THE OliECON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLANDl SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 17. 907.
W&iP- Mas annm-
. A STRANGE ACTOR
The Story of a Stage Cat
a:
XX boy end girls art familiar with
Browning's captivating TW
' mt. A UiMHH ,
wall, there ia a good story In son
taction with tlia opera called "The Ra
catcher of Hamslln," whea It was first
given la Uia great Koral Opera House
. of Dresdoa. ' .. ' ; t" . -. '-'s -'
In this spars, white Slngup, the
charmer, ;w aingtag hi tuneful aad
' spellbinding ' inoaatatloo, , thoussnds
upon - thousand of rats suddenly la
vaded ths stage, emerging front doors
' and windows, erevlc In the wails and
bolas In th ground, - '
. -Thar wars "mad ap M lifelike as
' posalbla, ' and ' scampered about ths
staga for all ths world as If they wars
. raal flesh and blood Instead of nly akin
and stuffing. o yea wonder, the,
that they completely took In ths sleek
old cat batofjging to ths stage? ,
Now. eyes If aba was slack gad watt
. fed, .aha wad a conscientious old eat
.' 'Ji 11 . '. "J '-. ' , s t;
; What four Atnerloaa otUssf J.V t
' i .; OKOOBAPniCAL ACROfetTIC 7 ' .'
.j 1 IXD what tho following aevea-letter
r words are, and set them dowa la
'"Z J. - tho order Indloated.
r ; You will find tho fire, letter, read
downward, give the name of a Europeaa
capital, andtho Anal letters, read down
ward, grva the name of tha river oa
'which tho capital city la situated. - ,
- - ta -. Mild, gentle.' " ,
tfvUA minor Hebrew prophet. :
- ' Ii IA highly Innammabla liquid,
4 a a To recite la oratorical aty le
- Dlm., '
,is-.eTb Ctoddess of Tsnaeaaos.
' , ' - ADDITION tVZZLM " ''
I. To the letters 1 M.add a Word
. kneanlna "something that ia used ta-
tnaklng sverything.,r and yo WIU have
a word that means of no Importanoe."
I To the letters I M add a word
... 1.. end mi wfll have a -
word that means "'to make better.
Tr AK. iMttsrm ss aoa a
meaning ''not alt" and yea will have a
word mednins;
r to maa ,. ; s
y ' '"" ' RIDDLH ,;-' .--'
. .. What doaaty la Bngiand caa bo spell
ad with two latter t rZ
' ' ' . BZHCADDrOfi " ;-
. '
Isasa
. l.Behad a girl's
rivalry
g. Behead happy and leave nor.- . ..
L Behead cadaverous and leave a ( .
mala relation.
TOANfiPOSED WORD
1. . Trans poa a river ta Africa and get
a leinl olalm.
1 Tra
Transpose a city la Europe and gat
Coupia
1 Tranapoae a county la Pennsylva
nia and gt not long ago, -
4. Transpose a olty la Ohio aad gat
.what postofflcea handle. ; , -
' March 10 Answers
Bidden Cities.
1. Berrln, t, Genoa, t. Bergen.., 1
Edlnburah. (. Touss. s. . Lonaoo. t .
A Conatantinopl. -' , ;,., '...' j '
Tr 1 Forty1 polos make on rude (reed).'
t Ftrrty-eu; tho other six are only
Because he I tot out at night aad
taken in In the morning. , , '
4, J 'reserved pairs tpaarej. r
t. Whea It I gored. ' '
a, Because it's a place where ths So as
raise mt (eua'a rays aaeet).
Eilipucei (a lip flckleV - w
- s. None at ait One 4a a be(e)holdor,
the other a spw'k'd.talur (apectator).
10, one Is produoed by a Uberlng boo,
' tho oUiegsy s bo-laboring! . - -
e . CiAxad. ;
'. Fars-wsD, ;
SaheadiSfsV'
Oleas-ii
An Xrish Party. . , -t
For your trt-h psrty sk sach guest
to bring an Irish Jok, irfah story or
Irish verse as his contribution.
Oive each one a shamrock or a day
nio to pin On. j
lecnrale your hoi 'Wlfh green.
Fern and smllaS or slmpl paper flow
er and festoons will be very effective.
Ynu can nx up a skeleton harp and
. eover it with green.
Chocolate plpee and ehlllaiaha ahd
"pratts" should form a part of your
refreshments. '
Hv. p;rn ahtdx no all the tlghla ,
If ynu hHV an Imitnilnn "surkllng pig."
lh nn apple In Us rni'ilh, for the
r-nim O'x-niui.oa of your table, so much
1 e beii-.r.
And aha Cd sat consider that bar duty
. waa dons whea ah had merely played
' ; "going to bad" la ths children's feats '
'' - n oaeo a week, . - '
' . So whoa, this Bight of the hW spars, t
" iha suddenly peroelved what aha be ".
lleved ts no g host of her natural foes ,
la tha rery not of dudeslously tres
? paaalng aa tha stags, ah gars a piero -lag
"MWaal".- f indignation, leaped
down to the stage from her favorite
'corner In tha wings and, ts tha an'-,
bounded amusement -of tha Audience, -
fastened bar alaws Into one of tha eoun- -
" terfatt rats, . y- .' : ... , .-,
Ia a twinkling eke discovered, ot .
-sours, thai aha had bom fooled,' but
aha aever "turned a hair," beating her ,
' retreat with ail ths majesty of a well- V
. bom, saif'Teaoeetlnd tabby.
, ' Ths audlenoa howled with delight and
't-gava her sveh aa anthuaUati recall
thai finally one of ths aetor brought
' hat eat ta aoknowtedg ths applaaae.
to Solve
isnoa a Oarman naval I
and got similar. , . ' .
a. Transpose a- volcano la Viefly and
get clean. . -- : , ';
7. Transpose in goaaes m ue
CHase and get a water nymph,
t Tranapua a -ship la . Columbur
tiee ana get pigment. , ,
'4
I am a male relative.
Change my head and have '"prefer
ably." - Cbanro my head aaala and have "ta .
glean." - -
" T Chanfs -my head araTd' hndhTS-7
frothy matter." -
Change my heed again ' and have
"one who immerse himself ta water." '.
t
i
Jacob's Ladder.
I Ml--Pariofa stove,..
J IJ-A eolor,'- J,
4 lt-Aa important-.- product ; of
. Borad Citatee.
I 14 Covering of the body.
li-Abbrevlatlon ot the Odd Fsl
', lows' Girder. . ., -.
T It A meaaura of capacity.',
iln et tb Vnlted But
Each of the rung of this ladder la
a four-letter word.
1 to spells the aasae of a maa dear
to ovary American heart
: 10 to If spells the aama of a famous
Amorloaa poet ... , ;.
' Gardening Game
T'tHlfi Is gardealag roads easy:
1- Cash of ths players is asked la
' tura what was planted la his
garden, aad what cam up .
Artlel planted may be ot hay dee
CripUon, but must corn Up plants et
some atno wnes aaines save some
punning conaootloa -with too article
plntdT , , -r- 4.- .. :
tot exempt! --
I I rat Player ! planted a ball had It
Sam up a rubbar plant .
heeoad Player I p lasted ths On i ted
tale and it tarns up a motor carna
tion (car nation). -
Third Player I planted a gSMadar
and it cam ap date. ',
Fourta Player I planted a ship Aad
ii . au . .
Firth PIa.ver I nlanted an old nat
ana it came op nra tiuraj.
Sixth Pl.ver I nlanted a wateh and
.111. Mf .VM, W L.VM, W
Seventh Player I planted a pert"v
; Voung ml aid sho came ap a wall
flower. -- . --
Eighth Player I planted soma step '
and they came up nop
Ninth Player I planted aa Irishman
and ho eame up a potato.
' Bird That Fishes
VN' NK of tho most interesting objects
.1 ).' ...I" n London Zoo today la
, V '.what do you supposel .t v 4 "'
Why. A baby fishing cormorant. The '
bird waa eaught early In (he spring by ':
a young Scotsman, and he taught it this 1
. Useful aerompllshmenc -'
Now, don't you wonder how he taught '
it ta be ao Clever? because you'd think ,
wouldn't youT that it would sat ail
the fish it caught
Well, he Just put a ring round It neck , '
00 that It couldn't swallow, and sent It
Into tha ea off the coast of Scotland -.
and there it learned to fish.
Th owner of thla clever Mrd was .
obliged to travel, so, thinking! that ether -
THE CORMORANT .
' ... - ;'.- -
people mlrht be Interested' tn his rt
and not quite knowing what to do vim
It in hi abeenoe, he took it to London,
chained to hi wrist Ilk a bawk prob
ably some of you have seen ploturee or
print of people hawking In the olden
timee, with the hawk attached to7 the
wrist by a chain, resting on the back
Of thlv hand? end l-ft It at the unn.
Don't yiu hope It will attle down
quite happllv and that It will show off
lis e-compllhmunt In It new home tha
f h-ho use neat . tlino aujr at aa go
tieraf .
HALLOWS had always b soa
aldered the moat aristoeratlo
auborb of the great ettjr, and .
tha bouae occupied by ths Still
well had always beea bid (though aa
old-faahloned house la aeed of repair)
aa the home of all that was slegaat and ,.
eenaed. - -"- v- - -t - '--- f
But one terrible fall day (terrible 1
mean for the prim inhabitants of Ua
lows) tha fitiUwells remored to the city, ,
sold their house and an Irish family :
moved In. . ' '1
Unllka tha usual Irish family, there
was only on chad, a boy, ' and, ,' of
course bis name waa Dan Dan Deegan, -
Dan waa a sociable little fellow, with
blue eyes, a anub nns and, of course,'
freckle. , Ills hair, though, luckily,
waa tot ret. He was singing from
morning;, till, night, and apparently ,
hadn't a mean hair in his black head.'
The first day ha Went to the Village,
school attested this, for he had his '
packets full Of sandy, soohles and
other things, whloh he triad to giro to
his schoolmates. But they wouldn't .
tak them. No, Indeadl Instead' af
that they cults snubbed poor UtUs
Dan, who was soft-hearted, and who'
merry eyes filled with tears whaa he
found his friendly overtures rebuffed. "
' He didn't giro up, aowerer, but tried '
had tried to b friend. ' Be fled to -
Willy, the Eagle
' '. . . ' , - Il S '---Ir. j
It the bravsst maa ta the
, world T
Well. thaf g A hard question
to aaswer, in't It, boyst 80 much de
pends 1 ' :. , ;.. , J
: But suppose we ash who is ths moat
daring maa In the world T One might
say the Arctio explorer, another night
say ths African hod hunter, and so on.
But I rather think you bod not thought
of another feiiow-tho eagle hunter of
the Alps. An, but be is a daring man!
Aad he la so used to running risks that
he actually thinks nothing of It
On of th greatest aagl hunters ta
8witarland la Willy Amrheln. A maa
whs went with him oa on of his eagle
hunts (and Willy, by tho way, makes
A specialty Of capturing young eagle
live) ha wrttua the following account
ef tho days experience:
' We started long before dawn, for we
had a long and arduous climb to make,
ever colossal rocks, dangerous, glaclsrs
and yawning abyss, before we eould
hope to reach the eyrie heights wharf
th eagles Beat ' ,. ' v , -:
At last ws reached A ollS where Willy .
halted the party aad bade aa hush,
whtis b crept ts the edge, aad leaning
cautiously aver, scanned .the shell of
rock At some distance below.
Aa uplifted finger both warned and
- While-th rest of held him. Wnly X
Sid'iSr aV-f t-rV
and Jpl new the bulist sUaight te ths
WHO If the bravest maa ta th eagles heart, fiha leaped far out la ; II -; L-f 117 1 1
.,wondf,.'i ..'.?.,..,-;.:.;?, cave her wing a tnlghty flap.1. II ;;,;.''- ' "Si ' fTtt I
beckoned u. With Inftalt car w erect " " " " lvu, I to be on the Boor when it la announced i""
to tha edsa and looked fln.. m..!L I eJpea hook In hand, and a couple of that hi father will apeak. I
to uia 9 "d looked down. There k , h h . n young n " -"",p dark made a eat P
, wak a heat with A couple of eagles Just !r,," h" w. ,k .,Za JiZ. rrcb- 1,m reditabie - .
the as to have shed their whit baby bV--fi to 1 ?m iS iftl! !"art' . wlnnLn"u Hr. m Pr,kl8 fro,n I !
down and basin to Put en soft felth.r. 1 ? L, .p . . L. both sldea of the House. But Bennett 1 '
Bes.de the neat, on the uVwVAed 17iT-JZ'kt &! w ,",n,d Jfi? ' The next Urn. J
warforaTlariiawl he showjup he was Mk to explain
T?'VmWi$ w. h.dUWr"k' !WOnJI..61UtJ" W th "Oh. P-nTw." replied the lad. "I heard. 21
'befoiTu; l?9!"!?.?!.?.!? '?'" In a drcl. fhnt ,p, h 00 lesa lhrt three tln.a A.. :
to dol ' on ,rual ,nlu tt a all Willy could do. by nieana whn mamma waa teaching t to him C87, 1
Vet Into their games, ha tried to help
the duller chll.ren with their lessons.
But It was of ao ass. Even the teaoh
or despiaed him, simply because h '
was Irish. Of course, aU tht soalda't
happea la a Urg tewa or olty. whin
sverybody has get beyond the silly
prejudice of tfty years ago. Butold
Hallows . hadn't . kept up with the
times, and the people were all like so
many lleeping Beauties (only soma of
tham weren't ery beantUnl) wuwe...,, A fit Patrick's parade. Ilka tha-
fur a maglo prince to wake them up.
- , -' PLOTTXNO AGAINST J) AST
' At Christmas ' time ' Dan gave hit
teacher a fine present, much better
thaa any of the other scholars and
dear knows how many tempting choco
late ereems and poporsrs and aaarbles
he went without to get It for her. But
aha simply said "Thank you," never
opening tha package In front of him. ao
that ho might have the Joy ot soerag
her ue when shs saw what was la it.
In fact, aha put It away la a drawer
of her desk, and never opened It until a '
momentous occasion that 1 am going to
tsii yon about ' ' i
How, all the time that Daa had ba
trying so hard to be hiad and sociable
with the snlldrea of Hallows they had
bee doing everything they, eould - to
hart his feelings, flaying alt aorta of
practical jokee oa him aod letting hint
". eagle's heart, She leaped far out In
air, gave her wings a mighty flap,
' then saak straight as a plumb 11a qut .
, of eight Into the ravine below. ,
"Waif here for me," ' commanded
"Willy, and he deacecded as rapidly as
he soutd la ' tho right direction as
noticed by his practloed eye. After a ,
time ho returned with a broad smile
- oa hie face, " ":.
"She's a bird. Indeed r sstd he;
eva ft K shs'g a Inch, front tip of .
wing to tip of wins." ; '; '
After this same tho daring -work.
Having found A suitable ledge over
hanging the sect Willy directed us la
' arranging some heavy logs as a sort
of craaa dr support for a long polo,
from the further end of whloh he had
: suspended a stout ruliey, and frost the
pulley hung a long and very strong
double rope, to each end of which a
sack of rooks waa attached. - -: 1 -
A set sf signals laving beea arrang
ed betweea us, bs sow descended th
' meuatata to a ledge which was aboat
fUty feet below the past prefer,
K ring to oad from there rsther thaa
descend from where we were, for we
were fully seventy-five feet above th
Be moving one ef the sacks of rock
, and carefully fastening into Its place
-a, rude sort of teat, with a stout aharp
Fr'omT .trTkln again TtK. J..S
Vne aSsuK might have'cSSt
La hla Ufa, But ao mlauke was mode.
sae eternally that ho wasn't wanted,
But aa the 17th of ltaroh drew near
tha boys got 'together and tried their
best to think of sons perfectly awful
thing they eould do to hurt Dan'a feel
ings, And make hint understand, once
and. for all. that ho was not en of
.them.
- -l bars rtr eried Horaos oaos, , "A -.
psradel" ,
I , -a parade r echoed an ths soys,
oaeo they have ta New Tork, Haven't
. yea read about themf -; - j.
: "That waa't bother him." said Ches
ter Brown, "He'll think It's a eompll
meot, and that we want to show wo 1
, really Ilka him." v, ...
Horaos smiled, vary deeply, but Shook ,
; his bead. ' x. ,
"Leave the arrangemeota to ate." he
. said, 'you'U see."
On the 17th of March tittle Daa got up
feeling very unhappy, The boys bad ,
beea particularly mean to him tha day :
before, and ha remembered with long- .
ing how la the old tenement house) die- '.
wtot they had moved from, no get a
' breath of God's air," as Mrs. Deegaa '
, said, he had celebrated this day with his
. other Little anub-nosed, fraoklo-faoed
frlenda. lis had his green flaT yt and
; ho took It out of tho saored place where
' h kept such things, and looked lovingly
St It Memories of the happy days Whaa
b had marched around and around ths ,
alley with that ne at the head ef tho
procession floated over him and made
him smile, so that not unoheerily he
onlahed his dressing- and went to echoes.
7 ST. PATBICX'S nOCES 3Z033 t
' AM he seared tha lit tie wooden house
ho began to feel (hat there waa a dlf
feroncet tha door was shut tight the
window sliade were down. ana. yea, ha
looked eloser, but it was true, there was '
a. green Hag over the 'seboolnoue door
end on the door Iteelf a hue placard,
whit wltn green letters, which read,
"Closed oa aoount ef the death of Bt
Patrick: funeral serviced front ths '
house of Dan Deegaa at . sharp."
Stub a bewildered little boy yeu never
saw. What did they mean by funeral '
ervloeer Why the bleeeed Saint had
beea burled- hundreds of years ako, be
"eras sure. It must bo a Joke, another
of thos terriM Joke, and his first im
pute waa to rua home and tell mother
everything, and weep it aU out In her
arms. But the second clause In that '
placard came back to him. "Funeral
eurvlcea from the house of pan Deegaa
at I.W aharp." It was after now,
whatever they were going to do, tney -'must
be beginning. Bo h walked back .
very cautiously and quietly, and from -behind
a big tree ho watched his own
He had been right ta his guess. Ths
boy had already aathered about a bun-
dred yards from his house, nearly every
on of them dreaaed In creen. and all
-eariylng -banner, -which- were- too. far tins' paper-with your -hand.
off for Dan to read, but which ba felt M mn.ns MtI '
were Just as unkind aa tha atgn on tho a "7 moments you will see a tiny
sctmofhouae door.- It smed to Daa ee stream of water ahoot up from, tha hot
he remembered that sign that he had 7- Ue, right up to ths (op of tho Jar. aod
- only Just realised hoar much hie teacher (- tBU continue until tha bottle ia a
never have consented to help the' boys
wilh their practical Ke.
They bad a aort of A band, too. Daa
eould make that out One boy had a
drum, another a pretty poor specimen
of a fife, and another a trumpet. Prom
his tree Dan could see them getting In
to line as for a procession, and atartlnV
wlth their banners toward his house.
When tney- got near enough tha band
- ,- .WILLI"! ORCAT atAOLB i;-'
, for our , man's tsaae .-.waa , WlUy
Amrheln j ;.'.' ; - j '
Whea h found himself clesd to the
-level of the neat ha signaled "atop,'
' and as the rope swung him to, he
. caught the ledge 7tu his hoof, drew
. close and gathered la the eaglets one by
one, with Jnanlt ear. Then, with a slg
naJ "dawn," be gently let go and start
ed oa the even mors perilous deaocat
.and ths farther dowa be went the
larger circle th rope described, aad
the more he wee la danger of being
mashed against th Jutting reck, ii
descended ia safety at last (for to as
: those miautea tf peril seemed hours)
and before long, having recovered the
dead eagle, we T ire on our way dowa
to tha valley with the live youag
eagle. , . t ,
Why the Boy Xnda't Oo. .
- CongTeaaman Champ Clara, of Ml
. Sourl, baa a very bright and precoctoue
' so named Bennett, who la about U
year 01 age, ine 00 y. una many other
on of member of th House, I apt
at home. What did 1 waul to hear it
again fort"
AU of which goe to ahnw that sate-
wUi oooaaUiBsil rehesirse at home.
bagaa to play and ths other boys ta
sing, "Ths Wearing of the Green." , ;
At least Daa thought It must be that
sat It didn't sound much like It Daa
bad great oar for must, a ad a vary
sweet end , strong soprano voioo. Tho
, disoordaat noise t ho boys wars making
grated saost dreadfully oa hla ear a, and
ho longed to show' them how the tuna '
really weat . '""
la the meantime Mm Deegaa had
beard ths strains of-ths song and eoms
to the front door to sea what It 'was.,'
Her eyesight waa none of the beet, and
she ' had ' not learned to read Ehgiiaa -
Home-Made Fountain
a Tzmr mxxu op water
O
r COmUM yaej all llks foonUlas.
Aron't'thay attraettve and eooi
oa a hot summer's day, thoaghT
Kezt summer, of eouree, yea will
them la tho parka But ta tho mean
while you aaa easily make ens of yeuf
own, if yon wish, , Pellbw these dlrso
tiOMI -.- '
Tdko h porfumerV bottle or something
Similar, get a good cork halt aa Inch
thiek or less, and make a hoi through
It ' Put a straw throach tho hols, so
that one and nearly touches ths bottom
of the bottle, and the other Is just above
the top of the cork.
Place a piece of blotting; paper oa a
Plata.' Fill the bottle with water and
stand it upon tha blotting paper. Mow
get a bl glass Jar, warm 1, aad dalok
ly turn It upside down over your small
' bottle, preaalng It down upon the blot
Try it
; Cunning Sayings
' BBFORS THET OO TO MAJUCJCT.
little Irene, who had Just faeved to
the country from the olty of Mow Tork, '
was sitting on the porch with hog broth
sr Edgar. They had never seea light
ning bugs before, so they wore surprised
when they saw several huge flying aad '
lighting la iths air. ' - ' ..
' , "They are bugs," cried Xdgar. '
.. "No, they're net" declared Xreaa, '
"they're matobee an the alrr, . ' ,
AM ADJUSTABLE PER SON ALITT.
Little Ian was trying to dross hi mac If
aftsr his bU- He got his shirt oa
front side behind. Looking ruefully dowa
at hlmaolf, he soldi 'V ' ' -'
"Ouoss I'd better tura myself around '
ss gay shirt will button ta front" ' ;
KNOTJOH TO HAISB A BUILDIKd. .
A small hoy, after watching some
tuildars making mortar, saldi .
"My I What a lot of dough you make. -
" S O1UKDM0THJSRLT CABB. '.
; One day a little hoy want out ta the
country t vttt bis grandmother. .Thai
evening O rand ma picked A chicken, .
, "Oh, Orandmal" the little boy as
laimed, "do yeu uadrese your ehioheu
vry nlghtf : , ;. ,
i TJMCOMPLAIMINO MABTTB& ' '
; Early ta the autumn, little Clara was"
observing ths change la color the leaves
were undergoing. - . 1 .
"Poor little leaves I" she sighed, after
A time. "They kept m from getting
tanned alt summer long, snd now
they're getting; all sunburned. them- ,
i selves." - ' ' "' . ; ;: ';' .:i 'i
A HAFPT COMBINATIOM."
While 4-ytar-old May was at the din
ner table her mother asked. '"Don't you
wish for any potatoes and mtr . , ' ,
"NO." May Feplied.
.- "why, where la your appetlteT"
- "Oh, Jana wlU bring it ta with th
pudding," answered May ' .
:, ; Little Chroatdte. '
to Make
:jra t .1"
n! l r
"7
:'V'
, x r eg - ; .f '- -
. with all the fluency that Daa had. Ba
.' tho Joke and of the procueaion was loot
oa her, and the palrlotlo feeling tr etlr
- red la her caused her to shout at tha .
' top of her voice. "Hooray for Ireland 1"
Above the heads of the procession tar
.' dowa the street the cry' waa borne to
: Dan'a -era . and -r. instantly, w Knout
' thinking, be had echoed It
Th proceeatoo, a bit satonUhed by
this reception of their Joke, kept oa its
way. still murderlnaT ths lively tune of
"The Wearing ot the Green." They had
' nearly reached Dan now, who, sudden
ly, to every one'e aatonlshment. Jumped
' from his hiding place, ran to the flrat
: boy, snatched from his band a great'
greea flag bs was carrying. And, placing
himself at the bead of tho procession.
' proceeded, with all th power that waa
In him, to sing "The -Wearing -of- the-
Green." - Uhoonaoieualy , the musicians
Altered their time, wavered and died
. away, but Daa marched oa with hla
banner, singing and singing till it sera
, ed as if his little throat would break.
' . TBI TABUS TUHJJJCO -,
- The astonlahod prooeaaion, mean
while, didn't know what also to do
- with their Joke but to follow on; and
;' so . they paraded ail through th
streets of the village, and ths mothers
aad sister, who had beea let Into tha
y. sseret of th groat Joke, didn't know
. what to think whsa they saw Daa
there at tho head of the procession,
aad the band feebly trying to follow!
. the musical at; hs was staging.
'v. At last the rrooesaloB. wound beak
again to tho houaa whre Daa' lived,
and bow another surprise awaited the
. Jokers.'' :.;...'.
: Mrs. Deegaa appeared at the dooa,
and, with maoh laaghter and talking;
. seised every boy et tkorn and brought
; them all lata her house, where la tho
, dining room they found a feast spread
for them. Mra. Deegaa had taken tho
parade as a sign oa ths part of tho
. boys of wishing to make up to her aoa
tor ths meaa Jokee they had played pa
him, gad she had hurried right baok
j as soon a the procoasloa had pad
-hut of sight put her washing away,
.and spread the daintlee oa tho table
' that simply made the boys star.
' Grown-ups la Hallows were not used
to doing much for tho younger popula
tion in the way of spreading feaata for
them, and each boy knew that If he
, went homo to lunch he would get notb
' Ing but a sold alloc of the meat they,
had had the night before.
Horace Jones waa particularly fond!
. ot good thlnga to eat., and ha saw no
"help "tor 1t hut to appear- as If he had
- meant all tha kind things that Mrs,
. Deegaa aad Daa essumsd ho had meant
all along. . Bo aa soon as be had slsed
; the table up, ho turnad to tho other
boys, bid ths banners which had th
1 wont Inscriptions oo them, and shouted,
- Boye, give three cheers for Mrs. De
; g-aa and Dan." t :
u. In th meantime, Miss Harklna, the
schoolteacher, tad come to feel a little
qualmish about tho permission ah had
givsa ths boys to lock ths schoolhouao
, up for the morning, and shortly before)
lunch she decided to walk down that
way aad see what was going on. Whea
( she saw the placard oa the door shs was
Vary angry, for she had not Intended
anything like that She tore It oft. went
Into the echoolhous and sat down at
hr deek for a few minute, thinking It
over. Somehow kinder thoughts of littl
Dan same Into her mind thla morninaj
thaa usually dwelt there, and prenentir
she found herself thinking ot the Christ
mas present he had siren her. She
, thought of course. It waa dreadful trast,
of aom sort, but he decided to open
aad throw It away while the boy waa
- not around to see bar do it
; DAtf HAD BIxtEJOEBED
But Whea shs opened the package ah
. did act throw It away. It was some- .
- thmg that aba had aom week before
Chrislmn spokea of aa wanting. And
little Dan had remembered! - All tha
other had forgotten, but he had remenv-
, bored. Like a soot she was out of tha
echoolhous aad up the road to Dan a
house. .-.
Tbo sounds of mirth which met her
enre ss ah reared tho door pussled her.
What had tho Joke turned out to be,
after allT But at last ah rang and
... waa admitted by Mra Deegaa.
That good woman almost embraced
; her la her enthualassav It waa all right,
at laat, for little Dan, even the school
teacher had come to anow her change of
. heart and Mra. Deegan, with her big
generous Irish nature, quickly overlook
ed the past and ushered her Into th
-room where the boys eat
"Mrs. Deegan," said Mis Harklna. aa
Soon as ah could speak for the noise,
"I want to tell you about Dan. I want
. to tell you that he 1 th beat boy In
my achool, th moat studious, th best
behaved and th moat grneroua, and
that," she paused and looked the now .
bumbled Jokere over very carefully;
"the other boy are agreed that he la
- the nicest playfellow they have la th .
! village." 1 , ........,
.. It only took the boys one minute to
Understand their teacher, and it also
gave them an opportunity for some more
of those ear-piercing shout which had
. been so frequent that mornlnar.
V - ! , v JEAN KIDDELT ..
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