THE OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING. FEBRUARY, !6 1903,
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Sold His Reputation
for a Songbird .
SOUNDS of marry laughtr and th
cay tinkling of cymbal (ell upon
,th aara of Plerr. vender of blrd
eaga Ona observing th dejected air of
tha young man, aa ha trudged stolidly
alone tha dust road, would hardly lm-
f arlna that tnitalA anA ro Ijtt emiM nni
Ibljr find plac In auch a aouL
Tat Plarra aamed to respond to tha
Inviting atralna. H straightened out'
tba crook In hla back, balancad anew
tha long pole upon which hie waree war
auspended and ateppad forward almoet
blithely.
"Perchance 'tie a wedding." thought
he, "and ehould I take advantage of tha
SYNOPSIS
fUDITH.
la eaet
STEPPED FORWARD ALMOST
BLITHELY
general aplrtt of goodwill, I may be able
to dlepoe of my cagea. At all event,'
the muslo ta certainly pleasing."
"Whos wedding is It?" aaked h of
the flrat pereon he met upon entering th
town, which bore eigne of great rejolo
Ing among It Inhabitant.
"Wedding, numskull 7 Why, don't you
know thla le the first day of May a day
When only idiot nd those who court
misfortune dare marry; and haven't you
vr beard of the crowning of the May
Queen?" The fellow gleefully repeated
Pierre's question to bystanders, and
those mocked at him. saying:
"Surely euch an Ignorant booby doe
not deeerve to sell his goods."
The poor vender of cages shrank from
the roujrh fellows who assailed him on
every side. Seeing that he stood no
chance of making a single sale, he de
jectedly made his way back toward
the road whence he had come, v
But once out of sight of his tor
mentors. Pierre's courage revived euf
flclently for him to ask a wayfarer,
whom he overtook on the way, to pur
chase a cage.
Upon the man's replying that he had
no need of such an article. Pierre, made
desperate by hunger, cried:
"If you don't want to buy, bo merci
ful, at least, and give me enough money
to buy one meal!"
"A big. healthy-looking fellow Uke
you should be ashamed to beg." re
torted the other.
Pierre convinced him, however, that
people would not buy his cages they
preferred to see the birds In the aky,
rather than In a cage therefore was ho
"'The' stranger looked at the vender long
and searchlngly. "Pierre." aald he. 1
m going to help you." -
Drawing from his pocket a Jlrd wltn
magnificent arure plumage, he piacea
it In one of the empty cages. Then ne
continued:
"Whenever you wish to hav anytning,
Imply say to this little bird: "O bird of
axure blue. I crave a boon of you and
then name your wish. You will receive
what you desire."
Pierre immediately put the stranger a
word to the proof by wishing for a
splendid dinner. No sooner were the
words out of his mouth than the most
beautiful dishes lay on a table before
tol"bh. Ir!" cried the overjoyed ven
der, "I thank you with all my heart!
Surely you must be an angel."
"1 am St. Estapln," was the reply.
Uttered lust as the rood saint suddenly
disappeared from sight.
After a hearty meal, Pierre wished for
a horse, a handsome suit of clothes and
plenty of money. Strapping behind him
on the horse the cage containing thla
precious bird, he threw away the rest
wf hla cages and journeyed on to aeek
bla fortune, singing aa he roae.
Presently he arrived at a mansion
where many nobles and gentlewomen
were gathered together for entertain
ment. Finding that they were disturbed
by the non-arrival of their musicians,
Pierre very courteously made his maglo
bird summon both minstrels and Jug
glers. The ladles Imagined Pierre was soma
person of great Importance, and all
were anxious to dance with him. Ha
found one bo beautiful and gracious
that he was seized with admiration for
her many good qualities, and immedi
ately fell in love with her. And that
very evening Pierre asked her hand In
marriage.
"Alas! I cannot." sighed the lady,
jhn - a. hah V.
I aahnra from a shlDWreck. and I
J adopted by Tommy Lee father.
Tommy and Judith grow up together
a brother and lster. Through acci
dent they fly away In an airship,
which Tommy' unci ha Invented,
and land on a tropical 11 In th
South Paclflo ocean. Her thy ar
met by a strange llttl girl, who Uke
them. In a aubmarln boat, to th
home of her father, Profeaor Llvlng
stoo. This house, strange to say. 1
built beneath th ocean wave.
LEAVINO Professor Livingston'
tudy, Marjory showed them their
rooms. Magnificently appointed
room they were, with vary conven
ience. Tommy and Judith marveled
mora and mor at th wonder of thla
t range palace under th sea.
At dinner th professor gazed medita
tively Into vacancy, nor did h utter on
word. He at absent-mindedly whatever
waa placed before him by Roberta, th
on servant. Robert. howver. had
been with hi master a long tiro and
knew well how to glv him proper at
tention, '
A Tommy and Judith war naturally
very much fatigued, they retired to their
beds shortly after dinner. Bus their
"for, although I lov you, I am be
trothed to another."
Now, Jt ao happened that the noble
man to whom she was betrothed was of
a most avaricious bent of mind. So Im-
fressrd was he with the wonderful bird
hat he hau been following Pierre about
the whole afternoon, hoping to effect a
bargain whereby the bird would come
Into Ills possession. Thus It was that he
chanced to hear the conversation be
tween hla lady and Pierre. Striding for
ward, he said:
'8lr. you may have this lady for your
bride, provided you give me the maglo
bird."
"Agreed!" exclaimed Plerr, without a
moment'a hesitation. Rushing toward
the cage, he first very prudently made a
wish fur great riches and vast lands.
This done, he handed the birdcage over
to lta new owner, and hastened to claim
his bride.
So all ended happily for Pierre. But
not ao with the greedy nobleman. Ho
began at once to test the wonderful
powers of the bird. No sooner did he
make the first wish, however, than the
beautiful feathered songster changed
into an ordinary cuckoo, and his wishes
remained unfulfilled. . In this way was
he punished for his lack of honor.
All through Provence It was said of
Mm that he sold his reputation for a
songbird. Even todav. when one reck
lessly throws away honor, we say:
"He has sold his reputation for a
song." . '
brain war -so busy going over th
vents of th last two day that som
time elapsed before they Anally drift-
Into slumberland.
"Boom! boom! .boom!" thundered m
dep-toned bell through echoing corri
dor and hlgh-celllnged apartment.
Both Tommy and Judith sat up to
their bed and rubbed their yfs b
wllderedly. When they realised wbr
they were, they hurriedly dressed, and
soon Joined Marjory and her father at
breakfast.
"I think I shall examine your airship
this morning," remarked th professor,
an hour or ao later. Bo th llttl party
walked to the "landing stag." Enter
ing th llttl aubmarln boat. Tommy
and Judith went through th fascinating
experience of rising through tb "chim
ney" and then gilding smoothly along .
but a short distance abov th beauti
ful tropical garden on th ocean
bottom.
"I shall ba glad. Indeed, to hav such
an opportunity that of studying a really
successful airship," observed ' Professor
Livingston. "A you hav seen, X hav
A PLOT OF GROUND DEVOTED TO THE RAISING OF GRAIN
A MONKEY STEALS THE AIRSHIP
learned considerable about aubmarln
navigation and boat building; on th
other hand, I have given Indifferent at
tention to the solution of tb problem
of aerial flight."
After effecting a landing, the four
threaded thalr way through the lux
uriant vegetation. Indeed, had there
not been som slight apology for a
path, which Roberta had cleared, pas
sag would hav been Impossible.
Marjory now took the lead. She had
Just proffered the Information that th
airship aras only a few rods distant,
when there was a audden whirr aa of
bug wing, accompanied by the flero
chatter of balf a dozen monkeys.
Startled, th merrjbers of the party
raised their heads and were astonished
to see above them the airship and In
it a monkey 1
"Meddlesome little beast!" exclaimed
the professor; and then, as he noted the
direction of the airship's flight "I fear
w shall never recover your airship, my
friends."
The professor was right. Out over th
ea sped the machine, with Its terrified
and lonely passenger. Soon It waa lost
to view. ,
For a long time they looked In the di
rection whence It had vanished. Then,
turning to Tommy and Judith, the pro
fessor saldrqulte soberly:
"It seems that you must remain our
guests a while longer."
In order to comfort them, however, he
promised that as soon as he had fin
ished a very Important experiment
which he was conducting, he would see
thttt they reached home safely.
Tommy and Judith were shown little
plots of ground upon which Roberts cul
tivated grains. But other food could be
obtained without difficulty. There wer
cocoanuts. bananas and all manner of
queer fruit growing in abundance.
After the party returned to the house
In their submarine boat, the professor
Invited them Into hla sclentifio labora
tory and explained the uses of some of
the queer-looking vessels and Instru
ments they saw there. Just as they
were about to leave, he turned to Ju
dith, whom he had been watching re
flectively, and aald:
"Child, do you"1cnow, you bear a re
markable resemblance to my dead sis
ter. Strange to say, her name was Ju
dl'h. too. She and her Uttle child wer
lost In a shipwreck upon the Atlantlo
coast of America Her husband had
mads a fortune In that country and she
was going to him. Up to that time she
"had lived with me In London. And It
was after her death, when I had per
fected my submarine Inventions, that T
built tmy giant ship, equipped It.jand
came thither In order that I mUht pur
sue my studies In qslet. Marjory's
it
Generous Mr. Pim
OH. IF T
to at
without
W"
'HEN Philip came to Per
kins' Row
'Twas winter time, and
we had snow.
Poor Phill the cold was new to him;
It seemed to take away all vim
And leave him cold and stiff and
blue;
His teeth would go a-chattering, too,
Worse than the monkeys at tho Zoo.
We never thought that we would be
In much the same sad way as he
Had we come .iorth and left a clime
Where it is summer all the time;
So we began to plague an' tease
Poor Phil, as ho would cough and
wheeze
And beat liis hands and shake hia
knees.
We guessed he must be awful meek
To take our jeerj an' hardly speak
A word in turn; he never old
He was too busy fightin' cold
To notice us or pay much heed
To what we thought of him indeed,
A good fire was iiis chief est need.
But by and by his cold thawed out,
And later came HIS turn to shout;
He showed a southern nerve and fire
That made us fellers fear his ire.
He won in almost every game,
'Cept where the use for skatin'
came
An' this he tried 'til he was lame.
One afternoon when fine snow lay
On Somers' Ilill we held at bay
A crowd of fellers from downtown,
Who all about us gatthered, 'roun'.
We held a fort on top the hill,
An' on the.' heads we'd snowballs
spill
With force enough to almost kilL
But soon their number was t- j great,
And we gre- anxious 'bout our fate.
They harder pressed and fought, un
til At last we fled 'cept hero Phil,
Who, though he'd fall time and
again,
Fought on with all his might and
main
And Phil -thus glory did attain!
only had something
t! One can't work
ut food!" groaned Mr.
Pim, the unfortunate artist, who had
been vainly trying for years to make
people realize what a great painter
he really was.
Immediately a kind fairy stood be
fore lilm.
"Whatever you paint upon your
canvas will become a reality," said
she. and vanished.
Mr. Pim dashed to his canvas and
quickly painted a .fine meal. Lo! as
the fairy had said, there stood th
tempting dinner before him.
"Hut I mustn't be selfish!" quoth
tender-hearted Mr. Pim.
Therefore, he painted a poor, mis
erable man to share the repast with
him.
This wretch, however, proved his In
gratitude as soon as he stepped from
the canvas by gathering up the din
ner and running away with It.
But quick-witted Mr. Pim was equal
to the emergency. Seizing his brush,
he hastily painted an extremely long
legged policeman. The policeman
dashed from the canvas and quickly
returned with the thief.
Then Mr. Pim Invited the policeman
to dine. Not wishing to make un
kind use of the fairy's sift. Mr. Pim
begged for the thief's release.
And. under the fairy's patronage,
the artist soon became famoua
throughout all the world.
"I:
Good Advice
HAVEN'T any money," said tha
seedy wayfarer, "but if you'll
row me across the river I'll give
you an exceedingly valuable piece of
advice when we reach the other side."
The ferryman at last consented.
And as the traveler sprang up th
opposite bank he rewarded tbe ferry
man with the following bit of useful
counsel:
"Never take any one across who
can't pay."
The Kind , of Light.
Officer (on board training; ship)-.
Aloft there!
Lad (above) Aye, aye, sir!
Officer Can you see a light?
Lad Yes, sir!
Officer-Well, what light Is It?
Lad-Daylight, sir! .
Helpful.
Jerry Why In the world have you a
roller skate on one foot and an Ice
skate on the other?
Jed Just 'cause I never skated -"on
ice before, and I'm learning; gradual
one foot at a time.
What He Wanted It Tor.
Georgie walked into the store and
asked for a yard of cloth.
"What for?" queried tho clerk, sus
piciously. "Eight cents." was tha prompt reply.
that he must have beon very good. In
deed. There waa no kindness too diffi
cult or troublesome for him to at
tempt. In the pictures you will see him
helping his friends. The poor duck
has grown so fat that she cannot
THERE was once a little pussy cat,
who was ao very, very wicked
that she went by the name of
Bad. So you can see that she must
have been very haughty, indeed. Noth
ing was too evil for Bad; there was
no mischief too daring for her to at
tempt. in the Dicture you will see her at
some of her pranks. By swinging the
great weight of the "cuckoo" clock
she has broken the Jar, so that the
milk flows into in saucer wnicn sns
has thoughtfully placed beneath.
With malice in her heart ahe has
Scratched little Johnny'a balloon,
bursting it far him and causing the
little fellow great sorrow.
' And as tnese pictures run down
ward on the page, so Bad traveled
lower and lower in ner wicitea career.
Than sne met uooa.
There was once a little doggie, who
waa so very, very goon that ne went
by the name of Good. -So you can see
I1I1E
Then he met Bad.
Good and Bad looked at one another
for a while in silence. Then Bad said:
"Do you know, I should like to change
places with you for a time. Just to
see how It feels to be good."
And Good replied:
"Do you know, I should like to
change places with YOU, Just to sea
how It feels to be so bad."
All at once the Animal Fairy ap
peared before them. A wave of her
all day long, so that the house and
barn was always kept rid of those
pests.
As the pictures run upward on the
f age, ao Bad rose higher and higher
n her career of worthiness People
grew to love her ao that they mur-
even waddle; therefore, Good Is pa
tiently drawing her about from place
to place on the little sled, in order
that she may feed comfortably. And
he also aids his friends, the chickens.
The old mare Is so selfjsh as not to
permit the fowls to feed on the grubs
about her feet Good teaches her. a les
son by getting a big scythe and with
It making a hole In the feeding bag
mured against the choice of such a
name for her; therefore she was cat
christened Good.
And Good lived to a happy old age,
when she died quietly and peacefully.
The little doggie who had been so
ve.y, very good now became so
very, very wicked that he was dis
liked by all who knew him. Not a
single good trait remained. For ln-
of the horse, so that the grain falls
upon the ground tor th chicken to
eat
And as these pictures run upward on
the page, so Good rose higher and
higher in hla splendid career of
Worthiness.
wand, and Good becam Bad and Bad
became Good.
Th little pussy cat who had been
so very, very wicked now became so
very, very good that she was a de
light to all who knew ber. Not a sin
gle evil trait remained. Inatead of
scratching her mistress, she would
purr happily when caressed. And In
atead of Idling; away her time with
EauKbty tricks, ah xuaw hunted role
lower in his wicked career. People
even grew to hate him, so that they
murmured against the choice of such
a name for him; therefore he was
dog-christened Bad.
And1 Bad lived to an old age,, when
he died painfully and miserably.
And rrom all of this, my children,
you will be able to tell for yourselves
which got the better bargain when
the fairy waved her wand when Good
became Bad and Bad became Good.
Afterward, you know. Good became
Bad and Bad became Good. Dear me,
this is really puizllng. isn't it? Just
like, "Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers!" Of course, good has
always been good, and bad hafe always
been bad; then how Is it tltat Good
was Bad and Bad was GoodJ? Dear,
dear me! It's growing worse and
worse.
But, after all. good must be th best,
mustn't It?
Stanee, he would not hesitate a mo
ment to knock a flower pot down on
the head of th poor cat On one oc
casion he ground off the end of pussy
tall In the coffee machine.
As the picture run downward on tha
sajte, so Good traveled lower and.
mother died when ah was a mer ' if
baby."
In the studio Marjory told her guests
something about her life on the Island.
It seems that while she had her dally
studies and tasks to accomplish, there
were days at a time when she didn't
catch a glimpse of her father and other
times when he was too absorbed In his
thoughts to speak to her or even notica
her.
"And you may Imagine what sort of
playmate Roberts would make!" she
complained.
Tommy and Judith laughed. No, they
couIdrVt Imagine grave, dignified Rob
ert Indulging in games or any kind of
fun-making whatever. Indeed, they
wer surprised that he should even con
sent to cultivate the small plots of
ground. But Marjory Informed them
that this required very little labor, and
that she herself did most of the work.
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
Inside the Cat
HE llttl boy had promised to
watch over the old lady's eat
id canary while she spent th
afternoon visiting.
Upon the lady'a return she imme
diately sought the small boy.
He handed her a basket, with th
explanation. "Thought I'd keep them
In here so's to be safe."
"Where's the bird?" anxiously pur
sued the lady, when th open lid dis
closed the pussy.
"Oh. It's Inside all right," confident
ly responded th boy.
Ralph's Lucky
Whistle
fnif OTHZn. you wlll';t It for
mm, wont your pleaded.
Ralph.
"Tlsn't that I want th suit ,
D,V,c.h' t.1 i0 want luckJr wbtstle,
Btllle Blake got on 'with hi suit.,'
and since then he' won every gam .
of marbles. Besides, he hasn't had a
bit of bad luck." . i
"And why doe he call It a lucky
whistle,' dear?" laughed mother. .
"Oh, 'cause the noise it make la
ort o' trembly, and oh. there' other '
things, too. BlUie know all about It,
Soma bird sound Just like Bllll'
whistle and If your whistle sounds
like a lucky bird, your whistle'
lurky. Hiliie can tell what all th
liirky birds are." f
Mother smiled. "I understand nOW, i
said she, gravely.
A few days after Ralph's sailor ul.
arrived. With it came the llttl metal,
whistle. Ralph whooped with delight.
He felt Immensely proud of hla neisj ;
THE
wa
and
Cleverv Top-Spinning
ERE is an opportunity for you
to display your skill In top-spinning
or, rather. In dlah-and au-
cer-splnnlng. since the "tops" ar mad
of "plutes and saucers with pivots run-
H
L i 1 l r I I
THE "TOPS" SPINNING
nlng through them and spools at th
top.
First spin tho plates. Then set the
saucer In motion, permitting the point
of tho pivot to rest In a Uttle hollow of
the peg set without the spool of the
plate "top."
Angels' Bites.
Before Dorothy was tucked In her
cozy little bed mother told her to go
right to sleep and not be frightened,
because the angels would watch over
her.
Before long a dismal wail waa born
by summer hreezes to mother's ear.
"Mother, oh, mother," came In Dor
othy's voice, "some of the angels hav
bitten me!"
clothes, but his Jdy at owning
"lucky whistle" knew no bound. ,
That very afternoon he sauntered,
forth In his new suit, which mother i
had permitted him to don at th lad'a)
earnest request f
"Think I'll cut across fields to se
Blllle Blake aa soon aa I can." h Midi
to himself. J
Ralph had run merrily halt serosa
the field, when all at once he remem
bered the savage bull. Indeed, ha
couldn't help remembering, for ther.
was the angry brute charging madly
behind him! -
The lad could already feel It warn -breath,
when he suddenly thought of
his "lucky whlstlo," still gripped
tightly In his pudgy first I
One shrill blast, and the bull stop
ped in wonderment! With a quick
dash Ralph flung himself over tb fene,
and lay gasping In safety. - '
"No need to try your whistle,"" !
briefly observed Blllie Blake an houB
later when Ralph anxiously handed
over his treasure and awaited a d-;
clslon as to its "luckiness." "Any;
whistle that'll stop a mad bull I
mighty lucky, no matter What It!
sounds like." '
ymk T"r:
U y i Slf,;;; 'r- rtSziH -
TAKING car of Dolly,
Keeping dolly well; -Awful
'aponalhUlty (or a mts
like me;
'Deed you must remember
More than I can tell.' : ,
First you go a-walkinf
Almost every day; - .
Every doll should hav th air, when th
weather" fair.
Don't go when !t'srJn!nt-
"Complexion" wash away.
Dollle ar so ea re less. r
Limb they alway break t .
Mostly when they're fixed with Clu
they'll look good as new.
. To avoid all trouble,
Thes. Instruct ions take, r
And tbeWwhen doliie ehane U .
,TB iut you alway w t't