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.. .". . ; . " . , ...... THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNINGv FEBRUARY. , 9, v 1908 ; I '
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I mean to hold you where you are,
Upon this hear of mine,
Until you say, and mean it, too,
You'll be my Valentine.
THE WONDERFUL MIRROR
ANT, many year ago there
dwelt with her father and
mother In a little village of.
Japan a Unj uaiden. Like a sweet
rosebud was she.
After a time the father waa called
away to visit the king. Since he was
the first man of the village to be
summoned this was a great honor.
But the little daughter, who had
never been separated from her father
before, became looly and fearful lest
something happen him.
Boon, however, the father returned,
bringing with him many handsome pres
ents. Handing a mirror to his wife, he
aid, "Here is something I believe has
never been seen in this village. Look
upon It and tell me what you see."
80 the wife gated delightedly upon
the beautifully chased silver of the
frame, and then Into the mirror Itself.
"OH!" she exclaimed. "I see the face
of a beautiful woman, smiling ever so
happily at me."
The husband laughingly explained:
"The beautiful woman is yourself. A
mirror simply reflects whatever Is placed
before it. '
As the wife did not wish to grow vain.
he hid the mirror away. Tears, passed.
I AM GOING to tell you a true story
today about a noble - woman,
whom all the soldiers called "Our
Mother," when the cruel Civil War
took away so many brothers and fath
ers. She was nurse and mother to thou-
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CARING FOR THE WOUNDED
'sands, and aha fully deserved all their
itove. , . . - , v.
My big brotner was one 01 "
ti. '.? tnlH me many stories
about her some sad. some amusing, but
all of them true. iner"wjui 1 "' ;.
wno wouian i uvo iwuam....
lng the war or later.
Mary Blckerdyke was her name. Shs
hived a gay, happy childhood, and, when
naa hAn 41 H nHT STIIL11II.V. UU1V. IIS aOl
older, mamea ana , iw"t .CV
When war broke out she left the town
of Cairo to take care of the sick and
wounded among the Union soldiers,
on... Untha,1" nmtenteil her natlenta
r vw, v. v.. w f - . - - ,
Tromr' rough, Incompetent doctors and
ampaueu nunw. " - 5
kt power was placed In her hands, aa
jslstanU were frequently dismissed at
Lher- recommendation. 1
I She always tried to give the patients
"the very best of food there was to ba
had. There were frequently numbers
of thieves about camp, who stole many
(things meant for the sick. So she got .
iomo tartar.smBtic," minced It In soms
slewed fruit and told the cook to al
low the dish to cool all night on the
I kitchen table. She knew she would find
tha - thieves. . , Sura enough, soon she
i heard igroans and cries. Going down
stairs, she found cooks, attendants and
intbers employed about ine auicneo. au
yT ' "NOTHINO XJSS THAN A
The little girl was now a young woman,
and so like her mother In appearance
that one' could hardly tell them apart
But the mother felt that she must soon
die. Calling her daughter, she gave to
her the precious mirror, with the words 1
"My daughter, I fear Z must leave
you. But whenever you grow lonely,
look into this mirror, and you will see
my face. May It be a comfort to you!"
And after the mother died, every day
the maiden looked lnJ the mirror. And
when the smiled, the face In the mirror
smiled back at her; and when she sor
rowed, the face In the mirror was sym
pathetic, too.
So, with the face of her mother al
ways before her, the maiden grew as
beautiful In character as she was lovely
Of feature, till a prince, seeing her, was
charmed with her goodness and beauty.
The prince and the Japanese maiden
married. Nor was it until the young
wife waa taken to the magnificent home
of the prince that she learned the ex
act truth abo'ut the mirror, and that for
years she had been looking steadfastly
at her own face.
But It was such a beautiful little de
ceit that you may be sure she straight
way forgave her mother.
selves worse than that, if you don't
stop stealing."
On one occasion she was busy making
soup, when an officer approached and
demanded. "Under whose authority ara
you working?"
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Her answer was:
"I have received mine from Lord God
Almighty; have you any higher than
that?"
General Grant gave her passes- any
where within hla department, as did
also General Sherman.' She waa de
voted to both, but Sherman was her
especial hero. There waa one physician
who wouldn't obey her instructions,
and when she ordered him away, ha
went to General Sherman to make complaint
i&now Cruel Fido Wccats Ais
LITTLE GIRL was thinking. Ton
could tell that by the tiny puck
ers In her brow. Little Boy
waan't thinking. Indeed. It was very
seldom that one found Little Boy think
ing; he preferred DOING. Tou could
tell that by the whole-hearted seal with
which he now blew upon his tin trum
pet. "Wouldn't It be lots nicer. Brother, If
all our playthings would 'vent games
to 'muse us instead of our having to
think always of something to play with
them?"
Little Boy lowered his trumpet and
considered. "Tes." -aaid he, "'twould;
but 'stead of thinking of somethirjr
that can't come true, let's go to sup
per." Neither Little Girl nor Little Boy knew
that Anabelle heard; nor did they hear
her quietly whisper:
"Can't come true? We'll see about
that."
Anabelle, you must know, was the
clever-wltted French dolL v rhaps you
may remember how, long ago, she or
ganized the DollvlUe Gacette. which
failed' upon the death of Its editor, the
French dragoon. Since that time Ana
belle vainly tried to find something
notable to accomplish. It w..s Little
Should be Stopped.
Two lads were talking together, and
tho question of Rockefeller's wealth
came up. One of them said, to show
the enormous Income of the man:
"Do you know, whenever that clock
(pointing to a grandfather's clock In the
room) goes tick. Rockefeller makes a
thousand dollars!"
"Is that so?"
"That's a fact"
"Then stop the clock."
"Who is it that accuses your' ques
tioned the general.
"Why, that old woman, Mother Blck
erdyke," was the reply.
"Well, I can't help you," shortly re
sponded Sherman; "she has more influ
ence than I."
Another time, when Mother Bicker
dyke could get hardly enough to eat,
and was compelled to use almost any
thing for food, she was heard to re
mark, "Boys, If ever I reach home, I "
shall publish a 'starvation cookbook,'
containing recipes for delicious dishes
that can be made from nothing."'
She was especially tender to tha
wounded soldiers Just brought In from
the battlefield. At the battle of Dn
elson the cry of "Mother! Mother 1"
rang out from the wounded everywhere. -And,
even although she disliked tho
Confederates, she couldn't see them suf
fer; so that she became a mother to tho
"boys In ghray" as well as to the "boys
in blue." It was at the battle of Look
out Mountain, of which you boys and
flrls have doubtless read, that the Boi
lers grew so enthusiastic over her he
roic work that they hurrahed for , her
again and again, until she waa obliged
to smilingly command them, "Stop
your nonsense!"
In Novemher, 1S62, Mother Blckerdyke
was compelled to retire from the field
and take a much needed rest While
in Chicago she attended a wedding.
After congratulating the bridegroom,
she observed that the young man was
wounded, and remarked: "I shall take
care of you if you are again wounded
in the army."
"Why, Mother Blckerdyke," replied
the young man, "you have alrdudy
taken - care of me. I was shot In 'the
leg, but you-fought so hard to save It
that here I am, alive and well."
Countless tales could be related about
this angel of mercy. But I think you
can easily see from what I have told
you how she endeared herself to her
soldier boys. There is probably many a
man who still blesses the name of
Mother Blckerdyke. '
Tou see her in the picture, holding
water to some poor soldier's lips.
Doesrt't she look sweet and noble? No
wonder ,tho "boys" all loved her!
s, E. K. O.
TOT VILLAGE A REAL DOLLVILLS"
Girl who now furnished her with a sug
gestion, and a brilliant one at that.
That evening all DollvlUe was sum
moned to a meeting of I irtance.
Here It was at last decided to show
common mortals how much less they
knew about games and pluys than did
the toys themselves. Yes. the play
things would teach Little Girl and Little
Boy really how to play.
All night long the Teddy Bears and
the tin soldiers and the dolls and the
manikins and even the toy animals
delved amid the heap of toys which lay
heaped in disorder about the playroom.
How they did workl Anabelle seemed
to be everywhere, suggesting here. In
structing there, until the disorder be
came order.
Little Girl and Little Boy lay peace
fully sleeping, little dreaming of these
great preparations for their surprise on
the morrow.
Were they surprised? Tou should
have seen them I It was Little Boy who,
after breakfast, dashed up the stairs
and reached the playroom first. Bang!
went his fist against the door, and in
he plunged. This, you kr. was Little
Boy's ordinary way of entering.
"Sister! Slater! Come qu'. 1"
Sister came. And she, too, stood
EVERT ONE Mked Bruno. For, al
though he was big and shaggy
and strong, yet he was as gen
tle as a kitten. Of course, he was a
favorite with all the children, and he
seemed to return their great liking
for him. But he was fondest of little
Minnie. So that when Minnie went
away for a long visit to her grandpa,
Bruno's heart was almost broken. He
sat and moped and pined, until people
began to be afraid for his health.
It waa St Valentine's Day. Bruno
was sitting dejectedly upon a rug.
with his head hung sadly in such a
fashion as one never used to see It
Suddenly In dashed Bertie.
"Got something for you, Bruno!
Guess what it is! There's a nice dog
gie, guess!" Bertie pranced up and
down, holding the "something" be
hind his back.
Bruno began to show signs of inter
est, but for all that, he, couldn't
guess. So Bertie finally gave Bruno
his present And what do you think
It was?
Why, nothing more than a big val
entine from Minnie to her "Own
Darling Doggie." And right in the
middle' of It was a large photograph
of herself. How Bruno wagged his
tall when he saw this! It thumped
up and down so hard on the floor that
Bertie's mamma ran in to see what all
the noise was about Then how he
barked! Joyful, sobful barks they
were. Bruno seldom barked, you
KINDNESS REMEMBERED
O"
LIVE'S father had become poor
so poor that the family now had
hardly enough to eat and noth
ing but shabby garments to wear. So
Olive expected nothing for her birthday
this year. But her father was resolved
that she should have something; there
fore, be sent her to the baker's to buy
a big cake for herself.
To Olive's surprise the baker refused
to take her money. He handed her a
great cake that smelled delicious, saying
that he had remembered the little girl's
birthday and had baked It on purpose
for her.
Greater still was the little girl's sur
prise, however, when, upon sharing the
nice cake with ber brothers and sisters.
round-eyed and wondering before the
aatonUhlng sight For built upon the
floor was nothing less than a mag-,
nlflcen: toy village a real DollvlUe!
And handsome dollies were walking
about and other men dolls were rid
ing around on horseback, and some
there svere a-motorlng; baby dolls were
being wheeled about by their nurses;
in tiny shops one could see tiny work
men making toys that were tinier
still oh, It waa all too wonderful for
anything!
"The playthings are really playing
for us just like you wished they
would!" Little Boy managed at last
to gasp.
Little Girl, still too surprised to
speak, nodded her head.
And so the playthings continued to
play, until Little Girl and Little Boy
became Big Girl and Big Boy and the
toys were all worn out with tneir ef
forts. '
"But where did this hsppen?" you
ask.
In Never-never-land, of course the
country of magic, where no one may
now enter who has not the fairy
password. Perhaps some time an elf
or lalry may wnisper 11 in jvu, uu
then vou'll be as surprised
as Little
Glrl'snd Little Boy were.
NT1NE
know, so this was all the more won
derful. Bruno's valentine was tacked up In
"GUESS WHAT IT 13!"
a corner, where he would often be
found wagging his tall and gazing
earnestly at it Ha became more live
ly from that time on, so that folks
agreed It was only Minnie's valentine
that ever kept her doggie safe and
sound until she returned.
she discovered in her piece a gold coin.
And being an honest lassie, she Im
mediately ran with it to the baker.
The baker roooived her with a smile.
"The coin is for you," said he; "I put It
in the cake for a birthday present I
have not forgotten how kind your poor
father" was to me not so many years
ago, and this gift Is little enough. Per
haps it will help to make your birthday
happier."
Olive's father - was greatly pleased
when his little daughter told him about
her nice present Nor was It long after
this that he regained his fortune, and,
you may be sure, then did many other
good turns for the good-hearted pro
prietor of the bakeryv
emies.theBleeJ
TCRYUDITH LEI:
TNOP1IS 0 niKVIODi INSTAIJfKNT.
JiMllth in (hlpwnelud and tmst up apoa
tn oout whan a baby, and waa adoutad by
Tommy Lmi (athw. Tommy nd Judith
(raw up tuthr aa brothw and fetor. In.
thalr outline thara alao Hit Tommy's nn
. riant lat and Inventor. Th two,
throuch accldant. 11 away In aa alrahlp
which tha aclantlat bad In van tad, and laad
upon a tropical laland. Thay ara loOklnr
at a llttl cabin built amid tha brmnchaa o(
a troo abova thain. whan a lrl of about
thalr own a appaar In tha door of tba
cabin nd lowar. baraalf by maana of a
ropa. Bha conlronta tha two atrangera.
TOMMY was the first to speak.
"I beg your pardonj' said he,
very politely, "can you tell me
the name of this Island V
"It has no name that I know of." re
plied the girl. Her voice, though
sweet, waa strangely drawling; and
ha spoke with an effort, aa though
unused to conversation.
"I see how you came," continued she,
bestowing a nod upon the airship; "and
you don't seem to have any pro
visions with you, I am sure my father
would b pleased to have you for
guests. My name, by the way. Is Mar
jory Livingston."
Tommy and Judith introduced them
selves In turn, and thanked her for' her
courtesy. .
Without more ado, Marjory led tha
way toward the shore. Shortly they
arrived at a little cove, well protected
from the waters outside. Here they
found, moored to a roughly construct
ed boat landing, the strangest little
craft Tommy and Judith had ever seen.
It resembled a torpedo boat., with a
little turret on the uppermost side.
Marjory deftly drew the boat close '
to the landing and touched a llttl but
ton at the side of the turret; where
upon a lid flew up, disclosing the In
terior of the tiny vessel. Tommy and
Judith entered, upon Invitation, and
found themselves in a snug little com
partment, at . the end of which was
what looked like an electrlo switch
board. Seating herself before this switch
board, Marjory pulled one lever, then
another; immediately the boat glided
out from the cove and began following
the shore line of the island. As the
INHERED INTO THE PRESENCE OF PROFESSOR UVINaSTOM,
bottom of the craft was entirely of
glass, the two bad ample opportunity
to examine tha animal and vegetable
life so beautiful and abundant In these
tropical seas.
Sudderjy they turned snd entered a
cleft between two great walls of rocks,
which lay at the entrance to an Inland
basin of considerable slse.
Marjory steered for the exact center
of tha basin, until Tommy and Judith
saw far beneath them what appeared
to be an immense house. Then the
boat began to sink slowly, down and
down rjght Into a chimney of this
strange bouse built under the water.
At last they came to rest on a little
A SWIMMING CONTEST
THE benevolent old gentleman, who
waa greatly Interested In boya'and
their sports, offered a prize to the
boy who could capture a duck let loose
In the swimming-pond.
As Joe Grant was the best swimmer,
all naturally supposed he would carry
off the prize without difficulty. When
Jimmy Brown entered his name as a
contestant Joe laughed scornfully, be
cause Jimmy couldn't do more than pad
dle "doggie." '
Seven boys lined up on the edge of the
pond, the duck was let loose, and upon
signal, In plunged the boys after It Joe
was quickly In the lead, and the fowl
was almost within his reach.
Then Jimmy Brown, who bad calmly
Sympathized With the Hons, .
Mamma (to well-fed-looking little boy
looking at picture of Daniel In the lion's
den) Don't you feel sorry for Daniel,
dear?
Well-Fed-Looking Little Boy Norn;
I'm sorrier for tho lions, who now have,
to go without their supper. 4
Floating Villages.
Not every one knows that In the In
terior of Africa several floating villages)
have been constructed on the waters of
a lake. They were discovered In 188
by Stanley. '
, ii i ' a :
platform. , 8UdIn back ft glass parti,
tlon In tba bottom Of their boat. Mar
Jory pushed a button on the surface of
the platform. All at once a mats!
sheet flashed across tha' top- of the
"chimney," thus preventing mors wa
ter from, entering, while a pip at the
bottom carried sway what water re
mained In tha compartment. In the
pace of a few minutes they were able
to coma forth from .their boat.'
"This Is what we call our landing
Uge.'
explained
Marjory, . as the
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"JUDITH AND TOMMY ENTERED', 1
stepped out upon the platform. "Wheii ;
we go 'out we simply enter tha boat
here, press another button, and tha ,
water pours In and fills the compart '
ment again. Quite handy, tint Itr I
Tommy and Judith thought that It
was. ,v- .-
Openlng a door at one end of tha :
landing stage, Marjory ushered her,
guests Into a long corridor, on either
side of which were magnificently fur ,
nlshed rooms. In on of these fitted
out as a study they found Marjory
father, a gentleman of very learned
appearance, j,
He received them very quietly, with,
out seeming the least astonished. Whe
they described the flight of tha airship .
however, he began to manifest unusual ,
interest . . . .
"Tou say the airship Is still on the)'
Island, entirely Intact?" he queried, r
Upon being assured that the alrahlp
had not been Injured la tba slightest
way. be murmured: . -j
"H'm. I must make a close examlna 1
tlon of It Very Important, Indeed!" . j
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.) ;
waded out Into the water until It res
to bis chin, gave a piercing whistle.
The duck, eluding Joe and the othen
five boys, immediately swam straight!
Into Jimmy's arms, . Jimmy bad won the
prise t :; '. - . (
But when he reached the bank, he
laughingly confessed to the "Judge" that
he had trained the duck to come to him
whenever he whistled, in order to be
fed. Ton see. the duck bad been pur
chased from Jimmy's father. -
And as Jimmy merely wished to play
a joke upon, Joe, to punish him for hla
braftging. he insisted upon giving the
duck to Joe, who would surely have beea
its winner. But Joe refused to take It.
jyina- that Jimmy had rightfully won
the duck because of his cleverness.
Dropping' Y-Hint. 0:
A RECENT graduate from Harvard
was given a confidential clerkship
In thd office of the president of a
huge railway system. The young aspi
rant was not told at what hour he
hould report; so the first morning he
appeared in the office of his chief at
- o'clock. A He found the president hard at
work.. Nothing; was said of the clerk's '
tardiness.! Oo the second attempt, the
clerk presented, himself at t30i only to
find that the president was there ahead
of him. working hard. .The third day
th young man went at o'clock, wth
' the same result That night as he went
home the clerk took counsel with him
self, and determined to be ahead of the
, boss the next morning. Accordingly he
y arrived at the office at T.SO th fourth
, day; but there was the chief wotklng
' away as It be had not left the oilica ac
all. As the clerk entered, the president
looked at him with a quizzical sir.
"Young man," said he, "what use d
you make of youe forenoons?"
- Meant, to Oo Skating .
TillieWhat did your pa whip you rr,
? Blllle? - v- - .'--Billie
S'poae It was 'cause I
swtmmln'. - . . ; ,
Tillle Swimming? And In each .
weather? J . . -
Blllle Well, I want stiat'n tut, t
t wound up s-swtutmla'a
11 and frightened, She laughed .as she
sald,
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