TIffi OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY EARNING, AfRIt' 26, 1903
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H. -oW'very careless mr eooil
W muiit hav bn t fr0"n
i 1 euch . very Mf walV I"ur"
mured Humpty Dumpty. a b d
sled bls ln vr tb ston lec,. :
lis whistled a merry tun. iwlng
fng hi body from aid to side lo
to th melody. - !;w
-Why, I could alt hr all day with.
out tb allgbtaat dangsr." . thought
But befor ha bad tlmi to oay It
loud, ba wyd a UtU too far to
th loft, lost hla balanea and Undo!
n th flagstones blow with a cras.
and a smash, t ' . . ' "
-Oh. daar," alghod poor Humpty
Dumpty, "X do wlah aomo ooo would
com along and patch mo up.,
Xndeod.. tha battarod fallow sadly
reeded patching. Aa though In an
swer to hla plea tha king's man ap-
peared. But they could do nothing
for him, and left him la wors aUt
than before. , .
A band of good falrlea paaaed that
a ay, however, and took pity upon"
llumpty Dumpty. They farmed a
circle and danced merrily arsund th
wounded gg. Then on of the:- ((
tli Ink It must hav been th , quean)
tapped him with her maglo wand, and
he wa as good aa new. Not a bit of
yolk or whit waa missing. '
Ilumpty Dumpty had learned a la-
eon. II reaolved aevermor to trust -himself
to a wall. And h resolved,
tliat he would devot himself there- ,
after to aaalatlng hla brother Humpty
Dumptlea to avoid accidents. In their
behalf he summoned th hena befor
him. addressing them In thla manners .
"Oh, good chicken, knowing how
easily we Humpty Dumptlea e-
broken, why do you not try to riak ,
your eggshells stronger Why don't .
you eat rubber? I'm aura that would
make tb "hells much mor service
able to ua" ' t 1. .. .
la bis cagerneas to onllat tb chick-
ens In hla caua. Humpty Dumpty for
cot hla cautiousness and climbed on a
-wall behind him. Soon his gesture .
became so violent that,.- before ho
could save himself, be toppled oft hla
tiercb, - ' " '
One kind little hen Bought th
oueen of the fairies and told her of
Humpty Dumpty's plirht But th
iueen only shook her head r j ah an- :
awe red: ...... .- ,
"No, w shall not help him again,
lie was ao vain as to Imagine ho
could help hla brothers, wuen h
couldn't oven take cars of himself.
I think he deserved hla Xata."
8o, when th Bun cam out. -ndi
shone warmly upon him, poor Hump
ty Dumpty wa "scrambled."
ONCE, n hen things went py eo
trarles. Goblins ruled th tlpy falrlea .
v.i j wer whipped by . thes bad
fives; . , , ' W, .jr.;
r discolored bruises crying,
in 'Strang way replying, .,-..
: M. I iU Botuins dufyiug.
i ij tiu.iu chauged thoojaolvea
i t'int row this shrinking flower '
ii . if in leafy bower
i tp '11 lis foe; .
i t Uirt and purple raiment
i r r s f future payment
. . r '' a liw.
r-.vjin Vnhr.a went sleeping.
! r r J-,. ! came a-pecplag
I i. i.r ill iii t mi im
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ANT. many year had paased
sine tb nigrlm .Father
landed upon th ehoree of New
England. And it wa long.
long ago that th eloa descendants of
thos pilgrim founded th UtU town of
Mayfield. Men they wr of grave and
solemn mien; etrictly upright and Just,
yet, withal, aeemlng to find UtU Joy or
cheer a Ufa.- ' . .1'
Miaa K tacrine glanced about th
choolroom ta whtcn wer aeatad ber
many pupils oom very good, aomo
very mlachlerous, aad om by far tn
greatest part) Just half way between.
Although tb aneeator of nearly all of
them wer stem-faced Puritans, not a
aloomy countenance ym to b awon
hei. Miss Kitty wondered what thos
elf -same Puritan ancestors would aay
to th plan ah waa about to propose to
their boy and girl descendants.
t Th 1st of May would arrlT within
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. rr HREB3 brothers stood on tbo sum
I ; ; mlt of th bill. A pretty hill It
' -' was-aa pretty a any In Der
byshlra with a pleasing view stretch
ing on all aides. . But non of th
: In th nursery for pranking;
Entering, with evil soda, -
They applied the golden-rods,
.And th lady'a-slipper poda .
berved for spankings. :
One a goblin chef did wish V
That he had a nice, big dish
Kor his butter;
"When his eyes he lifted up.
lie beheld a butter-oup
To hold butts i . .
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th week, Mayfield had Bvr celebra
ted May Day. Th Pilgrim frwnd
upon May dance and maypoles and all
ur.K frivolous iDUMmwiti. and aom
how th celebraUon waa nvr adopted
by their grandchildren or their great-
y..!- au visa Kitty
deT?mfn 1 tner hJld bra fesX 1
h?i vVSS. Fancy any plac having
tha.myofayflSl7antL
rrini in properly th glorious aeaaon of
Bo. flrat of all. th teacher described
to iier vhargea how May Day waa eel-,
prated, both In olden and modern times:
how some of th ceremonies are derive!
fiom Roman observance In honor or
th goddess Flora; how th maypole it
aelf waa originally used In th worship
of natur In th East, and how many
new custom, among them a pilgrim a it
! to the field and meadows, followed by
a feast, wer Introduced by th peopl
of M'T England. v ; -r . - ' '
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brothers felt Its beauty this morn
ing, for they wer bidding on an
other good-bye. A little whll and
they would bo separated; gone along
three ' different paths, perhaps sever , T
to meet again.
Too . sad - for further words, ; they .
clasped hands once more and ' then
turned to go. Not yet had they de
acended the hill, when on brother
waved hla arm, crying: .
"Com back, my brothers! Com
backl" .
When they rejoined him, h drew
from his pocket three acorna - ;
"Let us give these acorns our
names." said he. "Then we shall
plant them, and where the acorn
grows Into a tree, so will he whose
nam It bears prosper; but shall It
not grow, or shall the tree be blasted,
It will be a a sign that th brother
It representa be In sor need or dead."
So saying, be planted the thre
acorna Again th brothers said good
bye and parted.
Two of the brothers Journeyed Into
distant lands, the third stayed at th
old home in Derbyshire. You may
know how anxiously this brother
watched and tended the acorns, and 1
protected th saplings aa best h could -.r
. against all weather.
Days and weeks and years flew by. '
The thre oaks wer growing stur-
dily; yet no word passed from on
brother to another. Then a hard -winter
came, and one of the oak sue- -cumbed
to the heavy blasts . that
swept over the hllL In sorrow, the
third brother folded his arms, bent
his head and murmured: k '
"Now John Is dead." ' ?'
Other years passed." The two re- V
malnlng oaks throve. But finally
there cam a terrlflo storm. Struck
by lightning, another of th oaks lay
torn and twisted on the ground.-- And
; the brother, standing beside th oak, .
Bow prone, muttered sadly to himself:
' "Alas! James Is dead, I am alono -
In the world.". . .-
A few days later the man dlsapi
peared from his old home, nor was ;
he ever heard of again. Perhaps it "
may be that th main nt th. anaii
i wa broken after th death of two of
the brother; for. although - age
passed, th oak Is yet standing. In all
r Its loneliness. peopl frequently visit
this -monarch, upon what r is now
known aa Oaker hill Ik n..ii,.iii..
third brother?
No ono -eems , to
know. . . .
FURTHER ADVENTWEJ)E:PU&&Y'TmWgffMn
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Thla recital In ts rested rry boy and
girt ao much tht whan Mia Kitty un
folded her plan It waa received with en
thusiasm. Tby war anxious to pre
pare for th celebration at ones. At first
. they desired to haT a king, as weu aa
queen 01 may. oui uoir u.n
plained that th king of May had pa-
id out of exleteno a lona time befor.
to b quaenfTh eholo
How Jacky Won the Prize
JACKT felt bad. Indeed, becaua ho ;
waa not permitted to enter fh con
'test You see. father had offered a .
prise to th boy who captured th larg- ;
est Gah during , their excursion to th
: creek that afternoon. Harry. Robert and
Jim were tro. Off they trudged, laden
with flahlng tackle, whll . lonely '
.Jacky was left behind.
Soon It became very Irksome In th
house, with ao bno to play with but a r
sleepy cat-a cat that didn't want to .
play at v alt; Therefor Jacky ran out
of doors through the orchard and Into
the meadow beyond.
i Plumping himself Jown under th old
appi tree. Jacky looked Into the proon
which rippled along clos by. But tni
only served to mak him more dlssatia
; fled ' With, hlmselt Harry. Robert and
'Jim wer looking Into watar, too but
tbey were flshlagT . .
Then a sudden thought came to him.
Bearchina- in his pocket, he brought,
forth a tangled ptec of string. . Some
where about his Jacket he found a pin,
which he carefully bent Into a hook.
He'd often seen little mlnnowe In the
brook, so h waa going- fishing, too.
A fat worm waa found and placed
upon tb hook, the cord waa tied to the
. , hook, and soon th wee fisherman was
busy. The mlnutea passed, but he
didn't ' notice tlm now. Waan't h
'flahlng? He waa supremely happy.
All at one there cam a tug, and th
' next instant a big fish leaped right out
of the water upon the bank. Quick aa
. a wink. Jack seised the struggling fel
low in his Jacket and ran with all hla
might through the meadow and th or
chard, up to the house. .
Harry and Robert and Jim cam hom
! each with a good catch. Harry claimed
th prise for the largest fish. But Just
s father was about to bestow upon him
th splendid fishing-rod : mother and
Jacky cried t rW alt! Father was taken
out Into th kitchen, and there waa
pointed out to him the huge trout Jacky
had captured in th brook. It waa ever
so much blgper than Harry's fish., .
So, amid the congratulations o? hla
brother. Jacky was awarded th prise.
A Charming May Pasket
Y'
OU can mak a nice little . .ay
basket by cutting out thl de-,
ala-n .. from - varl-colored . card
board. Th backhould V exactly
Ilk th front, of course, and the two
parts may readily be aewatogether
or attached In similar manner.
Lacing back and forthf through . t-
holes with appropriate ribbon is sug-
easily imDrovisoi vt :
you will.
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waa a matter of greatest Importance.
Many of th girl wer xcedlngly
popular; Indeed, probably th only laaal
who fancied ah 1 wouldn't 'hav th
alight ehanc to o queea waa UtU
Flonnc. 1 - .J- ' ' ... , '
Only. a fw week befor thl tlm
' Florence had bidden good-bye to the
eunflowers of Nebraska and begun her
Mary had pleaded that th Utile girl d
lent to them for a while. In order that
h might recejv a good acnooi wan
ing. Wber Florence lived. In Nebras ka,
sh was too far front th nearest ;
school. Nor had ah a stngl boy or gin ,
Playmate. Yet h waa not lonely. Her
our-footed friend among th horse
and cattle wer numeroua; even i the roll
ing prairies, a green-covered ocean,
with Its heave and wells, and th vaat
cornfields, seemed like friends to ber. -
And ao sorry she waa to leave such
riAm .mi tha ilt1 Imiiim under th :
shadow of a great mud bank, and father
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STEEPLECHAiSE is Held cacn year ai x-ion vyucKo, uww
- There are two events-one open to the ' scnoor and the other
fx .to the "juniors.":: In this
xce eecouu uguis o-
B9unt Carlton, the 16-year-oia son
1 1 t-nATTER w called him. , In
W asmuch as tho nam doesn't
A . even hint what kind of anl-
mal
he was, might as well w
: that Pattern was .cnipmua.
too-all white underneath .from his
forefeet to the utlp .hls all , ,
' tivnv red and brown above, wnn
d? Snd whit, streak, running
lengthwis down hi back, and black
- spreading over th upper surface of .
hla tall. Then he had a cunning lit
tie tacX with lines of White , drawn
' from th tip of tho nos to each ear,
. Bother Billy A VrWJ?iaf
( after nuts one day last fall. J urt as
; w passed Jenkln barn, apmethlng
1 that looked like a aquirrel. popped
V out the loor and ran down the road.
Billv threw a stone with all his might
(boy always have a stona or some-
thin ready to throw, . you know),
and I knocked th poor' little , thing
i over. I ran to It; Picked it up ln
1 my arms and carried It hpme-after
rd acolded Billy, who certainly de-
' Pben father came home he said th
.animal was a chipmunk, not a squlr-
i nnA that it didn't seem to be very
a
fellow no was.
badly hurt, except that one foorwas
lamed. 1 nursed Patter and cared for
him until be was entirely welL By .
that time he had becomo so tarn that
he didn't wish to leave ua. ,
8 Patter stayed. I wouldn't hav
kept him otherwise, 1 'cause father,
doesn't believe In caging poor animals
i fkoBA comnetinir in the junior event.was tne youxmiu ean ot v, mg along tn un mat iea jrom tn
Among tOOSO compeungiu uw r1".. nuM . 0Vin fT hi walkino; Cove, leaving them without means of
, Lisburne. You see him, m the picture above, taking tt ma waiiang , t,B t0 thel, camp, for they
TT ta 16 veara old. and the owner of 42,800 acres of land. . couldn't polo against th stream for
enoes. , lie IS lO years ciu, auu ' 15 jqt tfl djage. any "distance, that was certain.
YOU also have ft photograph of the OWBert "ne.)?J lfLtrT . Yes? the "Pirates", bad scored on.
j ln 4 q lnr! also of the noblUty. XhlS IS VIS-,' .Rut it'll be our turn next." flerc-
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and mother. Then b waa vr ao ahy
among ecbool children. Eh did hot
know that her ganU and unassuming
way had already - won ' her many
friends. ; .
it was Tommy Smith generous,
nulalvei kind-hearted Tommy who
geated that Inasmuch aa aUangfra
should b- ahown every courtesy
queen. And she was! Tb ahy little
girl was so unselfish herself thst every
other girl felt ashamed of her own self
ishness, and . eagerly greeted Florence
as sovereign.
As though pleased at th homage ren
dered her. Mother Natur wa la her
- very Dl mooo on way
' among those who greeted Mother
tura there could bar no on mor
than Oumb frtnrenc. aa. seated
flower-decked chariot, sh was drawn by
her faithful subjects to. tb Been of
festivity In th, meadow. - ,
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jeart gteepiecnase, neta
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TIGHTLY GRIPPING THE NECK-
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that ar much better off In th woo da
But wo wero very glad that th lit
tle fellow did choose to . atay. . He
waan't any trouble to ua at ay. anl
he wa Jut th very nicest pet you
could have. He would perch on your
shoulder and chatter ln a gurgly
sort of a way that was very tunny.
And he'd at 'most anything wo gave
him raw meat, bread, cheese, milk
, varythlnar but fish S,nd eggs, 'He d
: b-o hunting. . too, after - mlco,w rrogs,
Si-a . h-tiAK. butterflies. . moths and
nther insects. ,.Many - a mous . h
caught Indeed, he was a much bet
ter mouser than Tabby, who wouldn't
do anything but-eat what w gav
hr and then nap. . t '
Patter seomed to be especially fond
The" Pirates" Score
One '
DIFFICULT enough It wa to o.
tain Farmer Greens permission
to ua th old flat-bottomed
complUhed tb (k. and tha "DIooay
I(obbr," Ja- connequeuca. war jubi
lant. ' ,
That Saturday, they reasoned, would
surely be th finest kind of a day.
Hadn't It rained th last four Hatur
1aysT Bo It. couldn't possibly be bad
fur "Qv tralgbt,' aa bklnny xprssa. '
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And on Saturday they were going t
hitch J up to the acow and hv hint
tow tbem up th creek to th best
camping ' ground they could find,
wber thy Intended td atay for at
least three day. Tbero would b no
trouble about Jupe, because h had
already been "proinlied- by Jo Stan
ton's father. ....'
Saturday afternoon cam and found
every member of th "Bloody Iloo
bara" at tb Cov. rrovlalona war
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placed In th custody of Skinny, and
Jack 'Warner appointed lieutenant.
Thes wr carefully Inspected and
freely commented upon. Indeed, It
.may b added that they wer fry
tested, a well; and that the supply
waa somewhat smaller by th Uffll
'they wer ready to hitch up Jupe, -Just
then they heard a shot fro
torn
around th Bena. . . . ' .
"Come on, tat'a e who' shooUn'r
"Ouesa It'a some one baggln' ducks 1".
These and many other exclamations
cam fromt th group, who promptly
deserted tb Cov for th Bend. They
rauld . atart. on th SCOW 'molt any
time, you know; hut not every mlnuto
' could they aee a "duck shootinV Joe
.Stanton paused Irresolutely a mo-'
- ment; then he led Jupe to tb fnc
and tied him to a post. -
Tb quarter mile to th Bend was
' covered la an exceedingly short time,
but when th advance guard of the
"Robber" arrived panting at th spot
' from wher they assumed th sound
had co roe, they heard another shot
" som dlitance above. And th mor .
they walked, th farther "abov" tho
ahoU seemed to sound; until, at last,
,they decided to return.
',' "we'll never find a camp less w get
th boat a-movln' right , now," said
Bkinny emphaUcally.
Th other agreed and trudged back
, to th Cov as rapidly as their war
' led Umba would parmlt.
But when they reached th -Cov they
' ' found, to tnelr astonishment, that Jupe
wa missing.- And h was missing th
' rest of th afternoon. . Not until that
evening wa he found, calmly grasing
In a meadow owned by Joe Stanton's
v " father. Around M heck was Ued a
: pic of dirty paper, upon which was
scrawled the following: t t - . V
f.: i "You fellers th'nk ur smart, but you
: ain't. We key shootin that gunn
''-draw1 vu a wa. An maybe you no who
i tuk yur hors now.
;.!. '. Yur amy,'' '"
. - ' .. - "MIKE FIiANNIGAN,
4 , ' "Cartnin of Bloody Pirate.'
Tho ' "Robbera" aald aom horrlblr
' nasty thing when they read th
note. Did they know who atol their
horse? Of course they did. Mlk
Flannlgan could rid Ilk ? "lxty.w
' when bareback, and on and all could
aee mm - in tneir mina eye gtuiop-
Iy declared tb "Robbers." And It waa.
that it was I who brought him homo
.and nursed him, and h appeared to.
wish to show how grateful he wa
s whenever h had th opportunity.
. Then the darling Uttl chipmunk
did something for which I shall al- .
ways b grateful to him. You- see. It
was a really and truly beautiful pearl
v necklaco that father presented me on
: my birthday. And when tha necklace '
'- disappeared you can't- imagine bow '
VI grieved. Th moat tantalising thing
i about it all was that I couldn't think "
' wher I possibly could hav lost lu
You aee, I hadn't worn It. It atlll .
r should hav been lying snugly tn my '
jewel case.
, than L He knew, something waa tha
matter, and I'm sure he felt Just a
. sorry as L He did' aU he . could to
comfort me. - Then he looked aver so
' wise and darted off without even a
Uttl squeak of good-bye. H scampered
upstair towaru th attlo, and that,
"was the last 1 saw of 'hlin that after-
'-' noon. I supposed he must b hunting .. .
' it wa almost tiro for father t
reach home, when i heard a patter at
my elbow. Turning my head, I saw -that
,dear lltO chlpmun.. tightly,
gripping In his r-toutb-the lost neck
lac! You may know how I hugged :
and petted him, You never saw a
chipmunk smile, I suppose,, so there
Isn't much use telling you how Patter
" looked.' But he was mightily happy. -
. So was I, you may .ba sure. . v . ,
I didn't know where Patter had "
found the necklaco until he caught
at my arm and coaxed m to the
attic, where I found, In. the wall be
hind an old trunk, th horn of a .
" mouse, where were many Uttl stolen
articles. Evidently th Jewel case had
Keen ooen. and a mous had. carried '
away the necklace. , . -
No amount -of " money could , hav
bought Patter after that. Even Billy,
who didn't, like the chipmunk a bit
(I a'pose becaune Patter didn't trust
him), admired the cunning fellow lm
mensely. when he heard th tory.
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