The Sunday Oregonian., January 26, 1908, Magazine Section, Page 9, Image 51

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This story Is told of a little lad
The only boy his mother had,
Who hid himself one-Christmas day
In an easy place and simple way.
His mother hunted high and low
In every spot a lad could go,
Till all tired out at work alone
She called up central on the 'phone,
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Just chirped like a little bird.
They then went out on -Wintry street
: To look for marks of his little feet.
They found a snowhouse in the yard,
With! snowpolicemen there on guard;
And here they thought perhaps he'd be.
i -They Risked the man to let them see. '
He wasn't there; no mark or sound
Of any kind of boy was found.. y
. They stopped a wagon on the. street,
Delivering groceries, fruit and meat,
And asked the man if any trace,
As round he went from place to place,
Of. a little boy was in the snow;
But he shook his .head to answer "No.""
Then TEDDY. proposed that they
Go search' the bam and mow of hay; '
"Picked up a Teddy Bear to see
If the little Woolly thing could say
Where his master went when he walked away,"
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To follow out another seeht;
Aud the scent this time was a good supply
Of the smell of plums in Christmas pie.
They sniffed and sniffed along the hall, -And
then along the stairs. and wall, .
.Till through the keyhole of a door
They sniffed the. plums just as. before. .
Then in they went, and sure 'enough,
They found in the corner the very stuff
A Christmas pie filled full with plums- t
And the little lad Using both his thumbs;
His faee all smeared with juice and pic
From chin to nose, from nose to eye.
"Tell us your name and we'll let you free."
"I'm little Jack Horner,": thcllad replied;
"I sat in this corner and tried to bide
Till I ate the whole' of this Christmas pie;
I'll get it fiuished by and by.'? -The
pie was sitting on his knee,
And the Teddy Bears just laughed to sec
His jolly face aud merry eye
As he ate each plum and bite of pie.
But they didn't wait; they bade good day,
And to Mrs. Horner as they went away
They said that Jack was a darling lad,
The kind of boy that was never bad.
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When back they got they found a treat ;
Their table set and things to eat.
All cooked, and ready steaming hot, '
The dumplings taken from the pot,.
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And asked for number ninc-two-three,
The home of TEDDIES-B and G. X
"Hello! Hello! The Teddy Bears?
Hello, I say! That number's theirs.
Speak louder, please! Is that TEDDY-B!
The same to you. Yes, I am she;
Yes; Mrs. Horncrf the same address.
Come over quick. More trouble? Yes.
You're cooking your dinner t" Then TEDDY-G
Was heard to say to TEDDY-B:
"Tell her to 'wait for an hour or two
Till we get a chance to have a chew
At these two ducks; they'll be a treat,
With gravy brown and stuffing sweet;
And this plum pudding steaming hot
And the dozen dumplings in the pot.".
But TEDDY-B rang off and said..
"Mrs. Horner's boy is lost or dead;
Let 's go at once ; wc can 't be "late ;
Our Christmas dinner will have to wait."
"A boy like that," said TEDDY-G,
' '"Should always carry round a key
To lock himself where he should slay
When his feet get busy to run away.
It 's my opinion the ducks will bum,
And dumplings too, before we return."
But TEDDY-B put on his eoat' x ...
And on the tree he pinned a note
To say that he and TEDDY-G
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Had started o'ff quite hurriedly
To find a boy reported lost
Or overcome with Winter's frost.
And if any callers came that way,
Just wato'a the dinner, it said, and stay..
. "They found a snowhouse in the yard, .
With a snow policeman there on guard."
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They asked Mrs. Horner about the lad,
If always good, or ever bad;
His age aud looks, 'the clothes he wore,
And if she sent him to. the store, .
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Ajid if sometimes he stayed out late
. And about his dinner, how much he ate,
And if he did the things she said :
From breakfast time till he went to bed ;
And then she showed his photograph,
The funniest thing; it made them laugh;
For this little lad was round and plump,
With ffimpled cheeks, the jolliest lump,
And . not a bit like the kind of lad " '
AVho runs away and acts up bad., 1
TEDDY-B made notes in a little book
Aud then they started out to look.
They searched the house fromvroom to. room,
And swept the floors with brush and broom,
And looked in dishes, tubs and pots,
And under rugs andchairs and cots,
And behind the pictures on the walls
In parlor, dining-room and halls,
And in the bathtub they looked for him,
Where boys sometimes learn how to swim; .
And, last of all, they took a peep .
. To see if he had gone to sleep - .
With Christmas toys, a score or more,
Scattered around the nursery floor;
" But ho wasn't there, and TEDDY-G
Picked up a Teddy Bear to see
If the little woolly thing could say "
Where his master went when he walked away;
But the Teddy Bear didn't say a word;
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"A Christmas pie filled full with plums,
And the little lad using both his thumbs.''
But :twas no use; just as they feared,
This lad had simply disappeared.
TEDDY-B said he would not give in;"
He had never lost, aud meant to win.
. "Jwe should fail this time," said he,
' ' We'll spoil all Teddy histdVy. "
Back to the house again they went
And roasted duck, and pudding, too,
All, on the table there in view; :
And in the- center roses red
And a pretty little note, which said,
You Teddy Bears have the queerest way,
To run away on Christmas day ;
But I suppose you're doing good,"
And signed, "Your friend, Red Riding Hood."