THE. OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL. FORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 2Sr ; 1903
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(Copyright. 108. by The North American Company.)
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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
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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 ;
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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. 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
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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
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