THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY f MORNING. FEBRUARY 1903
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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
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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'
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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."
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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
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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
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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.