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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
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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-
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. 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
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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
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