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THE BUISDAY OREQONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 1, 1903.
PETER AND ELLEN PICTURES TO PAINT
AND one night when Peter and Ellen
were sound asleep Poter In his
little bed In hla little room, and
Kllen In her little bed In her little room
the door-bell rang Ung-a-llng! tlng-a-llng!
down stairs.
Mamma and papa were reading, and
rnumma Jumped up and said:
"Oh, who can it be?"
And papa Jumped up and said:
"Oh, who can It be ringing that bell?"
And rrmmm.-i and papa went out Into
the hall and opened the door, and there
was Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch.
And Uncle Carl smiled all over his funny
face and said:
"Oh, don't let Peter and Bllcn know
that I've come. I want to surprise the
dears."
And papa laughed.
"Ha! ha! Oh. come right In. Uncle Carl
Apthorp Fitch; Peter and Ellen are both
cound asleep upstairs In their little beds."
And mamma threw her arms around
Uncle Carl's neck and said:
"Oh, you blewed brother, you funny,
big boy! How glad Peter and Ellen will
be to see you."
And Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch walked
into the hall and said:
"Well, hero we all are. Ha! ha! ha!"
(He laughed very loud.)
And as ho came into the hall his two
big dogs came bounding in, too (Uncle
Carl always brought his big dogs when
he came visiting), and the two big dogs
were carrying a basket between them a
.very large basket, with two round holes
in the top.
And mamma laughed and said:
"Oh, you funny, big boy. Uncle, Carl,
what have you brought for Peter and
Ellen In that bosket?"
And Uncle Carl laughed very loud, ha!
ha! ha! "Walt till you see. I brought a
wonderful, startling surprise In that bas
ket for Peter and Ellen." And Uncle Carl
laughed again, ha! ha! ha! He laughed
very loud.
And little Ellen woke up and sat up In,
bed and called: ,
"Peter! Oh, Peter, I hear some one
knocking downstairs."
And Peter woke up and sat up In bed
and listened.
"I wonder who It Is?" he Bald. "Let us
get up and run down and sec who It is,
little Ellen."
And Ellen Jumped out of bed and said:
"Yes, let us run downstairs on tiptoe,
and see who it Is."
And Peter Jumped out of bed and they
both went Into the hall and down the
stairs on tiptoe together.
And Uncle Carl laughed very loud and
said to mamma:
"Peter and Ellen will be surprised in the
morning when they find me here."
And papa said:
"Sh! don't speak so loud. Uncle Carl:
don't laugh so loud, or you will wake up
Peter and Ellen!"
And Peter and Ellen came down the
stairs on tiptoe, and peeked Into the
room, and there they saw their dear,
funny, big Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch.
(They had not seen him before for a year.)
And Peter said:
"Oh! oh! oh! it is Uncle Carl!"
And little Ellen screamed for Joy and
mid:
"Oh, goody, goody, gander!
Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch!"
It Is my
how to do
THE eccentric star of a circus whose
droll sayings convulse the people
with laughter and whose marvelous feats
of' daring, although they may be cloaked
In the gruiso of buffoonery, are always met.
with a. storm of applause, is so unusual
in all that he does, so given to doing
ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
that it is only natural to suppose his
wrestling is unlike the catch-as -catch-can
etyle of the every-day athlete.
The value of an athletic sport does not
depend upon Its roughness.
Because It is less rough there is not
necessarily less fun in much of the more
gentle sport. In ordinary wrestling many
"holds" are used, each of which has a
name, as for instance, the terrible "strong
hold' and the body-wracking "cinch."
In ji recent Graeco-Roman (no hold be
SCRATCH
,FNB PEEPS
AMOXG the heroes of the American
Navy whose valiant deeds and high
character are constant inspiration
to the sailor boys of today. William Baln
bridge occupies a place in the first rank.
Ho distinguished himself In three wars
and, dying, left behind him a reputation
for valor, uprightness, truth and probity.
Balnbridge was, in a way, as remark
able a boy as he was a man. He went to
sea when he was 15, and at 18 he was a
full-fledged Captain in the merchant serv
ice, having worked his way up to that po
sition by sheer ability and fore of char
acter. Few times in this world has a boy of 19
found himself a captain of a big ship; but
Balnbridge was equal to the position.
Young Balnbridge first went to sea. as
an apprentice boy. He lived forward 'with
the sailors and did a sailor's work, but in
addition he had to study certain hours
every day and to learn mathematics and
navigation. His seamanship was being
taught him all the time.
Many merchant captains took appren
tices to sea with them In those days who
learned to be officers In the bard but
practical school of the forecastle. They
were not usually made officers until they
were of age; some of them were never
able to get 4i berth aft.
, But when Balnbridge had been for three
years before' the mast he had shown such
remarkable ability that the, captain with
whom ba jtm v&Uloc offered, bin tho po.
UNCLE CARL APTHORP FITCH
Peter wid Ellen ceonc. down
and peeked into the
And Uncle Carl caught Peter and Ellen
both In his arms and hugged them and
kissed them, and said:
"Well, I thought if I laughed loud I
would wake you two up. Ha! ha! ha! I
laughed like that, very loud, on purpose
to wake you up!"
And mamma said:
"Oh, you naughty big boy, to wake those
emeus TRICKS x eLOWW
low the waist) wrestling match one of i
the combatants succeeded in getting thej
cinch -hold. In other words he twisted
his opponent's arm back until only a
little more twisting was needed to throw ,
It out of Joint. He then demanded that ,
two. falls be allowed him or he would give .
the 'extra amount of twist and dislocate !
t VlO UTTTI '
The man whose arm was In such danger
was necessarily not in a position to argue
the Question, and had to sacrifice the
match.
Xo such element .enters into clown
wrestling. Xo limbs are broken at this
prwHafl nnrl thrnncVi n n rnnr1vnhta Mr--
cumstance can one wrestler force his op-
ponent to allow blm two falls without
throwing him even once.
In ordinary wrestling the Question of
weight is a very important one. To be
10 or 20 pounds lighter than your opponent
Is a serious handicap. In clown wrlstllng.
DIAGRAM
DOME By BRAVE BOLS
sltlon of first mate In spite of the fact
that he was only 18 years old.
The owners of the vessel, however, de
cided to give the young man the place .of
first mate on another one cf their ships,
the Cantor, calling In the Holland trade.
When the boy officer went on board the
cantor at Philadelphia he found the crew
drunk and mutinous, and the captain un
able to control them.
Balnbridge soon had the men under con
trol, the ship hauled out Into the stream
and what liquor there was on board
thrown overboard.
This crew was a tough one and had no
respect for the captain, who. In turn, was
always "nagging" them. When the 'Can
tor dropped anchor in the harbor of Rot
terdam the sailors managed to get gin
from one of the shore boats, and that
night they got drunk and attacked the
captain and second mate. Intending to
kill them.
Hearing the noise of a scuffle, young
Balnbridge grabbed his pistols and rushed
on deck, to find that the sailors had the
two officers down and were Just about to
murder them with their knives.
Two men were bending over the second
mate. Balnbridge brought the butt of one
of Us heavy pistols down on the head of
the nearest sailor, and, grabbing the other
by his collar, tripped up his heels and
sent him spinning backwards down a
hatchway.
Before the men could recover from the
surprise of the sudden and unexpected
assiult the boy mate had brought down
two more with the butt of hU pistol.
As he raised his arm for another blow
his foot llpjed ui h went down pa
the 'jtsirs on tiptoe,
room
children at this time of night." (It was
10:30 by the clock.)
And Uncle Carl sat down and took Peter
on one knee and Ellen on the other, and
raid:
I "Why, soodness me, I couldn't wait till
mornlnir to see these blessed children.
Now what do you think I've brought you'
in that basket? Put your ear to the hole
on the contrary, skill and not weight Is
the important factor, and the dwarf clown
may often overcome the giant.
In the illustration the reader will see
that two clowns ore lying on their backs.
Their left legs are raised and locked to
gether. The object of each clown Is to
mako his adversary raise his right leg
from the ground without raising his own
right leg.
The diagram shows two heavy black
lines crossing each other. The shorter
of these Is known as the scratch and the
longer of the lines Is known as the belt
line.
The four black circles In the diagram,
two of which are marked "right" and two
of which are marked "left. are Intended
to indicate the position which the shoul
ders of the wrestlers should occupy rela
tive to the belt line and the scratch.
. When the shoulders of a wrestler are
In one of the circles marked "left" he
CLOWNS' WRESTLING rOSlTlOX
one knee. A man sprang at him with a
knife and Balnbridge fired his plstoL
But the powder flashed. In the pan. The
descending knife caught Its point on one
of the brass buttons of the boy's coat and,
being thus deflected, made a long rip In
the cloth, but did not reach the officer's
body.
The second mate now pulled himself to
gether and with the aid of one of the
sailors who stood by the officers, they
rescued the captain and drove the crew
.forward where they were allowed to get
sober and repentant;
The captain, however, was scared by his
experiences with the unruly crew and re
fused to go back to the United States In
the Cantor.
So young Balnbridge came home in
command of her and under him the crew
behaved themselves all the way over.
His way was to treat the sailors
squarely, feed them well and keep them
busy; and so he always had a happy ship.
The owners of the Cantor were delighted
with the way Balnbridge managed things,
and as soon as he was 13 they made him
captain of the ship.
After making three voyages as captain
of the Cantor, Balnbridge was made cap
tain of a new ship, the Hope. On his
first voyage In the Hope he had an en
counter with a small British man-of-war,
the captain of which desired to board the
American vessel and impress Into the
British navy such sailors as he took a
fancy to a little habit the English had
lit those days, and which finally brought
on the War of 1ST2. 1
The Hope was armed with four nine-'
Bounders, bad plenty, of muskets oa
In the top and guess what la In that
basket." ' J
And Peter and Ellen ran to the basket,
and Peter put his ear to one little round
hole In the top, and Ellen put her ear to
another little round hole In the top and
listened.
And Peter said:
"I guefs It is a saulrreL" And Uncle
Carl said:
"No; guess again." And Ellen said:
"I gums It Is a rabbit."
And Uncle Carl said: "Xo; guess again."
And Petor said:
"I guess guinea pigs."
And Uncle Carl said: "Xo; guess again."
And Ellen said:
"I guess It Is a little whltf mouse."
And Uncle Carl eald: "No; and now run
away to your little beds. I am not going
to tell you what It Is In that basket until
morning."
And Peter said:
"Oh, please tell us tonight. Uncle Carl!"
And Ellen said:
"Oh, please tell va tonight, dear Uncle
Carl Apthorp Fitch!"
And Uncle Carl said: "Xo, I'll not tell
you tonight, but come Into the garden
tomorrow morning early and you shall
have a startling, wonderful surprise."
And Peter and Ellen klftjed their funny
Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch good-night, and
both ran away to bed. And In the morning,
oh, very early, Peter and Ellen woke up
and dressed and ran down stairs and Into
the garden.
And In the garden, oh, very early, Peter
and Ellen found their funny big Uncle
Carl, and there In the garden, too, they
found the surprise basket.
And Uncle Carl cald:
"Xow open your eyes very wide, chil
dren, and you'll see what comes out of the
basket."
And Peter and Ellen opened their eyes
very wide and out flew three dear little
birds. One little bird had bright red
i feathers, and one Utile bird had bright
I green feathers, and one little bird was
blue and white.
And Uncle Carl said:
"These are trained' birds, dear children.
They will do whatever I tell them to do.
Come, Molly; come. Dolly; come. Dot"
(these were the little birds' names), end
Unpli. Purl held r h! rmnrt If lo ftnura
were wida apart and the little birds ilew
out of the basket and lit on his lingers.
And Uncle Carl said:
"Xow, bIvo me my breakfast. Molly.
Dolly and Dot." And these little birds
Hew Into Uncle Carl's pockets and out
they came In a minute, each with a crumb
of bread, and thife little birds fed Uncle
Carl his breakfast right from their little
bills.
And Ellen danced around and clapped
ner nanas, ana said:
"Oh. Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch, how
cunning they are!"
And Peter said:
"What else can they do. Uncle Carl?"
And Uncle Carl said:
"Watch and you shall ree. Come Molly.
and Dolly, It Is time for Dot to take a
ride."
And Uncle Carl took a wee, wee little
wagon out of the basket and put It down
on the garden path, and Dot new Into the
wagon, and. oh, what do you think? Molly
and Dolly pulled the little wagon by two
little ribbons held fast In their Uttl& bills
And little Ellen clapped her hand3 azj
laughed, and said:
"Oh, Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch, you mosi
wonderful man that ever lived to teacl
these birds to do that!"
And Uncle Carl laughed, ha! ha! ha.
"Yes. I am a wonderful fellow."
And Peter said:
"What else can they do. Uncle Carl?"
And Uncle Carl said:
un, mc.e wonaercui Dlrds know a
dozen tricks or more." And Uncle Carl
Apthorp Fitch showed Peter and Ellen all
the tricks these little birds could do but
If I told you all about them, my dear little
reaaer, mis story would be too long.
(The End.)
WRESTLING
will raise his left If g. When the shoulders
of a wrestler are In one of the circles
marked "right" he will raise his right leg.
A match consists of six bouts, three In
"right," three 1 "left." The wrestler
obtaining the greatest number of "falls'
will, of course, win the match.
It Is agreed sometimes that a VfaH'
shall not be counted until both legs pf one
or the other of the combatants arc thrown
across the belt line. In other words, until
ono of the men Is made to turn the be
ginning of a back somersault.
If the reader will experiment a little
with some companions he will soon learn
what Is meant by the beginning of
back somersault, particularly if he ap
pears to yield somewhat and then pushes
down with his engaged leg.
The hands of the wrestler must be kept
on the floor and cannot be used in any
way.
BAIMB - RIPGE
board and Balnbridge had drilled the men
In target practice since he had been In
commapd, in anticipation of Just such an
occurrence.
He refused to heave to at the command
of the British vessel and a shot was fired
at her which passed through the deck
house. Instantly Balnbridge let go with his
double-shotted guns and after two broad
sides the' British captain sang out that
he had surrendered.
There being peace nominally between
Great Britain and the United States at
that time Balnbridge did not take pos
session of the English vessel, but after
Inquiring what ship she was and receiv
ing the reply. "His Majesty's schooner
Linnet, commanded by Captain Sir Philip
Townes," he sang out, "WH1 Captain Sir
Philip Townes please go about his busi
ness and report to his master that if he
wants this ship he must send a greater
force or a more skilled commander?"
Then he sailed away for home.
Balnbridge could now no longer be con
sidered as a boy captain, though still
extremely youthful for Important com
mand, and the other adventures, triumphs
and defeats which marked his most ac
tive and useful career are matters of
history. He entered the Xavy and found
himself In command of a gunboat at the
age of 23.
Fame.
Lives of great men all remind us
That we will not be despised
If we only leave behind us
Books that can be dramatized.
Xew York Sun.
TALES OF
T WAS the first day of the month and
Harry Munn's bnss lamp had power
to summon the djlnn who would give
to the boy two wishes. Today Harry In
tended getting all the fun possible out of
his possession of the ugly brass lamp.
and as It was Saturday he and Arthur
Halsteid went up to the Bronx to see the
animals, taking the lamp along.
Arrived at the park the boys made their
way to the monkey-house, not because
there were not other things to see. but
because they happened to take the pith
that led to It. By bo doing they 'missed
seeing one of the most amusing bears In
captivity, and If any of you boys who
live1 near the Bronx have not seen him I
advise you to go up next Saturday. He
Is simply Immense is to ize. I mean
and he can do more funny things In Ave
minutes than most humans can do In a
week of Sundays unless they are golf
players. '
But Harry and Arthur got Into the mon
key-house, and there they stayed, fasci
nited with the doings of the sad-looking
little Inhabitants.
Ho," said Harry, "there's one that
looks Just like your Uncle Jack."
And there s one looks like your Cousin
Paul."
'Ho does not." said Harry, flrlnc Imme
diately, although why he did I'm sure I
don t know, because It's Just as bad to
tell a fellow his uncle looks like a mon
key as It Is to be told your cousin looks
like one. It only shows that It makes a'
difference which foot the shoe Is on.
There was one little fellow with the
thinnest gray cheeks nnd the most mel
ancholy eyes and the saddest little cry,
who put his paw out" to Harry In hope
that he would receive a peinut, although
ho might have noticed the sign that for
bids feeding the animals. But then some
monkeys only notice the things they want
to notice: and all he thought of was food.
Still Harry, who had noticed the sign.
Flipped a peanut Into the monkey's hand
ina the act suggested to him that he
summon the djlnn and get a monkey Just
like the Httlo fellow."
"That would be silly," said Arthur.
"You can buy them by the dozen down
town. My father known wnere they are
sold. Why don't you get a tiger or some
thing big?"
The next minute they both uttered
shrieks of delight. forNthey had come to
the cage of the chimpanzee, and. It being
4 o'clock, he was eating his dinner and
using a knife and fork as well as a man
nnd a napkin better than a child, and al
together he looked so much more human
than a great many people that Harry
cilled out to Arthur, who had becqme
separated In the crowd that was pressing
toward his cage: ,
"That's the one I want."
"Mamma, buy rao that!" mocked the de-
SPORTS OF
AFTER the Seminole' War, In which
the brave Chief Osceola was defeated,
the Government ordered all the Indians
In Florida to remove to a reservation In
the West. Most of them went, but a
few took refuge in the regions lying
among the big Florida swamps, where
their descendants live to this- day.
As soon as the Seminole child is four
years old he Is set to work at some light
task about the. house. He stirs the boil
ing roup, watchce the fire and replenishes
it with sticks ot wood, aids in, kneading
the dough for bread, washes and pounds
the "koontl" root, a sort of potato, and
contributes In many other ways to help
his mother In her work.
But the children have plenty of time
for play, too. The little girls have dolls
made of sticks, with pieces of rag
wrapped around them, and they are as
fond of them as white girls are of their
wax dolls with winking eyes.
The Indian children build little houses
for their dolls and call them "camps,"
while the boys take little bows and ar
rows and go Into the woods to shoot small
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THE OTHER CHIMPANZEE
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JOLLy GAMES WITH A P7VPER OF VN3
AXUMBER of Jolly evening games can
be played with ordinary pins, one
B-cent paper of which will supply the foun
dation for an evening's amusement.
A rnper-Spearluic Contest.
Tear or cut clean scrap-paper' Into Inch
squares and pl!e them on a pasteboard
box lid. There should be several hand
fuls. enough to make a Boodslzed heap.
Place the box, lid In the center of the
table at which the game Is to be played
and give each player a pin. The fun con
sists In seeing who. In the 15 minutes al
lotted to the game, can spear the most
'pieces with his pin.
By the rules or tne game pniy one piece
of paper may be taken on the pin at one
time. If two are captured by mistake
both must be returned to the pile.
A small prize may be given to the boy
or girl having the most squares when the
game Is at an end.
rins and JIarbles.
Each boy or girl receives three pins,
which are stuck upright In the carpet.
Marbles are then used to bowl over the
pins. Xaturally, there must be a pre
arranged place for the pins to be stuck;
and for the bowler to stand, in order that
everybody shall have an equal chance. If
more than one boy or girl should succeed
In downing all three pins In the three
bowls allowed by the rules, the success
ful players can have "rubber" games to
gether until one or the other becomes
champion.
Pin Ran.
Young folk fond of a lively romp will
like pin run. It is easily arranged.
THE UGLY BRASS LAMP
THE OTHER CHIMPANZEE
rlsive voice of a street 'urchin, and the
crowd laughed, but Hirry did not mind
the laughter. He knew how valuable the
monkey was, for as soon as he saw him
he remembered having read about him In
the Sunday papers.
He. waited until the chimpanzee hid
ended his meal, and then he grabbed hold
of Arthur's sleeve and the two boys went
out of the monkey-house and over to a
little piece of wood.?, where they were to
a certain extent shielded from observa
tion. The boys had brought their lunch In a
large paper big. but they had eaten It all
In the monkey-house or perhaps It would
be more exact to say that they and the
monkeys had eaten It.
At the bottom of the bag lay the brass
lamp. In fact the doughnuts that had
lain next It had been rather brassy, but
that only made them taste the better to
the boys. One doesn't begin to dislike
kerosene and brass and other metals In
his food until he has left boyhood and all
Its Joys behind him.
Harry took out the lamp, gave It a few
vigorous rubs with his cap and the djlnn
whistled out of the neck at lightning
speed, only he looked more like thunder
than lightning when his huge presence
towered above the trees.
I fancy he was not visible to ordinary
people, or else the.ptout woman who was
,pushlng a baby carriage-not SO feet away
from him would have noticed him. Still,
a great many people go through this world
with their eyes shut, and she may have
relied on the baby carriage to prevent
her from bumping Into anything.
"Good morning," said Harry to the
djlnn. "I want a chimpanzee exactly like
the one In the monkey-house and Just as
smart and all dressed up."
"It shall be even as you desire," said
tne djlnn ana promptly vanished. "
The next minute the boys-mw-tlw ana
of a beautiful chimpanzee up among the
topmost branches of a maple underneath
which they were standing.
"Come here, old fellow," said Harry,
and the chimpanzee' dived head fore
most, caught the lowest branch of the
maple and swung lightly to the ground.
"You're a beaut," said Harry.
"Ain't he a dandy?" said Arthur. Arthur
was In the habit of saying ain't, although
there Is no such word in the language.
But the chimpanzee certainly was a
dandy, for he was dressed In the very
latest fashion and carried a cane made
of a Japanese wood and with a sliver
handle curiously chased with pictures of
life In the Jungle; not done by mortal
hands, but fashioned by the djlnn In his
moments of leisure. It was a beautiful
cane and a beautiful chimpanzee, and
Harry called him Jim Pansy on the spdt.
The boys and the monkey played leap
frog along the paths and not any one
whom they met noticed that the short
brown little fellow with them was not a
person, but an anlmaL That is, no one
noticed It until they came to a police
THE SEMiNOLE eHlLTTREN
birds', saying, when they return, "We
have been turkey hunting."
Boys and girls sit around a piece of
earth into which they stick blades of
grass and call It a corn field.
One amusement of which the little Sem
inole Indians arc fond Is playing with
teetotums. They take a dried deer skin
and peg It out tight on the ground. Then
they take the round roots of a peculiar
grass called "deer foot" and, thrusting
through them little sticks about as thick
as a match and twice as long, they set
them whirling on the deer skin by rub
bing the upper end or the stick quickly
with the palms of their hands. This they
call "having dance."
' They also play at leapfrog, use the skipping-rope
and build "see-saws." One
traveler who penetrated to the remote dis
tricts of Florida in which the Semlnoles
live saw a very well-built merry-go-round
which the little Indian children had made.
They must have originated the Idea of
the merry-go-round themselves, for none
of the children had ever been away from
home, and the grown-up people of the tribe
had never been further than the near
est white man's settlement, and In that
Fill an ordinary square box with soft
wood ashes or sawdust. Give each player
half a dozen pins and let him run around
the room six times, endeavoring, each
time he reaches the sawdust box. to drop
a pin In such a way that It will stand up
right In the sawdust.
A quick run Is not necessary, and might
prove exhausting. A gentle trot is best,
but the player must neither stop nor hes
itate In passing the box to let fall his
pin. He who succeeds In making most
pins stand upright Is victor In the game.
Potato Pin.
In this all the company Join at once.
Let all players line up against the wall
at one end of the room and give each a
potato and a pin. At a given signal each
player begins rolling his potato across the
room, using the pin as a propeller. . The
potato, of course, rolls this way and that.
It must be followed and guided, with the
pin. The pliyer first to reach the other
end of the course Is victor.
Stick Pin.
Place a pincushion on a table or a chair
at the far end of the room and give each
nlaver a pin.
Each player 19 blindfolded In turn andj
told to stick his pin In the cushion. As"
he Is bandaged at the end of the room
most distant from the pincushion, and Is
not guided In any way toward the goal,
this will prove to be no easy matter.
Fin Point.
For this game "use a basket of apples,
bananas, peanuts or bonbons. The start
ing point Is marked by the basket, and the
goal by a book or anything- that happens
man, and he, after a keen glance at- the
monkey, set up a shout:
'The chimpanzee has escaped. Some,
body catch him. He's escaped."
Of course. Harry and Arthur were in
fits of laughter over this mistake, but
they both saw that they might get a good
deal of fun out of It. no they let the
policeman run bawling In one direction
.while they, taking Jlm'3 paws, ran In the
other direction along a horse-shoe path
and shortly came on a crowd of people
who were after them.
"That's the boy. He's stolen him."
said the policeman, panting very hard,
and a most Important-looking Individual
called out to Harry:
"You come back with the monkey at
once, or I'll have you arrested."
For answer Harry told the monkey to
climb a tree, and In a Jiffy he was out
of reach of everyone. Then the Idiotic
policeman pulled a pistol and actually
shot at the chattering animal, although
I am glad to sny that his bullet did no
I more than cut off a branch of the tree.
The Important One told the policeman
to stop firing, and stepping up to Harry
he enld: "Young man. did you let the
chimpanzee out of the cage?"
"Xo, I didn't He belongs to me and
I'm taking him to my home In Xew
Jersey." said Hirry.
At thl3 answer the crowd roared. It
was so manifestly absurd. Boys are not
In the habit of going around with chim
panzees and yet Harry had spoken the
truth.
The important man did not like the
answer as he thought that Harry was
making fun of him, and Important peo
ple do not like Jokes very much.
"This Is no Joking matter, sir," said
he. "If you don't instantly hand back
that chimpanzee I will have you arrest
ed." "Oh. of course I'll have to. If that's the
the case," said Harry, and he whistled to
Jim. who came down out of the tree.
"Go to the gentleman." said Harry, and
the obedient monkey went over to the
Important One. and putting his arms
around his waist looked up In his face
i wun a sweet emiie inai set me crowu
I laughing once more. The Important One
' did not like it. but he was not as strong-
!as Jim and they walked to the monkey
house as affectionately as two school
girls only the affection was all on one
side.
"Young man, if It Is proved that you
let this animal out you will go to Jail."
"If I let him out I'm willing to go,"
said Harry, bursting with delight over
something.
Into the monkey-house went the Im
portant One and the chimpanzee and Har
ry and the policeman and the crowd.
"I've brought back your missing chim
panzee." said the Important One very
pompously, addressing a policeman who
stood In front of the educated chimpan
zee's carje.
The policeman looked Into the cage
where the bright little beast was walking
up and down In his soldier clothes and
then he looked at the pompous little man
and then at Jim
"Sure, there's three chimpanzees here
and. two of them Is escaped, but I have
to do with only one."
The Important One took one good look
at the original chimpanzee and then he
tore from the embrace of Jim and very
much disconcerted he made his escape.
Harry was now beset with questions
and it looked as If he might be arrested
after all. for he certainly was in posses
sion of a chimpanzee that belonged to
some one.
It seemed to him that It was about time
that he left the place. The Important
Ono's feelings had been wounded and he
LintenfledJo make it unpleasant for the
boy.
lorry tKStrsHt- tbttttaocn
for him to do would be to summon the
djlnn and for his second wish get convey
ance home.
Out of the paper bag came the lamp
and Harry quickly rubbed It.
Thero was no question that the people
saw the djlnn this time. When he came
rumbling out of the neck and his terrible
form Inflated until It filled all the space
between the cages, they ran out of doors
In a panic.
"Take Jim and me home." said Harry,
utterly forgetting poor Arthur.
That Is why Arthur did not get home
until next day. Harry had the railroad
tickets and the money and the poor boy
had to walk the 20 miles to Canfleld.
As for Harry and the chimpanzee, they
arrlved the next Instant In his own house
and before 'another day had passed he had
sold his chimpanzee to Hagcnback for
J200. I dar. say that that Is a low price
for educated chimpanzees, but considering
he had cost Harry nothing It was a good
price after alL I wish some one would
give me an ugly brass lamp.
place there are no such contrivances for
the amusement of children. Xor could It
be learned that any picture of a merry-go-round
had ever found Its way Into the
Seminole country.
The little boj-i of this tribe do not play
at bolng soldiers, but they do play at
being hunters. They throw long sticks
over their shoulders andsay they have a
rlile. Then they go Into" the woods and
make believe to shoot game with the
stick.
The Seminole boys and girls have a bad
habit of eating between meals. A big ket
tle, filled with stewed meat and vege
tables, always standing ready with a big
ppoon in It for any one who happens to
feel hungry, and they will sometimes get
up even In the mldle of the night to take
a spoonful of stew.
The streams In the Seminole country
abound In fish, and the little Indians soon
become good fishermen. But their ambl-
l tlon Is to be trusted with a shotgun, and
as soon as they are old enough they are
allowed to take one and go Into the woods
to shoot wild turkey. When the Seminole
boy Is allowed to do this1 he counts hlm-
, self no longer a child, but a man.
to be handy. See that each person pres
ent has a clean, new pin. Every player
has three minutes In which to get apples
or other trophies out of the basket and
run around the room with them. The
fruit Is. of course, speared and held on
the pin. The young person who. In three
minutes' time, lands most apples at tho
goal Is winner In the contest.
A Tbnndcrlnfc Joke.
Who could Imagine the London Times of
today Indulging in such frivolity as the
following story which it printed In 1S02:
"One of the JJover Innkeepers lately
complaining of a French gentleman that
his house was greatly Infested with rats,
and that he would willingly give a con
siderable sum to get hid of them, was.
on the following morning (and after tha
Frenchman had received his bill), ac
costed by him:' 'Sure, I shall tell you vlch
way you shall get rid of de rat.' 1 will
bo obliged very much to you. If you can,"
replied the landlord. "Veil, den, only
charge de rat a3 you charge me, and. I
vlll be d d If de rat ever come to your
house again." "
Reward of Merit.
"I hope all you little boys," said the
teacher, "commence the week right by
getting up early Monday morning."
"Yea'm," replied Uttle Johnny, "I always
love to get up early Monday mornlnV
"And you feel all the better for It, don't
you, Johnny?"
"Yes'm; that's the morula' wo hare pancake."