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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 '