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I II THE CREGOn SUHEAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 12. I5C3 , . . . . . ) A HANDSOME "FANCY1 , FREE' PnnHArs ' you may think ou pussy U Just a pretty m "Fancy r Free." who picture you see bore. jt.it venture to My that your rV U l ordly valued tt 100, as Is "Fancy J-'ree." Ha la a naaasotne crm, remarkable fom and color, and belongs to Mra Cox. -. n Ii waa only ona at many beautiful and veluabla cate on. exhibition at tha Ut cat ahow. held at Waatminater, Jxmdon. "Don Quixote. owned by Mra. ktnf-rd. coat tba aame price. ' Tou can imagine what care la given IVh erUtocratio cat. Tat I'm aura they don't anjoy themselves half aa wall a tba other pussies . who caa roam tCopyrlgnt, lsus, by The Worth American Company.) ... i In their not WAS a water-baby, and a. little wretcht" and aha crawled all over : very lively one, too. It waa a boy, the pot to get In. ' . and hi name waa Tom. ' ; .-, Tom waa horribly frightened, and still . Whan tha old gentleman dropped him ' mora ao when aha found tha hole In ' ' ha slipped away oft tha rock Into tha tha , top. and aquaaaed hcraelf right water, Ha could not help thinking .through It, all eyea and teeth. But no about Elite, although aha waa ao much' sooner waa her, bead Inside than tha bigger than ha waa. and he wished ha t lobter caught her by the noaa and held could hare her to play with. Aa he waa on. And there they all three were, in walking along the . rock, away down tinder the water one , day. he aaw a round, green cage.' Inaldeaat a lobater twiddling hla borne, instead of thumbs. "What! Have you been naughty? Have they put you In the lock-up?" asked Tom. , :-, , N '. 5 - " ' l , T cannot get out.14 tha lobater aald la a aad voice. . . , "How did you get Int" aald Tom. v "Through that round hole at tha top," aald tha lobater. - ,. .' v . "Why do youJ not go outr aald,' Tom. . ... x ' V "Becauaa X CAN'T 1" and the lobater "THBT MKT JL KIND OLD GENTLEMAN ' ;. ' "FANCT FREE" . ; about wherever they Ilka and go moua. ' ing for a little fun and excitement. 1 Tou would laugh to learn of the many curlo-ja narcea posaeaaed by theaa haughty membera of the cat erlatoc rnoy. At the laat cat ahow in London there were, among other J puaalea, "Breeae of Bprlngtlma,' "Song of May," "Von P Lsq'ile of Thorpe" and "JJgtatt cf Ufa." How very common the una eumlng name of ."Tabby" aeema, com pared with theaa blgh-eounding title t Story About Kipling KIPLLNO.' as lad. waa noted for his pluck1 and audacity In mla chief. . When ha waa very email hi father took him on a eea voyage.. The father became quite .aeasick, al though tha boy Buffered not at all. Lata the first afternoon a aallor rushed dra matically to where the Buffering father" lay and pleaded: . "I'lease. ait; 11 rcur boy. He'a crawled out on the yardarm. an' U ha lets go he'll drown." "lie won't let go," feebly murmured the parent of the recklera youngster, aa he sank back oc hla pillow. . ' Perfectly Frank. IMsrouraged Golfer-I really don't believe tbere'a any worse player than Caddie There may . be woraa than j ou. air; but they don't play. Adapted from Ckarie KlnasleVa "Water PabiM.'' a children's otassio that la ever popa- ELLIE'S mother took her down to the eeaaTde to apend - tha ' aummer. She waa a good lit- J . , tie girl and everybody loved T her.' Many happy houra ah apent fishing on the rocka with her nurse. One dayVsh took her fishing net and . went out on the. rocka to apend the ' afternoon. They met a kind old gen- tleman, who aald he would go fishing with them. He told Ellle many won- ' derful stories about the aea and the thing that live In It EUle naked him ; If there were any children In tne water, aa there used to be. "If there ; arjs, I ahould like to ee them." aald 'ahe. "Why, you Strang Ilttla girl." he, "IT BIT HIS . FINGER" aid,' "there are no children In tha . water. "Tes" aald Ellla, "X know there . need to be children and mermaids, too, and mermen; I have aeen them In picture a." , "No, no. my dear," ha aald. "you are mistaken." V But EUle waa not convinced by what be aald. "Why are there no water-bablear aha aaked. . ' ' "Because there are not." aald he. , juat at that moment be felt hla net ' get very heavy under the weed. - Ha lifted It out quickly. :. "Dear me!" he cried, "what a Queer pink thing la thU! It baa eyea why. It la a wonderful thing!" - ' ' ! "It la a vrater-babyl" cried EUle. . ( and. of course. It waa, "Water-fiddleatlcka, my dear," aald the old gentleman, and ha poked the queer pink thing with his finger. It bit hi finger until It bled. "Oh!" be exclaimed. He dropped the pink thing on the seaweed and It , dived Into the water. ' "But It waa a water-baby and X, heard It apeak," cried EUle. "Ah. It -la goner And with that ahe Jumped down off tbtt rock to try to catch It. As aha sprang aha allpped and atruck her head on ,a sharp rock. . The old gentleman tried to waken her, but aha would not : waken. He carried her -t home In hla arms. Sh lay quite still. , only now and again ahe woke up and aald something; about the water-baby, but no one knew what she meant, and the old gentleman did not tell. . ' One moonlight night tha fairies cam ' flying In at the window and brought ' -her auch a pretty pair of wings . that "', ahe could ' not help putting them on. 8he flew with them out the window, , up , through the - clouds; " and nobody heard or aaw anything of her for a very long while. , Of course, the queer pink thing that EUle and tha old gentleman bad caught me pot. rolling over and over. The ' lobater and ' tha . otter thumped and ' squeesed poor Tom so much that he ) aureiy would have Jen killed If he had not at last got on the otter's back, and a" '"aafe out of the hole. He caught the " lobater'a tall and pulled with all his might, but the lobster would not let ao. . - V . ; . . ,( j- "Come along," aald Tom. "Do you not e ahe la deadr and the otter waa . quite dead. That waa the end of the wicked otter. But the lobster wodld not let go. ' ' . - "Coma along, you atupld aUckiln-the- mud!" i cried. Tom "or the flahermen will catch you." - i. I., - - - . But tha lobater would not let . go. Tom aaw tha fishermen haul him up to tha boatslde. and thought It waa all up -for him; but when tba lobater saw the fishermen h gave auch ai furious nap that ha anapped out of . hla band and out of th pot, Into the aea. , But ha bad left hla claw behind, for ' It never came Into his bead to let go. And now a. wonderful thing happened to Tom. He had not left tha lobster, but a few. momenta when bo .came upon a water-baby a real, ltye water baby sitting on tha sand. -; !... When It aaw Tom It cried: ' ' ; "Why, you are not one of uat Tou are a new btby. How glad I am!" ' And it ran to Tom and Tom ran to ' It and they hugged and kissed each , other. . -i "Oh. where have you been aU this , timer , Tom aald at last i -- mm FRIENDSHIP UN , MASKED ' ' ; B' EfXiriEJ Geoffrey, accepted the In vltatlon to be present at tha , masque party he, made careful Inqulrlea aa io whether' Elsie wa to be there. He was informed that she waa going away on a visit for several weeke. Geoffrey' and Elsie, you know, were at one time the greatest friends; now they were enemies. ' The cause? Only a hasty word or ao. spoken be tween them the usual trivial reason. Geoffrey went to tha party; attired In the handsome costume of a cava lier. Never waa there a more plctur- ; esque gathering of boye and gtrle. Flerrettea and French baker boy. , Colonial lassie and Spanish bull- . "THET HUGGED AND ICIS3ED" , . "I have been hero for days and days; there are hundreds of ua about, the rocks." ; . ' f j '',' -v,; ' Tom looked at the baby again, and then ha aald: ', -'" ". . .-"-.J.'.J "Well, this Is wonderful! X have aeen thlngj like you agin and again, but .. X thought you were ehelle aad aea anl mala. I never took you for water-ka-blea Ilka myself.", Tom looked again at the water-baby and saw that It was , Ellla, the Utile girl about whom he could not help thinking, and b waa " very happy. ' , , , . . - , . ' "Come,", said Ellla And, hand In hand, they went to tba homo of the 'water-bablee. And there they found i. . dosena mui dosens of water bablea, all , dressed In whlta bathings suits. They v welcomed Tom with huge and kisses, . ; and no on was aver so nappy aa poor , 1 little Tom. . i - - "ON THE OTTEITS BACK" t 'twiddled his -' horna "I ' bav Jumped ' upward and backward and aldvwaya, and I cannot get out; X cannot find the hole.". ,. Tom looked at the trap and saw It waa a lobster-pot :,.. J "Stop a bit" ha aald. "and turn your tall up to me; I will pull yoa through.". But the lobater could not understand, ao Tom reached down the, hole after him, and then the lobster waa so clum sy that be pulled Tom In - bead fore most r V .-.'.v.- "Hullo! here'a a pretty business," aald Tom. "Now, you take your great clawa and break - the points oft thou spike and then we can both get out" "Dear me! I never thought of that," aald the lobater. Tbey had not half got the splkea out when a great, dark cloud came over them and they saw It waa an otter... How ahe did grin and grin when aba aaw Tom "Ah," ahe said, "I have you now, you "8IIB FLEW OUT; THE. WINDOW . . i BOTH WERE ASTONISHED ' ' fighters romped and danced, side by :side. And they all had tha merriest ',tlra Imaginable. r-'-' ; !,;'"', ; , ' a demur 'Ilttla ' mlis dressed as a Swedish peasant girl attracted GeoN ' trey's attention.'-II abproached her," bowed In true cavalier fashion, and, dls " guising bis voice, engaged In convene- . tlon 'with her. , The two found one an. , other.very Interesting, Indeed. The more ' ao. Inasmuch ss neither waa able to reo vognlxo tha other. ' ' " ; . ' The cavalier devoted hlmaelf to the Swedish peasant girl during the remain der of the evening. When refreshments were served he escorted her to the table. Meantime he was growing more and , more anxious for the time of unmaak ' Ing. Yet hla curiosity waa equaled, it ' not aurpasaed, by the ntUe peasant girl. Then tbey unmaeked. Perhaps you have already surmised what happened. , Tea, theu sat Elsie and Geoffrey fac ing each other! For a moment they were overcome with astonishment.-Then ' both laughed heartily. Who could have done otherwise? Of course, after that the two became friends again. Geoffrey and Elaie unite In declaring they were friends all the . time, only their friendship waa "mask ed" for a while. But the "unmasking" was tho happiest kind of ai Joke. " ' -Tho King's Gift- , King Edward recently sent the queen of Snaln a little bngllsh doggie. This doggie traveled all the way from Ens- -land to Spain In a comfortable basket But comfortable thocgb th basket waa, you may know that he waa very glad to reach tho end of his Journey. Charming mm JOCKO cried and whimpered pitifully, for he was hungry. , Hla little mas ter, Gulseppo. hugged tho little ani mal atlll closer to hi breast and trudg e J fajtcr toward the village that lay be fore him. Guiseppo waa hungry, too, but thla was not tha 'Urat time bo had been without food. Long ago be had learned to bear privation without a. mur- ' ' . ... " - i .-v JOCKO SEIZED THE CHAIN mur of complaint: Xt waa different with Jocko; bo waa only a monkey and could hardly bo expected to suffer patiently. The outskirts of' the town - gained, Gulseppo unslung bis acoordion and be ran playing hla liveliest tune. Strange to my, not a person appeared In the atreet i .e fancied he cftw faces peeping from ceiiind half-closed shutters, but no ona was in sight- Gulseppo did not know i ac not more than ta.n hour before, the ullHRora had been Warned to be on the ukuut . for a ( fierce - bear which had raved from a "menagerie traveling i-reabouta. Whereupon all the towns i . opie had Immediately taken to shel- r; nor had thy any intention of com . ,j forth until newa waa brought of the liar's recapture. - " . Ignorant of this, Gulseppo plodded -opelesly through the street and out -no th woods beyond. ; Wearily he ihrew himself down under the shadow of a tree, trusting that In sleep' ha might forget hi hunger for a while. Jocko nestled in the crook of hla arm.. Soon master and beast were wrapped la al umber. J.'-. ' - ' ', ' ' Gulseppo was , having delightful . dreams of .sumptuous banquets while . Jccko found himself In' a dreamland where cocoanuts were heaped about In mammoth piles, when . suddenly . th s monkey awoke with a atart Th next . moment be waa chattering volubly and tugging at his master In great alarm. The lad grasped the altuatlon at once, and was hardly behind Jocko In climb ing the tree teal Je him. - Well might he, for not more than a few yards away was a huge bear eyeing them fero- , clously. ' .". V ,". ' , r. V .; The buar stationed hlmaelf underneath the tree and glared savagely up at tho two. . For . a long time the boy sat astride a limb, with Jocko perched upon his shoulder. Then an Idea cams to him. And a bright idea It proved to be! . Gulseppo began playing bis accordion; at first softly, and then awelllng out - Into a buret of melody. Immediately 1 the bear became all attention. , Soon his fierce look disappeared; the cross old ' bear became a merry, hilarious bruin. Changing the tune to a merry Jig, Gul seppo waa pleased to eee the bear rear ,' upon hla hind Ihks and dance. The lad now took courage to descend from the tree. He continued -bis play ing, however, and the bear still kept up his antics. Then what did tb impudent Jocko do but ieixe hold of the chain to which the bear was attached. Together they ed the tear bark to the menagerie from which it had eacaped. . , v v . You may be aure that Gulseppo was well rewarded, and that he and Jocko dined well that evening better than ; they had done for many a day.. i - I- - f - . . f 9 v.- S i i 1 : i 1 ! .i-'C"",-.;- -. J . i I 1 - ' 1 . j . t S . mil- ' aw siii , Indian Myths ri A MONO the Micmao Indians, of A Caaa4a.thsj.ehlaVUvlnltir Is ( - ,'had om, broth I a known as Glooskap. , Thajr be- 1 , 0f oup moth obbe4 Jlev that When. Oloosksp flrat made y X Qretchen, burying her head la the animals, he made all of them very ber arnu ; v. - - . large. Then of the great moose, -oj-etchen did 'not caro so much for ; Glooskap asked: ; "What 4 would you j,ertBf. But yon her mother lay The Magic Pot . do If you ahould meet' an Indian?" And the' moose, who was as tall as the highest pines, said: '. "I would tear down the trees on him." "Vou are much too strong," replied the god : Glooskap, so b made ; th moos n smaller and weaker. In order, that the . Indians might kill the animal. Then to the squirrel, who, was. tho size of a wolf, he said: "What would v you . do lt,you .saw, an Ifidlan. com-, Ingr' "I would scratch down th trees on him," , fiercely ; replied ; the squirrel. "Tou, - .too. ar stronger than you should : be," murmured', . Glooskap. Thus saying, he took the squirrel In his hands and smoothed 7 him down to his present else.- ' - . . Afterward -he asked the great whit , bear: "What would you do to the Indian?" And the great white bear -answered: "I ahould eat him at ' once." Glooskap shook his head. "I . . shall put you in a vast, desolate , waste, where you aball see but few: Indians," said he. ' And so the wise g-od placed all anl- mala where they might beat serve f the purposes of his subjects, tho In-v dlans. . t 111 In tha next mum and the last of the food bad disappeared. - The little girl began to despair. She knew her mother would not like to hav her beg food; yet what else could ahe do? All by themselves dwelt Gretchen and her mother, In th little cottage that stood on the very edge of the village. The mother gained a livelihood by sew ing for the more well-to-do people ot the, town. , - She was paid very . little. - thanks X novr give to thee; The favor you've done, ao pleas atop your boiling for cue.' " ' . Tha little girl repeated this Una. Then sb took a nice bowl of soup to her. .mother. With: auch nourishing food th sick woman: speedily grew better. All this time the maglo pot served them well. ' i But one day, after the pot had boiled for aeveral minutes, Gretchen found,, to her horror, that she had forgot the maalo verae to makelt cease. Quickly the pot began to overflow. The soup flooded the cottage; then It ran Into the village. Gretchen, who bad been alone, fled before the stream , THE DEPARTMENT : STORE IS DESERTED Appropriate. . ; ' s . The small son of the minister' had .been banished from the table for naughtiness and waa compelled to ait -? at a little aide table. When the time ar- - I?,ved for h,m ,a7 grace, he ransacked ' bis memory fnr Scriptural quotations, . and made use of tne following whioh recited loud enough for bis. father and Who, although a Mortal, was ALMOST '6 Lord Tthank Th .u'. u ; V Brood aa a dolt ; ' And Little Girl prearta'brk pleaded With Father, who wa. an "out- of mine enemies!" and-out" MortaUBut oven Mortals are vERIIAP3 you may remember how Y the toya of DoUville played all A. . sorts of , games to amuse Little Girl and Little Boy, Clever litUe Ana belle,: the French doll, ' it waa . who thought of moat of these games. And shs It was who decided that DollvUl aureiy "must hav a : department store, -such, as all. big: cities possessed. : fin Anaholla nlftftdert with TJttla fJtrt . " -t sometimes ",klndti.,as .Anabelle fcf was obliged to admit when : Father returned that i evening' with a delightful toy ; ba had purchased during the day. That toy was nothing else than a splendid doll'e "department store," The very next day Anabelle' put-all : DolIviUe to work, furnishing the store. Right well the various departments were stocked, ,- too. , There waa every thing, 'from French gowna and hats to kitchen utensils. ; ! - ' ... ..-..-ji Then came the 'day" for opening this : wonderful store. The place was throng-, "that we can't give our things away, Tou must ask your Father to buy you some toy money." v ; Little Girl spent over a yr trying to Induce Father to 'bring home toy money.' Nor could ahe understand for a-long, long while that no toy money was ever made. In - the meantime, all the people of DoUville, having had on look rat th 'department atore, gave It no t further consideration, since they wer unable. to purchase any of the ? sice things displayed. So there It stood deserted, save ' for- two footmen, who guarded the moving stairway and pre I vented th troublesome Teddy; Bears irom sliding aown, -V Anabello abook her , head again and again,' and exclaimed, "Mortals ar so very -stupid. They . make all kinds of tovs. and vet never, think- of maktnv ; toy moneyf , Steady Coin , A carefully stand upright a silver half-dollar. . . - v- By a little practice .you will gain the . ability to draw the paper from' beneath the coin without disturbing the position however, and Ance she had fallen. Ill the scanty hoard of savings bad van ished quickly, Nor, did any one com tb . ber relief. . -; "Poor mother Is - weak ' for lack of food. I must get her something!" and- PLACE a smooth strip of paper upon Gretchen wept'afreah. the corner of a table. Upon this ' W.?2,u hav Jli1 oup vqu vv 1DU, , ascaiu viow1 ewvv v vrv v Gretchen raised her tear-stained face . in astonishment . - There stood the nicest, dearest littl - fairy oh, so much nicer than any her . story-books ever told about I - "Now. Gretchen," said the fairy, "dry ?our teara and listen to what I'm about : o tell you, Here Is a maglo pot for :: ' you. Whenever you wish a dellcloua potful of soup, simply place the pot on the stove and say these words'. - "Good little pot kind little pot, a fa " - vor I ask of 'thee: - - Quickly, I beg,- potful of soup have - for me." .; :.. - " Before Gretchen could recover from her surprise, or tbank the fairy, the sprite from Fairyland was gone. - "And some people say there ar no fairies!" Joyfully murmured Gretchen. Soon the not waa . boiling . merrily on tu. ..a. .a . Wh.n . It wa.i fn. j1an.AH nf ; PAPER UNDERNEiATH THE COIN. '- boiling over. Gretchen removed ft, but S " A Trick Wager. - - ,' Jim I'll wager aU my marbles that you'll come down from that chair be fore I ask you twice. Joe I'll bet you all mine that X won't. tr,A r.itti nirt whn m.j H ' Joe I won t Bears mischievously roll down the mov- .1 JAm.(tu"im r?)-Thn stay there lng stairway, thereby scattering would be customers and sightseers right and, left vowed It waa the moat delightful game ins toys nau ever piayea lor ner. Until I ask you again. (And Joe made up his mind be'd best ,."come down.") , , HAT horrible thing does now uplToach, An insect almost like a roach; I, ,m! . ixThajis. of giant . t...ii 4j-itu greets our ejea But don't be too quick to make "up; - - your mind, : ' 'i - '. " - - , Just wait awhile; the bug.' you'll find Is taken apart, without much ado," And transformed Into a canoe . - But soon Anabelle. the manaa-ep nf tha store,: found herself confronted by - a ) most i' disturbing : problem. For word came to her from t he doll saleswomen that although maiiv nf th nin). lting the store wished to buy, they had no. money. In vain Anabelle endeavored A Bit of Wlsdorr. - , Howard Tou know, they Bay that a IIttle learning's a dangeroua ; thing, and I've found it to be true. , - , ..Harold Why. old chapT . i ' .Howard Oh. I'm learnlnar ; pnltaw , skating, , and If you don't believe it's ' 'of th latter. All that is required is a N swift, steady Jerk. In a direction parallel - with the edge of the coin but you will find 11 by so means easy of accom- ' pllsbment ; ' .- ' ' v . The Very Worst Man. -j A little boy was asked whom -he v thought was thef moat wicked t man . mentioned In the; Bible. " , ' '"Moses," responded the boy, after "; some reflection. - 1 ' When requested his reason for th' strange choice, he aald: ... Moses must nave - oeen ins .-worsi - man. becauae he broke ail the Com-' mandment at once." . t , ; Pitting liimself Xor Bis Position. Father My boy. when - you see . : a' man loafing about atreet cornera . what do you suppose bo is fitting him self for In lifet '. '.,".t. 'j:: ':,: fioa To be a policeman, air. 1 still the pot 'boiled.. Then a tiny voice whispered In her ear: . .. ' "Xou must aay: .y -:r.- . "Good little pot. kind lltUe pot my to the house where her mother , waa sewing. - ; , Still the-soup rose. Boon the people i of the village were compelled to climb upon their' rooftop to escape (rem the waves of sweet soup. "Child, I shall give you 10,000 piece of gold If you will save us from this disaster!" ahouted the richest man of , the village to Gretchen, who stood upon the ridgepole of a house oppo site the speaker. Then all at once there came to Gretchen the correct words of the verse. So nervous was she from fright and the thought of the calamity sh had brought upon - the ; people thai ahe could hardly utters them. But her almost Inaudible - murmur served the purpose intended. Immediately the Hood began to subside; and. strange to say. within ten mlnutea not a trace of soup remained. Thus the village was saved, for svithln an; hour th town would otherwise have been sub merged and every on drowned in SOUp. ' ' . It was a curious fact th pot waa not to be found after the accident Doubtless the' fairy had taken back her gift But Grechen cared little for " this, inasmuch aa tha wealthy man made - good ' his word and - bestowed 1 upon . her the '10,000 pieces ot - gold. And, of course, with all this money In their possession Gretchen and her . mother lived in comfort ever after. 1 ,' 1 ii ii N - ' ; ... A v IS-v'e " Z 1 C--.' tff-AXf J g i '.. 1 i . " ' ' - V1 C ' v-Viat is 1 A OUU I r : J r
