOX .

YONKERS, N . Y .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Not long ago my co usin fromBoston cameto vis it me, and wewent to seeyou r office,believing that to bethemost del ightfu l th ing wecou lddo. I havetaken you all my l ife, and on oneoccas ionyou proved a saving grace” to me.Theoccas ion was in schoo l, wherewehad to put thenoun cantos in a sentence. I real ly did not know whatcantos meant, but I recal led an occurrencein Davy andtheGob l in ” whereit was mentioned. Happy thought !I adapted themean ing, and theresult was correct.Other ch i ld ren madesentences such as, Thecantos are

in thecel lar,” and I t is nicer to cantos than to gal lop.

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I likeNew York very m uch . I t seem s to mel ikeagreat big box fu l l ofn iceth ings, from wh ich onehas onlyto choose. Oneofmy favor i tethings is theMetropo l itanArt Museum . I havebeen thereseveral times, but Ialways want to go again.

Another ofmy favorites is theNatu ral H istory Mn

seum , to which I was first introduced by M rs.Wrigh t inFou r-Footed Amer icans.To Cast leGarden Aquar i um , another ofmy favor ites,

I was introduced by on.

With best w ishes fgr a happy and successful year ,I remain, your devoted reader,

HELEN COPELAND COOMBS .

Los ANGELES, CAL.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : A few days beforeChr istmas,father said hewou ld takeus to Mexico for our vacation,and wewerea del ighted family. Wewent firs t to ElPaso, and then across theR io Grandeto J uarez , wherewehad to stop and haveour baggageinspected.

Thech i ld ren ofMex ico arevery interesting. Weth rewpenn ies, and it was funny to seethem scramblefor them .

As wewerein theCity of Mex ico Chr istmas week , wesaw booths all along theA lameda, where thenat ivesso ld pottery, baskets, and other goods.TheM useum , Art Gal lery, Th ieves’ Market, NationalPawnshop, and thech urches werevery interesting. Wespent a few days at Cuernavaca, abou t seventy-fivem ilessouth oftheC ity ofMex ico . I t is s ituated in themountains, and thevo lcano of Popocatapetl can beseen notfar away. Herearesomepottery works , Max imil ian’sranch , and Cortez ’s palace.You go to Max im i l ian ’s ranch with a guide, on donkeys or horses, along a very interest ing road, passingMexican adobeh uts, seeing beautiful w i ld flowers andcoffeeberr ies dry ing in thesun.

Very s incerely you rs,HELEN E. H IGH .

WILL IAMSPORT, PA.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I want to w r i teyou a letterabout an old dog ofm ine. Heis fou rteen years old, butis as spry as i f heweretwo. Herol ls over, and shakeshands, and j umps th rough my hands. You can seethatheis getting old, bu t I lovehim j ust thesame. I havebeen s ick , and cannot usemy r igh t arm , so I dictatetomymother.I havehad you for two years, and I likeyou very

m uch . I hopeto beableto writea story for theLeaguesometime, as I belong to it.

You rs tru ly,KATHER INE SCHEFFEL (ageI I ) .

A IKEN , S. C.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havejust comeback fromgo ing around thewor ld, and am now go ing to tell youabout thed ifferent l ittlebab ies in Japan and other Eastern countr ies. In Japan they carry them on their backs.Very o ften you seel i ttlegi rls ofseven andeight carry ingthei r baby b rother or s ister, as i t may be. They th inknoth ing ofit at all, and go on play ing and running abo ut,and thelittlebabies j ust sit up thereand don ’ t mind i t.They havenoth ing on thei r heads, and you o ften seethem s leeping uietlyon theperson’s back who is carrying them . I n h ina they carry them thesameway. In

Cey lon they can thebabies and littlech i ldren on thei rh ips— funny litt ehalf-naked things. I t is very curiousto seeall thepeop led ressed in brigh t-co lored s i lks andstufl

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s. Thepalm s and trees arewonderfu l . In Egyptthey carry thebabies on thei r shoulders. You can on lyseethewomen ’s eyes when they arein thestreets .

You r interested reader,SOPH IE L . Morr (age

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I 'havenow taken you for twoyears, and likeyou very m uch . I livej ust outs ideParisnow . My father b rought a baby elephant back fromInd ia about two weeks ago . Heis very amus ing. Wehavea smal l veranda in front ofour house, and oncetheelephant went up it, and wehad a terrib letimegettinghim down again. Wehavea big garden, and theele

phant l ives in a l ittlestablein it.You rs s incerely,LEONARD RUCKB I LL.

PARIS, FRANCE.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Wehavetaken you for fou ryears, and arevery much interested in you. WearethreeAmericans, bu t welivein France. Wehaveeightfox ter riers and th reecats. Thedogs and cats areverygood fr iends and p lay with each other.Ounce(theb iggest dog) and a cat d isappeared, and »

after a long search thedog was found in theloft ly ingdown, w i th thecat between his forelegs. Oncewehada m onkey who used to r ideon thedogs ’ backs .

Your faithfu l readers,WALTER , HAROLD , and ARTHUR K INGSLAND.

BALLSTON SPA, N . Y.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I takemuch pleasu rein reading you. I wanted to w r iteyou, for I am interested inyou r ridd les. Wewere guess ing r idd les onen ightwhen my l ittles i x-year-old brother said , I know oneA tail on its head, a body, and two feet.” Wecou ld notguess, and hesaid, A Chinese.” Weall thought thatvery good.

Yo u rs tru ly,ESTHER BEACH (age

MAUCH CHUNK, PA.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havebeen tak ing theST.

N ICHOLAS for thelast threeyears and haveenj oyed i tvery m uch. Thefirst year I took it d irectly from the

publishers, but to help a poor newsdealer I took fromhim , and expect to takeit th is year . I am very m uchdel ighted w ith thearticles wh ich wew i llexpect in thefol low ing year . Yours tru ly, MARGUER ITE HORN .

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES INTHE MAY NUM BER .

I -bid .

DOUBLE D IA M OND.

CHA RADB S .

From 1 to 2 and 3, Jackson : 1 to 4 and 3,Johnson : 3 to 5 and 6, N iebuhr ; 3 to 7and 6, Neander. Crosswords : 1 . Sub'eet. 2 . Chamois . 3. Aeantha. 4 . Keelm an. 5 .

Useless. 6. iology. Ra inbow . 8 . Chimera . g. wax .

1 0 . Barga in. I t . Cust y. 1 2 . A thlete. 1 3. Scarlet.DOUBLE BEHEAD INGS . Decoration Day. 1 . Ma-dam . 2 . Tr-eat.

3. Ba-con. 4 . Pi-oat . 5 . Ac -rid . 6. (Ih-air. 7. La-tin. 8 . Tr-tce.

9 . Bl‘own. xo . Si-new . 1 1 . Se—dan. 1 2 . Pl-ail. I 3. Ba-you.

CONCEALED K ITCHEN UTENS ILS . 1 . Teapot. 2 . Mug. 3 . Kettle. 4. Griddle. 5 . Pail . 6. P itcher. 7. Pan . 8 Cup. _9. Bowl .1 0. Di sh-pan. 1 1 . Tray . 1 2 . S ieve. I 3 . S tove. 1 4 . S trainer. 1 5 .

clension. 4 . Decolorize. 5 . Decorously. 6. Defamatory. 7.Decerpuon. 8. D imInution. 9 . 1nvocatton. I o . a I ta tIon.

TR I PLE BEHEAD INGS . M rs . \Viggs of theCabbagePatch. 1

Ham -mock. 2 . N ar-m tc . 3 . Non-sense. 4 . Aw k-ward . 5 . Not-ice6. Dis-grace. 7. Mag -g o t. 8 . Rai-sin. 9 . Her-o . 10 . Confound. 1 1 . Gui-tar. 1 2 . Ore-hid . 1 3. Rep-ea t . 1 4 . Con-cord1 5 . For-age. 1 6. Sun-burn. I 7. Bom-bay. 1 8 . App-all. 1 9Mar-g in. 2 o . Gen-ova. 2 1 . Ram -part. 2 2 . Car-away. 2 3. Pretext. 2 4. Cox -cornb . 2 5 . Dis-honor.CENTRAL SYNCOPAT IONS . 1 . Re-ve-ai, real.3

. Pa-la-cc , pace. 4 . Pi-gu-re, fire. 5 . Dc~mo~ns, dens.

i-ef, reef. 7. Li-ve-ly, lily. 8 . Lo-vi-ng , long .I o. Pa-yi-ng , pang .

2 . N o-ti-on,noon.

6. Re9 . M i-ng-le, m ile.

Fork . 1 6. S ider. 17. Ladle. 1 8. Plate. 1 9 . Dish . 2 0 . Ch inacloset. 2 1 . ipper. 2 2 . Pot . 2 3. Poker.DOUBLE D IAGONAL.

monam . Cross-words : 1 .

DOUBLE Z IGZAG. From 1 to 1 3, Dec oration Day ; 1 4 to 2 4 , Memonal Day. Cross-words : 1 . D istant. 2 . Meaning. 3. Bec loud. 4 .

Ammonia . 5 . Decorum . 6. Central . 7. Exhib it. 8 . Certa in. 9 . PadFrom 1 to 2 , Decoration : 3 to 4 , In Me lock. t o . K idnaps. 1 1 . Rad iant. 1 2 . Yankees. 1 3. Younger.Decimal ism . 2 . Demoniaca l . 3. De

To OUR PUZZLERS : Answers , to beacknow ledged in themagaz ine, must bereceived not later than the1 5 th ofeach month , andShould beaddressed to ST . N ICHOLA S Riddleobox , careofTHE CENTURY CO. , 33 East Seventeenth St.

, New York City .ANs Rs To ALL THE PUZZLES IN THE MARCH N U M B ER werereceived , beforeMarch 1 5 th , from “ M . MeG.

—JoeCariada GraceHaren MarjorieWebber Johnny Bear —Edward Horr Luc illeCra ig Dow Prew and I Em ily P. Burton—CorinneA . PopeRoss M . Crai g Alliland Adi —Agnes Cole AnnieC. Sm ith L illian Jackson Teddy and M uvver" Mabel , Georgeand

Henri EvalineTaylor Duluth —E. Bo er—Vir '

nia Custer Canan—Freden'

ck Greenwood—Katharine, Jo B . , and An'

eElizabeth D . Lord—Jo and I ChristineGra am get Chuck Paul Deschere Elizabeth T. Harned Marian PnestlyToulmin Helen 0 . Harris Nessieand Freddie BessieSweet Gallup—Olga Lee MyrtleAlderson Tyler H . B liss ElizabethThurs ton LouiseK . Cowdrey MarjorieAnderson Agnes Rutherford Marion Thomas Walter Byrne GraceL . MassonneaujanetWilloughby—S t. Gabriel's Chapter TheMasons

" Margaret D . Cumm ins—JessiePringlePalmer—ConstanceH . I rvineCharlotteWaugh May Richardson Ruth William son.

ANSWER S To PUZZLES IN THE MARCH N U M BER werereceived, beforeMarch 1 5 th , from C. E. Gm bh, 1 D . Muller, 1 D . L . Dunbar, I P. Johnson. 1

—Z. Merriam , 1 E. Bennett, 1 E. F . Butman. x—S idney K . Eastwood, 9 C . Hodges, jr. , 1 M . Skelding ,l Lo is Coo r, I M . Murrish , I G. Whittier, I Aileen Erb , 1 LoretteHealy, 1 Norah Robinson, 1 GeorgeHerbert Vernon,8 Harriet ingamon, 8—Calvert S terquel, 1 F . E. Dunkin. I —Ruth M . Cary , r W. G. R ice, Jr. , 4

—Am y Eliot Mayo, 9Yem on W. Collamore, 1 Martha G. Schreyer, 9 FlorenceElwell, Dorothy Anderson, 1—Grovene P . Converse, 3 F . H . and

C. C. Anthony , —Eleanor F . Butman. 1 Henry Leetch, x—Helen veland Patch , 9—Cornelia N . Walker, 9 Margaret C. Wilby,9 LawrenceB Mead, 8. Kenneth Duncan M cNeil], 1

D OUB LE CR O S S -W ORD EN I GMA .

(S ilver B adge, S t. N icho las LeagueCompetition. )

Myfirsts arein cherry , but not in vine;My second; in oak, but no t in p ine;My l/u '

rdr arein arm , but not in hand ;Myfourt/zr arein sea, bu t not in land ;Myfiftlzr arein pebb les. but not in sand .

My w/zo/er aretwo usefu l an imals.MA RIE WARNER (age

CONNE CTE D D I AM OND S . DOUB L E D I AGONA L .

(S ilver B ad ge, S t. N icholas Lea gueCompetition. )

I . UPPER LEFT-HAND D IAMOND : I . In north . 2 .

A snare. 3. At no t ime. 4 . A num ber. 5 . In north .

I I . UPPER RIGHT-HAND DIAMOND : I . In north .

2 . A largecavity . 3. A largestream . 4 . A beverage.

5. In north .

I I I . CENTRAL D IAMOND : I . In no rth . 2 . Thefru it of certain trees and sh rubs . 3. Report . 4 . Theh ighest po int. 5 . In no rth.

IV. LOWER LEFT-HAND DIAMOND I . In no rth.

2 . A sm all ch i ld. 3. A masculinename. 4 . A masenl inen ickname. 5 . In north .

V . LOWER R I GHT-HAND DIAMOND : I . I n no rth .

2 . A vessel used in cook ing. 3. A b i rd . 4 . A metal .5 . In north.

HELEN F. SEARIGH'

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ALL thewords descr ibed contain thesamenumber ofletters . When r ightly g uessed and w r i tten onebelowanother , thed iagonal from theupper left-hand letter tothelower r ight-hand letter wi l l spel l thenameof apoet ; thed iagonal from thelower left-hand letter totheupper right-hand letter w ill spel l thet i tleofoneofh is poem s .

CROSS -WORDS 1 . Mov ing oneway and theother.2 . Cal ling anyth ing to m ind . 3. An old -t ime industryfor women. 4. Associates in anybus iness oroccupat ion .

5. Scorecards . 6. D isposed to associateonly w ith one’scl ique. 7. Certain kinds ofpuz z les that somet imes appear in theR idd le-box . 8. A m i l itary man serving on

ho rseback .BURT H . SM ITH (LeagueMember) .

768 THE R IDDLE—BOX .

H ERE is an Arab say ing. I t begins w ith thel i tt lepictu reat ther ight -hand upper corner, m arked I . Thatreads, M an is fou r . ” How do thefou r fol low ing l inesread

CUB E AND I NCL O SED SOL ID SQUAR E .

(Gold B adge, S t. N icholas LeagueCompetition.)

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FROM 1 to 2 , a largecity in theUn ited S tates ; fromI to 3, a famous tOwn in Pales tine; from 2 to 4 , a greatMesopotam ian river ; from 3 to 4 , rays of l ight from themoon ; from 5 to 6, l ucid i ty ; from 5 to 7, thenameofasea not far from theUn i ted States ; from 6 to 8, shrewd ;from 7to 8, a Spring flower.C ENTRAL WORDS (reading .across only) 1 . Um

clouded . 2 . A seaport on theGulfofGu inea. 3. To

send . 4 . To comeforth. Heavy t imbers."HARRY I . TIFFANY .

B EHE AD IN GS AND CUR TAI L IN GS .

(Gold B adge, S t. N icholas LeagueCompetiti on. )

EXAMPLE Doub ly behead and doubly cu rtai l sweetened ; rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makea scrap.

Answer, su-

gar-cd , rag.

I . Doubly behead and doubly cu rtail pertain ing to

festoons rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makeablack powder formed by combust ion.

2 . Doub ly behead and doubly cu rtail that wh ich repeats ; rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makea nar

row woven fabr ic used for str ings.

THE DE V INNE PRESS, NEW YORK .

DOUB LE ZI GZAG.

3. Doub ly behead and doubly curtai l a round bu i lding ; rearrangetheremaining letters, and makethefru itofcertain trees and shrubs.4 . Doubly behead and doubly cu rtail to chastise; rearrangetheremaining letters, and makew i th in .

5. Doub ly behead and doubly cu rtai l round rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makea ringlet.6. Doubly behead and doub ly cu rtail ens i form re.arrangetheremain ing letters, and maketo j ump.

7. Doubly behead and doubly cu rtail onewho singsalone; rearrange the remain ing letters, and maketolubr icate.8 . Doub ly behead and doubly cu r tail to comm unicatepo larity ; rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makeonewho tells a falsehood.

9 . Doub ly behead and doub ly cu rtaila k ind ofcandy ;rearrangetheremain ing letters, and makea lim b.I o. Do ub ly behead and do ub ly cu rtail treachery ; tearrangetheremain ing letters, and makea largebody ofwater.Theinitials of the ten litt lewo rds w i l l spel l _two

famil iar words. DOR IS HACKBUSCH.

CROSS-WORDS : I . Gi ves assu rancea ainst harm. 2 .

Releases from s lavery. 3. Sketched or a pattern or

model. 4 . Mechan ical contr ivances . 5 . Foo lish distort ious of thecountenance. 6 . B r ings out from con

cealment. 7. A character in TheMerchant ofVen ice.”8 . Foo l ish ly. 9 . Theact ofstepping. 1 0. Theprincipalsail in a ship or other vessel .From 1 to 1 0, thenameofa famous man ; from I I to

2 0, thenameofa fam ous saint.-w. N . TAF'I ‘ (LeagueMember) .

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anceV “ B y Jen n ieB el t s H a rlsw ic k

WHEN Daphnedanced them i n uetTheco lo n ies werech i ld ren yet,And th i s old wo rld

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m o reslowl y swung,And d ream s werelo ng and lo vewas youngAnd m a id s and men m o reshy ly g lancedEach o therward when Daphnedanced .

When Daphnedanced,her eyes of brown

Werealways cast dem u rel y down ;No romp ing s tep or g iddy wh i rlWas seen when Daphnewas a gi rl .Such fo l l ies wereno t coun tenancedBv proper fo lk when Daph nedanced .

When Daphnedanced,they say

,her gown

Was qu i tethem arvel of thetown ;’T was brough t , to clo theher daintilv,

O’er m any leagues of l and and sea ;I ts flowered fo ld s her charm s enhancedWhen

,l ikea flower

,Daphnedanced .

\VHEN DAPHNE DANCED .

“A \VH IS PER FLED FRO M u p To LI P.

HEN Daphnedanced w i th bow and d i pA wh i sper fled from l i p to l i p ,And far and near each pat r io t sonThr i l led at thenameofWash i ngton ,And steadi l y thecloud advan ced ,Wi th po r ten t grave, wh i leDaphnedanced .

As Daphnedanced oneafternoon ,Wh i lech imed thesp i net ’s t i nkl i ng t une,Befo reher m i r ro r p rac t i s i ngHer quain t old-m annered cur tsy ingOneto her doorway came, i t chanced ,Wi th h u rr ied step , whi leDaphnedanced .

And 10 ! thewo rd from Engl and bro ugh t\Vas for them omen t al l fo rgo t ,A nd hewho camethenews to bea rSaw onl y Daphnedancing thereKi ng Geo rge

’s envoy stood en t ranced ,Wi th qu i ckened b reath , wh ileD aphne

danced .

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AS , BOUND ,K ING GEORGE-2

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s S H IP S PED EVER ON WlTl-l BOW

HEN Daphnebl ushed as dam sel should ,And answered : ”

G l adly,sir, I would ;

But nonei s heretheai r to play ,For Mist ress P rudencei s away ,And

’t w i l l beafter cand le- l igh t

When sheret u rn s—to -mo rrow n igh t .

As,homeward bound , King George

’ s sh ipSped ever on w i th bow and d ip ,Thes t reet s weres t i l l i n Boston town ,And Daphnei n her flowered gown ,Wherefel l thecan dles ’ mel low glow ,

U n to her partner cu r ts ied low.

uUNTO HER PARTNER CU RT S IED LOW.

\VHEN DA PHNE DANCED .

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ND never recked his Majes tyThe“ u rgen t mat ter overseaWas but a l i t t leBo s ton m a id

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Or tha t h i s subject had delayedTo step w i th s ta tel y et iq uet teThemeasu reof a m i n uet .

And so—what need theres t to tel l 9Heloved her long and lo ved her wel l ,And Daphneby and by becameA spec tac led and w r i nk led dame

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Bequeath i ng al l her o l den graceU n to thedaugh ters of her race.

Somewherei n la vender i s l aidA faded fro ck Of Old brocade;A nd , locked away from careless hands ,Somewherea s i len t sp i net stands .Theagehas very m uch advancedSincethosedim days when Daphnedan ced .

TWO BOYS WERE STEAD ILY GAZ ING ON TH E SURFACE OF THE WATERSURE ENOUGH , UP CAME THE SHARK .

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theleading merchant i n J apan P A fine"

not ion ,to besu re. However, beforeI engagea boy,you know,

I m ust havesomebody to recommend him ,

and hem ust gi veme references .Haveyou any rel at ives i n th is p lace?

No ,si r ; I know no one, an

swered theboy.

Why, wherehaveyou beenu n ti l now

“ I haveon ly j u st comefrommy count ry . Thefact i s

,I heard

you r name,si r

,somet imeago,

and bei ng very anxiou s to enteryou r serv ice

,I left my coun t ry

allbymysel f to cometo Kum ano .

Bu t I havenot a si ngleacquaintancehere, noranybody towhomI can tu rn . My only objec t wasto comest ra igh t to you and Iwas ask ing a man on theroadi f hecoul d di rec t meto yourhouse, when theman po i n ted to

you and said , Why, that gen tleman j ust ahead ofns i s them asteroftheDaikokuya.

’ And th at i show i t comes th at I ran up to youal l ofa sudden i n th i s rudeway.

”

Therewas a cha rm i n thefreeu tterancewi th wh i ch theboyto l d h is s to ry

,and hav i ng l i s

tened to i t,thegentleman said

“ I unders tand . l t i s al l r ight . Asyou haveno friends here, I w i l l dow i thou t a recommendat ion

,and

you shal l comej ust as you are

and sayi ng th i s , heb rough t thel ad back w i th him to h i s house.

The Daikokuya, you m us tknow , was the ch ief c lo th i ngestabl i shmen t

,or dry-goods

house,” i n Kumano

,and di d a

larger business than any o ther i n thetown . On

arri v i ng there, them aster took theboyw i th himi nto an i nner room

,and

,tel l i ng hi s w i fewhat

had taken place,cal led theboy to his side.

Tel l me, my boy, what i s your name?”

My namei s Bunkichi.”

Areyou r parents l i v i ngA t th i s quest ion theboy hu ng hi s head sor

l l ‘ I F

Pronounced Boon-kee’ chee.

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rowfully.

“ I havenei ther father nor mo ther,

he answered , wi th a chok ing vo i ceand eyesfil led wi th tears .Fi l led w i th p i ty , theo thers asked h im how

long hehad been left alonei n thewo rl d.

PLEASE, S IR, A RE YOU THE HEAD on THE DA tx ox UVA ?’

I lost mymo ther, hesaid , morethan threeyears ago , an d my father only qu i terecently .

”

“ And what was you r fam i l y ? Wereyoufarmers or t radesmen ? ”

Nei ther onenor theo ther. My father formerly served under theLo rd ofWakayama

,and

received an al lowanceofeigh t h und red leoku iof r i ce. His namewas Igarash i Bunzayemon ;1

‘

i Onebob :equals about fivebushels . Pronounced Ee-gar-ash ’eeBoon-l y’e-mon.

OR F ROM SHA RK - BOY

but, losing h is position,hecameto R ada no-U ra ,wherewehad to l i vei n a very poor way. Myfather

,however , would never al low meto for

get that theances to r ofour housewas I garash iKobunji,

’ who served i n old days a t Kamaku ra ,and gai ned a name for h im sel f as a bravewar rio r . ‘And when you becomea man

,

’

my

father u sed to say , ‘

you must win you r way tofame, and so upho l d thehono r ofthefam i l y ;but

,un l ikethepast , our lot to-day i s cast i n

peaceful t imes , when therei s l i ttlechanceof

win n ing d ist i n ct ion i n a rm s ; bu t become, i f

you can , thelead ing merchan t i n Japan , and

you w i l l b ri ng hono r to our house.

’ Such wasmy father

’s counsel to me, and no t long si ncehewas taken wi th a severe i l l ness and died .

And now,i f you please, I wi sh to lea rn theways

of busi ness , that I may becomea merchan t ,and I havejou rneyed to Kumano to throw mysel f ou you r ki ndness .Thegent leman l is tened to theboy

’s clea r accoun t ofh im sel f and expressed h is adm i rat ion .

Ah ! I was r igh t , I see, when I thought youwerenot theson of an o rd i nary man. You rambi t ion to becomethe ch ief merchan t i nJapan i s a h igh one, cer ta in l y ; bu t thep roverbsays ‘An ts aspireto thesk ies ,

’ and anyth i ngi s possibleto a man who pu ts h is who lehear ti nto h i s work . You ares t i l l qu i teyoung, Ishou ld say , though you have come al l theway from Kada-no-U ra by you rsel f, and though

you talk Ofyour affa i rs i n a m anner that wouldreflect cred i t on a grown -up man. Come, tel lme, how Old areyou“ I am fou rteen ,” heanswered .

What,not mo rethan that ?

And them aster ’s w ife, who was by h i s side,could not repress her su rp r i se, ei ther.A t th i s po i n t thes/zojz

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, or paper sl id ing doors ,opened

,an d i n ran a pret ty l i t tlegir l of abou t

eleven . Her hai r was d rawn up i n to a l i t t lebutterfly dev i ceon thetop ofher head

,whi ch

shook to and fro as sheran up to her mot her .Stretch ing out a smal l maple- leaf hand , w i th aw i nsomelook , shesa id

Mo ther,pleasegi vemea cake.

Why, my dear , whereareyour manners ?What w i l l our young fr iend hereth i nk of youPronounced Ee ar-ash

’eeKo-boon"ee.g I

chee.

A play s im i lar to tag or pr isoner ’s base.A wooden fire-box wherea charcoal fireis kept forwarm ing thehands .

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A t th is thech i ld looked round , and for thefi rs tt imebecom i ng awa reof the boy ’s p resence,turned shy and sa t down . Look i ng gently i n herface

,her mother then asked her wha t shehad

been do i ng. Afraid Of thest ranger , shewhispered i n her mo ther ’s ear: I havebeen playing o/zz

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i w i th Sadak ichi i n thegarden . But Idon ’ t l ikeSadak i ch i . When he was the071i

hej ust caugh t mea t once.

Bu t that o ften happens i n playi ng am, sai dthemother , w i th a sm i le.

“ Yes, b ttt hedoes i t too much ; hehas norigh t to . catch peoplein theway hedoes, andI do n ’ t w i sh to play w i th him any mo re.

”

“Wel l , i f that i s so ,how would you l iketo

pl ay w i th Bunkichi herei n stead ? ”

Accept i ng i t as oneoftheduties that m igh t fal lto him , to act as thech i l d

’s com pan ion an d caretaker

,Bunkichi, rather pleased than o therwi se,

o ffered to go ou t and t ry to am useher. The

l i t tlegi rl looked in to herm other ’s face, and thenat Bunkichi. Mama

,how long has hebeen

here sheasked in a low vo ice.

Heonly cameto -day,bu t he’

s a fineboy,and I hopeyou ’ l l bea good l i t t legirl and showhim thegarden .

Bu t thech i ld ’s thoughts seemed suddenl y totakea new t u rn , and si dl i ng up to her mo ther,shebegged to begiven a cake. Themo theropened thel i t tled rawer of the andtak ing out two or th reesuga r-pl um s, pu t themi n to her hand . Thech i l d then , w i th ba rel ya gl ancea t Bunkichi, ran th rough theslzojz

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out

ofdoo rs .Takecareand don ’ t s tumble, hermo ther

cal led ou t . Do you m i nd j ust seei ng afterher? ” shesaid to Bunkichi, who a t oncegotu p and went out on theveranda .

NO sooner was Chocho Wage,§or Bu t terflyCu rl s (so named from theway i n wh ich herhai r was d ressed ), ou tsi de i n thegarden thanshebegan qua rrel i ng w i th theboy from theshop . No , Sadak i ch i ; I

’

m no t go i ng to

play w i th you. Mam a says tha t theother boywho has j ust comei s a fineboy, and l

’

m go i ngto play w i th him .

”

“Wha t ! ano ther boy has come, has hePYes ; t hereheis. Go and fetch him .

i Pronounced he-bah ’

Pronounced Cho ’ cho \Vah '

gay.

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Sadak ich i cal led to Bunkichi, You w i l l findsomegem" there, i f you wi l l comeout.

”

So Bunkichi cameout to thegarden .

I t was not a very la rgeone, but i t was a pret tyspo t, for beyond i t sparkled thebay that l ay attheback ofKumano. Bunkichi had soon jo i nedthetwo Others , and Sadak ichi , t u rn i ng to thel i ttlech i ld , sa id , “Wel l , shal l weth reeplay at om

’

?

No ,”sheanswered ; “you arealways catch

ing me, and I don’ t careto pl ay .

”

I won ’ t catch you, then , Chocho, i f youdon ’ t l ikei t .A l l thesame

,I ’d ra ther not.

A thought st ruck Bunkichi, and, addressi ngh im sel f to thech i l d , hesai d : “Would you l ikemeto m akeyou someth i ng I woul d i f I on lyhad a kni feand somebamboo .

Thech i l d was at once i n teres ted , and tol dSadak ich i to go and get what was wanted . So

Sadak ich i s t ro l led off and brough t a kn i feandsomebamboo ch i ps . Now,

then , what are

you go i ng to m ake?” sa id he.

“A n icebamboo dragon-fly, Bunkichi an

swered ; and tak i ng thekn i febesp l i t a bi t ofthebamboo

,shaved i t fineand smoo th , and fixed a

l i t t lepeg i n them i ddleof i t .Sadak ich i

,qu ick ly guessing what i t was, sai d :

Ah,i t ’

s a dragon-fly. I know ! I oncewen twith thebanta ’rto Kada-nO-U ra , an d every onetherewas flyi ng thosedragon-flies, and now Ith i nk ofi t , theboywho was sel l i ng them lookedjust l ikeyou.

”

Not a bi t di sconcerted , Bunkichi repl iedYes

, you arequ i ter igh t . I was theboy whom adethem an d was sel l i ng them .

Bah ! Mr . D ragon-fly- sel ler !” bl ustered outSadak ich i

,w i th a faceofdisgust .

Don ’ t speak l ikethat,

” sai d thel i t tlegir l ,tu rni ng sharpl y u pon him ,

and then to Bunkichi.What m adeyou sel l them P she asked ,speak ing out to him for thefi rs t t ime.

My father was i l l i n bed ,” heanswered , continn i ng to sc rape the bamboo, and as our

fam i l y was poo r, I m anaged to buy him riceand medi ci neby sel l i ng thesedragon -flies.

Chi l d as shewas, th i s tou ch i ng story of fi l i alp iety m adeher respec t Bunkichi al l themore.

“Oh , was n’

t that good of him !”shesaid ,

Pronounced gay' tah . Foot-wear or wooden clogs .

DAI ZIN Uou r.

turn i ng to Sadak i chi. DO you th i nk you coul dh avedonei t ?“ I — yes ; only therewou ld havebeen no

need formeto sel l d ragon-flies. I shoul d havesol d thewear ing- th ings i n ou r shop ,

”hean

swered arrogantly .

Bunkichi had now fin i shed mak ing thedragou-fly, and , hol d i ng i t between his hands, hespun i t round , and up i t wen t i n to theai r wi tha wh i rri ng sound , and l igh ted on thegroundagain somefiveo r s i x p aces away .

Why, i t’s j us t l ikea real d ragon -fly! c ried

thechi l d , w i th del igh t . Do let mehavei t !And tak ing i t in her hands, shetried to set i t flyi ng, bu t shecould only makei t go up a l i t t leway.

Then Sadak i ch i, wi sh i ng to t ry h i s hand

,

pushed forward .

“Let mehavei t,hesaid ,

and I ’11 show you how wel l I can do i t and

sei zi ng hol d Of i t , wi th thefo rceof both hands heset i t fly i ng h igh in to theair. There, now—seehow i t goes !

” and wh i lethel i t tlegi rl waswatching i t w i th del igh t, thed ragon -fly flew over thewal l fenceand dropped i n to thewater beyond .

Thel i t t lech i l d ran after i t , fol lowed by Sadak ich i and Bunkichi. There- was a l i t tlegatei n thegarden open i ng on a jet ty . Throughth i s they passed and s tood together on theplank , watch i ng thed ragon-fly tossing abou t onthewater .

Oh , I w i sh wecou l d get i t , sai d thel i t t le

gi rl , look ing at i t w i s tful ly ; “ i f i t would on l ycomej ust in fron t ofus !Take care

,

” said Sadak ichi , hol d i ng herback

,whi lethe dragon-fly, bobbing up and

down among theri pp les, gradual ly d ri fted farther off.Now Bunkichi

,seei ng therewas a sm al l boat

lyi ng alongsidethejet ty , had sai d to Sadak i ch i ,Let merow out and get i t, and was drawi ng

theboat toward him ,when hewas abruptly

stopped by Sadakich i . N0 , no you m ust n’

t

th i nk of put ti ng out from theshore. I f you do ,you arecertai n to beeaten up by thewani

zame.” 1Yes, i t

’

s qui tetrue, chimed in thel i t tlegi rl .There’s a hor r id wanizamethat p reven ts any

onego ing on thesea. Only yesterday i t captured somebody .

”

i Clerk . 1 Pronounced wah -ne-zah 'may,

mean ing a hugeshark .

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a l i tt lesamurai at .

/ exc l aimed them aster to h iswi fe.

“ Therei s no compa ri son between himand theo ther boys . But danc i ng at tendanceon a l i t tlegi r l i s not thesor t ofemploymentfor a lad who has theam bi t ion to becometheleading merchant i n J apan . No

,no ; hewants

to get i n to theshop as soon as hecan and learntheways ofbusi ness—eh , my boy ?

”

The m aster exactly i n terp reted Bunkichi’s

w i shes , and Bunkichi fel t very grateful to him ,

but heonly answered : I shal l es teem i t a greatfavo r to beal lowed to serveyou .in any way.

Bu t,m aster , w i th you r leave, I would ask you,

i s it t rue, as I hear, that therei s a wam’

zame

l ately comei n to th is bay, and that peop learesu ffer i ng a lot ofharm from i t ?

”

Ah,me! Yes, i t

’

s a soret rouble, that wanizame; ourfishermen aredo i ng no th i ng, ourboatt raffic i s s topped

,and i f th i ngs go on i n th is way

thep lacew i l l beru ined . A l l so r ts of at temptshavebeen m adeto ki l l i t

,bu t

,alas ! al l to no

pu rpose.

”

Then respec tful ly , in a kneel ing posture, approaching nearer, B unkichi th us addressed h ism aster : “ Master, i n m ak ing thereques t I amnow go i ng to m ake

,I fear you wil l p u t me

down as a ch i l d w i th a vain , ch i l d i sh no t ionof do i ng great th i ngs ; nonethe less, I am

bo l d to ask you, i n al l ser iousness, w i l l you

givemeleave to attem p t thedes truct ion of

thiswanizame

The master exc l a imed i n astoni shmen t :

What ! You th i nk that you arego i ng to ki l lthewanizame I t would bethegreatest thingin thewo rl d i f you could , bu t al ready everymeans has been tr ied . Whal ing-men havet r iedto k i l l itw i th thei r harpoons, thehunters ofwi l d

gameon themoun tai ns havet r ied to shoo t i tw i th thei r guns ; but thewam

'

zamehas defeatedal l thei r schemes, and, to say noth ing of the

money i t has cos t , several men havelost theirl ives i n thei r at tem pts to k i l l i t , and our c i t i zenshavegiven i t up as hopeless . Son ofa samuraithough you may be, th i s i s no task for a boy of

thi rteen or fou rteen . No you may haveseeni n theseas around Kada-no -U ra shark s offou ror fivefeet i n length , bu t j ust go out to theh il labovethetown and look over thebay unt i l you

DAI ZIN [JULV.

catch sight of our monster . Thevery sight ofit i s enough to terr i fy mos t people.”

“You m i s takeme,m aster,” sai d Bunkichi

,si t

t i ng up st raight . “ I haveno though t of t ry ingmy strength against thewam

’

zame. Bu t I havea tr i ck i n“mym i nd I shoul d like

‘

to p lay , i f youwould al low me.

”

Oh , i t’

s a tr ick,i s i t And what is thet r ick

ourcrafty youngs ter i s go i ng to p roposefork i l ling thewam

’

zame,I should l iketo know ? said

them aster,'

sm i l i ng.

“Theplan I haveis simply th is . Fi rst tom akea st raw figu reand to fi l l u p theinsidew i th po i son . Then I shal l d ress i t i n a man ’sclo thes and takei t out i n to thebay

,and, when

weseetheshark com i ng, th row i t out to him to

eat. Shark s aresenseless c reatures and readyto eat any th ing, so heis su reto swal low thestraw man

,and i f hedoes thepo i son w i l l a t

oncetakeeffec t and k i l l him . That ’s my plan ;what do you think of i t

Yes ; I th i nk you r pl an ofm ak ing a st rawman i s not at all a bad one, and I havel i t t ledoub t , as you say , that theshark woul d swal lowi t . In that caseit wou ld cer tainly dieand weshoul d befreeat l ast from our great calam i ty .

But wai t aminute; I am afra id , when thedol l i sm ade, therei s nobody who w i l l ven tu reto takei t out to thesea. Peoplehavehad so m any bi tter lessons from t ry i ng to k i l l th is shark that ,however m uc h money you offer, no one

, I fear,w i l l agreeto takei t out i n to thebay .

”

Bunkichi w i thou t any hesi ta t ion repl ied : Iwi l l under takethetask of tak i ng thedo l l outfor theshark to swal low . As I grew up by theseas idea t Kada—no-U ra

,I can row a boat wel l

and can swim bet ter than m os t people. I saw aboat j us t now fastened at thejetty in you r gar

den.Pleaselend it to meand I wi l l go out

aloneupon thebay .

”

Aston ished by theaudaciousness of thel ad ,themaster sai d : I t i s too w i l d an i dea,myboy. What iftheshark upsets your boat . He

wi l l swal low you up i n an i nstan t .”

“As to what you say abo ut d rown ing, thatdoes n’

t distu rb meat al l . SupposeI havenol uck and losemy l ife, therei s noth ing to bere

gretted i f by my death I su cceed i n remov i ng the

Pronounced sahm ’oo-rye. Thesamurai werethem i l itary class ofJapan, co rrespond ing to thekn ights ofthem iddleages in European countr ies.

OR F ROM SHA RK - BOY TO

great calam i ty under wh ich m any arenow su ffering. And , as I sai d befo re, i t i s mydeterm i nat ion to becometheleadi ng merchant ofJapan ;but i f I am to real izemy ambi t ion I m ust beprepared to run many r isks . I f fo r tu nefavo rsmeI shal l comesa feth rough them and attai nmy object ; i f, however , th i s fi rs t ventu regoesagains t me, and I go out to sea and fal l a p reyto thewanlzame, i t s imply means that I m ustaccept i t as thedec reeoffate, and as fa r as myl i fei s concerned , I am qu i teready to r isk i t .

”

Themaster , who was m uch st ruck by h i s fearless determ i na t ion , worthy oftheboy ’s descent ,said to him

,I ndeed

,your magnanim i ty i s

greater than ou rs,bu t for t hat very reason we

should beal l themo reso rry to loseyou.

”

Say ing th is , bet u rned rou nd to h i s w i fe, whowhispered i n h i s ear : “ I qu i teagreew i t h youi f hebeswal lowed up by theshark

,wecould n’

t

possib ly get ano ther l i keh im ; send someo theronei n stead !J ust then i n camethegi rl , at tended by Sada

k ich i,who had long been wai t i ng for theboy,

and said , “ Bunkichi, pleasebequ i ck and makemeano ther d ragon -fly.

”

Her mo ther however, at once s topped the

gi rl , say ing Come,come; B unkichi has

someth i ng el seto th i nk abou t bes ides d ragonfl ies : he'

s j us t say i ng that hewan ts to go out

to sea and k i l l thewam’

zame.”

Thegi rl was s ta rtled , forshewas only a ch i l d .

Does hego alone?Yes

,t ha t i s what hesays hew i l l do .

Don ’ t,p lease

,mother ; I don

’ t l ikeyou rsend ing him to sea.

”

“Why, my ch i ld ?”

I wan t him tomakemeabamboo d ragon -fly.

His curiosi ty a roused a t hea ri ng the l i t t legi rl speak of thed ragon-fly, thefather said ,“What do you w i sh him to makefor you

Oh, father , i t ’

s a bamboo dragon -fly— an

amusi ng toy wh ich fl ies up h igh , wh izzi ng, was

her confiden t answer.“Ah

, I see,

”heremarked , as heunderstood

thegi rl’s reques t ; “ tha t fly ing bam boo th i ng

I often seewhen I go out on thest reets . Thetoy, I remember, was fi rs t m adeby a boy ofgreatfi l ial v i r tuei n a cer tai n coun try d ist r ic t

,and even

herethey tal k abou t him; i t i s clever of you,Bunkichi

, to ha velearned how to makethem .

”

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Then Sadak ich i i n ter rup ted , say ing : No

wonder ! Why, hewas thehawker ofthetoy;I know al l abou t i t , as I saw him sel l i ng i t atKada -no -U ra .

”

“ Areyou, then , the i n ven to r of thetoy ? ”

asked themaster , to whom theboy a t oncerepl ied i n the affi rm at ive. Themaster , whowas mo ret han ever s t ru ck by theboy ’s cha racter

,sa id

, Areyou, then , thesameboywhom al lthepeopleta l k abou t and p rai seforh i s devo t ionto h i s paren tThen thegi rl , who remembered wha t had

been to l d her a l i t t lewh i lebefo re, sa id : Fa

ther, h is fam i l y was very poo r , and as h is fatherwas l a i d up on h i s si ck -bed ,

he so l d thosed ragon -flies and bough t medic i neor a l i t tler i cefor thefam i ly . Hetol d meso .

As shewas l i s ten ing to t h is conversa tion ,tears stood i n them other ’s eyes , an d shesai dHei s real l y a m odel boy, i s henot ? I can ’ tpossibly let him go to sea.

”

Them aster,who was m uch of thesameway

of th i nki ng as h i s w i fe, answered , Of cou rseIhavebeen persuad i ng him to gi veu p h is i deaand

,turni ng to Bunkichi, sa id , “ Yes, do gi vei t

u p,my boy.

”

And thegi rl , seem i ngl y w i th thei n ten t ion of

i nspi r i ng theboy w i th d read and deter ri ng himfrom h i s pu rpose, remarked so lem nly , “ Oh , i t i sd read fu l to beswa l lowed by thesha rk on goi ngto sea !B unkichi

, ha v i ng on cedeterm i ned,was im

m ovable.

“ Si r,t rad ing to a merchan t i s the

samethat figh t ing i s to a kn igh t . I t has beenever regarded hono rable i n a kn igh t tha t heshou ld hazard h i s l i fem any a t ime, even i n h i sea rly you th . I f fatebeagai nst him ,

hew i l l bepu t to death by his enemy . Theknigh ts ofoldfaced thedangerou s issues of l i feor death aso ften as they wen t out to bat tle. A s they at

tained to renown by passi ng th rough theseo rdeal s , so , too , m ust themerchan t who aspi resafter a lead ing po si t ion not sh ri nk from b rav i ngmany dangers i n h i s l i fe. Si r

,meth i nks the

presen t i s theOppo r tun i ty given meto t ry myhand ; and i f fates ides w i th mean d I succeedi n k i l l i ng themazzz

'

zame,i n fu tu reI sh al l ha ve

cou rageto ventu reout on o ther great undertak ings . If onebegi ns to benervous at theoutset , onew i l l go on bei ng nervous fo rever ;

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but therei s no fear, I th i nk , fo r a man who i sready to sacr ificeeven hi s own l i fe.

”

Them aster,meet i ngw i th such unfl i n ch ing determ i nation , knew not how to stop him , but sai d,I m ust con fess you havem orei n you t han Ithought . I am ashamed of m ysel f to beth ustaught by you thesecret ofsuccess i n t radewhenI should bein a pos i tion to teach you. Wel lsaid

,my boy; t rading i s to a business man what

fight ing i s to a kn ight . I f you begi n by bei ngweak and t im i d , you w i l l never becapableof

bol d en terp rise. I f you havea m i nd to divineyou r futu rebyembark i ng on th i s exp lo i t ,goi n for i t w i th al l you r m ight . As to thep reparat ions for m ak i ng the st raw man

, as fa r asbuyi ng thepo i son i s concerned , I w i l l do i t allforyou. You had bet ter go up to themoun tainyonder

,and ascert ai n thepl acewheretheshark

i s general l y to beseen com i ng up to thesu rface.

You, Sadak ich i , had.

bet ter t akehim up to theSum i yosh i “ bl uff, and po i n t him out themon

ster i f i t shoul d comeup and show i tsel f on thesurfaceofthewater i n them ou th oftheharbo r .”

Bunkichi,who was much del ighted at having

gai ned h is w i sh , said :“Then , s i r, p leaselet an

a othecary preparea lo t of drugs whi ch are

hit y to bethebest po i son for a wam’

zame, and

I willi

go and havea lookou t for theappearanceofthemonster.”

As hewas abou t to s tar t, thegirl asked him ,

i n a l i ttlevoiceofremonstrance, But when wi l lyou m akea d ragon-fly for me, BunkichiWhen I comeback , m i ss ,

”was h i s reply .

“Come, come, hecan’ t bebo thered abou t

such a . t riflenow,

” sai d hermo ther.Meanwh i le the two l ads, Bunkichi and

Sadak i chi,hand in hand

,wen t up to theSum i

yoshi bl u ff, wh ich stood j ust o uts idethetownon theeastern s ideofKumano Bay. Themountain rose p reci p i tou sly from the sea,

whosefathom less water washed i ts southern base. A

th ick forest of p i nes covered themoun tain , andthe vibrat i ng of thei r needle fol i age in the

b reezeadded a st rangeharp - l i keaccompani

men t to theperpetual roari ng of thewaves below. On reach ing thesumm i t , Bunkichi threwh im sel f down on a kno tty roo t ofp inenear theedgeofa precip iceand gazed out on thebroad

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expanseof theKumano Bay . As far as h i sv iew reached no sho recoul d bedescr ied

,on ly

thel inewherethedomeoftheazu resky c i rcledthedeep bl ueoftheocean .

After s i t ti ng th us in si len t contemplat ion for afew m inutes , Bunkichi suddenly turned roundand said to Sadak ich i : Sea scenery is alwaysfineto look at , i s n

’

t i t P I am fond of th i s sor tofrough sea. I shoul d l iketo haVea sw im i n i t .”“Don ’ t tal k such nonsense; you would no

sooner get i n to i t th an you woul d beswamped,”

was therepl y .

“That ’s j ust what I l ike. I shou ld di vedeepdown in to thewater and get out of thewh i rlpool . And now, tell mewherei t i s thewanizamegenera l l y pops out its head.

"

I t general ly comes out j ust below th i s headland ,

”theo ther answered , “ at themouth o f

theharbo r.”

As thetwo boys were s tead i ly gazing on

thesu r faceofthewa ter, su reenough , up camethe shark , and startled Sadak i chi by cleav i ngthewater wi th i ts back . Whether i t was i n frol icor in ques t of p rey, themonster swam to andfro, now showing i ts head and now its tai l . I tsrock - l ikeback and i ts i ron- l i kefins wereho rribleenough to i nsp i reeven men w i th awe.Sadak i ch i , feel i ng nervous at thesigh t , sai d

to hi s companion , Bunkichi San,now you see

them onster , you w i l l befor givi ng up you rgrand job , I fancy .

”

What ! You don’ t supposeI ’m frightened ,

do you,”was h is scorn fu l reto r t, “ a t thesigh t

of such a l i t t lefi shWhat do you say P sa id theo ther.Wel l , i f thechancecamein myway, I m igh t

even k i l l a lev i athan or a crocodi le!As thesetwo werethus t alk i ng, a gus t ofw i n d

from theh igh Nachi Moun tai n swep t downon theforest of Sum i yosh i and awakened them y ri ad ti ny harps of thep ines, wh i lethewavesrol led oneafter ano ther against therocks below. Thesesounds con trived to drown thevo iceof thel ads

,oneofwhom seemed to be

persuading theo ther th at i t was t imeto go

back,wh i letheo ther seemed to bei n s i sting on

s taying a l i t tlelonger to enjoy thewi l d sceneryand to th i nk over thei ssues ofh i s scheme.

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discussions between General Wi nder and General A rm s t rong whether they shoul d heed thewarn i ng sen t from Engl and and pu tWash i ngtoni n a stateofdefense.

“TheBri ti sh wi l l not cometo thecap i t al ,sheheard General A rm st rong say , and his vo i cewas so st rong and bu rly tha t shewas su rehemus t know all abou t i t .Very m uch aston i shed , then , was Do rothy to

beawakened,ea rl y oneAugust mo rn i ng, by a

c l at ter ing ho rseman , cal l i ng loud l y as herode:“TheBr i t ish haveentered theChesapeake!They arepreparing to m arch on Wash i ngtonDoro thy was afra i d to ventu reout all the

mo rn ing, for fea r theBrit i sh woul d comesuddenly around someco rner. When her fatherand somegentlemen camei n , i n thea fternoon ,shes towed hersel f away qu ickly i n thebig cha i r ;but al l shecould learn was that they seemed tobealmost quarrel i ng, an d that General Armst rong s t i l l would not bel ievethat theBri t i shi n tended to at tack Wash ington .

Two mo rn i ngs after th i s , Mammy hobbledi n to the l i t t legi rl

’s room as shewas slow l yd raw i ng the l aces th rough her red mo roccoshoes .

“Hur ry up,ch i le! Pu t on yo

’ clean pi nafo re, shesa id . Yo

’ father donesen t fo ’

Her father sen t for her? Thehot bloodfl ushed i n to Doro thy ’s cheeks . She couldhardly wai t for Mamm y to brush her cu rl s ; yetwhen shecamedown to thedi n i ng- room

,where

her father, al l i n a so l d ier’s un i fo rm

,was eat i ng

h i s b reak fast , Do ro thy stood j ust i nsidethedoo r,tw i st i ng a co rner ofher ap ron , a fra id to speakt i l l shewas spoken to

,though bu rst ing w i th

impatienceto ask what had happened .

Do ro thy,

”hesa id i n a momen t

,w i thou t

look ing up , I sen t for you to gi veyou somednecnons . I supposeyou aretoo young to

undefi nand inuch, but

Hes topped,and

,t u rn i ng suddenl y , looked at

lier .H ow old areyou,

my ch i l d ?”heasked .

I shal l betwel ve,si r, i n Decem ber.”

Why, so you w i l l , ch i ld , so you w i l l ! I hadfo rgo t ten you wereso old . Comehereand letrnelook. at you3

’

As hera i sed theearnest l i t t lefaceto h is , herfather looked keenly i n to her eyes an d s ighed .

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Weshal l becomebet ter acquai nted when Icomeback , l i t t ledaugh ter ,

”hesaid

,adding as

heki ssed her fo rehead : Secreta ry Mon roehasj us t sen t wo rd that theBri t i sh arew i thin a fewhou rs ’ march of Wash ington . We have to

meet them as best wecan . Stay righ t hereathome, Do rothy . I am su reyou w i l l bei n nodanger . I havegi ven theservan ts careful o rderswhat to do

,bu t i f anyth i ng should happen you

areto go s t raigh t to Mrs . Madison . Shew i l lsend you away w i th her s ister M rs . Cutts

’

s ch i ld ren . You arenot afrai d , my ch i ld

No,father

,

”Do ro thy answered .

Good -by, then , l i t t ledaughter, and for thesecond ' t imeDr. Sargen t k i ssed her fo rehead.

Do ro thy ’s heart sang a happy l i tt lesong thatmorn ing. Her father had k issed her tw ice!Hehad cal led her “ l i t t ledaugh ter Hehadsaid that when hecameback they wou ld becomebet ter acqua in ted

“ But suppose,” thought Do ro thy

,w i th a

chokein her th roat , supposehenever comesback ! Supposehei s killed by thebad redcoatsOr hemay beb rough t homewounded—bu tthen I shal l nursemy father .

”

Thel i t t legi r l sat down on thebroad w i ndowseat

,resolved to watch theret i l l shesaw him

com i ng homeagain .

A l l day Do rothy watched for her fa ther,and

al l th rough thesummer n igh t slep t w i th her fai thful l i t t lecheek agai nst theeasement, i n Spi teof

Mamm y ’s scol d i ngs an d ent reat ies . Thenextday they could hear the long repo r t and loudrumbleof cannon to thenor theast, and i n theea rly a fternoon di so rdered part ies of flying sol

diers came hu rry ing by from Bladensbu rg.

Abou t noon Mamm y cameto tel l her l i t tlem i st ress that theservan ts had decided to escapeto Georgetown .

“ Father to l d you to stay r igh t here. You

arenot to leavethehouse, any ofyou,

”Do ro thy

comm anded .

Yo’d bet ter come’ long yo

’

self,honey ,

’fo rederedcoats snaps theold wom an said .

“You w i l l do j ust as I say , Mamm y l the

l i t t legi r l repeated .

Mamm y went downsta i rs agai n , m u tteri ng toherself. Thehousewas very st i l l after that , andwhen Do ro thy cal led for her l unch a hal fhou r l ater no onerepl ied . Agai n shecal led,

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and agai n , then ran downsta i rs i n ala rm . She

was al l alonein thebig house!Never m i nd ," Do ro thy said bra vel y , as she

cameback to her post . Father w i l l comehomesoo n .

A l l that day, too ,

Do rot hy’s facewas p ressedagainst thew i ndow . I n every squad of ret reating so l diers , growi ng less and less frequen t astheday wo reon, sheex pec ted to seeher father ,and her heart g rew heav ier and mo refrigh tened

‘u r

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w i th each disappo in tment . As the tw i l igh tdeepened shesaw a great l igh t sh i n i ng from the

sou theast , bu t she (l i d not know i t was the

Navy-ya rd,set on fireby theescapi ng officers .

I t madethes t reet as b righ t as day . Presentlyshehea rd them usi c ofapproach ing sol d iers .

Now a t last ,” thought Do ro thy,father i s

com i ng home.

”

Bu t when they camenea rer,and shesaw that

thei r coats werered,thel i t t legirl sh rank back

i n ala rm,and her hear t for a momen t stopped

beati ng. Faster and faster camethe Bri t i sh

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her way downsta i rs . When shereached theparlo r shehesi tated .

Poo r l i t t lep ier-gl ass g i r l !”shesa id soft ly .

Sheopened theparlo r doo r , and fel t her wayaround theroom un t i l her hand touched theco l d gl ass ; then lean ing forward , shek issed thereflec t ion shecou ld bu t d im ly see.

Good -by, dea r ,”shewh ispered .

Hal f ashamed of theac t io n , yet w i th a g rea tl ump chok ing i n her t h roat , Do ro thy m adeherway to thefron t doo r and orit i n to thes t reet .Sheknew i t was a m i lefrom theCap i to l to the

t roops th rough the st reets , th i s way an d that ,but al l towa rd theCapi tol ; and then in asho r t t ime, Do ro thy saw a great flameshoo t u pfrom thewooden bridge that jo i ned thetwo

pa rts ofthebu i ld i ng .

“ Su rely now ,the l i t t le gi rl c r ied aloud ,

what father was a fraid of has happened ! Im us t go righ t to Mrs . Madison .

”

Shefas tened on her bon net w i th t rembl i nghands

,and

,not dar ing to l igh t a candle, groped

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Wh i te House,and she knew

,too

,that the

s t reet s werefull ofdreadfu l sol d iers ; bu t , l i keaw i sel i t tlegi rl , she though t that thebu rn i ng of

theCapi to l woul d draw them there,at least for

a t ime. And shewas r igh t : thet u rmoi l wasal l a t theCap i to l .I f I can get th rough dark byways , though t

Doro thy,

“ they w i l l not seeme.

”

Bu t i t takes longer to go th rough byways,and a m ileis not a sho r t road to t ravel aloneatn igh t . When shereached Lafayet teSquarethesol d iers were there befo re her

,and firewas

shoot i ng out of every w i n dow of theWh i teHouse

,wh i let i ny flames werej u st begi n n i ng

to l ight up theTreasu ry,and theState

,War

,

and N avy Departmen ts . Then,for a m omen t

,

Do ro thy ’s b ravel i t t lehear t gaveout. I t hadnever occu rred to her that thePresiden t ’s w i fewoul d not bethere. Shesh rank back am ongtheth ick t rees and bushes between St . John ’sChu rch and the Presi dent ’s House

,afra id to

s tay or to go on.

But I canno t stay here,”shesai d to hersel f.

I m ust go to Geo rgetown , whereMammy is .

Theday was j ust dawni ng when a t i red chi ldd ragged her feet heav i l y o ver Rock C reek andi n to Georgetown . A close carr i age droverap i dly by , t hen stopped a l i t t leway beyondher. A very beau t ifu l l ady leaned out.

L i t t legi rl Lit t legi rl ! she cal led out.

Whereareyou go i ng What i s you r name3

Straigh t to thecarr i agepoo r, worn -out Do rothy ran , and th rew hersel f almo st in to i t

,cry

ing breath lessly , My namei s Doro thy,

- somepeoplecal l meDol ly

,and I ’

m run ning awayfrom theBri t i sh .

”

The l ady reached out her arm s and drewthel i tt legi rl i n .

My namei s Dorothy,an d somepeoplecal l

meDo l ly , too ,”shesaid

,

“ and I ’m afra id I am

runn i ng away from theBri t i sh also . Wewillru n together, l i t tleDo ro thy.

”

When Doro thy fi rst found hersel f so unex

pec tedly i n thecom fo r tablecarr iage, shesobbedand cried

,for al l thefright and wear i ness she

had fel t ; bu t at l ast , when shehad cried hertears out, shelooked around her. Besidehersa t thep retty l ady

,w i th a sad

,far-awaylook on

her face, and oneslender foo t pu t fi rm ly on a

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square red leather box ; th i s box had brassnai l s c losel y set around i ts rim

,and arranged on

thetop i n theform of an oval . As Do rothylooked , a tea r sto ledown thep ret ty l ady ’s face,and thel i tt legi r l shyly sl i pped her hand i n tothewh i teonebesideher.

Thel ady im pul si vel y ra i sed thel i t t lebrownband to her cheek . H ow cameyou to beouti n thest reet alone

,dea r ? ” sheasked .

Father wen t to fight theB ri t i sh ,”Do ro thy

answered , “ and heto l d u s to s tay i n thehouse,but theservants werefrigh tened and ran away .

Peop lel ike that canno t hel p bei ng cowa rds ,you know,

”sheexpl ai ned .

“ And then what d id Do l l y do thel adyasked .

I stayed unt i l t hey set theCap i to l on fire.

Father tol d me i f any th i ng happened to go

st raigh t to Mrs . Madi son , and I though t thatsometh i ng had su rel y happened then .

”

I t had i ndeed,

”thel ady sighed . Then she

asked , But whosechi l d areyou, dea r, t hat youweretol d to go to Mrs . MadisonI amDo rothy Sargen t , m a

’am .

Dr. Sargent’s l i t t legi rl ?

”thel ady c r ied .

Yes ; and M rs . Madison was gone, youknow. TheWh i teHousewas al l on fire. Iwas al l n ight get t i ng to Geo rgetown .

”

“Why, you poo r l i t tledear ! thep ret ty l adyc r ied .

They sa t si len t for a long t ime. Many o thercarr i ages were on the road now

,an d people

walk ing— often c rowds of them . On cewhenthey had j us t changed ho rses , somerough menpu t thei r heads i n to thecarriage.

Hand over tha t box oneof them said .

You do not k now to whom you arespeaking,

”thep ret ty lady answered very p roudly .

“Oh, yes, wedo ,

”theman repl ied ; “ bu t

them as weresometh i ng yesterday m ay not be

so m uch to-mo rrow. Hand i t over !Back

,every oneofyou ! John , dri veon !thel ady comm anded , and as thecarr iagedashedforward themen fel l back . Do ro thy though tthep retty l ady looked l ikea queen .

But i n a m omen t shebegan to t rem ble, andshecaugh t u p Do rothy

’s l i tt lehand agai n andki ssed i t fervently .

“Wem us t let no onehavethe l i t tlet runk , dear ,

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TH E BRAVE VO LUNTEERS .

Dv CAROLYN WEL LS .

U PON a bran ch somel i t tlebi rds weres i tt i ng i n a row,

A l l ch i t teri ng and tw i t ter i ng as hard as they could go ;When sudden ly a bi rdSa id

,upon my wo rd !

I ’m su retherei s a firei n theval ley down below .

And al l thebi rds said,

“ Oh ! Weseethel u r id glow !Theresu rel y i s a firei n theval ley down below .

Thesqu i r rel s to l d therabbi ts,who to l d thecoons i n tu rn

Thefeatu res ofthec reatu res expressed ext remeconcern .

They said , Therei s no doub tTha t firem ust bepu t out.

There’

s a v i l l agei n theval ley , and wem ust no t let i t bu rn .

No, i ndeed ! c r ied each i n tu rn , w i th thei r faces set and s tern ;

Thev i l l agei n theval ley m us t not beal lowed to bu rn I”

Then they flew a round l i kem admen,so exci tablewerethey ;

They hu rried and they flurried and they scu r ried every way;When they hea rd a great stampede,And a t fea rful rateofspeed

CametheV o l u n teer Departmen t of theBea rs ofPreci n c t AThen they a l l c ried out

,Hoo ray ! they w i l l su rel y savethedav ;

(l i veth reecheers and h ip,hu rrah

,boys

,for theBea rs ofPrec i nc t A l

TheVo l un teers sped o’er theroad as fast as fast could be;

Though l umbersomeand cum bersome, they h ustled eagerly .

They ren t theai r w i th yel l s,

An d they sounded ho rns and bel l s,

And said,

“Wew i l l pu t out that fire, as you shal l q u ickly see.

And they l aughed aloud i n gleeto th i nk how cleverl yThey ’

d reach thefireand pu t i t out and get back homefor tea .

But wha t d ’

you th i nk thoseBea rs found out when they thei rAnd babbl i ng and sc rabbl i ng they cameup on a run ?Thel u r id glow had faded ,And thev i l lagefo l k sa id , they d id ,

Tha t therewas no fire! I t on ly was theset t i ng of thesu n !But theBears sa id

,

“Wehad fun , and a very pleasan t run ,And , as you see, thefirei s out, and so our wo rk i s done.

I t ’

s such a lot offun to pu t out a set t i ng su n ;A nd , as you see, thefirei s out, so now our wo rk i s done!

CAN’

T .

Bv HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD .

H ow h i sto ry repeats i t sel f, Henever found i t th rough long years ,You

’

ll say , when you remember G ran t , With al l thei r power to disenchan t .Who ,

i n his boyhood days , oncesough tThroughou t thelexi con for can ’ t .” No host i lehos t could gi vehim pause;

R ivers and moun tai ns coul d not daunt ;Hecoul d not fin d thewo rd that day , Henever found that h i nder ing wordTheearnest boywhosenamewas G ran t ; Thestead fast m an whosenamewas G ran t.

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I haven’t p icked out any par t i cular one,

sa i d Joe. I can ’ t tel l wh ic h w i l l bethebes tun t i l fa l l

,when they get their ful l growth .

”

You areon thew rong t rack , dec l ared theboarder , wi th a sm i le. Let meexp lai n .

Th is v i necan abso rb only a cer tai n amount ofnour i shmen t from theground and a i r . ‘

I f i td i st r ib u tes that nour i shmen t among hal f adozensqu ashes , you can easi l y unders tand tha teach w i l l get less than j us t onewould i f it

‘

were

theon l y oneon thev i ne. I f you’ll al low me

,

I ’ll show you what I mean .

A l l r ight , s i r,” sa id Joe.

know m oreabout i t than I do .

M r. A lward ben t over thev i neand p i nchedoff theends of thelonges t shoo ts, as wel l asall but th reeof thegreen squashes, now abou tthe s i ze of po tatoes . “ There

,

” he said .

“ Never m i nd about theo ther v i ne; th i s i s thebet ter one Now wa tch thesesm al l squashesI haveleft

,and as soon as you aresurewhi ch

w i l l do thebes t , removetherest . And don ’ tlet thev i negrow any longer. As fas t as thenew creepers Show them selves , p i nch them off.

”

H ow about a l l t hese leaves i nqu i redtheboy, qu ickly grasp i ng the i dea . Theyaren’t do i ng any good , arethey Had n’

t Ibet ter p ick them off , too

By no means,

” answered M r. A lward . I f

you did , you p robabl y woul d k i l l the pl an t .

I guess you

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“A S SOON AS THEY CAUGHT S IGHT OF jOE THEY T U M BLED BABY iNTo THE HUGE BA SKET.

Theleaves areas im por tan t as theroo ts . Theytakei n nour i shmen t from theatm osphere, wh i lethe

\roots aredraw i ng i t up from theso i l .”

After th i s Joeand theboarder met a t thesquash -patch for consul tation almos t everym orn ing. I t was as ton i sh i ng how m uch attent ion that v i ne requ i red . Apparen t ly everywo rm and bug i n thega rden sough t i t out,and as forweeds, they sp rang up by bat tal ions

around than m ine, and looks greener, as i f it hadlonger to grow . I ’

vedoneeveryth ing you told me,bu t m ine does a

’r get m uch b igger . I ’

m afraidit

’

s got its growth . I s n’t thereanyth ing elseI can

do that w i l l help i t ? I hateto losethat pr izeafterwe’

veworked so hard for it .

Thefo l low i ng day brough t M r . A lward himself. Them atter was too im por tan t to t ru st tothem ai l s, hesa i d.

“ I ’vebeen all through i t

d ur i ng then igh t . Joe had tol d noneof his

fr iends anyth i ng abou t h is t ry i ng for thepri ze.No oneknew of i t bu t h i s m other, M-

r. A lward,

and Joe’s s i s ter . Jenn iewas as keen ly exc i tedover thecon tes t as was Joehim self, and shewould often s i t at thew i ndow of her room ,

attheback of theold house, and tal k to Joeasheweeded and fed hi s beloved squash .

Thesecond v i newas roo ted up,and by the

end of J uly oneof thethreesquashes on theo ther showed such unm i s takable super iori tythat i t s two com pan ions werelopped off

,leav

ing t h is onealone.By Augus t , Daltonvillewas p ret ty fam i l i ar

w i th thenews that JoeEdwa rds had a m arvelous squash . Bu t

,al though they did not att rac t

as m uch at tent ion because their cul t ivatorsweregrown men, at least fiveo ther squashes

gaveequal p rom i se; _and themen who rai sedthesewereveteran s ofm any p ri zecon tes ts, whohad no fear of bei ng beaten by a four teen -yearold boy. Theweigh ing-in at theArm i t ageshoe- s to redi d not t akeplaceun t i l the 1 sth

ofOc tober, and i t i s thel as t mon th that countsthem os t i n a squash -

growi ng contes t .Abou t them iddleofSep tember, Mr . A lward ,

who had ret u rned to the c i ty, received from

Joeth i s urgen t let ter :

Last n ight I walked over to M r. Williams’s garden

and meas u red his squash. I t is six inches larger

myself, heobserved , as heand Joewalked outto thep rizesquash -patch ,

“ and I know j usthow you feel . After I go t your let ter I con

sulted a fr iend ofm i newho teaches agr icul tu ralchem ist ry i n a co l lege. Heto l d mea scheme

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wa rds rem oved theblanket wh ich for thepastfew n ights had guarded thesquash from the

fros t . Then hecu t i t from thev i neand tooki t to thes to rei n a wheelbarrow .

Theweigh ing- in began a t ten o’clock .

SHE \YO ULO OFTEN S IT AT T HE WINDOW OF HER ROO M , AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, AND TALK TO jo ll .

I never heard of before, but hebel ieves thati t wi l l work

,and i f he’

s r igh t weshal l win inspi teofour fr iend Wi l l i am s . Haveyou plen tyofm i l k at your house?Why,yes,

” repl iedJoe,wonder i ngl y . Now

that mos t of theboa rders aregone, thecow

gives mo rethan weknow wha t to do wi th .

”

“Get a qua rt ofm i l k and a funnel,and I ’

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show you the new pl an,

” sa id Joe’ s friend ,laugh ing a t h i s bew i l dermen t .WhenJoehad ca rr ied out h i s d i rec t ions

,Mr.

A lward pul led out h i s penkn ifean d cu t a sl i t inthes tal k On theupper s i de, nea r wherei t entered thebody of thesquash . Then hehammered thesmal l end of thefunnel flat u n t i l i t ss ides alm os t met

,and set it i n theopeni ng.

Now,

” sa i d he, i n w i t h them i l k .

”

Joepou red un t i l thefunnel was ful l .i s n’

t room for al l of i t ,”hesa i d .

“Wai t a m inute,

”replied Mr . A lward . A nd

even as hespokethel iqu id i n thefunnel beganto set t le. I t cont i nued go i ng down , as theywatched i t

,u n t i l not a d rop remained .

Joer ubbed h is eyes i n amazement .never bel ieved i t i f I had n

’

t seen i t .squash has d runk i t al l up !”

Mr . A lward sm i led . Now ifyou giveth i sfel low a d r i nk tw i cea day i t ough t to get fatas fast as thep igs . Abou t a p in t a t a t imeshoul d beenough .

On them o rn ing of Oc tober 1

There

I ’

d

The

JoeEd

Several squashes t i pped the scales a t one

hundred pounds and j ust under ; bu t whenfarmer Williams

’

s en t ry was dum ped on the

pl atform,thec rowd broke i n to exc l am at ion s

of adm i r at ion .

“He ’

s got i t , su reenough , sai d several .There’

s no usetry ing any m o re.

”

Theweigh t of theWi l l i am s squash was onehund red and fou rteen pounds . When Joeheard theanno un cemen t h i s hear t sank . He

had had no means of weigh i ng h is own, an dh i s r i va l ’s cer tai nl y looked the l a rger. Yet,when theques t ion was left to thescales , thebeam bobbed up w i th a c l ang, and theam azedshoe-dealer was obl iged to move thebal anceweigh t fo rwa rd m any no tches .

“Oneh und red and twen ty- two pounds

was theannouncemen t .M r. A rm i t agegazed abou t him . Joe’ s was

thel as t squash weighed . Lad ies and gen tlemen

,

” sa i d he,

“ I t akepleasu rei n award i ngthe fo r ty-five-do l la r pa rlo r su i te to M r.

”

consul t i ng the ca rd t ied to the s tem of thevegetable on the scales to zl/aster JosephEdwards . Wherei s he

Here shou ted Joe, joyful l y stepp i ng forward .

“ Ho l d on, thar camea vo i cefrom the

crowd . I en ter p ro tes t ag’ i n ’ that squash . I t

a i n ’ t fai r . I t ’s loaded to m akei t weigh heavy .

Thespeaker wasWi l l iam s . I t a i n ’ t nat ’ral

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that th is squash should weigh mo re’

n m i ne,hegrow led , as head vanced and po i n ted out

ther iva ls wherethey l ay s ideby s ide, for hi scer ta i n ly looked thelarger.

I say there’

s someth i ng been pu t i n to th i s

‘HOLD ON , THAR !

’

CA M E A VO ICE FRO M THE CROWD .

oneto m akei t weigh heavy , repeated theoldman

, angr i l y, rapp i ng on Joe’s squash w i th h i sknuckles .

No th i ng of thesor t,repl ied theboy, in

dignantly.

“You ha veno r ight , M r . Wi l l i am s,

to accusemeOf a d i shonest tri ck .

To th i s thec rowd m u rm ured i t s approba

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t ion ; forJoewas as popular i n DaltonvilleasWi l l i am s was d isl i ked .

You ough t not to makesuch gravecharges,neighbor Wi l l i am s , w i thou t p roof,

” sai d theS to rekeeper , m i ld ly .

“We al l k now w i dow

‘x ENTER PROTEST AG

’

lN’

THAT SQUAsH.

‘

Edwards’

s son,and hes i ta teto bel ievethat he

would Stoop to any such th i ng.

“ Proof shou ted Wi l l i am s . I ’ve.got

proof enough ; I’vegot a w i t ness . Here, H i ,

tell them what you and mesaw Saturday evening when wewerecom i n

’ ’ c ross lo ts .”

A t th i s,theold farmer ’s h i red m an s tood

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Cbefl tdoieb tfi mef

ANOTHER SUMMER BROUGHT'

TO

DEN I SE AND NED TOODLES .

Bv GAB RIELLE E . JACKSON .

CHAPTER VI I .

TROUBLEs NEVER COME S INGLY .

I NEED not tel l you a word abou t theperformance. You haveallbeen to thec ircus, andI daresay to much finer circuses th an th is l i t t lecoun t ry show ; but I doub t i f you ever l aughedmo rehearti ly at thefunny pranks ofthec lownsand trick pon ies , orever en thused morewi l dlyover thebeaut i ful ho rses and wonderful t rapeze

performances, than di d our happy party .

When theShow cameto an end,Mr. Lom

bard saidNow keep al l i n a l i neclosebehi nd me,

and then weshal l not becomeseparated in thi sjam ,

for thewho letown i s t urned loose, I firm l ybel ieve.

So offthep rocession star ted,Hart wel l in the

lead , wi th M r. Lombard ’s h ands upon h i s shoulders to “ steer him s t raight ,

” then fo l lowed i norder grandma, Mrs . Lombard , Den i se, andPokey

,as tisual , at theend .

Who can check theou tpou ring of a ci rcuscrowd Wi l l y-mi l ly they wereswept out i n tothemoon l igh t .

it

Thenex t day was Sunday,and M rs . Lom

bard , when al l wereseated at thedinner- table,said : “Wehavewai ted for Pokey to arrivebeforemak i ng our fi rs t v is i t to the‘Chapel ’ th isyea r. John fini shed pu t ti ng i t i n orderyes terday afternoon , and wewi l l al l go up a t abou tth reeo ’clock .

”

Befo relong thewholeparty set out for thebeau ti ful l i t t lewoodland ret rea t whi ch wen t bythenameof theChapel because, du ri ng thesummer , thefam i l y spen t nearly every Sundayafternoon there, res t i ng i n thehamm ocks, i n thecom fort ablerust i c seats, o r s t ret ched at lengthupon thesoft moss . Plen ty of cush ions werealways car ried , and a mo re restful

,soo th i ng

spo t i t would havebeen hard to find . Thepath led up theh i l l an d th rough thefiel ds tothewood ’s edge, and j ust w i th i n i t , wherethe

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v iew of theri ver was mos t cha rm i ng, thesea tshad been bui l t .A l l wereto i l i ng up theh i l l , burdened w i th

thei r cush ions and books . Den i sehad Tan onones ideof her and Ned on theo ther. She

had th rown an arm ac ross each neck , and wassay ing,

“ Now hay-foo t , st raw- foo t ,” to teachthem to keep i n step . Not fa r beh ind camePokey upon M rs . Mama ’s ” arm , forPokey hadnot had t imeto gai n her ful l st rength yet, andthehillmadeher pan t . Grandma was assi stedby papa ’s arm ,

and al l were“mak ing hasteslowly .

"

Hay-foo t, s t raw-foo t ! Hay - foo t , s-t-r-a-w

—oh ! oh ! oh baa-a-a-a -a-a and a sc reeching w ig/z Then pandemon i um reigned for

a few moments , for the st raw- foo t h ad beenplanted fai rly and squarel y i n a ground -ho rnets ’

nest, and ou t flew a buzz ing, busy th rong o fstartled housekeepers . I n thei r has teto reachthehouseDen isestumbled and fel l , and whenshetried to get up shefound that her anklehadbeen badl y sprai ned , and sheh ad to becarriedinto thehou se. Ned and Tan

,however

,fel t

theful l fo rceof theho rnet horde, and when theyarrived at thes tableJohn was kep t busy w i thhot water and l in imen t for thei r poo r stu ng sk ins .Hehad j ust madeTan comfo rtableand be

gun upon Ned when heno ticed a man stand i ngby thefenceand look ing at thepony as hebrushed him and rubbed o i n tmen t wherethest ings werewo rst . Joh n gavea friendly nodand said : I t ’s l i vel y wor-rk we’

vebeen havinth is past two hours IWhat ’

s happened ? asked theman .

John rel a ted thesto ry of theho rnet s ’ nest .“ Finel i t t lebeast

,t hat

,

” sai d theman,pres

ently .

You n i ver saw thelo i keof him i n al l yerloife said John , proudl y .

Wha t w i l l you takefor him ?What ’

ll I takefer him ,i s i t ye

’

reask i n ’ ?Fai th , he

’

s no t m i neto sel l , as yewel l k now ,bu t

ye’d bet ter not beask i n ’ them aster that same.

”

What ’

S theboss ’s nameWhat ’

s that to you ?” demanded John

,

w i th someasper i ty,for hewas begin n ing to dis

l iketheman.

Say , I know a man who’

ll givea coo l twofifty forhim ,

and never w i nk .

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Wel l , hemay saveh i s offer, th in , fer theboss pa id three-fifty fer him not mo rethan twoyear ago , and would n

’

t sel l him fer tw iet that,

meson.

"

“ Wan t ter m akea deal ? You git h im to

sel l thel i t tleho rseto my man fer j ust wha thepa id fer him , an

’ i t ’ll mean a fi fty fer you .

”

Bu t th i s was too much .

“Who them i sch iefareye, th i n , I

’d lo i keto know ? Get out av

th i s,an ’ i f I catch yeabou t theplacew i th yer

blackgua rd offers, I’

ll cal l theconstablefor yeas su reas i ver mename’

s Joh n Noonan,

” andJohn advanced toward thefencew i th irei nh i s eyes—whereupon the s t ranger promptl yhastened away .

Did i ver yel i s ten to sooch chakeas that,

mefo i neboy ?” Joh n asked h is smal l Charge.

Don ’ t yelet i t wo r ry yeheart , meson ; i t’

s not

go i n’

to beso l d out of th is homeyeare—no tfer no money !On Monday theCi rcus gaveano ther perform

ance, and , after that given i n theeven i ng, c rossedther iver by speci al a rrangemen t wi th thefer ryboat and wen t upon i ts way.

As Pokey never d roveNed,hewas no t u sed

at al l on Monday , forDen i se’s anklehad grownworseand shecould not bear her weigh t uponi t . A t eigh t o

’clock that even ing Ned hadbeen locked i n h i s l i t t lestableas usual .I t was John ’s custom to comeea rly to h i s

wo rk,h i s own homebei ng a sho r t wal k ac ross

thefiel ds , and s i x o’clock usu al l y found him at

thestabledoo r, to begreeted w i th welcom i ngneighs by theho rses, wh ich had learned to lovehim

, and Den i se’s pets

,who found i n John a

very fai th fu l a t tendan t . After open ing up thebig stable, hewen t over to the

.

“ Bi rds ’ Nest ”

and was su rp ri sed to find thedoo r un locked .

Now who’

5 been tha t ca reless , I wonder ?hem u ttered .

Then ,en ter i ng, hewondered why hedid nothea r Ned ’s mo rn i ng greet i ng. Fi l led w i th m i s

gi v i ng, hehu r ried acro ss thefloo r and lookedover thetop ofthedoo r ofthesta l l .Ned was gone!Bu t even then thet ruesi tuat ion did no t dawn

upon him , and hehu rried out to look al l abou tthegrounds and in every placewhereNedcoul d possibl y haves t rayed . But no Ned wasto befound

,and now

,tho rough l y al a rmed

,he

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wen t to thek i tchen to ask El iza, who was j us tl ight ing hermorn i ng fire, to cal l M r. Lombard .

Whatever has happened you ?” demanded

El i za,look i ng up from her range.

“Yelookl ikeye

’d seen a ghost .

”

“Thel i t tleho rsei s gone! I’vehunted the

pl acefor him and can find no traceof him ,

”

answered John , in a dis t ressed vo i ce“Thesai n ts saveus ! What w i l l that dear

Ch i l d do ? ” said El iza, in dismayGo qui ck and cal l m aster

,was John ’s

answer .“Don ’ t let th i s get to Miss Den i se

’s ears, ifit can poss ibly behel ped , sai d M r . Lombardwhen heand John had ret u rned from a fru i t lesssearch .

“Theremay besomefou ndat ion foryour suspi c ion regard ing that man who Spoketo you on Sunday, and coupled w i th whatDeni sehas to l d meabou t thec i rcus m anager

’squest ions, I am forced to admit that i t does notlook wel l . Go up to thev i l l ageand ask M r .Stevens to cometo meas qu i ckly and as qu iet lyas possible, for th i s caseneeds bo th a lawyerand detec tives . I w i l l warn theothers to keepsi len t and w i th a very troubled faceMr .Lombard entered thehouse.But all that day passed , and st i l l o thers , wi th

out reveal i ng a t raceof Ned . I nqu i r ies set

afoo t cameto naugh t . Thec i rcus had left a t1 A .M . ,

bu t Ned had not been among the

pon ies . I f hewerereal ly stolen,as M r. Lom

bard was rel uctan tly compel led to bel ieve, for

that w i sel i t t lebeast was not go i ng to lo sehimsel f, ors tay away from homevol un tari ly , thosewho t r ied to get him away must haveexerc i sed

great sk i l l i n do i ng so , for everybody i n thattown knew him .

Thesearch had been on foo t for th reedays ,an d M rs . Lom bard , Den ise, and Pokey weres i t t i ng i n themo ther ’s room on Thursday mom

ing, when Har t cal led to Mrs. Lombard fromthebot tom of thes tai rs , Pleasemay I speakw i th you a secondMrs . Lombard hastened i n to thehal l , for

Shewas fear fu l that themessageper tai ned toNed , and even though thevo i cev ib rated w i thhope, shedid not w i sh themessageto beheardby Den iseu nless it was theoneshelonged for.

Hart h ad scoured thecoun t ry upon Pin to,but

thus far to no pu rpose. Hal f-way down the

S ta i rs Har t met her, and wh i spered , as hesupposed in a low vo i ce

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“They th i nk they ’

vefound a Cl ueto Ned ’swhereabou ts, for that man who spoketo Johnwas seen ’

way up by Hook Mountai n,and had

comeac ross ther iver i n a great big boat , bigenough to carry Ned over i n AndH ush ! wh i spered Mrs . Lombard

,hold i ng

up a warni ng fi nger. Bu t i t was too l ate. Overthera i l i ng hung a whi tel i t t leface, and a pai rofw i l d eyes looked beseech ingl y at herm otheras Den ise, who had l imped to theStai rway , demanded : Wizat do you mean Ned found ?Cl ueto Ned ’s whereabouts ? Where i s he?What has happened S i nceI ’

vebeen lai d up ?Tel l me tel l me!Feel i ng that a real t ragedy had comei n to

her l i t t legi rl’s l i fe,—forMrs . Lombard ful l y real .

ized how st rong was thetiebetween Den i seandth i s wel l -beloved pet,— themo ther steppedqu ickly to her l i t tledaugh ter

’s S i de,pu t an arm

abou t her, and said : “Come i n to thesi t t ingroom ,

darl i ng, and let metel l you all abou t i t .I had though t to spareyou theanxiety , for weareconfiden t that all wi l l end wel l ; but now

you woul d bet ter know thet ru th .

”

Trembl ing from sympathy, Pokey had d rawnnear and taken oneofDen i se’s h ands, and nowstood besi deher

,look ing i n to hereyes as though

beseech ing her not to bequ i teheartbroken .

Hart,w i th cont ri t ion stamped upon hi s hand

someboy ish face, had c rept up thesta i rs andwas look i ng i n at thedoo r . D rawi ng Deni sebesi deher upon thecouch , Mrs. Lomba rd saidin her calm ,

sooth i ng vo i ceWhen John wen t to thes tableMonday

mo rn i ng Ned was not there. A t fi rst wethough tthat hehad m anaged to run away , bu t l ater wewereconv i n ced that hecould not havegonevo l un tari ly , and a tho rough search has beenm ade. Thus far i t has been fru i t less, bu t Harth as j us t reported that oneofthemen whom we

now know to havebeen connec ted wi th the

Ci rcus has been seen hereabou t , and wehavefurther learned that wh i ch su rp ri ses us not al i t t le: that Ned on ce belonged to anotherb ranch of th i s very c i rcus —i ndeed, that heandSi ndbad

,thebig black horsew i th whom heso

p romptly renewed h i s acquai n tance, wereformerly r ing compan ion s and per formed tr icks

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and th is was theonly road known to theo rd i~nary traveler to thefai ry- l ikel akewhich l ay ina lap ofthemoun ta in . But not so to theCh i ld ren , who had scou red thecount ry for m i les i nevery di rect ion . A l i t t lepath wh ich seemed toend at theedgeof an adjoi n i ng fiel d did not

end therea t al l , bu t madei ts way t h rough theu ndergrow th , up , down , i n , and out

,un t i l i t

final l y sc rambled over to theo ther sideof thes teep cl i ff

,at whosebase

,years befo re, a smal l

dock had been bu i l t for theaccomm odat ion ofthelong si ncedism an tled brick -yard . Stopp ingat theentranceof thepath, Hart cal led Sai lo r tohim

,and tak ing from under h i s arm thesaddle

clo th Of Ned ’s saddle, sa id to Sai lo r : “ Here,

old boy , seeth i s ? Smel l i t . I t ’s Ned ’s,Ned ’s !

Fi nd him,Sa i lo r ! that ’s a good dog! Find him !

”

I f ever an anim al ’s eyes Spoke, Sai lo r ’s d i dthen ; for, giv i ng Hart one com p rehens ive

glance from thosebig brown ones , so ful l ofloveand devo t ion , hebegan to

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bark an d caperabou t l ikea puppy . Then Har t star ted P in tofo rward , and heand Sa ilo r began thei r search .

On and on they wen t . Mileafter m i lemeasured offbeh ind them , as they b rushed by overhangi ng boughs , stum bled th rough thetangledu ndergrowth , and repeatedly stopped to cal land l i sten , Hart tel l i ng Sai lo r to bark for Ned,and thedeep bark wak i ng theechoes of thes i len t woods . A s though heu nderstood whatthey weredo i ng, Pin to too woul d o ften jo i n i nw i th a loud neigh , but no responsi ve neighcould beheard .

Nearly t h reehou rs had S l i pped away,and

theboy was beginn ing to losehope, when theycameupon theold dock , and Sa i lor, u tter i ng alow grow l , walked towa rd i t w i th

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hai r bri st l i ngand i n that pecu l ia r m anner a Newfoundlanddog advances upon h i s enemy a sor t of

come-oh -and-face-me- fai r ly - and-squa rely ” a i r .Hart d rew rei n and cal led , wh i le down h i ssp i ne crep t a weebi t of a ch i l l

,for hewas

far from home,and en ti rel y defenseless . Bu t

therewas no Sign of l iv i ng th i ng , and th i nking that Sai lo r m us t havebeen m i staken , Hartcal led to him and wen t on i n to thewood agai n .

Had hebeen ableto seethelower s ideof thedock , hem igh t havediscovered a l argeflatbo ttomed boat t ied c loseunder theoverh anging shed of theo l d dock , wh i lefrom beneath

theri ckety boa rds peered a pair of steel y eyeswhich watched h i s every movemen t . Hart wasi ndeed i n greater per i l than hesuspected , forth i s man would betheri cher by a considerablesum of money if he carried ou t successful lythe dasta rdly l a id scheme of the onewhooffered i t to him ; and to si t h idden thereandseeh i s p lans cast to thew i nds befo reh i s veryeyes, unless he resor ted to fa r wo rsev i l lai nythan that al ready a foo t

,was a so retem ptat ion .

Wi th hai r st i l l b ri st l i ng, and an occasionaladmon i to ry grow l , Sai lo r s talked very slow lyafter H art

,look ing back from t imeto t imeto

guard aga inst t rouble from the rear . Theyreached thepo i n t wherethe path wound i tsway up thej agged rocks, and wherethey hadbeen fo rced to pausewhen heand Den i seexplored it before, and a feel i ng of despai r beganto sett leupon him ,

for i t seemed u t ter ly hOpeless to look fa rther . Sai lo r s tood pant ing bes ide Pi n to

, ev ident ly t ry i ng to ask,

“Whatnext ? when suddenly hesupp l ied theanswerh im sel f;for, pu tt ing h is head closeto thegro und ,hegaveonelong sni ff, and then u t tered a joyous bark and dashed i n to thewoods. As i twas almos t im possiblefor Pin to to m akewayth rough thetangle, Hart scrambled from h i sback and to reafter Sai lo r . J ust as hed id so

,

Sai lo r barked agai n , and fa r off i n thedistan cea fai n t wh inny answered him .

Gee-willikens,Christmas ! I f that is n

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t

Ned ’ s whinny I ’m a bluefish !” shou ted Hart,

and thenex t m oment almos t tumbled i n to al it t ledel l a t thebo ttom ofwh ich a s ight greetedhim tha t m adehim ’

throw h i s cap i nto thea i rand s imply yel l . I n a l i t tleC leared space

,fi rml y

t ied to a t ree, a di rty old blanket st rapped uponhim

,and therem ains of h i s l ast meal scattered

upon thegrou nd near him ,s tood l i tt leNed ,

wi th Sai lo r l ick i ng h i s velvety noseand wh i n ingover him as though hewerea l i t tle puppy .

Thenext second Hart h ad h i s arm s aroundNed ’s neck , l augh ing, tal king, ask ing quest ionsas though heweretalk ing to a human bei ngwho coul d answer i f heonly would . And Nedvery nearly did , for thel i t tlefel low

’s joy waspathet i c to w i tness.When Hart had somewhat calmed down , he

di scovered how Ned had been b rough t i nto hi sh idi ng- place, for at theo ther sideof i t there

DEN I SE AND NED TOODLES .

SA ILOR srovm n FOR AN INSTANT, THEN , wiTHBA R K or WARN ING , S PRANG A FTER A M AN

‘WHO SUD

B EKLY A PPEARED FROM THE UNDERGRoe J’

weredi st i n c t t races ofhis hoof-ma rks,and Hart

los t no t a second morein u ntyi ng theropewh ichhel d him and leadi ng him out that way. I t cameout upon thewood path somewhat below the

po i n t where Pin to had been wa i t i ng, bu t atHart ’s cal l P i n to camep ick ing h i s way downthepath , and was greeted by h i s old friend wi tha joyous neigh . They had not gonefa r whenSai lo r gavesigns ofanger . Hes topped for aninstan t , and then , w i th a low bark of warn i ng,sprang after a m an who suddenly appea redfrom theundergrow th and was com ing out of

thewood to i n tercept Ha rt .

CHAPTER

TURN S POKEY DA FT.

H AD no t Sai lo r acted so p romp tl yonet rembles to t hi nk what m igh t

havebeen.

the ou tcomeof Hart ’s adven tu re.

But as theman ben t down to avo i d thelow

hangi ng branches i n enteri ng the pathway ,Sai lo r, now tho rough ly a roused , sprang uponhim and borehim to theground facedownwa rd

,then

,pl an ti ng bo th fron t feet squarel y

u pon the m an ’s back and ho l d ing h imfi rm l y by h i s coat co l la r , the fa i th fu l dog

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hel d h im p ri soner, grow l i ng i n h is ear: “ I f

you know what i s well for you, you won ’ tmove!”

“ Guard h im,Sai lo r , guard him !

” shoutedHart . “ Hol d him fast

, good dog, and I’ll

“THE BACK F IELD 0N WH ICH JOHN ’

S COTTAGE STOOD .

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sen d someoneto you ! And sc rambl i ng uponP i n to ’s back and leading Ned by h i s rope, he

pl unged along the path at a pace fi t to

bri ng des t r uct ion upon all th ree. But hehadno though t of dest ruct ion j ust then , h is on lythough t bei ng to send someoneto thenobledog

’s a i d . Hereached them ai n road , and wastea ri ng along at b reakneck Speed , when he

cameupon a hay-wagon wh ich had j us t t u rnedi n from a roads idefiel d . Pul l i ng up so suddenly that henearly fel l over Pin to

’ s head , heshou ted : “Quick ! Qui ck ! Run u p i n to thewoods, for Mr. Lom bard

’s Sai lo r has caugh ttheman who was t ry i ng to s teal Ned Toodles,and i s hol d i ng him fast .

”

A l l Sp ringdaleknew thesto ry,and theth ree

men in thehay -wagon tumbled out of i t as oneman

, to run towa rd thewood - path,wh i leHart

,

s t i l l qu i ver ing wi th exci tement , agai n pel ted off

toward homean d friends . Hewas st i l l r ival i ngJohn G i l p i n when a vo i cefrom thes ideof theroad cal led :

Oh , H inky-D i nky ! H inky-D i nky ! Whered id you find him ? Wheredid you find himAnd up bounded Pokey , to pl an t hersel f almost di rec t l y in h is path

,for joy m ade her

DEN ISE AND NED"

TOODLES . HULY,

After abou t an hou r ’s sleep Den i seawakenedm uch refreshed , and M rs . Lombard was on

hand to say a soo th i ng wo rd when needed .

When shehad fini shed speak ing they satsi len t for a momen t or two ,

and then thesi lencewas b roken by a commot ion downstai rs .

reckless . They wereon thelower sideof thev i l lage, Pokey hav i ng wal ked and walked t i l lshewas weary , and then seated hersel f by theroadsideto rest . Hart sl i d off P in to ’s back

,

and bo th pon ies wereglad to stop,for Hart

had never gi ven a thought tot ime

,d istance, or heat i n h iseagerness to reach home.

i n her l i fePokey fo rgo t al l fea rof Ned Toodles, and gatheri ngthepony ’s head i n her arm s

,

p roceeded to sob out her joypon h i s neck .

I say,what them i sch ief are

you c ry i ng abou t now when we’ve

got him dem anded Hart,w i th a boy ’ s u sual

d isgust for tears . “Thosefel lows up therew i l lfi x that man al l righ t , and Sai lo r

’

s a t rump .

Comeon home,for th at ’s wherewewan t to

get Ned now j us t as qu i ck as ever wecanand hegavePokey

’s sleevea pul l .I know i t

,

”sheanswered , rai s ing her head

from Ned ’s si lky m ane. Bu t I ’m j ust s impl y

shaky , I’m so happy ; and pleaselet metake

Ned to Den i se, for I could n’

t go to find him,

and I wanted to do someth i ng so badly .

”

Of courseyou may, but I though t youwere scared to death of him

, sai d Hart,

am azed to find that t im i d Pokey , who had invariably kept someonebetween hersel f andNed , wanted to lead him . But on they wen t ,and Har t had causeto bemo resu rpr ised beforehewas less so , forPokey hu r ried along theroad

,Ned patter i ng besideher, and occas ion

al ly tuggi ng at the ropeto hasten her steps ashedrew nearer and nearer thedear homeanddearer l i t tlem i st ress . Poke

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y did not taket imeto

go around by thed r iveway when shereached the

grounds, but cu t ac ross theback fiel d on wh ichJohn ’s co t tagestood . Passing th i s shesl i ppedi n th rough a sidegatetha t Opened on thel awn .

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A DAY W ITH H UD SON MAX IM .

Bv JOSEPH H . ADAM S .

THEmonth ofJ ul y suggests theFourth , and asthat means to theboys fire- crackers and o therexplosives, theymaybei n terested i n th is accountof an Amer i can who has i nven ted oneof the

ter r ific explo si ves u sed i n modern warfare.

F IG. 1 . ON ENTER ING THE HA LLWAv ONE Is SuDDENLv

CON FRONTED BY A FOR M IDABLE-LOOK ING ENG INEOF WAR—A M A X I M GUN .

”

On a quiet residencest reet i n B rooklyn , andi n a row ofl ight- stonehouses, therei s a houseofespec i al i n terest . Seen from thest reet

,it does

not di ffer from theo ther houses alongsideit,but on en ter i ng thehal lway one i s suddenly

con fron ted by a fo rm i dable- look ing engi neof

war,a famous Maxim gun,

whosem uzzleprojec ts toward you i n a menac ing m anner , as i fi nqui r ing what .your busi ness is.

Stepp ing along s t i l l far ther in to thehal l, you

aregreeted by ano ther and larger gun w i th asti l l moreth reatening appearance; and as you

gl ancearound , onevery hand you seegroups of

guns , p i stol s , p rojecti les, amm uni t ion , and instruments of war, un t i l you begi n to wonderwhether th is i s a residenceor an arsenal .A gl ancei n to theo ther room s of thehouse,

however , dispel s al l doubt , for, w i th theex cept ion of thefo rb idding sen t r ies i n thehal l, thefurn ish ings of thehousegiveevery ev idencethat them aster i s not on ly a peace-loving

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citi

zen,bu t a home- lo v i ng man as wel l .

This i s theC i ty homeofHudson Maxim . To

en ter th i s un iquehomeand to bei n t roducedto M r . and M rs . Maxim

,and to hea r them

speak of explosive shel l s and o ther deadlym i ss i les as i f they werecomm onplacem attersof housekeep ing, is a novel and fasci nat i ng experience and wh i leyou feel a t fi rs t as i feveryth ing a round m ight suddenly go off,

” th isfeel i ng wears away and your confidencei s res tored as Mr. Maxim expl a ins theuses to wh i chthevarious compounds arepu t and thei r harmlessness under certa i n condi t ions .Indeed , Mr. Maxim i s real ly as m uch at home

among h i s h igh explosi ves as h is cook is i n herk i tchen w i th vegetables an d flou r and coffee;and theeasean d freedom w i th wh i ch hehandlesh is fearful l y power ful m aterial s i s awe- i nspi r ing,to say theleast , as I con fessed to m ysel f wheni n my p resencehecu t offa th ick p ieceofdynam i tew i th a comm on carpenter’s saw.

Therearefew men i n thewo rl d who knowas m uch abou t explosi ves and their chem i st ry asdoes M r . Maxim ,

and i n thesim plest languagepossiblean d i n al l modesty hetakes p leasu reinexpl ain i ng the resul ts ofm any yea rs of hardStudy and unceasi ng and cost ly exper imen t .

A DAY “TTH

I n therea r o f th i s B rookly n residencei s thei nvento r ’ s b rick labo rato ry , whereheusual lywo rks and whereheexpla i ned to mesomeveryi nterest i ng exper iments w i th h igh explosi ves ,gi v i ng pract ica l demonst ra t ion of thei r power .

F IG . 2 . L IGHT ING A C IGAR WITH A M AX I M ITE CANDLE.

When hel igh ts a firei n thes tove,— for heneeds hea t to cond uc t someofh i sexper imen ts ,— hew i l l takea st i ck ofsmokeless powder i n apai r oflong pl iers , set i t afirew i th a m atch , andthen hol d i t u nder thegra te. You w i l l expectto seethes toveblown instantly into a thousandfragmen ts , bu t , i n stead , you r m i sgi v i ng Changesto su rp ri sewhen thepowder bu rns w i th a b righ tyel low flamel i kea pine-kno t and does not m akethesl ightes t b i t ofsm oke.

I t takes bu t a few seconds for-

it to beemtirely consumed , and as a resul t a roa r i ng firei ssta r ted , so tha t i n a few m i n u tes thes tovei s hotenough for use.

M r. Maxim w i l l show you oneof his Im

po rtan t i n ven tions , h is power ful shel l -exploder,known as m ax im i te

,wh i ch i n explosi ve force

i s abou t fi fty per cent . moreeffic ien t than dynam i te, and somewhat mo repowerfu l than pu re

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ni t rogl ycer in . This m ax im i tehas latel y beenadopted by our go vernmen t as a bu rst i ngcha rge for p roject i les and shel l s , and i t i sequaled i n Shat ter ing fo rceby on ly two o therknown substances .I n Sp i teOf i t s h igh explo si vequal i ty i t i s avery sa fe compound to hand le, and i s p raet ical l y unaffec ted by shock

,and w i l l no t ex

plodeby bei ng set on fire— even i f a mass of i ti s s t i r red w i th a wh i te-ho t i ron . I t w i l l bu rnwi th a b righ t green flame

, and can beign i tedwi th a match .

A l l th i s M r . Maxim demonst ra ted by l ight i nga pieceofsmokeless powder and d ropping i t i na d ish containing somel umps ofmaxim i te. Healso mel ted lead and pou red i t over d ry l umpsof maxim i te, and , wh i le i t bu rned freel y , l ikeSul phu r or wax , i t d id not explode.

I n appea rancemaxim i tesomewha t resemblessu lphu r, bei ng yel low i n co lo r and qu i tehard . I ti s easi ly mel ted , i n wh i ch cond i t ion i t flows l ikem ol asses and i s pou red i n to steel p roject i les .On S t r ik i ng and en teri ng a fo rt ifi cat ion or the

armo r -pl a teof a vessel , a cap or fuse, cha rgedw i th fu lm i na teofmercu ry , a t therear end of

F IG. 3. S AW ING OF F A ST IC K OF DYNA M ITE.

thep roject i leexplodes them ax im i te, wh ich i ntu rn shatters theproject i le into thousands of

fragmen ts and readsevery th ing i n i ts v ic i n i ty .

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Thefearful l y dest ructiveforceof m ax im i tecan hardly bereal i zed by any onewho has notw i tnessed an explos ion of a shel l . Theeffec tofa shat tered shel l i s shown i n Fig. 5 .

Befo re th is was fi red i t was a rooo -poundforged- s teel p roject i lei n to wh i ch seventy poundsofm ax im i tehad been pou red and al lowed tosol id i fy . After i t had st ruck and exploded , i n asand - crib bui l t for thetes t

,thereweremo rethan

7000 fragmen ts recovered and la i d out on someboa rds

,as shown i n thepho tograph . Therewere

undoub tedly m any m o re fragments, but theywereso finethat they passed th rough thesievew i th thefinesand and werelost .Im agi nesuch a Shel l fal l i ng i n them idst of

a fo r t ificat ion or in a ci ty wherehundreds of

peoplewereon thest reets ! I t wou ld behard tocal cu latethedestruc t ion to l i fean d p roper ty ,but

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it i s safe to say that w i th i n a ci rc leof

hundreds of feet therewoul d not bea l iv i ngth ing left.Fig. 6 shows somefragments of a steel p l ate

fivean d th reequarter i nches th ick,pu t back i n to

placeafter amax imiteshel l had pierced i t . Thei l l ust rat ion al so shows somesmal l fragments oftheshel l . Thesefragments d i d not m akeuptheentireshel l , however , as a good part of i twas li terall y blown in to b i ts too smal l to be

F IG. 5 . S HO\V ING THE EFFECTS OF A S HATTERED S HELL .

A DAY YVI TH HUD SON MAX IM .

recovered . Thes teel p l atewaserec ted in fron tof a sand-crib , whi ch theexplos ion completel ydemo l i shed

,and a great ho lewas blown i n the

F IG. 4 . A LU M P OF MANI AI ITE .

earth immediatel y below thespo t wheretheexplos ion occu rred .

I n th i s p i t a dead sparrow and a crow w i th abroken w i ng were ly i ng S ideby side. Thesebirds had been struck by flying fragmen ts oftheshel l and brought down out ofthea i r, i l l ustrating theenorm ous range covered by thefly ing m i ss i les .Thenumerous ragged fragmen ts as they sped

th rough theai r, both i n go i ng up and com i ng

AT THE LEFT I S THE SHELL BEFORE IT \VA S EXPLODED ; AT THE

R IGHT ARE M ORE THAN 7000 P IECES, A LL THAT COULD BE RECOVERED OF THE SHELL A FTER EXPLOD ING.

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was no danger i n thep rocess of fi l l i ng project i les w i th it. I t woul d not explodefrom overheat ing, but woul d sim ply bo i l away l ikewateri f heated to a high tem peratu re. _Last of al l ,

F IG. 7. S HO\V ING A M AX I M ITE S HELL \V ITH T HE DETONAT INGF USE PARTLY UNSCREWED FRO M THE PLUG.

i t coul d bepoured i n to theproject i lei n sucha way as to form a so l id m ass that wou ld not

sh i ft,even on s t rik i ng a rm or-pl ate.Theserequ i rements were set fo rth by the

governmen t, and ofallthecompounds that h avebeen tested at thep rov ing-

grounds , m axim i tewas theon ly onethat cameup to an d exceeded

F IG. 8 . SECT IONAL VIE\V OF A SHELL, SHOW ING THE

CHA RGE, PLUG, A ND FU SE.

thesespec ifi cat ions. As a resul t , nego tiat ionswereopened w i th M r . Maxim ,

an d our government becamethepossessor oftherigh t to m anufactu reand useth i s deadly substan ce. F IG. 9 . F ILL ING A S HELL W ITH ME LTED M AX I M ITE .

Thetests at Sandy Hook werei n tensel y iateresting, and thei r h i story i n detai l would fill alargebook ; bu t i n th i s brief desc ri p t ion wecan gi vel i t t lemo rethan a hi n t of therem arkable p ropert ies of the com pound wh i ch Mr .Maxim i nvented .

A shel l was fi l led w i th maxim i te,but theful

m i n atecap was left out,and theshel l wassho t

at a th ree- i n ch Harveyized n i ckel - steel p l ate.The fo rward hal f of theshel l penet rated thepla te and thefo rcew i th wh i ch i t was sho tflattened theend of theshel l , cracked i t Open ,and someofthem axim i tecould beseen wherei t was forced th rough an Openi ng. Theshel lrebounded from theplateabou t two hundredfeet

,and st ruck i n fron t of thegun from wh ich

i t was fi red . Bu t them axim i te, l ack ing i t s ownspeci a l fuse

,did not explode.

Oneof themost impo rtan t parts of theprojectilei s thedetonat ing fuseor cap— that i s

,

thepart that explodes fi rs t and wh ich i n t u rnexp lodes thechargew i th i n theshel l .Fig. 7shows a largeshel l on a stand w i th

thesc rew- pl ug part-way out,al so thedetonat

ing fusepart ly unsc rewed from thepl ug ; Fig. 8

i s a sect ional v iew ofa shel l w i th charge, pl ug ,

F IG. 10. M R. AND M RS . M AX I M F I LL ING THE CAPS WITHTHE SECRET CO M POUND .

and fusei n thei r rela t i veposi t ions ; and Fig. 9shows how Mr . Maxim fi l l s a shel l w i th themel ted maxim i te. Wh i lei t i s s t i l l so ft thepl ugi s sc rewed i n

,and as them ax im i tecoo l s and

expands i t ho l ds thepl ug sol i d ly i n place, andby i ts own act ion i n coo l ing , thecha rgei n theshel l becomes com p ressed i n theproject i le.

Mr . Maxim has i n vented a cont ro l l i ng dev i cefor fuses wh ich m ay beadapted to any typeoffuse

,and wh ich w i l l tend alway s to explodethe

p roject i leat thevery shadeof an i nstan t desi red— at least so fa r as th i s i s po ssibleas yet.For natu ral l y i t i s a m at ter ofexceed ingl y n i ceadj ustmen t so to t imei ts act ion tha t a fusew i l lexplodetheshel l a t exactly ther ight i nstan t ,when weremember tha t i t requ i res bu t theonethousandth pa rt of a second for a project i letopass th rough a pl ate.

I t i s necessary to em ploy a very power fuldetonato r i n o rder to explodem axim i teafter i thas passed th rough thepl ate, and i t i s on ly bydetonation that theshel l can beexploded at al l .

A DAY HUDSON MAX IM .

F IG . 1 1 . S T ICK S OF S M OKELESS POWDER .

Thel a rgegra i ns or st i ck s ofpowder areprotec ted by a coat i ng on theoutsidewh i ch rendersthebu rn i ng slower and m o reun i fo rm for l a rge

Themak i ng of thesefuses i s a del i cateanddangerous matter , and i n m any of theexperimen ts bo th M r . and M rs . Maxim haver i skedthei r hands , and even their l i ves , to learn thesec rets ofcer ta i n chem i ca l com bi nat ions .M r. Max im has al so i n ven ted a sm okeless

powder , and at Max im ,a sm al l town nea r Lake

wood i n New jersey , thewel l -known MaximSchuppans powder was develo ped .

I t was here that M r . Maxim met w ith thelo ss ofh i s left hand

,wh i ch was blown off; and

wh i leth i s h i nders h i s i ndiv idual wo rk ofexperimenting , i t has not abated h i s zeal i n pu rsu i ngnew theo ries and plans for new experimen ts .Theloss of h i s hand

,thei nvento r o ften says

,

was thepenal ty for d i s coveri ng m axim i te.

Smokeless powder i s made i n severa l fo rm sfinel i kepowdered sugar . coarsel i kegra vel , andi n st i cks i n s i zes from a qua rter ofan i nch i n d iameter up to thed iameter ofa cu rta in - po leforl a rgeshel l s that arefi red in thel a rges t gun s ofthefo rt s and navy .

F ig . 1 1 shows a few sam ples of st i ck s of

smokeless powder ; theho les extend ing throughthepieces areto render them m o rei nflamm ableso that theexplos i vegases m ay befo rmed m o requ i ckl y than i f the st i ck s were sol id . Theysomewhat resem ble ho rehou nd candy i n ap

pearancean d co lo r , and when ign i ted do no t

go up i n a puff of smoke,l ikeblack powder as

shown i n Fig . 1 2,bu t bu rn longer and w i th

a brigh t yel low flame,as i n Fig. 1 3 , freefrom

smokebu t leav i ng a pecu l ia r pungen t gas i ntheatmosphere.

8 1 2 A DAY W ITH HUDSON MAX I M .

guns, in wh ich a pressureof pounds to ofh is l abo ra tory . And my host led theway tothesqua rei nch is often produced . A la rgecar thecozy d i ni ng- room wh i ch i s al so h i s l i terary

F IG. 1 2 . S ETT ING F I RE TO ORD INARY BLACK POWDER

L ITTLE FLA M E AND M UCH S M OKE.

tridge~shell ful l of th i s powder gi ves a, ter r ificveloci ty to a p roject i le.

Theshel l i tsel f i s never loaded w i th powder .Thepowder i s p laced i n thegun to th row the

project i le, whi ch i s i n t u rn shattered by themax

im i techargewhen th i s chargei sexploded by thefulm i n atecap . Thus th reed ifferen t compoundsen ter i n to each “ busi ness ” chargeofa gun.

Now comedown and havesomerefreshmen t befo releav i ng,

”was thehospi tableinv i ta

t ion ofMr . Max im a fter I had fini shed a tou r

F IG. I 3 . SETT ING F IRE TO S M OKELES S POWDER .

FLARE I S FLA M E ONLY, WI TH NO SH OES .

THE L IGHT

den and study ; and here another su rpriseawa i ted me

,i n a Wel sh rabbi t

,cooked i n a

chafing-dish over a lam p fi l led w i th—not alco

hol, as you m igh t th i nk , bu tA t fi rs t I though t i t to be a joke, bu t M r.

Maxim soon di spel led any doub t,for, blow i ng

out theflame,heempt ied a few drops i nto a

teaspoon , proceeded to therea r ya rd , an d ex

ploded i t w i th a no i se l ike the repo r t of a

gun.

Th i s was the cl imax to my day w i th th i speaceablewiza rd offr ight fu l explosi ves .

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“N THE

‘ FA M I LY

YOUNG AMER ICA .

BY CAROLYN WELLS .

FOURTH OfJ ul y, they say , s i r,I s I ndependenceDay, si r,

Bu t real ly I am cer ta i n that therem ustbesomem i stake;

For peoplesay , Bequ iet !”

And , “ I won’ t havesuch r io t !

A t every teeny -weeny no isethat I may

chanceto m ake.

Why, when my gun exploded,(I though t i t was n

’

t loaded ),My m other sa id , You naughty boy, now

s top that fearfu l no i se!And then our cannon-c rackers

(And my I bu t they werewhackersMade grandma say , Oh , mercy me'

you must n’f do that, boys !

”

“You’rem uch too young to handle

A bomb or Roman candle,They always say when I get near to where

thefi rewo rks are;And for a l i t tlerocketI put i n Bobby ’s pocket

My father j us t now set medown insidethe“ fam i ly j a r .”

Thecau t ion and thewarn i ngBegi n at early mo rni ng :

I t 's Don ’ t do t h i s !” and Don’ tand so

,un less I may

Choosemy own celebrat ionFor thebi r thday ofour nation ,

I don ’ t seewhy I ought to call it

I ndependenceDay!

ONE OF LE\V I S AND CLA RK '

S MEN”A F I RST GL I M PS E OF THE ROCK IES .

WESTWARD TH E COURSE OF EM P IRE TAKES

J UST a fter thecomplet ion Of theLou i s ianaPu rchaseof i 8o3 ,—wh i ch i s commemora ted bytheWo rl d ’s Fai r of th is yea r at St . Loui s ,theAmeri can Cong ress , u rged by Pres identJefferson , au tho r i zed an exped i t ion to explo rethenewly acqui red ter r i to ry . Presiden t Jefferson ’s p r i vatesec reta ry

,Mer iwether Lewi s

,was

appo i n ted commander Ofth i sexpedi t ion , and hechoseas h i s associa teCaptai n Wi l l iam Cl ark ,an Old army friend .

A hund red years ago th i s mon th theseint rep id men, w i th a smal l party Ofabou t th i rtyexplo rers

,werewel l away on thei r jou rney up

theMissou ri R iver, as fa r as themou th of the

ITS WAY .

Platte. I n May Ofthefo l lowi ng yea r they hadthei r fi rs t gl impseof theRock ies, and befo rethat year (1 805 ) was ended they had c rossedtheGrea t Rangeand pushed on to thePac ificOcean by way OftheCo l umbi a R i ver . Duringcerta i n pa rts Of thei r jou rney they endu red greatha rdsh ips, and for fi fteen mon th s they werecu toff from al l comm uni cat ion w i th theou ter wo rl d .

I t was oneOf themost famous ofAmeri canexped i t ions , and to thep l uck and perseveranceof th i s l i tt leband Ofexplo rers weowetheacquisition, later , of theter r i to ry now embraced i ntheth reegreat States Ofour no r thwestern boundary—Wash ington , Oregon , and I daho .

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8 1 8 LIVE STOCK FOR THE COMMODO RE.

i n nocen tly bound on a fish i ng c ru ise to the

Banks of Newfoundland or N ova Sco t i a .

A t the samet imethepeopleOfNew Yo rk C i ty

“THE POICTIERS F IRED A FEW INEF FECTUAL SHOTS .

THE POS IT ION OF T HE CHANNEL M ADE IT NECES SAR Y FOR THE YANKEE TO PA S S CLOSE TO THE FOR M IDABLE POICTIB RS .

were col lec t ing on theBattery ; for doubt t ion of thechannel m adei t necessary for herless theCo l umbian J ubi leedi d not let fo l ks to pass c loseto thefo rm id able who

,

s leep any l ater than does our Fou rth of J ul y . w i t h on ly a few of her sai l s set, was lei su rel y

Besides,word had been passed around that tizz

’

s

J ubi leewas to beceleb rated i n a spec i a l way.

Sho r tl y afternoon theYankee

,

w i th her load v i si bleand i nv i s ible,was off SandyHook . Theposi

LIVE sroc x FOR

mov i ng out to sea . Thewa rsh ip , ha v ing no

quarrel wi th a n una rmed and d is repu table-looking fishing

-sm ack , perm i t ted her to p ro ceedunmo les ted . TheJim /seeheaded towa rd the

Lo ng I s land sho re, where i t was though t theEag em igh t bec ru i s i ng.

Final ly theOfiic ious Eaglesp ied her.

Sa i l i n s igh t , s i r . Abou t two po i n t s ofi our

weather bow ,s i r

,

” repo rted l i t t leM idsh ipm anl’rice, aboa rd theBri t i sher , to Master

’ s MateMo rr i s .

Looks l ike a Yankeesmack , m u rm u redtha t offi cer a s hescanned her t h rough h i s gla ss .He fel t h i s temper r i s i ng . What does therascal mea n— t ry ing to set out on a c ru isewhen h i s Majes ty says hesha ’ n ’ t ! A prettvidea

,tha t ! Shakeout you r j ibs , s i r !” heor

dered to them id sh ipm an .

“ We’ l l r u n him

aboa rd and seewha t he’

s go t.

Down sl an ted theEagle, to i n tercept thehapless sm ack , wh i ch by th i s t imehad t ran sfer red i ts l i vestock to consp i cuo us po s i t io n sOn thedeck .

Onl y thefou r fi shermen,i n old c lo thes , a t

thewheel or loung i ng a round thedeck , wereto beObser ved on her. She(l id no t p rom i sem uch . Bu t sudden l y theeyeofMaster ’ s MateMo r r i s gl im psed a cal f.

H i !” hech uck led . Wewan t that ca l feh

,Mr . Price? We’ l l send i t down to the

commodo re. He'

s par t i cu la rl y fond Of vea l,

I daresay , and he’ l l remem ber u s for i t .

Then hesaw a sheep !What !" heexcla imed . A sheep ? The

idea Of a begga rl y Yankeecod -hauler hav i ngmut ton when his Majes ty ’ s officers arel i v i ngon sal t ho rseand pea - soup ! We’ l l taketha tsheep , tooA s thev d rew nearer to thechasehesaw

ch ickens !“ And ch i ckens ! D

’

ye m ark ’em,M r .

Price? I n a coop a ft,there

And , at the array , themou ths of Master ’sMateMo r r i s a nd young Midsh ipm an P r iceandthec rew of theEaglew i dened and watered .

TheEaglewas now so nea r to thesm acktha t a hai l could beeasi l y hea rd .

Lud‘, or we’ l l ru n you down !” cal led

Master ’s MateMo r r is , com i ng c loseto thera i l .Heaveto

,and bequick abou t i t !

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Of cou rset herewas no th i ng for thesm ackto do but obey . I Ier canvas flut tered i n the

breezeand her headway was checked . The

men on her deck stared gawki l y a c ro ss a t theEngl i sh officers and theEngl i sh m ar i nes , sp i ckand s pan i n their br i l l i an t naval u n i fo rm s .

Put d own you r helm,and repo r t to the

flagsh ip , i n the ofiing yonder , commandedMaster 's Ma teMo r r i s

, gruffiy.

“ Tel l him Isend thel i ves tock

,w i th my com pl imen ts .

-\y, ay , s i r , answered the helm sm an ;but

,as i f i n s t up id i ty

,hepu t h i s helm up i nstead

ofdown , and thebows of theYankeeswung i ntowa rd theEagle, no t fiveya rds d is tan t , andsc raped again st her s ide.

“Wha t ’

s them at ter w i th bega n Master’s

MateMo r r i s , fu r iou sly .

Law rence! shouted Sai l i ng-Master Perc ival level i ng a m usket .

Law rence,

”then ameof thegal lan t cap tai n

Of thefr igateC/zesa/fiea/eecap tu red by theBri ti sher S lza /m ozz a mon th prev ious , was thes ignal .

Law rence!” shouted back all h i s men,

swa rm i ng from batch and c ompaniom vay.

I n an instan t a vo l ley ofm usket ry swept theEagle, d r i v i ng her peopleheadlong below for

shel ter , and to ca refor fou r b ravefel lows whowerebad ly wou nded . Thesei n c l uded Hen ryMo r r is

,the comm ander

,and M idsh ipma n

Pr i ce. SO s u rp r i sed and overwhelmed weret hey tha t they d id no t firea sho t .Them uskets weres i len t agai n . U po n see

ing nobody left to resi s t on theEagle’s deck

,

Sai l i ng-Master Perc i val had ordered h i s followers to cease fi r i ng. Present l y a Br it i shm ar i necau t io usly emerged and shou ted tha tthey would s u r render thevessel .By th is t ime thePalette/s ,

seei ng what hadhappened , fi red a few ineflec tual sho t s . Deem

ing i t w i se, however , no t to app roach to o nea rtheNew Yo rk defend ing fl o t i l la , shedid not

ven tu reto g i vechase.

The I' k ee repo r ted , w i th her p r ize,to

Commodo re Lew i s , at Sandy Hook . Here,on the Hook ,

“w i th m i l i t a ry hono rs and i n

a mo s t respectful m anner ” (as say thepapersof theday ), werebu r ied Master

’ s MateM orr isand a ma ri ne.

Then th rough theLower Bay, i n to theNarrows

,and th rough the U pper Bay for New

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York , p roudly sai led theYankee,— never fish

ing-sm ack was prouder ,— accom pan ied by the

pl ucky Eagle.

H ow thepeop legathered on the Batterycheered and cheered Hurrah and th reet imesthreefor theYankeeand her vo l u n teers

LIVE STOCK FOR THE COMMODORE.

TheYankee’s men werem adem uch of bythe populace. Sai l i ng-Master Perc ival wasoffi c ial ly t hanked by theNavy Department atWash i ngton ; but poor l i t t leM idshipm an Priced ied , and ,

“wi th every test imon i al Of respec t

,

”

was la i d to res t i n Tri n i ty churchya rd .

LAZY W I LL IE W I LLOW .

SEE l azy Wi l l ieWi l lowAsleep upon h i s p i l low !Hedoes not k nowThesun i s h igh ,

A -sh i n i ng b righ t and fai r ;Nor hear h is l i t t leFri sky Skye

A -bark ing hereand there;Nor seethego l denWheat and rye

A - nodding i n theai r ;Nor heed hi s m other ’ sCheery cry

A- cal l i ng up thes tai r

Come, l i tt leWi l l ieWi l low ,

J ump up an d leaveyou r p i l low !”Come

,l i t tleWi l l ieWi l low,

Jump up and leaveyou r pi l low !”

Elz'

zaéet/z Olmz'

s.

Fie! l azy Wi l l ie\Villow,

To hug you r downy p i l low,

When lassies sweepAnd sew and bake,

A - si ngi ng as they go ;When ladd ies p lan tAnd hoeand rake,

A -whi stl i ng down therow ;When al l thewor l dI s wi deawake

,

A - rush i ng to and fro,And not a soulH is easedo th take

Afo rethesun i s low !

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Th is i s as far as M iss Pennyback got ; shed id was rosy-red,and i t grew rosier- redder when

not ven tu reupon thedeta i l s Ofanel aboratedes shewas cal led upon to respond to the toast .sert

,leaving theseand certai n o ther del i cac ies as Bu t to her great rel ief, Lydia a t that momen t

su rpri ses for theguests . Thew i nes wereleft to roseto her feet,and bowi ng graceful ly to the

speak for them sel ves ,wh ich they werewel lableto do .

Si r Row ley , Fl ip of

theOdd ,and them ai ds ,w i th sh i n i ng faces andi n thei r Sunday clo thes

,

wa i ted at table, andHen ry V I I I was so

pleased wi th themenutha t herem arked , w i tha joyous gl an ce atQueen El izabet h“ By our Lady , we

havenever been morebou nt i ful l y served !Bel i nda was leav i ng

theroom w i th her arm sful l when the rem arkwas m ade

,an d there

cameto theears ofthe.

guests a sudden c rashof c rockery

,wh ich

caused Lucy to exclaim ,

“Oh , dear !” bu t

her papa,l i kethegood

hos t hewas, took no

no t i ce of i t . Mi rthand joy p revai led i nthehearts ofal l exceptR ichard I I I

,whose

natu rewas too si n is terto jo in i n theh i la ri ty

,

and Lo rimer Grimweed , who, desp i tethathe had partaken of

every cou rse,was not

qu i teeasy i n h i s m i ndrespecti ng Mme. Tussaud . One toas t onlywas proposed . Queen El izabeth rapped upon assem bled company , looked around thetablethetable, an d all eyes weretu rned upon her. w i th a beam i ng sm i le, wai ted unt i l thecheer ing

“ ‘A ND T H I S M ENU, ’ EXCLA I M ED HENRY vm

,1T L IKES us WELL !

Sheraised her glass . had ceased , and then simply sai dTo our dear Lucy an d Lydia

,sweet heal th Thank you

and fai r desi res .” A l l thegl asses on thetablerang out i n muTheen thusiasm was immense. Lucy ’s face sical app lause, and Lucy

’s papa , w i th tears of

joy sh i n i ng i n h i s eyes , sai d u nder his breath ,

“ Bless thedea r gi rl ! Bless [ml/1 mydea r gi rl s !G r imes !wha t a d i nner I ’

vehad though tLo r imer Grimweed .

“ I t m ust ha ve cos t oldScarlet t a l i t tlefo rt u ne.

Mme. Tussaud gavethes igna l to r i sefromthetable.

“Wew i l l go a l l together to thed raw i ng- room,

shesa id , whereHarry Bower has a l i tt leentertainment for us .They d id no t da reto dispu tetheold l ady ’s

commands,so t hey oneand al l t rooped i n to the

pret ty d raw i ng- room,wonder i ng on theway

what k i nd of amusemen t Ha rry Bower had i nsto refor them . Thewh i tesheet hehad hungat oneend of theroom st im ula ted thei r cu riosi ty as they seated them sel ves i n the cha i rswhich had been placed for‘ them and began tochat ter as o rd i na ry peopledo i n a theater before the performances begi n . Thei r chatterceased when the room was darkened

,and

Lyd ia,who had seated hersel f a t the p iano ,

began to play so ft m usi c . Then thereflashedbefo retheaston i shed eyes ofthecelebr i t ies thepi ctu res of a m agi c l an tern . Exclamat ions ofwonder and del igh t escaped thei r l i ps .“ By our Lady !” exc la imed Hen ry V I I I .Harry oftheBower i s a magic i an .

”

G rea t was theenthusi asm Of Queen El i zabeth when upo n the cu r ta i n there sudden lyappea red thefigureof Shakspere, wh ich she

vowed was a fa i th ful p resen tmen t of her dea rpoet , “ i n h i s habi t as hel i ved

”

; and when th i swas fo l lowed by a p ic tu reOfHerm ionegarbedas a sta tue, shem u rm ured

Oh , thus shestood ,Even w ith such l i feOfmajesty (warm l i fe,As now i t co ld ly stands ) , when fi rst I woo ’

d her!

St i l l greater was heren th usiasm when dain tyA r iel appea red , and Lydia sang, “Wherethebeesucks , theresuck I .

“ ’T i s theOld t imecomeo

’er aga i n , m ur

mu red thefond queen .

”t

Har ry Bower had pro v ided a splendid col

lect ion Of sl ides,and hehad selected thesees

pecially for Queen Bess . A r t fu l young man !

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Wi th them ajo r i ty of the com pany them o s tpopula r werethed isso l v i ng v iews , w i n ter mel ting i n to sp ri ng, sp r ing i n to summer , summeri n to au tum n , au tum n i n to w i n ter w i t h thesnowfal l i ng, and the mov i ng pi ctu res , conj u rersth rowi ng bal l s , gi rl s sk ippi ng , theflower i n theflower-po t chang i ng to a Tu rk ’s head , and the

clown j umpi ng th rough a hoop . G rea t s tam ping of feet

,cl app i ng ofhands

,a nd am azed ex

clamations ofdel igh t greetedeach fresh tableau .

Harry Bower woun d u p hi s en terta i nmen tw i th thep i c tu res whi ch desc ri bed thedeathand bu r ia l of poo r Cock Robi n

,a nd to hea r

the celebri t ies jo i n i ng i n thecho rus to eachversewas someth i ng to beremembered

All thebi rd s in theair fel l a-s igh ing and a-sobbing\Vhen they heard thebel l toll for poor Cock Robin.

Sweet Natu re, good -mo rrow ;iood -mo rrow , fai r dame!Thebi rds areawak ’

ningAnd prais ing thy name,Thecast is a flame.

Thegreen earth l ies sm i l ing,A roused from repose.l-I ow gentle, how coax ingThemorn ing w ind b lows !’T is co u rt ing therose.

Her Majesty ’s al l us ions to and quotat ions fromand “TheTempest ” w i l l settlethed isputeas to thedates of theproduct ion of these

plays for su rely in matters Of importanceoccurr ing du r ing her reign Queen El i zabeth is a final author ity .

I t was m os t a ffecti ng ; and ,i ndeed

,several Of

thecelebri ties wo reexpressions ofgr ief.When the last cho rus was su ng and CockRobi n com fo rtably bu ried

, the ligh ts weret u rned up and they had games LondonBridge i s Fal l i ng Down

,

” N u ts i n May,

”

“ Hunt the Sl i pper ,” “ Mus i cal Chai rs, and

o thers with wh ich they wereh ighl y d iverted .

No t theleast popul a r werethek i ss ing games ,i n wh ich Hen ry V I I I cameout i n great fo rce.

“ Oh,dea r

,

” though t Lucy , when hecaugh ther i n h i s a rm s

,

“ I ’vebeen k i ssed by a k ing !

Bu t how rough they are!”

Then fo l lowed songs. Queen El i zabeth sanga lo ved i t ty , Hen ry V I I I a h un ti ng song, andTom Thum b stood on a cha i r and gavethemYankeeDoodle. Ofcou rseLucy and Lydia

werecal led upon , and they sang very sweet ly .

Lydi a ’s song was qu i tenew ,and th i s i s how i t

ran :

A COMEDY IN WAX . [Jun g

sa id , “you areso sleepy that you can hardlykeep you r eyes open . Weareal l go i ng to bed .

Bu t our fr iends here hes tammered .

Wi ll takecareof them selves,” said Mme.

Tussaud . Wecan do that,I th i nk . Wewere

Oh, l i fe, ofthy gladness not bo rn yes terday .

”

And joy I w i l l bor row ! Therewas no disput ing that. Ah , how m anyLaugh , laugh, all yewoodlands,

And chaseaway SOI’ I‘OW.

Sweet Natu re, good-m or

row !

CHA PTER XXV .

THE GOOD-BY AT THE

DOOR .

THE clock struckten,and Lo r imer Grimweed for thelast hou rhad been sh i ft i ng nu

easi ly in h is chai r. A l lth is nonsenseofs i ngi ngand games had greatlyan noyed him .

“ Lucy dea r,sai d

M me. Tussaud,

“ i t i st imeforyou and Lydiaand you r papa to get

to bed .

”

Bu t what w i l l youdo ?

” asked Lu cy . I tm us t bevery uncom

fortable sleeping i nthose hor r i d schoo lroom s . Of cou rsewehaven

’

t beds enoughfor all ofyou, bu t youand thel ad ies can sleepw i th Lydia and me

,and

wehavegot thespareroom ready .

“Weshall not needi t , Lucy . DO as Itel l you,

and leavetheLYD IA RES POND ING TO THE TOA ST .res t to me. Do you

all lock your doors when you ret i re? thousands upon thousands of yesterdays hadNO

, answered Lucy , wonderi ng at passed away s i ncethey fi rs t opened thei r eyesquest ion . upon thewo rl d !Very good . Get you to bed .

“ Such a pleasan t even ing !” sai d Mme. Tus

Lucy did not hes i tate. Papa dear ,” saud,as shew i shed her host good n igh t.

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CHAPTER XXV I .

HOW MME. TUSSAUD DEALT WITH M ISSLUC INDA PENNYBACK AND MR.

LORIMER GR IMWEED .

IT was wh i lethegood n ights werebei ng exchanged that M iss Pennyback adopted a bol dcourseofact ion . Shehad been greatl yexci tedby theremarkablei nc iden ts of th is rem arkableday

,and so i n tensewas her curiosi ty and her

desi reto w i tness what el sem igh t t ranspirethatshesqueezed hersel f in to thesmal lest possibleSpace, and kep t in the background , h0pingthereby to escapetheeyeof Mme. Tussaud ;and taking advan tageof afavorableoppor tun i ty ,sheslyl y ret reated beh ind a con venien tl y p l acedscreen, wheresheremained unseen and , as shebel ieved , unnot iced . But i t was not alonehercu riosi ty to w i t ness thefu rther p roceedings oftheceleb ri t ies that induced her to take th i ss tep . Therewas ano ther reason , wh i ch she

deemed of thegreates t possibleconsequence,and whi ch had th rown her i n to a stateofdel igh tful agi ta tion . Earl ier i n theeven ing Lor imerGrimweed , when heand shethough t no one

was observ i ng them ,wh i spered i n to herear the

fo l lowi ng soul - st i rri ng wo rd s“ I shoul d l iketo speak to you p rivately be

fo reI leaveMarybud Lodgeto - n ight . I havesometh i ng of theutmost impor tanceto say to

you.

”

Now what di d th i s m ysteriousl y confiden tialremark imply ? This gal l an t young man

shethough t ofhim as a young man, though he

was nea rer fi fty than fo rty had someth i ng of

theu tmost impo rtanceto say to her! And hehad not m adetheremark aloud i n an offhandmanner , bu t had whi spered i t , actual l y whi speredi t, m i nd you, w i th h i s l i ps so close

,oh , so

very c loseto herear! What could th i s impl y PWas i t possiblethat shehad suppl an ted M issLydia i n h i s affect ions P Was i t possiblethat hei n tended that sizeshoul d bethefutureM rs.Grimweed i n s tead of Miss Lydia P As shecrouched (i n rather an uncom fortableatti tude,bu t what d id that mat ter ?) beh i nd thesc reenshedwel t wi th rap tu reupon thedel igh tful p ros

peet . Best i l l , my flutter i ng heart shewhispered to herself. “Oh , my Lo rimer—mynoble, peerless Lo rimer !Bu t no th i ng escaped thewatch ful eyeof

Mme. Tussaud . Shehad seen Lorimer Gr imweed wh i sper i nto Miss Pennyback

’

s ear, she

had seen th at l ady ’s sl y ret reat to a pl aceof

concealment . Mme. Tussaud was qu i tecon

ten t ; sheeven sm i led . Thereal busi ness of

her v i s i t and that of her celeb ri t ies h ad yet tobeaccompl i shed . Lydiamust bereleased fromtheodious at tent ion s of Lorimer Grimweed,and thenew leaseof Marybud Lodgemust bes igned ; and in order to ach ievethesev ic to riesi t was her i n ten t ion to makeLorimer Grimweedsensibleofthecon sequences i f hedared to defyher. Shehad no doub t of her success , forwhocoul d resist thepower of hermagic caneWhen, therefo re, sheret u rned to theroom

shewas pleased to observethat M iss Pennyback was stil l behind thesc reen , and sheimmediately p repared for ac t ion . Rapp ing smartl yupon thetableto s top thechattering of herceleb r i t ies, shethus addressed them

'

My celebr i t ies, i n‘

thepleasu res and enjoyments of theday wehavesa id no th i ng of thetask . to perfo rm whi ch wejourneyed to th i s del ightful ret rea t whereour dea r Lucy and Lydiaresidew i th thei r p apa . Beforewes ta rted Ii n fo rmed you that wewerego i ng i n to thecount ry upon an affai r of ch ival ry . Wecamehereto rescuea fai r dam sel i n d i st ress, a m i ssionwhi ch thech ival rous heart ofEngl and has ever

gl adly u ndertaken . You havenot,I hope

,for

got ten my words .”

“ No th i ng that fal l s from thy l ips, Mme. l aTussaud

,

” repl ied Hen ry V I I I , w i th k i ngl yd ign i ty , “ i s l ikel y to befo rgo t ten by theMajesty of Engl and . By the hol y rood , whatwecamehi ther to perform ,

th at wew ill perfo rm . Our kn igh tly wo rd was given . Whobreaketh h is kn igh tly word is fal seto h i s o rder,and shal l h im sel f bebroken and dishonored .

When thegreat Ki ng A l fred i nvested Wi l l i amof Malmesbu ry w i th a pu rplegarmen t set w i th

gem s, and a Saxon sword w i th a gol den sheath ,i t was no i d leceremony heperfo rmed . He

badeh i s grandson remember that kn igh thoodand ch ivalry wereone, and that hemust neverbedeaf to thepl ain t of a demo i sel le.”

Thus spoke Segu r , our gar ter k i ng of

a rm s ,” said Queen El i zabeth . I n theblood of

knightly men run feal ty , modes ty , cou rtesy ,sel f-den ial , and valor. Wewa i t to hear whatfu rther thou hast to say , madame.

An i f any hereopposetheewew i l l dealw i th him

,sa id Hen ry V I I I .

MR . GRIMWEED—LOR I M ER—PROTECT M E ! SCREA M ED M I S S PENNVBACK.

Our royal cousins speak our though ts , saidR i chard Coeu r de L ion . We are of onem i nd .

”

He looked around , and al l thecelebri t iesnodded thei r heads and sa id : “Weareof onem i nd .

“ ’

T i s wel l , sa id Hen ry V I I I .Mme. l a Tussaud .

”

“What i s all thefuss abou t ? t hough t LorimerGrimweed . Wha t do they mean by thei rdamsel i n di st ress ?And M iss Pennyback, h idden beh ind the

screen , i nwardl y congra tul ated hersel f upon herc leverness , and eagerl y awai ted what was to

fol low .

Wetrust , madame, sai d R i chard Coeu r deL ion , “ that thefai r damsel you refer to i s no tthat sweet ch i ld , Ml le. Lucy .

Mme. Tussaud did not reply, bu t hel d u p herhand .

shesaid .

“Assembled hereas wearei n so lemn counc i l , we

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A COMEDY IN \VAX . 8 2 7

m us t haveno i n terlopers . Do you al l agreew i th me, celebri t ies ? ”“Weal l agree,

" they answered,as w i th one

vo i ce.

“ No eavesd roppers or Spies,

Tussaud .

Eavesd roppers and sp ies !” roa red Hen ry

said Mme.

(S EE PAGE

V I I I . “An wecatch any wew i l l makesho r twork ofthem .

”

Guy Fawkes rubbed hi s hands ; R ichard I I I’

s

eyes gleamed ; theHeadsman rai sed h i s ax .

“Res t ra i n you rsel ves,my celebr i t ies ,

” saidMme. Tussaud .

“Our on ly desi rei s tha t j ust iceshal l bedone.

As befo rethey answered ,

“ J ust iceshal l bedone.

Then Mme. Tussaud , i n a loud vo ice, saidM iss Pennyback, comefo rth .

Thescreen t rembled , and al l thei r eyes weret u rned towa rd i t , nonew i th greater eagernessthan thoseofR ichard I I I and theHeadsman .

“Do not givemeoccas ion to repea t thelesson I gaveyou th i s morn i ng,

” sa i d Mme.

Tussaud,stern ly . I t i s n’

t a bi t ofuseh i d ingbeh i nd that sc reen . Luc inda Pennyback, comeforth .

Wi th to t teri ng steps, and w i th a facei n towh ich shevai n ly st roveto '

t h row a b raveexpression

,Miss Pennyback p resen ted hersel f.

8 2 8

Ha,ha !” cried R ichard I I I . “A spy

upon our royal counc i l ! Wep ronoun cesentence! Execu t ioner, to thy work !

”

Mr . Grimweed Lo rimer— p ro tec t me!”

sc reamed M iss Pennyback, runn ing towa rdh im . A t the samemomen t , the Headsmanstepped n imbly forward

,and w i th a sweep of

h i s ax was abou t to stri kewhen Mme. Tussaudtouched both h im and R ichard I I I w i th hermagi c wand , and they becametransfixed . Lor imer Grimweed

,who showed no disposi tion to

p rotect M iss Pennyback, who by th i s timehadm anaged to get between him and thewal l ,gazed at them i n fear and amazemen t . Thei r

gl aring eyes and motionless at t i tudefi l led himwi th ter ror, and hehad wha t i s cal led “ thecreeps al l over him .

“Wecan do w i thou t v iolence,said Mme.

Tussaud .

“As you percei ve,M r. Grimweed ,

wehaveat our comm and o ther means as effect ual . I hol d a power wh ich nonedarebrave

,

and nei ther noblenor commoner shal l defy mycomm ands wi th impun i ty .

”

Might I sugges t the tort u re-chamber,m adame? ” sa i d Guy Fawkes . “ I havehadsomeexperience.

No,nor t hat. I can manage the l ady

alone. Miss Pennyback, you heard mespeakof sp ies and in terlopers. In the busi nesswehaveto do

.

your p resencei s not needed .

Luc i nda Pennyback, go to bed !”

But M iss Pennyback, rel ieved from theterrorin sp ired by thesentencepronounced by R ichardI I I

,and by Mme. Tussaud ’ s statemen t that she

would haveno v iolence,and not hav i ng ob

served Lorimer Grimweed ’

s disregard of her

appeal for p rotec tion or h i s own frigh tened aspeet

,m ustered suffi cien t courageto say in fal

teri ng accents :I am not accustomed to beo rdered to bed ,

m adam .

”

“Whether you areor not, you wi l l obey .

You wi l l not ? Very good .

”

Onceagain them agic canewas used , andM i ss Pennyback , with arm s ou tst retched , wasfi xed and mo t ionless .

Oh , grimes groaned Lorimer Grimweed .

Th is i s awful ! This i s someth i ng awfu l !

A COMEDY I N WAX .

“You m adetheremark to meto-day,Mr.

Grimweed,” said Mme. Tussaud

,that seei ng

’s

bel iev i ng. Speak to her, and sati sfy you rsel fthat shehas no m oresenseo r feel ing in herthan a block ofwood .

”

“ I 'd r-r- rather n-n-not

,i f you w-w-would

n’t m -m -m i nd,

”hemu rm u red

,wi th chat teri ng

teeth .

Oh , I don’ t m i nd . I t i s for thosewho defy

meto m i nd . But I w i l l giveher onemorechance.” And wi th ano ther touch ofthemagiccaneMiss Pennyback was restored to consc iousness.Wheream I

tone.

Whereyou ough t not to be, whereyou haveno busi ness to be,” repl ied Mme. Tussaud .

Now, l i s ten to my o rders. You w i l l ret iretoyou r sleep ing-apartmen t

,lock you r chamber

door,and get to bed . I f you s tir from i t un ti l

eigh t o’c lock to-morrow m orn ing, I w i l l pet r i fy

you for an indefin i teperiod of t ime, and then

goodness knows what w i l l becomeof you,for

no onebu t m ysel f can bring you back to l i fe.Poss ibly the au thori t ies

,di scovering you in

that s ta te,w i l l set you i n a gl ass caseand pu t

you in the Brit ish Museum . Take yourcho ice.”

Onel as t feebleappeal d id M iss Pennybackm ake to Lo r imer Grimweed : M r. Grimweed ! Bu t seeing th at themagic canewass t retched toward her

,she sh rieked , “ I w i l l

obey I w i l l obey !”“Make you r obei sance, and go,

Mme. Tussaud .

Shak ing l i kean i l l-set jel l y, Miss Pennybackben t low to thecelebr i ties, and to t tered fromtheroom .

I f you w i l l excuseme, sai d Lorimer Grimweed , in a c r i ngi ng tone,

“ I w i l l al so reti re.I t i s real ly t imefor meto get home.

”

You w i l l rem ain , said Mme. Tussaud .

Our busi ness i s now w i th you.

”

Oh , bu t real ly , now,

”heprotes ted , but col

l apsed when Hen ry V I I I roaredSi lence, varlet , o r wewi l l makeshort wo rk

of t hee! Mme. 1a Tussaud , at you r pleasu re

you w i l l p roceed wi th thei n di ctmen t.”

sheexcl aimed in a fain t

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LLOYD’

S LUCK .

Bv FRED LOCKLEY , JR .

HEN L loyd ’s fathertol d h im that hehad so l d thefarm ,

an d that they were

go ing to spend thesummer campingout, L loyd was

very much del ighted . Hi s father and two o ther

men had formed a partnersh ip and werego i ng tospend thesummer i n m i n ing. They bough t theirp rov is ions and m i n i ng ou tfi t

,and loading them

in two wagons, they star ted . L loyd ’s father andm o ther, w i th L loyd and thep rov i s ions, werei nonewagon i n theo ther werethetwo partners,w i th thep i cks , shovel s, gold-pans, and thelumber fo r sl u i ce-boxes and rockers .When , after several days

’

traveling, ,they ar

rived at thep l acewherethey intended to m i ne,themen cu t down sometrees, and in thecourseofa week bui l t a log cab in . They had plannedto wo rk a placer c l a im .

” I t had been m i nedlong ago, when gol d was fi rst d iscovered in Cal iformi a , bu t not very thoroughl y . L loyd l iked towatch themen shovel thedi rt i n to thesl u iceboxes and seetheswi ft muddy water wash therock s and coarsegravel out at theo ther end .

They foun d the“di r t ” was not very r ich , andsomedays when they madea c lean-up theywoul d find a very sm al l quan t i ty ofgo l d-dust intheir rifiies, less than hal f an ouncefor a wholeday ’s run .

L loyd soon grew tired ofwatch ing themenwo rk :hew i shed to do somem i n ing al l by himsel f ; so h i s father, oneeven ing after h i s ownwork ,m adehim a l i t t lerocker out oftheth in l igh tboards of a dry-goods box , andevery day L loydwould pl ay hewas a m i ner. Final ly hecarriedh is rocker up thes tream nearl y a quarter of am i leabovewhereh is father was working.

Oneof themen had cal led to him,

“Hel lo,rocker, whereareyou go i ng w i th that boy?

”

L loyd looked back and said,We’

rego i ngup thec reek to find a c l a im ofour own.

”

Wel l , go ahead, and good l uck to you !”

they cal led after him.

L loyd d i d not find much co lo r along thec reek , so hecar ried h i s rocker up a dry gul chthat led in to that s tream .

Nex t day L loyd dug t i l l h i s hands werebl istered and h i s back ached . Hehad beendigging a holewheretheground was wet andsoggy, so that hecould get water to rock w i th .

When hewen t back next morni ng hefound tha ttheholewas nearly full of muddy water tha th ad seeped in from the sp ring. Therewasenough water to run therocker for somet ime.I n onepl aceat thelowes t part ofthegulch ,near whereh i s rocker was set, a rock c roppedout a few i nches. Hedi d not know it at thet ime, but hehad goneto thebest placeposs ible. A few inches below thesu rfacehestruckbed- rock . I t was qu i teirregular. Hetook hisshovel and sc raped therock

,p i l ing thegravel

besideh i s rocker. Heth rew a shovel ful ofdir ti n to thehopper, di pped up somewater, ands tarted to rock . When thed i r t and gravel h adwashed th rough thehopper , hel i fted i t off toth row away thecoarser gravel and rocks th atwould no t pass through theholes i n thesheeti ron bo t tom of thehopper . As hed id so henot i ced a p ret ty rock hehad th rown out. I t waswh i te, w i th yel low s t reaks in i t . Hefound several mo repieces , and pu t them in h is pocket toask h i s father what they were. Hedi d not knowthat hehad found somevery rich gol d quartz ,butwhen hel i fted up thehopper and saw a l ineofyel low along both of therifiles on theupperapron , hewas enough of a m i ner to k now thathehad found rich pay di rt . Thego l d-dust wascoarse, someof i t being as largeas grains ofr ice. Hewent to thecamp and got a gol dpan so th at hecould c lean up therocker.That n ight, when themen cameto supper,

L loyd ’s m other said to her husband

LLovD'

s LUCK .

Wel l , how did you do to-day ? Did you

havea good c lean-upL loyd ’s father s ighed and sa id : No , l i t t le

woman ; I am so rry to say tha t our pay di r ti s runni ng out. I am afraid wemadea m i stakein not st ick i ng to thefarm .

“Wel l , L loyd , how di d your c lean-up t urnout ? hi s father asked .

Lloyd brough t out the go l d - pan and thepret ty rocks , and handed them to h is father.When themen caugh t sigh t of thecoa rsego l ddust and nuggets i n thepan , and thepieces ofrich gol d quartz , you should haveheard themshou t .Whered id you fi nd that ? they exci tedl y

asked . Comeand show u s !” And w i thou twai t ing for supper they star ted for thepl ace.

L loyd could h ardl y keep up w i th them , theywalked so fast .When they got to h i s rocker L loyd showed

them wherehehad shoveled up h i s d i rt . Taking h i s p i ck , h i s father s tru ck therock thatc ropped up i n ,

thebo t tom of thegul ch . He

picked up a fragmen t that was broken OH andlooked at i t . I t quartz heav i l y vei ned w i th

“'

ATCH ING THE A FTERNOON EXPRESS .

go l d . Hehanded i t to hi s pa rtners,and caugh t

L loyd up , tossed him i n theai r , and sa id :“ Our fo r tu nei s made! You

’vefound the

ledgefrom wh ich all thep lacer gol d on thec reek has come.

"

Themen brokeoff severa l p ieces of quartzand then covered u p theou tc ropping ledge.

I t was p ret ty l atebefo reany onewen t to sleepin camp tha t n igh t . Nex t day oneo f themendroveover to theneares t town w i th a wagon ,to buy p icks and shovel s , fuseand blasti ng powder. They cal led them ine“ L loyd ’ s Luck

,

”

though h i s papa sai d i t ough t to be cal led“ L loyd ’s Pl uck ,” becauseheh ad worked sohard . Severa l m i n i ng experts for big com pan ies h ad assays made, and i t p roved a very valnableclaim . I ndeed , so val uablewas i t tha t i nthecou rseof a mon th L loyd ’ s father

,who had

al l along fel t tha t thel i feofa m i n i ng camp wastoo rough for h i s w i fe, sol d ou t h i s sh areto h i stwo part ners , and , w i th L loyd and h is mo ther,retu rned to thei r fa rm ,

wh i ch they werenow

ableto keep up as i t never had been before,and to send L loyd to col legeas soon as hebecameold enough to en ter.

THE HARPY EAGLE .

BY J. M . GLEESON .

ONE ofthetreasures and I th i nk thegreatest

pet i n theN ational Zoo i n Wash ington , D . C. ,

i s thebeaut iful harpy eagle. So fa r as I know,

th i s i s theon ly onei n a zoological col lec t ion ,and I doubt i f a fi ner spec imen coul d befoundin h i s nativej ungles i n Cent ral and SouthAmeri ca .

For good behav io r generall y , and dign i ty ofdepor tmen t , hei s themodel cap tivebird ; noris th i s merel y theresul t of thetam i ng i nfl uenceof long capt iv i ty , fo r hehas always been so,

and you can seein h i s facethat hecould notwel l beo therw i se. I know ofno o ther beast orbi rd that can look at onew i th a m orekeen , intelligent, and search ing express ion ; and hehasnever been known to make thew i l d

,fu t i le

dashes agai ns t thebars of h i s p rison that i scharacter i st ic ofo ther eagles .I m us t men tion r igh t herethat , for reasons

i n terest i ng on ly to sc ient ists , hers real l y not

accepted as a t rueeagle, as hepossesses someof theat tributes of thebuzzard fam i ly ; bu t toall appearances hei s royal c lean th rough , andwhen hedraws h im sel f up and rai ses h i s c rownl ikec res t , helooks i t com pletely .

V isi tors sometimes m akem any st rangemistakes when reading thesigns attached to the

cages. Thepol ar bear is read and accepted as“ parlo r bea r

,

” and theharpy eagleas frequentlyi s cal led the“happyeagle

”

; and I fancy that hei s as happy as a bi rd can be. Thei n teres t hedispl ays in everyth i ng abou t him i s wonderful .Once I was pai nti ng a l i fe-sized po rt rai t ofhim , and when i t was nearl y completed Ichanced to pl acei t against theOpposi tewal l i nsuch a posi tion that hecould seei t ; thi s waspu rel y acciden ta l on my part , for I had neverseen an anim al not i cei n any way a drawi ng or

pai n ting. Heno t i ced i t a t once, and fixed onit such a look of intel l igen t wonder and inqu i ry th at I was fi l led wi th amazemen t . Heth rust h i s head fo rward

,then til ted it to one

side, then to theo ther, exactly in themanner

ofpeop lein look i ng at a pic tu re; final l y hej umped down from hi s perch and hopped overto thefron t ofthecageto get a nearer look .

Hewas known to theAztecs by thenameofwi nged wol f,

” and i t i s sai d that they u sed h imfor hun t i ng pu rposes, as thefal con is used inEurope; and I can wel l believeit, for h i s beau ty,in tel l igence, and h igh courageem i nen tly fi t h imto betheservan t and compan ion ofman. Hedoes not hesi tateto at tack gamethreet imesh is s i zeand weigh t ; peccaries , monkeys, youngdeer, badgers, almost anyth i ng that m oves i n h i snat ivej ungles , i s h is legi t imate p rey . Hisstrength m ust bevery great . No o ther bi rdpossesses such powerfu l legs and feet. I n myd raw i ng I pu rposel y selec ted a posi t ion rarel ytaken by him

,in which they are ful l y ex

posed.

I n sizeheequals any ofoureagles. Thew i ngsarelong and powerfu l ; thetai l i s long and rathersquare; thehead looks l argeOn accoun t of thec res t and ruffwh ich surround theface; thebeaki s very heavy and hooked , of a bl u i sh colort i pped wi th black ; theeyes aredeep-set and of

a dark hazel color, thepupi l , wh ich i s rathersmal l

,bei ng black . Thehead , face, and upper

par t ofneck area rich gray . Abou t thelowerpart of theneck and runn i ng i n to thebreastfeathers i s a b road col l a r ofgrayi sh bl ack ,wh ichi s thecolor of theback w i ngs and upper su rlfaceof thetai l . Many ofthewing- fea thers areedged w i th a th i n l i neof wh i te, giv i ng a beauti ful scale- arm o r efi

'

ect. The b reast-feathersaresnowy wh i te, onefeather l a i d over anotherin a soft, fl uffy manner. Theupper parts ofthelegs arecovered wi th soft gray feathers m arkedwi th th in sem ic i rcles of black ; thelegs and feetarelemon yel low ; and thehuge, horn-l ikecl awsareblack ; theunder su rfaceofthetai l is almostwh i te

,broken by broad bars ofblack .

I n a freestatehi s cry is said to beloud andharsh

,bu t i n captivity I h avenever heard him

makeany sound .

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OHN'

HANCOCKGREEN E was fiveyears old

,and had a

grievance. His s ister,Mariann ina

,was hal f

past si x . I t was Fou r thof J uly

,and all the

o ther boys had fire

c rackers, but Johnnyhad none.

Bu t though therewereno fire- c rackers , therewere si x packages of to rpedoes that U n cleJoey had bough t for him an d Mari anni na . A tfi rst Johnny sai d hewould takebu t onepackage; to rpedoes wereon l y for gi rl s, anyhow .

L ikea m ar ty r hesi ngled out thesmal lest bag,and pu t fivei n to his sis ter ’s p i nafo re. Sadl ythetwo wen t out i n to theback ya rd .

“We’

ll taket u rns out o ’m i nefi rs t , N inny ,

said he.

“ Fi rst I frow,den you .

F’ r ’aps

,a fter al l

,we’

d bet ter keep thebagsal l sep

’rate,

” Johnny wen t on to say . I takehal f thebags , and you takehalf.But even w i th th i s carefu l m anagemen t the

to rpedoes weresoon gone.

Suddenl y Mar ian n in a had an idea. She

p icked up theto rn co ver ofoneoftheexplodedtorpedoes . I t was common wh i tet i ssue-paper.Sheexam i ned i ts conten ts . The to rpedoesseemed to bem adeofsand and sal t and th i ngs .“ Johnny ,

” c r ied she,

“ supposi ng wemakesometorpedoes !”

“ I don ’ t bel ievedey’ll torpede

,

Johnny , gloom i l y .

We can ’ t tel l t i l l we t ry , sai d N inny.

I ’vegot plen ty of ti ssue- paper th at camei n

thebox w i t h my beau t i fu l wax dol l .“Oh, yes,

” sai d Johnny ; “ but what ’

s de

s tuffing madeof?“What shoul d you th i nk i t was ?

” asked

answered

N i nny .

“ Looks l ike sand and gravel ,” repl ied

Johnny .

“ Bu t sand has n’

t got any fire-bang

to i t,’cause I ’

ve frowed i t ever so m anytimes .Perhaps red pepper would hel p

,sugges ted

N inny .

“ Anyway , I’m go i ng to get some.

”

“You’d bet ter get bo fek inds of pepper !”

c r ied Johnny , as Mar iann i na ran in to thehouse.

N inny soon retu rned wi th sp ice-box,sc i ssors

,

and ti ssue- paper .N inny cu t and John ny m i xed . Bo th ch i ld ren

began to sneeze.

Supposing i t wen t off wiv a bang wh i leIwas m i x i ng i t ,

” said pruden t Joh n Hancock .

Hetu rned h is head and m i xed at long range.

First we’ll twi st up two, j u st to t ry ,

” sa idN inny .

But j ust as they had fin i shed thetwo ,a cu rly

head appeared abovetheh igh fence. Theheadbelonged to Angel i na Thu rston ; thech i ld renk new very wel l th a t shewas stand ing on therai n -barrel .“What you do i n

’shecal led

Oh , j ust m ak ing to rpedoes,

Johnny .

Ci’

gi’meone?

I coul d n’

t exact ly give’em away ,

sponded Johnny .

“ Pooh !” sa id Angel i na .

they ’

reany good , anyhow !”

“ Don ’ t let ’

s fireoff any t i l l she’

s gone,wh i spered Mari ann in a, ’cause i f anyth i ngshoul d happen that they woul d n

’

t begood ,she’

d l augh at us . Let ’

s m akemore.”

Soon therewas a finel argep i leofbeau t iful lyfo rmed to rpedoes , looking for all thewo rl d likethoseyou buy i n thesto re.

“ Now,then

,

” sa id Mari an n i na , her cheeksred w i th exci tement , “ let

’s t ry ’em . You t ry

fi rst .”

She hel d her b reath , and had her fingersready to stop her ears . Johnny st raigh tenedh im sel f

,took aim

,and fu riously h u rled oneof

thel a rges t to rpedoes against thes tone. A lasand al as ! I t fel l as no i selessly as a snowflake.

answered

re

I don ’ t bel ieve

838

ONE o r UNCLE imsv'

s iO R’

Es.

I t does n’

t to rpede, sa id J ohnny , pla i ntively.

Hetried ano ther , and ano ther , wi t h thesameresult. Thosepl um p and beau ti fu l to rpedoes ,hal f fi l l i ng thel i t t leca rt , were— fa il u res !Mari an n i na wept . But thed i n ner-bel l rang

and they wen t i n .

Now al l th i s t imeU ncleJoey , h idden beh i n dthel ibra ry bl i nds , had been chuckl ing qu iet ly toh imsel f. Sti l l sm i l i ng, U ncleJoey Opened the

doo r of the l ib ra ry closet . On thetop shel fweretwo packages of to rpedoes , i n tended as apleasan t su rp r ise. U ncleJoey sl i pped out i n totheya rd and pu t them i n pl aceof thetorpedoesthech i ld ren had m ade.

After d i nner thech i ld ren wen t agai n i n to theshady yard . Thel i t t leca r t w i th i t s l i t t leloadof torpedoes was s til l there. John Hancockp icked up a to rpedo ,

sighed , and let i t fal l .B ang

! To h is immensesu rp ri sethat to rpedowas a success ! Hetried ano ther

,and ano ther .

Oh , joyThen appea red Angel i na on thera i n -ba rrel .“ Seeour torpedoes ? ” c ried Johnny .

“ Smel l’em ? Hear ’em ? And heth rew th reetogether .“ I say

,w i l l you gi vemea cen t

’s wo r th ? ”

asked Angel i na .

Shetossed down a cent,wh i leJohnny

,stand

ing on a soap -box, gaveher fiveto rpedoes .

Then I sabel a nd Am abel , theBol ton twi n s ,saun tered i n to theya rd . They had a cen t between them ; and seei ng Angel i n a

’s pu rchase,

they too w i shed to buy . Johnny so l d them acent ’s wo r th .

“Made’em ou rsel ves,hesa i d a i r i l y .

How d id you do i t ?" asked the tw i n s

,i n

Oh ,i t ’

s easy, answered Johnny . J usttakesand and sal t and red pepper and blackpepper

,and tw is t ’em up i n paper . I could do

i t wiv m y eyes sh u t .”

Johnny , i n ten t u pon p rov i ng to thetw i ns theease w i th wh ich to rpedoes could be made,m i xed mo re“

stufling”

; Marian n ina cu t twocovers ; and therewerenow two b rand -new

home-madeto rpedoes,onefor I sabel and one

for Amabel .“ Aim

,fire, bang shou ted Johnny . I sabel

and Am abel obeyed . A pai n ful su rp r iseawai ted'77

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them . Thel i t t lewh i tebal l s d ropped as gent lyas kernel s ofpopco rn .

Then U nc leJoey had to comeout and setal l t h i ngs r igh t i n the eyes of everybody .

When the t ru th was known,and Angel i n a and

I sabel and Amabel foun d they had bough tcommon sto reto rpedoes , they objected .

“ I on ly bough t’em

,

” sa id Angel i na ,’cause

I though t they werehome-m ade.

“So did we,” added thetw i ns .

\ tkLL flI i Nt- ‘AJA

IS A B EL AND A M A BEL .

All r igh t , sa id U n cleJoey , k indl y ; “ bri ngthetorpedoes and you can haveyou r money .

”

Bu t we’

vefi red ’em al l off.”

Wel l,

” repl ied U ncleJ oey,

“ I su pposeIshal l haveto pay you out of my own pocket .Bu t as hehad no ch ange sm al ler than fivecen t p ieces , hewas obl iged to gi vefivecen tsto Angel i na , an d fiveto thetwi ns . Then i toccu r red to him tha t i t was ra ther c ruel toleaveout Joh n Hancock and Mariann i n a ; sohegavefivecen ts to each of these.

Now” sa i d he, look i ng a rou nd at thel i t tle

group , I hopeeverybody i s sat isfied .

Bu t no ! I sabel Bol ton,the sm al ler of the

tw i ns,l i fted up her vo i ceand wept ; forAm abel

had taken cha rgeoftheBo l ton five- cen t piece,and I sabel ’s l i t t lefat hand was empty ; andU ncleJoey got out onemo refive- cen t p ieceto d ry her tears , and then all'was r igh t agai n .

Edited lg)EdwardF. Bigelow .

SEA ' LIONS SW I M M ING RA P IDLY, CATCH ING F ISH , A ND SWALLOWING THE M \VHOLE.

OBSERVATIONS AT THE WASHINGTON ZOO .

THOSE who areconstan tl y assoc i ated w i thanimal s a t a zoo seem any com i ca l an d i n terest ing sights , and keepers of such p laces havem any sto r ies to rel a te.

Thesea- l ions arevervm uch sm a r ter thanthei r appea ran cesugges ts, and wh i lethey are

always i n teres t ing, thei r met hod of feed i ngoneof them os t am us ing th i ngs i n thegardens . Thekeeper br ings to theedgeofthe pond a pai l of fi sh

,wh i ch average

perhaps a foo t in length , and flings eachoneas far out as hecan , when thesea - l ions

,

w i th am az i ng rap i d i ty , sw im to get t hem .

I th i nk that I havenever yet seen a fi shstr i kethewater

,as a l ion catches i t be

fo reii has t ime, and swal lows i t head fi rs t .Thesea- l ion rem i nds oneof a sw ift tor

pedo -boa t,si ncehem akes a sim i l a r bow

and - s tern wave” when hedart s th roughthewater . I am m uch i n teres ted i n the

a rt of sw imm i ng , and I fel t cu r ious to

k now how th i s exper t m anages to s top sosudden ly . I find

,upon i n ves t igat ion , tha t

hedoes i t by a qu ick downward tu rn i ngof thefo refl ippers , w i t h an extendi ng of

theh i nd ones , when theres i stanceof the

water b r i ngs him up p ret ty sho rt .I n th i s part icular z oo i s a very beaut ifu l

t iger, said to be the la rges t one i n captivity. But i f hewould on ly m oveabou t as i fhefel t a t home, and not beso d ign ified , weshould bebet ter pleased w i th him ; yet the

poor creat urei s excusable, becausehehas dys

A NOVEL M ETHOD OF AD M IN ISTER ING M ED IC INE TO A TIGER.

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CRYS TALS OF ROCK-SALT.

as when fi rs t bu i l t . All t hat thera i n has doneto thecabi n i s to d isso lveenough of thesal tto cemen t and m ake oneso l i d m ass of the

p ieces i n thewal l s . Thi s has taken place i nm uch thesameway as thefreez ing together ofb locks oficeafter bei ng exposedr-to thewarmsun of a w i n ter day .

Years ago some p rospecto rs d i sco vered abed of sal t here, and bu i l t thecabi n to l i vei nwh i lequar ry i ng thesal t . They fou nd at l as tthat i t cos t too m u ch to sh ip thesal t out ofthedeser t

,and so abandoned thei r wo rk .

I f you could sc rapeoff the sand from thebroad val ley in wh ich the cabi n s tands

, you

woul d fi nd thebed ofsalt'

ex tending perhaps form i les and looki ng for al l thewo r ld l i kea frozenl akesuch as you enjoy ska t i ng upon . What aqua n t i ty of sal t t herei s ! I t would suppl y thewholewo r l d for t housands of years.Theval ley i n wh i ch thesal t l ies i s a real

bas i n,for thel a nd i s h igher al l abou t . I f the

bas i n werefi l led w i t h water thewa ter couldnot r un away . Once thebas i n was ful l ofwater, but i t was long, long ago. Thel and i nth i s par t of sou theaster n Cal ifo rn ia was not

t hen as h igh as i t i s now . TheGul f of

Cal ifo rn i a reached m any m i les farther no r th,

even to thebasi n wherethesal t cab i n stands.Then theearth began to r i se, as though some

gi an t below were l ift i ng i t . By and by theocean ran back and left th i s r i s i ng l and , butl akes rem ai ned hereand therei n thelow places .Through m any years thewa ter slowl y d ried

up,passi ng away , as i n v i s iblel i t t leparticles, into

thed ry ai r ; but thesal t whi ch i t con tai ned

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. (JULY.

THE HONEY-BEE’S FOOT.

A WONDERFUL caseofadaptat ion i s shown i na honey-bee’s foo t , wh i ch consi s ts of c l aws anda pad (cal led a pulv i l l u s). Projec t ing from the

lower s ideof th i s pu lv i l l u s .arenumerou s ha i rsca l led tenen t or ho l d i nghai rs

, wh i ch secrete ac lear, s t icky fl u id tha tenables thebeeto walkon sm oo th su rfaces .The p u lv i l l us may be

used or not,as des i red .

When thebeei s walking on a rough objecttheclaws onl y areused

,

and thepulv i l l us i s fo lded and t u rned upward

(F ig . I ) .on a smooth su rface S U R FACE. PULV ILLUS , OR PAD,

THROWN BACK .

the claws are t u rneddown and backwa rd and on ly thepulvillus i s used

(Fig. and when thefoo t i s to beremo vedthepul v i l l us i s loosened by bei ng ro l led up fromtheedges , as you woul d removea plaster

on l y,i n th i s case,

m uch mo requ ickly .

Chesh ire,i n h is ex

cellentbookon Beesand Bee Keep ing,

”

says : “Thebeecanfi x and releaseeachfoo t a t least twen tyt imes a second .

”

F IG . I . WALK ING ON A ROUGH

F IG. 2 . WAL K ING ON A S M OOTHS UR FACE. PULV I LLUS IN A CT IVEUS E, CLAWS THROWN BACK .

for you m us t know that al l sea-water i ssal ty—could notescapei n th i sm anner andso was left . A t l as t

,after thewater was

abou t gone, thererem a i ned a th i ck layerof gl assy sal t i n thebo t tom of thebas in .

Then thew i nds b lew and carried sandfrom thedeser ts abou t and h id themo s tofthesal t from s igh t .Thi s i s thes to ry of thesal t cabin and

how onebed of rock-sal t was m ade. I no ther par ts of thewor l d therearebeds ofrock -sal t bu r ied hund reds of feet belowthesu rface. They haveto bereached bydeep shafts, wh ich look m uch l ikewel l s .

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thecamera on thet r ipod focusedas for a d istan t v iew and po i n tedtowa rd that qua rter of theheavens i n wh i ch thel igh tn i ng i sm os t frequen t . Thed iaph ragmsho uld be set to the l a rges tOpen i ng tha t i s ever u sed , thesl ided rawn

,and the lens un

co vered as for a t imeexposu re.

Then fo l low s a wa i t ofone, two ,

five,or even twen ty m i n u tes ,

unt i l a b r igh t flash comes w i th i nthefield of v iew of thecamera ,when thel igh tn i ng takes i ts ownp ic t u re. Then cover thelens ,push i n thesl i de, an d you are

ready to t ry agai n on a freshplate. OLI VER P . WATTS .

Mr . M cFarland took the

second pho tograph on t h i s pagew i th a 5 x 8 camera from anOpen w i ndow i n h i s s leep i ngroom . A th under- s to rm awak

A PHOTOGRAPH BY DR . HERBERT C . \V ILSON , PHOTOGRA PHER OFened him at n igh t . Heleft the

00005 5 “ “ SEN ATOR“ plateexposed for severa l hou rs .HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH

LIGHTNING.

ANv boy or gi rl who has acamera and a good stock ofpatiencemay secu rea pho tographof l ightn i ng . Thepat ience i sneeded i n wa i t i ng for thel igh tn i ng. When a th under- showercomes a t n igh t , keep a sha rplookou t for an oppo rt un i t y to

secu reyou r p ic tu re. You canno t get a p i c tu reof l ight n ingd u ri ng every thu nder-shower .C loud s or a heavy downpou r ofra i n Often con ceal s the flashfrom v iew

,and wehave. sheet

l ightn i ng .

” I t i s u seless to photograph th i s , bu t you may by i tsl igh t get an i nterest i ng p i c tu reof the l andscape. When thesharp Chai n - l igh tn i ng comes ,selec t a w i ndow from which youcan seei t wel l

, or, i f i t i s notfammg, go OUt Ofdoo rs and set A PHOTOGRAPH BY A . M . M cFA RLAND.

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A LITTLE ARCTIC TRAVELER.

SEVERAL thousand years ago a l i t t let ravelerwas s t randed i n theno rtheaster n pa r t of theU n i ted States i n a st rangel and , and w i th noneof i t s fr iends near .

SKETCHES OF THE PA RTS OF THE S L'

BA RCTIC PR I M ULA .

Thi s l i t tlefo reigner was a t i ny plan t , thesubarct i c p r im ula , and you can easi l y guess that i twas left behind by thegreat ice- sheet of the

gl aci al per iod wh ich at that t imecovered th i sregion .

A s thecl im ate grew warmer,and the ice

mel ted and receded , weal l k now that i t left i ni ts wakel akes and r i vers that had never befo reex i sted

,dug out go rges an d fo rmed waterfa l l s ,

and scat tered al l m anner ofglac i a l deposits .And i t al so left beh i nd i t

,i n

t hesest rangenew surround ings ,th i s del i ca te l i t t le plan t Of the

p rim rosefam i l y .

Thegrea t m ass of anim al andp lan t l ifewh i ch su rv i ved theicesheet gaveup i ts st ruggleforistence; but thes tu rdy p r im rosepersevered and began lookingabou t for them os t n atu ral p lacei t cou ld find for a home

,final l y

decid ing upon the shaded wetwal l s of therav i nes then fo rm

I t set bra vel y to wo rk,m ak

ing thebest of i t s surround ingsan d adapt ing i t self to them . Th i smember of thep rim rosefam i l yclo sel y resem bles theres t i n ap

pearance, w i th theexcep t ion of

bei ng smal ler ; bu t only thoseof

us who l i ve along certa i n wetbanks from Maineto G reenland

,

and wes t to cent ral New Yo rk,

Mich igan , and theN o r thwest Ter

mg.

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

THE“L ITTLE ARCT IC TRAVELER

[Jul-Y ,

You w i l l find fur ther desc r i p t ions of th i s l i ttleplan t i n thebo tan ies under thenamedwarfCanadian prim ro se(Prz

'

mula

Theplan t al so occu rs i n placesi n no r thern Eu rope. I t seem ss t rangetha t a l i t t le p lan t Shouldp refer such a co l d cl im ate. Yet i ti s someofour smal les t and apparently m os t frag i leplan ts , l i kethehepat i ca and s t i t chwor t , that bloomunder thesnow i nm idw i n ter .

C -W - F—U FR L Q N

GROW ING ON THE S IDE OF THE

LEDGE A BOVE THE FALLS .

ritory arepriv i leged to meet th i s pa rt icula r spec ies , and on ly from abou t them i ddleofMay tothem i dd leof J une.

As they m odes tl y c l i ng to thedark,mossy

ro cks far up thesou th s ideOf thegorges, sheltered from thesun and coo led by the sp ray

,

thedel i cateappearan ceof them asses of tenderp lan ts bea r i ng the t i ny p i nk star- l ike flowers

g ives u s l i t tlei dea of therebuffs th i s pl an t hasen coun tered and thehardsh ips i t hasendured

'

to

becomea l i t t lenat u ral i zed c i t i zen of our tem

pera tezone. EVA E . FUR LONG.

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846 NATU RE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . flow ,

THE OSTRICH-FERN.

STOCKBR IDGE, M ASS .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Wewereall very m uch interested lastspr ing in watch ing thegrow th ofa row of tal l r iver-ferns , as

they cal l them , wh ich grow in front ofour p iazza. They growherein great numbers along theH ousaton ic, and had beenplanted near theho usebeforewecamehere. Thei r growthseemed to be l ikeord inary ferns t i l l j ust a l i tt lewh i leago ,

when somecu r io us Sprouts cameup in them idd leof eachplant. Onewou ld imag inethem fronds , except that they donot grow on thesp i ral . Theferns them selves arevery tal lthelargest I haveever seen.

Theseshoots areof a dark , d isagreeableol ivegreen , do notspread prett i ly , and arevery th ick and ugly . Do brakes act

th is way? for thep lants seem m uch too largeto bereal fernsofa temperatecl imate. Ins idethesprou ts aret iny Seeds (perhaps spo res) . Weshou ld all beglad to hear an explanat ion inyou r Natu reand Sciencedepartment .

S incerely you rs,ELIZABETH C. PORTER (age

Thefer n you descr ibe, and of wh ich you sen tl iberal specimens

,i s theos tr ich-fern

THE OSTR ICH-FERN BY THE R IVERS IDE .

THE FERT ILE F RONDS SO M EWHATR ESE M BLE OSTR ICH-PLU M ES .

I t is at its best in thewet, sandyso i l of a hal f-Shaded is land or r ivershore, and in such s i tuat ions puts up

Germam'

ra). The commonnamei s dueto an im agi ned l i keness of thefronds to an os t r i chfeather . This fer n i s thetal les tof Easter n Amer i can fer ns, andby ma‘ny rega rded as thehandsomest.

I n thei l l u st rat ion at theleftour art i s t has represented thecharac ter i s t ic form and growthof thesebeau t iful fer ns by ther ivers i de. Thes t raigh t fru i t i ngfrond i s Shown i n thecen ter ofeach cl ump . I t i s thesefer t i lefronds that resemble os tr ichpl umesI n Our Fern s i n thei r

H aun ts ,”C l u tesays ofth i s fern

NATURE AND SC I ENCE FOR YOUNG

magn ificent crowns of fronds that o ften reach a lengthofseven feet . In theno rthern Un ited S tates therearemany j ungle-l iketh ickets of th is species in wh ich a man

ofo rd inary height mav stand and becompletely h idden .

A STORK ’S NEST ON A CHIMNEY.

GERMANY .

DEAR S'

I‘

. N ICHO LAS : Thestorks usual ly COI'

I IC to

Strassbu rg in the first or m iddle of Spr ing, bu t lastyear they were unusual ly early , com ing thebeg inn ingof March . They are gradual ly becom ing ext inct .They bu i ld thei r nes ts on thetops of thetal lest ch imneys of St rassbu rg , as is shown in thephotograph Iincloseherew ith. Last year therewereth i rteen nests .Thesenests areh igh and basket-shaped . Onethat welooked at from thetop oftheCathedral has threeyoungones in i t. Thef u l l -grown sto rks areabo ut thes i zeof

a smal l tu rkey , al tho ugh thei r bod ies arevery s l im .

Thestorks havelong th in red legs and long red bi l ls .Thei r feathers arewh iteand thew ings aret ipped w ithlong black feathers that wavel ikefr ingewhen they fly.

Thei r tai l - feathers areb lack . Thesto rks arevery tameand weseeoneor two nests in all thet iny v i l lages ofAlsace. They fl y away every year in October , retu rning to thesamenests : but i f any nest is destroyed byaccident , they makea mou rn fu l sound , and fly away ,never to retu rn. Thepeasants bel ievethestorks br ingluck

, so no onewould w i l fu l ly destroy a nest .Very respect f u l l y ,

RESS I I-t PARKER F R ICR (ageI I ) .

THE STORKS AND THE IR NEST ON THE CH I M NEY .

FOLKS .

LA

A PHCEBE’S NEST ON THE OVERTURNED COVEROF A DINNER- PAIL.

ROSLINDALE, M ass.DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : Wou ld you l ike to knowabout a nest bu i l t by a mother phoebein a very queerplace? I t was in a shed , where one w indow was

broken, so that thebi rd cou ld fly in and out. Therewas a tin pai l hang ing on a beam . Thelast t imethepai l was taken down, the cover was put on ups idedown , and thephcebebu i l t her nest in it , ones ideofthenest rest ing against the beam . The farmer whofound thenest was very carefu l not to fr igh ten the

mother away ,’

and therearenow fou r l ittleb i rds in it .ELAS \V. STONE (age

Thephoebe’s favo r i telo cat ion i s underneatha br idge, or i n a rocky bank by a brooks ide.

THE POISON OF THE COBRA.

G ERMANTOWN,PA.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : P leasetel l mewhat cobras ’po ison is made of that makes them so m uch m o redead ly than other snakes .

Yo u r interested reader,THOMAS M CKEAN Doweas (age

Thevenom of thecobra con tai n s an i ngred ien t not wel l k nown that ac t s u pon the

ner ves . I ts effects are rap i d and d ifficul t tocounterac t . This i ngred ien t ex ist s i n the

cobra ’s venom to a greater exten t than the

o ther subs tances that m ake u p the po i son .

The po i son of the v i per i ne and c ro ta l i nesnakes (therat t lesnakes , copperhead , moccas in ,etc . ) con tai n s but a sm al l percen tageof th i snerve-destroy ing (or paralyz i ng) elemen t . The

po i son ofthesesnakes ac ts p r i n c i pal l y u po n theblood , and i n consequenceits. ac tion i s s lower.

RAYMOND L . D ITMARS .

HEAD ING FOR jULY . B Y F . M I LES GREENLEA F, AGE I7. (CAS H PR IZE. )

THE LI BERTY BELL.

BY EL I ZABETH M . T . WOOD (AGE

(Gold B adge. )

WE talk and th ink oftherel ics that mark theevents ofold ,

And many a s i lent story thesevo iceless th ings haveto ld ;

They tel l us of heroes gal lant, of many a s iegeand

fighgAnd i l l ustratethei r phantom tales w ith phantom pic

tu res br igh t .TheL iberty Bel l is cracked and old ; i t can no longerr ing ;

\Nithout associat ions i t w ou ld bea useless th ing.

Yet on a summer m orn ing st i l l , a day in hot J u ly,

THE draw ings th is m onth wereboth good and nu

merous. Wehavehad to makesmal ler reproduct ionsof them than usual in order to get a fai r representat ionin num bers . Someofthep ictu res arefrom old fr iendsand thei r work shows cont in ued improvement. Indeed ,among theseared raw ings so good that i t wou ld beveryhard to po int out thei r fau lts .Next to thedraw ings th is month rank thetruestor ies

ofdog hero ism , and i t is theed itor ’s regret that moreofthesecannot bepub l ished . Thefine intel l igent dogthat saves l i fe, o ften at ther isk of h is own, is someth ing wenever ceaseto adm ire, and thesto ry cannot beto ld too o ften .

Oneof thevery best of thesesto r ies is onethat wedo no t pr int as wr itten , becausethreed ifferent members sent i t in from C leveland , wheretheremarkableincident occurred, and all to ld i t so wel l that to pr intonewou ld no t befai r to theo ther two . Th is was thestoryA l itt lecu r ly -hai red dog awokeonen ight to find

Smokein theroom wherehehad been s leep ing. Im

Thesunwas sh in ing on thestreets, ther iver spark led by,When sudden ly upon thebreezea bel l rang loud and

free;I n every noterebel l ion Spoke, each notewas l iberty !They rang i t t i l l its s idewas cracked , j ust as weseeit now .

Thehousew i feat her Sp ind leheard , thefarmer at his

plow .

And that is why th is ancient bel l is t reasu red and preserved ,

Likemany another stor ied th ing that has its countryserved.

med iately heran to thebedroom of his master and

pawed and scratched on thedoor unt i l i t was opened ,when hepl unged in and by every means heknew madei t plain that someth ing was w rong . Thefirebeing discovered , theowner of thehouseand his fam i ly hu rr iedout to a p laceofsa fety , forgett ing thenob lel itt ledog .

A w indow had been opened from thetop in themaster ’sroom ,

and thedraft had blown thedoor sh ut beforethel itt lean imal , who waited unt i l all wereout, co u ld makehis escape. Anefiort w as madeto savehim , but i t wastoo late. Oneof thereports says that a l i tt leheadstonenow stands in thecorner of theyard, and uponi t is carved

HERE L IES CURLYA

DOG H ERO

WH O LOST H I S L I FE I N

SA V ING s1x .

Su rely no hero ever m oretru ly deserved to havehismemory kept al ivein thehearts ofhis debtors.

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I t floated safely on, baby andch ickens qu itewet and fr ightened , bu t unh u rt, unt i l final lythebravedog , sw imm ing w iththe rap id current, pushed itashore.

Therehestood guard over hischarges thro ugh thelong n ight ,thebaby s leeping qu iet ly w i thher head against thedog ’s so ftbody. And thereJ ohnny foundthem all next m orn ing, safeandsound .

H ow thank fu l the Scheipswereto seethei r dar l ing, whomthey had g iven up for lost, andhow proud they wereof her rescuer, I can on ly imag ine; but Iam s u re[ shou ld havebeen proudofs uch a hero .

THE LI BERTY BELL.

BY DOROTHY WALKER (AGE

(S ilver B adge. )WHEN the flowers are in the

meadowsAnd thewest w ind wh ispersby ,

\Vhen thewho lebr igh t wor ld iss ing ingWith theSky lark in thesky ,

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

When thestream let m u rm u rs so ftlyAs i t flows along thedale,

And each hedgeis crowned in gloryWi th thehawthorn b lossom pale,

Then our w ork seem s d u l l and drearyAnd wew ish theclock to say :

’T is t imeto r ing thel iberty bel lAnd put you r books away .

A DOG HERO.

BY R UTH K I NSEY (AGE

(Gold B adge. )H E did n

’t saveany one’s l i fe,

or rush into danger at ther isk ofh is own, but day in, day out, sub

m itted to all sorts of ind ign it ies .Hebelonged to somefr iends ofours and his namewas Seal .Near our camp weresomenatu ral tubs , Worn out ofso l id graniteby theconstant rush of thewater.I t was our great del ight to drag

the poo r dog up to these and

souseh im under . Up hewou ldcome

, q fing and blow ing, t rying to scramb leup thesides ; butwehad no mercy , and w ou ld pushh im under again and again .

As hewas settl ing h imsel f fora nap, wewou ld grab him and

dress him up in do l l clothes, w i tha sun-bonnet on his head and a

t ight r ibbon sash trai l ing in thed ust . I n thesehewou ld wanderaro und unt i l they werescrapedoff on sometree.

\Vhen wewent to hunt p ineA PLEASANT CORNER .

AGE 9 . (S I LVER BADGE . )

BY HELEN SEA M AN,

[JULY.

A PLEASANT CORN ER . BY HARRY LEFEB ER,AGE 1 3.

knots, Se'al was h i tched to a box

w i t hou t wheels ; in th is westuffedall theheavy knots, and compel ledhim to drag i t over stumps and

stones to camp -

grunt ing and

complain ing, but never offer ingto b ite.

Therewas a largebou lder nearcamp, wh ich wewou ld cl im b ; itss ides weresteep, and i t took pract iceto get up. H ow weever conceived the idea of ho ist ing Sealup there, I . don ’ t know— but wedid . I took his f ront legs , wh i leEl inor ho isted from beh ind, and,pu l l ing and scrap ing, wegot himup. I t was hard work for allconcerned , but Seal took i t ph i losophically, and j umped offas soon ashewas fair ly up .

I n a deep crevicebetween tworocks wewou ld push him , and

stand at theopen ing and watchh is frant ic rush ings to and fro.

When wegot t i red of stand ingtherewe let him out , and hewou ld l ick our hands to thankus.

A fter theexecut ion of K ing(c ow BADGE . )

Char les, wewo u ld pretend thatSeal was theun fortunateK ing,

and wou ld maul him unmerci f u l ly,and then tiehim

in thehammock and sw ing him in Sp i teof h is how lln s.gI‘

hrough all th is henever lost h is good nature, and

was always ready for whatever camenex t, far nob lerthan his cruel tormentors .Hethat r u leth his temper is greater than them ighty .I f th is appl ies to men, why not to Seal ?— whom I

cons ider a t ruehero .

THE LI BERTY BELL.

BY DOR I S F R ANCK LYN (AGE(A F ormer P rize-w inner. )R I N G out, great bell!Thy story tel lOf l iberty !

N ot low nor sad,But full ofgladSo lemn ity .R ing loud ! R ing long !Proclaim thy songTr i umphantly !

Thenat ion hears,And , answer ing, cheersEx u l tantly .

A DOG HERO.

BY MA R GA RET F . GRANT (AGE(S ilver B adge. )

AT Cow Bay, H al i fax County,Nova Scot ia, Rover, aNewfoundland dog belong ing to M r . M osher

,oneday did a wonder fu l act .

I t was a storm y day ; thesu r f was

h igh , and from thel ighthousethewatchman saw a smal l schoonerdash ing against the rocks, and

being too rough to launch thel i feboat it seemed as i f theschooner

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was doomed , but sudden ly a br igh t idea struck them .

Sei z ing ho ld of a long rope, they gaveoneend to thedog, and tak ing ho ld of theother end themselves , theypo inted to theschooner . Rover seemed to understand .

Dash ing bravely into the water,he made for the

schooner . Somet imes i t seemed that he wo u ld bedrowned ; but no , he was up again , and p l ung ingbravely on, hereached theschooner . Thesai lo rs to o ktheropefrom Rover , and ty ing it to theschooner , theywent back on it . Rover swam back . Thedog was

prom ised a go ld co l lar, but d ied befo rehegot it . Th ishappened abou t n ineyears ago .

OUR I-I EROIC LEO.

nv ALICF. G . PEi RCE (AGE

(S ilver B adge. )ONCE ourm other owned two dogs . Onewas an I r ish

setter named Leo , the other a b lack Engl ish setternamed Pr ince.

They weredead ly enem ies , and very jealous ofeachother .Ifanyonepaid m o reattent ion to onethan theother they

wou ld fight , and grow led every t imethey saweach other.Oneday mo ther was out d r iv ing, and Pr incewasrunn ing beh ind thecarr iage, when a feroc ious bu l ldogran out from a ho usecloseby and bi t at him .

Of coursethat started a fight . I t was a hard one,and Pr incewas gett ing theworst of i t.Leo was out w ith them , too , and had run q u i tea dis

tanceahead up a steep h ill.Tu rn ing, hesaw Pr incewas in a fight and gett ing the

worst of i t .Heran back down the

h i l l as fast as heco u ld go ,

and , dash ing into thefight,bit and toreat thebu l ldog.

Theowner ofthebu l ldogwas stand ing near, and didallhecou ld to stop thefigh t .A t last i t was stopped ,

but Leo had saved thel i feo fPr ince, his enem y .Heknew ; hel ived r ight

w ith him in thefam i ly : soher isked h is own l i feto

save his enem y ’s , and Ith ink that was very brave “coor '

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and hero ic.

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Bv KATHAR INE MOX ICA BURTON , AGE 1 3.

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“DEER . BY G . HERBERT D UNCAN , AGE 1 4 .

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CONCERN ING LOST BADGES .

As wehaveo ften announced , wew i l l replace theregu lar Leaguebadge, free, in caseof loss or inj u ry .weregret to say, however, that many prizeow inners

havelost thei r go ld and s i lver badges , and havew r i tten toseei f they cou ld no t pu rchaseothers in placeofthem .

In someinstances and on certain cond it ions wehavegranted therequest of thelosers , but wecannot cont inneto do so . Pr ize-w inners m ust val uethei r hono rsenough to preservethem w ith s uch carethat loss iswel l -n igh imposs ible, and i f loss does comethego ldand s i lver badges m ust hereafter becounted amongthosevan ished th ings wh ich m m zot bereplaced .

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B adge. )LI TTLE Esther longed

for a dog . So one dayfather brought one home

-the cutest l i tt le terr ieryou ever saw . I n a shortt ime they were fr iends .

Often they played housekeep in Esther being them o ther, a do l l named Carol inethech i ld , and Rol lo ,

TO THE LI BERTY BELL.

in" J OSEPH R . GOL’

S I IA (AGE

ALTHOUGH thy tongueis now q u i test i l l ,And tho u dost sw ing no m o reon h igh,

Tho u hast a m iss ion to f u lfi lTo generat ions pass ing by .

Tho u m utely Speak’

st ofheroes dead ,\Vho bravely for thei r co untry fought ,

Ofbatt le-fields w ith b lood all red ,Of l iberty so dear ly bought .

Thy s i lent task is to teach all

That they shal l guard, w ith all thei r m ight ,Thei r free, strong nat ion at thecal l ,And keep theglow of freedom br ight .

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of oneof our neighbors , Esther carry ing her dog inonehand and w ith theother try ing to carry thedol l andho ld up her l i tt ledress .

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HE LIBERTY BELL.

BY PH IL I P STARK (AGEHARK to theclamor that Spreads o ’er a city !List to thesound ofa clear, r ing ing cal l '

Cheer after cheer theglad t id ings reechoB raveindependenceand f reedom to all!”

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ADELA IDE DUR ST , AGE 1 5 . (GOLD BADGE . )

thedog, was theman ofthehouse.N ow I w i l l tel l 'how Ro l lo did notfai l to l iveup to his t i tle.

As weweres leep ing, onen ight last s ummer , wewereall awakened by a loud bark ing.

Th is aroused us.

Sm okegreeted our nostr i ls as wecameinto thehal l .I t was pou r ing up thestai rway in h ugevo l umes . Weknew what had occu rred : R o l lo had awakened us, for

thehousewas afire! Hal f dressed weran out into thestreet

,wh ich was fast fill

ing w ith Spectators . As

we stood there sh iver ingfrom thecoo l n ight w ind ,R ol lo camerunn ing to us .

Seeing Esther crying, helooked at her a moment ,and then, beforeany onecou ld stop him , hedashedinto theburn ing bu i ld ing .

Probab ly hewas gone a

m inute, bu t i t seemed an

age before he retu rned .

Wesaw therewas someth ing ln his m outh whenheapproached us .

Heran up to Esther andlaid i t at her feet . Can you

guess what i t was ? Thedo l l , Caro l ine! Then youough t to haveheard thecrowd cheer ! ’Rah after’rah went up !A fter thefirewas out ,

therebeing no very heavyloss, weentered thehome AGE u , (S ILVER BADGE. )

Swaying alo ft in a h igh ancient steeple,F i rst to declarethat thepeoplearefree,

Peal ing thenews to both country and ci ty,Th is is thebel l that proclaim s l iberty .

H istory ’s pages w i l l tel l us thestoryFresh may i t ever bekept in our m inds !

Carefu l ly, then, theold bel l let us treasu rePast deeds and present together it binds !

“A STUDY FRO M ST ILL L I FE . BY IRENE GA YLORD FARNHA M ,

Over and over i t tel ls us thesto ryTr i umphant peopleex u l t in thesoundF ree! we are free! Independence for

ever !”All unj ust ty ranny dashed to theground !

Now comes the struggle, a wrong to ber igh ted ;

Batt les wefight , by our braveheroes led.

Glor ious Un ion ,—thepr ideofour nat ion,Know you thecost of theyears that havefled ?

A DOG H ERO.

BY AL ICE HARMON PEA VEY (AGEA FRI END of m ine, wholives on thecoast ofMaine,owned a largeS t. Bernard—a beaut i fu l dog and verysmart . Heranerrands andp layed w i th theboys mostof thet ime, and o ften wenton long walks w ith them .

Oneday hestarted for a

walk w ith a smal l boy of

six . Hewas o ften w i th th isboy, and seemed to th inkthat i t was his du ty to takecareofhim .

On th is part icu lar daythey were explor ing thewharves , when they wentout on thebreakwater . Theboywas p lay ing on theedgewhen hesuddenly j umpedor fel l off. Thecu rrent,wh ich was very strong, carr ied h im down through theNarrows . Thedog j umpedinto thewater and swam to

savehis fr iend . Hereached

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and dr ink , and never attempt ing to tastea morsel of i th im sel f. A t length themen wererescued and D udewas thehero of thehou r . D udeis now l i ving in thelap of lux u ry in Go lden, feast ing on custard -

pieand

grapes , and when hed ies it w i l l not betoo m uch to

carvefor his ep i taph, Beloved by all who knew him .

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A DOG HERO.

BY BERTHA H . FRASER (AGEM R . and M rs . Lowel l ’s threel itt leg irls wereplay ing

on thewhar f of thei r s ummer home, wh ich was s ituated on theCanad ian s ideofLakeOntar io . Thewaterwas qu itedeep in that spot, but them other and fatherwere near at hand to seethat no harm befel l thei rdar l ings. Thel itt leones played contented ly for somet ime, but final ly Marjo r ie, theyoungest, ventu red toonear theedge, and tum bled w ith a Splash into thecalmdepths .

Theparents Sprang up and rushed to thewhar f . But

they were not qu ick enough . Wai f, their beaut i fu lScotch col l iedog , was beforethem . Thenob lean imalj umped into thewater, caught theneck of thech i ld ’sdress in his m outh , and rescued her from a watery grave.Ofcou rsethedog \vaS

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loved candy, and a generous sharewas g iven to him,

to h is great del ight . Marjor iewas taken to thehouse,whereshedonned dry garments, and they though t thatdanger was over .But m orewas dest ined to fo l low . Thenex t day thechildren went, as usual , to thewhar f, w ith M r . Lowel laccompany ing them . For a t imeall went wel l . Sud

denly, however, w itho ut a

note of warn ing, Wai fdashed into thei r m idst anddel iberately pushed one of

thel i tt leg ir ls over theedge.

Heimmed iately rescued herbeforethedazed gent lemanco u ld col lect his scatteredsenses , and laid her at herfather ’s feet . Shewas car

r ied homeat once, and thedog fo l lowed , crest fal lenthat his master did not pethim for his bravedeed . Hewas g iven no candy that day,but received , instead, a severescold ing. Th is had the “

A PLEASANT CORNER .

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE} DULY."

A R EAD I NG FOR JULY . BY FRANCES L ICHTEN , AGE 1 4.

des i red effect, for W'ai f never again attempted to gainext ra pett ings and port ions of sweetmeats by that ruse.

A DOG HERO.

BY FR IEDA H . TELLKAMPF (AGE I 3) .

A FEW houses away f rom ou rs therel ived a fam i lywho kept a fox - terr ier named Gippy . Hewas cleverand watch fu l , and every n igh t wou ld guard thehousefaith fu l ly . Onen ight hewas wander ing around thehouse, as us ual , seeing if all was wel l . When hereached thed in ing- room a cloud of smokerushed out

and near ly suffocated him . He ran to his master ’sroom (fortunately thedoor was open) , j umped on his

bed, and barked fu r ious ly . Soon thewholefam i ly was

aroused , but not a moment too soon, as theflames werefast eat ing thei r way to thebedroom s . Hehad savedthem all, and as a reward hewears a l i ttlegold medalon his co l lar w i th thefo l low ing words engraved on i t :

Th is dog , named G ippy, has saved a fam i ly from a

su redeath in theflames .Don ’t you th ink th is was a dog hero ?

A DOG HERO.

BY ZENOB IA CAM PRUBf AvMAR (AGE I 6) .

I F you ever travel among them ountains ofCors icayou m ay comeupon thehomeof Fedele, a trusty dogwho, by a cu r ious co incidence, was named after thatvi rtuewh ich w ou ld latenon render h int famous and perhaps enab leh im to find a placein thepages of ST.

N I CHOLAS .

Fedeleloved his master and thedonkey Ferrajolobetter than anyth ing else. I t was all through Ferrajolothat Fedelebecamea hero ; for, you see, Fedelewas not

ambit ious hedid th is nob leact ion on ly becausehelovedhis master and his fr iend,wh ich makes it all them orebeaut i fu l—at least, so i tseems to me

,bu t I am no

j udge. Let us cont inue.Oneday Fedelewoketo

find theho usein great comm ot ion . Ferrajolo, thedonkey, had d isappeared . Theservants searched everywherefor h im , bu t hecou ldnot befound . A t thecloseof day matters stood thesameas in them orn ing and

DONALD C. A R M OUR, AGE 1 1 . theprospect was notencour

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aging ; but i t was less so

when thenex t day dawnedand Fedelewas gonealso .

Thesearch was final ly g ivenup as hopeless , and whenthree days weregonebynobody thought ofFerrajolo and Fedelebut to m ou rnfor them . ll ut what do youthink happened on thefo u rth day? Through theloggiacamethedog , Fedele,and closeon his heels trotted Ferrajolo. w ith a ropet ied round his neck and

hanging looseat his s ide.

When theropewasexamined it was found that Fedelehad gnawed i t apartfrom another piece, wh ich perhaps is st i l l fastened to

theplacethoseth ieves had selected as themost s u itablefor their pu rpose.

My mother can answer for the t ruthfu lness of th isstory , as at theageofseven shebecameacq uainted w i thboth Fedeleand Ferrajolo .

B . In I tal ian Fade/es ign ifies faithfu l , Fw'mjolosm ith , logg ia an open gal lery .

A STUDY F RO M ST ILL L I FE.

A DOG HERO .

Br MAR ION LOGAN R EAN (AGE

our fam i ly oncetherewas a black shepherd dognamed theB lack Pr ince. Hewas very handsomeandl ively , but then icest th ing abou t him was that hewas

a very k ind dog.

Whenever heheard a l i tt lech i ld ery hewou ld crytoo, and wou ld l ick thech i ld ’ s hand . v is ito rscameto theho usewho had been k ind to him , hewou ldleap up w ith joy.

Hewou ld t ry to keep thecross dogs away, but welcomed thewel l -behaved dogs .llel ived on thecampus of Central Un ivers i ty inKentucky .Oneday hesaw someof theco l legeboys laugh ingtogether. and heard somed istressed cr ies of oneofhis

fel low-creatu res . Heran to therescue, and fo und theboys trying to tiea tin can to thestranger dog ’s tai l .I ’rinceattracted so m uch attent ion by his sympathy

for thepoo r vict im that theco l legeboys captu redinstead , and t ied thecan on l u

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s tai l , wh i lehis fel lowdog ran away w ithout even say ing

“ thank you.

A DOG HERO .

ar HENRY REG INALD CAREY (AGE I 3) .

IN 3 pretty l itt levi l lageon CapeCod therel ived a

parrot and a dog . Theparrot . thepest of theneighborhood . was cal led lx

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reeko , from the unknownword wh ich hecont inual lyspoke. I lewas al lowed tofly loosein thewoods , oneofhis w ings being cut , ando ften tu rned up in themostr id icu lo us places . Thedog,who went by thenameof

Toby , was a wh itepood le,famo us in theneighborhoodfor his sw imm ing abi l i ty,somet imes fol low ing a smal l “

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rowboat for hou rs .

ST . N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

BY S H I RLEY \VILL I S, AGE 1 5 .

MY FAVOR ITE EP I SODE IN ENGLI SHH I STORY .

uv EDNA MEAD (AGEtheyear 138 1 , thepeasants ofEngland , l itt lebetter

than s laves , rosein rebel l ion against unj ust taxat ion .

A STUDY FRO M ST ILL L I FE.

AGE 1 6.

av WALTER E . HL'

NT I.EY ,

BY KATHER INE DULCEBELLA

HAR BOUR , AGE x x .

Oneday theparrot tooki t into his head to fl y out tosea ; bu t oneof his w ingsbeing Cl ipped , it was not

very strong, and at last thepoor bi rd sank into theterexhausted . Thepood le.however, was near at hand .

and , when hesaw his fr iendKakareeko drown ing , herushed to therescue. \Vhenhereached him , theexcitedbi rd j umped upon his back ,and d u r ing thewho lejou rneyhomeward cont inued to

screech his namew ith greatvehemence. On near ing thesho re, thetwo wereseen

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and were immed iately rescued by a rowboat . Every onewas del ighted at thedog

’s bravery , but hard ly so del ighted at theresu lt .

Thetax they m ost w ished to escapewas that leviedon thehead ofeach person abovea cert ified age. Manyof them had barely eno ugh for thenecess it ies of l i feand m ust starvei f they compl ied .

Theco l lecto rs werebrutal men, and oneday oneof

them spoke ins u l t ing ly to thedaughter of oneTy ler , a blacksm ith .

Thefather, enraged , struck them an a blow w ith hishammer

,k i l l ing him

stantly. Th is deed was theSpark wh ich k ind led thesm o lder ing flameofd iscontent , and f rom that m omentthe peasants revo lted .

Form ing them selves into a

band w i th Ty ler at thei rhead , they marched towardthecap ital .London was no t then

what i t is now . Onewasno t of, the“ ci ty un lesshedwel t w i th in “ Temple

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Bar. Outs ide that l ine,what is to-day part of the

great thorough farewas thenan expanseof fai r meadows .I n oneof thesemeadows ,

cal led B lackheath , theinsurrectionists m adethei r camp,and, after destroy ing m uchl i feand property , sent a messagedes i r ing to seethek ing,R ichard I I , who was then a

lad of s i x teen . Though onlya boy, hehad a braveheart ,and, accompan ied by a fewattendants , heset forth fromtheTower (where he had

taken refuge) to meet the

peasants .

When R ichard arr ived at

B lackheath , Ty ler steppedfo rward, grasped his br id le,and began to par ley in suchinsolent term s thatVValw orth ,

Mayor of London, unabletocontain his w rath , drew his

sword and struck the rebelleader dead . Thepopu lace, seeing thei r leader fal l ,prepared to takerevenge, when thek ing, b idd ing hisretainers rem ain beh ind, rodeforward aloneinto thei rm idst .Therewas a moment of s i lencewh i le R ichard , w ithfear less countenance, began to Speak .

Areyeangry at los ing yo u r leader , my good people? hesaid. I am you r k ing : I w i l l beyou rleader .Overawed by his presenceand gent lebear ing, the

mass wavered a m oment , then lowered thei r weaponsin subm iss ion . R ichard asked thei r w ish, and whenthey repl ied, F reedom ,

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granted it, and they dispersed in peace.

Poor R ichard ! H is later l i fewas sad enough !B ut whenever I th ink of that deed I forget theman

and seeon ly theyoung k ing tu rn ing away thew rathof his peoplew ith a gent lehand and r u l ing themw ith love.

MY FAVOR ITE EP I SODE IN H ISTORY.

BY W I LL I AM A . R . RUSSUM (AGE I 3) .

THERE arem any dar ing incidents recorded in theannals ofour nat iveland at thet imewhen theth i rteen co lon ies , p lanted along theA tlant ic, werestruggl ing w ith m ight and main for l i berty and independence. One that I especially adm i re, and

wh ich remains a fineexamp le of Amer icancou rage, is I srael Putnam ’s bo ld pl ungedown the rocky steepat H orse Neck . H is

men had been forcedto retreat , the enem ywerehard on his heels,and ' there seemed to

beno hopeof escape.A s hewas racing alongon his noble steed hesaw on ones ideof theroad a steep and rockys lope. Ten to one it

“ST I LL L I FE. BY ETHEL M ES S

Ev , AGE 1 4 .

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

“A STUDY FRO M S T ILL L I FE .

A RCHER , AGE 1 6.

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Bv JESS IE CANDEE

L ETTER S .

WINSTED, CONN .

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : Wehavehad our chapter, whichis No . 62 2 , oneyear now, andhavetaken in two new members, MabelGirard ofWinsted JUL“ BY ”4 l GOOD "UTCH‘

INGS H UTCH INGS , AGE 9 .

and AliceConeof Hartford. Vt.A t first wecalled ourchap ter “TheWild RoseChapter, " but wehavenow changed it to “TheRosa Na

tura Chapter, " wh ich is theLatinfor wild rose.

On our anniversary night, wh ichwas annary 2 7, weallmet at ourPresident 's house, madecandy andplayed games . Wehad a finetime.

Wemeetevery two weeks at thed i fferent members ’ houses, and enjoy ourmeetings very much. Weareread ing A Comedy inWax

aloud at themeet ings and areverymuch interested in it. Wearewondering how it w ill end . Wehavea paper which wecall TheMystical Gazette. " I t is read at

thefirst meeting ofevery month ,and consists of poem s, stories, advertisements, and local items. Weallcomn

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butesometh ing and greatly enjoy hearing it read . Wedonot Stg uourownnames to ourcontributions, but haveeach taken a

name.

Weweregoing to givea privateentertainment this month and

had dec ided to ac t Deaf Unc leZed ”

but oneofourmembers hasgoneto Colorado, so wecannot carry out our plans, but wemay findsomeother to ac t. Yours truly,

GLADYS M ANCHESTER , Secretary.

AMER-CA N

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juLV. BY ELSA CLARK , AGE 9 .

(FOR M ER PR IZE—WINNER . )

FORT SCOTT, KAN .

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : I was visiting my aunt out in theZuniMountains, in New Mexico , about a year ago, and I am go ing totry to descri beto you oneof themost curious th ings I saw whileIwas there.

My aunt’ s homewas in a l i ttlem ining camp called Copperton,just at thefoot of “Tip Top Mounta in. Oneday wewent on a

p icnic , and westarted in theafternoon. Wehad to takeplenty of

provisions, as weweregoing to be goneseveral days. Towardtheend of our journey wecameto a largeholein theground . Off

of that thereopened a smaller holeshaped likea cave. Wecouldhear thew ind blowing, and an icy cold breezecameout of it .

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put my hand in it, but I had to takeit out again very quickly , as It

was so cold it would havefrozen. Outsideit was very warm and

wecould seenothing but sand. Hoping my letter is no t too long , Iremain, your loving reader, MARGARET PENN I M AN (age

was instant death ; yet, ratherthan y ield to his pu rsuers,he tu rned his horse’s headtoward theslope. Withouta m oment’s delay thedar ingan imal left theroad, boundedon to therocks

,and, as chance

wou ld havei t, escaped w ithh imsel f and his braver iderwho l ly un inj u red , wh i letheB r it ish so ld iers

,d um founded ,

halted at the roads ide and

dared not fo l low .

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PROSE 2 . Samuel Merrill FosterChester T. Sw innerton

Ruth F. El iot William Bart on MarshPhyllis M . ClarkeA l iceM . PerkinsCarrieM . VeblenFern C. PattenLucileDoryEloiseE. GarstinTheodorePosnerDoroth S toddardHelen S impsonDaisy Errington

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Joseph ineJ . CookeBrettel Eleanor MasonKathleen Seagraves Ruth JenkinsJeannieRead Samp Isabella Holtson Lena TowsleyMary N immons Harold BrenlBernard T. Ell is Helen L. WilsonElizabeth Parker M . M cKeonM argereeW. P itts Herbert MartiniEthel D ickson M iles S. GatesDouglas L . Dunbar Philip L ittleRuth M cBride Margaret WrongHarrietteE. Cushrnan KatherineMaudeMerKatharineG. Thomas riamJulia Ford Fiebeger A lpha H . FurleyJel

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rueSarah Brown Elizabeth BaconCatherineFlint HutchingsA licedu Pont I da WatersA lbert T. Case H ugh SpencerGeorgeWarren Brett MeadeBoltonJean EllerlieH ilda M . R yan

Cordner H . Sm i thM ildred C . Jones

AnnieDunlap MaisieSmithKatnna Van Dyck Gretchen NeuburgerDorothy Gard iner M in nieGwynMadeleineH . Webster CarolineLatzkeHazel Ro tholz Doretta OppenheimEmily N . _Steuart Carl LohseEvelyn Wilcox MajorieVerschoyleSusan]. Appleton FannieCrawford GoldFrancis LeemingHard ing WilcoxFrances BrookmanCharles Greenman

Agnes LeeBryantLuc ileDolman

in

Wesiey R . DeLappeBessieTownley Grif

Helen StevensMuriel IvinneyFannie Frank Helena B . Pfeifer

Laura ortmann Robert W. FoulkeGeorgeS . White Zena ParkerWill ia m Ha s Ballard Marion K . CortDorothy P.Ph illips F lorenceWebster

Jacob Bacon

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

PrCiUES tuart CrandallHelen F . JonesP . M . ShawDorothy C. K ingClinton BrownEsther CookeCowellWalter C. HobanMargaret Winth ropPeck

EuniceMcGilvraMargaret JosenhansA lison L. S trathyM ildred ScottMargaret S . Gam bleWarford E. RowlandGraceF. SlackEd ith WallacePalmerLeland H . LyonMargaret RhodesMary A . WoodsMarcia GardnerJul iet BordenMargueriteRutlegeHazel ElwellMarionDeckerWilliam C. Engle{lullangoilton

ary operMargaret B . R ichardson

a nnetteIrvinidgely MarshallMargueriteJervisJohn S inclairHarold F. ElliottIsobel H . Blackader

ConstanceEllenWhit Donald W. Cam pbellten Henry WickendenFred Graham CatherineLeland

S idney Mo ise Robert McGregorGladys Bigelow

“srru . LIFE. av M ARJOR IE NEW

coms WILSON, AGE 1 2 .

Bertha V. Emmerson Helen D . HuntingtonCharles J . Novey Vernon M . DodgeRuth Caldwell AliceWangenheimWill Herrick ames Bened ic tCarolyn Fisher ric FergusonGenevieveA . Ledger Walter Burton Noursewood Vieva MarieFisher

Anna Skidmore Benjam in HasselmanMargaret SpenceSmi

CharlotteWaughEthel IrwinEdward PoppertS idney Edward Dickenson

Ed ith A . JordanHerm ann Louis Schaffer

Lauren FordBessieR . WrightFelix N icola GaytonLouiseGleasonW. EarleFisher ST ILL u rn.

Hora tio RaymondJohn R . BoyleDorothy DeckerCharlotteS t. GeorgeNourse

Doro thy Ho ltg

.Walt:Bltgmenthalaro yn utc in

LaurenceDeCangs

Irving L . BeachM ildred WheatJames BarrettElizabeth FishblateQueenabelleSmi thMargueriteM cCormick

Louis HastingsWinifred JonesJulia E. HalleckCharles CohenElinor ColbyPaul M . BrunigHerbert W. LandauA lma ElllingsonEm ilyW. Browne{john A . Helwigvelyu Oliver FosterPHOTOGRAPHS r.

C. L. BarnwellF . ScholleLouiseVan DyckR . Dana SkinnerMary W. WoodmanAdelaideGill isRuth P. BrownElsa Hemp]Freda PhillipsRosalieDayPh il ip A. BurtonFrank W. ReynoldsJohn GatchHaro ld MadmanRoger S . Hoar

Donald JacksonDorothy A rnoldPHOTOGRAPHS 2 .

J . Arthur R ichardsonSamuel D . Robb insCharlotteSpenceHerbert H . BellFlorenceR . T . Sm ithDrayton BurrillEdith M . AndrewsMargaret ScottCanema BowersEl iz abeth MorrisonHelen SchmidtDorothy C. SaundersH . J. S imons

Ed ith M . GatesF loyd GodfreyAl iceWaltonMargaret Boyd CopelandKarl M . MannBonner Penn backerMorrison N . tilesAlec B . MorrisFrank Dam rosch , Jr.Ham id K . Schoff

F lorenceShortHelen LeR oy M illerHenry B . Duncan, JrAubrey Huston

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Kathleen BertrandS tella J . UnderhillDan HealdWilliam D . StroudMargueriteHuntAliceGarlandOliveA . GrangerDonald F. CranorEls ieWormserBenjam in D . H itzH . Ernest BellPaul WormserGertrudeM . HowlandMargaret W. ColgateMadeleineHard ingVincent M . WardJosephineW. PitmanM ildred Franc isKenneth Tapsco ttO. R . TurnerM LouiseRussellGlamy‘

s SummerhaysAb am WeintraubCharles S . Sm ithA rch ibald S. Mac~

donaldMarjorieMartinB latchfordFred W. Bell

PUZZLES 1 .

Sam uel Loveman

MauriceBejachOscarC. LautzCharlesW. Hubbard,F lorenceDoane [Jr.NellieC. DoddGretchenNeuburgerJanet RankinEl izabeth BerryHazel DixonFranc is BassettE. AdelaideHahnGerald Sm ithBenjam in L. M iller

G. CurranSyb il X . BasfortlElsieKimallWells

PUZZLES 2 .

AliceKnowlesDonnW. P ittm an

T . S . BarnesElizabeth BurrageRebecca ChilcottAnna M ichenerCarrieGordOnMary RossKenneth S impson

BY SOPH Y D UPLESS I S BEYLARD , AGE 10.

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

NEW CHA PTER S .

No . 36.

“ R. \V. B .

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Fo ley, ecretary : six mem bers .

N . S . , Canada.

No . 73“ C . D . M . Harvey Deschere, Secretary : two members. A dress, 334 West 58 th S t. , New York C ity .

No . 738 .

“ J o lly Six . GraceBm ley, President : A liceCone,Secretary : six members . Address. Hart ford , Vt.

No . 739 . Robert Burtt , Pres ident ; MerCy \Vaterm an , Secretary ; fifteen members . Address, P . 0 . Box 6, North Paterson, N . J .No. 40 .

“ TheLyric. " \Valter Mulvihill , President ; \ValterBaur. ecretary : six members. Address , C li fton Springs, N YNo . 74 1 . T. H . S .

"Leah Van Ryser, Secretary : six members.

Address , 55 2 3 CabanneAve. , S t. Louis, M o.

No. 4 2 .

“ Nature and Sc ience.

"Gail Bridges, President

Agnes eterson, Secretary ; four members. Address, 1 34 2 RoachS t. , N . Ind ianapo lis . Ind .

No. 743.

“ S t . N icholas LeagueChapter. Charlo tteN im

mons, Pres ident ; \Vanda Warrens, Secretary ; fourteen members.

Address, Chippewa Falls,No . 74 4 . Anthony C . Bennett. President : Charles A . Ro th , S cc

reta ry: number of members no t given. Address, 1 4 2 Bradhurs t

Ave. , New York C ity.No . 7 5 .

“ M iskodeed . IreneFarnham , President : MabelHooper, Seeretary; seven members . Address, Laurium , M ich .

No . 746. JosephineMeManin, President : Marion Decker, Secretary: threemem bers . Address , Johnstown, N . Y .

No. 747.

“ S t . Gabriel 's Chapter. " FlorenceSlocum , PresidentDoris Nee, Secreta s ix teen members . Address, S t. Gabriel 'sSchool, Peekskill , V.

No. 748 . LittleSt. N ick Club . Alma Rothsch ild , Secretaryfivemembers . Address, 69 East 84 th St. , New York C ity .

Hatt ieCarm ichael , President : MaryAddress, Pembroke, Hants CO. ,

No . 74 Etjo Lued Vaze. " Ed i th Mansell, President ; EthelMcDowefl, Secretary ; six members . Address , Mount Pleasant,M ich.

No. 750. T. T . T. Marion 0. Chap in, President ; EleanorR . Chapin, Secretary ; fivemem bers . Address, 76 Porter Place,Montc lair, N .

No . 75 x. mnces Rhoades, President : seven members. Ad

dress . 33W. Ei ghth Ave, Co lumbus, O 0.

PRIZE COMPETITIONNO. 58 .

THESt. N icho las Leagueawards gold and s i lverbadges each month for thebest poems, stor ies , drawings , photographs, puz z les ,and puzz le-answers . A lsocash pr izes of fivedol larseach to gold-badgew innerswho shall again win firstplace.Competition No. 5 8 w i l lcloseJuly 2 0 (for foreignmembers July Theawards w i l l beannouncedand pr izecontr ibut ions published in ST. N ICHOLAS forOctober.Verse. To contain no t

morethan twenty-fou r l ines .Title: to contain theword“ Return .

”

Prose. A rt icleor story of no t morethan fou r hundred words to relate When Grandmother (or Grandfather) went to School .Photograph . Any s i ze, inter ior orexter ior, mounted

or unmounted , no b l uepr ints or negat ives. Subject ,“TheOld H ouse.

Drawing. Ind ia ink, very b lack w r iting-ink, or wash (not co lor) , inter ior orexter ior. Two subjects , “ A LandscapeStudy ” and A Head ing or Tai lp iecefor October .Puzzle. Any sort, bu t m ust beac

compan ied by theanswer in f u l l , and “TA ILP IECE .

must beindorsed .

A PLEA SANT CORNER—ARCH or: rtrus.

BY F ULV IA VA RvARo , AGE 1 6.

REEVES , AGE 7.

“A PLEASANT CORNER . BY FRAN CES M A ULE, AGE 1 6.

Puzzle-answers . Best, neatest, and m ost completeset ofanswers to puz z les in th is issueofST . N ICHOLAS .

M ust beindorsed .

Wild Animal or B irdPhotograph . To encouragethepursu ing of gamew ith a camera instead of a

gun. For thebest photograph of a w i ld an imal orb i rd taken in its natural

Iwme: F z'

rrt Prize, fivedol~lars and Leaguego ld badge.Second Pri ze, th reedol larsand League go ld badge.

P rize, Leaguego ld

RULES

ANY reader ofSr. N ICHOLAS , whether a s ubscr iberornot , isent it led to Leaguemem bersh ip, and a Leaguebadge and leaflet , whichw i l l besent on appl icat ion.

Every contr ibut ion , of

whatever k ind, m ust bearthename, age; and addressof thesender, and bein

dorsed as“Or ig inal by parent, teacher, or guard ian,

zo/zo m ust beconvinced beyond doubt t/zat t/rc contribu tion

is not copz'

ca’

,but who l ly thework and idea of thesender.

I f prose, thenumber of w ords sho u ld also beadded .

Theseth ings m ust not beon a separatesheet , but onMecontribution itself—if a manuscr ipt,on theupper margin ; i f a p ictu re, on Memarg in or back. Wr iteor d raw on onesideof t/wpaper only . A contr ib uto r m aysend but onecontr ibut ion a m onth—not

oneofeach kind, bu t oneon ly . AddressTheS t . Nicholas League,

BY M A RGARETUn ion Square, New York .

BOOKS AND

A COR R ES PON A LADY who has shownDEN T

’S QU EST ION espec i al in teres t in t h i s de

partment suggests th i s quest ion : I f you were

go i ng to camp out for a wh i lein thewoods,and could takebu t onebook for amusement, abook you had read before, wh ich onewoul d youselec t , and why Probably i t i s her i dea thata book to beread under thesec ircum stanceswoul d beoneofexcel len t quality and onesu reto bewo rth thetrouble.TH E M EAN IN G op IT i s easy to learn from

“VACATION "

thed ictionary that our En

gl ish wo rd“ vacat ion ” comes from theLat i n

vaco,

”to beempty ; bu t when onet ries to go

far ther back to find theo rigi n of theword , hesoon fi nds h im sel f stopped by thes imp lestatemen t, roo t ” u nknown . I t seems to belong toa fam i ly ofwo rds ofwh i ch somemembers arefam i l i a r—theadject ive“ vague and thenounvagabond mayberel at ives , theverb wag

also . Thegeneral idea back of all of themseems to be, to wander, to leavetheregular,st raigh t path , and to m akel i tt leexcu rsions hereand therewithou t a constan t objec t . I f th is i sco r rec t

,a vacat ion shou ld begiven up to a

changefrom you r regu lar pu rsu i ts,even in reading, wh ich may betaken as a h int to leavethewel l- t rodden paths in Bookl and , and seek fornewregions in that ever-del ightful country . Perhapsyou and your fr iends havebeen on differi ng tours,and m igh t exchangeexperiences to advan tage.

Book s of travel , especially thestories ofthegreat

explorers, wil l befound to havean ou tdoor atmosphereespec i al l y su i ted to thevacation days.L iv ingstone

’s great m i ssionary journeys, alonei n Africa , areespec i al ly good ; and S tanley

’s,

wh i lem oreadven tu rous,arel ikew i seexcel len t

reading. I f thewarm days i ncl i neyou to theArctic regions, you wi l l begl ad to know moreofDr. Kane

,of Dr. Hal l

,of Tyson , of Peary,

ofNansen , and ofd’Abruzzi. N o boywho l ikes

stories of adven tu re, daring, and hardsh ip canfind bet ter stories than thesetrues tories to l din thebook s by and abou t thesemen.

S UM M E R READ ING.

READING

CH EAP B OOK S .

I T would haveto bean

extraordinary book ofwh i ch

you would say, I ’

d givemy eyes to read thatbook ! And yet in reading poo r books, poorl yp r i nted on poor paper w i t h bl urred type, i t i scerta i n ly truethat you arepaying w i th someofyou reyesigh t foreach pageyou read . This is amatter in which parents an d teachers should beon their guard in thecases whereyoung readersmay becareless. But ST. N ICHOLAS boys andgi rl s ough t to bewi sein th i s m at ter for thei r ownsake. You r eyes aretoo val uableto bebl un tedon dull books. Refuseto read poorl y prin tedbooks

,and publishers w i l l b ring out good

ones. They mus t fo l low thetasteof readers,

and in book s for young peop lethey mus t follow thetasteOfyoung readers. So i t i s a matteryou haveunder you r own con tro l .

B OOKS FOR EXCLUD ING the book sG I RL S thatevery oneknows about,

who w i l l send a l is t of thebest books for girl sof from eigh t to fou rteen years of ageP Theyneed not necessarily beabou t gi r l s, but shoul dbesuch as w i l l beat t rac t iveand hel pful . Weshoul d begl ad to havethehel p of ou r gi rlreaders in m aking up a l is t of therecen t booksbes t suited for their l i braries. Tel l what thebooks are, and why you recommend them .

DO Y OUN GWE shoul d begl ad to

READERS EN JO Y hear from our young readPOETRY ? ers whether they do or do

not enjoy poet ry . Do they m akethework of

poets part oftheir reading forpleasu re I t i sto besupposed that all ofyou know somefavoritepoems , or l ikeoccasional l y to hear poem sread aloud ; bu t how m any of you chooseavo l umeof Longfel low or Lowel l , Bryan t o rWhit tier, when in quest of someth ing to

read ”

Let ters cometo th i s departmen t tel l i ng of

books read , and con ta in i ng l i sts of favoritevolumes. Poems arement ioned , now and thenbu t it woul d beinteres ting to know your frankopin ions as to whether you find poetry enterta in ing, or always p refer a good book i n prose.

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VACHERIE, LA .

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I am going to t ry for oneof theLeaguepr izes nextmonth, and I hopeto get i t. Yo u r interested reader,

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DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I am a l ittleg i r l eleven yearsOld. I havea dear l ittlefox -terr ier puppy. Her nameis Peggy. Sheis brown and wh i te, with a l i ttleb lacknose. Sheand my cat, named Betty, both eat out ofthesamesaucer. Wehad anAfrican parrot, but weso ld him ,

and also two al l igators ; they d ied. Wehaveanotherdog, named Happy . In thesummer I l iveat thesho re,and haveplenty of box . turtles. I m ust closemy letternow. You r devoted reader,

MAR ION REYNOLDS .

LANsDOWNE, PA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Perhaps someof thereadersoftheST. N ICHOLAS wou ld beinterested to hear abou tmy black k i tten. Heis theprettiest k itten I haveeverseen, but heis q uitebig now. Hes leeps a good deal ofthet ime, but heis very play fu l when awake. Hecomesinto thepar lor and plays w ith thecu rtain. Then hes itson a chai r, and I pu l l thecu rtain up, and hebites at it. Iam very fond of him . mo rethan aretheothers in thefam i ly. I th ink hel ikes mebest, too, for I pet him a

good deal . I enj oy theST. N ICHOLAS , and am alwaysglad when it comes. My cousin Wi l l ieborrows it, andhe, too , is glad when it comes. I fear I am mak ing myletter too long, and, hop ing ST. N ICHOLAS w i l l nevercease, I say good -by.

I am , your affect ionatereader,ESTHER H . A LDEN (ageto ) .

HUNTINGTON, L. I .My DEAR Sr. N ICHOLAS : Though I havebeen

oneof you r warmest fr iends for threeyears , Ihavenever asp ired beforeto thehonor ofseeingmy letter pr inted in theLetter-box .

I havea l itt lebrother two years old ; heal

ways l i kes to get ho ld ofyou and tear you r coversoff.

I also havea larget iger-cat, who s leeps mostof thet ime.

We have th i rteen l itt lech ickens and fifteenhens.You werea present to meby a

dear aunt ofm ine. I l ikethe Com

edy in Wax very m uch .

I enjoy theletters in you r dear oldLetter-box very m uch .

Believeme, dear ST. N ICHOLAS ,one of you r many Long I s landfr iends,

DOROTHY CHASE.

Interesting letters,which thelack ofspaceprevents ourpr int ing, havealso been received from Susan Talmage,Margaret Gai l lard , Grace Horney , Virgin ia H owardSothern, Dor is Tay lor, Howard Webster, OliveB urns.

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HURRA H FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY !

CORONA , CAL.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havenot taken you quiteayear yet, bu t j ust lately becamea member. I enjoy youvery m uch. I am so anx ious for you each month ! Il i kethestor ies that others wr i tevery m uch ; so as Ihavenot seen any from here, I thought I wou ld tellyou abou t my vacation.

Last year our school closed June5, and in abo ut th reeweeks wewent to thegreat summer and w inter resort,Coronado Beach. I had a n icetime play ing in thesand.

Wevis i ted d ifferent places of interest wh ilethere.Onething I enjoyed most was theJapaneseTeaGarden.

I had teased mama to let mer idetheburros ; so onedaysheconsented, and wewent to thestableand h i red a

couple. Mama’s burro ’s namewas Teddy Roosevel t,and m inewas Aunt Jane. Wehad to go up a h i l l, andTeddy balked. About that t imea street-car camealongand fr ightened me, so wetook our burros to thebarn,to r ideno more. They had such a n icesw imming-

poo lfor ch i ldren that I did not go bath ing in theocean.I w i l l now tel l you about mypets. I havea dear little

kitten. Sometimes I d ress it up in my do l l clothes. I tlooks too cute! I t is very playfu l . I call it Sixy, becauseit has six toes on each foot, instead of four. I havea pug dog. H is nameis Wr ink le. Heknows a fewtricks, and will perform for somecandy .

Your loving reader,I ONE CASEY.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE jUNE NUMBER .

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD EN IG M A. Horse, camel.CONNECTED D IA M ONDS . I . I N . 2 . Net. 3. Never. 4 . Ten.

5 . R. ll. 1 . R . 2 . Pit . 3. R iver. 4 . Tea. 5 . R . I I I . I . R .

2 . Nut. 3. Rumor. 4 . Top. 5 . R . IV. I . R. 2 . Tot. 3. Riger.

4 . Ted. 5 . R . V. I . R 2 . Pot. 3. Rob in. 4 . Tin. 5 .

DOUBLE D IAGONAL. Whittier, Charm ing. Cross-words : I .

Wavering . 2 . Thinkin 3. Spinnin 4 . Partners. 5 . Counters. 6 . Clannis h. 7. harades. 8 .

'

avalier.AN ARA B SAYING . Man is four. Theman who knows not andknows not heknows no t, heis a fool—shun him . Theman w hoknows not and knows heknows no t, heis simple teach him. Theman who knowsand knows not heknows, hets aslee waken him .

Themanwhoknowsand knows that heknows, heisWi se—follow him.

CUBE AND INCLOSED SOL ID SQUARE. From I to 2 , Baltimore1 to 3, Bethlehem ; 2 to 4 , Euphrates ; 3 to .

4 , moonbeams ; 5 _to 6,cleamess : 5 to 7, Canbbean: 6 to 8 , sagac ious ;

'7 to 8 , narcissus.

Centra l words : I . Clear. 2 . Akkra. 3. Remit. 4 . Issue. 5 .

Beams .

BEHEAD INGS AND CURTA I L INGS . St. N icholas. I . Fe-sloo-ny,4 . Pu-ni-sh, in.soot . 2 . Re-peat-er, ta pe. 3. Ro-tun-da, nut.

8 0 P0.5 . Ci-reul-ar, curl. 6. Xi-pho -id, hop . 7. So-loi-st, oil.lari-ze, liar. 9 . Ca-raIn-c l, arm . 1 0 . Tr-eas-on, sea.

DOUBLE Z IGZAG. From I to I 0 , Wash ington : I t~to 2 0

, S t.N icholas. Cross-words : I . Warrants. 2 . Manum its. 3. Designed.

4 . Machines. 5. Grimaces. 6. Unearths. 7. Gratiano. 8 . S tu

pidly. 9 . S toppage. 1 0 . Mainsail.

To OUR PUZZLERS : Answers, to beacknowledged in themagaz ine, must bereceived not later than theI 5 th ofeach month, and

should beaddressed to ST. N ICHOLA S R idd le-box , careofTHE CENTURY CO. , 33 East Seventeenth S t. , New York Ci ty .

ANSWERS To A LL THE PuzzLES IN THE APR IL N U M BER werereceived, beforeApril 1 5th, from Marian A . Sm ith—GraceHarenChuck Nessieand Freddie—joeCarlada Doris, Jean, and Ernest Allil and Adi —Jo and I S t. Gabriel 's Chapter.“ANSWERS To PUZZLES IN THE A PR IL N U M BER werereceived , beforeApril r5 th, from M . L . S tout , I F . S. R ice, I —A . P . Keas

hey. I Maria and Mercedes, 1 F . M . Webster, I E. Moses, I —P. B . Mccoy, I —M . J . Overbeck, Jr. , I —M . Walker, x G.

B. West, I Erma B. M ixson, 2 E. B . Whittemore, I E. Jordan, I H . E. Elwell, I M . Armatage. I Beany and Hans, 7A . M ichener, I M . Bunyan, I H . B . Kcll, I—A . and T. Elkinton, x—Bibicha Dalbey, I —V. S . Flad, I —EleanorWyman, 9H . Godw in, I Teddy and M uvver,

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9 A . B . T . ,W inston-Salem , x

—G. Gerson, r—R . Garland , I—M . M . Thieriot, I —N .

Denison, I —E. D . Fanning, I Rodum and Madd ie, 6—D . Clarke, I C. E. Hodge, jr. , I Harriet B ingaman , 7 F. Barkan, I—A . Frieder, I —S . J . Lawellin, I —Robert Hammerslough , 4 E. Roovaart. I—Helen and Evelyn Patch and M other, - B . F.Campbell, I—A . M ichel, I M . A lderson, 1 Margaret C . Wilby, 8 LouiseFitz , 8 R . A lexander, I Frederica R . and awrenceM . Mead, 6—Paul Deschere, g—Walter F . Cook, 3 C. C. and F . H . Anthon 9

—W. A . Lang, I —BessieS . Gallup, 7 M . 8 .

Huntingt on, I —E. W. Palmer, I —G. H . Williams, jr. , I —P. Twitchell , I M . Griswold, I —Edmund P . Shaw, 2—Mary R .

Adam, 9 E. Taylor, 1 .

DOUB LE CR O S S -WOR D EN I GIWA .

(S ilver Badge, St. N icholas LeagueCompeti tion. )

MY fi rst: arein flower , but not in t ree;My seco nds, in sold ier , but not in free;My t/u'rdr arein sunr ise, but not in day ;My fourt/zr, in October , bu t not in May;My fi/t/zr arein watchman, but not in gun ;My .t ix l/zs arein earth, but not in sun ;My set/entity, in monastery

,no t in bel l ;

My fig/1111 5 , in con fess, but not in tel l ;My m ’

nt/zs arein j unk , but not in shop ;My tent/z: arein prude, bu t not in fop ;My elm/entity, in l ibrary , bu t not in book ;My rival/U1: arein yeast, but not in cook ;My w/zoler both del ight Young Amer ica.

MARIE B . TOWNSEND (age

H I STOR I CA L A CR O STI C .

(Gold Badge, S t. N icholas LeagueCompetition. )

THE fo l low ing words (of uneq ual length) are thenames offamous men. When r ight ly guessed and wr i tten onebelow another, oneoftherows of letters, readIng downward, wi l l spel l thenameof them an who“ laid thefo undat ion of all that is nob leand beaut i fuland usefu l in theh istory oftheM iddleAges.”CROSS-WORDS : I . A famous wr iter of theEl izabethan age. 2 . Thegreat prophet oftheA rabs. 3. Afamous Greek ph i losopher . 4 . Thereputed founder oftheR uss ian monarchy . 5. A celebrated Roman gen

eral and d ictator . 6. A celebrated Engl ish poet of thes i x teenth centu ry . 7. An ancient oet whosebi rthplaceis claimed by seven cit ies . 8 . An nglish naval hero oftheS i xteenth centu ry . 9 . Thed iscoverer ofthePh ilippine I s lands . 10. A celebrated Florent inepoet. I I .

Theson ofPh il ip ofMacedon . JENN IE M ILLIKEN.

CHAR ADE .

Mvfirrt was noted for capacitAnd busy numbers fi l l mygrt ;My w/zolerecords, w i th dueveracity,Thedusty annals ofthepast.

HELEN A . SIBLEY.

Z I G ZAG .

ALL thewords descr ibed contain thesamenumber ofletters. When thesehavebeen r ightly guessed and wr i tten onebelow another, thez igzag (beg inn ing w ith theupper left-hand letter and end ing w i th thelower lefthand letter) w i l l spel l a famous ho l iday.CROSS-WORDS : I . Theac t ofigniting. 2 . Rare. 3.

To wave. 4 . Sal ut ing. 5. Received w ith favor . 6 . A

m ishap. 7. Destituteofknowledge. 8 . A fish resembl ing the herr ing. 9. A largewooden platter. I o.

Uncertainty. I I . Stiffened in process of launder ing.

I 2 . Li beral . I 3. Any substanceadm in istered in thet reatment of d isease. I 4 . An unmarr ied m an. I 5.

juven i le. ELEANOR MAR V IN (LeagueMember) .

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MY primals spel l thenameof a great poet and myfinals spel l oneofhis playsCROSS-WORDS : I . A reflection. 2 . Oneofthebooks

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SEE,HERE I S A KEEPSAKE FOR THEE !HOW I LOVE THEE.

WHEN THOU LOOK‘ST AT IT,

TH INK ALWAYSElinor A rden,

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VOL .XXXL A UG U S T ,NO . IO .1 9 0 4 .

OWAlLBSEl\ lARY CONSTANCE DU BO IS .

CHAPTER I .

THE FORTUNES OF WAR .

“ For God ! for thecause! for thechu rch !for thelaws !

For Char les , K ing ofEngland , and R upertoftheRh ine! ”

THESE wo rds echo thebatt le- c ry of theold

Caval iers,who pro ved thei r valo r on every

ho tl y contested field th rough thelo ng s t r i febetween k ing and Pa rl iamen t .When , i n thesummer of 1 64 2 , theroyal stan

dard was ra i sed at No t t ingham ,nobles of the

court and gal l an t gent lemen , thevery flower ofEngl i sh ch i val ry , obeyed thecal l to arm s . I twas the t imeof the rebel l ion , and men werefo rced to choosebetween loyal ty to theki ng

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and loyal ty to thepeop le. On theonehand,

thesebraveCava l iers , i n thei r vel vet and lace,w i th thei r pl umed hats and flow i ng love- locks ,sided wi th K i ng Charles . On theo ther

,the

Pu ri tan s,or Roundheads

,—so thei r enem ies

cal led them ,—w i th thei r close-cu t hai r and

thei r sober d ress , stood bo l d ly for l iberty of

consc ience and the r igh ts of a free natio n .

“ G i a n ts i n hea r t they were, who bel ieved i nGod and theBible.

” Fighti ng nobly for the

causethey loved , they won at last thev i c to ry .

In thosedays therel ived i n Ken t , no t m anym i les from Can terbu ry , a l i t t legi r l who hadfo und her sha reof t roublei n thefo rtunes ofwar. El i no r A rden had cometo a Pu ri tanhome, but shehersel f was a Royal i st ma iden .

When shewas st i l l very young , poo r E l ino r was

All rigt reserved .

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left mo ther less ; and as shehad nei ther b ro thersnor sisters

,shewas theonly pet and darl i ng of

her father. I n fac t, shewas thedarl i ng of

every one,thehouseho l d servan ts , thetenants,

and thech i ldren ofthev i l l agenear by ; al l lovedth i s t i ny l ady ofthem ano r, so th at shewas l ikea l i t t lequeen among her fai th ful subjects .I n thefi rs t mon th ofthewar, Geofi

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rey A rdenbadefa rewel l to h is n i ne- vear -old daughter, androdeaway to jo i n thea rm y of theCaval iers .

As t imeWen t on,danger began to th reaten that

part of thecou nt ry whereEl i no r l ived . The

m ano r-housewas no longer considered a safehome

, so Shewas pu t under thepro tect ion of

her father ’s friends, Lo rd and Lady Lyndhu rst ,who glad ly wel comed thech i l d to theshel ter oft hei r cast le. I n after days El i no r o ften though tof Lyndhu rst Castleas i f i t h ad been a fai rypal ace. Thereshewas t reated as a pet. Shehad bu t few lessons

,and a great deal of t ime

i n wh ich to am usehersel f i n wha tever way she

chose.

Oneday her father,at thehead ofa band of

horsemen , cameto thecastleon pu rposeto seeh is l i t t ledaugh ter . Shenever fo rgo t that v i si t .I n theeven ing they had a long talk together ,and heto l d her s tories of h is ad ventu res i n thewar. Shel i s tened , perched on h i s k nee, al l thetimeho l d i ng h i s w i de-brimmed fel t ha t , w i th i tslong pl ume and sh in i ng buckle. Thech il dloved beau ti ful th i ngs, and from thefi rs t th i sbuck lehad caught her fancy . I t was a w reathofgo l d , enci rcl i ng a cl uster of p recious stones,and she never grew weary of wat ch ing thebright gem s flash and glow i n thefirelight.Early thenext m o rn i ng El i no r camedown to

thecastlehal l to say good-by, for thesefewhappy hou rs wereal l that theCaval ier coul dSparefrom h is du ty a t thefron t .

Poo r l i t tleone!” hesa id,as shecl ung to

him,

“ thou hast naugh t to remem ber thy fatherby when he i s gone.

” Then suddenl y heunclasped thebuck lefrom h i s hat. See, herei sa keepsakefor thee!” pu tt ing i t i n her hand .

Ho l d i t fas t,sweetheart , an d when thou look

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at i t,th i nk always how I lovethee.

”

Hehel d her closei n h i s arm s , and k i ssed hertenderl y . I t was thel as t t ime. Oneday camethenews of a great battle, and El ino r learnedthat herbravefather would never return. Poo r,

lonel y ch i l d ! shekept thep rec ious jewel a ndlo ved it w i th al l her heart .Meanwh ilethewar- clouds rol led nearer and

nearer , until at l ast they brokeover thecastlei tsel f. Lord Lyndhurst was w i th the k ing

’ sarmy , too fa r away to saveh i s home, and sooni t s cou rts werefi l led w i th so l d iers oftheParl iament , ster n and terriblei n thei r coats of m a i l .Thegarr i son had surrendered , and Lady Lyndhu rs t was o rdered to p repareto leaveher castle.

Homeless and poo r as shenow would be, st i l lshep rom i sed , wherever shem igh t go , to keepEl ino r w i th her; and i n thedays that fo l lowedofp reparation for thejourney , when theenemywerequartered upon thecastle

,thel i tt legi r l

never oncedreamed of a separation from her

guard ian . On them o rn i ng set for thedepartu re

,however

,therebel so l d iers werejo i ned by

a t roop of caval ry . El i no r wondered What fresht roublewas i n s to re

,when soon afterward Lady

Lyndhu rst summoned her,and

, wi th a pale,anx ious face

,led her to thecou r tya rd . Awai t

ing them therestood a tal l officer i n thed ressof theParl iamen t a rm y . A s hes tepped forward El i no r looked up at him i n terro r ; butwhen hespokeh i s vo i cewas k i nd .

Never fea r,m y ch i l d ,

”hesaid ; “no harm

shal l cometo thee. L i s ten . I am thy uhcle,

— thy m o ther was my own si ster,

- and nowshal t thou go homew i th meand beoneofmylit tlem a ids . ”

Too t im i d to answer, E lino r only looked w i thtearful p leadi ng at Lady Lyndhurst, who beggedto keep thech i ld . But Co lonel B rad ford wasreso l ute

,cla im i ng his n ieceas h i s right ful wa rd .

Moun ted on a p i l l ion beh i nd the co lonel ,El i nor rodeon thebig war- ho rseto thenewhome that awai ted her. I t was wel l that abroad sca r f

,passed round her wai st

,bou nd her

fast to her p ro tec to r,for when they reached

B rad fo rd Grangeher cu rly head res ted agai nsther un cle’s shou lder , and thewo rn -out ch i l dwas fast asleep .

Thenex t day El i no r began to lead thel i feofa Puri tan g i rl . Poo r l i tt lehomesi ck Royal is thow new and st range i t al l seemed ! LadyLyndhu rst had sadly spoi led her, and shehad a

woefu l time of i t i n that sternly d i sc i p l inedhousehol d , whereDameHes ter B radfo rd ru ledsupreme. Seei ng her in thesedays onewou l d

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and never m i ssed a chan ceof t ak ing i t out

to see i t spark le i n the sun .

So thet imepassed , each day in i ts round of

dut ies vary ing but l i t tlefrom theonebeforei t .Thesceneofconfl ic t was fa r away, and only ther umo r of distan t battles di stu rbed thepeaceof

thequ iet Pu ri tan home. Yet sti l l thewar ragedfiercel y , and again and agai n therewas rejo ic i nga t B radfo rd G range, and on ly El i no r had anachi ng heart , as news cameof a v i c to ry for the

“EVERY DAY ,

WHEN Lessons WE R E OVER , SHE woun ) PLACE HER

S P INN ING-WHEEL BES IDE THAT OF HER A UNT.

Parl iament,and themessengers tol d how an

o ther fo r t ress had been los t to thecrown , orhowtheCaval iers had oncemorebeen pu t to fl ight .I n thesummer of 1 646 thek ing

’s causehad

ELINOR A RDEN, ROYALI ST. [Aug

al ready becomedesperate. Oneby one theRoyal i s t s t ronghol ds were su r render i ng, andKing Charles h im sel f was a p r isoner i n al l bu tname. The queen had fled to France, andEl i nor often though t how hard m ust bethelotof theyoung p ri n ces and p rincesses , left w i thout father or mo ther to meet thedangers of

war. Shew ished that shecoul d seethem ,and

tel l them that she, too , knew what i t mean t tobe lonel y and sad an d frigh tened in theset roubled t imes .I n th i s samesummer of 1 646 a day came

wh ich never faded from thememo ry of the

Cavalier ’s l i t t ledaugh ter . Onemo rn i ng la teinJ u ly , theclat ter ofho rses ’ hoo fs andtheflash ofsteel warned thehouseho l d of advancing caval ry . Asthey gathered i n exci tement andalarm , a band of t roopers t u rnedat thegates of theGrange, and ,r i di ng up thebroad

,oak—shaded

pathway , hal ted befo rethedoorsof theBrad ford home.

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Dhefearcaused by thesou nd of thei r app roach was d ispel led as thesold ierscame i n to v iew. Fam i l i ar faceswerenow recogn ized among the

horsemen , who p roved to bea detachment from Co lonel B radford ’sown regimen t .Of thetwo oflicers who headed

thetroopers,thefi rst to dismoun t

was a st rongl y bu i l t , broad- shouldered man

,h is facedeeply bronzed

from long seasons ofexposu re. Hemadehimselfknown to DameHester as L ieutenan t G resham . Hiscompan ion , a tal l young oflicer i na captai n ’s un i form

,roused thepi ty

and i n terest ofevery one; for his

r igh t arm rested in a sl i ng, and h i sface

,handsomeas i t was

,looked

paleand worn w i th su ffer ing. On

learn i ng h is nameMist ress B radford gl adly wel comed her guest ,hav i ng heard of thebraveyoung

Captain Law rence, who was a special favori tewi th her husband .

Thesol d iers cameupon a two-fo l d er rand.

Fivep ri soners , L ieutenan t G resham announ ced ,

i go 4 . i M ANO R

“ l’apists , and m os t dangerous fel lows , hadlately escaped , and had fled so uthwa rd towa rdDo ver . A smal l band , under the l ieu tenanth imsel f, had immed iatel y been sen t i n pu rsu i t .Threeof thefugi t iveshad been captu red ,and

,secu red i n the

prison of a neighbo ring town , awai ted the

ret u rn of thei r capto rs .

And now thet roopersmust on to Do ver i nho t haste, les t there

ma in i ng two shouldescape them and embark for France.

A let ter from the

colonel to Mist resslradford expla i ned thesecond part of theerrand . Capta i n Law

rencehad been su ffering from a low fever ,i n spi teof whi ch hehad kept thefiel d , u nt i la wound i n thearmmadehim unfi t for act iveserv i ce.

“And forasmuch as thel ad hathnei ther mo ther nor s i ster to tend him ,

”the

let ter wen t on to say ,“ I do commend himto your care, mostsk i l led ofnurses. L ieutenant Gresham andh is comm and do evennow depart for Ken t ;wherefo re I have or

dered Captai n Lawren ce,under thei r escor t

to v i s i t you, assu ri ng him of a r ight heartywel come.

”

Hav i ng del i vered thei r message, thet roopersrodeaway , leav i ng thewounded oflic cr to befai rl y overpowered by the k i ndness of h ishostess . El i no r though t Cap ta i n Law renceveryb rave, for, al though fai n t and exhausted fromhi s journey , hep ro tested that hewas almo s twel l , and would do h is best to gi veno oneanytrouble. When shebrough t him a bowl of

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DameHester ’s good b ro th ,hesm i led grateful l y

and sa id , Thanks,l i t tleladv,

” as gal lan t ly . she

though t , as any Ca va l ier .Late i n theafternoon L ieu tenan t G resham

ulI IS R IGHT A R .“ RESTED I N A S L ING , AND H I S FACE . HANDSO M E A S IT \VA S ,

LOOKED PALE AND WORN \VI'

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H S U F FER ING .

and hi s band came r i d i ng back from a vainpu rsu i t oftherunaways , and , to res t thei r t i redho rses

,hal ted for thenigh t at thev i l l agei n n .

A st r i c t watch was to bekep t , les t they had ,after al l

,ou tmarche‘d the men whom they

sought , and thefugi t ives shou ld st i l l at tem pt topass that way.

As M ist ress Brad fo rd w i shed her husband ’ sown b rave fo l lowers to enjoy her hospi tali ty

,thet roopers wereco rd i al ly i n v i ted by thei r

am i ablehos tess to sup at theG range.

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Wh i lethesol d iers werebei ng en ter ta i ned inthedin ing-hal l

,thech i ld ren weresen t out toeat

thei r even ing meal u nder theshadeof an oak

“ WHEN S HE. B ROUGHT H IM A BOWL OF DA M E HESTER'

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GOOD BROTH , HE S M ILED GRATEFULLY.

treeon the l awn befo re the house. I n thecen ter ofthegroup sat El i no r, c rumbl i ng b readi nto a big brown bow l of m i l k . Besideher onthebench wereRachel and El izabeth , eat ingthei r supper wi th long-handled pewter spoons .Five-yea r-old R ichard , h i s ful l -m oon facepeeping over her shoulder, watched h is cous i neagerl y , now and then snatch i ng a crum b fromthehuge sl i ceof bread to pu t i nto h is own

mouth .

Nel l ie, Nel l ie,do huwwy !

hung’

y I“Oh , D i ck , what a greedy boy you are!

No,no ! not that p iece

,too— that i s Nel l ’s

b read . Would you leavepoo r Nel l no supperThere! ’

t i s ready at l ast . Come, si t downhereon thegrass So ! Fal l to ,

now, an d eat

l i kea l i t t leso l dier .Shespokefrom exper iencethat day , for the

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ELINOR A RDEN,ROYALI ST. (AUG.

Miriam sp i l t thec ream th i smo rn i ng,

” an nounced El i zabeth .

I saw her; and shesa id i f Ihel d my tongue I should havea s ip ofcher ry w i ne. But I fearmeshehas fo rgot .

”

“ I heard Aun t Hester cal lfor thecher ry w i ne j u st now.

There ’ll no t bea drop left

,

”

sa id El i nor . Never m i nd,

Bess ; I’ll tel l you and Rachel

a s tory , and that w i l l m akeour supper tastebet ter . And between bi tes of bread shebe

gan On ceon a t imetherel ived a m aid,and

shewas as fa i r as coul d be. Her namewaslet mesee— it was

Susan,suggested Rachel .

Susan ! Oh , Rachel ! the m i l kmaid ’sname! No , i ndeed ! i t was G lo r iana .

”

Rachel pou ted a l i t t le. I never heard sucha name

,

”shem u ttered .

No , I daresay you di d not. I had i t fromher l adysh ip . Shetol d mei t was thenameofthe fairy queen . Wel l , G lo ri an a l ived i n al i t t leco ttagehard by a wood , al l alonewi th anold wom an who was real ly a fearsomew i tchand gaveher naugh t bu t a si ngles talec rust aday . Oneday therecamer i d i ng th rough thewood a pr i n ce, dressed in purplevel vet trimmedw i th go l d , and moun ted on a wh i techarger

hungry t roopers wereenjoy ing to theful l thefeast l a id out on Mist ress Bradfo rd ’s tab le.

Co ld roast beef and hot pasty werenot for thepar ty under thet ree

,bu t oh

,how

good they would h ave tasted ,t hough t El i no r, who had beenbusier than ever that a fternoon ,hel p ing to do hono r to AuntHester ’s guests .Rachel looked up from her

bow l w i th a sigh .

“Mo therprom i sed me some cakew i thberr ies i n i t

,i f I had not one

bad st it ch i n my seam . Shesai d I m igh t havei t for my supper. Thi nk you the so l d iershaveillat, too P“ I doubt not ; they have

wa g/M ing ,” repl ied the o l der

g i rl .

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heagainst thecauseof r ighteousness .p ity that in i qu i ty should en ro l l s uch men.

That was wha t El i no r heard when , reach ingthehal l wherethecompany weregathered, shepaused i n thedoo rway , too shy to en ter . The

hot blood rushed to her cheeks, and her heartbeat fast w i th i nd ignation .

El i no r !” Mistress B rad ford had caugh tsight ofher niece.

Fora m omen t thech i l d stood qui vering then ,suddenl y dash ing past Aun t Hester and her

guests to thestai rcaseat thefarther end of thehal l

, sheflew l ikea fr ightened b i rd to her ownl i t tlenest above.

Oh, they arec ruel—cruel ! Aun t Hes terlo ves meno t ! She ’

s always vexed—and Ido t ry so hard !” Her vo i cebrokei n a sob .

Bad,hateful m an— to cal l my own dear

father Shewou ld not repeat thewo rds .Oh

,theseRoundheads ! I h atethem

,I do !

On ly not dea r uncle. I f leewoul d bu t comehome!Her k ind

,noblefather in thearmy ofKi ng

Charles a son ofi n iqu i ty i n Pha raoh ’s hos t ” !The sol d ier ’s harsh vo i cest i l l echoed i n herears , and thei nd ignan t tears fel l fast, as shesobbed out all her t roubles , poo r l i t tle lonel y ,loyal gi r l !Even when El i no r was mos t u nhappy there

was oneth i ng wh i ch always hel ped to com fo r ther

,and to th i s her though ts p resently turned .

Stowed away on thecupboard shel f,safeout of

her cousi ns ’ reach , was her t reasure-box , andnow shetook i t from i t s h id i ng- place

,car ried i t

to thew i ndow,and opened i t . There, clasped

on a bow of crim son r ibbon , l ay thep reciousbu ckle

,her father ’s keepsake. Shehel d up the

jewel to catch thesl an t i ng rays ofsunl igh t , anda wonderful play of rai nbow colors flashed befo re her. That was becauseher eyes weredim w i th tears .Therewas a qu ick s tep outside, and she

heard thedoo r open . As i t was too l a teto putback her t reasu re, shehast i ly sl ipped it beneaththefo l ds of her kerch ief, and then tu rned tomeet her aun t.

So th i s i s th i neobedience! Aun t Hester ’svo i cewas sh ri l l w i th exasperat ion.

“Dawdlewhen I cal l thee, and then run away befo rethem al l ! A fineshowi ng for thee, t rul y !

’T i s

ELINOR A RDEN , ROYALIST. [AUG.

Hecal led my father hatefu l names !’T was

al l a w icked lie and I ’11 not bear it !

Hush , El i nor !” Bu t Aun t Hester ’ s sterntonechanged as shelooked at thetea r-stai nedface. A m otherl y p i ty cameover her for th i so rphan gi rl of th i rteen , and shepi ctu red oneofher own l i t t ledaugh ters left to defend a father

’snameamong theCaval iers .

N ay,ch i l d thel ieu tenan t h as a good heart .

‘H L

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SH , ELlNOR BUT A UNT H ESTER'

S S TERN TONE CHA NGED

A S SHE LOOKED AT THE TEA R—STA INED FACE .

Hemean t not to dist ress thee, shesa id k ind ly ,lay ing her hand on El i no r

's shoulder. There,— bea good g i rl and leaveofl

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c ryi ng. Andnow harken . There’

s Goody Rosefal len s ickagain , and thecom fo rts I p rom i sed her havei n al l th is bustlenever been taken . Poo r soul ,to th i nk of her bei ng c lean fo rgo t ! Taketh i sbasket

,and leave i t w i th Martha at thedoo r .

Hasten , and l inger not, for’t i s grow ing l a te.

”

El i no r was o nl y too gl ad to escape, and ,prom i s ing to beback agai n as soon as poss ible,hurried away on her er rand . Her sp i r i t s roseoncemo reas a l igh t b reezefan ned her faceand thescen t of sweet clo ver and new-mownhaywas bo rneto her from past u reand meadow.

Fox , thebright-eyed , sha rp-nosed ter r ier , rousedfrom hi s nap on thedoo r-step,followed herdowntheroad , every now and then mak ing play fu lSp ri ngs and snaps a t thebasket as sheswung i tteasingly i n theair.

NO,no

,Fox ! NO races downh i l l w i th

th is basket , or a sad mess there beofGoodyRose’s physio.

”

Yet El i no r could not hel p a l i t t leski p ofhap

piness i n her freedom . Thump , th um p ! Somethi ng beat aga inst herbreast . Thebuckle! I nho rro r a t her own ca relessness , shed rew i t outfrom herkerch ief.

“ Oh , my prec ious , p rec ious keepsake! Im ight ha ve los t thee,

”she cr ied .

“Wha twould I havedonethenStopping a m omen t , sheunt ied thehow of

ri bbon , and , making of i t a long loop , h ung i tround her neck . Wi th thejewel thus secu red ,and h idden oncem orebeneath her kerch ief, shewen t on herway to theco t tage. Martha Rose

,

thesick woman ’ s daugh ter , met her at thedoo rw i th eager quest ions abou t thecom i ng of the

sold iers .And who knows wherethew i cked ki ng

’smen may bel u rk i ng !

”shec r ied , gl anc ing fea r

ful ly around her as ifexpect i ng them to appea rat theco t tagegate or r i seup from thetiny

garden . Now an I wereMist ress B rad fo rdbegging her pardon for say ing it— I

’d keep

my ch i ld ren wel l i ndoo rs t i l l thetown bequi tO’

thewret ches . Stay yehere, my p rett y , t i l l

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Zacha ry comes i n from thefield , and he’

ll takeyesa fehome, never fea r .

“Thanks , Martha , bu t I was hidden makehaste, and I ’

d ra ther meet a k i ng’ s man on the

wav tha n a scol d i ng at home,” laughed El i no r,

as shet u rned to go . Fox w i l l takeca reofme.

Wi l t tho u no t,Old doggy ? Come

,Fox

,we’

11

havea fro l i c i n thehop-field,now I ’

m r id Ofthebasket .Away wen t the two play fel lows

, o ver thest i le, and i n to thefiel d

,wherethelong l i nes of

po les covered wi t h g reen hop- v i nes roseh ighabove El i no r ’s head . They chased one an

o ther down thena rrow paths,and p layed h ide

and - seek among the leafv co l um ns . Then ,c ross i ng a bi t of meadow now p i nk w i th the

sleeping dai sies, they passed on i n to thegrove.

Th rough th is grovel ay E l i no r’s fa vo ri tewa lk .

Thepath woun d along bes idethemer ries t l i ttleb rook that ever r i ppled

,u nder theshadeof

theoaks and yews and chest n u ts,al l in thecoo l ,

sweet a i r ofthel a tesummer a fternoon . I n sectshummed d rowsi ly , b i rds tw i t tered good n igh t toone ano ther am ong the leaves , and El i no rtossed out her a rm s , draw i ng deep breaths of

del igh t , an d longed to lead a gi psy l i fe, fo revercareless and free.

No onecoul d check her now,and her vo i ce

rang out i n a b raveold war- song of theCaval iers . “God sa veKi ng Cha rles !

”The last

wo rds th r i l led w i th a t ri um phan t note i n the

st i l l ness ofthewood . Shehad reached a spo twherethepa th seemed los t i n a tangleOf underbrush . Befo reher, low - hangi ng b ranchesi n ter l a ced . Shepar ted thedense green cu rta i n

,and then d rew back as a figu re roseu p

from the shadows and s tepped out i n to thel igh t . A woman ! Was shew i tch or g i psy ?

ITo becon tinued .

VACAT ION IGNORANCE .

I . H I S NOTION .

Br E . J . P LATT .

A BOY oncethough t hewou ld l i keto go I know ’

t w i l l beeasy .to find,sa i d he,

To theland wheretheseals and i cebergs grow ; For i t ’

s j ust as pla i n as p lai n can beTo cl im b thegreat No r th Po le, you know, ThePo lest icks up l ikea popla r- t reeWas h i s ambi t ious no t ion . From them idst of theArct i c Ocean !”

I I . HER NOTION .

BY MARY S IGSBEE K ER .

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i t there,and wesat and talked . of o ther s ub

jects. I to l d you of o ther fel lows whosecouragehad been doubted , and who s tood firm andt rueat thel a s t . I took up my m ando l i n andst rummed a few cho rds of‘ V ars i ty ! V ars i ty !’

Your l ip s c losed , Baby , and your m ou th grewfi rmer ; and thenext day—do you remembertha t M ich igan game?—you wen t i nto thebox

and p i tched as no man ever p i tched on our

diamond befo re.

”

El ton l aughed i n an embar rassed m an ner,

‘YEs, EAB Y, ‘ HE S A ID ENCOURAG INGLY, ‘

i UNDERSTAND.

L ITTLE CLosER THAN vou I M AG INED .

’

and roseto go. A t thedoor het u rned aroundto h i s big com fo r ter and sai d :

“Yes, I remember i t very wel l . I p l ayed that

gameas i f my l ifedepended upon i t . Then ,when i t was over

,and you hel d my hand a

m i n u teand said,

‘

You’re t ruebl ue, kid !

’ Ifel t l i ke s i t t i ng down an d cry i ng. I d i d n

’

t

unders tand,bu t I k new you had donea very

great deal for me.

I had done noth ing, dec l a red Ken ton ,except to show you that you m ust not fai l u s,and tha t you need not . I was perfect l y confiden t that day , and I am j ust as confident abou t

you i n Satu rday’ s game. Dobbi n s and Peters

and Edgren an d theres t of theheavy bat ters

THE OUT - CURVE. [Aus .

may get theglory , bu t thew i n n i ng or losingw i l l bei n you r hands . I am not i n theleas tafraid of your fai l i ng us . Good n igh t, Baby .

”

Satu rday dawned clear and warm . Early i nthem or n i ng, befo rethe sun was hot

, CoachLandebin took h is squad of pl ayers out to theath let i c fiel d

,and for an hour they bat ted and

fielded . Elton was pu t to work tossi ng a fewbal l s to Peters , thebig catcher . Theboy ’s armfel t s t rong, and h i s cu rves weregood .

I ’

VE BEEN WATCH ING YOU A LL SEA SON, PERHAP S AI )

Hehad th rown perhaps a dozen ba l l s whenPeters cal led for an out- c urve. Elton sh i ftedthebal l i n h i s hands

,and h is fingers gr ipped i t

fi rm l y . Then hestepped fo rward and threw .

Thebal l wen t w ide.

Agai n they t r ied i t, and aga i n thebal l was afoo t from thepl ate. Peters frowned j us t al i t t le

,and changed thes ignal . Presentl y he

t r ied theout- cu rveoncem o re. This t imetheth row was hopeless ly w ide, and Peters , whounders tood

, gaveup theat temp t . Hewoul dcal l for as few outs as possib le dur ing the

game.

By th reeO ’ c lock thegrand stand was ful l , andthe“ roo ters ” werep i l i ng i n to the“bleachers .

T I IE OUT - CU RVE.

Up in i ts p lacei n thegrand stand , theun ivers i ty band was play ing rol l i ck i ng a i rs . Bo thn i nes wereon thefield .

El to n was stand ing nea r theplayers' bench ,

looki ng up in to thesea of faces i n thegrandstand . l-lis foo t was keep ing t imew i th them u

s i c,and therewas a b righ t fl ush on h i s cheeks .

“ I wo uld n’

t do tha t , laby,

” sa id Coachl.andebin’

s vo i ce. Elto n tu rned qu ickly , andfound theman ey i ng thefoo t w i th wh ich hehad been bea t ing t ime.

“ I beg you r pardon , s i r .was do i ng i t .

”

Landeb in la ughed . Oh , there'

s no harmi n it

,

”hesa id ,

o nly it i s ap t to m akeyou lookas if you werenervous . Wewan t a coo l p i t cherto -day

,Baby . By theway, you a nd Peters had

bet ter get to wo rk warm i ng up. Weba t fi rs t,

but our hal f of thei n n i ng won’ t l as t long .

I t (l id no t . Two of theba tters fanned,and

theother oneknocked a bal l s t ra igh t i n to thehands of thesho r t -s top .

El ton walked out to thep i tcher ’ s bo x w i thh is heart thum p ing rap id l y . Peters sl i pped on

his mask and p ro tec to r,and held out h i s hands .

A sudden des i reto show h is catcher tha t hecould pu t theout-cu rveo ver thep la tem adeElton send i n thebal l w i tho u t wa rn ing. Heth rew i t w i th thesnap of h i s w ri s t t ha t mean tspeed , and it cu rved neatl y o ver thecenter oftheplate. Peters gr i nned .

Play bal l ! o rdered theum p i re.

Thefi rs t batter was a sho r t, w i ry fel low .

Hesm i led pleasan t ly at thep i t cher,and El ton

t r ied to sm i leback . But theat temp t was ap i t iful fa i lu re

,for thefear whi ch hehad been

fight ing gr ipped h is hea r t . Then Peters Openedthecl um sy cat cher ’ s m it

,a nd s ignaled for an

out- cu rve.

Elton pu t h is fingers ca reful l y abou t thebal land hesi ta ted . Thebatter seemed hund reds offeet away , and thehomep la telooked l i keawhitedo t i n thed ista nce. Peters wai ted impat ientl y .

Then El ton th rew. Thebal l s ta r ted st ra igh tfor the plate, bu t a fter go i ng a few feetcurved slow l y away from thebat ter .

Onebal l !” sa id theum p i re.

Peters s ignaled for ano ther out- cu rve.

Two ba l l s sa id theum p i re.

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t k now I

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I t was to bean in-curveth i s t ime. El ton ’shea r t fel t l ike a th robbing engi ne, and he

seemed to seethebat ter th rough a ha ze.

“ Threebal ls ! cal led theum p i re,and there

camea groan from thebleachers .Hew i l l expec t ano ther bal l ,

h im sel f,and won ’ t t ry to h i t i t .

a st r ike. Peters m us t understandThebig catcher d id unders ta nd . Hecal led

for a st ra igh t bal l , a nd El ton th rew one.

A n i nstan t l ater therewas a sudden sharprepo r t . Theroo ters of theo ther n i neyel ledand cheered fran t i cal ly . Ho rns too ted . Megapho nes bel lowed . Theno i sewas fr ightful .I t was a homer un ; even El ton knew tha t .

Thehatter had caugh t theba l l j us t r igh t , andsen t i t fa r o ver thehead Of theleft -fielder. I tmean t a ru n i n thefi rs t i nn i ng, and runs areprec iou s th i ngs i n a c r i t i ca l game.

Peters was imm o ved by thehomerun . Hesm i led a l i t t leand sl i pped on h i s m ask aga in .

Then hes tepped in to po s i t ion,and ca l led for

thenex t ba l l . I t came. wh i s t l i ng sh ri l l y andcu t t i ng theplate i n two . Ano ther

,w i t h the

samecu rve,foo led thebat ter ; and after the

th i rd bal l theumpi resa id,Bat ter out !” and

Peters and El ton gr in ned a t each o ther l iketwoch i ld ren .

I t was a won derfu l game. Thei n n ings passedw i thou t a s co re. El to n p i tched fau l t less bal l ,bu t Peters da red no t cal l for theout- cu rve.

I n thefi rs t half of then in th,Edgren unex

pec tedly l i ned out a th ree-baseh i t,and sco red

on a s i nglewh i c h Peters d ropped in to r igh tfiel d . A m intttel ater Peters s to lesecond . I twas thefi rs t s to len baseof thegame, an d the

c rowd cheered fra n t i cal ly . Gan ley,who played

fi rs t,was up . Hegr i pped thebat fi rm l y

,and

s tepped up to the plate. Two s t r ikes wereca l led on him as hes tood wa i t i ng for thebal lhewan ted . A t l as t i t came

,wa i s t -h igh and

sw i ft,and he met i t squarel y w i t h h is hat.

Peters was off for t h i rd a t thec rack of thest i ck .

El ton was coach i ng, an d as hesaw ther igh tfielder fai l to handlethebal l neat ly heyel ledfor Peters to go home.

Theplayer had thebal l a lm o s t befo rePetersleft th i rd . El ton raced toward homew i th thebig cat cher , keepi ng j u s t outs idethel i ne, andu rgi ng him on w i ld ly . I t was n i p and t uck

El ton to l dI m us t th row

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between Peters and thebal l . El ton yel led to

him to sl i de,and thebig catcher pu t out h i s

hands and d i ved for thepla te. A c loud of

dust arose, and almo s t h i d thepl ay . Bu t outof i t cametheeven vo i ceof theump i re:

“ Safe!”

I t was El ton him sel f who s t ruck w i l dl y at thefi rs t th reebal l s p i tched to him

,an d who ret i red

the s idew i thou t ano ther r un . Pi tchers are

no to r iousl y poo r batters,and El ton was no ex

ception. Hes tood up to thepl atew i th a greatdesi redown i n h i s heart . Hewanted a safeh i t ; hewan ted a two -baseone. L i t t leRan ton

,

who pl ayed sho r t,had been gi ven hi s baseon

bal l s . Ganley was on second . Therewas noneed to tel l theboy that hem igh t m akev i c to rycerta i n w i th a double-bagger : heknew i t ; andwhen he s t ruck out

,a l um p cameup i n h i s

th roa t . Heth rew down thebat w i th a queerlook on h i s facethat m adePeters w i n ce.

Peters,hesa id

,w i th thel i t t leego t i s t ical

no te i n h i s vo ice that the big catcher l i ked ,“weareoner un ahead

,and i t ’

s thel as t hal fof then i n th . I am go i ng to th row t hat outcu rvenow

,and I shal l pu t i t over . ”

So Peters cal led for theout-curve. I t came,st raigh t over th i s t ime; bu t thebatter caugh t i tand s i ngled to left field . El ton gavethenextm an h i s baseon bal l s , and was safel y h i t agai n .

Thebases wereful l,and nobody was out.

“ I t has come,sa id theboy to h im self,

dreari ly . I wen t up i n theai r ’ j u st when Ishould havebeen s teady . I knew i t .”

Landeb in cal led to'

him . El ton nodded . Iam to bepu t on thebench

,I suppose

,an d

Fa rley i s to fin i sh the game. I deserve i t ,but Hewalked slow l y over to thecoach .

Baby,said Landebin, w i th a sm i le,

“

you

havep it ched thebes t gameof you r l i feup tonow . J us t keep i t up . You

’rei n a bi t of a

t igh t p lace, bu t you w i l l p ul l out. That ’

s al l .Go back and win.

”

El ton ’ s shoulders squared . I w i l l,Mr .

Landebin,

”hesa id .

Hewen t back i n to thebox and p i cked up

thebal l . Hehoped Peters woul d cal l for theout- cu rve, bu t thecatcher d id not dare. Heno t iced that thesun was no t as hot now ,

andtha t a l i t t lebreezehad sprung up .

Play bal l ! o rdered theum p i re.

The next p layer wa i ted,im pat ien t for the

hono r ofw i nn i ng thegame. El ton gr in ned athim

, and Peters , beh ind thebat , saw theboy ’sfaceand gri nned too . Then El ton tw i sted h i sfingers abou t thebal l , swung h i s arm i n a halfci rc le, and th rew . Th reet imes hed i d i t

,an d

th reet imes thebat ter swung w i thou t touch ingthebal l . Thecrowd was down on thegroundsnow

,p i led fi fty deep j us t ou tside the p icket

fen ce.

El ton th rew two bal l s to thenext batter,then

two s t r ikes,ano ther bal l

,and the th i rd st r ike.

Two men wereout.The next bat ter was onewho had not se

cured a safeh i t du r ing thegame. Hes toodclose to the plate

,and El ton was afraid he

would h i t him . So thefi rs t th reep i tched bal l swen t w i de.

Thec rowd groaned . Thes i tua t ion was veryc r i t ical . Thebases wereful l , and them an a tbat h ad th reebal l s and no s t r i kes .

I m ust do i t ,” sa id El ton , hal f aloud ; I

m us t do i t !Peters took a m i n u teto adj us t h i s m ask

,and

theboy knew i t was to gi vehim t imeto cooldown . Somebody o ver a t the fence yel led ,All r igh t , Baby !

” and El ton recogn ized Kenton ’s calm vo ice. Hesho t thebal l st raight i n toPeters’s wai t i ng hands .

Ones t r ike!” sa id theump i re.

El ton ’s heart was thum p ing aga i n , and h i scheeks burned . Hewas ho ld ing him sel f downby say ing over and o ver, I m us t do i t ; I m ustdo i t !” Hedrew back h i s arm and . th rewthebal l .

Two s t r i kes !” said theump i re.

A perfect bedlam of no i sebrokefo r th fromthe c rowd . Them i n u teEl ton had thebal lagai n , thesudden s t i l l ness was ter r ible.

The batter looked at h i s coach ; then hestepped a l i t t lecloser to thepl ate. Even fromthebo x El ton could seean un n atu ral s t rai nedlook i n h i s face. H is forehead was d rawn in todeep w r inkles . El ton thought helooked as ifhewereabou t to besho t . Then heunderstood .

Thebases wereful l . Fou 'r ball s would forcei n a run

,but theo ther coach had given up ex

pecting anyth i ng bu t a th i rd st r ike. Thebat ter ’s chances of get t i ng a safe h i t werehopeles sly smal l . Therewas onl y oneal terna

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AN A UG U ST DAY IN THE F IELDS .

A GRAMMAT ICAL D IS PUTE .

BY JOHN BENNETT.

BROOK and a l i t tlet reeoncewen t toschoo l

To a bu l l frog tha t l ived i n a puddle;They tried to learn al l of thegramm ar by

rule,

Wh i ch left bo th of thei r heads i n a m uddle.

Of nouns and of p ronouns they soon hadenough ;

Preposi t ions they found mos t u nbearablestuff;

Wh i leaux i l ia ry verbs, they decla red , weretootough

To betaught by a toad i n a puddle.

I may, can , orm ust , m ight I cou ld,wou ld ,

or shou ld,

”

C r ied thebrook wha t nonsensical twaddle

Qui terigh t , sai d thet ree; and I can ’ t seethegood

Ofone’s stufling such th i ngs i n one’s noddle

“ Bu t will i s correc t , c ried the t ree, w i th alook .

“ So i s s/za/l,sa id thebrook , w i th ano ther.

I t i s evil sa id thet ree. I t i s slid /l,” sai d

thebrook ,As they bo th tu rned thei r backs on eacho ther.

Thus a quar rel a rose ’ tw ix t thebrook andthet ree

,

For nei ther onek new enough gramma r tosee

That perhaps righ t or wrong bo th or ei therm igh t be

I n theusageofoneor theo ther.

“And I vow,cried theb rook

,

“ I shal l notlearn a th i ng !

You mean will not,my dear , sai d thet ree,

wi th a sw i ng.

I said slzal/not,reto rted theb rook , w i th a

fl i ng ;Su rely you do not poseas a model ? ”

A -\ i . D isPUTE. 883

And thetreeto thebreezestilldeelares to thisday For tha t t reei s a w i l low wherever i t grows ,“ I t i s w i l l , oh—

’

t i s wi l l , oh—’

t i s w i l l , oh And tha t brook i s a shal low wherever i tWh ilethebrook to thesands wherethel i tt le flows ;

fish play Wh ilebeneath each green w i l low,as every

Mu rmu rs : Shal l,oh— ’

t i s shal l , oh—’

t i s oneknows ,shal l

, oh !” Ru ns a l i t t lebrook wh isperi ng shal low.

CENTRAL PARK TOM .

MANv New Yo rk gi rl s and boys , as wel l bal l , and pon ies to pl ay see-saw,but Tom ’s

as out-of- town young v i s i tors to thec i ty,w i l l p roud keeper though t h is pet o ver topped all

recal l Tom , theb ig per

fo rm i ng elephan t who fu rh ished da i ly am usemen tfor h is young audiencesw i th t r icks and o ther mar

velous perfo rmances i n theCent ral Park menagerie.

That i s to say , h i s perfo rmances seemed m arvelousfora heavyelephan t whosenatural posi t ion was on al lfours

,and who (l id not

speak English ,even thoughit almos t seemed as i f heunderstood i t . Old Tom

final ly becameso dangerous tha t abou t two yearsago hehad to bequietl y

pttt away by a doseofpoison.

Perhaps the mos t remarkableof Tom ’s tri ckswasoneofwhich h is t ra i nerwas very proud

,not only

becausei t was d iffi cul t,bu t

because i t was novel aswel l . Tom wou l d standupon h i s h i nd legs on ast rong box , takefrom h i skeeper ’s hand a boy ’ smouth-o rgan , gracefu l l ycu rl h is trunk back u nt i l i tres ted on h is fo rehead

,and

then al ternatel y blow andd raw h i s b reath th roughthemusical reeds of thetoy.

Bears have been t ra i ned to beat a drum o ther perform i ng l a rgean im al s i n th i s novel ,and to wrest le, seal s havebeen taught to play though scarcel y m us ical , solo .

A CAT TA I L .

OH ,see

, grandpa . Oh , j us t look there!Meow ! meow ! What can i t be? ”

Sai d grandpapa : “ I do decl are,That ’s our ancest ra l t ree!

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No, no ; that sm al l boat i s dangerous ; and , i f

you m ust go , you h ad better go out i n thetemmabzmefi‘

No,si r

,sa id thel ad ; “ thez‘emmaéunei s

too big for meto row alone,so I p refer the

smal l one.

”

“ But I am i n great concern abou t you r personal safety i fyou go alone,

”said them aster. “ I

w i l l giveten rz'

a to any onewho wi l l go w i th you.

Though hequi ckl y m adeknown th i s offer tothemembers ofh i s househol d as wel l as am ongh i s neighbors , no onevent u red to offer h im sel fon accoun t ofthepeople’s repeated and terrib leexperiences . Bunkichi soo thed his m aster, saying that hewas m uch freer i f left to ac t by himsel f than hewoul d bei f therewereo thers w i thhim . Quick ly p ut ting theth reedumm ies i ntothesm al l boat ou ts idethegarden gate, w i thm arvelous cool ness , as i f hewerego ing out for

pleasu re,hesa id

, Good-by, everybody ; I w i l l

go now ,and beback agai n soon .

”

Them aster, who was fi rs t to s tir,led out to

thejet ty someof h is young men as wel l assomestrong coo l ies . Threeor fou r big ropeshav i ng been m adeready , hesa id“Now

,Bunkichi

,tie oneof theseto you r

wai s t .”“ I t ’s no use

,si r

,t i l l I get near them oun

tai n,repl ied thel ad , bu t them aster sa idBu t j ust th i nk , i f on your way out the

shark shoul d tu rn up ! Weshal l p ul l you alongthecoast wh i leyou w i l l row as near as you canto thel and .

”

B unkichi,who could n

’

t resi st them aster ’spersuasion

,let him tietheroperound his wai st ,

and them as ter h im sel f took hol d of theend of

i t and together w i th o thers went along thesho retoward Sum iyosh i blufl

‘

.

Bunkichi, hav i ng been b rough t up at theseasi de

,was an excel len t rower , but as they pul led

along the ropehe rowed bu t sl ightly . Suddenly hetook out a dagger wh i ch had beenhanded down from h i s ancesto r and unsheathedi t,sm i l i ng as heno ted thetemper ofthes teel .Who sp read thenews no oneknew

, yet thepeop lei n thetown cameout i n a c rowd

,and

KI BUN

Pronounced Tem -mah -boon’

nay. A larger boat.i An express ion used in oneof theB uddh istic prayers.

DA IZIN [AUG.

every onewas su rp ri sed to seea boy alonei n a

boat,sal ly i ng for th to k i l l themonster .I s n’

t hea wonderful l y courageous boyHei s no common boy. Perhaps hemayyet

beas famous as ourgreat heroKato Kiyomasa.

”l

I s n’

t hecoo l !”

Has n’

t hewonderfu l p resen ceofm i ndSuch expressions as theseescaped from every

body ’s l ips . Thus p rai s i ng him as they wentalong, thec rowd fol lowed them aster. Fromamong thecrowd an old wom an stepped out

w i th a rosary i n onehand,and said to themaster

“ Si r, pleaselet meho l d therope,N ama

Ami—Daéulsu.

”

j:Theyoung men tu rned to her and said , I l l

omen ! Don ’ t say such a th i ng as N amu-Ami

D abzztsu. This i s not theropefor you to pul l .”

I n sp i teof thetaun t shest i l l m u ttered thesacred charm oftheBuddha sec t

,say ing

But do let meho l d it. I am theleader i npu l l i ng t imbers for therepai ri ng of theHongwanzi§temple. Yet I m ust havemy share, becauseI am su reth at thel ad i s a hero sen t byBuddha h im sel f

,to saveus from our t roubles

,

N am zz-Ami repeated thewom an .

J ust then a m aid - servant carry ing a l i t t legi rlon her back camealong thesho reafter thewoman. Thela t ter tu r ned to thel i t t legir l and said

“ Ah, you arethedaugh ter of theDaikokuya.

Do you wan t to pul l th is rope, too ? N ama

Ami—D a

Thegi r l would n’

t l i s ten to her words,but

,

look i ng i nten tly at theboat i n thedistance,

cal led out aloud,Bunkichi !

Theo ther bystanders,who heard thenamefor

thefi rs t t ime,sa id : Ah

,h is namei s Bunkichi

,

i s i t ? ” and at onceshouted,

Bunkichi Dai

m iozin,

”wh ich i s a t i t lethey giveto thegods .

Thel ad,taki ng l i t tleno t i ceofthest i r on the

shore, soon cameto thefoo t of thebluff. Them aster and o thers wen t u p theh i l l s idealongtheedgeof thepreci pice

,wh i lethel ad began

to p reparefor h i s task .

Thelong summer day was al ready decl in i ngand a coo l b reezefrom thefar ocean blew abou th i s b road sleeves

,and thevo i ceof thec rowd

i Theconqueror ofKorea in 594 A .D .

Among a certain class ofjapaneseit was bel ievedthat by repeating th is ph rasefrequent ly thei r chances of go ing to heaven wereincreased .

§Theheadquarters of theB uddh ist rel igion in K ioto .

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grew fa in ter and fain ter as , h idden by thepi net rees , they wo und thei r way up to thetop of

thehi l l . Yet now and then Bunkichi hea rdhi s master's vo i ce fa in tl y ca l l i ng to him , to

whi ch hemadereply to assu rehim ofh is sa fety .

Looking out towa rd theocean , therewas nosa i l or boa t to beseen , probably owi ng to the

people's fea r ofmeet i ng thesha rk . A checkered bank ofwh i teand dark clouds was massedon thesky abo vethehori zon , wh i lethewaveschased oneano ther below.

-\ny o rd i na ry man would ha ve quai led a tsuch a sceneas th i s ; bu t B unkichi, w i th no signofnervousness, pu t thest raw figu res i n thebowof theboa t and p roceeded toward theplacewherethesha rk genera l l y madei ts appearance.

Hecould now seethem aster and o thers abovethep recip i ceas they began at tach i ng theropeto a st rong l im b of thes t u rdy pi newh ich pro

jec ted seawa rd . Thus all the preparat ionsweremadefor haul i ng him up a t thegi vensignal , whi lethel ad was al so p repari ng h im sel ffor theencoun ter and reconnoiter i ng thescenei n his boat .A t l as t thei ron - l i ketin of themonster was

seen to cleavethewater. Apparent ly rejo i cedat thesigh t of a man

,as Bunkichi’s figu rem ust

havebeen now and then reflected on thewater,

theshark i n ques t ofp rey raised its head abovethewa ter and madefor theboat .

“ Comeon, you v i l la i n ,”m ut tered thelad

,who

stood up in thebow w i t h thedo l l i n h i s hand .

Theter ro r-s tri cken young men on thep rec ipi ceaboveno sooner saw themonster thanthey wereon thepo i n t of pul l i ng up therope;but themaster stayed them

,saying Steady ,

men, steady ! Wa i t t i l l heg i ves us a s ignal .

Themaster anx iously watched thel ad ’s act ion , whi lethec rowd ha rdly breathed as theystood st i l l w i th hands clenched .

Wi th a splash,Bunkichi th rew thefigu rei n

theway of thewan/game, the shark tu rnedover , thewh i tepo rt ion ofits body gleamed , andi t snapped thes tu ffed figu re, d raw i ng i t u nderthe water . U p i t cameaga in , and the l adth rew out thesecond dummy ; bu t themonsterd id not takeany no t i ceofi t

,bu t madest ra igh t

for thelad . Above,on thep reci pi ce, them aster

awai ted Bunkichi’s signal w i th b reathless in terest

, but no signal was gi ven yet . Wi th h i s dagger

TO .\ I ERCHANT l’ ll

lNCE.

d rawn in onehand and ra is i ng theth i rd st rawfigu rei n theo ther , Bunkichi th rew i t a t theenem y ’ s head . Whet her i t was that thepo i sonwas al ready tak ing effect or that thecha rm of

the no ted swo rd fr ightened the monster , i ttumed back on a sudden and ret reated a fewya rds . Befo retheanx ious crowd cou ld d iv i nethenex t mo vements of thesha rk , i t began top lungeabou t , i n and out of thewater on the

fa rther s ideof theboat . Then , seem ingl y inagony , i t swam abou t w i th almos t l ightni ngspeed

,now towa rd thesho reand now toward

theocean , and thesea becamel i kea bo i l i ngwhi rl poo l i n wh ich thel i t t leboa t seemed everymoment i n danger ofbeing overwhelmed .

B unkichi,who saw h i s pl an had succeeded , at

on cebegan to row back . A t th i s j u nctu re, asfatewou ld ha vei t

,themons ter m adea sudden

dash a t theboa t,wh i ch was a t onceover tu rned .

Thes igna l had ha rdly been gi ven when , after am omen t ofaw ful anx iety

,thel ad was i n thea i r,

suspended by the rope. Themonster aga inm ade a mad rush

,only to b rui se i t s head

again st a rock , and wi th weakened st rengt h retu rned towa rd thedeep , ri d i ng on theret rea ting t ide.

As for Bunkichi,the ropewas d rawn up

stead i ly and w i th ca re, and hesoon found himsel f sa fel y perched on thes tou t b ranch of the

p ine.

Them aster of theDaikokuya,when hesaw

B unkichi once aga i n on so l id grou nd , neveru ttered a wo rd , bu t took h i s hand and pu t i t onh i s fo rehead i n token ofhis unu t terablegra t it ude

,wh i letears ofjoy fl owed from h i s eyes .

Theo thers knew no t how to do o therwi seon

thesudden a l ternat ion from d read to joy.

After a wh i leB unkichi left thec rowd a ndwen t to them os t commandi ng pos i t ion of thepreci pi ceand gazed down upon thesea, andsaw thesha rk on i ts back float i ng to and fro ,

the spo r t of the waves . H is joy knew no

bounds , and hesa idI thank you a l l ; I h avebeen sa ved by you r

hel p . Thesha rk now seem s to bedead .

Thesewo rds heu ttered w i th h i s customa rycoo l ness

,show i ng th at hehad not been a t al l

fr ightened by the terr i bleexper ien cehehadpassed th rough , wh i letheo thers coul d ha rdl y

yet shakeoff thed read they had fel t .

THE LAD WAS I N THE A IR , SUSPENDED BY THE ROPE.

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ferent from that accorded to theo ther boys intheshop ; i n fact , hewas t reated as i f heweretheson ofthefam i ly . But Bunkichi, on h is part ,served hi s master bet ter than theo ther boyswereableor w i l l i ng to.

I n spi teofh i s m aster ’s forbiddi ng h im ,hewas

fi rst on thescenein themo rn i ng to sweep thes t reet i n fron t of theshop and to put theshopin order and to sel l goods to customers howeverearly they m igh t come. Then , h av i ng careful l yset tled accou n ts at theclose of the day, hewould devoteh i sevenings to themastery oftheabacus and to writing Ch inesecharac ters .His p rai sewo rthy behav io r impressedeverybody who saw or heardofhim .

Two or th reemon th spassed i n th i s way, andthel ad ’s famebecameever greater, and furtherp rosperi ty was brough tto thehouse. Then them aster took cou n sel ofh i s w i fe

Aswehaven’

t any

boys ,Chocho being theonly ch i ld we have,sooner or l ater weshal lh aveto adopt a son .

I don ’ t care to haveany oneofwhoseimtent ions and charac ter Iknow no th i ng. Ratheri t wou ld pleasemetohaveBunkichi as ourfoster-son. What do

DA I ZIN (AUG.

ing merchan t in J apan, and thereby to raisethenameof h i s ancestors ; therefo rehewould notl iketo beadopted i n to ano ther fam i l y . Th i swould bethefirs t h i tch i n thea rrangemen t, Ifan cy .

”

No,my dear ; our i n tent ion , of course, is to

g iveh im thewholeof th i s our proper ty— andthat cer tai n ly should besuffi c ien t i nducemen tto any one.

”

No , I th ink no t , said theother, as hepu t

“PUTT ING A ROPE ROUND THE BODY OF THE S HAR K , THEY DREW IT CLOSE TO THE BLU FF .

you th i nk abou t th i s ?”

His w i fe seemed pleased a t thi s and saidgl ad l y

I agreewi th you, my husband ; hewouldbej us t theoneto whom to leavetheconduc tof thebus i ness, and i f wecould m akehim our

adopted son, what a pleasurei t woul d be! Youhad bet ter do i t qu i ckly .

”

Themaster pondered awh i leand sai dBut, you see

,hehopes to becomethelead

h is head on ones idein con templ at ion ; “hei sno t theboywho w i l l pr i zesuch a smal l p ropertyas ou rs . I don’ t careto run ther i sk of burn

bl i ng m ysel f by speaki ng to h im rash ly . WhatI wan t i s to ascerta in h i s i n ten t ion at some0pport unemoment .”

Sadak i ch i,who had been play ing in com

pany w i th thel i t t legi r l on theveranda outsidetheslzojz

'

,fi rst heard th i s conversat ion , and one

OR F ROM SHA RK -BOY TO MERCHANT P R INCE.

day tol d Bunkichi abou t i t . Thel at ter sai d toh imsel f :My intent ion has been to win fameand

thereby to rai seourancesto rs ’ name, so i t wou ldnever do for me to beadopted i n to ano therfam i l y . Troublewi l l comei f I stay herelonger ,and I shal l bepu t i n such a s t ra i t th at I shal lfeel obl iged to fal l i n w i th th i s p roposal .” So

hethough t hewoul d do bes t to leavethehou sequickly and t ry h i s hand independent ly at somet rade.

Oneeven ing hesough t h i s master an d said“Si r

,i t i s rather an ab rup t reques t to m akeof

you, but I haveconceived a pl an by wh ich Ican earn money , so pleaselet met radeby mysel f. As capi ta l to s tar t w i th , i t w i l l besuffic ien tformeto employ thoses i l ver co ins wh i ch I received for reward and wh ich you havekep tforme.Themaster

,w i thou t k now i ng thel ad s sec ret

i ntent ion , sa id , “ I f you w i sh to t radeon you rown account

,I w i l l lend you cap i tal o r gi veyou

any hel p you wan t ; bu t wha t i s thep lan youhavei n m i ndI t ’s simpl y th i s

,s i r. Si ncethed isappearance

ofthewam’

zamethepeoplenowadays get anabundan t catch of fi sh , and i n consequenceIhear therei s a scarc i ty of fishing

- tack le, nets ,and thei r belongi ngs . So I w i sh to go up toOsaka and get a su pply .

"

Themaster madeonec lap w i th h i s hands i ntoken ofhi s approval

,and said

“Wel l though t of, mylad ! I f you get a supplyfrom Osaka now, you aresu reto reap a goodprofi t . Besides , all thefishermen round aboutherereceived you r alms an d rega rd you as oneof thegods . I fthey hear o f you r sel l i ng fishingtackle, they wi l l gladly come to pu rchaseof

you. But you canno t t ransac t thebusi ness byyourselfalone, so I w i l l send someoneto assi s tyou, and also I wi l l lend you as m u ch cap i tal asyou w ish . Thereforego and makewhateveri nvestmen t you th i nk necessary .

”

Bunkichi di d not w i sh to recei veth is favo r,

as heintended t rad ing wi thou t thehelp of anyone.

Si r, let met radew i th my own capi ta l alonewi thou t any o ther hel p i n th i s i nstan ce

,

”here

pl ied . On ly , when thecargo comes, w i l l youpleasegivei t s tore- room forme

As themaster k new hecould not bei nducedto accept o thers ’ adv icewhen hehad defin i telym adeup h i s m i nd , hesa i d“ Very wel l

,t hen ; you may t ry to manage

for you rsel f. N o o ther boy of you r agecoul dt ransac t thebus i ness , bu t probabl y you may

succeed . Thus say ing , hewen t h imsel f andbrough t a packet ofmoney .

“This i s them oney I havebeen keepi ng for

you. And then heproduced ano ther packetwhi ch contai ned fi fty p ieces ofs i lver

,say ing

“ This i s only a t r ifl i ng recogn i t ion of you rserv ices in theshop

,by wh i ch wehaveenjoyed

m uch p rosperi ty , i f you w i l l accep t i t .”

Bunkichi again and again refused to accep tth i s addi t ional gi ft , but i n va in , for them asteralmos t forced h im to recei vei t

,and sa id

When you comeback from Osaka, you w i l ls tay again w i th us , won

’ t you PBunkichi hesi tated and stammered ou t

“Yes, si r ; I m igh t t roubleyou aga in , though I

i n tend to con t i n uein somet radeofmy own.

Of cou rseyou m ay go i n fo r whatevert radeyou l i ke, and i f you. can conven ientlycarry on you r t radewh i leyou s tay at my house,pleasemakeyou rsel f at homei n i t, and do no tth i nk tha t you need hel p i n my shop on tha taccoun t .”

As Bunkichi had no o ther home, heacceptedth i s k i nd o ffer for h i s futu rep rotec t ion after h i sret u rn

,and thenext day

,when hehad p repared

h im sel f for thejou rney,heleft theDaikokuya

for Osaka .

Though hewas a boy i n appearance, h i sm i n d was equal to tha t of a ful l -grown man.

A t thet imeofh i s leave- tak i ng, them aster wasi n sist ing on get t i ng him a th rough I nga, or J apanesepal anqu in , to Osaka , wh ich hehad refusedas unnecessary . I n h is cou rageous onwa rdma rch hecameto a lonel y par t of theroad ;hewas

, however, wel l u sed to t ravel i ng, ow i ngto thoseearl y day s o f wander i ng when hesol dthed ragon -flies for thesuppo r t of h i s fam i l y

,

an d by theexperienceof h i s lonel y journey toKumano . Bu t i n th i s p resen t jou rney

,as he

ca rried w i th him a grea t sum ofmoney i n h ispocket , he fel t somewhat encumbered andcoul d not wal k as l ightl y as hewi shed .

On theafternoon of theday when hecameto themoun ta i nous region , Hewas wel l -n igh

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tired out, and heh i red a éago to ca rry him .

Thecool ies no sooner pu t him i n to thepal anqui n than t hey star ted off at almos t a runn i ngpace, and after a sho rt t imethey turned offfromtheh ighway i n to a bypath . Thelad cal led outi n susp i c ion

Aren’

t you tak i ng a rather s trangeroad ?Both cool ies an swered i n onevo iceThi s i s a sho r t cu t

,l ad .

”

As they wen t on they got mo reand morein to thew i l ds of them oun tai ns

,and Bunkichi

though t to h im sel f that they m igh t belong to

that cl ass of rascal s who p rey on thet raveler’s pockets. Never theless i t was too l ateto

do any th i ng agai nst them , so hekept h im sel fin perfect peaceby determ in ing not to showthat besu spec ted them .

When thecool ies werecometo a t racklessth icket , they pu t theéago down , an d, th i nk ingto pul l out theboy, looked i n and fou nd h imfast asleep .

They stared a t each o ther i n astoni shmen tand said : “Why, hei s sleepi ng ! Thefel lowtakes l i feeasy

,eh ? Come, my boy, get up !

get up !” and oneof them poked him on the

shou lder,and theo ther

,tak ing hol d of h is foot ,

pul led him out.

Bunkichi rubbed h is eyes an d yawned twi ceor thrice.

“Wel l,Mr . Coo l ie,— I mean you two

,

what ’s them at ter ? ”

Thecool ies sai d somewhat fiercel y : “ Lookhere; you

’vegot somemoney w i th you,

haven’t you ?

Heanswered in perfec t cool ness,as i f nothi ng

had happened , “Yes, I have.

”

They though t moreand morethel ad was apret ty easy simpleton to deal w i th , and said :Weknew you had somefi fty or si xty rio

,and

that i s why webrough t you here. Come, now,

hand out allyou’vegot , for i f you refuseyou

’ll

suffer for it.Thel ad burs t out into l augh ter , say i ng I f

you wan t themoney you shal l h aveit andhetook out thew rapped packageof m oneyand threw i t down i n fron t of them .

Thecoo l ies,seei ng theper fec t com posu reof

thel ad, wondered who th is boy coul d be, andthey began to grow nervous

,and oneof them

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sa id i n a wh i sper to theo ther : May henotbea.fox“Wedon’ t know bu t what th i s money may

tu rn to tree- leaves,” was theanswer, and bothlooked i nto theboy ’s face.

Theboy said as hesm i led : You cowa rdlyth ieves, areyou a frai d PHes tepped out a pacebeforethem , wh i le

they s tepped back a l i t tleand said , “Wearenot afra id ,

” visibly suppress i ng thei r fear .The l ad peered i nto thei r faces . “ I f you

aren’

t afra id,why do you t rembleso

We’reco l d ; that is why.

”

You cowards ! Takethemoney and begone!

”

The coo l ies looked at each o ther, and

wou l d n’

t takethem oney up in to their hands,

whilethelad s tood fi rmly grasp i ng theh i l t ofthedagger ofKiku-ichirnonjiw i th i n h i s pocket ,ready to figh t i t out in .casethey might treathim roughly.

They werethoroughl y ou twi t ted by theau

dacity ofthel ad,and sai d : “Wherehaveyou

comefromKum ano i s my home.Oneof them t urned pale

,and sai d to the

o ther : Why, m aybehei s theShark-BoyYes

,I am that very boy, retorted

'

thelad.

No sooner did thecool ies hear th is than theycried w i t h onevo i ce: Let us up and be

gone!” As they wereabou t to t urn on thei r

heel s,Bunkichi sa id

,as hed rew h i s dagger

I f you run off I w i l l cut you i n two.

”

As though they weres t r icken by thunder a ttheboy ’s words

,down they tumbled on the

ground , and could not ri sei n sp i teof themsel ves . Onl y spareour l i ves, i f you please!

”

As they begged for mercy, thel ad col d lysm i led

,saying : “What i s i t you fear

Please spare us ! We canno t bear thethough t that you w i l l fin ish u s off as you di dthewam

’

zame,

” they gasped i n a t rembl i ng vo ice.Thesecool ies h ad heard of h i s b ravedeed

i n k il l i ng theshark , and they though t that hehad k i l led i t by a feat of swo rdsmansh ip , andthat hewas a warrio r general l ikehim ofU shiwakamaru

"ofold . Heat onceperceived what

was thecauseof thei r fear , and saidAreyou weaker than thewam

’

?

A boy hero who learned fencing from a mountain elfin thew i lderness ofAtago.

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arinePyle.

THE l i t t lered cart and theshovel and AnnAreou t ofdoors p l ay ing as hard as they can .

By theroads idethey gather thesand , ho t andwh i te.

I t i s heaped i n thecart and i s patted down t igh t .

Then gai l y thel i t t lecar t c reaks up theroad ,And p roudly theshovel st icks up i n theload .

When nursiecal l s i n l i tt leAn n from her play,

Thecar t and theshovel arebo th lai d away .

And Ann says thehapp ies t fo l k i n thel an dMust bethosewho arecart i ng and shovel i ng

sand .

DOWN beneath thero l l i ng ocean ,A t thebot tom ofthesea,

L i ved a Shrim p who had a no t ionThat a perfect sh rimp was be.

Hewas brigh t an d hewas p ret ty,Clever, too , an d rather w i t ty ;Hewas j imp

,di st i n c tl y j imp

,

Was thi s pleasi ng l i t tleSh rimp ;So

,ofcou rse, as you may see

,

Hewas al l a sh r imp should be,Hewas all a sh rimp shoul d be.

As theSh r imp oneday was fl i tt i ngHereand thereand al l a rou nd

,

Hebehel d a Cocklesi tt i ngOn a l i t tlesandy mound ,And hesaid

, O Cockledeary,You look rather sad and weary

I w i l l s i ng to you a song,N o t too sho r t and not too long ;And I ’

m su reyou w i l l agreeI t is al l a song should be,I t i s all a song should be.

Then theShrimp , w i th sm i les ofpleasu re,

Took h i s banjo on h i s knee,And heplayed a mer ry measu reL i kea Ca ro l or a Glee;And hesang a catch so jol l y ,A l l offro l ic , fun , and fol ly ,A l l ofmer rimen t and pl ay

,

A l l ofm i r th and l augh ter gay ;And I ’

m su reyou’

ll al l agreeTha t is al l a catch should be,That i s all a catch shoul d be.

GUES S ING SONG .

Bv

$H EN RY JOHN SON .

A CAPT I VE in a cage, thi‘iOugh my pri son -bars I bl ink ;Now I wavemy plumes~o n h igh , now I let them softly si nk .

A sl aveat you r comm and , I can lead you to and fro ;Wherethere’

s nei ther su n normoon , I can gu ideyou whereto go .

Yet becareful what you do when you freemefrom my cage,Or you r humblesl avemay t u rn to a ty ran t i n a rage:For I ’

m somet imes meek and tame, and I’m somet imes fierceand

Now a terror to a man,now

'a com fort to a chi ld .

But i f you watch mewel l you w i l l find in mea fr iendEver ready to Obl igeand a hel p i ng hand to lendI wi l l m akeyou r ket tlebo i l u nder sk ies ofAugust bl ue,Or on frosty n ights at homeI wi l l warm you r toes foryou.

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STOR IES OF MY PETS .

Bv HELEN H ARCOURT .

ID youever seea bullfinch ?Hei s not so well k nownas heough t to be. Thosewho do know him lovehim . Hedeserves i t

,too ,

as you w i l l seewhen youhaveread thes to ry of Don. Hewas a bul lfinch

, and every word ofh is sto ry i s t rue. Butfi rst you should k now someth i ng of bullfinches

i n genera l ; then wew i l l t u rn to Don i n particul a r— and very pa rti cula r hewas

, too , abou tm any th i ngs .Thenat ivehomeof thebullfinch i s i n Eu

rope. I n h is w i l d s tatehei s very shy . He

sh uns peopleand houses. He i s very t im idwhen fi rs t caugh t ; bu t after thefi rs t fr igh t i sover hei s easi ly tamed .

Hei s a very lov i ng bi rd . Hetakes st rongdisl ikes to somepeople

,bu t heloves others j u st

as m uch . Somet imes heca res l i t t lefor or d isl ikes peoplewho arek i nd to him . Agai n hel i kes others who do not ca refor him . Henever gives any reason for such queer conduct ,ei ther .Did youever heara bullfinch wh istlea tuneP

TheGermans makea regular bus iness of teaching bullfinches. Thesecunn i ng bi rds aretaugh tto im i t atethem usic of a flageolet wh i lei t i sbei ng played to them . By and by they get theno tes per fect ly , and then they are ready forsaleand br ing h igh prices . Pip ing bullfinches,

”

they arecal led . Somehaveon ly onetu ne,some

two or th ree.

The bullfinch wea rs a handsome su i t of

clothes . Thebaseof theneck and thebackarea sl ate-gray , somet imes ti nged w i th rose.

Thetop of thehead and m o s t of thew ingfeathers areblack and glossy . Thet ips Of thew i ngs arewh i te, m ak ing a cont rast w i t h thebol dwh i tebar across them . Thes ides ofthehead

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theth roat,and theb reast arel igh t chest nu t -red .

Thebi l l i s black , and cu rved l i kea pa r rot’s .

A l together thebullfinch i s a very pl um p , comfortable—look ing b i rd . Hei s a com i cal fel low ,

too . Bu t no onewho i s ca reless,or gets t i red

of pets,shoul d own a bullfinch . Why ? Be

causethat dea r l i t tlebi rd has s t rong feel i ngs .Hehas a heart , a t rue, fai thful heart . I f heloves

you, and you neglect him ,hew i l l d roop and

grieve.

I fi rs t saw l i t t leDon i n a bi rd- store. I waslook ing a t a long row of bullfinches that hadj ust arr ived . A l l a t o nceoneofthel i t t lepipersj um ped off h i s perch and cameto his doo r.Therehepufi

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ed out h is feathers i n thequeer898

STU R l lis

way bullfinches havewhen they arepleased .

I t madehim look l ikea ba l l of feathers w i th abeak and a ta i l . Thefeathery bal l bobbed upand down i n a very fu nny way. When spokento ,

he went w i l d w i th del igh t . He puffed ,bowed , danced a rou nd h is cage, and rubbed hisbreast against thebars. Nex t hebegan a p ret tytune.

You can guess what cameofal l th i s , can youno t ? Thehappy l i t t lebi rd won a good homeand a lo v i ng m i st ress .But hewas shy w i th every oneel se. He

tu rned his back on them w i th qu iet sco rn . He

was so proud and d ign ified that hewas named

Don, after theproud Span ish nobles or dons of

theo lden t ime.

Every onewho has owned a bullfinch k nowshis st rangecal l of Comelie-ere, comehe-ere,comehe-ere I t i s a cal l never ut tered exceptto summon theonehelo ves .Don was very u nhappy when I was out of

sight . His cagewas hung a t fi rs t i n a gl assconservato ry , wherehehad sun sh ine, flowers ,and two canary-bi rds for company . But hed id

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j um ped to thedoo r of h i s cage pos t-has te.

Then,puffi ng out l ikea bal l

,hebowed r igh t

and left,danc ing to and fro as i f wou nd up to

run for hou rs . An d such a sweet p iping astherewas, too !But henever played abou t theroom when I

was away . Hewas too so r row ful for that .His favo ri tehaun t , next to my head or shou lders , was my bu reau . He loved to

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hop al lover i t ; but helo ved bes t Of al l to m oun t the

no t ca refor them . Hewan ted someth i ng el se.

Hewas si len t and mo ping. So thelo v i ng l i t t lebi rd was m adehappy by bei ng placed in myroom ups ta i rs .I t was wo nderful how soon helea rned to d is

tinguish my s tep . O ften his clea r , sweet t u neco uld behea rd pou ri ng from his da i n ty th roat .Or perhaps hewas si lent . I t was al l thesame.

Thei n s tan t m y step sou nded i n thehal l belowor on thes ta i rs , thewh i st leceased , orthes i lencewas broken . Comehe-ere

,comelie-ere. come

lie-ere!” was theeager c ry . Of co u rseI a lwaysd id “ comelie-ere.

” And then thedel igh t of

thedea r l i t t lefel low was touch ing . Down he

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big, fat p i ncush ion . I t was such fine fun to

pul l out the p i ns and d rop them on thebureau scarf. Somet imes hecar r ied them to

theedgeof thebu reau and d ropped them on

thefloo r.Oneday I bent thepo i n t ofa largep i n and

tw i sted i t wel l i n to thecush ion . I t was rathernaugh ty , to besu re, bu t I wi shed to seewhatDon would do abou t i t . Theo ther p ins cameout and wered ropped as usual . Then camethe“ tug ofwar.

”Thepoo r l i t t lebi rd pu l led

and pul led,an d tugged and tugged . Thebig

p in moved but d id not comeout . Hepu t h ishead on oneside and eyed i t severel y . Hewas not oneof the gi veup sort . Hehadm adeup .

his m i nd to conquer that p i n . Hewo rked very hard for at least ten m i nu tes .Then thepl ai n ti ve“Comehe-ere

,comehe-ere!”

rang out.

I wai ted to seewhat hewould do nex t . Andwhat do you th i nk ? Hethough t a l i t t le, thenmounted thecush ion agai n , and wh is tled anddanced to that obst i natep in . But i t stayedrigh t whereit was. Then heseized i t on cem ore

,and tugged so hard .t hat h i s t iny feet

sl i pped and hesat r ight down . Next hegotup and sta red at it

,then hopped to theedge

ofthebureau and cal led agai n , Comehe-ere,comehe-ereI coul d not teasehim any longer and wen t

to therescue. Themomen t tha t p i n was loose,

Don sei zed i t w i t h a happy chuckle. Hoppi ngto theback part of thebu reau , hed ropped thep i n down between i t an d thewal l . I t was i ndi sgrace, you k now.

Oneday thedear l i t tlefel low had been verybusy i ndeed . Thecush ion had been freshlyfi l led w i th pins . That gavehim a great deal Ofwo rk to do , ofcourse. Thep ins had al l to becarried to theedgeof thebu reau and d roppedoverboa rd . That task fin i shed

,hewent i n to h i s

houseto get h i s di nner .I wen t to wo rk to p i ck up thep ins

,tel l i ng

Don that hewas a naugh ty b i rd to m akemesom uch t rouble. I t seemed as i f heu nderstoodevery wo rd . A t oncehes topped eat ing h i sseeds , cameout

,and peeped a t meover the

edgeofthebu reau . Then down hecame,mak

ing steps of my head , shou lder, and arm un ti lhereached thefloor . And theretheclear l i t tle

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bi rd hurried around w i th all hi s m igh t, pi ck ingup thepi ns . Heflew up to thecush ion

,l ai d

them down , and cameback formo re, u nt i l theywere all gathered up . Then he sat on my

chai r,wh ist led hi s t une, and final ly wen t to

sleep .

Them irro r was ano ther sou rceofgreat i nterest. Don never t i red of tal k i ng and bow i ng tothe o ther bi rd . I t woul d never tal k back

,

though , and that fac t seemed to puzzlehimvery m uch .

Oneday Don had a p resen t . A t i ny bel lwas fastened to theroof of h i s cage. A stri nghung from i t between theupper perches , sothat hecould easi l y reach i t . L i kemost o therbi rds , hewas very fond ofhemp - seeds . But nobi rd shoul d havetoo m any ofthem . They aretoo rich and fat ten i ng. They areli ableto giveour l i t tlebi rds i ndigest ion or gout . Don got

oneon ly now an d then,tak i ng them from the

hands ofh is friends .I now began to teach him to ri ng thebel l for

theseeds . I hel d oneout to;him . When het ried to reach i t , I hel d i t back and rang thebell.Then at onceI gavehim theseed . I t neededonl y a few such lesson s to lead him to pu t thesetwo th i ngs together . So i t was not long befo rehecaugh t thestr i ng in h is beak and gavethebel l a royal r ingi ng whenever hesaw a hem pseed . Hewas so del ighted w i th thesuccess ofh is schemethat hekep t on tugging thes tri ngfor somet imebefo rehecamefor h i s reward

,

and hewas qu i teu nconscious that I was j ust asdel ighted w i th my success in t ra i n i ng him .

Don soon becamean exper t bel l - r i nger . I twas not only seeds that herang for. Hehad

got thei dea tha t ri ng i ng thebel l mean t gett i ngwhatever hewanted . Healways wanted memo rethan any th i ng el se; so h i s bel l was rungfor mewhenever I was out of sigh t : not j ustoncei n a whi le

,bu t nearly all thetime

,that

t ink le,t i nkle, could beheard . A t thesound of

my step or vo i cehewould set thebel l ri ng ingv io len tly . Thet i ny t i nk leof i t , and thecoaxing

“Comehe-ere, comehe-ere!” soo n became

fam i l ia r i n our home.

Dear, dea r l i t tleDon ! Hepassed out of

hum an s igh t long ago ; but h is cunn i ng ways,h is lov i ng hea r t , will never pass out of . themem o ry of h i s friends .

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Thi s was thereason that hecould th i nk abou twhat hesaw,

as hed id abou t thel atch of the

doonBut ofcou rsehecoul d not th i nk as wel l as

you can . Hewas only a cat,w i th a cat ’s

b ra ins . That was why, oneday, hetried the

t humb - l at ch t r i ck on a round doo r-k nob . Whenthedoo r d id not Open for him hesat down andlooked h i s wonder , and a mo resad and sheepi sh- looki ng cat never was seen . His l i tt leplaym ates l aughed at him

,and then hec rept under

a so fa and woul d not comeout for a long t ime.

Oneof them any t r i cks that D ick ’s fr iendsplayed on him was for th reeor fou r of them to

s i t as far apar t as possible. Then onewouldbegi n to wh i stle. A t thefi rst sound D ick ’s earsstood at atten tion. A t thesecond h i s legss tood at m akeready , and at theth i rd whi s tlei t was “ go Fu l l i n thel ap ofthewhi s tler he

T was becauseshewas so handsomeand so dain ty that wenamed her Lady . She hadbeen brough t up i n thecount ry

,and had never seen a ci ty

i n her l ifeunt i l shecameto u sin thegrea t c i ty ofPhi ladel ph i a.

Now, you know how i t i s w i th coun t ry ch i ld ren when they cometo town . They seem anyth i ngs and hea r m any sou nds that star tlethembecausethey do not k now what they mean . I twas thesameway w i th poo r Lady, onl y worse,becau sech i ld ren can reason abou t th ings andth i nk out thei r mean i ng . Ho rses can only feela fra id

,w i thou t knowi ng that therei s no need

to befrigh tened a t al l .I t so chan ced that Lady had never been

near oneof thosegreat, roari ng i ron ho rses thatwecal l “ locom o t i ves .” Oneday when I wast rai n i ng her to pul l a l igh t car ri age(for shehadnever been i n theshafts before), a locomo t i vecamer ush i ng ac ross theroad i n fron t ofus .Poo r Lady was ful l of ter ro r a t thesigh t and

thesound of i t . Shereared and j umped,and

then , as my vo i cesoo thed her, stood trembl i ng

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l anded,and i f a laugh did not stop thewhi stle

D i ck rubbed h is head over h i s friend ’s mou th .

I f that d i d not answer,h i s velvet paw was qu ick

to givea slap th at always brough t a l augh .

Then a second and th i rd an d fou rth wou ldstar t up a whi stle

,and poo r D i ck was kept

rush i ng from oneto ano ther,un til hegaveup

thegameand sa t on thefloo r,pur ri ng w i th al l

h is m igh t , as i f hedid not carea bi t how longwe kep t on whi stl i ng. We never fel t su rewhether D i ck l iked or disl iked thewh i s tl i ng,because, wh i leheseemed t ryi ng to s top i t

,he

was pur ri ng and rubbi ng agai nst u s a l l thewh i le.

D i ck was a ful l -grown eat when hecamei n toour fam i l y , and for fou rteen years hewas thehousehol d pet. When at last old ageendedh i s stay w i th us

,hewas m ou rned by old and

young, and though m any yea rs have passedsi ncethen

,h is memo ry still i s green .

l ikea leaf. I was very careful after th at . Isaw that shem ust betaugh t that i t would not

hurt her,orel sewem igh t havea broken car

riageand somebroken bones.Lady was a finesaddle- horse, and I o ften

rodeher out i n to thecoun t ry . Shel i ked thefun ofa scam per along thegreen lanes as wellas I di d

,but shedi d not l ikethec i ty s igh ts and

sounds that met her nearer home. Bu t I hadm adeup my m i nd th at Lady m ust learn not tofear them . So

,fi rs t of al l

,I won her loveand

t rust by bei ng always gen tleand k i nd to her.

I never shou ted a t her or st ruck her. I knewthat tha t would only frighten her m o re thanever . After that , whenever wecameto anythingthat wo r r ied her and madeher dance

,I fi rst

soo thed her by vo i ceand touch ; then I facedher toward theObject shefea red . When shehad had a good look at i t , I m adeher go al i t t lecloser to i t

,and then s top and takeanother

look . Then,patt i ng and talk i ng to her all the

t ime,I u rged her st i l l closer un t i l shetouched

i t and saw forhersel f that i t would neitherjumpat nor bi teher. I n th i s way I taugh t her topass qu ietl y by pi les of bri ck

,stone

,mo r tar,

w o nI Es or

boxes,l ime-k i l ns , and al l theo t her queer th i ngs

that shehad never met befo re.

Wel l , when shehad lea rned tha t therewasno harm i n thosequeer- look i ng th i ngs that mether on thest reets , I was ready to teach her theha rdest lesso n of al l . Thi s was

,no t to fea r

tho seawful t ra i ns of wh i s t l i ng, roa ring ca rs ,w i th the g rea t , black , smoke-b reath ing i ronho rseat thei r head .

So oneday Lady and I rodeout to a placewheretherewas a wides t reet w i th a rai l roadt rack on onesideof i t . I k new wem us t ha veplenty of room to j ump a nd wal tz a rou nd i n .

Wewa i ted theret i l l a t ra i n camealong ,and

then Lady though t i t was h igh t imeto go home.

I did no t, and I to l d her so . Poo r Lady,she

was i n a d read ful fr igh t . She backed anddanced , and stood on her h i nd legs . When shecamedown on al l fou r legs agai n , shedancedand wal tzed al l o ver thest reet to them us i c oftheb ig i ron ho rse. I t was d read fu l enoughjust to look at . I t was wo rsewhen i t began toblow off steam . I t was st i l l wo rse when i t

gavetwo w i l d sh r ieks , an d then wen t pufling off

down thest reet .I fel t so r ry for Lady

,shewas so fr igh tened .

But al l the t ime I spoke so ft ly to her andst roked her neck

,and kept her faci ng tha t awful

locomo t i veu nt i l i t had pu ffed out ofsight .Day a fter (lay Lady and I rodeout to see

those locomo t i ves . Day a fter day wewen tc loser to them . Wepa id them m any v i s i t s befo reLady fel t qu i tesu rethat them o v i ng ,

h i ssing gian t that b reathed sm okeand steam ,

andsh rieked and roa red

,mean t her no ha rm .

But shelearned the lesson a t last . Shelearned i t so wel l that shefel t onlv scorn andcontempt for her one- t imeter ro r . Then I hadto ho ld her back from c ro ss i ng thet rack whena t ra in was com i ng. Somet imes when i t hadstopped ac ross theroad shewou ld havet riedto cl imb over i t , i f I had let her. I t wasfunny to seehow shedespi sed her old foe.

Lady soon learned themean i ng ofthewo rdback .

” I n a sho r t t imei t was on l y need fu lto givethewo rd an d sheobeyed at oncew i thout any pul l i ng ou therei ns . I f I w ished her toback when I was stand ing on theground a t herside, shehad only to betouched on theb reast ,and back shewen t un ti l to l d to stop .

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persons p u l l so hard on thebi t when they wi shthei r ho rses to back that thepoo r ho rses Openthei r m o u ths i n pa i n . Th i s i s c ruel and not

need ful a t al l .Lady soon cameto th i nk tha t shebelonged

to her teacher, or tha t her teacher belonged toher. Sheseemed a l i tt ledoubt fu l as to wh i chway i t was ; but , at all events

,shemadeup

her m i nd tha t she( l id not wi sh to obey anyoneel se.

Wetook a r idenea rly every day , Lady and

I . and every ridewas a lesson . They werelear ned , too ,

ch iefly i n a beau ti fu l park tha t waso ften c rowded w i t h car r iages and persons on

ho rseback . Yet i t was not long beforetherei n scould bed ropped on her neck

,i n thecer ta i n ty

tha t by vo i cealoneshecould begu ided i n andout among them al l .

Lady,a qu iet vo i cewould say . Then her

ea rs p ri cked up , and shel i stened for theo rdershek new was com i ng . Left

,

” and a t onceshetu rned Off to theleft . R ight ,

” an d away shewen t to the r igh t . I f thewo rd was repea tedshekept on t u r n ing u nt i l shefaced a rou nd theo ther way.

I f she heard the o rder “ Tro t ,” “ Canter,

“Walk,

”sheobeyed on the i ns tan t . I t was

funny to seehow qu i ckly shed ropped from aqu i ck can ter i n to a walk , even a t a wh i speredo rder . Somet imes

,when t ro t t i ng or can teri ng,

a low - spoken , Faster,faster , sen t her tea r ing

alo ng as i f t herewerea big raceto ru n andshehad set out to win i t .Norwas th i s all tha t L ady was taugh t . E ven

thevo i cewas no t needed to gu ide her. She

soon lea rned to obey a set ofw h ip s igna l s aswel l as theo rders by vo i ce. A l igh t touch on

theflank star ted her i n to a t ro t . A touch on

ther igh t shou lder mean t to can ter . Betweentheears mean t to comedown to a walk .

Press ing thewhi p aga i nst therigh t s i deof

her neck was the signal to tu r n to the left .Pressi ng thewh i p on the left s ide mean t totu rn to ther igh t . I f thewh ip kep t on p ress ingagai n st her neck L ady turned and tumed unt i lshehad com p leted a ci rcle. Rubbi ng thewh i pon her back beh ind thesaddlewas theo rderto go faster .A l l theseo rders by vo i ceand touch Lady

obeyed whether i n ha rness or under thesaddle.

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Lady ’s stab lewas i n a b ig l umber-ya rd . The

l umber was pi led up i n neat rows,thefronts al l

even,and thepi les somet imes as h igh as a two

s to ry house. Thesepi les of l umber s tood inlong rows, w i th a spacebetween that was cal leda gangway .

I t was in oneoft hese

gangways that Ladylearned to pl ay “ j um ptherope,” on ly her ropewas a ligh t st r i p ofwood .

Two of the workmens tood about m idway of

theleng th of thegangway, oneon ei ther s ide.

Thel igh t strip ofwoodrested on thei r palm s .Then Lady an d I cametoward them at a canter .Themen hel d thes t r i plow a t firs t , and i f Lady

’shoofs st ruck i t i n theleap , i t fel l to thegrou nd .

That was why themenhel d i t so l igh tly . I f i th ad been t ight or fastened i t m igh t haveth rown Lady down i fshehad s truck i t .Lady soon caugh t the

idea ofa j ump . Then itwas a wonder to seehowqu i ck shewas to learn .

Higher and h igher shej um ped, un t i l at l ast shewent over that s t r ip of

wood as l igh tly as a b i rd ,though i t was a t theheigh t of an o rd i naryfen ce.

After that therewereno mo relessons to teachLady . Hereducat ion was com plete. But shehad somei deas ofher own,

and learned someth i ng for hersel f, as you will see.

Wehad t raveled along together l ikegoodcom rades for a number of years when Ladyhad them i s fo rtu neto fal l i n to thehands Of anignoran t coun t ry blacksm ith . He pu t shoes

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on her that weretoo smal l,and so gaveher a

co rn on onefoot .Of cou rset hat co r n m adeLady l ameonce

i n a wh i le. Several t imes , after bei ng harnessed

“AT LA S T S HE WENT OVER THAT srm p or: WOOD AS L IGHTLY A S A B IRD,

THOUGH 1T was AT THE HE IGHT OF AN ORD INARY FENCE.

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to thecarr iage, shehad to bepu t back in thestable. I t was the same, too, several t imesunder thesaddle. So ,

by and by , our sma rtLady began to pu t thetwo th i ngs together, being l ameand h av i ng a l azy t imei n her s ta l l .Not that shewas at all a lazy ho rse; i ndeed ,mos t peoplethough t her onefaul t was w i sh ing

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WHEN THE B IRDS WERE OUR GUESTS .

(A Tr ueS tory of My

Bv F . E . H AWSON .

HAT was a dry yeari n Au st ral ia . A l lth rough

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thew i n termon ths

,except for

a few l ight showers wh ichbarel y l a id the dust

,there

had been no rai n , and whensummer came

,thefiercesu n

b lazed down upon a barered earth from wh ich theparched herbagehad long

sincebeen swept away by thestrong no rth w i nd ,leav i ng no th ing but thed ry stumps of thetu ftedgrass. Thesheep d ied i n hundreds

,and

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thecattlefoun d scan t-nou ri shmen t by feeding upontheacri d leaves ofthebush sh rubs.I n them iddleof J anuary a day camewh ich

was thecl imax of that awful summer. After ast ifl i ng, breathless n ight , the sun rosel i kea

great red bal l , grow i ng ho t ter and fiercer as heascended in theheavens, unt i l a t noon theai rsco rched theflesh l iketheblast from a fu rnace. E ven theleaves o f thehardy gum - t reesr ustled and c rack led and w i thered w i th thei n tenseheat

,wh i le the sandalwood- t rees

,the

wat tle and cassi a bushes,wi th each smal ler

t reeand sh rub,d rooped

,thei r leaves hangi ng

l im p and l ifeless.Thew i l d b i rds, open-mou thed and gasping,

met i n the gi an t gum - t ree,which i n former

years had affo rded them gratefu l shade; bu tnow i t gaveno shel ter, for i ts leaves stood onedgeand theburni ng su n-rays fi l tered th rough .

Even theeagle-hawk was subdued . Wi th partedbeak and ou tsp read w i ngs, be balanced h isbody on a stou t bough and gl anced uncar ingat h i s feathered p rey , for wel l heknew thehotblood of bi rds woul d noteaseth is ragi ng th irs t .Fol lowing theeagle-hawk

’s eye, thecrowlooked down w i th a s i ni ster sm i leupon thebi rds pan ti ng onevery branch . A l l werethere:

Laugh i ng J ack i n h i sbrown coa t

,h i s boister

ous merrimen t st i l led .

The m agpie, h i s b lack - andwhi tedress, u sual l y so sp i ckand span , now dingy and ru ffled

,for what b i rd cou ld care

how helooked i n such weather ? A t dawn hehad tr ieda no teor two of h i s glor ions mo rn i ng song, bu tsoon quavered off i n tosi lence. Perched on atw ig i n h i s p ret ty garmen tOfsoft,eucalyp tus green ,was l i t tleSilvereye,dari ng bi rd who persi stently refused to bescaredaway when a gun was fired , bu t kep t h i s pl acei n theb ranches, t rust i ng to h i s coat conceal i nghim among theleaves wh ich heresembled so

closel y ; i nstead , hewould t urn a mer ry, si lverr immed eyetoward thehun ter as though inviting ano ther sho t .Seated near thei r b rown cousi ns ofthep la ins

werethep ret ty bl uewrens, thei r lovel y d ress,bri l l i an t azu reon them ale, mo resomber on thefem ale, m ak ing a b righ t spo t of colo r. Thecooloody, a smal ler and less aggress ivecopy

ofLaugh ing J ack , was perched besi dethedul lcoated but mus ical th rush . The black-andwhi teflycatcher was there

, thefriend of the

cows,on whosebacks heo ften perches when

h unti ng for h i s food and thei r tormen t, thefl ies .Thewho leparro t fam i l y was represented , fromthegreat red- and-yel low-c rested cockatoos, thesc ream i ng p i nk- and-

gray galas, thel arge, gor

geously p lum aged parro ts, down to thetiny soft

green parrakeets . Besides thesetherewerethe

ground lark and h i s si lver-vo iced b rother ofthesky

,the bronze-w ing p igeon , thetiny crested

(love, and many o ther bi rds of thebush too

numerou s to men t ion several ly .

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WH EN T lI I5 B I RDS

A l l the bi rds were sufferi ng ter r ibly fromth i rs t

,and thereseemed no hopeofany al lev ia

t ion of thei r agony un less ra i n should come.

A l l thewater-ho les wered ried up . Even the

supply of water i n thewel l s appeared to be

get ting low,and theday befo remy father had

.o rdered thet roughs wherethean imals wateredto becovered , to preven t evapo ra t ion , and to

keep the di ngos from d rink ing there. Hehoped that th i s frigh t fu l weather, i f i t d id no

other good , would k i l l ofl theseenem ies of thesheep . Prev ious to thecovering ofthet roughs ,thebi rds had been accustomed to d rink andbathet here i n theearly mo rn i ng a nd in the

even ing.

For meand my b rothers and sisters th i sterribleday had been a t rying onealso . Wewerenot al lowed to go out of doo rs for fea r Ofsunstroke, and , res tless and to rtu red by thehea t ,wehad wandered from room to room , unabletolies til l as wewerebidden , and w i th no hear tfor our usual i ndoor am usemen ts . Theonlyth i ng which made

i

us fo rget our di scom fo rt foreven onem omen t was thesigh t of ou r fr iendsthewi l d bi rds co l lec ted i n thebig gum -t reei nfron t ofthehouse. Weknew tha t thei r sufferi ngs weregreater than ou r own,

and wegrievedthat wecoul d not hel p them .

Abou t fou r o’c lock wewereal l together a t

WHEN THE IR TH IRST WA S QUENCHED THEY PERCHED

IN VAR IOUS ATT ITUDES A BO UT THE ROO M .

thew indow, look ing out,when weno t i ced a

commotion among thed isp i ri ted and gasp i ngbi rds . They seemed s imul taneou sl y to haveagreed upon someplan , for they al l d ropped totheground , and s lowly, w i th outsp read wi ngsand open mou ths

,pai n ful l y c rossed the hot

earth between the t ree and thehouse,and

wERE OUR GUESTs. 907

p resent ly wesaw thema rvelous s ight of thewho let roop

,headed by l i t tleSi l vereye, t ra i l i ng

up to theveranda . I n amazemen t and del ight ,wecal led to ourmo ther :

“Oh mama , mama ! Thebi rds thebi rds !Open w idethew i ndows

,

”shei n s tan tly or

dered ; “ perhaps they w i l l comei n . See, ch i ld ren , thepoo r th i ngs areperi sh i ng w i th th i rst !

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THE B I RDS D ID NOT M OVE AWAYA LLOWED US To TOUCH T HE M .

BUT

Weobeyed at once,and thebi rds camepan t

ing in, thei r w ings d roop ing, thei r beaks apart .Oh, thewonder and thejoy of i t ! Our heartsswel led and almos t bu rst w i th del igh t a t thethough t tha t thebi rds— our dear wi l d b i rdswhom weloved so much of thei r own acco rdhad cometo us for aid i n thei r ext rem i ty .

Thehea t was fo rgot ten i n thegrea t happi nessof m i n i ster i ng to theneeds ofour guests . Weran to thek i tchen for all theshal low d ishes wecoul d find . Thesewefi l led w i th water a ndplaced on thepa rlo r floo r . Thebi rds werenots low to u nderstand . They crowded around the

pans,and drank and d rank , di pp i ng i n theirbeaksagai n and agai n , and l i ft i ng thei r heads to al lowthecoo l fl u id to t r ick lerefresh i ngl y down thei rpa rched th roats . When thei r thi rs twas quenchedthey madeno attem pt to get out , bu t perchedi n var iou s at t i tudes abou t theroom .

Thec row flew to theman tel p iece, s tood on

theco rner of theshel f, u t tered a weak raw,

and looked a round w i th an ai r ofgreat d ign i ty .

Theeagle-hawk perched upon thearm of thesofa , wh i lethem agpie chosea shel f i n the

co rner a s a rest i ng-p lace. Mos t of thesmal lb i rds found perches on thefresh boughs fatherh ad cu t i n theearl y mo rn i ng, an d which m am ahad a rranged in thebig open fi repl aceso asto givetheroom an appearanceof cool ness .Laugh ing J ack looked com i c al seated si lentl yan d gravel y on theback ofa c hai r . Thep rettiest p ic tu rewas madeby a n umber of par ra

908 WHEN THE B I RDS WERE OUR GUESTS .

keets who sa t i n a row on thefender. Thepigeons , larks, and most of theground bi rdscrept u nder thefurn i ture, remai ned on thefloor,o r perched on therungs Ofchairs .For a long t imewechi l d ren coul d do l i t tle

bu t gazei n raptureat thebi rds. That ourw i l dfeathered friends shoul d havecometo v is i t usseemed l ikea bi t out of fai ryl and , and everyfew m i nu tes wewould rub our eyes and lookagai n to see. i f i t werereal l y t rue.

I f wewen t near, thebi rds di d no t moveaway,

bu t al lowed u s to touch them , and Si lvereyeeven hopped on to A r th u r ’ s finger and sat therecon ten tedl y for qu i tea wh i le. I t was a rarepleasu reto takea l i t tleunresi st i ng parrakeet ,honey -bi rd

,c res ted dove, or bl uewren i n our

hands,ho l d i t u p to our ears and l is ten to the

qui ck beat i ng of the t iny heart, or st rokethesoft feathers w i th our smooth cheeks . Butm ama sai d wemust not handle thetenderc reatures much les t wem akethem ill. So wesat i sfied ou rsel ves by watch ing them , and by

go i ng every few m i n u tes to br i ng fresh water,al so bread , which wecrumbled on thefloo r

,

hopi ng that ou r guests m igh t betemp ted to eat.Bu t thebi rds d id not carefor food . Water an dsh adewereall they c raved .

A l l too shor t was that happy afternoon. Then igh t closed i n hot and st ifl i ng, and thebi rdsm adeno moveto go . Wewereallowed to

s tay up later than usual,but at ten o

’clock weresen t to bed . After tossing res tlessly for an hou ror more, I sank i n to a troubled sleep , fromwh ich I was awakened by fl ashes of distan tl igh tning and therumbl i ng of a com i ng s torm .

Each momen t theflashes werebrighter and thethunder-c laps louder. My bro thers and si sterswereal so awake, and in thei n terval s ofsti l l nessI cal led to them across thehal l . Thes torm

was travel ing at a rap id pace, and i t was not

long beforei t bu rst in all its fury over thehouse.Thew i n d howled around thecorners, thethunder roared , bl i nding flashes of l igh tn ing i l l uminated our rooms, and therain and hai l beatupon theroof. I t l asted longer than mos t summer sto rms, bu t at length passed , leav ing qu ietness beh i nd i t , and i n thehush ofthedawn weheard a sti r i n theparlo r .Wedid not wai t to pu t on even our shoes,

bu t in barefeet and nigh tgowns ran down , tofind our parents al ready d ressed

,and thebi rds

,

awake, al i ve, ful ly recovered from thesufferingof thep rev iou s day

,col lec ted at thew indows ,

eager to get out.Oh mam a , can

’ t wekeep them P weaskedeager l y .

No .

Not even one? ”

Bu t our dear m other was fi rm . Shehad thes trongest senseoftherights ofan imal s, and sheknew that no mat ter how ki nd wem igh t betothesebi rds, they woul d neverbeso happy incap t iv i ty as in thew i l d freedom of thebush .

So hal f rel uc t an tl y weopened w i dethewindows, and so wi th roos and cows, and var iousno tes ofecstasy they flew joy ful l y forth in to thesweet-smel l i ng, rain- freshened wo rl d . We, too ,fel t glad wi th them ,

and rejo iced that they werefree.

Though ever after on each hot summer daywehoped they m igh t , thebi rds never againvis i ted us ; but I th i nk they recogni zed our

greater friendl iness, and after th at day weremore tame, espec ial l y as father gaveo rdersthat no bi rd was to besho t near ou r house.Among al l thesweet memories of my ch i ldhood

,theday when thebi rds wereour gues ts

s tands out as themost'

ex quisiteof al l .

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CHAPTER XXV I I .

SOME MATTERS OF BUS INESS .

YOUR Majesty , said Mme. Tussaud , ad

dressi ng R ichard Coeur deL ion , “expressedthehopethat thefai r dam sel who i s Oppressedis no t ou r dear M l le. Lu cy . Si re, it i s not

that sweet ch i ld , bu t she suffers as deepl yas if i t werei n deed hersel fwho i s u nder theopp ressor’s thumb . Thedam sel whom weseekto release, and whosehapp iness wehavejourneyed h i ther to i nsu re, i s Lucy

’s si ster, Mlle.

Lydia .

Ha ! Thefa i r Lydi a,sai d Hen ry V I I I .

Oneof Engl and’ s sweetes t flowers. And i s

it th is varlet who woul d bar theway to herheart ’ s desi reP

You shal l hear, you r Majesty and theroyalcou rt of Engl and here assembled. I cha rgeth is man

, Lo rimer Grimweed, with u si ng a basepower heho l ds over thedam sel ’s father to fo rceher i n to maryiagew i th h im— w i th him whomshedetest s. For her lovei s bes towed upon aworth ier gent lem an , onewho has p rov idedexcel len t en terta inment for my celeb ri t ies th i sday and n ight .Wehaveobserved what passed between

th is pai r of lovers,” said Hen ry V I I I . I t i s

Harry oftheBower .“Thesame, you r Majes ty .

A p roper man,and a fi t matefor thefai r

Lydi a .

“Thefather of thesedear gi r ls , said Mme.

Tussaud, has l ived all h i s li fein th i s pleasantret reat , wh ich ,

”sheadded

,

“you may oneday

rev i s i t“ I t l ikes us wel l ,

” sa id Queen El izabeth .

Thehapp iness ofthefai r Lydia and Harry oftheBower is near to our hearts

,and weshould

begl ad to w itness i t ."

All the celebrities,'

with theexcept ion ofR ichard I I I and theHeadsman (who , bei ng

for the t imei n an imate, of coursecoul d n’

t),rubbed thei r hands .“Hei ndeed has a great affec t ion for Mary

bud Lodge, an d has spen t much m oney inbeau t i fyi ng it,

” con t i nued Mme. Tussaud .

“ I tis hallowed w i th h i s tenderes t memories . H issweet daughters werebo rn here, and i t wouldsorely grievethem to becompel led to leavei t .“Who com pel s them ,

m adame? i nquiredR ichard Coeu r deL ion .

Thi s man,Lorimer Grimweed , to whom the

l and belongs . Heboasted to methat hehasold Mr . Scarlet t under h i s th umb , and refusesto renew theleasewh ich I havei n my pocket—shep roduced it un less our dea r Lucy ’ssister Lydi a consen ts to m arry him .

“ Nay,by St . J ude, but that shal l not be,

said Hen ry V I I I,and t u r ned to theceleb

ri t ies . What pun i shmen t shal l wedev isefortheknavewho thus con spi res to dest roy thehappi ness ofEngl and

’s fairest daughters PDeath !” they c ried ; and Lorimer Grim

weed ’s knees shook , and every vest igeof colo rleft h i s face.

Oh , grimes hegasped . But th i s Is awful ler than ever !N0, not death:you r Majest ies," sai d Mme.

Tussaud,

“ but someth i ng perh aps even wo rse.

A t ten d to me,Lorimer Grimweed . You have

w i tnessed the power I possess thepowerwh ich all hereacknowledge.

”

Wedo,” sa i d theceleb ri t ies .

And who daredispu tethewo rd of Eng

l and ’s Majesty P sai d Mme. Tussaud . Miscrableman

,look at thefigures of my execu

tioner and R i chard I I I . Look wel l a t them .

"

Lorimer Grimweed gazed at thestatuesquefo rms, and h is terro r becameso great that hecoul d scarcel y stand .

They wil l rema in as you behol d them , sa idMme. Tussaud , mo t ion less

,immovable, wi th

out feel i ng, wi thout power to speak , unti l I

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releasethem . They wi l l remai n l ikethat , at myw i l l and pleasu re, for as long a t imeas I chooseto keep them so . I f I so dec idethey w i l l remain l iketha t fo rever And asthey areso shal l you beunless you rel i nqu ishyour pretensions to thehand of Miss Lydia , anduhless you S ign thenew lease of MarybudLodge. Do you consen t ?

”

Sheraised herm ag ic cane.

No , no hesc reamed,fal l i ng on h i s knees .

Don ’ t—pleasedon ’ t Oh , Spareme Spareme'

Do you consen t ?

Yes yes ! Oh , grimes , oh , grimesYou w i l l no longer persecu teMiss Lydia

w i th you r attent ions ? You rel i nqu i sh you r basedes ign PI do— I do !

“ You w i l l S ign thelease?I wi l l I will

This do you p rom i se," said Queen E l iza

beth , i n a toneof stem command,

“ ‘so grace

and mercy a t you r mos t need hel p you !I do —I do ] I ’

ll do any th i ng you wan t .() nly put down tha t cane, Mme. Tussaud .

There’s no occasion for i t ; therei s n’t, i ndeed !

You’veno idea o f theefl

'

ec t i t has upon me. I t

g ives a fel low thetw i t ches to that exten t tha t hefeel s as i f hewerefal l ing to pieces IAnd remember always

,sa i d Mme. Tus

saud , tha t shoul d you b reak you r p rom i se, byspoken or w ri t ten word

,or should you give

Lucy o r Lydia or thei r papa theleast an noyance, I wi l l exerc i semy power over you, andtherewi l l bean end ofyou forever.

”

I w i l l bear i t i n m i n d I w i l l never,never

fo rget i t . You may takemy word ; i ndeed youmay. I was never mo reearnes t i n all my l i fe;never , never !Mme. Tussaud turned to her celebr i t ies .HaveI you r consen t , my celebr i t ies, to rat ifyth is agreement ?“You have

,

” they repl ied .

Then wewi l l h avetheleasesigned a t once,and someofyou shal l w i tness i t . Harry Bowerdo you know whereMr . Scarlet t sleeps P

Yes, madam .

”

Go and awakehim i f hebeasleep , and askhim to havethek indness to step herefor a fewm i nu tes . Wew i l l no t deta i n him long.

”

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Mr . Scarlet t was only hal f asleep,and h is

brai n was teem i ng wi th ext rao rd inary fanc ies,

when Ha rry entered h is bedroom ; an d greatl yaston i shed was he at themessage. Hast i l ysc rambl i ng i n to h i s c lo thes , heaccompan ied theyoung man i n a con fused sta teofm i n d to thedrawi ng- room .

I t i s n’

t al l a d ream , i s i t , Ha rry ? heasked ,befo rethey reached theroom .

No ,s ir

,

” repl ied Ha rry ; i t i s a very happyreal i ty .

”

And my dea r Lyd ia and you areto bemarried ?

I hopeso , si r.I .h0peso, too ; forshewould behappy wi t h

no onebu t you , Harry . You shal l havethen ices t wedd ing ! Bu t theway i t has beenbrough t abou t , theway I havebeen m adetoseemy erro r so s t range, so singul ar, so beaut i ful ! Ah , Harry , i t i s never too l ateto learn .

”

M r. Scarlet t ,” sa id Mme. Tussaud , when

heand Harry appea red , “ I regret tha t youShou ld h avebeen di stu rbed , bu t no doub t youw i l l bepleased when you lea rn why werequ i reyou r p resence. I am happy to i n fo rm you tha tM r . Lorimer Grimweed has w i thd rawn h i s su i tfor you r daugh ter

'

Lydia’s hand .

”Shepaused

and looked at Lo rimer Grimweed for confirma~t ion of her s tatemen t .“Yes, I wi thd raw, I w i thd raw

,said the

t rembl i ng man.

“ I n favo r of Harry Bower,

cont i n uedMme. Tussaud , “ to whom Lydi a has gi venher heart .” Again shelooked at Lo r imer Grimweed .

Ofcou rse, of course, hestammered .

“ I nfavo r ofHarry Bower.”

You wi l l bepleased al so to lea rn that M r.Grimweed has agreed to sign thenew leasewh ich heb rough t w i th h im to-day . I th i nk Imay say that , under thec i rcumstan ces,

”—shefixed her eyes upon Lo rimer Grimweed andrepeated, u nder the c i rcum s tan ces , he i sanxious to retai n you as h i s tenan t . That i s so ,i s i t not

,Mr . Grimweed P”

Mo s t an xious mos! anx ious .You havefou nd M r. Scarlet t a good ten

an t I hOpe, M r. Grimweed PCer tai nly , mos t certai n l y . No l andlo rd

coul d desi rea bet ter one.

”

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Pays h i s ren t regularl y , I trust ?Regular as c lockwork . Never beh i nd.

Thelease, I see, i s for seven years, renewableat you r Opt ion , M r. Scarlet t, a t theend of

that term for another seven , and after that forano ther seven . Bu t I shoul d l i keto ask youoneques t ion . In such a del ightful local i ty asthi s, p roperty would natu ral ly i ncreasein val ue.Has Marybud Lodgei nc reased in val ueP

”

“ I th ink it has,sai d M r. Scarlet t.

Then thereshoul d bean inc reasei n therent .I am w i l l i ng to pay i t .

”

Say an i nc reaseoffi fty pounds a year .Wi l l i ngl y , w i l l ingl y ,

” sai d M r . Scar let t .You see, M r. Grimweed

,

” sai d Mme.

Tussaud , that M r. Scarlet t i s desi rous to dealfai r l y by you. Har ry Bower, bring pen andi nk . A l ter thefigu res, Mr . Grimweed, and pu tanother fi fty pounds a year in to you r pocket .”

Do th thevarlet deserve i t,Mme. l a Tus

saud P sa id Henry V I I I .I n m an ’s deal ing w i th man

,you r Majesty

,

sherepl ied , “ j u st iceshoul d bethe pri n c i palaim. M r. Grimweed w i l l perhaps learn thelesson that hones ty i s thebes t po l icy . I n humanl i fe, j ust i ce, mercy, and k i ndness areth reeof i tsbrightes t jewel s . Haveyou m adetheal terat ion , M r. Grimweed ? Yes

,I seeyou have.

Now pleasesign . Thi s i s you r hand and deed PGood: Wi l l you r Majes ty bek i nd enough tow i tness thesignature?Shehanded thepen to Queen El izabeth , who

wro teher namethusNow your

5 i g n a t u re,Hen ry

,said

Mme. Tussaud

,pass i ng

the pen to

Henry V I I I .After these

signatures came thoseof R ichard Coeu r deLion

,Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I I , Ol iver

Cromwel l , and, l ast of al l , Tom Thumb ,who hadto bel i fted up to thetab leto wri teh is name.

Genu ineau tographs,” said Mme. Tussaud ,

handi ng the p rec ious leaseto M r. Scarlet t,“ fo r wh ich col lectors would giveun to l d gol d .

Takegreat careof it,Mr. Scarlet t, for i t i s a

uniquedocumen t .” Sheaccompan ied him to

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“GENU INE AUTOGRAPHS —THE W ITNES SES

GR IMWEED’

S S IGNATURE.

Hal f an hour afterwa rd Mme. Tussaudstood in Lyd ia’ s bedroom . On th is n igh t thesi sters slep t together . Thecelebr i t ies wereassembled in thegrounds, c loseto theback ent ranceof theLodge, and Harry Bower waswi th them . They wereabou t to leavethefort ress

,w i th v i cto ry i nscribed upon thei r banner.

Lucy and Lydia werein dream land .

Mme. Tussaud, gazi ng pensivel y upon thesis

ters, though t shehad never seen a sweeter p ic

thedoor, after hehad bowed to thecelebr itiesand had received a grac ious acknowledgmentfrom them . Do you know whom you haveto thank for th i s, M r. Scarlet t ? ”“You, madam ,

”heanswered .

N o ,” she said .

“ I t i s you r dear,b rave

l i t t leLucy you haveto thank for i t. Goodn igh t , Lucy

’s papa . Sleep wel l .

Then shewen t back to her celebri ties, andtouched R i chard I I I and theHeadsmanwith herm agic cane. To Lo r imer Grimweed ’salarm

,they in stan tly cameto l i fe. Hehel d up

h is hands to ward them Off.“They w i l l not ’

harm you,Mr. Grimweed,

said Mme. Tussaud.

“You may now retire.Bu t you will not leavethehouse. You wi l l rem ai n w i th i n thesewal l s u n ti l dayl igh t, when

you w i l l befreeto depar t .”

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E ven i n my freeand en l ightened cou nt ry wecould h a rdly get up such a good p icn i c as th is .

”

And see, Tom , themoon sai d El i zabeth .

The float i ng c louds revealed i ts rad i ance,

and thegarden OfMarybud Lodgewas floodedw i t h fai ry l igh t . Wi th a langu i sh i ng gl an cea tthequeen , thel i t t leman sa id

Lady,by yonder blessed moon I swea r

,

that ti ps w i th si lver all thesefru i t- t reetopsO,swear not by them oon , th’ i n constan t

m oon,

’ El i zabeth m u rm u red coyly .

Therewas a look of sadness on thei r facesas Harry Bower u nlocked thegateleading to

theOld s tables in wh ich stood thevan an d

ho rses wh i ch had conveyed them to MarybudLodge, and werenow to con vey them back toMaryleboneRoad .

Queen El i zabeth paused befo reshepassedout

, and, w i th a waveofher royal hand to hercom pan ions, sa i d :

Our revels now areended. Theseour acto rs,As I foreto ld you , wereall sp ir i ts , andAremelted into air, into th in air

No,no

,you r M ajesty ,” i n terposed Mme.

Tussaud , not qui teth at .I am speak i ng thewo rds ofour sweetWi l l ,

sa id Queen El i zabeth,

“ and therei s someap

pl i cat ion i n them to our s tate.

Aremelted into air, into th in airAnd, l ikethebaseless fabr ic ofth is vis ion ,Theclo ud-capp

’d towers, thegorgeous palaces,Theso lem n temples, thegreat globei tsel f,Yea, all wh ich i t inher it, shal l d isso lve,And , l iketh is insubstantial pageant faded ,Leaveno t a rack beh ind . Wearesuch stuffAs d ream s aremadeon ; and our l ittlel i feI s rounded w ith a S leep.

’

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CHAPTER XX IX .

BACK TO TH EI R PLACES .

THE CELEBR IT I ES PA S S ING OUT OF

Bv thesamearts whi ch shehad employedat thecommencemen t of theadven tu reMme.

Tussaud b rough t i t to a successful term i nat ion .

Theretu rn,i t i s t rue

,was mo redifli cult than

theset t ing out had been , for theexh ibi t ion wasjealously guarded . Addi t ional nigh t-wat chmenhad been pu t on

,and , l ateas i t was, therewere

st i l l a few persons ou tside, gazi ng at thewal l s,

w i th a vagueno tion tha t someth i ng l ikethewonders rel ated in the s tory Of A l addinm igh t takeplacebeforethei r eyes . Bu t the

tact and cleverness of them i st ress of theShowwereequal to theoccasion . Shegl ided abou tl i kea sp i ri t . Every human bei ng i n thev ic i ni ty oftheexh ibi t ion was t ransfixed by a touchof her magic cane. Thosewho occup ied theplaces of them i ssi ng celebr i t ies werecarriedout sw i ft ly and de’xterously by Loushkin, O l iverC romwel l , an d Harry Bower, and theceleb ri t iesthem sel ves stepped into thei r old posi t ion s andweretheret ransfi xed . Someof them wereinclined to a rguethemat ter , bu t thei r m i st resssucceeded in conv i n c i ng them that i t wouldbem uch thebes t for them to yiel d graceful ly .

When th is was done, Mme. Tussaud wen t backto thest reet and set al l thehum an bei ngs i nmo t ion again . I t was as simpleas a-b -c . The

ho rses i n thepost-oflicevan t ro t ted off, w i th thedriver on thebox ; therevivified persons walkedon as though no th i ng had occu rred andeveryth i ng was as it had been twen ty-fou r hou rs befo re. Then Mme. Tussaud w i shed Harry Bowergood nigh t , b idd ing him besureto giveher

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fond loveto Lucy and Lyd ia ; nex t sheset herfi remen and n ight-watchmen go ing aga in , andfi nal ly shes tepped in to her old place, a t thehead Of Mme. Sain teAmaranthe.

You may besu reshefi rs t took g rea t pai n sto pu t hermagi c canewhereno onebu t hersel fcould find i t and shewas qu i ter igh t to besoca reful , for if i t happened to fa l l i n to o therhands therei s no tel l i ng wha t m igh t occu r .

As for what thepubl i c jou rna l s sa id on the

fo l lowi ng day , theconsu l tat ions held , the investigations and specu lat ions o f thelea rned (locto rs

, thescient ific theo r ies s ta rted , thelet ters

THE CA N? OF M A RYB UD LODGE .

w ri t ten to thenewspapers by themost em i nen tmen i n thek ingdom ,

thefresh waveofexc i tement tha t paralyzed busi ness , thesecond v i s i tsof theLo rd Mayor and thesherifls and aldermen i n thei r staterobes and ca r riages , and of

thePrinceand Pri n cess ofWaleS a nd thewholeof theroyal fam i ly , i n cl ud ing thei r Mos t Gra

c ions Majes t ies theKing an d Queen , thefran t i crush of thefash ionable classes and of everymember ofsoc iety to get i n to theexh ibi t ioni f you should su cceed i n obta i n i ng a copy ofthe

book ofwh ich men tio n i s m adei n a prev iouschapter , you w i l l find thewho leof theseparticulars reco rded therei n .

CHAPTER XXX .

ORANGE-BLOS SOMS AND WEDD ING-CAKE.

WHEN thel avender—fields weresending fo r th' thei r del ic ious perfume every oneknows whatt imeoftheyea r that i s by thec ry

,

“ A penny ab unch , sweet l avender !” i n al l thes t reets

A COMEDY I N WAX. 9 1 5

therewas a wedd i ng. N o th i ng very wonder fuli n that , you say . No ; bu t th i s was a veryspecia l wedd ing, and i f you areclever (whi chOfcourseyou are

,oryou would no t bereading

th i s comedy ) you may beableto guess the

names of theb rideand br idegroom . A l l youha ve to do i s to takethe i n i t i a ls I S . and

H . B .

, and en tw i nethem i n a t ruelover ’s kno t .Perhaps tha t w i l l assi s t you.

To descr ibethehapp iness of th is young cou

plei s s imply an impossibi l i ty . Any a ttem pt ofou rs to (lepic t i t would beno th i ng less than adown r igh t fai l u re, so let u s becon ten t w i thsay ing tha t they werevery , very

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,very happy .

Wi l l you besu rp ri sed to hear that therewassomeonehappier even than the br ide andbri degroom A l i t t legi rl— Lucy .

Yes ; t hough her wh i tek id gloves (lid bu rs twhen Shewas pu t t i ng them on

,and shehad u

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t

ano ther pa i r , therewas not i n al l h i s Majes ty’s

dom i n ions (Edwa rd V I I’

S,not Hen ry V I I I 'S)

a happier h uman bei ng t han L ucy on t h i s glorious wedding-day— nor a p rett ier.Fresh from h i s ocean bath ro sethesu n a t the

ea rl ies t po ss iblem omen t in them o rn i ng , andcont i n ued to sh i neu nti l qu i tel ate; wh i ch perhaps was the reason why Lucy

’s and Lyd i a ’seyes wereso l um i nous . A l l theb i rds i n Ma rybud wereawakelong befo rethei r regu l a r t ime,and themomen t thesky began to bl ush (it wasa bl ush ing day , you know) they began to s ing,and di d not leave Off si ngi ng for hou rs andhou rs .A t fou r o ’clock i n thea fter noon a sm a rt open

carri ages topped a t thegates of-a certa i n exhibition i n MaryleboneRoad . Theho rses had

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weddi ng roset tes at thei r ears, therewas a wedding favo r on thewh i p , and thecoachm an worea hugebouquet . And out ofthecar ri agewhoshoul d step bu t Lucy and Lydia and HarryBower and old Mr. Scarlet t ! Lucy had a l i t t leparcel i n her hand , neat ly t ied up w i th wh i ter ibbon

,of which shewas t ak i ng thegreatest

care. Lydi a and Harry and M r . Scar let t h ada number ofsm al ler pa rcel s i n thei r pockets .They had been several t imes to theexh ibi t ion

l atel y , as had al l theother persons who l ived inMarybud Lodge, and Lo r imer Grimweed aswel l

,and mo rethan onceMr . Scarlet t had said

A COMEDY IN WAX . (AUG.

Oh, yes, I dessay! You may makebel ieveto bewax

, but Bel i nda knows. Oh , you’Emery

theHeigh th—you area funny one!”

A nd shecaused further aston ishmen t,when

shes tood befo reLoushkin theRuss ian gi an t , bylook ing up at him and in fo rm i ng him tha t i t washer day out next Monday.

Miss Pennyback, on her vi s i t,woul d have

l iked to box Mme. Tussaud ’ s ears,but fear of

consequen ces rest rai ned her. Whereis thatm yster ious cane? Shet hough t . Shepeered i nevery di rect ion , w i thout catch ing sigh t ofi t .As for Lorimer Grimweed , hehard ly knew

“THOSE WHO OCCUP IED THE PLACES OF THE M IS S ING CELEBR IT IES WERE CA R R IED OUT SWI FTLY AND DEXTEROUSLY

B Y LOUSH R IN , OL IVER CRO M WELL, A ND HARRv BowER .

"

I supposei t did all happen , Lucy P”

Oh, papa ! answered Lucy .

“ Such aquest ion !But thesamethough t had occu rred to O thersto Miss Pennyback, for i nstance, and the

March ioness of Barnet,and Si r Rowley

,and

Fl i p oftheOdd . N ot to Bel i nda . S /zo neverhad a doub t on thesubject . I ndeed

,when she

v i s i ted theexh ibi t ion w i th theorder wh i ch Mme.

Tussaud had given her, sheas toni shed personsstandi ng nea r herby say i ng i n qu i tea loud vo i ce

what to th ink . Hehad read in thenewspaperstheaston ish i ng accounts of theh uman bei ngswho had been t ransfixed in Mme. Tussaud 'sexh ibi t ion

,and of thei r wonderful com i ng to l i fe

again , and al though when hethough t of thel ast day and n ight hehad Spen t i n MarybudLodgehesomet imes shook h i s head , hehadtoo who lesomea fea r ofthepower ofthem agi ccaneever to disp utethelease, orever to t roubletheScarlet t fam i l y more.And now herewereLucy and her papa, and

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REVERSED PERPETUAL MOT ION .

B Y NOR MAN D . GRAY .

I WONDAH ,

” said Sambo , whah I ’

d go

Ef I tu rned back—somasets on deflo’

Jes’on an ’ on an ’ out ob dedo

’

An ’ nebah ,nebah s topped no m o

’

I ’specs I ’d git i n ter yiste

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day sho’

An ’ mebbei n ter deday befo

THREE SONGS OF A .STROLL ING PLAYER .

BY G. G. K ING.

Thefai ries gaveme, to set mefreeFrom changeand t ime,

Theheart to feel , theeyeto see,Thel i ps of rhyme.

HEY , NONN Y , NONN Y

A RARE bright flower beneath thet rees,Hey, nonny , nonny !

D i pped and danced to thewayward breeze,

Sca rlet and go l d and ful l ofhoney ,Gl ad to theeyeand sweet for thebees .

Hey, nonny , nonny !

A wanderer, caugh t i n a so ft sp r ing shower,Hey, nonny , nonny !

Stayed at thet reeand stooped to the

flower.Hep l ucked for hi s bosom theblossom

bonny ,Bu t theflower was dead w i th in thehour.

Hey, nonny , nonny !

O VER THE H ILL S .

M Y father was thep iper ’s sonHep layed 0

’ hi s p i pet i l l day was done;H is heart was as wi l d as thew i nds that say ,

THE WINDS WlLL .

Comeover theh i l l s and far away !O ver theh i l ls and a great way on,

I FOLLOW beau ty , over earth Thew i nd blows out ofthegates ofthesun .

And under sea ;Thefai r ies gaveher a t my bi rth Thebi rds that w i ng their way th rough theFor br ideto me. bl ue

D i rect my feet to thest rangeand new,

Thefai r ies gavemeat my b i rth And theopen road r uns straigh t an d free;A wan der i ng w i l l , I t cal l s and cal l s t i l l i t to rtu res me,

A res tless heart , that al l thegirth Over thehi l l s wherethesunset l ies,O

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thewo rld can ’ t fill. Til l thestars grow paleand then ight wi nd dies .

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9 2 2 A NAVAL BOAT D R ILL. [Auc .

however, let metel l you how such a dr i l l i sconduc ted .

I n thefi rst pl ace, aboa rd a sh ip th ings haveto bestowed away very compac t ly so as to takeup as l i tt leroom as possibleand no t to go flyingabou t when thevessel i s tossing i n a seaway.

Thesameruleappl ies to a boat . Now I daresay that i f I wereto ask a boy what should becarried in a boat go i ng on a cu tt i ng-outexpedit ion

,hewould reply, R ifles and amm un i t ion

and oars.” That answer would beco r rec t , bu tfar from fu ll . Thenumber ofth i ngs tha t m us tbecarried in a boat i s aston ish i ng to a landsman. Let meenumeratea few of them . Fi rstof al l therei s theboat-box

,fi t ted to go u nder

thethwarts of theboat . Among o ther th ings,i t con tains an ax

,a hatchet

,a saw, nail s , a

m arl insp ike,spun yarn

, grease, sai l needles,a boat compass

,boa t ens ign , pennan t , answer

ing pennan t, lead and l ine, l an tern , m ats formufliing oars , and hand grapnel s . I f therei sno boat-box , thesea rt icles haveto bebrough tfrom thep l aces i n wh ich they ares to red andpu t i n to theboat befo resheleaves her sh ip ’sside. Thesen io r officer ofeach sh ip ’s d iv i s ionof boats mus t havei n h i s boat a set of signals,a Spy-

gl ass, and a medi ci ne-chest.Agai n , each boat must bep rov ided w i th her

anchor and cable, oars and boat-hooks . Nexttheproper n umber o f ri fles, cu tl asses, pistol s, cartridges, and car tridgeboxes and bel ts must bepu t i nto each boat . Lastly

,i f theboat mounts

a gun of any k ind , that m ust beat tended to . I ti s a lways oneof thesm al ler guns ofthesh ip

’ssecondary battery, and i t m us t bedismoun tedfrom i t s pos i t ion aboard thesh ip , lowered in totheboat by means of a block and tackleriggedfrom a yard-arm o r theou tboard end of a boom .

You w i l l at onceseethat wheretherearesomany th i ngs to bedone, system i s absol u telynecessary . In thefi rs t p lace

,every man knowsh i s posi t ion i n theboat . Them omen t theSignal comes to clear away boats for cutt ing out

,

each man k nows exactl y what hehas to do .

Supposeyou ares tanding on thepoop -deckoftheConcord when theflag- sh ip g ives thesigna l . I nstantly thedecks arecovered w i th act ivebl ue-j ackets . I n one pl aceyou see two orthreemen dismoun t i ng a three- pounder fromthesh i p ’s bulwarks . I n another di rect ion you

seetwo fel lows bringing up ri fles, s towed inboxes, from thearmory . Thesamemen bringrevo l vers , cu tl asses, and bel ts. Stil l o ther mendescen d to theammun i t ion -rooms and br i ng upcartridges for ther ifles and revo lvers and shel l sfortheth ree-pounder. Others bringthecompass,thel an tern , and o ther boa t equ ipments. I n themeant imeo thers lower theboat . As fast as theequ ipmen ts arebrough t they aretaken downtheaccommodat ion ladder and s towed in theirp roper pl aces in theboat . Theofficer who i si n comm and oftheboat stands at thetop ofthel adder and sees that everyth ing is . correc tl ydone. Final l y thec rew en ters theboat . In acu tt i ng- ou t expedit ion thedes ign i s to carry asmany men as can betaken in each boat wi thout i n terfer ing wi th her safeand speedy managemen t . From th reeto fivemar i nes go i n eachboat, armed as riflemen. A l l theext ra men arestowed i n such a way as not to hamper themovemen ts oftheoarsmen . A t l as t theofficeroftheboat takes h is pl acein thestern-Sheets.Beh ind him si ts thecockswain and in fron t ofhim a naval cadet wi th a fleet s ignal -book , bymeans ofwh ich heis to i n terp ret thesignal sshown by theflag- sh ip .

Thesen ior officer of thesh ip has commandofthes team - l au nch . Shegoes to thehead ofthel i ne. Thenex t ranking offi cer b rings h isboa t up astern ofher and theend ofthesecondboat ’s pai n ter i s m adefast at thes tern of thel aun ch . Theo ther boats makefast i n p roperorder, oneastern of theother. Thepropel lerofthelaun ch revo lves, and away shegoes, towing thes t ri ng of boats behi nd her. In ac t ualserv i ceshewoul d let them go when fa r enoughaway from theobjec t of at tack to escapedetec tion. I n dril l she keeps them i n tow all

th rough theexerciseun less o rders to do different ares ignaled from theflag-sh i p .

Thesignals arem adeby flags ho i s ted at themain -yard-arm . Theprin cipal flags rep resen tnumeral s from 1 to o

,and thefl ags next i n im

portanceare repeaters .” To m akethesignal2 53, for i nstance, theflag-sh i p wo

‘

uld ho i s t th reesquareflags . Theuppermos t woul d beyel loww i th a black bal l in i t , wh i ch means 2 . Thesecond woul d behal f wh i teand hal f red, theseparat ion between thecolors bei ng a diagonall i ne. That means 5 . Theth ird woul d beplain

bl ue, signi fy ing 3 . Theofficer w i th thesignalbook tu rns to 2 53 and finds theorder Opposi te that number. Heannounces it to the

offi cer i n command of theboat . Theseamanwho has theansweri ng pennan t a t oncera i sesi t

.This mean s that the S ignal i s seen and

understood . A l l theboats keep thei r a nswer i ngpennants u p t i l l thesen ior offi cer ’s boat haul sdown thesignal - flag.

Thehoi st i ng of a set of signal s a t thecommanding sh i p

’ s m ain-ya rd i s theo rder of p reparation . Theorder ofexecution i s thehauling down of thosesigna ls . The“ repeaterpennants areused i n caseany figu reoccu rstwicei n thesames ignal . Thus 2 2 7would g i ve

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th i s ho i s t— two , fi rs t repeater, seven . I f thes igna l were72 2 the ho i s t would be seven

,

two, second repeater . I f thesigna l were70 2 2 ,theho i s t wou ld beseven , c i pher, two, th ird re

peater. A t n igh t co lored l igh ts areused forsignal i ng.

Each boat has a number,wh ich i s on a flag

flown at thebow,so t ha t a Speci a l o rder can be

gi ven to any pa rt i cula r boat . I th i nk tha t a wel lconduc ted boat dri l l i s oneo f themos t p i cturesquep ieces of work to beseen on thewater ;but what I havetol d you m ust m akei t c lea rtha t any onewho v iews i t from a dis tanceseesl i t tleof thei n teres t ing deta i l s that areapprec iated by thoseon thesh i ps them selves .

BEDT I M E I N FA IRYLAND.

THE BARON AND THE ELVES .

BY PALMER Cox .

THERE was a great and grand estateI n lands beyond theseas,

Wi th hedges green , and lawns between ,And rareold sp reading t rees.

Thefawn and harein safety thereCoul d b rowseupon theh i l l ,

Or seek thei r l a i r i n d i nglefairBesidethepurl i ng r i l l .

For years thebaron and h i s b ri deHad blessed thel i t tleel ves,

And righ tly though t thei r comingbrough t

Good for tuneto them sel ves .

Bu t when thecouplesideby sideWerel ai d beneath theyew

To o ther hands wen t houseandlands

,

As fort unes o ften do .

Thenex t ofk in now s tepp ing inTo t i t les and es tateRegarded w i th a l i kecon temp tA smal l spr i te’s love hate.

AND ONCE A YEAR THE ELVES “'

OULD HERE A SSE M BLE ON THE GREEN.

And oncea year theelves wou ld hereAssembleon thegreen ,Wi th hear ts el ateto celebrateThebi rthday of thei r queen .

By every way at clOseofday,To reach thelovel y grou nds,

They tripped along with shout and song,To dancethei r merry rounds .

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9 2 6. THE BA RON AND THE ELVES .

AND OUT THEY SALL IED THROUGH DOOR THAT OPENED ON THE GREEN.

But hewho figh ts wi th elfin spr i tesTheenterpr i sew i l l rue

No common foearethey , I trow,

Formor tal to subdue.

Now qu i ck as thought theel ves they caugh tThegrass w i th nimblehand ,

And every b ladewas deft l y m adeTo servefor t r ipp i ng band .

Thebaron bravea flou r ish gave,And

,eager fo r thefray ,

(AUG.

A chargeessayed with l i fted bl ade,But s tumbled in dismay .

Hetried in vain with m igh t and mainTo keep h is bal ancet rue,

But when a snarehad caugh t h im fairWhat coul d thebaron do

So down at l ast, bo th hard and fast ,Ac ross thebaying hound ,Wi th heel s aboveh i s body cas t,Het umbled to theground .

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THE BA RON

H is coronet , so ri ch ly setWi th jewel s la rgeand brigh t ,

Fo rsook h i s head tha t momen t dread,And van ished from h i s sigh t .

Thesaber c lean had serv i ceseenI n every peopled zone;

But now i t flew and b rokei n twoAc ross a mossy stone.

Now faster st i l l h is cup to fi l l,

Thelady,in aflrigli t,

AND THE ELVES

Wi thou t a though t a cl imax w rough tBy let ting fal l thel ight .

Thesudden gloom left l i t t leroomFor Opera t ions bo l d ;

Hefel t tha t hou r theelfin power,And a t i ts mercy ro l led .

Seboy hec r ied,and bravel y tr ied

,

By shou t and c lap of hand,

To tu rn thet i deand scat ter w ideThecunn i ng elfin band .

“ WITH HEELS A BOVE Hts BODY CA ST, HE T U M BLED To THE GROUND.

THE BARON AND THE ELVES .

But vain thehopeto longer cope, And co ronet w i th jewel s setAnd vain werec l ap and cheer. I t grieved his heart to lose.

Thesavagebay had d ied awayTo plai ntiveno tes of fear.

And look ing round hesaw thehound,Pursued by th reeor four,

Depart i ng th rough thefly ing dewAnd never saw him more.

Now to h is a id ran w i feand maid ,Theserving-men and all

And from thefight , a so rry s igh t,They bo rehim to thehal l .

Beh in d h im stayed thebroken blade,As wel l h i s bro idered shoes,

Whi leon thel awn un t i l thedawnTheelves they played around ,

Or danced thei r sets and m i nuets ,Them asters oftheground .

And every year they st i l l appear,As su reas comes then igh t,

I n hono r ofthereign ing queenTo dancet i l l mo rn ing l ight .

Bu t when thebaron sal l ies out,As for th that n igh t heran ,

To pu t theelfin band to rout ,He’

ll bean o l der man.

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A sUM MER’

s INNSB RUCK .

CASTLE A M BRAS .

theHofKirche. I n thedim rel igioussaw a great wh i tem a rb lesarcophagus,

THE COLU M B US PORTRAI

su rmoun ted by a kneel i ng figu rei n b ronze. A soureyes becameaccustomed to thegloom ,

there

gradual l y appeared abou t us m any l i fe- si zedfigures in thes trangecos t umes and armo r of

pas t ages . Thesewereabou t thetomb ofMaxim i l i an I

,and thetwenty-eigh t figures s tand ing

i n solem n o rder areh i s hero i c ances to rs, whowatch and mourn by h is side; for thek nee]ing figu rei s that of theEmperor Max im i l ian .

Our old schoo l -book fr iends seem to ri sebeforeus. Kunigunde, theem pero r

’s s i ster,h i s

mother, Eleno ra , and h i s w i fe, Maria of Bur

gundy , arethere. Charles theBol d , Ph i l i p leBon

, Godfrey de Bou i l lon , and good KingA rthu r of England stand watch i n armo r c lad .

I t i s an im p ressi ve s igh t to see thesegreatbronzefigures s tand ing so mot ionless on thei rpedes tal s .Themarblerel iefs on thesa rcophagus are

very beaut i ful . Thegreat Master Tho rwa ldsencal l s them “ perfec t ”— what can begrea terp ra ise? As onepauses a t the comparat ivelysimpletomb of braveold Andreas Hofer, herealizes that pom p and glo ry arefor thosei nh igh p l aces and grea t i n th is wo rld

’s goods .Befo releav i ng thechurch weascended the

s teps to theSi l ver Chapel , to pay our respectsto thetombs of A rchdukeFerd i nand and h isw i fe; t hen weleft thech urch behind us, driving th rough thetown and across theval ley upto their old home, thep i ctu resqueOld CastleAmbras. Duri ng thei r l ifet imetheOld cast lebecamea perfec t t reasu re-house. Many ofthe

choices t objects i n theco l lect ions and l ib ra ry i nV ienna wereo rigi nal ly pl aced by Ferdi nand inSchloss Ambras , and oneof thefines t co l lee~t ions ofarmor in ex is tencefo rmerl y belonged to

A S UMM E R'

S DAY AT INN S B R L‘

CK .

B RONZE STATUES AT THE: TO M B OF M A X I M IL IAN I , REPR ES ENTING A RTHUR O F BR ITA IN , T I IRODEOBERT OF BURG UNDY, ERNES TOF AUSTR IA , AND THEODOR IC , K ING OF THE O STROGOTH S .

him . Wanderi ng abou t the fo rsaken room s,

whereso l i t t lenow remains to rem i nd oneof thegrandeur and beau ty of Ferdiriand ’

s t ime,we

foun d an old jewel -caseand wri t i ng-desk wh i ch

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had belonged to the beautifu l archduchess .Many books havebeen fi l led w i th thepraisesof th is noblewom an , and m any stories areto l dof her good and unsel fish l ife. Shewas almosti do l i zed by thepeopleof I n nsb ruck and theneighbo r ing coun t ry . Her beau t i fu l facehas

been immo r tal ized on canvas and i n marblebym any an adm iri ng art is t .Near by wefound a largepo rt rait ofChr

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tOpher Co l umbus . This is sa i d to beoneof

thefew authen t ic po rt rai ts .ofCol umbus i n ex istence. I ndeed

,th is was theobject ofour v i si t

A SUMME R'

S DAY AT INNSB RUCK .

to theold cas t le, for i t seemed to us as ifeveryloyal -hearted Amer ican tou ri s t should pay h isrespects to thediscoverer ofAmer ica .

Col umbus i s herep ic tu red ho ld i ng a banner,thestaff of wh i ch res ts on theglobe. I n therigh t-hand lower corner i s a sh iel d beari ng a

sh ip,and around theborder of thesh iel d i s the

mo t to given to him by theSpan ish sovereigns

A Cast i l la i 21 LeonNuevo In undo di Colo .

[To Cast i leand LeonCo l umbus gavea new wor ld .]

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BY M ILDRED H owELLs.

ONCE on a t ime, so i t i s sa id ,Thereflou ri shed an i l l - tempered l i ly

That pushed thep i nk from thegarden bedI n to thepathway

,wi l ly-nilly.

I t loved at n igh t w i th i n i ts cupTo p rison bumblebees unwa ry ,

U nti l thesun i n wrath roseupA nd fo rced i ts petal s , so contrary .

Thegardener w i se, m uch p u t about ,Scol ded i n vain . His counsel spu rn i ng,

I t r udel y S tuck i ts s tamens out,Each m ock ing petal upward turn ing.

every ac t ion leaves i ts t race,

And , s ta ined w i th v i c ious deeds andsi l ly

,

Theflower w i th anger-reddened faceBecamea ragi ng t iger- l i l y .

THE GREATEST S HOW IN THE S EA .

A M IDSUM h-I ER CAR N I VAL IN M ID -OCEAN .

In thewholeh istory of Changeof form , that wonderful chapter in thel ifeof animals, thereIS no thing moreS trangeor m oreinteresting than thehydro ids and jellyfishes. First, as l ittlefloating,_glass-likespheres, covered w ith fine. moving, hair- l ikeattachments , bymeans ofwhich they movew ith great rap id ity : then as communities fixed to theground, and increasing by budd ing l ikethecora ls ormultiplying by self-division ; and later as free-Sw imm ing jellyfishes, many of them pass through phases wfjch havelong puzzled thenaturalists, and haveonly recently been truly understood . Condensed from SeasideS tud ies in Natural H istory, " by EL ISA BETH C . AGAS S Iz

and Professor ALEXANDER AGAS S Iz .

ANY onem any t imes

PA RT OF A COL

ONY OF HYDRO IDSNA) THAT SO M EWHAT S UGGESTSB UDS AND TWIGS .

This C lose resem blance oftenm akes theseanimals regarded as

plants by thosewho have not

S tud ied them .

JELLYFISHES .

fam i l i a r w i th the sea- shorem us thave seen thoses t rangeanim al sknown as jellyfishes, wh i ch float sol az i l y yet graceful ly t h rough the

wa ter, or liesp read out upon the

beach, hav i ng been th rown thereby thewaves . Few anim al s are

mo rebeaut iful than someof t hesedel icate

,t ransparen t jellyfishes

when they are i n thewa ter . or

A VERY SMALL PART OF A COLONY OF HYDROIDS(PENNARIA TIARELLA) .

Thefuturejellyfishes ariseas buds from theI

sides ofthetiny flowers on a branch .

less att rac t ive than thesesameanim als whenthey areout of thewater : for then they appea ron ly as shapeless m asses of jel l y. When theyare i n thei r natu ral elemen t , the sal t water ,

SEVERAL BRANCHES or A H YD RO IDCOLONv (campawuu mx FLEXU'OS A) .This shows how read ily one may be

deceived and gather theseanimals and

press them on a card, th inking that theyareplants (seaweeds) . Someof thetinyflower-l ikepox-dons producejellyfishes .

Anenlarged view ofoneoftheseIS shownin thelower right-hand corner.

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A HYDROlD AN I M AL BREAK ING UP m ro SA UCER-L I KE Dtsx s.

Later thesebreak away and becomejellyfishes, as shownin theillustration in thenext column.

fishes, likethean im als that p roduced them ,but

rather into l i t tlehydro id an im al s wh ich at tachthem selves to rocks and seaweed . Thesehydro ids i n thei r t u rn p roducejellyfishes, wh ichstar t out upon theocean for thepu rposeof

dist r i bu t i ng thei r eggs . They somet imes sw ima great m any m i les from the m other hy

A HYDRO ID COLON Y.Show ing thebuds and flower-likeparts that break away to pro

ducejellyfishes. A free-sw imm ing jellyfish is also shown in theupperpart oftheillustration.

d ro i d . They somet imes co l lec t in great school s,and hund reds of them are frequen t ly foundswimm i ng together . A jel lyfish , then , i s not

a completean imal,bu t only a spec i al sw im

m i ng-organ developed for thepu rposeof di st r ibut i ng theeggs as w idel y as possible.

Nearly al l jellyfishes arefound i n theocean .

Onl y onefresh-water species i s known . Thi shas been d iscovered i n Afr ica . They are i nal l parts of theocean

,bu t pa rt i cu la rly abun

dan t in warmer waters . The l arges t spec ies

A FULL-GROWN jELLYF ISH .

A jellyfish , then, is not a completeanimal , but only a spec ia lsw imm ing-organ developed for thepurposeofd istributing theeggs

D

as w idely as possible.

arei n thesou thern waters , al though somelarge

ones l i vefarther no r th . Not m any years agothey could frequent ly be seen i n the largeharbors of t h i s count ry , but i n m any of t heseharbors thewater has becomeso po l l u ted from

thesewagethat i s poured i n to i t that thejel lyfishes havewho l l y d isappeared .

To see thejel lyfish at i ts bes t , put i t i n adeep gl ass j ar and look at i tfrom t/zeside. We

m i ss m os t of thebeau ty by seei ng them as am ass of dry i ng jel ly cas t upon thebeach , or

even by look ing down on the101) of them asthey float i n thewater . H . W. CONN .

NATURE AN]! SC I ENCE

THE SWEET TOOTH .

WH EN I was a ch ild I was very fo nd of

sweet s (and what ch i ld i s and m y m o ther metha t i t i s th i s sweetened water t ha t leadsused to say , You havea b ig sweet too th .

( lrown-up people, too ,

usual ly havea “ sweetto o th

,

” al though theymakeless ado abou t i tthan chi ld ren .

Thi s loveof sweetsi s very comm o n i n our

animal neighbo rs , fromthebee to theho rse.

I f you wan t to pleaseaho rse, t ry gi v i ng him

two or th reel umps of

suganNo t on ly the bees ,

but the wasps,

fl ies,butterfl ies , and i ndeednearly al l i nsects , areconsp i cuously at t rac tedto sweets

,and i t i s th i s

sweet too th wh ich leadsthei nsec t to v i s i t flowersand thus hel p them to

produceseeds .When I was a boy I

used frequen tl y to findm iceand flying-squ i rrel sd rowned i n thebucket sof sap wh ich had j ustr un from thesuga r -ma

ples . I used to t h i nkthe poor th i ngs go t

th i rsty and d ied t ry i ngto get water ; but wateri s everywhere p resen tand can bego t w i thou ttak i ng ther i sk ofen tering a cont r i vancewhichm igh t be a t rap andcertainlv i s so s t rangeasto benatu ral l y avo idedby thew i l d th ings unless i nduced by some

RED SQU IRRELS A ND H U M M ING-B I RDJOY ING THE SA P EXU IHNG FRO M THEHO LES M A DE BY A \VOODPECK ER IN THE.

DA RK OF A CHERRY B I RCH-TREE .

YO UNG FO LKS . 939

of snow -water that arepresen t a t th i s season oftheyea r .Las t s ummer I saw a s igh t that con v i n ced

thesesmal l a n imal s i nto danger , andI th i nk i t w i l l con v i n ceyou al so when Ih aveto l d you abou t i t . I was standing on a h i l l s ide, gaz i ng a t a beau t ifu lv iew of a qu iet wh ite-housed v i l l ageset i n greenmeadows and su rrounded

by t ree-covered h i l l s . So ent ranc i ng was thev iew that I stoodsevera l m i n u tes befo reI became

gradual l y awa reof a humm i ngsound jus t abo ve my head .

Looki ng up , I saw a humm i ngb i rd fl i t t i ng u p and down , and , j ustabove, a red squ i r rel s i t t i ng m o t ionless and i n tent ly gaz ing at me.

“Oh ,

you rascal l” I sa id to the squ i r rel

you haved i ned ofI humm i ng-bi rd seggs , and thepoo r m o ther i s t ry i ng to

get you to go away .

” But I had donehim a n inj u s t i ce, for as I stood looking at him hesuddenly s tar ted fromh is m o t io nless pos i t ion as though assu red that I was harm less , and w i thqu ick m o t ions began to rub h is noseup and down thebark of thet reei na way that was ent i rel y new to me.

A s soon as thesqu i rrel left h i s perch ,

thehumm i ng-bi rd flew to thet reeandbegan s t i ck i ng h i s b i l l i n to someofthenumerous ho les i n i t s ba rk . Theseho lesI now no t i ced for thefi rst t ime. Looking mo rec lo sel y , I saw that the t ree

att ract ion st ronger than a th i rs t wh ich can be was a cher ry-bi rch , a t reewh ich shed s i ts sapsat isfied eas i l y i n any ofthehundred l i t t lepoo l s very freel y i n sp ri ngt ime i f cu t or wounded ,

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and i n addi t ion I could seep l aces wherethesap had t r i ck led clown thes ideof thet reeandpart ial l y d ried . Tast i ng th is , I found i t p lai n lysweet bu t somewhat fermented . Here

,then.

was theso l u t ion of thequeer behav io r of bi rdand squ i r rel . Thesqu i rrel ’ s sweet too th had ledhim to thefeedi ng-

grou nd of thehumm i ngb i rd

,m uch to thel at ter ’ s fear and annoyance.

Thebark of thebi rch had been fa i rl y r iddledw i th ho les by somewoodpecker (probably thesapsu cker) ea rl ier i n theseason , and the saphad oozed from a hundred wounds .H igher up i n thet reeI d i scovered ano ther

red squ i r rel,also l app i ng (or rubb ing) thesy rup

from thebark of the t ree. Lower down al argesl ug, nea rly two i n ches long , was qu ietl yenjoy i ng the i ndu lgence Of h i s S‘Veet too th ’ A PPEA RANCE OF THE S A M E CLOUD , A HALF- M INUTE LATER

,

more sc ien t ifical l y known as l ingual r ibbon .

AT A “STANCE OF I S° YARDSTherewereal so thel argen umbers of fl ies ofvar ious kinds tha t are alwavs to be foundwhereanyth i ng sweet i s exposed .

I t seem s p robablethat thepossess ion of asweet too th i s far m o recomm on among an im al s than i s genera l ly known . Theboy or g i rlenjoying a box of candy can a lso enjoy thethought that heor shei s hav i ng oneof thepleasu res commo n to a l argep ropo rt ion of the

an im al k i ngdom . A . J . GROUT .

CYCLONES , TORNADOES , AND HURRICANES .

THESE th ree s to rm s have m any po i n ts i ncomm on

, yet they areso u nl ikethat no careful

A S KETCH OF A FUNNEL ‘ S HAPED CLOUD OF A TORNADO,

D I STANT A BOUT A HALF- M ILE.

person need ever confuse them - in‘

h i s own

m i nd . Theo rd i nary land cyclone i s usual l yqu i teharm less

,and i t i s on l y by a m i s taken use

of theterm that i t has becomeassoc i ated w i ththoseter r ify ing s torm s pecul i a r to our countrv

known as to rnadoes . Cyc lones havea bad reputation becauset hey arecomm on ly assoc iatedw i th other mo reharm ful s to rm s . I nstead ofbeing dangerous a nd dest ruct ivethey arethech iefsou rceof ra i n i n sp ring and autum n and supplythesnow wh ich adds so m uch to thep leasureofourNo rthern w i nter . They cover a l argeexten t of terr i to ry at onet ime, and on an averagefo l low oneano ther ac ross thecoun t ry from westto east a t i nterval s of abou t th reedays .A to rnado o ften does grea t damage. I t i s

k nown by i t s funnel - shaped cloud,whi ch

bounds and boun ces along, now h igh i n the

ai r and agai n touch i ng theground . Wherei tsk im s a long theg round theha voc i s greatest .Herethem ight ies t s t ruc t ures ofm an arecrushedi n an i nstan t befo re theavalan ches ofw i ndlet loosefrom every d i rect ion . Theair seem sto have an explos ivefo rce, bu i ld i ngs fal l i ngou tward i nstead

,of i nward as onem igh t th i nk .

I n such a sto rm no pl ace,

i s safe,but the

sou thwes t co rner of a cel la r afiords thebestp ro tec t ion obtai nable. I f i n the Open

,lie

flat on theground . Du r i ng a to rnado ,wh i ch

lasts but a few m i n u tes, thesky i s co vered by

c louds of i nky b lackness , wh ich hereand theretake on a l i v id green i sh hue. The su rface

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S tatecarefully all details pertaining to thematter aboutwh ich you inquire, or desireto tell others. For theidentification of

insec ts or plants, send thewholespec imen. I f theobjec t 15 an insec t,statewhereyou found it, what i t was doing , and on what plant itwas feed ing I f it is a plant, send it all, unless it is too large. In

that casea branch w ith flower and leaves w ill ans“er A singledried blossom or dead leaf may berecognized if theplant 18 a com

mon one, but it is better to send thewho lespec imen.

R U LE .

MIGRATION BY NIGHT OR DAY ?

WAUKESHA , WI S .

Do all b irds m igrate at

H . D . SAWYER .

DEAR Sr. N ICHOLASn ight, or j ust certain species

M r. Frank Chapm an , i n “ Bi rds of EasternN o r th Amer i ca ,” says regard i ng bi rd m igrat ion

B i rds of strong fl ight, l ike swal lows, can eas i lyescapefrom b ird-k i l l ing hawks, and so m igratebo ld lyby day. But theshy, ret ir ing inhab i tants of woodsand th ickets await thecom ing of darkness , and then,mo unt ing h igh in theair, pu rs uethei r jou rney undercover of then ight . B i rds d i rect thei r fl ight by coastl ines and r iver val leys , wh ich areeas i ly d ist ingu ishablein clear weather . On favorab len igh ts thesenatu ralh ighways of m igrat ion are th ronged by a cont inuousstream ofaer ial voyagers from dusk to dawn .

MYSTERIOUS GLANDS ON THE PETIOLE OF A LEAF.BRUNSWICK, ME.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I n p ick ing a tw ig of chokecherry to day , I not iced that on thepet io leof theleaf

TRUM PET ‘ SHA PED GLANDS ON THE CHERR Y LEA F .Theupper part oftheillustrat ion shows thelocation, and thelower

part shows an enlarged view , ofoneoftheglands. Thesameplanis followed in th enext illustration.

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . (AUG.

j ust below wheretheb ladebroadens out, on theuppers ide, therearealmost invar iably two t iny green bunches.Thereis theplacewherein theroses thelateral leafletsareplaced . Can it be that these bunches are rud imentary leaflets ? For thetreebelongs to theRosacm '

,

wh ich so o ften has compound leaves. I w i l l inclosea

few specimens , and i f they w i l l not becometoo w itheredon thejo urney perhaps they w i l l explain theproblem

G la nd

CAP-SHAPED GLANDS ON A LEAF OF THE PARTR IDGE-PEA .

better than words . I fyou can tel l meabo ut it I wou ldbevery m uch obl iged , for i t is a puz z leto a nature—loverand interested reader of theNatureand Sciencedepartment. H ELEN JOHNSON .

Thesegl ands occu r upon thepet io les of anum ber of pl an ts . Many guesses havebeenm ade as to thei r s ign ificance, bu t I bel ieveno t h i ng po s i t ive i s known of thei r use or

reason for bei ng— there i s certai n ly no th ingwhi ch i s general l y agreed upon .

Nearl y all of theseglands exude a nec tarwh ich at t rac ts bees

,an ts

,and wasps . I t has

been no t i ced i n somei n stances that thesei n sectsd r iveaway caterp i l la rs and o ther l arvaewhi chm ight bei nj u r ious to theplan ts . I t i s poss iblethat i n some instances the j u i ces from the

gl ands such as thoses i t uated along themar

gi n s of leaves havea tendency to keep l arvaefrom eat i ng theleaves .Ano ther usesuggested for them i s thed iver

s ion of c raw l i ng i nsec ts from theflowers,so

that theflower-gl ands arenot robbed of thei rpower to al l u refly i ng v i s i to rs wh i ch can t ransfer pol len . I t i s i n teres t ing to no tethat thesevery comm on gl ands should besuch a puzz letobo tan is ts, no tw i thstand ing very ca refu l s t udy .

NATERE

MUD‘ WASPS IN SPOOLS .

Ownc o , New YO RK .

DEAR S‘

l‘

. N ICHH I as : Any in fo rmat ion concern ingthefo od of wasps w i l l begratefu l ly recei ved ,

as the

fo l low ing facts haveexci ted my cu r ios ity .Wh i le seated in an upper room , by an open w in

dow , oneday. a spoo l of thread seemed sudden ly endowed w ith l i fe, for from the ho le in its center camecraw l ing fo rth six l ittlefat green wo rms . Thenextday ,

whi les itt ing at thesametab le, a wasp flew in,

carry ing someth ing long and green . I t went d irect lyto theSpoo l , and entered theholehead first, d ragg ingits burden w i th it . Remain ing theresome t ime, itslowlv backed out and flew away . I tu rned the Spoo lover , and out fel l fivemo regreen w o rms , bro thers orcous ins o fthefo rmer six .

On further inves' t igat ion , ano ther spoo l was found ,

WREN-WA S I’ (ODYNER I '

S ) BR ING ING A CATERP I LLARTO 11

‘

s NEST A S POOL .

Someofthecaterp illars arecraw ling out of theoverturned nest .Probably thewasp had not stung them suffic iently to makethem inac tive.

Thefigurebelow at left is a spoo l, spl it lengthwiseto show thewren-wasp 's nest w ithin and thewasp larva feed ing on thestoredcaterpillars.

The.

figurebelow at righ t shows the new ly transformed waspemerging from thecocoon wherethepupa was incased , and pushing its way out ofthenes t.

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N l i FO LKS . 943

A S O L ITARY D lGGER-WAS I' (AMMO I ’ I I ILA I'

RNAlll l ) .

Using a stoneto pound down theearth over its fi lledand finished nest or burrow .

(I llustration by perm ission ofProfessor GeorgeW. Peckham . )

thetop of wh ich was sealed w i th m ud,and wh ich also

contained wo rms . You rs very tru ly,H A R R I ET M . GREENLEAF.

The so l i ta ry wasps sto re thei r nes t s w i th avar iety of food s for thei r young ; sp iders , fl ies ,and caterp i l la rs are

,however , them os t comm o n

v i c t im s . I t was p robably thel i t t lew ren -wasp,

Ozérzzef'

zzsflarvfa‘

,that bu i l t i n thespoo l . I t

often choo ses such p l aces for i t s nes t,as wel l

a s na i l -ho les , key-ho les,wo rm -ho les i n wood ,

bo t t le- necks , and onen at u ral i s t tel l s u s t ha t ap is to l -bar rel h as even been selected for the

pu rpo se. From th i s hab i t of nest i ng i n ho lesi t has recei ved thenameOfw ren-wasp . Adul twasps feed on vegetablesweet s , as flower pollen and r ipefru i t

,on honeydew

,and on m any

smal l i nsects,such as fl ies

, gnats , lea f- hoppers ,etc . Theca terp i l la rs tha t 01017167713 s to res are

en t i rel y for theuseof i ts young. Befo repluggi ng up i t s nes t an egg i s l a id w i th i n , whi ch i na few days hatches a sm al l legless l a rva . Having p len ty of food

,i t ga i n s i ts ful l growt h rap

id ly,and after sp i nn i ng a parchmen t - l i ke co

coo n it changes to an i nac t i vepupa . Later theperfec t wasp cuts open thecocoon

,pushes i t s

way out of thenes t , and soon fl ies awayThe so l i tary wasps

,as wel l a s the soc ia l

wasps,arevery i n tel l igent . Onespecies c om

m on i n the\Ves t,cal led A zzzz/zop/zz

'

lzz fir/laria,

m akes a bu rrow i n theground for i t s nest , andi t has been Observed to takea l i tt les to nei n i t sj aws an d repeated ly pound down theearthwhen thesto red nes t was fin i shed — S . F

A HEAD ING FOR AUGUST. B Y \VESLEY R . D E LA PPE , AGE 1 6. (GOLD BADGE . )

DAY-D REAMS .

HY CATHERXXF. LEE CARTER , AGE I 6.

I SAT bes idethew indow o’er theglar ing city street ,

\V i th its end less no iseand ratt le, w ith its cars and

heavy loads ,And th ro ugh theopen w indow su rged and swel led theburn ing heat ;

B ut I s lept and dream t of qu iet farm s and wh itefarreach ing roads

Of roads that led past corn-fields, wherethet inted b indweed crept,

And wherethestately l i l ies hung thei r heads of gorgeous hue

Abovethel itt leways idebrook that nei ther sang nor

leapt,But gl ided o ’er its pebb les , almost hid by meadow -rue.

A long theway werehouses , w ith thei r gardens ly ingfai r,

\V ith thebeds of ph lox and l i l ies and theroses (larkand l ight ;

TH E Leagueed ito r does no t l iketo repeat thesameold don ’ ts over and over, but then, ofcou rse, therearea great many new members all thet ime, and evensomeof theold ones , who haveto berem inded as to thefew but necessary ru les that arealways to be found on

thelast pageof theLeague. They areno t put theretomakeextra wo rk for members , but to gu idethem in

prepar ing and subm itt ing wo rk proper ly , so that byand by, when theLeagueis outgrown , thosewho aretry ing to becomea part of thewor ld ’s art and l iteraryprogress m ay know how to beg in, and may feel thatthey haveat least been wel l taught in thero ut ineofthei r undertak ing.

Theed itor has been brought to say ing th is all over by944

(Cay/t P rize. )Thepopp ies , pinks , and pans ies , and theco l umbines

werethere,And bes ide them all theflam ing sp i res of foxglovebu rned br ight.

I gazed upon theset reasu res when theheavy dews ofn ightFel l upon me, and I started to regain thelost h ighway ;

B ut thegarden and its b lossom s fast faded from mys ight,

And I wokebes idethew indow in thefad ing l ight ofday.

My arm , wh ich had been ly ing on thegr im y w indow -s i l l ,Was dampened by theshowers that had comeupwh i leI s lept,

And below meon thepavement thetraffic thunderedst i l l ,

But in thecham bers ofmyheart thoserad iant flowersarekept .

thenumber of good contr ibut ions that camein th ismonth w r itten on both s ides of thepaper, or uns igned ,or not indorsed , or w itho ut thesender ’s age, or, i f pictu res , weredrawn in co lo r, or w ith penci l , etc . , etc .

Two l itt leg i r ls brokeall ther u les but one— theonewh ich says that every reader ofST. N ICHOLAS , whethera subscr iber or not, is ent it led to Leaguemembersh ipand a badge, free. Th is r u lethey quoted , bu t theysent a story w r itten and s igned by both of them , whenoneauthor to thecontr ibut ion is all that is al lowed .

Bes ides , thestory was too long, a good deal m orethanfou r hundred words . N or was i t on ther ight subject .

was st i l l worse, i t was on both s ides of thepaper .Then, too, i t was not indorsed as or iginal , though the

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Puzzle-answers . Go ld badges , C. Boyer (age444 Spad ina A ve.

, and EleanorWyman (age N un ica, M ich .

S i lver badges , Russell S . Reynolds (age1 4 2 \V. 1 2 th St . , New Yo rk C ity , and ElizabethD. Lord (age 1 2 1 4 Elk St . , F rank l in , Pa.

DREAM S .

(OleMamm y ’s Lu l laby . )BY MARGUER I TE BORDEN (AGE

(Gold B adge. )H USH -A-BABY, h ush-a-baby , by, by , by ;Big roun

’

yaller m oon ’s a-sh in in ’ in desky ;

Everyth ing ’s a-sleepin

’

jes’as st i l l as st i l l ,

’Cept a bi rd a-s ingin ’ fo ’

to wh ip po ’ Wi l l .

H ush~a-baby, h ush -a-baby,by, by, by ;

Lots 0 ’ l i ’ l ’ skeery dream s com in ’ efyo ’Cry!

[AUG.

All denaughty chil’uns sees debog ie-m an“HAPPY DAYS . BY R UTH G. LYON , AGE (GOLD BADGE . )

Com in ’ fo ’

to ketch ’em , take’em efhecan!of theOlymp ic M ountains , and thespark l ing streams,

I Iush-a-baby , hush -a-baby, by , by, by ; teem ing w i th trout and salmon, meander ing thro ugh a

Grea’ wh itebobble-gobb legit yo ’ c i yo ’ cry , forest yet unmarred by thewoodman ’s ax .

Snatch yo ’ froo dew indah spr ier ’an decat AtOyhu t weleft thesteamer and drovealong thebeach

Up yo’

go a-flyin’on deoleb lack bat ! to \Vreck Creek , wherecamp had already been p itched.

THE PACK‘ TRA IN, ILLUSTRAT ION FOR“ M Y CA M P ING TR IP. BY M YRON C . NUTT ING.

The tents wereguarded from theincom ing tidebyap i leof sand and dr i ftwood so h igh that atfirst s ight I was rem inded oi “

thevi l lage beh ind thed ikes . ”That n igh t I s leptso und ly on my bedof fir boughs , and

was awakened bywhat I though t

H ush-a-baby , hush-a-baby, by, by, by ; was thunder , but, when fu l ly conscious , realized was

EfyO’

good , m a honey. neber, neher cry, thewaves of theocean , or, as Tennyson expresses it,Yo

’ ’

11 seewaterm illions hangin’on deV ine. Theho l low ocean r idges roar ing into cataracts . ”

Waitin’t0 beeaten , sett in ’ in a l ine! Thus began my camp ing t r ip. Therewereeleven

P iccan inny,p iccan inny , by, by. by ; other camps , a descr ipt ion '

Oi any oneof wh ich wou ldChile, yo

’m in

’

yo’

mammy—don ’ t yercry, cry , cry !

MY CAMP ING TR IP.

BY MYRON CHESTER NUT

TING (AGEI T was a happy group

that was gathered on theforward deck ofthesteamerR anger, as shesteamed outoftheH oqu iam R iver andacross theb l uewaters of

Gray ’s Harbor , en routeforOyh ut , January 2 , 1 90 2 .

Thegroup cons isted ofmyfather , m other, my S t. Bernard dog , and m ysel f . Fa

ther was on his way to takechargeofa su rvey fora proposed rai lway, and wewerego ing w ith him into camp.

What a country in wh ichto camp ! Them ighty Pacific thunder ing at thefOOI “

HAPPY DAYS . BY M ARY THO M PSON , AGE 1 1 .

fill many t imes myal lottedspace. I m igh t tel l ofthepack -train of twenty-onehorses that moved our

camp from placeto place;of thecanoer ides and fishing tr ips ; of thecruel waytheInd ians haveof hunting deer by send ing thei rdogs into thewoods to dr ivethem out into the su r f,wherethey arebeaten bythebreakers t i l l they areexhausted and thrown upon thebeach .

October 2 7th webrokecamp at theQuillyuteR iverand m oved to a port on theSt raits of J uan deFuca,where we loaded everyth ing , horses and all, on a

steamer bound for Seatt le.

My ten months ’ campingtr ip was over, leaving a

happy memory .

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DAY-D REAM S .

BY ELEANOR MYERS (AGE

(Go/JB a t/gs. )'

T WAS j ust as thesun was beg inn ing to s ink ,And theclouds to bl ush in thes unset glow ,

That I stro l led away to therocks to th ink ,Wherethet iderushed on w i th its ebb and flow .

’

T is a beaut i f u l t imeto th ink and d reamA s you gazefar o ff on theg l isten ing sea,

And'

often thebreezes they wh isper,'

1 wou ld seem ,

As thus they werewh isper ing so ft ly to me.

Far, far out wherethesky bent lowTo talk w i th theocean w i ld and br ight ,

a sh ip that sai led toward theclouds aglow,

As they beamed in thei r pu rpleand go lden l ight .

Out there. said thebreezeas i t k issed my face,I s a beaut i f u l land wherethebr ight d ream s are,

RU BY-THROATED HU M M ING-B lRD . m ’

CATHER INE E. CA M PBELL,AGE 1 6. (F I RST PR IZE,

“ w1LD-9 1RD”PHOTOGRA PH . )

“ROB IN F EED tsG YOUNG . BY 5 . BUTLER M U RRA Y, ) R . , AGE

(S ECOND PR tZE, t D -B iRD PHOTOGRA PH . )

That men havedream t in th is lovely place,Wh i lethey gazed at theocean stretch ing far.

“ J ust look how thesh ip steers out to thewest ;I t is carry ing a bu rden ofd ream s so gay

To that fai ry p lacethat weall lovebest ,\Vherethed ream s comet rueand ’

t is always day.

Thebreezegrew st i l l , but thesh ip sped on

Toward theclouds that sm i led in thepu rplewest ,Ti l l then ight crept in and thesh ip was gone,And thestars kept watch o

’er thewor ld at rest .

A CAMP ING TR IP ON THE YUKON .

BY DOROTH Y jo ttx sro iv (AGE

(Gold B adge. )IN thes ummer of 1899 , mama, my brother, and

m ysel f had a camping t r ip on theYukon . Papa wasconnected w ith thetelegraph l inethat theDom in iongovernment put through from Bennett to Dawson

,and TURTLE sunsmo . m .

G ‘ BUSHNE LL M ER R ILL , AGE ,3_hetook us w i th him . (TH lRD PR IZE ,W ILD-AN I M AL PHOTOGRA PH . )

estarted out from Bennett on thesnow and icew ithour s leds . \Vc went for abou t onehund red m i les th isw ay . “rewou ld camp for a few days in oneplace, and

then wewo u ld go on for a few m i les . You m ight th inkth is a great hardsh ip, but our tents weren iceand warmand weweremadevery com fortab le. The snow and

icelasted unt i l J une. \Vhen wecameinto Open waterswego t a scow . wecovered i t w ith a tent and l i ved ini t all summer , d r i ft ing down the r iver. Every fewm i les wewo u ld tieup along theshore, and my brotherand I wou ld exp loreour new stopping-p lace.

You may th ink that therewereno flowers or greengrass , but that is no t so . Therewerebeau t i f u l flowersthat wehad no t Seen befo re, and also some fam i l iarones . \Vet raded goods and go t m oosemeat from theInd ians . My uncles

,who werew i th us, went h unt ing

q u iteo ften , and b ro ught homeptarm igan and grouse.

Wehad a net and caught a great many finefish . Several bears wereseen by themen of theparty , and oncem y uncle saw a lynx near our camp ; but thelargestan imal we ch i ldren ever saw was a m ink

,and I have

o ften regretted that I did not havemy camera w i th meto takea p ictu refor S ’

r . N ICHO LAS .

Du r ing themonths ofJ uneand J u ly it was l ight all

thet ime. \Vetho ught it very funny to haveto go to

bed w ith thesun sh in ing . “ewerefrom themonth

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of Apr i l unt i l theend of September on our tr ip. Im ust not forget to tell you about the lovely w i ld berr ies . Therewereraspberr ies, strawberr ies, b l ueberr ies ,cranberr ies , and b lack and red cu rrants . Wecamebackfrom Dawson on a steamer . Thedays weregrow ingvery short again, and w inter was draw ing near . Wehad seen thew i ld geese start for thesouth, and wetho ugh t i t t imewewerego ing home.

A DAY-D REAM .

BY MARGARET M INAKER (AGE

(S ilver B adge. )AH ! is a day

-dream but a cobweb gayThat gl i tters , go lden th reads , beneath thesun,And no th ing m ore; that w i th theto uch ofoneSmal l hand fo rever ’

s l ight ly brushed away ?A h ! no ;

’t is someth ing m o re; ’

t is th is , I sayThat wh ich , when youth starts out l i fe’s raceto

run,

Show s not theco u rsea hard and rugged one;But , l ikea hazeon s unny autumn day,H id ing therocks , ther i fts, and t reachero us sodI n that long path, w h i led imm ing, beautifiesThestem hard futu reto thei r youth fu l eyes ;And they , w i th hearts wherefear has found no

place,Go forth to conquer and to win therace,\V ith t rust fu l faith in loveand man and God.

MY CAMP ING TR IP.

BY M ILDRED STANLEY FLECK (AGE(S ilver B ar/gr. )

ON the9 th ofA ugust weleft Evergreen, Co lorado,to cross theRange. Therewerefather and m other,M rs. B uel l and A rthu r B uel l , Dorothy B uel l and I .Wehad a double~team wagon loaded w ith tents, provis ions , and necessary cloth ing ; and therewerethreesaddle-horses, wh ich wewere to taketu rns in r id ing .

Theroad that wetook fo l lowed up Bear Creek , and wecamped thefirst n ight on theEvans Ranch . I w ish I

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

BY HO M ER V. GEARY, AGE

HAPPY DAYS .

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had room to tel l you of all

thef unny th ings that happened there and on thewho letr ip, but they wou ldfi l l a smal l book . On thefirst h igh b ill that wecrossed wefo und del iciousw i ld raspberr ies , and saw

thed istant prai r ielook ingl ike a go lden fairy sea.

Down on theother s idewecame into I daho Spr ings.I t was Sunday, and thetown was th ronged w ithp icn ickers from Denver.Wewent over Berthoud ’sPass and down into M idd lePark , abugegreenmeadowcrossed by s i lver stream sin a ci rcleofpu rp lem ountains . A t S u lphu r Spr ingswetu rned into Grand R iverCanon . Herether iver isa magn ificent trout-streamcrash ing down betweenh igh wal ls of red rock .\Vherethecanon ends ther iver is broad and st i l l , w ithgreen oneach s ide, but the

h i l ls along it aredesert . Do rothy and I bathed in ther iver . Onedaywecameto a p lain w ith theSph inx itsel fkeep ing guard . I t is cal led Tapanas Rock . Herewewerecaught in a cloud-bu rst and drenched beforewecou ld reach a ho use. Next morn ing therecamea wagonw ith UnclePercy and S id . Sid to ld funny sto r ies andtr ied to fr ighten us by po int ing out bear and bob -cat

tracks . A fter several days wereached theGrassy Creek,

17. (StLVER BADGE. )

B Y LAU RA M AE THO M AS , AGE 1 0 . (S ILVER BADGE . )

wherewecamped for near ly a week . \Vehad traveledoneh undred and fi fty m i les. A t first wehad to eat sagehen, but soon go t grouseand ven ison. I t was a w i ld ,

lonely place, but someonehad left thereall sorts of

fu rn itu re—even a sew ing-mach ine—to get a homesteadclaim . Sid was fond ofsay ing : Look out ! A yowlCat

’11 get you !

”Sid says a yow l-cat ” is anyth ing

that walks on fou r legs and does n’t eat grass . I t was

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’T is then welong for onegood b reeze, onehand fu l ofcoo l snow ,

And w ish that wm ter 5 icewas hereand s ummer 5 sun

wou ld go !MY CAMP ING TR IP.

BY MARGARET F . NYE (AGE

CAMP I NG out ! H ow del ight fu l i t sounds ! Indeed ,how del igh t f u l i t is ! A t least I though t so after try ingi t onesummer .wedid not camp out in thewoods . Our tents werep itched in a pretty l i tt levi l lagenot far from our home.

Wehad two tents , end to end . The front onecon

rained a largebed- lounge, a table, a desk , a bu reau , andchai rs . Theother tent held a bed , a cot, a homemade wardrobe, our trunks , and a l i tt le oil-stove.

Onecorner was curtained OH for a bath - roomAbout two or th reeyardsfrom the back door was

a grape-vine, shutt ing us inand mak ing a cozy l itt leback yard .

Oh , thedel igh ts of thats ummer ! When a s tormwou ld be seen approaching, thestakes had to bedr iven in secu rely , thehamm ocks , chai rs, and

cush ions had to betakenin, and then wewou ld goin and l isten to the raind rops patter ing on thecanvas.

Then in theeven ing wew ou ld sit out under thet rees

,or i f it rained we

madecandy on thestove.

Any one that you ask

w i ll tel l you that camp ingout is great sport . I f youm ust havest i l l better proo f

,

t ry it you rsel f .HA PPY DAYS .

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

BY M ARGER Y F UL TON , AGE 1 3.

BY CHARLES \V. CHURCH, AGE 1 2 .

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DREAM S .

BY H AROLD R . NORR I S (AGE

I DREAM I seea l ittleflower,\Vho on theearth doth lie,

And sudden ly , w itho ut a sound,I t goes up to thesky ;

And from i t steps a fairy smal l ,And say s w ith elfin grace:

Oh , M r. Sun, comeshow to meYo u r k ind and gracious face.

”

And then theclouds all breakawa

And all theth unders st i l l,And out in glory comes thesunO

’er field and daleand h i l l .

MY CAMP ING TR IP.

BY HELEN J. S IMPSON (AGEBEAUTIFUL LakeHopatcong ! What Spot w i th in as

few m i les of New York cou ld beso per fect ? I t washereI spent themost del igh t fu l fortn ight ofm y l i fe.

Therewerefive in theparty : Tom ,Roger, N ina,

Rex , and m ysel f. Rex and I weretheyoungest, theothers being qu i te grown up in compar ison . Wep itched our camp on oneof theprett iest parts of thelake, known as ther iver S tyx . Choos ing a nameoc

casioned cons iderabled iscuss ion ; but at last Rex suggested Camp Peanuts . ” All object ions to th is namewereoverru led by theboys , who shouted Camp Peanuts, ” unt i l thenamewas taken up by themountainsand echoed and reechoed far and w ide.

I t was great fun sett ing up thecamp, and when thework was completed , and

Camp Peanuts paintedin g i l t letters abovetheen~t rance, we su rveyed our

work w ith sat is fact ion.

With the except ion ofthe fol low ing incident,wh ich I th ink worthy of

relat ing, our exper ienceswere m uch the same as

thoseofany campers, eventhe one rainy day, whenwewerealmost d rownedout, afford ing moreor lessenj oyment.Onem orn ing we wenttrol l ing in pairs , Rex and

I being together .F or a t imeneither Rex

nor I fel t a bi te, but present ly Rex caught a sunfish,and befo rehehad rebaitedI landed a perch . \Vecont inued to catch enoughto makeus forget thet imeunt i l Rex , happen ing to

look up, not iced that thesun was d i rect ly overhead.

S udden ly weremem bered that wewerehungry.Rex took theoars , but as hedid so I fel t a strong,

face, Rex grasped thenet and leaned over theedgeof

under thefish , but M r . F ish madea dart to ones ide.

tow -i

Rex leaned st i l l farther over. and , los ing his balance,fel l w ith a splash into thelake.

I was so overcomew ith mer r iment that I let my fishgo ; but Rex refused to seethejoke. Heclamberedinto theboat and sat there, d r ipp ing wet. themost for.

lorn and r id icu lo us object I ever saw .

I dropped theoars . fair ly shr iek ing w i th laughter,and Rex was too good

-natu red not to jo in in the

laugh .

Our fo rtn ight passed very q u ick ly , and

soon arr ived theday to break camp.

A t last all was over , and wewerespeeding toward home; but I know noneof us w i l l ever fo rget the happydays spent at Camp Peanuts ondel ight fu l LakellopatCong.

A HEAD ING FOR A UGUST .

MY CAMP ING TR IP .

BY Enrrtt .\ t. GATES (AGE

AFTER a seven-m i led r ivewep itched our tent on theedgeofa blufi o

’erlooking theBay ofFundy , am idst anevergreen grove—an ideal camp ing-p lace.

Ticks werefil led w ith straw and ,after a s implemeal

eaten round thedr i ftwood fire, bed fel lows were as

s igned , and camp l i febegan.

Long after o urelders s leptweg irls lay awakesto ry- tel ling , l isten ing to theboom of

theincom ing t i tle.

Early to bed , and earlvto r ise, ” was ourm otto . Sexieno

'clock always fo und breakfast ready . \Vel i ved s impl y ,

but the bracing air madeeverything tastedel icio us .A fter break fast -d ishes were

washed and put away in an

improvised ch ina-closet , wetook long walks up thestonvbeach or along the blufls

'

.

Every afternoon wewent inbath ing . Thewater was exhilaratingly cold .

N ot far from camp stoodtheold French cross

, erectedin

.

memory of theAcad ianex iles , who per ished there.

From thedr i ftwood strewnround I t weCarved so uven irs . HAPPY DA YS .

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

BY M A RGARET M CKEON , AGE 1 4 .

B Y EL S IE \VORM SER , AGE 1 3.

9 5 ‘

Theb iweek ly mai l wasa great event . Letterswerevery welcome.

Theweather had beenperfect , but oneeven ingas wewereprepar ing forbed the rain commencedto fal l in torrents . Wewerevery snug. and fel las leep l isten ing to thepat ter on thetent .S uddenly wewereawa

kened by a flash ing l ight .A neighbo r ing farmer andhis w i fe, laden w ith um brel las and lanterns , had cometo esco rt us to thei r home. But weweretoo cozy to goout into therain , so we thanked them , and d rows i lywatched them depart .Even ings wegathered around thecamp-fireand sang .

Oncewet r ied a candy -pu l l , but them o

lasses sco rched , and thecandy was br i tt le.

A few days befo releaving camp wegavea Par ish Tea. A ll the farmers came, andin theeven ing webu i l t a hugebonfireon

thebeach .

\ll weresorry to break up camp, but athunderstorm threatened wh ich weweren ’

t

sorry to m iss .

rattled down themountain on thel oad at a good pace, swaying f rom s idetos ide, s ing ing all theway. \Vear r ived homet i red and dusty in t imefor tea. Oh, how

good it seemed to s leep in theclean wh i tebeds that n ight ! Soon after I retu rned to

my homein theUn ited States , br ing ingw i th memany photographs and pleasantmemo r ies of mv camp ing t r ip in beaut i f u lNova Sco t ia.

THE FRENCH CROS S . (SEE STORY. )

DAY-D REAM S .

BY LOUISE PA INE (AGEI LovE to lieon thecush ionsAnd bu i ld cast les in theair,

Of thedays that areyet beforeme\t u I

’

ll bea damsel fai r .

I l l bea queen , and r ideIn a carr iagemadeof

go ld ;I ’

llhavekn ights in clashing armor,

\ S in thedavs of old .

I ’ll havetwo l i tt lepages

\Vho w i l l bes idemestand ,

To beready on theinstant

To obey my least command .

But hark ! I hear someonecal l ing !

Ah , yes, i t is t imefortea ;

And my day u dream s fadeinto open air

,

Li kem ist upon thesea!

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MY CAMP ING TR IP.

BY MOWBRAY VEL’

I‘

E (AGE t o) .

ABOUT fou r summers ago I spent fou r months inCashmere, and camped in theSiddar Val ley in a place

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE. (AUG.

A DAY -D REAM .

BY KATH LEEN A . BURGESS (AGE n ) .

I D REAM ’

I‘

as I lay on thegolden sand ,Wi th theheaven ’s b l ueS tretch ing above,

cal led Pailgam , wh ich l ies at thefoot of theH imalaya And thewaves sang a song that no heart could withMountains. I w i l l now tel l you how Igot there.

We started from Lahore, Punjab ,in theeven ing, and went by t rain to

P ind i .Pind i is an important m i l i tary S tat ion ,

whereB r it ish t roops aregarr isoned .1

F rom P ind i wewent in a two -wheeledconveyancecal led a tonga to a m i l itaryh i l l stat ion cal led M urree.Thetonga is drawn by two horses ,

wh ich arechangedevery fiveor six m i lesfor fresh ones . Thedr iver has a hornwh ich heb lows to let peopleknow heiscom ing . Theveh iclehas a canvas coverover it .F rom M u rreewewent in another

two -wheeled conveyance, wh ich Shakesa great deal , and is drawn by onehorse,wh ich is never changed .

Th is conveyanceis cal led an ekka,and took us to a p lacecal led Baram ti la

in fivedays .Wehad two servants w ith us, and

wh i lewewere travel ing by ekka wehad our meals camp fash ion.

At Baramt’

tla wegot a boat cal led a

dunga and went to S r inagar.A d unga is a house-boat, wh ich

has a straw roof. The passengersl ivein thefront and havetwo room s.A t S r inagar wesaw a palace

,and part of i t looked

l ikea Chr istmas cake, it was so gay.

F rom Sr inagar wewent by boat to I slamabad , and

from therewerodeon pack -m u les w i thou t any sadd lesto Pailgam .

Therewep itched our tents . Wes lept in our tents ,but stayed out ofdoors all day. Our tents werep itchedin a fo rest ofp ines.Wel ived very near ther iver Liddar, and used to go

fish ing in i t w ith pin-hooks .Every n ight wehad

a largebonfire.

Onceweall went tothesou rceof theJhelam R iver . Wehad tocross ther iver on our

retu rn jo u rney,but

found wecou ld not do

so because the br idgehad been swept awayby a flood .

Wealso had to staytwo days at a smal lham let cal led A rti, andeat bo i led r iceand m i lk

,

because of the greatand unexpected r iseof

ther iver .I and my s ister rode

on chai rs strapped on

to cool ies ’ backs .A black dachsh undrodeall theway in eachofour chai rs in tu rn. HAPPY DAYS .

“A HEADtNG FOR AUGUST .

AL INE j. DREYF US , AGE 1 3.

stand ,I t was so overflow ing w ith love.

I d ream t that I saw a beaut i ful sh ipBeing b l ithely b lown over thesea,

And themasts wereofgold and thesai ls wereofS i lk

,

And thereit lay wait ing for me.

As I stepped aboard mybeaut i fu l barge,Thereappeared fair ies three

Onewent to thehelm , onewent to thewheel ,

And thesweetest onesteered for me.

They sang mea song, a beaut i fu l song,That m ingled its notes w ith thesea,Ti l l wereached theI sleofEternal JoyAnd End less Melody .

OUR CAMP ING TR IP.

BY MARGEREE w . PITTS (AGE\VHEN I was about seven years old

my m other and I went to v is it somefr iends by the name of Hamm ond.

They had a daughter Marjor ie, whowas my onl y compan ion.

M r. Hammond in his younger dayshad been a sai lor ; and it was st i l l his

del ight to S it in thesun and sp in yarns . Healso hadbrought homew ith him his sai lo r hamm ock

, and for

Marjor ie’s and my benefit hetook i t from theatt ic andhung i t several yards from thes ideofthehouse.

W i th it camestor ies of thedel ights of s leep ing out

ofdoors, and, as Marjo r ieand I loved anyth ing novel,weput our heads together and planned how wecou ldaccompl ish th is .Var ious plans weresuggested , bu t wegavethem all

up and decided to ask our mothers for perm iss ion to

camp out in theyard that n ight

BY M AR Y TU FTS , AGE x4 .

Our mothers read i lyconsented—and sm i led.

Wewereoverjoyed,and, as soon as it

'

was

bedt imek issed thetwomothers , and w ith b lankets and p i l lows j umpedin thehammock .A s long as thel ights

werebr ight in thehousewethought i t great fun,

but when they wereputout (ear l ier than usualit seemed) webegan toth ink and talk abo ut theg ips ies that had beenaround that day. A

big boyhad to ld us thatthey wou ld come intopeople’s yards and takel itt le g i r ls and hurtthem .

We then began to

count sheep, but before

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N o. t . A list ofthosewhosework would havebeenpublished had spacepermitted .

No . 2 . A l ist ofthosewhosework enti tles them to

honorablemention and encouragement .

VERSE 1 .

GertrudeFordN atalieD . Wurts Teresa CohenR ay Randall Laura Lois OldsCharles I rish Preston Julia Cooley

Ed i th J . M inakerSusanWarrenWilburJessieBarker Coit

K_athryn Hubbard Elsa ClarkS ibyl Kent S tone A liceCabell CloptonDorothea Gay Dorothy PerryDoris Francklyn FriedaM uriel HarrisonGertrudeLouiseCannon VERSE 2 .

Margueri teStuartMaud Dud ley ShackleHarry VanWaldford Daisy Errington BretJacob Schmucker tel lHelen Brainard BertieBrown RegesterNannieC . Barr Muriel BushHelen Lombaert Twila Agnes M c

Scobey DowellJulia Ford Fiebeger Edwin DoanEmmel ineBradshaw A lma EllingsonLucy Du Bo is Porter Cora L. MerrillLuc ileWoodling Edna MeadA licePearl von Gladys M . Adams

B lucher AnnieLouiseJohnsonMargaret Lyon Sm i th FlorenceLouiseElizabeth M cCormick AdamsJoseph ine\Vhitbeck Helen SpearConstanceVotey V irginia D . KeeneyEleanor R . Johnson Enza A lton ZellerLouisa E. Spear John H . Sherman

Mary Yeula Westcott OliveMood ieCookeJessieLeeR iali MarieWennerbergA lleineLangford Emily RoseBurtMelicent Eno H uma A l iceMooreson F lorenceGard inerMary C. Tucker Marion S . WilsonWillia Nelson Mo llieM . CussaartBeulah R idgeway BerniceBrownAbigail R . Bailey AliceBartholomewMora R ivenburg Elizabeth TempletonNeill C. W ilson CunninghamV irginia CoryellCraven

ShirleyWill isHelen E. GriffinMarjorieVers choyleBettsDorothyGraceGibsonAnneKressRebecca LaddisMary B lossom B lossElizabeth Swift BrengleAb igail E. Jenner

BY m. POWELL , AGE 1 2 .

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May Patton Robert Ellsworth Scott R ita WoodI sabella M c Elizabeth S trong MeadeBoltonLau blin Samuel Merrill Foster GeorgianaWood

Luc ie lifton M innieGwynJones PROSE 2 ' MaisieSm ith

M abelRobinsonEdith B laineSusetteRyersonEd ith J ulia BallouSarahMcCarthyGladys Hodson

GraceGates Powell CotterCatharineH . Ernest LaPradeS traker Lillian A lexanderFrances Morris Elizabeth Leesey Edw in B ishopMargaret K ing Rosalind C . CaseDelia Ellen S idney Rob insonChampl in LouiseTateM ildred A . EuniceM cGilvraCrane Lisbeth HarlanWinnieBobbitt Gladys MochPaul B . Taylor Donald K . BeltGladys Fulton Elizabeth H irshWinona Mont A l iceOtis B irdgomery Dorothy Jacobs

Phil ip C.Gifford Mary d '

A . LilienthalFlorenceKnight Inez PischelI da Pritchett BrownieSamsellRamona Laila Emma D . M illerCJarli ney

B llMary Claypoole

aro yn u eyRuth A . Wilson DRAW'NGSMargaretH ildeA liceT. Cardinbrant Lauren Fordean PlantrudenceRoss LouiseConverseFlorenceKauf Elizabeth ChaseBurtman

Mary W. BallMary WhiteFound

AliceKnow lesMargaret MaclennanDoro th yWalkerKat n Rothsch ildAnn

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l'lunt WellesPROSE 1 .

Alfred P . MerrymanCharles L . Beno istB lancheLeem ingMyrtleLenoreSalsigH arrietW. Gard inerRemsonWisner Hol

bertRuth WilsonLouis Durant EdwardsRuth Heughes Monica Pearson TurMarjorieLachmund nerR ichard deCharm s, Jr. Thomas H . FoleyM ildred Quiggle J ul ia HalleckEthel M . D ickson Earl D . S tudleyJoePound James BarrettS tanley E. Moodie Walter E. HuntleyHelen A . Lee H arry B . LachmanFrank L . HayesElizabeth EastmanMargaret DennistonWalter WintonIvy VarianWalsheCora CallMartin Janow itzFordyceL . Perego Mary PembertonFranc is S trong N ourseNellieFoster» ComegysTeresa R. R obbinsDorothy AliceSpear Duncan G. M cGregorGilbert P. Bogert ValentineNewtonAl fred Redfield

DRAWINGS 2 ,Ed ith H illesJean Fulton Cordner H . Sm ithMarieElisa Carbery MargueriteStrathyRuth A . Donnan M . S . Wyeth

Carl LohseGenevieveMorse

Muriel C. EvansPhoebeWilkinsonMelvilleLeveyRena KellnerMarc ia GardnerA lex Sefl'eirtRoy L . H ilton

AN I M AL L I FE.

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Frederick SeiberlingMarjorieConnorElla E. PrestonConstanceWhi ttenIrving A . NeesJohn A. HelwigHugh SpencerMargaret Wrongéoseph Weber

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Ada M . Kei'

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AnneFurmagtin

Gold~

sm ithGraceE. R . MeekerDoro thy C. KingMargaretLantzDaniellD . AdamsMary CooperWilliam SchruferClinton0 . BrownMarjorieS ibyl HeckWarford E. R owlan

’IreneFullerMary M cLaren

nid Gould ing S inclair LouiseM cGilvraEdi th ParkJ oseph B . MazzanoRobert W. FoulkeThalia GrahamDoro thy C lappHelen Wilson BarnesFrieda HugAnna R . CarolanEsther ParkerElsa Solano Lo pezMargueri tePolleysCharlotteB. ArnoldGladys A . Lo throp

Antli a BeatriceWetheril

OliveGarrisonRobert HammondGibson

Helen E. PriceEleanor R. ChapinWalter Burton NourseJohn W. LoveMary KlauderAngelica Mum fordKatherineDulcebellaBarbour

Margaret Ellen PayneM ildred HippeeDorothy MulfordRi ggs

Charles RothLuc ieE. B . MackenzieWilliar'n R . Lohse

Harriet Barney BurtC . B . Brown

Janet OrrEwingEllen H . RogersL ionel E. DrewMartha E. FleckS tanislaus E. M cNeillPhoebeHunterHelen F . Seari gh tGeorgeA . MacLeanElizabeth D . KeelerKatherineM . KeelerHarriet EagerHerbertW. LandauEtta RoweEdward A . M cAvoy“

GraceW. TrailKatherineCall in gtonS idney Edward D ickenson

LouiseM illerMay ThomasMarieAtkinsonEd ith KiogerJeanetteM cAlpinMargaret BooraemR ichardson

Delph ina L . Hammer

BY JACKV HAYNE, AGE 8.

Gladys BlackmailA liceW. H indsEvelyn BuchananAlan Adams

KatharineGibsonEleanor Keeler

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it om Anim al L lie

BY \VALLACE G. F0

I sabel WeaverJohnW. OvertonMary E. RossCharlotteSt. G.

NourseKatharineBuchananKenneth S towellR alph E. KochFrana S . Wh itehouseRoger TaylorM ildred Curran Sm i thHelenW. MooreMarion K . CobbTheodore FitzS imons

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Edwin B . Arno ldEleanor HobsonPhil ip S . OrdwayEdw in ShoemakerCarlota GlasgowOl iver R itchieMarieFogartyKatherineL. MarvinDoro thy L incolnMad ePulsfordHaro d ChapinMargueri teWill iamsChristina B . FisherEleanor Tw iningMay H . PeabodyloneCaseyDoro thy Gard iner

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FlorenceR . T. Sm ithMargaret B . CopelandElizabeth MorrisonLouitn M . Waterman

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Emma K. Woods

AnneConstanceNourse

Emily L. S torerHu 0 Gra fRut Bo ' (lenHaro ld Schofl

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P. J . YoungAliceGarlandRosal ieDaHoraceJ . S imonsChauncey ReedKarl M . MannEd ith HoustonLou's Reimer

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Mary DunbarVolant V. BallardMargaret W. Mandell

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tedmanMary L. FletcherFanny WinansAnneMargueriteLo uis Bam ng ton

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Mary Letitia Fyfl'

eMary A . \VoodsRobert S . PlattCarl Cannon ClickMarion D. FreemanKathleen GouldDoro thy WilliamsMargaret RuckerFrances R ichardsonAliceL . McCready

John Dunton KeyesA rthur M . ReedKatherineNeumann

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BOOKS AND READ ING.

“ BACK to school !” wi l lbe thewatchword befo re

m any day s now. And therei s onedel ight fulreflect ion i n begi nning a school yea r . I t i s l iketurn ing over a new lea f i n you r copy-book . The

old blo ts and theregret ted fa i l ures areh i dden .

You can dream Of do i ng bet ter, and , what isbet ter, you can make the dream come t rue.

Theeasies t way ofgetti ng through theschoolday i s to in teres t you rsel f i n thework ; and bysecu ri ng a good understanding of thework fromthefi rst , thei n teres t w i l l beawakened .

Then let you r readi ng bea handmaid to you rschoo l -w

’o rk th i s w i l l a id i n bo th .

p UTTm G B OOK S TH IS i s not a paragraphI N TH E IR P R OPER adv i si ng you to replace

p LACE ‘ books upon the shel veswhen you areth rough w i th them . Of courseal l book - lovers t reat thei r fr iends in p ri n t w i thduerespec t, and do not leavethem to bebu ffeted by a cruel wo rld .

No . Thi s is merely a rem i nder that bookscomesecond , and real i t ies takefi rst p lace. The

cri t ics find no bet ter prai sefor Shakspereth anto say that hewri tes ofeverything as i f i n i ts p resence. I fhespeaks ofa deer

,henotes what hehas

seen , not wha t books tel l . Even i f al l thebooklearni ngofhi sagehad been packed in to hisbrain,i t would not havegiven him thefacts hetel l s us .Rusk in quo tes Shakspere’s descri p t ion of a severesto rm a t sea, and Ruski n ’s eyefor natu rewas nearly as good as Shakspere

’s own. I f aho rsei s descr ibed , theEl izabethan gen ius seesw i th theeyeof a horse—lover and theenthusiasm of a stable- l ad who knows no th i ng bu thorses ; and so of flowers

,k ings, sh ips, armo r,

what you wi l l .Look at theworl d fi rs t

,an d then i n to you r

books to seei f Others haveseen what you see.

ALL over th is b road landOf ou rs

,that extends from

theneighborhood of Robinson C rusoe’s i sl and

to thegreat chai n of l akes abou t wh i ch Parkman has to l d such t ruerom an ces as may wel lexci tether ival ry ofnovel i s ts from thehomeof

A FTER VACAT IOND A Y S .

I N TH E L IB RA RY

I rv i ng’s Kn i ckerbockers to the l and whence

Bret Harteder ived m ater i al for h i s poet icald ream s of impossiblegol d-hun ters, thereare

great l ibraries w i th shelves weighted w i th del igh t ful vo l umes .A t onet ime i t was though t that l ibra ries

werefor thet radi t ional scho l ar— a pale, be

spectacled creaturewho never d reamed ofsucha glorious triumph as a th ree-base h i t or ahomerun. Bu t to-day i t i s themost p rac ticalmen who aremak i ng thegreates t useOf l ib rar ies and i n thel ib rar ies you meet theboys and

gi rl s who aremos t in terested i n thel iv i ng worl dabou t them .

Thereareadvan t ages i n do ing your moreser ious work i n thereadi ng- room s ofthel ibrar ies. I f you seea referenceor quo tat ion , youcan at onceveri fy i t ; i f therei s further informat ion to befou nd in ano ther book , you may

send for i t .Perhaps even i n theseenl igh tened days there

areboys and gi rl s who need to beto l d that i nthe referenceroom you areal lowed to con

sul t many books at a time. Ofcoursethey arenot taken from thel ib rary . I n s tudying a h istory lesson , forexam ple, i t i s an excel len t p raet iceto comparetheaccoun ts of differen t writers especial l y thoseofearl ier t imes wi th thoseofour modern h istorian s .

WHAT i s thequal i ty,or

what arethequal i t ies,that

m akea good story ? By th i s i s not mean tmerel y a story that i s readable, bu t onethat hasreal wor th . I t seem s to beagreed that N athan iel H awthome’s sho r t stor ies possess t ruewo rth . Who w i l l send us a l i t t leessay upon oneof thesemas ter-works

,tel l i ng what it i s that

renders them superior to thestories that haveappeared si nce (Wedo not

guaran teetheaccuracy of thesefigures , as wemay havem i ssed oneor two in thecoun t !)Again, as wesai d l ast mon th , weOffer no pr i zesfor such an essay except thecond i tional prom i seto print an essay (not over 300 words) meritingtheatten t ion ofour readers .

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M Y DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I enjoy you r numbers agreat deal , and at theend of theyear I am go ing to

havethem all bound together.Wel iveon a very largep lace. Wehavetwo dogs top lay w i th , and thei r names areBeo and Bevis . Wehavea donkey ofour own, named Barry , and my s isterHelen has a dear l i tt lecanary-bi rd named Sweetheart(th is is her own namefor it) and hes ings beaut i f u l ly .Wedo not go to school , as thenearest oneis too faraway from our home, but James (my brother) and Ihavelessons from Aunt L ida, and wel ikethem verym uch . Wealso takeGerman lessons . Wego downto Pacific Groveevery summer , and wehavea houseof

ones ide, w ith seeds in them for theb irds, wh ich shecal ls the B i rd D in ing-room .

” Your loving reader,MARGARET MACRUM .

P. S . My mother and uncles took you when theyweresmal l .

EI NDRED VIKO, K INGSTON.

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : BeforeI got you I was alwayssay ing that I w ished I had someth ing to read, but forthethreeyears I don ’ t bel ieveI havesaid i t morethantw ice, as I havealways had you to read by a gratefirein w inter, or out on thelawn w ith b ig cush ions pi ledh igh at my back in summer . I very seldom wr iteto any

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our own there, wh ich is most del ight fu l . I enjoy theLetter-box in you r numbers and I thought you m ightl iketo havea letter from me.

You r loving reader,JOHN GARBER PALACHE (ageto) .

OAKMONT, PA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havetaken you for aboutthreeyears and l i keyou very m uch . I havetwo s istersand two brothers. Our grand father has fou r pon ies .Onehegot when I was a baby

,and it is snow wh i te,

and twenty-hyeyears old. Wesay that heis wh itefrom old age.Grandmother has boxes that arelong and th in, t i lted

one, un less it is someonewho has'

mademe'feel happy .5 0 you m ust know you areOne. You r beloved reader,

CLAIRE ROB INSON.

LOGAN, PA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havea s ister Bess ie, and a

k itten named M idn ight, so I was interested in “ TheWeigh ing ” in you r March number.

Yo u rs , SYDNEY L. WRIGHT (age

Lack ofspacehas prevented our pr int ing interest ingl ittleletters from Helen Spafi

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,Charles I . Hodges, Kath

er ineKei th, and Graham B u l len.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JULY NUM BER .

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rORlCA I. ACROST IC. Third row, Charlemagne. I . Bacon.

2 .Mohammed . 3. Plato . 4 . Rurik . 5 . Sulla. 6. S penser. 7.

Homer. 8 . Drake. 9 . Magellan. I o . Dante. I r. A lexander.Z IGZAG. IndependenceDay. Cross-words : I . Ignition. 2 .

Uncommon. 3. Undulate. 4 . Greeting . 5 . Accepted . 6 . Ac c ident. 7. l norant. 8 . P ilchard . 9 . Trencher. I o . Suspense.

I I . S tarc hes I 2 . Generous. I 3. Med icme. I 4 . Bachelor. 1 5 .

Youthful.CHARADE. Ark-hives, archives.

DOUBLE ACROST IC. Prim als, Shakes eare: finals, Winter'sTale. Cross-words : I . Shadow . 2 . aggai . Action.

'4 .

Kni ht. 5 . Entire. 6 . Slower. 7. Petals. 8 . Enlist. 9 . Africa.

I o. ecoil. I I . Europe.

TR IPLE CROSS-wont) EN IG M A . Fourth of July, Independence,fire-crackers .

DOU BLE CROS S-WORD EN IG M A . Fourth ofJuly, fire-crackers.

A MAG IC SQUAR E . I . Fourth ofJuly . Declaration of Independence. 3 . Wash ing ton. 4 . Lee. 5 . John Adams . 6 . JetIerson. 7. John Hancock.TRANS FOR M AT IONS . I .

Gross, grass. 4 . N i ter, N iger. 5 .

Sh irk. shark . Barge, badge. 3.

Beach , bench . 6 . Baton,bacon. 7. Spore. sp ire. 8 . Party , patty . 9 . Ardor, arm or. I o .

\Vager,wafer. I I . Caddy, candy . I 2 . Snore, snare.

CHARADE . E-man-sip-a-shun, Emanc ipation.

CO NNECTED SQUA RES . I . I . Abash . 2 . Briny. 3 . A imed .

4 . Sneer. 5 . Hydra. I I . I . Altar. 2 Large. 3. Trail. 4 .

Agile. 5 . Relet . I I I . I . Abater. Bera te. 3. Aright. 4 .

Taglia. 5 . Ethiop . 6 . Retaps . IV. I . Aster. 2 . Shone. 3.

To as. 4 . Enact. 5 . Rests. V. I . Sales. 2 . Abate. 3. Lathe.

4 . ther. 5 . Seers.

To OUR PUZZLERS : Answers , to beacknow ledged in themagazine, must bereceived not later than the 1 5 th ofeach month, and

should beaddressed to ST . N ICHOLA S Ridd le-box , careofTHE CENTUR Y Cc ., 33 East Seventeenth Sr. , New York City.

ANSWERS TO ALL THE PUZZLES IN THE. M AY N U M BER werereceived , beforeMay I 5 th ,from JoeCarlada—S t. Gabriel's Chapter—Allil and Adi—Eleanor Wyman—Tylcr H . B liss—Adel ineL. F .Haren Ernest A . Marx Chuck

Argument GracePepper Ruth Bart lett Elizabeth D . Lord—Jo and I—Nessieand Fredd ie R ussell S . Reynolds—Constanceand Esther MarionThomas John P . Phillips Gwyneth Pennethome.

ANSWERS To PUZZ LES IN THE M AY N U M BER werereceived , beforeMay I 5 th , from Franklin T. R ice, I Frank Hanford , I HarryKahn, 5 Anna S . Foster, I Howard Sm i th , 5 Nan and Caryl, 5—Della

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lrenePatterson, 3—C. C . and F . H . Anthony , 7—Fredenca Rutherford Mead and LawrenceMyers Mead , 5 Edna Moses, I—B arnet Bingamon, 5 MyrtleAlderson, 6 JohnnieBear," 7AliceA. Bristow ,

I EuniceShafer, I—Mary E. Askew, I—DodeVan Eaton, 6—Anna B . R ichardson, I A llan S . R ichardson, I

Laura E. Jones, 6 M iriam Ellinwood , I .

CONCEA L ED WOR D -SQ UA R E .

(Onewo rd is concealed in each couplet . )I . MAY Orr in run a racew ith me?You m ust beumpire, all agree.

2 . I think Rab overshot themark ;Last n ight hepract ised after dark .

3. Now pleaseyokeSam and metogether ;A barefoot racew i l l saveshoe- leather .

4 . Just seehow Rover tears around ;O f cou rsethey ’

ll send him off theground .

5. Come, Sam , and rest ; such sk i l l you ’veshown ,Theh ighest pr i zeyou ’

ll su rely own.

H ELEN A. SIBLEY .

Z IG ZAG PU Z Z LE .

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EACH of thewords descr ibed contains seven letters .

When r ightly guessed and w r itten onebelow another.begin w i th thesecond letter of thefirst word , theth i rdletter ofthesecond wo rd , thesecond letter oftheth i rdword, thefirst letter of the fou rth , and so on, end ingw ith thefirst letter of thelast word . Thefou rth , fi fth,s i xth, and seventh letters ofall thewo rds arenot used inthez igzag.

CROSS—WORDS : I . Pertain ing to theTu rks . 2 . To

accompl ish. 3. M idd le. 4 . A fabulous an imal havingOnehorn. 5. Thew ind - flower . 6. Atmospher ic con

ditions ofa place. 7. To try . 8 . Fervent. 9 . A buildmg. 10. Supremacy . I I . To statein detai l . 1 2 . One,not a pro fess ional , w ith a tastefor art. I 3. To draw .

I 4 . To bu rn. 1 5 . A neck of land jo in ing two largerbod ies of land . I 6. S lant ing . I7. To troub le. 18.

G low ing w ith flame. 19 . Kind ly . 2 0 . Apparent. 2 1 .

Conciseness . 2 2 . Liq u ids produced by d ist i l l ing . 2 3. A

figu rehaving eight s ides . 2 4 . An ump i re.

Thez igzag w i l l Spel l theo fficial nameofour countryBENJAM IN L . M I LLER .

WORD - SQUAR E .

I . A DANCE. 2 . A constel lat ion . 3. A measu reofcapacity in themetr ic system . 4 . Thescr iptu res ofthe\lohammedans . 5 . Concern ing.

DA V I D B . VAN DYCK (LeagueMem ber) .

Z IG ZAG AND F INA L A CR O ST IC .

CROSS -WORDS : I . A magistrate. 2 . A rudep ictu reused by theInd ians as a symbo l . 3. The jo int on

wh ich a door tu rns . 4 . To go into 5 . Perforat ions.6. Proport ion . 7. To long forearnestly .From 1 to 2 , an Amer ican statesman from 3 to 4 , thesu rnameofan Amer ican author .

MARGARET AB BOTT (LeagueMember. )

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NUME R I CA L EN I GM A .

I AM composed of ninety-eigh t letters, and form a

quotat ion from a poem by Cel ia Thax ter.My 50—18—2 —40—2 7—1 2 —65 is an insect that Dickens

has wr itten about. My 64—84—17—96—5—8—8 2 I O—4—3 I9 8

-73 arebr i l l iant green beetles used for rais ing blisters.My 57—2 4—65 is no s l uggard. My 37—I 3~go—43—6—581 0—47—1 5 is cal led theswal low among insects. My 609—53—2 2 -72—65 is an insect al lied to thegrasshopper.

My 16-9—5 1—39—48—56 is an insect that stings severely.My 30—9—56—34—65—6 97—2 2 - 46 is theColorado beetle.My 844 1—3—93—2 9—74—49—1 1-6 3—2 5 is a largeAmericanm oth. My I - 75- 8 1—2 I—63—44—65—9 is a common and

t roub lesomeinsect. My 80—9 1—89—2 —59—64 aretroub lesometo plants . My 69-70—38—2 6-88—74—9—77—9 2 —55- 14is a j umping insect. My 89- 6—32 —2 0—1 5—97—48—78 is amodel of industry . My 94—5 2 —6 2 —71—36—9 5 is thesevc ateen-year locust. My 43—7—66—56 is an annoying li ttleinsect. M y 85- 2 2 —76—87is a stageof insect life. My4 0—75—6 2 —6—75—35 is thecasein wh ich thes i lkworm lies.My 2 8—50—8 2 —67—2 0—63—1 - 75- 4 2 1 0—I 9—86 is a paras i t icfly. My 4—83—68—93—97—2 2 —33 is an insect whose houseis on fire. ” My 79—4 1 - 45—54 is an artificial sheet ofice,under cover, used for skating. ELSIE LOCKE.

N OVEL A CR OSTI C.

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CROSS-WORDS : I . A naut ical instrument. 2 . An ima

ginary circleon theearth ’s su rface. 3. Energy. 4 . Onewho trifles. 5 . An inscr ipt ion on a monument. 6. To

speak br iefly of. 7. Unmannerly . 8. To marry. 9 .

Perus ing.

Theinitial letters, read ing downward, w i l l spel l thenameofa month theletters represented by thefigu resfrom I to 1 2 wil l spel l someth ing that was adopted on

theseventeenth day ofthat month.

GEORGE w. HALKETT.

CH ANGED H EAD S .

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MAKE oneword into another by.

changing thefirs t.

letter. Examp le: Changean indentat ion into to utter.A nswer, b -ay, s

-ay.

I . Changea pronoun to a conj unction . 2 . Changebaseto at present . 3. Changea per iod of t ime intoh igh-pr iced. 4 . Changespoketo a sudden attack . 5 .

C hangewas seated to consume. 6. Changepart ofthehead to str i fe. 7. Changea bag to a mascu l inen ickname. 8. Changea respect fu l t it leto atmosphere. 9 .

Changean Open ing to a cover ing for thehead. 10 .

THE R IDDLE- BOX.

Changeto freefrom to a young an imal. I I . Changepertain ing to theair to pertain ing to a ser ies. 1 2 . Changea mascu l inen icknameto a grain. I 3. Changeseized toa cozy corner.Thein itials ofthewords beforethey arechanged w i l lspel l thenameofan Amer ican famous in war ; theinitials of thewords a fter they arechanged w i l l spell thenameofan Amer ican famous in po l itics.

AGNES R . LANE.

CHA R AD E .

DEAR is myfirst to Ch i ldhood ’s heart,Again, its d i recon fus ion

A [art ofmyfirst would pain impartPray

, pardon theal l us ion.

When sk ies aredark and w inds and waves areh igh,Wi th joy'

weon my to/al’

r sk i l l rely .HELEN A . S IBLEY.

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THE first fou r words and thelast fou r words read fromleft to r ight ; theothers read from r ight to left.CROSS-WORDS : I . Untaught . 2 . No t searched for.

3. Not rel igious. 4 .

“To recal l . 5. Theshell ofa tu rtle.

6. Faci l ity . 7. Cast ing out. 8. Entangled . 9.

Ach ieved. I o. F iend ish. I I . Adorned. 1 2 . Outward.

13. Approved . I 4 . A Spicy seed. I 5 . A Tu rk ish saber.From I_to 2 , a day celebrated in theUn ited States ;from 3 to 4 , a famous Amer ican who d ied on that day.

CHARL INE 5 . SMITH .

THE DE VINNE PRESS, NEW YORK.

D OUB L E D I A GONA L .

ALL thewords descr ibed con tain thesamenumber oflet ters. When r ightly guessed and w r i t ten onebelowano ther , thed iagonals, from theupper left-hand let ter tothelower r igh t-hand let ter , and from thelower left -handlet ter to theupper r igh t-hand let ter, w ill each spell afamous s tatesman.

CROSS -WORDS : 1 . Traveled . 2 . Indo rse. 3. To

al ly. 4 . Moving w i th a d ragging s tep. 5 . Incessan t.6. Tremb l ing w i t h co ld . 7. Essays. 8. A stop in an

organ, hav ing a flute-likesound. 9 . Com rade.TYLER H . BL I SS (LeagueMember ) .

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VOL . XXX I . S E P T EM B ER,

1 9 0 4 . No . 1 1 .

BR ITTANY . THE LAND O F THE SARD INE .

Bv H UGH M . SM I TH .

OF thehost of Amer ican boys and gi rl s whoarefond of thewel l -flavored and who lesomeFrench sard i ne

,p robabl y very few know any

th ing abou t thecoun t ry wherethesard inei scaught and p repared , or real i zehow many tho usands of boys and g i r ls depend on th i s l i t t lefishfor their very ex i s tence.

Thefish i s named from the i s land of Sar

d i n ia,i n theMed i terranean Sea, abo u t who se

shores i t abounds . But thewo rd “ sard i ne” hasno local mean ing now ,

for i t i s appl ied to va

rious k inds of smal l herr i ng- l ikefishes i n dif

ferent parts of thewo r l d . Ma i ne,Flo r i da, Cal i

lo rn ia, Chi le, Japan , I nd ia, New Zealand , andFrancehavethei r own pecul iar sard i nes . The

mos t importan t and bes t k nown sard ine,how

ever, i s that of France. I t i s fou nd from Sweden to theMadei ra I s lands

,but i s mo s t abu n

dan t on thesou th coast of England (wherei ti s cal led p i lchard ), i n theBay of B iscay

,and

i n theMedi terranean . The l i t t lefish i s espec ially n umerou s and impo rtan t on theshoresof theanc ien t French prov i nceof B r i t tany

,

and i t is of thesard i nei ndust ry of that co un t rythat I w i sh to gi veyou a few gl im pses inthi s art ic le.

B r i t tany occup ies the no rthwes t co rner ofFrance, bu t w i l l no t befound on mos t modernmaps, as i t ceased i t s separateex is tenceas a

prov i ncemore than a cent u ry ago . I t i s a

w i ld and rugged cou n try , i nhabi ted by a hardv

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peop lewho for manv centu r ies havefo l lowedthesea, and to -day aremo reextens ively en

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A SARD INE F I SHER M AN '

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gaged i n fi sh i ng than i n anyo ther occupat ion or ing ; and thei r w ives and daughters areobl igedthan any o ther peopleof France. Thewo r l d to work i n thesard i nefac tor ies to help suppor tw iderepu tat ion of thecanned French sard ine themsel ves . Theboys

,when qu i teyoung, go

i s dueto thefinequali ty of thefish i t self and

to thecareand sk i l l employed i n catch i ng and

preserv i ng i t . Whi lethecod , mackerel , herr i ng,tu nny

,lobster , oyster ,

and many o ther an imal sare taken

,the t i ny sar

dinei s theleading produc t

,and con tr ibu tes

more than any o therk ind of sea food to the

fishery weal th ofFrance.

Themen who fo l lowthesardinefishery haveno o ther occupat ion .

Mos t of them are verypoor, and

,as they usu

al l y havelargefam i l ies ,they must fi sh ac t ivel yi n order to makeIt l iv DAUGHTER S or A B RETON F I S H ER M AN .

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s ive,i t i s u sual ly d i l u ted oreked out w i t h pea

nu t meal .When thehungry fi sh rush agai n st thenets ,

thei r heads go t h rough themeshes beforet heyreal i zethat therei s an obs t ruc t ion

,and when

they at tempt to w i thd raw,thetw i nehas sl ipped

beh i nd thei r g i l l s and they arecaugh t fas t . Netswith fi sh arenot al lowed to remai n long i n thewater

,bu t arehauled qu i ckly, and thet i ny fi sh

B R ITTANY, THE LAND OF THE SARD INE. [SE PT.

kets , carry them ashore, and del iver them to thefac tor ies , wheret hey aresoon pu t th rough thecann ing processes .Thefi sh arefirst beheaded

,then soaked i n

s t rong br i ne, and sp read on w i regr i l l s to drai nand d ry ; t hey are next cooked in bo i l i ngoil

,packed in cans of var ious s i zes and shapes ,

covered w i t h oil, and final l y sealed and p lacedi n a retor t, where, under great p ressureand

A B RETON PEASANT ’

S STONE COTTAGE.

areshaken or p icked out and careful ly storedto p reven t c rush ing or decay . When thefi shhavedisappeared or theboat i s wel l fi l led , thesai l s are set and themen s tart home

,each

c rew s t r iv i ng to reach por t fi rst i n o rder to

get thebes t p r ices .After thecaptai n has so l d thecatch to the

h ighes t b idder at so much per thousan d fish,

themen coun t thei r fish into_

smal l w icker bi s

heat,their cooki ng i s completed and thei r

bones softened .

Of thehundred sardi necanner ies now opera ted i n B r i t tany , moret han fifty arei n thetwotowns ofConcarneau and Douanenez ; bu t thereal headquar ters of the i ndust ry areNantesand B o rdeaux , wherearethecompan ies wh ichown or leasemost of thefac tor ies .S tone

.

is_

cheaper than‘

lumberfor bui l d ing

B R ITTANY, TH E (l l: TIIE SARD lN l

THE YARD O i’

A SARD INE FACTORY, SHOW ING SARD INES DRY ING UN (SK ILLS .

purposes i n B r i t tany , so tha t thesard i nefacto ries, as wel l as thedwel l i ngs of thefisher

men, arenearl y always const ruc ted of so l i dmason ry . Thecanner ies areusual l y largelowbui ld ings surrounded by a wal l and often in

c lo s ing a cou r tyard , where the sard i nes are

d r ied i n fai r wea ther . From fifty to t h reeorfou r hund red persons

,mo s tl y women and gi rl s ,

areemployed at good wages i n each fac tory .

A B r i t tany sard inetown in theheight of the

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season i s thesceneof great ac t iv i ty , and affo rdsthefo reign v i s i tor s ights of pecul iar i n teres t .As soon as thefishing-boats areseen ret urn ing,crowds begi n to gather on thequay ; and the

fac tor ies b low wh ist les or r i ng bel l s to summonthei r women and girl s, who areseen hurryi ngth rough the street s i n thei r odd , p ic t uresquecost ume—short dark ski rts , gl i s ten i ng wh i tel i nen caps and co l lars

,and c l umsy wooden

shoes .A s theboats arr iveand begi n to di scharge

thei r catch , the c rowd on the quay i s in

BACK IN PORT AND DRY ING T HE NETS .

PETER PUFF -AND - BLOVV.

U P roseold Peter Puff-and-B low ,

A nd puffed and blew thewho len igh t long,Determ i ned to let peopleknowHow fresh hewas

,how stou t and st rong.

B ut though -hewas so s trong and s tou t,

A nd baw led and bl ustered th rough thegloom ,

Hecould not puffthen igh t- l igh t out a

That swayed and flickered i n m y room .

Thegobl i n shadows leaped and fel l ;Then igh t-light , fl ickeri ng to and fro

,

B u rned on till dawn and served mewel l ,I n spi teofPeter Puff-and -B low .

c reased by tho usands of fishermen i n coarseblouses and flat c lo th caps

,w i th t rousers ro l led

up and feet bareor i n hugewooden shoes .Above the comm i ngled no i se of waves and

tongues i s heard the i ncessan t charac ter ist icrat t leofwooden shoes on thes tony pavements .A s theboat s areunloaded

, thenets arehauledto thetops of the tal l masts to d ry ; thedock

gradual ly becomes deserted and thefinal scenei s an i n t r ica temass ofboat s and masts

,w i t h a

mazeof bl uenet t i ng and s t rung co rks wav i ngh igh i n theair i n graceful festoons.

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TH I RTEEN .

Bv Lucv FOSTER .

YOU see,there’

s Dai sy and Gera ld i ne (A nd my A ngel i na i s a dear !)A nd me

,— I ’

m M ay,— and we’

reeach Well,at las t I know what peoplemean

th i r teen ; When they say i t’

s un l ucky to bet h i r teen .

A nd Da i sy and Gera ld i nebo th sayThat now wearet oo grown up to p layW i th dol l s any more! A nd I th ink i t

’

s meanI t

’

s perfec t ly lzorrz'

a’ to beth i r teen !

They ’reglad to giveup thei r do l l s . But I

Can ' t seeany poss iblereason whyWeshould n’

t playwi th them onemo reyear

When I to l d mama,sheshook her head

A nd k i ssed metender ly as shesai dYou

’

res tand ing w i th very rel uc tan t feet ,Dear M ay, wherethebrook and r iver meet ;A nd yet, perhaps ,

’

t i s a go l den mean’Tw i x t ch i ldhood and g i rl hood when one’

s

th i rteen .

”

'

lx'

lBUN DA IZIN

OR

FROM SHARK - BOY TO MERCHANT PR INC I‘

Br GENSA I MUR AL

k'

r'

érm s m

“Va ult/ties! Alan )

CH A P TER V .

THE BA TT LE or S TONE M lSS lLES—TH E

MONKEYS ' PAN I C .

H A V I NG s tayed tha t n ight at an i n n , Bunk ich i has tened on his way along theH amaKaitlo

,or the sho reroad .

" When hecameto a lonel y spo t i n theroad , hesaw a man i nthedi stance, scan t i l y c lad and apparen tly m ak

ing p reparat ions for hang ing h imself. On ran

Bunkichi and caugh t ho l d Of them an, ask i nghim at thesamet imewhy hehad cometo sucha pass as to at temp t an act of s u ic ide.

“ I am a certa i n K ichidayu,a nat i ve of

Sakai i n I zum i Prov i n ce, and a sa i lo r ,”

an

swered them an,wh i letears s tood i n h is eyes

as hespoke. I was i n chargeofa sh i p ofonethousand kale/z} and on my voyage to Yedowi th a cargo ofsakei my boat was wrecked off

th is coast,and thec rew ofeighteen all to ld , as

wel l as thewho leOf thecargo , werelos t . For

tunately I was washed up on thecoas t wh i leIwas ho ld i ng fas t to 'a p ieceOf board , but having been terr i bl y knocked abou t , I can hardl yd rag myself along . Bes ides , the loss Of the

sh ip,thecargo as wel l as thecrew,

overpowersmew i th such a senseOfd isgraceand w retchedness that I though t I woul d rat her diet han goback to my nat ivetow n .

”

Bunkichi,wh i lehewas l i s ten i ng to thesad

accoun t Of thewreck , su rveyed theman fromhead to foo t , and percei ved many severebrui ses

,wh ich—w i th h i s frank and hones t man

ner Of speak i ng—seemed to p rovethet ru th Ofhi s wo rds.

I qu i tesympath i zew i th you i n you r m i sfortune

,

” sai d be,bu t

,my man

,your dy i ng

For ty t ho usand gal lons .

(B rg un in MeJu[_y num écr.

i A k ind of Japanesel iq uo r .

lI'

a niznmeNow(S /ta rk Bay )

w i l l no t br i ng back thesh ip wh ich was wreckednor themen who werelo s t

,so I th i nk i t would

bebet ter for you to keep you rself al iveand

atonefor you r lo ss by succeed ing w i t h you rnext ven tu re. But w i thou t money you can

’ teven go to a doc to r, so a l low meTaki ng out fivep ieces of s i lver and pu tt i ng

them i n thehand of thesai lo r, hecon t i nued ,k i nd ly and soo th i ngl y ,

“ Wi th theseget a do c to rat o nce, my man.

”

Thecap ta i n,as helooked i n to Bunkichi’s face

w i t h anexp ress ion almos t ofworship , said :“You

arethek i ndes t man I ever cameacross i n sp i teOf you r apparen t youthful ness . A s long as Il iveI shal l no t forget you, and someday, perhaps, I may havean Oppo rt un i ty to repay youfor you r goodness to me.

”

Wh i lehesa i d th is,tears rushed from h i s

eyes— for hewas overcomeby a senseof grat it udeand joy.

Bunkichi, hav i ng taken Off h i s baa/7,1 sai d tothem an : Pu t th is on,

though i t i s not suffic ien t to p ro tec t you, and comeon w i th metomy nex t s topp i ng- place.

” Though theseamanwas rel uc tan t to accept so generous an Offer

,

Bunkichi u rged h im ,and

, g iv i ng h im a hel p i ngband

,led theman along to thenext v i l lage,

wherethey found an i n n i n to wh ich they wen t .Therea su i t of c lo thes was pu rchased for thesai lo r

,and thelad recou nted thes tory of the

w reck to theOld woman,thekeeper Of thei n n

,

and asked her to send for a doc tor,who

,on

arr iv ing , di d whatever hecould for thepoo rman.

B unkichi,who though t i t l i kel y hem igh t be

of moreser v iceto thesa i lor,sa id

,i n answer

to h i s ques t ion : I haveno 'houseofmy own,

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but you w i l l find meif you ask for oneBun

k ich i at theDaikokuya ,a c lo th establ ishmen t

at K umano . You,bei ng a sai lo r

,aresu reto

find any amo un t of wo rk if you go there; soplease look meup . I am i n a hurry ; I can

uG IVING H IM A HELP ING HAND , B UNKICH I [

QED THE MAN

ALONG TO THE NEXT V ILLAGE .

not s top herelonger . On my way back fromOsaka I shal l cal l upon you . I f you arewel lbefore t hen , you had bet ter go to Kumanoand wai t for methere.

Thus k i ndl y ho ld i ng out hopes Of hel p i nghim i n thefu tu re, hegave theOld woman a

sum ofmoney for thenu rs i ng Of thesai lo r,and

hu rr ied on hi s way.

Go i ng on from oneho tel to ano ther,and re

so lv i ng to lo seno t ime, B unkichi at last arr ivedi n thec i ty ofOsaka. A s hehad received a letter of i n t roduc t ion from h i s master to a certa i n

[SEPT.

wholesalemerchan t of thec i ty,w i th whom the

Daikokuya had deal i ngs, hewent to t h i s merchan t and asked for theart ic les hehad beencomm i ss ioned to buy . Thehead of thehouse,acqua i n ted w i th thewam

'

zameaffa i r by theletter, d id everyth i ng i n h is power to assi s t Bunk ichi , and thet ransac t ion wen t Off smoothl y andqu ickly . After hehad sen t Off thefishing- tackleto Kumano on board a sh ip , hespen t a fewdays i n s ightseei ng as wel l as i n Observ i ng theways i n wh ich b ig merchan ts carr ied on thei rt rade. H av i ng thus spen t fou r or fivedayshere, Bunkichi oncemoretook thesameroadhome, and on theway i nqu i red at thei n n afterthecaptai n whom hehad left t here. To his

great joy, thesai lo r was wel l on theway to recovery ; so hegavetheman somemoremoneyfor h i s fu rther needs

,and has tened on to

Kumano -Ura, hav i ng p rom ised to meet h im

aga i n there.

On theday fo l low i ng that on wh ich hehadtaken leaveOf thesai lo r , hecameto theh i l l yroads near Kumano . Th i s part Of thecoun trywas no ted then , as i t i s to-day, for thep roduct ion Of o ranges . All over the h i l l s he saw

o range- t rees i n abundance,and there, s t range

enough , heheard a great no iseOf scream i ngand chat ter i ng. Hehastened h is s teps i n thed i rec t ion of theno i se. L o ,

and beho ld ! H un

d reds Of monkeys,un coun table, had d rawn a

c i rc learoun d th reemen whom they werepel ting w i t h a shower of s tones . Thesew retchedmen

,as they wereapparent ly u nableto w i th

stand thes tonem i ss i les Of themonkeys , hadp ul led thei r overcoats , or lzaorz

'

,over thei r

heads and werec rouch i ng under an orangebush

,apparentl y i n despai r , for they weredo i ng

no t h i ng but crying for hel p .

A s thean imal s apparen t ly thought i t grea tfun

,they kep t on shower i ng s tones as qu ickly

as they could p ick them up , and i t seemedprobablet hat thethreemen wou ld havefal lenv ic t ims to the monkeys bu t for Bunkichi.

When hesaw how th i ngs werego i ng, qu ick as

though t hep icked up a lot of pebbles from the

ways ideand fi l led bo th h i s spac ious sleeves andh i s front pocket as well . Thus wel l armed , onberushed to themonkey army and pul led out

Of h i s pocket thepebbles oneafter ano ther,th row i ng them at thefr i sk y creat u res . Themon

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own farm and t herearemany morefarmers i ntheneighborhood who w i l l beglad to suppl y

you if I let them know that you aretheWan izame-Ko zo . A t leas t I can assureyou I w i l lfi l l you r o rder

,however largeit may be.

”

Wi th many thanks Bunkichi took his leave,and hewas hack i n theDaikokuya that evening.

CH APTER V I .

THE GREAT H AZ ARD— A PER ILOUS VOYAGE .

THE cargo Offishing- tacklewh i ch had been

sen t from Osaka had al ready arr ived thereandwas awai t i ng h i s ret urn , so Bunkichi took h i sgoods to thefi sh i ng v i l lages rou nd abou t Ku

mano for sale. Thepeop lev ied w i t h oneaho ther in buyi ng them, on ac

coun t of thei r bei ng so ld byM r. Shark -Boy. Ow i ng tothe -p r ice of tackle bei ngmuch h igher then than at

o ther t imes,as a resul t of

thescarc i ty Of thesupply ,hemadesuch a good salethat thep rofi t doubled the

cos t of h i s o ut lay .

Tak i ng carenot to was tethemoney t hus obtai ned , henext Opened a t radei n or

anges , buy i ng t hem at a

cheap ratefrom theownerof theo rangefarm and re

tai l i ng them at Kumanowhen themarket val uewash igh . By th i s mean s hemadeano t her good p rofi t ;st i l l he stayed on i n theDaikokuya as h i s temporaryhome

,and app l ied h imselfto

bus i ness . Thus by theendofthenex t yearhehad savedseveral t imes the amoun tof h i s o r ig i nal cap i tal .Meanwh i leKichidayu, the sai lor to whom

hehad given k i nd hel p , cameto him after hehad completel y recovered . Bunkichiasked themaster of theDaikokuy a to employ h im . Heconsen ted , and comm i t ted to h im themanagemen t of a big sh ip i n thecapac i ty Of cap ta i n .

KA I BUN DAI ZI N [SEPT.

Now Kichidayu’

s devo t ion to Bunkichi wasso great that hewas ready to sacr i ficeh is ownl ifefor h i s sakeif occas ion should ar i se. Iadm ireyou r determ i nat ion immensely

,and as

I owemy l ifeto you, you m ay coun t on mefor any assi stancei n my power

,said thesai lor

to theboy oneday.

Bunkichi rejo iced on hear i ng th i s and said,

laugh ingl y , When thet imecomes i n whi ch Ishal l makemy fo rt une

,such p roper ty as the

Daikokuya possesses I w i l l c reatei n ten days .”

Fou r years had passed , du r i ng wh ich t imeBunkichi had donewel l i n h is busi ness

,t rading

i n var ious art ic les,and a port ion of hi s p rofi t

henow and then d i s t r ibu ted among thepoor

HUNDREDS OF M ONKEYS HAD DRAWN A C I RCLE AROUND THREE.M EN WHO M THEY WERE PELT ING W ITH A S HOWER or STONES .

"

peoplei n thedistr ict. Hewas now eigh teenyears of age. I t was theau t umn of theyear

,

and from thebegi n n ing of themonth OfOc tober a wes ter l y w i nd had been blow i ng manydays . A s a consequence, thesh ipp ing t radeatKumano-Ura was ent i rel y s topped . Yet a

cargo Of oranges boun d from Ki i Prov i nceforYedo * was accumulat i ng at K umano-Ura and

began to rot away on accoun t of thewarmc l imate of the p rov i n ce. From Yedo had

TheOld nameofthegreat Japaneseci ty now cal led Tok io .

OR FROM SHARK - BOY TO M ERC HANT

been received va i n messages bv thelift /at ”, or

runn i ng postmen , u rg i ng them to send up the

o ranges , thenecessary fru i t for theF lt /go .l i/tlf

surf. orbel lows fes t i val , wh ich was then at hand .

Yet thesea becamerougher every day as the

w i nd grew st ro nger , wh i lethefrown i ng au tumnsky hung o verhead . Thepeoplecould no t pos

sibly pu t out any ship nor do anyth i ng bu t stareand grumbleat therough sea and thelower i ngc louds .Every day B unkichi wen t down to thesea

sho real so ,and looked at thedark sky as every

oneel sed id , yet healonehad a certa i n exp ress io n of supp ressed joy i n his face. TheO therssa id

,Wehopet h i s s to rmy weather w i l l come

to an end soon , wh i leheanswered,

“ I hopei t w i l l do no th i ng of thek i nd .

”

They weresurp r i sed at th i s and said,Why,

what ’

s themat ter w i t h you ?”

Who can tel l ? he answered,laugh i ng.

Whi lehewas t hus engaged i n ban ter i ng tal k ,Kichidayu, thesai lo r, cameto look at thecon

d i t ion of thesea . On seei ng h im thelad

beckoned him asideby a t reeand sa i d : R ich idavu San, when do you suppo set h i s w i nd w i l lcease? ”

I w ish i t would s top soon,heanswered

,

but it does n’

t look l ikei t,I fear . ”

NO ; I shal l begrea t l y d i sappo i n ted if i tstops w i th i n two or th reeday s . "

“Wel l , there’ s no t m uch chanceof i t s do i ngso

,was thesai lo r ’ s answer .That ’

s good ,”theboy rep l ied . Before

i t stops what do you say to hav i ng a sai l i n a

boat from hereto Yedo ? I t would befine,would n

’

t i t ?Kichidayu s tared at Bunkichi i n aston ish

ment and said : Don ’ t joke, p lease. I f wewere to pu t out a boa t i n t h i s rough sea

,it

would caps izei n no t ime.

”

That ’

5 j ust where the i n teres t l ies .Would n

’

t Kichidayu San l i ke to t ry i t foronce? " said thelad

,wh i letheo ther repl ied

,

laughing, Don ’ t carry your'

joking too far!”

Bunkichi becameser ious . K ichidayu San,

I ’

m no t jok ing. I f i t was an eas t or a no rthwi nd i t would bed iffi cul t

,Of co u rse

,but bei ng

a wes t w i nd , i t’

s a fai r w i n d toward Yedo,how

ever s trong it may be, and so therei s no reason whyweshould not beableto get to Yedo .

”

R ichidavu,who tho ught that Bunkichi was

say ing rather a s t ranget h i ng, answered : I f

wesho uld havegood l uck , I don’ t say that i t

’

s

impossible; however , I do sav i t cou ld onl y bea quest io n ofgood luck .

”

“ That ’

s j us t where thei n teres t l ies,sai d

the lad agai n .

“Onec an do any th i ng that

Others c an do bu t i t ’

s a fineth i ng for a m an

to go to a placewhen o t hers can ’ t go . Ki ch idayu San

,thet imehas now cometo maketha t

for t uneOf money of wh ich I to l d you once,

because i n Yedo thep r iceof oranges , wh ichareoneOfthenecessar ies at thebel lows fes t iva l ,has gone up ten t imes h igher than at O thert imes

,on acco un t of thescarc i ty of thefru i t .

Here, i n th i s po rt , wheretheoranges haveac

c umulated becausethey can find no c ustomers,

thep r icehas gonedown ten t imes lower t han therateat wh ich they usual ly sel l . So

,if wecan

buy at a p r iceten t imes lower than theusualrate

,and sel l at a p r iceten t imes h igher than the

usual rate,nat u ral l y a h und red 770 w i l l make

ten thousand 770. Therei s n’

t l i kel y to comesuch a good chancetw icei n a l ifet ime. A s tothesh ip

,I w i l l ask themaster of theDaikokuya

to let mehavea big one,and if hedoes

,w i l l

you capta i n i t for me? I i n tend to takeout i ni t a largecargo Of o ranges forYedo wh i let h i sbad weather p revai l s .” Thelad th us for thefi rs t t imerevealed h i s amb i t ious scheme.

K ichidayu fo l ded bo th h i s arms on h i s breas ti n con templat ion . Then , as hel ifted h i s head ,hesai d : “ I w i l l makethea t temp t—yes,even toYedo

,foryou r sake; I don

’ t grudgeeven mylife.

What if my ship gets w recked ? I don'

t care.

But areyou thi nk i ng of com i ng on board ? ”

“Of cou rse; if I don ’ t go ,

thebus i ness can ’ tbeeffec ted

,

” sa i d Bunkichi. “ Trad ing i s thesameas a ba t t le. I n oneof thebat t les ofOld

,

thewarr ior Yoshisune set us an examplebva t tack i ng thearmy oftheHei c lan i n thep rovi n ceof Sh ikok u by send ing out thewar vessel sfrom Daim o tsuga-Ura on a sto rmy n ight . I f

we loseco u rage i n such weather as t h i s,we

canno t pos sibl y accompl i sh any great scheme.

Weshal l enter upon i t reso l u tel y . Should wed ie

,let u s dietogether ; but if I ga i n my Objec t

I w i l l handsomel y reward you.

“We shal l haveto offer sa i lo rs ten t imesthei r usual pay, con t i n ued Bunkichi

“

youmay

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H av i ng p rocured a largestock , hepu t i t all onboard theTianjin-mam so that

,al bei t thesh ip

was oneof a thousand koku bu rthen , i ts keelsank deep i n to thewater.

CHAPTER VI I .

THE SEA-GI ANT APPEARS.

A s Captai n Kichidayu sough t for sai lorsby ho l d i ng out to them p rom iseOf wages tent imes morethan they could get at o ther t imes,hesoon p icked up s i x stu rdy fel lows who didnot set much valueon thei r l ives . Thereuponhereported h i s success to Bunkichi, who wasrejo iced over i t , and sai d : Then all th i ngs areready now ; weshal l set t leto s tart i n themorning , and I w i l l send to the sh ip ten p iecesof long squaret imbers . You w i l l p lacethemcrossw i seon thesh ip and at tach to thei r endsheavy stones so that shew i l l not upset eas i l y ,”

hecon t i n ued,w i th h i s u sual audac i ty and re

sourcefulness . For I haveheard that thesh ipswh ich sai l about thosefar-off i slands

,H achijo

and Osh ima. and thel ike, arefi t ted out i n th i sway and sai l i n safety even i n heavy sto rms .That i s why i n Yedo t hey cal l thosei sland - sh ipssea- sparrows theweigh t bei ng on both s idesof theShi p , they never upset .”

K ichidayu was m uch s t ruck by h i s keen ob

servat ion , and sai d : Truly , i t d id n’

t occur tomy m i nd that thosesh ips arefi tted out as you

say, but now I reco l lec t hav i ng seen them OfT

thecoas t of I z u Prov i nce. A s they arethusconst ruc ted they never capsi ze, however muchthey arewashed over by waves .”

“Now, Kichidayu San,

”Bunkichi sai d

,th i s

sh ip i s cal led thefi rzjz'

zz-mam,bu t our go i ng

out to sea th i s t imemay mean go i ng to herdes truc t ion

,so let us changeher namei n to

lard -mam,or ghos t- sh ip , and let u s imagi ne

ou rselves to bedead men by pu t t ing on whi tec lo thes . Thus no th i ng that may occu r can

scarethe c rew ; for, bei ng ‘dead ’men, they

can haveno fear of death .

”

The capta i n agreed w i th h im,sayi ng :

“ That ’

s a splend id idea!”

Thecap tai n ret urned to h i s abodei n h ighsp i r i ts and to l d to thesi x seamen what theladhad said , and they all readi ly agreed to the

DAIZIN (SEPT.

plan , and wereso s t irred by thelad ’ s courage,that they wereready to faceany dangers or

fears that m igh t cometo them .

Bunkichi at onceordered a m an to pai n t,

on thesai l of thesh ip,

“l ard -mam” i n large

Chinesecharac ters , and at thec lo th establi shmen t of theDaikokuya heordered eigh t suitsof wh i tec lo thes .

Bunkichi,

” i nqu i red themaster,what is

theuseof thoseeigh t su i ts ofwh i te?Bunkichi laughed as heanswered : Wem ay

all bedead men beforelong, ifwego out to

sea in th i s storm . Thechances of surv iv i ngarefew

, so wearealready dead in heart . Ihavenamed my sh i p Jami-mam . Wearegoing to dress in whi tew i th thezua

’abukuro

,* and

weshal l st ick t r iangular-shaped papers on our

foreheads,as they do for thedead .

”

“What horrib leth i ngs you do !” exc laimed

thew ife,wh i lethedaughter, Chocho , w i th sud

den i n sp i rat ion,said : I w i l l sew your whi te

su i t for you .

”

I am mos t grateful , repl ied thelad , bu tI haveal ready ordered o thers to do i t forme.

”

“P leaselet medo i t , sai d thegirl . I tmay bethelas t and at th i s Bunkichi consen ted w i th thanks .Themaster, who seemed to havep repared

beforehand , o rdered sakeand a set of l i t t ledishes ofeatables to bebrought fo rth , and thenremarked : “ A s you haveset t led to s tar t tomorrow I i n tend to offer you a congratu latoryfeast i n advance

,hop i ng that you may arri veat

Yedo and havegood l uck and makea greatp rofi t .”

A t last themo rrow came, and earl y i n the

morn i ng Bunkichi badefarewel l to themen of

theDaikokuya and pu t on h is whi tesu i t , wh ichwas madeby thedaugh ter of thehouse, andwen t out to thesea- sho re. Themas ter , as wel las h is w ife, w i th thei r daughter, Chocho ,

and

all theemployees i n theshop , fol lowed h im i norder to seeh im off. H av i ng heard of h i sdepartu re, someOf thetownspeoplew i th whomhewas acquai n ted

,and thosepoo r peoplewho

had received h i s alms,flocked together from

thefou r corners Ofthetown to bid h im good -by.

H av i ng badefarewel l to thepeople, Bunk ich i en tered a smal l boat and soon got on

Thepu rset ied round theneck of thedead at a b u r ial ser v icein Japan.

OR FROM SHARK- BOY

board of thel in d -mam . Thosewho cametoseeh im off

,as they stood round thesho re, ra ised

thei r vo ices , cal l i ng out for Bunkichi, lamen ting h i s depar tu re. Bunkichi gavea s ignal fortheancho r to beweighed and thesai l to beho is ted ; then thesh ip soon stood out to sea.

Bo th themen on theshoreand thoseon boardthesh ip waved thei r hands t i l l thei r fo rm s hadbecome i nd i scern ible, wh i le the sh i p

,d r i ven

by thes trong west w i nd , soon becamelos t tosight among thebig waves .Though thel ard -mam had her sai l up onl y

seven ten ths of i ts wholelength , shesai led on

eas tward w i th thespeed of an arrow,ow i ng to

thes t rong w i nd . I n a very short t imeshe

passed theSea ofKumano , and then soon wasi n theSea of 15 63. A s shecameto theno tedYenshiu-nada on theeven i ng of tha t day, thew ind grew s tronger and thera i n camedown i ntorrents . A s thehugewaves , moun ta i n h igh ,camerush i ng from thefar ocean and thesh ipwas tossed l ikea t ree- leaf, thec rew fel t as if theywereflung down i n to theabyss of darknesswhen shegot i n to thet rough of thewaves .Thoses ix robus t men

,who had h itherto wo rked

wi th steady and fear less cou rage, suddenl y

gavei n beforeth i s s tateof thesea and lost allhear t for labo r. Nevertheless Captain Ki ch idayu , as s teady as ever, ran abou t hereand

there, s t i rr i ng thec rew up to thei r work .

Among theeight men all to l d,theonemos t

unafl‘ec ted by thed readfu l s tateof thesea wasBunkichi, theWanizame-Kozo

,and he

,w i th the

captai n , len t h is hel p i ng hand to thet i red c rew,

cal l i ng out occasional l y :“H u rrah ! Th is i s fine!

Weshal l get to Yedo w i th i n thenex t day. Wo rkhard , allofyou, and you sha

’n ’ t wan t forpay!A nd then hedo led out money to thec rew

,who

wereencou raged by th i s and braced themsel vesup and labored thei r bes t .Meanwh ilen igh t fel l and thestorm con t i n

ued . Though no th i ng was v i s ibleto theeyes, theawful sounds of thewaves , and thew i nd , wh ichshook mas ts and riggi ng, deafened theears ;and theheaven and theear th seemed to be

swal lowed up by thewaters .By degrees thec rew

’s cou ragebegan agai nto fai l , and oneof them mu ttered : This isjustthesor t of n igh t for somebig monster l i kea

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wam'

zameto appear To wh ich ano ther sa id,

Yes ; I feel a bi t nervous , too .

"

Come, men ; a l i t t lemoreperseveranceshou ted out Bunkichi. So say ing , heagai n gavet hem an ext ra wageand con t i n ued , You fearthewam

'

zamc’,do you? I rather th i nk the

wam’

zamew i l l beafrai d ofmebecauseI ’m the

Wanizame-K ozo . Takehear t,allofyou ! Don ’ t

beafraidThemen werecheered up and said :

enough , you once k i l led thewauizame.

need n’

t beafraid !r id of our fears !H owever

,thei r cou ragewas of but sho rt

du rat io n ; when they gazed at thedark, angry

sea they aga i n los t heart , say ing : But,s i r

,

what shal l wedo if the”mi-bow comes upif i t i s t rue

,as the people say, themonster

l ives i n th i s ocean ?Bunkichi, as hegavethem a sco rnful sm i le

,

s tood up w i th h i s dagger i n h is hand and saidI ’

ll sweep h im down w i th th i s sword if anysuch c reatu remakes h i s appearance.

”

J us t then the man on watch suddenlyshr ieked : “ A h ! thesea-gian t has come!

” A ndheran back toward thes tern

,wh i letheo thers

werefr ightened out of thei r w i t s and ran dow ni n to thecabin

,wheret hey d rew their heads

back between thei r shoulders and held thei rbreath i n fear. Bunkichi looked toward the

bow. Su reenough , a big u ndefined dark formroseat thefron t of thesh ip , abou t ten feet i nheigh t . Hed rew h i s sword and ran toward themonster . As heswep t thegian t down w i th h i ssharp weapon

,helaugh i ngl y ret u rned toward

Kichidayu, who s tood by themas t .“What was that ? Kichidayu asked Bun

k ich i,who answered , s t i l l sm i ling :

“ I t d id lookl i ke a round -headed gian t , but real l y i t wasonl y a co l umn of m i s t wh ich camefloat i ng i nour way. That ’

s wha t they cal l the‘

sea

gian t ,’ I suppose

,and i n thei r frigh t .they fan

c ied i t was com i ng on board to sei zethem .

”

K ichidayu,who was much su rp r i sed at Bun

kichi’

s cou rage, sai d : I ndeed ! I unders tandnow how you cou ld k i l l thewam

’

zame,by the

courageyou havej u s t shown , and wh ich I cannot but adm i re. To speak thet ru th , I d i d n

’

t

feel very bo l d myselfwhen I saw that b ig dark

1 "

Trulv

WeNow

,all r igh t , s i r ; we

’re

An imaginary gian t ofthesea.

9 80

form,but I screwed my cou rageup so as not

to belaughed at by you.

”

As thecrew had not yet comeout of thei rcabin , K ichidayu cal led out : Now

,men,

come up ; you r master has k i l led thegian t .Come, qu ick , quickThe c rew t rooped out at th i s , and said :Truly weheard a sh r iek a l i t t lewh i leago I

”

A t wh i ch Kichidayu mu t tered , Foo l sDu r i ng then ight , however, they got over the

Sea of Yenshiu i n th i s man ner , and i n theveryearl y morn ing of theth ird day they wereentering the

'

Bay of Yedo . G radual l y thesea wasbecom i ng much smoo ther, too .

Wearesafe, mas ter. Wecan bequi teateasei n ourhearts ! sai d oneofthemen.

“ AhI seetheheadland ofH aneda there. Beyondthat there’

s theBay of Shinagawa. Ifwego

forward at th i s rateweshal l beat Yedo bydawn I feel safenow. But I fel t that I wouldbeeaten al ivewhen I saw theumi-bozu at the

Yenshiu- nada Sea.

”

Then B unkichi sai d,as helaughed : You

don ’ t know what you aresay i ng. \Vehavebeen all along dead men i n wh i tesu i ts , and fordead men to havebeen al ivei s an absu rd i ty !”

Then all,for thefi rs t t ime, bu rs t out i n to merry ,

hearty laugh ter.Cap tai n K ichidayu t urned to Bunkichi

,say

ing : Mas ter, what a voyage! I n a coupleofdays and n ights wesai led thed is tancewhichtakes abou t ten days at o ther t imes . That wehavecomeheresafel y th rough th i s storm i s dueto you r con tr ivan ceof lay ing thet imbers c ro ssw i seon theboat . B ut for that weshould cer

“R IBUN DA I ZIN OR F ROM SHARK - BOY TO MERCH ANT PR INCE .

tainly havecapsi zed Then heturned to thesa i lors and added : What say you, my men?I s thereany onewho coul d beat h im i n w i t ori n cou rage?

No , there’

s not ano ther l i keh im, all re

p l ied in onevo i ce. Hek i l led thewam’

zame

as wel l as theumi-bozu, and so long as wearew i th h im t here i s no thi ng on ear th to bed readed . P leases i r, employ us under you foryears to come. We shal l never agai n playcowards as wed id , s i r l ”

Bunkichi repl ied : I fear you would neverfacetheumi-bozu. To whi ch they could sayno th ing, but scratched thei r heads i n si lence.

Though thew i nd was s t i l l h igh , after thes torm th rough wh ich they had fought thei r wayout

,thei n land seas seemed to them as smooth

as mat t i ng,”as thesaying i s , and soon after

dawn all hands on board thefun d-mam arr ivedsafel y at Yedo.

A t that t imei n Yedo theo rangemerchants ,i n sp i teof the s tress of weather

,had been

eagerl y awai t i ng orange-sh ips from KishuProv i nceevery day, on accoun t of thenearnessof thebel lows fes t ival . A nd th i s was theonlysh ip that d id not disappo i n t thei r expec tat ions .When thesh ip ’s arr i val was k nown

, thejoy of

the merchants was beyond desc r i p t ion,and

soon this popular song‘ immortal i zed thehappy

welcomeof theorange-sh ipOn thedark sea beholdenA sai l

,a wh i tesai l !

Whencedoes i t hai l ?From K ishu

’s far shore

I t brings‘precious storeOforanges go lden .

(T0 becontinued . )

YOURS SEVERELY .

(771: Letter qf a F ive-year

Bv ED ITH M . THOM A S .

ONCE moreshedipped her pen i n ink ,A nd w ro te: “ I loveyou dearly .

”

A nd now,

”shesaid , and s topped to th ink ,

I ’ll pu t

,I ’m

Yours severely .

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WHAT ’

5 IN A NAME >

BY H ANN AH

I N themorn ing he’

s a p i rate,w i th a cu tlass

and a gun,

A nd wet rembleat theflash i ng of hi s eye;H is name, as heinforms us, i s an awe- i n sp i r i ng

one

Lord Ferd inando Roder igo G uy !

By ten o’ clock our p i ratehas renounced h i s

gory t rade;I n armo r now

,hehas a lanceand sh ield ;

Hegal lan tl y advances to defen d a help lessmaid

,

And weknow that bo l d “ Si r Launcelo thas thefield .

G . FERN ALD.

A nd next , a skulk i ng savage, he i s l urk i ng i nthehal l ,

Mos t alarm i ng i n h is feathered war-array ;But hegrac ious ly assures u s hew i l l answer if

wecal lH iawatha Mudjekeewis Oj ibway !

”

A s H orat io Nel son Dewey he’

s an adm i ralofpar ts

,

A nd las t in all his catalogueof namesComes thevery s imple t i t leunder wh ich herules our heart s

,

For when he’

s sound asleep he’s merel y

“ James !”

A C IT IZEN OF THE DEEP.

. Bv L I D A ROSE M CCA B E .

To wal k thebed of thedeep as you or Iwal k upon theland i s theevery -day l ifeof thehero of th is workaday story . I t i s over th i rtyyears since A lfred Pahlberg made h i s fi rs tpl ungeas a d i ver . No man

,i t i s sa id i n d iv ing

c i rcles, has spen t more t imeat thebo t tom of

thesea than th is doughty Norseman . Whena lad of seven besh ipped beforethemas t . I twas thed ream of hi s boyhood to seetheNewWorld , amass a fo rtunethere, and then go backand l iveout h i s l ifei n h i s beloved land of thev ik ing. How much of that d ream camet rue

,

his i s thes tory to tel l . The l ifeof a sai lo rth irty years ago ,

however r i ch i n adven tu re,was no royal road to fo rt une. Two do l lars anda half a month was all that theSwed ish sai lo r

boy could earn when hefaced theNew Wo rl dto find thet u rn i ng- po i n t of his career aboard a

schooner,engaged i n haul i ng stones to bui l d

that ma rvel of the last cen tu ry , theB rooklynB r i dge.

The fi rs t t ime I d ived,sa i d Pahlberg,

was offRaceRock L ighthouse, when Cap tai nSco t t was lay i ng thebed- rock . I shal l neverforget i t . I was scared to death . I t fel t as ifI werebeing smo thered between two featherbeds . I wan ted to comeup at on ce

,but p r ide

kept medown . I was afraid my compan ionswould laugh at meand cal l mea coward .

’

From two to fou r hou rs i s theaveraget imea d i ver s tays under water w i thou t bei ng hauledup . Pahlberg has often wo rked seven hou rs

9 84 A CITI ZEN OF THE DEEP . [Sam

“

w i thou t s ignal i ng to bel ifted . Heknows of

but Onem an who has beaten therecord—h i smaster ou td id h im by halfan hour .

“ I am always ready,

” sai d Pahlberg, to go

down at any t ime, day or n ight , i n s to rm or

calm . When on cethefor ty-pound iron helmeti s fastened down t ight ly over theshoulders oftherubber su i t, i n to which I sl ip th rough the

open ing i n theneck ; when theweights of s i xtypounds each aresuspended from theches t andback ; when my feet arei ncased i n i ron shoesweigh ing twen ty pounds each ; when theairhosei s fas tened to thep ipei n theback of thehelmet , and I taketheleap , I feel that my l ifei s at themercy ofthem an at thel ife- l i ne. Yes

,

it’

s dangerous bu t so accustomed does thed iverbecometo theperil that herarel y th i nks of i t .”

For eigh teen years an old pearl -d i ver hadthecareofPahlberg

’

s l ife- l i ne. Hewen t w i thh im everywhere.

Hewas an old

mam, and heknewthesea by heart ,and never grewi nd ifferent to h isawful responsibility. Sinceh i sdeath

,however,

Pahlberg acceptstheserv iceofanyl ife- l i ner ” who

m ay happen to

beat hand .

AT WORKTQ

'

;THE BOTTO M OF

When a d iverOCEAN

firststrikes thebo t tom ,Pahlberg said , in answer

to my quest ion,

“ i t ’s l ikeen ter i ng a dark rooma l l

’

i s densely black,then by degrees shapes

begin to s tand out, and soon every th i ng growsd is t i nc t and fam i l iar.

L i kemos t divers , I p refer to diveat n igh t .I t i s better for theeyes . Sudden passagefromthedark of thebo t tom to thel ight at thesurfaceofthesea i s i nj u rious to thes igh t . As soonas thehelmet i s removed

,a bandagei s p ut over

theeyes for somemoment s . Wi thou t th i s precaut ion , s ight m ight soon bedest royed .

”

Oneof themos t cur ious,i nexpla i nab leth i ngs

to d i vers is thefac t that i t i s th rough thesenseo f touch , rather than that of s ight , that they area b leto i dent ify objec ts under water .

Beforeat temp t ing to rai sea vessel , thediverlearns thec lass to wh ich shebelongs . Theexpert i s fam i l iar w i th every detai l i n theconstruc t ion of all k inds of water-craft . Hecarr ies to thebo t tom i n hi s m i nd ’s eyethep ic t ureof thesunken vessel

,and when hefinds her

,

hemeasures every part w i t h h i s ou ts tretchedarms and hands. Hecan tel l upon wh ich s ideshel ies, whether shes truck foreor aft, and thenat ureand ex ten t ofher damages. Every fac therecords i n h is memory . I t i s h is on ly tablet .When hes ignal s to behauled up hehas almostas accurateand detai led a repo r t to subm i t totheau thor i t ies as if hours had been spen t i nfigur i ng i t out upon paper.

Onl y a very few vessel s arewrecked nowadays ,

” sai d Pahlberg.

“Theaveragei s th i rty

fivea year. Morecarei s exerc i sed of lateyearsi n theconst ruc t ion of_vessel s ; then , too, l ighthouses havemul t i p l ied .

“ I t i s s trangehow thehabi ts of ch ildhoodc ling to a man

,

” mused theold d iver, w i th a

tw i nklei n h is wonderful l y c lear blueeyes . Ihavenever got over thehabi t of putt i ng myfinger, when I h u rt it, i n to my mouth . Often ,in blast i ng rocks ormending a holei n a vessel

,

I h i t my finger. To easethepa i n , I at oncerai seit to my mou th , on ly to berem i nded thatmy facei s h id beh ind thel i t t lei ron-barred glassw i ndow of thehelmet th rough which my eyeslook out . Theheavy gloves wh ich weare

obl iged to wear from Oc tober un t i l A p r i l arevery cumbersome

,and makewo rk slow and

awkward . I t i s always very co l d at thebo t tomof thesea,

espec ial ly i n w i n ter. BeforeI pu ton my d iv i ng-su i t

,I dress i n as heavy flannels

as if I wereabou t to go up to theA rc t ic regions ,and, I tel l you, they arenonetoo warm . Whenthefierces t s torm i s raging above, we neverknow i t below . Thebo t tom i s u nd is tu rbed .

”

Pahlberg has d ived as deep as a hund redfeet . Heknows ofbu t onediver who has gonedeeper—h is old l ife- l i ner

,who had often

d ived onehundred and eighteen feet i n p ursu i t of pearl s .

Thefi sh and I arep ret ty good friends , hecont i n ued . Frequen tl y i n blas t ing rock I havek i l led smal l fi sh , wh ich thelarger fi sh would eatout of my hand . I havenever been troubledw i th sharks . I havetalked w i th d ivers from

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THE PURSU IT O F TH E CAL I CO CAT

Bv CAROL I NE M . FULLER.

OH ,say, comeout and seetherabbi ts t ry

the new house!” cal led Frank l i n u nder thes i t t i ng- room w i ndow , and everybody bu t grandmo ther hu rr ied out i n to theyard.

Thereweretwo rabbi ts,— a black onew i thwhi tespo ts, and a wh i teonew i th yel low spots ,and they werecal led “Mercu r iu s Dulc is ” and

Overt ureto Zampa. Frankl i n had found thefi rs t nameon oneofh i s mo ther ’s medic i ne-bott les

,and adm i red it ; but M rs . B un was always

cal led Dulc iefor short . Overturewas a finebig fel low w i th muscular s ides

,and a louder

stamp oftheh i nd leg than any o ther rabbi t intheRabbi t C l ub . I ndeed , Frankl i n had beenmadep resident oftheRabbi t Cl ub j ust becauseof thesi zeand st rength and sound of Overture’s feet . Even “Beansy,

” Jones ’s whiterabbi tA lonzo

,was as noth i ng bes ideh im .

Kenneth ran after h i s mo ther,Beansy wen t

home,and Frank l i n wen t into theshed to get

h is tool- ches t,for thedoo r ofthecupo la needed

loosen ing.

Let me hol d Stamper wh i leyou fi x the

doo r,

” Eun icebegged , for, bei ng Frank l in’s s is

ter, shenatural ly regarded Stamper in thel igh tofa nephew . (Stamper was Over ture

’s c l ubname. )

No,si r ; he

’s all r igh t ; he

’11 s tay there,

”

sai d Frankl i n .

“ But he’s t ry ing to get out at thecupo la,

Frankl i n . I can seeh i s ears com i ng upstai rs .”

Frank l in sawed away,but di d not reply .

Frankl in , heis com i ng out.

Oh, go play w i th you r cats said F rank l in

,

impatien tly,and beforeEun icecou ld makeh im

look around,Stamper was Offacross theyard .

Head h im off! Head h im off! cal ledF rankl i n

,as hesaw thescudd ing of a whi te

tai l . Rou nd by theal ley ! Quick ! Qu ick !Eun iceran as fast as shecould

,but before

they coul d stop h im , therabb i t had dodgedunder a barn and disappeared .

Oh , th under !” sai d F rank l i n .

“Wecan ’ t

ever catch h im now. H ow i n the wo r l d d idheget out ?

”

Euni cewent th rough a l i t tle s trugglew i thherself

,and then said : He I was hol d i ng h im

j ust a minu te, Frankl i n . You see,hewas ’mos t

out h imself,and so

“You d id n’

t try to ho l d h im after what Isa id

“Yes,I d id .

Frankl i n m igh t haveunderstood how hard i twas for her to tel l th i s

,but hed id n’

t,and said

angri l y : Eun ice, you

’rea mean , meddlesome

girl , and you shal l never even touch oneofmyrabbi t s agai n !Eun icet u rned and went into thehousew i th

out say ing a word,but Franklin heard a pi t iful

“fai l when thedoor was c losed, and though t

Hm ! serves her r ight !”

Hespen t therest ofthemorni ng looking forStamper and pu tt ing “ LOST ” s igns, w i th a

i

de

scr i p t ion of therabbi t,on all thebarns i n the

neighbo rhood . But hed id notexpec t to find himagai n ; and l uncheon that day was not a cheerful meal , for Frank lin had los t thefi nest rabbi tin thewho lec l ub , and all th rough thecarelessness ofa li t t legirl .A s hesat out u nder thet ree, after l u ncheon ,

\Veejum s p icked her way dai n ti l y down besi dehim ,

hav ing comeout for her dai ly ai ri ng.

Weejum s was thelovely torto i se- shel l k i t ten whohad cometo Eun icethep rev ious Chri stmas

,in

thetop ofa s tock ing, w i th a laceruffaround herneck and a pi nk candy elephant t ied to her

h i nd foo t . Shehad been so l i t tle then thatt herewas scarcely room on her sides for all herbeau t ifu l torto i se-shel l spo ts

,bu t now shewas

nearl y ful l grown , w i th the longes t whi skers ,and thesweetes t pu rr i n theworld .

Thetemptat ion to makeherjump p roved toomuch for Frankl i n

,and hesh ied a small chip

at her so neat ly that i t passed di rec tly underher, tossing thesand abou t her feet . Weejums

gavea w i l d meow and to rei n to theal ley .

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“

i

THE PURS UIT OF TIIE CA LICO CAT.

Come back , Weej— here, here, cal ledFrankl i n , good - natu red ly

,forteasing an imal s was

not usual ly a faul t of hi s . But hewas c rossto-day, and had not Eun icelost h i s rabbi t ?

Heput down h i s kn ifeand wen t out i n to the

al ley to b ri ng Weejums back ; bu t at that mo

ment someth i ng terr iblehappened . A baker ’scart . fo l lowed bv a fiercedog, j i ngled i nto the

SHE HAD CO M E TO EUN ICE T HE PREV IOUS CHR I ST M AS , IN THE

TOP OF A STOCK ING , \V ITH A LACE RU FF AROUN D HER NECK .

al ley , and thedog madea dash at Weejums.

Frankl i n ran for thedog ,and Cyc lone, thei r

own dog,who happened to comearound the

housej ust then,ran after Frankl in . Poo rWee

jums could not seethat thesecond dog was afr iend , and d id not recogni zeFrank l i n i n theboy who was chasi ng her. She left theal leyand dashed across thes t reet i n to a vacan t lo t,wheretherewerethreeo ther dogs . They gave

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a yel p ofdel igh t and jo i ned i n thepu rsu i t , followed by several smal l boys , who rushed alongafter F rank l in

,sho u t i ng , H i

,there! Sick her!

Sick her!I n a few m i n u tes every boy and dog i n the

neighborhood was on Weejum’

s t rai l,and

Frankl i n co uld no t stop lo ng enough to explai nto them that heh imself was no t chas ing her.

Thehun t cameto an end when shevan ishedunder some tumble-down sheds , many blocksaway from home.

Frankl i n d id not go homeafter th is , but wandered arou nd theneighborhood wonderi ng whatheshoul d do ifshedi d no t comeback .

What do you mean by chasi ng my si ster’s

cat ? heasked fiercely ofoneofthesmal l boyswho fo l lowed h im .

“ Aw, go

’ long ! You werechasi ng i t you rself, was the i nsul t i ng reply . A nd Frank l i nreal i zed that hecoul d never makethem bel ieveanyth i ng el se.

Pshaw ! all cats comehome, hethought .She’

ll find her way back all r igh t . B ut rab

b i ts ared ifferen t .Hetook a car homeand looked eagerly at

thefron t porch , halfexpec t i ng that Weejum s

wou l d besi t t i ng therewai t i ng for h im w i th a

fo rgiv i ng sm i le. But shedid not appear, andhewen t all around theal ley aga i n , cal l i ng heri n beseechi ng tones . Suddenly , u nder theco rnerof a neighbor

’ s shed , hesaw someth i ng whi temove, and wen t i n to thehouseto get a saucerofm i l k .

I s ’poseshe’11 beafrai d to cometo me

now,hethough t , and thethough t h u rt , for

Frankl i n was no t a cruel bov.

Heset them i l k down very careful ly near theplacewherehehad seen thewh i teth i ng m ove,and p resent ly i t hopped out w i th a great flap of

theears and began to dr i nk . B ut i t was a wh i teth i ng w i th b lack Spots

,and its namewas

Stamper .A t that momen t Eun iceand hermo ther camethrough the gate, hav i ng j ust ret urned fromshopp ing.

“Stamper ’s comehome, Frankl i n shou tedbeforethey reached thesteps.

“ I thought you tol d Eun icetherewas no

chanceof that , sai d M rs . Wood , k i ssi ng Kenneth , who had run to meet them .

9 88 THE PUR SU IT or

Wel l , I di d n’t th i nk therewas

,sai d Frank

l i n,shamefacedly . But Eun iceneed n’

t havec ried .

”Hesuspec ted that h is mother had very

l i t tleadm i ration for boys who madethei r sisterscryTherewas n’

t onechancei n a thousand ,headded ; and I would n’

t havecaught himthen , you see, if I had n

’

t had them i lk .

”

What wereyou doingw i th milk ? ” asked Eun ice

,susp ic iously .

Frankl in did not an

swer,bu t looked so um

comfo rtable that M rs .Wood changed thesub

jec t; for shemadea po i n tof never ask ing one of

her ch i l dren embarrassing quest ions befo retheo thers, and th is was onereason why they lovedher so much .

After siippertherecamea loud thump at thesidedoor

,and Frankl in , who

was study i ng in thepar

lor,heard a deligh ted

shou t from Kenneth .

Then Eunicecamerunn ing i n w i th a smile, and ,tak i ng Frankl in

’s hand ,said : “ I ’

vegot someth i ng for you, to makeup for hav i ng hu rt you rfeelings th i s morning.

”

But Stamper ’s comehome

,

”hesa i d

, giv ing hera rough l i t t lehug.

“A ndI can ’ t takeany p resen tfrom you now,

Sis ; so runaway and let mes tudy .

”

“ I to l d her I thought you would n’

t careto

,sa id M rs . Wood

,looking rel ieved . She

was so glad that Frankl i n fel t hedid not deservea p resent al though , ofcou rse, Shecouldno t know yet j ust why.

But you must comeand look at them,in

s isted Eunice.

“They ’

tein my room .

”

So Franklin wen t to look , and they ” weresi tt i ng on Eun ice

’s dressi ng- table— themos t beau

THE CAL ICO CAT. [SEPT.

t iful pai r of l i t tleMal teseand wh i terabbi ts thathehad ever seen ; and all h is lifelong hehadwan ted a Mal teserabbi t !“Thosedid n

’t comefrom thebi rd-s tore, I

bet, heburs t out in del igh t , qui teforget ti ngthat hewas not to keep them .

They camefrom thefarm ofthefather ofaboy who works at Taylor

’s,

” said M rs . Wood,

THEY \VERE S ITT ING ON EUN ICE'

S D RESS ING-T .-\ B LE —THE M OST BEAUT I FUL PA I R OF L ITTLE

M ALTESE AND \VHITE RAB B ITS THAT HE HAD EVER SEEN .

”

sm i l i ng affec t ionatel y at theboy’s del ight . The

b i rd- storerabbi ts wereworth less .“You

’re j ust a br ick , mo ther, and so i s

Eun ice. But I can ’ t take these l i t tlefellows I real ly can ’ t . Eun icemust keep themherself.“ Eun icew i l l feel hu r t if you don

’ t keepthem

,

” said M rs . Wood .

Oh,but therearereasons why I can

’ t,”

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990 THE PURSUIT OF THE CALICO CAT.

Heunderstood thesituat ion at a glance, ands t ri d i ng up to Patsy M cGann

,sei zed him by

the shou lder, say ing : “Did you lick h im ?A nswer me! Did you lick that l i t tlefel low ?

”

Naw, helicked me; an’ j ust on accoun t of

t hat old calikereat you was chas in’

theo therday

What k i nd of a cat did you say i t was ?heasked , t u rn ing to Patsy.

A cal— I mean t u rtle-shel l cat,said

Patsy,sul lenly

,walk i ng offw i th h i s friends .

Frank l i n took Kenneth in at theback doo rand washed h i s facebefo relet t i ng any onesee

h im . Then they wal ked t riumphant ly in to theparlor

,w i th Weejums on Kenneth ’s shoulder.

Eun icewas p rac t i s i ng at the p iano,w i th

M rs. Wood besideher, so they did not seeWeejums u nt i l E un icefel t a l i t tlepurr ing faceagai ns t her own,

and screamed for joy.

Theaffai r w i th Patsy M cGann wasexplainedby Frank l i n to his mo ther, who gen tly bu t fi rm l ymadec lear to her youngest son theunw i sdomoftry ing to p roveone

’s self i n therigh t by theargumen t ofa fi s t .

Mo ther,

” said Frankl i n , later in theafternoon

,may I havea moment w i th you i n the

par lor—inprivate?“ Certai n l y . No

,Eun ice, you and Kenny

arenot to come. I

“Wel l , dear, what is it ?”sheasked as he

d rew her down bes idehim on thesofa.

Mo ther, hesai d gloom i ly , I ’m go i ng to

giveKenny my rabbi ts .’T was in theadver

tisement,and I p rom i sed .

“Oh , but Kenny did n’

t seetheadvert i semen t , and I woul d n

’

t giveaway therabbi tsFrank l i n dear.”“Yes

,mo ther, but I p romised , you see.

That was i n casea st ranger shoul d find her.

But Ken ny is such a l i t tleboy. A nd I knowhehonest l y would n’

t wan t you to giveup the

rabbi ts you’

vehad so long.

“Wel l,then

,I ’

ll tel l you ; thereis oneo therth i ng that mu st bedone,

” sai d Frank l i n,after a

pause.“Yes, dear, said M rs . Wood

,sympatheti

cal ly, guessing at h i s mean ing. I ’

d t hough tof them ,

but then I remembered how m uchyou

’d always wan ted a Mal teseDon ’ t speak of i t sai d Frank l in .

haven’t dec i ded yet.

I t took h im all themorn ing to makeup h ism i n d ; but when Eun iceand Kenneth wen t i nto d inner

,at each of t hei r p lates stood a head

oflet tucescooped out in them i ddle, and fromthecenter ofeach green fri l l peered theroundfaceofa l i t t lebunny .

“TheMal teseones !” sai d Eunice, with a

gasp , and Ken neth tu rned qu i tepalew i th su rp r i se.

“ Yes, said Frank l i n , so lemn ly tuck ing h i snapk in under h i s chi n

,

“ they refor you !

WHARTON EOWA

Bv M ARY CONS T ANCE DU Bo i s .

(Beg un in MeA ag usl mtm écr. )

CH A PTER I I I

DAM E HES TER ’

S WAY .

was a poo r,bowed

,hunchbacked crea

t ure,wrapped i n a tat tered c loak , and carry ing

si nger , shc nodded and beckoned El inor toward her.

I t vas a b raveso ng zat,m onenfant . The

vo icewas soft and musical . God saveKingSharle! You arefor zek ing ? Ah , good , good !My

'

leetle lady has zen a lofing heart . She

A S S HE CAUGHT S IGHT OF THE S INGER, S HE NODDED AN D BECKON EDEL INOR TOWARD HER .

a burden i n her arms . Her hood had sl ippedback , and a mass of black hai r fel l all abou t

A baby

take“ peety on a poor vanderer.

”

Shegavethech i l d anearnes t look .

Whatwould you Ofme?”asked

El i no r,rather fr igh tened by the

deep , b righ t eyes fixed upon her.

“ See,now— vearetwo poo r

voyageurs,myman and I . Velose

ourvay i n zefield s . Zen I find zeespass . Tel l me,varedo it leat

To theh ighway , abou t a m i lefrom here.

Zehighvay ! A h !’

t ees fromzarevecome. Zeso l d iers— ah !

so many,so fierce

,so terr ible!

I fear me, and veh ide. My man

hehe i n yonder fiel d and vatcht i l l zeroad bec lear . Mais moi.

I haf so grandefear ; I h idemeherei n zeforet . Ah !” Shestartedv io lent l y as a crash i ng so undedi n theu nderb rush .

I t was only Fox com i ng backfrom a squ i rrel h u n t . Thebo rn enemy ofvagabonds, thedog madeabarki ng rush at theragged figu re.

A t theno i se'

a smal l head was

l ifted from thefo l ds of thewo

man ’ s c loak .

Oh,let me see!

” c ried El i no r .“Down , Fox , down ! Be s t i l l , si r !

”as the

her swarthy face. A s shecaugh t sigh t of the l i tt leonegavea s leepy , wh imperi ng cry .

99 2

Now El i no r had been half afrai d that thedark , b r igh t-eyed S tranger was a w i tch . Thes igh t ofthebaby reassu red her. I t was only a

g i psy mo ther with her ch i l d .

H élas ! Heees so t i red,so hungry— my

poor leet leboy. Hehaf jou rney so far,and

it grow late. Ah , vareshall my bébé sleepto- n igh t ?

”Shesighed weari ly as shegen tly

SHE HURR IED BACK AND GU IDED THE L ITTLE PARTY TO THE

H lDlNG- PLACE . (SEE PAGE 99 5 )rocked thech i ld to and fro i n her arms . But

zeseso l d iers—how comezeyhere? You know ?Somepr i soners escaped ,” El i nor explai ned ,

and the so ld iers were hunt i ng them awaydown to Dover. But two of them they couldnot catch . They wereRoyal i sts

,too

,and I war

ran t theso l d iers arem ad with rageabou t i t .Oh, I hopethepoo r soul s aresafe!

ELINOR ARDEN ,ROYALI ST. (SEPT.

A h , true. Mademo i sel leees Royaleest ! Iknow i t from her song.

”

“ Ay, I’m for King Charles— I carenot

who knows that , sai d El ino r,w i th a p roud

l i t tletoss ofher head . But all at homeare

Roundheads . Thoseso l d iers arem i neun c le’sown men. They weresupp ing at our housebut now . I t row they ’

d takemep ri soner,too

,

if they heard my song !”and

shelaughed misch ievously .

The woman sm i led and

nodded , as if Shequ i teun

derstood . Then , seat i ng herselfon a stone

, shedrew El inor to her.

Vo i la,m a pet i te. My

:

man and I,we are sai r

van ts to a grandedame—a

great lady . Our meestressees a R oyaleest, too . A h

,

poor lady, how shehas suf

fered in zees c ruel levar! Sheees gone, my meestress, on a

journey , far, faravay. A nd II go to seek her. H élas !

’

T ees a long, long vay

Shelooked sadly down at

thech i ld on her lap. The

baby,who had wakened rosy

and smil i ng, was now m ak

ing fr iendly advances to Fox ,hol d i ng out bo th chubby l i ttlehands , w i th no though tOf fear. Fox

,sensibledog

that hewas, seemed to realizethat hi s m i st ress’s friendsough t not to beh is enem ies .H is growl gradual l y subsid

ed , h is tai l began to wag, atfi rst uncertainly , then veryhard ; and fi nal l y

,l ift ing a

mo i s t b lack noseto thesmal lface, heoffered a ki ss ofpeacew i th h is soft redtongue. D impled cheeks covered w i th berrystai n s, big dark eyes Shining out th rough a tan

gleofb rown cu r l s—a real l i t tlegipsy was th i smerry two -year-old . Coo i ng w i th del ight , thebaby c

'

lasped its new play-fel low fondly roundtheneck , and Fox ,

having learned that themoreonewas th ro t t led them oreonewas al so loved,

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994 EL INOR ARDEN , ROYALIST. [5 5 m

El inor w i t h somedistrust ; but a few words i nFrench from h i s compan ion seem i ng to reassurehim

,thepar ty wen t on i ts way along thew in d

ing path , c rossi ng thebrook on a narrow foo tbr idge, and final ly leav i ng the. grove for the

Open meadow. Before them rose a gentlysloping h i l l , on thecres t ofwh ich werethec l ustered bui ld ings ofB radford Grange. Thi s sigh tseemed to s tart lethet ravelers, and thewomantu rned w i th anxious eyes to El i nor, who hastened to explai n her plan .

CH APTER I V .

A REFUGE .

THE h is tory oftheGrangewas a varied one.H undreds of years before, a smal l chapel had

beenbu i l t on thesumm i t oftheh il l . Closeto th i s a pr iory hadafterward risen , wh ichcon ti nued to bethe

home of_a b rother

hood of monks u n ti lthedays of theRef

ormation. Then,l i ke

coun tless o ther mon

asteries, i t had beenravaged, i ts i nmatesscattered

,and the

beau tiful bu i l di ng,now half ru ined , hadbeen given w i th theadjo i n ing lands to a

favor i te court ier of

King Hen ry . F romthehands of th i s spendthr ift nobleman i t hadpassed in to thoseof Si r N icholas B radford , anancestor ofthecolonel . Theanc ien t priory wasthen t ransformed in to a comfortablemanorhouse, su rrounded by a group of farm-bui ldi ngs . A largepart ofthec lo ister had been torndown , and thes tones ‘Wereused for construc ting new sheds and s torehouses .When theyoung squi re, R ichard B radford ,

became a~

convert to Pu r i tan doc tr i nes,the

placewas st i l l fu rther changed i n appearance.

Except forthemassivepi l lars hereand theresupport i ng a statel y arch

,onewould hardl y have

imagined that thebarns and stables had r i sen

on theru ins oftheold p riory chu rch . No t a

fragmen t ofcarv i ng or sta i ned glass was left torecal l to Pro tes tant m i nds theplaceofworsh ipof former days . Onebu i ldi ng only remai nedalmos t unchanged . This was theol des t ofall

,

thechapel , which opened into what had oncebeen themai n bu i l d ing ofthech urch . A l thoughno sign of decoration was to beseen , i ts roofand wal l s weres t i l l standi ng . I n w i n ter i t wasused as a shel ter for thesheep , wh i lein summerit was thefavoriteplay-houseofthechildren byday, and theimagi ned haun t offai r ies, ghosts,and hobgobl i ns by n igh t . When theshadowsfel l , El i nor v i s i ted it only i n fancy , and then i ncompany w i th her fugi t iveearl.Hereshepu rposed to h idethewanderers.A nd look you,

” Eli nor said to theanx iousFrenchwoman

,when

the plan had beento l d

,

“the sol diers

woul d never th i nk of

search ing our landfor the Royal i sts .”

They had crep tcau t iously up theh i l l ,ready at the leas talarm to si nk downbeh ind someprotec ting bush or rock , andwerenow in theor

chard ou thempefarthest from thehouse.

And I hafnevair

yet ask my leetlelady ’s name

,

”thewd

man suddenl y said .

El inor— El i nor Arden . I know not whatnameto cal l you by ,

”the lit t le g i r l added

shyl y .

Mar ie—call mej usteMar ie. Eh bien !Mademo i sel leEleenore, poo r Mar iev i l l nevairfo rget zek i ndness ofher leet lelady . Ah , ifshecould bu t do somesairvicei n ret urn ! Ven ve

comesafeout of zees danger, and I fi nd mymeestress agai n , ah , zen I tel l her of zeloyaldemo i sel lezat s tood our friend in zet imeofneed .

”

I t was dec ided that , whi letheo thers wai tedi n theorchard , El i nor shoul d go forward aloneand watch for an opportun i ty to lead them to

no t ] ELINOR ARDEN ,Ro vA I . I ST . 9 9 5

thei r refuge. Find i ng bo th garden and out

bui ld i ngs deserted , shehu rr ied back and gu idedthel i t t leparty to theh id i ng-place.

A t theeas ter nend ofthefarm -bu i l d i ngs s toodtheo ld chapel . I ts gray stonewal l s werecovered wi th ivy, i t s u nglazed w i ndows halfh iddenin thec l uster i ng v i nes . On onesidewas a

smal l doorway , so low that Franco is had to

bend h is head as heentered . Even wi th hercompanions El i no r cou ld not hel p sh iver i ng at

thegloom w i th i n . Thedenseblackness ofthecorners madeher feel that wei rd objec ts werereal ly l urk ing there. I t was certai n l y a d rearyshel ter for then igh t .“ Ah

,how dark i t is ! Marie’s v01ceshook

a l i t tle. Yet a l ight m igh t bet ray us . Vearereal ly safehere?Franco i s meanwh i le was i nves t igat i ng the

shadowy nooks, to besu rethat no onelay con

cealed . Baby alonewas u nt roubled , hav i ngdropped offto sleep .

“ I darenot wai t longer , sai d E l i no r, at

last; “ but tel l meif there’s augh t you need ,

and I ’

ll t ry to fetch i t for you when no one’s

watching.

”

Thetravelers had w i th them theremai n s ofadinner of bread and cheese, and Franco i s hadfil led a flask w i th water from thebrook . A dri nkofm i lk

,Should thebaby wakehungry , was all

that they needed .

“ And at daybreak to -morrow I ’

ll fetch yousomebreakfast

,

” El i nor p rom i sed .

“Thebon Dieu bless my leetlelady , whis

pered Marie, as thechi l d tu rned to go .

A heap offresh hay had been th rown on the

old chancel floor , and on th i s theweary womannow lay down , w i th thesleepi ng baby nest ledc losei n her arms . Franco i s S t retched h imselfi n thedoorway to guard them wh i lethey slep t .El i nor had hoped to beg a cup ofm i lk from

thedai rymaid,but

,i n c rossing the k itchen

yard , shewas sp ied by Rachel from an upperwindow. Rachel must havecal led thenewsto her mo ther, for thenext i nstan t A un t Hester’s head appeared at ano ther w i ndow

,and the

truan t was s ternly beckoned i ndoors .El inor A rden

,what do th th is lo i teri ng

mean ? ” her aun t demanded .

“ Look at theclock—it i s t hy bed t ime al ready ! Thoushouldst have been i n n igh to an hou r ago .

D ids t no t comeby theroad ? Ay, I though tso . P layi ng i n thefield ! Mays t wel l hang t hyhead ! I tel l t hee, ch i ld , th i s i dl i ng must ceaseo nceand for all. "

AS a mat ter of fac t , El i no r’ s long absence

had caused M ist ress B radfo rd somequalms ofconsc ience for hav i ng sen t her n iece fromhomewh i letheenemy m ight st i l l beabroad .

Perhaps th is i ncreased her annoyancewhen thewanderer retu rned . El i nor was ordered to bedi n d isgrace. Therewas no hopeofescape, forsheshared her cous i ns ’ room ,

and A un t Hes terfo l lowed her to tuck thel i t t les i sters i n to bedfor then igh t .Soon after shehad left , thedoo r was Opened

soft l y , and Mi riam s to lei n to theroom . Dear,

k ind - hearted , careless M i riam ! Shehad her

own d iffi cul t ies u nder A un t Hester ’s i ron rule,and was apt to look upon El i nor as a com radei n m i sfo rt une.

“ I meant not to benaughty— real l y and

t ruly,wh ispered El i no r, as Mi r iam , guessi ng

that someth i ng was wrong , pu t a comfort i ngarm abou t her.

“ A nd I ’

m so t i red,and oh

,

so hungry ! for I wen t offw i thou t my supper.”

Dear heart al ive! Yepoor, s tarved lamb !Wai t a bi t

,and I ’

ll fetch yeyou r supper .”

Oh , do , dear Mi riam , p ray . A nd a sup ofm i l k— mos t ofall I ’

d l ikesomem i lk .

”

Firs t mak ing su rethat Rachel and Elizabethweresound asleep

,Mi riam sl i pped away

, and i na few m i n u tes retu rned w i th her hands ful l .

’

T i s what was left oftheso ld iers ’ su pper . Ihad scarcet imeto snatch i t u p erethem i st resscame

,

"sheexplai ned i n a del ighted wh isper ,

sett i ng down a generous pieceof pas ty , theremai n s ofa loaf, and a cup ofm i lk .

El i no r hugged her grateful ly . Therewoul dnow beno need of an ear ly mo rn i ng

’s rai d on

the larder, w i th a t roubled consc ience afterward . Shewould eat on ly a part ofthebread

,

and then , when all thehouseho l d was asleep ,shewould carry the res t of thefood to her

fr iends i n thechapel . Thelong summer twi l igh twas fas t fading , and i t took all her cou ragetot hi nk of cross ing thedeserted cou rtyard . Shewas morethan ever conv i nced that thechapelwas ghost - haun ted .

“ I must ! sheto l d herself. I must ! B ut

oh ,I w ish lzewere there i n stead !” Shewas

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th i nk i ng oftheearl - hewoul d havep ro tec tedher.

Her smal l shareofthesupper was sooneaten .

I t would stil l bea long t imebeforeshecoul dven tu reout . H ow t i red shewas

,and how

heavy her eyelids fel t ! Sheth rew herself onher bed to wai t u n til all was si lent .Thenext m i n u te— su rely i t was thenext

m i n u te— El i nor s tarted up , rubbi ng her‘

eyesin bew i lderment , as a pale p ink l ight shoneacross her face. She turned to thewindow .

Theeastern sky was all aglow . I t was moming. St i l l half dazed w i th sleep , she staredabou t theroom . There, on a chai r hy t hebedside

,the las t n ight

’s supper was laid .

_She

looked pen i ten tly at thecup of m i l k as shethought of the poor baby waki ng hungry inthe

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n igh t . Mai ds and farm i ng-men wereal ready abou t thei r morni ng

's work , and it

would beno easy mat ter to carry thep rov i sionsunno t iced ; yet shemust do her bes t to make

good thelos t t ime. After a l i t tlet hough t shewent soft l y to her cousi ns’ bedside, and assuredherself that they weres t i ll fas t asleep ; then Shetook from the cupboard her long, brown ,woo len c loak . Wrapped in th is , shewas cov

ered from her neck to her ankles. Next , shetucked theremai n s oftheb read under herarm ,

and , with theplateof meat- pasty hel d t ightlyi n onehand , and thecup i n theo ther, shes toleout oftheroom .

CH APTER V .

WH AT THE MORN I NG REVEALED .

I T seemed as if themowers wou ld never gooff to thefiel ds , nor thecows bed riven to them i lk ing-shed ; bu t at last theway was c lear, andundi s tu rbed she reached the chapel . Babywas ev i dently demandi ng b reakfas t , for sheheard thesound of smo thered cry ing as shepassed beneath thechan cel w i ndow . No oneanswered her soft knock , and slow ly and cau

tiously shep ushed thedoor open , fearing to

s tart leher fr iend ; but even thegrat ing of therusty h inge seemed u nnot iced th rough thewai l ing of the hungry ch i l d . Francoi s

,she

saw,was no longer on guard . Shes tepped

inside, looked , and stood i n si len t wonder.Mar iewas kneel i ng bes idethebed ofhay, her

arms clasped round the~ little one; and theear ly sunl ight , flooding thechancel w i ndow

,

shoneli kea halo abou t her head . Was th isthesamepoor, hunchbacked wanderer ? Herface, ben t c loseto thechild ’s

,was hi dden by

her dark,fal l i ng hai r; _her kerch iefhad been re

moved and her bodiceloosened for her n igh t’s

rest, leav ing barea whiteneck and shoul der ;and what had been thehump — a bundleof

rags— now h ung at her side!Thebaby ’s sobbi ng ceas

‘

ed for a moment ,and th rough thest i l l ness Marie’s vo icecamei ngen tle, coo i ng tones . H ush

,darl i ng, hush !

Fret not so . Ay, thou shal t soon bea p rincessagai n .

”

Pri ncess !” Did El i nor herself repeat theword ? Perhaps for thewoman turned w i tha start led look , and rosein has teto her feet .Straight and tall and queenly shes tood

,w i th

themorning brightness all aroun d her. El inor

gazed at her as onein a s trangeday-dream , for

themajesty of that heigh t and bearing was all

themorewonderful in con tras t w i th theforlornand tat tered dress ; and

,although someart

had s tai ned that cheek and forehead brown ,theth roat beneath was wh i teas pearl .

Them i lk I haveit. I ’m so so rry— the

supper— last night I coul d not hel p i t ! Oh ,what— who areyou ?

” s tammered poor Elinor

,almost believing that her fai ry godmo ther

had appeared .

H ow cames t thou , ch il d ? I heard theenot ! The door— i s it fas t ? I t was no

longer theFrenchwoman who spoke. Ah !Sheglanced at her shoulder, from wh ich the

bundleofrags had sl i pped .

Pri ncess ! was all El i nor coul d say.

P’

incess ! P ’

incess piped thebaby vo ice.Here i s thy breakfast at last , said the

woman,hasti ly , as thep rov i s ions wereb rought

out from under El i nor ’s long c loak .

“Come,givei t h im at once

,

”shecommanded , tak ing

thech i ld i n her arms .When baby was qui tehappy over thebread

and m i l k , Mariedrew El i nor down besi deheron thechan cel step . After hearing how the

weary li t t legi r l had fal len asleep agai nst herw i l l

,and how shehad that morn ing escaped ,

I seethou art to bet rusted , my li t t lefai thful,

”shesai d . Now harken , bu t speak low.

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shoulders . I t woul d break her hear t if harmshould come to them ; and yet shewas

ashamed to own i t to herself shew i shed theso ld iers had not goneso soon . Shehad foundfr iends

,and longed to have them s tay . The

lonel y feel ing cameagai n , a homesickness thatmadeher heart ache.

Shewas a fanc iful chi l d , who often roamed ina dream-world of her own

,far away from the

mat ter-of-fac t peopleabou t her. Forgetful ofher tasks and errands , shewou ld jo i n thefai riesi n thei r m i dn igh t revel s on thegreen , or sai l ina phantom sh ip over thesea to lands u nk nownand wonderful; agai n ,

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ia robes of s tate, visi troyal palaces ; oreven , i n theset roubled days,pic tureherselfas no longer a l i t t lemaiden, buta nobleCaval ier w i n ning thev ic to ry for thek i ng. No oneu nderstood the dreamy l i ttle

gi rl . Shehad t ried i n vai n to makeher cousi ns“seeth i ngs as shedid ; and , had A unt Hester

guessed her niece’s though ts, they would havedispleased her qui teas m uch as merew i lfu li dleness . Now her wholeheart went out toth i s new-found fr iend

,who was morebeau t iful

,

morekind and gen tle, than any hero i neofherfancy

,and to her own l i t tlep rincess,

”as i n

her thoughts shewould always loveto say.

They werego i ng far away,and what chance

was therethat El inor A rden woul d ever seesuchfriends as theseagai n Shefel t a sudden longing to sharethei r wander i ngs w i th them .

What i s ’t, my chi l d ? A r t so fearful for

us ? asked Marie,not ic ing thet roubled face.

“You go so soon ,” sighed El i nor. “Oh !”

sheburs t out, her l i p qu iver i ng, “ shal l I everseeyou agai n

Dear hear t , answered Mar ie,bend ing once

moreto k iss her, wh i lethegi rl’s arms wen t lov

ingly round her neck . Heaven gran t wemay indeed all meet agai n in happ ier t imes !And then ” —shelooked toward baby w i th a

sm i le may th is li t tleonethank theefor thyt rusty serv ice.

Now every th i ng was ready for thejou rney ,and only thep rincess was unp repared to go .

Shek new themeaning ofthat hump and c loak ,and Marie, com i ng to takeher, was met w i th amost determ i ned No

,no ,

no —do ’way

What ! Leaveth is bes t of playgrounds, andthenew friend , who brough t oneb read and

ELINOR ARDEN ,ROYAL IST. [SEPT.

m i lk when onewas hungry , and worebeaut ifu l toys around her neck

, on ly to spend an

o ther long day at that exceedingly tiresomegameof beggar chi ld ? I t was not to bet hought of. But Mariewas in hasteto beoff

,

particu larl y as j us t then thesound of vo iceswarned them that themen had returned to thestable. Baby was caugh t up agai n s t her w i l l ,and , to add to her woes

,found that thenew

playth i ng— that sh i n i ng buck le—was,after all,

not her own. Elinor had amused thel i t t leoneby ty i ng thegay r ibbon abou t her neck . AsMar ienow . removed i t to givei t back , babystretched her eager lit tlehands for thejewel ,and

, fi ndi ng it out of reach,brokei n to a wai l

ofdisappo i n tmen t . What shoul d her guardiando ? Each momen t thecryi ng m igh t bet raythem . But thesobs changed to a soft gurgle, anda sm i lecameth rough thetears , as El i nor hungher keepsakeoncemoreabou t thebaby ’s neck .

“ I ’

ll go w i th you i n thefiel ds a l i t t leway,”

Shesaid , “ and weaveher a dai sy chai n ; thenshe’

11 not c ry if I takethebuckle.”

Mar ieh id thejewel among the tat ters of

baby ’s frock . Then sheto l d Eli nor to go out

as no i selessly as possible, and seewhether orno t they m igh t safely ven tu reon thei r way.

CH APTER VI

SP I ES .

NO onewas to beseen abou t thechapel .Thefarm-hands wereat work i n a distant fiel d ,and thecatt lehad been d riven from them i lking

- shed . Turni ng toward thehouse, El i nors tepped out from behi nd thestablewal l

,and

then stopped i n di smay, for thetwo li t t les isters ,hand i n hand , weretri pping across thegreensward . I t was too lateto run away

,for at that

momen t shewas seen . Two pai rs ofeyes grewvery round , and two l i tt lemouths formed themselves i n to two as ton i shed ohs“Nel l , Nel l— oh

, Nel ly ! What i s i t ?” they

panted, bo th in onebreath , as they ran to jo i nthei r cous i n . Why areyou out soearly I sit a sec ret Oh , Nel l , do tel l u s !

”

We’vefoun d you out ! We’

vefound youout!

” cr ied Bess , p ranc i ng w i th t ri umphan t glee.

I know i t ’s a secret , and we’ll not let you

go t i l l you tel l us ,”added Rachel .

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Then Bess pu t i n : “ I wokeup fi rst and

found you gone, and I to l d Rachel , and we

d ressed , andBess ! Rachel ! Go back ! I t ’

s too early ,was all poor El i no r could say.

“ Oh-o -oh !” Rachel gavea l i t t le sh riek .

“Why, El inor A rden ! look at you r frock !”

Then , for thefirs t t ime,El i no r glanced at

her sk i rt . A ll down thefron t weres tai ns andsplashes of rich brown gravy from that j u icymeat-pasty .

A nd you r hai r— it’

s all ful l ofhay' Wel l , what if i t i s ? You rs i s i n a p ret ty

snarl , I can tel l you ! A nd your frocks areall

awry . Bes t go back at once— pleasego .

NELL, NELL—ou, NELLY !

Nay, that w i l l wenot— not t i l l you tel l u sthesecret ! Oh, Nel l , what is i t ?

“ I ndeed,I ’ll not tel l you a word— not

when you comesneak ing and spy ing after me50 !

’

T was not fai r p lay !”“ ’

T i s not fai r play keeping sec rets all to

you rself! reto rted Rachel . “We’

veas muchright to know as you

— so now ! You ’

rea

real crosspatch,El i nor A rden !

“ I ’

m not a crosspatch,nor a tel l tale, ei ther,

l ikesomefo lk s I m igh t men tion

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l’

m not a tel l tale! A nd I ’

I1 tel l mo ther !”

wh ined Rachel , almost i n tears .El inor ’s temper had go t ten thebet ter ofher;

now shesaw her m i stake. I mean t not tovex you,

Rachel dear,

”shesaid .

“ Only ,”she

could not hel p add ing ,

“ I’d never go c reepi ng

after you l i kea pussy -cat !“And I ’

d never beso selfish Rachel began .

“ Hark ! I hear Miriam . She’

s cal l i ng you.

”

A nd El i nor tr ied to push her cous in s towardthehouse.

Wecarenot,’ said Rachel . I f shew ish

us,shecan comeand fetch u s . You

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rej us tt ry ing to berid of us

,but we’

ll not st i r a stepso there! Ah

,Nel l Do tel l u s ."

WHAT IS n‘ ? TH I-zv PANTED, BOTH IN ONE BREATH .

A hel pless feel i ng cameover her now— thes t ruggleto escape, w i th thesensethat Shewasbou nd fas t to the spo t , wh i leknowi ng thatevery momen t was prec iou s to thefug i t ives .

“Rachel,Bess

,l i sten !” She lai d a hand

on a shou lder ofeach cous i n , and her vo icebecamepleading.

“ I ’

d tel l you if I couldreal ly and truly ; bu t I can

’

t, because— becauseI can’

t—not now . But ifyou’

ll s top teas i ng,I ’ l l prom i seto tel l you by and by .

”

By and by ! When you’vekept all thefun

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to you rself crabbed old th ing!” And Rachel

petu lan tly shook freeher shoul der.Nay, then ; if you will havei t, go to the

hay- loft and look forit,

” c ried thear tful E l i nor.El izabeth tu rned at once, pulli ng her s i ster

by thehan d ; bu t Rachel h ung back . I don ’ tbel ieveit ’

s thereat all,shesai d .

“You didnot comefrom there. I know ! it ’

s in thesheep-cote. Come, Bess.But El i nor blocked theway.

“ Stay ! Oh ,

do stop ! Seenow, I’ll tell you what I ’

ll do .

Ifyou’

ll begood , and not go peep i ng and p rying and tale- tattl ing, I

’ll—I

’ll— I know !

I ’ l l saveyou bo th my honey-cakeevery dayat supper, for as long as you will.Rachel w r i nkled up her l i t t lenosedisdai n~

fu l ly .

A nd next t imewehavep l um- tart , I’

11 g iveyou my share. Come!“ P l um - tart !” c ried El izabeth .

“ Oh, Nel l !M ay n

’

t wehavet/zat every t ime, too ? ”“Ay, so long as you keep you r word and

tel l nobody .

”

You p rom i seto tel l soon asked Rachel .I ’ll tel l you somet ime_ as soon as I

may. A nd you know I keep my p rom i ses .C ome, that

’5 my honey -sweet coz

Elizabeth ’s hear t was mel ting at thethoughtof cakes and tar ts, but theol der s ister shookher head .

“And I ’ll tel l you a fa i ry- taleevery night ,

when we’

rea‘bedMo ther says ’

t i s w rong l i s ten ing to id letales ,

”was Rachel ’s p rim response.

“Then why d’

yealways harken when I tel l

you them“ Nay, Rachel ; j us t onefai ry- tale— a real

long one, Nel l ,” pleaded El i zabeth .

“ Good lack ! there comes - Mi riam !” exc laimed El i no r. Shemust not hear . Oh, be

quick ! say you w i l l .Now you

’

ll befetched in , too . Rachelb rightened at thethought . “Um-m—we-e-e-ll

y-

y—e-es

El i nor fo l lowed up thev ic tory w i th a ki ss .Now I p rom ise, on my word and on myhonor

,shesaid ; “ and you promise, too .

”

“On my word and honor ,” chirped Bess .

ELINOR ARDEN , ROYALIST.

Word an’ honor

,

rather sulky .

For pi ty ’s sake, chil dren , what makeyeout hereat th i s hou r was Mi riam ’ s greet ing.

Did yenot hear mecall i ng ye, high and lowI feared to rousethehouse. Thel ike0 ’ thisI ne’er d id see. Off and away at dawn , theth reeofye— and allas w i l d as gips ies ! Whatever hath bew i tched ye? A nd thes igh t yeare!Lackaday , Mist ress El inor, if ye

’renot the

sorriest of all! Fie, what a frock ! Come,dearies , come! I n to thehouse

,qu ick

, erethem i stress find ye.“Nay, p rithee, Mi riam,

j ust onemomen t,begged El inor . “Let mego— I must ! I ’

ll

beback d i rec t l y .

A nd cal l down a fresh ch idi ng on both ourheads ? I t row not ! H ark ye, Mist ress El inor, dear, Comel i kea good chil d , and letMiriam comb out that shameful hai r, and make

yet idy ,—’

t w i l l not belong,—and then ye’ll

befreeto run whereyew i l l .”

Therewas no hel p for i t . To refusewouldon ly rouseMi r iam ’s su spic ion , and Mir iam ,

sheknew,

loved gossip , and in themat ter ofsec retswas hardly moret rustworthy than R achel or

Bess . Theon ly hopewas to escapewhi lehercousi ns , i n their t u rn , werebei ng dressed and

could not s teal out after her. So , much agai n sther w i l l , shefol lowed theothers i n to thehouse.

Meanwhi leh i n ts of thesecret werecontinual l y slipping out.

We’ l l havepl um- tar t !” hummed El izabeth .

P l um- tart and honey-cakeH i st

, Bess ! that ’s no way to keep a secret ,Rachel warned. her sister .And poo r El i no r was glad to h ideher bum

ing cheeks i n her shower of tumbled curl s .What was that sudden c lamor of vo ices ?

Mi riam dropped thecomb and h urried to thew i n dow

,and El i nor sprang up w i th a fast-beat

ing heart . Men and maids wereassembl ingon thegreensward . A cry escaped her as shesaw i n them ids t of thegatheri ng Franco i s,Mar ie

,and thech i l d , guarded between two

sol d iers. Hardly know i ng what shed id , shedarted pas t M i riam ,

pas t A u nt Hes ter,out of

doors , and up to theedgeof thegroup .

m umbled Rachel , s t i l l

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diameter wasmadeforthebo t tom ofthebal loon ,and braced w i th two c ross-w i res twenty i ncheslong, at theends of wh ich smal l hooks wereben t to hol d theparachutes. Six i nches aboveth i s hoop a smal ler one

,th reei n ches in dia

meter , was b raced w i th w i res, and two or th reefinew i res weredrawn across th is h00p to form

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themen, bo th ofwh ich werecu t from a si nglep ieceofcardboard and pai n ted .

Fou r of theseparachu tes werehung on theprojec t i ng hooks at thebo t tom of thebal loonby means of co tton - th read loops

,and werere

leased by waxed—s tr ing fuses wh ich theboy sl ighted j ust beforethebal loon was released .

D IAGRA M OF DETA I LS .

a basket i n wh ich a co t ton wad rested , as shownin Fig. 2 .

Theco tton was saturated w i th wood alcoho l ,and after thebal loon had been i nflated w i th hotair

,thewaxed str i ng hangi ng down from the

cot ton was l igh ted , and thefirecreep ing upthestr i ng igni ted thealcohol on thecotton and

madea firew i th i n thebal loon , wh ich kept theair heated for some t imeafter i t had beenreleased .

Theparach u tes wereof t i ssue-paper fifteeni nches i n diameter

,and from si x t hreads weresus

pended squarebaskets const ruc ted of paper,i n wh ich two l i t t lecardboard men sat opposi teeach o ther i n two ofthecorners .F ig. 3 shows oneof thebaskets

,and Fig . 4

Thefuses werewound round a p ieceof t hinw i reat tached to thehook w i res of thebal loon ,and , being offour differen t lengths , theshortest.onereleased i ts parachutefi rs t

,theothers fol

lowi ng in su ccess ion .

A hanging and a released parachute areshown in F ig. 5 , whereA gives a c lear i deahow to fix thefusew i reand hang theparachu tes on thehooks , and B shows thedescending parachu te.

Located conven ien tly near theen trance to

thegrounds, thecandy and cakeboo th was presided over by oneofthegirls.

Next i n l inecametheletnonadeand peanuts tand

,i n chargeof ano ther of theboys ’ gi rl

chums— a popular oneto besure.

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Sambo ,w i th a fierceexpress ion , was a favo r

iteat t rac t ion . Hewas st rapped to a c lo thespost , wherehepresented h is faceto thespec tators, who ,

for onecen t , could havefivesho ts at

SA M BO snors FOR CENT .

h im from a distanceof fiveor six yards, to

break , ifpossible, thec lay pi pei n h i s mou th .

Theonewho successful l y performed thefea tw i th a sol i d rubber bal l p rov ided for th i s pu rpose, and at thep roper d i s tancefrom thepo le,was given a t icket for one cen t ’ s wo rth of

en tertai nmen t or refreshments.

Sambo had a th ick musl i n head stuffedwi th excelsior , on top ofwh ich an old hat was

sewed fast , and h i s facewas pai n ted w i th water

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co lo rs by theart comm i t teeof thefai r. H is

body was composed of an excel s ior-s tuffedcoat and pai r of old t rousers

,and below the

t rousers no th i ng was requi red,for hewas su p

po rted by thest raps that hel d h im to thepo st .Sambo had to beremadeand rest uf’fed b '

fo reeach fai r day, as theterri blepommelmg hewas subjec ted to by themo remuscular boy stw i sted h im all out ofshape.

A t onesideof thefai r grou nds D ivo was

ready to loop the loop i n an automobi le.

Di vo was a cardboard m onkev i n two piecesgl ued together, and his arms werefastened to

thesteer i ng-

gear ofthesco rch i ng-mach i new i thtacks. This was oneofthefreeexh ibi t ions at thefai r grou nds, and was l i beral l y pat ron i zed , as allfreeshows at a c i rcus general l y are. Theper i lous t ri p was madeon an averageof everyhalf-m i n u te.

Thechu teand the loop weremade— on a

si xteen—foo t board — of th i n st r i ps,a cheese

box,and cardboard cu t and accu rately fi t ted

,

so that the wheel s of the l i t t le car wou ldnot run off.

The loo p was madefrom theth i n sideofa

cheese- box , sandpapered smoo th , then nai ledto the long board , and b raced w i th w i res to

ho l d i t i n place. Theh i l ls at theend of thesl idewereof stou t cardboard tacked to the

board , and p roperl y braced w i th u nder-p inscomposed of smal l b locks of wood .

The road -bed was two and a half i nchesw ide, and p ro tec ted at each si deby a stou tcardboard wal l half an i nch h igh , wh ich hel dtheau tomobi leon thet rack . Thelong chu tehad wal l s madeof narrow s t r i ps of wood i nplaceofcardboard

,wh ich werest ronger for that

part oftheroad on wh ich thecar t raveled thefastest . Thecardboard jo i n ts i n thewal l werecareful l y made, and s tri ps of paper weregluedat each s ideto p reven t thewheel s of thecar

from catch ing on them .

Theen t i reroad -bed and wal l s weregiven a

coa t ofshel lac to p ro tec t them agai ns t mo istu re,and al so to st rengthen thecardboard parts and

after the shel lac was thoroughly d ry , thesu rfaceof thewood -and-cardboard t rack— for i tsent i relength—was careful ly sandpapered .

Theau tomobi lewas madefrom an old t i nwagon hav i ng i ron wheel s ; and by thep roper

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useof wood,str i ps of tin,

and cardboard thecompletecar and monkey weremade, as showni n thei l l us trat ion .

Under thecar and m idway between theaxlesa l ump oflead was w i red fas t . This was necessary to i n su rethecompleterevo l u t ion ofthecar,for if i t was not fai rly heavy i t m igh t not tu rnover and comeout of theloop upon thet rackbeyond .

Thelead weigh t gavethe car momentum ,

and consequen tly moreforceto ho l d i t to the

track as i t tu rned over i ns i dethec i rc le.Thelength oftheau tomobi lewas si x i nches .

Thes teer i ng-

gear (wh ich was on ly a“make

bel ieve one) consi sted of a s teel -w i renai l

“DlVO AND THE AUTO M OB ILE .

D IVO LOOP ING THE LOOP.

w i th a steer i ng-wheel cu t from a sec t ion of a

broom -handlei n which a ho lehad been madefor thenai l to pass th rough .

“I t was a com i cal s igh t to seeth i s l i t t lecar

descend thegradew i th themonkey p i tchedforward , and , a momen t later, seetheautomo

bi letu rn over insidetheloop and pass out andover thethreehil l s w i th perfec t ease.

Oneofthes tar at t rac t ions was the“dol l - rack .

Fivesho ts for a cent temp ted theboy who

prided h imself on bei ng a l i nesho t,but the

marks wereso decept iveor theaim so poo rthat frequently a smal l boy ’s five sho ts weremoresuccessful than the“ dead su re” aim of

the crack p i tcher ofthebasebal l ni ne.

Two dol l s dewn gavethemarksman ano ther'fivesho ts or a pri ze, and th i s featurekep t i nbusi ness un t i l thec losi ng moment of thefai r.The doll - rack was made of t h ree boards

fou r feet long and si x i nches wide, and thesideswereth i rty i nches h igh , mak i ng each do l l -compartment fou rteen i nches h igh . Thedo l l s weremadeofpaper and rags bound to a s t ick

,wh ich

i n turn was nai led to a short st ick that ac ted asa baseor foo t . 'Th i s basewas h inged to theshelf, so when h i t a do l l would fall over backward , and could easi l y be set up agai n , butwou ld not causeo thers to fal l at thesamet ime.

(SeeFig .

A ttached to thefence, and but a short d istancefrom therack ofdo l l s

,a small tablesup

ported a“wheel of fortune made from a

barrel-hoop , a broom-s t ick,and somew i re.

This wheel kept up a l ivel y sp inn i ng all

th rough thefa i r t ime. Everybody d rew someth i ng, as therewereno blanks

,and thebes t

p rizewas a cent ’s worth of toys,candy

,cake,

peanu ts , or a cho iceof var ious th i ngs i n thet ray ofgoods p rov ided for thewheel .

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was attached and supported by two str i ps of

wood to ac t as brackets,as shown in Fig. 8 ; and

THE“RECORD POLE .

at thebot tom a foo t was arranged and bracedw i th sidest ri ps, as shown i n Fig. 9 . On th i s foo t

thefu lcrum was arranged on wh ich thetr i pboard rested , and which , on being h i t w i th theheavy mal let or mau l (that was made of a

piece of kindl ing-wood and a cu rtai n-po le),th rew theweigh t u p thew i rethat was s tretchedtight between thefoo t-board and bracket -shelfat thetop ofthepole.

Theblock that t raveled on thew irewas a

pieceofwood two in ches in diameter and th reei nches long, hav i ng a ho lebored th rough i tw i th a gim let so that it would travel on thew i reeasi l y .

Cross- l i nes and numbers from t oo to 1 000

were pai n ted on the board,and the who le

affai r was at tached to thefencew i th a few s teelw i renai l s , wh ich hel d it secu rely in p lace. Thefulcrum wasnai led fas t to thefoo t-board

,and the

tr i p -board was at tached to it w i th h i nges. Thefoot-board under the t ri p-board was paddedw i th an excel s ior and c lo th pad, and anotheronewas arranged on thet r ip -board

,wherei t

was hi t w i th theman].

Thi s pad pro tec ted thewoodwork from the

harshness oftheblow,and ac ted as a sp ri ng.

Thet rip -board was hung so that about twoth i rds of it was on thesidetoward theweigh t ,and theremai ning th i rd afforded a su rfaceto bestruck by themaul .I t was interest i ng to watch theweigh t in i t s

eccen tr ic ac t ions on thew i re,for somet imes a

smal l boy ’s rap woul d send it up to thegong,when a larger boy

’s s t r i kefai led to send it

abovethesoc -mark .

Among thetoys and fancy art ic les that weresol d on thetables weresomei ngen iously con

struc ted th ings that theboys and gi rl s had made.

Thegi rl s dressed do l l s of all sizes, from smal lchi na ones, that so l d for onecen t , to largeonesworth at least twenty-fivet imes more.Then therewerepenc i l -ho l ders ; cases that

fo l ded and ro l led up for school th ings, and t iedw i th a r ibbon ; sachet-bags ; pen-w i pers ; do l l s

’

c lo thes ; smal l p i n- cush ions ; and innumerableth i ngs for dol l s

’ wear , and o ther kn ickknacks .Theboys madefinger drums from cardboard

boxes , and tw i s ted a short s tick.

in an elast icband

,so that an end of it would bear on a

cardboard head . By t ri ppi ng theend that pro

jected on thes ideofthed rum , thest ick wou ldfly back and h i t thedrum-head w i th a no i se

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very sim i lar to that of a d rum . A fter a fewm i n u tes ’ prac t icew i th thefingers i t was an easv

mat ter to im i tatetheregular d rum taps.

Telephones weremadeof cardboard boxesand st ri ng, and bean—shoo ters ofelast ic , leatherand w i rec ro tches , al though shoo t i ng w i th themwas p roh ibi ted wi t h i n thefai r grou nds.

Someof themos t i ngen ious toys were the

w i ndm i l ls, co l lapsi blebal loons , and h igh - fliers .

Thew i ndm i l l s weremade of sho r t squares t icks w i th a ho lebored th rough them . One

end was pl ugged and a pieceofel der reed w i ththepi th removed i n ser ted in theo ther end to

ac t as a blowp ipe. A sho r t u pr igh t st ick wasmoun ted at thepl ugged end , and on th is the

wheel was nailec1

Thewheel was cu t from theth ick end ofa

broom -st ick,making a th i n round disk ofwood

on wh ich th ree l i t t le p ieces of wood were

gl ued . A holebo red d iagonal l y i n to thesquarest ick under theblades ofthewheel al lowed the

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air blown th rough theel der reed to pass u pthrough th is smal l holeand causethewheel torevo l verapidly .

Fig . I O shows thepart s of th i s l i tt letoy, andi n thei l l ust rat ion of thetoys thech i ld ren made,a completed onemay beseen .

Theco l lapsiblebal loons weremadeofdoubleth ick t i ssue-paper

,and wereabou t ten i nches

i n d iameter.They weremadei n themanner desc ri bed for

thelargebal loon , of sec t ions of t i ssue papergl ued together, and over each end wherethepoi n ts of thesec t ions came together a roundpieceof paper was gl ued , i n oneof wh ich a

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smal l ho lewas cu t so thebal loo ns could beblown ful l of air.

They wereused to play hand-bal l w i th,and

a sudden gus t ofw i nd woul d blow them away,

when therewoul d hea l ively scamper i ng to recaptu ret hem .

Theh igh -fiiers weremadeof a p ieceof t i nfou r i nches i n d iameter

,cu t as shown i n Fig.

i r,A

,and theears weres l igh t l y ben t as i n the

blades ofa p ropel ler .Two ho les werepunched near thecen ter and

fi t ted thepi ns i n thetop of thespoo l B,wh ich

i n tu rn was madeto revo l veat thetop of the

st ick C by means ofa top co rd .

A qu ick pu l l on theco rd wound around thespoo l would sen d the l i t tle flier sp in n i ngaround , when i t would leavethespoo l and roaru p i n to theair un t i l i ts slacken i ng speed wouldal low i t to descen d .

Most ofthesel i t t leobjec ts sol d for a cen t ortwo ,

and as they wereall w i th in themeans of

theaveragefai r-goer , thes tock on hand qu icklydwi ndled , so that very few th i ngs wereleft over.A lmos t any group of boys and g i rls could

ho l d a coun ty fai r as thesechi l dren did , andthemoney taken i n coul d bedevo ted to someth i ng i n wh ich all thech i l d ren arei n terested

,

such as a c i rculat ing l ibrary ofch i ld ren’s books

,

thepurchaseof a stereop t ico n for w i n ter evening entertai nment . Someofthemo rec lever oftheboys w i th cameras cou ld makepret ty lantern sl ides from thei r plates of good subjec ts,wh i letheyou ng fo l k cou ld ea

'si l y dev iseo therschemes i n wh ich all thech i l dren could takepart and beequal owners.

THE GAY GREC IAN G I RL .

BY CAROLYN WELLS .

“THIS QUEEN (BE

ING UP LATE AT PART IES , PERHAPS ) WA S ADD ICTED TO TAK ING OF AFTERNOON NAPS .

M I SS FLAVI A FULV I A FLORA SELENE

Was a lady I ’m certai n you never haveseen ;

For shel ived far away and shelived long ago ,

I n thec lass ical t imes Of theG recians , you know .

N ow Flav ia Ful v ia Flora Selene

Was a young ma i d of honor to somenoblequeen .

Thequeen , I suppose, had a nameof her own,

Thewhich I ’veforgo t ten , if ever I

’vek nown .

This queen (bei ng up lateat part ies , perhaps)

Was addicted to tak ing of afternoon naps ;And ’

t was Flav ia’s du ty to watch as sheslep t ,A nd seethat i nv io lates i lencewas kep t .

This was .not as easy as you m igh t suppose,

For thequeen woul d so often d rop i n to a doze;A nd if Flavia Fulv ia fai led to bethereA punishmen t di rewas to fal l to her share.

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THE CH I LDREN OF ZUN I .

BY M AR I A BRACE K I M B ALL.

Li t t leInd ian , S iou x or Crow ,

L i t tlefrosty Esk imo,

Li t tleTu rk or Japanee,Oh, don ’ t you w ish that you wereme?

So says thewel l ~fed , wel l - dressed ,wel l -housedli t tle Sco tchman i n Robert Louis Stevenson ’srhyme. B ut I don ’ t bel ieve that the smal l

A ZUNI FA M ILY ON THE M ARCH .

I ndians of Zuni wou ld careat all to changeplaces w i th thel i t t le“me” of Edi nbu rgh or

1 0 1 0

New York . I n thei r v i l lageofmud and s tone,on thesun ny plai ns ofNew Mex ico

,they have

l ived for centur ies i n perfec t con tentment . Finehouses , green parks, and merry st reets wouldbeno th ing to them; hats and parasol s, candiesand ice-c ream would make them stare; and

mere cleanl i ness would on ly astonish them .

I ndeed , if they saw uswashi ng

‘

our faces and

brush i ng our hai r everyday, they woul d p robably oneand all cry outin Zuni words:

Oh, don ’ t you w ish thatyou wereme?

The l i t t le half-c iv ilized ch ildren of Zuniso aroused our cu r iosi tythat wed roveth roughforty m i les of sand and

sage-b rush ,from therai lroad at Fort Wi ngate,to pay t hem a v i s i t . AstheI ndians do not pro

v ide for travelers , wetook our hotel w i th us—x tents, beds , and food

and camped j ust outs idethei r v illage. Thev i l lagelooks l ikea hugebeehi vemadeof c layand stuck fast to thetopof a sandy kno l l . The

hiveis fi l led w i th a massofcel l s—th reehundreds ingleroom s

,placed s ideby s ideand pi led i n rowsoneon top of ano ther .I n each of theseroom sl ives a Zuni fam i ly ,

Thereareno i nsi destai rways leadi ng from s to ryto story

,bu t if theboys and gi rl s l iv i ng in one

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row w ish to pav a v isi t to a houseabovethem ,

they must go outdoo rs and c l imb a

ladder. On theslopebetween thev i l lageandtheZuni R i ver area number of smal l vegetable-gardens , each one i nc losed bv a mudwal l . Zuni has no i n ns , no shops, no saloons ,no t even proper st reets , bu t on ly narrow al leysthat th read thei r way t h rough the st rangetown . A s wewalked th rough thev i l lage, allthewo rl d cameout to seeus . G i rl s and boysc l us tered on theroofs or sat on theovens ,q ueer l i t t lecones ofmud wh ich seem to grow upO ttt of thehouse-tops ,—wh i lefathers, mo thers ,and babies peered out from dark doorways , tos tareat thev isi tors . When wehad fi n ishedour to u r of theroofs and al leys

,wewerehos

pitably i nv i ted i ndoo rs ;even therethech i ld renfo l lowed us , and as weglanced up to a ho lei nthecei l i ng which served as a w i n dow,

a gi r l’s

laugh ing facefi l led theopen i ng. Wemust havelooked st rangeeno ugh i n our hats and glovesand long sk i rts .TheZuni ch i l d spends h is early days i n a

c radle. But a c radlei n Zuni - land does notmean down p i l lows , si l ken coverlets , and fl uffylaces ; i t i s o nl y a flat board , j ust thelength of

thebaby , w i th a hood l ikea do l l ’ s buggy- top

over thehead . Upon th is hard bed thebabyis bound l i kea mummy thecover i ngs woundround and rou nd h im un ti l thel i t t lefel low can

no t moveexcep t to Open h i s mou th and eyes .Somet imes he i s u n ro l led , and looks out i n tothebarewh i tewashed room , bl i nks at thefireburn ing on thehear th , and fixes h i s eyes earnestly on thewo lfand cougar sk ins that serveaschai rs and beds and carpets i n theZuni home.

By thet imehei s two or th reeyears old,he

has grown in to a pl ump l i t tlebronzec reat ure,w i th thes t raightest ofcoarseblack hai r and thebiggest and roundes t ofblack eyes. Hei s nowout of thecradle, and t rots abou t thehouseand thev i l lage. When theweather i s bad hewears a smal l coarsesh i rt

,and always a neck

laceOf beads or tu rquo i se.

A s hegrows o lder, headds a pai r of looseco tton trousers to h i s cost ume

,and

,ifanything mo re

is needed to keep h im warm,hegi rds on h is

blanket , j ust as h is fo refathers havedonei n alltheth reehundred years si ncewh i temen fi rs t k newtheZunis. H is long hai r, ei ther flyi ng loosel y

O F ZUN I .

A ZUS’ t WATER-CARRlEl‘

lO l I

in thew in d or t ied back w i th a band ofsomered stuff, serves h im bo th as hai r and as hat .

H is l i t t lesi ster,however

,has a mo reelabo

rate dress . Her mama weaves it for her,as

shedoes her own,i n a rudeloom . Shemakes

two square blanket s of black co t ton , fin ishesthem neat l y ac ross top and bo t tom , sews themtogether at the sides w i th red yarn , and the

d ress ready to try on. I t always fi ts perfec t l y ,

thepart wh ich fo rm s thesk i r t i s s imply hel di n placeby a sash

,and thewai st i s madeby

d rawi ng two comers of theblankets up overthe left shoulder . The sash , woven in gayco lo rs

,i s al so thework of Mama Zuni . A

long, narrow piece of co t ton c lo t h is d rapedfrom the o ther shou l der, and sw i ngs easi l yabou t , serv i ng as pocket

,shaw l

,or pi nafo re.

I n co l d weather, ii ioccasins,'

leggings, and blankets arealso worn . These ar t icles , too ,

are

madeat home. Wh i lethemo ther is thed ress

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maker and tai lor, thefather i s thefam i l y shoemaker. A few of theZuni gi rl s havedresseslikethose of Amer ican gi r l s . These c lotheshavecometo them th rough them i ss ion - schoolwh ich adjo i nsthev i l lage.

TheZuni s havea languageof thei r ownno very easy onefor boys and gi r l s to learn,j udging from its many -syl labled

,harsh - sound

THE CH ILDREN OF ZUN I . [SEPT.

hundred yards from thehouses. A t thetop of

a fl igh t of s tonesteps they wai t , play ing abou ti n thesand

,whi lethei r mo thers go down to the

sp ri ng. There thewomen fill thejars,then

,

po isi ng them on thei r heads,c l imb theh i l l and

moun t theladders to thei r homes . As all thewater used by thev i l lagehas to bebrough t to i ti n theseallas (water-jars), carried on thewomen

’s

leton

‘vn K w n u .

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ing words . They al so speak a l i t tleSpanish , asdoes nearl y everybody in New Mexico .

Thel i t tleZuni s amusethemsel ves w i th runni ng, w restl i ng, j umpi ng, and play ing at grownfo l ks

,j ust as c iv i l i zed ch i ldren do . They have

thei r bows and arrows,theirrag-do l l s

,— st rapped

l ikereal babies to cradles ,— and thei r sh i n nyst icks and bal l s. Thech i ldren al so makethemselves u seful at home. Theo l der gi rl s takecareof thei r younger b ro thers and si s ters , and theboys tend thegoats . Therearelargeherds of

goats belongi ng to thev i l lage, and they must betaken every morn ing to grazeon theplai n , andbrough t homeat nigh t to besh u t up in thecorral s

,or fo l ds

,safefrom prow l i ng wo l ves .

Thel i t t lech i ld ren often go w i th thei r mothersto draw water from thev i l lagewel l , abou t a

heads, it is no t surp rising that theboys’ c lothes

aregrimy and thegi rl s haveapparen tly neverknown what i t i s to wash thei r faces .Theo/las, wh ich answer thepu rposeof fam

i ly ch i na and ofk i tchen-ware, aremadeby theZuni women from thec lay of ther iver-bank .

Thewet earth i s shaped by hand in to jars ofallsorts and si zes ; thejars arethen pai n ted w i th

gay colors, i n queer pat terns, and burned . I t i sa p ret ty sigh t, ofan evening, to seethefi res ofthek i l n s do t ted all Over theterraces of thev i llage. Each pieceofpo ttery i s shu t up i nsideal i t t lewal l ofch ips, wh i ch areset on fire; whenthechi ps areburned up

, theart ic lei s bakedand ready for use. TheZur

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i imamas makenotonly thejars for fam i l y use, bu t al so c lay toysfor thech i ldren , curious rat tles, do l l s ’ mocca

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A GOOSE H UNT BY STEAMER .

BY CHARLES A . Z I MMERMAN .

THE s tern-wheel packet Timeand Tz'

a’eand

thep ropel ler N auu'

lus werer ival s for thepassenger and freigh t t raffic of ther iver St . Croi x .

Many amusi ng incidents took p lace in the

ho t and fiercecompet i t ion for busi ness whenbo t h happened to land at thesamedock : onein particular I recal l . Dur i ng theexcitement Ofan at temp t at a simul taneous depart urewiththeo ther boat , thecap tain ofthestern-wheelerwas asked by a passenger to hol d on a bi t !”

Timeand Tidewai t s for no man,

”was h i s

lofty and p romp t rep ly ; but , espy ing at th isi nstan t a lady mak ing rap idly for hi s boat ,qu ickl y and gallan tly added , “

and only one

m i n u tefor a woman .

Theboys oftheSt . Cro i x Val ley werest rongpar tizans and favored thel i t t leN autz

'

,for her

t imbers were of our own s tu rdy Wi scons inoak ; besi des, wehad seen her grow from her

keel upward on our dock at Lakes ide,whi le

theTimeand Tidewas brough t from theMississippi to sharethep rofi ts . Wel l k nowing thati t was of v i tal impor tancefor Captai n PoftheN autilus to pul l out ” promptly

,wefre

quen t ly hel ped wood up th is p roceedingenabled our favor i teto get qui tea s tart overher powerful rival . I t was bu t nat u ral that thecaptai n should en tertai n theki ndl iest feel i ngsfor hi s young fr iends ; indeed , heoften carriedus freeto neighbor i ng towns when our busi nessor pleasu rerequi red it.Oneday dur i ng themon th of October we

heard thewel l-known wh i s tlethecaptai n wasin thehabi t of usi ng when hedesi red us to beon hand . Weran down to thewharf

,expec t

ing to seetheN aulz'

lus c losely fo l lowed by herr ival ; bu t no o ther boat was i n s ight , and shelanded alone.

Boys," sai d thesm i l i ng captai n , as hemade

fas t thebow- l i ne, “what wou l d you all say to a

goosehunt on theN autilus to -morrow,b righ t

and earl y ? Her owners send her to you for

that pu rpose,w i th their compl imen ts.

”

\Vi th a hearty cheer weaccepted h i s i nv i tat ion,

agreei ng to beon hand ful l y armed and

equ ipped .

“ Fetch along you r li nen cl usters ,l igh t hat s, a few shteets or table- cloth s, and

don ’ t forget to b ri ng you r goosesho t I shou ted1 0 1 4

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thecaptai n wh i leback i ng his boat out i n to thecu rrent .Weknew h im to bean old goose- hunter , and

fel t su rehewas able to bri ng us somewherenear thegame; but as for hun t i ng thewarybi rd w i th a s teamboat , weall agreed hem ustbejok ing. Never theless wefel l to p repar i ngfor themorrow .

“Why, my boy, sa i d my big brot her to me,Cap tai n P i s mak inggameof you; if he succeeds as wel l wi th the

o ther geeseyou need not

complai n .

”

We found the l i t t lesteamer there, and the

decks c leared for ac t ion ;thecaptai n at thewheel ,h imself at t i red i n wh i tel iketheres t of us . Even

joe R ice, the engi neer ,w i th h i s long, old-fashioned musket , was a fee

bleim i tation of a summertourist .Wegathered abou t the

captai n whi leheexplai nedthat when pass i ng Wi l lowBar theday befo re, i t wasl i teral ly covered w i th w i l d

geeseand ducks “ I tooka sudden no t ion , sai d he

,

“to seehow near I cou l d

approach w i tho u t alarming them . Wehad n

’

t a

passenger aboard theTime aml 77118 had‘ scooped us ’ at Presco t t .I h id beh i nd thewheeland joekept out of sigh ti n theengine- room . Would you bel ievei t weran th is l i t t lec raft w i th i n a rod or two of thatraft ’ ofgeesebefo rethey took to fl ight .Thetho ugh t struck methat i t would bea

very fineschemeto let you youngsters i n to the

sec ret , for I knew you werefond ofhun ting, andwhen I men t ioned themat ter to thesuperin

tenden t heat once, and qui tew i l l i ngly , gavehis consent . ”

Dayl igh t was appea r i ng , and ,i n acco rdance

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“ IT WA S N i p AND TUCK BETWEEN 10 2 AND A ‘t o -T I PPED ' V ICT I M .

nv STEAM ER . 1 0 1 5

w i th our leader ’s i nst ruc t ions,we tacked up

theSheet s and table- c lo ths abou t theforward

guards of theboat . Th is fu rn ished us an excellent breas t -h igh bl i nd beh ind wh ich wecouldmakeobserva tions un perceived . Our l igh thats and c lo t h i ng blended wel l w i th thesc reensand co lo r ofthes teamer .

H ow much steam haveyou got , Joe ia

qu i red thecaptai n oftheeng i neer .N i nety pou nds

cap ’n,

”was the an

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ingr del ivered him self of thenecessary instruct ions to h is fac to tum

,weshal l bebusy w i th in

thenex t ten m i n u tes . A round that bo l d po i n tor headland yonder is Wi l low Bar!

B reathless w i th exc i temen t , and wi th beat inghear ts

,westood beh i nd our sc reens and pu t our

guns i n readi ness. Thes t i l l ness which at th isear l y hou r rested on ther iver was now brokenon l y by thesubdued puff! puffl

'

Of theexhaus t,

and even that d ied away p resen tl y ; for joe

Run i t down to

forty ; muffle you r

gong and tend i tc losely ; th row you rexhaust ou tside the

stack when weroundthenex t po i n t .”“ I f I have n

’t

m issed i n my calcu

lations, boys , sai dour captai n , after hav

A GOOSE HUNT BY STEAMER .

obey ing themuffled signal , had “slowed downh i s engi ne un ti l we merely d rifted w i th thecurren t . Thecaptai n st i l l hel d thewheel , and

gu ided the steamer under the frown ing c l iffbeyond wh ich hehad i nfo rmed u s lay thebar.

A momen t later i ts po i n t was disclosed and

we were'

in ful l v iew. To our great rel iefand joy, the bar was al ivew i th w i l d fowl !Whether i t was thekeen frosty air or thepresence of thegame that madeus tremble, i twould bediffi cu l t to say ; bu t you haveheardof the deer-hun ter suffer ing from buck-ague,and thefac t remai ns (or I shal l a lways bel ieve)that we, that morn i ng, suffered from goose-aqua !Wehad app roached so near that wewere

able to dist ingu i sh the var iet ies of geeseas

they werequ iet ly walk i ng abou t or feeding,apparently tak ing no no t iceOf our i n t rusion .

Our pi lo t left h i s wheel and joined us , armedw i th a heavy double-barreled gun,

and Joefollowed h is example, somewhat awkwardly handli ng h is old musket , wh ich was almos t as tal l ash imself.

Get ready , boys , whi spered our leader, andthei n stantaneous c l ick - c l ick of our gun

- locksfo l lowed the command . Don ’ t fire

,he

added , “ u n t i l I g ivethesignal ; that old so l itary gander yonder , somedistancefrom the

flock,i s thei r trusted sen ti nel , and hei s get t i ng

a l i t t lesu sp i c ious .”

Wedon ’ t b lameh im , cap ’n ,” pu t i n joeat

th i s momen t,anxious to say someth ing.

You’ tend to h im

,

”thecaptai n con ti n ued

,

sm i l i ng, and‘

wew i l l do thebest wecan w i ththenear flock .

”

“This gun’

s_been loaded s i n cetheFou rth

ofjuly, and i t w i l l k ick l ikea governmen t mule,but I can stand i t ifthegander can,

”whi spered

thei rrepressibleJoe, br i ngi ng h i s gun to bear,

as d id theres t of u s , on thebi rds . Thecap

tai n ’s hand now sough t thewh ist le-co rd , and

w i th a qu ick pu l l l iberated thes team . A t theshr i l l noteevery goose

’s neck on thebar wasstretched upward i n sudden alarm . J ust thenthereport of our guns bu rs t upon thestartledbi rds

,who i n stant ly rosehonk ing ,

i n to theair,

on ly to receive ano ther vol ley w i t h tel l i ngeffec t .D ropping our gu ns, weran pel l -mel l th rough

theshallow water to ret r ieveour game. Thel ifting smokedisclosed a number of thehugebi rds fl utteri ng upon thesand

,and an exc i t i ng

racefol lowed for the “ cr ipp les,who were

rapidly mak ing for thewater upon theoppos i tes ideof thebar. I t was n ip and tuck between joeand a

“ w i ng- t i pped ” v ic t im,and

theracewas onl y won by theengi neer th rougha st umblewh ich p rec i p i tated h im upon theb i rdand into thewater and sand as wel l .Joesen t up a shou t of tr i umph as hep icked

h imself up,now completel y wet and sanded .

Hewas a tho rough ly good -nat u red fel low,and

sai d hedid n’

t m i nd i t onlymadeh im feelmo regri t ty !

”

“Joe, di d you k i l l you r gander ? shou ted

thecaptai n , from thes teamer.“Kill h im !” sa id thewag, assum i ng an in

j ured tone.

“ I saved h i s l ife!H ow do you makethat out ?

” quer ied the

captai n .

Hegot away when I got up .

A t Frenchman ’s Bar, a few m i les fartherdown thestream

,weencoun tered ano ther flock

from wh ich wetook fai r to l l .Upon our retu rn ’ t r i p thecaptai n good-na

turedly al lowed us to hang our“bag

”of game

about theguards oftheboat . A nd th us decorated

,wecreated qu i tea sensat ion all along the

r iver, bu t part icularl y at Lakeside wherethe72mg aua’ Titlewas tak ing i n fuel .

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NOTH ING BUT A GIRL.

Bv S . W. H OVEY .

MADGEWiNSLow was walk i ng up and downthecool , quiet piazza of theho tel , w i th LadyJaneG rey , her do l l . Shehad been confined toher room for a week , bu t theday bei ng pleasant, shewas al lowed to go out on theporch .

Madgewasenjoying a chat w i th herdol l , whensudden l y sheheard a hearty laugh ing beh indher. Shegavea j ump and t urned qu icklyaround . Therestood herbro ther GeorgeShaking w i th merrimen t . Madgewas too confusedto Speak . Sheflushed a deep red and sai dno th i ng. Shewould not havetal ked to her

dol l i n that way if shehad k nown any one

was there, and , aboveall, her bro ther Geo rge.Hewas very fond of teas i ng her, and shewasafrai d shewould never hear thelas t ofher fooli sh conversat ion w i th Lady JaneGrey .

I was onl y playing, you know,said Madge,

i n reply to hi s good-nat ured ban ter.“Wel l , anyhow ,

”he sai d

,

“girl s areon ly

madeto play w i th do l l s and toys,and si t around

thehouse. You never heard ofa g irl get t i ngto bea Pres ident or anything great . B ut comealong, Sis; I won

’ t teaseyou anymore. What do

you say to tak ing a wal k after l u ncheon ? Now

that father and mo ther havegone, wehavethewholeafternoon to ou rsel ves .“Thatwould belovely !” sai d Madge, quickly ,

for shewas no t oneto remember a gr ievancefor very long. Poo r Madge

’s feeli ngs wereoftenvery much hu rt by her b rother’s laugh ing at

her,and teasi ng herh and tell i ng her that, after

all,shewas “ noth ing bu t a girl .They “werestay ing in theWh i teMountai n s

,

and thei r parents had joined a party to ascendMount Wash i ngton , leavi ng thetwo ch i l dreni n the careof Miss Nelson , thei r governess .Madgeran off at onceto ask. her if shem ight

go for a wal k w ith George.

Wherewil l you go ?” sai d M i ss Nel son .

I don ’ t k now,bu t I th ink no t very far.

”

So off they started . They romped as theywen t , now and then stoppi ng to p ick flowersor gather bi rch bark , which Georgep rom i sedto makei n to toy canoes for h i s s ister. Final lyMadgesuggested that i t was t imeto retu rn .

“Why. wehaven’

t gonea m ileyet. AndI ’m go i ng up themoun tai n .

”

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NOTH ING BUT

Wha t mountai n sai d Madge.

Mou n t Wi l lard , ofcourse. Wheredid youth i nk we

'

werego i ng ?“ You d id no t tel l meyou werego i ng there,

sai d Madge.

No , I d id not. But I d id not supposeyoucould haveany objec t ions to go i ng up Moun tWi l lard . I n fac t , I thought you wanted to go

up very much .

”

Let us wai t u n t i l to -mo rrow,sai d Madge.

Perhaps father w i l l comew i th u s then .

"

“ Oh , i t may rai n to -mo rrow ,or someth i ng

el sehappen ,” sai d Geo rge, impat ien tly . G i rls

alway s do wan t to wai t . Onl y th i nk , Madge;th is I S our bes t chance, and they say thev iewis so lovel y at thetop.

”

Madgewas puzzled . Shefel t i t would bew rong to go any farther, but shewas so rry todisappo i n t Geo rge, and shecould not bear h isri d icule

,as heknew very wel l ; so sheal lowed

herself to bepersuaded as hetook her handand drew her along i n a coax ing way, sayi ng :Come, Sis dear, you areno t go i ng to spo i l ourfun. We’ l l haveajolly t ime. A fter all

,mo ther

said wecoul d go sometime, so weareall r igh t .”

Georgecut a good , strong st ick , and presented i t to h is si ster. For snakes ,

”hesaid ,

as hehanded i t to herNonsense

,George, sa i d Madge.

“ I f Iseeany snakes , I w i l l fly to you for pro tec tion .

But thank you all thesame; i t is a beau ty ,”she

added , as shetook thesh i n ing st ick . How

del igh tful th is breezei s ! A nd oh,George, do

look at thoset rees . What glo rious co lori ng !”

They walked and c l imbed for mo rethan an

hou r, and at las t a tu rn i n theroad broughtthem w i th i n a stone’s th row of thetop of the

mountai n . Theboy and gi rl started on a run ,and soon werebeho l d i ng oneofthemost beaut iful v iews i n thewo rl d .

“ I s n’

t i t almost timefor us to bego i nghome said Madge, presen tl y .

Georgelooked at his watch and repl iedI t is only a l i t t leafter th ree, and father and

mother w i l l not get homeun ti l after fiveo’c lock .

Sti l l , I th ink wemay as wel l s tart .”

As they walked along they no ticed a path leading C IT to ther ight , and a sign -board beari ngthewo rds “H i tchcock ’ s Fl ume” i n largelet ters .

“Oh , Madge, th is i s that beaut iful flumethat

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thosemen at thehotel weretal k i ng abou t yesterday !” exc laimed Geo rge. Let ’

s go . I tw i l l beno end ofa lark

,and wehaveplen ty of

t ime. Comeahead,Madge.

”

“ Oh , Geo rge, wemust n’

t ! Weough t togo home, and you know they sai d i t was a verysteep c l imb and dangerous .

”

Stuff and nonsense!” sai d Geo rge. I t i sno t dangerous onebi t . I w i sh you would n

’

r

argueevery po i n t all thet ime. I t is j ust l ikegi rl s . They always areso si l ly .

B ut , Geo rge,” pleaded poo r Madge, “ you

k now“ Comealong, Madge! You arenot go i ng

to spo i l i t all ! I t i s n'

t dangerous— takemyword for i t ; and ifit i s

,I w i l l takecareofyou

and hel p you and hepul led her along.

Madgesai d no th i ng more. Shed id not dareto tel l h im how frigh tened shewas as she

looked down thesteep and rough path , wi thloosestones and roo ts all along i t s s ides . The

ch ild ren. stepped carefu l ly down,Georgeg iv i ng

Madgen is hand over thewo rst places .Suddenly Geo rgedashed ahead , sayi ngI guess th i s m ust betheplace.

"

Shelooked down , and saw herb ro ther s tanding on a b ri dge over a deep

,rocky gorge.

Madgewas at h i s S i de i n a momen t . Theyweres tandi ng abou t m i dway over theflume.

Look ing up , i t becamenarrower and narrowert i l l thetwo S i des met i n a po i n t ; and look i ngdown th i s deep , beau t iful rav i ne, overhung bytrees , at i t s w i des t po i n t not morethan fifteenfeet wide

,thev iew was glorious . Th rough the

trees they coul d seeover to theOpposi temou ntai n

,a l i t t lest ream dash i ng down i ts s idethe

wholelength ; d isappearing and appeari ng agai n ,i t looked l i kea narrow r ibbon . Away down at

thefoo t of thefl ame, shecaugh t a gl impseoftherai l road . Madgeseated herselfcomfo rtablyon thebri dge, and was soon wrapped i n si len tadm i rat ion of thescene, wh i leGeorgewalkedfarther on along theedgeofthebl uff.Shewas st i l l gazi ng at theen chan t i ng v iew ,

w hen suddenl y shewas aroused by a loud cryor cal l . Wherewas Geo rge? Shej umped upand looked around . Thes igh t that met hereyesseemed to freezeher blood . Therehelay on

theground , hel d down by th'

e'

i

limb ofa fresh lyfal len t ree. Sherushed forward , and fel l onher

I O 2 O NOTH ING BUT A G IRL. (SEPT,

k nees by h is s ide,cal l i ng to h im : George,

George! What i s themat ter ?”Shegot no

answer. Sherai sed his head ; heOpened h iseyes. Sheagai n asked : What i s themat terHeseemed rather su rprised , and said : “ I

don ’ t k now . I guess it w i l l pass off.”

Hestarted up

,but fel l back with a groan ofagony .

My leg ! Oh ,my leg !

”

Poor Madgewas terr ified . A lone i n th i sd readful w i l derness, what should shedo She

trembled all over as shesawthat thehur t wasvery serious .Hehad ev idently been standing on thetrunk

of a bi rch wh ich had p rojec ted out from the

bank . Strangel y enough , theroo ts of thet reewerest i l l at tached to theearth some twentyfeet or moreabovethem . Geo rges truggled ,but every movemen t was pai nful. Then Madgetugged at theheavy branch , only to find thatshewould haveto l ift thewho let reeto releaseher bro ther. But someth i ng woul d haveto bedone, and donequ ickl y .

After convinc i ng herself that no th i ng coul dbegai ned in t rying to l ift thel imb , Madgescrambled up thebank to seehow securely theroots wereho l d ing. To her del igh t shefou ndthat theear th around the roots had beenwashed away almost completel y , and that nodoubt thet reewould havefal len i n thenextheavy rai n or h igh w ind—so sl igh t was theho l d of theonly remai n i ng embedded roo t .Madge

’s ac t ive l i t t lebra i n began to work at

th i s d iscovery .

Why not loosen theroo t ent i rel y and let thewho let ree, wh ich was not a largeone, fal l ofi ts own weigh t farther down therav i ne?Thethough t had no sooner occu rred to her

than shebegan to ac t upon i t .Fi rs t assuri ng herselfthat in fal l i ng it would ,

becauseof thelower groun d i n that di rec t ion ,ro l l away from George, She commenced to

pi ck and p ul l thelooseearth and stones from theroo t . Thi s shefound was not d iffi cul t , as theban k was ho l low u nderneath and theearthy iel ded readi ly to thev igorous prodding of heralpenstock . But it was not easy work , andthe l i t t le hands werewell b l i stered when at

last shewas rewarded by hearing a c runch ing,tear i ng sound , at wh ich shes tepped back fromthedangerous edgeofthebl uff. I n a momen t

down crashed thet ree, rol l ing over and l ift ingi ts imp ri son i ng l imb from George

’s leg w i th nofur ther harm to h im t han if i t had been a

feather duster.George, who had fai n ted, was unconsc ious of

what was bei ng done i n h i s behalf. A t therel iefofthep ressu reon h i s leg hecameto, anda few m i n u tes later was rejo iced to seeMadgebending over h im .

“Dear braveold Madge, how. di d you doi t was all hecould say between tw i nges .

Oh , it was n’

t hard,

"was thehearty answer.

A nd now I must go and get someoneto hel p

you. Stay here, dear George, and t ry to bear i t .Shesp rang up and flew along thepath , leap ,

ing from stone to stone. I t was the samedreaded path at wh ich shehad t rembled com

ing down ; bu t shedi d not th i nk of herselfnow. Sheonly though t of poor Georgeat thefoot of thepath , of how hewas suffering, andhehad no oneto hel p h im bu t her. Her l i pswereset w i th determinat ion as sheflew alongun t i l shecameto theroad . Even then she

did not s top,bu t rushed on. Then sheheard

thesound of ho rses’ hoofs and wagon wheel sand t hen human voices . I t was a coach fromthehotel! A tu rn in theroad b rough t i t i ns igh t . I t was ful l of peoplego i ng up to thetop of themou ntai n for the v iew. Madgecal led loudly , and waved her hand as theyapp roached . A gen tleman , seei ng that she

was in dist ress, j umped out, and ki ndly takingher hand , asked , What i s them atter ?

My b ro ther has hurt h imself down by thefl ume. Oh , cometo

’

h im , please, qu ickly !”

A no ther gen tleman j umped out of thecoachand sai d : I w i l l go w i th you, too . Can you rbro ther wal k

“No,” sa id Madge; hetried to , but i t hu rt

h im dreadful l y .

”

After a few words together, thegentlementook oneof theseats out of thecoach , and

followed Madgedown thepath . Shehu rr iedalong quickly , not th i nk i ng of thedanger, andsoon reached theplacewherepoor Georgelay,but bravel y kep t from c rying out. Hewas gladto seethem,

but heseemed afraid to havethemen touch h im . I t was w i t h much diflicultythat they gen t l y l ifted him up , lai d h im on the

seat , and c l imbed thesteep path .

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TOM’

S RETURN .

B Y W. C . M cCLELLAND.

SAY , Fred , Tom’s homefrom U nc lejoe

’s . Hel ives on Sandy Creek ;

Tom wen t down therelast Satu rday , and stayedabou t a week .

Hesays that UncleJoe’

5 a mos t uncommonso rt ofman

,

A nd that them i l ler says “ few fo l ks can bo l th im to thebran .

I don ’ t know what them i l ler means, bu t Tornheknows a sigh t

A nd si n cehe’

s been to U nc leJoe’s hesaysthem i l ler ’

s righ t . You ask that horseif heli kes oats , henods ;if you say bread

Tom says that J im , thebig h i red man,one11 0! Heknows thed ifferen ceat once, and always

m i dsummer day, shakes h i s head .

1 0 2 2

J ust tossed h im c lean up on a great big, m ov

ing load of hay.

Hesays that U nc leJoehas got somemos t su r

prisin’ th ings

Abou t hi s houseand i n h is barns : hehas a

mousethat s ingsH is oxen they can do big s tunts besides “gee,

“haw,

and whoaA nd hehas a great long-legged horsethat once

was i n theshow .

TOM'

S RETURN . 10 2 3

Tom says ifunc letel l s “Old Bones to put back A nd J im ’s boy had to takea raketo keep thath is left ear, hen away .

He ’

ll pu t the righ t oneforrerd ,an

’ I th i nk A nd there’s a l i t t lebanty fow l about i nchesthat ’

s m ighty queer ! h ighA nd Unc leJoehas weathercocks onevery barn

and shed ;A nd someof them areyel low ones , and si x are

pai n ted red .

That fights thegreat big gobbulerwhenever hecomes by .

spu rs and c rows and th i nks he”5 great ,

though he’

s so m igh ty smal lThefo lks don ’ t th i nk thegobbuler k nows

he’5 been fough t at all!

A un t A nn ieblows a big t i n horn to cal l themen to meal s,

Hehas a pet’coon and a fox , a

’possum and a A nd Tom says “ pie th ree t imes a day pu tscrow gi nger i n you r heel s .

That won ’ t befriends w i th any oneex ceptin’ They ’

vedump l i ngs too ,and roast i ng ears , and

Unc leJoe. doughnu ts round and square,

He’s got a hen that steal s theeggs theother A nd c ider

,and— oh , goodness me, I wz

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s/z

pul lets lay, that I was there

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AMER I CAN MEMOR IALS IN LONDON.

BY JULI AN K I NG COLFORD .

MAN Y Amer ican boys and gir l s v is i t Eu ropenowadays , but perhaps few even of thesefortunateyoung folk areawarethat thegreates t ofEngl i sh c i t ies con tai ns memor ial s to fivedi stinguished Americans : a Pres iden t

,a pat riot , a

poet,a p reacher

,and a phi lanthropi st . These

fivegreat men are A braham L i n co l n,James

Russel l Lowel l , Hen ry Wadsworth Longfel low,Mat t hew Simpson

,and Geo rgePeabody—five

names w ri t ten h igh in theH al l ofFame, namesimmor tal i n l ifeand let ters , names forever il l ust rions in charac ter and ach ievemen t.Theo l der boys and gi rl s among Sr. N ICHO

LAS readers maybein terested i n a br iefaccoun tof theLondon memorial s to these famousAmericans. This imper ial c i ty

,moreover, seeks

only imper ialmen upon whom to lay thewreathofher h igh honors . Therefore, su rpass ing honorand dign i ty rest upon thel ife immortal i zedw i th i n this th rone- room of thenat ions; and theyou ng l ifeof theWestern Worl d has alreadypu t i ts stamp herei n thefivememorial s to menrecogn ized on bot h si des of theA tlan tic as

sages , statesmen , or benefac tors.“Wi th chari ty for all and mal ice toward

none —thesewel lTknown words of thegreat,brave, sagac ious L i ncoln—appear i n largeletter i ng i n thecreed ofChr i st Chu rch , Westmins ter Road . I t i s fi t t i ng, t hen , that theimposi ngtower of th i s superb st ruc ture, cos t ing oversi xty-two thousand pounds shouldbededicated to thel iberator ofa race. Row

land H i ll, whosenamei s l i nked w i th theworl d ’s

great p reachers, founded Su rrey Chapeleighteenyears beforethec loseoftheeigh teenth centu ry .

Newman H al l was oneof h i s successors, andunder h i s leadersh ip thechu rch secu red thissp lendid templeand center ofCh r i st ian serv ice.

When thebu i l ding was s til l in thehands ofthearch i tec ts

, Dr. Hal l conceived thei dea of

dedicat ing thetower to Abraham L i ncol n,the

marty red President of theUnited States ; andto-day w i th i n thetower you may read thefollowing insc ription

L INCOLN TOWER .Inaugu rated 4th J uly A .D . 1 876, bySirThomas Fowell B ux ton Bar t.

Thememo r ial stonewas laid 9th J uly 1 874,By theAmer i can M inister to th is coun t ry.

Thecos t was defrayed equal ly by Eng l ishand Amer i can con t r ibu t ions ob tained by the

Rev ’d Newman Hall LL .B .

I t was b u i l t in commemorat ion oftheabol i t ionofslavery effec ted in 1865 by

P RESIDENT L INCOLN ;And as a token of internat ional b ro therhood.

G LO RY TO GOD I N THE H I GHEST.

Fol low i ng on from Pres ident to patr iot , wemake our way to Westm i nster Abbey , England ’s Templeof Fame. Wi th a sp i r i t ofworsh ip wepass th rough the old gray elo iwhosejagged co l umns bear themarks ofun til wecometo thechapter—house, the‘

dleof all free parliamen ts,

”as it has

cal led. HereEngland’ s Parl ia

for th reehundred years ; here1 0 2 4

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10 2 6 AM ER ICAN MEMOR IALS I N (SEPT.LONDON .

“Onceto every man and nat ion comes themomen t to

THE LOW’

ELL AND TABLET IN WEST M INSTER ABB EY .

w i ndow t herei s set i n h igh rel iefthehead ofthepoet, w i th thei nsc r i pt ion

Th is tab let and thew indow ab ovewereplaced herein mem ory of

James R ussell LowellUni ted S tates M inister at theCou r t ofS t. James

From 1 880 to 1 885By his English fr iends.

VER I TAS .

Bo rn 2 2 Feb . 1 8 19

D ied August 1 89 1 .

Great and nobleand loyal as wereEmerson,

H awthorne, and Longfel low, yet Lowel l by h i s

dec ide,I n thest r ifeofTru th w i th Falsehood , for thegood or

ev il side;Somegreat cause, God

’

s new Messiah , oflering each thebloom or b l igh t ,

Par ts thegoats upon theleft hand , and thesheep uponther igh t ;

And thecho icegoes by fo rever , ’ tw ix t that darkness andthat ligh t .”

pen and vo ice did more than any other of

Amer ica’s great w r i ters for thecauseof F reedom . H is “ B iglow Papers , w i th thei r keenth rusts of Yankeewit and sh rewdness , werea

power i n thoses t i rri ng days ; and hew ro teal somany ferv i d poems agai n s t slavery , i nc l ud ingthoser i ngi ng l i nes

Lowel l welcomed thebat tle- scarred veteran swhen they returned from thefron t

,and hi s song

li ves on to- day, and for all t ime. Hereachedthec l imax of popular favor wh i leambassado rto Great B r i tai n . This h igh p lacewas th rustupon h im . Hewas selec ted as theonefi t tes tm an for thepos t ; heobeyed thecal l , though ,as heh imselflamented , at thecos t of l i teratu re.

L i nked i n fel lowsh ip , friendsh ip , and songwereLowel l and Longfel low . Thesemen wereneighbors i n the home- land they were

,and

ares t i l l , thetwo p r imem i n i sters of Amer icanpoetry—gent leLongfel low , impetuous Lowel l ,master s ingers bo th .

So let us ret raceour steps i n to themysteriou saweofthesi lent abbey , subl imei n i ts s tatel i ness,i nspi ri ng i n thememories it recal ls. Herewearesu rrounded by thenames and thebones of them ighty dead . G rouped lov i ngly i n thePoets’

Co rner arepoets, dramatist s, and au thors . Hereres t Chaucer, Spenser, D ryden , Dr. Johnson

,

and Macaulay . Am i d th i s great assembl y loving hands haveplaced a bust ofLongfel low ,

themost w i del y known ofAmerican men of let ters .A nd thus i t i s that Lowel l and Longfel low areneighbors s t i ll. Here, too ,

w i th i n a few feet ofthewh i temarblefaceof theAmer ican poetwho loved thesky and was al iveto thetenderi nfluences of theseasons, they brough t Tennyson— to hol d s i lent compan ionsh ip w i th h is fellow- s inger from across thesea.

Beforeweleaveth i s hal lowed place, let us readthech i seled words on theLongfel low bust

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Th is b us t was placed amongst thememo r ial s ofthePoets ofEngland bv theEngl ish adm i rers of an Amer

1 884.ican l ’oet .

Next . wemust betakeou rselves m i les awayfrom Wes tm i nster A bbey to theNonconfo rm istChapel i n C i ty Road ,

founded and bu i l t byJohn Wesley i n 1 778 . Thosedays mark ing thec loseof theeigh teen th cen tu ry saw thebeginnings oftheMethodist Chu rch . When i ts greatfounder and p reacher died i n 1 79 1 , then umberofMethod ists had reached When theEcumenical Coun c i l was hel d i n C i ty Road ,theold c radleofthechu rch , i n 1 89 1 , then um

AM ER ICAN M EMOR IALS LON I IOX . I O I

O\I

T HE NONCON FO R M I ST CHA PEL, CONTA IN ING THE M ATTH EW S I M PS ON M E M OR IAL

ber of i ts members had i nc reased , w i th i n one

hundred years , to thevast to tal ofTheold pul pi t from wh ich Joh n Wesley

p reached is st i l l u sed there. Thei n ter ior,how

ever , has been great ly moderni zed . Two ofthecol umns suppo r t i ng thegal lery arecon t rib u t ionsfrom Amer ican Methodists; and not long ago

M r. Joseph H . Choate,theAmeri can ambas

sador , unvei led a stai ned-glass w i ndow as a me

President L i nco l n,and his pat r io t i sm

,fervor

,

and eloquencewereever ac t ivei n thecauseoftheU n ion . H is nameand famearecher ishedi n Met hodist hearts theworld over . I t is fitt i ng , then , that h i s memo ry should beperpetuated i n theearl iest homeof h i s chu rch .

A nd alongs ide thep reacher we may wel lhono r thegreat ph ilan th ropis t . Ther ight useofweal th becomes a benefi t to thewho lehuman

mo rial to Mat thew Simpson , oneof Amer ica’

s

greates t Met hod ist b ishops . Th is memo r iali s thei nspi rat ion of B ishop V incen t and the

Rev. Charles Kel l y . Thew i ndow was madei nMun ich

,and i n glo r ious co lor i ngs rep resen ts

St . Paul p reach i ng at A thens ; at thelower leftco rner there i s a head of B isliOp Simpson .

A t thebo t tom of thew i ndow arethewo rds

Erec ted by Amer ican Met hod is ts to thememo ry of

B ishop M at thew S im pson . Hewas bo rn J une 2 1 ,

1 8 1 1 , and died J une 18 , 1 884 . Hewas a ho ly man,

aneloq uen t and m igh t y preacher , and a great B ishop.

B i shop Simpson was a fr iend and adv i ser of

I O 2 8 AMER ICAN MEMOR IALS IN LONDON . [Sam

race; and GeorgePeabody was indeed oneof enment and upbu i l di ng of thefreed slaves of

thegreates t ofphi lanthropists . Hel ived on both Ameri ca Peabody gaveseven hundred thousands ides oftheA tlant ic ; hew rough ton bo th sho res; and h i s namei shel d in honor by thetoilers oftwo great nat ions . Bo rn in a humblefou r- roomed , two-s tory housei n Danvers

,Massachuset ts

,a

poor lad,hemadeh i s way from

thec lerksh ip of a grocery storeto wonderfu l finan c ial ach ievemen t . Fi nd ing a homeand establishing a busi ness on thesefar shores

,h i s bank i ng-house

becameoneof thecommerc ialfeatures of themet ropo l i s . I twas Peabody who negot iated a

glueof Maryland bonds whenall o ther fi nanc iers fai led , and

then gaveh is comm i ss ion (fortythousand pounds) to theState.I t was Peabody who ai ded h ishomegovernmen t when theredflameofwar blazed on her fai rfiel ds . This man had a geni usfor mak ing money ; hehad al soa geni us for bestow i ng it uponothers . Hel ived for thegloryofGod and thegood of h is fellows . To Danvers hegavea

l ibrary and equ i pmen t cost i ngAmi d the awfu l

s tress of London ’s poverty h i sp r i ncel y hear t cameto theres

cue. F ive hund red thousandpounds heexpended for thehousi ng ofthepoor ofLondon . Thesebu i ld i ngs fu rn i shnear ly twelve thousand room sand shel ter some twen ty thousand people. I t was GeorgePeabody who sen t Dr. KaneafterFrankl i n , los t am id thesnows ofthefar No rth . Queen V ic toriaoffered to make

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him a baronet and d ign ify h imw i th other hono rs . Thesimple-hearted man

sai d, N0 ; all I wan t i s a let ter from theQueenthat I can carry back to my nat iveland . Thelet ter came, al so a beautiful and cost l y m i n iatu report rai t of theQueen . For theen l igh t

THE STATUE OF GEORGE PEABODY.

pounds and theCongress of theUn i ted States voted h im a gol d medal .On the4 th of November, 1 869 , helaid all

ear th ly honors down . H is funeral was hel d i nWestm i n ster Abbey , theh ighes t earth ly honorEnglan d can givethesons ofmen. TheQueen

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1 030 THE K ILL ING OF STORM .

sorts of dog—cakes , and final l y thefam i ly doc

tor had been cal led i n .

Them i st res s dec lared that S to rm ’s groansmadeher hear t ache, bu t shehastened to add

that shecould not ac t as execu t ioner. The

boys madeexcuses to leave the room ,and

“HE M ARCHED UP BOLDLY TO WHERE STOR M WA S LY ING.

came back cough i ng ostentat iously . Theneighbors wereappealed to ,

and at las t onew i th a suffic ien tl y hard heart was found .

Thi s was the grown son of a farmer whol ived too far away to haveknown S torm at

all wel l .He camedown onemo rn i ng armed w i th

h i s father ’ s double-barreled duck ing-

gun. Hem arched up bo ld l y enough to whereS torm was

ly ing, but , s tranger as hewas to thedog , hecould not w i thstand thepathet i c look of appealthat camefrom thesoft eyes of thefa i thfu l oldanima l . Helowered h is gun and va l ian tl y facedthosefew of h i s fr iends who had fo l lowed himto theyard becausethey k new h i s nervewoul dfai l h im i n theend .

I t was final ly dec i ded that poor old S to rmshould dieby p russ ic ac id . This was chosenbecausei t was qu ick and certai n

,and thegi r l

messenger c r ied all theway to thed rug- s toreand back . Thedruggi s t sai d that a s i ngled ropon the tonguewould beenough—so deadl yand powerful was the po i son .

Sto rm was taken in to the back yard,and

weall fanc ied wecould see therep roachfullook in h i s eyes . He was bei ng bet rayedand he knew it— we said .

A gulp , a swal low ,and i t was all over ! Sto rm

fel l over at thefeet ofh i s m i s tress, and thetearswereflow i ng down thefaces ofthosewho lovedh im . They w i shed w i th all thei r hearts thatthey had not donei t , but had let him live

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out

h i s days w i th all h i s aches and pai n s . Theyleft h im l y i ng there, and walked around the

houseto find thep ret t ies t p lacei n thegardeni n wh ich to lay h im . They cho sea spo t where,as a puppy , Storm had loved to liei n thedappled shade. I n halfan hour thegravewas dug,and they cameback to bu ry Storm .

Hewas not t here!I n stead of l y i ng s t iff and col d , heac tual l y

t ro t ted toward them ,br i sk ly waggi ng his ta i l

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He p ranced , he’

twirled ,he pawed them .

Hefr isked and leaped as if hewerea youngdog aga i n .

A nd h is fam i ly ? They covered h im w i thembraces , and all sat dow n and cr ied over thedog who had m i raculousl y comeback to l ife!Theneighbors ares t i l l t ry ing to explai n i t .

Mos t peopleth i n k that thed ruggi s t madea

m i stake, or that he l i ked h i s l i t t le joke and

did n’

t give us pruss i c ac i d at all. But if

that i s so , why should Storm havefal len overl i kea dead dog, and what becameof h i s rheumatism ? Thed ruggi s t dec lares that i t wasp russ ic ac i d, and thefam i l y doc tor dec laresthat Storm took enough to k i l l a dozen ho rses .But cer tai n i t i s that S torm d i d not know whatwas expec ted of h im .

THE EVTERPR IS ING TA I’ IR .

(A nonsense[ing /c of Mejungie, goof! Eng/i311 is u’

/ spoke.

Bv LA UR A E . R I CHARDS .

ONCE an enterpr i s i ng Tapi rStarted out upon a caperTh rough thej u ngle, j ungle, j u ngleI n thei sland ofCeylon ;

And upon h i s joyous rou teheMet a charm i ng young A gou t i ,And hesai d un to thebeau ty :Shal l wefaretogether on ?

"

Said theenterpr is i ng Tapi r ,L ifeis fleet i ng l i kea vapo r,But

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t woul d b r ighten , l igh ten , b righ tenI fI passed i t at you r side.

Oh ,my charm i ng young Agout i ,

You shal l l iveon tu t t i -fru t t i,

Ifyou ’

11 only

But theA gou t i “d id n’

t seei tSai d “

not much shewoul d n’

t bei tA nd shemocked h im

,shocked h im

,mocked

Til l hefel t i nc l i ned to fai n t .A nd herai sed an angu ished c lamorA t her woefu l lack ofgrammarWhen shesai d : “What ! marryi n ’ tap i rs ?Wel l

,I rather guess I ai n

’ t !”

A nd h i s griefwas so t remendous ,A nd h is ragewas so s tu pendous ,That hedarted , s tarted , dartedTh rough thej u nglew i th a yel l

A nd perhaps theGo ngo got h im ,

And perhaps theSho ngo sho t h im .

You canno t be

“AS FLAT AS A FLOUNDER.

”

FLOL’

XDERS areamo n g thecommones t bes tk now n and mos t remarkab le of sal t—wa terfishes . While mos t abundan t in northern

NE WLY H AT G ED FLOLN DEBS

vertica lly, with thehead toward thesurface.

waters they arefound also in the tempera teand t rop ical regions and are so wi dely distrib uted tha t thereis scarcely a seas ho reorbavanyw herein theworld whi ch does no t haveoneor mo rerep resenta tives of theflounder family .

Thelargest and most impo r tan t ofthefloundersi s thehalibut whi ch atta i ns a weigh t of fourhundred pounds

,and i s much sough t by the

fs hermen of theU n i ted States, Canada, Great

B ri tain,France

,N orway , Japan , and other

coun tries of thenorth tempera tezone. The

flounders are bo t tom - loving fishes , and passTHREE STAGE I}: THE LI FE OF A YOUNG LE FT-SID E ) F LO UN ‘

DER.I n thebo ttom figtrretherigh t eyeis m coming aro und thefront

of thehefi d to takeirs placeba dc theleft eye.

mos t of their Lives lyi ng on ones ide, ei ther onor partly buried 1n sand or mud . at dep thsranging from a few feet to several thousandfeet . As thefood offlounders must alway s beso ught abovethem and as their enem ies alway scomefrom abo ve thesefishes woul d havenousefor an eve on their under s ide

,hence

bo th eyes areon onesideof thehead . The

under surfaceof thebody , being out of s igh thas no marked co lo r, whiletheupper surfacei srichly p igmen ted theshadeand pa ttern of colo ration co rrespo nding wi th thena tureof the

bo ttom on wh ich thefishes m ay res t .Theexp ress ion

“as flat as a flounder has

become p roverb ial,but it does no t app l y to

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THE W INTER FLOUNDER (PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS)A typical right sided flounder oftheA tlantic coast oftheUnited States,

and an important food fish in New England and New Y ork.and final l y run together and g iveto thefish i tspecul iar pat tern of co lorat ion . Thepigmen

tation of the under s idebegi ns to di sappearsoon after theeyechanges i ts pos i t ion , and

when thebo t tom- l iv i ng s tage i s reached no

color remain s on thebl i n d s ideof thefish .

U . S . B u reau ofF isher ies, H UGH NI SM ITHV

Vashington, D . C.

Theflounder fishery is car r ied on ch iefly du r ing thew in ter and spr ing m on ths, largequan t i t ies being taken .

As a food-fish thew inter flounder ho lds a very h ighrank ; theflesh is wh i te, firm ,

and ofex cellent flavor .Nex t to thehal ib u t i t is them os t impo r tan t flatfish of

our A t lan t ic coast . Th is spec ies has been m o reex tensively propagated t han anyo ther member of thefam i ly.

TheUni ted S tates F ish Comm iss ion ob tains theeggs atWoods H ole, whereits propagat ion fi l ls in thet imebetween thetak ing of thecod on theonehand and thelob ster on theo ther . Thenumber of f ry hat ched in1900, at \Voods Hole, exceeded wh i ch wereplan ted at var io us po in ts along theNew England coas t.

NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . [Sewn

MISS SUSAN FACING—BOTHWAYS .

FROM P i lgr im’ s Progress welearn

that M r. Fac i ng-bothways l ived i n thetown of Fai r-speech .

” Miss Fac i ngbothways seem s a good namefor th i sor thesedai s ies . Together, they i ntendev iden tl y to seeall therei s to beseen ;bu t how do t hey manageto facethesu nafter themanner of o ther dai s ies ?I t is hard to tel l whether they aregood

fr iends who mean to back each o ther upth rough l ife, or areenem ies giv i ng each

o ther the co l d shoulder.” Their success i nbloom i ng, however, shows that they areverygood friends .

THE BLACK-EYED SUSAN S .

Goetheusual and

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l HE \V I NDOW P- ANE FLOUNDER (LOI’HOPSETTA MACULATA) .

A typical left sided flounder of theeast coast oftheUnited S tates.

pane' ’

and daylight " by fishermen becauseit is exceedingly thin and transparentI t 15 called window ’

I UDOR JENR S .

adv i sed sc ient ific men to s tudy un

abnormal grow ths to find out how

nat u reworks . Theseflowers areal ready madeup ofhund reds ofsmal ler flowers that havebeenpacked i n to s i ngle heads and

adap ted to l ifei n a commun i ty.

Does th i s double commun i typ ro vethat i n somefut ureageseven thecommun i t ies w i l l u n i teand becomea sort of nat ion ?Wi l l all da i s ies becomeone?B ut

,however that m aybe, the

grea t puzz lei s theoneal readyment ioned—how can bo th facethesun

,orhow canei ther th r ive

w i thou t fac i ng thesun ? Whoel se has found these tw i ndai s ies?

THE DECE IVED i ium ns c -mk n.

I t madethemistakeof thinking that theartificial flowers on theladies' hats werea real flower-garden, and very naturallywent seeking forhoney.

happened to beseated near thew i ndows weresm i l i ng and look ing i n teres ted abou t someth ing .

A s I glanced i n thei r d i rec t ion aga i n I saw the

i nnocen t causeof thei r amusemen t,and d id no t

wonder that they wereno t as ser ious and at

tentiveto thesermon as usua l .A humm i ng-bi rd had come i n at an

open w i ndow ,and

,deceived by thebr igh t

flowers on thelad ies ’ hats , was t ry i ng to

extrac t honey from them, go i ng from hat

to hat all o ver thechurch,choos i ng the

brigh tes t -co lo red flowers . A s I sat fac i ngthepeople, I could hard ly hel p no t ic i ngthe star t of surpr i se tha t several lad iesgavewhen thel i t t lec rea t uredarted un

expec ted l y ro und to thefro n t of thehat ,wherethey saw i t for thefi rst t ime. Therewerenat u ral flowers on thepulp i t and or

gan, and thehumm i ng-bi rd v isi ted themseveral t imes , get t i ng ,

I hope,mo rehoney

from them than from tho seon thelad ies’

hats . The nex t day our m i n ister ’ s son

found thepoo r l i t t leth ing exhausted and

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR

Theegg-shells arefi lled w ith sawdus t.antly arecom . oats, m illet, lupines, and sandy vetch . Thelast is theclimbing plant in therear.

YOUNG FOLKS . I OSS

nearly dead ly i ng on a w i ndow - s i l l i n thechu rch .

Hetook i t homeand fed i t a l i t t leho ney,and

,

when i t go t s t rong eno ugh to fly,let i t go to

seek its homenest .M ARY A UGUST A .

AN EGG- SHELL GARDEN.

IT i s easy to have an egg-shel l garden .

Careful l y cu t off theend of theegg for abou toneth i rd of i t s length , t reat i ng i t w i th m o rerespec t than thecook does , fo r shebreaks i t i ntwo i n them idd leby c rack ing i t on theedgeof thecup . Fi l l the shel l w i t h good earth ,and plan t almo s t any seed tha t you l i ke. I f

thep lan t—food suppl ied i n tablet s by Nat ureand Sc ience i s u sed , theshel l s m ay befi l ledw i th sawdust or w i th gravel . P lan t s ar t i fic ial l yfed i n sawdust do no t seem to requ i re so

many roo ts as when they g row i n so i l . “'

lll]

thel im i ted spacei n theegg-shel l,sawdus t and

theplan t -food aretherefo rep referableto so i l .I t i s not d ifli cult to haveplan t s grow i n saw

dus t u n t i l they aremo re than two feet h igh ,al though there i s so l i t t lespace i n the shel lfor theroo ts .

To suppo r t these u n ique, ro u nd - bo t tomedflower-po t s ,

” i t w i l l befound conven ien t tohavea board w i th ho les bo red i n i t j ust largeeno ugh to havetheegg- shel l s set firm l y

,onei n

each ho le. Don ’ t get theho les too near to

gether . Punch a smal l ho ledown th rough theshel l for d rai nage.

AN EGG -S H ELL GARDEN .

Theplants that grow so lux uri

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WEWILLWRITET0ST.NICHOLASABOUTIT.

MOVEMENT OF A DEAD BRANCH.

B AN GO R,M E.

DEA R ST. N I CHO LAS : Last summer in my dai ly walkst h rough near -by woods I was in thehab i t of passingby a cer tain t ree, and I no t iced that in damp, foggyweather , or af ter a rain ,I co uld pass under a

dead b ranch w h ichreached across thepat hw i thou t even bow ingm y head ; but in dry

weather I had to st00p

q u i telow to get underi t . Theb ranch was on

a spr uce- t ree, and grewon thet reeat abou t theheigh t of my head .

Somet imes on wet daysthespru ce-t rees w ou ldlook as i f t hey werebeing pu l led up by t hei rroo ts , so st raigh t up

would theb ranches bed rawn. Can you

plain the reason for

t h is? You rs t ruly,DOROTH Y A . B A LDW I N .

AFTER RA IN.

I find record of s im i lar observations on thedead l imbs i n a

recent l y publ i shed book,“A Her

m it’

sWild Fr iends , by Mason A .

Wal ton , who l ived for eighteenyears i n a hu t in thewoods ofG louces ter, Massachuset ts .

Ano t her t h ing t hat has pu z zled meisthebehav ior ofdead pine- l imbs. Onewou ld sup

posea dead limb o ugh t to remain decen t ly qu ietand no t m oveabout '

likesomel iv ing t h ing. I hadoccasion to m akea pat h t h ro ugh a t h ick grow thof small p ines . Thedead l imbsex tended oneacht reefrom theground to a height of ten feet . Ib rokeoffthel im bs so I cou ld pass under t hem w i thout t ro ub le. A fter thepath was completed it t u rnedcold for two days . \Vhen I under took to pass t hat wayd ur ing theco ld spel l , thedead l imbs wereso m uch depressed t hat I was ob l iged to b reak thepat h anew .

I exper imented on dead l imbs at d i fferen t t imes, and

found i t was a fac t t hat li feless p ine-limbs w i ll fall incold and r isein warm weather . I am unab leto giveareason for t h is m o vemen t .

Herei s an excel len t new fiel d for observat ion . Professo r Ganong, an em i nent bo tan is t ,has recent ly d i scovered that movemen ts of l i ving branches aredueto changes i n temperat ure.

NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLK S . [Sana

CAN HSH TALK ?

VERY DRY.

A WORM—NOT A HORSEHA IR TURNED TO A SNAKE.

”

B ROADMOO R , COLO R ADO S P R I N GS , COL.

M Y D EA R ST . N ICHO LAS : I was wad ing in oneof

our mountain st ream s a few days ago , and wou ld o ftenreach in thewater befo remew i t h a s t ick . As I li ftedthes t ick from thewater , a queer l i t t leblack th ing , abou teight inches long, hung over theend . I t greatly te

semb led a horsehai r , being very li t t lew ider . A s I fi rs tlooked , I t ho ught i t was a p ieceof b lack th read , andwas abou t to t h row i t back into thewater, when oneendm oved a very l i t t le.

I then laid thest ick on thebank and exam ined the

DEA R ST. N I CHO LAS : Can fish talk to each o t her ?P leaseanswer in Nat u reand Sc ience. I have fou r

T

go ld fish . I likeso to wat ch them . Oneday when i

was chang ing thewater , S i lvers ides r ubbed against myfinger . GEO R GE B . PATTER SON (age

Fi shes undoub tedly communicatew i th thei rfel lows . E ven if they canno t “ talk

,they

haveo ther means of commun i cat ion that arebet ter adapted to thei r needs . Weknow howreadi l y fishes recogn izethei r mates, and howqu ickly brood ing fishes repel i n truders of thei rown or o ther spec ies . Someth i ng bes idesseei ng them , perhaps somesense of wh ich

haveno concept ion,may do th i s.

Many fishes commun icate w i ththei r fel lows by means of soundsp roduced th rough themedi um of

t hei r air-bladders,by gri nd ing their

teeth together, and i n var ious o therways .Thesenseof touch i s h ighly de

veloped i n many fishes ,and doubt less enablesthem to commun icate.Thesenseof taste, located all over theski ni n somefi shes, in thefins i n o thers, and the

senseof smel l , s trongly developed i n someform s of submar i nel ife, al so mu st bea id sto comm un icat ion .

These queer locat ions of the senseof

taste have recent lybeen very careful l ys t ud ied .

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1038 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS .

AN ATTE M PT TO CAPTURE A B IG PR I ZE.

B lack carpenter-ant attacking a caterpillar. Though this may provetoo greatan undertaking , even w ith assistancecloseat hand , thefearless ant never hesitates in making theatta ck. In a few m inutes a dozen or morean ts may swarmupon thepoor caterpillar and tear it to pieces.

partment to wh ich wem ay comew i t h q uest ions on theses ub jec ts. I hopet hat you w i ll beableto tel l meabou ttheants. S incerely you r reader ,

MA RY H . FER RY .

A n ts are soc ia l i n sec t s,l iv i ng always i n a

colony , and they frequen tl y makethei r nests i nbeet le-bo r i ngs i n wood , and al so areab letocu t ho les i n to wood .

ANTS CARRY ING BABY ANTS .

WEBSTER G ROVES , M o .

DEA R ST . N I CHOLAS : I wan t to ask you a q uest ionVl

'

hy do an ts, w hen mov ing, always car ry someth ingwh i tefrom oneplaceto ano t her , and

,w hen they get

there, go down in t hei r holes and b r ing up a lump of

d ir t ? An ts aresomet imes m o repo l i tet han weare.

Yours t r uly, H U GH FELLows.

Themo ther ant i s the queen . Sherarelvleaves the nes t . Thebu i ld i ng, p repar i ng, orextend ing ofthenes t , thegather i ng ofthefood ,and thecar i ng for theyoung arecarried on bytheworkers

,who constant ly labor for thewel

fareof thewho leco lony . Thefood general l ycons ist s of i nsec ts or o ther an imal mat ter (and ,w i th somespec ies

,of seeds and vegetablemat

ter). When th i s food is col lec ted theworkersp repareand feed i t to thebaby an ts

,l i t t lewh i te

grub - l i ke larvae, wh ich they al so p rotec t and

moveabout as occas ion demands . I t i s thesegrub - l i ke larvaethat you descr ibeas somethi ng wh i te.

”

ANTS DRAGGING INSECTS .

N Ew ROCHEL LE, N . Y .

DEA R ST. N ICHO LAS : \Vhen walk ing from school Isaw an ant wh ich had a big bug abou t th reet imes as

(San .

largeas i tsel f. Theant craw led backward and

pu l led theb ug along by oneof its many legs.

I t pu l led i t along thes idewalk for a few yardsand t hen wen t in to thegrass, whereano therant cameand pu l led i t , wh i letheo ther ant wen t ,I t h ink , for assis tance, but nonecamewh i leIwas t here. I t h ink theant t hat pu l led thebuglas t was a mo t her , becausei t wen t fas t , and as

i t was near d inner - t ime, shet hough t shewouldhaveto get someth ing ready for her ch i ldren.

Somet imes shewould have very hard t imesget t ing theb ug o ver a s t ick , and somet imesI put i t over for her. Onet imethebug fellinto thegu t ter , and down went theant after i t .I guess t hat i f shelost t h is bug shewould bepunished when shegot home. From what Ihaveseen Of ants

,I t h ink they m ust bevery

st rong for t hei r s ize.

Good-by.

KATHA R I NE B RO\VN (age

B ROOK LYN , N . Y.

D EA R ST . N I CHO LAS : Wh i lewalk ing in P rospec tPark theo t her day I saw somet h ing w h ich m igh t pro veof in teres t to you and theyoung observers . A largeantwas dragging away an insec t nearly tw i cethes izeofit

sel f. Theinsec t,wh i ch looked l ikea bee, was at tached toa spl in ter ofwood abou t seven eigh ths ofan inch long.

Theant st r uggled w i t h its b urden, somet imes push ingand at o ther t imes pu l l ing, un t il i t had goneabou t tenfeet across thegravel path . I now touched theant w i t hmy penc i l , and i t ran away for a few

m inu tes, but soon ret u rned to its wo rkand commenced to tug its pr izein an

o t her d i rect ion toward a t ree.

When i t had reached thefoo t of thet ree, i t madeits way in to a smal l ho llowspaceat its roo t . Herei t was met byt h reeor fou r o ther ants, and , w i t h thei rhelp, i t soon pushed the insec t in to a

ho leand fo l lowed i t in. I saw no m oreofei ther thean ts or theinsect . Beforepush ing i t in theho le, theants took thespl in ter of wood from the insec t . Il ikeyo u r N at u reand Sc iencedepar tmen t very m u ch indeed .

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A n ts arethequeeres t combinat ion Of w i sdom and fool i shness w i th wh ich natural i sts are

fam i l iar . They do thebr ightes tand thes i l l ies t th i ngs imagi nable.

When wes t udy them c losel y,the

manner i n wh ich they manage “m u m m y“ .

t hei r affai rs commands our adm i~ Lam » Pups,and cocoonofthe

rat ion . B ut chanceobservat ions black ca rpenterant (Camfiouo tus

of someOf thei r queer ways has Pennsylva nian-f) .

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QUEEN or THE BLACK CAR PENTE R-ANT D u r ing many(mup os orus

summers , now,I

have watched h im

[says M r . C lemens], w hen I ough t to havebeen in better business . and I haveno t vet comeac ross a l i v ing ant

t hat seemed to haveany m oresensethan a dead one.

I adm i t his indust ry,of co u rse; he is the

hardes t -work ing creat u rein thewor ld , - when anybodyis look ing ,

—but his leat her -headedness is thepoin t Imakeagains t him . Hegoes out foraging, hemakes a

capt u re, and t hen w hat does hedo ? GO home? N o ,

hegoes anywherebut home. lledoes n'

t know wherehomeis . H is homem ay beon ly t h reefeet away, no

mat ter , hecan ’ t find i t . llemakes his capt u re, as Ihavesaid ; i t is general ly somet h ing w h ich can beofnoso r t of useto h im sel f or anybody else; i t is usual lyseven t imes b igger t han i t o ugh t to be; hehun ts out

the awkwardest place to takeho ld of i t ; he l i fts i tbod i ly up in to theair by main fo rce, and star ts , no ttoward home

,but in theOppos i ted i rect ion ; no t calm ly

and w isely, but w i t h a fran t ic hastewh ich is was tef u l ofhis s t rengt h ; he fet ches up against a pebb le, and ia

stead oi go ing aro und i t , hec l imbs o ver i t backwards,dragging his boo ty after him ,

t umb les down on theo t herside, j umps up in a pass ion , k icks thed us t off his c lo t hes ,mo istens his hands, grabs his proper ty v ic io usly , yanksi t th is way. t hen t hat , sho ves i t ahead of him a mo

ment , t u rns tai l and l ugs i t after h im a momen t , getsmadder , t hen presen t ly ho is ts i t into theair and goes

tear ing away in an en t i rely new d irect ion ; comes to a weed ; i t never o ccu rsto him to go aro und i t , hem us t c l imbi t ; and hedoes c l im b i t , d ragging his

wor th less proper ty to thetop—w h ich is asb r igh t a t h ing to do as i t wo u ld beformetocar ry a sack of flo u r from I leidelberg to

Par is by way of S t rasb u rg s teeple; whenhegets up t herehefinds t hat i t is not theplace; takes a cu rso ry glanceat thesceneryand ei ther cl imbs down again or t umb lesdown , and star ts ofl

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oncem o re—as usualin a new d i rect ion. A t theend of hal fan hou r hefetches up w i t h in six inches oftheplacehes tar ted from and lays his burden down . A fter cont inu ing t h ischarm ingly aim less work for some t imeand meet ing anot her ant and figh t ing himabou t no t h ing , each s tar ts ofi

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ent d irect ion to seeifhecan ’ t find an oldq y

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nai l or somet h ing elset hat is heavy enough to afforden ter tainmen t and at thesame t imeval ueless enoughto makean ant wan t to own i t .

This , ofcourse,hum orously tel l s u s on ly ofthefoo l ish do i ngs ofants . Ow i ng to thefac t tha tan ts havel i t t leor no s igh t , possessi ng o nly thesenseof smel l to gu idethem ,

t hey can havenobroad know ledgeo f thei r su r ro und ings and of

d i rec t ion such as bees and ho rnets have,and

thus they depen d on fo l low i ng paths to and

from thei r nes ts . When awav from thesepa thsthey mus t wander abou t to find them agai n ,and if they havefo und a bu lky p r i zet h is oftenmeans a ser ies oflabo r ious and seem i ngl y needless adven tu res . They t u rn firs t th is way, thenthat , cometo an obs tac le, and , hav i ng no in

fo rmat ion abou t i t s s ize,s urmou n t i t i n s tead of

go i ng aro und i t . Thus they w i l l c l imb a weedor a fence-po s t , go i ng up onesideand downtheo t her

,tak ing hours i n theeffo rt , when an

i nch or two would havego t ten them around i t .But from ano t her po i n t of v iew wemay re

gard them as very w i sel i t tlecreat u res . A n tshavea co lo ny o rgan i za t io n super io r to bees or,i n fac t , to tha t of any o ther an imal , excep t man.

Some spec ies makewar,or mut ual l y observe

cond i t ions of peacew i th t ho se Of ad jo i n i ngco lo n ies . Others captureand keep slaves anddepend upon t hei r labo r . Many k i nds keep or

p ro tec t herds of plan t- l icefor theho neydew .

Others harves t crops of seeds ; and onespe

c ies has been observed to p reparethegroundand plan t theseed for thec rop .

CAR PENTER-ANTS AS S I ST ING EACH OTHER W ITH A DEAD S P IDER .

Each ant has its own no tion as to thedirection of thenest. and theseideas freA good-natured tug ofwar follows. and littleprogress is madeuntil

theprizeis tornapart or oneant becomes discouraged .

A HEAD ING FOR SEPTE M BER .

roset hat swayed all summerlong

H as fal len from its stem ,

And:hushed is now thel innet ’ s song ,Yet weremember them .

Thesm i leofm any a summer sunS t i l l l ingers in thesky,

B ut au t umn weather has begun0 summer days , good -by!

THE inc iden ts oftheLou isiana P u rchaseaccepted forLeaguepub l icat ion th is m on th areall very interest ing.

Ofcou rse, they havebeenselec ted from m any different sou rces and someof t hem , no doub t , are

purely t rad i t ional .Here and t here, also,

may be found contradic

t ions, for i t is not possible to get preciset ru thsabou t a m at ter , and theinc iden ts relat ing to i t ,w hen so m any years havegone by, and when so

m u ch even in thebeginning was hearsay.

Yet thear t ic les wehaveselec ted are in keepingw i t h theknown fac ts, andm igh t have happened ,even i f t hey did no t.

What wedo know certainly is t hat thevas t territory oncecal led Lou is iana, bo ugh t for fi fteen m ill ion do l lars, has becomealand so r i ch that all thenat ions of theear th cou ldno t pu rchase f rom our

coun t ryeven a small par tof i t to-day.

I n m ak ing selec t ions

GOOD -BY !

BY MA R Y T R A V I S HEVVARD , AG E 1 5 .

Now m any anot her st ranger faceShal l t h rong theschoo l-housedoor ,

And o ther m aids shall taketheplaceOf thosewho wen t before;

And on ly thefast -fleeting yearsCan tel l thereason why,

For Timehas changed thetears

0 happy days, good-byl

PO RTRA IT .AGE 1 5 .

B Y HUGH S PENCER , AGE x6.

(Gold B adge. )

sm i les to

(GOLD BADGE. )

Now w int ry looks thewo r ld to me,And w intry b lows theb last

,

B ut in thego lden dawn weseeThefaces of thepas t .

Thes t ream t hat looked so deep before

Now shallow seems, and nigh ;Thesh ip is wai t ing at theshore0 summer wor ld , good-byl

av w. CL INTON BROWN,(GOLD BADGE. )

of con t r ibu t ions for the S t. N icho las League t hereareseveral th ings to beconsidered . TheLeagueis

a par t of the magaz ine,and m us t bein terest ing,even to thosewho do not

belong to i t (and t herearemany such ) , yet whol ike to read the s to r iesand poem s and enjoy thep ic t ures and o ther feat u res. So , besides selec ting for mer i t accord ingto age, wem us t selec tfor general in teres t andvar iety.

I n theLou isiana s tor iest herewerea number of

au tho rs who told thestory of thepu rchaseq u i teas well as any whosework was selec ted, butthe stor ies chosen con

tained somel i t tleincidentofespec ial in teres t wh ichgave t hem preference.Select ions for the b igmagaz ines are made in

thesameway. Mer i t , interest, var iety, and (i fwr i t ten m at ter ) leng th areall to be considered, as

well as appropr iateness tothepub l icat ion. Many an

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“ WHAT weLEFT BEH IND . mr ALrCE WANGENHE I M , AGE 8.

(S I LVER BADGE . )

THE MAK ING OF AN AMER ICAN CITIZEN .

BY MA R GA RET M I NAKER (AGE(Gold B adge. )

MONS IEU R DAULAC stepped on to thew idepiazzathat ran theleng t h ofthelong wh i tehouse, and spokequ ick ly to his w i fe, a fai r , dain ty lady w i t h h igh coifiureand s tately m ien. Thepr iest has to ld me, as I rodet h rough thev i l lage, t hat all negot iat ions w i t h N apoleonB onapar tehavebeen set t led, and t hese, ” mo t ioning tothew ide fields of t hei r Lou isiana home, no longerbelong to dear F rance, but to Amer i ca.

”

Madameclasped her hands in an at t i t udeofdespai r .They werepret ty wh i tehands that had doneli t t leor nowork saveemb ro ider ing and pain t ing. B ut why shou ldM adame Daulac work ?Was she not a granddame” of F rance, who hadcomeo ver to th is b ig, sunnyland w i t h her h usband ? Andhad shenot hal f a h undrednegroes at her command ?Shewas, in t ru th , a li t t leq ueen, and when shet hough t her small k ingdomwas to be taken f rom herno wonder shecr ied in dism ay :

“ Ah , i t canno t be!The cruel Amer i cans w i l ltake from us our pret tyhome. That I canno t bear !Lou is, oh , takemeback tola F rance!”

The Amer icans w i l lsu rely allow us to remainat Maison B lanc ’ as befo re, he reassu red her.

Then, catch ing s igh t of theeager , upt u rned faceof his

li t t ledaughter as shes toodby her mo ther ’s chai r

, hesaid, And what w i ll you

FAREWELL TO VACATION .

BY B LANCHE LEEM I NG (AGE(Gold B adge. )

A CANOE moored in them arsh - land, wherethegrassgrows th i ck and tal l ;

A padd lein theho l low , wherethesunset shadows fal lA sk im across thewaters in theg loam ing of theday ;Thew h i te-th roat spar row

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s warb l ing of his sweetes tm instrel lay.

And w h i leI res t me, dr i ft ing wi t h my d ream s and

w i t h thet ide,I hear thecr ickets ch i rping from thegloom onei ther

side.To me’

t is sweetes t m usic ofSeptember and its lo re,Thesecall ings from thewater and thoseanswers from

thesho re;So I dr i f t and drowseand dream , and am joyous wh i leI m a

Then sad ly b id farewell to t h is my las t vacat ion day!

THE LOU IS IANA PURCH ASE IN ST . LOU IS .

E L I ZAB ETH R . MA R V IN (AGE(Silver B adge. )

I N St. Lou is somet h ing veryex c i t ing was happening.

TheSpanish flag had been taken down and theF renchflag had been put up in its place. 011 , theFrench flag—how the s imple-hear ted

peopleloved i t ! Therewasm u ch gaiety in the townt hat nigh t—not t hat t hesepeopled isliked theSpanishrule, but what co u ld you

expec t of t hem ? for' t hey

wereFrench them selves .

But oneaf ternoon, unnot iced by the peop le, fou rmen camefrom across theM ississippiandwentstraightto the governo r ’s house.

They were go ing to giveS t. Lou is in to thehands of

the Amer icans, and theywere get t ing the papersready to s ign. Napoleonhad so ld Lo u isiana to theAmer icans becauseheneeded money to car ry on thewar w i t h England . I n a

li t t lewh i le themen cameout from the governo r ’shouseand wen t down to theflagstaff , where they tookdown the flag w h ich the

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te9 “ PORTRA IT. BY AL INE DREYFUS , AGE x3. F rench peopleloved so wel l .

Thel i t t lemaiden t ho ugh t a momen t . Her smalloval facesu r rounded by a mass of go lden hair and

her aqu i l inefeat u res showed her a descendan t of a

lo rd ly l ine.

S i re, ” she said , d ropping a low and gracefu lcu r tsy, I w i l l endeavor to beas good an Amer icanas my grands i res and grandames wereF rench . ”

Alon D ieu ! cr ied her father , s lapp ing his sat inkneein del ight and t u rning to his w i fe, thech i ld hasanswered her q uest ion well!” Then

, bend ing overhis daughter ’s l i t t lehand, hesaid so lemn ly

,

“ A greatand good count ry th is is, and I , too , w i llendeavor tobecomehere, as my fathers werein F rance, fai th fuland t r ueto thei r land un t il thelast

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" A READ ING FOR S EPTE M BER .

Then t hey put up theS tars and theS t r ipes, Amer i ca ’

s

flag . Lo and beho ld ! the co lonies had madea leapacross theM iss iss ippi , and had now tw i ceas m uch territoryas befo re. Thepeoplewerestand ing a ro und theflags taff in amazed gro ups , when s uddenly t h reecheerscame up from the crowd . But t hey were from theAmer icans, not from theF rench . Sad ly thepeoplefi led away to t hei r respec t ive homes , fo r somet h inggreat had happened and changed t hei r l i ves en t irely.

I fyou had passed by on thes t reet t hat nigh t you wo u ldhaveseen t hem out on t hei r p iazzas , talk ing t h ings o ver .Thesepeoplehad enjoyed a sereni ty ever s inceP ier reLac lede’s set t lemen t fo r ty years befo re. B ut now everyt h ing was changed , for t herewas act iv i ty everywhere.

Therewered isco ver ies being m ade, and thelead-m inesimpro ved , and many o t her t h ings donefor thegood of

theco lony. Themen t ho ugh t i t bes t to learn Engl ish ,so grad ual ly theo ld tongued iedout. Everyth ing is changed ; theold ho uses are now gone, and

t here is no th ing left to tel l t hatS t. Lo u is was oncea French Co lony , exec-pt now and then yo u

hear theFrench tonguespoken .

GOOD-BY !

BY GEO R G I ANA M YER S STL’

RDEE

(AGE

(S ilver

Goo nmv, good

-by, O shady t rees,That I havelo ved so wel l .

Good-by, good-by, dear b rook let ,

That gu rg les t h ro ugh thedel l .Good-by, good -b y , dear l i t t lenes tln yonder apple- t ree;I low oft l

’vec l imbed w i t h eager

feet ,And looked and gazed at t hee!

I’ll haveto say good

-by to yo u,And to theh i l l and lea

,

F or I am go ing far awayTo lands beyond thesea.

M y hear t is very heavyTo haveto par t w i t h home,

For I w i l l t ravel far awayAnd th ro ugh thewo r ld w i l l

roam . H ILL, AGE 1 2 .

BY M ELV ILLE

“ wnAT \VE LEFT BEH IND .

(S ILVER BADGE. )

N ICHOLAS LEAGL'

E.

Lever, AGE 16 . (FO R M ER PR I ZE-W INNER . )

I l u t though I leavemy pleasan t home\Vi t h m any a tear and s igh ,

l ’ll beas happy as I can,

A nd b ravely say, Good -byl"

THE PURCH ASE OF LOUIS IANA .

BY MA R GA R ET B UL L (AGE(S i/w ; Badge. )

OUR possession of t ha t g reat ter r i to ry lying wes t oftheM iss iss ippi , known to us as theM idd leWes t andin 1 803 as Lo u is iana, is dueto the fo ret ho ugh t of twomen—Li v ingston and M onroe. I t con tains an areao f squa rem i les—all of Lo u isiana, A rkansas ,Ind ian and Ok lahoma Ter r i to r ies , M isso u r i , Kansas ,

Iowa, Neb raska, M inneso ta, N or t h and S o u t h Dako ta,

M on tana, par t ofCo lo rado , and real ly all of

Idaho , Oregon , and \Vash ing ton—seven teen S tates and Ter r i tor ies in all.

I n 1 800 Spain secret ly cededLou isiana back to F rance. Th iswas kept secret as long as po ss ib le, but w hen i t d id leak o ut theF rench set t lers were del igh tedand fel t su ret hat theg reat Napo

leon wou ld soon come. The\Vesterners werevery ind ignan tat t h is ac t , for now t hei r farm s

wereofno val uebecausetheM ississippi gateway was los t to t hem .

Napo leon ’s m in is ters and agen tst r ied to S how h im how imposs ib lei t wo u ld be to ho ld Lou isianaagainst the Uni ted S tates , as

t herewas l ikely to bewar and theUni ted S tates w o u ld su rely w in.

I t had been N apo leon ’s idea tob u i ld upon t h is con t inen t a na

t ion wh ich w o u ld beat Englandon theseas ; and so far as I knowi t has : but het ho ugh t ofb u i ld inga F rench co lonial empi rehere.

jeficrson,then P res iden t , and

a lo ver o £ peace, w ro teto L ivings ton

,t hen m inis ter to F rance, and

asked him to get Napo leon to sellNew Or leans to theUni ted S tates,

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and even sen t Monroeto his aid . Napoleon not onlyoffered to sel l New Orleans, but all of Lou isiana, for

for hewas a great s tatesm an and a s t i l lgreater so ld ier , and hesaw t hat no m at ter how largehis army m igh t be, hecou ld not ho ld land to wh ich hehad g iven up thekey posi t ion .

Laussat , F rench co lonial p refec t in Lou isiana, saysthat the j us t ice in Lo u is iana was wo rse t han in

Tu rkey .

”

On Apr il 30 , 1 803, i t was ceded to theUni ted S tates ,and on December 2 0, 1 803, wetook possess ion of i t .Th is pu rchasewas sneered at very m u ch . B ut su rely

weshou ld beth ank ful to t hosetw'

o men for theprosperous ter r i tory weown, wh ich is now celeb rat ing its oneh undred t h anniversary by a

wonder ful fai r at St. Lou is .

GOOD -BY

BY A L I CE T R I MB LE (AGE(S ilver B adgc . )

GOOD -BY , 0 happy sum

mer,As you go on w ings of

song ,Wi t h yo u r dais ies and you r

b u t ter cupsA o b loom thewholedaylong.

Good -by, good-by, O sum

mer;And do you know ther i l lThat came from far-ofl

m oun tainA - t r ick l ing down theh i l l ?

I t came from wood and

m oun tain ,And is on its way to the

sea,And w ill never, never come

againTo v is i t you and me.

Good-by!”

the b i rds aresaying ,

And they w i ll go away,To comeagain nex t sum

merAnd make. as long a stay.

S EPTE M BER .

”

F AREWELL TO S UMMER .

BY S I BY L KENT STONE (AGE I 4 ) .

FA REWELL to t hee, summer , and au t umn , now wel come,Wi t h elves and w i t h fair ies , a j ub i lant host .

They ’lldeck thee, old oak- t ree, and

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t w i l l not provoket hee

Of red and ofscar let to find t hou canst b oast.

Thegrass is all s i l ver w i t h dew , wh i teand spark l ing ,A cu r tain of hoar - fros t bedecks each tal l t ree,

And au t umn ’s b r igh t flowers now fill summer ’ s bowers\Vi t h pale-pu rp leasters beloved by thebee.

\Vem iss thee, dear summer , but au t umn is lo vely,\Vi th b r i l l ian t dom in ion ofgo ldenrod b r igh t ;

\Vew i l l no t fo rget thee, yet do not regret t hee,F or all au t umn ’s p leasu res yield joyous del igh t .

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

BV LYD IA CAROL I NE G I BSON , AGE 1 2 .

(S I LVER BADGE . )

[SEPT.

Nex t year wew i ll seet hee, and hail t heew i th gladness,

But now t hy su ccessor holds revel ry here;Weli ft up our vo i ces , for au t umn rejo icesBecausesheis queen o

’er thewaneof thevear .

LOUISIAN A PURCHASE INCIDENT.

BY ADELA IDE WEBB -F R YA R (AGEA MEMO RAB LE inciden t of theLou is iana P u rchaset imes was theho ist ing of theAmer i can flag in NewOr leans t h reedays af ter Chr is tmas, 1 803.

For ty years prev ious, ar t icles of peacewere con

cl uded in Par is, F rancegiv ing up all possessions inAmer ica, savea few smal lfisher ies and a coupleofislands, England being gran ted all the coun t ry eas t oftheM iss issippi t hat formerlybelonged to Spain.

Spain and England had

been engaged in war, thelat ter capt u r ing H avana,wh ich she ex changed for

Flo r ida.

In 1 80 1 , dur ing Jefl'

erson ’

s adm in is t rat ion , Spainc losed thepo r t ofNew Or

leans to Uni ted S tates com

merce. I t was soon foundthat Lou isiana had been receded to F rance.

The P res ident at oncemadear rangements to pur

chase a st r ip of ter r i to ryon theeas tern bank of theM iss issippi R iver , so thein tercou rsewou ld not beinterfered w i th .Theemperor did not w ish

to sel l i t , but t herewas war

between England and

France; a B r i t ish fleet wassi t uated in theGu l f, endanger ing theF rench possess ions, so Napo leon I ofleredthe ter r i tory cal led Lo u isiana—wh ich inc l uded all

west of theM ississ ippi andeas t of the Rocky Mountains, m o re than a m i l l ionsquarem i les—to theUni tedS tates ofAmer ica for fi fteenm iilion dol lars . Our m in

is ter to Francehes i tated abo u t agreeing to such a

propos i t ion , becausetheCons t i t u t ion was not preparedto buy new ter r i to ry.

H owever , Lou is ian a was at las t so ld to theUni tedS tates of Amer ica. TheF rench in New Or leans didnot enjoy i t at all, and hard ly real ized what had happened un t il theSpanish flag was hau led down and theAmer ican ho isted in its place; t herewas great cheer ingam ong theAmer ican t roops t hat had come w i t h theflag. \VhiletheF rench loved freedom , t hey werefondof thepomp of k ings , so jo ined in w i t h ViveN apo

leon , ” but refused to recognizetheflag . They dancedand sang, m adefun of theAmer icans

, sang in F renchw h i lethey b rokeegg-S hel ls fi l led w i t h ashes over theso ld iers ’ heads ; thebonfi res b u rned b r igh t ly along ther iver -banks ; themen in ther iver-b oats sang . Th is lastednear ly all nigh t, but at dayb reak all was qu iet again .

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of New Or leans from theF rench . B ut in themeant ime France and Englandwereprepar ing forwar. N a

poleon knew the val ue of

Lou isiana, but, fear ing t hatEngland wo u ld seize i t , hecal led a meet ing of his ch iefadv isers. They d iscussed theques t ion all nigh t . Thenex tm o rning he asked B arbéM arbois, his ch ief ad v iser ,for the latest news f romEngland . He repl ied tha tthey werem ak ing ex tensive

0 "0

9 a preparat ions.

“Then, ” cr ied

N apoleon, “ t h is is no t ime.

“ A READ ING FOR SEPTE M BER . BY isADOR LEV ITT, AGE 1 4. (S ILVER BADGE . ) for i r resolut ion. I kno w theval ueofLo u is iana, but I re

western Flor ida, and how M onroe, w i t h R . R . L i v ing no uncei t . Begin nego t iat ions immed iately, and repo r tston, United S tates m in ister to France, efi'ected the each s tep.

pu rchasenot only of th is ter r i to ry but thewho leof L iv ings ton was astonished when, shor t ly after , BarbéLou is iana for —I haveno need to go in to M arbois asked him , What w i ll you givefor Loui.detai ls . siana But,

” heob jec ted , I haveaut hor i ty for thev pu rchaseofNew Or leans only.

” M onroesoon ar r ived ,BABY DOT S GOOD BY '

and as theFrench feared theEngl ish m igh t capt u rei t ,BY NATA L I E D. WU R TS (AGE and also need ing m oney for thecom ing st r uggle, t hey

o ffered fi fteen m i l l ion do l lars, and thet reaty was t hen signed . A f ter hehads igned i t Napo leon declared , “ I havenow g iven England a r ival on theseas .

”

L iv ingston said of i t “ Th is is the

g reatest wo rk ofmy l i fe. A fter hehads igned i t Napo leon regret ted i t , and them in is ters had to hu rry away for fear hewou ld changehis m ind .

When thepeopleheard of i t , some

B Y thel i t tlegarden gateA usteresunflowers grow ,

And b r igh t ho l lyhocks look up,S tifliy, in a row.

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Tiptoes near , and wh ispers low ,

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BY MA RY E. P ID GEON AGE 1Many m i les away I S she,3)

A cross theocean b l ue. FA REWEL L , farewel l , dear sumOf ten on s t i ll summer days mer-t ime!I pass thegarden gate, Wi t h all you r go lden days ,

And theflowers, as I t h ink , Yo u r dandel ions and b u t terS t i l l for baby wai t . f cups

Good -by, flowers ; grow and And fields ofyellow m aize,grow ,

Farewel l !For I ’

m com in ’ back , youknow .

” Farewell, farewell , dearsummer-t ime!

W i th all you r happyTHE PURCHASE OF hou rs ,LOU IS IANA . You r b i rds and bees and

b u t terfl iesBY R UTH (AGE

And allyou r pret ty flowJ EFFER SON had been P res ident “ PORTRA IT. E. JACOBY, AGE 1 6 .ers,

for on ly a sho r t t imewhen the Farewel l !news came, Spain has ceded Lou is iana to France!” u

\Vhat m igh t not happen ? They had heard of NaFarewel l , farewel l , dear summer- t ime.

H ow can welet you go?

For bees and b i rds and b u t terfl ies ,Oh ,

weshal l m iss you so !

poleon befo re.

I f hehad possess ion ofLou is iana cou ld henot seizem oreI f hechose? Besides th is, theboats go ing downthe M iss issipp i to t rade at New Or leans had been Farewel l .s topped by theSpanish who had no t yet left . What Farewel l , farewel l , dear summer - time!was theuseof owning par t of the house i f ano ther Farewel l , vacat ion dear !owned the fron t door ? \Ve’

11 let you go , content to knowP residen t Jefl'

erson Sent M onroeto assis t L iv ingston, You’11 comeagain nex t year .

our m inister to F rance, in nego t iat ions for thepu rchase Farewell!

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IS IANA PURC I 'IAS I

BY FER N I PATTEN (AGEST. LO U I S is theMecca toward wh ich all

eyes aret u rned du r ing t hesedays . liut w h i lenumbers of o ur Leaguers aregasping for airamong theho t bu i ld ings , l isten wh i leI tel l youofano t her l it t lepieceof t h is great pu rchase.

I w i l l takeyou along a coun t ry road overwh ich I o ften d r i ve.

S tar t ing f rom my own fron t ga te. shadedby big, soft maples, wespin down thelevelroad , past theo rchard .

The cher r ies arevain in thei r br igh t junered ; and the peach - t rees are fu l l o f l i t t legreen , wo o l ly peaches , grow ing so c loseto

theb ranch that t hey look as t hough they m igh thavebeen gl ued t hereby hand . N ow weareshut in by the usage-hedges bo rder ing theroad . I l ow pret ty t hey arein t hei r glossyleaves !A long the roadsideare pink -and -wh i tepr im ro ses .

And t hereis a smal lpat ch ofw i ld s trawber

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r ies w i th a few r ipeber r ies s t i l l left .the hedge is t r immed

del ic io usb reat h is bo rneacrosslow , and a

Here

from the field of redc lo ver . F rom th issma l l h i l l we have a

c lear v iew acrossfields for o ver a m i le.

the

cou ld see far ther ,were i t not thehedges and gro ves . A tone side is a field of

flax ,b l uew i th its dain ty

b lossom s , and also a

field ofw heat j us t t u rning yel low . the

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o t her s t ret ches away a

large field of co rn .

Seetheheat-waves t h rob and sh immerover i t .Onecan alm ost imaginethe corn ist iptoeto meet t hem .

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eare com ing now to Dry B ranch .I ts banks are covered w i t h b ig t reesSycam o reand oak.

How coo l and woodsy theair smel ls ,on com ing from theho t sun ! Up thereon the topm os t tw ig o f the h ighest t reesways a redb i rd , cal l ing

“ P ret ty, pret ty, pret ty.

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N ow we areout in the sun again ,and t here is a d is t r ic t schoo l -ho use, a

line, wh i te onew i t h a big bel l in thelower .And all t h is is a t iny b it of theLou isiana Pu r chase—the land t hat caused so

m uch debateand anx iety for thegoodmen onehundred years ago .

Shal l webuy i t ? ”

Do weneed i t ? ”i t ever beset t led ?

I f t hey cou ld on ly havehad a gl impseof what thegreat land was to be, howsu rp r ised t hey wo u ld havebeen !

Co -me.

PO RTRA IT . BY DOROTH Y BERRY,AGE 1 2 .

Dear ho use,As hereyo u s tand , so empty, bare, and tal l .

H ouse, can you feel i t w hen therafters S inkAnd p las ter ing comes crash ing from you r wal l ?

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(S ILVER BADGE. )

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I‘eI IER (AGE I 7) .

(PI/inner (3/ F ormer Prizes . )DEA R home, good -by.

Thel i t t le, laugh ing ch i ld ren t r ip no mo re;A spider gray has d raped in b lack thewal lsAnd spun a S i l ver t h read down to thefloor .

A long you r S i len t hal ls

Hereb y thet h resho ld fai ry ferns oncegrew ,

And herethepoplar , to our ch i ld ish eyes ,S tood green and S harp agains t thesh ining b l ue,And to uched its swaying top agains t theS k ies.

good-by. I know no t what you th ink

My Ch i ldhood ’

s home— oh , never , never m ore\Vi l l l igh ts flash fo r th , or mer ry vo i ces r ing,

N or hand ofgues t beon thesagging door !011 , can i t feel , t h is empty, l iv ing t h ing ?

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Bv MABEL D EAN (AGELO U I S I ANA then belonged to F rance;

for at that t imetheUni ted S tates on lyreached as far as theM iss iss ipp i R iver .N ow , as New Or leans stands near them ou t h of the r iver , the French co u ldsay what vessels sho u ld go out to sea ,

and what sho u ld come in . we werel ikea m an who owns a h o use, w h i lesomeo ther m an owns thepr inc ipal do orsto i t . Onem an co u ld S tand on thes teps ,and i f theO ther m an wan ted to go in hew o u ld haveto pay. _Ieerson saw t hatw i t h theF rench ho ld ing i t weco u ld n

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send our co t ton down ther iver and acrosstheo cean to Europe. lle said t hat wem ust have t hat doo r , no m at ter howm uch i t cost . A f ter Thomas _Iefl

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becameP res iden t hesent o ver to R ober tR . L i v ingston (oneof thesigners of the

Declarat ion of Inde>e_ndence) to see i fheco u ld buyNew Orleans for theUni tedS tates . Napo leon Bonapar tet hen ru ledF rance. Hesaid that Thomas jefferson

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go ld t hat laybeyond in whatis now Cal i fornia. Smallwonder t hey sho t thebeaut i fu l t h ing and sen t thesk into A lexander Wi lson, whom ounted i t and gavei t thenameof the. Lou isiana Tanager .

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co uld havei t , and Lou isiana besides, for fi fteen m i l l ionsofdo l lars . P residen t Jefferson t hought t hat was cheap,so, in 1 803, hebough t i t . Now wehavetw i ceas m uchland as before.

SUMMER '

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BY MA U D D UD LEY SH ACKELFO RD (AGEl

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r (f F ormer P rizes. )N OT by thefreshness of them orn ,N ot by thegray ofevening ’

s g loom ,

N o t by theflowers early show ,

Or s ilver rim aro und them oon ;

N ot by theleaves that s t rew our way,Or rustleof thedying t rees,

N ot by thescen t ofnew -m own hayThat comes to us upon thebreeze

N o t by t heseS igns aloneI tellThat summer ’s bud and b loom havepassed,

Tho ugh in my hear t I know too wel lThat warm t h and sunsh inecanno t last .

B ut yestere’en, upon theSky,

I saw a sw i ft ly m o v ing t h rongOfb i rds, t hat th rough our meadows fly,\Vi t h joyous no tes, thesummer long.

And as I wat ched t hem , overhead ,Fadein thetw i l igh t ch i ll and d rear ,

Th is messagein t hei r fl igh t I readThesummer ’

S goneand w in ter ’5 near !

THE LOU IS IAN A TANAGER .

B Y A B I GA I L E. JENNER (AGE

1 803 P res iden t jeflerson bough t of N apo leon all

theland wes t of theM iss iss ippi , as far as theRockyMoun tains .

In 1 804 hesen t Cap tains Mer iwether Lew is and

W i l l iam C lark to explo ret h is unknown, vast , new te

gton.

I havenot t imeto tel l ofthei r wander ings across the

prai r ies and t h rough thegreat pr imeval fo rests towardthesea. My sto ry is of how ,

on theS ix th day of J une,1 806, when t hey werecamping in Idaho , t hey saw a

go rgeously beau t i ful b i rd dar t out of theb ushes. I twas black , yel low , and red .

Theyellow in thesunsh ine, i f they had but known,wou ld haveprobab ly seemed to t hem an omen of the

FAREWELL TO SUMMER .

BY MEL ICENT ENo H UMASON (AGEFA REWEL L , 0 summer br igh t and gay;Farewelleach warm and sunny day;Farewel l , sweet roset hat b l ushes red

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And meadow grass w i th cobwebs _Spread .

Farewel l , yon pret ty b rook let fleet ,That dances on w i t h tw inkling feet ;Farewel l , yesummer clouds up h igh ,That sail so peacefu l ly theSky.

Farewel l , O b u t terfly e’er bo ldH ow I shal l m iss thy gl in t ofgold !Farewel l , each flower , b i rd, and beeOh , no oneknows how I lovet hee!

Farewell,each b rook and leaflet clear ,

For w in ter,b leak and co ld , is near ;

I ’ll ho ld you all in mem o ry

Thew in ter t h rough . Farewel l to thee!

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

BY PER S I S PA R KER (AGEWHEN

,latein thew in ter of 1 803, ther um o r of the

San I ldefonso t reaty (cofnm only known as La Granja)was confi rmed , P residen t Jefferson and his cab inetweregreat ly alarmed . They knew ofN apoleon ’s wonderful success, of his h igh amb i t ions, and also that i twas his w ish to rees tab l ish F rench c laim s in N or t hAmer ica. I t was dec ided that i f thegovernmen t cou ldbuy the two Flo r idas and New Or leans the dangerwou ld not beso great . Comm unicat ions wereat oncesen t to L iv ings ton, our m inister to F rance, to negot late for t h is ter r i tory. Napo leon needed money to

car ry on a war w i t h England , and dec ided to sel l , notonly thetwo Flor idas and New Or leans , but theen t i reprov inceofLo u isiana, w i t h thesameboundar ies wh ichhad been ceded to F ranceby Spain in 1 800. A l l influential men in F rancewereopposed to thesaleof t h island ;even Napoleon ’s two b ro thers, Lu c ien and Joseph ,Opposed most v igoro us ly t h is act ion . The morningof the2 d of May, the very day on wh ich thepapersc losing thepu rchaseweresigned , Luc ien and Josephwent to Napoleon, th ink ing perhaps t hey m igh t influencehim . Bo t h wen t to theTu i ler ies, and reached thepalacej ust as theF i rst Consul reached his bath ; however, t hei r b ro t her g ran ted an aud ience, and l istened to

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PH I LADELPH IA, PA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Ihavereturned homefrom mytrip abroad. I thought Iwould write and tell youabout i t. We had quitea

rough voyagehome.Wespent about six weeks

in Hastings.

WhileI was in Has tings Ivisited thehomeoftwo otherLeague members , Margeryand Freda Harrison. I spenta very pleasant afternoon at

their home. They havea

beautiful home.

I liked Hastingsverymuch,it is such a quaint place.I likeLondon very much.WhileI was thereI visitedWestminsterAbbey, St. Paul 'sCathedra l, Mme. Tussaud '

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theTower of London, and

various other places . Wealsovisited Brighton, and variouso ther places.

Ofall theplaces wevisited, I liked Has tings thebest.Thescenery ofI reland is also very pretty.

In fact, I liked Eng land very much. I think London is a verynicecity.

I t hasmany interesting places.

don: they havebusses and tramways.

buildings as wehave.

I hopethis letter will bepublished , as a friend wishes a copy ofST . N ICHOLAS with my letter in. Will you kindly publish it soon ?

1312 5 5 15 MARS HALL.

They haveno trolley-cars in LonNeither aretheresuch tall

WAS H INGTON, D . C .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : You cameto meas a present when I wassick. I takeg reat interest in theLeaguedepartment and read it thefirst thing . I will tell you about theparty given at theWhiteHouseto thearmy and navy children. Our carriagewas driven up to theeast wing , and therewefound a man whoseduty it was to Open thedoors ofthecarriages : then wewent into a largeroom wheretherewereseveral nurses whosebusiness it was to takechargeof thechildren'

s wraps ; then my sister and myselfwent up a long flight ofstairsto another room, wherewewereintroduced to thePresident andM rs. Roosevelt . Next wewent into a room wherea souvenir wasgiven to each child , after which wewent into theStateParlor, wherea concert was g iven by theRodney boys of Chicago. Then wewent to supper wherewas a largeChristmas treelighted up by red,white, and bluelights, and atea delicious supper. Next therewasdancing , but I did n’

t stay to it, so I went and got my wraps andweweredriven home. Good-by lFrom your devoted reader,

SU M M ERF IELD MCCARTENEY (AGEWEBSTER , COLORADO.

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : I liketo read theletters in your magazineand thought I would writeyou one.

I am a littleboy eight years old. My littlebro ther Cyrus and Ilivewith papa and mama almost at thetop oftheRocky Mountains,ninemiles from Webster and feet abovethesea.

Therehas been about threefeet of snowfall in thelast two days.

Cyrus and I had lots offun snow-shoeing this morning . Weheardmountain quail this morning and saw onesitting on a rock nearthehouse.

They arewhiteas snow in thew inter and in thesummer theyarespeckled and almost thecolor oftheground.

I will send a pictureofa beaver house. Thebeavers havebuiltthis h0useand six or seven dams about hal f way between hereandWebster.Oneofyour Leaguemembers, EVERETT STREET.DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS I thought I would writeand tell you about

my trip abroad I enjoyed myself very much. Wespent about sixweeks at Hastin gs, Eng land . WhileI was at Hastings I spent avery pleasant afternoon at thehomeof two o ther Leaguemembers,Margery and Freda Harrison.

I also had thepleasureof meeting their father and mother. Theyhavea beautiful home. I liked England very much and should liketo visit i t again.

I think that London is a nicecity.

therelonger.I think Hastings a very beautiful place.

wherethegreat battleofHastings was fought .ruins ofan old castle. I did not caremuch for Brighton.

boumeis a pretty place.

Wehad a pleasant voyageover.ward voyage. From

I should liketo havestayedI t is near BattleAbbey,

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DEAR ST . N ICHO LAS : When I was com in g to schoo l I k i l led ara t t lesnake and he had fourteen ra t t les .Our home i s nea r t he S ierra Nevada Mountains a nd Tab le M oun

ta i n and the S tanislaus R iver. There i s an asbes tos m i ne near Ourhome . They make bricks a nd c lo t hes o u t of i t and i t w i l l no t bu rn .

The man t ha t owns i t say s he w i l l pu t up a m i l l to make c lo t hesand bricks for San F ranc isco .

Your friend , \VI L LI E BOW I E .

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I l i ke the ST . N ICHOLA S so m uch t ha t I ca n scarce l y wa i t un t i l i tcomes . I a lways read eve ry th ing i n i t .I was p leased to see my name was on the ro l l of hono r. I d idno t expec t to find i t t here . I k now I ma ke a g rea t many m i s takes ,bu t I am de term ined to make my wri t ings wor thy of be ing prin ted ,no d i ffe ren ce how much work i t may take.I am no t pe rsona l ly acqua in ted w i t h an y o f the Leagu e members

(CXCcpt my bro t her h en i l ) . bu t I l i ke to read the s tories and see t hen ice work some of t he ch i ld ren a re capab le of do ing . I t a lwaysmakes me g lad to see ch i ld ren ga in prizes who have w ri t ten s toribefore and no t received any t h in g for them . Some o f the wri t in gs Il i ked bes t were w ri t ten I) Ph i l ip S tark , A l le in e Lan gford . R u t hPe i rce Ge tche l l

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D EA R ST . N I CHOLA S : I be lon g to Chap ter 750 here.W e hav e ag reed tha t eve ry member m us t con tribu te eve ry mon thto your league. I f they don ' t they have topa y a fineof two cen ts . Themo ney Wlllp robab l y be kep t for t he en ter ta i nmen ts .Besides theregu la r League badges wehave spec ia l Ones marked T . T.

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Your lov ing httlc reader, ELEANOR L . H A LPIN (age u ) .SAWK I LL , PlKB CO . , PA .

_DB A R ST . N ICHO LA S : \Vords can no t express m y de l igh t a t receiving the longed-for cash pri ze . The long mon t hs of ha rd workand pa tien t wa i t ing have a t las t been rewa rded by t he bes t of sitccess—my beau t ifu l pri zes . and wha t I n eeded fa r more—heart yencouragemen t . I II th i s, the proudes t momen t I have Spen t a tLeague wo rk . le t methan k you for the help and sin cere encouragemen t you have g iven me . No o ther magaz in e can ever g ive me t hep leasu re i n i ts pages t ha t I w i l l a lways enjoy in the best frien d o fm ch i ldhood—ST . N I CHOLAS . Aga i n t han k ing o u for t he beaut i ul pr i zes, I am G ra tefu l l y yours

, H I LI P STA RK .

BY KATH E R INE H ITCHCOCK , AGE I 4 .

PORTS M OUTH , N . H .

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : On the2 nd ofMay our Chapter, No . 6 1 0 ,took a Ma Basket to theCh ildren’ s H om e.Thebas et was a large One, covered wi th wh ite crape paperwi th

a rose border, and inside were boxes of crackers, candy , fru i t, a

bunch ofMayflowers , and a bunch ofv io lets.A fter tak ing it to thehome , wewent to oneof themenrbers'

houses, had supper there, and played games tille ight o 'clock .Our chap ter has a great many new members and has had i ts

name changed to Th istledown.

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Wehave meet ings every M onday night and elect officers once inthree months . Your very interested reader,

DO ROTHY T HAYER .

STON INGTON , CON N .DEAR ST . N lCHOLAS Z I don‘t th ink I canever thank you for theprizeand thep leasure i t gave me. Afler l had sent thepoem thedays seemed each forty-four hours long. unt i l at last came A pri l, andthen i t was nearly May, and st ill no ST . N I CHOLAS . I haunted thepost-office, fordown, way down, in a corner ofmy heart was a l i ttle,l ittle hope hardly a hope, merely a wish—that it m ight beprintedeven i f 1 got no prize. When I really saw i t printedwi th themagicwords “Go ld Badge abovei t , I was so astonished and del ightedthat I knew then that had never really hoped for even my name on

theroll ofhonor. I canno t tell you all thatit really m eans to me, for l have tried so hardforeven a l i ttle success, and i t does not seemposs ible that l have won thegold badge.Thank ing you again and again for yourk indness , I am , as always,

Yours S incerely ,A NN E. ATwooo .

Wild Animal or B i rd Photograph . To encourage t h e pursu ingof gam e w i th a cam era ins tead of a

gun. For th e bes t photograph of a

w i ld an imal or b i rd taken in its

natural Izome' : F irst Prize, fivedo l lars and League go ldbadge. Second P rize, t hree do l lars and Leaguego ldbadge . T/zz

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BOOKS AND READ I NG.

A F TE R VACAT ION ,MANY Of you have been

N ATU R E B OOK S abroad i n th e wor ld duri ngthe vacat ion months, and have possib ly comeback w i th plenty o f unso lved quest ions i n m in d .

You have been among th e t rees,th e flowers, th e

b i rds ; you h ave been on th e shore o r in th emoun tains . So now i s t he t ime to read w i thkeenes t i n terest those books th a t dea l w i th th el i fe ou tdoors . A l i st o f some of the bes t o ft hese was g iven in th i s departmen t no t long ago

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and from that l i s t you may se lec t such as w i l lanswer your quest ions regard ing your summerexpe riences . H ow many o f you h ave eve rd i pped in to Wh i te ’s “ Se lborne ” or Wa l ton ’sComp leat Angler,

” to find out why these haveever been he ld dear by natura l i sts ? Or howmany have read the l ives o f Audubon

,or Agas

s iz,o r W i lson

,o r Darw in ? These men were

readers o f th e book o f nature,an d w i thou t th e i r

labors we m igh t have fewer men te l l i ng abou tthat g lo rious rea lm ,

“all ou tdoors

,

” th at bookfrom wh ich so many o the r books are w ri t ten .

TRAC I N G AN A YOUNG correspondentOL D QUOTAT ION sends us th e fruits o f h i sresearch in seeking fo r the orig i n o f th e proverb ,A l l that g l i t te rs i s no t go ld .

” Apparen t ly hehas conv i nced h imse l f th a t look ing for the fi rstuse o f a popu lar proverb i s a d iffi cu l t mat ter. I ti s l i ke t rac i ng tha t road o f wh ich it was sai d thata fter running i n to a wood , i t changed to a foo tpath

,then to a squi rre l - t rack

,and ran up a t ree 1

— wh ere,no doubt

,i t took a flyi ng leap i n to

some o th er t ree , as th e squi rre ls ’ highways w i l ldo . Thi s young scho lar found the p roverb asearly as 1 300 , when it was wr i t ten by Co rdel ier

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” A l l is not go ld tha t glisteneth i n bed .

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But— who was Corde l ier ? We shou ld beashamed to i nqu i re

,except th at he does no t ap

pear ia any o rdin ary books o f reference,and

our young corresponden t a l so fa i led to find h im .

Chaucer has th e proverb i n s l igh t ly changedform , and then Cervan tes has i t i n th e same formShakspere uses in the M e rchan t o f Ven ice

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chang i ng gl i t ters ” to g l i sters . There areo th e r uses o f th e proverb by Spenser, Quar les ,

and G ray, besides a n umber more mentioned inBart le t t ’s Fam i l i ar Quo tat ions .

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And th is last au thori ty,by the by

,throws l igh t

on Corde l ier, g iv i ng th e name fre i re Den iseCorde l ier,

” wh ich shows th at the Corde l ier i sno t a persona l name, but means that Den i se wasa membe r o f the o rder o f Co rde l iers

,estab l i sh ed

by Franc i s o f Assi si,i n 1 2 2 3 , a fri ar . Bart le t t i s

an exce l len t au tho ri ty on such mat ters,and i t i s

o ften very w i se to consu l t h im fi rst,since the

book has been so o ften and so care fu l ly rev i sedthat i t i s bo t h ve ry fu l l and very comp le te . Andi f our co rrespon den t w i sh es to know more abou tDen i se , Co rdel ier,

” he m igh t go to some largel ibrary in Boston (he wri tes from Brook l i ne ) andsee wh ether he can consu l t Wadd ing’s h isto ryo f the Franc i scans—a book ment ioned by theBri tann ica as very exhaust ive . We m ust begpardon fo r th i s i tem

,but th i s department w i shes

to commend the use o f reference-books by youngpeop le , for the w i sest educators adm i t that themodern scho lar canno t expec t to carry i n h i shead fu l l i n format ion on every out-of- the-waysubj ec t . The books o f re ference are so muchsuperio r to even the best o f our memories !

A S UGGES T IO N A YOUNG gir l in M aineF R O M A F R I EN D sends us a p leasan t let tertel l ing how some young friends studying to become pub l ic - school teachers dec i ded to readbooks from l i s ts recommended in th i s department . Onebrough t “Water Babies ,” th e bookby Charles K i ngs ley concerni ng wh i ch thereh as been some d i scussion i n these pages

,an d

declared i t to be too foo l i sh even for nonsense .

N everthe less “Water Bab ies ” was read a loudby the l i tt le group

,and at the conclusion the

same c ri t ica l young lady announced an ent i rechange i n her V iew . She sa i d “ it had been sode l igh t fu l tha t eve ry subjec t i t had touched onor even h i n ted at h ad gai ned new i n terest forher.” H ere was a ch ange i ndeed !Our corresponden t then says : “ Cou ld no tBooks and Read ing ’ suggest rcczo’z

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as a h elp to enjoying th i ngs o ther peop le l ike ?To wh ich we humb ly rep ly tha t i t so suggests.

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TH E LETTER - BOX .

WARREN , PA.

DEAR Sr. N I CHOLAS : I have taken you for a num .

ber of years , bu t have never be fore wr i t ten to you. I

have a l i t t le black pony whose nam e is Tom . NVerideand drive him a great deal .I was m uch interes ted in Den ise and N ed Toodles,

and am glad to renew the i r acq ua intance. Ned Toodleswou ld resemble our Tom in looks and act ions to som eex tent . I n th e s umm er we s tay on our farm , wh i ch i son thebanks of th e Al legheny R iver . Wi sh ing you su ccess , I m ust close. Ever yours ,

MARY MCN A IR TALB Rorr.

CONST ANT INOPLE, TURKEY .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I was very m u ch interes ted inread ing the le t ter from thel i t t le girl abou t th e old

monas tery near the Euphrates R iver. She was nineyears old and I am e i gh t , bu t I have cros sed t he Euphrates R iver tw i ce and I thought you m igh t l ike tohear my s tory abou t th e great river.Thelas t t im e I cros sed i t we spent thenigh t at Kenur

Khan, wherether iver makes a bend and enters th egreat rocky canon be fore go ing over t he great rapids.I t i s a lone l y place, no houses or l i fe of any sort ins ight , only th e ru sh ing river and the dark gorge beyond .

As we cam e in th e early morning along the bank s of th eriver to I soglon, th e place of theferry, we pas sed a herdofonethousand bu ffaloes be ing dr iven up from Mosu l tothenorth to be so ld . TheArabs who were driv ing them ,

in th e ir very p i c turesqu e co s t umes , on foo t and on hors eback , wereas interes t ing as th e bu ffaloes. Oneof thebuffaloes was lame, and be ing near thesteep bank of th eriver

,th e crowd ing herd pushed i t in and i t sank out of

s igh t . I t was so lam e and s eem ed so weary t hat I th inki t was glad to find res t in th e river.These arenot th e samean imal s that we cal l bu ffaloes

in Am er i ca, bu t arel ike t hose we s ee in thep i c tures ofl i fein I nd ia, and arem ore l ike great black '

oxen, onl yw i th longer h eads and necks. They areu sed as beas t sof burden everywherein Turkey .At t he ferry t here i s a l i t t leK urd ish v i l lage of

e igh teen or twenty houses withou t a s ingle pane ofglass in thew indows . In th e w inter t hey pas t e upsheets of o i led paper to keep out th e cold and to givel igh t . Theferry-boat is j us t l ike a great b ig dust -panw i th h igh s ides . I t i s made of rough planks rude l ySp iked toget her ; th e rudder is fas tened to the b igbendof t he dus t -pan, w i t h a po le for a hand le longer than theboat itse l f. At t he o ther end there is a great log to

keep the water from wash ing in , and two large roughbars are fas tened on e i th er s ide near th i s log. Thewagons and animal s aredriven in, and t he pas sengersgo on. Thes teersman mounts thel i t t l e plat form at thes tern. Theoarsm en take the i r places , and th e boatmo ves s low ly acros s . I f i t is very heav i l y loaded and

t he current carries i t in crossing too far downstream , a

r0pei s th rown out to a man on the bank and the boatis towed to th e land ing-

place.I n w inter when the r iver comm ences to freezeth e

boat o ften ge t s froz en in th e i ce that form s firs t nearthe shore, and th e pos t and trave lers have to wai t som et imes four weeks for the river to freeze so l id enough fort he wagons and animals to cros s . Th is ferry i s in th emain road between Cons tant inople and Bagdad .

Som e t im e I w i l l wri te you som e more ofmyexperiences in the interior ofTurkey, where my papa i sUni ted S tates consu l and where I l ived for two years .I enjoy ST. N ICHOLAS so m uch , and watch eagerlyfor i ts com ing every month . Your fai th fu l reader,

ROBERT AMES NORTON .

B ATH , ME.

MY DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I th ink you arethe bes tpaper I havetaken. M y aunt gave you to me. M ypapa took you when h e was a l i t t le boy, and h e had h isbound, and we read them .

I love to read th e le t ters , and h ear what o ther l i t t le'

boys and g ir l s aredo ing.

I am go ing to take you as long as I can. I love youvery much . Good-by. H ELEN MOSES.

ANDOVER , M Ass.

DEAR S ’

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. N I CHOLAs : A lady gave you to mefor a

Chris tmas present and I th ink it i s a very n i ce one, forI enjoy read ing them very m u ch , and i t does no t takemelong to read onethrough . I am very m uch interested in th e Com edy in Wax .

I have two pet k i t tens ; one i s y e l low, black , andwh i te, and theo ther i s all black . They arevery playfu l ; theo ldes t onew i l l play h ide -and-seek i f I h ide incertain places .I am in th e e igh th grade at school , and I am twe l ve

years old . You r lov ing reader,GERTRUDE BEA TR ICE R ANDALL.

EAST HOUSE, KODA I KAUAL .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : You werea Chris tmas presen tto melas t Chris tmas. I lo veyou I th ink that youare th e bes t magaz ine I haveever had. I like AComedy inWax ,

”and I th ink i t i s very , very interes t

ing. Every t im e I comein from play I don’ t knowwhat to do wi th m y se l f, and then I see ST. N ICHOLASon th e table, and off I run and s e t t le down to read them os t interes t ing magaz ine that was ever printed.

Wehave thetwo darlingest, swee tes t k i t tens ; onei sperfect ly wh i te wi th abou t ten l i t t le black hairs in them idd le of i ts foreh ead.

I learned how to r ide a b icycl e in twent y -s i x t urns .By that I m ean we havea tenni s-cour t and my fr iendPaul ine Jeffery taugh t me how ; two or three t im esPau l ine had to h e lp meOff and on, bu t after a wh i le shesaid that I m ust learn how to get off, and I have learned.

Good o by; I m ust stop. You r very interested reader,M ARTH A M . VAN ALLEN.

BERKELEY, CAL.

DEAR S ’

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. N ICHOLAS : I have a l i t t le jokeI t hough tth e readers ofST. N ICHOLAS would l ike to hear.Theteacher at school cau gh t the ch i ldren Cough ingwh en th ey wanted to speak to each o ther, so sh e sa id ,Any one that cough s w i l l have to s tay after

Thenex t day a l i t t le boy cam e to school w i t h an awfulcough , and of cours e th e teacher kept him after s choo l ;bu t h e sa i d that hehad an aw fu l cough , so sh e le t himoff that t ime. I am nine years old . M y nam e i s

JANE B IRDS ALL B ANGS .

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A NSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE A UGU S T N U M B ER .

CONCEALED WO RD-SQUARE. r. M ayor. 2 . Above. 3. Yokes. NOVEL ACROST IC . Const itut ion. Cross-WOrds : r. Sextant . 2 .

4 . Overt . 5 . Rests . Equa tor. 3. Potency . 4 . Trifler. 5 . Ep itaph . 6. M ent ion. 7.

Z IGZAG. TheU ni ted S tates of America. Cross-words : 1 . O tBoonsh . 8 ' ESPOUSQ ' 9 ' Reading .

toman. 2 . A chieve. 3. Central . 4 . Unicorn. 5 . A nemone . 6. CHANGED HEADS . U lysses S . Grant, A ndrew Jackson. 1 . Us,

Cl imate. 7. A ttempt . 8. Earnest . 9 . Ed ifice. I o . M as tery . rt . 3 5 . 2 . Low , now . 3. Year, dear. 4 . Sa id , ra id . 5 . Sat, eat . 6.

l tem ize. I 2 . Amateur. 1 3. A ttract . 1 4 . Cremate. 1 5 . I sthmus . Ear, war. 7. Sack , Jack . 8 . S ir, air. 9 . Cap , cap. 1 0 . R id,1 6. Obl ique. 17. A ffl ict . .

1 8 . B laz ing . 19 . Am iable. 2 0 . Evie k id. 1 1 . A brial , Serial. 1 2 . Nat , oat. 1 3. Took , nook .dent. 2 1 . Brevrty. 2 2 . Sp irits. 2 3. Octagon. 2 4 . Arbi ter. CHAR ADE. Pi-lot.

WORD-SQUARE. r. Po lka. 2 . Orion. 3. L i tre . 4 . Koran. 5 ,DOU BLE D IAGONAL. Jefferson, Cleveland . Cross-words : 1 .

A nent. journeyed. 2 . Recommend . 3. A ffi l iate. 4 . Shuffling . 5 . Per) c tual. 6. Sh iverin Treat ises. 8 . F lute-sto Coni

ZIOZAO A ND F I NAL Acnosr tc . From 1 to 2 , JohnHay : 3 to 4 , innion.

g 7 p 9

Emerson. Cross—words : 1 . Judge. 2 . T otem . 3. H inge. 4 . Eu

ter. 5 Ho les . 6 . Rat io . 7. Year“,NOVEL ZICZAG . From 1 to 2 , Independence Day ; 3 to 4 ,Thomas Jefferson. Cross-words : 1 . I gnorant . 2 . U nsought . 3.N U M ER ICAL EN 'C N A U ndevout . 4 . Rem ember. 5 . Cam pace. 6 . Ea s iness. 7. Ejec

M i ll ions ofmerry harlequins, skipping and dancing in glee, t ion. 8 . lnsnared. Effected . l o . Infernal. 1 1 . Bedecked.

Cricket and locust and grasshopper, :Ls happy as happy can be. 1 2 . Exterior. 1 3. In orsed . I 4 . Cardamom . 1 5 . Yataglian.

To OUR PUZZLERS : Answers , to beacknowledged in themagaz ine, must berece ived no t later than the1 sth of each month, and

should beaddressed to S '

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. N ICHO LAS R iddle-bo x , careofTHE CENTU RY CO . , 33 East Seventeenth S t. , New York C i ty .

A N SWERS To A LL THE PUZZ LES IN THE JUNE N U M BER were rece ived, before June r5 th, from Frances Hunter—Dorothy K nightLeonard C. Talpey Benjam in L . M i ller—Em i ly P . Burton Chuck Allil and Adi Eleanor Wyman Ness ie and Freddie—El izabeth Thurston—Harriet B in aman—Paul R . Deschere—Luci lle Crai g Dow—Jean, Clare, and ROsc l—V irg inia CusterCanan—“ St. Gabriel

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s Chapter race Haren Johnny Bear ” —Florence A lvarez—John P . Ph i ll i ps—George T. Colman

Eleanor F. M alone.A N SWERS To PUZ Z LES tN THE J UNE N U M BER were rece ived, before June 1 5 th , from M . Hoard, 1 —D . Nevin, r

—G . D . Ferguson,l

H . G . York . 1 L . Eisendrath , 1 M . H arding , 1 —V. M art in, 1 D . M ercer, r E. Clement, 1 Lou iseChalmers, 2 C . E. Hodges ,Jr. , r—S . Brown

,1 NO name, M arysvi lle, 1 H. Shaefi

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er, 1 M arie Barringer, 5 P . B . Noyes, 1 D . Hungerford , I M . Walker, 1- E. Darden,

1 M . C . Nelson, 1 —J. M etcalf, I —Polly and Peggy , 1 —El inor M . P. Pri ce, 1 Florence Goldman, 3 E. M oses, r

—M . Saltonstall , 1 M . C . T roy , 1 J. S . Crandall , l—A rthurT . Cort, 6 M yrtle A lderson, 6 M . H . Peabody , 1 F . H . M oeller, 1M argaret C. \Vilby. 6 Frederi ca and Lawrence M ead, 3—E. F . Harrington,

2 Luc ile Do ty , 1 N . C indrat, I H . Bowman, 1

A . G. Pe irce, I—Euphem ia Cruger, 1 .

WOR D - S Q UA R E .

I L AND bo rder ing on the sea. 2 . Po sses sor. 3. Afemininename. 4 . To snatch . 5 . Plants of th e larges tclass . ANNA C. HEFFERN (League M ember) .

CH A R ADE .

(Gold B a dge, S t. N icholas LeagueCompet it ion. )

MYfim t i s in m usic that m u ch I ’

ll te l l ;My last w i l l som e tim es be in trad e ;

And you don ’ t want to buy or sel lUnles s you know myw/zo/ei s made .

M A RY SALMON .

CO NN ECTED WOR D -SQ UAR E S .

I . UPPER LEFT-HAND SQUARE : 1 . An infan t . z .

Theagave . 3. Part ofa spoon. 4 . Part ofan egg.

I I . UPPER R IGH T-H AND SQ UA RE : 1 . A long s t i ck .

2 . Unreserved . 3. To loan. 4 . S tops .I I I . CENTR AL SQU ARE : 1 . Cat t le . 2 . Any th ingworsh iped . 3. A cozy corner. 4 Largedeer.IV. LOWER LEFT—HAND SQUARE . 1 . Inac t ive .

2 . An ac t. 3. A metal . 4 . A wh i rlpoo l .V . LOWER R IGH T H AND SQU A RE : 1 . To p i ercew i th a po inted weapon. 2 . A narrow wo ven fabr i cused for s trings . 3. M im ics . 4 . Mo s t correc t .

M A RGARET GR I FF I TH (League M ember) .

TR A VEL I NG P U Z Z LE .

BEG IN each word w i th the final le t ters of the preceding wo rd . Som e t imes two l e t ters areu sed , som e t im esth ree . Example : Bo s ton, once , cent ipede, De tro i t , e tc .

I went from Ch icago to Veni ce oneyear,And th e farethat I pai d was exceed ingly dear.

I . A fairy that m i sch i e f can make .2 . What a doc to r prescribed for an ache .3 . A dreamer ofpower .4 . A beau t i fu l flower.5 . A blunder, perhaps a m i s take .6 . A man sk i l led ineloq uent speech .

7. lhehom e of th e swee t, ju i cy peach .

8 . Very warm , I confess.

9 . To invo l ve '

m d i s tress .0 To j udge we l l and k ind ly ofeach .

ANNA M . PRAT T .

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IL LUSTR ATED A CR O STI C.

WHEN thee igh t obj ect s in th e above pict ure have beenr igh t ly gues sed, and t he names wr i t ten onebe low au

o ther in th e order given, oneof th e rows of let ters ,reading downward , w i l l spel l a hol iday.

D IA GONA L S .

(S ilver B adges , S t. N i cho las League Compet i t ion. )

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I . CROSS -WORDS : 1 . A large peninsu la of Nor thAm er i ca. 2 . Thecalendu la. 3. A month . 4 . A femininenam e . 5 . Crou ch ing. 6. A famous B ri t i sh dramatist who was born in Septem ber m ore than a hundredand fi fty years ago . 7. Pertaining to a cont inent . 8 .

What Shaksperesay s i s “for rem embrance.”D iagonals , from I to 2

,a ho l iday. M AR ION POND .

I I . CROSS -WORDS : I . A m u s i c ian. 2 . TheChr i s t iannameof a woman who became famou s during th eCrim ean War. 3 . Tem porary forts . 4 . Puz z les of a

certain k ind. 5 . To rec laim from a savage state. 6. As ingle , unvaried tone or sound. 7. Robbery . 8 . Aday oftheweek .

Diagonals , from I to 2 , som e th ing dear to everyAm erican. M AR I AN P . TOULM IN .

NOVE L ACR OSTI C .

THE fol low ing words areof unequal l ength . Whenr igh tly guessed and wri t ten onebe low ano ther, the firstrow of le t ters , read ing downward, w i l l spe l l a season,

and th e second row, read ing upward , w i l l spell a month .

CROSS -WORDS : I . A coral is land . 2 . Long-c0nt inned prac t ice. 3. A h ead-d ress . 4 . Uns ightl y . 5 .

To ponder. 6 . Par t of th e neck .

CORA SM I TH (Leagu e M ember) .

L I TER AR Y NUM ER I CA L EN I GMA .

I A M composed ofe igh ty - th reelet ters and form a quo

tation from a poem by J. G. Saxe .M y 37-6-66 - 2 4-8 1 was the founder of the Engl i sh

nove l . M y 4 1 -68 -63- 1 0-55-46 was a bl ind poe t . My73- 2 I - I 3-48 was an English poe t and essayi s t . My72 -40-57-5 1 - 16-

30 was an e igh teenth-cent ury publ i cat ionfounded by 35 -4 -

39- 2 8-53- 2 3. M y 6 1 -53-

37-69- 1 2 - 1 -2 7i s the au tho r of “ MarjorieDaw.

” M y 76- 1 -55- 2 0-47

THE R IDD LE-BOX .

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CHAO CHAHNG STRUCK H IM A SWEEP ING SIDE BLOW W ITH

H I S TRUNK .

”(SEE PAGE I 064 . )

O CTO B ER .

Com-ri ght . 1904 . by THE CENTU RY C0 .

ANY on e wh o th i nks the e lephant a s low ,

clumsy beas t wou ld have cause to change h i sopin ion on see i n g h im at wo rk a long th e ri verso f north ern Siam . The rai ny season , wh i ch begins in Apri l

,i s t he t ime when the teak logs

,cu t

du ri ng the d ry season i n the fo rests abou t theupper wa te rs o f th e M enam R iver

,a re floated

down to Rahang,where th ey are caugh t and

ra fted to Bangkok . I nstead o f red - sh i rted,

spi ked - shoed “ river-d rive rs ” such as hand l ethe logs i n t he i r downst ream jou rney to thesawm i l ls on the Penobsco t and K ennebec i nMain e , the “ lumber- d riv i ng ” o f theSiameserivers i s done by bare foo ted

,ha l f-naked men on

e lephan ts,and th e “ bone labo r and much o f

the th i nki ng i nvo lved i n th e Opera t ion are doneby thee lephan ts .The m i dd le o f J une

,some years ago

,found

V I ; 1 2 .1 9 0 4 .

All ri ghts reserved.

the drive o f teak logs t ha t I was tak ing downth e M e-ping R iver abou t ha l f-way on i ts jou rneyfrom th e cut t i ngs to Rahang . My c rew con

si sted o f twenty e lephan ts w i t h th e i r Shan andLao mahou ts

,o r keepers , who drove th e logs,

and as m any bu l lock -drivers, choppers, and men

Of-a l l -wo rk to a t ten d to th e camps and hau lsupp l ies .n o wate r too deep o r c u rren t too s trong for thee lephants

,who went up and down th e steepes t

S lopes and over rocks l ike great cats as th eypat ro l led the rive r

,ro l l i ng i n to the cu rren t w i th

heads,t runks

,and tusks the logs stranded a long

the channe l,o r wad i ng ou t i n to ca tarac ts to

break a fo rm i ng jam . A l l these e lephan ts weret uskers

,excep t my ri d i ng e lephan t

,La la

,and

the b iggest and st ronges t and mos t doc i le o fa l l was Prahada’

s e lephan t,Chao Chahng, th e

Boats were need less,fo r th ere was

1 060 CHAO CHAH NG AND THE MAN - EATER . [Ocr .

stood ten fee t h igh at the shou lder. Prahada was a no rthern Lao

,a thorough

elm/mg , or e lephant-m aster, who , l i ke a l lgood mahou ts

,was on the best of term s w i th

h i s an ima l,and I had lea rned that the two

were to be depended upon'

to ca rry th rough th ehardest jobs that by any chance m igh t come upin the day ’s work .

I n camp ing i n th e forest i t was no t u nusua lfor us to find , o f a mo rn ing , the t racks o f somew i ld an ima l wh ich had reconno i te red the campduring t he n igh t . Such a d iscove ry exc i tedp art icu lar alarm

,as the prowling beasts of

Siam common ly avo i d man , and th e wo rst tha twas looked for from a t ige r or pan ther was thathe m igh t spri ng upon a st ray i ng bu ffalo o r goat .H ence i t was th e unexpec ted wh ich happened ,when a t iger one even i ng

,w i th the who le cam p

awake,se ized a man who had gone a few steps

from on e o f the fi res to fe tch wood to rep len i shi t . A t h is ou tcry and th e sound of th e t iger ’sgrow l

,the Shans and Laos

,rea l iz i ng at once

wha t was to‘

be done,caugh t b laz ing brands

from the fi re and rushed to the i r com rade ’srescue . A brand flung a t the t iger struck h im

STRETCH ING BOTH FORE LEGS STRA IGHT our BEFORE H IM ,ME

WENT S L ID ING DOWN THE S LOPE . (SEE PAGE

i n th e head,caus ing h im to drop th e man and

sneak away i n the darkness . The t racks of th et iger showed h im to be a very large as we l l asbo ld one ; but a fter h i s experience w i th thefi rebrand , h e was no t l i ke ly , so the men assured me , to venture i n to the camp agai nwh i le fires were burn ing there . The man wasno t dangerous ly hur t

,and we hoped tha t ou r

t roub les from w i ld beast s were ended,as they

had begun,w i th th i s v i s i t .

Bu t we were no t to be rid o f th e t iger soeasi ly . Hewas lu rk ing a long ou r l i ne o f wo rk

on the river next day , as the alarmshown by the e lephan ts on severa l occasions test ifi ed . When n igh t came on

and most o f the men and e leph an tswere back i n camp

,Prahada,

had been sent that day far upst ream,had no t

re t urned . P resen t ly th e crash ing sound o f ane lephant com i ng at fu ll speed was heard i n theforest , and soon Chao Chahn

'

g appeared i n astate o f great exc i temen t

,and Prahada was no t

on h is back . Heha l ted among th e o ther e lephants, and then we saw that h i s back wastorn by a t iger’s claws . I made up a searchi ng-party, and by the l igh t o f to rch es we .wen t

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CHAO CHAHNG AND TH E MAN - EATER .

that the t ige r wh ich carried Prahada off wasawai t i ng h i s chance fo r the n ext v ic t im ,

it wasa mat ter o f course th at bo th e lephants and menshou ld become demo ra l i zed and tha t wo rkshou ld lag . Severa l o f t he men

,two w i t h e le

phants, qu i t my service under various p re texts,but rea l ly from fear o f the t iger

,and I knew

tha t i f ano ther man were carried o ff by h im i twou ld mean a genera l stampede o f my force .

W i th th e purchasi ng fi rm a t Bangkok impatiently awai t i ng th e n ews o f the arriva l o f th elogs a t Rahang

,I had to see m y work h i ndered

and i n danger o f com i ng to a standst i l l th roughone murderous b rute

,wh ich cou ld no t be k i l led

o r frigh tened away,un less by some acc i dent

,

wh ich w as no t a t all l i ke ly . I carried myrepeat ing-rifleon my t ri ps from th e camp , part lyi n the hope o f catch i ng a “ snap- sho t a t th et iger

,bu t mo re to i nsp i re my men w i th courage

and confidence ; and further to i nspi rit them Iadded fow l s to the i r ra t ion o f r ice

,made presen ts

o f fancy clo th s and tobacco to the sub fo remen,

and promised tha t everv e lephant -driver shou ldrece ive five si lver co i n s beyond h i s stated payi f the logs were a l l down at Rahang by the fi rstday o f J u ly .

The ta i l o f th e dri ve was lodged a t somerapids five m i les up th e river

,and by clearing

these i t wou ld be prac t icab le to move camp aday o r two late r

,wh ich m igh t take us be low

the rang i ng o f the t iger , wh o had made h i spresence known to us i n eve ry instance fromsomewhere above the camp . N one o f th e meno r e lephan ts l iked to be sent i n th i s d i rec tion

,

and so for th i s work,on the th i rd day

,I de

tai led fou r o f the bes t t uskers and drivers,and

accompan ied them on my ri d ing elephan t . Mypresence

,w i th th e rifle s lung to my r id ing-pad

,

gave courage to the men,wh ich was imparted

to the i r e lephan ts,and they worked so we l l tha t

by the m i dd l e o f the a fternoon the rap ids we rec leared .

Be low th e rap ids the river broadened in to along poo l a quarte r o f a m i le w i de

,and Of a

depth o f th ree o r four fee t except where thecurren t had cu t a deep channe l a long the foo to f the h igh easte rn bank . A t the edge o f therapi ds on the east s i de , as I wai ted fo r ChaoChahng to push the las t log i n to the cu rrent , Ica l led to th e th ree mah ou ts across th e st ream to

keep on down the west bank,i n tend ing myse l f to

take a fo res t path lead ing to the foo t o f t hepoo l on th e east . They had disappea red rounda bend in the shore

,and La la was lead ing th e

way u p the eas t bank from the ri ver,when my

rifle s l i pped from i ts sl ings and fe l l upon therocks . A t h i s mahou t ’s command

,Chao Chahng,com i ng on beh i n d us

,p icked i t up w i t h h i s

t runk an d passed i t back to me,wh en I found

tha t the hamme r was j ammed by the fa l l andso wou ld no t wo rk . We go t upon the h ighground

,and I was hopi ng as we wen t on th a t

the t iger wou ld no t take th i s t ime to show h imse l f

,when we h eard the th ree e lephan ts ac ross

the river a l l t rumpe t i ng toge ther. Some th ingi n the i r no te ou r an ima ls seemed to u nderstand

,

fo r at the sound Lala opened ou t h er ears l i kefans and quickened h er pace

,an d I cou ld h ear

the big e lephan t gathe ri ng speed beh in d h er .Ano ther m i nute and Chao Chahng, ac t i ng asi f h e were beyon d a l l con t ro l o f h i s m ahou t

,

rushed pas t u s and soon was los t to v iew amongth e t rees ah ead .

Suspec t i ng th e cause o f t he t rumpe t i ng,I to ld

my mah ou t to keep as c lose a fter Chao Chahngas h e cou ld

,and we h u rried a long un t i l

,i n

mak ing a cu t -off from the path,we came i n

v iew o f the river,and th e mahou t

,bring i ng

Lala to a sudden ha l t , po i n ted w i th h is handou t upon the poo l . Above the surface nea r th eopposi te bank was th e black -and-ye l low heado f a sw imm ing t iger

,the r ipp les o f h i s wake

w i den i ng back to the low,wooded sho re , wh i le

a fte r him into th e wate r came the th ree e le

phants w i th th e i r mahouts u rg i ng them on .

They had d iscovered the t ige r crossi ng ther iver

,and know i ng tha t i n th e water h e was

he lp less to at tack th em,t he mahout s h ad no t

hesi tated to put the i r e l ephan ts a t h im . Thet iger

,rea l i z i ng h is d isadvantage

,was sw imm i ng

fast for the eastern bank ,with excel len t pros

pec ts, as fa r as we cou ld see , o f mak i ng i t sa fe ly ,for La la was o f no use agai nst h im , an d ChaoChahng, who m igh t possib ly have headed h imoff i n th e water , had run away .

With my rifle use less and be l iev i ng tha t La lawou ld bo l t as soon as the t iger touch ed theshore

,I was th i nk ing o f fo l low i ng the b ig e le

phant’

s examp le , when I h eard h im com i ngback . Hehad been runn ing , no t from fear, bu t

to search ou t a p lace whe re he cou ld ge t downto the wa te r w i thou t break ing h is neck

,and now

he eme rged from th e woods a t the brink o f th eh igh bank in l i ne w i th thecourse i n wh i c h thet ige r was sw imm i ng . l-leadvanced , test i ng h isfoo t ing

,unt i l the d i rt a t the edge , c rumb l i ng

unde r h i s fee t,began to rat t le down to the

wate r ; then st re tch ing bo th fore legs st raigh tout be fo re h im

,he cu rved h is b ig body over th e

bri nk . and wen t s l id i ng downth e s lope . Thet iger

,seei ng h im com i ng , t u rned back towa rd

ND T]1 li 1“AN IiA'

l‘

li

HL KB HE BR I S TLED AN D ROARED , WH I LE THE FOU R ELB PHAN I‘

S CA M E Ul‘ AN D L I NED THE M SELVES A ROUN D H IM .

the m idd le o f th e st ream . The bank fe l l fi ftyfee t down to th e wa ter

,and was very steep

,and

how Chao Chahng avo i ded tu rn ing a somersau l t o r two on the way is a mystery ; bu tsomehow h e kep t “ righ t s ide up

,

” and,w i th

Prahim hang ing despera te ly to the g i rth to saveh imse l f from d roppi ng over h i s head

,he p lunged

i nto the water . F rom a foun tai n o f mud and

spray h i s t runk emerged,and then the top o f h is

back,moving ou t i n to t he r iver

,w i t h the ma

hou t c l imb ing to h i s p lace on the n eck . L i ke amon i to r i n a runn i ng t ide the e lephan t propelled h imse l f across the deep channe l , and ,gai n ing h i s foo t ing i n th e sha l lower wate r beyond , h e loomed up , con front ing the t iger,wh ich turned and swam to a great bou lder tha t

stood,fo r no h un ter cou ld have asked for a

su rer sho t than h e p resen ted . W i t h my rifled i sab led th e s i t uat ion was q u i te ano th er th ing .

() n the rock th e t iger s tood leve l w i t h th e sh ou lders o f th e e lephants

,and fo r them to c lose in

upon h im wh e re h i s spri ng wou ld land h imsquarely upon thenearest one 's h ead was toomuch to expec t o f e lephants or mahou ts . Froma sa fe d i stance away they t rumpe ted and th reatened h im w i th the i r t runks

,bu t came n o n earer ,

wh i le th e t iger,fac ing one and ano th e r i n t urn ,

made fe i n ts o f sp ring i ng upon each,bu t re fused

to qu i t th e rock . Even Chao Chahng, whop la in ly was t here fo r b usi ness w i th th e t ige r,was no t d i sposed

,w i th thesc ratch es st i l l fresh on

h i s back,to g ive h im a second chance to find a

rose some th ree fee t above the wate r ’s su r fac e ,and sc ramb led upon i t . H e re he bri s t led and

roa red , wh i le the fou r e lephan ts came up andl i ned themse lves around h im . A t my command

,t he mahou t t u rned La la back towa rd t he

cata rac t,and fo rd i ng th e rive r the re

,fo rced her

ou t i n to the poo l above theo the r e l ephant s ,whe re she took a pos i t ion from wh ich Icou ld see a l l tha t wen t on .

Had my rifle been i n work ing o rder I cou ldhave se t t led mat te rs w i t h th e t ige r whe re he

1 064 CHAO CHAHNG AND THE MAN - EATER .

foo tho ld there . And a l l t he wh i le we were sonear the t iger that I cou ld see the l ine o f s ingedhai r a long h i s head where“ th e fi rebrand hadstruck when h e t ried to carry away the man atthe camp a few n igh ts be fo re .

A fter a ha l f- hour o f wai t i ng,w i th no th i ng

ga ined , I was debat ing w i th myse l f whe ther afire- ra ft wou ld be mo re l i ke ly to d i s lodge thet iger than to stampede the e leph an ts

,when the

muddy wate r grew more t u rbi d and I cou ld seethat it was ri si ng round th e rock . A rain fallsomewhere up the river was the cause o f thechange , wh ich m igh t indicate a t rifl i ng ri se o r asweepi ng freshe t . The e lephan ts a l ready werequ i te deep i n the poo l

,and i f th e water kep t on

risi ng i t was certa in th a t they wou ld no t s tayun t i l i t was h igh enough to force the t ige r fromthe rock . I n five m i nu tes

,however

,the water

h ad r isen a foo t,and the e lephan ts now were

look ing anxiously from th e t iger up to wherethe rap i ds were beg in n i ng to roar w i th th e coming flood . Every t rop ical beast stands i n su

preme dread o f an inundat ion,and the t iger

t urned from h i s bes iegers to sn i ff and grow]ina new key as th e roar o f the catarac t grewlouder and th e ris i ng water washed up aga ins th i s paws . W i t h the stream su rg ing agai nst the i rshou lders

,th e e lephan ts sh i fted abou t i n th e i r

t racks so as to face thecu rren t,and the ma

houts had to keep up a con t i nua l shou t ing,and

work the i r great- toes v igorous ly agains t thebacks o f the flappi ng ears

,to preven t the un

easy an ima ls from re turn ing to the shore . On lyChao Chahng he ld his ground , fac i ng th e t iger,wh i le La la

, shuflfling round uneasi ly , seemedundecided as to whe ther her sa fer course wereto remai n u nder h is pro tec t ion o r to t ake toher hee ls .Some th ing dri fted pas t me toward the rock

— a great teak log th at the ri s i ng water hadbrough t down from somewhere upstream . Asit scraped a long th e rock the t ige r severa l t imesseemed on the po i n t o f steppi ng upon th e log .

Heh esi ta ted , bu t j ust as i ts rear end was passing he g l i ded upon it . The heavy log

,float

i ng deep i n the water, sank lower ben eath h i sweigh t as , c raw l ing to th e m i dd le o f i t , he wasborne from the rock . Wh i le th e o ther mahoutsvain ly t ried to force the i r e lephan ts to the log

,

Chao Chahng , at Prahim’

s word,push ed sw i ft ly

fo rward upon the t ige r,who

,balanc i ng h imse l f

upon h i s uns teady support,cou ld move on ly for

wa rd or backward . A t s igh t o f th e t u sks anduprai sed t runk above h im

,the t iger

,t urn i ng

,

w i t h a wh in e o f fear crep t swift ly back on th elog

,ev i dent ly hopi ng to regai n h is p lace on

th e rock . Bu t Chao Chahng, fo l low i ng h i s movemen t

,s truck h im a sweepi ng side b low w i th h i s

t runk tha t sen t h im flyi ng into th e water. Th eo ther tuskers

,no longe r to be rest rai ned

,were

p lunging fo r the sho re, and La la bo l ted a fte rthem . I caugh t one g l impse o f th e b ig e lephan trush i ng upon th e t iger s trugg l i ng at the surface

,

and a fter that , wh i le La la took th e rocks andho les at th e bo t tom

,I was kep t too busy ho ldi ng

myse l f by the ropes to th e pad to t u rn my headunt i l we were at th e shore . Then , look i ng back ,I saw the water swir l ing ove r the rock

,and

above th e su rface on ly the float ing log,and

Chao Chahng sta lk ing shoreward th rough th eflood w i th th e ai r o f hav i ng j ust d iscovered thatthe rive r was r is ing .

We made our'

way down the sho re to th ecamp,

i

whereth e men , on l earn i ng th at the maneater was k i l led

,bui l t bonfi res i n rejo ic i ng

,and

,

to th e accompanimen t o f flu te and pipe,fsangsongs for h a l f the n igh t in ce lebra t ion o f ChaoChahng and h i s v ic to ry

-

over the t iger . Ther iver rose five fee t i n an hour

,and when i t h ad

subsi ded next day th e t iger’s body was found a

m i le be low the poo l,stranded on a bar. I t

had been too long i n the water fo r th e sk i n tobe worth sav ing , but I wore one of h is claws onmy watch-guard at Rahang on the Fourt h of

J u ly,wh ich day found our camp there

,w i th all

the logs i n boom,ready for ra ft i ng.

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AN I NC IDENT I N R EA L L I FE.

FATHER TOLD l MY TO GO INTO THE L I BRARY AN D PCT H I S COP IES O F ST . N ICHOLAS IN ORDER .

CO M ING IN AN HO I 'R LATER , TH I S I S FATHER FO I'

ND .

EL INOR ARDEN , ROYA L I ST

Bv M A R Y CoN STANc E D U Bors .

(Beg /m in Mr A ug ust num ber. )

CH A P T ER V I I .

EL I NOR TO THE RESCU E.

A s E l ino r paused,breath less , unab le to push

h er way farthe r,the c rowd before h er d iv i ded

,

and shebehe ld the pr isoners and th e i r guard .

She gazed anx ious ly at th e so ld ie r, whose facewas gr im ly reso lu te

,and whose erec t

,powe rfu l

frame looked uny ie ld ing as a rock . Hest i l lk ep t a heavy hand on the shou lder of F ranco i s ,whose c lenched fi sts and fierce ly g leam i ng eyestold of a desperate st rugg le

,i n wh ich h e was

scarcely yet subdued . And M a rie ? I t was d i fficult to be l ieve tha t th e poo r

,cower ing peas

an t-woman was rea l ly a fai r an d proud lady .

She had sunk down on the grass,her head

droop i ng , ho ld ing t he ch i ld c lose i n her arms .Push i ng and jost l i ng i n t he i r eagerness

,men

and serv i ng-maids and v i l lage fo lk gazed andgaped , wh ispering to one ano ther and gesticulat ing . Now and then one of the bo lder sp i r i t swou ld put a ques t ion to th e so ld ie r on guard

,

and rece ive a grow l ing an swer wh ich prom i sedi l l for the pri soners .Bi ts of conversat ion came to E l ino r’s ears .

l‘I L IN t ll\'

"

1' i s bu t a poo r g i psy pa ir—wha t

I .et ’em go,say I .

The y agabonds f

' l ‘ush !harm can the y do ?

“Wha t ha rm,say you ?

The man w i l l hang fo r a th ief, l wa rrant ."

nova L is'

r. 1 067

\Vhy, why , how now ! M i s t ress E l i nor !\Vhat

’

s t h i s ? ” exc la imed the y o ung ofl‘icer.

Le t th em go ! Oh, pray le t th em go !

I t’

s no t the i r fau l t— it ’

s m i ne I d id ir— INay

,an ye’

d hea rd tha t fel low Speak , as h i d t hem 3”

I d id ! I te l lye, the man

’s a w iz

"l'

was th e verv fiend’

s jargon .

Il l'

tl

-\v,and th e wo

man a w i tch ! Best tothe pond w i t h ’em .

and see whet he r thevs ink or sw im .

Was the re any h opeleft ? Poo r E l i no rgrew s ick w i th fr igh t .Sudden ly a vo ice

beside he r sa id , Wellwhatever the y be , I

Capta i n Lawrence w i l l g i ve themthe i r deser t s ."

Cap tai n Lawrence ?Of course i t was forh im t hat t he y wai ted .

Start i ng out o f he r bew i ldermen t

,she st rug

g led back th rough thec rowd and ran to t he

t row

house . Fa i r l y t umblinrr a g a i n st Dame

0 D

H ester . who stoodw i th Rache l and Besson the thresho ld

,and

s l ipp ing from heraun t ’s deta i n ing hand

,

she hurried i ndoors,

and upsta i rs towardthe guest -chamber .

-\t tha t very momen t(‘

aptain Law rence wasCom i ng down the ha l lw i th the so ld ier whohad brough t h im news of thea rres t . A qu ickpattering of fee t sounded on thesta i r- case , andan eager l i t t le figu re came flying up to them ,

and a lmost i n to the capta in ’ s a rms . A lmostbreath less

,t he ch i ld ca l led :

'

Capta i n I .awrence—,stav ! Oh

,p lease

,

i np lease le t me speak to you .

\Vhat ? “'

ho ? The pr isoners ?

N H ST I LL KEPT A H EAVY HAN D U PON T HE S HO U LDER OF FRANCO I S .

” Yes,yes ! And th ey ’

re innocen t— t ru lyt hey ’

re i n nocent . Oh, le t them no t beharmedCapta in Law renc e looked i n amazemen t a t

the ch i ld,as she pau sed for brea th

,pan t i ng ,

a lmos t sobb i ng w i th exc i tement .Come ,” h e sa id ,

“ I mus t know the mean

1 068 EL INOR ARDEN ,ROYAL I ST.

i ng of th i s .” And h e led h er to the ha l l below .

“So— now we ’

rea lone . Now te l l me a l labou t it ” and the captain sm i led encouragemen t . You know them , you sav ? You h idthem ?

Oh , s i r !’

T was for the baby ’s sake . I twas so late

,last n igh t , an d they had nowhere

‘v ,

wnv,HOW now ! M I STR ES S EL INOR ! WHAT '

5

to go— and P ierre had no supper— and M ariewas so weary . They ’

re on the i r way toFrance

,you see

,and they ’

d wa lked m i les andm i les

,and cou ld go no farther . And she to ld

me they were poor se rvan ts, and begged meto he lp her . And I cou ld n o t leave t hem ou tthere i n the woods a l l n igh t— no t w i t h th e baby

,

—so I h i d them i n the o ld chape l where th esh eep are kept i n w i n ter . And— I dared no t

[OCT .

te l l Aun t H ester . And they were go i ng awayj us t now

,on ly your men caugh t them— and

you see they were do i ng no harm ! And oh,

si r, the fo lk are a l l so fi erce agai ns t them !They th ink the man ’

s a w i zard , when he ’

s

on ly speaki ng French ! But you will savethem ? Oh , say you w i l l !Th e young officer looked down a t the

flush ed , p lead i ng face . Hefe l t the clasp oft h e l i t t le co ld fingers

,as i n her earnestness sh e

caugh t h i s hand i n hers .“ Save them ? Two poor . wayfarers and a

babe— was ’

t no t so ? N0,my l i t t le maiden

,

the war dea ls no t w i th such . I must , i n sooth ,look i n to the mat ter . But never fear ! Come

,

you sha l l see for yourse lf.The c rowd on the lawn was grow i ng impa

t ien t , and no t a lone to learn the fate of theprisoners

,for those who had been absent on

th e prev ious day were long i ng for a s igh t of thecap ta in h imse l f. When h e appeared there was

a genera l pressi ng forward to see thewounded hero . N ow he stood before them

,erec t an d ta l l

,h i s sword

a t h i s s i de ; but the arm t hat shou ldhave w ie lded i t h ung he lp less i n as l i ng

,wh i le an earnest l i t t le ma id ,

her shyness a l l forgo t ten , he ld fastto the un i nj ured hand .

“So,M aster G oodw i n

,whom have

we here ? ” he demanded , as t he p ri soners were led forward .

The sold ier guard ing them sa lu ted .

Si r,we found thi s fe l low, w i th th e

woman h ere , h id ing l i ke un to t h i evesi ’ the bu i ld ing yonder, and havetherefore arrested them as suspi c iouscharac ters . Th e knave showed figh t ,s i r . Heseeme th to be a desperatew re tch . Hespeake t h naugh t savei n h i s own pagan tongue .

”

Cap ta i n Law rence st ud ied the F ren chmanc lose ly

.

“ So,thou fe l low ,

” he said a t last ,“ hast no t a word to answer for thyse l f?Knowst thou augh t of wha t ’

5 sai d to thee ?Come , speak out , or i t may go i l l w i th thee .

”

The rep ly was an ou tburst in the prisoner ’ sown language

,accompan ied by earnes t ges

tu res,p lain ly show ing tha t he wou ld have

an swered i f he cou ld,bu t t hat he d i d no t

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he lp less ly a t Rache l and Bess,and fina l ly at the

th ree so ld iers beyond . The men -at-arms weremov i ng away an d th e capta i n h imse l f wasapproach ing . Why d idst thou no t te l l me ? ”

Aun t H es ter repeated .

Cap tai n Law rence reached th e group i n t imeto hear the quest ion . Hesaw the cu lpri t t urnto h im a frigh tened

,imp loring face .

P ri th ee , M i s tress Brad fo rd,b lame her

no t , he hast i ly pu t i n . She came to me th i smorn ing w i th the who le sto ry . A pre t t y co i lwe shou ld have had to untang le had i t no tbeen for her ; bu t the l i t t le ma i d spoke ou trigh t b rave ly

,and I thank h er for i t .”

Rather taken aback by th i s s udden i n terfe rence

,Dame H ester looked at t he young

ofiicer as i f sh e cons ide red h im an impert inen tboy who had taken i t upon h imse l f to i n st ruc th i s e lders .

You are k i nd,Cap ta i n Lawrence

,she sa id

,

to look t hus l igh t ly upon such i l l behav ior,

bu t I cann o t le t i t pass . E l i nor, 70116 11 d ids t

th ou find those peop le there ?I d i d no t find them there

,Aun t H ester .

The g i r l breath ed quick ly , bu t he r vo ice wasfi rm .

“ I found them i n the woods las t n ight .They were a fra id

,and knew no t where to go .

And so— the baby,A un t H es ter— it was for

the baby— I brough t them to the sheep - co te .

”

“ Tho u d id st Aide th em there ? E l i no r !Thou shou ldst have come st raigh t to me andask ed my leave . I wou ld have he lped themh ad I seen fi t . Now

,go to thy room at once !

Thou sha l t break fas t on b read and waterto- day . Go !”

I n her aun t ’ s op i n ion E l i no r crowned h er badbehav io r w i t h a show of defiance

,for she

wa lked i n to the house w i t h her head th rownproud l y back and a look wh ich seemed to say

,

I w i l l no t ask pardon .

” But she b i t her l i pon ly to k eep i t from t remb l i ng

,and bravelv

fough t back her an gry tears .

Father wou ld have to ld me to do so , shesai d to herse l f. He’

d h ave ca l led me h i sb rave l i t t le Roya l i st— I know h e wou ld I ”

Then in a flash she remembered the buck le .

She had left i t on th e baby ’ s neck,and i n t he

exc i temen t o f th e last hOUI‘S ' lt had been qu i teforgo t ten . I t was gone—her p rec iou s keepsake ! Wou ld she ever see i t again ? Her

courage gave way and she broke down andsobbed . And ye t who had her j ewe l now ?Who

, bu t a baby princess ? Father had mean ther a lways to keep the buck le ; ye t he wou ld ,she fe l t su re , h ave been g lad tha t she shou ldg ive i t up i n s uch a cause as th i s . And

,al

though the tears wou ld come,she t r ied to be

happy i n the thought t ha t she had los t i t i nthe serv ice of her k ing .

Fo r a wh i le i t seemed as i f every one hadforgo t ten her

,bu t presen t ly sh e heard clat ter

i ng fee t ou ts i de h e r doo r,and a vo ice ca l led

,

“Ne l l,N e l l

,are you the re ?

I t was Rache l— Rache l who had b lurted ou tt he who le secre t and brough t down pun ishmen ton her cous i n . N ow Bess was ca l l i ng

,too .

N e l ly,are n ’

t you there ? ”

No t a wo rd from E l i no r. Bu t fo r tho se twovexat ious l i t t le marp lo ts t here wou ld have beenno t roub le at a l l . They m igh t ca l l un t i l thevwe re t i red

,i t made no d ifference to h er .

There was a sound of wh ispering . Then,

N e l l I _’m so so rry I ” The vo ice was p la int ive . I d id n’

t mean to te l l !“ You did

,j ust the same !” burs t ou t E l inor .

But I cou ld n’

t h e lp i t . I fo rgo t , and I’

m

rea l ly sorry .

” And the choke i n E l i nor ’s vo icewas an swered by a do lefu l sn iff outs i de th edoo r. N ex t she h eard th e s i sters run d ownthe h a l l .I ’

m g lad they ’re gone ! I don ’ t w i sh

anybody ! she sa id to herse l f. But as th ehours dragged s low ly a long she grew ready toforg ive them bo th i f on ly they wou ld re t urn .

Aun t H este r camefas E l i no r knew she wou ld ,and ta lked a long t ime . A un t H ester foundher n iece i n a rebe l l iou s mood

,pos i t ive ly te

fusing to own herse l f sorry . For E l i nor wasg lad o f wha t sh e had d on e

,and on ly two th ings

t roub led her,n e i ther o f wh ich she cared to

exp la in . She had lost her be loved jewe l andsh e had dece ived .

Agai n and agai n she argued t h e mat ter ove rw i th herse l f. I t cou ld no t h ave been a l ie .

She had mere ly to ld Capta i n Lawren ce tha tthe woman had said sh e was a servan t . Eventha t was t rue

,for was she no t serv i ng he r

queen ? Ye t no t for th e world wou ld E l i no rhave had h im guess the truth . Yes , she hadmean t to dece ive h im . And he had be l ieved

ROYAL I ST .EL I NO R ARDEN .

her— hehad sa id so be fo re ever y o ne, and hehad se t the pri soners free . H ow good andk ind he was 3 Heough t to have been a Ca val ier. \\ ith a l l he r heart sh e was g rat efu l toh im

,and ye t she w i shed that h e wou ld go

awa y,so t hat sh e need no t face h im w i t h tha t

secre t o n her consc ience .

The long d i sma l day was over at las t , and

at bed t ime t he t h ree l i t t le g i r ls made i t uptogethe r and k issed oneano the r good -n igh t .Next mo rni ng

,wh en E l i no r came ou t from h er

d i sgrace,sh e and he r c ous in s w e re as good

friends a s eve r . The past da y ’ s d i sc i p l i neseemed to have transfm

'

med h e r i n to sothought fu l and obed ien t a ma iden tha t DameHeste r began to hope tha t he r madcap n iecehad a t las t l ea rned he r lesson

,and wou ld yet

do cred i t to he r a unt ’ s t ra ining . I ndeed , poo rlilinor had no hear t fo r p lay , w i th th e loss ofher jewe l fresh in he r memor y : and when shesaw the k ind eyes and merrv sm i le o f Capta inLawrence

,sh e cou ld on ly turn awa y w i t h a

gui l t y co lo r i n h er cheeks and t h e sec re t w e ighing heavilv on he r m ind .

C HA PT ER

CO N FES S ION .

A FEW days late r t he v i l lage was aga inaroused—t h i s t ime by the news tha t the babypri ncess

,Hen rie t t a , had been s to len away from

Oat land s Pa lace by he r gove rness,L ady Da l

ke i th , and carried n o one knew wh i the r, butsome though t to F rance

,to h e r mo the r

,th e

ex ded queen .

A s E l i no r was now su rethat t he roya l fug it ive wa s sa fe

,and tha t she was no longe r bound

to keep th e secre t,she began to fee l tha t he r

con fess ion mus t come . M ore than once shewas on the po i n t o f te l l i ng thewho le story toCaptai n Law rence

,who had become thefriend

and p lay fe l low of a l l t he ch i ld ren ; ye t thefearthat , when he knew the t ru th , he m igh t beangr y w i th h er

,a lway s he ld her back . A t last

thecap tai n ’ s h ea l th was qu i te restored,and h e

was ready to tak e the fie ld aga in—and st i l lshe had no t spoken .

’

The day befo re h i s depart ure she fe l t t ha t she cou ld be s i len t nolonger , and ye t sh e was glad o f eve ry task o rerrand that delaved the dreaded momen t .

sundown she saw h im in t he garden all

a lone . N ex t mo rn i ng at daybreak h e wou ldride away . This was he r last chance and she

must be brave .

Capta i n Lawrence , I th i nk I ough t to tel lvou some th i ng .

”

Rea l l y ? I t must be some th ing ve ry impo rtan t . ” A s h e saw h e r ea rnest face

,th e cap

ta in’ s eves tw ink led so m i sch ievou s ly tha t E l ino r was con fused and cou ld no t go o n.

'

We l l,wha t i s i t ? H as D ick been los t in

t he hop -field again,o r ha s Fox chosen . th e

bantatn cock fo r h i s suppe r ? N o ? Then yo um ust have been s i ng ing one of those awfu lCava l ie r songs aga in , whe re in you cry ven

geance on th e R oundheads .

”

“ P ray d on ‘t tease me,Ca pta i n Law rence !

I rea l ly ough t to te l l you . Those peop le , youknow— tha t I h id tha t n igh t . They—they— I

on ly to ld vou thewoman said she was a servan t .I ’

m sure tha t was no un t ruth . \Ve l l,th e

bab y— you remember the babv ? I t was n o trea l ly P ierre— ir was— th e pr incessWhat ! The c apta i n started

,and looked

as i f h e though t t ha t sh e had lost h er senses .“ The princess ! What mean you

,E l ino r ? ”

Yes,the l’rincess— I know ’

t i s t rue . Ifound i t out tha t m orni ng . A t fi rst

,I th ough t

of course the y were on l y poo r French fo lk,and

I h id them because Ma ri e sa id th ey were servi ng a R ovalist lady , and th ey feared th e so ld iers . Bu t n ext day

,wh en I came to fe tch

them t he i r break fast,I hea rd M arie te l l i ng the

bab y no t to cry because she wou ld soon be aprin cess aga i n .

I t canno t be ! N o,no

,ch i ld ! You m i s

took . That h unchback c reatu re !She was no hunchback , bu t the fa irest lady

I eve r saw,and t he hump was n augh t bu t a

bund le of rags . She was frigh tened when shesaw me and wou ld no t te l l me who they were

,

bu t sa i d I m ust th i nk o f th em on l y as M ar ieand P ierre , and I must keep th e secre t fa i t hfu l l y . But now the y m us t be sa fe i n France

,

and eve ry o neknows they ’

tefled,so I ’

m su reI ough t t o te l l you. An d y ou

’

ren o t angryw i t h me , a re you ? Fo r I ’

m a loya l ma id,you

kn ow,and i f I were a man

,I shou ld be figh t

ing agai ns t you and fo r R i ng-Ch ar lesI t was hard to te l l the s to ry

,fo r the capta i n

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looked at her as neve r before . She saw h i sface flush and h i s brows cont rac t as h e l i stened ,wh i le h i s eve s grew so dark tha t she was frigh tened .

“ You are sure of th i s ? ” he asked,when

sh e had fin i shed .

Oh,yes ! Q u i te su re

That he was angry sh e saw p lain ly enough .

Was i t because the poo r l i t t le princess hadescaped from t he hands of her enem ies ? N o ,sure ly the k in d -hearted so ld ier cou ld no t be socrue l as to w i sh her back again .

Hemust,then

,be angry w i t h E l i

nor he rse lf— bu t no t , sh e though t ,fo r h av ing done h er duty . I tcou ld be on ly because he

,too

,fe l t

tha t she had dece ived h im .

She watched h im pace back andfor th , neve r once look i ng a t her ,seem i ng to forge t tha t she wasthere. She d i d no t know what t odo

,and ye t she wou ld no t leave

h im wh i le mat ters were i n th i st roub led state . So she s tood

,

he lp less and unhappy , care less ly

p luck ing bo th flowers and leavesfrom a rose-bush

,and sca t ter ing

th e leaves on the path .

Present ly,as h i s w a lk brough t

h im near her,t he capta i n g lanced

at her i n surpri se .

St i l l there, E l i nor ? he asked .

She looked up from under herdroop ing lashes

,her l ip s pout ing

i n a way tha t made i t seem as i fsh e was cross

,but wh i ch mean t

on ly that she was d ist ressed .

What a do lefu l face to wear over a v ictory ! he sa id .

V ic tory ! Had the Ro y a l i s t s won a bat t le,

t hough t E l i nor , and was th i s h i s way of te l l i ngh er ?

The day was y ours, was i t no t ? You he lpedyou r princess on her way to France , desp i te usa l l . ’

T i s too late now to bri ng her backagai n . H is frown was gone and h i s o ld

,w i n

n i ng sm i le had re t u rned .

w i th her,after a l l .

p leasure .

'

But you are g lad,too

,Cap t ai n Law rence

,

are n ’

t you ? You must be g lad she ’

s safe !”

Hewas no t .angryHer face grew brigh t w i th

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Hethough t a m i n ute before rep ly ing .

“ E l i no r,” he sai d a t last

,

“ had I guessedthe t ru th tha t day my duty wou ld have been toho ld the pri soners i n the name of Pa r l i amen t .They had been a wo rth ier p ri ze th an the rogueswe chased h i ther i n vai n .

’

T wou ld have wonme h igh commendat ion

,too— mayhap from

Genera l Cromwe l l h im se l f.” And there wasa touch of b i tterness i n h i s tone . Lady D a lke i t h had marve lous courage

,t ru ly

,th us to

“1T was NOT REALLY P IERRE—1T WA S—THE PR INCES S

bear away th e pr incess i n very defiance of t heo rder ! She wou ld have paid dear ly had shefai led ! But ay, E l inor, such cap ture s are no tto my l i k i ng. Since sh e had come so far andbraved so much— w i t h a l l my h eart I ’

m g ladsh e i s safe and free .

”

E l i no r c lapped her h ands,laugh ing w i th de

l igh t ; and then , sudden ly remembering thed ign i ty of her th i rteen yea rs , she s tepped forward demure ly to b i d the capta i n good-n igh t .

You are such a w i se l i t t le maid ” he sa i das thev parted , and know so we l l how to keepa sec re t— you wou ld no t find i t h ard to keepth i s one st i l l longer ? Then best say n augh t

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see th e s ight s of London i n her ladysh ip ’ scoach

,and to di ne i n s ta te a t h er home

,b ttt

for /m' to v i s i t t/zem was an un looked - fo r honor .The co lone l hastened to ass i st the i r guest toa l igh t

,and presen t ly re t urned w i t h my lad y on

h i s arm .

I have t ak en you by su rpri se,have I no t

,

my dear ? ” sh e c ried,embrac i ng E l i nor

,and

pat t i ng the rosy cheeks of the l i t t le bro ther ands is ter

,who were led forward to k i ss her h and .

“ And sure ly you can never guess what hasb rough t me up a l l t hese st ai rs to y our lodg i ngs .A t s uch an hou r

,too ! Thanks

,E l i nor

,but I

w i l l ea t n o th i ng now—weof th e court breakfast late . M arry

,bu t I am clean ou t of breath

from my haste !”

She sank down on a chai r,pant i ng a l i t t le

from herexert ions,but her eyes spark led merri ly

over some secre t of her own . She was an impos ing figure

,s i t t i ng there

,w i th her fur- t rimmed

man t le t h rown back,d isp lay ing th e sheeny

fo lds o f h er w i ne - co lored brocade,an d w i t h a

wonderfu l head -dress of Span i sh lace coveringhe r s i lver ha i r

And now,sa id Lady Lyndhurst

,when she

had regained he r breath,now for the e rrand

tha t br ings me h i the r. E l ino r,do you go

s t ra igh tway and change tha t sober dress fo r thes i lken gown wh erew i t h you g raced my d i nnersome da y s ago . And make ready th e ch i ldren

,

too,for I am come to carry you th ree away

w i th me to Wh i teha l l . Can you guess for wha treason ? Because I am so commanded by th eP ri ncess H en rie t ta ! She paused to enjoythe surpr i se of her l i steners . I prom i sed youa s igh t of her R oya l H ighness ere y ou le ftLondon

,d id I no t ? And now I am be t ter

th an my word . Th e w i sh of your h eart wasto see your prin cess . Now

,i t seem s

,your

p rincess canno t res t w i thou t see i ng you. Sohaste you to mak e ready , for we must be therew i th in an hou r . And you

,s i r

,

” she added,t u rn

i ng to Co lone l Lawren ce ,“ had you been the

Cava l ie r I vow nat ure i n tended you for,I

wou ld have you to the pa lace,too . And

,but

for the queen m o ther, I doub t n o t the pri ncessw ou ld have commanded your presence as we l l .She was eager enough to see you ! Ay, Itook pa ins to te l l he r Roya l H ighness howm uch she owed her escape to you a lso .

”

Thou ar t w i l l ing tha t I sh ou ld go ? ” E l i norasked her husband .

But he on ly sa i d : To see thy pr incess ?’

T was fo r tha t I brough t th ee to London .

When ready fo r the v i s i t,even i n the i r s imple

d ress , E l i nor and her ch i ldren looked worthy tobe the guests of roya l ty . Geoffrey ’s brigh tchestn u t ha i r fe l l i n cur l i ng love - locks over h i sbroa d co l lar ; wh i le N e l l , i n her wh i te frock ,w i t h a quai n t s i lk cap on her go lden head

,wa s

herse l f l ike a l i t t le p rincess,so he r mo the r

though t . And a fa i r and state ly lady was M i stress Lawrence

,ih h er gown of dove -co lored

si lk,w i th soft lace on her arm s and breast .

Lady Lyndhurst declared tha t she bore herse l fl i ke a duchess

,and tha t the po se of h er head

an d n eck was clea r ly mean t fo r the court . Bu tas h er husband gen t ly w rapped her man t l eabou t her shou lders

,E l i nor gave h im a look

wh ich sa i d tha t she was happ iest as w i fe andmo ther i n the i r qu ie t coun try home .

A few m i n utes more and the Lyndhurstcoach was wh i rl i ng away to the pa lace ofWh i teha l l .

To th ink tha t t he princess herse l f shou ldsend fo r me sa i d E l inor . That was th roughyour k indness , Lad y Lyndhurst , I know w i t hou t ask ing . But pray

,my lady

,te l l me how

i t came abou t .Ah that i s a secre t . You m ust wai t un t i l

her Roya l H ighness te l l s i t you . H ave patience, and yo u sha l l know a l l by and by .

”

A rrived a t Wh i teha l l , t hey en tered the pa lacebe tween the ranks of

_guardsmen i n t he i r g l i t

tering un i forms and'

ascended the great sta i rway . E l i no r saw

,as i n a dream

,t he sh imme r

of si lk,the flash of j ewe ls

,the sweep ing bow s

of th e ga l lan ts , th e curt sies of th e lad ies , asthey passed th rough th e ga l le ry to th e room sof sta te . A t t he door of an i nne r apar tmen tLady Lyndh urst spoke to a gen t l eman - in-wa i tmg

,who d i sappeared

,an d , re tu rn ing a momen t

later,ushe red them i n to a pri va te draw i ng

room . E l i nor h ard ly n o t iced the sp lendor a l labou t her

,the r ich hang i ngs

,th e frescos on

wa l l s and ce i l ing,th e g l i t ter of go ld and crysta l ,

for,at the farth e r end of th e room , w i th ma id s

of honor gathered abou t h er chai r,the P r incess

H enr ie t ta wa i ted to rece ive her .E l i nor curts ied low , and th en Lady Lynd

EL INOK AR DEN , ROYAL I ST.

h urst led her fo rward,w i t h the word s

,You r

R oya l H ighness,he re a t last i s Eli/m; A rr/m .

”

-\ nd g lad I am to we l come her ,” c ried as i lvery ,

g i r l i sh vo ice,as . cu rtsy i ng aga i n F l i

no r k i ssed the hand he ld ou t to he r . Soyou,

Madam Lawrence . a re the one who . as a

‘A ND NOW FOR THE ERRAN D THAT umuc s M E H tTHER

,

’

l i t t le ma id , she l tered me tha t n igh t ? I have solong w ished to find you ! And Lady Lyndhurs t te l ls me vou wou ld fa in see your babypr incess

,too .

”

“ Your Roya l H ighness i s mos t g rac ious togran t me my deares t w i sh , rep l ied E l i nor .

And these a re y ou r ch i ldren ! The d ear

SA ID LADY LYNDHURS '

I‘

.

w ig /1011s ! Bring them here a t once,the pr in

cess sa i d,w i t h her swee t F ren ch accen t

,as sh e

looked at t he l i t t le pa i r,s tand ing shvlv hand

in hand .

Ne l l,t i ny ma iden tha t she was

,clung to he r

mo t her as sh e dropped a bobb ing cu rtsy . Bu tG eoffre y proved h imse l f a t rue cava l ie r

,

bow i ng so low tha th is curls touch ed th eh em of the pri ncess ’spear l—bro i d ered robe

,

after wh ich he resolutely took h i s standbes id e her cha i r

,and

remained there,h i s

gaze never once wanderi ng from her face .

N o wond er Geofl'

reyhad lost h i s heart ! Fo ra t s i x teen th e P rincessHen rie t t a Ann e was already the boas t o f th eFren ch and th e Engl i sh cou rt . Th ere wassome t h ing fai ry- l ike i nher beau ty and grace ,as she sa t th ere i n h e rc ream y sat i n gown

,

w i t h gem s spa rk l i ngon her wh i te arm s ands lender th roat

,and i n

her ha i r . And he rcheek was t i nged w i t hde l icate ro se

,and h e r

dark e y es sh on e w i t ha laugh i ng l igh t

,fo r

she was i n the ear lyspringtitne of happ iness and lo ve .

“ I have so O ftenheard the story

,

” t hepri ncess sa id

,how

my own dear fa i th fu l Lad y D a lke i t h bo re meaway i n peasan t gu i se ; and how a brave l i t t lema iden

,named E l i nor A rden

,h e lped me on m y

way . I a lwa ys wondered how i t fared w i t hher

,and to -day Lady Lyndhurst comes and

te l ls me a l l . So now I m us t have the ta le agai nfrom you .

” She s igned to an at tendan t . Bring

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seat s for Lady Lyndhurst and Madam Law i n the. o ld chape l,and how

,i n the mo rn ing

,

rence . the i r secre t had b een revea led to he r. AndAs she spoke

,she pu t her arm around Geof n ow the princess laughed merri ly as she l i s

frey,and drew the shy l i t t le s i ste r to her si de tened , and now the tears rose i n her eyes .

as we l l . Her manner was so fu l l of swee t gra The accoun t of the capture and re lease fi l led

“SHE DRE\V FORTH A CHA I N OF C LEAN ING PEAR LS .

herwith g i r l i sh de l igh t .“ And the youngcap ta in who se t u sfree— hei s now you rhusband ? she asked .

“Ah ! you mus t te llh im that those poo rway fare rs have beenever gratefu l for h i scharitv. And tel l h im ”

— a rogu ish sm i le dimp l ed the corners ofher mouth tha t thek ing knows

,too

,how

pass ing we l l he thereby served the crown .

”

When the story wasended

,she sa id

“ There i s one th ingyou have qu i te forgo t . But th i s shou ldrouse your memory .

Taking from one o fher ma idens a beaut iful s i lver box

, shedrewfrom i t a go lden buck lest uddedw i th gems andt ied w i t h a faded crimson ribbon .

“And then,sh e

added,when E l i no r

,

knee l i ng , had rece ivedher Ch i ldhood ’s t reasure

,

“ as,long ago ,

you gave you r precious j ewe l to save a

l i t t le p rincess , so nowth at gratefu l pri ncessre t urns i t to you and

c iousness that E l i no r lost a l l embarrassmen t g i ves you M ix, as a token of her love .

”

at be ing seated i n the presence of roya l ty . This t ime sh e drew forth a chai n of g leamShe to ld the sto ry of how she had found i ng pear ls

,and w i t h her own hands clasped it

t he wanderers,h ow she had h idden them abou t E l i nor ’s throat .

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J UST h ow i t beganE l ton n ever knew .

Hehad heard whispers o f th e class “ rush " ' for severa l da y s

,but

nobody i n h is c rowd seemed to know muchabou t i t . Belfour

,who came from h i s town

,

to ld h im t ha t i t was the custom for t he Sophom ores to wai t unt i l th e F reshmen were com i ngfrom gymnas i um prac t ice

,and then mee t them

on the lower campus . A cane seemed to bethe bon e o f con ten t ion .

E l ton h ad been at collegejust one week . On

Tuesdays and Thursdays,at four, every man in

theFreshman c lass was requ i red to report a t thegymnas i um fo r prac t ice . On the second Tuesday the Sophomo res me t them at th e door .E l ton was among th e last to leave the ma in

floo r o f the gymnasi um . H alf-way down thesteps h e heard a sudden

,sh arp ly punc t ua ted roar

(“W i de U Rah ! Rah !

U Rah ! Ree!

Vars i ty ! Vars i ty !N ine teen three !

E l ton ’s h eart began to beat w i th exc i temen t .Those were the Sophomores . An d then h eheard a defian t yel l— weak at fi rst

,bu t gai n i ng

st rength as l usty vo ices swung i nto th e refra in :U Rah ! Rah !

U Rah ! Roar !Vars i ty ! Varsity !N ine teen fou r !

Those were the Freshmen — tha t was h i sclass ! H is eyes b righ tened . Hewas beg in n i ngto understand c lass sp i ri t now !Down at the doo r th ere was a lit t le b lock

B y Les lieW . Quirk

ade . Impat ien t a t th e de lay,somebody at th e

top o f th e sta i rs gave a m igh ty push,and the

who le crowd swep t down to th e bo t tom —t umb l i ng and s l id i ng and eager

,but no t laugh ing .

F rom ou tsi de came th e Sophomore y e l l , drowning a l l e lse .

A t last E l ton came to the doo r, just _when

th e tens ion was a lmost too great . As far ashe cou ld see ac ross the lowe r campus wereswarm i ng groups o f young men

,a l l e lbow i ng

and c losi ng i n on a si ng le mass o f fe l lows,tha t

swayed fi rst one way and th en the o the r.E l ton ran forwa rd . A st udent i n a red sweate r

b locked h is way .

Nine teen fou r ? he asked th reaten i ng ly .

E l ton th rew back h i s head . Yes,si r

,I

am,

” he said . I t was the fi rs t t ime s ince he hadcome to the un ivers i ty that h e had no t re

peated i t meekly .

The fe l low nodded . So am I,h e sai d

,

“ and lo t s o f these fe l lows around here . Bu t weare ge t t i ng push ed an d jost led and walked on

,

j ust becau se we are no t o rgan ized . You see ,the Soph s know one ano the r ; we don 't . H ere ,le t ’

s bunch ourse l ves . ”

Heth rew back h i s che st,and ca l led ou t i n

a vo ice tha t rose above the di nN ine teen four th i s way

He t u rned to E l ton . I know you,he

sai d .

“ Saw you do i ng stun ts i n the gym ; andI saw your muscles

,too .

”Hesm i led grim ly .

E l ton looked up . Oh , I say h e began ,Then h i s curiosi ty go t the be t ter o f h im .

“Whatdoes i t a l l mean h e asked

,po in t i ng h i s th umb

at the strugg l i ng mass o f human i t y .

THE CLASS

I t’

s a class rush , exp la ined the o ther . “A tleast

,that ’

s what t hey ca l l i t . I t’

s rea l ly a canerush

,a b i t d i so rgan ized herei n the Wes t ; and

theSoph omo res u se i t as an oppo rt un i ty towalk over the F reshmen and th row them i n tothe lake . I t

’

s t he nea res t th i ng to haz ingtha t '

s a l lowed .

lly th i s t ime the re we re th i rty o r fo rty s tudents

,red ofcheek and short ofbreath , gathe red

around th e two .

The man i n thered sweate r he ld up h i s hand .

Fe l lows ,” he sa id ,

“ th i s i s E l ton , 1 904 .

He'

5 go ing to lead us .There was a moment o f s i lence , then clea r

and sha rp came the ye l lU Rah ! Rah !

I} ll ah l lloar !

Vars i ty ! Vars i ty !N ine teen fou r !

Mo re Freshmen came,and st i l l mo re

,t i l l the

c rowd was a sma l l army . Then E l ton beganto unde rstand . The long ing to do some th ingfor h i s c lass grew st rong upon h im . The fellows ho i s ted h im h igh upon the i r shou lders . Het u rned to t he c rowd

“A l l right,fe l lows

,he sa id .

“We wan t t hatcane : le t ’

5 ge t i t !”

They were st i l l t ugg i ng a t i t wh en the c rowdo f Freshmen came

,i n a so l i d mass , l i ke a bu l le t .

Somebody weakened and le t go ; somebodye lse ’ s ho ld s l i pped . Everywhe re we re F reshmen — c rawl i ng under the upper- classmen

,

scramb l i ng ove r th em ,shov i ng be tween them .

E l ton,as leade r

,h i t th e c rowd fi rs t . Back

o f h im we re two h und red st u rdy fe l lows,pent

up w i t h exc i temen t . Hewen t th rough andover a sco re o f aston ished young men . A lmostbe fore h e rea l ized i t

,h e had h i s hand on the

prec ious cane . Th en more F reshmen came,

and pu l led the Sophomo res off be fo re they understood t he sudden energy . And a l l a t once ,pan ti ng and w i th clo thes to rn

,E l ton found h im

se l f in possess ion o f th e cane .

Some i nsti nc t to ld him to run . I n an in stan tthere were fi ve h undred men a fte r h im .

E l ton cou ld run w i th the best o f them , bu tthe re was no hope o f ge t t i ng away w i th acrowd closing i n from th ree sides and the lakei n front .Back o f th e gymnas i um lay the boat - house .

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li lton made st ra igh t fo r th i s bu ild i ng , c i rcledth e wa lk to the fron t

,and took a qu ick glance

at the boat s a long the p ie rs . A l l we re chai nedsecu re ly except one. In th i s a man w i th aheavy swea ter was j ust leav i ng th e p ier.Th ere was no t ime fo r de lay

,no t ime for

apo log ies . Stra igh t fo r the boat E l ton ran ;when he was nea r i t he j umped .

The man was s ta rt led there was no quest ionas to that . Fo r twenty m i n u tes h e h ad beenloafing i d ly abou t the p ie r, a l te rna te l y arrang

ing the cush ions in h is boat and smok ing a bu l ldog pipe

,as hewa i ted impat ient ly fo r a friend .

And nowWe l l

,h e gasped

,taking h i s p i pe from h i s

mouth,

“ who are you P“ I ’m E l ton 1 904 ,y0u know . I 'vego t thecane . I

“ Oh !” The man moved h is b ig shou lders i n

s i len t laugh ter . “ Then th e c lass rush i s on,

and you’

vego t away w i th the cane .

”

N o t ye t,sai d E l ton

,anx ious ly

,as he fi t ted

the oars in to the locks ; “ they ’

recom i ng .

They we re— no t one o r a dozen,but sco res

and sco res o f t hem a l l eager and de term i ned .

A who le row o f boats was launched as qu ick lythey cou ld be un locked from thep i er . G roups

o f sta lwart fe l lows dropped i n to th e seats,and

a hundred muscu la r arms d i pped the oars i n tothe wa ter .M eanwh i le the man in E l ton ’s boa t had

sh i pped h i s oars . As h e saw th e pursu i t,how~

ever,h i s face brigh tened , and h e s l i pped th e

b lade s i n to the water. E l ton no t iced tha t t he rewas no sp lash , ha rd ly a rippl

You .

’ l l h e lp me ge t away P h e asked .

I ’

m a J un ior,o ld man ; I

'

ll h e lp a F reshman any ( lay . Now row fo r a l l tha t ’

s i n you .

”

W i th h i s back to the man,E l ton d ipped h i s

oars and leaned forward . Hepu l led stead i ly ,w i th a l l the fo rce o f h i s muscles. Heknew th eman beh i nd h im had caugh t the s t roke exac t ly .

The boa t leaped fo rward i n a mad rush tha t cu tthe water sha rp ly be fore i t .E l ton cou ld see the pursue rs com i ng . There

were some h usky pai rs and fours among them,

and E l ton wondered i f i t wou ld be poss ib le toge t away . Hewas coo ler now

,and began to

wonder i f i t we re a l l wo rt h wh i le .

Then,suddenly

,back on the sho re , a hun

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dred F reshmen sent up the class ye l l . I tcaugh t E l ton l i ke a powerfu l st imu lan t . .H is

hear t th robbed ; h i s eyes brigh tened ; h is muscles fe l t fresh and st rong . Hewas do ing it forthe class I t was worth wh i le .

The man behind h im never spoke . Hewas simply row ing w i th a l l the power that was i n h im .

THE CLASS RUSH . [Ocn

vo ice kep t say ing , “ Steady ! Steady , o ld manSteady ! I t quie ted h im and made h im doh i s best . Hekn ew the man ou tclassed h im

,

though he pu l led w i th the who le st reng th o f h i syoung body .

A t best i t was an uneven race . Two men i na rowboat cou ld no t ou t run fou r men i n a ra

“STR A IGHT FOR THE BOAT ELTON RAN ; \VHEN HE WAS NEAR 1T HE jUM PED .

Some t imes when E l ton was a l i t t le slow i ncatch i ng the strok e he cou ld fee l the boat shoo tforward w i th a tremendous j ump . His adm i rat ion for the man grew as h e watch ed th em drawaway from the pursuers .H is oar s l i pped at last , and sen t a showe r o f

water back on the man . The fe l low on ly

granted and sai d , “ Steady ! Steady ! Steady ,o ld man ! We’

vej ust begun to figh t now . Theyhave launch ed th e fou r- oar she l l .E l ton h ad neve r seen a she l l

,bu t h i s eye

caugh t sigh t o f th e boat back at the land ing .

I t was s l im and frai l and fast . Hebent to h i swork w i th renewed energy . Back o f h im a

c i ng- she l l . E l ton di d no t rea l ize thi s,however

,

and st ra i ned and tugged at the oars t i l l theperspi ration stood ou t on hi s forehead i n grea tdrops

,and trickled down the side o f h i s nose .

Hebegan to pan t . Hewas no t i n trai n i ng ,and the pace was beg i nn ing to te l l . Hewondered who the o the r chap was

,and whe th er he

had to learn to row tha t way,or Whe ther he

had a lways been ab le to do i t . Hefe l t an insanedesi re to s top row i ng the boat and ask the man .

The boat-h ouse an d gymnasi um began togrow sma l ler and sma l ler as they receded i nthedi stance . E l ton no t iced that the water wasb l uer the farther out they went . There were

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H E was sma l l and plump,o f a red -brown

co lor,with a beau t i ful bush y tai l curling over

h i s back . H ave you guessed that he was asqui rrel ? Then look up h is name in the dietionary and you w i ll find ou t why h e was ca l ledCh ickaree .

Hel i ved in the t rees beh ind the Brown H ouse ,wai t i ng for the but tern u ts to ge t r i pe . A b igbut ternu t- t ree grew close by the fence . M r .Squ i rre l ’s b righ t eyes had sp ied th e nu ts earlyin th e summer

,and h e had made up h i s m i nd to

have th em—every one . So, as soon as the - ripen u ts began to fa ll w i th a thump to th e ground ,Ch ickaree was to be seen—as busy as a bee a l lday long

,stori ng up food fo r nex t w i n ter.

The two lad ies who l ived i n the Brown H ouseu sed to watch h im from th e w i ndows , and werenever t i red o f say ing h ow cunn i ng h e was

,and

how g lad they were to have h im ge t the buttern u ts . Hemust h ave a sn ug l i t t le nest i n some treenear by -hewou ld carry off a nu t and be backagai n so qu ick ly . But

,though th ey watched

care fu l ly,they never cou ld d i scover where the

nest was,and by an d by they gave up watch i ng

and fo rgo t a l l abou t h im .

Onemorn ing , late i n Oc tober, M i ss Annecame to break fast rather late and cross

,say i ng

to h er si s te r,Sa l ly

,I be l ieve th i s h ouse i s fu l l

o f rats ! There was such a racke t last n igh t Ihard ly s lept a w i nk !M i ss Sa l ly had s lept sound ly, and she laughed

at the i dea . Rats ? There had never been ratsin th at house . I t was j us t “Anne ’s nonsense .

”

M i ss Anne st i l l i n si sted,and was awakened

almost every n igh t by the no i se . The rats i n

the barn have moved in to the house fo r th ew i n ter

,

” she sa id . So the rat- t rap was b rough tfrom th e barn , bai ted w i t h cheese , and placedclose to a ho le in the unde rpinn ing

,wh ich

looked as i f i t m igh t be a rat -ho le . There i tstayed t i l l th e t rap grew rusty and th e cheesemo ldy

,bu t no ra t was caught .

Oneday M i ss Sa l ly brough t home a bag o fpeanu t candy “peanu t b ri t t le

,

” sh e ca l led i t ;and to keep it cool overn igh t she pu t i t i n th ework shop

, where were kep t the hammers andnai ls

,t h e wood-box

,and the garden too ls .

Th is shop Opened into M i ss Anne ’s stud io,and

h ad an outsi de doo r n ear the bu tternu t- t ree .

Th e candy was forgo t ten un t i l th e nex t a fternoon

,when M i ss Anne wen t to ge t

‘

a'

p iece .

A l l tha t sh e found was a h eap o f torn and st ickypaper. E ve ry scrap o f peanu t b rit t le was gone !

Those rats ! she declared .

“ Bu t how di dthey ge t i n here ?The “ how ” was soon exp lained . N ear th e

outsi de door they found a ho le i n the floor.M i ss Sa l ly was indignan t , and , put t ing a th ick

board over th e ho le , pounded i n enough w i ren ai ls to k eep ou t a reg imen t o f rats .As t hey stood i n th e open door a bu t ternu t

dropped at the i r fee t,and M i ss Sa l ly

,in a flash ,

exclaimed,

“Anne,do you th i nk i t cou ld be

that squ i rre l P— th e n u ts i n the candy, youknow PBu t M i ss Anne though t no t . “Th e no i ses

in the at ti c— tha t cou ld no t be a squi rre l .There are w i re screens i n th e w i ndow s—hecou ld not possib ly ge t in.

”

Cou ld n ’ t beP That same afternoon , as M i ss

C llICKA REE.

Anne c rossed th e yard,she saw the squi rre l , w i th

a n u t i n h is mouth,spring from th e fence to the

low shed roo f,then to the house roo f, and sud

denly van ish under the eaves . And , lookingw i th a l l he r eyes , she spied a sma l l round ho le .

The mystery was ex p la i ned : th i s was thecandy th ie f and th e “ ra t " tha t danced j igs i nthe ga rre t n igh t a fter n igh t !

john sa id he wou ld bring h i s gun and shoo tthe rasca l as soon as he popped ou t o f the ho le .

But the lad ies wou ld no t hear o f i t . Shoo tl i t t le Brigh t-eyes ? N o , i ndeed ! Hehad wo rkedso hard

,lay ing up h i s w i nte r sto re . A s long

as he was n’

t“ rat s M i ss Anne was sure sh e

wou ld no t m i nd th e no i se,and , bes ides , d i d n

’

t

squi rre ls s leep a l l win ter ?Tha t even ing she read up squ i rre ls i n th e

HE: D ID S LEEP A GREAT DEAL .

encyclopedi a,and find i ng the n ame ch ickaree

,

she dec la red,

“ That sha l l be our squi rre l ’s name,

and he sha l l stay as long as h e cares to .

”

So Ch ickaree stayed ; and a fine w i n te r hepassed . Hed i d s leep a great dea l

,bu t woke

up to n ibb le h i s nuts and exp lo re th e garre t .Once i n a wh i le

,j ust fo r fun

,h e wou ld venture

out o f doo rs,and the lad ies saw h im scudding

over the snow- crust . Bu t the grea ter part o fthe t ime h e spen t cur led up i n h i s n es t . Whata nes t i t was

,to be su re the very m idd le o f a

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feather-bed ! M i ss Sa l ly had t ied tha t bedcare fu l ly i n a sh ee t and h ung i t from a peg i nthe garre t ; but Ch ickaree had c l imbed tip,

peeped i nto the fo lds,and mad e u p h is m i nd

a t once tha t th a t was the bed for h im .

When spring came the feathe r-bed began tolose i t s charm . Ch ickaree became ve ry w ideawake

,Spend ing h i s t ime i n rac ing abou t the

at t ic,pry ing i n to boxes and sta ring a t h im

selfin an o ld m i rro r . Hewondered who th atbushy -t a i led fe l low cou ld be— and t ried toscratch h im out .Then h e began to gnaw t he wooden boxes

,

the beams— eve ryth ing ; and the more hegnawed the be t te r fun i t was. M i ss Anne ’snerves were so worn ou t by the grind i ng no i seh e made th a t sh e gave up ca l l i ng h im “ tha t

cunn ing li t t le fellow

,

” and now h ewas a lways “ tha ttormen ting squir

re l ." A dozen t imesa day she wou ldhave to d rop he rpa in t-brush

,pound

on the st ud io wa l l ,and c ry , “ H ush !hushA t fi rs t Chicka

ree wou ld be frigh tened i n to si lenceby those knocks

,

but he soon learnedtha t i t was barkand no t “ bi te

,

and he wou ld stopto gri n

,and then

ca lm ly beg i n tognaw again .

The ne ighbors sa i d : “ Be t ter shoo t h im ;he ’

ll ru i n your house,gnaw i ng the beams

an d th e roo f. ” Bu t th e lad ies sai d “N o again ,and h oped when summer came h e wou ld forsake the garre t . Bu t he d id no t . I t was ara iny summer

,and Ch ickaree l i ked h i s d ry

qua rters— so h e s tayed ; and st i l l he danced ,and gnawed

,and d rove M i s s Anne d i st rac ted .

I n ju ly sh e had a brigh t i dea , and go t afriend who had been a boy no t many yearsbe fore to make he r a box- t rap , such as h e used

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to se t fo r rabb i ts in thewoods . “And whenwe catch Ch ickaree ,” M i ss Anne said , we ’

ll

carry h im off to the woods and se t h im free .

The t rap was bai ted w i t h apple and placedon the shed roof ; an d there i t stayed emp ty .

Ch ickaree neve r even saw i t . Heh ad forgo tten the bu t te rnu t- tree , an d n ow t raveled an

o ther road over thefront roo f i n to the map les ,where he cou ld tease the bi rds and hunt fo rthe i r eggs .Oneday M i ss Anne had a headache . As

she lay on h er bed a l l themorn ing it seemedto her the squ i rrel had never be fore made sucha racke t overhead . A fter d inne r she ca l ledM i ss Sa l ly .

“ Do t ry th e t rap i n the at tic ;that squi rre l is spend i ng th e who le day thereSo the t rap

,w i t h a fresh bai t o f apple

,was

put i n th e m i dd le o f th e at t ic floo r,and M i ss

Sa l ly sat down to read h er si s ter to s leep . Suddea ly overhead came a m ap ! an d the si s terslooked at each o ther. Was i t the t rap H ad

th e squ irrel been caugh t ?Up ran M i ss Sa l ly . \Ve l l

,i f he was n’

t caugh t,

what had made the top_of the t rap fa l l fla t , and

BY M ARGARET JOHN SON .

TH I S dear l i t t le man from Che-fu,Who was known by th e name of Thing Kn,

H ad never a toySuch as ch i ldren enjoy

Save h i s own l i t t le funny th i n queue !

Hecould make it a wh ip or a stri ng ,Or a snake w i th a terrib le st ing ;

Hecou ld t ie i t i n kno ts ,And

,my goodness! what lo ts

Of t ricks he cou ld p lay w i t h the th ing !

No wonder h e sm i les askew;Was there ever

,i n a l l Che-fu,

A happier lad than th e l i t t le Thing KuW i th h i s l i t t le th i n queue

,th ink you ?

what was i t i nsi de tha t sounded l i ke a sma l lcyc lone rush i ng to and froPoo r Ch ickaree ! how d id h e fee l when th at

sudden ( lap Shut h im i n to a b lack box,w i th no

way o f escapeAs he crouched i n te rro r h e h eard a vo icec ry ing

, Oh, Anne , we’vego t h im ! What

sha l l we do w i th h im ? ” Ano th e r vo ice pronounced h i s doom : We must t ake h im to th emoun tai n . Te l l John to harness r igh t away .

Tlzemountain Oh, what was the moun tai npoo r Ch ick aree wondered . Bu t h e k ept veryst i l l wh i le h e fel t th e t rap l i fted and present lyjo l ting a long a s tony road .

A fter a long t ime a vo ice ca l led ou t “Whoa !and t he t rap was l i fted aga in . M i ss Anne ’ svo ice excla imed : This i s a love ly p lace ! Le th im ou t on th e s tone wa ll.”

Ano ther m i n u te,and up wen t the top o f the

t rap . Ch ickaree saw blue sky , sunsh ine , t reetops . F ree ! I n less t ime than i t t akes to te l l i th e was away . J ust a st reak o f red fur andw av i ng t ai l

,and that was th e las t th e lad ies of

the Brown H ouse eve r saw o f l i t t le Ch ickaree .

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Bv CA ROLYN \VEL LS .

S ix GOBOU N KS . 1087

A VO LUBLE VOWEL .

BY A . J. B A CK U S .

NGRATEFUL peOple!

Oh , dear ! Oh, dear !”

piped a sma l l vo ice . I t

i s too bad ! I am no tgo i ng to s tand i t muchlonger . I ’ll just leave theEng l i sh a lphabe t

,I wi l l

,

and go ove r to France,

whe re they do t ry to pronounce me

,even i f i t i s

queerly .

”

H e len,who was j us t start i ng for schoo l

,

looked abou t her. Who was ta lk ing ? There

was certa i n ly no one i n the room .

“ H e l lo,

sh e c ried , t ry i ng no t to fee l scared .

W-h-e-r-e are you,and w-h -a- t

’

S yourname ? stammered H elen .

I am the fi fth vowel, and th e way I am t reatedi s perfec t ly shamefu l . I cou ld excuse the babyca l l i ng me oo

,

’ wen t on Maste r U,w i t h ri s i ng

passion ; bu t when men o f le t ters are care less ,i t i s too much ! Le t ters

,i ndeed !” sp i te fu l ly .

“They are hard ly men o f consonan ts . [ shou ldt ransport them to Sibe ri a

,or a t least to Russia

,

and 111m they ’

d m i ss the vowels ! Bu t i t ’s j us t

because we are a sma l l fam i ly and usefu l th a t we

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are so imposed upon . Sister E is rea l ly theon ly one Of us they treat a t all decen t ly , shea lways works so much for them . And sis ter Ot hey respec t a l i t t le

,though wh en I ’

m w i th herthey turn and tw i s t u s all sorts o f ways , especially _

ifG and H jo i n us .But wh at do they do to you asked

H e len,much interested i n th is long speech .

Do sc reamed U .

“Why , they sligh t me !I ’m on ly sa fe in books

,or when they ca l l the

ro l l,that is to say th e alphabe t. P lease spe l l

duty .

’

D—u,doo

,t-y, ty, dooty,

” said H e len , gl ib ly .

Oh, o f course ! bi t ter ly . Now spe l l ‘ t utor.T-u

,too

, t-O-r

,to r

, tootor.

”

Yes,you are j ust as bad as th e rest . N ever

g ive a fe l low ha l f a chance !”“What do you mean, anyhow ? Can ’ t you

explai n ? ” asked H elen .

U paused a moment,and then sai d fi rm ly :

Of course I can . Tak e th e word m ute .

’

You ’veheard Of that , I hope . Oh , you have !

Well,do you ca l l it moo t ’

“Ofcourse no t,” sai d H e len

,with a laugh .

Then you have n o righ t to ca l l dutydooty o r

,when my doub le fi rst cousi n W i s

i n a word w i t h E,you certa in ly shou ld n’

t saynoos for news

,

’ wh ich ough t to rhyme withpews . Do you understand ? ”“Why

,yes !” sai d H e len , adm iringly .

“ I trea l ly does n’

t seem fa i r, when you pu t i t thatway

,does i t ? I must t ry and th i nk o f U

mo re,sm i l i ng .

I on ly ask j us t ice,sa id U , p lai n t ive ly

“ and as fo r ho ld ing h is head upproud ly

,

“ the h ighest classes i n England andAmerica always respec t me

,and l inguists and

e locu t ion i sts honor me,

”wi t h emphasi s.

“Te l l me some th i ng abou t you r fam i lydo ! urged H e len .

Ah ! I ’

m glad to see you are i n terested i nus

,sa id U

,grac iously .

“We l l , le t me see !We ’

ll beg i n w i th bro ther A ,as he ’

s the heado f t he house . I n the fi rst place

,ou r pedigree

i s a long one—’way back to the Old Romans,you know .

”

To be sure— the Lat i n text cried H e len,

anxious to Show she knew some th ing .

U nodded .

“A , I , and O are the strongest

o f us . They o ften Stand a lone . Bu t si s te r E i si n everything , nearly qu i te i ntrusive , I think .

H oweve r, as I sa id , sh e i s qu i te overwo rked ,and can ’ t he lp he rse l f, poo r vowe l ! But

,to go

on , bro ther I is an ego t i s t, a lways strut t i ng byh imse l f, wh en he gets a chance, and swe l l i nginto a cap i ta l . E arid myse l f n eve r have achance to be b ig , excep t when we lead a sentence o r beg i n a prope r name . Them-th ere ’

s

si ster 0 , th e most emo t ional creature whenshe ’

s a lone , a lways surpri sed o r shock ed o rso rry or g lad . And now for myse l f

,

” complacently. I ’m very dependent

,you must know .

G guards me a good dea l,and Q rare ly qui ts

me— ha ! ha ! See ? ”

H e len looked rather dub ious for a momen t,

and then brigh tened . Ofcourse !”

I h ate some of th e consonan ts,though

,

” Uchat te red on

,w i th a pe t t i sh ai r . “ N i s a lways

mak ing me unhappy or uncomfo rtab le ; and w i t hR— rough o ld th i ng I get rude

,rush abou t

,

and run i n to some t roub le o r o ther a lways. I t ’sfun some t imes to be w i th F ; but peop le areo ften very d i sagreeab le wh en I wa lk ou t between D and N—ha ! h a ! I have to laugh .

You know I ’m th e last vowe l i n the a lphabe t

,

fo r W i s on ly my doub le fi rst cousi n,and Y i s a

ki n d o f foster-bro ther o f I . But i t ’

s awfu l lydu l l down there w i th V W X Y Z ; they hard lyever go w i t h me .

”

H e len nodded thought fu l ly .

“ An d now ,

” con t i nued the le t ter,b right ly

,

be fore I l eave but as H e len l i stenedeager ly , the scene began to change . Sh e foundhersel f i n a schoo l-room

,w i th h er head on a

desk , li sten i ng to a chorus from th e readingclass , l ed by the teacher. “ N o t dooty, bu tduty ; no t tootor, but t u tor ; no t noos, but news ;no t stoop i d

,bu t st up i d .

”

You’ll catch i t

,go i ng Off nodd i ng l i ke

that !” said a fam i l ia r vo ice in he r ear,wh ich

sounded very l ike tha t of Mabe l Law ton,her

deskmate .

But where i s U ? cried H e len,eagerly .

Where is you ! m im icked Mabe l , sm i l i ng .

Oh , my eye , what grammar ! Why , here Iam

,o f course ,

” w i t h a convinc i ng p i nch .

This rouser was effec t ua l,but H e len never

forgo t her two m inu tes' dream .

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wh en she was on ly e leven years o ld h e lost h i seyesigh t and became to ta l ly b l in d . H is ambit ion fo r l i t t le H enrie t te and the desi re th at the

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ta len t wh ich he recogn ized Shou ld be deve lopedto th e u tmost became , even i n h i s b l i ndness ,h i s ru l i ng passion . From th i s t ime commencedfo r the young g i r l a l i fe o f such hard andconstan t labor th at I fear there are no t evenmany days i n America who wou ld no t h ave fe l tl ike rebe l l i ng agai nst such severi ty , and have

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consi dered themse lves very un fortunate i n deed .

This b rave l i t t le g i rl had a natura l love o f wo rkand a st rong const i tu t ion ; these , combi ned w i t h

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a nob le desi re to p lease and reward the cl earfath er whose hopes were a l l cen tered in her,enab led her to endure the severe l i fe o f studywh ich fo l lowed .

Her father was h er on ly teacher. Under h i slov i ng care and di rec t ion a lone Shedeve lopedand cu l t ivated h er ext rao rdi nary t a len t . Liv ing

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then i n the coun try,she Spent eve ry day

,from

sun rise to sunse t,at h er ease l

,—when the days

were c lear,a lways ou t o f doors i n the fresh a i r

,

and wh en cloudy , i n her S t ud io ,— stopp i ng he rwo rk on ly a t mea l- t imes

,and fo r two hours i n

the m i dd le o f each day,wh ich her father com

pelled her to spend si t t i ng i n a per fec t ly darkroom

,so as to g ive comp le te rest to h er eyes .

When on ly seven teen sh e exh ib i ted h er fi rs t

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Her father, wh i le h e guided and d i rec ted h erstudy, in no way i n terfered w i th the ben t o fhe r own i ncl i nat ion , and h e le ft her free to exerc i se i n h er own way he r un usua l qua l i t ies o fobservat ion and imag i na t ion .

She pai n ted eve ryth ing th a t a t t rac ted herat ten t ion

,an ima ls

,i n teriors o f houses

,land

scapes,e tc .

,— though from a l i t t le ch i ld an i

ma ls were a lways the subjec ts sh e l i ked best .

\VYNKEN , BLYNKEN , AN D NOD .

pic t ures,and these won fo r her the pra ise Of the

severest art cri t ics,who promptly ca l led at ten t ion

to her rare ta len ts,and ever S i nce then he r work s

have h e ld an hono rab le pos i t ion i n Eu rope .

America,a lways apprec i at ive o f t rue worth ,

was no t S low to acknow ledge the meri t o f herwo rk

,and one o f h er p ic tu res gai ned a h igh

p rize at our Cen tenn ial Exh ib i tion , where th eywere fi rst b rough t be fore th e American pub l ic .

I n 1 850 H enrie tte Knip became Mme. Ronn er

,and

,w i th her husband

,wen t to Brusse ls

to l ive . When fi rs t married,the i r i ncome was

very sma l l , bu t the young art i s t h ad brough tw i th her to he r new home th a t wh ich I amsure each boy and g i r l w i l l agree w i t h me i smuch be tter th an mere do l lars and cents, andwh ich i n th e end usua l ly gai ns all th ings , do lla rs and cen ts i ncluded

,and that was her

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the i r s i t t ings,and on a ce rta i n occas ion one

-of the coun tess ’s dogs , a rather savage , i l ltempered an ima l

,com i ng into th e room

,found

the new ly fi nished po rtrai t of one Of h i s com

panions stand ing on the floor . Bark ing furiously, he rushed exc i tedly to i t, p repared for av io lent bat t le , when , see i ng h i s m i st ak e , h e Stoodqu i te st i l l w i t h aston i shmen t

,staring at th e p ic

t ure,unab le to understand why h is fri end shou ld

be there and ye t no t Offer to p lay or figh t .St i l l later

,Mme . R onner a lmos t en ti re ly gave

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e stab l i sh ed her repu tat ion and p laced he r,even

i n Pari s,on a leve l w i t h the g reat spec i a l i s t

Eugen e Lambert . I t i s qu i te a reve lat ion to seehow many di fferen t expressions Mme . Ronner’spussies h ave . She never makes th e m i s takeo f g iv i ng them a h uman expression

,as so many

pai n ters do : they are a lways cats bu t so variedthat i t m akes one th ink that each k i t ten i s ad ist i nc t i ndiv i dua l i n i ts way

,and no t a t a l l to

bej udged and t reated by one genera l ru lewh ich mus t app l y to th e who le ca t race .

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up the pai nt i ng o f dogs,and devo ted a l l h er

at ten t ion to cat s,whose rest less p lay fu lness

makes them such d ifficu l t as we l l as such fascinating subj ec ts . B ttt Mme . Ronner’s wonderful quickn ess o f obse rvat ion enab led h er tocatch every t rick and expression o f these l i t t leanima l s

,at once so fro l icsome , so ac t ive , and so

d i fficu l t to pic t ure w i th,th e brush — and ye t

wh ich sh e po rt rayed w i th,as one cri t ic h umo r

ously says , a care that m igh t k i l l a cat .I t i s her pai n t i ngs o f cats espec i a l ly that has

Every one o f my readers,I am sure

,wou ld be

charmed cou ld h e or she have looked in to Mme .

R onner’s beau t i fu l , sunny stud io as I saw i t .There the wa l ls were covered w i th pain t ings o fOld cats and young cats, big cats and l i t t le cats,sleep i ng cats and waki ng cats ; and on th e floor,dart ing i n and ou t among the chai rs and ease ls

,

spri ng ing from the t ab les and playing bo- peepw i th one ano ther beh ind th e po rt ieres

,were all

k i n ds o f l ive cats .These favored pussies l ived i n Mme . Ronner’s

rufiSS \”s

st ud io,and a l l her pic t u res we re ske tched from

l i fe,and each one po rt rays some ac t ua l si t ua

t ion i n wh ich sh e had found he r k i t tens . I f youlook at many o f th ese p ic t u res they w i l l g i ve youa good idea how rest less and m i sch ievous catsa re—a lmost as l ive ly as monkeys o r, I wasgo i ng to say

,l i t t le boys and g i rls .

I n th e m i ds t o f th i s charm ing st ud io , w i th

SO M E O F THE A RT tST’

s M ODELS .

he r ease l a lways be fo re h e r,sa t a dea r o ld lady

w i t h p i nk cheeks and snow-wh i te hai r,and eyes

so k i nd and gent le th a t you fee l sure they mustsee the best

,no t on ly i n cats and dogs

,but in

everyth i ng . This was Mme . R onner, whose l i fehas been a very s imple one ; fo r, a l though th eart i st ic wor ld i s proud to do her homage

,her

nature i s s t range ly ret i ri ng and una ffec ted,find

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i ng he r greatest happi ness i n he r peacefu l,

happy home l i fe and he r dea r ly loved art , towh ich now

,a t e igh ty- th ree

,she devo tes as

m itch t ime and st reng th o f energy as i n he ryounge r days .Ye t i t i s impossib le fo r he r to re fuse th e ri ch lyme ri ted hono rs tha t a re th rus t upon h er

,and She

has rece ived a grea t n umbe r o f meda ls from ( l i f

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ferent coun tries,i nc lud i ng the c ross o f the Orde r

OfLeopo ld,confe rred by the K i ng o f Be lg i um

,a

d i s t inc t ion wh ich few women possess . H o l land,

he r own lan d,has n o t been beh in dhand i n do

i ng he r j ust ice,fo r i n th e magnificen t mu seum

opened a few years ago i n Amsterdam,the name

o f H en rie t te R onner i s i n scr ibed among themost i l l ust rious pain ters o f h er n at ive coun t ry .

KIBUNOR

DA IZIN

FROM SHA RK - BOY TO MERCHA NT PR INCE.

BY GEN SA I M UR A I .

CH A PTER V I I I .

AN ECCEN TR IC FEL LOW.

WHEN a l l the wh o lesa le dea lers i n o ranges i n

had at las t arr ived from K i sh u,t hey v ied w i t h

one ano ther in com ing to Bunkichi’s sh ip an dbuy i ng up h i s oranges . The i n ev i tab le resu l t oft he r i se i n the price of o ranges was to make h im

thevas t c i ty o f Yedo heard that an orange - Sh ip a gai ner of mo re than fi fty thousand rz’

o.

MATAHACH I .IN THE GREAT F IRE AT YEDO. (SEE PAGE 1

Bunkichi,a fter th i s

,

carefu l ly reasoned ou ttha t on account of t herecen t cont in uance ofthe wes t w i nd no sh i pcou ld poss ib ly havesai led from Yedo toOsaka , so tha t th eremust be a scarc i ty ofsa l ted sa lmon i n th atc ity, wh i le there wasnow an abundan t andspec i a l ly cheap supp lyof t hem i n Yedo . Sohe though t h e wou ldtake a supp ly over toOsaka and mak e an

o the r grea t profi t .When he spoke Of

th i s p lan to h i s menthey were ready to go ,for h i s sake . Thereupon Bunkichi bough tup a cargo of sa l tedsa lmon

,and

,put t i ng it

on board,wai ted fo r

the re t urn of be t terweather . Nor had helong to wai t . As a reac

t ion,as i t were , to t he

stormy wester ly w i nd ,i n a few days an eastw i nd began to b low ,

and,ava i l i ng h imse lf of

the fi rst Opport un i ty , heho i sted sai l . Hesoonentered th e harbor ofOsaka, and the re he

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about a t an y t ime . I n spi te of h i s be i ng dependen t ou me for h i s support , he does n

’

t hes i tateto demand to live i n luxury . And then he hasthe impudence‘ to request me to recommendhim to you .

”

Bunzayemon med i tated a wh i le and thensa id : “ I t ’

s rather i n terest i ng, what you te l lme . A t a l l event s

,bring h im here .

”

DO you rea l ly mean to engage h im ? You

had be t te r g ive h im up .

”

To wh ich the merchan t repl ied : When Isee h im I sha ll dec i de whe ther I sha l l engageh im or no t . Bri ng h im here fi rs t !Then Seihachi, th e carpen ter, wen t home ,

fear i ng i nward ly lest he shou ld lose h i s custome rby bring i ng th i s man to Bunzayem on

’

s no t ice ,though -hecou ld no t he lp acced ing to the man ’srequest .A fter a t ime Bunzayemon heard h igh wo rds

i n the fron t of th e shop . Oneof the vo ices herecogn ized as tha t of Seihachi, who was exclaim i ng : Chobei San , you ough t no t to goi n by th e fron t door ; manners shou ld compelyou to go to the back door . An d don ’ t g iveyourse l f ai rs here ; i f you do I sha l l be d isgraced .

To th i s t he o ther repl ied What are you ta lki ng about ? We are no t dogs ; why shou ld we goround to the k i tchen ? ” And SO say ing , theyoung man s ta lked up to the shop ca l led K i no~kuniya, i n sp i te Of Seihachi

’s remonstrance, and

asked somewhat loud ly : “ I s the master a thome ?H eari ng h im

,Bunzayemon en tered the shop

from the i n ner room .

N o sooner d i d Seihachi see h im than he began to apo log i ze : “M aster

,I am more so rry

than I can te l l you , and I beg your pardon forth i s fe l low ’s r udeness .” As he spoke he washo ld i ng Chobei by the s leeve .

Bunzayemon,w i thou t heeding the apo logy,

c iv i l ly we l comed the st range gues t,say ing :

“Come in

,Sir.

”

The young man sta lked i n to the Inner room,

wh i le Seihachi, fee l i ng l i ke a‘ fish ou t of water

,

fo l lowed h im . Bunzayem on ushered the guestsi n to one Of th e fines t room s i n h is house . Se ihach i was t roub led a t heart

,for the man ’ s

A tobacco- tray.

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clo thes were muddy,and sai d : Si r

,I fear we

sha l l so i l-

your floor .”

W i thou t even li s ten ing to Seihachi’s words,

o r show i ng that he h ad heard them,the host

courteous ly sa i d : I am Bunzayemon of th eKinokuniya ; and what i s your name ?

”

My name i s Chohe i ,” answered the youth

somewhat haugh t i ly .

I ’m glad to make your acquai n tan ce .

Seihachi kep t making signs to Chohei as toh i s behav ior, but the lat ter d id no t t ake the leas tno t ice .

Seihachi i n h i s d i st ress said to Bunzayemon :

P lease , s i r, I beg your pardon for h i s uh

manner ly beh av ior. I t h ink he m ust be a l i t t leou t Of h i s m i nd . I ’

m sorry to have brough tsuch a fe l low .

”

M eanwh i le Bunzayemon and Chobei sat w i ththe be tween th em and looked i n toeach o ther’ s faces . For a wh i le ne i ther of themSpoke , wh i le Seihachi, whose t roub le of m indwas i ncreased by th i s state Of affai rs

,t ried to

ext ricate h im se l f from th i s uncomfortable posit ion and said

Chobei San,we had be t ter take our leave

now . Then , t u rn ing to the host ,“ Si r

,you

won ’ t engage h im after a l l,w i l l you

,si r ?

Th ereupon Bunzayem on,speak ing somewhat

loud ly,sai d : Oh, yes, I

’

ll engage you, Chobei

San,and take you on as one of my men

,i f t hat

i s you r w i sh .

”

Then do you rea l ly engage me ? And ashe spoke Chohe i quick ly moved backward a l i tt le and bowed to the floor

,i n the ac t of show

i ng respec t and thanks to h i s superior.Bunzayem on th en pu t on a lord ly a i r and

asked h im : Chohe i , are you sk i l led i n work ingth e abacus ? ” iI don ’ t know much abou t i t

,

” he rep lied,

as he p laced bo th h i s hands on the mat t i ng i nt he at t i t ude of respec t , because I was bred i na warrior fam i ly .

”

“ I f th at i s so you ’ll be of n o use i n th eshop

,sai d the master, scorn fu l ly .

“ What canyou do then ? ”

To wh ich Chohe i answered,

to t u rn a lo t of money, Sir.

”

Tha t ’s i n terest ing repl ied th e master.

I know how

i TheCh inese reckoning-board, cons i s t ing ofheads or bal ls s trung on w i res or rods set in a frame .

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The ca rpenter,st ricken d umb w i th as ton i sh

men t wh i le t he nego t ia t ion was go i ng on , sa ida t last

,when Chohe i had gone , Sir

,have vou

rea l ly engaged h im ? I can ’ t te l l you how re

lieved I am . I ’

vebeen g reat ly t roub led by thethough t t ha t I shou ld be d isgraced on accountof h im . P lease te l l me why were you SO c iv i lto h im a t fi rs t ?

You don ’ t understand,I see , sa id Bun

THEN PUT ON A LORDLY A IR .

zayemon,laugh i ng . Befo re I engaged h im

he was my guest,and as h e be longs to the wa r

r io r class , h i s soc ia l rank i s en t i t led to cons iderat ion . But when I have once engagedh im , th en I am h i s m aster, and he i s m y servan t , and I mus t t reat h im acco rd ing ly ”

I see , I see ,” sai d th e carpenter . Tha t i s

a fine way of look ing a t i t . We l l,then

,sup ’

pose I go to ano ther man ’ s house,I may ac t

i n a l i ke haughty manne r myse l f be fo re I ge tengaged !”

Ce rta i n ly ; bu t i f you do , you may ge td i s l i ked i n stead of engaged ” ; a t wh ich rep lyth e ca rpente r was p rofound ly puzz led .

Ear ly the nex t day the new emp loyee beggedh is maste r to ad vance h im some pocke t money

,

wh ich was prompt ly g iven h im and hav ing go ti t , off h e went , no one knew wh i ther

,and d id

no t re t u rn even fo r th em idday mea l .Then the o ther em

ployees wa rned the i rmas te r , say ing : Si r

,

what i s the use o f tha tsort Of man ? We don ’ tk now where h e has comefrom . I t ’

s rea l ly un

sa fe to have tha t sor t offe l low abou t th e house

,

si r .”

Bu t the master pa id noheed to the i r warn ings .No t a b i t of i t ! N omat te r where h is b i rthp lace i s ; so long as th eman i s wo rt h hav i ng , mypurpose i s served . I cansee he has p lenty of common sense , and I warran t he ’ l l be of good serv ice some day . Whenever you plan On a largesca le you mus t have goodassis tan ts : there werefour ki nd ly men underYoshisune, theg rea t gene ra l

,and twen ty - e igh t

genera ls under Shingen,

t he grea t lord of th em i dd le ages . Such men

welook to fo r our examples . Si nce the daysof o ld every d i st i ngu i shed man has a t tached toh imse l f ab le supporters . M e rchan t s shou ld dot he same

,and

,as certa i n as the day dawns, suc

cess w i l l come to th e busi ness man who emp loys many good h ands unde r h im . Wai t andsee . Chobeiw i l l do some no tewo rthy th ings !”

Thus h e i n st ruc ted h is se rvant s i n h i s pr inc iples .Toward the even ing o f th at day Chobei

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came back,but w i th a downcast coun tenance .

Bunzayemon d id no t ask wh ere he had been ,no r d i d Chobei vo lun teer any in format ion .

The n ex t day agai n,and the next , he asked for

more money,and wen t ou t early i n the morn

i ng,com i ng back late at n igh t . Hecon t i n ued

i n th i s way for abou t ha l f a mon th . The Othersonce ’ more warned t he i r master

,bu t h e st i l l re

fused to l i s ten to them .

Oneday Chobei came to h i s master andsai d : Si r

,you import a lo t o f t imbe r from

K ii P rov i nce and t ry to se l l i t at once amongthe peopl e of th i s c i ty . But Yedo i s a placewh ere fi res are so ffequent th at , i f you buy upa lo t of t imber at a t ime wh en the p rice is lowand keep i t

,i t ’

s cer ta in you w i l l make agreat p rofi t when some b ig fi re occurs . Bu t tofind a good place for keep ing t imber ,

” he wenton

,

“ i s one Of t he ch ief d iffi cu l t ies , because , as'

you are we l l aware,i f you keep i t near a t hand

,

i n the hear t of the c i ty , th ere’

s danger of i tsbe ing des troyed by fi re , and i f you keep it i n arive r o r t he sea , e i ther i t ro t s o r i s eaten byworms

,

N ow,every day I have been go i ng

about look i ng fo r a good place to keep i t,and at

last I have found one at K iba i n Fukagawa .

K eep t imbe r in the water of tha t p lace,and

,on

accoun t o f the qua l i ty of the water,worms w i l l

no t eat i t,but the wood w i l l become Sh iny and

improve by keep i ng . Besi des,no danger w i l l

come to i t from fi re . And h e concluded h i sfar-S igh ted plan w i th , For these reasons

,I hope

you w i l l soon construc t a rese rvo i r for t imberi n tha t place .

"

The master clapped h is hands i n adm i rat ionand j oy , say i ng : Upon my wo rd , tha t ’

s acap i ta l i dea I though t you must have beenp lann ing someth ing , bu t I never though t youwere look i ng ou t for a p lace to keep t imber.I myse l f had turned over the mat ter i n my m i ndsome t ime ago

,bu t on accoun t o f my many

o ther dut ies I had n’

t the t ime to see to i tmyse l f, and I thank you for undertak i ng i t forme .

” And then an d there h e i n t rusted thebui ld i ng of the t imber reservo i r to Chobei.Chohe i lost no t ime i n go i ng to Fukagawa

and buy i ng ten thousan d tsubo,or abou t forty

t housand square yards,of ground near th e

temple of Susak i . He bu i l t a large reser

DA IZIN (on .

vo i r there and removed to i t a l l the t imberimported by h is master from Kn P rov i nce .Bes ides , Chobei go t h i s maste r’s perm i ss ionto send ou t men to the ne ighbo ring moun tainsto buy up t imber where i t cou ld be go t cheap ,and h av i ng deposi ted i t a l l a t Fukagawa,waitedcon ten ted ly for the t ime to se l l .

CH A PTER I X .

THE GREAT CON F L AGR AT ION—THE

CH AR ITY BEN TO

IT was on the 1 8 th of J anuary i n the th i rdyear of the Meireki era (1 657A .D .) that a bi tterly co ld north w i n d , much

-

co lder than usua l,

was b low i ng hard . As the w i nd i ncreased i nS t reng th , the foo t-passengers , even i n the busyS t ree ts, became fewer. From the hou r of 716

,or

th e snake , wh ich i s th e same as ten o ’clock A .M .

i n our modern reckon ing,i t had become a reg

u lar hurri cane , rai s ing c louds of dus t and evenwh i r l i ng pebb les in to the a ir. I t seemed as i fth e heaven s and the earth were creak ing andshak ing under th e rage of i t . A t th i s j unc tureth e people Of the c i ty were a larmed by the repeated hasty ring i ng of severa l fire-be l ls i n thed i rec t ion of the H ongo d istri c t

,the northern

part of the c i t y . Everybody wen t up to h i s firelookou t and saw th e om inous b lack smok e ri si ng i n th e Shape of a vast eddy ing c loud overthe part of th e c i ty ca l led M aruyama i n H on

go i"

I t h appen ed that,a few days before

,Bunza

yemon , w i th fi ve or s i x young men and a plentifu l supp ly of money

,had gone i n to the moun

tai n s of the n e ighboring coun t ry to buy lumber,leav i ng th e m anagement of h i s affai rs

,i n h i s

absen ce , en t i re ly to Chohe i San .

So when Chobei hurri ed up to th e lookoutto ascerta i n where i t was tha t the fi re hadbroken ou t , he g lanced up to th e heavens an dsa i d to h imse l f : From t he appearance o f theSky th i s w i nd w i l l n o t fa l l for some t ime , andi n a l l p robab i l i ty the who le c i t y w i l l be burneddown

,because th e houses are qui te dried up

by the cont inued fine weather we have beenhav i ng late ly . Thi s i s th e t ime to save manypeople , and i t i s a lso a very good t ime to makea great dea l ofp rofi t !

Hongo prec inc t of th e Maru yama Mountain.

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day,so Chobei engaged ye t more coo l ies

,and

ordered them to make more chari ty bento fo rthe re l ie f of t he poo r .There was a certai n man named K amada

M atahachi, who was we l l known for h i s physical Streng th . Hehad a lways kep t a largeportab le close t , abou t s i x fee t by th ree , an d fivefee t seven i nches i n he igh t

,i n wh ich to carry

h i s furn i ture i n case o f fi re . When he t hough th i s house was i n danger, he put a l l h i s be long :

ings i n to th i s box , p laced a shee t Of mat t ingon the top

,and carr ied all th ese on h i s back

by the mean s of a rope spec i a l ly prepared forthe purpose . Carry ing a long

,heavy st ick i n

h is hand,he wa lked un con cerned ly and stead

i ly among the crowd li ke an e lephan t amongdogs . E very one marve led at h i s s ize ands treng th

,an d was forced to make room for h im

to go by . When he came to Fukagawa toescape from the fi re , he saw there a large s ignwh ich read :

Day laborers arewant ed for carrying th e chari t ybento. Le t all who w ish to be engaged cal l at th e timber reservoi r ofKinokuniya Bunzayem on at Fukagawa.Three m eal s will begiven, and onek wrm man

” w i l lbe paid da i ly for wages .

As h e had nowh ere to go at the t ime,he was

g lad to find some work . Hewen t to the t imber reservo i r o f Bunzayem on

,where he found

a bust le and hurry of men and women , hund reds i n n umber

,fo r the preparat i on of lun

cheon . Some were preparing a quan t i ty of r icei n large i ron po t s

,o thers were cut t i ng up some

p ick les,wh i le a th i rd se t of men were w rap

p i ng these up i n bamboo leaves . M any bandsof coo l ies w i t h t he i r paper flags we re carry ingou t th e luncheon s i n the basket s , wh i le o therswere com i ng back w i t h emp ty ones .Matahachi, w i th tha t b ig close t on h i s back ,

drew near to the p lace and thundered ou t : I S

th i s the place wh ere hands are wan ted? ” Thepeop le t urned

,and w i thou t g iv i ng any answer

s imply looked a t one ano t her i n aston i shmen tat h i s curious appearance .

Once more h e ca l led ou t : I ’m one Ka

mada Matahachi I come to assi s t your char i tywork fo r the rescue of th e people .

The vo ice apparent ly pene t rated even to the

“sh riek ing cry of a g i r l .

DA IZIN [ocn

i nner room , fo r Chohe i came ou t and was a lsosurpri sed by the man ’s appearance

,bu t sa id

No th ing can be more fort una te for us t han tohave the ass i stance of M r . Matahachi, who i sno ted i n th e who le of Yedo fo r h i s phys ica lstreng th . P lease he lp us i n our work by d istribu t i ng the oem‘

o i n th i s b ig,l igh t-wood chest .”

W i t h ready acqu iescence M atahachi lai d as i dethe h eavy baggage on h is back . Thi s i s myfurn i tu re ,

” h e sa id ; “ p lease keep i t fo r me .

The ra t t l i ng sound o f i ron and ch i na in the ches tmade those near by wonder a t the fo re though tw i t h wh ich he had made prov i s ion aga inst t hecont ingency Of a fi re, and by wh ich he hadbeen enab led to move away a t once w i th all

h i s household goods .H av ing sa fe ly stowed away h is possess ions

,

M atahachi l i fted the big, wooden ches t , nowpacked w i t h M o

, and by means of a rope puti t on h i s back , and , ho ld ing the b ig po le of hardoak-wood i n h i s r igh t hand an d the paper flagi n h i s left , started forth to the scene of ru i n ,w i th on e coo l ie to assi s t -h im .

As h e ca l led Ortt in a loud,deep ton e of

vo ice to announce th e chari ty,the peop le t urned

to h im i n as ton ishmen t and soon came flock inga round h im . The at tendan t coo l ie

,standing

beh ind,d i st r ibu ted the m m from the ches t on

M atahachi'

s back w i t h no i nconven ience . Sothese two fin i shed the i r task i n less t ime than i twou ld have t aken five or Six men to do i t w i thord inary me thods . On the i r way back to K i nokuniya, when they came to a c rowded p laceM atahachi p u t forth h i s staff, and , by push ingthe crowd to one s ide, made h is way th roughw i thout any h i ndrance .

I n one of those c rowded p laces he heard theFo rc i ng h is way to the

spo t,he foun d a g i r l of twe lve or th i rteen years

of age who cou ld no t ge t up on accoun t ofbe i ng t rodden down by the crowd . Be ingnatura l ly of a ch iva l rous charac ter, he soonhe lped the g i r l up and asked whether she hadno t her paren ts w i t h her.She sobbed

,and sa i d : We a l l ran away

wh en the fi re broke ou t , and I became separa tedfrom my parents !As he cou ld no t leave he r the re , he sai dThat canno t be he lped . I f you wander abou t

A sum abou t equal to onedol lar.

OR FROM

here you may be t ramp led to death . I w i l lt ake you to a be t ter p lace i f you w i l l ge t i n tomy emp ty chest ." So th e coo l ie helped he r in,

and they hastened on to Fukagawa .

A t ano t her t ime he saw an Old woman o fabout t h ree score years, ha l f dead , ly i ng by theways i de w i t h her d ress part ly burned . Hefe l the cou ld no t leave he r beh ind in such a st ate

,

so she,too

,was pu t i n to the bamboo baske t by

theside of the g i r l .H av i ng go t back to Fukagawa he said to

Chobei :“ I rescued these two on the way home .

G ive them thet reatmen t wh ich i s su i ted to t he i rneed .

”Hehanded them o ver to t he ac t i ng

master,who thanked M atahachi, a nd th us ad

d ressed theo the r bands of coo l i es : To g i veaway theban/o a lone does no t cove r th e who lewo‘rk of chari t y ; wh enever any of you are coming back w i t h empty chests , you , too , had be t terbri ng peop le home , i f such he lp i s needed asthese two rece ived .

” And a co rd ia l recept ionwas g i ven to t he o ld woman as we l l as to th eyoung g i rl .During such a fi re there we re natu ra l ly manylost ch i ld ren and aged persons who m igh t havebeen t rodden down unde r foo t . H av i ng unde rstood Chobei’s i n st ruc t ions , the o the r bandsfrom that t ime we re su re to bring back two orthree who needed h e lp . To any who were th usbrough t i n Chohe i gave proper t reatmen t , andas he gave the coo l ies p ri zes t hey worked w i t hgreat zea l and d i l igence . K amada M atahachi

went i n and ou t of th e fi re ru in s many t imes a

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day and repeated the same char i tab le work .

The fi ve o r s i x h undred coo l ies ( l i d the i r bes t,

a lso , and , i n consequence , at th e reservo i r t he rewas a con t in uous troop i ng ou t w i t h th e [zen/oand t roop i ng i n of the peop le ; and bv the n igh tof the 1 9 th the re we re 2 800 rescued persons

,

Old and young,a l l to ld

,who had been brough t

to th i s temporary she l ter.Even on the n igh t o f th e roth there was n o

s ign of the aba t ing of the fi re . Th e st rongnorthwes t w i n d was st i l l rag i ng

,and w i th i n two

days,th e H ongo

,K anda

,N ihonbash i

,Kyo

bash i , and Sh iba d ist r ic t s were all swep t by thefi re . And now th e fi re was burn ing down Takanawa w i t h such terrific fo rce t ha t the very seal ine seemed to recede be fo re i t . But tha t n igh tth e w i nd sudden ly changed to the southeast

,and

t he fi re t urned backward and l icked up a l l th ehouses on bo t h si des Of the g rea t r ive r Sum idaand those tha t had su rv ived a t fi rs t i n Asakusaand round abou t Yushima. Then at last i t wasgo t under con t ro l n ear to Sen j u abou t noondayon the 2 0 th . And S ince t h e morn ing o f th e1 8 th

,w i th i n t h ree days and two n igh ts

,the

who le c i t y of Yedo had been reduced to ashesand as many as people were los t . I twas on e of the mos t te rrib le of fi res .I ndeed

,such a d isast rous fi re had never

be fo re an d has neve r s i nce occu rred i n Yedo,

and even n ow i t i s sad ly refe rred to by th epeople as th e “

Furisode-Kwa j i — the longs leeved fire—qu i te as Often as i t ca l led thegrea t fi re o f H ongo -Ma ruyama .

To beconcluded . )

Maryhadalillielamb.ATinywoodenthing.

ltcoulditl helpbutfollowher.CauseMaryheld lheslrina.

THE ALLEN S ’

S I LVER WEDD ING .

BY M ARY M I L LS WEsT .

M R . AND M R S. H ENRY A L LEN were a gen i alpai r o f m i dd le-aged people , w i th no ch i ldren ,and l ived in a pre t ty l i t t le c i ty o f southern Oh io .

J us t a t the t ime the sto ry opens they were making p lans for ce lebra t i ng the i r s i lver wedd i ng,early in J une . I t was now abou t two weeksbefore th e date ; th e guest s h ad been inv i ted ,and most o f th e a rrangements were wel l un derway

,wh en thi ngs began to happen . M r. and

M rs. A l len were s i t t ing at th e breakfast- tableone love ly May morn ing , lingering over th e i rcoffee and reading the i r le t ters. Sudden ly M rs.A l len looked up .

“ J us t l i sten to th i s , H en ry ,”

she sai d . H ere is a le t ter from H e len ; andwhat do you th ink Sh e is com ing Thursday_ and th is is Thursday ! She says readingfrom the le t ter :

“You w i l l not even have t imeto telegraph menot tocome, as I shal l be near ly therewh en th i s letter reachesyou. I discovered that somefriends ofm ine were goingWes t at th i s tim e, and i t seem ed such a pi ty to losethechance to go w i th them that I have s imply ant icipatedyour inv i tat ion by two weeks . Thetrain i s dueat yours tation at in theafternoon. I wonder if Unc leH enry and I wi ll know each o th er

Has t ily bu t most affectionate ly yours,H ELEN.

"

We l l,th at ’

s a l l righ t , sa i d M r . A l len , in ap leased tone .

“ I f H e len comes now she canhe lp you ge t ready fo r th e party .

”

M rs . A l len looked at h im h e lp less ly .

“ I f i twere on ly any o ther t ime

,

” she sai d ; b ut j ustnow

,when I sha l l be so busy every minu te !

A fash ionab l e young lady from New York i s notexac t ly my idea o f he lp . What do you supposea g i r l who has almost never known a mo therno r a home

,and who has spen t the greater part

o f her l ife in ho te ls, knows abou t cook ing an dc leani ng? I sha l l w ri te no tes to two o r threeo f the gi rls around, and they w i l l simp ly h ave tot ake H elen offmy hands.”

Then,as M r. A l len rose to go , she added :

P lease step a t King’s and have them send up

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a pi ano- tuner. I be l ieve H e len i s mus ica l,and

that w i l l be one resou rce fo r her.”

H e len A l len was th e daugh te r o f Mr. A l len ’son ly bro ther, a merchan t o f New Yo rk . Al

though they saw but l i t t le o f each o ther,there

was a warm affec tion be tween the fam i l ies . M r.A l len knew that long be fore the t ra in came tha ta fternoon h i s capable w i fe wou ld have everyp lan made fo r H e len ’s enterta inment ; so he departed w i th no misg iv i ng .

Scarce ly had the fron t door closed upon h imwhen the k i tchen door opened to adm i t H an

nah,th e round- faced German woman who had

served the A l lens fai th fu l ly for five years .There were tears i n he r eyes as Sheexp lained

,

in broken English , that her mo ther was verysick and that her bro ther had come to takeher home .

M i stress and m aid stood regard ing each o theb lank ly .

What am I to do w i thou t you, H annah , justnow wh en there i s so much to do and M r.A l len ’s niece com ing th i s a fternoon from N ewYork ? ” _I

Too bad,sa i d H annah but I mus t go

Yes,i t i s too bad ; but we can ’ t h e lp it.

Of course you w i l l have to go , H annah ,” sai d

M rs . A l len,resign ed ly .

I t was an hour later. H annah had takenhe r departu re in a farm-wagon

,prom i s i ng to

come back a t the fi rs t possib le moment,or to

send some one i n h er placei f she cou ld n’

t

leave he r m o ther. M rs . A l len,arrayed i n a

large blue-g ingham apron,was se t t ing her guest

chamber in o rder, wh en the door-be l l rang. Ab lue-coated messenger-boy handed her a ye l lowenve lop, and pok i ng a stubby penc il at h er,remarked briefly , Sign h ere . A te legram ontop o f th e o ther exc i t i ng even ts o f th e mo rning was sufliciently upse t t i ng , regard less of i tscon tents , and M rs . A l len sank down on a chai rbefore sh e opened it. This was the messagewh ich me t her eyes

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Uncle H en ry , I th i nk you and I are go ing tohave a p icn ic .A l though Uncle H en ry d id no t fee l at all

lark - l i ke,no r share h i s n iece ’s v iews on th e sub

j ce t o f pi cn ics,h e was considerab ly cheered by

H e len ’s l ive ly v iew o f the s i t ua tion .

“You see,I am qu i te used to ge t t i ng along

by myse lf. Papa an d I have knocked abou tp re t ty m uch everywhere , and I have been insome queer p laces

,I can te l l you .

By th i s t ime they had reached the house,

and H e len Sprang down w i t h a cry o f p leasureat the s igh t o f the square Old- fash ioned co tt age

,shaded on one s i de by a group o f nob le

e lms,w i t h flowers an d shrubbery in front . M r.

A l len gave H elen the key,and wh i le h e was tak

i ng the ho rse around to the barn,sh e le t herse l f

i n,found th e room evidently in tended for her,

and took possession at once . There was aflush o f exc i tement on h e r face and an unusualspark l e in her eyes . What a chance for met h i s i s ! sh e sai d to he rse l f in th e looking- g lass .I cou ld n’

t poss i b ly have p lanned i t be t te r i fI had t ried .

She took ofir her hat and j acke t and wen tdownstai rs . Her uncle was j ust com ing i n .

I ’m go i ng out to find some th ing fo r ou r sup

per,

” he sai d . Probab ly the re are some th ingsin the pantry

,and I guess I know enough to

make tea .

”Hespoke as ifmak ing an effo rt to

cheer h e r .Some thing i n her g ray—hai red uncle ’s real

anxie ty over the si t uation touched H e len,and

she reached up to k i ss h im ligh t ly on the cheek .

Now don ’ t you wo rry one bi t over th i s th ing,

uncl e dear. We are go i ng to ge t along finely,

and have j us t as good a t ime as we can w i thAun t H arrie t away and i n t rouble .

”

The events o f the nex t two weeks s t i l l remaini n M r. A l len ’s m in d as a blur . On th e onehand , h e was dai ly rece i v i ng bu l le t i n s from h isw i fe fu l l o f d i rec t ions fo r reca l l i ng th e inv i tat ions fo r the wedd ing and unmak ing the p lansfo r th at great day . I t seemed tha t M rs . Burre l

,though s low ly improv i ng, wou ld need M rs .

A l len ’ s care fu l n ursing fo r ano the r week or more,

and then i t wou ld be too late to do any th ing,

espec i a l ly as ne i ther H annah no r he r prom i sedsubst i tu te had appeared on th e scene . On t heo th er hand , the re was a ta l l , swee t - faced g i r l , ap

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parently per fec t ly at home i n the disorgan izedhousehold,

i

who talked a good dea l,laughed a

good dea l,an d sang l i ke a lark th rough the

emp ty house . She a lso did a great many o therth i ngs

,to the increasi ng bewildermen t o f poo r

Unc le H enry,who was under st ric t inj unc tion s

no t to worry Aun t H arrie t w i t h any o f th ede tai ls o f the i r experiences .M rs . A l len was fu l l o f anxious inqui ries as to

how they were ge t t ing a long , how they lived ,whe re they took the i r mea ls

,and was n’

t H e lenbored to death

,e tc . , and she was surpri sed at

the meagerness o f he r husband ’ s rep l ies,bu t

concluded tha t he was t ry ing to Spare her an yfurthe r anxie ty . Hew ro te vague ly : We arege t t ing on famous ly ; don

’ t worry a b i t abou tus . H e len i s hav i ng a fine t ime . We Sha llexpec t you home on th e a fternoon o f the 6th .

I f we canno t h ave a party,we ’

ll d i ne toge th eron tha t day , even i f i t i s a t the Laure l H ouse .

”

The dusk Of th e so ft J une even i ng was se tt l ing down as M r. and M rs . A l len drove upfrom the stat ion th rough the st ree t s of thepre t ty l i t t le c i ty . M rs . A l len looked a l i t t lewo rn a fter her long siege o f nurs ing

,but the

know ledge tha t the clear s i s ter was sa fe ly startedon he r long road to h ea l t h fi l led he r heart w i thconten tment .

Now tha t Susan i s near ly we l l again,an d

you and H e len have surv ived somehow,I feel

as i f I ough t no t to comp lai n o f anyth ing ; bu tI w i ll con fess to you , H en ry , tha t it h as been agreat deal to me to

;g ive up our celebra t ion .

And to th ink that we canno t have even a comfortabledinner at home to- day o f a l l days ! I tis too bad They were j us t i n fron t o f th eho te l where M rs . A l len p ic t ured them as d in ingwhen she spoke .

I s H e len h ere a l ready Sheasked .

N o,

” rep l ied M r. A l len . You see,H e len

thought perhaps you ’d rathe r have some th i ng

at home th an come down h ere to—day,so I

th ink she has bough t some th i ngs fo r oursuppen"

There was a suppressed exc i temen t i n he rh usband ’ s manne r tha t d i d no t escape M rs .A l len ; bu t by th i s t ime they had reachedhome

,and she sa i d no th ing . I t was qui te dark

,

and as sh e Opened the doo r, H e len , w i t h ou t

St re tched arms , ran to gree t her. “We l comehome

,aun ty dear ! she sa id , and , th row i ng open

the parlo r doo r , led M rs . A l len i n to the room .

wh ich was so ft ly l ighted and odorous w i th roses .H e len d id no t g i ve her much t ime to lookabout . but took ho ld o f her arm . Come a long ,

GO HO M E S HE EXCLA I M ED .

now,aunty

,sh e sa id . You have j ust t ime to

ge t i n to vou r best d ress be fo re d i nne r w i l l beready .

D i n ner . gasped M rs . A l len,as he r v igo r

ous young relat ive h urried h e r,pe rfo rce

,to her

bedroom .

“Whe re a re you go i ng to ge t anvd i nner ? ”

H ere to be sure,sa i d H e len

,laugh i ng .

Where shou ld a happy fam i ly l ike th i s d i ne,

ifnot at home ? But don ’ t stop to ask quest ionsnow , aun ty ; j us t please change you r dress .D i n ner w i l l be served i n twenty m i n u tes .

THE ALLENS’

SILVER WEDDING .

‘WELL, I L IKE THAT !”

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On the bed lay a beau t i fu l lavender mus l i nd ress

,a l l fri l ls an d laces

,unm i stakab ly suggest

i ng a fest iv i t y,and every th ing necessary to go

w i th i t ready a t hand . Poo r bew i lde red Aun tH arriet pu t h erse l f, as bes t she cou ld , i n to th i sfine arrav, fin i sh i ng j us t as her husband came fo r

h e r . HeO ffered he r h i sa rm w i th exaggera tedSo lemn i ty .

“ G rac ious,

Henry,”said M rs. Allen

how grand we are .

Areweentertai n i ng rova l ty to - n igh t ? ”

No ; roya l ty i s enterta in i ng

,

” h e rep l ied,

as h e k i ssed h is queen .

She gave a gasp Ofastonishmentas the(l i n i ngroom doo r opened be

fo re them . There twentvo f he r dea rest and bestfriends s tood around alongdinner-table,spreadw i t h snowy l i n en anddeco rated w i th flowe rswh i le the s i deboard g l i ttered w i t h si lver g i ft swh ich these same friendshad brough t . H e len

,

wh o seemed to be thecommande r- in- ch ie f

,es

c orted he r a un t to h e r

placeat thetab le , thenvan ish ed th rough thek i tchen doo r . The d i nne r wh ich fo l lowed . i none de l ic ious cou rsea fter ano th er

,was served

by H e len,w i th the h el p oftwo o ther young g i rls ,

a l l i n dai n ty wh i te dresses,and comp le ted M rs .

A l len ’s mystific ation.

F i na l l y,wh en she cou ld conta in herse l f no

longe r,Shera i sed he r hand and made them l i s

ten as she sa i d : N ow i t may be a l l righ t totake advan tage th i s way o f a poo r Old woma ni n h er absence ; bu t what I wan t to know i s,wh o cooked th i s d i nne r ?Uncle H en ry ro se from h is chai r, and ,

speak

i ng w i t h great impressiveness , w i th a sweepof h is hand toward H e len , who , w i th h e r friends,

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was enjoy i ng th e scene from a corner o f th edin ing- room

,sa i d

I have th e d ist i ngu i shed honor,madam

,as

wel l as t he very g reat pleasure , Of presen tingto you your new cook and housekeeper

,M i ss

A l len o f N ew Yo rk . Long may she wave !”

A burst o f laugh ter fo l lowed,t he gues ts ri s i ng

w i th cheers i n response to the toast,wh i le H e len ,

w i t h flush i ng ch eeks and laugh ing eyes,m ade a

low curtsy to he r aun t ; th en she ran into thepar lor

,and immed iately the house rang w i th th e

TH E ALLENS’

S I LVER WEDD ING .

“ ‘ LONG MAY SHE WAVE !

strain s o f M ende lssohn ’s “Wedd ing M arch .

Prompt ly the who le company marched to th eparlo r

,where H elen had changed to a bur

lesquerendering o f Oh , Prom i se M e .

”

I t was no t un t i l a fter the happy even ing wasspent

,and the gue sts gone

,that M rs . A l len

rea l ly cornered her n iece and h er h usband .

wai t i ng for me,I de l ighted ; and i f you are

go i ng to make me stop do i ng th i ngs now tha tyou ’

vego t home,I sha l l w i s h tha t you had n’

t

come .

”

My dear g i rl,sa id M rs . A l len

,

“ i t i s l i kea fai ry - ta le . I have qu i te made up my m i ndto w ri te to your fa ther to-morrow and makeimmediate arrangemen ts to adopt you .

”

You are two nob le consp i rators,she sai d ,

“ and i t was a love ly su rp ri se . I can ’ t imaginehow you di d i t ; and I Shou ld l ike to knowwhere you learned to do a l l th ese th i ngs

, H elen .

”

“We l l,you see it ’

S th i s way, aun ty . Papahas been away a good dea l fo r a year o r two

,

and I h ave amused myse l f by go i ng to cook ingschoo l

,a - schoo l o f housekeep i ng

,a chafing

d ish class,and some sewing classes . But I

never had a chance to prac t i se my know ledgebefo re. and wh en I found th i s opportun i t y here

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ROXY - TRA INMAN .

(A TrueS tory . )

Bv EVELYN N I CHOLS K ER R .

L ATE in the a fternoon o f a ho t August day inthe summe r o f 1 90 1 , a lady was seen qu ick lywa lk ing down on e o f the c i ty stree ts toward theferry . She looked at her watch and saw tha tshe had no t a momen t to spare . She qu ickened he r step ; on ly one more b lock and shecou ld rest from the terr ib le heat : bu t j us t assh e started to cross th e last st ree t , a p i t i fu l s igh t

ROXY.

me t her eyes . Stand ing righ t be fore he r was am i serab le lit t le dog . Hewas weak and emaciated , but the p lead i ng look in h i s brown eveswas no t to be resi sted .

Why, you poo r l i t t le th ing I she sa i d kin d ly,s toop i ng down and pat t i ng h im ; and the knowing look in h i s i n te l l igen t eyes deepened .

I t ’s ho t,poo r fe l low

,i s n’

t it ?” she sai d

ove r h er sh ou lder as sh e hu rried on . To hersurpri se

,she saw the dog was fo l low i ng. H is

ta i l was wav i ng feeb ly , and the t i red l i t t le crea

ture was do ing hi s best to keep up w i th h erqu ick steps .She paused irreso lu te for one momen t . J ust

th en a gong sounded,and she ran a few steps .

As sh e stepped on the boat she t urned to lookfor the dog. There h e was close at h er h ee l s

,

a pic t ure o f w re tchedness,bu t w i th the k i nd l iest

,

most expec tan t look i n h i s go lden -brown eyes .Everybody sm i led , and the dog stayed close

to his new frien d t i l l th e boa t drew i n to its s l ip .

And soon the two friends were i n the t ra i n comfortably seated fo r th e i r jou rney .

Hesoon se t t led h imse l f con ten ted ly on theseat , and a fter a wh i le s l i d to the floor, wh ere hes lep t sound ly . The lady h erse l f

,be i ng very t i red

,

a lso took a l i t t le nap .

Conduc tor , w/zereis Mat (fog ? A start ledvo i ce asked the quest ion as th e t ra i n d rew ou to f Garden C i ty .

“ I don ’ t know , madam . I d id n’

t see h imge t off. I ’

ll see ifhe ’

s on th e t rai n and theconduc to r moved on.

Bu t h e was no t on the t ra in ; an d that wasthe last h i s fi rst friend saw of h im .

I I I O

Lu ri d gleams o f ligh tn i ng swep t a th reatening sky , and a deep rumb le came from theno rthwest . Then a deeper rumb le came from th enorth , and be tween th e two sounds was a queerl i t t le no i se that th e man a t the te legraph keyhad no t ye t no t iced . Then a great flash o f l igh tswept i n a t th e w indow

,mak ing th e man start

and push back h is chai r ; and a fter the roar o fthunder d ied away

,he t u rned his head to l i sten

to some th ing e lse . I t was th e queer l i t t le no i seaga in , but loude r than be fo re , and now therewas a no te o f te rro r i n it. X i—ya

’

! Yap-

din) !

i t wen t appea l ingly .

“ I declare ! What ’5 that ? sa id th e man

,

and h e opened the offi ce door.

R t DXY

We l l where on eart h d id you come from ?

h e exc la imed,as a frigh tened , d i lapida ted ve l

low dog wabb led i n to the room .

The dog ga ve h im a look o f apo logy and awag o f the t ai l w h ich sa i d very p lainly : Yes

,

thank vou,I w i l l come i n . There i s go i ng to

be a grea t sto rm,and I w i l l keep you com

pany and he wa lked across t he room ,and

seated h im se l f close up agai n st th e man ’s legs.Now t he ra i n began to come down i n to r

rents . The l igh tn ing appea red to spl i t th eheavens . The th unde r crashed l i ke cannon .

A t every boom o f th under the ( log drew c loser,

rappi ng h i s ta i l feeb ly on the floo r,and turn i ng

up h i s muzzle affec t ionate ly to the man .

The t rees swaved and ben t as i f they wou ldbreak i n two .

Ever seen the l ike o f i t be fo re,o ld man

The dog looked a t h im w i t h leve l eye l i ds .“ So you though t you ’

d come i n and takeca re o f me

,d id you P

The dog moved as close as poss i b le,rapp i ng

h i s ta i l aud ib ly . H is honest brown eyes shonebrigh t ly .

We l l,I never l i ke to be a lone i n a sto rm

l ike th i s one . Bu t,b less me

,I ’

veneve r seen a( log t a lk w i t h h is eyes as you do . Where ( l i dyou come from

,anyhow

The dog lowered h i s head .

“We l l , never m i nd ; wewon ’ t t a lk abou ttha t i f you don ’ t wan t to .

”

Up came the head , and the re was ano the rapprec i a t i ve rap o f the ta i l .When th e storm clea red

,these two knew each

ot he r pre t ty we l l . Tha t n igh t the ( log fo l lowedth e man to h i s home

,and fo r many days kep t

c lose to h i s hee ls .Then one day he was m i ss i ng ; and the n ex t

day the sto ry was to ld o f a ye l low dog th a t go ton the t ra i n bv h imse l f and took a sho rt jou rneyto th e o ld town o f H empstead . I t i nterestedthe conduc tor o f tha t t ra i n to see a dog trave li ng a lone — so he Spoke to h im and pat ted h i sye l low head ; and the nex t mo rn i ng

,wh en he le ft

h i s home i n H empstead to go to h is regu la r t ra in,

he was surpri sed to find the dog wa i t i ng for h imon h i s doo r- step ; and nearly eve ry n igh t foundh im a t the conduc tor ’s doo r

,though occas ion

a l ly he spen t a n igh t w i t h h i s Ga rden C i ty friend .

This dog mus t have a name,

” the condue

ROXY AN D ON E OF H IS FR IEN DS .

I I I I

to r sa i d one n igh t . “ I never saw a brigh ter,

k i nde r-hearted dog,and I be l ieve I ’

ll ca l l h im‘ Roxy

,

’ a fte r that puppy the brakeman gavemeonce . Roxy

,man

,ge t up and make a bow .

You ’

vego t a name now. Roxy go t tip andshook h imse l f i n stead o f mak ing a bow , wh ichseemed to answer jus t as we l l ; then h e t i ppedh i s head on one s ide . and looked a t h i s friendw i t h brigh t eyes

,wagg ing h is tai l joyous ly .

So you l i ke you r n ame,do you the con

d uc to r cont i nued .

“ That ’

s good . I t ’

s hardto be ca l led by a name you don ’ t l i ke . We l l

,

i t ’s wonderfu l wha t you know, and wewon ’ t

say any th i ng more abou t Mal , but , he wen ton , “ you

’ve go t to have a dog l icense,and a

co l lar w i t h you r name on i t,so peop le w i l l

know who you a re . I ’

ll speak to the boysabout i t ”

Fo r two mon th s Roxy trave led e very day between Garden C i ty and H empstead . Hewou ldappear on the st at ion p lat form at j ust th e righ tt ime to take a t ra in

,and a lways seemed to know

the exac t t ime sch edu led fo r th e com i ng i n orgo i ng ou t o f the various t ra ins . Where he kept

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h i s t ime- tab le nobody knew,but h e evidentlv

had one .

Oneday h e was m i ss ing , and there was consternation among the men , who had grownfond o f h im . For two days n o th ing was heardo f h im

,and grave looks were exchanged when

the quest ion was asked many t imes duringthose two days : Seen anything o f RoxyThen came good n ews

,fo r i t was l earned he

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o f go i ng on th e eng i neer ’s s i de,where

,o f course

,

he m ight be i n the way , with two paws fi rm lybraced on the si l l , h e watched th e coun try asthe t ra i n swept by .

L i fe now flowed a long smoo th ly for Roxy .

Th e conduc to r kep t h is word and spoke to th e“ boys ,” and the resu l t was a handsome n icke lp lated co l lar made to o rder for the dog. On

ROXY ’ S FAVOR ITE PLACE IN THE CAB OF THE LOCO M OT IVE. a

h ad extended hi s t rave ls . Hehad gone as far asLong I s land C i ty , stayed a l l n igh t , tak en seve ra lri des on the ferry -boat next morn i ng , gone intothe dock and p layed around the eng ines, thenback to th e sta t ion

,and from the many trai ns

stand ing there had picked ou t the H empstea'dt ra in and r idden gai ly home on the eng i ne .

H ow glad the men were to see h im a t th at endo f the l i ne ! This was h i s fi rst r i de on theeng ine

,and i t soon became h i s favorite p lace .

Somet imes h e wou ld ride in the passengercoach ; occas iona l ly h e rode i n th e baggagecar : but more o ften he was found i n h is favori te place

,th e eng i ne . There

,perched on th e

seat on the fireman’

s s ide , he never though t

one s ide o f t he co l lar i s a brass plate beari ngth e single word i n large le t ters , TRA I NMAN .

On the o ther side is a sim i lar pla te on wh ichare engraved the wo rds

RAILROAD ROXY,Gard en Ci ty , L . I . ,

Presented by th e boy s oftheL. I . R . R . Branch Y . M . C . A.

From th e co l lar h angs h i s license t ag , wh ichpro tec t s h im from th e o ffic i a l dog- catcher, a llowi ng h im to wande r sa fe ly at the prompt ings o fhis w i l l .When the fun d was subscri bed for the co l lar,

it was dec i ded tha t Roxy shou ld have a blanke t

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1 1 1 4

A fter carefu l nursi ng,the good news went ou t

tha t Roxy was do i ng we l l ; and a fter a t ime h eappeared limpi ng on th ree legs, bu t j ust asbrigh t and independen t as ever. Some th ing

,

however,was w rong w i t h one o f h i s shou lders,

but th i s d i d no t keep h im from resum i ng h i st rave l s .Oneday , as he l imped across a stat ion p lat

fo rm,a lady s tepped up to an offic i al , and asked

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the cause of h is lameness. When sh e was info rmed

,she handed the man h er card

,say ing

I w i sh you wou ld send him to my surgeon intown . Hew i l l fix h im up a l l right, and Roxyw i l l have no doc tor ’s b i l l to pay .

”

And now Roxy, owner o f many friends, t ro tsas s trong ly on h i s four legs as h e d id be foreth at event fu l day in J une ; and— wou ld yoube l ieve it

,h e st i l l barks a t au tomobi les.

THE B ICYCLE-TRACK.

SECOND S IGHT ON

Bv J . C .

THE ru le tha t governs th i s l i t t le c i rcu la rb icyc le - t rack i s a ve ry simple one

,and ye t the re

seem s to be a myste ry abou t t he way i n w h ichi t works . Let the one who plays the t r ick

,and

whom we wil l ca l l t he sta t ion -mas te r,go away

to some p lace from wh ich he canno t see whatyo u do . Start an imag ina ry b icyc le a long th etrack a t any s tat ion ma rked by a flag . Be

g i nn ing w i t h t he n umber on the d isk opposi te the flag at wh ich you s tart (say 8 at the.

A B ICYCLE TRACK .

BEA RD.

bo t tom of th e i l lust rat ion ), and ca l l i ng the nex tsta t ion n i ne (even though i t i s marked 3 ,

i f you are coun t ing to the righ t ), coun t the st at ions as you pass them . Go as far as youplease , then re t u rn , stopp i ng when the n umbero f flags you have passed com i ng back reachesthe same n umbe r as tha t a t wh ich you s toppedi n go i ng fo rward

,and the stat ion -maste r, on

be ing shown the s ta t ion from wh ich and thed i rec t ion i n wh ich you started , w i l l be ab le

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to te l l you where you fin i shed your re t urnj ourney .

Begin,for i nstance

,at stat ion 8 , a t the bo t

tom of th e i l lustrat ion ; ca l l th i s s tat ion (as i tis marked) e ight ,” the nex t , say to the righ t ,n i ne (never m ind what it i s marked), and soon un ti l you have gon e forward as far as youcare to , say un t i l you have coun ted to fi fteen

,

t hat i s , a t the d isk 5 at the righ t, n ear th e top .

N ow re t u rn , ca l l ing the flag from wh ich youstart back again “ one

,

” and reckon i ng eachflag you pass as an add i t iona l one un t i l youhave coun ted at number equal to that at wh ichyou left off i n go ing forward (name ly fi fteen),and the stat ion -master w i ll aston ish you by te l ling you that your course i s fin ished at the di ski n th i s case marked 7, at the upper left .Try i t and see . Th e secre t of the t r ick i s as

s imple as the ru le tha t governs the t rack . All

the stat ion -master,th erefore

,has to do i s to

UNCLE '

RASTUS (FORGETT ING HOW LONG H IS COAT I S)

SECOND S I GHT ON A B ICYCLE-TRACK .

coun t a long , i n an oppos i te d i rec t ion from thatin wh ich you say you s tarted off, as many s tat ions as are indica ted by the n umber on th ed isk opposi te th e flag at wh i ch you began yourcourseu includetha t in i t i a l st at ion in the coun t .I f there were on ly one start i ng-po i n t the

fini sh wou ld a lways occur a t the same s tat ionbut as any s tart ing- stat ion a t w i l l may be used

,

the t r ick may be made to appea r more confus ing . I f, i n stead of e ight or any o ther n umber,you shou ld ca l l th e sta t ion from wh ich youstart one

,and coun t forward any number

,

an d the same n umber back agai n,you would ,

of course , bring up a t your start ing-po i n t ;wh ereas if you call the sta t ion from wh i ch youbeg i n you r run e igh t ” (or any o ther n umber,depend ing upon the stat ion from wh i ch youchoose to start) , you will pass it on your re t u rn ,and go beyond i t e igh t o r as many stat ion s asw i l l equal t he number of your start i ng-po i n t .

“1 DECLARE, 1 ’

S E c rrrm'

so srm wrru RHEU M AT I Z DAT 1 cu n'r STAN ' up srm rcnr !

"

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1 1 1 8 WHAT A LUMP OF COAL COU LD DO . 10a .

mach i ne i s one capab le of l i ft ing ten t imes 330pounds 1 00 feet i n the a i r i n a m i n u te, or 330pounds 1 00 fee t i n 1 16 of a m i n ute , or 330 pounds1 000 fee t i n a m i n ute , and so on .

Fo r mos t peop le i t i s no t easy to understandhow a lump of coa l can furn ish work ; but tothe sc ien t i s t th i s i s very s imple . I n o rder tha tth i s may be clear we must exam i ne the coa land i ts poss i bi l i t ies .H eat i s a form of ene rgy wh ich can be har

nessed to do our bidd ing . I f you burn a lumpof coa l i t forms hea t , wh ich may escape i n tothe a i r and be of no serv ice to us . This wast he case for h undreds o f years

,and the vas t

amoun t of en ergy tha t was wasted before mand iscovered the va lue of heat for purposeso ther than warm ing and cook ing wou ld havesufficed to do all the n ecessary work for t het r ibes and peoples who used fi re from th et ime of the ear ly Bri tons down to t he presen tcen tury .

But burn th i s lump o f coal i n c lose con tac tw i t h a vesse l conta i n i ng water. The heat produced, wh i ch i s measured i n what are ca l ledheat-un i ts , w i l l m ake the wate r bo i l and bubb leand then produce steam . Thi s lat ter w i l l l ikew i se escape in the .a i r and be wasted i f no tconfined and i ts energy u t i l ized as pressure o rheat

I n order to express in spec i fic terms theenergy of coa l

,o r i ts ab i l i ty to do work, i t

was necessary to find some un i t of measuremen t . Each pound of ord inary coa l i s supposedto g i ve forth h eat - un i ts when burned .

The way a chem i s t wou ld de term i ne how m uchene rgy there is i n a p iece of coa l wou ld first beto pu lverize it and then we igh very carefu l ly asma l l quan t i ty of the powdered coa l and bychem ica l mean s burn i t under a known quan t i tyof water . Bo th th e we igh t and temperature ofthe water are ascerta i ned before and afte r thebu rn i ng . I n th i s way h e can figure out howmuch heat was added to the wate r by the coa l

,

and'

know i ng tha t , h e can express i n h eat - un i tsthe amoun t of heat g iven ou t by th e powderedcoa l . I t i s then a simp le mat te r to find ou tthe p ropor t ionate amoun t of heat g iven ou t bythe who le lump .

A lump of coa l we igh ing a pound is near lyas large as a man ’ s fi st . What is the po ten

t i a l (o r stored ) energy conta i ned i n th at smalllump ? I f we cou ld burn th i s pound so tha tno t a part ic le of heat was lost , but a l l went toheat a t ub of water a foo t deep

,s i x fee t long

,

and two fee t w ide , i t wou ld rai se the t emperat ure 1 6 degrees . I n o ther words

,i t wou ld rai se

the'

wate r from 64 degrees to 80 degrees , maki ng i t j ust comfo rtab le to bathe i n . There i sno th ing marve lous i n s uch an opera t ion

,and

one may no t th ink there i s so great energy i ncoa l , after a l l ; but when we come to exp ress i no the r ways t he va lue o f th i s heat imparted tothe water qui te a d ifferent sto ry is revea led .

The heat- un i ts i n th e pound of coa ltha t j us t brings th e temperat ure of the water upso that i t i s comfor tab le fo r bath ing purposes i sequa l

,i n a mechan ica l sense

,to foo t

pounds o r an amoun t of work equ iva len t tora i s i ng near ly 47tons 1 00 fee t h igh . H ere i s amos t aston i sh ing th ing—a sec re t wh ich the coa lw i thhe ld from man for many cen turies . Wh i leman and beas t were laboring to do the wor ld ’ swo rk, there were h idden i n the earth m i l l ions ofpounds of coa l

,each oneof wh ich was capab le of

do ing the work tha t wou ld be done by 2 8 2 horsesi n on e m i n u te . Or i f we wou ld express i t in aday

’

s work , each pound of coa l cou ld do thefullday ’s work o f a powerfu l ho rse , work ing continuously, i n pu l l i ng up 330 pounds fee ti n the ai r every o ther m in ut e th roughou t th eday of e ight hours .There are few th ings more remarkab le t han

the possib i l i t ies conta i ned i n each lump of coa l .A labor i ng man cop ld ca rry i n h i s pocke tenough po ten t i a l energy to per fo rm a l l h i s tasksfor several days . I f th i s same lump of coa lcould be sudden ly converted i n to heat , andthat heat a l l imparted to water to make steam ,

we wou ld be ab le to perform wonders . Fo ri nstan ce

,the energy th us u t i l i zed wou ld be suf

ficient to run an e lec t r ic-mo tor car fu l l o f passengers two and a ha l f m i les a t the ra te oftwen ty m i les an hour. I t wou ld a lso ca rry at ra i n of s i x ordi nary cars and a heavy Pu l lman s leeper and di n ing-car on e si x t h of am i le at the rate of twen ty-fivem i les -an hour.The coal, wh ich the world n eg lec ted for so

many ages,usi ng i t occas iona l ly for heat ing

or cook ing, i s th us one of the most remarka

b le o f a l l the wor ld ’s prec ious produc ts—more

1 904 -1

wonderfu l,and i n a measure more va luab le ,

than a l l t he d iamonds , rub ies , and sapph i restha t have ever been m i ned . I t con ta ins sto redup energy tha t has revo lut ion i zed th e wor ld ;i t becomes the sec re t o f man 's mode rn progress— the ac t ua l power wh ich has made thelas t cen t ury the greatest the wo r ld has eve rknown . Ye t

,w i thout much though t of a l l thi s ,

we ca re less ly th row scut t le fu ls of t he b lack d iamonds i n to our s toves mere ly to wa rm ou rhomes w i t h i t . And we l i t t le th ink of the wasteenergy that goes u p the ch imney as th e coa lcrack les and spa rk les . The greater percen tageof the h ea t i s lost

,wh i le a very sma l l port ion o f

i t i s d i st ribu ted a round the room to warm us .But even th i s sma l l par t o f the heat wh ich weuse fo r warm ing ou r room s i s sufific ient to produce mag i c - l ike t ran sformat ions i n the wo rldof mechan ic s a nd mach inery . The hea t usedfor cook i ng our d inne r and fo r bo i l i ng thewate r to make cofleeor tea cou ld be made torun m i l ls and fac to ries i f i t were a l l saved andproper ly used .

N ow le t u s compare th i s new power wh ichman has found i n coa l w i t h t ha t wh ich thehuman musc les exe rted i n the days when the

great Pyram i d s were bu i l t—when hundreds ofthousands of men to i led and s laved fo r yearsto c reate monumen ta l works tha t cou ld to-daybe bu i l t by machinerv i n a few yea rs w i t h afew thousand men a t most . Th e power of aman fo r wo rk

,we w i l l say

,i s on ly one ten th of

tha t o f a ho rse ; but the ho rse compares evenmore unfavorab ly w i t h steam an d mach inery

,

wh i le man h imse l f becomes a un i t of suchsma l l measuremen t t ha t h i s eflorts are punyindeed.

Suppose we se lec t a hard-work ing labor i ngman as an examp le— one whom we ca l l s trong

WHAT A LUMP OF COAL COULD DO. 1 1 1 9

and muscu lar,w i t h body t ra ined to da i ly to i l

,

so tha t he cou ld eas i ly pe rform manua l labortha t wou ld comple te ly exha us t ano the r no t i nt ra in ing . Such a s t rong laborer i s one whorepresent s the h ighes t ach ievements of museular manhood . Hecan w ie ld an ax a l l day long

i n the woods ; h e can sw i ng th e shove l e igh thours a day , fi l l i ng furnaces w i t h coal o r d igg i ng d i tches ; o r h e can p low and harrow w i t hfi rm hand and t i l l the so i l for c rops . Such aman has from the beg inn i ng of t he wor ld beena m igh ty powe r i n t ransform i ng the face ofnat ure ; bu t here comes a long a pound of coa lwh ich has been bu ried fo r ages i n t he earth andfor cen t ur ies a fte r i t s d i scove ry was esteemedas of l i t t le prac t ica l va lue

,wh i le i f p roper ly

u sed th e energy sto red i n i t cou ld perfo rm i none m i nu te a l l th e work thatfivest rong mencou ld accomp l i sh i n on e day

,work ing e igh t

hours w i th scarce ly a momen t fo r rest . We maypu t i t i n ano ther way . I f i t was n ecessary toperform the work i n on e m i nu te

,i t wou ld take

abou t 2 800 men to accompl i sh the t ask tha t thesma l l l ump of coa l wou ld perfo rm i n the samesho rt space Of t ime .

I f we le t horses do the work i nstead of menwe find st i l l that the lump of coa l i s immeasurab ly greater in i t s poss i bi l i t ies . The s i ng lest rong horse i s capab le of ra i s i ng th e 330

pounds 1 00 fee t i n one m i n u te,o r

,as common ly

expressed,th e an ima l does foo t-pounds

of work i n a m i n u te . The pound - l ump o f coa lcon ta i ns h eat -un i ts

,wh ich , as we have

seen,i s equ iva len t to 2 8 2 horse -power, or 2 8 2

t imes foo t-pounds of wo rk i n a m i n ute,

o r foo t -pounds of work . I t wou ldtake a s tring of 2 8 2 ho rses

,st re tch i ng ou t abou t

ha l f a m i le long,to produce the same amoun t

of power or work . They Wou ld j ust be ac

compl i sh i ng wha t a pound - l ump of coa l cou ld

1 1 2 0 WHAT A LUMP OF COAL COULD DO.

do i f all i t s po ten t i al energy cou ld be t ransformed in to heat and harnessed for work .

Take ano ther example of what a pound ofcoal can do i n theway o f wo rk compared w i ththe feeb le effor t p ut for th by man . I n o ldent imes when th e saw was i nvented a great s tr i dewas made in mechanics. The cont inuous rowof sharp tee t h would do many t imes as muchwork as a s ing le sharp edge ; and a man armedw i t h a sha rp saw could great ly mu l t iply h i slabors . But when th e circular saw was invented a much greater dev ice for_reduc i ngthe labo r of man was d iscovered . Th e c i rcu larsaw can trave l far faster than the hand-saw,

even when dr iven by simple hand o r foo tpower ; but when opera ted by mach inery thetee th w i l l t rave l mo re than seventy t imes asfar through the wood as those of the hand-sawi n the same space of t ime . I n o ther wo rds,the steam-operated c i rc u lar saw w i l l cu t someth ing l i ke seven ty t imes as much wood i n am i nu te as ast rong man who wo rks si x ty s trokesa m i n u te

,o r one a second . Tha t gai n seems

so t remendo us th a t on e hes i tates to expec tmore b ut here i s our l i t t le pound- lump of coa l ,wh ich can supp ly power enough to operate1 80 o f t hese Circu lar saws for a fu ll m i n ute ,perform i ng i n tha t shor t space of t ime all thework tha t men cou ld accompl i sh w i t hthe o ld hand- saws

,mov i ng up and down a t

the ra te of 60 s t rokes a'

m i n u te .

In these i n terest i ng i l lus trat ions o f the powerof a pound of coa l

,i t must be remembered that

the full amount of pafm tz’

al energy con tai nedi n the fue l i s consi de red

,and no t what i s on ly

ac t ua l ly u t i l ized in genera t i ng steam . Thefac t i s that we have met ye t been ableto u t i l izemore than a small percen tage of the heat of

coal. I n its combus t ion a large percentage Ofi t i s wasted up the ch imney

,and consequent ly .

i t canno t perform these marve ls to -day underpresen t condi t ions of burni ng. There i s consequent ly far more coa l requi red to do t hewor ld ’s wo rk to-day than may be the case a

hundred years from now,when some inven tor

may find new forms of grates an d furnacesfor burn ing coa l so that there will be l i t t le o rno wasteof heat-energy

,o r

,i n o ther words

,of

power.

Coa l has become man ’ s ch ief worker,and

horse labo r an d human man ual labor a re s low lybe i ng p ushed asi de . I n the great t ransformat ion i t has been bra in power tha t has t riumphedover bru te strength . M an fi rst sought to sh i fth i s b urd en to the backs of the beasts of thefie ld

,and the horse became h is pat ient friend

and ass i s tan t ; b ut now he seeks to harness thee lemen ta l fo rces of na ture to do h is b idd ing.

The burden i s thus l igh tened w i thou t c rue l ty toany l iv i ng creat ure ; n e i th er man no r beast hashad h i s labors i n creased , but stead i ly decreased .

The harness ing of t he waves and w i nd forgenerat i ng e lec t r ic power, o r the focusing ofthe sun ’ s rays on a bo i ler to u t i l ize so lar heat ,are but further i l lust rat ions o f man ’ s efforts tocas t h is b urden ofhard labo r upon fo rces whichare all around us

,i f we but know how to re lease

an d emp loy them . When some of the po tent ia l power of a pound of coa l was fi rs t re leasedand harnessed to operate mach inery a v i ta l stepi n t he progress of h uman i ty and c iv i l i zat ionwas taken ; but the time may come when eventhe mag ic power o f th e coa l w i l l be second i nimpor tance and prac t ica l va l ue to that of e lectric ity, whose strange power we are on ly ab lefai n t ly to comprehend to-day .

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SM ILING , S L IP AS LEEP

Bv ALEx J EF FR EY .

L IVE, my ch i ld , so th at eaCh dayBring i t s share of work and p lay ;So tha t you can tru ly te l lThere are some who loveyou we l l ;So that when n igh t ’ s shadows c reepYou can

,sm i l i ng

,s l i p as leep .

Good n igh t,mama ; papa, too .

Onemore day they ’

vel ived for you ;Onemore day of joy i s done

,

Onemore n igh t of peace i s won .

N ow th e shadows round us sweep .

You can,sm i l ing

,s l i p as leep .

I nto s leep we soft ly s l id eWhen th e hear t i s sa t i sfied .

Yes,you ’

vehad a happy dayCheery work and g ladsome p lay ;And as darkness ga thers deepYou can

,sm i l i ng —s-l-i-p—a-s-l-e-e-p.

1 1 2 2

HARO LD '

S

Bv Em u V .

H A ROLD Goowm was qui te su re th a t t herewas no t ano ther l i t t le boy i n t he who l e wor ldwho was as happy as h e . Hel ived i n a b igo ld - fash ioned h ouse whose large p i l la rs reaching up to the peaked roo f were once t runkso f ta l l t rees b rough t from No rway

,and ever y

spri ng were g i ven a fresh coa t o f clean wh i tepain t .H aro ld was t he n ex t to th e younges t o f a large

fam i ly,and th e on ly boy . A l though at t imes

he though t i t a d isadvan tage to have so manysisters, espec i a l ly when th ey a l l agreed tha thi s face was d i rty an d h i s clo th es a lso

,ye t he

loved them a l l so dearly tha t h e d id no t seehow any boy cou ld b e happy w i t h one si s terless . Th e Oldest

,L i l l i an

,the l i terary and art is

t ic one of th e fam i ly,wo re g lasses , and looked

to i t th a t H aro ld stud ied h i s lessons and wa lkedin the way h e shou ld go . And there was babyEd i th , th e youngest o f a l l . Then th ere was

H en rie t ta , ca l led H e t ty fo r sho r t,who never

fo rgo t to make spec i a l l i t tl e pi es and ta rts fo rh im on the sem i -week ly bak ing day . ButHa ro ld ’s favo ri te— h i s chum

,as he ca l led her

— was Bess , who , a l though ten years O lder, wasjust as much i n te rested i n every th i ng i n wh ichbede l igh ted as i f she we re a boy h e rse l f.Bess h ad some fi ne ch ickens wh ich were h er

spec i a l care and pri de . Th ey gave her manyanx ious moments

,howeve r

,fo r

,hav ing the large

farm abou t wh ich to wande r a t w i l l,th ey fre

quen t ly lai d th e i r eggs and even ha tched th e i ryoung i n ou t-of- th e -way p lace s . Bess h ad agreedto g ive H aro ld on e from every dozen eggs or ach ick from eve ry n es t that h e di scovered .

Onespri ng Bess was g iven twe lve beau t i fu lwh i te eggs wh ich prom i sed as many beau t i fu lch ickens . Sh e m ade a comfo rtab l e n est fo r ano i sy o ld hen wh ich had been cluck i ng andscra tch i ng i n an obt rusive mann er fo r somet ime , and she an d H a ro ld wa tched th e weeksgo by un t i l one day th ey found e leven brand

CH I CKEN .

M ETHvEN .

new ch icks , a l l o f wh ic h were fluffy ba l ls o fye l low excep t one tha t was b lack .

I t was baby Edi th ’s de l igh t to stand nea r theo ld h en ’s nes t an d see th e st ruggl i ng

,rest less

,

peep ing ch i cks d iv i ng i n and ou t o f th e downyfeathers o f th e mo th er . Th e baby immed ia te lyadopted the ye l lowes t and flufliest o f t he lo t

,

bu t her i n te rest ceased when th e down changedto st i ff

,scragg ly feathers .

H aro ld a t once pu t i n h i s claim,bu t Bess

declared i t to be hard ly fa i r,as he had found

some th i ng th at was never lost . H oweve r,as

he was so much d isappo i n ted,sh e final ly com

T I I E BABY I M M ED IATELY ADOP TED '

I‘

HE

AN D I’ LUF F IEST ( ) I‘ TH E LOT .

prom i sed by g i v i ng h im the l i t t le b lack ch ickwh ich from the fi rs t sh owed a d i scou rag i ng tendeney to sho rten i ts day s by eve ry so rt o f imprudence . I t had to be coaxed to eat ; i t h a l fd rowned i tse l f two o r th ree t imes by fal l ing i n tothe wate r-pan ; and i t was once rescued fromthe ca t . I ts last d rown i ng exp lo i t was near ly th ecause o f i t s be i ng bu rned to dea th . Thi s i s th eway i t came abou tH aro ld fi sh ed h i s da r l i ng l i t t l e ch ick ou t o f

the water-pan,and carri ed i t

,all l imp and d rip

p ing, i n to the o ld - fash ioned bricked - ou t k i tch en,

1 1 2 3

1 1 2 4 HAROLD’

s

where H et ty was busy ge t t i ng d inner. Sheto ld H aro ld to pu t h i s ch ick in to a box underthe b ig wood-stove to dry , and in the mean t imeto wash h i s face an d hands and go i n to th e

IT \VA S BABY ED ITH ’

S DEL IGHT TO STAN D NEAR THE OLD HEN 'S NEST.

parlor,where h i s mo ther was en ter ta in i ng some

friends . She p i led some wood into the stove ,and though t less ly th rew the l igh ted paper w i thwh ich sh e had k i nd led the fi re on th e hearth ,where H aro ld ’s ch icken was obed ien tly dry ingou t .” A secon d later she was h orrified to seeH aro ld ’s ch ick mak i ng its way

,be tween a flut

ter and a run,th rough th e w i de ball tha t led to

the parlor,w i th th e b lazi ng tw i s t o f paper on

its di stended w ings, leav i ng the sme l l of burning feathers i n i ts wake .

She rushed a fte r i t,bu t no t before i t h ad

made i t s appearance l ike an an imated fi rebrandin the m i ds t o f the s tart led guests . When thepoo r b i rd was a t last rescued

,i t s beau ty had

departed,an d fo r many day s H aro ld was the

owne r o f a tai l less fow l .After th i s pain fu l inciden t the who l e fam i ly

deve loped a k ind o f affec t ion for th e l i t t le b lackch icken . I t was pi t ied and pro tec ted as i f i twere th e most beaut i fu l b i rd in the wo rld . A tlast it re sponded to th e i r care and seemed totake a l i t t le i n terest i n l i fe .

One day baby Edi th saw the o ld roosterstand i ng be fore a sem ic i rc le o f ten fluffy

,b lond

li t t le ch icks,and sh e ran in to th e house and

CH I CKEN . [OCT .

announced to her mo ther tha t they were ask ingthe o ld rooster what had become o f the i r l i t t leb lack bro ther.Some weeks later

,as the fam i ly we re gath ered

around the suppertab le , D r. Godw i nsa id“Ch i ldren , the fai r

i s to be Opened nextmon th . H ow manyare go i ng to t ry fo rp rizesImmed iate ly there

was such a d in ason ly a bevy o f happypu rposefu l g i rl s canmake wh en each hassome th ing o f v i ta l importance to say .

I t was some t imebe fore H aro ld ’s at

tempts to be heardwere success fu l .“ Papa

,I wan t to

send my l i t t le b lack rooster ; may I h e sa i dearnest ly .

The shou t Of laugh ter “wh i ch fo l lowed H ar

o ld ’s p ropos i t ion was checked by the father,

who sai d encourag i ngly :“Cer tai n ly , my son ; i ndeed you sh a l l ! I

w i l l h ave you r name en tered w i th t he o th ers .

INQU IR ING FOR THE IR L ITTLE BLACK BROTHER.

Despi te h i s s i sters ’ rid icu le and the i r e ri t ic isms o f his pe t ’s po i n ts

,

”H aro ld ’ s comb less,

ta i l less ch icken was du ly entered,and

,to every

one ’s amazemen t except i t s p roud owner’s, was

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I SAT bes i de my n iece so fai r,

A lady grave and swee t,

W i t ha l so w i se tha t we l l I mightH ave sa t me at h er fee t .

She stooped to pa t the puppy -dogThat gambo led at her knee ;

An d when she spoke,

’

t was i n a tongueEnt i re ly st range to me :

A w i zzy w i zzy woggums,then !

A d i t ty do t ty doggum s, then !An d d iddy wan ty j umpy up ?A pittv w i t t y pessum s pup !”

I spoke to her of fore ign cl imes,

Ofpo l i t ic s and popes ;Of Bi shop Bylow

’

s earnest rhymes,And Genera l J i ngo ’ s hopes .

She answered we l l and w i t t i ly ,Then turned h er eyes as i de ,

And tender ly she wh i spered toThe creatu re by he r s ide :

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THE PETTED PU PPY . 1 2 /

A pupsy wupsy kee ter, then !Was neve r nossin swee te r

,then !

A teen ty tawnty t i ny to t ,A. love y do vey dar l i ng do t !

I rose as i f to st ro l l away,

But fi rs t a momen t stoodI thought pe rha ps she ’

d b id me stav,

And ra the r hoped she wou ld .

But no ! sh e neve r ra i sed he r head .

I t u rned the corne r near,

And as I went,her s i lve r tones

St i l l floated to m y ear

A tood le tood le tood le,t hen !

A w isky wasky wood le, t hen !A toopid manny gone , my joy ,l\lv d idd y doddy do rglums b oy

!

I no t iced how valuable was some water bymoonl i ght , reflect ing thel ight w i th a faint gl immering sheen, as in thespringoftheyear. Thewater shines W i th an inward light, l ike a heaven on earth.

—THOREAU .

EARTH’S NEAREST NEIGHBOR—THE MOON.

H ow wou ld you l ike to t ake a t ri p to theI t wou ld be a long journey

,tak i ng

more t han si x month s,i f you wen t w i th the

speed of an express t rain ; o r i f you trave led

moon P

w i th th e sw i ftness of a ba l l froma modern cannon

,i t wou ld take

abou t as long as a tri p acrosst he A t lant ic i n a fast steamer .Under average atmosphericcond i t ions , a large te lescopeg ives us a V iew of t he moon asi t wou ld be w i t hou t the te lescope a t a d i stance of e igh th undred m i les from us .The n ecessary ou tfi t fo r t hejourn ey must be m uch moreex tens ive th an fo r any t ri p onthe ea rth

,even the t rip to th e

N orth Po le . There w i l l be nochance to l ive off the country .

” I n add i t ion to warmclo t h i ng and food

,you must

ca rry w i t h you a l l you need to

dri nk , and the prob lem of keep i ng i t from freezi ng, o r thaw ing i t out i f frozen , w i l l no t be an

THE M OON AT A BOUT FOUR DAYSPAST NE\V M OON .

easy one to so lve . There i s p rac t ica l ly n o a i ron the moon

,and you must take a long a supp ly

for breath ing . I f you expec t to make a fi re andcook your d i nner

,you mus t take

,i n add i t ion

to fue l,an add i t iona l supp ly of

a i r to keep your fi re go ing .

But suppose tha t i n someway

‘

you are landed on themoon w i t h a supp ly of th i ngsnecessar y fo r sustai n ing l ife .

I f you are on a part of themoon on wh ich the sun i s sh ini ng

,you w i l l marve l

,perhaps

,

fi rst of a l l,at th e dazz l i ng bri l

lianceof the s un l igh t and thei n tense b lackness of the shadows . E veryth i ng i n the shadew i l l be i n a lmost to ta l darkness ,as there i sno a i r fi l led w i th l i tt le dus t part icles to sca t ter thesun l igh t so that i t may illum i

nate the p laces ou t of the d irec tpath of i t s rays .

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NATURE AND

THE A PEN N INES (LONG RO UGH R IDGE AT R IGHT ) . THE A LPS(ROUGH CLUSTER AT U PPER LEFT . )

In th is cluster is what seems to bea m eregash .

“This is thevalle\

of theAlps, nearly straight and e ighty-three m iles long and fromthree to six m i les broad .

great bod ies of water,and names we re g iven to

these, such as the“ Sea o f Storms ,” e tc . L ater

and mo re powe rfu l te lescopes have shown thatthese seas ” are on ly p lai n s

,and that there i s

no wate r,i n l iqui d fo rm a t least

,a l though the

o ld name s are re t ained . The moun ta i n s areu sua l ly named fo r n o ted astronomers .

The moon i s th e mos t powe rfu l agen t in produc ing the t i des on th e earth ; i t a lso producessome s l igh t va ri a t ions i n t he earth ’ s magne t i sm .

So far as sc ience has been ab le to i nvest igatethere i s abso lu te ly no change i n th e weath erwh ich can be at tr ibu ted to t he moon

,a l though

ha l f or more of mank ind seem to be l ieve thatthemoon does h ave some con tro l ove r th e

A LUNAR \‘

OLCANO .

SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

weather. A l l such be l iefs,i nclud ing the t ime

for p lan t ing gardens and for go i ng fish ing,are

mere superst i t ions— t he surv iva ls of an age ofigno rance . M ALCOLM MeN aru

THE RECKLESS LOVE- B IRD.

A QUEER PLACE FOR A B I RD TO LAY AN D H ATCH IT S EGG .

i s le ts and vo l can ic crags,scat tered p lent i fu l ly

th rough Ocean ica , a l i t t le wh i te te rn , or seaswa l low

,about the s ize of a dove

,known as

the love -bi rd . Save on ly for a narrow band ofj e t ty feath ers surround ing the eye

,i t s p lumage

i s of a lust rous wh i te and i ts beak i s b lack . Thew ri ter me t th i s l i t t le fe l low among the rockyi s le t s and a to l ls wh ich are w i de ly scat tered toth e northwestward of th e H awa i i an I s lands .

NEA R LY every k i nd of w i ld fow l has somepecu l i ari ty of hab i t wh ich amoun ts a lmost toan eccent ri c i ty

,and the varie t y of s uch peen

liarities i s as ton i sh i ng . Sea- b i rds , from the i rcustom of nest in g on pro tec ted rocks and i s le t s

,

are poss ib ly be t te r sk i l led i n dev i s i ng means fo rthe i r comfor t and safe ty than mo st o ther spec ies .

A t any ra te,we find among them many st riking

examp les of dro l l persona l i ty .

The re dwe l ls on mos t of the i so lated co ra l

1 90 44 NATL K I‘: A N I )

The trea tment , o r, as some m igh tprefer to ca l l i t , the m i st rea tmentof i t s egg . i s the oddest o f the lovebi rd ’s habi t s . I t i s rea l ly a c ragdwe l l i ng spec ies . and therefo re prefe rs c lifls o f some worn -out i s land . Il ere th es ing le spo t ted egg i s def t ly ba lan ced on anyl i t t le sh e l f o f rock

,o ften on the top of a round

i sh k nob,as I was many t imes ab le to observe

jus t how th e egg i s kepto n some of theext rao rd i na ry p laces upon wh i c hit i s d epos i ted , wh i le th e parents a re con t i n ua l l y

h it

on N ecker I s land .

fl y i ng on and off ,passes comprehens ion .

t here theegg rested i n mu te test imony of theposs ib i l i t y . When l iv ing on flat , sandy i s le t s .the love -b i rd i s i n some st ra i t s to i nd u lge i t slove for a st renuous home . The bes t i t can d o

,

howeve r , i s to p ick ou t what we wou ld cons i de rthe most un favorab le s i t uat ions . On Laysan,

fo r examp le,a low sandy ato l l

,t h e love-b i rds

gb t ou t those port ions of the i s land whe reo ld bou lders o f phosphate rock had been tumb led t oge the r

,and herethe eggs

pe rched on the tops ofj agged ch unks

,and i n

any pos i t ion on the s ideswhere grav i ty d i d no ta c t u a l ly i tse l f.But the wasc apped when we foundth e l i t t le fe l lows us ingt he bare l imbs o f lowbushe s fo r n est i ng s i tes .

Wewatched the mo the r sta nd ove r the eggshown i n t he i l lust rat ion w i th great con fidence .

and wh en she flew away theleas t ja rred .

we found

asse rtc l imax

THE S UN DEW .

egg was no t in the

WA LT ER K . F tsm zk .

Stanfo rd Un i vers i t y , Cal i fo rn ia .

PLANT TRAP FOR INS ECTS .

I N i t Ls ge t the i r food from p lan ts— e i the rd i rec t ly by eat ing the p lan t i tse l f o r by eat i ngsome o the r an ima l o r t he produc t o f an an ima lthat ha s been a vege ta r ian .

Mos t p lant s d raw the i r food from the a i rt hrough the leaves

,or from th e so i l t h rough

the i r roo t s . But there are some t ha t a re no ttisfied w i th th is s imp le i no rgan ic, food : th ey

SC I ENCE FOR YO UNG

Showing thearrangement o f the tentacle-bearing leavesat thebaseoftheflower stem .

FOLKS . 1 1 3 1

wa n t some th ing riche r . Among themos t wond e rfu l are t hose tha t feedupon i nsec ts . I n the bogs o f ou rsand y woods and in o ther parts o f

the wor ld i s a sma l l p lan t of th i sk i nd

,known as t he sund ew . N ea r

th e g round i t has a rose t te o f leave s onslende r s ta lks

,t hose o f some spec ies be i ng

round i sh,of o th ers long

,s lende r

,and a lmos t

t h read - l i ke . F rom th i s rose t te r ises a de l ica te s tem bear ing nea r th e top a number ofwh i te flowe rs tha t open oneby one whenthesun sh ines on t hem .

When an insec t a l ights u pon a sunclew

lea f,h e i s caugh t and he ld fast by a st i cky

ma ter ia l . '

l‘

hen s lend e r a rm s o r tentac leson th e edge of thelea f bend over the spo twh e re the l i t t le i n sec t i s s t rugg l i ng . Aflu id i s pou red ou t from g land s a t the t i psof the tentac les

,and the soft part s of t he

i nsec t a re i n a sho rt t ime ac t ua l ly d igested .

Later thet i n y a rms open , and the lea f i sthen ready fo r ano the rtneal. Sundews w i l l d iges t t i n y b i ts of mea t i fp la ced on the leaves .I n low lands

the re may be found ap lant named the p i tcher-p lan t

,

” t ha t catchesin sec t s i n t he ra in-waterhe ld i n the “ p i tcher

,

o r cup-shaped po rt ionof the p lan t . The p lant

many

feeds upon the various deca y ing i n sec t s in th ewa ter .

EN LARGE-ID v iew OF A LEA F.(A s seen through them icroscope . )

1 1 3 2 NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

WEWILLWRITETOST.NICHOLASABOUTIT.

A QUEER FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER.

STOCKB R IDGE, Mass.DEAR Sr. N ICHOLA S : Theo th er day I found a four

leaved clover. When look ing at i t c lose l y,I found one

leaf was on a long s tem ; t he s ides had grown toge th er.I have not s een onel ikeit be fore, and th ink i t qu i te acuriositv . I send i t to you in t h is mai l .

Your interes t ed reader,Lucv D L

’

BOI S POR TER .

C love r with a st a lked ext ra leafle t i s no t a ta l l unusua l

,although no t so common as those

w i t h ex t ra leaflets— th at i s , four- leaved , fiveleaved

,e tc . (such as a re common ly c la imed to

bri ng good luck to th e finder).The st alked leafle t has been s tud ied by bo ta

mi st s,b ut has n o espec i al bo t an ica l s ign ifican ce .

I t i s regarded as an unnat ura l grow th . Youngpeop le often gather them as a curios i t y .

THE QUEER FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER .

Nonce that theupper ri ght leaflet ofthe fourhas a long stem.

QUEER GALLS ON A STRAWBERRY STE M .

[Ocr

A QUEER STRAWBERRY S TEM .

SAWK I L L , PA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I inc lo sea w i ld s trawberrys tem and leaf and wou ld l ike to know what i s t he mat

ter w i th thestem . I t looks very m uch l ike a l i t t le podw i th seeds in i t . P lease te l l mewhat i t i s because Iwant to know .

Your lov ing reader,M ABEL C. ST ARK (age

These en largemen t s a re made by a ga l l-flyOf the gen us bu t th e spec ies and l i feh i story of t he fly are no t k nown . I am desi rons of securi ng fresh spec imens of st rawbe rry stems w i t h en largemen ts o f th i s k i nd .

W i ll our young folks p lease t ry to find a fewand send to me packed i n mo i s t co t ton i n asma l l firm box ?

THE RED SUBST ANCE ON A GRASSHOPPER.

M ONTCLM R , N . J.

DEAR ST . N ICHOL AS : Th i s m orning , wh i le on a

wal k,a fr iend and I found a grasshopper w i t h some red

th ings be tween i ts imm at ure w ings . Thered th ingswere abou t s i x in num ber, and abou t as large as a pin

head .

VVill you please te l l mewhat th ese w ere and wh ythe gras shopper had th em there ? They w ere oval inshapeand fe ll off read i ly when tou ched.

Your affect ionate reader,JANET C . N tvr-zx .

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THE QUAHOG AND THE CRAB .

M INNEAPOL I S , M INN .

DEAR ST. N ICHO L A S : When we were at MarthasV ineyard las t summ er, we found a s trange t h ing at

South B each . On a long s tre tch of sand be tween th eopen ocean and the harbor

,th ere were hundreds of

quahog she l ls , slate' blue in co lor. P i ck ing up an

ex tra large and pret ty one, and Opening i t a l i t t le b i t ,we found that i t was al ive and that j u s t ins ide th e Opening was a t iny l ive crab.

Wewondered whe th er th e crab was feed ing uponthe quahog, or th e quahog upon th e crab .

You r interes ted fri end ,KA

’

I‘

HAR lNE WH I TNEY .

Crabs are often foun d i n mo l lusks,e i t her by

acc i den t o r as permanen t guest s (commensa ls).Some occur nowhe re e lse .

The l i t t le oyster- crab (B’

m zo

t/zeres astra y /z) i s found on lyi n the oysters of ou r easterncoast, and ano ther spec ies i nsca l lops and musse ls. Th eone seen by you i n th e quahog, or round c lam ,

may havegone there for temporary she lte r

,o r i t may have been a reg

u lar boarder. Crabs i n suchplaces usua lly do no harm tot he an ima l i n whose she l lt hey make a home , and the i rhos t doe s no harm to them .

Nat ura l i st s g ive th e name commemsa ls to two o r mo re an ima l s of d iffe ren tk inds th at l ive toge ther i n harmony andto mu tua l advan tage . Some spec ies ofsponges grow on ly on th e back of certa i n c rabs

,t h e sponge concea l i ng the

crab from i t s enem ies,and th e c rab car

rying the sponge from p lace to p lace fo rnew food-supp l ies .I t is even c laimed , on good autho ri ty ,

t hat i f t he sponge i s removed the c rabw i l l seek ano the r sponge and p lace i tupon i t s she l l .The commensa l i sm be tween burrow

i ng ow ls and rat t lesnakes i n t he pra i r iedog v i l lages of the Wes t was exp lai nedon page 4 60 of Nature and Sc ience forMarch

,1 9 0 1 . I t i s claimed tha t th i s

spec i a l commensali sm,however

,i s no t

a lways friendlv and harmon ious .

THE CRAB I N THE.

QUAHOG .

NATURE AND SC IENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS . [OCT.

BROWN MUD-WAS P (SCELI PHRON CBMBNTARIUS) , M AGN I F IED .

A very common and well-known insect often observed bu ilding itssomewhat regular nests of clay in houses, outbu ild ings , caves, ando ther sheltered places. Thecolors of the insect arebri ght brownand yellow. Thewings areofa sem i- transparent smoky color.

THE MUD-WASP’S ussr.

BROWN M UD-\VAS P GATHER ING M UD .

P ieces aretaken about half thes ize ofthewasp 's head and arealways carried by themandibles.

WAU KESH A,Wi s .

DEA R ST. N I CHOLAS : I n cleaning, las t summ er, a

largebox in a sh ed , I found a piece ofmud , i rregu lar inshape . I broke into th i s , and, to my surpr i se , a lot ofl i t t le dead insect s ro l led out. Placing th e insect s back ,I put th e p i ece broken off in posi t ion again, and ca l l ingmy father to look at i t , h e said i t was probably th eproperty ofa mud-wasp. I n an encycloped ia I learnedthat th is wasp lays her eggs in th e m ud hou se, pu ts ins ects in for th e young after they arehatch ed , and thenleaves . N ex t day I d i scovered th e s to rehou seto befu l ly repaired .

p

BROWN .\ lL'

D CLO S ING l'

I‘ ITS NEST-CELL .U pon storing each cell wi th sp iders thewasp lays an egg on thesofter parts

maggot-l ike larva when firs t hatched mayof oneof them so that thebab

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assume a l l sort s of odd a t t i t udes . Thelarva wasp eat s the softe r parts o f th esp ide r , leav i ng the head and legs . I t i sthese remai n s you supposed we re i n sec t s .

Upon comp le t i ng i t s t rans format ionsfrom la rva to i nac t ive pupa i ncased i n acocoon , and from tha t to the pe rfec twasp , i t emerges t h rough the end scaled

up by i ts pa ren t o r th rough th e s i de ofth e nes t . I t does n o t necessa ri ly comeback to the same n es t w i t h i t s sp id ers

,

but bu i lds a new one . M ud -wasps,how

ever,frequen t l y add ce l ls to a last year ’ s

n est,no t Often u s ing t he o ld ce l ls . Thev

l ive bu t on e summer ; t hose h iberna t i ngha tch ou t la te i n the fa l l . M o re oftenthey emerge in M ay o r J une

,and ,

i f noo the r wasp comes a long and moves in

,

t he nest can be t aken fo r a spec imen a ttha t t ime .read i ly find food to i ts l ik ing . T c cell-open ing is then closed with clay . The

larva eats ravenously, soon reaches fullinto a wasp within thenes t o cell.

To -day I went again to get thenes t to put w i th mynat ural h i s tory co l l ect ion

,and I found t h e door aga in

open and an add i t ion made to thes t ruct ure . I wouldl ike to know i f th e parent s mad e theadd i t ion (I sup

po s ed wasps l i ved bu t oneyear) or i f th e ch i ldren d id‘\nd how l ong w i l l i t be be fore th e Old nest i s abandoned so that I m ay have i tte l l meabou t th i s , I am

,

Yo urs trul y ,

I loping that yo u can

llowau .

M ud -wasps p lace the i rnest s i n any s i t uat i onwhe re thev w i l l be protec ted from rai n . O ftenthey do no t hes i tate tocome i n to t h e house and

th e i r ce l l s to t hewa l l -paper o r on p ic t urefram es .

fasten

Th ese nest s a rea lmost alwavs stocked w i t hspid ers

,th e wasps st i ng i ng

t he i r v ic t im s to dea th o rin sensibi l i t y . Oneegg i sp laced i n e ach ce l l

,and

the baby wasp,hatch ing

,

ha s the conten ts,O ften a

dozen sma l l spi ders,a l l to

i t se l f . Sp iders t aken fromthe nest before t he wasplarva batches a re found to

rowth, spins a cocoon, and trans forms'

I hen i t cuts llS way out and flies away .

S piders that had been stored in thenest .ing against fate , areno t uncomm on wi th others captured by thewasps . Perhaps they areno t quntedead

,or wereno t k i lled qu ick ly .

ofthesp iders— thethorax, abdomen, and softer parts of thelegs .

The re a re two common spec ies Ofmuddauber wasps : th e brown onew i th ye l

low i sh m ark i ngs i s ca l led Skelip/uw z ( twice/arms,th e o th er i s s tee l b lue and has been named[De/opium (o r arru/emu .

— S . F . A .

I t i s very easy to m ake a collec tion o f { he

nests of t he m ud -wasps w i t h th e young wasps ,and watch th e i n te res t i ng t rans format ions .

CONTENT S .

Thepecul iar att i tudes o fsome of these , as if pro testNEST

Usually thewasp larva: feed only on themore meaty port ions

“A HEAD ING FOR OCTOBER .

THE RETURN

BY MA U D D UD LEY SHACKEL ORD, AGE I S.

\VE h ear her foo ts teps in th e ru s t l ing leaves ,O

’er all weseethe magi c ofher hand ;Thebroad ly wav ing fie lds ofripened gra in,

Thego lden harves t s cat tered o’er th e land ,

Thehu sh that res t s w i th in th e haz y air,Thefaint swee t echo of th e bob -Wh i te ’s cal l ,

Thedistant'

hills, bath ed in t he m e l low g lowOfau tumn sunl igh t , l ingering over all.

[T i s onl y a l i t t l e wh i l e ago that we were wr i t ingabou t th e c lo se of s choo l and th e com ing of vacat ion ;now t he weeks and m onth s have s l ipped by , and wearewri t ing of s choo l again, and t he vacat ions that arele ft beh ind . The ch i ldren al so have wr i t ten abou tschoo l th i s month ; not abou t the schoo l s of to-day, bu t

THE OLD HOUSE. B Y AL ICE GARLAN D, AGE 1 5 .

of t hose of th e t im e of t he ir grand fath ers , when mos t oftheles sons were taugh t by oneschoo lmas ter or schoo lm i s tres s , in a single room , in som e country v i l lage , orin an out-of- t he-way corner ofa rural d i s tric t .

av R . E . joNES , AGE 1 6. (GoLD BADGE . )

OF AUTUMN .

(Cas/t P rize. )

Weread her gree t ing in th e ye l low leavesThat down t he fores t ai s les aret h i ckl y spread

\Vehear her vo ice am id the s igh ing w indThat blows among th e branches overh ead ;

And day by day upon th e landscape w ide\Vesee the glor i es ofher wealt h unfo ld ,

Ti l l lo ! th e earth a dream ofbeau t y l ies ,Clad all in robes of cr im son and of go ld .

I t is bu t nat ural that old fol ks shou ld be l i eve that th ech i ldren of to-day, w i th all th e added advantages , all th eeas i er way s oflearn ing, and th e short cu ts to know ledge ,should reach a h igher place t han they were abl e to do .

Perhaps in general th i s i s t he case , but , after all, th ehard benches and crude m e thods w ere no t w i thout

th e i r val ue . I t was so hardt hen to ge t edu cat ion that i twas val ued all the m ore

,and

when we reco l lec t that manyof our s tatesm en and m os tofourPres idents cam e fromj u s t that sort ofa schoo l , wereal i z e t hat the s truggle wasivorth som e th ing, too .

Almos t every one of th es tories rece i ved th i s m onthhas presented a p i ct ure ofsom e rude

,draft y , l i t t le

s choo l -hou s e of th e longago , hal f heated , w i th pr imrows of l i t t le old- fash ionedch i ldren be ing led and dr ivenalong the path of learn ing.

\Ve w i sh we m igh t havehad room to print m ore of

t h es e s tories , for th ey fo rma m igh t y part of the fram ework upon wh i ch our nat ionhas been bu i l t .

PRIZE-WINNERS,

COMPETITION NO. 5 8 .

I N mak ing awards , contribu tors ’ ages arecons idered .

Verse. Cash pri z e , Maud Dudley S hackelford(age 300 Ma in S t. , Tarboro ’

,N . C .

Go ld badges , Ruth Greenoak Lyon (age 13 Pros

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“ A H EADlNG FOR OCTOBER .

t hat sheshou ld never d ress her hai r d ifferen tly, butm onsieu r real ly prefer red theo ther s tyle. I f, on theo ther hand , thehai r was d rawn up to su i t thetas teofM . M urat , i t was m adamewho t ho ugh t i t a p i ty. Oneday grandmama reso l ved to solvet h is d i fficu l t problem ,

THE OLD HOUS E . BY DONALD C . AR M OUR , AGE 1 1 .

First wooden housebuilt in California.

and as—ia answer to thebel l—shegravely took herplace at tab le, everybody no t iced t hat hal f of grandm ama

’

s hai r nearest to madame fell in theso f t b rownwaves wh i ch t hat lady adm i red, w h i le the s idenex tto m ons ieu r was doneup h igh , as hel iked i t . “’ hethershedressed i t h igh or shed ressed i t low , grandmama

never heard a wo rd abou t her hai r t hereafter .

THE RETURN .

BY NANN I E CLA RK B A R R (AGE(Gold B adge. )

A BO VE g ray barren plains, drear , lone, and bleak ,A cast les tands, from all thewor ld apar t ;Abou t its towers g r im eagles wei rdly sh r iekThecast leofmy Hear t .

Un to its halls a rad ian t m aiden came,S inging and laugh ing on her flower ing way ;

And H app iness was her t h r iceb lessed name,Joy was her v i relay.

ST . N ICH OLAS LEAGUE .

BY V I RG IN IA M AYF IELD, AGE 1 2 .

[OCT .

(S ILVER BADGE. )

Shefil led m y lonely Hear t w i t h glor ious l ight ,And v io lets b lossomed at her hand ’s caress ;

But Death rodesw i ft ly o ’er theplains at nigh t ,And took fai r H appiness.

Then cameoneat whosepower e’en m igh ty Deat hM ust h umb ly bow and set his capt i ves free

B rough t back themaiden spi r i t w i t h each b reathTheangel Memo ry.

WHEN GRANDFATHER WENT TO SCHOOL.

A play in oneact. Time, 1980 .

BY MO R R I S B I SHO P (AGE(Gold B adge. )

Charac ters, G R ANDFATHER , B OB BY , and L lZZlE.

G R ANDFATHER (so lemnly) . Yes, my ch i ldren, seventysix years ago I was B obby ’s age, j us t eigh t yearsold.

BOBBY . And wereyou tak ing theDemoragraph sim

pl ified b rain- impress ing inven to r’

s preparatorycou rse, grandpa ?

G R ANDFATH ER . B less you, no . I was j us t learningto w r i te.

L I ZZ I E. You used theold- fash ioned sho r thand then ,did n

'

t you?

G R ANDFATH ER . No ; weused thesystem ofw r i t ingw i t h thealphabet i cal signs.

BOBBY . Yes ; in M i l lan ’s “ Detai led Research and

Pl1i105 0pl1ical H is tory “

of theH alf-“fi t ted Age i tsays that i t was general ly used d u r ing t hat per iod .

l ZIE. I t is n ’

t near ly as good as theMartinsonian

System ofB rain Comm unicat ion , is i t ?

THE OLD HOUS E. Bv AL ICE \VRANGENHEIM , AGE 8.

ST . N ICHOLAS LEAGUE .

G RANDFATHER . No , I

supposei t is n’

t.

l zut. And did n‘

t you

do anyth ing else.

>

G RANDFATHER . Oh , yesi learned how to read .

linnm‘

. Oh, but thePhelpsonian .\ lind~readingand P r in t -comm unicant sys tem is m uchbet ter . I know w hatread ing is , because) lillan

'

s“ Research ”

tel ls abou t i t .GRANDFM

‘

H B R . And t henI learned how to add

and sub t rac t .BO B BY n

’

t that ar i t hmet i c ?

BOBBY . \Vel l , we haveB lai r ’s Uncons c io usAnswer l’erceiver.

L I ZZ I E. By means of thev ib rat ions oftheno iseless bel l comm uni can tI seet hat i t is t imefor our pred iges ted capsu latedd inner . [Ex it everybody.

Yes .

ELK .

Cur tain .

THE SAD R ETURN .

BY R UTH G R EENOAK LYON (AGE(Co/(1 B adge. )

WH ER E thewaves arero l l ing gen t ly on thesmoo t h andsandy sho re,

And thero cky clifi'

s t hat bo rder LakeLucerne,Then I s igh as I remember t hat I can comehereno mo re;For to -m o r row is theday t hat I ret u rn .

Wherethebaby ’

s crying lo ud ly in apar tmen ts j ust abo ve,And thesun is sh in ing down our heads to b u rn ,

Then I s igh . for I m ust leavethe Inn—theplaceI love;

For to -mor row is theday that I ret u rn .

theband is gai ly playing S ideby S idein a

Canoe, "And wedanceand s ing un t i l weall d iscern

That thehou r -hand Ofyonder c lo ck is fas t approach ingtwo ,

And to -mo r row—no , to -day—I m us t ret u rn .

“ YOUNG K INGF I S HERS . Bv REXFORD K ING , AGE 17. (TH IRDPR I ZE, “ W I LD-B I RD PHOTOGRAPH .

Wh i letheb u rdy-gu rdy ’s

playing ’m id thech i l

d ren ’

s no isy talk,

As I con templatemy all

too sho r t sojou rn,Thevo ices jo in theo rgan

as i t plays In Old

New Yo rk .And I t h ink , alas ! th is is

a sad ret u rn .

PORCUP INE .

PR I ZE ,

BY CH ESTER S . “' I LSON , AGE 17. (secox nWILD-AN I M AL

That is n ’

t m u ch . i’ll st ump you, M ary. To -day our

spel l ing lesson is ‘ fru i ts and vegetab les .

’I f themas

ter cal ls you for huck leber ry, ’ you spel l i t t hat way!”“Oh , Tab !

”The tone was beseech ing. I t was

ter r ib le d isgraceto bes t umped , and th is was ex ceptionally hard .

S t umped ? inq u i red Tab .

No . 0 ; I - I’

ll takei t .J us t then the bel l rang and t hey all t rooped in.

N ow Tab was w i ly. She knew that the m as ter al

ways cal led thewo rds out in o rder , so sheco u ld easi lyfind to w hom huck leber ry wou ld come. I t wou ldcometo her! Shes tood j us t abo veMary. J ust oneperson m us t m iss to makei t cometo M ary.

Second class in spel l ing comefo rward !”Down thel ineit cameto Tab .

H uck leber ry !”I don ’ t know my lesson ,

haveto get i t .said Tab , so Mary wou ld

\VI IEN GRANDMO

THER \VENT TOSCHOOL .

BY RUTH H . KEIGWIN

(AGE

(S ilver B adge. )H -U, buckle, b -u,

b uck le, c -u cuckle, y ;buck le- ber ry-pie.

”

The l i t t legi r ls s tood inm ou vec . M CCABE, AGE 1 7. (F I RST PR I ZE, a

n adm ir ing gro up aro undW ILD-AN I M AL PHOTOGRAPH .

lary Love.

Oh , who taugh t you .

you teach me? ” was cho r used from all s ides.

But Tab i tha Reid did not l ikei t . Shehad used to

bethecen ter of t hat c i rc leat thenoon hou r . Pooh !

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“ A LANDS CAPE STUDY . B Y ROBERT w . FOULKE, AGE -I 7.

Then go to you r seat and learn i t ! camethesternreply. Nex t !What shall I do ? t hough t Mary.

H -u c Shebegan .

Coward !” h issed Tab , from her seat a s tep away.

H -u, hu ck le, b -u, b u ck le, c -u, cuckle, y ; h uckleber ry-pie! There! I havesaid i t . ” And poo r Maryrushed to her seat w i t h thehot tears on her cheeks .

Thesecond c lass in spell ing is d ism issed. I w i llspeak w i t h Tab i tha Reid and Mary Loveaf ter thesession to-nigh t . ”That nigh t themaster had a long talk w i th bo t hch i ldren wh ich they never forgot , al t hought hey areOld lad ies now . Them aster was

oneof thefew ofhis t imewho did no t believein corporal punishmen t . B ut heforbadet hem , d u r ing thenoon hou rs , for thenex t week to leavet hei r seats or speak .So, t hough m any th ings werediflerent

in grandm o t her ’s day, li t t legi r ls were, andalways w i l l be, abou t thesame.

THE RETURN OF FALLBY F R ANCES BENED ICT (AGE

(S ilver B adge. )S K I ES ofdeep celes t ial b l ue,Air S O clear and b racing,Leaves ofever - chang ing hue\Vi th thew ind arerac ing.

F ru i t from o ver loaded t reesOn theground is.

fal l ing ;F rom thewood acros s theleasB l uejays sharply call ing.

Underneat h thewalnu t - t reeS tores ofnuts arelying ,

S qu i r rels wo rk ing b usily,Fu t u reneed supplying.

Th rough thedark and frosty nigh tB onfires b r igh t ly b u rning.

Who is not fi l led w i th del igh tA t theFal l ‘s ret u rning ?

ST. N ICHOLAS

(S ILVER BADGE . )

“THE OLD HOUSE .

LEAGUE. [OCT.

WHEN GRANDMOTHER WENTTO SCHOOL .

BY DO ROTH Y BUTEs (AGE

(S ilver B adge. )WH EN my grandm o ther was a l i t t leg ir l

shelived in a beau t i fu l housein thecount ry, and had a pret ty Shet land pony to r ideand dr ive. But, al t hough she heard theb i rds singing and saw thegrass grow ing alltheyear, and deep down in her hear t shefel t very happy, Shewas not al lowed to

show i t , but was taugh t to bea very pr imand proper li t t legir l . Her go verness hadmadea sched u lefor li t tleEl izabeth , so thech i ld had no t imeto beid le. Therewas

somet h ing for every m omen t of theday.

Th is is as near as I can remember of howthel i t tleg i r l af terward to bemy grandmo

t her spen t her dayShedressed , had her b reak fast ofb read ,

m i lk , and fru i t , mounted herpony and rodeto theschool-ho use, wh ich was a m i leaway.

Shed ismoun ted, t ied her pony to theh i tching

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post , and walked in w i t h her booksunder her arm , w h ile theo t her scho larss tared at L iz z ie’s sh in ing morning face, ”

so f u ll of a read iness to learn , and ,“ w ished t hey were

in her shoes , ” as t hey expressed i t . Then t herewerethec lass reci tat ions, sing ing, and d raw ing, t hat const it u tethelessons in a coun t ry schoo l . When school wasover El izabet h unh i t ched her pony and gal loped home,wherea good d inner was awai t ing her.

A f ter d inner l i t t leEl izabet h had to sit and sew fortwo hou rs, and t hen she cou ld play t i l l six , when shehad her supper and wen t to bed .

You may be su re that El izabet h did not need a

second inv i tat ion to go out and p lay, after her longimpr isonmen t sew ing, and Sherushed out to thefield

BY EDMONI A M . ADA M S, AGE 1 1 .

beh ind thehouse, whereher b ro t hers wereplaying all

so r ts of del igh t ful games, and soon thel i t t legi r l wasas w i ld as any of them .

A t S ix o‘clock they t rooped in to thehouseto have

t hei r suppers. When t hat was over they said good nigh tto t hei r fat her , and t umb led in to thei r warm wh i tebeds,t hereto s leep for thenex t ten hou rs.

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WHEN GRANDFATHER WENT TO SCHOOLIN RUSS IA .

BY MON ICA SAM U ELS (AGE

THE M ORE STUDIovs WOULD TEAc H ONE ANOTHER M ATHEM AT ICS .

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NOT long ago I was using somecolo red chalk , andgrand father related to methe follow ing facts abou t aJew ish schoo l -boy ’s t horny pat h to know ledge.W

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eal thy fam i l ies engaged pr ivate t u tors for t hei rg irls, seven ty years ago , in R ussia, and only theboysweresen t to schoo l . One schoo l was at tended byabo u t twel veboys, ranging from fiveor six years to

s ix teen . They gathered at the teacher ’s residence,where a room was fi t ted for the pu rposew i t h two

typical wooden benches. Theboys wo u ld leavehomeeight o ’ clock in them orning, car rying a Heb rew B ib leor a Talm ud .

Once t here, they wen t th rough a m ost exac t dr i l l ,consist ing m ainly of memo r iz ing and t ranslat ing thetext in to Ilfamalus/wn , or m o t her - tongueof thedistrict. A li t t let imewou ld beal lowed for recess, varying in leng t h and frequency acco rd ing to theteacher ’stemperamen t ._Thosewho cou ld affo rd i t took advan tageof theex

tra t ime to go to thew r i t ing-m as ter ’s house, wherethey wo uld prac t ise Heb rew scr ipt on paper , w i thq u i l l pens . N o doub t t hey inked t hei r fingers and

spo i led thei r “ nibs, ” j ust as Amer i can boys did longago ! Thosewhoseparen ts possessed fewer r ub les spen t t heirrecess playing marb les w i t h nu tsor beans, wh i leO t hers would formbal ls of m i l l-ends of woo l . Them orest ud ious wou ld teach oneano ther mathemat ics from am u chpr ized book , and wou ld so l vet hei rprob lem s on thes tonewalls oftheho use, us ing wh i techalk , wh ichcame in round bal ls , and was

b roken in pieces, the resu l t ingsharpedges ser v ing to w r i tew i t h .

They m ust all havelooked veryp ict u resq uein thei r caps, b louses ,

knee- t rousers, and w in ter bootsof leat her .The younger boys ret u rnedhome abou t six o

’ c lock in theevening, the o thers rem ainingunt il ten. Thosewho rem ainedlateret u rned homefor two mealsd u r ing theday, and general ly l unched beforegoing to

bed . TheR uss ian w in ters wereso co ld and thest reetsso m uddy t hat thesc hoo lmas teremployed a man to car ry

“THE OLD HOUS E

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

(AT STRATFORD) .FLORENCE B . BRACO, AGE xa.

[OCT.

theboys homeon his back , oneby one. Of cou rse,i t was very dark at nigh t i f them oon did no t sh ine,and theman generally car r ied a squarecand le-lan tern,not "

to find an hones t m an, but to ret u rn an honestboy.

THE RETURN OF WINTER .

BY MA R GA R ET EL I ZABETH A LLEN (AGEH EY ! is t hat you , Old Jack F rost ?\Vel l , I though t t hat you werelost !I ’

vehad to l is ten , wat ch, and look

In every sor t and k ind ofnook !

So , now you’rehere, let ’

s havesomefun ;I ’m su reI ’

m ready for a run.

And oh , how niceand fresh I feel ;I guess I ’

ll need a hear ty meal!

I ’ll go to tell my b ro ther Ben

That our bes t fr iend is hereagain ;For he’

5 had lo ts of t imeto learnI t ’s a great day w hen you ret u rn !

WHEN GRANDMOTHER WENT TO SCHOOL .

BY KATHA R INE J BA I LEY (AGEG RANDMOTHER ’S school-days werehappy ones as

happy, perhaps, as aremy own, t hough in a very different way. Her schoo l-housewas a low red bu i ld ingon a bill, wh ich , in compar ison w i t h thehouses of today, would seem very unpreten t ious .

Theschool- room itsel f was square, w i t h a h ugefireplaceat ones ide, wh ich rendered theteacher uncomfortably hot, and yet did not keep thepupi ls at theback of the room suffi c ien t ly warm . Later th is was

ex changed foran open F ranklin stove, w i t h thescholars ’seats ar ranged on but t h reesides of theroom . A t t h isstoveapples were roas ted, and b read , frozen on theway o ver , was o ften t hawed .

I n summer theschool was smal l,never m o ret han

twen ty-fivepupi ls , and taugh t by a lady from whom thel i t t leones learned t hei r “ a- b-abs,

”and theo lder ones

to parse, do sum s in ar i thmet ic , and so fo r th . But, in

thew in ter thelargeboy s, who worked on farms in

summer , at tended , and theteacher , th is t imea m an,

devoted nearlv all ofhis t imeto teach ing t hem pract icalar i thmet ic. A t recess t heseb igboys madesnow for ts, and fo ughtwond rous bat t les, wh ich so in t imidated thegi r ls and li t t le boysthat they spen t almost all of t hei rt ime in the cozy school-roomplaying mer ry games.

In summer therecess and noonho u rs werethem os t del igh t fu l ,for a babb l ing b rook ran no isi lyalong back of theschoo l -house,in thedept hs of wh ich wereianumerab lepebb les of many col

ors. Therewas a meadow beyondtheb rook whereli l ies and lau relin t heir seasons b loomed , and thech i ldren banked theplat form of

thestovew i th flowers and m osses,and fi l led thew indow -si l ls w i t h

BYthe b lossom s . I n a sand-banknear theschoo l - house swal lowsb u i l t t hei r nests, m u ch to the

del igh t ofgrandm o ther and her playmates.

Them ost even t f ul occas ions of thew in ter weretheevening Spel l ing schools, to wh ich thepeoplefrom near

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by d is t r ic ts d ro vein to hear thespel lers or takepar tt hemsel ves . Of ten , at the c loseof thew in ter , one

afterno on was devo ted to thegiv ing o f pr izes and thespeak ing ofpieces and d ialogues , o ften in Cost ume.

() n theway to and from scho o l thech i ld ren Often mettheold s tage- coach w it h its fo u r horses and thedr iver .Th is d r iver was a very impor tan t personage in t hosedays, and upon meet ing him theboys wo u ld nod theirheads in q uain t l i t t lebows, and theg i r ls d rop cu r ts ies,as was thecus tom when a ch i ld met an Older person .

G randmo t her ‘s schoo l -days m ust havebeen happyones , for now , af ter a per iod of fi ft y years , the inc i(lents of t hem areas plain to her as i f t hey werebutyesterday.

THE RETURN OF AUTUMN .

BY EM I LY Ro SE B U RT (AGE(For

-m ar fisc w i mm u ;

NOW theleaves areso f t l y t ttrningb r i l l ian t go ld and fierv red .

No“ thewoodb ine, tlaniing , b u rning ,

Glou s agains t therain washed shed .

By theroadside, d us t -bespr ink led ,C lint and gleam ofgo ldenrodM ingled w i t h theb l ueofastersG reet thepasser w i t h a nod .

I n thewoods thenu ts aredropping,l rown , upon theleafy floor ,

Wh i letheb usy l i t t lesq u i r relsGather in t hei r w inter ’s sto re.

Heaps ofapples, sweet ly yel low ,

P i les o fapples, r ich ly red ,For thecel lar b ins arewai t ingIn t hei r grassy o rchard bed .

~\ll thewo r ld is w rapped in co lo r ;Flames o fgo ld and scar let b u rn ;

And weknow t hey herald gai lyP r incess A u t umn ’s fai r ret u rn .

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WENT TO

SCHOOL .

BY EMMA l RA I’ ELYE (AGE

many years ago , w hen great -g randmo t her wasa yo ung g i r l and l i ved in England , her fat her and unc letheLo rd M ayo r ofLondon, dec ided to takeher to a

schoo l in France.

In t ho sedays thejourney'

was a dangero us one, andon the av t hey were ob l iged to pass , o n horseback ,t h rough a largefo res t inhab i ted bv o u t lawsl hey had traveled but a shor t t imein t h is forest ,

w hen t hey were at tacked by robbers , who took t hemt hro ugh thewoods to w heret hei r captain was wai t ing .

Therobbers were respect fu l l y awa i t ing theo rders of

t hei r ch ief , w hen herecognized theLo rd Mayo r ofLondon , and , for thesakeofa k indness wh ich hehad onet imedonehim . al lowed them to pu rsuet hei r jou rney ,and gavet hem the passwo rd of thefo rest , so t hat t heyreached theend o f i t in safety .

Th is s to r y was to ld meby m y Great -aun t Char lo t te,who , w hen a ch i ld , had lo ved to hear her mo t her tel l i t .

THE RETURNBY A L I CE MACDO U GA L (AGEAWAY from dear Amer i ca,Awav on theb r iny sea,

Away to theis leo f.l amaica ,

ThereI did w ish to be;But w hen I go t t here, after all,I w ished to beback again

Back to theB ronx 's water fal l ,Back to thesong o f thew ren .

And w hen I go t back to my co unt ryMy hear t was fi l led w i t h joy

Back to my dear o ld Co unt ry ,no t h ing does annoy.

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THE OLD BLOCKHOUS E. BY T . BEACH PLATT, AGE 17.

Ret u rn to me, 0 happy yearsOfCh i ldhood ’

s merry day :For now theyears areflying fast ,And I ’

In too old to play .

\VI IEN MY GRANDMOTHER \VENT TO

SCHOOL .

By W I L L I AM HAYS BA LL -Ht !) (am-z

my grandmo t her went to schoo l she (lid not

d ress theway wedo now . Sheworea plain l i t t led ress(a l i t t lelow -necked ) , and l i t t lesho r t sleeves, and herhai r was very neat ly par ted . Her d ress looked l ikea

pineapple, and shehad a pigtai l .I—Ier teacher was a very s tately person , and shesaid

no h air ever to u ched theback of her chai r . So ,of

cou rse, my grandmo t her had to sit up very st raigh t .Every Sat u rday the ch i ld ren had to darn stock ings

and ro l l t hem up ; i f t hey were no t ro l led up perfec tly they had to bedoneover again . They also had to

learn to s tep in and out ofa car r iage.

\ ly grandm o t her stayed t here seven years, and

st ud ied Eng l ish l i terat u re, m us ic , F rench , and h is to ry.

\Vhen shewent away her teacner gave her a“ Tes t i

m onial for her Am iab leDepo r tmen t and Ex cel lentS cho larsh ip.

RETURN TO M E, 0 HA PPY DAYS .

BY KATHA R I NE R . (AC E I O) .

R I to me, 0 happy daysOfspr ingt imelong ago ;

For now thew in ter d rear is come,And loud thew ind do t h b low .

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WH AT I RETURN TO.

GEO RGE B . PATTER SON (AGEI RET U RN to thehaun ts w hereI lo veto be,Alo

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0 thesandy sho re,n o 635 31 thegreat w idewat ’ ry sea,A s I never did before.

A HEAD ING FOR OCTOBER . B Y jOHN D. BUTLER , AGE 1 4 .

WHEN GRANDFATHER WENT TO SCHOOL .

BY EL I ZABETH R . EASTM AX (AGE

H E was a pret ty l i t t leboy, not qu i tefiveyears old ,th b l ueeyes and long go lden cu r ls, and hesat on

his h igh seat , dangl ing his small feet in theair. I tw as his fi rst day at schoo l , and hefound watch ing theot her scho lars at t hei r lessons far m ore interest ingt han s t udying his own from his l i t t le b l uespel l ingbook .Them aster was mend ing his q u i ll pen, preparatory

to set t ing copies for thescho lars .

S uddenly a sound suspiciously likea laugh b rokethest i l lness .

Themaster looked up w i t h a frown .

\Vho m adethat no ise? ”heasked stern ly.

Please, ,sir, I did , ” said grand fat her, t im id ly, ris

ing from his seat . I sneezed .

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\Vel l , wel l ! S it down, sir, said themaster .B ut i f you do i t again , I ’

ll shakeyou in pieces as

smal l as a ho rse.

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Tho ugh his tonewas severehecovered his facew i t hhis hand to conceal a sm i le, but poo r l i t t legrand fat herwas so fr igh tened hedid n’

t seethej oke.

Later on, however, hefo und i t out, and w hen, abou tfiveyears afterward , hereached theheadof his Lat in c lass, hehad lost all fear oft h is stern m as ter w hom hehad learnedto understand .

PEGGY ’

S RETURN .

RY C LA R A B . SHANAFELT (AGEOH , yes, I had a lo vely t ime;Of cou rseyou really know t hat ,

B ut , Mary dear , befo reI begin,D id you always feed my cat ?

no ; I did n’

t learn to sw im ,

B ut perhaps I w i l l nex t year .Oh , M ary ! did you water my p lan t ?H ow ni ce! you ’

rej ust a dear .

Oh , yes, I d id havelo ts offun ;Therewas always someth ing new .

But somehow I ’m j us t so glad to be

homeThat I don ’ t know what to do ._

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

A LANDSCAPE sr c ov.

[OCT.

FOR WHAT THE B I RDS USE THEI R B ILLS .

BY MA RJO R I E BETHEL L (AGEA S weall know , theb i rd has no hands . Let us see

what hehas to do . Hehas to m akea nes t , feed thebab ies , get his food, and preen his feat hers . A ll t h isand m u ch morehas to bedonew i t h theb i l l .Thewoodpecker b u i lds his nes t in a tree

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trunk, and

gets food from the t ree. H is b i l l is a ch isel . Thenu that ch ’ s b i l l is a hammer .Theswal low and therob in usea great deal ofm ud , so

t hei r b i l ls aret rowels .

Theo r io leweaves his nest ofgrass and hairs , so hisb i ll is a need le.

Thehaw k is a b i rd ofprey.

Theduck ’s b i l l is a st rainer .Thewoodcock ’s b i l l is very Iona

g ,so t hat hecan get

insects from thewater .

Br STAN IS LAL'

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r. M cNElLL , AGE 1 4 .

WHEN GRANDFATHER WENT TO SCHOOL .

BY HELEN MAB RY BOL’

CHER BA L LA RD (AGEIT is a long t imes ince m y grand father wen t to

school at Old Sarniu , when Geo rge IV was k ing .

Th ings arechanged now , and heprobab ly cons idersour m odern schools as cu r ious as wedo his old one.

H ow odd they m us t havelooked t hen, in t hei r funny,old- fash ioned clo t hes, seated on long wooden benchesbefo reeq ual ly long desks ! Thec lassics werethech ief st ud ies , and by thet imehewas twel veyearso ld my grand fat her knew thefi rs t book ofVi rgi l byhear t . A r i t hmet i c was not m uch taugh t .Ou ts idewas a pump at wh ich thesh iver ing young

s tet s had to wash every m o rning, and very unpleasant it m us t havebeen on co ld days .

A t d inner t hey had thepudding fi rs t . General l yi t was heavy, uninv i t ing pl um -du ff . ” I f they hadtwo helpings of that , t hey wereallowed two ofmeat ,wh ich camenex t . Ot herw iset hey had on ly one. I n

th is way m uch meat w as saved .

Every M onday t hey wereg iven a big wh ipping,in o rder t hat t hey m igh t star t theweek r igh t , ” as

themasters said . They had o t her wh ippings i f theydid anyth ing naugh ty.

My grand fat her lef t theschool abou t 1 830, w hen hewas twel ve.Though probably a good scho o l for t hoseday s , I

wou ld haved isl iked to go t herevery m uch .

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VERSE 1 .

AnneA twoodDoris FrancklynClifi

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Conrad Potter AikenI reneWeilLaura GreggAudrey JakobiRobert E. HumphreyA liceMooreAurelia M ichenerTheodosia D. JessupHazel RotholzDorothea M . DexterA gnesDoro thyCampbellJessieFreeman FosterEleanor MyersMary HendersonRyanKatherineKurzDorothy M cAlpinHelen SpearGertrudeLouiseCannon

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FlorenceL . AdamsS tanle DyerMary eulaWestco ttEthel CoatGertrudeKaufmanCarolyn Coit S tevensEugenieB . BakerFranc C. Hockenberger

M argueroteStuartMary Evelina HatchAnita BradfordHelen ChandlerWillis

BY FLOYD L. M ITCHELL,

ST. N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

H E ROL L

OF HONOR .

No. I . A list of thosewhosework would havebeen used had spaceperm itted .

N o. 2 . A list of thosewhosework entitles themto honorab lemention andencouragement.

gessieE. Springertella F . BoydenDorothy GraceGibsonErnest BennettMargaret C. RicheyKathleen SeagravesPhilipWarrenTha erJosephineWhitbecElizabeth SutherlandHelen L . SlackVera Mum ford S tevens

KatherineTaylor PROSE 2 .

Gladys ChewGenevieveM . Fox Edith Muriel AndrewsJoseph P. D . HullDaisy Errington B ret

llteMary E. SmythGertrudeFordMaugridgeS . RobbRuth MaurerJosephineF. SwainMary Blossom B lossRuth A . SullivanA rthur Perring Hew

Gretchen NeuburgerA liceLorraineAndrews

ShirleyWillisMildred C. Frizzel lHelen R . SchlesingerRuth KinseyHelen J . SimpsonEdith May DeaconManuelita KoefoedMildred L. Pettit

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veag terryGeraldineEstelleS tockris

Amy Bradish JohnsonValentineNew tonFlorenceGardiner

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CorinneJ . GladdingMarion A . RubicanMargaret DouglassGordon

Helen RussellMarianna LippincottJessiePring lePalmerHelenW. KennedyFem L . PattenChes terWi150nAnna Marion ButtonMargaret B . HopperDorothy NicollLola HallA lexander T. OnnondGertrudeM . ShellWinifred D. BoegeholdAlisonWinslowGretchen S tirlingJamesEmanieNahmEleanor BaxterI sabel Gould CoffinHarrietteKyler PeaseDoro thy S tanionKatherineR . PolkMargaret McElroyHarriet Colburn Bennett

Ruth M cNameeSarah Hall GaitherWilliam G. MauninCatharineW. BabcockDorothy Kuhns

Mary TalcottB lancheB lochA lma E. BorgerConstanceCoolidgeElsieF . WeilHarriet R . FoxCharles Norman Bartltt

Mary A. Janeway

“A HEAD ING FOR OCTOBER .

PaulineKleinstuckS tanley F . MoodieDoro thea ThompsonKemper SimpsonMargaret SpahrWillieK . GahaganElsieB . CampbellLesley S tewartCaro lin A llportRuth ChattertonHelenWhitmanFlora HorrElizabeth P . B efandorfDRAWINGS r.

MelvilleColemanve

Edith arkDorothy S turgisHelen Van Valkenburgh

Nancy BarnhartEliz abeth A . GestAnna ZuckerClara HeckerElla E. PrestonJulia Wilder KurtzJacob D. Bacon.

Margaret SharpeDoro thy LongstrethSamuel Davis OtisArchibald MacKinnonFrances RussellKatherineBurketElizabeth EicholtzThomas

Dorothy Ochtman

Harriet K . WalkerPhyllis M cVickar

DRAWINGS 2 .

Muriel C. EvansCarl B . Timberlake

BY JOHN

Margaret S pencerSm ith

BessieT. Gri ffi thEdward L . KastlerEllen C . Griffi thAnneConstanceNourse

Elizabeth S tocktonI rma JessieDiescher

[OCT.

Bea triceAndrewsRaymond RohnJacquelineOvertonHelen K B rommEvelyn 0. FosterIvan F. SummersEdna HeckerMargery B radshawMary HazeltineFewsmith

Harriet ParkHugh SpencerJoseph WeberGilbert CosulichMarieRusselLois CooperKatharineMonicaBurton

Doro thy B . GilbertMargaret McKeonBertha V. EmersonF lorenceMason

MargueriteW. Wat

son

Dorothy MulfordRiggsEloiseWil sonMarieJedermannH ilda KohrGraceF . R. MeekerMargaret B lairAdelaideChamberlinChris tina B . F isherAlex Seifl'ertM ildred C. AndrusGertrudeTraubelMax Bernhard tBetty LocketRuth KingMarionOsgoodChapinKathleen Buchanan

Sybil EmersonMary PembertonNourseJulia Halleck

S I NCLA IR, AGE 1 2 .

William Hazlett Upson

BessieWrightLydia C. GibsonLouiseM illerMarieA tkinsonHerbert W. LandauAnna ZollarsFrancesW. Varrell

ST.

A R EAD ING .

AGE 17.

L ETTER S .

CnICAc o . I LL.DEAR Sr . N ICHOLAS : I received thecash prizewhich you

awarded mein theMay competition, and hereby wish to thank youfor thesame, and also wish to express my apprec iation of thehelpwhich theS t . Nicholas Leaguehas given mein my art work .M y draw ing for January , rgo4 ,

which was awarded the goldmedal , was themeans of obtaining formemy first chanceto studyart in an art school. I was attend ing theUniversity ofMichigan at

thetime, and theauthorities, bavin seen thedmwin.

In theSr .

N tC ItOLA S m agaz ine, sent me to Ste A cademy of Inc Arts m

Chicago to beassisted in thc illustration oftheir CollegeAnnual . "Thecom eti tions of theS t. Nicho las League

area finet ing for young peoplewho intendmaking art or literature their vocation, sinceOnly orig inal work is accepted, which work isofthemost benefi t .Wishing theS t . N icholas Leagueunlimited

success in its work for theadvancement foryoung folks. I am , sincerely yours,

HARRY B . LACI IMAN .

M ILTON , N . H .

DEAR ST . N ICHOLAS : My badgecamelastnight and I am morethan delighted w ith it.I shall always keep it, and shall always lookback w ith pleasureto thetime when my firstpictureiwas printed .

"I mean to work hard

this summer all by mysel f, and shall send imoredrawings, even better, I hope, than th

onewhich was printed . Thanking you againfor thebeautiful badge, I remain,Most gratefully yours ,

ROBERT E. Jones .

TOLEDO , OH IO .

DEAR LEAGUE “’earetwo g irls, and beingvery fond ofShaksperehaveformed a ShakspereChapter."Oneofus lives in M ineral Cityand theother

in Toledo , so wearego ing to carry on our

chapter by correspondence.

Wewould likechapter correspondents between thirteen and fifteen ears ofage.

With many hopes for thefuturesuccess of theLeague, wetemain

,

CHO I R .

Your devoted rea ders,H F LEN PYLE , Presrdcnt.KATHAR INE S HERWOOD, Secretary.

OTHER interesting and appreciativeletters havebeen received from Elizabeth M .

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I . \Vord , A liceKnow les, FriedaG . Carry , M . AdelaideDurs t , Martin Janowitz , L. A rnoldPost , Margaret J . Beattie, Dorothy E. Downing , MargaretF . Nye.Edna Krouse, Anna B . Carolan, HazelGreen, MaraA nderson, ThereseGo ldie, Mari an A . Smith , Fulvia Varvaro , Nerina Va rvaro , J . S . Brown, Jr. , Mabel F . \Vhitchead , HeleneM abel Sawyer, Dorothy Longstreth , MaryLouiseHo lmes, Eileen LawrenceSm ith, Thruston Brown,Marjory H . Thomas , Mabel G. Heine, CorinneBowers ,EleanoreKellogg , Anna C. Hefl

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ern, Mary R . Adam , HarryB . Peebles , Doro thy S tanion, GertrudeH . Reazor, I oneCasey, Elizabeth R. Eastman, Mary Camp , JennieS tevensM illiken, Margaret Colgate, Edna Reinhart , GraceHaren,Gustav Leonhardt, Ned Durrell , A liceWickenden, Elizabeth Thurston, Don

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s M . Shaw , ThereseTapley , Mar aretS ttndet, A nneV. Russell, Cathari neH . S traker, AleineLangford . Gladys Nelson, Prior Onderdonk, Doris Hackbusch, JeannieR . Sam pson, Margaret S tuart Browne. Esther Kendall Davis , Dorothea Bechtel, Sophronia Moore

N ICHOLAS LEAGUE.

or n. v . K INNEY ,

OLD SAN GABR IEL M IS S IONBY KATHER INE DULCE

B ELLA HAR BOUR , AGE H .

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Cooper, John P . Phillips , Rachel Talbott , Ruth Bartlett , Ray Randal , John V. S . B loodgood , SaideeE.

Kennedy, Es ther A . Goodenow ,Frances Bryant God

win, ElsieNew ton, Marga ret W. S tevens , Rosalie

Daé

, Barbara Nelson, Konni Zilliacus ,Jr MargaretF . ra nt , Clara B . Shanafelt . Henry G . Prince, Dorothy Elizabeth True, Edith Wellran, Charles Lynch ,Laurin Zilliacus, KatharineM . M . Sherwood .

PRIZE COM PETITION NO. 6 1 .

THE St. N i cho las Leagueawards go ldand s i l ver badges each mon t h for thebestpoem s, s to r ies, draw ings, pho tographs,puz z les, and puz z le-answers. A lso cashpr izes of fivedo l lars each to go ld-badgew inners who shal l again w in fi rst place.

Th is does not incl ude“Wi ld Animal andB i rd Pho tograph pr ize-w inners .

Compet it ion No. 6 1 w i l l c loseOctober 2 0 (for foreign members October Theawards w i l l bean

nounced and pr izecon t r ibu t ions pub l ished in ST. N ICHO LAS for January.

Verse. To con tain not m o ret han twen ty- fo u r lines.

Ti t le: to con tain theword Wel come.

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P rose. A r t ic leor s tory ofnot morethan fou r hund red words to relatesomeepisodein Japaneseh is to ry.

P hotograph . Any s ize, inter ior orex ter io r, moun tedor unmoun ted ; no b l uepr in ts or negarives.

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S ub jec t , “ S chool Days.

Draw ing. Ind ia ink, very b lack wr i ting-ink, or wash (not co lo r ) , in ter io r or

ex ter io r . Two subjec ts, My Playmateand a Head ing orTai lpiecefor January.

Puzzle. '

Any sor t , but must beaecompanied by theanswer in f u l l , and m us t beindorsed .

Puzzle-answers . Bes t , neatest , and

m ost completeset ofanswers to puz z les int h is issueof ST . N I CHO LAS . M ust bein(lorsed .

W i ld Animal orB i rd Photograph . Toenco u rage the pu rsu ing of gamew i t h a

camera instead of a gun. F or thebestphotograph ofa w i ld animal or b i rd takenin its na tural bom c .

‘ F irst P rize, fivedollars and Leaguego ld badge. Second Prize,t h reedo l lars and Leaguegold badge. T/u

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Prize, Leaguego ld badge.

RULES .

ANY reader of ST. N ICHOLAS , whet her a subscr iberor no t, is en t i t led to Leaguemembersh ip, and a Leaguebadgeand leaflet , wh ich w i l l besen t on appl icat ion .

Every con t r ib u t ion , of whatever k ind, murt bear thename, age, and address of thesender , and beindorsedas original by paren t , teacher , or guard ian , w/zo m ust

be convinced beyond doubt t/za t t/zecontribution

is not copied , but who l ly thewo rk and idea ofthesender . I f prose, thenumber of wo rds shou ldalso beadded . Theset h ings m ust no t beon a

separatesheet , but on [becontri bution itself—iia manuscr ipt , on theupper margin ; i f a pict u re,on themarg in or back. \Vriteor d raw on onesideof tbepaper only. A cont r ibu to r m ay sendbut onecon t r ibu t ion a mon t h—not oneofeachk ind , but oneonly. Add ress

TheS t . N icholas League,Union Sq'

uare,New York .

BOOKS AND READ ING.

WI LL I AM P ICKERING wasa very excel len t Engl i sh

pr i n ter, someth ing less than one hundredyears ago, who pu t on thet i t le-pages of h isbooks a cur ious p i ct ure. Th is p i c turewas of

an anchor abou t wh ich a dol ph i n twi ned i tsel fi n to thelet ter S . P icker i ng used th i s s ign becau seit was thes ign of two of themos t no tedp rin ters that ever l ived, theA l du s or A l dofam i l y ofVen ice. And i n order to show thathechosethesign for t hat ver y reason , Pi ckering pr i n ted around i t Lat i n wo rds,Anglers, mean i ng Engl i sh fo l lower ofA ld us .

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Picker i ng took p r idei n h i s wo rk , and , amongo ther dain ty th i ngs , brough t out a set of l i t t lebooks that arehard ly too l a rgefor a big dol lor thel ib rary of a do l l-house. They areon lyth ree and th ree fourth i nches tal l a nd two

inches w i de.

But,smal l and dai n ty i n s ize

,they arevery

impo r tan t i n con ten ts . There i s oneset of

Shakspere’ s plays in n i nevo l umes ; Homer ’stwo grea t epics m aketwo vo l umes mo re; andVi rgi l , Horace, and o ther great autho rs com

pletetheser ies . I t would bea very learneddo l l who could say sheknew al l therewas i nthat l ibrary

,and shewould need excel len t eyes

,

for thepr i n t i s very t i ny .

WHEN thefal l and w i n term akei t seem del ightful tobe

again indoors ,gi rl s often l i keto havesuggest ionsformethods ofm ak ing thei r meet i ngs at t ract ive—something bes ides theusual

“ talk and refreshmen ts —what someem i nen t man of let ters i na waggi sh way desc r ibed as

“

g iggle, gabble,gobble, and git.

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A ser ies of l i t t lemeet ings, each i n celebrat ion of somepoet ’s b i r thday or o ther ann iversary, would bean excusefor m ak i ng somein terest i ng addi t ions to the usual program .

Thus therewould beno great diffi cul ty in' ar

rangi ng a Shak sperepar ty or a M il ton party ,i n wh ich quo t at ions from theworks of ei therpoet were used in i nv i tat ions

,d inner- cards

,

bi l l s offare,and so on. Or an American poet

B OOK S FOR A

DOL L -HOU S E .

A POETRYPA RTY .

m igh t be cho sen . Ol iver Wendel l Ho lmeswould furn i sh l i nes of a cheering naturefi t form i ld fes t iv i t ies ; or you m igh t introduceyou rgues ts to someof thebeau t i ful poem s ofCel i aThaxter, or of Jean I ngelow,

i f you do not

m i nd go i ng outsideofour own l and .

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CUM U LUS , A OH , I havebeen readH EAP ’ ing a heap ofbooks lately .

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I f you hear th i s sa id , i t i s l ikel y that i t i snot st r ic t l y correc t . Certa i n ly the l anguagem ight bebet ter, but thei dea , too , i s not aboveim provemen t . A boy who would speak so of

h is readi ng would p robably benearer thet ruthif hesai d hehad been reading a spat ter ” of

book s,for thechances aretha t they haveno

morerela t ion to oneano ther than i f they werespatten

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ng d rops of i nk . A lzeap of booksshou ld show a cum ul at iveeffec t ; that i s , eachbook should help theo thers.I n reading good , sound , wholesomel i tera

tu re,your read ing does combi netogether. A l l

good au thors aretrying to teach very s im i larlessons , j us t as good men and women find i teasy to agree. They need not quarrel , for all

areseek i ng to do what i s fai r to oneano ther.I t i s the self- seek ing, the selfish

,who find

them selves con t in ual ly c lash ing.

Good books , therefo re, go wel l together;and each hel ps to deepen theimpress ion m adeby theres t . Poor boo ks arevery m uch l ikepoor m arksmen : they send thei r sho t so wi deth at i t scat ters or fai l s to hi t thetarget.

S HA KS P E RE WH ILE wedo not knowAN D SOM E M E N so m uch abou t the l ifeofOF H I S T IM E '

theautho r of our greates tl i terary t reasu res

,enough i s known to show

that Shaksperewas d ifferen t from m any otherw r i ters of plays of h i s own t ime. Heseem sto haveled so qu iet and ha rd -work ing a l ifethat hehas m adel i t t le impression except bythewords of h is pen. Ofm any d ram at i sts ofh i s day weknow l i t t leexcept that they wastedthei r t imeand talents . Thereal l y great writers haveoften been of pat ien t i ndustry , _andhave l ived as wi sel y as they havewr i t ten .

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THE LETTER - BOX .

ED ITOR IAL NOTE.

THE finedraw ing on page1065 w i l l recal l to youngreaders of ST. N ICHOLAS theold legend of theDutchcaptain who, homeward bound , met w ith long-cont inuedhead w inds off theCapeof Good Hope, but who, w ithD utch obst inacy, vowed that “ hewou ld doublethecapeand not put back , if hestroveunt il theday of

doom .

” Heis supposed to havebeen taken at his word ,and to beat forever about theclouds in his phantom sh ip,but never to succeed in round ing thepo int .Thereareother vers ions of th is story, and severalimportant works of fict ion havebeen based upon thelegend . Perhaps them ost notab leof theseare the

l i bretto of R ichard Wagner ’s opera, “ The Fly ingD utchman , and Captain Marryat ’s novel , “ThePhantom Sh ip.

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YOKOHAMA, JAPANM Y DEAR Sr. N ICHOLAS :Wehavebeen tak ing you

for threeand a hal f years, and l i keyou very m uch. Mys ister also takes you w ith me; I havea b rother too . Iam Amer ican, but l ivein Japan ; although wewou ldrather l ivein Amer ica, wehavegreat fun out here. Wearego ing to havea show to-day and to-morrow . I t is“Beauty and theBeast, ” and is to bein our house. We

havemadea stagew ith tea-boxes and boards put overthem and then rugs . Therearesix ch i ldren in it andonelady, who is our governess . Wehavea magaz inenamed “

TheMonth ly M ince-Pie.” \Vedraw p ictu resfor i t and wr i teproseand poetry .The“Box ofCu r ios,” a paper out here, has o ffered

us pr inted programs and t ickets for ourentertainment ,and also asked us to w r itesomeaccounts , poems, orjokes every other week for thepaper, wh ich wou ld payus fou r yen, that is, two Amer ican dol lars, every month.

Themoney weget for theplay and our magaz ineisgo ing to thepoor sold iers ’ fam i l ies .

You r loving reader ,H ENR IETTA MC I VOR (ageI I ) .

BENNINGTON, VT .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I am a member oftheLeagueand havetaken you for fiveor six years . I havej ustreturned from Eu rope, whereI spent a few weeks w ithpapa and mama. Wetook an automob i letr ip th roughsouthern England . I enjoyed thesea voyageverym uch indeed . Com ing homewesaw a very largeshoalofporpo ises, and another t imea largewhale.I havea pony and a dog of my own. Queen ie, my

pony, was g iven mea year ago , and I haveenjoyed manylong and del ight fu l r ides on her back . Sheis nearlyb lack and very pretty. Sheis also very sp ir ited, oncehaving run away w ith my s ister.My dog Sham rock is an I r ish terr ier (ashis names

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gests ) . Heis on ly a year old , but can do several tr ickswhen hewants to , all ofwh ich I taugh t him .

I l i keallofthestor ies in theST. N ICHOLAS, but I amespecial ly interested in A Comedy inWax .

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Wish ing you a long and s uccess fu l l i fe, I am ,

Your affect ionatereader, SUSAN E. COLGA'

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You r loving reader, GRACE MCCOY.

DAN V ILLE, KY.

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : Wh i leread ing you r Maynum

ber I saw theart icletel l ing how to makea canoe. Ithought I cou ld makeone, tak ing that as a m odel , andI got thel umber and began on it at once. I t turned outso n icely that I thought I wou ld w r iteto you and tel lyou about i t. Last week another boy and I went outon a r iver a few m i les from our home, and took a t r ipdown ther iver and camped out all n ight. Thecanoeheld us and a largecamp ing outfit com fortab ly. Theonly al terat ions from your model wh ich I madewerethat I did n

’t makeany rudder, and I used two layers

ofbl ue-edged dr i l l instead of theNo . I O duck . I ams i xteen years old, and I madeeveryth ing about theboatw ith my own hands .

Yours tru ly, ROBERT HARRISON .

GREEN V ILLE, S . C .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I havetaken you from February up to th is t ime, and l i keyou very m uch . As Ihavenever beforewr itten to you, I thought that Iwou ld l iketo drop you a few l ines.Among you r poems I especial ly l ike“ TheCann ibal

Man from Chamboree.I am now o fficeboy for my father and enjoy it very

m uch . I cipher telegrams , go for themai l , answer the’

phone, and put th ings in order.I havea subscr ipt ion to you. You r faith fu l reader.

W. O. D ICKINSON .

ITHACA, N . Y .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : I enjoy you r magaz ineverym uch. Wehavetaken it about six years .I havebeen look ing over someold ones that my

m other took in 1 876, and I found somelitt leF renchstor ies. I am j ust beg inn ing to learn German, and Iw ish you wou ld print someGerman for your readers totrans late.I am ten years old, and I am a member of the

League.Daddy haseach vol umebound as soon as it is fin ished,

and weread them over and over. You r devoted reader,M . W. POUND .

WUCHOU, CH INA .

DEAR ST. N ICHOLAS : A dear fr iend ofmy papa’ s in

Amer ica sends you to me. I l i ke A Comedy inWax

very much, and Two L ittleNew York Maids .”I co u ld not tel l you how m uch I love the ST.

N ICHOLAS . My pets areseven hens , onerooster, andoneOld tu rkey ; wehaveseven b ig p igeons and threel itt leones, and themother of thesehas two moreeggs,and in a week wew i l l havetwo l itt lebaby pigeons .M y littles ister and I p lay w i th our pets a great deal ,

and wefeed them every morn ing ; they know us q u itewel l . I havethrees isters and no brother . Two of themarein Amer ica at schoo l in Mount Vernon . TheOldest,Bess ie, is fi fteen , and thenex t is Mary—sheis th irteen .

My l ittles ister is fou r ; her nameis Frances . I m iss

my two big s isters very much .

Thereareonly Ch inesech i ldren to play w ith here.

With lots of loveto theST. N ICHOLAS and authors ,I remain,

AN SWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE SEPTEM BER NUM BER .

WORD -SQUARE. I . Coast. 2 . Owner. 3. Annie. 4 . Seize. (N ightinga le) . 3. Redoub ts. 4. Anagrams. 5 . Civil ize. 6.

5 , Trees , Mono tone. 7. Burglary. 8 . Thursday.CHARADE. Bangain. NOVEL Acnosr lc . Ini tials, Autumn second row

,August .

CONNECTED WORD-SQUARES . I . 1 . Baby . 2 . Aloe. 3. Bowl . Cross-words: I . A toll . 2 . Usage. 3. Turban. 4 . Ugly. 5 . Muse.

4 . Yelk . I I . I . Pole. 2 . Open. 3. Lend . 4 . Ends. I I I . I .6 “3 9°

K ine. 2 . Ido l. 3. Nook . 4 . Elks. IV. I . Id le. 2 . Deed . 3. L ITERARY N U M ER ICAL EN IG M A .

y 7 u aLead . 4 . Edd ) . 1 S tab . 2 ~ Tape:3

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PCS~ 4~ B L“ Cap thepoets , In theraptureoftheir finest dreams,TRAVEL ING PUZZLE. Ch icago , goblin, liniment, enthusiast, Paint theIily-oi-the-valley fairer than sheseem s ?

aster, error, orator, orchard , ardent, entrap , approve, DO UBLE ACROS '

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IC. Primals, V irg inia ; finals , R ichmond . CrossILLU S TRATED ACROST IC. Second row. Laborc

Day. I . Alba wo rds : I , Ventilator. 2 . Irawadt. 3. Roc . 4 . Garish. 5 .Id iom .

tross. 2 . Badger. 3 . Ibex . 4 . Horse. 5 . Onole. 6. Adju 6 . No . 7. lndizm . 8 . Add .

(11 m 7 “3 5 0m 3 Hyena. TRANS POS IT IONS AND Z IGZAG. Samuel Adam s. I . Lows, slow .

D IAGONA LS . 1 . La bor Day. I . Labrador. 2 . Marigold . 3. 2 . Rams, Mars. 3. Lame, meal. 4 . Stud , dust. 5 . Time, em it .February . 4 . Caroline. 5 . Cowering . 6 . Sheridan. 7. Ameri 6. Leap, plea. 7. Race,acre. 8 . Door, odor. 9 .

Maid , am id .

can . 8 . Rosemary . I I . Old Glory. I . Organist. 2 . Florence I o . M use, emus. I I . T ies , S ite.

To OUR PUZZLERS : Answers , to beacknow ledged in themagaz ine, must bereceived no t later than the1 sth ofeach month , andshould beaddressed to S F. N ICHOLA S R idd le-box ,

careofTHE CENTURY CO.

, 33 East Seventeenth S t. , New Yo rk C ity.ANSWER S To AL I. TH E PuzzLES IN THE. JULv N U M BER werereceived , befo reJuly I th ,

from Marian A . Sm ith—GraceHarenLilian Sarah Burt—Chuck Frances Hunter Marc ia and Co . ConstanceFuller argaret J . Porter Em ily P . Burton BettyBrainerd Laura E. Jones Marian Swi ft Eleanor Wyman M rs. C . E. Gabain Jul ian L . Tiemann M ildred C.

Jones APa ir of I ’ s Duluth "—FlorenceR . Elwell Allil and Adi Bessie Sweet Gallup Marion Thomas Agnes RutherfordNessieand Fredd ie L illian Burs on Laura S . Dow CatharineHooper Gwyneth N . Pennetho rue.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JL’ LV N U M BER werereceived beforeJuly xsrh , from D . Dinsmore, H . A . Hedge, I E. HOIYOIWI

I—E. S tafford , I—A . E. Sussdorfi'

, I—R . M . L innell , I—S . Ehnch, I —D.Robinson, I—J C. \Vatt, I—M . Garrett , 1 —Christ ina

B . Fiskc , 2 —A . E. K ingman, I —A . Hartnett , I—C. J . Bo er,'

1 M . Cra g in. 2 —James Harvey Mohr, 3

- M . Murrish , 1 R ,

C . Ba tes, I R . H . Edd in field . r—F. A . Roberts, I A. W. obm son, x—D . Crounse, I - I .. P.

Fiske, I —L . B , West ate. 1

CatherineH . S teel, arriet B in aman, 6 E. F. Ham ng ton. 3 -M . L . H olmes, I P. J . Carpenter, I F. R ice, I Sage,I Margaret C . Wil y, 9

—Evelyn oodnch Patch , 8 Edward Bentley, 3

~ M . Dillay . I —M . Mcconnell , I W. R . Nelson, I L .

\Villiams, I Mary Elizabeth Mair, 8 MyrtleA lderson, S—V olant V. Ballard , 8 — E.Reinhart, I —John Farr S imons, 8

Kathan’

neBell, 2 L. M . Taggart, I—Leonard Swai n, 3—R . Gates, I —Elizabeth D . Lord , 9 M , R , Sm iley, I .

CH AR ADE . of length . I 2 . Tr iply behead and cu rtai l a depravedperson, and leaveto steal from .

Thein i t ials of thetwelvel i ttlewords w i l l spel l thenameofa pleasant season of theyear.

ERWIN J ANOWITZ.

\VE read in caverns gloom yMyfi rrt l ives underground ;’T is in thedai ly papersM y last is always found .

My w/zo/eis wander ing ever OB L I QUE R ECTANGL E .Moves on In ceaseless round .

HELEN A . S lBLEY . (Gold B adge, S t. N icholas LeagueCompetition. )

TR I P L E B EHE AD I NGS AND CUR TA I L IN G S .

(S ilver B adge, S t. N icho las LeagueCom peti tion. )

EXAM PLE : Tr iply behead and cu rtai l a r iver of theUn ited S tates and leavethus . Answer : Mis-so-u r i .I . Tr iply behead and cu rtai l k insh ip, and leavenot

out. 2 . Tr iply behead and cu rtai l greatness of s ize,and leavetheegg of an insect . 3. Tr iply behead andcu rtai l fu l l of tendons, and leaveclamor. 4 . Tr iplybehead and cu rtai l to waver, and leaves ick . 5. Triplybehead and cu rtai l to makea road w i th smal l , brokenstones, and leave thenameof thefirst created m an.

6. Tr iply behead and cu rtai l a very remarkableoccu rrence, and leavea capein A laska. 7. Triply beheadand cu rtai l conciseness , and leavea Japanese co in .

8 . Tr iply behead and cu rtai l superfl uous , and leavethe I . A LETTER . 2 . A boy. 3. A sat ire. 4 . Clothed .

German word for “and .

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9 . Tr iply behead and cu rtai l 5 . A form of act ion for the recovery of a personalb r iefly, and leaveto deface. I o. Triply behead and chattel wrongfu l ly detained . 6. Merci fu l . 7 Span ishcu rtai l a poetical d ivis ion of versecons ist ing of three governesses . 8 . To exal t. 9; _Tabu lat ing. 1 0. To

measu res. and leavea personal pronoun . I I . Tr iply h u rl . I I . Theabbreviat ion for a famous island . 1 2 . A

behead and curtai l tend ing to repel , and leavea measu re letter. MI R IAM C. GOULD .

1 1 5 2

I L LUSTR A TED NUM ER ICAL EN I GM A .

I N th is en igma the var iouswords arep ictu red instead ofdescr ibed . When all arer igh tIy guessed , theth i rty-th reeletters will spel l a. proverb valuableto traders.

DOUB L E ZI G ZA G .

CROSS-WORDS . I . An out

doo r merrymak ing. 2 . Themouth of a vo lcano . 3. A severetrial. 4 . For sometime.

5 . A legis lat ive body .basket madeof rushes in wh ichfigs areimported . 7. Confl ict.8 . To gra ft by un it ing. 9 . Ha

tred . I o. Power fu l .F rom I to 2 , a placetaken from

theB r it ish by theAmer icans in May,1775 ; from 3 to 4, theco lonel oftheGreen Mountain Boys . ”

WI LMOI ‘“

r. CLOSE (LeagueMember) .

DOUB L E A CR OSTI C.

M Y primals and finals each spell thesurnameofan Amer ican author.CRoss-WoRns (ofequal length) : 1 . Anyth ing worsh iped . 2 . A city in Nevada. 3.

Outlook . 4 . Unemployed. 5 . Part ofthehand. 6. A measureofcapacity .

R IenARD B . THOMAS (LeagueMember) .

D IA GONA L .

(Gold Badge, S t. N icho las LeagueCompetiti on. )

ALL of thewords descr i bed contain thesame number of letters . When r ightly

guessed and w r itten onebelow another, thed iagonal(beg inn ing w i th theupper left-hand letter and end ingw i th thelower r ight-hand letter) w i l l spel l thenameofan Amer ican engineer and inventor.CROSS -WORDS : I . Contro l lable. 2 . A word ofmanysy l lab les . 3. Underground . 4 . Negligence. 5. A cu rrent below thesu r face. 6. A horsewom an. 7. Having

THE R IDDLE - BOX .

a channel or canal . 8. Temperament. 9. The science ofh istory. I o.

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A layer aboveanother. I I . Theact of assimiIating . 1 2 . Theact of con

structing.

PAUL INE MUELLER .

TR I PL E CR O S S-W0 R D

ENI GMA .

fS ilt/er B adge, St. N icholas Leagueompetition. )

Mvfirsts arein teams, but not

My second: in A rabs, bu t no t inSwedes ;

My arein reindeer , butnot in boar ;

My jourf/z: arein captain,but

not In war ;My fiftlzs arein stranger, but

not in friendMy sz'x t/zr arein fo l low, but not

in wend ;My set/m t/z: arein lend and

send and mend.

My w/zoles arethreecap itals intheUn i ted States.

CLINTON H . SM ITH .

CONNECTE D SQUAR ES .

I . UPPER LEF'

Fo HAND SQUAREheaven ly body. 2 . Separated by vio lence.3. Sur face. 4 . To harvest.I I . UPPER R IGHT-HAND SQUARE : I .

Oneof thebooks of theB i b le. 2 . To

stareat impudently . 3. A fem in inename.4 . Lank .I lI . CENTRAL SQUARE : I . A framefor

ho ld ing pictu res. 2 . A common fru it . 3.

A twig. 4 . A femininename. 5 . Law fu l .IV . LOWER LEFT-HAND SQUARE: I .

A B ib l ical name. 2 . A bund leor packageof goods in a cloth cover, and corded fortransportat ion. 3 . Certain trees. 4 . For fear that.V. LOWER R IGHT-HAND SQUARE : I . A merry-an

drew . 2 . A genus of succu lent plants found in. warncountr ies . 3. A fem in inename. 4 . Theperiod occu

pied by theearth in mak ing its revol ution around tht

sun. AGNES R. LANE (LeagueMember) .

THE DE V INNE PRESS , NEW YORK .