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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY f MORNING. FEBRUARY 1903 t"' 1 , ; . 1 .... 1 . . ... '. - " - - ... .' . :, , , . , . , , ' (Copyright, UQS.br The North American Company.) i " . . , "... , .. ,, ,. ., "' " "T ' ffitibrt-W T '1 V- I . M w , I - i .. i N the oourM of their regular meet ing, bold ' soon after Shorty's and Billy's cave adventure, tho "Bloody Robbers" came to tlee conclusion that, since, the two adventurers had found tho exit to tho famous cava, thoro could b bo bettor mooting plaoo for tho band than In Ita dark chamber, with any aort of precaution they ahould find hero a aoorot refuge from tho prowling and Inquisitive "Bloody Pirates." Ac cordingly, a time waa Axed for Satur day morning, whon ail ahould aaaomblo, Journey to tho cava and tako formal possession. - Bborty and Billy had marked tho apot "PRESENTED THE CASKET" well, therefore they had little difficulty In leading their comrades to It. In tho midst of a clump of rocks, screened by dead bushes, waa tho deep hole which led Into be cava. Billy, by virtue of his position as cap tain of the "gang," descended first Then, one after another, the "robbers" lowered themselves through tho open ing arid dropped with sundry Jolts and grants. Through various pretests, - every boy had been able to provide himself with a candle. These were now lit, and. led by Billy, the ghostly procession began to thread its way between the narrow walla citedly.i The ayaa of hod glistened: others looked behind them affrlghtelly. aa though expecting to see the ferocious brigands appear. Meantime, Billy was Industriously scraping tho mould from the Uttlo casket Presently be announced the re sult of hla endeavors by the remark: There's wrltin here, fellera." Bhorty Inspected U closely. -Say. fellers." he cried, "I do believe this Is the monogram of Aunt Debby Mortimer's family. We went to her bouse for dinner not so long ago. and all the silverware was engraved Just like this. 6he said It's been In the family years and yeara She's lots of other old thing, too, that she calls 'heirlooms,' or something like that An Til bet this Is one of her heir looms." he concluded triumphantly. Of course, they were all too ex cited to hold a meeting Just then, so It was postponed. They all tramped their way to the old Mortimer man sion, where Aunt Debby lived alone, except for an old servant Shorty, who was better acquainted with Aunt Debby than any of the others, was delighted to present the casket Billy rang the doorbell. To say that Aunt Debby was sur prised when she was told a mob of boys was outside watting to see her. would .be putting It mildly. But when she saw the casket she Just threw up her hands. p "My dear boys!" she ettlalmed, "I am quite sure this Is the very casket of Jewels stolen from my mother nearly fifty years ago. I remember her speaking about It several times. And If I'm not mistaken I have the key to it right here." She went to a little desk nearby and brought forth a tiny key. This she placed In the rusty lock. Finally, when she had exerted the full strength of her fingers, the lock turned. Raising the ltd. there was uncovered a handsome set of Jewels, which sparkled in a dazzling bril liance that fairly blinded the eyes of her audience. Aunt Debby was overjoyed. Right then and there she heartily thanked the boys and Invited every one of them to dine with her on the morrow. Of course, this discovery made the I N THE first place. Judith Lee wasn't really Tommy Lee's; sis ter. Indeed, no one was. quit sure as to whether her nan) was originally Judith. But that was the name beautifully embroidered on tho handkerchief which had been found tied loosely around the neck o(i child saved from the horrible ship wreck. Tommy's father, you must know. Vow, on the top -of the cottage was a tevel space, surrounded by a balus trade. Tommy's undo was accus tomed to spend several hours eaoh day walking up and down here. 'The boy and girl rarely paid the roof a vlsjt. so that Judith afterward won dered what It was that made her sug gest upon this afternoon that they go up there. "Crlckyt Uncle's mads another flyln' LE TOMMY'S UNi CALLED AFTER THEM owned a little cottage by the sea. within plain sight of where the ship wreck occurred. The child saved was, of course, Judith. So you eee how Judith was adopted by Tommy's father and mother and became Tom my's sister. A right loyal sister slie was, too. Tommy loved her Just as well as though she had been a real sister. As a matter of fact the boy had never been told otherwise. He was of about the same age as Judith, and they had grown up together as brother and sister. Tommy's uncle also dwelt In the little cottage. Both Tommy and Ju dith, thought him a very peculiar man. Tou see. he was once a pro fessor, and now he was trying to become famous by inventing a flying machine. He seemed to be so very learned that Tommy and Judith could never understand why his machines were always failures. At times the uncle would seem discouraged, but he always persevered and declared he would make still another attempt And If he hadn't made the effort that brought forth the flying machine our story tells about, why, there wouldn't have been any story. For It was this flying machine that brought about the strange adventure which cleared up' the mystery regarding Judith Lee. machine!" cried Tonmy, as soon as his head appeared on a level with the roof. "IV looks like a dandy, too. Hope it will fly." , -Let's crawl In," said he. When they were packed snugly In the basket. Tommy ohanced to pull a rope which rested near bis hand. "In stantly there was a great whirr of the giant wings, the machine rose, and before Tommy and Judith realis ed what had happened they were some distance above the roof. He tugged at another rope. The air ship rested a moment In Its upward flight and then went forward In a southerly direction. And apparently there were no more ropes to pull. Just then they happened to look back at the oottage. There was Tommy's uncle on the roof, waving his arms wildly and shouting some directions, which, however, they were too far away to hear. On and on they flew, faster than any bird. A wind shield was so arranged about them, however, that they felt lit tle Inconvenience from tho speed. Hour after hour passed, and still they con tinued on their way. For a long time they had been flying over the ocean. Little sleep the two had that night Indeed, they were most too frightened for slumber. As time wore on, how ever, Tommy began to find some little enjoyment In the motion of the airship. But then he began to feel frightfully hungry. Daybreak came, and finally noon. At this time they were passing over a tropical land. Noticing a small lever prajectlrg from the cage beside him, he pulled It experimentally. Aa he watched the result, he wished he bad seen the lever before. Immediately the flying machine slow ly descended. A moment later they were resting on the ground, the great trees towering above their heads on all sides. "Look up there," observed Tommy. Judith followed the direction of his finger and saw in the tree above them a little cabin lashed firmly among the branches. At the same time they saw a girl appear in -the door of the cabin and lower herself rapidly to the ground by means of a rope banging from a con venient bough. Then, for the first time she noticed the strangers. She made as though to run away, but then appeared to recon sider her action, and turned to meet . them. (CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.) A Long Distance Between. Henry looked critically at the bun he had Just purchased from the btiker. "What's the matter, my boy?" asked the baker. 'Do you want to bet?" demanded Henry. Before the astonished baker could answer, he continued, "Well, I'll bet you that if I tried my very hardest could Jump from one raisin to another on this cake." ' t y-- ' . 4 ' t . i , . , ' v.- i. A ...iw("'- ' ' . , M '; 4 "7 . ' - jr' ' ' ' t ' '' :' ' J- .. , - - , - .. v ' .; ' . i ; '. l.r .... " , ,,. y .:. y ; - - - o THEK pussies scratch and bite. Don't behave at alL Pull their tails and they will fight: And they like to squall. Kitty, here, knows howTve tried, To be good to her; It's only 'cause she's wool Inside That she doesn't purr. , . . A HUT ABOVE THEM -So do L" responded Judith, coming forward to inspect the apparatus. There was a little basket which in terested Tommy Immensely CRONIES T LEFT BY THE "ROBBERS" OF LONO AGO" "Bet there are ghosts here!" exclaim ed Joe Stanton. For answer Bill Kane prodded him vi ciously In the back, with the terse command. "Shut up!" Nevertheless, the rest of the band shivered, and started anew at the echoes of their own footsteps. They were not half sorry when Billy called a halt, while he and Shorty turned aside Up Inspect a square chamber which orancnea irom mo miun curnuor. "Hello, there's something here!" yell ed Billy, bending over a group of ob jects hardly distinguishable In the dim light By this time several others had gathered around. By the flare of the candles could now be seen several, old, musty barrels and casks, an old rifle, an ancient pistol and what looked, like a Uttle box. ; "Robbers must have been In this cave long time ago," whispered Shorty ex- "Bloody Robbers prouder than ever of their new cave home. Skinny, how ever, did say in his funniest man ner: -Don't you think we started out the wrong way to be the right sort o' robbersT You bet vour life, they wouldn't uv done anything honest like that." But he didn't mean this. Indeed, every one was pleased that Aunt Deb by should have been so delighted to recover her most valuable "heir loom." And she was grateful. There could be no dopbt about that INY was grieved. Indeed, when. through a series of accidents, she lost everv nn of her mti chlcka Well It was for her peace of mind, therefore, that a motherless chick wandered Into the barnyard. Of course. Tiny promptly adopted it. Now Tiny, unlike the chick she moth ered, was a bantam. You know how quickly ordinary chicks grow. So you will guess that before long this wee chick became much larger than Tiny herself. - While the chick was quite small Tiny industriously hunted all day for the choicest worms and grubs to feed it. Sad to say, the chick grew up, a great big, lazy hen; even after she was full grown she permitted Tiny to feed and care for her. But Tiny didn't mind this. She loved her big adopted daughter and would have done anything In the world for her. While it seemed funny to others to see the Uttle bantam waiting upon the hen which looked so immense. Tiny didn't take this view at all. So greatly was Tiny attached to the hen that when the latter was killed and eaten aa she well deserved to be Tiny f languished and soon pined away. Shared the Blame. "Teddy," said the employer solemnly, "we have forgotten to get a fresh sup ply of stamps, and npw we haven't one left" In his excitement Teddy exclaimed, "Why, so we have, sir; ain't we a cou ple of blunder-headed idiots?" Something Wrong. Mother---1 wonder why It Is that baby cries almost all the time? Ethel (reflectlvely-Where do all the tears come from? You don't suppose she has water on the brain, do you, mamma? Momentary Forgetfulness. Sarah had been crying lustily. All at once she stopped and turned to her grandmother with an Inquiring expres sion on her face. "Gran'ma," she asked, "what waa I crying about?" "Because I wouldn't let you go out." "Oh, yesl I 'member now," and Sarah began to howl more loudly than before. Legend of the Moon Princess PERHAPS you have noticed how lonely at times the Man In the Moon appears. But did you ever know that long, long ago there dwelt with him in peace and happiness A wife, known as the Moon Princess? FOR SIX days of the week Joey was always good. Some days he was very, very good; other days he was very good; while on still others he was Just good. At least during all this time he was never bad. Each week, however, there eame a "naughty day" a time when Joey was downright wicked and un ashamed. If it had not been that Joey's mam ma was an invalid, unable to look after him properly, very likely he wouy not have had a "naughty day." But "ong ago he had lost ' fear of nursle, and had learned to take ad vantage of her good nature, secure In the belief that he would not be punished. Kind and Indulgent as nursle was, there came a time when she could not longer overlook these "naughty days." So Joey's mother was quietly told. It grieved her very much to hear this, for. like some other mothers; she imagined that Joey was alwaya good. Joey knew he should have been dressed almost half an hour ago. He knew it was . after breakfast time wnen ne sat up in his little bed. And home that evening he didn't notice him. Joey sat down trembling to bis meal Not a word was spoken. After Joey had swallowed a few mouthfule . he went quietly back to bis own little) ruviu. That night when he was all ready! to go to bed, mother came, as usaaLj to hear him say his prayers. For alt . A TIMS OB! WICKEDNESS his sorrow Joey noUced that mothe looked sad, too. He could-endura bis, woes no longer. Flinging his axma around mother's neck, be pleada4 tearfully. J Don't you reauy love me any lont he knew It was very wrong to throw 'f'.i muvver-not even a teenty, weantrf Johm a mile to the iny f t E CAN scamper H baseball field. And he never feels the heat; But, oh. It's so far, to the corner store So far for his aching feet He can run to see the circus come in. And stand and watch by the hour; But the postofflce building is so far away. And there might come up a shower. He can get up a 5 on the Fourth of July It's really no trouble at all: But 8 is too early on all other days, And his motner may can ana call. He can sit up all hours to frolic, and not Cltt nloenv nr tiraA it. hit: But If there's a lesson or problem to do. fcta goes last asleep over hi 0 Johnny, dear Johnny, bow funny you are i And when will grown-ups understand That hard things seem easy, and easy ones nara To youngsters all over the land? Zilline Chinamen. "Pay attention now," said the school master, addressing his class during the geography lesson. "The population of China Is so great that two Chinamen die every time we take a breath." This information made a deen imDi-es- 3 Ion on the Juvenile scholars, and the master was particularly struck with the uncomfortable appearance of one small ooy at the foot of the cjass. His face was flushed and be was puffing furi ously. . .. , T' "What is the matter? Inquired the choolmaster . with alarm. "What on ?srth are you doing. Tommy?" "Killing Chinamen, please, sir," Vaa he answer. "1 don't like them foreign ers, so I'm getting rid of Just as many is I canl'f THERE was something about the pond lily that fascinated Todd. As It waved In the wind, it seemed to beckon to the lad to come and pluck it And Todd, who never refused a "dare," immediately waded out to such a depth thaf the water rose almost to his chin. When he re turned, the lily as well as an immense lily pad was in his hand. As he went to bed that night he placed the lily In a vase, and stood the vase on the little table beside him. He could not understand what strange attraction the simple Illy had for him. When Todd awoke the moon was shining full in his room. Somehow, Todd's eyes at once turned to the lily, which was directly In the path of a bright ray of moonlight They opened wide with astonishment Altogether awake, the boy raised himself on elbow to look at the extraordinary spectacle before him. For there, ris ing from the very heart of the lily, was the sweetest little face Imagina ble, and beautiful, tender eyes that looked at him reproachfully. "Todd Burton, why, oh. why, did you bring me here?" came a faint silvery voice. "I don't know, ma'am." Todd stam mered. "I hope you'll excuse me." The lily sprite scrutinized him se verely. 'WH, Todd Burton, you've done a bad thing a very bad thing. Don't you know that the leader of the frog orchestra uses my Illy as a mu sic rack, and that he stands upon this lily pad? What will he do to-" night? Pray tell me." As Todd maintained a shamed si lence, the fairy went on': "There la only one thing I see for' you to do. And that is to take me back to the pond this very minute. .' . Of course,- Todd had to obey. He dressed hurriedly and. taking vase lily and all, crept silently downstairs, out the door and across the fields to the pond. Whew! How he 'shivered when he waded Into that Icy water! And what a croaking of frogs there was! It seemed that all the great bullfrogs, and the medium-sized, frogs, and the very Uttle frogs Joined In expressing their anger against him. Guided by the fairy. Todd waded toward the very spot from which he THE FAIRY SPEAKS had plucked the Illy. As he approach ed he beheld a wonderful sight All around on lily pads stood immense bullfrogs, each with a tiny musical Instrument But the biggest of them splashed around in the center, crying loudly in frog language for his lily pad and his music rack. In the bright moonlight everything was plainly viable. When they saw Todd they cried in unison, with a most horrible noise. The frightened lad quickly plaoed the lily and pad where they belonged. This somewhat appeased the wrath of. the frog leader, although all were still cross with the thief. To -reward him for having brought her back, the lily sprite invited Todd to stay and listen to the concert But the boy's teeth were already chat tering at a great rate and his Hps were blue. He promptly-excused him self and, wishing the fairy and the frogs "Good-night." quickly made his way back to the shore. Next morning Todd first rubbed his eyes; then he looked eagerly toward the plaoe where the vase should have been. No, it was gone; he had not dreamed It all. And he vowed that never again would be pluck a pond lily. Who knows but what every one might contain a fairy! Both forgot Mother James, what did I say I'd do to yqa if I found you eating those pies again? James Why. bow funny, ma. that yon should have forgotten, tool I'm sure I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Generosity. Aunt Kate Johnny, here is an apple. Be sure to share tt properly with your brother. Johnny How" "properly," auntie? Aunt Kate Give him the larger piece, of course, ' Johnny Here, Bill, suppose you do the ataxia'. REFUSED HER A TASTE The trouble all began when the Man In the Moon grew restless, and longed to visit the earth. This mightily dis pleased the wife. There qertainly was no reason for his discontent but he was not satisfied until he made his no table trip to Norwich. You remember bow, when there, be burned his mouth wlth green porridge.' Well, he took some of' that very same porridge back with him. Naturally, the princess was very curi ous to learn Just what the porridge tasted like. But the Man In the Moon was stilt grumpy, probably because his FLEW FROM HIM A-WHIZZING mouth still pained him, and he selfish ly' refused her even a taste. Thereupon the princess fell into such a burning rage that she became a mass of fire. Before the Man in the Moon had time to gasp she flew whizzing out Into the heavens, leaving him alone. Al though he soon arew penitent, and beg ged her to return, she never heeded his prayers. Occasionally, however by way of reminding him that she has not forgotten him she files very close to the moon. No doubt you have seen her ?'ourself. YOU thought It was a sfcoot ng star or a comet; now, you must know that It was really the Moon Prin cess, come back to catch a glimpse of her husband. And maybe she whispers her forgiveness as she flits by. Let us hope so. Nor can you blame the Man In the Moon if. sometimes, he seems to frown. If you had such deep trouble as he, or were so lonesome and unhappy, per haps you would look cross, too. She Spelled It Teacher Ruth, spell "wrong" for me. Ruth R-o-n-g, Teacher No; that's wrong. Ruth (puzzled) But teacher. Isn't that what you naked, me to spell ( savagely across the room the stock Mngs nursle had brought him. Yes. he knew; but he didn't care because It was a "naughty day." He looked out of the corner of his eye at nursle to see whether she was aware of this. , He thought it funny that nursle ahould not have come to coax him to dress. And now he thought it fun nier still that she didn't pay even the slightest attention to him. He bang ed a chair and yelled again, more iouaiy than before. Nursle calmly left the room. She had never done that before! What could it all mean? By this time Joey had almost for gotten it was a "naughty day." Dressing himself ever so quickly, he crept down the stairway and then out to tje kitchen, where he meekly ask ed cookie for something to eat "If It ain't a purty time to be a wantln' your breakfastl I can Just tell you. Master Joe, that you'll get nothin' from me this mornln'l" Cook had never snorted or glared at him in that way before. She had al ways called him her "darllnt" and given him the very nicest things. He was sorely puzzled. At any rate, mother would be surs to kiss him lovingly and treat him kindly. Yes. he would go to mother. But no sooner had he entered mother's room than she said sharply and with a frown, "Go away, child; I don't want to aee you now. "Why, muvver!" Joey was Just able to gasp; then, with burning tears in his eyes and a big sob In his throat hefelt his way along the balustrade" until he reached the nursery. There, all alone, he flung himself upon the floor and wept as though his heart would break. This was the first time mother had frowned at him, and this waa the first unkind word .he had ever known from her. Then Joey began to wonder- If It ever hurt other people when he said unkind things and was naughty. Of course, they oould never feel so bad as be felt now never In the world! but cerhabB. aftr mil tt did hurt. thelx feelings a little. "Naughty day"r, wasn't Just the nicest sort of a day for those about him. he began to think. And he even began to doubt whither he. enjoyed It a very great deal, himself. .. , '.' -tv .' . There . was still another blow fa tore for Joey. When father came bitr Mother clasped him tightly as ahev said gently. "Of course, gooale; I wu cross only because it waa my naughtrj ' day.' It you have "naughty days,' we'll have to have them, too, I'm afraid." un, muvver, lium nun- o urn nn - naughty days.' I'll promise never t . have one again never, never I" j; Mother dried his tears aa they madsn the agreement And Joey baa kept hla I wera. Why Jack Went 11 A SUNDAY-SCHOOL teacher wast m his way to church the other Bam day when be saw two tiny toddleiw ; coming toward him. One of them said ( "Please, sir. Bill and Jack cannot, come to school this morning because we) I going to 'ave a tooth out" Failing to see why both should r tt have one tooth pulled out the teache , said: "But what's Bill" the elder "going for?" "Please, sir, Bill's going to hava hla tooth out" "Then what's Jack" tho younger rnlnr for?" 7,Please. sir, Vs going oiler." was the reply. to 'ear . bins o Build a Meny-Go-Round THIS Is one of the most Interest Ins of wind toys. The frame la made from a child's hoopla' properly braced with cross-sticks' and mounted on a bub. To the outer edge of tho f rama THUS TOY COMPLETED are attached fotir flat boa Is, rt"S"'J ' - sella -, . , , The boats will salt round and r'.'i . 1 as long as there is the it-htrt it-- r. and their graceful motion ut vtry j ' ant to -watch.
