THE OREGON .SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' HORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1907
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F3r Bays
arid Girls'
(Copyright, 1907. by Tbe North American Company.)
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T HAD to com sooner or later.
Skinny wu a fine leader and
all that-he could scheme Ilka sixty
and carry out bis plana, too but tor
Isipetuoua daring and skill in battle be
' l' tfldn't bold a candle to Billy Mumford.
?- ' The only reason Billy hadn't captured
r ',,. the leadership in tbe beginning waa be
' cause ba bad come to Homevtlle com
paratively recently, when tha "Bloody
i s Bobbers" were already well established.
Besides. Skinny bad lost his gun. With
It want a great deal or bis Influence.
True, Skinny waa quick to realise Billy's
- ability, and bad made him his first lieu
tenant, but tbe Job was becoming too
.- small tor bint and he was looming up
big as a future captain.
Naturally. Skinny did not Ilka to step
: - 'out Of tbe position be bad occupied ao
' ; long and ao ably. Bearing this In mind,
one may well be surprised to learn that
Skinny resigned of bis own accord and
opened the way for Billy to become
paptaln. And "thereby bangs a tale."
Let's take a whack at tha Swlmmln'
, Hole," urged Skinny, on thla day of
1 ' momentous happenings, as ba and Billy
j vera sitting, with legs dangling, on top
j of .cracker boxea before Fowler's gro
! Vij'-eery store.
' r Billy, who waa indulging In tbe gen
i tie pastime of coaxing the grocery cat
' "to him and then kicking it away, waa
i t t at first Inclined to stir. But as
t Skinny Insisted, be Anally assented, and
i ' Cropped laally to tha ground.
- i . Once at tbe Hole, tbe two took a dip
? and tben seated themselves on the broad
flat rock.
Think ril take a look in the tunnel,"
i remarked Skinny.
. BiUy shook bis bead. "Don't you do
ft," said be; "water'e high after yester--.'
day's rain and tbe place must ba about
' - Hooded out."
"Oh, it'll ba all right after I get In
. aide," returned Skinny. "I think I'll
move along."
"Well, all right; I'm going up to the
i bend to see if I can't land a eunny,"
' 'announced Billy, taking his lines and
' books liom bis pocket, and proceeding
' to look for a tree which would furnish
; bim a fishing pole.
So they separated, going In opposite
.' Blrectlons.
. - It la necessary to describe tha tunnel
.." rather carefully, since it had every-'--'
thing to do with the adventura that
' v: ; happened shortly afterward.
At tha Place where tne tunnel was
c"t ' located the creek made a deep bend.
IJpon the river aide of the bend there
'f . i .1 1 a. .aim m wtttt
mnnth At the other end of
the cavern was another mouth. As the
Toio, ttieWcTGed T? itiee
' T-kRINCE TOTO was probably tbe
' ' I' naughtiest little prince there ever
fcj 1 W8A He kicked and scratched
i and. bit most every one who came near
' 1 him, and became a terror to his nurse
; t and others who waited upon him.
ai - Of course, he was given nearly eyery
! thing be wished. When he couldn t
r " have what he desired, he became unus-
'Tuailr vicious and disagreeable. During
r-i bad weather he was at his very worst.
i V Then he would go up to the roof of the
i ? castle where was always stationed a
f-J royai astronomer, and command that
! , .. oflicial to have good weather sent lra-
Jl mediately. When the dignified gentle-
tuan would explain that that wag irn
' possible, live naughty prince would pull
j v pie astronomer's beard or th v away
, , bis cap.
t Things came to such a pass, how
' , over, that complaints began to reach
' tba king himself. The king was very
much shocked at these reports of the
l prince's misbehavior.
" Ho at once issued a proclamation
offering a great reward to any one who
'" would rid uii. son of such ev.. traits.
For a time no one appeared, but at
last there came o the king .- a un
- south giant, with great long nails,
tuska for teeth and long, poiateJ ears.
"I am a genie sent by the good fairy
r- who watches over your kingdom," he
'J axplalned, li. answer to the look of
" " wondermont upon the klr 's face.
"Have no fear; I shall take jood care
of your son and return him ;j you
t completely cured. "
S tha king finally permltt:a the
giant to take the prinoe Kit him.
iTba prince wasn't th lt b-t willing
' to sTO, but whether he would or no, ho
' 1 Was forced to seat himself upon the
, back o a gre:.t goose, the giant be-
Strode another, and in a second's time
tbey were flying swiftly through the
air, Toto bun on for dear life, fear
, ' tul "very : -oment that he ,rould take
a bad tu -Jle.
. Don't feel so much like kicking and
" biting and scratching now, ehr' a&ked
" the genio.
v After a while they landed near a great
V laka. ; Strange to say, across this lake
i there stretched a very narrow plank.
' ' . Toto was made to walk across the
V- lake, the genie walking on the water
beside bim and pricking blm with his
snarp oalls when he didn't move fast
enough. To poor Toto that bridga
teenved Ilka a mere thread, and tba dla
: tanoe ha bad to go more than 100 miles.
, tWaao this feat was accomplished, tba
Shoccssfaa
BEBJ BKINNT'S CLOTHES
cave ran In tba same direction as the
creek part of the creek flowed right
through the cavern, going In at one
mouth and out the other, to Join the
main body of the creek beyond.
Tha roof of the cavern waa about
eight feet high, and along the wall
farthest away from the main part of
the creek there was a sort of ahelf. It
was upon this shelf that tha boys liked
to sit watching the water flowing over
the bed of the cave. In the roof of tha
cave there waa a little bole, opening
all the way upward. Whenever one
boy wished to know If another chap
was In the cavern ba always shouted
down this hols.
Now, as Billy bad said, the water of
the creek had risen until it waa really
above tha mouth of tha tunnel.
But 6klnny knew he could diva
through the opening under water. Once
inside, he could climb on tha shelf out
of reach of the water, and the hole in
the roof would give him enough air.
Skinny got through tha opening all
right, and waa aoon perched upon tha
shelf.
"Thla'll bo a atunt to talk about."
said he, for no "Bloody Robber" had as
yet dared enter when tba water rose
above the entrance and tha exit.
Skinny found It so comfortable that
before he knew It ba had fallen asleep.
Meanwhile another rain came. It waa
a frightful downpour. Billy ran from
bis place on the bank of the Bend to tha
old sprlnghouse nearby, and remained
sheltered there until ute storm bad
passed. , .
Then ha went in search of Skinny.
Arriving at the cavern, he waa surprised
to see Skinny'a clothes, thoroughly
soaked, od the bank alongside.
'That's mighty funny," said ba to
himself; "wonder If Skinny's there and
doesn't know lt'a bean raining?"
"Hello, Skinny 1" he shouted down tha
bole in tbe roof of the cavern.
"That's funny, too!" muttered Billy,
beginning to grow uneasy.
"I'm goin' to aee wbat'a tba matter,"
said he with decision.
Hastily stripping, he dived through
the entrance of the cava, high above
which the water now splashed. Onoe
within, he rose to tha surface, to find
that the shelf was barely an Inch above
the water.
And there on the ahelf lay Skinny,
unconscious, a Jagged cut In his head,
from which blood waa steadily flowing.
Hilly was norrined. He was quickly
at the side of his comrade.
Raising his
bead Billy shouted, "Skinny! Skinny!
Wake up!
FLYING SWIFTLY THROUGH THE A 1R
giant announced:
"Now wo Bhall pay the old magician
a visit He'll cut off your bead and put
another one on."
Prince Toto pleaded and cried and
promised, but all In vain.
When they reached the cave of tne
magician, tha old man came out in re
sponse to the genie's .calL
"Yes. Indeed." said he, "I have lots
of boys' beaiia Ift; and this little ooy
is so naugha Jhat be surely needs an
other one. r only give tbe very, very
bad- boys new beads, you know.'5 .
Down on bis knees Toto. begged to ba
oJM?
The eyas half opened, Skinny looked
around In a dated, bewildered way, and
then tbey closed and. tha bead dropped
weakly back again.
"Oot to get out of here aome way I"
Billy muttered, between clinched teeth.
"So here goea for HI"
Grasping the Insensible lad In his
arms he dived madly back through the
cavern's entrance. He was swept back
by the ewtft water, but he fought des
perately on. until, with the water ring
ing In his ears and his head whirling, he
at last rose to the surface outside. He
struggled to the bank, where, exhaust
ed, he flung himself on the ground.
"Come, this won't do," he gasped,
rousing himself and donning his clothes.
Glancing at Skinny. Billy found that
although the blood had ceased flowing,
ba was cold and white and abowed no
signs of "coming to."
Half dragging, half carrying him.
Billy at last got over the quarter of a
mils that lay between the creet and
tha pike. Not a step further could he
go. Sobbing, ha threw himself down
beside Skinny.
"I've dona my best. Skinny, but I've
Just got to rest." he moaned; "Boon's I
can I'll go for some one soma one to
taka you home! Do you bear me,
Sklnnyr
Fortunately at this moment old Farm
ar Jonea. tha "Robbers' " deadliest ene
my, drove along tbe pike.
"Hello! What's thlsT" be exclaimed.
"Why why " began Billy. Then he
fainted.
Farmer Jonea tenderly lifted the two
Into his spring wagon and drove with all
speed to tha office of Dr. Byers. thereby
wkanlng the eternal gratitude and
friendship of the entire band of "Bloody
Robbers" when they heard of It after
ward. Billy waa on his feet In a day, but It
was a week before Skinny recovered
from his wound, and f xposure.
No sooner waa he able to ba out than
be called a meeting of the "Bloody Rob
bers" at "Robbers' Cave."
There Skinny told of how he had tried
HALF DRAGGING, HALF CARRYING
HIM
to dlvs out through the cavern, but had
atruck his head severely against the
rocks. Almost stunned, hi waa Just able
to pull himself back on the shelf when
he fainted. Then he knew no more.
From Farmer Jones Skinny had been
able to nattier the remaining Informa
tion, and he proceeded to tell what a
hero Billy had proved himself.
"Fellers," he said, in conclusion, "I
don't want to be your captain any more.
But I do want it to go to the fellow
who earned it, and who saved my life "
and he seised Billy's hand;
Billy then and there declared he
wouldn't be captain, and wanted to
know why "every one should make such
a darn fuss over such a little thing,
anyhow," but the "Bobbers" insisted,
and cast a unanimous vote for him.
And so Billy came Into his own.
allowed to keep his own head, promis
ing that never more would be ba
naughty.
At last the magician listened to his
entreaties and let him go.
The genie led Toto back to his father's
castle. As they approached it ba whis
pered into the prince's ear: j
"Now, remember, if ever you should
become bad again I shall call for you
and take you to have your head cut off."
But Toto kept all his promises, and
every one wondered at the delightful
changewhich had taken place In tba
prince who waa ones so wicked.
A Short Story of
- Jenny Lind
DO ANT of you young people know
of thla famoua singer I
I do, and what a lovely charm
ing person aha waal We read often of
the beautiful songs and melodies sha
aang not In concerts, but so often to
cheer a sick-bed, i
On one occasion a young man was'
verr 111, and while ha was lying suffer
ing he heard, aa he thought, a bird sing
ing a beautiful song In the bouss.
He begged bis mother to get the bird,
for he knew It would help htm to get
well.
In making Inquiries, she waa told there
was no such bird in the bouse. Sha
came back and tried to console him.
THE MAN'S SURPRISE WAS GREAT
Again, later on. the same beautiful
song! She hurried to where tbe sound
come from, and, knocking at tha door,
begged the lady to lend her tha bird, as
her boy waa so 11L
Her astonishment waa great when the
lady said she had been practicing for a
concert, adding. ,"If I can do him any
good. I will com and sing the songs to
him."
The young man's surprise was great
when he found tbe beautiful songstress
was Jenny Lind. ,
Such a gift as hers had never been
known before, and In a concert one
could hear a pin drop when those de
licious, bird-like trills were sung, even
sweeter than birds themselves!
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He Ate All Five
T
i HE wandering minstrel pauaed out
side the house of the great noble
man, for the aavory smell of
roasted fowls waa borna to him on the
air and ha waa hungry very hungry.
Indeed.
To rest himself ha calmly sat upon
tha steps of the nobleman's house,
where the robleman himself came
across him a few momenta lata.-.
"What do you here, caitiff!" roughly
demanded the great man.
"But resting, my lord, and lreamlng
of the fowls I smell In yonder kitchen,"
boldly replied tba ragged mlnstret,
whose harp hal already been aold to
buy himtbread.
The noblemaa reflected. "Knave,"
said be, at last, "thou ahalt have thy
dream realized; thou Shalt eat fowl,
but unless thou makest way with the
whole five of them I shall roast theo
and have thee served for my dinner."
The live pulje s were broui. it in and
placed before the minstrel.
"May I give each a name, sir 7" ask
ed he.
"Thou m-, est if thou dost bj fancy,"
absented the nobleman.
"Then I christen the first Jonah's
Stomach; the second, Jonah; the third.
Whale's toiomach; the fourth, the
Whale, and the lifth, the Sea." Where
upon the minstrel Veized the fifth pul
let, devoured It with the keenest rel
ish, and calmly proceeded to walk
away.
"Hold! thou hast not eater the Ave
pullets!" cried the nobleman.
The minstrel smiled. "Have I not
swallowed the Sea," said he, "and tha
whale who hath swallowed Jonah and
Jonah's Stomach hath In turn been
swallowed, together with its ston.ach,
by the Sea; therefore, in swallowing
the Sea do I not swallow them all?"
Ttu) nobleman admitted that : e had
been outwltte ., and presented tha de
parting minstrel with a well-filled purse.
Confessing a Fault
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f N THE first place, Beatrice was for
bidden to look into that particular
bureau drawer. So that when she '
drew forth the pretty inkstand, per
haps it was the guilty thought that
made her hand shake so that the Ink
stand dropped to the floor and was
shattered to pieces.
Beatrice was naturally very truth
ful, so she really was surprised at
herself when she told her mother
tuat Fluffy, tue cat, tad done tba
damage.
Mother merely shook her head as
muumi iu oajr iuai cats aian t open
bureau drawers, but sha uttered never
a word.
After thinking it all over, however
Beatrice Just had to confess. '
"Now that you've owaed to your
fault, I won't punish you further "
said mother; "but you must wear the
dress you have on when you eo out
to play."
Beatrice looked down at her dress
and there she saw for the first time
a big ink spot. Tou can't lmae-tae
how bad she felt when each frienrt
she met asked her about the spot It
reminded her always of her untruth
fulness. Deer-Hunting
M
R. JONES never tells about the
time ne went out to hunt deer
and was hunted himself
lie nad an Idea that If he wore a pair
of antlers on his head, the deer would
b.e unUBPecting, and he could readily
stalk his game. '
He really got along finely for a time.
Having approached quite near the deer,
he was Just about to take a shot, when
bang! rang out a shot not far from him,
and a portion of his antlers wera shot
away,
A party of hunters, who had also come
out to hunt, had seen tha antlers and
mistaken him for a deer. Mr. Jones
had the narrowest escape of his life.
He still insists that antlers are the
best thing to wear when hunting deer,
but bis friends all notice that be has
never worn them again.
Just the Tail Moved.
Elizabeth "Was asked to go Into tha
next room to see if the clock there
was going. Shortly she returned with
this Information:
"Clock Is standln' still, but ths tail
Is waggJuT.
WHENEVER I am lonely.
I sit beneath tree.
My sea shell hugged close to
niy ear, ,
A-singlng aongs to me.
And oh, the wondrous stories.
That pretty shell has toldl
Of fearful (treat sea monsters.
And mermen weird and old;
Of splendid coral palaces.
Whjre little mermaids playj
The sunflsh and tha moonflsh.
That make It light aa day;
Hw ;..l,5 of bright sea. butterflies
Oo flitting to and fro.
And troops of lovely Jellyfish.
with sunshades of rainbow.
lt!?.!d-ln.e of tha aunken ships,
Filled full of shining gold.
ira, ""PS that railed the
When man were wild and bold.
It's told ms of tha horses
That gallop through the sea.
With merry nympha astride their back
All shoutlnjj, full of glee.
Won the Overcoat
GOVERNOR JOH A. JOHNSON,
of Minnesota, was employed as
clerk In a drug store in his youth.
He became so valuable that at tha age
of 16 he received as wages $75 a month.
Aa he had his mother and eight broth
ers and sisters to support, however, ha
denied himself everything except ex
treme necessities.
He secured his first overcoat under
rather peculiar circumstances, it was In
the month of December and his employ
er noUced that tha lad had no other
protection against the cold than a thin
alpaca coat So the druggist offered him
a fine overcoat.
The boy thanked him and said that ha
dldj not need it. and If ha did need one
he could buy it
His employer looked at htm rather
curiously for a moment "I see," said
he. "Now you take this coat or I'll dls- -charge
you. I guess you won't be abla
to wander down the street and buy an
other Job, eh?"
John took the coat and kept his Job.
Ballooning Adventure
ivn
WIMBLEDON was an enthu
siastic bather. Upon this day
he had taken his customary
morning dip and bad returned to bis
bathhouse to dress. These little bath
houses along the English seacoast are
Just about big enough for one to turn
around In.
Along came a balloon, with anchor
dragging. Somehow, the anchor be
came fastened in the roof of tha bath
house, the house was lifted up and
away went the balloon with the bath
house at the end of the anchor. A good
stiff wind had set in and the balloon
was swept rapidly across the channel.
Then the anchor became unloosened
again, and the bathhouse was deposited
gently on that shores of France,
Mr. Wimbledon, in the meantime, had
been searching frantically on tba floor
of the bathhouse for a collar button
When finally dressed, ha opened tha
door and stepped out
You can imagine bis surprise when he
found himself n an unfamiliar country,
and how it Increased when he learned '
that he had been transported from ng- s
land to France in a few minutes.
Concealed Them.
Joe came to school for the first time.
In one hand be carried a cap and In
the other a bunch of bananas.
"You can't come in here with those
bananas," warned the teacher.
Joe went out In a few minutes ha
came back, walking slowly and pain
fully. , -. ' .
"Where did you put tha bananas?"
unea ins leacner.
"Oh, I hid "em all right," gasped
Joej "they're safe Inside of ma.
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It's told me of the gardens
Where dainty seafans grow,
And plants of splendid colors
Wave gently to and fro.
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DROVE, THE WICKED LOKI AWAT
THIS little story Is told by an old
Norway nurse a. story jf fairies
and blossoms,
Long ago, when' this earth, was
ruled by fairies, a good and beautiful
fairy named Iduna had charge of all
the trees that bora blossoms. " She
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watered and tended them every day,
for lha falrlea made a delicious drink
ot blossoms steeped in dew, and those
'who drank of this never grew old nor
lost their power of doing good. The
1 apple blossom, especially, was consid
ered tba best from which to make tills
tumtu . ' ',
At this time there lived a very wicked
fairy named LokL He waa always
watching lot an opportunity to do evil.
One day he saw iduna walking In tha
forest alone. Ha caught herand bore
her away to a cave in the deep, dark
forest. Tbe good - fairies searched -everywhere
for her, but could not-find
her, and then the treea began to wither,
- tbe blossoms fads and tall In showers. .
Soon the good fairies missed their
blossom wine and began to grow .old -and,
feeble. .They Walked -about with
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Just think of all tha pleasuro
My shell has '.-roi.ght to me
A lltt'" country maiden.
Who never saw the seal
MARGARET W. LEIGHTOIt
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bowed heads and sad hearts, looking
for Iduna. All the festivals held la
shady bowers ended, and the queen of
the fairies called a meeting, for tha
mortals, having no one to look after
them, fell into grievous ways; every
thing went wrong. Mortals were even
known to lose their tempera and to
kill one,another. .
One day, when thinga were very bad,
a little taiiy, who uxieuued the great
oak ueet. tg,d now she had sea ituu
sitting at the entrance ot a cave in tha
pine forest beyond tbe mountains, Tha
queen called her subjects together," and
It took them a long while to find tha
8KS0.TSW Lohi guarding thi in"
trance. By their united strength tbey
drove, the wicked . iWaway and ItbV
ffd.Iun.Vi She camB back to her
; ?? X"101 blossomed anew and bore .
un. me mines aranK mew dellolous
blossom wine, and they held a festival
end there was great rejoicing. . ;
Then, mortals-ate of tbe fresh fru'ts t
and dropped their evil ways, and for
over 100 years thine went emoothlr.
VANETA R. HUYETTB- "V: !
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