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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910.
GfiiiLLJil
EVENING, MIDNIGHT
AND MORNING DAWN
HERE wu It. where wu it no.t?
Beyond seven times aeven kins
do ma tt was. I went to Teres to
e th fairy tales. There they were,
.tied to a manger. I loosened a pretty
ne. Til tell a ahort One. I sailed
istcroaa the Thalss. where there were
3eter Jam bo r. Paul Jambor aad the
fcandsomest of the world.
Well. now. once there waa somewhere
fin the world a very poor couple who
shad three sons. The eldeat waa born
Sn the evening;, so he was called Even
line;; the second at midnight, therefore
,hey called him midnight, and the
ijrounirrst at morning dawn, ao hia name
was Morningdawn.
When, crown irp and strong lads, the
father said to them
'Now. my children, you are big;
enough to make your own living, there
fore go Into the world and look for
fwork."
The lads immediately got ready. Their
gnother baked them delicious ashrakea.
(Which they put into their knapsacks
fend then they started oat Into the
ftrorld.
They wandered through eeven tlmea
even kingdoms. When they got tired
they encouraged one another; they
(whistled and Bang and had no care.
Once they arrived at a Klng'a castle,
They told who they were, why they
lame and that they were looking for
arork.
The King employed them right away.
fie had a well which nobody could
clean, ao he e&ld
"If you can free my well from dirt.
I will give you ray three daughters.
The lads consented to do It. The
third day the well waa so clean and
tx-h pure water waa purling In it that
Ithey could not drink enough or It.
Then the lada demanded their
rd. the three daughters.
-Indeed. I'll keep my word?" said the
King, "but first you must liberate the
Ahree girls from the three dragons who
avre guarding them
8ure enough, that waa quite a blow
to the brothers: but. being brave lads,
they were determined to do tt. no mt-
ter how it would turn out.
They started at once. After march
lng a long time they came Into a wood.
i"Here we shall atay over night." they
said. Being hungry, they told Evening
Ito get supper ready, while they went to
search for the opening to descend Into
.the earth where the dragona had taken
the three princesses.
Suddenly, while Evening waa cook
ing and the others were still away, a
little man called down from the tree:
"I'll eat your aupper!"
Just try to do it; rll show you
where you'll take It from!" replied
Evening.
"To me. hey?"
"Yea. indeed, to you!'
-We will yet see to that!" cried the
little man.
Thua saying, he Jumped from the
tree, knocked down Evening, took the
little kettle from the fire and dumped
It rlrht on Evenlng'a atomach. From
there he ate up the whole aupper.
Mr. wasn't Evenlng'a atomach ach
lng dreadfully! But to hia brothers he
did not say a word
The following day Morningdawn and
Fvmir.r want to hunt for the hole. So
The little man took to begging:
"Let me loose now, and do not tor
ment me any longer!"
Morningdawn promised to release him
if he would show. him the opening that
leads under the earth; the little man
vowed to do It.
Hereupon Morningdawn pushed the
tree asunder as if It had been a piece of
paper and took the little man out. Then
all together they marched to the hole,
the little man leading them: when they
had arrived there he disappeared.
Hereafter they took counsel aa to
which way they should descend thia
hole. Morningdawn took it upon hlra
to go down first. They twisted a long
willow cord upon which Morningdawn
was to slide down. Before leaving he
toM them to wait aeven years: if bv
that time he was not back thev should
leave him there. In case ho called,
they were to lot down the willow rope;
. t nrv-
If You Can Free. My Well from Dirt I
Will Give You My Three Daughters"
he would send up first the three girls
and himself follow last.
The brothers were satisfied and aald;
All right, be It so." ,
Morningdawn descended under the
earth, and somehow landed there, where
he found a beautiful palace. He went
in, and, mind you. whom did he see
there? Why the king's eldest daughter.
who said:
"What are you seeking here, whera
not even a bird comes? Are you not
afraid to be killed? My master la a
nine-headed dragon,"
Why should I be afraid? I came to
rescue you!" said Morningdawn.
"Myself? Well. then. I am going to
tell you something, so that nothing will
h&niMD to vou. Lnak at this rtnir If
Midnight stayed at home to cook, dui I Vou turn It unun vour flnrer vou will
he did no better than nis oroiner r.ven- i Ret 8even times as strong as you are.
lng: the little man again ate aupper
from hia atomach.
When he returned home Morningdawn
JH-Olded heavily. What on earth waa
the matter, no supper yesterday nor to
day: he almost perished of hunger, why
"was no aurpr there? he demanded, but
Midnight never said a word. Hunger
tld not bother hlra. If only the little
man had not acorched him ao ehame
Cully. By this time, though. Morningdawn
nrii anxtoua to know why neither of
them had cooked a thing. The third
.day bis turn came, ao he stayed at
3iom.
Toward evening- he cooked a nice lit
tle aupper. very good indeed, stirring
Jt well all the time. Just as he finished
aUie little man aald from the tree:
-ril eat that op!"
you'll eat a raw bone." replied
Jforntngdawn.
Mveelf?"
-Vea. yourself!"
"He ll yet see to that!"
Thus saying the little man descended
the tree and went right at Morning
dawn. But Morningdawn was no reed
either, to be shaken In either way de
aired. He took the little man and
anueexed him Into the chiuk of a tree
Then he returned to the kettle, and
tlrred the meal, so it would not burn.
bate In the evening the two other
brothers came home. Didn't they make
big eyes when they saw that nothing
had happened to Morningdawn and that
the aupper was all ready and good be
sides! Morningdawn waited until they
had finished eating, then he said:
"Come on with me: I'll show you
something!"
Now. that waa certainly a aurprise to
ace the little man pinched In the tree.
Morningdawn put the ring upon hia
finger and sat down. Suddenly an aw
tul noise was heard from far off.
What's that? Is It perhaps thunder
ing?" asked Morningdawn.
"Not at all. My master, the nine
headed dragon. Is coming home. His
walking makes the noise." said the girl.
The minute ahe said this something
fell down outside with an awful crash.
The dragon had slung hia club Into the
house fr6m a hundred miles off. Now
they did not have to wait long before
the dragon was home himself. Imme
diately he started to shuffle about, as
though he scented something.
Who is here, woman? I smelt
strange odor."
Who should be here? why, your
brother-in-law.
My brother-in-law? Well, all right.
Quickly get some stone bread, a wood
en knife and then cook lead dumplings."
Hastily the king's daughter cut wood
to make fire with, while In the mean
time the other two ate what stood be
fore them stone bread. Then they ate
the lead dumplings; Indeed, they went
at them so heartily that In a moment
1 were swallowed up.
Morningdawn had hardly wiped his
mouth when the dragon called for him
to wrestle with him.
Morningdawn had no objection, tl.t
went at it immediately. They threw
each other down, up to the shoulder
one time and then again to the knee
until Morningdawn got angry. With
out even turning the ring, he knocked
down the dragon so forcibly that he
waa thrust Into the earth up to his
throat. Then he took out his avord
and cut off all hia heads.
Overwhelmed with Joy the King's
I You Turn It Upon Your Finger You Will Get Seven Times
as Strong: as You Are"
daughter ran up to Morningdawn and
handed him a whip as a reward. He
had but to strike the table with It and
the whole palace would turn Into a
silver apple.
And ao it happened. -
He whipped the table and instantly
the palace turned into a sl!ver apple,
which he took into his pocket.
Then he went on to the second
palace, where, from afar, he saw the
Princess standing at the door.
"Good day, how are you?" said Morningdawn.
"How are you, good morning!" ssld
she. "Why, what are you seeking here,
where not even a bird comes? Are you
not afraid to die? My master is the
twelve headed dragon!"
"What Is there to be scared about?"
replied Morningdawn. "I came on pur
pose to liberate you from him."
"Well, then," said the Princess, "look
at this ring! If you turn it upon your
finger you'll be seven tlmea stronger
than now!"
Morningdawn put also this ring upon
nis finger.
Soon afterward the dragon's step was
heard miles away; the earth actually
shook from It. He too slung his club
home, a hundred miles away from the
bouse, but of course Morningdawn was
not a bit afraid, knowing the ring's
value. All of a sudden the dragon was
In the house.
"Listen, woman! Who Is here? For
I smell a strange odor!"-he roared.
"Who is here? Why, who else but
your brother-in-law?" said the Prln-
cees.
"The brother-ln-law! All right.
Quickly bring some stone bread, a
wooden knife and cook lead dumpl
ings!" roared the master of the house.
They ate and ate and really- made
a
the palace turned Into a golden apple,
which he put right into his knapsack.
But now came the most difficult part
Morningdawn went Into the thiru
palace and there he found the King's
youngest daughter. She also told him
that the eighteen headed dragon was
her master and that he was surely go
ing to kill him. Then Morningdawn
assured her that he was not frightened,
but on the contrary came to free her
from the dragon. Upon that she. too,
gave him the ring with the magic
power that whoever turned it upon the
finger became seven times stronger
than ever.
In the meantime the dragon also ar
rived. His club had fallen down long
before and torn up as much earth as
would be needed for a house ground.
Now this dragon' was in a mighty had
humor, for he growled dreadfully at thu
woman.
"Hello, woman! Who is in thia house?
I smell a strange odor."
"Who else but your brother-in-law?"
"What kind of a brothor-in-law? All
right, then, get some stone bread, a
wooden knife and cook lead .dumplings!"
The girl brought a stone bread as
round as a hayrick, and a wooden knife
as big as a board. Soon came also the
steaming lead dumplings! They pocketed
all so nicely that their stomachs became
four-cornered like a house. When they
were through the dragon challenged
Morningdawn to have a round to better
digest their dinner. So they wrestled with
one another. In the beginning none got
ahead of the other. First Morningdawn
waa up to his knees in the soil, and then
the dragon was; then Morningdawn dis
appeared up to hiei throat in the sand,
and then the dragon.
In a short while, Morningdawn grew
and went at It in
a good onset and
dragon's heads; 17
but one remained.
Thu Saying:, He Jumped
from the Tree'
away with all the lead dumplings. Then
they wrestled.
To Morningdawn it was as much as
nothing to subdue the dragon. He
dealt with him as a hen does with a
young chicken.- He simply cut off the
twelve heads on the spot.
Now, upon that the King s daughter.
happier than can be told, came up to
him and gave him a whip. By whip
ping the table the whole palace would
turn Into a golden apple.
Morningdawn whipped the table and
tired of this game
earnest. He took
really severed the
were already down
Thia one he could not get at In any way
In hia fury the dragon roared dread
fully, and demanded from his wife a
glass of water; she brought the water,
but gave it In such a way that Morn
ingdawn got hold of It and drank It hur
riedly. Then turning the ring upon his
finger he became so strong that nothing
could hold him back, and he Immediately
flew at the dragon and cut off the last
of his heads. The third princess then
gave him a whip and told him to strike
the table with It. He did thia and at
once the palace disappeared, leaving
nothing but an apple made entirely of
diamonds. This the lad put In his
pocket, and, telling the three princesses
to follow him, he led the way to the
hole whereby he had descended Into the
earth.
Sure enough there was the palace. Just
as it had been before, and Morningdawn
called aloud to his brothers to let down
the rope. But to hia great unhapplner-s
no rope appeared, and after waiting for
a long time Morningdawn decided that
he must have been down in the earth
more than seven years and his brothers
had grown tired of waiting and gone
away.
He was quite in despair for a moment
until he happened to think of the threo
apples which he had in his pocket. At
once he whistled to a small bird that was
passing. 'Here,' he said, "I will give
you a silver apple If you will take a mes
sage for me to the strongest bird that
you know, the one that can fly the far
thest and carry the most weight, and
another message to the bird that has
the sharpest beak, which can cut a hole
in the rock. The little bird aaid he would
do this, and presently ho came back with
two birds, both much stronger and largor
looking than himself. Meanwhile Morn
ingdawn and the three princesses worked
like mad and wove a heavy, strong rope
from the roots of the trees which Morn
ingdawn tore up. You see he had the
three rings still which the princesses had
given him, so that when ho tired of
pulling up trees he had only to turn one
of them upon his finger to find himself
seven times as strong as he had been.
When the three tyrds arrived an im
mensely long rope was woven, and Morn
lnsdawn aald to the one of the big birds
who could fly the longest distance: "If
you will carry one end of this rope up to
the earth through this hole I will give
you a golden apple."
The bird said he would and started off
Rt once, with one end of the rope, and
Morningdawn said to the other bird:
"If you will go after htm and make the
pope end fast In the rock so that he can
climb up on the rope without falling I
will give you a diamond apple."
Tho bird promised and started off tow
ard the hole in the ground, and pres
ently, after a long time, Morningdawn
and the princesses saw that the ropij had
been made fast.
It was pretty hard climbing for the
princesses, but at last they were all out
of the hole and on top of the earth
again, and after Morningdawn had given
the apples to the three birds he took all
three princesses upon his back and scam
pered away toward the king's palace.
And if you think the king wasn't glnd
to see them you should have been at the
feast la the palace that night. The other
two brothers had long ago given Morn
ingdawn up for dead, and had never ex
pected to see the princesses cither. So
there was great rejoicing In tho palace,
and a triple' wedding next day, after
which all three couples lived very hap
pily. And maybe they are living yet.
Who can say?
Drifting Down the River
CHAPTER V.
JIM CARTER had lied when he said
that his stepsons had gone fishing.
The Sheriff suspected It, and sat
down In the cabin to wait. This made
Jim very uneasy, and after a bit he
said:
"I didn't "want to be too hard on the
boys, for they are hard workers, but as
a matter of fact they have run away.
It was them I was after this morning.
"And you had your gun along to
shoot them?"
"Oh, that was a bluff."
"And they robbed the house, did
they?"
Mrs. Carter had heard all the con
versatlon up to this point without say
lng a word. Her husband had not told
her In so many words that he was one
of the robbers, but she strongly sus
pected It. She had been afraid to
question him, as he had a bad temper,
and now the presence of the Sheriff
set her to shaking. Th man saw that
she was frightened, and turning to her,
he said:
"Mrs. Carter, why did your sons run
away?"
"'Deed. I cant say, she replied.
"Mebbe they wasscart of Jim here."
"What did they take with them?"
"Some bedding and something to
eat."
"Then they didn't take Jim's $200?"
The husband looked at her in a fierce
way, but she was more atraid or the
Sheriff than of him, and ahe answered:
"No. I saw him counting the' bills
this morning."
'She's lying! - She a lying! ' shouted
Jim.
It was a two-roomed cabin. The
Sheriff walked to the door dividing the
sitting-room from the kitchen, and he
saw three smoked hams and four sacks
of flour in a corner. Then he turned
and said:
"Jim, I'm going to put the handcuffs
on you and take you across the river
to Jail! You were one of the robbers
of Rlckett's store. If you want a fuss
you can have it, but I guess you'd bet
ter come quietly."
'I'll go along, but I tell you I had
nothing to do with it. I found the
stuff aboard an old wreck, and you
can't prove anything agin me."
He was lodged in Jail the next hour.
When he was searched the $200 was
found In his pocket. Then the Sheriff
went back to the cabin and after a
little questioning the wife owned up to
all Bhe knew or suspected. As to the
boys running away, she was surprised
but she thought it was in some man
ner on account of the stepfather. Mr.
Klcketts had come along and he iden
tified the flour and ham as part of the
plunder from his store.
You see how curiously things worked
out. Long enough before George and
Billy dared leave the island their step
father waa in Jail and could have both
ered them no more. The Sheriff de
cided not to bother the wife further.
Had the boys returned, however, they
would have had to testify against their
father.
When my father learned that-Mrs.
Carter would be l'eft'alone in the house
and have a hard time getting along,
he sent me to notify her that he would
send her provisions every week. She
seemed very thankful, but as she. was
not worrying much about the boys I
did not tell her that I had helped them
to run away.
George and Billy would have been
much relieved had they felt sure that
the stepfather could not pursue them.
They could not know of his arreat.
and they believed he would put forth
every effort to capture them. For six
days they remained In hiding on the
island, fearing discovery every day, but
at last set out on their drifting voyage.
At that time all kinds of craft were
to be met with on the Western rivers,
and no questions were asked concern
ing any of them: For three days the
boys drifted without incident. After
getting away from the island they tied
up their craft at night. Sometimes
other boats would tie up near them
and their crew would enter Into con
versation, but no questions were asked
that they could not readily answer. If
any one took them for runaways he
didn't say so. It was no one's busi
ness who and what they were.
On the fourth morning George had
to go'ashore at a email town to buy
provisions. When he returned with
them to the boat he found a stranger
awaiting him. This man began by
saying:
"Boj-s. I simply want some Informa
tion from you, If I can get It. There's
nouteboat on the river with a lot
of stolen goods aboard. She may or
may not have passed, but I want to ask
if you have seen any suspicious craft?"
The boys had entirely forgotten the
houseboat they had seen their step
father help to load.
(To Be Continued.)
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MAKE THESE GENTLEMEN LOOK SO UNUSUAL?
r4HE$ Gentlemen Have Been'
f t Dining at the Same Jtestaarnt
lmt and Since They Have Left the,
Re si as rant and Come Oat on the
Street Jt Is Noticeable That Thtrtx
Is Somethirro Unasatt About Their'
Appearance. What Has Happened '
to Hi Them Look So Strang ?'
See If Yon Can Discover ana" Then ,
Hake Them Look at They Should,
urith tie Aid of Paste Pot and.
Scissors
amusing game for schoolboys and
L achoolgirls to play Is the geog-
"raphy game, which does nob re
oulrw any carda or other equipment.
The players are aaked to chooae a
deader, who may be voted upon, and
also aa umpire, aa thia la considered
the best way to avoid accusatlona of
tinfatrrtesa. After the leader la chosen
toe players are all given pencil and
paper and the game begins. The Idea
la to aee who can think of th moat
geographical names beginning with a
given letter in a certain time.
In the first place the leader an
ecu ores th letter to be used. For In-
tan-e. he saya "A." whereupon all the
plater begin to write aa fast aa r
ih' gtographical namea beginning
wit i "A." At the end of two minute.
or whatever time has bn decided up
rn as th time limit, the leader calls
Time!" and th players must all atop
It la not good plan to choose th
iiuif and Urn over their paper by letters la alphabetical order, this
making a fold which hides th list of
namea beginning with "A." Then the
leader passes on to another Initial,
which h announre In th same man
ner, calilnr th tlm limit on this letter
aa he did for the first on.
would give th players too much of
an advantage. Instead the leader
Jumps from place to place in the alpha
bet and thua confuses the players and
throws them off the track, t'sually It
Is enough to take 10 or li letters when
on la playing this game, but If th
players ar particularly fond of exer
cising their minds, as some boys and
girls are, then th whole alphabet may
be taken. It la announced at the be
ginning that there muat be no going
back on th list, but that when th
paper Is one turned on a letter and
time Is called, that letter Is finished
with and th player must not add any
more namea to the list which he has
written under It. At the olose of this
game a prize should be given to the
player who has written the most
names, as this adds tremendously to
the interest of the game. A booby
prize may also be given to the on
maklnr th shortest list, but this
should not be announced until the game
Is over, as sometimes players who see
hat they have no chance to be the
winner of the first prize, deliberately
lag behind when they know there is
to be a consolation prize.
There are any number of games which
may be played In this fashion, most of
which are known to many boys and
girls. If It Is desired. Instead of taking
the geographical names, those of his
torical personages may be chosen. It
can be made even more difficult by
taking the names of American historical
personages only. This idea is often car
ried out with names of flowers.