THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. rOIlTLAND, SUNDAY - r.IORNINS. -JU-
(Copyright MOT. ty The North American Comnany.)
0F CANDY dolicious the princees was made;
The colon she wore were of evVy known shade; ,
And pretty she was, no one ever could doubt
' Who saw her enthroned with her courtiers about
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The princess was gentle and mild as a dove;
'Toward subjects showed nothing but 'kindness and lore; ,, '
All people adored -her and called her a queen, '
The like of which Toyland had never yet seen. - ; '
The night that we speak of she felt very sad, t' ' ': ' , '
For one can't feel dull and the same time be glad. ' ,
Said she: "To a ball I must hasten today, v . ' :
And there midst the fairies dance sadness away." ' . '
' So long danced the princess at Fairyland's 1all
She had not reached home ere the rain 'gan to falL
The sun rose in glorious splendor at dawn
T On a puddle of candy the princess was gone.
a floating
. island;
Z t t miLl alligator, that lives In x
' ....Florida. Part, ot itha . UmulU;
- shome is In water, part of the time on
, 'dry land. ' In warm weather It play In '
. ths river or bayou, or roll about on
; the sand and mud, sunning Itself on the ;
i ; banks of the stream; but when winter
, comes It buries Its great body In the
mud and settles down for a tong sleep.
It has no love for cold weather, and no .
notion Of making- itaelf uncomfortable,
' when It can Just as well take a good,
long cold-weather nap. Not such a bad
plan, la It? -f
Sometimes It happens that the seeds
' of grass and-weuds are blown Into the
wet soil, and quickly spring up, green
and" fresh, on the back of the alligator.
As a rule, these tender plants are ;
shaken or washed oft when the great
" creature jvakes up and rolls into the
water; . but now and then the mud
. clings, the young plants stick fast., and
then.' when the half-awakened monster
' floats downstream. It looks like a mov.
ing island. A poor little plover once
made a mistake and built Its nest on a
sleeping alligator. Some boys who were
out fishing saw the . bird flitting about
above the weeds and water grasses, and,
thinking there might be a covey of the
pretty creatures and a settlement of
. nests there, dropped their tackle and
rowed out to It. When thels boat came
bumping up against the sleeping animal, "
suddenly It opened Its huge jaws and
(.rolled from, aide to side. Oh. how those
boys did scream! The alligator was by '
this time thoroughly wide awake. It
found out. how hungry it was, and also
how dry .i and. with pne wild snort,
S lunged down to the bottom or the i
ayou and washid off Island, grass and 1
nest So the little plover had to seek
another home. E. A. MATTHEWS.
r N. ' OIVINCI "TOADT" TO '"MUVVSR ' . " v i ' l' -
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CAMPING
' St t-t1 .
rX KANE chewed on straw sav
agely, while with' another hs
tickled Jttm fttantnn'a m - '
rust aa Jos'1 was about to pitch int V
him Bill arose and demanded in a, '
.loud voice: .'",".'t . v,
"When 'is this . hers camp going t i
start T ' We might as well have it bow
as any , time. 'Course. Joe'a going away i
ha always does do the wrong thing 1
but some one else1 'H bs away goon, and i
' Wak a M el.. W Mi mm 1 .
After Joe and Dm war separated.
Captain Skinny said.. Impressively!
"Bloody Robbers, 'tenUonl How many ";'
of us think it's best to start camp to-.
morrowr. Every-one thought It waa '
best, except ' Joe, and his ' mouth waa -stuffed
so fun of haV that he ooulda't
aay anything. ' .
w This Important matter now dispose
of. the "gang" left their secret mast
Ing placa In Warner's hayloft, promls-
ing to meet at BUI Kane's next norsvc '
Ing at I o'clock sharp. . . , -
. All arrived at Bill's backyard prompt- V
ly. Nearly 'every .Tdbber' was more oa
WHAT BIRDS SAY.,
nrIlOSE who know much about birds
I ten us that ths birds' notes are
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quite distinct and sound like the
following words. What do they aay to
i you? ,
Robin "Quick! Quick t Do you think
what you do. do you think what you t ter Edna or sister Flo" and ha couldn't
do, do you think?" find any. , Those big tesrs weren't far
.t1"?"?1 $rL h. ' wr. But he wasn't going to give up
m ewM e ayuHS I ; 4SMUA V4 IW
HERE, I think that will do
, now," aaid sister Edna, care
' fully ' fixing . - her bouauet ;; of
flowers. She ran up to ths houss with
them, and soon sister Florence followed,
with another bouquet
For It . was mother's birthday, you
know, and mother loved flowers, so
what nicer gift waa there?
. Wee Ronald was left behind. , He
wanted 'Towers not just same as sis
CLEVER BUNNY
BrjNNIES are sometimes mora elev
er than you'd think. And naughty
boys are sometimes fooled, aa Ar
thur waa.
ArC.ur owned the finest little pony
you ever saw, and a handsoms pony
cart all painted in nice colors and Just ,
the right size for a boy.
When you have a pony like this you.
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don't become tired of him. so It Is no
wonder that nearly every day Arthur
liked to have a little drive.
Now. if there was one thing Arthur
liked as much as ponies. It was a bun
ny. He had all kinds of rabbits at
home, but he always wanted more.
Bo, when on this morning he was driv
ing -merrily along the road that led to
BUNNY'S ESCAPE
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the river driveway, ha drew up sudden
ly, you may be sure, as he saw before
Jilm as cute a bunny as one might wish.
It was sitting on the trunk of an old
tree, most of which, had been blown
away.
Arthur stole quickly down frdm the
. pony-cart,' and tlp-t-ed around In back
of the tree. It 1 wasn't hard to climb
up tae tree. - Arthur was but a few feet
, -' L12FT BEHIND -
away, and,- oh! he was sure he had
Wie rabbit, when, a... at .once. It gav ,
big . jump and landed right on the
t'L And the pony started away, leav
ing Arthur behind. . .
IK WE ONLT COULD
It only myself could talk to myself ' '
A,l knew him a year ago,
1 could tell him a lot
That would save him a lot ; '
Of tilings he ought to Jinow. :
Rudyard .Kipling.
A CARNIVAL
ryHE day had a bad beginning, for
I as the sun crept up behind ths
1 eastern hills and over their crest
shot his first ray It struck ths BUN'
FLOWER on ths back, and, having hie
repose thus rudely disturbed, he turned
slowly around and told the MORNINQ
GLORIES to shut up; nor did the trou
ble end there,, for a moment later aome
v mischievous . scampT struck little Miss
. PRIMROSE with a;; SNOWBALL,
knocking ' "her from V.thatop t ths
WALLFLOWER. ; and OX - ETED
DAISY laughed heartily aa aha saw ths
COWSLIP on an ICE PLANT. .
Now It happened : that JACK ROSE
had a very warm place In his BLEED
ING HEART for the QUEEN OF
SHEBA, a former AMERICAN
BEAUTT, and, knowing her to be a
. maid of money and . determined td
- MARIGOLD, he lost no time in asking
for her hand. At this unexpected, move '
on his part she blushed PINK and shyly
said: "Don't- you think you had better
.ask POPPY r ,
He"tvon tier, of course, and on their'
' way ' to the ' little church under the -
ORANGE BLOSHOMS who Should they
meet but SWEET WILLIAM and VIO
: LET. who were on the same errand. So,
after talking it over among themselves, - ;
they decided it should be a double- wed
ding, and off they went and were mar
ried by their old friend, JACK IN THE
PULPIT.
After the ceremony they met fair CA
MELLIA, who was tenderly drying JOB'S
TEARS, but the gloomy incident waa
soon passed over, for everybody bad to
laugh to see the little PANS1ES making .
such funny faces and the NASTUR
TIUMS cutting all sorts of capers.
They wandered here and there, stop
ping now for a moment as Camellia
sewed a BACHELOR'S BUTTON on
. , JOSEPH'S COAT, and, while this was
being - done, the Queen caught Jack
flirting openly with BLACK-EYED SU
SAN, who was arranging her MAIDEN '
HAIR FERN with a COCKSCOMB.'
Here they were met by DAISY, who .
Invited all to a real party she was
about to give In the WOODBINE: and
on their way over Jack cut his Anger
on a blade of GRASS, but the Queen
quickly tied it up with a piece of RAG
WEED, and Inclosed the injured hand
In a FOXGLOVE. .- ; , . , v v
At the party the little guests sat down
to a luncheon consisting of CORN
FLOWERS and SWEET PEAS, while a
brewing of TEA ROSES was served In
dainty little BUTTERCUPS. There .
was considerable commotion, however,
when they saw JOHNNY JUMP UP ."
and kiss the SENSITIVE PLANT on
the TULIPS; the poor little thing '
fainted dead away, ; but the DANDE-
LION and the TIGER LILY fairly
roared at the incident, while ths WAX '
PLANT cut a sorry figure 1n his ef- " '
forts to keep CHRYSANTHEMUM.
On their r.-ay back they beard a
CHICKWEED (who by the way, was
a sort of a CROCUS) whisper In the
ELEPHANT'S EAR through a TUBE
ROSE that the SMILAX was the laugh
Ing stalk of. the garden, and also that,
the night before when ROSEMARY and
. her sister were out for dinner with the
8AGE.,J!s left the table abruptly, and. '
putting his LARKSPURS to his horse,
rode off without paying for what she T
and MIGNONETTE.
' They now stopped In to see the CIN
NAMON VINE, whose spicy gossip -made
her a favorite, and she said she " -heard
some one say r that they saw "
HOLLYHOCK his AMETHYST: J and
. CAMELLIA spoke up and said that, if
' his wife should happen to -hear of It,
she would certainly J)y into a PASSION
FLOWER f- , .
They resumed : their Journey, but
stopped . once again, this time by the ;
wayside, to hear a SCOTCH HEATHER
play AULD LANG SYNE on the BLUE
BELLS, while the v American FLAG
. waved over their heads; . but When
asked to play more, he only nodded and .
said. "I CANNA."
The homeward flight of the PHLOX ' '
, told them plainly that It was- now
FOUR. O'CLOCK, so on they trudged, j,
finally - reaching home at twilight, AH
being pretty tired, - they found their
beds, while JACK and his bride sought
their new BED OF ROSES. - -
- A little BLUE STAR peeped out and '
smiled with the love of a mother, as she
saw the babes of the garden lulled to
sleep, one by one, to the mighty chorus
of. the night files. No one stirred, save
the MOONFLOWER. who . now stole
stealthily down, and; , taking up a
GOLDENROD. tapped the " BELL-
rtjuyx.n twelve s sort strokes, and.
of It!
Bobolink "Bob-c-lefl. Bob-o-llnk. Bob-O-llnk-e."
.
, Crow "Csw-wl"
Cedar bird "Tse! tse! tse!" ..
Bobwhlte (quail) "Bob-bob-white!
More-more-wet!" - .
Goldtlnch (yellow bird) "Ker-chee--
chee-chee, whew-e, Whew-e." -
Humming bird Mouselike squeak. ' .
:.V Oriole "Will you? .Will you really,;
really, truly?"
Song sparrow "OHt. lit, ollt. chip,
? chip, chip, cha-char-che-wlss. - wisa,
Wins!" ,
i Thrush "Drop It, drop It, cover it up,
cover It upi pull up, pull It up!"
Bluejay "Jay, Jay, Jay, whes-dla,'
Whee-dlei"
' Scarlet tanager "Chlp-chlrr! Pshawl i
Walt-walt-walt for me, wait!" .
Blackbird "Koarg-quer-ree" or '"Bob-a-lee.
a-bob-a-lee! - 1 -
yet
snt."
"Murver" should bava her "p'es-
Ha marched sturdily along the flow- i
r beds. looking with all his might for '
i a nice "poaey.' Then, with a funny
little hop, a great toad bobbed right la
' the garden path. " . , ,
, . Ronald's ayes grew big and round.
He gave a sob of delight, and threw
: himself . upon' Mr. Toad. ,.' Ha 'was a
i splendid ' fellow,- too, ' all : covered with
big circles and dots, ' J '
f "Lots nicer'n rowers," thought Ron-
' aid, so away ho trudged to" give his '
' "p'esent" to "muvver." ' . .v
It was a long way to the bouse. buU
he went on manfully. Once he stum
bled over a hedge.' his chubby legs flew
from Beneath him, and he fell down real "
hard. But as he rolled over and over.
great - ban, ' ha
close to him.
atm hugged n
like a
-xoaay- close to aim. '
At last he came Into "muwer's" room.
. Sister Edna . and ; slater ,' Florence ,-. had
given their bouquets and "bittw",i.
was 'smiling happily. .Ronald toddled t
In. a great, big sunny amlle on his faos
and a great, big toad In his arms.
"Hera's p'esent,. muwerr cried -the
Uttla man,, proudly. "Couldn't fin", fow-.;,
era. and I know you'd like toady." v: "
"Muwer" gathered 'Ronald, toad and1: ,
all. Into her arms.-, ' ' '.
1 Edna and Florence couldn't see why
mother should bo so pleased - over a '
"horned toad." and they wondered why
there were teardrops In her smiling '
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EQGS THAT JUMP
X rOUR friends will bs mystified com-
Y pletely If you do this trick very
' I. -carefully. , ,'
: Take a number of eggs; remove the
yolks and whites, so. that only ths
shells remain.
Ta each of these shells paste one end
of a strand of fine silk, attach ths other
end to one' of your fingers.
In doing the trick, be sure that your
audience are far enough away , to be
unable to see the silken threads.
Now say that you will be able to
'make the eggs leap into the air by mag
netising them with your fingers.
, ' - . . SHINNY'S MISHAP ' -,
, .- - ' . -w.
less -fecared, for bs knew mother or aunt
, or aome one,. would soon find out that a
frying pan, or a tin bucket or other ar
tlclea, as well "as half the supply ot
food la the house, had gone with him.
Billy waa1 quickly hitched to the
, wagon ; , everything that : a goat oould
possibly haul was loaded on It, and
away they at&rted. All felt, much hot
ter when out of. reach, pursuit
They were going to camp. In Rocky;
Lot; of course. There was a fine place,
by a great pile of rocks that mad tha
nicest sort of a fireplace. Nearby va '
,,:,,..-.., mb-.J, Wot trees gave a pleasant shad.
thinkhTes. It waa Betsey Ann a , head.- th- -..."T
On. day when h. was hunting xor aaa. . ,n th,.form of ft it7 was rsafly
comfortable Inside. . , -
THE BURIAL OF DOLLY
THE SECRET OF THE TRICK
;- Of course, as you movs a finger up
ward and downward, ths shell attached
to the other end of the strand of silk
will move up and down. You can gain
a pretty effect by making them dance In
time to music
ryuiERE'S no use trying to" tell how
I I love Betsey Ann, 'cause I Just
' 1 can't do It But no dollie waa
ever treated half so nice, I know, and
no dolly was ever halt so nice as Betsey
Ann. ' t ,
' 1 never did like mice. I never did '
think a mousle was cute andI . know
I never will now, for It was a bad,
wicked mouse that brought on all tha
trouble. Betsey Ann doesn't like mice,
either. . . .
My play-closet where I keep all my .
playthings, you know Is roomy and
comfy. 1 put Betsey Ann there 'cause
I didn't think she rested well when she
slept with me. She was 1 always so
' mussed looking In the morning. - -'
Now, no mouse h-i a right In my
play-closet ; I'm sure Betsey Ana told
him so the night she saw him there, and
I guees it was for that he bit off her
head! Yes, ha did I ' He carried It away
with him, too.
My, how I cried and cried when X
saw Betsey; nxt morning! I couldn't
help it, for, really, I dip love the dolly
so. '-.
- But, as Betsey was dead, I didn't
think It was right to keepvher with
out any head. Next day X burled her
under the rosebush, ' first aaylng my
prayera and bidding her good-bye. And
a robin on the but,' sang a sad, little
song. I'm sure he understood.
I suppose you think my story, ought
to end here, but there's some mora to
It though there wouldn't have been 'If
It hadn't been . for Ben. Ben's my
brother,' and ha found what do you
' of his tools he cams across It, dowa la
the cellar. ..'. ' '.. - ' X ,
v Poor dolly I How sorry I felt for her
again, as I looked At the head.
All at one X thought, rCouldnt ah
be mended?"" - - '
r 1 Right, away X ran to the rosebush,
and dug down under It Dolly waa still,
there, and after I unrolled tha cloth
around h? she looked Just as lovely
as ever except' OJt course, she had no
head. And sh soon had her head
back again, too.
'Course, , , dollies , lose their heads
sometimes, Just : as other ; people' do,
' but X naver heard of any one losing
their head In suoh a queer way. bid
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DECEIVED
. rrHE town constable oyned a flne
I orchard. It reaulred all his ef-
1 forts to keep the. bad boys of the ,
town from stealing, sd that when he .
fell alck he despaired of saving any ot .
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1 However, he had a dummy rigged up,
' to look very much like himself, and had
-It placed in the orchard. For a while
' this kept the boys away, but, after a ,
time, they' saw that It. never moved
' from the one position and suspected it
waa only a scarecrow. After that the'
thefts were more frequent than ever. ,
In the meantime the constable had re
covered from his , illness. He Immedi--j
ately resolved ' to set about punishing
. th boya.
He took hla atand tn the orchard Just
as the scarecrow had been placed, and
' waited. t - : . i
"t Along earner two of the worst offend- ..
ers. Coming close to what they be
' lieved to be the scarecrow, they taunted
it and mads all sorts of fun of It Sud--denly,
the scarecrow moved,, and, be- v
' fore they had time to recover from their '
- sudden surprise, It had pounoed upon
." . them. . , - ' ,
No mors apples wra stolen for a
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" " ' '
No matter at what time the "robbers4 .
, reached Camp; it, was always necessary -to
prepare 'a meal at one. -
, Skinny was chief cook as well as cap- .
tain, t it wasn't long before he had a
' good fir going In the fireplace fash- .
toned among the' rocks, the assistant
eooks' bringing the wood and Skinny;
applying the match.
. Then he directed two- of the fellows , .
to ret water from the spring, which
was about' mil sway; and another
was sent to dig out the potatoes from '
beneath a pile of quoits and horseshoes
4n th. wagon. -
i: Meanwhile , soma "smart chap wh
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THE END OF THE CAMP
rr-HIS name really fitted the prince.
I At least no one had ever known
. A , him to show fear. . ' '
, .only that day he had fought three
terrible giants and vanquished them
single-handed. As for his skill and brav
ery In battle, cone could equal him.
For hla neighbor Prlnca Fearless had
a powerful baron, who was a dwarf.
celve a thousand pieces.''
- As . dusk was : fast coming on,' - th
baron told the prince to ' follow him,
and he would lead him straightway to
the place. . --
it was nightfall when the two drew
uu before an old . castl that lay in
ruins. ' j t - , '"
"Here X shall leave you for the night
creeping back aa auicklv h mm.
he reached over and tenderly kissed the
-V1UHT-ULOOMING CERKU8. ' It was
O.UPPINCOTT.
The baron was himself a coward, and f. if you wish, you may make some soup
before the great fireplace Inside, and let
me share' It with you la the. morning.
r In the meantime ' I shall now - go horn
to -dream of th gold I shall win within
ths next few hours." So saying, . th
dwarf departed, chuckling, ' "
it Wishing to make a. fire, the prince be
gan collecting some brushwood that lay
In the .courtyard. While ha was doing
; this a , band v of mysterious, white
sheeted figures passed before him; but
the prince went on with his work, mer
rily whistling.' t .
He went Into the great bare castle.
Throwing the wood on the fireplace, he
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was Jealous of the prince for' his brav
ery; but he was also very wise, ' and
knew many tilings 1 in magic. .
vi. The prince waa riding back to th
castle after fcla fight with the giant
when he met th baron.
; "Prince," said he, ""people say that,
you are entirely without fear. X know
of 'a place where, I'll wager a thousand
pieces of gold,: you wouldn't stay for
twenty-four hours without being fright
ened." . . v " ' ' ,
"I should like .to try ' It" returned '
Prince Fearless; "if I -fall, you shall re
started a fire, and sat before it to warm
himself. - i
Prince Fearless was thinking to him- .
self, "I wonder where that soup is th
1 baron was talking about" when, sud
denly, a giant snake appeared from th '
. hole In the wall, beating in Its Jaws an
Immense cauldron. ' .
'Thanks,", said, ths princ; "but, a ;
, pot's not much good without something ''
to put In It."
' . Hardly had he said this, ' than "all '
sorts - of horrible things rained dowa '
,from the celling, and a monster came
toward him with - a . bowl overflowing
With blood. - This he poured into ' th
kettle, and put the Other things In after- '
"ward. Soon th horrible mixture ' was
boiling fiercely. 1
- All, during the night did the prince
sit watching the pot while around him
were all manner, of strange, terrifying '.
noises. Not once had he trembled.
At- daybreak two 'of " the ugliest '
creatures he had ever seen brought him
a table service. A' few moments later
' the baron entered. ?-
The prince cried: . "Hal hal Wher
Is this thing that is to frighten mer ;.
"Walt a while; the twenty-four hours
are not yet over," replied th other. ;
- "Let roe serve you with son) soup,"
he continued, v He poured the soup Into
a large bowl, covered It and bore It to
a table nearby.' '
Bidding Princt Fearless to be seated,
he removed the cover of the dish. ' Out
flew , something . that ' hit th prlnc
sharply on the cheek.
"How that frightened met" exclaimed
the prince, - forgetting all ' about, th
wager. ,' , , - ' . '
. "Ah! the' thousand pieces of gold are -mine,
after till!" orled the. baron, , la
satisfaction. -
The prince admitted , this was true.
Then he looked to see what had fright-: -ened
him. It was merely a little spar
row that had taken him by surprise, .,
. YoU see that even the bravest are not
without fear. i
,. wasn't mlndln' his own business" roHef
: one of the stones away from ths fire
place. It. was still hot. when Skinny
. 'picked It tap Just to see how far h
- could throw It It didn't go far, but It
. certainly left his hands quickly enough.
The fellows 'way over , at the spring
beard him yell, and came running ao
fast to sea .rhat was th matter that
j they spilt ail the water and had to g
back for more. '
But at last the potatoes were pro r
nbunced done, and ths"gang" was in
vited to commence on them, and "soma- ' .
; thin' that didn't need cookin' " until
the stove turned out; soma other tooth
some article. ' - -
t The potatoes were cooked long enough J
, in fact they were burned almost to a
crisp. But under the watchful eye ot
Skinny each ("robber" ate on potato be-
' fore trying the eatables that didn't need ,
. cooking. . Nobody wanted a second one,
Bill Kane noticed, too, that Skinny at -only
half a potato.
Every one had eaten breakfast but a '
. short time before. In spit of that,
however, it took quite a great deal ta .
' satisfy each hungry "bandit". ' -
After the repast some bf th fejlows
. pitched quoits and horseshoes.
, others wandered through the woods,
short distance away.
All were to be on hand before long to
pick aides tor a game of ball. But they
were called together before that to re
pair the damage made to their tent and
- other camp ' equipment' by a mad bull
which had come through the fence of
the next field, putting all to flight '
By the time the bull waa. chased away
and things put In some sort of order
all were hungry again,; And, as nothing
remained to eat, t waa decided to go
back to town.
So ended the first "camp."
A little girl - came home flushed with
indignation because she had been "kept
in" to correct, her examples. "Mamma,
I'll never speak to Jeanie Smith again
as long aa I live," she exclaimed. "Why,
what haa Jeanie done to deserve that?"
"Beeause-iwell, because I copied all her
arithmetic, and every sum of hers was
wrong." ,
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