'TIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY , KORNING, ' JANUARY 12, 1903
for Bcjpir',
copy nt by Tbw North American Company.)
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t OMD ON, Billy I want you
. I to helo ma try er out this
V . afternoon," whispered Shorty,
gently pulling Billy Mumford
awav from the other mem here of the
band of "Bloody Kobbere" at the con
el ulon of their meeting In the etore
rdoiu over Brandt'a hardware atore.
"Try-, what outT" asked Billy, lmpa
tlenUy. But Shorty merely winked an
ye and amlled myiterlouely. Billy
needed no further coaxing. Bkllfully
eluding their companloni," Shorty and
Billy were soon on their way to the
creek. -
Not untrr tha two wera witnm nm
lympia Clab'a bnathousa aia jttiuy
earn tha secret Then ho gasped:
"frlrkev. Khortfl hut that's a dan
dy Ice-yacht! Where did you get ttr
' Shorty explained how Cap'n Jerry
; had been asked to make It by Shorty's
' pa, and as Jerry had tha club boat
hou.e under hlg charge, the work
was able to be done there without
' any one else , being the wiser. You
4 "ee. Ghortx was rich, though to look
BILLY WAS KNOCKED SEVERAL FEET THROUGH THE AIR
: at him you would think ha was Just
llko v, any other "Bfoody Robber."
' Shorty wasn't "stuck up." and If any
one ever said ho was, why then he
had Shorty's fist to reckon with.
Shorty's fists, by the way. wero as
hard as Billy Mumford'a
: ' Cap'n Jerry wasn't at tha boathouaa
that afternoon. As Shorty would
brook no delay In "trying out" the
i yacht, the two slid It out on the lea.
v. "Climb Inl" yelled Shorty from- his
place In the box! can -hold this
.blasted Una much longerl" f .
Billy had one leg over the edge of
the box and was about to pull him
self over, when the sheet suddenly
flew through Shorty's hands - the.
mainsail swung around, sending BlUy
several feet , through the .air, and
. down the ereek scudded the yacht
before a. blustering wincu 1
Shorty ' was : frightened as bo
' hMn Hfnr Ha hunar on
had '
be
cause tnere waa Doming eis m
Fortunately, ' he remembered ' some
thing of What -Cap'n Jerry had told
him about ateering and managing
Uie sails, so that he rounded the first
bend In the creek safely, on and on
he sped until the yacht came to Sum
ner's Point Here the creek mada
another deep bend. In spite -of all his
efforts, 8horty , couldn't clear a little
neck of land tat jutted out Into the
A CABIN IN THE WOODS
creek. Bang ' it went against the
treacherous point! Shorty , was burl
cd from the box and the yacht was
flung high on to the ground,
, Picking himself up, Shorty found
that he was only bruised to a trifling
extent As tor the yacht he was
greatly surprised to see that beyond
a jagged hole in the - small JibsaU, It
bad not been harmed In the slightest
' Way.-l' ' 'V- rw-..y . ;A .- : - .' '
'But I'm ;not going back in that
thing!" said he to himself, emphatically.
Shorty was unacquainted with this part
of the country, and was In some doubt,
as to which way he ought to proceed.;
Finally he plunged through, the under
brush straight before him. In the hope
of soon reaching some, sort of road or
Dath. ' -i ; "' ,r;
He had proceeded not more than a few
rods, when he came upon a small clear
ing. In the middle of which waa built a
log cabin. Thinking that he might learn
rnm . ihnH lnelde which direction to
take the lad rapped at the door. There -.'w
was ' no respwuBc, w w w
through the oiled paper which served
for windowpanes. . Suddenly a heavy
hand was laid on his shoulder. He turn
ed to find blmsarf confronted by a surly
man, with great, bushy whiskers. s
"Here, young chap I What are ye
spyin" 'round ..here - ferT" demanded
the uewebmer. '
: ahnrfv am not. like the looks of tha
sfnan, and he was afraid to tell about
r the ice-yacht for fear lf might . bo
stolen from Mm. He therefore con
; tented himself by saying that he had
' merely . been walking through , the
j WOOdS. ' - v
The man scowled. .: "Humph! : that's
too thin. Here. . come with mel" Tak.
1 ing. a firm grip on the boy he led
Mm into the cabin and then dropped
' b!m through a trapdoor that led- to a
cellar underneath, , - -
c- Once by himself,- Shorty" began" to'
think about his plight ' For one
thing-, he was resolved not to stay a
. prisoner any longer than - he could
help. Groping his way about In the
darkness, his' hand came In - contact
with what felt like a roll of Taper.
This - he absent-mindedly put In his ,
eifers
pocket A ' moment, later - ho cam
across a pickaxe. t
r-- Bw
j head
Swinging the -picaaxe aoove - m
km Knnnirhf l avalnat the side
of the cellar, and discovered to bis
surprise that he bad . dislodged s
mil rlnil n( earth. . .' '
i 'MUSI DO a spring or viiivimns
v nearby to keep the ground so wet,"
thought he; "at any rate, they
:, bavea't walled the cellar with stone."
. Fortunately, he was able to find a
' cask In the' cellar. Standing - upon
this, - he sueceeded, ater several
hours. In digging a- nolo up around
the side of the house. He mads a
Spring from the cask, and, desperate
, ly, scrambling up through the sliding
, earth, forced bis body through the
, hole. Then he crept silently through
the woods back the way be had come.
. Gaining the creek, he saw that the
' yacht had evidently not been discovered:
Fortunately, the wind had changed, and
' although Shorty disliked to rink the un
' dertaklng. he decided that a greater risk
.' lay In remaining anywhere near the
cabin. Besides. , ho had by this time
gained a little confidence regarding the
sailing of an Ice-yacht
Luck, more than anything else, fa
vored him, so that In an Incredibly
short time. ho reached the boathouoe. .;
and,' after some maneuvering, ground
ed the yacht'
Fifteen minutes later he was relating.;
' the story of his adventure to his father. ,
hand in his pocket; It coming In contact,
band in his pocket It coming in contact
with something, be drew 'forth hun
dred dollar bill I At least he thought it
was. until his father, after a moment's
close examination, muttered "Counter,
feitl" ' . - -
It seems that Shorty had discovered,
the haunt of a band of counterfeiters.
His father did not delay an Instant but
summoned the sheriff and quickly told
the -facts of -the case. A posse was
formed aonce. and within' two hours
the hut was surrounded and the entire.
, band captured. The fellow- wno baa ,
caotured Shorty had imagined that tbo
, youngster was still in the cellart
I tell you Shorty waa a million timet
' . prouder of being the hero of .this ex
plolt than of being an heir to lots of
money.-. , j -.-v ,-s. ,. .
r ': .Wliat Ho'dfLlko to B.
' Jimmy What does papa' do, mat
Mother He's a tea sampler, my boy
. samples different kinds of tea.
Jimmy When I grow up, ma, I'm
gona be a cake sampler.
Wonderful Change
1 1 RANCES. I should like you to
M tako thia rabbit to your
. 1 , . grandma, and remember, don't
stop to gossip on the way, but go
there as quickly as you can and re
turn immediately."
"Yes. mamma," replied Frances,
cheerfully, i First securing the lid so
" that Bunny' could not escape, she took
the basket on her arm. and was soon
trudging on her way to grandma's.
But when she saw her best chum,
Mabel, she forgot about what mamma
had told her, and straightway began
to talk long and earnestly. So ab
sorbed was she that she didn't notice
mischievous Freddy Jones quickly';
take the rabbit from the basket and
put in Its place a cat. !; 1
At last - she entered grandma's
house. After kissing the dear old
lady she announced that mamma had
sent a plump rabbit. As she spoke she
opened the basket To say they were
surprised would bo putting it mildly. .
"My dear," said smiling grandma, '
"that rabbit looks too much like a
i'Cat for me to enjoy it.""-"''. ..
On her way homo Frances paused
again to tell the wonderful tale to
Mabel of how her rabbit had been
.'.changed into a cat, WhWe she was
talking,' Freddy Jones quietly took the
: cat from the' basket and replaced the
rabbit
, Frances poured forth her tale to '
. mamma. Mamma . looked- decidedly
doubtful, eo Frances raised the lid of
the basket in order to show the cat
But instead of the 'cat she found ther
rabbitl - Mamma- waa much v grieved -that
Frances should tell her such an
untruth. 'And Frances' was punished
for her fault -not for her untruthful
ness, as mamma -supposed, but for her
other fault of , gossiping - and dis
obedience,
obedience. Later. . when ' Frances
learned from Freddy of the trick ho
had played, she resolved' never to be
guilty of such a fault again. ..?
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. FREDDIE'S MISCHIEVOUS TRICK
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TU8T suppose for a moment that you,
1 . are on a great, "big ship," and that
J the great, big ship Is being towed
, by a busy. puOing Uttls tugboat to
ward a great, big city. And the great
big city is a strange one-etranger even
than thp town which must have been
as far away as ten miles In your own
country; so strange that the people oven
wear different clothes and say funny
words that you don't understand at all.
Pretty hard to suppose, isn't WT
After . you've tried - your .very best
we'll say that , you have -supposed.
Then you think and think and try so
bard that the place in your head where
you "suppose' almost aches, and you
BW. '
. "T ...iiw Ann' fhinv T'll mind it
very, very much, 'cause father - and
mother would be sure to take cars of
me' and if you're a girl or boy who
isn't yet ashamed you'll go on to say,
"and Dolly." ....
Yes, but suppose you can't sudo your
hand Into father's palm, which ts
- big that It Just seems to swallow
your nst; and suppose you can t pour
out all your troubles ; to mother and
have that comfy feeling when her arms
are around you; suppose there's nobody
nobody . In the wide world with you,
and that people only know where you'ro
going 'cause you've a little tag pinned
on your blouse)
Now your head really WOULD ache If
you triel to 'magine all that Perhaps it
will, anyway, when Polly Evans tells
you that this DOES happen and quite
often at that! Nearly every time the
great ship crosses the ocean It carries
1 on board little girls and boys who've
: come all alone. THAT girl or boy must
It seems to me that always when s
You're all "mixed up" wJth "clean-
ing,"-v-., :.,-.:'. ,-V--"'
The doorbell rings and rings and then
.You shudder at lta meaning, j -
e Bird Told Her v
HENRY eyed thO ; canary solemnljVt
" Then, , threateningly, he t pointed
his finger and said ' emphaUcally :
'Chirpy, I think a heap of you, but t
'soma things uv Just got' to stop or
welL It" won't bo good for you. There's ;
not a single thing I've done lately but '
what ma's found out! And Ifs always' !
the same she says a little bird told her
when Z wanter know how she's heard
about it W'' . ; V";-','--;'v'f.af- V'.;'.
"Now, chirpy, you're'- the only little "
bird around here now. I'm just goin .
to go straight through the pantry from
top to bottom, and If ma hears about r
tma rrom any little oira. unirpy why
you're goln' to deckerato the lngides of
; t he cat that's all.'? , , .... v :A ?
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: (M. : '''' r JS J&k I Among the Dwarfs in
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have been AWFUL brave, you think.
And if the traveler does feel a little bad
you can't blame the little girl or boy.
Even you big girls and boys, who are
now laughing at Polly Evans, would feet
rather funny If YOU were In the samo
fix. i Maybe you THINK you wouldn't
. but you would. .
. Before the wee voya er can make put
what It all means he is hustled off the
shlo and into a room where a wise man
looks at his eyes and bis tongue to see
If there's anything that feels funny
"inside," or In his head, or if there's
anything at all wronp with him. Some
times he has to be vaccinated, though
such a brave boy wouldn't mind that
After that another man. looks at his tag
and points out where to go. After that
Taint that you don't
folks
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1 But what about hef luncheon, ;
When but a piece of roll was all
You 'spected to bo munchin'T
Greatest Compliment
Hp HK LATB i Lord ' Shaftesbury i one $
- I time related an Incident regard :.
f i lng which ho says that the Htllor
girl's trust was, to - him; tha greatest '
compliment he had over received.-. This .
Uttls girl, a mite of a lass, wished to :
cross the street and was watting for
some one to help her. - After - looking 7
searchlngiy into the faces of all those "
who passed,- aho finally decided to
choose the earL and approached him,
saving!' -,;-'ft ' . .-- .
, 'Pleaso, sir, wfli you help mo overr '
l': ;' ; ; He prssra It 5y. r
Leonard returned from, his first visit ?
to- Sundas school with the remark:
"Mother, they passed tha money basket J
around, but J didn't tako any.' vyi ;t ?
something to eat" And
maybe still
after that he's nut on a
train that puffs even more than the tug
and whirled miles and miles over the
country to the. niac tht the conduc
tor reads on the tag perhaps to some
- one whom he has never seen. But long
before this happened your. .head would
surely feel "mixed" and dlssy, were
you he. Even with father and mother
with you you'd be bound to feel this
way upon such a long voyage.
In the pictures you see some of the
people who have Just, arrived on the
big ship. There's the manly, little chap, .
who looks just ss bold as can be: there's
the little girl who has. none the less
courage; and there are "boys and girls
and babies who look cheerful and sad.
Of course she'll stay they always do
And keep you from your workln'.
And then tell neighbors not a few
That housework you've been shlrkln't
he's given
A Dangerous Question
yOR many tiresome minutes had
7. the visitor, addressed the chll
dren before him. Finding that
their attention was beginning to
wander, he successfully aroused them
With the following: ' -
"And now I want to tell you of a ;
boy I once knew. He had a good
father and mother, Who did all they
possibly could, to make him happy.
But -the boy was thoughtless and:
foolish; he wasted hla timo and never
thought of the future. - -
Today, Instead of filling; an honor
able and useful position in. life, where .
do you suppose he stands, children, as
a msnr .- .;-"v,vv '
"He stands - before 'usr was the.
prompt reply, as It came In one united
shout . . ( , -i- 1 , . ' .
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and wakeful and sleepy and bright and
dull.
And every one's hunting a new home!
No doubts they'll find many -new
friends about this ho ao. Perhaps who
knows? some -little boy or glrf whose
Picture you see here will be writing
Jfr to Polly Evans. Just as you've
done for so long a time! Then YOU'LL
K vans girls and boys are made friends
uruuiiii ur sionea
Mmm.J'hl htT- .!. "n1 alrt nt
Kn. VL ,eve 'n evening. It so hap.
T T TELL," observed "Fred to, "
Tiixle, as they sat on a
bench In the little eomnart-
ment where they were to pass tho
night "there seems to bo nothing to
do but stay here." i
For some time they talked together
and then lapsed Into silence for sev
eral hours. - Fred, ' who Seemed to bo
thinking deeply, suddenly leaned for-
.ward and whispered to Trlxie:
"I've a plan-a fine plan! You
' know my father helps me a lot In my
scientific studies. Well, the other day
he gave me a little flask containing
a liquid which, he said, would put
- any person or animal to sleep 'for
hours. I have it with me,' and. It I
. find it possible, I'm going to drop
some of this liquid into one of tho
: dwarfs' cooking pots on the morrow.
Then, when they're 11 asleep, we can
make our escape." I
You may know that the rest of tho
night could not pass rapidly enough
for them. But in the morning Fred
found to his Joy that It would be an
easy matter to carry out his plan.
It seems that the dwarfs had no fear -,
of the girl and boy getting away, and
so kept very little watch over them. v
Within an hour after the dwarfs
had breakfasted from their immes.Be
bowl of porridge every one of them
was sound asleeD.
But how could the two find their
way back to the shaft? They tried ,
one after another of the- winding
passages, xn ineir wanaerings tney
came across the little white boy they
had seen for., a moment tho evening
before. Fred hesitated a moment.
- and thtn took from his pocket an
other of the many bottles be always
carried, and forced down. the boy's
throat some of the fluid with which It
was filled. An instant, and then tho
boy's eyelids quivered. A few mln
' utes later and he was wide awake.
As soon as the boy oould speak, he
explained that he had been captured
by the dwarfs some time ego, -and
that they had brought' him 'down here
to work for them undoubtedly for
the same purpose as they had lured
Trixla and Fred into the mine.
The lad soon" guided them to the
shaft, and, as he was familiar with
the working of the "bucket" they
were soon In the outer air.
With a sigh of relief they thanked
the lad, who. in turn,, thanked, them
still more heartily for: delivering him.
and then hastened toward; Trlxie's
home. '.'rli'"i-,ii!'j'K"-- ;.'--..!
Trixie's , mother was ii almost 111
from worrlment but now - she
straightway recovered. And what a
reception was given Trlxie and Fred!
Trixie's father was promptly inform
ed of their safe arrival. He at once
took steps to secure" the arrest of the
dwarfs, but before the officers of the
law could penetrate to "Gobllntown,'.'
as Trlxie called It, every one of tho
eil little men had disappeared.
ffrixie doesn't dare to go Into any
more abandoned mines,' while even
Fred is more careful in such matters
than waa formerly his wont. '
' Couldn't Heli It, .
Inquisitive Gentleman What
makes
you so small, little boyT
Little Boy Dunnoi guess if 8 'cause
Vm only a. half-brother, j ,v.y -
Tale of a '.Green
: Gown :
(( T 'M JX'BT treated Uke; ClnderellaP
I sobbed Mary, "only none of tha
' good things that happened to :
her ever com to" ma,"',': , ;. .
Indeed. : this ' waa trua,'- for Mary"s
i two sisters, who weren't half as pret
ty as she, had alee dresses and wera
given all tha pleasures, while Mary
received , nothing. Occasionally, they
would permit her to take a walk wits
them, but they always Insisted that ,
she trudge along' several paces in' tha
rear,- so that people might take her
for their servant More frequently,
however, they denied her even the
exercise of a walk, and compelled her
to do al the housework and spend
what little leisure time sbo had la
the kitchen. ., ...'-. ','f, ; '
Mary felt worse than aver Just at
this time, because there was going to
be a fine carnival In the town With
in the next few days; and every girl,
with the exception of herself," was) '
going to have a handsome gown, i
Her stepmother had ahown her the'
ugly dress which she roust wear, so
MARY WALKED IN THE RXAR )
she wat quite sure that no ono would
bays a less enjoyable time. .
The kitchen became so uncomfort
ably warm that Mary thought she
would go out tor a tew minutes and
work in the garden. Again her sad
feelings overcame her, and she lean
ed against, the garden fence to wipe
the tears from her eyes.
"Why, my dear, -are yon so mourn
ful r . '
Mary looked quickly around to find
the owner of the sweet voice.. She
found gating upon her from tho other
side of thO fence the beautiful duch
ess, who lived in the castle yonder,
and at whom she had often peeped
as the fine lady whirled past in ber
handsome carriage. ' Indeed, - she
wouldn't have thought that tho duch
ess would have deigned to go abroad
on foot and she wouldn't have Im
agined for the world that the duchess
' would have condescended to speak to
; her! -. , - "' ' I
But tho duchess was so sympa
thetic that Mary soon forgot she was
a duchess, and told her all her trou
bles. When she had finished, - tho
duchess said, smilingly: -
"Well, my dear, you Just wear that
: handsome green dress of yours and
see if you are not the moat popular
girt in town during the carnival"
The day before the carnival took
place' tho fashionable people of tho
town were amazed to see the duch
ess drive past dressed In a handsome
green gown. "Must be the very lat
est style," they thought, and Imme
diately all tho ladies ordered similar
gowns. But, of course, none could
be finished In time forho carnival;
therefore, only one girr appeared in
a stylish green gown during the carpi
nival, and she, as you will guess, was
Mary I Yes, Mary had no end of a
good time. She was much sought
after, indeed!,. - Every one was anx
ious for tho acquaintance . of that
"most stylish young lady.f Best of
all, there was introduced to her a
young count who speedily fell la
love with her and shortly afterward
married her. ,. ,
So, although events did not turn; '
out Just as they did for Cinderella,
they happened quite as nicely, and.
like Cinderella, Mary lived happily;
over after. , ,
Fun in a Basin
EIGURES 1 and t show1 you tho kind
of top most useful In this play.
It can bo made quite readily. Ii
Figure I the round little stick thrust
Into the ..top of tho spool serves mere
ly as a support, and is taken away)
as soon as the top begins to spin; ;
' .. SHOWING THE DETAILS
An upright piece of wood with a Ipv1
top,: huving around Its ouUldu ore in
ference a little rim to prevent the
ning top from running off, should t.
fastened in the -middle of a hutui.
Around thia water should ha ur- I.
: Then,. When the top la spur""'" f'"
upright, such .a. ""I '"'" ' 1 ' ;
the little sailing v--!s y'i i ' ' '
the-water of the Im" u er " ' ' '
it and whirled rotin-1 ti l !''
as though they wero tuning 1 ' -wind.
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' Carved Ills I'ame.
1.)tor You've a brlti-t h:V. 1 .
I'll be bourn! he's r"i" ''J f -1) '
a ramevfor h(nis lf b'- '" v
J at her He's dui0 . tui-t .i J
our (i' piauol