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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 1905.
PATSY'S
EVERT once in a -while a little girl
came to visit at the Newtons' -with
her grandmother. Her name -seas
"Henrietta Esterly. and her grandmoth
er's name was Mrs. Marmaduke. Really
they weren't any relation to the New
tons, hut Patsy always called her Aunt
Sarah., and spoke of Henrietta as her
little cousin.
Henrietta was a very pretty child
about 6 years old. She had Ion? black
curls which had to be made on a stick
and took three-quarters of an hour to
do. They were very prim and glossy all
the morning: and very faggy all th
afternoon, and had to be repaired lor
dinner. In fact, Henrietta was prim
and gfossy all over, being very much
scrubbed and very stiffly starched. She
was the kind of a little girl who
couldn't play many games for fear of
setting: mussed.
Patsy tried hard to be patient and to
look out for Henrietta, but she did love
to play "prisoner's goal" and "pom pom
pull away" and all the other rough
games that the boys would let her into,
and so often she had to tell Henrietta to
sit on the front steps with her doll and
watch the game, and sometimes Hen
rietta cried and made a nasty little
fuss.
One day when she did this Patsy's
meanest flash of temper got hold of bar
tongue and she said some of the cross
cst possible things to Henrietta', and
the child burst into tears and ran to
her grandmother.
At first Patsy was going to go and
apologize, but she wasn't really sorry,
so she tossed her head in the air and
ran off and had a most gorgeous after
noon playing baseball in a vacant lot
with Julie Denton and the whole crowd
of boys.
Coming home, however, her con
science began to hurt her a littlf.
What would her mother say? "What
would Aunt Sarah say? She idolized
Henrietta so that she was always cross
to any one who took the least occasion
to criticise her.
There was trouble, of course. Mrs.
Newton gave Patsy one of her sad.
disappointed lone scoldings, the kind
that hurt a good deal worse than a
spanking, and of course Patsy ended
by sniffing and saying she was sorry
she had been cross.
Her mother admitted in return that
Henrietta was spoiled and had never
played with other children, but that
Patsj- must try to teach her how.
It hurt like sixty to do it, but Patsy
marched in to Aunt Sarah like a soldier
GIFT OF THE LITTLE
PRETTY little sparrow made Ills
"nome t,sin an old. childless cou
ple In. the village. The man
thought the world of him, but the
woman was stingy and ill tempered,
and grudged their guest the petting
and the .food.
One day when she was busy with the
washing, the sparrow thoughtlessly
pecked at her bowl of starch. Instantly
the olJ hag rushed at him, -seized the
poor frightened creature by the neck,
and cut off hi-3 tongueT
Then she threw him into a washtub.
and screamed:
, "Take a taste of that water if you
are hungry, ycu greedy old bird!"
The sparrow fluttered from, the water
and flew to tho woods with thex blooJ
dropping from his bill.
"When the old man returned home and
his wife told him what she had done,
his heart was almost broken. He
searched the woods, calling the spar
rowr but months passed away and he
despaired of ever geeing It again. Then
one day he heard a familiar note, and
there was his long-lost friend, advanc
ing to meet him and bowing low at
every hop!
The sparrow led the way to a nico
little house hidden among the bushes,
and took his former master into the
WRECK OF THE MARY JANE
THE BOY had a boat That is, ho
called It a boat. For a long time
he used it as a boat. Little Sister
couldn't go alone In her. Little Sister
had to go and bail her out while ho
rowed; and she had to work pretty fast,
too, because the boat leaked. 'Twasn't
a little bit of a one-cent leak, cither.
When they pushed off from shore, lit
tle fountains shot up all along the
cracks, and It was bail or sink for tho
Boy and Little Sister.
The Mary Jane, for so they named
her, was what you might call unsea-
" " " ' isjj pm nwi nmu
'OH! YOU CAUGHT A CRAB."
BUBBLE
and apologized for being mean, and sh
asked Henrietta's pardon, and they
kissed and made up.
That night before she wont to sleep
Patsy thought out a scheme" for making
up to Henrietta for anything mean
she'd done to her. and at the same tlm
to assist the education of Henrietta In
the matter of learning to play with
other children.
dearest and tiniest garden you ever 1
mw. soon nis wiie came oui carrying
a tray In her bill, and one of the daugh
ters followed with the teapot, and a
worthy, and a ship inspector would
have condemned her as dangerous.
But under the circumstances she was
quite safe enough. Nowhere did her
regular route He over more than two
feet of water, and Little Sister had a
very .largo dipper.
Then, too, they never went rowing
without putting on their oldest clothes;
and It was great fun to "skwush" their
bare toes In the water while they
worked at pump and engine.
Many a beautiful ride they took.
Many strange countries they visited.
Tne Mary Jane plied regularly be
tween tho Stone Dock and tho Cider
PARTY
She talked it over with her mother In
the morning, and airs. Newton was very
much pleased. Henrietta was quit
ecstatic and Aunt Saraa beamed gen
erously. Then Patsy went out and Invited all
the boys and girls she knew that worn
Henrietta's age to come to a bubble
party Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Newton gave the money for the
SPARROW
delicious meal was placed before the
old man. The dainty little teacup
seemed to hold more than his old
cracked mug at home.
They begged him to stay with them a
few days, and the time passed pleas
antly in conversation, feasting and
games.
At last he dared remain away from
home no longer, and the sparrow
brought In two large rattan baskets
and prayed him to accept a parting
gift.
He lifted first one and then tho other,
and finding that there was a great
deal of difference in their weight, se
lected the lighter one, because he did
not want too much.
When he arrived home and opened his
basket he found that It was filled with
treasure gold, silver, gems, a great
bag of money, a coat and hat which
would make the wearer invisible, cor
als, crystals, hooks and all manner of
valuables.
The old man was overcome with grat
itude. But his mean old wife wanted a
basket of her very own, "and then I'll
hide it away," she said to herself, "and
no one shall have a single thing but
myself."
So the next day she put on her straw
sandals and set off for the sparrow's
house. It was a long walk, and she
began to grow tired and cross.
"Mr. Sparrow would better give me
something good for visiting his old hen
coop!" she muttered angrily. "Oh,
there he is!" And at a turn in the path
she came upon the little house and she
Mill. The Stone Dock was the home
port and the Cider Mill was France.
Then there was the stop at tho Big
Leg to take on fuel.and the stop under
the Aspen Tree to take on cargoes; the
stop at the Sandstone Rock for pro
visions, and th.e stop at Sandy Beach
to run the Mary Jane Into the dry dock,
or. In other words, to tum her upside
down when the water got ahead of X.lt
tle Sister's bailing.
One morning the Mary Jane started
out under a good head of steam. The
Boy was more than usually vigorous,
and Little Sister felt equal to bailing
out the ocean. The day was fine and
the prospects good for a fair voyage.
As the Boy stepped in. the middle
board creaked a little, so he put his feet
on each side and cautioned Little Sister.
"Don't step on that middle board.
Mary. Wait till I ship my oars before
you get in. Now I ra ready. Shove
her off."
"She's stuck."
"Give her a good old shove, and I'll
jerk. Now! One. two, three. Clutch
on and jump In. Thero we go!"
Little Sister clambered all fours onto
the stern seat, and the Boy gave a long
pull and. a strong pull; when all of a
sudden one of the oars broke, and the
Boy heeled over backward on his head.
"Oh!" laughed Little Sister. "You
caught a crab."
The boy Jumped to reach the piece of
oar that was floating away, and in do
ing so he stepped on the middle board.
Crack she went, and the water
gushed up In pallfuls.
No moro could Little Sister keep the
Mary Jane afloat with her trusty dip
per. She dellborately settled down as
If she were tired of much voyaging and.
longed to rest "when sne -struck bot
tom Little Sister and the Boy were up
to their waists In water.
So the dear-old Mary Jane was ship
wrecked; but do you think that was the"
last of her? Not by any means.
The Captain and the Crew hauled her
out. caulked her seams 'with mud so J
stWps of rag and anything else that
came handy; so that, while she could
not keep the water out she could HOLD
water, and In that capacity was well
fitted for an aquarium.
But that is another story-
How Tim and Zip "Went.
Tlra and Zip were two handsome and
enterprising pet coons, the constant com
panions and playmates of Ruth and
James Saunders.
There was .not a little excitement
among the children one morning, when
an Invitation came to Jamie and Ruth
to a birthday party from their little
neighbor, John Brown.
Jeha Mve e an adjoining farm about
a l)e dtotaat
Tsx cMMrea wece ready In tl-sae to
pipe. Auat Sarah asked to tee allowed
tip THiy the "prizes, and Mrs. Newton
-said she wosld attend to the refresh
. seats.
Jla asked to be allowed to taste tha
soap and water to see If it was strong
enough. He said he did not see. where
else he came in.
Sixteen children arrived promptly al
3 o'clock. They were, all as pink and
cleaa as the bubbles they blew.
Patsy had made the suds the night
before with castlle soap and glycerine,
and they were fine. The glycerine mad a
such beautiful colors and such big bubbles.
The children all knelt, sat or stood on
chairs around the dining room table,
which was covered with cloth o that
they could- roll their bubbles along II
like balls. At first they Just blew at
random. Then when some of the chil
dren who hadn't done It before learned
how prizes were offered.
My! but such excitement! First was
a prize for the biggest, and everybody
blew two and two, and behold! there
was a prize for each one who outblew
his partner. Then- came prizes for th
smallest bubble, then for the one with
the loveliest colors, for the one which
lasted longest, for the largest double
bubble, and so on.
Mrs. Newton and Aunt Sarah were
the judges, and so cleverly did they
manage the contests that when they
were over every child in the party had
two prizes and was absolutely happy
and content.
The prizes were such dear funn
things, lltlte dolls and dust pans and
doll's furniture and whistles and too
and Jackknlves every kind of thing
that girls and boys especially adoro
"When the bubble blowing was done
they all went into tho parlors and
played "Going to Jerusalem" and "Lon
don Bridge" until they were invited
back into the dlnicgroom.
Such a supper as they had! Bouillon,
hot In cups, and cold chicken with
creamed potatoes, and the loveliest ice
cream In every different kind of fruit
shape pears, peaches and grapes.
"While they were eating there was a
funny noise outside the window, and
when Patsy looked out she found Jim
and George Martin and all the Wz boys
peeking in to try to see some of the
fun. '
Mrs. Newton said there was plenty oi
cream left,. so when the children went
Into the parlor again the boys wer
Invited in and fed. Patsy told them
It was a consolation prize for being too
big and that It paid them back for all
the things they did and wouldn't let
the children Into.
It was quite dark by this time, so
after the boys finished their Ice cream
they took all the children homo.
And through it all .Henrietta acted
like a real little lady and Patsy was
forced to admit it So she always ia
member.ed to kep her temper after thai
and to treat Henrietta as If she was as
nice to play with as Laura Martin.
pushed roughly at the tiny "door, grum
bling when she found It locked.
It, was soon opened by the sparrow
himself. She crowded past him Into
the parlor and sat down heavily In the
most comfortable chair, where she be
gan flattering the bird, and hinted that
she was hungry and thirsty and would
be glad of some refreshment.
The sparrow "bowed, and going to the
door ordered a cup of tea for her, but
nothing elso was brought In, nor did
the wife and daughters make their ap
pearance. After a while she began to grow im
patient for her present, andr ns the
sparrow said nothing about one, she
asked outright for it.
At this her little host left the room
and returned with two baskets and set
them before her. "Without a moment's
hesitation she took the heavier one,
and. never saying a word of thanks,
hurried -Tiome as fast as she could.
"When she reached the hut It was
getting late, and she saw her husband's
figure In the distance. Tired as she
was. she hastened to open the basket
before he arrived.
The Instant she lifted the coer sev
eral horrible and ferocious monsters
leaped out. and an enormous serpent.
covered with long, red hairs, colling
itself around her, strangled her In twi.
minutes!
The olJ man gave his wife a fine
burial and tried hard to be sorry for
her fate: but the sparrow soon sent him
word of a handsome boy who had no
one to care for him, so the old man
adopted the child, who grew up to re
pay his foster father amply for all his
kindness.
And thus, with a son to comfort him
and wealth to .support him, the kind
old man lived out jus days as nappuy
as any one could desire.
make an early start as they were going
to walk across the fields.
They had not gone far when a noise
caused them to look back, and they saw
the two small figures of their beloved
pets not far behind them.
They knew it would never do to take
such playmates with them, so with a
The Crocodile's Smile.
Said a merry and gay crocodile.
Who lived by the turbid old Nile:
"I oftentimes hear
People pealc of my tear.
But what do they thlak of my amlie?
They should mention .tnat once la a wklle.'
good deal of reluctance they threw some
bits of sod and small sticks at the two
coons, driving them back, as they
thought
The children then went their way, and
in the fuss and excitement of the party
forgot the animals.
Bv and bv Mrs. Brown announced sup
per. A tray of delicious ice cream was
brought in and distributed among the
guests.
All at once the children heard peals
of laughter from the outside, and ran
out to see what was tne matter,
strange scene met their eyes.
Sitting by the two freezers were Tim
and ZIb. solemnly helping taerasives,
dipping np the Ice cream with their little
black paws.
Mrs. Brown stood aghast, with a spoon
In cne hand and an empty tray la the
other, and the servants were shaking
with laughter.
James" and Ruth went to the rescue
tklr ooseeBaten 9i Utr mischievous
pets. wbHe Mrs.. Btwh ' Itefched servfeg
the tee creas
SPOTTY'S NURSE GIRL
WHACK. CAME
SPOTTY was a barn cat and the
mother of many families. Scarcely
had tho last children grown to "be able
to look out for themselves a little and to
begin to take lessons in mouse-hunting
when along came four blind babies, who
cried a great deal and demanded Spotty's
constant attention.
Now Spotty had always been a good
provider; but a double task, stared her
WHERE DREAMS COME FROM
THUKUKi.N was a very smau ooy,
but he was strong, and so he
climbed up the high mountain with
out stopping to rest, that he might catch
the Old Lace Maker who made the clouds
and find out where he got his thread.
It was not an easy mountain to climb.
First the wind whispered to him to go
back or the Old Lace Maker would be
angry- Then the water In the brook made
a pond in front of him and laughed at
him, but he found a log and got across.
After that he met the Old Bear and
five cubs and they sat in a row and
growled at him, but he almost ran over
them, he was In such a hurry.
Then he had to climb a very steep rock,
and on the top he .found the man he waa
looking for.
He was a very old man, indeed. He sat
on a high cliff and his beard was gray
and reached away down Into the valley
out of Bight His hair was white and
fell over his shoulders so It covered the
mountain behind him. and people said the
summit was snow. "
When he sighed over his work, his
breath blew the tree tops down to the
ground, and when he pang a song It made
the earth tremble.
He had his hand? full of lace, so Thord-
kin could hardly see him at all, but the
boy went close to him and spoke up
bravely: Please, Old Lace Maker, where
do you got your thread?"
For answer the old man tore off a
quarter of a mile of his lace and held it
between his lingers and blew it hard. It
fluttered a moment and went sailing over
the valleys below, a great white cloud.
Dog-Labor as
DOG that prepares hash, sharp
ens knives and freezes icecream
is one of the sights of the little
town of Orange, Mass. He is owned
by Charles W. Reed. The dog's name
is Percy, but he has the steady, indus
trious qualities of a John, and Mr.
Reed says he is worth' two kitchen
maids. Mc. Reed has constructed a
machine of the treadmill pattern, and
Into this the dog cheerfully trots as
soon as things are ready .for' his share
of the work. The machine is attached
to a shat, which can be connected by
belts to a grindstone, a meat chopper
and an Ice cream freezer, and some
times tho animal, which is a fine St
Bernard, walks dignitiedly In this
treadmill half the morning, making
Hamburg steak, sharpening knives.
preparing hash, chopping up onions or
freezing ice cream. He thoroughly
enjoys his work, and no other dog can
tempt him away with Invitations to
come out and fight roam the fields in
search of woodchucks or by the news
that there are several cats near by
that need to be chased. When his task
Is over he leaps Joyfully out, barks
loudly, waves his tall in the air proud
ly, until Mr. Reed hands him his re
ward, a big piece of meat and gives
him a few words of praise. Then he
Is ready to play or drowse in the sun
shine the rest of the day. His mas
ter is planning some new contrivances
JJJ... . ., i - ---
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SPOTTY'S PAW.
in the face: How 'to feed the helpless
newcomers, and catch mice enough for
hersalf and the half-grown kittens taxed
her iasenulty to the utmost
Starvation seemed to be staring them
In the face, and poor Spotty lay awake
all one night trying to hatch up ways
and means for keeping the wolf from
the door.
Just at dawn a brilliant though c came
to her. Some one else must look after
the "babies while she did the hunting for
Then the Lace Maker made a darker
cloud than the first and blew -it into the
air. The next piece was blacker than
the previous one. And then Thordkin
saw that there was a storm at hand.
The sunbeams fell down over the Lace
Maker's shoulder and struck the fields
and the rivers and lakes and the sea.
Then the cloud maker wound them up
on a spool and wove them into clouds,
each thread of sunshine having tiny
drops of water strung upon It
"Oh!" the boy exclaimed, "I see how
It Is done, but why do you make a storm
when I have come to visit you?"
There waa no answer and Thordkin saw
that he had vexed the old man and thus
caused him to bring about a. storm. One
can always tell how the Lace Maker Is
feeling by looking at the clouds When
he is happy they are light and dainty, but
if he Is cross they are black and wet.
"Please. Mr. Lace Maker, give me a
gift" said Thordkin.
The lace-maklng stopped and the work
er's hands reached under the trees- among
the darkest places.
Soon a much more dainty lace was bo
ing made and It had wonderful pictures
on It Thordkin thought them the most
beautiful pictures ever made, but some
were horrible, too, and he shuddered to
look at them.
Soon a great pile of lace was lying
upon tho Lace Maker's lap, and he tore
the whole Into short lengths and placed
them In the "boy's arms.
The pile was so high that it nearly cov
ered him, and when he could see again,
the old man was gone.
When he went down the mountain some
of the gift blew away and dropped down
an Aid in Household Work
whereby the dog can assist In wash
ing the 'dishes and the clothes, and he
says that- he believes he has found a
solution to the servant problem in the
employment of dog labor. He intends
to teach other dogs to perform light
work. ,
THE MORE HASTE THE
LESS SPEED
'T wish I could live on the farm always,
grandpa," said Maurice. "I think farm
work Is fun. What are you going to do
today, grandpa?"
"Drop corn down In tho meadow patch."
"Oh, can I help you?"
"You may drop It In the small patch
back at the barn. You'll be tired of it
when you have got that done. Run and
get one of Aunt Mary's aprons to hold
the corn."
A few moments later, arrayed In a cali
co apron, Maurice appeared in the grain
house, and grandpa filled his apron with
com.
"Remember, Just seven kernels In each
hill, Maurice," called grandpa, as he went
into the next meadow.
He counted, the kernels with great care
and let them drop slowly through his, fin
gers. How pretty the yellow corn looked
in the brown earth?
But soon it grew warm. He looked to
game. She must have a nurse girl; that
was plain.
Alvira!" she called, and Alvira, spot
ted like her mother, stopped, playing with
her tall and came at her call.
"Alvira, 2 want you to take care of the
children while . I go after mice."
"Oh, mother. I want to play with my
tail. Those little blind things can't set
Into any mischief."
- "Alvira, get into the box and stay there
till I get back!"
Alvira dared not disobey when mother
spoke in that tone, so she climbed In.
grumbling, and Spotty started for the
field.
But Spotty knew too much of cat na
ture not to take a- look after affairs, so
she crept back and peeped In at the barn
door. Alvira was just popping her head
over the top of th.e box.
"Mother needn't think I'm going to
spend ray precious time looking" after
those good-for-nothing little squirming
things when there's that lovely spot of
sunshine creeping in at the stable win
dow." and Alvira leaped out and began
to play with her black and white tall.
Before she knew what struck her.
whack! came Spotty's paw against her
ear.
"Get back into that box? (Whack.)
"Now stay there and take care of those
children!" (Whack!)
And Alvira stayed; and every morn
ing after, till the kittens had their eyes
open, she tended them faithfully; and
every morning on her mother's return
she was rewarded with a fine fat mouse.
A Little Story for Very Little Ears.
One little pig went to market, you know.
What do you suppose that the little pig
bought? Why, a pig tail, of course, and
he got a very curly one from a nice little
girl, and then he bought a ring, and the
foolish piggy put it Into his nose instead
of on his finger. So there!
The cow Jumped over the moon, you
know. But where In goodness did the cow
jump to? Will you tell me that? I know.
Why, she jumped Into the milky way.
Do you know where the dish ran to
when he ran away with the spoon?
They ran Into the butler's pantry and
formed a partnership, and tho next time
you cat porridge or Ice cream or other
nice things just you notice and you will
see that the dish and the spoon are doing
business together the same as ever.
And what became of the tune that th
old cow died of? Why, it joined a brass
band and took lodgings In the drum. The
very next time you hear a brass band.
ju3t you listen, and when you hear some
thing deep and loud and awful go "Boom!
Boom! Boom!" that's the tune the old cow
died of.
And that's all!
on distant cities. Seme dropped into tha
woods, and some into the gardens of the
village. He had only a little when he
reached home.
He went straight to the hdusa of Han
derkin, the blacksmith's boy, and gave
him a piece, and to the house of the Duke
and gave him some. To all those whom
he liked he gave a little; but when night
came the lace seemed so thin that no one
kept watch of It, and every piece was
lost
Several length were in the" boy's house
and they floated about in the air like
feathers. When any of It touched a
sleeper that person saw all the pictures
on that bit of lace. His grandmother
dreamed she was a queen,, his father that
he was carrying a kettle of gold to feed
a bear and the boy dreamed that he was
making, clouds and made such a storm
that It drowned every one in the town
and he was chased by the geese till ho
fell down and awakened.
Next day there was much talk, for
never before had adream been heard of
and the people were all much disturbed.
Tho farmers decided that Thordkin was
to be feared and they drove him into the
hills.
He went to the Old Lac Maker's seat,
but the old man was not there and he
never found him. Each day he saw the
lace floating from some other mountain
top where it is being made, and eacn
night people dreamed strange and won
derful things.
Finally Thordkin grew weary of
searching and lay down, high on the
r mountain-top, and was never seen any
more. But where he lay thero grew the
first of the "Queen Anne's Lace" flowers.
seo how many hills he had filled. Only
two rows and a half, and there were
seven more.
He decided that there was no use In
really counting the kernels. It took too
long and he could guess at it just as well.
Soon the apron was empty, but there
were still three rows.
He ran to grandpa for more corn.
"More corn! Why. Maurice, how's this?
I gave you enough to fill that patch. Are
you suro you put only seven kernels In
each hill?"
"I didn't count," faltered Maurice.
Grandpa said nothlngbut walked through
the field and looked Into the hills. In one
were 13, In another 16, and in a third 20
kernels. ,
"Why, Maurice!" he said.
'Til pick out the extra ones If you want
me to," said Maurice reluctantly, for his
arms were aching.
"Well, perhaps It will make you more
thoughtful next time." replied grandpa.
At noontime, when Maurice started
wearily for the house, grandpa said In
marry tones, "Well, little man, have you
decided that it's true?"
"What's true, grandpa?"
"Oh, that's my riddle, Maurice, and the
answer la a proverb. Do you know it,
ilaurlco?"
Maurice thought and Maurice flushed,
and then Maurice looked straight at
grandpa.
"I'm pretty sure I do know.it, now," he
: said.