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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ZlORNtNG, JUNE 5a 07 J 'iff. 'V y ., ' , - . ' 1 (Copyright tm, by Tm worth American company.) FUN IN NAMING THE THE .BEST FOURTH WAITING FOR HER .-:;yr::iOF.'ALL:;''': LBT, 0 A. ELLEN 1 Just th dearest, sweetest gtrl I know. And to think that ir Cldat peuc fr tw long jgkal'V : Z think that, tnaybe Elian' being M forgiving baa aomethlng to d with my liking br wall. After what ah fill before the Fourth I ajway ahaU v Ellen. ' vtr r- ; . Tott see. for every 1WO) they build r, big platforra In the equare. end there I , ,V VO -i f 14 1 1 - ', hey have loU f apeakere coin end I tfVS" II I jEr::;;J rr wa cLORioui RAisma thb jtlag,- v:;': 7;-; TP WA OIOBZOVI there-a aa anfurHnf of a reat flfcg. when tba taat pleya and an eheer and taka oft their bat ; Oh, IT a almpiy flnel Soma gtrl from Mtea lana'a achool la alwaya choMa to 4e thta, and, I eaa tall yon, tha one who ralaea tha flag la aa rroud aa a peaoock. . Illae Jane told ua two weeka before, the Fourth that whoerer made tha beet marka for tha next ten daya would be choeen. 80 we aU aet to work aa bard aa ever we could. Of ooursa, EUn and I weren't apeak-' tng all this tlma u I aald, but w. both wanted to make up, Juat tha sun. Tou know when you've had a chum aa long aa you can remember. Ha hard to ret used to being without her. - (No, rve really forgotten what It waa Chat led us Dot to SDcak-l It so happened that by the day the Winner was to be picked SUen and I ' PERHAPS YOU WOULDN'T I DON'T know what tba folka can see In tha Pourth Day of July; , Tm Juat aa glad aa I can be - ,Wbea tt yaaea quickly by. i g rrOMORROW we'll make ao much ,! I noUe that tba Pirates' wont . ; ' X : bevable to bear themaalvaa,' atoutly declared Pata Hamilton. ' ; . f4 . Captain Skinny nodded.. "Juat because ; every derned "Bloody Robber waa broke j but year, and tba 'Pirates ware able to make all the noise for the town, they 1 needn't feel ao chesty about having i thfhga their awn way thla Fourth. 4 1 LWeve been savin s for tha last alx fl i months, and wa'U be able to get auch a ' :d ' lot of fireworks that the Tlratas '11 feel 1 v ) lck.-.. 1 -'ir c I ; Tba "Bloody Robbers" aa tba 'great, 1 r., flat atone by tha creek'a edge gave a I ' ( roualng cheer, which was echoed by tha I Jf j members of the band who sua disported f - them selves la tba water. : ty" "Ouaaa rn ba gotog, ald Pete; -X pant to get gome mora firecrackers, and I bear old man Brown la nearly sold Jout" ; - , ' C Attar driving Zke Jones back lata the -Water seven auoceaalve tlmea to wash, -ePeU slopped throwing mud at blm and tarent on hla way. , ; As ba waa about - to enter Brown's atore ba cama across Uncle Joshua. ' "Hello, Uncle Josh I How are you go ing to spend tba FourthT" ha cried, pheerlly. . rNot Ilka you, young man, with nottw 'DP thought of what the day means. I tell , ge tha young folks ain't got the right . apeerlt 'When I waa young wa knew bow to celebrate the Fourth." Uncle Joshua ahook his cane fiercely. . , , laughing good naturedly, Pete pur- TOUNCk" WHEK I WAS .,. chased bla fireworks and walked toward " borne. r -' - - 1 . But aU tha rest of tha ' day Uncle - Joshu&'d words rang In hla ears, and as ! ''he went to sleep that night ha muttered to hlmBelf, "I wonder If I have tba right N aplrltr v , , ' 'Think you they , will dara do - Itr' hoarsely -questioned a thin, bawk-nosad t . v man, glancing cautiously roynd him. "weu, men a,- cauniy repuea a giant U - -B , '.. U UU IrSii' T irl .....( RAISENa THB MtJk.Q.m . were even, and ft all depended aa tha ... anark we got that afternoon (or cur eompealttoh. - , . Mew, I'm better in axamrea than EU . I ten, -but I don't Ilka eaaipoaitlofia, while j aha can write aU kinds without tha least J trouble. . - , Just before achool waa ever -we were ' aU waiting to hesjr tha name of the. winner, when Mlsa - Jane aaked,- aur-prtsed-Uke, '"BUeiu why didn't yett write an oompoaltlonT" Ulen bung her bead and aald real low that aha didn't went to write any. . 60 I wea ehoeen to unfurl the nag, although I juat know Ellen gave up bo ause of me. But, I can tell) you, we : were fast friends after that "V" It was glorious, raising the fla With . ao many people looking at you and such feplendld mustor but all tha time I felt kind of sorry and wlahed Klleo' aa4 Cone It Instead of . Tba morning's hardly dawned before Cracker tied to me behind, Torpedoes thrown from every dear . Make ma iwa and almost blind. -e-,-- SP.IW'T-OF'THE "WZfRB FREH31 Quaker, 'the king baa dona much to anger hla subject!. I fear there may be prolonged war, although Z pray tt be not ' uo." . . A third broke ta: "Dare I Aye, they . dare anything. Tod know not the tem per of these delegate from aU the colonies wbe meet today." Pete i Hamilton loqked ' around blm curiously. . Gathered In front of a long building, which he saw waa like the ' picture In hi hlatory of Independence Hail. In Philadelphia, waa a great throng of people, dressed In the atyle ' tot tba colonial period. ' Soma were talk Ing In tense Whispers, many were al ien ti but alt were watching tha build- tng latently, aa though something ware about to happen. Suddenly the great bell & u,, tower above them crashed forth In a mighty peaL . . A ahout burst from one near tha ball, Then apreadlng, aa though by wildfire, there arose tha cry t "We re free) we're free! Liberty and Independence forever 1 Men aelaed one another's arms, shook ' band, clapped'each other' backs, mus kets were fire and, the ahout grew stronger, until It teemed that tha digni fied Quaker city bad gone mad. "Ah I tla a great day. my ladl" cried a mag beside Pete; "one that Will ba boldly written In history and tha story repeated hundreds of yer froui new. Fortunate, Indeed, are we", among men that we should see itr . Great thrills chased one another up and down Fete'a a pine. Tearing off bla cap, 'be burled It Into the air, leaping after' It i .. "Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah " cried e, with all 'bis might and main. When Pete Hamilton awoke he didn't Jump out of the bed and proceed to fire 0T8 and girl can bay loU of fan playing tha tolkrwlng gam ana m find. oma t tha Tiaatlona ara 6A vary cay to anawar, aithae. i Tka quaatlona ara lvaa Oat on aKp t ' yapw without tha mnawara, and tha.ona who gata tha largaat number at correct anawara la tba vlnnat f tha garaai . , Which la tha moat level treat' Plane., ' Whloh la tha fcrfghteat eoloraa treat ftedweod. ..'-i . fi ' . v'-. ' ' "' - Which trea' auggaata thoughta of the eeaat .Beech, 1 'v ; , ' Which tree would wa prefer on a rery oil Bay t jnt. ; WUoh trea oantaJaa AonaaUo aat. eaeJT lilafaogaay. Which tree might yary properly wear a ievat falnv i Which trea U a pronoun t Tew. . ' , Whtoa la the moat melancholy tree! Blue gum. ' ' : v Which tree U a tale tellert Peaoh. , Which trea la fnaeott Locust. , Which Ja the dandy among traeat J fiprwoa -. Which trea la aa InralldT Pine. WWoh tra 4aaevar 4arefot4T- aa Wbtoh trea aa beat remember aum- karat Date, Whaoh trea baa paaead' through flrat Which la tba meat ancient treat Elder. -Oar TeungPeopla : .. : Jv ': . Tha Lacy, worm. " ' A pwvtlUul worm lay Bleeping fast - Wlthta Wa ey bed. ' And, aa the bear grew late, at Wat ;r.. Hla av bet tame and aaidt ... . . ; "Get up my dear; It's veay lata," , And auch a lovely day; ' I bear a dock Juat striking I ; , ' .. . Oet up at onoe, X aay 1" , ; , I fear the lacy ntla worn ., . tjnto bla mother said. - As be began to writhe and aaobm, -And -wrlgglk out f bedt ,1 dare not rise tni It to late, J , Or else, apoa my word, , I know that It would be my rata X To meet that early bird I . - mi ": MCJonataaea U. Lew. They place a bona for you, parbapa, . ' - Underneath a tox or can; And, though you'd never think of traps, 800a you're blown 'most to Japan. FO WVRB PSSSBl. off bla biggest cannon cracker, aa was his usual custom on tha morning of tha Fourth. Instead, ba sat quietly up In bed for a moment, reviewing the events that had passed in hla dream. Than with a about of "Liberty and Independence forever 1" be made the biggest racket of which ba waa capable. . Pete , listened attentively to ail tha speeches made that afternoon on tba market square, thereby bringing down, upon bun the wrath of Captain Skinny and tba rest of the "Robber," wbe con sidered 'thla mare idleness. . .. But Pete believed that at last ba bad caught the right spirit of tha Fourth, v . ; 1 A Bright Idea. A little boy wanted to give hla mother a birthday present and he did not know wnat u hWt t lastixa decided to give bar a Bible. After be bad bought It, he ld not know what to put on the -front page, ao, after' looking through coma of the book la the library, be de cided to pit the following an: "To dear mother) with i the author' " compos , meBta.'.' '''ft; ' Mlaplaced Hdhy4 ( ' A abort time ago a gentleman In Bos ton, sent a email boy tn hla neighbor hood to deliver a bote te a young lady Who lived a tew block away. He gave the bey a quarter U make blm hurry. After a chert time tha messenger cam back, i and. banding the Money, aatd; "Miss aaya aha will be glad to eee . you tonight, but ahe didn't want the quarter," i ii i i ii'v'yiw: t A Jingla Game. One of the players leaves that room, and tha rest determine on ' a ' word. When he enters, he ia told a noun that rhymea with the one chosen, which he rouat find out by their dumb movements. Hey "bat" is the word selected. He Is told that It rhymea with rat. end the players either try te imitate Hying , or kitting a ball with a bat. ..;v... . t. ; Tor ib - ' v cm 1 SrTi ? u de, awake ioftemorDin, w jtill eaOer.dt Didbt- Ibr fireworfp put even fBe ,; &ndiren ioifliobf,: And wbp' tsrdyjleep dosed bi doe oDeo eve He aid be wbb't or?uuiy LIKE Of course, you bava to do'aome work cannons a raw tney re neavy. And it's a Job you'd Ilka to shirks Might go off then what of you! AN INTELLIGENT PIG " A Pia and a dog who were pes A sengera on tha aame ship need to ia eat their food from the same plate, and but for one thing would bava - had no troublethe dog bad a kennel and the pig bad . none. The pig dis puted the ownership at the kennel, and every night there was a race for It If ; ' the dog won, the pig bad to Ho on the ' softest plank he could find, tt the pig ' got In flrat, "Toby" could not drive blm : out. I-,.-2 tfy r, ;': .V .'-V. One rainy, afternoon the pig found It , rather unpleasant' clipping about on deck, 'and made up his mind to retire 0 early, Byt when be reached the kennel, be found tba dog snug and warm inside. Suddenly an Idea flashed upon blm, and, 'r trudging off to the place where their v dinner plat wa lying, he carried It to a part of the deck Where -the dog could sea tt, and began rattling the plate and munching though be bad a feast be fore him. - Thla waa too much for "Toby." A good dinner, aad he not there! The pig kept en until 'fToby had come round - In jjureat of him and pushed hla nose Into , the empty plate. Then ha turned, and waa safe in the kennel before "Toby" knew whether there was any dinner on the plate or not 1 . GARDENING GAME EACH ot tha playera la asked In turn what waa planted In hU garden, v and what came up. . .. . : Articles planted may ba of any de - acrlptlon, but must come , up plant of i'eome kind whose names have aome , punning oonrecUoa 'with the articles , planted. . ., . .. For example ( ' First player i planted a calendar, and'" It came up dates. Second Flayer I planted a ahlp, and It came up a uock, " Third pUyer-l planted a watch, and ' tt came up four o clock. Fourth player I planted, aoma steps. - and t hey came ap hops, . Fifth player planted an Irishman, and he came tip -. potato. . Helped tha World Along. ' If every little boy or gtrl . i i Borne loving word would aay, - Or Juat en e klhuly deed would do.'. . The world wo aid be ao gay, .. K matter Where yew chanced to go. Toa'd never see a tear; " And aa for frowns, when people smile f They always diseppar. - . ; Why ahould not every boy and girl Pass through life with a songt If each one did his level beat '' To help the world along ' The wrong thing then would soon be fight; , ' ,- Bo try to do or aay s ; One kindly deed, on loving word. Beginning on thla day, " - Sheeted. , Knew tha Qther AnltnaL. The ClaSS Was dlsnUaatno1 . anlmnl bow hey walked, got up. etc. After she " bad eic ; lnr to 1 ipiaineo me cow a metitod ot ri- Db you know any other animal that gets up like the cowT" -- . c : Silence reigned for a moment,.' then one little girl raised her hand. , , v . "What is ItT" asked the teacher. "A calf," waa tha whispered reply. . .- i ner iei, ma eacner asked: 1 ' ,rvti Tbeypuffeneddod fluttered ? ond banned dod jizzed. iafe - vvide awake waa dlidayjiwdy FOURTH IF YOU WERE-E; Tha "the en" follow everywhere. Chaatna maav flerv tails. I'd never think Breworks'd care Such things te try, when each dog fails. A FRIEND f you ara really ao anxious to get away, jret, auppoao you gu alone to Spencer's, and we'll be there in a few daya.";, Now that her father bad given thla permission, Emily was not slow In packing her gooda for the trip, .and the next day ahe waa on, the way. The Spencers lived , In a little vil lage on the aide of a mountain And they had Invited .'the Graham to spend" a vacation with them. ,Mr. And Mra. Graham bad yet to make, ar rangementa before departing, : but Emily had hardly known What to do with herself since Achool bad 'closed, and waa glad of the consent to go at once. - ' Arriving at the little station, Emily was met by Mr, Spencer In A- light carriage. 'for. there waa atUl aome little distance to go. She had eeen him often In the city, and ae they were well acquainted With one an other. ' , Just before they reached th borne of the Spencers they paased by an Old ahaky-looklng barn that seemed to be kept from falling only by stout polea, propped against the cutalda. "Who own this wretched placet asked Emily, with intereet "Wa call him "Peer Tumbledown,, " answered Mt. Spencers "and that old haute over there la wber b and hla little girl live. The house looked aa badly In need of repair aa the barn. Aa aba looked ,, Emily Saw dodge out of eight behind th aide of It a little girl of ; about , her own- age, with a masa of tangled hair and a very tattered dress. Mr.- Epencar ' welcomed Emily cor- ' dlally, and aha felt at home from the very first. . . Everything waa ao new that Emily found much enjoyment In her walka I J ARRT groaned dlimally. "That's tha way I whan bla feel,": ha explained, alsttr asked - what wouaiea wm, ;'": .'. .,. ;; , "Ever since rve been a little bit of a duffer rve had a glorious .time, with , crackers' and pistols and firework. .."Jfow father ears that there's no -nee buying any thla year, because we can't celebrate with the. lady ao atck next door. I declare, I wont know What to do with myself." ' , "Donl Ipt tt worry 70a," returned "Harriet, taother wfU find a way to keep yea uay." Mother did find a War out of tha dlffloulty. Next csoralng at breakfaat aba anaouneed amlllnglyi ' , ' ' , EMaoa yoa cannot nave your Haual boisterous Celebration, children, t aup ' ' poae we ntnet subetltate soma other plan, , for a day like tka Pourth . car. - tatnly baa to be celebrated in some Way. ' Wa bave arranged to have your . aunt and. uncle and your aoualna join a tn making lop a. plcnlo party. Wa'U go Car enough to hare a good drive. - Tm sure you 11 enjoy your ride," aha eonclwded, emillng mystarloualy. Indeed, they did enjoy their ride, for ' father that day presented them both with splendid pontes. " They had all manner of tun running , raoea and engaging In ether aport.at their McnlO. . k " - Just before aolng to bed IUrry algi Bnea but not dismally thla time. "Don't know when rve had auch a lolly time. Thla baa been the beat Fourth yet" "A Sharp Boy. . "I nnderstand," eaid a yeungatar, looking a from hla reading, "that there ' la only one ma before whom the Cear of ftuaata la absolutely forced to take eff hla bat" , , - "le that sot Who la tr - w " "Ilia hairdreBser." aald BobbV, aud dealy becoming absorbed to Ms reading. Had Heard Then ortea. ' Torimy Mac anybody ever spoken to ye the eweeteet three words In the lan- ' Lotta-OK yea; I auppeee f bava been aaked ' a thousand tlmea 'Want noma candyr" ... . . s - 1. ? Oh, yeat I'll aay again I'm glad -When tre Fourth has come and gone; It leaves me bruised and sick and aad . Where, I ask. Is all tha funf '. Mm Of NEED., about the place. After a while ahd took longer trips -, from the house, and often; passed by, the barn k of "Peter Tumbledown." ' I Sometime she saw the ragged little ' girl,: but, as Emily waa just a wee bit proud because ahe came from, the city, and besides the girl waa ao very. very dirty-looking, ahe never apoke '. .to hk - ; yji:0 ,. Nearby wa a beautiful lake, with A tiny island right In the center ot it On day Emily ventured into a boat that lay by the Shore and paddled out M the laJand. : . Lying down to rest for a tew mo ments she tell asleep, and It was late la the afternoon when ah awoke. . ToU can Imagine now frightened she was when aha found that, the boat had gone adrift and that there1 waa no way of getting back ta hore.;'f:,'vi';i While ahe waa wondering what to do, she aaw approaching another boat, and In it the ragged ghi of "Tumbledown Cottage. , , i , "If you don't mind coming Into my beat.11' said ahe shyly, when qulu near; "I caa take yea to land "I'd be glad to gratefully replied" Emily, "and I'm much obliged to you for your trouble. v.-L'h -. '., Emily soon learned that tha little girl's nam waa Ally, that aha never went to acboeV and that her dog. Gyp. waa all ah eve had to play with. ' Alter really wasn't o bad once you'' knew her. and, too. you could not hut , pity her. ' ; , , " ' Emily thanked her again aa ahe left -tot home, and they parted quit friend-. .iy. 11 - Mr. and Mr. Graham came the next day, ao ahe had no chance to see Ally for aome time. After that, however, . they, met often, and Emily soon found that although Ally bad hot been to -- H rpHET aald granpa wouldn't come. . 1 But Mary knew be would. lUdn't ' he told her. noa'Uveiy. , Just a few weeks before, that ha would take bar to see the Pourth of July pa rade? ,Voa,? gran'pa would coma, he alwaya did Juat a be said. ' Then they told her he bad beea Uken away la a big box and put m tha cem-. etery over tha hill, whore the grass grew ' to prettily and the treea were nice anl ahady. : But Mary knew that no box , . could keep gran'pa away. . . s Bhe'woutd' go and look for hlna any way. ' Trudging along until aha came la tha cemetery, aha looked all around' . ' . : ' ' , '. "TBZED.xdssa &mr ! ft t- ,-, mmi hir reif 'or ran pa. Then aha pressed her rosr little face aaalnst the ralllnc an . tried aa bard aa ever aha could to tsifte Mothpr didnt even call her nausrht vhen she found her a long time tutu ward, etui by the rallne;. "1 tan't tin5 dranpa end I don t big b ack bote." ahe aald, with teari ! her r enl then, with a algh, 'Ven I taa't eee p'raee today. Al , Toa eee, Hary waa very tiny an 5 didn't culte understand. , Mow ahari a candle be placed so tht very person can eee It ecc-it one, al though he shall at be tilin.lfolded n -rrerented from examining every part t the room; neither ehall the candle I bidden T Answer: Place the candle the peraon'a head. In spite of ev'ry ache and pain, Ons hlng cheer when all la o'err , Master's hurt twice aa much again . Yet of Fourths he'd wish for morel : achool, there was nothing in the coun try that aha and Gyp did not know. - Mr. Graham believe that Emily learned more from Ally about growing things than ahe aver learned In school Emily think ao, too, and aha has ' learned, ; besides, "that though a little girt may be ragged, she may 'still If . worth while having for a friend, CUNNING SAYINGS ' . T tTTLE tREXE, who bad Jusi moved ' I ,' to th country from the city ot JL New; rork,; wka'olftlng on the porch with bar brother, Edgar. ; Thef bad never seen lightning bugs before, , so they were kurprlsed When they bbw several bug flying And lighting In the air. y---, : -f, kTliey are bugs, cried Edgar, t . "Ko, they're hot, declared Irene: , they're maters te th alrj; j i Little Tommy la very talkative, and ; cn going oat to tea with hla father and ," mother the other night ba was told that h mustn't speak until somebody asked him a cftes Hon, After be had eat silent for half an hour, , he could not atand It any longer, aad he aald, "I aay, papa, when are they going to begin easing me questions?" . . Little Henry waa dining out, and was on hla very beat behavior. . ."Will you have light meat or dark T asked hi hostess, preparing to , help him to Chicken. "I'd Ilk a, drumstick, thank ; yen; but I don't card at all whether1 it Is white meat or dark," aald he po litely. , -v ' ;-y--;y,,a,.j- ?Uf.:' - "Granny." aald little' Johnnie, as he j counted i- lot of nuts aomebody had given him, "can you eat fcutsr dear," said the eld lady,' "I : haven't got any teeth. , ! "Well, then," aald Johnnie, empty!'-" bla huts into granny's lap, "I'll give j these m mind till .. cSme back." , Sadie waa 11 and Alice waa 7. At luncheon Sauie atUd.' ; - ; "j; wondor what part of ' an animal a chop la la It a leg?" "Of course not,'" replied Alices "ifj the Jawbone. . Haven't you aver hmr ; of animals licking their chops?' Little lai. was trying to dress him after bis tath- He got his nhirt front aide behind. , ; Looklnj ruefs down at himself, he said: "Guess I'd better turn myself ami, so my siilrt will button In front," , "TA'hy do they jut tha nation's fla:. top of .L schoolhouse?" OHked teacher, who wanted to Instil a j tie lesson, " - rifajo, ma'ain," answered fh i f boy. "U a because tha pole U tis- ! Two little , girls walking (r feared las', a cow would aft "Let' a so right on. and fw t weren't aim Id of her at aif." ,-. "But," ..remonstrated tv ' . "wouldn't that be decUvkig t I 1 III L t -