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THE OREGON; SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY JTCIRNTNG, APRIL t J903 '"' 1 11 , 1 1 . .. ' '"" , . , , . .; 0 ;.';. , ;tCopyrlgnt. by Tb Mttm jtotricn Company.) m" V -i - .. , ' ' . ,, ,'"" -.. ' . - , '. (Adirt tmn " 'Vjk,J,.w.hJo n they want Into th church. J You shall dance." said be. "until I" fJIWI IT Tr m uLi lJ?aAmmsr- VJ-SSj I W 1 I LJTf I'll 17 1 -1 HU MWsT NIB B cwmasj vt V I I K. V j I IHI'Uf Cr- rrvL nd winter. Ther lived m n in ctnun. tb old soldier said: rf th, -,.,ti... ..n.t. VarC'. .lVlfitr 11 1. I X Lll I) -B .aV--Bvl-JBTil S"W--W rasBaW -X- A THORN PIERCED HER FINGER" And,' after all, that mother know beet .what le for your food." But : Herbert , and Louise hardly waited to hear the lait word. They were already on their way to the garden. , There Louis remained to pluck xoMt. whil Herbert continued toward th orchard. In gathering th fragrant roses, Louise disdained th oee of garden shears. 8h could break th stems Just aa well with tier Angers, sh knew; and ah wouldn't b disobeying mother, becaua mother had given permission for her to do ex actly aVsh d (m1 red this day. A mo ment later, however, ab learned th wisdom of mother" method, for a great thorn pierced her flngera and tor th flesh co that th blood flowed rapidly. fch had not dried her tears before ah heard a wall from th orchard. Her bert had Ventured to climb a tre which -ATE AS MANX AS HE COULD" mother had pronounced unsafe. Th fragile limb aiong which h had crawled had broken aud he bad fallen to th ground ; with a thud. Rubbing hi brulsas ruefully n directed hi step toward the kitchen, where, to forget hia woes, h began to- eat aa many ppla as be possibly could. - , At luncheon. Instead of eating frugally of the food before them, Louise greedily devoured everything upon the table, iierbert had ear en so great a number or applet that hia appetite waa entirely gone.- , When the meal was finished, th little girt went to enjoy a rid la her favorite swing under th maple tree. But ah had eaten so much that the motion of ' the swing made her ieel 11 L In th meantime, her brother had taken on of hia father's cigars. It yas not long before Herbert was very sick. Indeed, bo he was put to bed, and there he staid the remainder of that afternoon. Nor was It more than two hours after lunch eon that Louise, too, was glad to take refuge In her little bed. She had been leaning far over the bank of the pond when she lost he. balance and fell In the water. Horrid, nasty water she swallowed quarts of it. ah declared so that eh fell wretched. That evening, before they kissed their mother gooanlght, Herbert and Louise admitted that It waa only through obeying her that they could find th greatest pleasure. What Ha Wanted. Concluding his lecture, th foreign missionary solicited contributions of money from the audience, however small they might be. One little boy hastened toward him and began: "Please, sir. your talk interested m very much and" "Go on, my boy," said the lecturer, encouragingly; "do you wish to help In th good workT" "Not exactly, sir," replied th lad. with some hesitation; "I only wanted to know If you have any foreign stamps you don't want" KCE upon a time there was a pretty llttl girl, who, be caua she was poor, had to go barefooted both in sum mer and winter. Ther lived In th kam village a kind old shoemaker's wife, and she mad a pair of Htti shoes out of a plec of red cloth and gave them to th llttl girl, whos nam was Karen. Karen loved thon shoes and was very proud of -them and wor them for th first ttm on th day of her mother's funeral. Aa she was going along with th funeral a large car riage cam by and la It sat an old lady. Bhe looked at Karen and felt very sorry for her, and said to the clergy man: -If you will giv m that llttl girl I will tak car of her." And this th clergyman did. Karen believed It was because of her red shoes, but th old lady thought them hideous and had them burned. Karen was taught to read and to sew. and when peopl saw her they said sh was pretty; but Karen really was more than pretty sh waa very beautiful. One day the queen, with her daugh ter, the princess, waa going through the part of the country where Karen and tba old lady lived, and all th people ran to see them. Llttl Kafen ran. too. The princess was dressed In pur white silk and had on a beautiful pair of red morocco shoes. Karen longed (or a pair just like them, for ah thought nothing could be so fine. Karen was old enough now to be confirmed. She got some new clothes and waa also to nave some new snots. The old lady took her to a shop where were great glass cases full of pretty sboea Among them was a pair of red ones. Just ilk those which th princess had worn. Th shoemaker said: "They were mad for a count's daughter, but they did not fit her." Karen tried them on, and. as they fitted her, the old lady bought them; for, as sh could not see well, sh did not know they were red. Everybody looked at her feet all th way from th church door to th choir, and when the clergyman laid his hand on her head Karen thought only of her red shoes. ' In the afternoon the old lady heard from every on that Karen had worn the red shoes. "It was a shocking thing to do." sh said. "Karen will go to church in fu ture In black shoes, even If they are. old." On th next Sunday Karen looked Drat at th black shoes, then at th red ones, and then put on th red . ones. In the door of the church stood an old, crippled soldier, with a large red beard, leaning on a crutch. He' bow ed down to th ground and wiped th dust off th old lady's shoes and Karen put out her little foot. too. "Dear me, what pretty dancing shoes." said the soldier. "Sit fast when you dance," said he, speaking to the shoes, and ha slapped th soles with his hand. Th old lady gave him soma money. and they want Into th church. When Karen knelt bfor th altar' ah thought only of her red shoes. 8b forgot to sing; sh forgot to prayfsh forgot everything but the red shoes After church, a Karen was slipping Into th carriage, th old soldier said; "Dear ma. what .pretty, dancing shoes!" Karen could not help dancing a few steps, and when sh began sh could not stop. It Seemed as if htr shoes bad some power over her legs. 8h danced around th church, and th coachman had to - run after her and elsV her. He lifted br into'th car ries, but ber feet still danced and kicked th good old lady. At last they took ofT the shoe and they war put awsy in a closet, and only then wr Karen's feet quiet, Now the old lady got very sick, and it was Karep'a duty to nurae her. But Karen had an invitation to a party that day and wanted to go very much. 8h looked at her red ahoea. and said to her self: "It is no sin to leav th old lady tor a llttl while." . - 8h put on the red shoes and went to th party. But when she, wanted to dance on way th shoes mad her dance the other, and ah danced down the stairs snd out through th gat, oft Into th dark woods. All of a sudden something shone up among th tree like the moon. It was th old soldier with his red beard. He sat nodding his bead, and said: "Dear me. what pretty dancing shoes! She waa in a frfaht at one, and tried to get the red shoes off, but they stuck fast. 81e tor off her stockings, but th shoes had grown fast to her feet. She danced and danced and could not help dancing, over field and meadow, In rain and sunshine, by night and day. Bhe paaaed the church door and aaw an angel ther with long, whit wings reaching from his shoulders to the earth. In his hand he held a sword and his fac was sad and stern. Napoleon 's Boy hood Debt THE 1 great ' emperor. Napoleon, paaaed bis youth at th military . school of Brlenn. Her wer laid th foundations of that knowledge which enabled htm to accomplish mighty deeds In later years. . ; ' ' Like other boys. Napoleon was very fond of fruit Ther wss an old fruit woman stationed near th school, and sh It was who provided tempting eat- Tou shall dance," said he. "until you are pal and cold." "Mercy 1" cried Karen. But sh did not hear the angel's reply,' for the hoe carried her on. On morning sh cam to th houa of th executioner and called: . "Com out, com outl X cannot' com Inl" "I do not suppose you know who 2 am; I strike off th heads of th wicked." be said. "Don't cut my head cTf," said Ka ren, "for I want to repent of my sin. But cut off my feet snd th red shoes." And then sh confessed her sin, and th executioner struck off ber feet; but th shoes danced away with th llttl feet across th fields Into th deep forest Th execution r carved her a pair of wooden feet and aom crutches and taught her a psalm which la al ways sung by sinners. She kissed the hand that bad; guided the axe and went away. "Now. I have suffered enough for th red shoes," sh said. "I will go to church." But when sh cam ther th red noes were dancing before her, and ah was frightened and turned back. ror many daya sh wept and waa sorry for her sin. The next Sunday ahe went to church and looked sadly at her crutches. "O God, help ml" ahe, said. The sun ahon brightly, and sh looked up and aaw right near her the angel In whit robes, the one sh had seen before at the church door. He no longer carried th sword, but a beautiful green branch of roses. He nodded his head to her and aald: "H was right of you to come, Ka ren. "It wss for mercy," said ahe. in organ piayea, and the - .ft ,.": I III dren's voices sounded very soft and lovely. Karen was happy, and her heart was filled with peac and Joy, Arthur's Easter Bunny WHEN th beautiful Princess Ber lin arrived at 'th age of U ; years ber father, the imperious monarch. Phllpot XXI, deemed it advis able that sh thould marry. He, there fore, sent broadcast a proclamation In viting th attendance at court of noble suitors. , . Now the princess really loved no one. But she was a dutiful daughter and she tvaa witling to be ini-rried if the king so li sired. However, she longed for ad viee in making her selection of a hus band. To her aid she summoned her godmother. Fairy Hellit.ope, I he fairy greeted Certina graciously, nnd talked 10 ber with kindness and ti mpathy. . ' "My dear Bertlna," said the god mother at parting, "I am leaving with you a little casket. Va each suitor pre sent himself giv him the casket. Bid i.im take it away, examine its contents mid return a to you at the end of twen-ty-four hours. But 1 must give you warning; do not, upon any account, open tho caakot yourself until a suitor, kfter lookinc into the little case, returns again and returns again and renews his vows to you." Bertlna thanked her fairy godmother nd promise to obey these instructions 'lieu fl put iwr precious casket in a a pla. i ;--. ' i lie next day a prince from the nelgh i ing kingdom arrived at court and finally asked for the hand of the mcesa Bertina, He was enormously -aJthy and possessed of great power, nt llertina refused to listen to him. "Take tbis casket." aatd ahe, "open it issxf hearo im ths morrow the prince failed to pear. Instead,: h sent the casket by . tsjteeial messenger, who also brought note stating that the prince had sud- nly tw-en called away by a matter of i rem importance. -Then Count Oscar, a handsome gentle- in vf the highest rank, was given a rial. lie returned with the casket not to renew his tows, however, for he did but murmur that he would return, per baps within a week or so and went his way, never to be heard from thereafter. And thus It was that suitor after suit or appeared. .Full of ardor and declara tions of lov was each as he threw himself before the princess. But always the casket was brought back and the wooer hastened his departure nor tar ried to woo a moment longer. EDFRED RETURNED Bertlna was becoming a-wearled of the ordeal and afraid lest she have opportunity to accept no one, when th good prince Edfred cams to sue for her band. .. . ...-v..- ., - No prince was more virtuous and , handsome than he. And as Bertlna looked upon the gallant prince kneeling before her. a great lov for him grow , In her heart Sbo sighed as she hand-? d him th llttl casket and murmured to herself that doubtless this handsome loye would be sent away by its magic, as had been th others. But th prediction of th princess waa unfulfilled. , Th next day again Edfred kneeled at her feet, as constant as ever. Gazing upon' her with eyes full of adoration and love, he addressed her thus: "Princess, 'tis not your wealth nor your lands I desire. 1 want but you: and in possessing you for my wife I should attain to the greatest wealth mortal could ever have!' Th princess shyly veiled her beauti ful eyes with their long lashes. Be fore making reply she opened the cask et With astonishment upon a plec of parchment therein sh read thes words: "To Whom It May Concern: "Before I may conscientiously accept your devotion I must confess myself ut terly ruined a princess without dowry, without lands or' wealth. No honors can I bring to my husband. . "And I hereby absolve you of all promises and declarations you may hava offered mistakenly! nor shall I bear 111- , will should you find it impossible to further press your suit. "PRINCESS BERTINA" ' And so was revealed the reason for ' the inconstancy of those who desired her only for ber wealth. And so it was revealed, as well, that Princ Edfred was her true lover. Gladly sh accepted him for her hus band; explaining the while how It was through ignorance of what the bejew. eled casket- contained that she had prac ticed suchr deceit Nevertheless, you may b sure she was grateful to her fairy godmother for adopting even this means, for it compelled her to lOve Ed fred all the more. . Amid the greatest - Jubilation wer : Bertlna and Edfred married. AH man ner of costly gifts they received. But no possession was prized so highly aa i th llttl Jwjeweled casket ARTHUR wanted a bunnyr oh. so much I He'd always wanted a bunny, you know. Every time h asked, father would ay: "Walt until Eastertlm, and then catch th bunny that brings your Easter eggs." But Arthur had tried three Easters now, and he hadn't caught Bunny. So be was beginning to bellev that Bunny waa 'most too sly to be caught How Aver, h mad up bis mind he'd try Just this once, anyway. Easter morning found Arthur astir ere morning had hardly dawned. 8oftly b sped down ths stairs. Yea, ther wer all th gifts Bunny had brought little baskets containing chocolat hens and rabbits; funny llttl toys' that opened and showed many tiny eggs within, and 'most everything a llttl boy could wish. But Bunny himself had disappeared. In spit of all th presents. Arthur was disappointed, , "Do you know, Arthur," said father at th breakfast table. "I hav an Idea that perhaps Bunny bides vbis eggs among th grass and bushes outside, as well as In th house,' If I wer you. I'd look all th way to - the barn, and maybe you'll find th Bunny bidden somewber." , In breathless excitement Arthur ran out to search th garden. True enough, be found nicely colored eggs In several of th bushes. They seemed to lead In a direct line straight for the barn, , Alto gether h had gathered eight eggs by th Urn be stealthily entered th barn. . A moment's search and then, what do jrou think he found T 'Twas Bunny him self! And he was Just as tame as any . bunny could be; the nicest llttl bunny, Arthur bad ever seen. ' "1 think he must hav pitied you In your bunt." . laughed father, "and so just waited for you to come up to him." Ba that as It may. Bunny never ran away. He remained with his llttl mas ter, and became almost as fond of Ar thur as Arthur was of him. Muezza, Famous Pussy PERHAPS you may not have beard . the .Arabian legend of Moham med's favorite cat- Muesza, Mo hammed sat in deep meditation, whil the cat reposed at ease on th broad extended sleeve of his coat So affected was Mohammed by the warm, drowsy air of the afternoon that he entirely forgot his surroundings. Suddenly, when hours had passed, be bethought himself of certain duties he had to perform, and was about to rise from his rug when he observed Muesza still sleeping. Then, in order not to disturb the slum-, ber of his pet Mohammed calmly cut off the sleeve of his garment and went unon his way: -; i . tlrriATiNo Ted "WB HAD A MIGHT? TUSSLE" Father It's only fair to tell you that I'm pleased with your economy this term. Your requests for money wer too frequent last term. Son Yes, father I thought so, too; so this term I've had everything on tick. - , npWAS a mighty scary feeling Ted I gav us when w 'nltiated him 1 Into th "Bloody Robbers." , Ted, you know, was 'clined to b Just a llttl fresh, so w Jus' mad up our minds, when w finally guessed he might as well be a "Robber," that we'd hav a pretty stiff 'nitlatlon for him. Right t'other side of Rocky Lot (wher all Us fellers go a-campln') Is the stone crusher, wher they've got a big ma chine to pound and grind up th rocks for makln' roads. 'Bout th middle of th day, th men who'r at th crusher leav off workln' an' get their dinner. So there's an hour when th machine's not goln'. Now,eur scheme was to blindfold Ted, lead 'im over to th stone-crusher; then tak off th bandage, gag 'im and 11 him among soma o' them thunderin' big wheel of th crusher all this, of course, while the men were away. Then we'd pretend to sneak off, leavin' him there: an' get back Just before th men got there to start the machinery. We had a mighty tussle gettin' Ted over to the crusher, I can tell you; Cap tain Billy Mumford got a bloody nose, an' Pet Hamilton got a black eye. Th bandage had worked itself - loose, so's -Ted could se to bit straight enough, all rlghty. - But, at last w had 'Im tied all right And though ha pleaded hard as he could , with them eyes o' his'n - (you see, he -couldn't talk for the gag), we went away an left him, an' hid In th woods beyond. . ..' " AH of a sudden we heard th crusher begin to grind. It seems that one of th men had com around by th pike, and ' got In all unbeknownst to us. You betcher life, every one of ns was struck dumb. Billy and Skinny wer .he only ones who'd dare to go back. They atreaked it for th crusher, 'course, expectin. to find Ted smashed to smith ' ereens. , Billy couldn't talk when 'e got there, and Skinny had to stammer out what" he wtnted. The engineer - stared and seemed to know not hi n. He stopped the engine In a jiffy, an' then Billy and Skinny and him went to look for poor Ted. They couldn't see anything but Ted's old straw hat!" It was ragged enough before, goodness knowsi but now It was Just all torn to tatters. "Now I want you young murderers to i go to Ted Abbott's bom an' tell his folks what's happened, an' then I'm goln Co hav you arrested." ' said th engineer, awful solemn and determined . luce. . . Billy and SkinnW cot mighty stiff . upper lips, but It took a heap of nerve to go an' teU Mis' Abbott Th news bain' s sad. of course, they, went In by th front door an' into the parlor. Well, Skinny had jus" begun in a rounderbout sort of way, to break the awful news, when who' should com out from th dining room, munchln' on a chunk o pi an' grinnin' fit to kill, but that bloomin Ted himself! Th Jok was on Billy and Skinny and all th rest of us, all rlghty! You see, by good luck, Ted bad man aged to 'tract the engineer's attention before th machine was started. Then , he told Mm what to say to us, and. after . tearin' up his hat scooted for home. We wus so glad to know that ther wasn't any part of Ted missln', that we all chipped In and got 'im a new hat with a flashy ribbon that it hurt your eyes to look at That wus about th only thing that kept Ted's pa from ; havin' all of us trounced good 'n' hard. He was awful mad when the engineer told him 'bout Ted's 'nitlatlon.. Some how Z don't blame 'im much. .. Couldn't Whistle it Back PHIL was taking his llttl sister Beatrice on a short trip by rail. As th train sped along, h said to her, warnlngiy: . -v-. -' "Be careful not to lose your bat, Beatrice." '-.--.-.;. i ...v.. . .:. .;.: Then, snatching It from her head, on A the sly, he exclaimed: l "There! You've let It blow" away. S i jjut never roiuu, t.ioau vouui ic back for you." Thereupon he whistled, and Imme diately produced the hat .v . , , ... A short time afterward h was ; chagrined, to hear Beatrice ask: "Won't you whistle my hat back again. FhilT I threw It out th win, dow." THEY ENTERED THE COTTAGE able for th future hero. Should ba hav no money. It mattered not at all; for sh knew h would always repay ber Just as soon as bis next allowane arrived. It so happened that when h waa ready to leav th school, he waa still two crowns In her debt II said to bar. be for making hia departure: "My good woman. I fear I must go without paying what I ow you; but X shall not forget" ' Th fruit woman replied: "Oh. do not permit that to disturb your peac of mind, my nobl young man. May Ood preserv your health and make you happy!" Engaged In such arduous and exciting work aa was the young soldier, he could hardly b blamed for allowing thla tri fling debt to slip his memory for th Um. - Napoleon became a general and con quered Italy. He than Invaded Egypt Returning by mean of a aea swarming with ships of the enemy, h entered Paris and was named premier consul. Napoleon established peac in bis country; he waa crowned emperor of France; still in fulfilment of his boy hood debt the old fruit woman had nothing but his promts: "I shall not forget" But such a promts was of higher value than th sum of money Involved, So It was that when, on day, Na poleon entered Brlenn aecretly and In cognito, he remembered his promise, and hastily bethought himself to repair bis neglect What memories wer recalled as, with a trusted officer In sol attendance, b traversed the streets he had trod so of ten when a boy I All th Incidents of bis earljf youth cams back to him vivid ly. After a whtls he paused befor th humble dwelling wher th fruit woman had one made her home. A bystander Informed him that th good woman still resided ther. Th two entered. "May w hav some refreshment asked the emperor. "Certainly," responded th woman, snd sh went out into her garden, re appearing shortly with a delicious melon, which sh net befor them. Whil the fruit-woman proceeded with th car of her fir, on of her visitors aaked: "Do you know th emperor, and whether he Is expected here today?" "He has not yet arrived," sh answer ad, "although he is expected almost any time. Why should I not know th emperor He bought many a basket of fruit from m whil ber at school." "And did he always pay you prompt ly T" persisted the emperor. "Certainly, no on was mor honest,' was the indignant rejoinder. Then her distinguished visitor arose, . saying: "My good woman, you either apeak untruth, or you hav a poor memory. Aa proof that you- do not know the em peror, I may say that I am be; and to prove that th emperor did not always conscientiously pay his debts. I would recall to your mind those two crowns be owed you when he left school." At th sam tima th other visitor de posited on the table a gleaming heap of gold coin to the amount of 1200 franca And th honest woman, now recog nising the emperor, fell at his feet al most overcome with Joy at the meet ing. Her little children clung to her, re garding th great men with astonish ment, not knowing whether to laugh or weep. Napoleon ordered that th poor d wall ing be torn down, and that another b erected in it place, ' "it is In this house," h said, "that I wish to lodge whenever I come to Br nne; and I wish It to bear my name." Befor taking leave of th fruit wom an he promised, that - h would tak ' good car of her children. He kept hi word, so that you may know th debt! of his boyhood was paid honorably and In full. ...... Light Rays in Water TWO COINS WILL APPEAR T THE bottom of an ordinary glass or tumbler, place a coin of any kind. Pour water In ths glass to one-third Of its capacity. . Pres a saucer firmly over the mouth of the glass, and carefully turn glass and saucer upslds down. In this position you will, be surprised to apparently see two coins resting on th surface of th saucer.
