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f This la one of the handsomest patterns
to be found in solid crochet for a bed
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, epread. It has a substantial appearance
that is quite preferable to the flimsy,
4 stretchy patterns usually shown for a
i solid crochet spread. This la given by
I the heavy ribbed stitch that is used In
t the sauare and in settinir together the
, squares, as well as in Joining the lace.
Several squares must be Joined -with
, the ribbed stitch before the beauty of the
1 pattern can be appreciated. If making
i a solid crochet bed spread seems too
i sould be found for baby's afghan or bed.
HOW JOE OUTWITTED THE INDIANS
WHEN Joe Kussell awoke the sweet
notes of a wood-thrush sounded
a welcome to the light of, dawn as it
slowly penetrAed the shadowed reaches
of the flooded swamp. The boy sat
up suddenly in the canoe, a. prey to
bitter regret.
Ho recalled that on the day before
. June 2. 1S36 the news had come
to his uncle's frontier farm in South
western Georpia that a large band
of marauding: Creek Indians, on their
way from Alabama to Join the Sem
inoles in Florida, had established
themselves temporarily on an island
in the great Chickasawhatchee swamp;
that, besides murdering several famil
ies of scattered' settlers. they had
captured his cousin, Mary, while she
was- riding- alone, a negro slave having
fceen them carry her Into the swamp;
that the settlers were not strong
enough to march to the rescue with
out awaiting help: and that John
Merry, a youna: neighbor, and de
termined to go into the swamp alone
at dead of night, sneak into the sleep
ing Indian encampment, and try to
find the girl and bring her away.
Worst of all. Joe remembered that
he himself had slipped out and fol
lowed the bold young man; that his
nid was reluctantly accepted, and
that when he was left to watch the
canoe he had failed in his trust, fall
MARY RAX OUT ON THE SARBOW
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1AD1AK3.
One mother -whose children have growi
, tall Is starting such a spread for the
first grandchild. " -
Making a spread of solid crochet is not
so great a task after all, as the carpet
warp thread usually used for this pur
pose Is rather coarse and develops quick
ly. A No. 5 needle Is used and the coarse
thread offers no strain on the eyes. For
this reason the coarser threads are al
ways preferable. In this pattern the -stitches
are mostly in double trebles;
this add to the rapidity with which this
work Is done. The cross stitch requires
some practice, also the heavy ribbed ef
ing asleep at last and drifting away
with the current,
Joe almost wept as he realized what
he had done. If Mary had been able
to slip out from among the sleeping
squaws in answer to John Merry's
familiar whistle, they had already run
for the canoe only to find it gone,
and were now wandering the Island,
shore where the Indians would soon
get them both!
The agitated- boy judged from in
dications, that the canoe had not
drifted tar before it came to rest In
a growth of rushes on the border of
the creek. The island shore was- still
in view and a narrow tongue of land
extended into the swamp to a -point
not more than 50 yards away. He
might still be of service if It was not
too late.
Before Joe had decided what to do
a fallen branch, broke harshly on the
quiet shore, and he saw his Cousin
Mary and John Merry run panting
in'to an open and halt, Mary then
hurrying on and John lingering as if
to listen for sounds of pursuit. The
delighted boy opened his mouth to
call to them softly, but checked him
self. For Mary had hardly disappeared In
the brush on the farther side of the
open when, with yells of triumph,
eight or ten armed Creek warriors,
nked to the waist, leaped into view
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POIXT OK LAND PUR SITED BY TWO
fect, which Is made by taking the
stitches well back, leaving the rows of
double crochet to stand out as If they
had been added after the work was com
pleted instead of row by row. Once
mastered the work can be done almost
without looking at it.
Directions for square:
Chain 10 and Join.
Row one 4 double treble, thread over
needle twice, taking off stitches two by
two; 7 ch. 4 times.
Row two 1 double crochet over each
stitch all around. .
Row three With stitches taken well
back of the row of double crochet over
the double treble stitches. 4 d. t., over
from different sides, and John was sur
rounded. Though surprised and en
trapped, the young white man brought
his rifle to his shoulder, fired, and one
of the Indians dropped. Then he
wielded his weapon like a flail and suc
ceeded in knocking down two more be-,
fore the others, seemingly wishing to
reserve him for a more cruel death,
were able to seize and bear him to the
ground.
At this moment, dancing aside, the
boy spectator saw Mary running among
the trees pursued by two Indians. She
rushed out on the narrow point of land,
not perceiving in her fright and haste
that she was entering a trao. But her
pursuers quickly took note of this, and
now being sure of their game, stopped,
turned and even went back a little way
to watch the struggle going on in the
open.
After making- their cantln nir.
with cords of twisted deer hide, the
Indians stood round him In a circle and
reviled him. several of them beating
him over the head with their ramrods.
It was while this waa going on that
Joe. lying behind the screen of rushes,
conceived a daring plan, after noting
that he needed to cross only a few
feet of open water In order to double
the point of land on which Mary was
hidden and pass ,out of the line of
me maian s vision.
Without loss of time Joe rimrH.
worked the canoe out of the flags,
skimmed over the open water and
glided around the point without noise
and apparently without attracting at
tention. Fortunatelv b wo
obliged to land. Crouched In the bushes
only a few few feetfrom the waters
edge. Mary saw him at once and waved
... nana. cecKoning to her, the boy
paddled up to a projecting f.nn
and she was quick to walk out on this'
ueni aouoie, ana step down into ih.
canoe.
About three minutes later th o--f.
two pursuers, after it-itn.;..
dragging away of the white captive,
advanced down the point of land, beat-
.uS liic uush as iney came. When they
reached the log where the girl had em
barked, a puzzled look on their faces,
they suddenly ducked out of sight, evi
dently scenting danger.
Joe and Mary noted all this, wotv,.
Ing, breathless, from behind a bush
grown tussock not far away. Joe knew
the girl must be hurried toward safety
with all speed. They discussed the
matter in whispers.
As tney entered the onen ereelc .Too
determined and Marv still - inslstinc.
tne discussion was interrupted1 by a
Disuuiiani souna. xxOKing toward the
isiana snore, they saw that two In
dians had leaped into the water and
were swimming toward them. At this
both bent to their paddles until they
were .well started with tne current,
then Joe picked up the rifle, faced
aDout ana took aim.
The first shot went wild, but at the
second report the foremost swimmer
struggled violently, sank, then rose
and battled feebly back toward the
shore, aided by his comrade, who also
seemed to regard retreat as wise.
Joe was so elated that he almost
wished there were other pursuing foes
to shoot at. Though both he and his
cousin felt confident that the Indians
had no boats with which to chase
them, they nevertheless made all baste
down the creek toward the open coun
try. The 15-year-old boy and 13-year-
old girl made a record equal to that
of two men. literally slaving at the
paddles, and before nightfall they
reached a place of safety. .
4 d. t. and increase row by adding 4d.t,
7 ch., 4 d. t at each corner of square,
making 4 groups of 12 double treble each,
divided at each corner by 7 ch.
Row four D. c. all around.
Row five 7 ch. at each corner, (it
on each side of 7 ch.. d t. over each d. t.
of preceding row of d. t-. being careful
to place stitches directly over preceding
stitches, counting the number carefully.
Row six D. c. all around.
Row seven 7 ch,. Increasing with 4 d.
t. on each side of chain and placing d.' t.
over preceding row.
Row eight In this row the pattern in
creases on corners as before and over
the row of double trebles on each side
SEWING FOR DOLLY
itH, she is such a trial with her
J clothes!" sighed little Jane as
she propped Dolly upright on the end
joint of a bookrack and looked at Mary,
her little friend, for sympathy.
'Yes indeed," agreed Mary, seeing
Wie game they were going to play and
quickly falling In with it. "My Martha
Just wears out her clothes so fast
and as fr shoes, why. mercy me, she
runs through a pair before you could
say Jack Robinson!"
'Don't you think that is a pretty
petticoat Dolly is wearing?" asked
Jane. "And doesn't it fit her well?"
Mary nodded assent.,
"I have just a stitch or two more to
take on this dress," Jane continued.
'and then we can try it on Dolly and
see if it fits. Now there there now
we'll try it on."
So the dress was let down into place
over Dolly's flaxen curls just as Jane
had often seen the dressmaker try a
new dress on her while mamma stood
by and watched critically.
Dolly! cried Jane. btand Etui:
Stop that fidgeting! How can I ever
tell if it fits .you if you Insist upon
squirming and twisting about that
way!
My little Martha does the very
same thing." sighed Mary. "And she
is such a trial to me. vk ny, l nave
such a time trying to see if a new
dress is even all around."
Jane nodded and reached for her
ano.m a all m ShM m ah HlirpH tnA dis
tance from the floor- to the bottom of
the. dress, first in front, then on the
side and then in back.
Now. of course, being only a doll.
Dolly didn't really move at all: but then
when you are playing "mothers" you
have to pretend all sorts of things, you
know. And both Jane and Mary were
certain that Dolly Just fidgeted and
squirmed and twisted In most. shameful
fashion.
And once, -when Mary was pinning
up the skirt in one place. Dolly twisted
so suddenly that the pin stuck Mary
rn her chubby little finger and made
it bleed.
Then, to cap the climax. Just when
both little girls I beg pardon, both
little Mothers. I should have said
had everything fixed Just so, why Dolly
had to go and fall over! Of course.
it wasn't her fault for the end of the
bookrack slipped. . But neither Jane
nor Mary considered that at all. And
they pretended, to be very much pro
voked.
Dolly lay still on the floor, with her
pretty new dress trailing around her
and her toes pointed skyward.
Oh! cried Jane, presently. "I be
lieve she's fainted! The poor, dear
child!"
"Oh!" echoed Mary. "I believe she
has! Quick. Jane, a glass of water!"
So Jane rushed for the water and
brought it back and pretended to give
Dolly a drink of It. And presently
Dolly recovered and opened her big
blue eyes and asked: "Where am I
And then they picked her up and put
her In her crib and said nice things
to her and told her how they didn'
realise they had kept her standing so
long while they fitted the dress on her.
-Then, when Dolly wis quite her old
self again and didn't feel a bit dizsy
or wobbly In the knees, they had a tea
party to celebrate Dolly s recovery.
Jane brought out her very best china
of square .are three groups of 4 d. t. and
each L t. group is separated by a cross
stitch. For the cross stitch crochet 1 ,
d. t., ch. 2, thread over needle, slip needle
through center of double treble, stitch
with 3 stitches on needle thread, put
thread over and place needle in row,
draw thread through and take oil
stitches two by two.
Row nine Repeat row 8, remembering
to Increase at corners and 4 d. t. should
bo placed over cross stitch, and cross
stitch over 4 d. t. The pattern is com
pleted with six groups of d. t. and 5
cross stitches on each side of square,
with the 7 ch. at each corner. -
Row ten D. c. all around.
"Go Back! Get Back In Your CoBe!"
. Cried Kllen.
(which was real china), and her nicest
cake and -tea (which weren't real at
all), and they gave Dolly all the cake
she wanted to eat (which wasn't so
much as a single crumb), and all the
tea she could drink (which wouldn't
have filled a thimble) and they had
Just the loveliest party imaginable.
Then, after a while, Mairy said she
must hurry home to see how her own
little Martha had been getting on In
her absence. So they said: "Good after
noon and "Do come and see roe
Just like grown-ups do. So. you see. It
ws a m"t enjoyable afternoon.
Why You Can't See the Sun
at Night.
Taken From an Old Fable.
WHEN all the world was new, and
the plants and flowers quite
fresh and green, there were two broth
ers who played together happily. a Fay
as the day was long. Now these broth
ers had very funny names I shan't tell
them to you for you would hurt your
pretty mouths trying to sav mem over.
One of these brothers was big and
round and his bright hair stood out
in long rags from his head. In the
morning when he jumped out or Dea
his face was always clean and rosy
and pink, but In the evening before he
went to sleep you could see mm
flushed and hot and red and oh, so
much bigger you never did see any
one grow so quickly. Have you
guessed who he was?
The other brother was paler and
smaller, and his round face was al
ways yellow ,and bright, Spmetimea
he wan foithin that his face looked
pinched like a silver crescent, and
then his mother would feed him up
until he'd be almost as fat as his
brother. Sun.
There! I've given his name away!
Yes, Moon was the pale yellow broth
er, and many were the good, times
they had together la The sky.
Join blocks with the d. c. stitch, form
ing a heavy rib.
The lace shown on the Swedish square
Is here shown as a towel edge for a
handsome bath towel. The thread usod
is rather coarse and la especially made
for towel edgings. It is soft and except
that it Is a bit expensive would be ex
cellent material for a baby's afghan.
Chain 13. '
Row one 4 treble, ch. Sit
Row two Ch. 6 4 t., 2 ch.
Row three Ch. 3 3 t.. ch. 2 4 t, ch. 5
5 "4 t.. ch. 5. pi cot S times.
Row four 4 t, 5 ch.. 4 t, i ch.. 8 t.
Row Ave 8 ch.. 12 t., 2 ch.. 4 t-. 6 ch..
One day Sun said: "Come on, lets
have some fun."
"What'll we do?" asked Moon. "I
feel Just like rasing. What do you
say to a run?"
. "Pooh! pooh!" sneered . Sun, "you're
so weak you couldn't begin to catch
up with me."
"Just try it." answered Moon; and
they did!
Away Sun sped across the sky, with
Moon following after. And what do
you think? -No matter how fast Sun
ran. Moon always followed not far be
hind. Finally Sun stopped exhausted.
Well, anyhow," he said, you didn t
catch me."
'You couldn't even follow so close
after me," said Moon, "if I started
first."
At that Sun laughed so hard that
he became more dazzling than ever.
"fJo on and we'll see," he said.
Then the Moon started off, and Sun
came after, but would you believe it
Sun was so far behind that you
couldn't see him n the sky at the
same time witn moon at aiii
And that Is why you never see the
Sun In the sky at night, but some
times, if you look,-- you can see the
Moon following the Sun by day.
Polly in the Kitchen.
TOW, the way in which that parrot
aN came into the kitchen is a long
story; but as little Ellen understood it.
Polly belonged to the sister of Bridget,
the cook, and Bridget had been asked
to keep Polly for the day while her
sister was moving.
The parrot, of course, was securely
fastened in its cage; so neither Bridget
nor Bridget's sister believed it could
harm anyone by being allowed to re
main In the kitchen until the sister
could come for it later in the evening.
But then, you see, both of them were
reckoning without little Ellen.
Bridget took Ellen into the kitchen
and showed her Tolly. "Now yes yes
molnd, me little lady." she said, "thot
yea kape yure fingers away frura th'
parrot. 'Tis a sharp beak she has, an'
'twould nip yure finger off! Off. yis,
clane as a whistle!"
. So Ellen promised to just look and
not touch. She admired the brilliant
plumage of the parrot, and she gazed
In awe at its sharp, cruel-looking beak
and its long, vic'.ous talons.
"Do yes molnd." said .Bridget, "that
she can ask for a cracker? Listen.
Polly do yes want a cracker? Sphake.
ve beast, if ye do!
And. to Ellen's amazement, Polly
straightway answered oh, it waa Just
as Dlain as though Ellen had said It
herself, thought Ellen "Polly wanna-
cracKer:
"Now." said Bridget, "git her wan
from th cracker-box. Ellen, but molnd
thot you take only wan!
So Ellen went to the cracker-box,
got a cracker and. with Bridget dl
recting. held the cracker up to the cage
so that Polly could poke her sharp
beak out between the bars and tear off
pieces of the cracker which she pro
ceeded to eat evidently with much rel
ish, all the -while making queer little
cries of delight. Oh. it was just lots of
fun!
Gravely, Polly consumed every It o
the cracker and then, satisfied there
was no more, hopped back to her perch
Ellen wished she had anotLer cracker
4 t, ch. o; ptec times.
Row six 4 t, 6t j
Row seven 20 t.. 2 ciw t.. 6 ch.. 4. t. ,
Row eight 5 ch.. picdt ? times. .4 t. i
as point, 5 ch., picot t3 tvaes, 4 t..
2 ch.. 4t,2 ch.. 16 t. opposite IV. t..
Row nine 12 t.. opposite 12 t., 2 ch-. 4 i
t.. 2 ch.. 4t J
Row ten o ch.. plcot 13 times. 4 t.. t
2 ch.. 4 t-. 2 ch.. 8 t.
Row eleven 4 t.. 2 ch.. 4 t, 5 ch.. ;
picot 13 times, 4 t, 1 ch., 4 t.. 2 ch. ,
Repeat. 1
4 A picot Is made by chaining 5 and
catching 3 ch. to second stitch of ch. ,
The plcot In this pattern Is repeated
three times.
to feed to Polly and even thought of
stealing quietly Into the closet and
taking one Jrorn the cracker-box; but
concluded that Bridget would most cer
tainly hear her do so. -:
But presently this became tiresome:
and Ellen noticed the dish of drinking
water for Polly down on the floor
of the cage. Gracious, how dirty it
was! And there was so little water
in it! And surely after having eaten,
that dry cracker Polly must be very,
very thirsty!
Clearly, Ellen should remove that
dish, wash it and fill it with nice, clear
cold water for Polly. But how was
she to get tire dish? Bridget had told
her not to put her fingers near the
bars Ellen remembered that but
Bridget. had not said a word about not
opening the door to the cage, reaching
in and removing the dish. No, of course,
she hadn't!
Moreover, with Polly way up on her
perch, it would be impossible for her
to fly down and nip one's fingers be-
fore the dish could be grasped and re
moved and the door shut again so rea
soned Ellen. .
And so. too. Ellen acted. She seized
the door, opened it quickly and thrust
her hand Inside the cage. Polly
squawked something frightful and in-,
stantly flew to the floor of her ca'ge
with a most disconcerting flutter of
her big wings. Ellen lost her pres
ence of mind for she imagined that
Polly had already nipped off her fin
ger, and maybe her whole arm and
drew back her hand. And right then
and there the damage was done:
Just then Bridget came into the
room. Bridget started to speak.
stopped, caught her breath, and then
well, truly she did speak. She yelled
at Polly and, seizing her broom, she
chased after the poor frightened par
rot, who. by this time, was flying about
the room giving vent to shrill cries.
Goodness knows what would have hap
pened had not Bridget's sister come
upon the scene just then.
-I Have Just a Milch 4r Tm More
to Take."