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! ' THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTtAND. SUNDAY KORNING. JUNE 2W 1933 j IHBinI.-: J3$& :ssMl- MSb. : .: M - ' . , .,;,, y ' ' . ... . (Copyright. Il0l.br The North AmertcAn Company.) . V; ,', .... ' ' r ' t ; ' : ' - ' I - i Wl, II i . ' ' , . - I f. J?, f Wff;,::MV E II the wayhave beepon- s-' Ei .".'.., S ' " r ........ . .. w HEN grandpa puU bU "giseg" t' on, . Ua Is o very wlg; , He gay t go many 'portaat tbinr AUWOSUllko a fairy story la ths tale of a man who deserted the mu lls of tho organ for the musio of , the stars.: . la the first place, William Herschel hadn't the faintest Idea that he would become an astronomer. : Ho was a member of the band of tho Hano verian Guards. Having- deserted, In tho , midst of a war with Franco, because he wasn't at all fitted for war. he made ta way to Bath, England. Here ho auceeeded In obUining thePoeltlon of , organiat at tbo Octagon Chapel, and gent for his sister Caroline to Join him. -Wishing to gain a thorough knowledge of muic,i the young man began - the study of mathematics, and so hard did he work that ho became quits P'jneJ': men the thought occurred he could apply bis learning cray. as well as In music. Therefore, he Vet about making telescope. HU sister CaroUno had no y "me Ing the houao.tidy while hef!1.11,?; William was transforming bedroom and drawing room into carpentefa shop. nButWilnam Herschel succeeded In Third Adventure. FOR A long time the kindly Artist re flected upon bis creation of the Sea Shell Family. " --I do wonder what adventures will befall them." lie mused. "Surfcly, -no end of accidents will happen, - There . should fcj aome one to look after them ; 1 believe I'll send them a physician who can patch them up whea they need mending.'. . ; . ,. Mr. Artist at once began to create a doctor to the Sea-8hells. He placed an ordinary clam shell upon his canvas. 'sing the umbo or crook, to form the t-e, he drew a face upon the shell and on sketched the body on the canvas, . ilh paint from his magio easel he . .-.n eav the. physician a hlack suit r hlto spats and added a fringe of gray hair at tbe back, of the bald head. ' There's a respectable old gentleman for youi" exclaimed Mr. Artist, as tne bea-snell gentleman dropped from the canvas ant; made a dignined bow. When he had been instructed to seek his fellow Sea-Shells and administer to their needs, the physician sulked rap i.iiy over the aand. And the artist K-cilne; that hta work was done tor a t:.r a. rnpdto hm way back to the hotel, v The Sea-Shall family had been busy ell the while. After they escaped from the boy who Imagined them curious uolls. they renewed their search tor a uwi-ilirig place. tjaa been skipping along in front f the others, when suddenly she cried: "Oh. ihero'B a nice, big shell yonder!" f Indeed, it proved to be an immense t.ht-1, and Mm. Sea-Shell at once had i ions cf a nice home to be made in it. ' 1 ney bet.au arranging their pebble fur iiuro aa they had done In (he gaud ' sue which had been destroyed. Now Johnny Sea-Shell was rather Julent at least, he didn't like this . ind of work. Therefore, seizing the i rt opportunity, he separated himself -: out the group and went for a stroll on ' i : beach. . . - Half an hour later he dragged bim r to U). shell home, sobbing and aning. It auemed that a pony, gal- along the beach, had trampled in, i rushing a leg and badly mangling mm. Mr. and Mrs. Sea-Shell were no?.t beside themselves. What could v oo for thlr son? v wuet go find the artist." finally ' ' i Mr. Sea-Shell In despair; -per- ( he may do something!" , j ,t thee there came u anock at the .:?(np to the sea shell. Elsie went' to m- who the visitor could be and Waa riontrd by the Sea-Shell doctor. ' I'm! I see try services are already .; uired, said that gentleman, crave- " he took in tne situation at a (.'a. . ,.-er tU fioctofs 7 : skilful hands. Adventures ' yf' hi - . v . , THEY ESCAPE FROM AN ElgRAGED CAVE BEAR , k, i - : 1 ' I I -A. "T . J And read all that ha tries. . . I got his "specs" the other day. And set them on my nose; X couldn't read a single word . Why was It, do you s'poseT '... this as well as ho bad In his other en deavors. His telescope was, completed. -Then, on March 13, J3S1 as he was look- Ing. through tho homo-made telescope, he espied a blaso of light, which looked ' larger when magnified. Instead of be coming smaller and brighter as Is tho manner with stars. Tho youthful Han overian bad discovered A new' planet! And soon tho world was talking of tho . discovery.' George HI sent' for him to ' come to "Windsor. Ho pardoned tho young astronomer i for deserting tho Hanoverian army, and then became Herschel's patron, granting him-an in come sufficient to permit him to givo up music teaching. . , With all possible apparatus now At his disposal, Herschel did much to distin guish himself after his discovery of tho planet of Uranus (or Georglum Sid us, as ft was first called). And you may bo sure that his faithful slater always re mained with him, working for him as a famed and honored man of science Just as she bad when hi star-gazing waa done through tho home-made telescope,1 THE DOCTOR .' Johnny Bea-Shell was soon amended. Then Mr. Sea-Shell, observing that all danger wa paat, gracefully thanked the doctor and proceeded to give Johnny -A severe scolding. Johnny promised Strict obedience In the future. And the whole family escorted the doctor through their shell home eo that he . -could admire Its beauties. (CONCLUDED NEXT SUNDAY.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. THE twin. Hay nl Raymond. vlit natural htatory muacum to inspect tba (oaail collactloB. aad accidentally locked In. During the nisht a mummy Egyptian prtcat aenda them back million or yeara, They attand a meatina; of tna toothed "blrda. Kwplnf from two battling; monetora, thfyride upon the back, of the Zeuiflodon. whs awlnia out to wnera they wltneaa .a grant aea battle and ma k a the aeuuaintanee of tha witty Mr. Cutlle flh. Mra. Hoppy Dromatherlum aavea them from tha Saber-Toothed Cat. but leapa with thara ovar a high cliff. . The twlna awake to And themaelvea in tha Tertiary r Age. Whtl attending a reunion of differ ent fantiltea of animate in tha forest they take a etroll with the Woolly Rhlnoceroa. Rhlney acattera a band of anarllng Hyena ; donta. -In the meantime, crabbed Tony Megatherium runa away with the boy and flrl. They eeoape. however, a n.1 become rienda with tha Miaalng Link. The Mam nioth finde them, piacea them upon hla hack and travele with them to Join a herd of mammoths. The ; herd la attacked by a tiger and a eave-llon. In the flight of their mammoth Ray and Raymond, ara awept from hie back by a tree limb. Mra. Orang-Outang rescues them from a troop of mischievous monkeys. Tha twlna becoma separated ' from her. . The dance of 1 the Gl)ptodon and tha Mylodon la Interrupted by an arrow discharged Into tha group., , Chapter X WIT THE CAVE-CHILDREN. I 'M going to find out who shot '.. that! arrow," said . Raymond, with decision, as ho started to walk boldly Into tho for afci--- " Ray followed, a few steps- In tho rear. "Do bo careful. Raymond.", eno ' pleaded, ' "; : There was really need of this warn ing, for at this moment an innocent-looking- vino which lay before him was stretched taut, and he was sent sprawling totho ground. ; ' Before he could., rise two, strange figures ,had dashed from, behind oppo site trees and were upon him. They did him. no violence, however,, lnas- RAX AND much as both were struck dumb when i they observed Raymond's clothing. . Raymond now advanced, extending his hand. "Can't we be friends?" said .he. .f Tb Cave-children took . his hand rather suspiciously. Then, with the greatest curiosity, they felt his gar ments. . Ray .had joined the group by this time, and she was also Inspected with manifest Interest - And. indeed, without wishing to ap pear rude.1 the twins looked at the Cave-children very closely. They wore A boy and a girl, of About the same age as the twins.' The boy was clothed in a sleeveless tunic made from bearskin, and, save that her eklrt was longer, the girl was dressed In much the same fashion. Savage laces had , they, with receding fore head!, small eyes, flat nosea and pro truding Jaws, The girl3 rather short black hair , waa tied back In a queue. Some Attempt had been made to plait It. and bones were thrust in at regular Intervals. ' Around her neck she wore ' a necklace made of polished teeth of wolves, c strung upon a inew. Bone bracelets adorned her arms. Ever since the twins had begun their strange adventures they had found themselves able to converse with every creature they met Nor had they any difficulty In understanding .- the k gut tural sounds made by these two little eavagesnor the strange gestures em ployed. Rat And Dove were the names ' of the boy and girt , - , ? ;' t Rat dived behind a tree i end drew forth a string of what appeared to be short-tailed rats. These, he explained, ; were water voles, which he had trapped. -Beckoning the others to follow, he led the way through the forest, across a . comparatively open space, and then up ' t ' 11 - " ' a thinly wooded hillside. Hero . they , j-- came to a rocky grotto. A natural eavo had been extended by huge boulders, placed on either side, with; heavy pieces . of timber laid on, for a roof. Only a narrow opening was left for entrance, V Ducking their beadav the party", passed Into the cavern. ; inside, the lather and , mother of the Cav-chlldFen welcomed L Ray and Raymond with surly nods and . ' then- took no further-notice of them. . - Something came scrambling- into tho cave, accompanied by squeals and yells. , Preiently Rat disentangled a struggling . cave pika from the arms of his ydunger brother. Berry. But the little 5fe.llow ; screamed And howled for- bis: pika, ' which, by tho way,, resembled, nothing so much as a guinea pig: Rat cuffed his ' brother so ohdly. but as this seemed to have no effoct. he brutally threw ; tha pika against the side of tho cave, kill-, i "Ing It ins tan tltl 5 'Oh, how could 'you do Itr gasped Ray.. -- ' "Do what?" asked Rat,- grinning . as though It were tho best-, Joke In tho world. -'-.;.'' V Meanwhile, upon a fire. In the mlddio of the Cave, had been broiling meat, cut from a deer tho old man had slain. AN though it was now but half "cooked, the ( family, began their meaL Strange ' to . say,' although Ray and Raymond had yiox eaten since before their, visit to the . Museum, they felt not the slightest hunger. It is doubtful if they could have.. Oaten the almost raw flesh. In any event, especin!y In., this cave, ' where the Air was flUed with imoke" that could not escape through tho tiny hole In the roof nd, where horrid smeiia ' came from tha bones lying, About V -So tho two pAssed, the time examining the implements and weapons , of bone , and RAYMOND ARE INVITED TO' ENTER Atone, which hung from ' bone ' pegs stuck in -crevices.- . . When the Cave-people had eaten as ' much as they possibly could, they bar- ricaded the entrance of their cave with1 Immense rocks and tree limbs, and then flung - themselves down upon skins to sleep. ' But no slumber came to Ray or Ray, mond. All through the night they sat shivering by the f embers of , the Are, listening to the 'medley of dreadful sounds coming from the fierce Animals outside. , Chapter XI HUNTING THE- CAVE-BEAR. - n. itt ia . . . th r ti morning when ; , , . stretching himself, rose from his r bed. Immediately tha others were upon their feet Their, breakfast consisted of meat remaining from the evening , before, .together ,wlth handfulg , of nuU the Cave-Woman took from A skin bag hanging in the corner. ' ' Then the Cave-Man grasped a huge , . club,. And,, slinging his bow. ovsr .his . shoulder,, strode forth to the hunt -' Rat seized his arrow Also. And in vited Raymond to accompany him, ItAy And Dove followed. chAttlng in A lively manner, since Ray, had be- " stowed a pretty coral necklace upon her friend. .. the lltUe .Cave-Girl had become quite devoted to -her. Borne -distance behind trailed little Berry. - . fearful lest Kat see him and. order " r him home. 1 ' Suddenly RAt paused. Tm going to try for an.auroch or a urV' whin- -pered be, pointing to a herd- of wild oxen grazing in a plain below them.. The others -watched the Cave-Boy as "; " he stole down upon the herd.. Ere he '- could discharge an arrow the oxen discovered him.. .Immediately they 'were In flight, Bt Rat rUked a ahot.v 'and to his irreat -delight brought ' down an'auroch with an Arrow. , 5 When he had recovered the arrow, he directed Berry to! run home - and 4ell his mother to take what meat I she . wished from the wild ox. ' TU four boys an4 girls continued . the'.f way through the forest beyond. Rat boastlngr(of his prowess as a hunter,' With a low whlstl Hat again- halt- ed the party. ,' Bidding the others stay, - thes lad ; crept : forward amona; ! the trees yend was lost to view. A' minute later there came a succession of horrible growls. And Rat; reap) peered, flying from a huge Cave-Bear, , which followed close upon his heels. s Fortunately, Raymond did not lose his . presence of mind. He swung the flrls Into brsnches of a tree Above ,tm And quickly followd them. Rat,' with grsat dexteilty, ' waa ;, dodging' from tree to tree. Gradually approaching the . tree, where his friends were perched, he shin ned up Justln time to escape the wicked ,. claws of the enraged' Ceye-Bear. " An ' Arrow sticking in the side of the Cava Bear showed the reason for Its, fury. The four t climbed among 'the ' upper branches of the tree. Below the "boar reared upon hla hind legs and tore the bark of the tree into' shreds, emitting thunderous growl&the while; For Almost An hour he cbntlhOed this performance. Then, finding that nothing was accom plished m this way. , he stretched his great length at the base of the tree and ptepared to wait until bis enemies do-' scended, :, -;' j ' . ' . . , Noon passed and then the Afternoon Approached its close. . Still 'the bear. kept , ' watch. - Rat had, in some' mysterious fashion, retained his bow during his THE CAVE ' wild scramble. He had but one Arrow" left, however, And he feared to shoot, believing ho could do but little harm to thenar, and fearing, that the animal would merely become more irritated. But he and his companions were now Almost exhausted, so he decided to take the chance. Raising his bow. he carefully Aimed At. the brute below.' Just then the bear, hearing a rustling of branches, looked up. In a flash the Ar row - sped downward through the eye and right. Into the brAin of the bear. The beast, with a sjighty convulsion, dropped over dead. . ' ' Rat descended like a monkey. He ex ecuted A grotesque dance about the hear. iYnreiurinr hla inv t,i - 1 . - irer uiu chuckles. The others joined him. And, - Alter a snort discussion, it was decided to make all speed toward the cave In order that they might reach It before dark, Although It was atlll summer, the leaves of the trees were already yel low. As the sun began to set .the cold became Intense, - and the . teeth of Ray And Raymond chattered. - '' V-.C (CONCLUDED , NEXT SUNDAY.) : His Share Had Gone By rr-illTS gamekeeper pounced upon the -. i boy who was fishing, .. i - A '. "These ere private grounds? And that water belongs to Colonel Brown." said he angrily. ; Very well, replied, the boy. drawing his line from the stream. In half anhour the gamekeeper was back. - - "Fishing again, are you? -1 thought I- told you this water belonged to the olonel!" . ,. . . "What! This, toor' exclaimed the boy. appareiiiir uiucu auipruseu; "wny, thought his share had . gone by lo long . ago." j : .- R. POLAR BEAR began his voy- age At About the same time as ' Jerry and Ned : began theirs. But 'there was A vast difference in the two kind of craft, as well as la the methods by which the Journeys commenced. Jerry. And Ned watched, the chalk cliffs of England fade from " view 'while standing" on. the' deck of -A trim little sailing vessel. Mr. Polar Bear happened upon hla cruise In this wise:, . ? v ' t i- -t - n . Being of an Inquisitive turn of mind, as all venturesome polar bears are, he ' had wandered from the Interior to- ward the Aoutheast ' coast of Green land. Mammoth glAders were also traveling southwsrd, but. not : neAriy so fast as Bruin, for they, moved not more than a foot 1 OAch day, - while Bruin covered a number of miles. When Mr.. Polar Bear reached the' edge of the wall of ice overlooking the r ocean he may :, have been pon- -dering over the fact that the part of tha glacier upon which he stood must have begun Its travels from; the In terior of Greenland thousands of yeara before. Maybe " he ' wasn't a ' very - thoughtful bOAr and didn!,t give the matter the least consideration. . Be . that; as it' may, he hAdn't gased out 'over the ocean very long before there ' was a report like the sound of many cannon fired together, a giant. crevasse appeared behind him. And a portion of . the wall toppled Into the sea, . Nat urally, Mr. Polar Bear found himself in the sea, too, but ho soon gained a - - foothold upon the newly created ice berg And proceeded to make himself as comfortable as he could, which, after all, wasn't so very comfortable. . ' Far away from Greenland drifted the Iceberg, with Mr. Polar Bear its only, passenger. One 'might suppose that the lordship over such a floating ' island would make any bear proud. But it didn't make Bruin vain; he was too hungry to have pride. Indeed, he ' was beginning to worry almost as A MEAL FOR BRUIN T much as a bear , can worry. And as the days passed he began to worry still more. Well he might, for he waa ' no longer. the sleek, well-fed bear that had, stood upon the coast of Greenland. Ho was starving. Then . one day the Iceberg split In twain, and r Mr. Polar Bear not only found him self lord of a smaller ice country, -but found that his supremacy even there was disputed.. ., .. In the meantime,' events had not happened exactly as Jerry and Ned had anticipated. The vessel which was to bear them to their uncle in Iceland was blown, far out of Its course by a terrible storm. And whet the storm subsided. Captain Barclay : 1 ' . ' CECICE (LL ? " t ; MAKING 1ACE UNDER, THE BONG," dreary hours Ceclle spent each day in the low-arched, cav ernous basement But Ceclle should consider herself very fortunate to , obtain such employment, as 'most : Any person in the ' littles Flemish vll , lege would tell you, for It was not - every one that Madame. Barcot would teach the' mysteries of lacemaking. Besides, there were many hungry i. mouths At home to feed. And Ceclle' s 'father was dead. ; '''''- i.- -. - The little alrl iroved herself worthy of her teacher, however, and soon she - WAS m. at is weaving Intricate designs with skill -that delighted madams. Yet, k ..nlhmtlnlialu a aa a. k, nrnua KaA WnfaT . - , conscientiously as she wove, her work no more than kept - pace with her,, dreaming. For Ceclle had dreams and visions of another existence among the people-who would finally possess oer oeauiuui men v A life such as Ceclle led does not; brinsr roses to a lassie's cheeks, and Ceclle was pale And weak and thin. l ueajyiou, suv- ,wua" u . v. waa caused, no doubt by the -damp air of the celLar. where the lace must , ' needs be madt - .' Cecils felt really 111 this morning as she h urrlsd to work, her wooden sabots clicking over the rounded cob- ' Westones. While crossing a street she failed to perceive a carriage coming, toward her. The gtext instant she was .thrown to the ground. - , She had a confused Idea that A beau tiful lady was picking her up and was placing her tenderly In the car riage. Then she knew no more. . -- "When Cecils awoke she found her self in a room such as she had seen before only In her dreams. And the lady with the- beautiful face was bending over her and murmuring that the little girl would soon be well and running aboutv ' . ' . For several weeks Ceclle lived In the rich lady's chateau, which stood In the country outside the village. Dur- was hAgrlned to observe that' hla ' supply of water was fast diminishing. So, when he espied an Iceberg In the distance, he . dispatched a email boat. ' directing that a large piece of Ice be detached and towed', to the ship. where If. could be melted for' fresh ; water, Jerry and Ned begged for per mission to .accompany the ' seamen. ' anil'were Allowed to do so. .This ex plains how It was that when a great part of the Iceberg split and rolled over on the small boat. Jerry, and Ned , found ' themselves In the wat:r with ' the other seamen. But they alone of i the party were ' saved. By some strange freak of - fortune they wer THE ICEBERG DRIFTED AWAT" . " - . ' ' cast upon a shelf of Ice.-hardly above the water ,llne,' .where they, lay ex hausted.: And searchers from the ves sel passed them by. r ; When they had '; gained " more strength the lads sought. a place in -the iceberg, where there wa a nat ural hollow.' This Afforded them some shelter and here It waa they passed the night -.Never did 1: night pass so slowly. Soon the boys were chilled hJ?un,1! through.-. They longed , for daylight, when the - sun would bring them a little warmth. ; vThof ?Ade a breakfast of blsoult they had in their pockets, and when it was light enough to . see clearly they began an exploration of the Iceberg.- Then it Was that they discov ered Mr. Polar Rear, or Mr. Polar Bear discovered-them; for they met face to face. Mr, Bruin seemed more glad to seo them than they were to sea him. In fact although the lads were .as fond of -company as any one, hungry poUr bears aren't the very best of company.. . At last Mr. Polar Bear had a meal almost ; within hla reach.. But bow. unfortunately for him and - fortunate ly for the meal he waa "most too weak to captur it."' .;,,.--,., .;..- ... For the next two days the boys spent their time eluding; the bear, who perseveringly ', dragged himself after them wherever they went rThey themselves had now so little strength that it looked very much 'as though the bear would survive them, after All.' And perhaps have his meal. But elther Jerry nor Ned liked to hint of this. Each whispered courage to the other. They, were steadily drift ing southward, and they felt sure that some vessel would sight them before long,, unlesa their Iceberg melted be fore that time. And so finally they were rescued. Off Newfoundland they attracted the Attention of a fishing schooner. They were taken -on board along -with the bear, r Indeed, the bear accompanied them all the way to. Iceland, but la; the shape of a beArshln. It happened, you see, that Although Mr. Polar Bear and the boys began their travels at points so widely sep arated, their - final destination was the same. The boys, however, don't care for another euch voyage, and, of course, Mr. Polar Bear can no longeg express ' an opinion. , , ' A SUPERVISION OF MADAME Ing that time the lady becAme very much Attached to the lltUe girl, to that when Ceclle became entirely well she was told that no longer would she work with Madame Barcot, hut that for a long time she was to be the rich lady's daughter. It seems that Coolie's mother had agreed to this plan. And Ceclle was wining, although It pained tti 1 ? wy from her mother And .hi --'fl' nd slsterA. But before' f.,lVKuld fot0- dweU wlta the rich lady she asked permission to spend a WOI w,ek "ith Madame Barcot girl's reason for this wish, but at le she consented. .1: , " f -" : ''Ma A a ma, 1 - M m m ' ' " w vuuiu ao unnarifiitii - . K , ' fieaueo decile, when she was once more in the basement -I ' Sotr' yott, have J. ... .. You - ha v.. '' m Mf,rt - . madams; "you have done excellently." ,- inert may I not make something- wn sen during the next few weeksf I shall pay you for the thread " li . iwi. h 4 can. . Madame rraciousiv n nmi.,iA. and Ceclle set Joyously to work. Her' whole soul she put in the lAbor,. At . last the piece was -finished, and she KO od - to y j to madams. , after thanking her. . - - , . nf yo.u have-probably guessed, this little piece of rare lace waa for the rich lady. She was deeply touched when Cecils presented it to her. After examining it intently, she questioned Cecile about It And when she learned that the design had been originated by the little girl, and Ceclle had told herhow,much she-liked all such pieces -of artwork, the lady promised -herself that she had found In Cecile a genius for Art So Cecile Is now . engaged In the most enjoyable study-, she had ever dreamed of. Yes. g,he till dreams but now she has visions -of the time when she will be a great artist And the pride of her benefac tress. .V,.;..', "'.--, . x;jf jf; - 'A vl A