The Oregon daily journal., January 11, 1908, Page 17, Image 17

THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, v PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY If. 903
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1LICT IN WONDERLAND
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,j ;-!'V';Ui':'V.,?:' CJttCB wat very.tired ortittimjty her sister oft'
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1 ''V1 ,f 'twice he looked attha, book, her tlster mif retdirii -
' but it hiul no picture,''iLn(i ihf taw po use of book I
J j without picture. .Tbo day via hot n4 aa grew very v :
'J vv Ipyben juddenly whlta nbbit with pink rye
"!.r.V'-: wil doao fer beri'Tht rb(ttud to lUetft W '
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"Oh, dearl oh, dear 1 1 ahaQ U bter tt the lame ;
ti taking a watch put of ita.wtlitcoat pocket ;
al lo lu fut iiiJ mm imAm' m IM
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' ( c ; ftr the rabbit juat in time w eee It jwjp down Itr
i.y'-i' ;'V .-WllV;,vJ;,lA';wwont Alice
after it 'The rabbit hole west etraight on tiki a tun
ueL and then auddenJy down.t " -
v ' fv Alice had pot a moment to thinkwhen ahe found
herae falling down what teemed to be e'rer deep
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irf .WQ2nOT hoit many taSlei,rrtte3aif-:jU " "
;s ; f 'ldeJollL, l Vender frhall tall isttugh, ' .
Af IS erafthr" "! . ; ,r .L
L t v ' fiUvWeUT, tlUiais ttutnaxW h ttma.ufioA
hap of iticke and dry leaTee. She looked but it
; waaaQ dark overhead, but before, her wee av Jong pat
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: . wjwiwwii 7cn wa.wytuie auboit.wai atui wirrring".
Away went Alice JLli the ntjd aftet hinv andwaiiud .
to hea him ny, ea he tuned eomerth, ny
: 'eare and wbitkertl how Jate it ii getting. v
: But 'when ahe turned the eomer the rtbibt wi no '
longer hi eight, and the found heraelf in long, low
ball There were doort'eU around the hali but they
, re'aa: locked.- Ah'ce;went down'one tide and up
the other,'; trying 'every'door; then:ihe;waiked down
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um w uwiwvwoiag now-toe -.waa; evcr.io. get. oux
again.
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SUDDENLY the came upon a little "table tU tnido
r of glaaa. lying on which wai a tiny "gold keyj
Alice thought, of coune.'Jt waa the key belonging to
one of the doon ol the hall, but alaal the Jocke were
to large that It would not open any of thenv ',A but
. ahe taw a curtain ahe bad not noticed before, end be
hind it waa a tittle door about fifteen Incbee high. She,
.:Vtried-:golde key in the lock.'iand to hcr.deUghtc
?? It fitted. - ' 1
, ' Alice opened the door and 'ound' it led Into
imall .paasage no larger than a rat hole. She knelt
down and looked into it, and there waa the mott lovely
" garden the had ever teen. ; How ahe longed to wander
among thceebeda of bright flowert'and thote cool,
'" fountalna, but the could not even get her head through
the door. She went back to the table again, and there
? the found a little bottle which certainly waa not there a
before. . Tied round the neck of the bottle wat a paper
label with the worda, "Drink Me printed on it in
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IT.WAS aUvery:wtU to wyiTdrink me.;but'AIice
aa not going to do; that hi a, hurry.
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lilted lUtnd Cndteg it tery goottdrank It aS.
' "TVhat a curlbua feeling," aaid Mat( "l must bo
ihtg up tie;e. tl(acope,W w;he:wv She
wai er-yjtcn inchet higKTnd'noir:eod:aiay;go
through ithiilitUedoorwhicb ledut04the' beautiful
gir;Hr' -i'
She rw to the door.'but it waa locked nd the key
WW the Uble,.aod:when he went back for tt the- -;
Ctmld not pottibly reach it, at the wat to much thorter,
though -he could lee it through the ghut plainly hei
irtl to much uptet that the tat down and cried v. W
BY AND 8Y her eyei fell opi a little glial box
that waa jng under the table. , She opened
it and found a very amaQ cake, on which the wordt "Eat
Xbltrere iiiaifei jjn'anwtik .
7tWeitrn at ii, iWlict, aM If It nukci roe
grew larger.! cn reach thi key. and If it makei me
tmaller.X can ereev under tlje door. ao either way I will
get into the girdeit.,-; 'C-Hri '".
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;-Jw :t'tlMt iwwueiit'her head ttmk agahwt the
rtitooil;he' little golden, key, trm the lible
ft waa ai much at the could do. Ivhig down on one wdd
;; ' to look, through inV:the gwlen '.tS.'w.;t
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LICS began to cry again," and abed to' many-
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feara that a large pool formed all around her;
By and by., the heard a little petttring.of feet in
the'diatance;and the dried her eyet to tee. what waa,
coming. It wat the White Aabbit, ipleniidly faged
In one hend he carried a 4tfg4'fn muttering to hi5V
elf t hi came; OM the Duchcn. Shell bt In a rtgt
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4Wben.the. rabbit" came near enough Alico.aaid la
a timid voicetIf you please, tir.H-
The rabbit itartedopped the fanrtttd scurried
awayllnto the darkness.
Alice took up the fan and burst into tears. "Ohl
he cried,"! am to tired of being all alone down hertl"
:' T'MUST be growing smaller again, ahe thought.
? s ; I. 'and the found ahe was only about two feet high
nowraHdlwas guing'tnthrinking.1 She toon 'found
" out tl eaute of thii.wai the fan shea$ holding and
she dipped it.ln atjiffv. , Just then her. foot slipped.
V and in another momenCsplasivl slw was up to her chin
- r'in talt(water. It wis the pool of.teart.which.ihe had, '
. wept,hcn sheaa nine.feet higN- .
; 7 SomethingtwatispUshing aboutiO'littleZwayoff; . .
audat first the thought it must be -a walrus or hippo.
; .'iwtamHV but then ahe remcmliered how. email' the wat
:.. nowl& tt turned out to be only.a mouse that had tlipped t '
s;! l9-ke..hersel , - ",-,V
' t v ; ' rOh,JIouser she tried, "do.you knoMt-theay ,
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gotofjthis'
; 1 . The'mouso"lookfdather,axjdved.witonee
' ... hot it tal'd frothing, and twain past her. 4 ,
' ; VVMous' dearl jdo' come back.'ande: won't" talk;.
' , abuut cats or dogt ne called softl-T !
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'HE the" mouse' heard tliis it turned and said '
.tremfiling;voLce.i;Let;UI get 'to shore, '
' and then I. will tell you myrri8torj, ftnd 3W wilTui
dewtsnd why I hate cats and dogs. ;; . - . "
' It ws high' time to go, for the pobl was'getUng; . v
quite vrovded with birds.and animals, that. had fallen '
Into itAlice led the,wajvand ,tIie,wbole;party. aaia
to the shore, " ':-f. 'WtnMMM'ih tdi::'h
Wake vp,'ARce dear ".laid her listcr, "What a J
' long aleepyouVebadl? -j
" "Oh, 1 have tad ludiTcurioni dtwiai'i-iajd Alice,
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- Copyrisht i907.byJ,W. Lai'
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