THE OREGON SUNDAY? JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY
For,, Bops-
Death of Billy
N'
Of long after th "Bloody nob-
brT wit their cat through
th breaking up of the Old Dam
they patched up a truoa wtthvtbe!r
rivals, th "Bloody , Pirates," who
nerd sway at the other and of ' the
town. There wa to b ao more war
between" the - two bands tin til after
baeeball season, for the "Bloody
Plratee," although oontemptlble In
every other way, certainly could play
ball, and no team could praotloe If
the players had to apehd all their
time guarding again!, attack from
their enemlee. (" v, c
But the death of Billy Put an end to
thle rather unnatural .peace, and a
ball game were played thai year.
Billy wu , the ' mascot . : of th
"Bloody' Robbers," a goat' of unusual
Intelligence and courage. 'Ml chief
VOWINO VENGEANCE
Joy In life was to butt savagely
every "Bloody Pirate" he cam aoross.
The "Pirates" never did love Billy.
When the sad news of Billy's death
was known to all the "Robbers" a
special meeting wae held In Warner s
hayloft Ae they were told of the
atrurtge manner In which he had died
during the night, one and all declared
the "Pirates" could tell something
about how Billy came to his untimely
end, and to a man they made terrible
vows of vengeance.
Even this might not have brought
on war at once had not the "Pirates"
wantonly insulted the remains of
Billy.
Now the "Bloody Pirates" really had
no hand In Billy's death, so that when
they fiaw the remarkable funeral pro
cession go down the pike toward
Rocky Let, the place selected for
burial, they wondered much.
First came Bill Falk, playing a
mournful dirge on his flute. Then
marched 1'ete Hamilton, holding aloft
a piece of black cloth attached to a
pole. Following him was Captain
Skinny, drawing behind htm, ,as a
privilege of his high rank, an express
wagon, upon which lay the body of
poor Billy, hidden from the Vulvar
eye by a piece of old awning. The
rest of the band marched solemnly
on either side 'of the hearse, whle
numerous "outsiders" and dogs
brought up the rear.
The "Pirates." forbfdden by their
agreement to enter their rivals' ter
ritory, gased at this prooesslon from
a distant hill.
"They're always having some torn-
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Grandpas marshalled troops dlotrd
An inete years. lo, zeacnvTb.
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lime i, too, am soon departing
CoiniMdGs'irue' he mutters
THEY BOWED TO
THE MONKEY
EVERYBODT In the city bowed to
the marquis. Happy was he win
received a nod in return, for the
marquis, mind you, was a very gregt
man. -
Quite often the marquis : ok an airing
In his sedan chair, borne by sturdy car
riers. When, upon this morning, the
people of the city saw the chair of the
marquis epproachlng, one and all bowed
deeply. Although the curtains of the
chair were drawn slightly, they hoped
there might be a chance of his observ
ing them. The carriers passing in front
of a company of soldiers on parade,
the company saluted.
Judge of the astonishment and humil
iation of every c.-J when Just then the
door opened end out leaped a monkey.
The marquis had sent his pet monkey
out to got the air.
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Legend of the Stork
i Sultan of Turkey
WAS A VERY POOR
SHOT
EDITH had long wished for a doll
that could speak. When Christmas
came and a queer-looking box was
left behind by Santa C'Uus she felt very
sorry, Indeed. Bui she. wasn't sorry any
longer when, after taking oft wrapper
after wrapper, she found the prettiest
dolly you ever saw. And oh I she could
talk. Yes, she said "Mamma" and
"Papa" as plain as plain couM be.
Dolly was named Susanna, because
Edith once had a little dog by that
name and she .oved her very much.
- Like Mary and her lamb, wherever Edith
. .went dolly was sure to go. Never did
, Edith tire of ber, and although Susanna
. didn't say so exactly In words, she
seemed to like her new mistress greatly.
Not long ago Brother Jack and Edith
walked down by the brook. Jack wan
poking In th water with a stick to see
If he could And any "minnles," when a
big box came floating down stream.
"Oh. let' give dolly a ride," cried he.
go they put Susann In the box, and,
after tying a long string to one end, set
It adrift where the brook was widest.
Fine fun they were having, too, when,
sad to say. the cord broke I
Jack and Edith ran along the stream,
but there was no way to get dolly to
HEARING WITH THE
TEETH
THIS may seem rather remarkable,
but you raa-faear sounds with the
teeth that you cannot even dis
tinguish with the ear.
Try this experiment! Lay a watch
(ace downward on the table. Stand far
enough f ron th table o that you -are
unable to hear th ticking. Take a long '
deal ctlck, place on end of it on the
back of the tratoh and. grip the other
In your teeth. Closing the ears with
your Angers, you will then plainly hear
th tick Of th watch.
If th stick la long enough, fou may
place on end Of It on th top of, a
piano, and With the other between your
teeth you can tell the tun that I being
played even though you cannot hear a
sound In th ordinary way.
land. At last Edith sat down ami crlcf
bitterly. Jack felt worse than he did!
When kept in after school. "1 ought t
V known better than to', play wltbj
DOLLY ADRIFT v , ;
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dolls, anyway," h muttered to hlnleelfk.
On and on sailed the box. From one
stream It was carried to another, fron
one river to another, until it reached that
sea. One day it floated upon a Ion fj
beach thousands of miles from where 1j
had started. . .
Along came a horrible cannibal. Soonf"
UlllRE was once
who gathered fl found him ae hi
counselors all tba wisest men of
his dominions. The sultan himself was
very wise, b it ..e eeuld not help play
ing Jokes pon the dignified advisers.
For several months the sultan had
enjoyed not a single-trick. He began
to fear that he would soon be growing
dull unless something happened to
amuse him.
That day he directed his slaves, to
thoroughly oil the broad steps that led
to the palace. He then sent word to all
his counselors that he wished to 'see
T
A MOUSE CLUB
HAT a mouse should be valued as
high as a pair of horses is amaz
ing. Yet In England there are
mice worth Ave times their weight In
gold.
The members of the National Mouse
Club, most of whom are women, are
scattered tthroughout Great Britain.
Each year the club ha two or three
exhibitions, when handsome prises are
awarded to the owner of mice which
best, pleas the Judge.
Prises are given for the mice whote
coats are of the richest colorsa light
gray being a favorite and for the most
Intelligent It is astonishing to see th
number of clever tricks these little ani
mal may be taught
would to keep his footing, each digni
fied gentleman slipped upon the oily
surface and rolled to the bottom of the
steps. The sultan roared with laugh
ter. Thla was for him the best Joke be
had ever played.
But one of the wisest of the advisers,
who knew all about magic, was so
angry at being treated lu thle way that
he changed the sultan Into a stork.
And the stork to this day, though a
wonderful old bird, yoa know, some
times does such foolish things as bring
ing you a. baby brother when you want
a sister or a baby sister when you want
a brother to play with. ,
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Gets Fish in Ice Cake.
C. E. .Cornley, proprietor of. a sum
mer resort at Black Lake, Wis., cap
tured a forty-pound muBkellongu in a
peculiar manner. Comley, with a force
of men, waa harvesting ice in a shal
low bay of the lake, where the water
was froien solidly to the white sand
bottom. The great fish was found
frozen In the crystal ice, and an oblong
piece was sawed out and the flail taken
to Khlnelander. The ice was placed in
J? "J1 A1 a restaurant and when it
melted the Ash was found to be still
alive and apparently none the worse for
having been frozen in the solid Ice all
winter.
THE SULTAN'S JOKE
them at a certain time in the after
noon. Placing his chair at the head of
the steps, the sultan seated himself up
on It chuckling.
As the hour appointed,,, arrived th
wise men appeared. But try a he
Bobby's Strategy.
Quit number were present at din
ner, and Bobby found himself entirely
overlooked. .
Having waited
patiently for tome
iuuh ana receiving notning to eat. at
last he Inquired loudly if some one
would klndiy give him some mustard.
"What t o you want with th mustard.
Bobby T'' asked his mother.
"To go with what you -have already
given me," he cheerfully explained.
Bobby received all he wanted thereafter.
BADAME'8 greatest desire
was to be considered a gooa
marksman, in an unguarded
moment he told some friends that he
had with ease often shot a pear from a
tree in his orchard 1 at a dlstano of
100 paces. The friends however, were
not inclined to put much faltB" W the
statement, and asked that they be
permitted to witness this exhibition of
fine shooting.
Poor Mr. Badame feU that he must
uphold, at any cost, the reputation he
had given .himself. He knew only too
well that it would be Impossible for him
to hit a pear at that distance, (or most
any distance), so he engaged Johnny
Jones to'climb Into the tree and drop a
pear as soon as he heard the shot Be
sides bestowing a liberal reward upon
Johnny, he presented him with a bag of
lulcy pears.
In due Hme the friends arrived. Mr.
Dadame carefully counted off 100 paces
and then confidently took aim. Johnny,
meanwhile, had. without thinking, be
gun to eat the pear he was to drop, and
when the shot rang out his wit were
so muddled that he let fall the bag of
pears given him.
Much good-natured chaffing did th
would-be marksman receive upon th
size of the "pear" shot from tb limb.
Never again did Mr. Badame boast of
his ability as a shot
, Strongest Known Wood.
Recent tests of the hardwood of west
ern Australia have revealed the extraor
dinary properties of yate, believed to be
the strongest of 'all known woods. Its
ayerage tensile strength is 20,000 pounds
to the square inch, equaling that of cast
Iron.
FOUND BY A CANNIBA&
he spied the box., Picking up poor Six.!
sanne he handjed her so roughly thai'
Edith would certainly have scolded him)
had th seen It Just the he pressed
dolly1, so that she cried loudly "Papaf, '
Mammal" '
You should have aeen that big savager
drop dolly and Scamper away I When ha
saw that nothing happened, however, h
came back, and spent quit a long tlma
hearing dolly talk,
Then he took her in his arm to th
chief of the cannibals, who listened la
wonder o the queer dolt
HOW THE TRlCK IS DONE
Always Discontented.
Zepb was an old darky who suffered
continually from the sharp tongue of
his wife, Aunt Chloe.
Their ' only pig had been killed, and
Zeph announced his, Intention of buying'
another. So off be went, followed by
the sdvlc of Aunt Chloe.
Later he returned, leading a great,
fat porker.
"Well, I reckon you paid some fool
ish price for dat der plgT" was Cbloe's
greeting.
No, Zeph said, he hadn't In fact he
Anally confessed that he had stolen It
"Lan' sakes." complained his wife,
much dissatisfied, "couldn't you steal a
bigger one than thatT"
Couldn't See For th Mountains.
A little boy. but recently returned
from a trip to th Alps, was asked how
he liked the scenery.
"Oh, I s pose lf all right," said he,
"only there were so many mountains
that they hid everything else from
sight."
THE OLD IDOL THROWN- AWAY
"Urn It' a god!" be said. Then h1
cried: ,
"Take away the old Idol J W havV. '
now a greater god. Let every on bowf
down befor the new god!" 1
So dolly became th idol of th cannUf
bals, and she grew so proud and haughty) ;
that you would scarcely have known her
But then she wsst't an ordinary doll.
Ha
THE FUNERAL PROCE8SION
foolery or other; wonder what' up
now?" queried Commodor Mike Flan
nigan. But none cotlM guess th truth.
Arriving at Rocky Lot. fete Hamilton
osted his banner of grief near the spot
Ignated by Captain Skinny as the
place of ljuriaL A grave was then dug,
and Billy wag lowered to his lost rest
ing place amid prolonged lamentation.
After holding appropriate ceremonies,
the "Robbers" flled down the road to
hold another meeting and arrange for
the proper sort of tombstone' for their
old friend.
Meanwhile, th curiosity of the "Pi
rates" got the better of them, and they
cautiously descended to tb new-mad
grave." r'
-Wondr what they've buried!" ex
claimed Mlk. As no on could answer,
soon they wer busily engaged In find
ing out . ,
But Tommy Bowes, the "Robbers'"
latest recruit had seen them from afar
as he was hastening to attend bis
band's meeting. He tarted off hot foot
to tell his comrades. ',
The "Pirates" were Just about to un
cover Billy, when the Insulted "Rob
bers" swept down upon them.
War wa on. What' more, it etayed
on, for the "Bloody Robbers" couldn't
forglvtV ibls last crime, . the greatest
cvaew lommitieu.
H Copied the Spot.
That it la not alway well to follow
out instructions exactly as they are given
may be illustrated by th story of a
Japanese tailor: ' ' u
A certain gentleman had accidentally
stained a suit oi wnieu he wa very
proud. Beeinsr that it was ruined, he
look the Clothes to the tailor and asked
that another suit be made exactly
like It
The Japanese" are Ana Imitators," and
the suit, when completed, fit perfectly.
But upon looking it over,- the gentle
man saw to his uisguBt that the tailor
had reproduced exactly : the stain on
his other suit V t- '
, Shared th Blow. '
"Why, Johnny, bav you beaten these
two little boys?" ' "
" 'Cause-neither looked very strong. '
hd I thought they'd best share the
whack between them." , .
1 Fairy Itoiy
Y
ES," announced the princess, "I
shall be happy to take a hus
band should there be one found
to ray liking."
The whole day before the princess
had sat deep In thought, scarcely tast
ing the food placed before her. It was
only that morning that the ministers of
state had respectfully called upon her
and suggested that It would please her
people overmuch should she take a hus
band, The king, her father, had been
'killed while hunting a full year ago,
. and the queen had - 'died soon after
ward from grief. While the princess
was as wine, as she was beautiful, still
her subjects folt the ' klng-dom needed "
the Arm band pf a king therefor thla
request t
Now, a princess so oung and beauti
ful could have no lack of suitors, but
then she was very, very hard to please,
so that a proclamation was sent far and
wide telling the world of ber desire to
choose a husband.
Soon the courtiers bgan to arrive
from far and near. Sonic were tall and
some were short; some were fat and
some were lean; but all bore high-sounding
titles and possessed great wealth.
Each bestowed upon her a magnificent
gift that "is, all except one. Exactly
one hour before the trumpet blew an
nouncing the close of the time for all
aspirants to appear, there waa admitted '
to the court a youth who, though very
handsome, - had , come on a forlorn
looking horse , and whoa clothes were
decidedly threadbare. ' .
-Advancing toward the throne, he
humbly knelt before the princess and ,
begged her to accept the gift he hand
ed her a poor, little bouquet of roses.
Carelessly hidden smiles of scorn could '
be seen on the faces of the other suit
ors. The princess who, until now, bad been
wearily looking on this scene, seeming- '
ly not in the least Interested, nw
roused herself. Graciously taking the
fiowers, she asked, not unkindly i - .
"And whom have I the pleasure of ad
dressing?" 1
A.t - this - the - noble courileia -- around
smiled broadly. -Surely the princess
must bo making sport of this ill-kept
stranger, a vagabond more fit for the
alley than the court. , :
"T1 I who have all th pleasure in the
addressing, lovely, princess," returned
the youth, and the words fell musically '
upon the ear, "I am Prince Leo, of the ;
Kingdom of Orlaco. My fattwr until
recently was ruler Over that country.
A short time ago he was slain by a
neighboring monarch, and I dmnniWi
. Of my inheritance, so that what J carry
BRAVELY SPOKEN. PRINCE," MURMURED THE PRINCESS
with me is all that I possess. For all
that 1 take courage to ask your hand,
for I feel it ChrlU. not be long are my
faitnlUT sword baa won again a king
dom and a fortune for me."
"Bravely spoken, prince," murmured
the princess. . .
"Now," said she to all the assembled
suitors, "for one year 1 shall test Jour
courage and fidelity. A year and a day
and I shall expect to see you all here
again. He who then can tell of the
most glorious deeds accomplished dur
ing the yoar will be chosen ae the prince,,
of my kingdom. Till that lay see that1!
each wears faithfully the rjbbon which
I place in his keeping a a (token of his
service to m.?,
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Every suitor pinned the gage of the
Srincess to his breast Then on and all
parted. - - - - 0
- Strange to say, when titer had Bona,
iwas ot me snaooy prince mat me
princess thought and 'twas for him
; she sighed sottly to herself.
' Just, a year and a day rrom tha time
! the princess sent her suitor forth a
vast cavalcade . entered the city. Some
of the suitors, it is true, had lost, heart
easily and did not seek to redeem their
vows, but most of the aspirants re
turned, laden with spoils. .
One had slain a mighty dragon; an
v other hsd killed twelve" men "single
; handed in battle; another, had conquer-:
- d a : wild,,- unknown country bringing '
back with him a company of slaves j
still another had captured a unicorn;
and bo on.
There lacked but one hour for the
trumpet to blow, rtosing the gates, and
still the shabby prince did not appear.
The princess found herself looking for
, him, and, when she could not see him
she grew Uneasy, she knew not why.
A Just then there came through the
courtyard the largest horse In all the
world, bearing upon his back the
. bodies of the seven greatest dragons.
Upon these stood a Jtlny page.
When bidden to speak, thv little page ;
cried, shrilly.' ' - t,
A "I m sent bymvmsster. tbe Prlnr
Leo. lie command me to say that be
will be here before a quarter hour has
passed."
To bear out the page's words the
prince arrived, leading captive so large
and mighty a giant that the room could
scarce hold him. The court was as
tonished. One by one the suitors told of what
they had done. Truly, their deeds had
been great and glorious enough to sat
isfy any princess.
Last of all. Prince Leo arose. Badly
he stood before the princess, with bent
head.
"Oh, most beautiful princess," plead
ed he, "do not ask me to relate my ad
ventures, ror it can be of no good.
The ' princess exclaimed in wonder:
"Why not? It appears that you have
captured the most terrible giant, killed
the seven largest dragons, conquered the
greatest horse and, I hear, won three
kingdoms and done other mighty deeds.
Certainly It seems to me that you have
don even , better than these noble
princes."
"That may be." mournfully replied the
prince, "but I return without thy gaga."
The face of the princess paled. "Per
haps you dropped it in your encounter
rfHth the giant; or maybe when you
slew the dragons; or, again, when you
wrestled with the horse," she suggested.
The prince silently shook bis bead.
More and more perplexed grew the
princess. r.j
"Well," said the prince, r "since you
press me I shall tell how I chanced to
lose it I was entering the city but an
hour ego, when I saw by the gate a
little girl crying as though her heart
would break. Taking her In my arms,
I found that your precious token was
the only thing th.-.t would comfort her.
I started to ride away when there waa
no more time to spare, but th baby
cried eo that, princess" here hla voice
gave a queer little break "my heart
bled for her and 1 gave her the
gage."
Dejectedly he turned and walked away.
"Stay I" cried the princess, her' eye
sparkling and cheeks flushing a, rosy
red; "there seema to be more merit in
this last deed than any of your others
and, prince, I thlak you are my choice,
she added, with the happiest little sob.
Yes, and not one of the wise coun
selors but applauded the choice. Her '
was a man as well as a king one who
would care for and readily protect hla
people. 1 '."A:.---,
So Prlno Leo waa crowned amid
great rejoicing. wish I could say
they lived happy over fter but the
fact is I really neve beard, any mora
about them. Just the same,' I'm aura,
they did,. Don't you think so. tool '
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- WORSHIPPING DOLLY
PU2ZLES TO, SOLVE
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Diamond. -
A consonant. ,
To have taken food. .
A fixed look. . ' .- X ":?.'
Word meaning "befor." . "
A vowei ,
Curtailing.
Curtail th part of your body yorf
r'nd on and leave a payment -
Curtail the element with th most
heat, and leave a tree. , .
Curtail a plank and leave an aniroaV
Curtail a king' adornment and laavg
bird. -A f , V,
1 Biddl. ' J
1. What belong to yourself, but if
used by others r-ore than yourself?
2. Why U a balloon .. Ilka vagrants?
Last Week's' Tuxsl Answers, '
1. Behead a flake and leave a lake.
2. Behead a glasa and laav a lass.
X Behead a fiock and leave a lock.
ieaVTyp, v
; : The little stream run swiftly.
, Bidden! Countries.
- 1 Germany.' 1 Kw Zetland. V 8!am,
(. ' Boy Ak Tather.
When a boy want favor f
parents he asks .hie t!fir t
and ell hi mother be U j i.