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) . . fcffi OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, , PORTLAND, - SUNDAY HORNING, .' FEBRUARY 2 1903 . .'N iIJ f- v ' ' n ik. yi , , ! , f lWMjfJt'tTl V2 wmma ONE big thing about SUnny 1, ni, 'riginallty. Fact Is. he can work out aa manv schemes In a min ute as all the rest of tho "Bloody Rob bers" can In an hour. That's one rea on why them "Bloody Pirates" who lln't much account, anyway never gets ahead of us. ;'Couraa, when tha time came to 'nltl ite Jim Crawford Into the "Robbers." It was Skinny who pervlded what BUI Itvane calls the waya an' means. We'd aved the 'nltlatfon until after Wanh Ington's Birthday,. ,.yuh know, so's not v to have all our fun come in a lump. "Fellers." says Skinny, "let s blind fold Jim an' after If, dark take 'lm tut to the old haunted house, near Gor man's. Jim's scared to death o' that lid house. He told me 1 once knew I feller who'd seen a spouk there, an" that he wouldn't go In for 100." "Folks do say there's Rhosteses and ther orful things," chimed In Pete Hamilton. "Well, you can bet yer life Jim'll let DRAGGED HIM DOWN THE STEPS gs know mighty quick if there Is, for e'a a fraidy-cat 'but ghosts and such things. Maybe, thougn, he 11 be too icared to holler?" laughed Jack Warner. I So, when the night came fr 'nitla tlon, we led poor, wonderln' Joe out to the edge of town. Here we blind folded 'lta 'fore we went the rest of the way. The old house is on a. bluff right by the creek. an' about quarter !of a mile from GormunVi farm. Some o' Gorman's folks lived In It long, long ago, but It's been empty for nigh on (to fly years that Is, empty 'cept for rata an,' mice an' squirrels an' snakes !p.n' toads an' wasps an' most every other kind of posts. We'd never done more than peek through a broken shut ter. but we could see that much even then. I On we went with Jim, not one of us sayin' a single word. His legs began to hake more an' more. Whatever waa goin' to happen to him he wanted It over with just as soon as possible. At last, though, we reached the house. An' somo o' the other fellers were as trembly as Jim when an ol' owl hooted from the bouse, aa though darln' us to come In. They got more and more scared, too. so that the upshot o' the matter was that me an' Skinny had to do the whole thing ourselves. We'd already tied Jim'e honris behind him. bo we had a lot o' 'trouble 'if tin' him through the broken Window. Pete Hamilton then handed us In a lighted candle, i Gosh, you ought to uv seen them rata an' things cut up a fuss! I telryuh, Eklnny an' I didn't feel any jtoo pleasant. But we led 'im up an old pair Of rickety steps that like to uv wenCto pieces, every second, up to the old loft above. Here we left Jim an1 started down the ladder fast as we could. 'Deed, Skinny waa so scared at a bat that flew 'round Ms head that he tumbled down the last few step, and broke them, an' I missed my tooting an' stumbled on top of him. In most cases, we'd had a fight right then and there 'cause Skinny won't let any one fall on top o' him any more than I would but all we thought of just then waa to scoot out o" there. This we did mighty quick. All the rest of the fellers waa ao scared at the noise that' tbey were 'way oft from the house.- ' v . i But If they were scared, what must Jim uv felt Hkel 'Fore we even toobr' him In be was so frightened With the feller, a-whlaperln' that he could . hardly walk. An' the owls an' rata an bata bad taken away the reat of bis nerves. i, JV U waUtiV Uaat-XUto. X gutn I i;, t H'i2 dm jot, or upa I downs." ' So aaya Mother dear; "Lot, of amllea and lota of frowna;) Lota of hope and fear." Thtnlt how often tenplna go Up and down again! Treated worae than "Life," I know; Tet THE? don't complain. we must uv stood there for 'bout fif teen minutes. All at once there came an orful yell; then a mixture of shrieks an' barks an" groans an" howls an' squeaks an' bumpln' an' thumpln' that set our hair on end. "You'd better go In, Bill, an see what's up," says Skinny, his teeth chat-, taring awfuL "Er suppose you go this once. Skin ny," says 1, though I wasn't as 'fraid as he was. 'Fore we had time to arglfy any further we heard one thud after an other, a smash, an' a great rattlln' of chains. "He's fell down the stairs," whispers Skinny. Another minute, an' 'out flew "Jim through the winder. His hands were still tied behind him. but somehow the bandage 'round his eyes had worked loose an' we could see his eyes starln' with what Bill says Is "mortal terror." But that wasn't all. There was something tied with chains 'round Jim's legs something that was snappln' and snarl In' and niaklu' orful sounds. Jim an' th "thing" rolled rlRht down the bluff lmost Into the creek. ;The other fellers had run by this time, 'but me and Skinny sneaked up to Jim. An' what do yuh think we found? Why, the "ghost" people talked so much about was only Gorman's old dog. Pete, that had broken off his chain and run away a long time ago! His chain had got twisted aboiu Jim's legs, yuh see. WcJL you can Just bet we had enough of 'nltiations that night We had to nearly carry Jim all the way home an' we didn't feel ourselves as though we had any too mych ginger. However, we'd found out that the Haunted House wasn't haunted, after all; an' that's a whole lot Timorous Tib OF ALL the goats on the moun tain, Tib was the most timid. He was afraid to take the smallest kind of 'a leap. And. his mother had no end of a time teach ing him to climb. Once, as he stood hesitating on a narrow ledge of the mountain, a huntor dropped a nooao from above, and almost dragged Til) up to him by the horns. It was only by a desperate wriggle that he manv aged to escape. Another day all the little mountain oats were playing Follow Your eader. When It came Tib's turn to stand on a tiny pinnaclo on the top most pnrt of tha mountain, his legs trembled so with fright that he fell. Down he rolled, bounding from rock to rock, till at last his horns came in contact with a telegraph wire that wound in and out about the mountain; his horns became fastened In the wire, and there he hung for nearly half a day. No sooner did he regain the ground than be was seized by a great, big- "AND THERE TIB HUNG" bear. Fortunately, the bear was not hftngry at the time. Lifting Tib above his head, he threw the poor goat with all hia force against a bank . of earth nearby. Tib stuck there by his horns, while the bear ambled off, promising himself a good meal in the evening. Well It waa for Tib that he managed to wriggle himself luose. But 111 luck still pursued htm. He was captured by a sheep herder and for almost a month compelled to per form the duty of a bootjack, taking off the herder's boots with hia horns. Af last, however, Tib escaped and made his way back to the mountain. He found, to his Joy, . that - no longer aid he feel afraid, so much had iila , strange experience done to develop hia courage. And "Timorous Tib" became so daring; that he waa known thereafter aa "Courageous Tib.'1 . and UDITH. when a bbr, l cart a,nnre from a ,blpwreca ,no uuyiu i 1m. 8ha and Tummy La STOW "P. r thr as brother and sister - By uncle invwmru. nuii T . Vi Ulind. th.y ar. met By a irl n.m,d Marjory Llvlnsrton. who take, hn In H fittle ,ubinarln boat to the hou of Pro tJnr lawmriiton. built under the . Tne professor remark, how clowly Judith rj ,,mbl hi, sister, who was supposed, have boen lo,t atsw, Wtnr1.w'l'5 baby. A monkey file, away with Ue air ship. A MONTH ad now passed alriee Tommy and Judith had landed upon the Island. And were It not for the thought of the grief of those at home, they would have found their stay entirely pleasant Marjory seemed unusually quiet to day. They had been spending the morning on the Island. Aa they were about to enter the boat, she aaldt "Father told me last evening he hoped to finish his eiperiment within the next few days, and that he will then take you home. 'Course. I'm glad for you, but you don't know how lonely I'll feel after you're gone." Before the others could reply there was a eudden grumbling and rumbling. The water over the very place where the house lay rose In a great column, high in the air. Then the water sub sided, and all was quiet Majory shook In terror. "Oh! I'm sure of It! I'm sure of It! Roberts al ways told me that some time father would blow himself and the house to pieces with his dangerous' experiments!" Tommy hastily forced the two Into the submarine, and climbed Into It himself. He could now manage the boat perfectly; and soon they were fix, Ing to the scene of the catastrophe. Sad to say. Marjory's fears were real ized. Where the splendid house for merly stood, nothing but fragments re mained. Other portions of the great building were scattered about the sea. Not a sign was there of Professor Liv ingston or of Roberts. Realizing that further search was use less. Tommy steered for the Island. Here they did their best to comfort Marjory, who was quite overcome with grief. All that night they remained on the Island. The next morning Tommy observed: "It doesn't seem to me that this Is land can be very far out of the course of vessels. The best plan, I think, would be to provision the submarine and try to make & trip. Of course, we wouldn't go so far but what we could get back again In time should our food give out" Judith agreed with Tommy. Mar- A Prince's Reward WHERE Prince Edward of Eng land goes to school he is obliged, of course, to obey all the customary rules aud regulations. So he must fag for the older boys. Not long ago he was requested by a superior In class rank to go buy some Jam puffs. Prince Edward scurried away on the errand and presently re turned with the puffs and threepence change. When he delivered this change, the older cadet said, with a lordly air, "Keep the change, boy." And the futura ruler of 400.000,000 people calmly pocketed the three pence! T rick With Straws IT will require some little patience to arrange the straws, as you see In the picture; but once you have ac quired this skill you will be able to BALANCING THE COIN surprise your friends by the ease with which you can balance the coin. In deed, the trick la realty harder than would appear from the picture. Ditto. William has Just learned how to use the ditto mark. He thoroughly ap preciated tts use as a time-saver and determined to put it to account. Therefore, his next letter homo read like this: "Dear Father: 1 hope you are well. " " mother Is, " " - sister " " " " brother " " I wish you were here, . " " mother was " " " slater " " " " brother " " WILLIAM." His Father the iau A certain little boy was the son of a Frenchman, but he himself had been born in England and so regard ed himself as an Englishman. After he had received his first lessons in English history, he observed trium phantly to his father one day: ''Father, we gave you an awful lick In' at the battle of Waterloo, didn't we?" Unreasonable Babjr. Robert Pa, baby cried all the time I was eating my cake. Father Well, the piece I gave bun Isn't tiulshed already, la It? Robert Yes, sir; and the funny thing about it Is that he cried when I ate that, too. The Artist's Kindness. Billle Why, you've drawn that cat with six legs! Millie Yes, atupldl Bo's he can run away from the dogs. What He Liked Best. Klndhearted Gentleman My lad, what are you fondest of at school? Boy The holidays, air. "Your son," aald the professor, "has been laboring under a misapprehen sion." "What?" exclaimed the humble hut honest -parent, with joy in his voice. ' 'ye donVmean itr "Mean what!" : XhX Joaiaui Jwa ieav.rnrHf . . .llf Jory, In her sorrow, did not care great ly what became of her although her friend tried to comfort her with the assurance that ahe would certainly feel at bom with the Lees, and that she wodld love Mr. and Mrs. Lee. 'So the three sot out to sea. For three daya they . traveled awlftly onward. Even tha dauntless Tommy waa becom- "THE WATER ROSE IN A GREAT COLUMN" ing discouraged, and suggested that perhaps they had better turn back to the Island, secure other provisions and try their fortune in another direction. But Just as they raised the submarine to the surface of tha Ocean for a final -servatlon, what should they see on the horizon but a tiny speck, that after a while resolved Itself Into a great ship! Great was the amazement of the sailors when they saw the queer shaped craft coming toward them on the surface of the water. Some thought it a whale; others a real sea-serpent. They were still more astonished when THE YOUTHFUL ADVENTURERS the little turret opened at the top and the heads of two girls and a boy ap peared. You may be sure that, after the sailors hauled the submarine with Its tassenger9 upon deck, they were eager and excited to hear the story the chil dren had to tell. The three found that te vessel was en route to San Francisco. This Jour ney ended In due time. Then the cap tain very kindly wired Mr. Lee and ar ranged for the trip eastward. Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Lee were overjoyed to see Tommy and Judljh again. And Marjory was at once wel comed Into the family and made to feel that she was one of them. Mrs. Lee mothered and petted her to such an extent that Marjory, unaccustomed to a mother's care, loved her with all her starved little soul. The only un happlness, other than that of Marjory's loss of her father, was caused by the death of Tommy's uncle. The escape of his airship, coupled with the prob able death of Tommy and Judith, had driven him violently 111. He was far from strong, and under this blow he sank until death came shortly before the return of -the adventurers. One day Judith happened to mention to Mr. Lee what Professor Livingston had told her about her looking so much like his sister. Mr. Lee Instantly asked question after question. Marjory had told him the name of her wealthy un- BlSSfccC - 2 b-- H! J . cle was Henry Forbea, and Mr. Lee had already begun to Inquire about such a person. Judith, observing with aurprlae what excitement her story had produced, ven tured to ask the ci.use. Thereupon Mr. Lee, after some hesitation, gently told her that she was really not his daughter though he assured her that both he and Mrs. Lee loved ber as one and that he was inclined to believe that Judith waa the daughter of Marjory's uncle. Judith was greatly shocked at this news. She begged Mr. and Mrs. Lee not to send her away. Tbey tried to point out to her very kindly that, while it would grieve them as much to part with her as It would for her to go. It would be only Just that she should live with her father, when ho was found. Mr. Lee discovered in England that the vessel upon which Mrs. Forbes and her baby had sailed years ago was v Indeed the Ill-fated ship that went to pieces within sight of his cottago and from which Judith had been rescued. Altogether this proof, together with the ombroldered name on the baby's garment, seemed to establish the fact that Judith was Marjory's cousfn. After much tracing, Mr. Forbea was found to be in Europe. As soon aa he received Mr. Lee's communication he started for America. And Judith waa forced to admit that her father was Just the nicest sort of man. Nor did she have to part from Tommy and Mr. and Mrs. Lee. for Mr. Forbes erected a - fine house near the Lees' cottage. Marjory, who, by the way, had fallen heir to much valuable prop erty owned by her father In London, lived with her cousin. Altogether, it so happened that the airship adventure of Tommy and Ju dith brought nothing but good luck except to Tommy's poor uncle, with whom the secret of the wonderful air ship died. As for Professor Living ston's death, Marjory sadly observed that she was sure It would happen sooner or later. But Time mercifully lessened Marjory's sorrow, and with cle wai Henry Forbea. and Mr. Lee had ARE TAKEN ABOARD THE LINER such friends around her no one could help being happy. It goes without saying that Judith and Marjory and Tommy were insep arable chums. What happened to them afterward Is another story. Perhaps Polly Evans will tell it to you soma time. Guessing the Maskers TPLAY this very amusing game large fools' caps must be made so large that they will en tirely cover the heads of the persons wearing them. Eyeholes should be cut and the person "Inside" each cap must look through these holes. The players wearing the caps sit In a row. The rest endeavor to guess who they are. When the clothing of the person Is hidden, as well as the head, and only the eyes are visible, this becomes very difficult. Indeed. You will be surprised to learn that perhaps you have never noticed the exact color of the eyes of. those with whom you have always lived. Happiest Condition. Mother Were you a goo 4 boy at scnooi toaay. Tommy t Tommy No m. Mother I hope you weren't a very j bad boy. Tommy. ' Tommy No'm, I wasn't a very good boy or a very bad boy; I was Just comfortable, ma. rOW tell us truly, winds of Spring, What Joys to childhood do you bring? "With varied arts I strive to please I bring warm suns and April showers, I bring fresh buds for naked trees. And scatter growing grass with flowera - And you, sweet Summer's gentle breeze. What grlfts of yours do children please? The Joyous holiday time I brlns. ' The many pleasures of field and shore. Long, Sunny days at their feet I fling: These are my gifts can you ask for more? Oh, howling winds of Autumn drear. What are your Joya for children dear? I bring down nuts from brilliant trees. And ripe fruits drop beneath my spell; I brighten their hearts with gifts like these No other wind they love so well! And how, sharp wind of Winter cold, What Joys are yours? Can they be told? I sweep with a wall over barren fields. Best loved of all the winds .that blow; No other wind such pleasure yields To boys and girls fur I bring snow! AMY SMITH. UNHAPPI I." mut This ha ttered Count Frederic. had been the burden of his plaint for many days, for the spirit of the count was sorely vexed. Indeed, there was reason for his un happlness. The Princess Juliet was beautiful of feature and of character. Not In the whole klngdpm could be found her equal in grace and excel lcneu. Small wonder was it that when. In the very mld,t of the prep aration, for her wedding with Count Frederic, she was seized with a fatal maiady and died suddenly, the count . was plunged in a gloom and sadness from which nothing could move him. , That night Count Frederic had a vision. In his dream there appeared the radiant Princess Juliet. Sweetly he . smllnd upon him, and yet re proachfully, as she murmured: "My love, do not mourn o for me. I wouldst see thee happy and con tented." "Alas! where can I find happiness now that thou art gone from me?" bitterly lamented the count. "But hast thou earnestly sought for happiness?" asked ho princess of the vision. Then the princess vanished, leaving Count Frederic more lonely and dis consolate than before. Yet the last words of the princess lingered In his mind. No, he had not sought for happiness; he was sure that happiness could not be for him, the most unfortunate man In all the world. Since the princess wished It, however, he would go In diligent quest for It. Forthwith the count mounted his trusty steed and Journeyed thence. Across vast plains he rode; across deserts that seemed never-endlnusr. As the deserts were barren and b!fk and unfavored with the beautiful thrngs of nature, so was his heart empty of good will. Always with dejection and deepest melancholy he traveled. Mostly, he rode aft one wrapped in thought and no one dared address him. The count saw much from which he would have learned. Once In his path there were two lovers, both gay and contented. But when he asked where they had secured happiness, they re A Strange Coat There Is a story of a pig In Canada, who, was left behind when the drove was sent from one farm to another. Some days later piggy turned up among his fellow-porkers, having grown. In the meantime, a thick coat of hair. It was evident that he had been exposed to some very cold weather. tti i iwiAi'rmjST or mortal, am ... plied, shaking their heads: "We do not know. We did not aeett it; It sought us." And to the huntsman, who rode witlz eagerness to the chase; to the warrior, , who plunged Into the fray with savage) glee; to the peasant woman, cheerfully , nursing her babe In an ill-kept cottage to all these he spoke, and though thai ' answers Were courteous, yet they taught him nothing. By chance, one day he met an Old woman who had met with misfortune) after misfortune. Wonderlngly the count besought her to tell him why It waa) she preserved contentment In the face) of such . discouragements. And that woman answered: " 'TIs true that I have had great Bor row and trial; but there are so many of those about me who continually neef ' mv help that I hardly have time to b unhappy. Indeed, I feel truly thankful when i think how great my Joya are) -when compared witli the sufferings ot some of my neighbors." Over ,ea Count Frederic voyaged li search of a learned sage of whom be) ' had been told. Entering the rough cave of the wUe ' wan. again he put the question: "Where can I find happiness?" Tho sage quietly responded: "Thoa A -dost not have to go afar to seek hap piness. Seek It within thyself and thoU shalt find It " , .. "Hut I have tried to find it within mw own heart," protested the count; '"tia not that I have not willed It to be there." "Then, my son," kindly advised the sage, "forget for a while thy quest: bi;sy thyself with those about then and thou shult find, like the old woman, that u.ihappiness can no longer dwell within thee. Thou shalt soon have) within thy heart the happiness thou ' hast long desired." And as the count went upon his wty ' he pondered over the words of the sage. : "Mayhaps 'tis good advice; I'll take it." quoth he. Soon, true to the sage's words, un happiness was banished from the count's heart by the joy which came from do ing good. Instead, there came a great happiness, which ever Increased aa be ' thought that now he had fulfilled the desire of his loved princess. Jamie's Surprise up I APA, when are you going to yef me a new choo-chooT Mother, dear, can't I have a pony cart soon?" This was tho only bad quality Jarals possessed always asking; father or, mother, or hinting to uncle or auntie ' that ha wanted , a train or a bicycle or something else that would "go." Tea. really and truly he did ao love to "go." Jamie wasn't at all satisfied unless it was real speed. Ho had already do elded that when be grew to bo a bl man he would bo a railroad president like father. . - Jaml- was to pay a visit to his frand pa. Tlua ho always enjoyed very much. (Indeed, especially since he would havs to travel In a great, smoking "ohoo ChOO." ' - : . iyfii;;;. But Jamlo . walTalWa glad to "get home to mother again, too. So that upou his return, no sooner did ho take J&Jr?' Une'Bg look at the "choo choo fast disappearing in the distance, than h. was more than willing to react, home just as soon as possible. Ti. vnlmI. after dinner, mother , whispered tn Jamie's ear: - 'Dar, your miner ha a splendid eur prise for you the bestest -. surprise you've ever had." , " Sure enough, father very soon asked Jamie to walk with him out into the) garden. 1 You could never guess what Jamie found 'way back in the garden. You see. father had taken a whole rati '.. way coach, had it brought into the gar. ' den. and there had utted it up as s playhouse for Jamie. AH of Jamie's playthings were there. Jamie Just couldn't apeak. "Why, father." ho finally whispered, . "now I can Tide In a 'choo-ehoo' car ail the time, can t IT' Then he threw hlssims around fath- ' ers neck and promised never to aalc fur anything elso. No. Indeed; not whi he had the best playhouse In all the wprld.. .f, - J First Boy Your father nmf he " awful mean man, . Him a hwnii(.,f and makln' you wear thorn eld buM, Second Boy-He's nothln' th w t your father U. Ilira a ; -denit, yoyjC bapy's puly gvt one t'.l.l i-"
