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THE. OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL. FORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 2Sr ; 1903 if (Copyright. 108. by The North American Company.) THE IARD Mil '1" Celebrated "OLD warn FOURTH ADVENTURE. A VERY pretty home did this strange) family make in their shell. No Mortals came to disturb their peace. Accordingly, they were as happy as Sea -Shells could possibly be. And the wis doctor of the Sea-Shells established himself in a similar house rot tar away, Now, this doctor, person had great power. He could create Sea Shells quite aa readily as could the Art ist Man; so you will see that he had no difficulty in furnishing himself with a capable - housekeeper for his unique home. Hs also, at the request of Mr. and Mrs, Sea-Shell, added little Willie and Mary td that family, and even made a parrot for them. Tha heads of Will iam and Mary were made of clam shells, w hile Polly's head, as well aa the tipper part ot her beak, was constructed from, mussel or "boat" sheila I don't exactly remember which. V Little Willie Sea-Shell It was who de- ; stroyed the happiness of this contented people. In his wandering along tha beach the shell-boy came upon a number, f Mortals. Ha heard them 'discussing t tMum mtm Xfi . SvmmjttJmtr' : ttmtoCumtm . nm&um Anr with much enthusiasm a celebration which was to take place on the morrow Fourth of July, they called it . Willie did some thinking on his own account and. without telling any one, made up bis mind to be present at that celebra tion. , . ' Next day, therefore, found Willie in ' the midst of tremendous excitement. 80 Impressed was he by the noise made by the firecrackers that he resolved to share In the fun. Finally he succeeded in ob- "I' ' F BOYS and girls have 'com mencements,' Dollvllle must certainly have one," quoth the .pretty French, doll Anabelle when ad said to Little Girl about their big sister's "commencement." "Besides, it will give us an oppor tunity t make use of the toy depart ment store, which has been Idle tor so long," reflected Anabelle aloud. '. This settled the matter to far as Dollvllle was concerned. AU ot Ana belle's plans were executed promptly. Her word was law in ' the nursery world. Every evening thereafter for one whole week rehearsals were held Jn . the department store. Only the girl dolls were admitted, because Ana ; belle Insisted they were so . much brighter than the boy dolls. But as ome one suggested that there should be a dunce in every schoolroom, the donkey was dressed in doll's clothes and made to sit on the dunce's stool. Heal boys and girls might not think it gooa taste to have a dunce at "com mencement" but then. Dollvllle wanted to he "different" Little Boy and . Girl had left their lolla and playthings In the playroom nd wera now voyaging to the Land f Dreams.' Then it was that Doll 's He came-to life. Anabelle bustled around, summoning all the girl dollies end bidding them prepare for their "commencement." i When everything was In readiness I mLfWANrs q j pour Gor yUlff VarMzy pmi&wus &trio&ffy Cause and ffifecf SPARK' BOOM.' - BOY roM'. . ' ; -. v 6 ' , ' taining soma of . the : "crackers," anil, Y with exceeding Joy ran to show them to his relatives, ; They were interested ever ae much. And their" curiosity cost them ' their Uvea ' Tou will see by the picture what - came of Willie and Mary. The parrot"-" also paid well for her recklessness. But -, even this horrid example did not -deter . the rest of the Sea-Shells from experi menting. They tied the remaining fire crackers together, lighted tha fuse and then stood closely- around to see what happened. , What really did happen la too sad for description. Every sin- . . gle Sea-Shell, including tha parrot, was blown to atoms. Nor was a trace) of them to be found. They disappeared with - the same quickness with which they had been brought Into existence, ' and the fourth adventure was the last. , Aa the Artist Man has lost his magio palette, it Is unlikely that there will ever be another Sea-Shell. But if you boya and girls are at all ingenious, you can ' make very good imitations of the mem bers of this strange family. From al- -most every shell you can make a face of some sort Faint tha feature before you paste the shell to cardboard.' In col oring the shell be sure to use a little white in mixing flesh tint, for shells dry out darker than paper. Of course, you draw the rest of the figure with pen. Any number of cunning little shell-headed people you can make. And perhaps some time you may, through happy ac cident obtain a magio paint that will transform your shell dollies Into real, living creatures. ... ' the men dolls, led by the toy artil lery captain, trooped in and took the aeats assigned to spectators. And a wonderful "commencement" it ' was! Tiny dollies squeaked "Mammal papa!" fifty times in succession with out a pause, and in the most cunning way Imaginable. This brought great applause. But . the audience clapped their hands even more loudly when a demure doll with dark hair and ALL THE GIRL, DOLLIES nice brown eye played the toy piano with exquisite skill. , , Then there were dolls who danced. Others walked upon wires strung be tween posts. . One little pink : thing ahowed how well she could ride upon a camel brought from the Noab'a ark. Even the dunce was v. permitted to show that he wasn't nearly as stupid as he was' supposed to . he. He was asked to write the alphabet upon tha blackboard. ' This - would have been ; ESS sns .JL.Lr "a 1 4P r c?-fafsr?' BILLY MTJMFORD was disdainful. Toa see, Billy was a loyal eon of the United Stated and ha didn't believe any parades could com pare with Fourth of July celebrations. "But Just wait until you see our parade on Dominion Pay," ' Insisted Billy's cousin... Fred Clearfield. "What's Dominion Day, anywayf queried Billy, curling his lips contempt uously. . This was too much for any staunch Canadian. Fred's fist closed and open ed convulsively. Only the fact that he was acting as host to his American cousin prevented him from forcing a fight then and there. As It was, he breathed hard for Several moments and counted ten several timet over. "Dominion Day," explained he, pa- , tlently. "is celebrated on July 1, and it "riglnally marked tha passing of tha North American act, InlS67, when all " the Canadian states were grouped to gether into the Dominion. Now, won't you please tell me what Fourth of July. - ur . Billy glared wildly; his cousin re turned the look. Then, by mutual con sent they rushed together , and pum-. meled one another until thoroughly out of breath. By this time, too, the outraged sense of patriotism of each ' . had been avenged. Tea. sir." continued Fred, now com pletely mollified, "we fellows who call ourselves the 01d . Guard' have all .'dodged the exercises that most of the schools are going to have not because we aren't dandy speakers or good sing ers, but Just because we want to hold our big parade In the morning, and then play our cricket match with the 'King's Ouards' in the afternoon. " 'The King's Ouards' are the fellows at t'other end of town. We spend most of our time licking them in fights or in . sports. But we always play fair, and they don't." ' "That's what our band of "Bloody Robbers' used to say about the "Bloody Pirates.'" chuckled Billy to himself, "but now that I coma to think it over, very difficult for the poor donkey had . not the clever toy ' monkey ..quietly atood the alphabet blocks on end at the other side of the room all in or der and in such position that the donkey could see them. The donkey copied them off in . great style. All the girl dollies, who did not see the blocks, were surprised, and the men dolls, who DID see the blocks, thought the Joke , was such, a good one that WERE SUMMONED they cheered the donkey again and again. As the crowning feature of the "commencement" Anabelle announced that the. dolls would now show their proficiency in setting tables for lunch eon. Thereupon the men dolls whoop ed with Joy. They even wished to assist but -naturally. Anabelle de clared they would only be In the way besides. K wasn't THEIR "commencement-. However, the service was r FRED LED THE X don't know but what we 'Robbers' weren't always on the square our selves." . The parade was a wonderful event and the "Guard" presented a truly magnificent appearance. Fred led tha procession by virtue of the fact that he possessed a toy sword and a bat tered military cap, the remnants of a "soldier suit" Then followed a band of three pieces a drum, a wastiboller fqr a bass drum and lids of buckets utilised for cymbals. The - standard bearer, with their guards, came next. . An old boot hoisted upon the end of a stick made a splendid banner, as did also a dilapidated broom. Other mem bers of the "Guard," together with their . little brothers ) and sisters, brought np the rear. One of the sol- , diers, too, "borrowed" his father's top hat and frock: coat tor the occasion, and disported himself in not very dig nified fashion along the line ot march. He dlcfn't have nearly, as much fun when bis ' father met him several hours later, after the hat and coat had been missed. .. None of the proud company observed' that the onlookers failed to cheer " their parade. The boya were too busy cheering themselves. And, to. Fred's relief, tha "King's Guards" made no attack upon them. Every one voted the affair a grand success. It was with the best of feeling that they adjourned to Fred's back yard, where a great bucket of lemonade had been made for the1 thirsty guard. Grate fully they gulped down the cooling beverage. A moment later a nained exDresslon flitted across1 little Tlmmy Green's face. "What did you put In that lemonade besides lemons?" asked he. 00a upon the tables, and all were in vited to dine. 'It was a splendid feast and a glorious ending to such a "commencement" Dollvllle's food is always imaginary, you know, but all the dolls have such very good imaginations that they enjoy the feasts ever so much. . - V So pleased were the men doll with the "commencement"!, that they sug gested It might be well to have such ' an event each week. And Anabelle, always anxious to excel mortals,, cor dially agreed to the plani ' . Marvelous Surgery. "Jack," said PhlL "do you know of the many wonderful things they do In hospitals?"? "I should say I do," returned Jack. "My uncle's a doctor, and I know for a fact that they'll take your eyes out and lay them on the table in front of you and let you look at them; then they'll put them back." ' Bough on Patlier. . . Different members of the family were discussing the number of their ac quaintances, 'r-.- V Mildred listened for a while in silence,! , then she ventured the Information; x "I know two men; one is a gentleman, and the other Is papa," . , , . A Season for It Mother Doctor, one of Willie's eyes is so much stronger than the other. How do you explain It?" Physician Knot hole In the baseball rence, most likely. " - : PROCESSION Fred scanned the faces of all those about hlm, Every member of the guard appeared to be suffering, and Fred himself was seised with pain aa he gasped: - , "I Just know some of those "King's Guards have done this!" And every member of the "Old Guard" war only too ready to believe it when it was found that because of the Illness of every player on the team that afternoon the "King's Guards" would be Awarded the game of cricket x But Billy offered to show Fred and his chums a-few tricks In the ways of "getting even." so tha "Old Guard remained full of hope. Implicit Obedience Freddy acquired the habit of protest ing, or making excuses, ' whenever bis mother asked him to do anything. And so It happened that upon one occasion, when Freddy had a real explanation, to offer, he had great difficulty in making himself iieard. That afternoon it looked very mucn as though ram were about to come; therefore Freddy's mother called to "Freddy, please close the trapdoor leading to the roof garden." "But mother" began Freddy. "Now. you heard what I told you; go up and close the trapdoor," firmly re plied the mother. . "Tea, mother, but" "Freddy. , I tell you for. the last time to close that trapdoorl" Freddy slowly turned, climbed to the roof and closed the door. Outside the storm raged; the rain fell in torrents. An hour or so later, when the family gathered for tea, Freddy's mother asked where his father was. Freddy replied. "I'm pretty sure, . mother, that father Is on the roof!" The Emperor's Friend Whenever "Kaiser Frans" visits Buda-Pesth he Invariably drives down a particular j street, ' the Albrechtstrasse, on his way from the station to the pal ace. ,The emperor- observed that always when he . passed a certain bouse on the corner, a little boy would appear at one of the upper windows and wave with -frantic : enthusiasm. So. his majesty came to look for his little friend, and each time would give a smile and a mil ltary salute to his little subject One day the boy did not appear. Im mediately upon his arrival at the palace, the emperor sent an orderly to inquire whether the lad was ill. The orderly returned with the Information that the boy had been sent away to school. Upon learning further that the boy's family were none too well off, the em peror Insisted upon paying the lad's schooling and afterward gave him a commission In the army. . . ' All for Nothing Robert was in the habit of expecting reward for every little service.. At the end of the week he made out a "bill" to his mother and carefully laid It where -her eyes would .fall upon it , The items were as follows: "Mother Owes to Robert 'Five cents for running errands, "Five cents for being good." . That evening there appeared beside Robert's plate a paper upon which was written: . . . ... "Robert owes mother for the years of happiness, nothing; for nursing him through long illnesses, nothing; lor do ing good to him, nothing." - -Thoroughly ashamed of himself, Rob . ert ran to ' mother, threw his arms , around her and sobbed: ' "Mother, I'll do everything I can for you after this, and I'll never ask you to give me anymmg duc jubi ioc. ETNOPSIg OR..PRECE)LNO CHAPTERS. THE twins, Rr and Raymond, visit a natural hlnnry museum to Inspect the : foul! collection, 'ih.y at lucked lu. A mummy high priest snds them back mil lion of yearn. , They attend a meeting- of . toothed bird. . Escaping from two battling monsters, they ride upon the back of the - Snlal ZeuKlodon, who swims out to sea with them; where they witness a great sea fla-ht snd make the acquaintance of witty Mr. Cuttlefish. Mrs. Hoppy lromatherlum saves, them from the Babor-Toothed Cat, but Iapa with them over a high ellrTT The v twins awake to find themselves in the Ter tiary ' Age. . While attending- a reunion of different families ot animals In the forest,' they tak a stroll with the Woolly Rhino- ,.; . ceroa. Rhlney scatters a band of snarlln . Hyensdouts. In tha meantime, - crabbed 1 ony Megatherium runs away with tha boy and girt They eacapa, and become friends with the Mlaaing Link. The mammoth finds them, plsces them upon his back and trav els with them to Join the herd to which ha . belongs, - Tha herd Is attacked by a tlft-er and a eavo-llon. In his night Ray and Raymond are bruthad from the back of tha mammoth.. Mr. Orang-Outana- res- v cues them from a troop of monkeys, but they lose her after the boa constrictor sob- , b)e a little orang-outang. They era pre rnt at tha dance of the Qlyptodon and the Mylodon. .Afterward they make the ac quaintance of the cave-people, and have aa adventure with 4 eave-bear. . ,v ' -L ' HOME 'AOAXN,;';3 .?".AV rITH absolute , Indifference the Cave-Man and his wife heard th tale of the adventure with . the cave-bear, save that the man severely chlded Rat for attacking such a formidable beast Indeed, the man seemed to be worrying about some thing. Presently he said: "The great wall ot ice Is steadily ap proachlng from the north, ' Soon it will be upon us. X fear that we have already lingered; too long. Tha place has become very unsafe. ; ' As he spoke he proceeded to barricade the entrance of the cave. . In the meal which followed the man and woman, contrary to their, usual hab it, ate but little. Then Rat was sharply reproved by his father for teasing Berry. Evidently the lord of the cava was In no mood to be ' trifled with. j ' And bis forebodings of evil appeared to be Justified, if one might judge from the cries of the animala outside. Every night was made hideous by the blood curdling yells and howling, but now the noise seemed especially ominous. Pan demonium reigned. Each beast Of tha forest seemed to make outcry. No won der the group within the cave shuddered . In terror, j " Suddenly there was a sound of a tre mendous crash. Before those within -the cave had time to ponder over its mean ing there came a scrambling outside, and a pack of wolves desperately attack ed the stones and timber that protected the mouth of the cave. "Something has happened, exclaimed the man, springing to his feet; 'these . brutes are in search of shelter, not of food." So fiercely did the wolves tear at the barricade that soon a wicked muixle was. thrust through an opening. The Cave Man dealt it a mighty blow with his club," and Its immediate disappearance was marked by a succession of anguish ed howls. Other heada appeared, how ever, and the man began to have great difficulty to prevent the beasts from en- : . tering. -., - In a frenzy lie battled, the club ris- 1 ' 1 'Ai -.f-i in -v r 1 v DOWN THE? FELXi ing and descending witn remarkable quickness. AU at once the wolves gave up the attack, rushing away aa thouga fiends were upon their heels. 80, too, every other animal seemed to have fled from thereabouta. Cries came now only from a distance). - The Cave-Man cautiously poked his head through an opening torn in , the barricade, Fleer cried lie, "the ice will bury . us!" ,1 ' "k Like deer the party fled down the hill side, with great walls of Ice, many feet deep, eliding after them. ,,' ' "We're wrong to ru into this hollow. Let us seek the hilltop, where the ice will follow mora slowly!" gasped Ray. m The twins, together with Rat and Dove, separated themselves from tfte others, snd toiled up a hill nearby. When j, , I l 1 II l I. . 11 .j..il.Ji!U.MI'll.l'(.'J) - Ilk rW-"': t win 4? a ' v::y --: l veejay m m . they had attained the summit they . paused. - - Now .that the valley was covered by Ice, the glacier made no appreciable ad vance. As though fascinated 'py the great, heaving cakes, the boys and drls fled- no farther, ' but -' remained until morning upon the hill. Then In clear daylight,' what a sight met their eyes! A wonderful lea field stretched to the north not with a plane surface, but a quivering, crackling muss, rearing peaks , and pinnacles and pre senting edges of immense ice-cakes high above Its bed. ' In wonderment the four gasedu Then Ray recklessly suggested; "That part over there seems to be quiet; let's take a look at It." Cautiously scrambling over ' the Ice, avoiding chasms and rough places, they examined the glacier with deep interest, A report sharp and clear as . a rifle- DESPERATELY ATTACKED TUB BARRICADE shot rang out. and beneath their feet a giant crevasse yawned! Down they fell. ' . When't Ray and Raymond came to themselves for they really did they found themselves in darkness. But strange to say, upon feeling about , thorn their hands came In contact hot with Ice. but with a stone floor. They rose to their feet and were amased to fee) no harmful effects from their fall. Exploration seemed to prove that they were In an underground passage. Along this they carefully made their way, find ing very shortly that the floor sloped upward. On and on they walked, until a faint patch ot light showed before them. ..' , f That must be the end of the tunnel!" cried Ray, So. with renewed energy, they trudged toward where the light snowed. At last they reached this goal and stepped Into a room lined with showcases. "It looks like the museum!" Raymond exclaimed. "And so It Is!" both shouted together, a moment later. ' Then they looked for the entrance to ' ' t-4 .1 f-c 'Hi ' t ' UK : i i 'i I 4! Ml 1 't : ' Miiiili into the crevasse the tunnel, but all traces ot It had dls . appeared. "W surely couldn't have dreamed it!" said Raymond, emphatically, as the as ' tonished Janitor liberated them. "' Ray shook her head indignantly. "Of course not!" she ejaculated. - . . Yet the calendar showed -they' had spent but a single night ' away from , home.' . ! - In explanation, both Ray and Ray mond insisted that the Egyptian mummy the. High Priest of Sakkara could easily nave overcome that difficulty. Raymond, by the Way, declares he Is going to have an Interview with that mummy before long, and that he's "go ing to punch the. head ef the old ettvmp!" But Ray begs him not to of . fend such a powerful enemy. THE END . . "
