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TIIH C-HC3II CUIIiAY JCJ.-.r.-L, 0 L MTDQUGALlS GOOD 1; If .7:3 WonSciiul Curc o Little: Sammy illi ry ;Long .Time.;. TAMMT PHILLIPS had bMi tek v ' (or so lone a time that no boy or ) girt could rtnraiMr over having wen him walklns about. ome- " ti ha had appeared, a thin, palefaoed 1 -with. big dark eyea. at tu wiimow, t these times were very rara Indeed. f lata ha had bean too weak to get out I bed. and he had bean 111 ao long that . had bean almost forgotten by the lldrea of the neighborhood, who were ot the kind thatjrlslt the pick, and, ln . -led. had ha -been dead and burled, he could not have been ' more completely t vered from all the interests of theae lldren than he was lying there In bed. The doctors had aald ha' was past all cure, but they could not say what ailed , ammy. He was so thin and white that i a actually appeared to be transparent! toe aunllght seemed to show through his pmi lid bands as through ground glass, and Jt was very evident that his blood was almost without color. He resembled I vlnltor from soma world that has no : sunshine, ot warmth, or flowers, or any brightness, and only his patient, sad smile showed that he tad a warm and I kindly heart. V- ' ? . In spite of weakness and pain that was continual, he never complained or fret- ted, but appeared to wslt with patience J for the end that the good Doctor Rey nolds said was near. His poor, heart broken mother, who had no other child, .would sit and gase upon him by the hour, hut never gave up hope; and on sunny 'cays she moved his bed to the window ao that the warm rays might pour, in tpon him and redden those waxen hands that lay so motionless upon the coverlid. One spring day Sammy aald that he felt atrong enough to be. taken Into the rarden, and after he was wall wrapped up In a thick shawl Amelia, the nurse, took film down In her arms, for he was as light as a feather, and placed him In a rolling chair. Now, whether all this long Illness and wearing away -of -the flesh- had made ( ammy keener of ear and eye It is lnv feasible to say with certainty, although 1 octor Reynolds declares that It Is quite 1 kely; but at any rata, no matter what -1 iia cause was,' Sammy discovered. In a very few minutes, that he waa hearing j ,-Th Worm W things and seeing things which never be-, fore attracted his attention. Then, after listening for another min ute In wondering awe. he became awara that what he 'heard was conversation I Words, faint and faraway, came to him as of many different voices talking to gether about himself! It took him sev eral minutes more, however, to become fully convinced that what he heard came. not from human lips, although the lan-. guage was English, but from the mouths " of . birds, insects, loada, worms, all -mrouirtr H1mt Me Hsreuwl with tlia keen-1 est attention. Pouring; Into his ears , from all sides came 'the talk; all aeem- Ingly making it certalo that the birds f and the bugs were 'much Interested In this case! . . 1 . "There he Is, out for an airing!" piped the shtill voice of a wren In the plum tree, as she flitted down to a lower limb to study him closely. "Take a good look at him. children, for you may never SVe him out again before we fly away south In the autumn!" - ' "You can't see htm from where you are crawling!" chirped a grasshopper to an ' angleworm that waa hugging the edge of the pebble path.- Tf yon could climb a tree, now, you might get a good view of the sick boy!" 1 Ssm looked down Just In time to no. Mice that his nurse was about to push the Wheel upon the fat worm and crush It. He called out quickly: Be carefuL Amelia! Don't run over that poor worm!" .-. : ',. . . ,, Amelia laughed and said: ' '. 11 "H most look out for me. I can't he studying worm tracks when I'm push ing your chair.' But she turned out and spsred the worm. -- . ; -.. - "Now, that waa kindly!" squeaked the grasshopper. "Few boys are like that, let me tell you. Most of them would glsdly have squashed you. I suppose because he's sick he has a kinder heart than .most." -s.i - ,.,(-... 4 - "He needn't be sick anv lonawr! nlnnl j the wren, jtt hire come and live up In the trees, where the breeee blows all I day, and among the tender green leaves be'U find a cure!"; "Pooh."" chirped a big black bettht that ' "v " . , '' From the New Tork Herald. r '' I CNKRAL.lt speaking, . the L only thing I have to aay about- women's clothes is that It's astonishing ' bow women put up with them. . Any animal with legs. If fretted with a petticoat let alone several, would eventually ge mad, I should have eupposed. They are . trying." I murmured, "It only shows how long-suffering we sre." "It only shows thst you will sacrifice anything sooner than let urn see you as oa are. Instead of letting us Imagine you as you are But took at the ' consequences. A IKrWisn figure with a ' curtain hung arounfl It from the shout ; flers lo the ankle looks like a badly -made postal plllaa, Tou must have either legs or a waist If you are to be bearable by the nak-ed eye. But a waist Is not sunVlent. Tn s belt sround your ' middle and you loot like a sack with Its ; i - X la Aba wrong flacs. You muft )Ur w - - v sex' 'h Zi? . . , a a : t "" l" :; ::i r'; : bad scrambled up'orr the root of a tree. "He needn't climb a foot I The cure Is right under , the roots of the grass What makes me so spry, although I am over a year old? Nothing at all but the lifeglving Juice of the Amorsia Botanl ealllar . - . .". ':!"V- . a "I'm glad you've given up the right name for It said the worm, with a fat chuckle end a wiggle of glee. Yet, al though the name la longer than I am. It would be of little use to this boy If be didn't know .what kind of a plant to look for, let me tell youl And, another thing this Juice In the roots -Is, after all, only the same sturr which I rind in the soil, Just on the plant does, and use tor my neaitn.r . , - .- "Oh, we know all about it!" ssid the big robin, who came hopping along, in tent': on snatching the . worm .when he waant' looklnrr "I use it. but. In an other form. I find It In a tiny berry that crows 'among the grasses every' where about her. The berry Is Just as healthful as the roots, I assure you, and If eaten by anybody restores all the lost powers. Down south It's rather scarce. and one has to hunt hard for it, bat It's ven more powerful there." The robin was now so near the worm that the latter began to wriggle desper ately, making for a hole In the earth, but the bird would have had him had not Sam shaken his handkerchief and frightened the robin somewhat. He flew up Into the cherry tree and blinked his beady eyea at 8am and flirted bis tail. "Huh!" said - he. . I wonder If that waa meant for me T" Then to the worm, who was now at his own door, he ssid: "I almost had you that time, you old fat squirmer! Next tune 111 make surer "Thanks to that nice boy, i n sarer replled the worm. - "I shall be more care. ful-after this."- ' - Just at that moment the earth at the edge of the path, , where the grass was spare and thin, was pushed up In a little round hillock .and a black, shining and pointed noee eppearedi a pair -of - tiny eyes caught the sunshine and flashed like bits of ooaL - The worm pulled him elf Into his hole In a Jiffy. i Look!" cried' Sammy. "Oh, Amelia! What's thatr : 'It's a nasty mole!" cried the nurse. aw . - ux ... i riffled Awtyi gathering up htr skirts and pushing the chair away as fast as she could. - "I haven't seen one here before r ' r3ut ther Tsan't harm you; can they TT asked Sammy, much surprised.. . "Oh. they, look JQst like rats! 1 can't bear 'em!" . .. ... . . ' . . "Jnst leave me here In the sunshine," aid the boy. -Tou need not watch me, for I am all right here. , I want to listen to the birds and things talking." She looked strangely at him, but went way and eat pn the porch, where she winwii lost ft a-"novel; Sammy bear his esr to listen carefully again. The mole waa now addressing the grasshopper. - ''. '; "No." said he. Tve never seen 'a. alrk rboy before. What ' is the matter with hlmf ' ...-'.., . , - "No iron in his blood,.! suppose!"-replied the grasshopper. . "What on earth does be want ' Iron for?" demanded the borrower. . "If you werent' always poking around in the dark you'd learn something about affairs!" exclaimed the Insect.. "Don't you know that bumana have to be full of Iron In order to be healthy T" '1 should think they would get rusty!" replied the mole. "I know where there's a whole heap of old Iron burled not far away!" . ... , , , - "He can't eat' Iron., you stupid! It must be put In the blood by something he eats, of course, but not In 4 he state you find It It's In the earth, and, be sides Iron, bs hss to have nitrogen and carbon and a whole lot of stuff also. It's all In these little grass-berrtes grow ing here; but, of course, he'll never dis cover it", - , . . 1 "Show me some of them!" exclaimed the mole. "I never heard of this mat ter before and It's very Interesting!" He crawled out of the pile of earth and paddled clumsily over to the gram hop per, who showed hkn, after climbing up a grass stalk, the tiny green berries, that looked Just like unripe strawberries. Tou msy be sure Sammy eagerly watched him, and, noting exactly how the berries looked, determine to get some as soon as possible for himself. ... "Just try them." said the grasshopper, breaking off a- few. "Taste them for a shape, and that can' be preduoed only by a corset' If I had to wear gowns I should wear a corset in spite of all the surgical diagrams ' la the Pa rices museum." , .,"".- 'Then what de you think women ought to wearT" '-(.. "Anything that will show how they sre construe ted and allow them the free use of their limbe," .- . "You don't advocate bloomers, . ey re ly r , r ' . . "No; bloomer's sre an early and re volting form of what is called rational dress, which Is not rational at alt but a most Irrational, ridiculous snd unnat ural compromise, between male and fe male attire. Tou know how ugly a woman looks In a rational cycling dress, but hsve you ever noticed thst If shs puts on hr husband's Norfolk Jscket and breeches she looks sll fight st once; they become her perfectly -f 1hy are uy.uuag ua a aw , ' . v ;-.Th Brought th Sttdtd Wm,'Jt'f,- j ' - A '':-: , ' yourself, and perhaps they iaay benefit you."-.'.'' . ' " f -'. . ' ; r "Not much!" retorted the mole.. "I want no Iron In mine! Do you uppose I want to get struck by lightning? No, sir! I believe you, but that's enough." "Now, Just suppose, for inetanee." aald the grasshopper, "that It made your nose as bard aa Iron. Wouldn't It be a good thlngf Tou could burrow like a plow'" "Oh. I am doing well enough!" retorted the mole. "But I mustn't stay out here In the glaring sunshine too long. It will Injure my complexion." t - . He scuttled off and dived Into his hole, rl wonder." said Sammy, aloud, "what moiea are good fort". ; . ' "Did you hear thatr asked a big snail that was slowly moving along the oath In the shade. "He . wonders what moles are -made for! ' I have often asked that auestlon. and also why. toads ana birds are made, and many another dread ful thing that eata snails and buga and Innocent worms!" . . 'I hsve no love for moles, spoke tip the worm, who hsd put his head out again, ."but I can answer your question. Moles are made to turn up the sou ana mike It somewhat eaaler for worms to go here and there about their business, that's alL" --'- '? ' - , But .what's the nsef chirped the grasshopper. "What's the. good- of worms, after all. except to feed birds or make nun beitT"-- "You give me the shudders!" cried the-wnglewornt, - squirming. "We are perhaps the moot useful of all things, I think. We make the soil soft and porous by passing every bit of It through our bodies and fitting it for the use of plants upon which you - grasshoppers feed. . Ungrateful insect, you . should thank us Instead of scoffing at us be-; cause we have no wings or legs." "Neither have we!" cried the snail; "but we get there Just the same." "Tea. In about moons!" Isughted the grasshopper. "I'd like to see you trying to get a gait on and dodging a robin redbreast once!""". " "Pooh! That's easy! ' X Just step In doors, and that's all!" replied the, snail. "If my worthy but homely cousin, the worm. , bad as 'good a protection he k : TT T D omen s "Then you advise" . At last ft were getting to It j .-''... ' ' -' - - "I should advise a woman to dress as much as uoesibte like a woman, lust aa a maa dresses like a man. A woman is a biped, built like a man, tLet her dress like a man." ,, ,. '.'. ' .; .. . V "Minus the starch and stovepipes, of on reef"... ' '. ,i: - '(Of course. Like a - clean man, ' I Should hsve said. No clean man would use starch and blacking." Hurriedly I rushed sway -from the dangerous proximity of the topic. - "Eer er -then you disapprove ot this nice skirt of mlneT" I spread Its velvet folds seductively round my chslr. ' ( "Not at all. Tlu..s a nice skirt no doubt Tou look very nice and the .whole effect. Is pretty enough; but, my deer Isdr. you don't look like s woman." Well, what do I look like then." I asked, abtleklng wits laughter. Waa It W would not be so feverish and nervous." ' "Don't .call me your cousin!: sniffed the worm. Then he popped Into his hole suddenly, the snail, withdrew quickly Into his shell and the grasshopper leaped Into the air, spread his wings and sailed away. Sammy ' looked about him and saw a fat toad coming with short hops along the path. His bright eyes were seeking into every shaded cranny and his thin, pink tongue darted out now and then as It tasting something rood. He stopped , before the ' worm's- front door and seemed, to be thinking."' Cp In the plum tree the wren twittered and then called out: '. y f"",: '., (. "Oh, he's at home, all right old gray back, but he's not receiving visitors to day. My brother tried to hold some conversation with him at sunrise this morning, but he waa very bashful and wouldn't come out." ; ..,.'. ; . "Oh, well, the gardener's son will get him, anyway, for I heard him say he was going Ashing tomorrow!" said the toad, aa he bopped away. "I never did care very much for . worm meat,. any. way!- -..' - "Well, nobody ahall get that worm for bait!" cried Sammy. ' "Til take ears that Jimmy leaves htm alone,, for he has taught me something."- At this there was great excitement among the branches of all the trees, and there were many In the garden.: Birds chirped and twittered loudly . flying hither and thither haatHy. and In a .few minutes an old hen -flew up to the top of the fence from a yard a few rods swsy, and, cocking her yellow eye at Sammy, said: ". f - v' ' ..' '-''-; "la It true, sick 1y. that you. can hear and -understand what we are say. lngr , "It certainly Is," replied Sammy. "Well. ilow.. that's amaslng. When they told me I could not believe It." said the red hen. 'They Insisted upon my coming and speaking to yeu, but I laughed at them. ' How do yoir suppose this has come about V "That I can't explain!" replied Sam. "All I know la that I understand every word they speak." ; :.. ' r-The Orasghopper Diaciused th Cure. ( - ; ; 7J reos ao for. this I bad donned my best arid" brightest , . , :. There's no name : for It" said Mr. Shaw, perplexedly, looking me up -und down, quite seriously. "I don't know what to compare you te. ' A fashionably dressed women looks like nothing la thle world. . J know, of course, there Is a woman Inaids It because I can hear her voloe and -see he r face and hands. For ths matter of "that I know that there la a man Inside Jack tn the Oreen, but the green Isn't a man; It's a fanci ful object actuated by a concealed man. Well, your costume, which Is very pret ty, Is a fanoif ul object actaated by . a eonoeeled woman." I take It then, that you admire the ballet girl's costume " ' ' .. "No, the, skirt mskes .her. look like en ostrich. The moment you have the least sii seat Ion ef s skirt on, yeu look Indecent unless the skirt Is down to the ground, CqmparUon la tsUU' And re- -1. , ' , i, ," , "Somehow Jt startles me, but, after all, I don't suppose ,lt matters much.' added the hen. C . -. " ". "Why. how could Itr queried' Sank "If we all could talk with the birds and animals It would be better, I think." "I can't agree with you." replied the hen. shsklng her comb. 'Think of being compelled to tell 'where you have hidden your nest, or whether you 'laid an 'egg or not: oh, no: it's an right as u in Dosens of birds were sitting In a line now along the fence listening. . Bugs, caterpillars, snails, butterflies, anta and dragon-flies gathered about la great ex cltement to look at him. A ; garter snake lifted his head -in the grass, his eyes glittering with wonder. Two gray mice stood In the shadow of fence post, and a tortohm, witn his neck stretched out until It seemed as if It would crack, listened in mute astonish ment., "Tou all seem surprised!" cackled the hen, turning around, "and I do - not blame you, for I am almost overcome!" "Why do yeu all' fear- mef asked Sammy. ' "r am too weak to move, and could not harm you,, even If I wished to." ,. - - '?. ' .- 'i - - : The robin answered while the hen was considering a reply, for, after all. a chicken Isn't ' particularly afraid of bpys. . '..- '- .- ) 'This' U .the reason." aald the red. breast. ' "Boys are born to pursue and annoy ua! . Cats and dogs, of course, go after us for natural reasons; dogs liking to see us flee, and cats because they eat ua if they can catch us. But a- boy simply likes to frighten and distress every creature he sees. I suppose that's aaturat too, but I can't see why he wants to frighten ua who never do any harm at alL He takes delight In stones, slingshots and popguns, banging away at every feathered thing he sees, and even toads, turtles and snails are not safe from him. He robs birds of their eggs, be kills the Inoffensive snakes and slays slh things, even -pulllneMhe legs -off -of files."1 --.t ',.','. v.- ' .,''', "He throws stones and shoots arrows at my flock!" echoed pigeon, who had Just fluttered down to the fence top. member, If you confess your legs, you have no further uss for your corset Rosalind In her tunlo and forester's belt I charming. But aa opera bouffe chorus girl In tights and a corset la detestable. However, If .you waat the classic re- uuciio bu ill,,...- -i en the stage take ths conventional Val-I kyrts In Wsgners Ring, wnat aoea sne wear? First a- golden wig, as -all the barmaids did In the seventies; then a helmet put on so as not to disturb the wig; then armor and a breastplsts; and below a- white skirt." . It is Impossible to convey the scathing scorn with which Mr. Shaw pronounced those lest three -words. " '- ' ' - ' ", ' "'. "A whlft skirt" hs repeated, "and In that 'costume she le supposed to storm bsttleflelds on horseback and rush over mountslns. To me this li ths-helght of prudish Indecency the -thing becomes ao apron ! st once. ' To sum up finally, the moment you get a woman wtta legs Hov tlis Bird V Hixn Besauss He : '7 ,: ' ' "He catches' grSSahoppers and squeeaes the. life out of 'em!" cried the grass hopper Jn a .shrill voice. , v , , -- "He stleks pins through beetles and puts them on the fence!" cried the. black beetle - . ' . . 1 "He oatchea us and' places ua under tumblers" cried the ant ,v 0 ' - "He makes us squirm on hooks and feeds u t sunllsh!" ssid the worm. v "He sets cruel traps for us!" cried the mice. ; - .. - . j "He tries to strike us with sticks as we soar up and down the lanes!" twit tered a. swstlow. O ' -,.. "Ha.chasea us wUh bets!" whispered the butterflies. , : -t.:- -"He lays boards on my back and makea -me carry 'hem!" muttered', the turtle.' ...; . '..j, "He pokea Into my shell with sharp ticks!" said the ansIL ---y '. .- ; "He pokes me. too!" echoed the toad. V "He builds Area and causes my young sters to almost 'choke in Ihelr neat!" said the sparrow. .'y "And he bangs at me with guns!" snarled the hawk, away up at the top. of the elm tree. . . "And quite rightly, I think." said the hen. In a low voloe, glancing up. . "I, for one, wish that he'd get you!" "But I have never done any of thess things!", objected Sammy, vigorously. "I have never annoyed any animal!", K "Humph!" said the sparrow. -who was pretty well acquainted with the habits of boya, as hs Uved under the eaves of a whole bouse full of them and was quite elderly. ""If you Irerg well It might be different!" v . . ' v . "But as It Is, I am not guilty ef any of the charges you make!" persisted the sick boy. "And If I were well I never would annoy any.. animal, -1 anv very sure" --" ' . "I -think he tells the truth!" ex claimed the hen. "I have heard of kind boys, but they are' very rare, I must confess; and X have sever met one, my self!" , . -;. v :.;. - '-:.- ). -"I wish -I were well' cried" Sammy. "Then I ' would prove . to you all hew much I love every animal!" , "Well, then, suppose we try an ex periment?" suggested the . robin. . "I, for one, am quite willing to help." . v ' ' ' ,H Needn't B Sick Any -Whari-your planl4" asked the mole. suddenly appearing.. "I have listened with much interest to this discussion." "I pro pose to gather a vast -number of those nice, green berries which keep ua All ao healthy and let Sammy eat them, for I know, aa all of us do, that all he needa U calcium in his -system." "And chlorides!" added the' worm. "Yes, and some sulphur!" said the toad. .' . ,- " ' ' -. I "And also a little phosphorus!" cried the grasshopper. "And soma sodium! " Don't-' forget thars the most important!" declared the garter snake. "Hi needs protein!" muttered the tur tle.' ;--'... ' . 't-'-"'-, - "And bH of nitrogen," aa " welir piped up the wren. . "That'll .the .most useful Of all!" ' ' ' '' " - "Hot any more so f than pepsin!" snorted-the mole. v - " - "Don't you overlook the fact that after -all. Iron Is the main .thing!" . de clared the caterpillar. "Not Calcium, or, lime, 1s the meet necessary!" Insisted the hen.; "Why. how on earth could 1 make an eggshell without itr - ' - "But mr dear friends." Interrupted the wise -sparrow "all these are con tained In our green berrleel",A '-; . 'That's so!" 'added - the worm. ,-, I know, for I prepare many of them for the plants, and I can safely assert, that my work Is wstl done. . ' -"' . "Oh, we have somettlng to do with It, also!" ehouted the beetle. "Tou are not the whole machine, sir. And. . also, there's a whole army of tiny bugs that are making barrels and barrels of nitro gen right under your nose - that you never aee!" ... , . - n '-. "Pooh! - I know the peaky things!" retorted the worm, "sndmny a time they've made my . delicate akin sting with their nasty acids!" 1 - ' "But let ! get to work!-) cackled the hen. "It's growing warm there la the SunT - ;'.;.'" " and without a corset Shape, she's charm ing; clad otherwise, aha ceases- to - be human." r ,. :-( -,.' u "r-How the sight of yeur fejlow crea ture must affront you, Ms. Shaw." . "Oh, - no, I'm , accustomed! to them, I've got used to It the eeme'ss I have te people smoking and puttlitg-meat-lu their mouths and other filthy things." ., - "De tell . me before I go 1 wJiat , you wore when you were married?"-- "I waa very Ul when I was married, altogether a wreck on crutefcea, and in an old ' Jacket which the crutches had worn to rags. I hsd asked bijr friends. Mr,-. Qraham Wallas . of the London school board and Mr. Henrjr : Salt the biographer of Shelley and T Quincey, to art ss witnesses, and,' oft'eourse. In honor sf ths occasion, they wMre dressed In their beat - clothes. i ThJ- 'register never Imagined that I could possibly be the bridegroom be took fas lor. the anJ i Itirrcts " Helped Vas Kind "and Goulrl .'Understand ; Tkem. . , Instantly all flew to their Uak. and la a few moments the shawl in Sammy's lap. began .to .fill up with tiny green blrrles brought by the birds, bees, flies, ' ants, beetles and mice.-. The grass was' alive with active forms, and had Ameia ' looked up from her book she oertanly would have had a spasm ' of horror at the sight. Sammy began to eat the ber ries eagerly. They were rather taste less and sour; but Juicy. I suppose that day he ate about a quart of them. At last the sparrow said, aa he perched on the wheel of hla chair:- . . i. "Nowr I rather think . you've had enough. They will do you a lot of good., and f tr this I think you will be able to gather tbem for yourself." : Sammy thanked the ; bird gratefully and was about to make a speech to the1 rest of the kindly creatures when Ame' 11a. rose and "hastened to him.' -;' "Gracious! ' Tou have been asleep out here in the air. What win your mother, say to mer .' "Oh. I am' all right" said Sammy, r wondering whether- he had really been -asleep and dreaming It all,' but bis eyea. fell on the berries in -hla lap Just aa Amelia spied them-and cried: ' - ; , "Mercy! What are all these nasty seeds that have blown la on you? , 1 thought at first they were bugs!".- ,-:, "I wish thst you would - save them for me." aald Sammy, solemnly.i' "I want them to play with.'; . ,: I The Idea!-Tou are a queer boy to want these nasty things." , But she carried them Into the heuaf with him and took them, to hla room, He waved a farewell to all the birds and bugs as he went Into- 4 he bouse, and ' ha felt so much stronger' that night that be insisted on sitting up until his father , came 'home. - Mr. Phillips was quite alarmed when he saw him. but the merry - smile on Sammy's face drove away the fear that had shaken hla father.. J .- He slept like a top, and In the morn- ing, - much to hla own amasemenU he , Jumped out of bed and ate all the berries that Amelia had left on his table. . Then he dressed himself -and '. went down stairs!" . (".-'."'.''- -'" . ' - His mother almost fainted -when she' , saw him walk In. and hla father turned ; pale. . But - dear - met ' what . rejoicings : i i i -v t- s e-aa-av,- Lbrtf er ' Piped th Wren. foUowedt-yet ou wUl be surprised to bear that nobody believed that the per- . ries had dohe it No. they all Instated that it must be the latest, newest medi cine given by Doctor Reynolds, who hsd no more to do with It than I had. If any doctor can be thanked for Sammy's , cure it Is old Doctor Sparrow, who really proposed the plan, although, let me tell you, Sammy waa already fully determined to eat some of the health glvlng berries anyhow. - - 1 i H gatnaa strength and health aa rap. I Idly that in two weeka he -waa another boy. And every day. he ate more ber ries, but Doctor Reynolds took all the credit v;;;;,'. . -': . ,-. V .', The funniest thin about It aU.'now. ever, was that never again could he hear the. language spoktn by birds or buga or anv animal) n asinine: robust health . he had lost that deiloaey of hearing that , Is necessary to detect the small voices of such creatures, but be was so happy -that he didn't care. - v, . " But he could plainly see that every animal waa watching htm closely, and soon he found that none feared him. ; They tested him for awhile, and then they saw that he was keeping his prom iee, and now It Is eimolv wonderful to, see what that boy can do with any ani mal he selects, whether bird, beast In sect or reptile. .- .v. ''"" - They all love him and aeem to delight In being near hint, . but Mi mother -squirms every time she sees' these evi dences of his power I ' -'. ,'-'-: To this day aha asssrts that he merely ' dreamed It alt and that buga, snake, nails and creeping things are not fit companions for a aloe boy. But Sammy . says that God saw fit to make them with tender hearts, and therefore he Is not above being their companion. - In -thta I agree with him. and all the more heartily beceuee each and every animal that you see In these pictures waa In. . duced to pose for me by Sammy's won- derful Influence! '-. , " : - - WALT M'DOUOAtil , 9" Inevltsble beggar, who complete . all wedding processions.' Wallas,' who-.- la considerably over six feet high, seemed to him to be the here of the occasion,"-I and he was proceeding - to tnarry him . calmly te my . betrothed, when Wallas, thinking the formula rather strong for a mere witness, hesitated at the laut , moment and left tha prise te me." Mr. Shaw' laughed heartily, at thta 'recol-,. lcctjoq. ,.','-"?'' J '.,: n Vauanjr i,',,.;.':;'':-r; From the Philadelphia Press. ' . "Oh. I must get to -my room by It o'clock tonight," Mid the . first Vasesr girt. '1 can't afford to keep late hours; . mast preserve . my complexion, , you ' know." .'.,".-.: ..",.'.:...'. "The Idea!" exclaimed the other. "I thought the kind you bought wag al ready presmed' t 1 , . ... t 1 1 i .1
