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1 im-lr .Ifcrjs 'Girls ' WTTTCf the animals went to see th show TLa Elephant took hia trunk, RJnna a o-ramt entertainer was booked for that night ; In th person of Monsieur Monk, land while he was doing; his funniest tricks The audience laughed and howled, Except Grizzly Bear, who could serer be pleased, So he sat In a corner and growled, tThe moral is this: If you dcn't feel yourself, From a toothache or pain in tK head, Don't spoil others' pleasure with growls and grunts, But instantly trot off to bed. Voyage of the N" BID Branfn and Pete Ham ilton Jus" mad up our m we'd travel soma. "Where'll we go?" aaked Pet. -Let', to all th war down the Val ley." I BOB. Pete hopped up and down like a If a waap vu under 'lm. "Bullyt bullyl" he yells: "Bill can borrer hie pep's aprlng wagon, an' we'll nail hoope from side to aid an etretch acroes our ol' canvaa tent" "An you kin set ol' Zeke to pull uiM Jack," went on Bill. "An' we'll etow our thing In the wag on and hang buckete underneath Jue like gypsies," sea I. by way of flntahln'. An' we did, too-only we had an awful time gettln' leave to go. - "What'll we call our movln' homer I nuked, aa we were lookla' her over tbe morning before we started. "Let's call her the 'Mousetrap " aea Pete, aa though thlnkln' out loud. Bill waa bollin' mad. Ye see, Blll'a pa own a cheeae fact'ry, ao when w got all our provlalona together we found that Bill had brought along enough cheese to bait all the mouaetrapa In the lAlted State. He 'n' Pete hat cheeae. Spite o' Blll'a klckln', we named the , wagon the "Mouaetrap." Bet yer life, though, BIU didn't call her by that name once duiin' the trip. "WES START ON That afternoon we atarted on our "voyage" aa I called It In the logbook I kept every day. I waa selected to keep the diary 'cause Z waa the moa truth ful. All the folk In town, pretty near, came out to yell after us that we'd be back in a day. But me 'n' Pete 'to.' Bill knew better. More'n halt the dogs in town follered ua out, but only one stayed on. Pet named him "Pretty," because he was so ugly. One' ear hung down and the other stuck straight up In the air. Be had a sort of sorry look, aa though he wished, he wasn't llvin'aa he limped along on hla three good lag. We kept goin' on 'n' on until it got a little dark. "I'm gettln' hungry," aea Bill; "s'pose we atop an' light a fir 'n' eat some thing." , We'd no more'n got settled when a farmer cam up and aid he guessed we'd better move on. a he'd had enough of gypsies and other tramps who'd been caanpin' on his land. So w "moved on" an" We moved on a couple 0' times, too. It seemed all the farmer In the neigh borhood had the mean habit of comln' out with shotguns and tnvlUn' ua to git W "got" every time. te an' Bill would uv only kep' could uv handled them farmers right, but they'd always get mad 'n' At last, thought we got a nlace. an' started In to get supper. Pete got a can o' baked beana and dumped them on tbe Are course, without our seem 'lm. We'd all got around the fire, when there came an awful : explosl". , and baked ' If fce A DOG ran after Cow one day. And barked just fit to kill, And on he barked and Snapped growled Tfco Cow, she just stood still. But the dog grew tired and Mrs. Cowf Well, nothing worried her. So the Dog with tail between his legs, Sneaked home a beaten our. This proves that when you are annoyed By naughty boy- or girl, Your silence is the largest stone You oosiibly can hurL "Mousetrap" beana wa apread over ua and the neighborly scenery. That Idjlt Pete had never opened the top o' the can for tho air to get out Well. aey. we waan't mad) But It waan't any use klckln', ao Bill aaked where waa the can o' corn. Pete pre tended he couldn't And It In the wagon. BUI moaeyed 'round, 'n' after while came acroas the can Jua' one-quarter full! That greedy Pete had been eatln' It back there In the wagon. An' he even had the nerve to say I'd had aom of it. too. The Ideal But Pete ain't got no aense. We made out aomehow with what we had and then turned In for the night. No more had we got asleep when we heard an awful barkin' from Pretty, and some horrible bellowln'. Bill an' Pete thought It waa a bear or aomethlng. but I knew It was only a cow that had wandered Into our camp. They were so scared that aomehow It made me un easy. None of us alcpt any more. Skeetera were awful, too. The next mornln' Bill took a bucket and went to the nearest farmhouae to get some milk. We went along, juat to keep 'Im company. "You can have all y want If ye ll do your own mllkln. sonny," sea the farm er, a he led him Into a atall where stood a mlld-lookln' brlndle cow. Bill Bex. "Whoa, bony," aoothln'-like. OUR -VOYAGE.' " an' then set down. We got a good distance from the door and watched. In about three second we eaw Bill come amashln' through the roof and flyin' through the air like a rocket His bucket follered close behind. Me 'n' Pete laughed so much we could n't help ourselves, when Bill pitched into us. It took us more'n half an hour to pacify him. Sorry I ain't got time to tell more about the trip. Maybe I can aome time again. ..--But them first twentv-fnur houra'of the "voyage" was dreadful. Counting-Out Rhymes FOR determining the person who la to be-,,ItMv or the side which 1 , to have the first Inning of a gam, y a great many countlng-out rhymes are used, some of which are a follows: . - . f .-- x Ana, nana, mona, mike; Barcelona, bona, strike. Care, war, frow, frack; Hallico, batllco, we, wo. wackl -Thts, too, has many variations; "Bar eelona" becomes "tuscatona," etc On form end ln:-v Huldy, guldy, boo. out goes you. s Ana, in an a, dlpery Dick; - - Dello, dollo, Dominlck; ' ' Hltcha. plicha, dominltcha, . , Hon. pon. tush. . In some district the third line Is given "Houtcha. , poutcha, doralnoutcmi," ' and in others, , "lioteha, potcha," etc. "Tush"- may : also i- become "tua" or ' tusk."- HE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY, MOR and Among the H AL wa asleep. Thar wa no doubt about that But on may have a great many adventures while one la aaleep, and certainly one couldn't have anything more strange occur than what happened to Hal while he was In Dreamland. It was this way. Hal had dropped off I Into slumber too near tbe edge of the haypile. The funny thing about it waa that he didn't awake when he slid down . to the bottom. The fact that his feet -were where his head should have been may have been responsible for the ad venture that followed. In any event Hal euddenly found himself in Topsy-Turvy Land. And a funny place it was, too. First of all, he was surrounded by a group of boys, all of whom were- stand ing on their heads. Hal looked at "them a trifle enviously, for although he could turn handsprings and walk a little upon his hands, these chaps had him beaten by a mile. It looked as though they would never stand upon their feet "I say, why do you walk on your hands so muchT" inquired HaL One of the boys slowly came to his feet "Because It's the proper way to walk. None of ua can stand long on our feet without growing tired. Where do you come from?" Hal grinned. "Where people walk the right way," he observed. "The right way!" retorted the other, hotly; "I'd have you know that our way Is the right way!" "A fight! a fight!" cried all the others dropping to their feet Hal and hla opponent were placed back to back, and" then told to run as fast as they could. This wa a new way of fighting, but Hal ran with all hia might. After a while he waa recalled and told that he had been beaten, as the other fellow had run much faster. "Come on, fellows; let's go to school," said one lad. "School! Why, lt'a vacation," gasped Hal. Some one replied: "Oh, here we have school during vacation time, and don't go to school llie rest of the year." That sounded pretty good. Hal be gan to thin1-, it wasn't such a bad place, after al'. It Impressed him further to find that the boys asked the teacher all the questions, and punished him whenever he didn't answer promptly. Sometimes one of the boys would ask to be punished; then he would be given an apple. After school the lad with whom Hal had "fought" took him home with him. "Oh. what a pretty little cottage!" Hal exclaimed, as they came In sight of an attractive frame building. His companion snorted In disgust BEAUTIFCTL FAIRY. ' SADLY the king looked out of the casement Beyond him trtchd his kingdom a kingdom that had formerly seemed fair to him, but whlon now, echoing a It wa with the ,, cries of all his people, appeared In hi eyes to be worth nothing. He would ' gladly have given the vast land to THE Elephant's chain was lost somehow, And he kicked up high old jinks, But the old man's fun was soon cut short, For '.he Wolf had found the lnx. So here's a iesson we can learn, i 'Tis seldom ever matched: Your chickens you should never count Until completely hatched. Topsy - Turvies 'STANDING ON THEIR HEADS, "That's where our chlckenB live," he explained; "our family roost In that nice tree yonder." Sure enouch, the family rooted on the tree llko chickens, while the chickens lived In a comfortable, house like people on the earth. The boy commenced to tell Hal about many other things, but Just then he turned, caught Hal's arm and whis pered: "Run for your life, the fox 1 hunt ing ua!" Hal thought he wouldn't be afraid of a fox, but he changed hi mind when be saw the giant creature, big aa ten foxes In his land. Cloaely following hla leader, he ran for the stream nearby and plunged in headlong. Down, down he went and awo'- - to find himself at the bottom of the haypile and the rain splashing on hla face fro: 1 hole In the barn root "Glad it ain't Topsy-Turvy Land, anyway," he muttered. More Economical. Mother Don't you think lt'a rather waateful to put both butter and Jam on your bread at the ame timet "Willie No'm; on piece of bread does for both. Hardly Worth While. Robbie How d'ye think Noah spent his time -in the arT Willie Flshln'. I guess. Robbie Naw, how could he, with only two worms? Impertinent Sunday School Teacher What kind of little boys go to heaven? Little Boy Dead ones. on who would relieve the Bufferings of hla subject. For a severe plague had fallen upon the kingdom, and, to make matters worse, there had come a dreadful famine. Disease lurked everywhere, nor was there anything to eat. Again the king irroaned. "Not one kind deed have I done for my people. Oh. If I could only, help them!" A he spoke there appeared before him a beautiful fairy. Touching the king on the arm ahe bade him follow her. She led him from the castle out Into the fields. And lol where the ground had lain waste without a growing thing there now rose vast field of grain, the golder (talks swaying In the wind. "You have done many kind deeds, oh, king; and the care you have taken of every living thing has not been un observed by . us. For ' every, grain which you so generously threw from your window to the hungry birds a. grain has been sown for you by the fairies. It Is now ripe for harvest Go feed your people." The king marveled, and waa glad , for the ak of hla subjects. And the famine disappeared, and the disease vanished, and . all lived happily there after under their tod king. ,. 4 : NING. Al AUGUST it, TIBBT, Tabby and Toby Bear 7ent off for school one day, Aid just before the school was reached Yqung Toby ran away, lie ran into a nest of bees Y7ho, rith their might and main, Stung Toby every place they could, Then sert him home again. Tho moral then : Go straight to school, And truant never play; For if you do youll sting yourself, Anu tLat will never pay. A Visit THERE! seemed to be no cause la the world for Freddie to be elok. But ill he undoubtedly waa, and with a bad fever, too. Every known dlaeaae waa "catching" to Freddie. This meant that Elsie must pay Aunt Jan a visit She lived but a few miles away, you know, and when any one wa In trouble It was always Aunt Jan to whom they went for help. Funny thing about Aunt Jane'sl Elsie never liked the idea of going there, because it was so lonesome and there waa no one to play with, but once there she didn't like to leave. The fact la, although there were no people, everything about the homestead seem ed to be trying to keep you company.! I shouldn't have said there were no people, because the Mulllgana lived la the little house on Possum Hill, and that was only fifteen minutes' walk distant But the Mulligan made their presence so disagreeable that It would have been much better had they stay ed close by their home. They stole a much of Aunt Jane's fruit and vege tables aa they possibly could, and tried their best to make life unbear able for her. Had Aunt Jane not been ' ao mild and kind-hearted, her patience surely could not have endured. Elsie, I'm sorry to say, waan't near ly so mild and good-natured. The Mulllgana were her sworn anemie. They saw the more they teased her the angrier ahe grew; therefore, they let not on chance go by to annoy her. Bearing these facts In mind. It's rather Interesting to know juat how Elsie and the Mulligans became friends. Elsie was met at the station by Hobba "HOBBS NEVER SMILED, Hobbs waa coachman- and driver and gardener and man of all work. Hobbs never smiled: Hobba would not be guilty of a laiwrn. There were several oc casions, when she had ald aomethlng that aeemed to impress Hobba greatly, that ahe Imagined he waa trying mighty "FOR EVERY GRAIN TO THE BIRDS." , 19W. to Honeybrook "AUNT JANS GREETED HER hard to bring a smile to the surface, but It didn't quit appear. Once ahe thought he had given a dry aort of chuckle. That wa when ahe asked him what worms and bugs and Mulli gans were good for. But ah surely must have been mistaken. "Why, Hobbs, you've got a new horse!" was Elsie's first exclamation. "Yea, miss, Dobbin's got so old that It wa cruelty to take him out any more. Howsoever. Prince here Is a Very good horse, miss." Elsie could talk of nothing hut the new horse, and after she had arrived she went to the stable and soon made Prince heir fast friend by presenting him with a carrot and chatting to him. She did feel a little sorry for poor old Dob bin, though. Aunt Jane greeted her in the usual cordial way. The prim flower beds seemed to nod a welcome, everything aeemed to extend a kindly greeting. Th next morning. Elsie wa ram bling through the garden before the , homestead, when ahe happened to look toward the road, and there saw a little girl peering longingly through the pal ings. The frock of the little girl was very ragged, and her face waan't ex-' actly clean, but tor all that ah wasn't , bad looking. ' "Please, would you mind glvln' me one posey7" she asked, when ahe saw that Elsie waa observing her. "Theyr so pretty." , .,, vl'S'fe Elsie rather liked th pleading face, with lta appeallngly brown eye and oval face, framed by clustering curl ' of chestnut "Certainly." she replied, "won't, you come in?" n .' ' The little girl was rather shy. but after a while she waa Induced to com liiald the garden. v . .. She told Elsie that since she had no father or mother, ah had com from far off. where she used to live, to stay with her uncle'.. -' - - , 1 , "But they ain't got any nice poaleaV. ahe aaid sadly, a r t; 1 , '. "By the way. little girt what la your name?" aaked Elsie, auddenly. "Susi Mulligan,", was th reply; "and X Uv en th hill now..- , Elsie at , first atarted. - Then th thought deeply for a moment. . After all, the little girl couldn't help being; a Mulligan. And she wa ao different ' from th other Mulligan, T THE Monkey keeps the barber shop in Zootown nowadays, t , , Put Bre'r Fox shaves himself and spend! I'l. money other ways. , He sjjirpona up his razor keen. And tlen begins the show; . : He - ada (he lather with his tail ' -j xt is his brush, you know. . ; .' "' The ' mot. then we learn is ihis: Be . -ifty in each casa; ' . And r'en you cannot find a thing, ' Qet one to take its place. JESSE O. HTPDTCOTT. Homestead IN THE USUAL CORDIAL WAT." i cept ahe waa a little dirty. No.' ah gueased ahe wouldn't tell her that h never had anything to do with th Mulligan. i ' ' i Frequently Susie Mulligan cam to) look through th garden palings, anX always did Elsie invJte her to com in Soon the other Mulligan learned that Susie wa ; friendly 7 with '' th "stuck-up girl" at - th homestead Susie told tbsm so many nice thing about Elsie that they began to atop) stealing fruit and , vegetables, and, even began to nod to Elsi aa they; passed. ' . i But what mad them all good friendaf "WON'T YOU COME IN I" ' happened on Elsie's birthday, ; : v 8h had ' decided - to have a littlet X party and invite Susie. AH at one - the idea cam into her head to lnvlt all the Mulllgana Susie had told her , how poor they were and that the " "never got nothlnV What a treat it would be for themt ' : Ant Jan wa a little doubtful at first' (ah Wa only acquainted with : the old MuIUganaK but at last 1 consef.ed and But that' a !" ' story by itselt It is enough ta that Elsie found the Mulligans ' ' so ad, ef tet all Not was sho 1 i lonely when she vied ted 1"" "- - f Homestead thereafter. '. v- Dug Deep ZuuJi- - Mlldred-Mutl.er, i du o- I t . ' J ' Until i cam J Chi"- , Mother-J"i t fit " " ' , y .red t'.t I ' 1 '