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HIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING. ArGUST 2. 1903 ? : ip w ' sgg) I",""B "BBBBBWBaaBwaeBBmwaBwaaB KRES-DESERVED IP YES, the "Pirates" surely did de rv It. .Fact la. they deserve t 'bout everything they get and we eto they get plentycause they're the meanest aet cf fellows I ever saw. ' You seo. It wasn't mora "n a week be fore tbla happened that they poured a lot cf crease 'n things on a circus tent '4 put up. They sneaked Into Joe Stanton'g back yard at night, when all cf us were In bed. That's the kind of Chaps the "Pirates" are! Hut we got even, all-rlghty, all-right y. Skinny began things by telling Bill Jones what a dandy canoe the "Bloody Robbers" that's us had hidden on ' Brewster's Island. None of us wouid let Bill Join the "Robbers," 'cause ho an't keep, a secret worth shucks, end Fklnny knew first thing he'd do would be to let those "Pirates" know all about the boat 80 that very afternoon Mike Flnnnlgan "MAYBE THE FAKMEKS - led Ms "Pirates'-' out to tho creuk. Hut We'd been looking out for thtm, and a lot of us fellows were already hidden behind the bushes and rocks neur -Miller's bend. Right at this place the creek widens out, and Brewster's island Is. just In the middle. ' rf'We watched the "Pirates" loose Farm er Hamilton's punt ana pole their way Most Important Baby in Russia WHILE It is unlikely any Russian mother would admit any baby more Important than her own, tho baby who has the highest position in Russia is the son and heir of the czar, who. If ever he gains the throne. Will bear the title of Alexis II. . Alexis was born on August 12. 1904. He has four sisters to play with, and so many toys that he probably doesn't l;now how nianv he does own. His first toys were a set of brightly painted, lunnv little figures, that fitted one Into another. Among his favorite playthings are a Jointed serpent, that wriggles along in a fearsome manner; a little cart ' drawn by horses, and a miniature train ; and railway Elation. Besides these, he ; has electrical toys, steam toys, all sorts cf mechanical toys and tovs that talk from hidden phonographs. Then, too, the royal babv possesses magnificent clothes and leweled canes. The gems that '.parkle on th( would more than fill the erad!e In which Alexis forn:'rly lay. . " Uany little boys long to be roldiers. The little csarevltch is clrady colonel Cf a Finland replment, of a Lithuanian regiment, of a Siberian repimr.t, of the Artiijcry of Guard reiriiue:.!. of two irag-oon regiments and f the corps of cadats of Tahlikent, besides t-liig ccm-Biandn-r of th t'es-aiks Thi is i noi.h miiilarr honor f ir any boy, isn't It specially when the boy is nt much taure than i. . Novelty in Curios COLLECTORS of famous pens nnd penholders are few, but of lite aome big prices have been paid fur specimens. Among those that have cLanged haada at high prices Is the pen -llh wblca Kelson wrote bis last letter n the Btomtng of itte battle of Trafal gar; tt tetcfevd Put's pen. with Hi. h he wrut hie letter te rge ill, 'Kg te b relieved of ht poet as I rime mlaietcr, waa sold at (jta. end a )nlHliir with which Waiter boon u rote muet f 1 is coin bought for I v. A iwmi g crtber famous pens that I v been preserved are the nive with . th N the peace ef Frankfort wae . In and the tt a-i of the 1 . in Cwrrwi was e goed la 111 . Both i M tei la ite jweereetoa ef tie fa m : if : late Innce fiiBarrh.l The j 'uim Kwtle has lowr her tres- eoM w.ia Mrw (he fa . . w Titar t ixr-a was s.ad la 14. trif ' Ir V if15 s - , Vi - i 4 1 f X ? v' II' 'J I - . k " 'I m over to the Island. 'Course, they didn't And tiny canoe, ns there wasn't' any to lind. Hut a rtno NWlmmtng-hole Is Just off the island, so to forget the disap pointment all of them plunged Into the water. Just like Skinny thought they would. Then Billy Mumfnrd. who's our rap t :i 111. sent Hill Knne nnd J.'irk Warner Fu'mming rautlous-llke across to the Island. They reached the bank, sneak ed up to where the clothes lay scat tered about, and, before the "Pirates" knew what hud happened. Bill and Jack had chucked all the clothes In the punt and were poling away foradear life. You can bet your life we howled, es pecially when the punt got 'way up the creek. Hut that wasn't all. We'd brought along a whole lot of old dresses that the fellows got from their sisters. These we left on the bank, an' the "Pirates" had to put them on, 'cause DIDN'T GUY THEM! there wasn't anything else for them to wear. Jklaybe we didn't roar when they walked along the road, looking as shamefaced as you please, an' maybe tlie farmers diJn't guy them! 'Course, It got all 'round town. An' I can tell you right here tnoj-ii hMrates were madder 'n anything. Hornets wasn't nothing to them. Hut they dfserved it all. Don't you think they. did? WHISPERED IN HER EAR" (CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.) O!' remember how Betty sent out her invitations to the Ancestor arty by burning the missives in the cardie flame; then with what sus pense she waited for something to hap pen. Nor had she long to wait. For the very next minute there floated In through the window a charming lady In a cos tume of Queen Elizabeth s time, while right at her bee's came a gallant cava lier. Alighting upon the floor of the attic, the cavalier bowed and the lady curtseyed, as calmly ns though their mode of entrance was an everyday oc currence. Betty never marveled as to what her ancestors did. And now she wouldn't have had time, anyway, inas much as the pirate uncle with several "greats" before an "uncle" boy? down upon them from the window, and after him a sweet-factd old Puritan lady. There were ever so many other ances tors to whom Betty had sent Invitations. Lut, somehow, no mure appeared. There fore, after waiting for a time, lipl'p suggested that the company already as semble take places around the o!d tea table she had brought out from a corner cf i lie attic ami carefully d isted. Then Hetty conscientiously attended upon h' r guests' wants. You wouldn't think ire shadows would care to eat cr drink ery much, but the pirate cor. Mimed Fiich a quantity of biscuit and drink so much tea that Hetty ft ared greatly that after a while she would be unabie t 7;:cr.ish the supply of biscuit or to mjkf more tea. the was spared further worry, however. The cavall-r arose, and. with a stately bow, announce?: ' If it please the company. I shall re cite a few cf mv excellent verses." "What a mo, Jest man thou art!" fl TheP N O ri.XIi: hsd sr.v bus!ne to be rldlr.g around on itorm clouds. This wa Just the matter with this little elf, he u too ambitious. Many ai d many a time he watched tbe rnil cf the storm cloudi galloping to ward each other on their black, lower ing cioud chargers. Then, again great companies of them would bstt. to gether, amid lightning fl,h and turbu lent thunder. The pixie was Impressed aa well he might b. but ther, as. no reasoa why he should fancy himeif iil uwd beeauee HE h.d to confine hla prak. to the earth, where he pester the gnomea BCreir.ry and teased the good fairies asU tby almost tort ju. But the plsle WAS dissatisfied, aad rr7 storai siltnwl mavde Use feat BETTY C1VES (Wpj WriPW : ; ;r 1 Jill Ik UK gods are calling me. said Kuropl. suddwtily. Jmt as he had 6ald It many times before. Now Kioto loved hia old grandfather too much, and he was, besides, too obedient, to show the least sorrow nt this announcement. Hut in his own heart ha told himself how lonely It would bo without his kind grand father, and with no one In the house but the stupid nurse. For Kioto's father and mother had died, and the boy lived only with his grand father; that Is. except when Kuropl felt called upon to make frequent pilgrimages to the temples. Upon these occasions the eM gentleman always dressed himself in his oldest gar ments, although he possessed consider able wealth, and humbly trmlged to Nara. It was not a long journey, and soon he would And himself among Im posing shrines and temples. Here he would bend himself in adoration for the spare of many hours, and then, with lightness of spirit, return to his home. Kioto had often wished he could go with ills grandfather. And today his longing to penetrate the mysterious temples was greater than ever before. "It must be that the gods are call ing me. too." thought he. Not for a Lit growled the pirate, scowling at the cava lier. The wicked sailor man then paid no heed to the cavaller'a words, but gulped down the last two oiscults In one swallow. After he had accomplished this feat, to the amazement of the wom en, he proceeded to smile upon the cava lier's lady. "Scurvy rogue!" cried the cavalier nt this jur.i t ure. as much offended that the pirate should draw attention from his verse.s as that he should be guilty of winking at the lady In such rude fashion. "Odds blood! It is thy blood or mine!" exclaimed the pirate, springing savage ly from his chair. "It will be thine!" returned the cava lier. Immediately they floated out through the window; and the cavalier's lady, in fear lest her husband come to grief, followed after. The Puritan lady, noticing the look of horror on H tty's face, whispered sooth InRiy in the little girl's ear: "He not alarmed. Shades can meet with no hurt." ' Then she added; "I do not wish to criticise, my dear, but think you not that the pirate an cestor is not altogether to be desired at su eh a company? He may mean right enough, but ho seemeth a rough sort of fe'low." "I shall never Invite him again, grand mother." Hetty tearfully assured her. "A'.d next time we have " ti.it Jum at this moment there came a kick at the attic door. In a flash tne 1' .r:'an ancestor disappeared and Hetty THEY' SAT AROUND still more bitter at his fate. "I will ascend the heavens!" a -reamed he. one day. ss he peeked out from tbe aheltrring branches of a giant oak and watched the storm gei.ll fighting. S?o the pixie besought the wlartt among the mores to lend aid. Thi the gnome g'adiT promised to Jo Inasmuch as sll the gnome and goMlna and falriee end nymphs would gladly welcome a de parture cf this mischievous elf. As riftllH leva, u it ............. - r - i ill ' 'BEAUTIFUL HANGING LAMPS ADORNING THE PORTICO" moment did he suppose that It might be the evil on,' tempting him. The more Kioto reflected upon this summons from the gods, thu stronger assurance lie felt that it must bo obeyed. "I shall take Tashlki with me," said he to himself, "and he will tell me what to do." Tashlki was a doll more than 200 years old. It had be longed to Kioto's ancestors, therefore the lad had deep veneration for it. hen Kurnrd, then, took his staff ANC ESTOR R THE CAVALIER ENDEAVORS TO RECITE was confronted by her cousin, Roderick, who had run ov-r to pay a visit. "Who has been drinking tea?" asked Roddy. "Why. mv an . I mean I have," re plied Betty, In confdslon. She couldn't THE OLD TEA TABLE a S form-Cloud sembling his fellow-gnomes together, they toiled. Not long wa it before the pixie was provided with a magnificent balloon. "Now I SHALL ascend to the heavens snd become the most powerful among tre storm fcrnll ."' cried he. thrusting out Ma cheat and waving his arms in the air. Thereupon, without even pausing to thank the good creatures who had bollt , j-. onmaflifiiwtl V - V:- and plodded along the dusty road leading to Nara, Kioto was not far behind. He was sure his grandfather would not permit him to make such a Journey, bo ha said naught about his Intention. Successfully ho had avoided the nurse, and now he was following K uropi. liy noon the two pilgrims old and yr uug were passing . through Nara's streets. Kioto marveled exceedingly at t lie number of magnificent temples. He lessened the space between himself tell Roddy about (he ancestors. He would surely not understand. Betty was be ginning herself to doubt whether SHE vou!d ever understand, those queer shade people. Quite Prepared. Freddy No, you don't catch me sham ming illness to stay home from school and get all dosed up with castor oil and such stuff Johnny Oh. I'm all right on that. We're homeopaths at our house. Was Invented. Bobby "Everything tliat Kng Midas touched turned to gold." What do you think of that? Billy I've often heard It, but I have always thought that the story was in vented by his advertisers. Homesick. Tommle Mamma, when a boy Is away from home and wants to get back aw ful bad that is being homesick, aln t It? Mamma Y'es. dear. Tommle Well, when he's sick of ptay fng at home and wants to go skating, what do you call It? the balloon, he leaped into the wicker work csr and loosened the drsg rope. Up the balloon soared. The higher It rose the greater became the glee of tbe pixie. Tlien he beheld above him two black clouds. Peertng at them closely, he espied two storm geelL.eaeh on the edge of his respective thunder cloud snd gaElng at each other with Intense ha tred. In their hands they held long lances. and his grandfather. In order that tho old man should not pass from Bight. Presently Kuropl climbed tho steps that gave entranoe to the greatest of these temples. Kioto stole silently through the doorway. His grand father could not see very well, and the boy had slight fear of being de tected, but he took every precaution. As he entered, tho Inside of the tem ple filled him with wonder. StUl more ustonlshed was he, however, when he saw the colossal imago of Buddha. Before this famous Imago Kuropl placed his offerings. Tho lad, watching from a safe re treat, muttered to Tashlki: "The great god will be angry. Ta shlki. If I have no girt for lilm. What shall I do?'.' Tashlki remained as stolid and un blinking as before, but Kioto con tinued, as though In reply to the doll: "I agree with you, Tashlkt. when you say the all-powerful Buddha would caro little for my simple toys or whatever else I hve. You are my only precious possession." Then tho boy made a great resolve no less a one than to part with his beloved Tashlki. At the very thought he paled and his voice trembled as he whispered into the doll's ear: "My own Tashlki. I have naught to offer but yon. The god demands that which I hold dearest. 1 must give you up, You will understand." And, as Kuropl arose to leave tho temple, the littW boy crept forth aiul reverently laid his treasure at the foot of the giant idol. "O great god Buddha, accept this, mv offering," he prayed. Then ho - hurried forth In pursuit of Kuropl. Lonely, Indeed, he felt without Ta shlki and the advice he imagined tho doll could give him. But ho consoled himself, murmuring: "I could not but give him up. and the good god may look more klnuiy upon me. now that Tashlki Is gone." Still keeping his grandfather In sight. Kioto came to the noted temple of Kasuga, which the old man entered. Tiie boy paused a while to examine t lie beautiful hanging lamps adorning the portico. Then he. too, slipped Into the temple. New wonders lie saw here. So small was he that lie stood unperceived among the worshipers and looked upon the Kagura tlm re ligious dance in which the costumes and gestures of the dancers are the same as those used twelve centuries ago. And so the lad followed his grand father from shrine to shrine, until the old man at last turned his steps homeward. So tired was he, and hungry as well, that Kioto could hardly keep his feet. Hut the thought that he had .success fully made his first pilgrimage cheer ed him and helped l.im bear the. fa tigue. No sooner did Kuropl arrive nt his home than the nurse ran to meet him, crying excitedly: "Master, your grntdson Is missing. We have searched for him every where, but he is not to be found." At this moment, however, a little figure crosse'd the rustic bridge below, and there stood before them little Ki oto, wearv and travel-worn. "You did wrong not to speak to m at first, Kioto," reproached tho old gentleman, after the lad had told about his travels. "Yes grandfather, but I was suro the gods were calling me Just as the great god Buddha called upon me to give up Tashlki." pleaded Kioto "You left Tashlki at the temple? queried the man. with a start of sur- PIKloto nodded. "The god demanded Tashiki." said he. simply. Then turn ing to his grandfather, tho little fellow earnestly asked: "Don't you think, grandfather, that the gods appreciate most of nil thosa gifts which are really sacrifices?" For a long time the old man was si lent. His reverie ended, he smiled sad ly, and replied: "My child, you rebuke me. You have undoubtedly pleased the gods moro In your one pilgrimage than I have In my scores of pilgrimages. My gifts, even the most generous of them, have never been sacrifices; for I missed thera not. "I am old, my boy. Hereafter I shall make no more journeys to Nara. But I shall reflect upon the lesson you have taught me, nnd it may be I shall yet be able to do good In a way that win win me greater favor with the gods than all my pilgrimages." And as Kioto heard his grandfather speak thuf solemnly, the hope came to Mm that although he had lost t h com panionship and advice of Tashlki per haps the good god Buddha might favor him with counsel and comfort. Suddenly, at the genii's commands, the clouds dashed madly toward each other. The wicked storm genii couched their lances In preparation for terrible strife. For the first time the plxle realised Ma own danger. Now he observed with Slarm that the balloon was rising di rectly between the two clo.-. But be fore he had time for further thought the lances of the genii pierced his bal loon on either side. A moment, Uiea tbe balloon collapsed, and the ptxle found himself falling, falling, until he knew bo more. la fact, the pixie was do more, because the terrific force ef hie fall had kiued him. ' And, with the eseeptloa ef a few sympathetic falriee, there was Bone to - lamest tbe horrtUe fate at this toe ara . bilious plxle. Sarah's Pet, the Sea Serpent ( 4 t JUST wonder how they are made," I murmured little Surah. She was referring to the many wonderful fireworks she had seen the evening be fore at a nice gafdon party. She did so wish he knew how so many splendid bulls of fire and such pretty designs could be put In a little cylinder with a stick attached to It. But this wasn't a!( Sarah wondered about she was always "Just wondering." People wondered how she could possibly wonder so much. About the only thing about which Sarah had not wondered was a sea-serpent. And probably this was the only reason the sea serpent paid her a visit. Because he was tired oh, yes; quite tired of people who wondered whether there were such creatures as sea ser pents. Of course, there were sea ser pents. WaNii't he one? "How do you do, little girl?" said the serpent, with exceeding politeness, as he squirmed and wriggled his way to where the little maiden stood on the beach. Surah would have been afraid, and ahe would surely have run away, bad she not been too busy wondering where such a strange monster COULD have come from. "I hope you are glad to see me," con tinued the serpent, winking his eye Jo vially, and seeming no( to notice that Sarah made no reply. Neither did Sarah respond to this question. Tou must not think her Impolite, however. She was so busy wondering whether there was another living being In the "GREATEST OF FRIENDS" world so ugly as the serpent that she really forgot to answer. Hut it was not long before Sarah and the serpent wero the greatest of friends. The horrible scaly fellow was so good natured that he even permitted Sarah to tie her bonnet on his head, after which she stood still for 'uiost fifteen mlnxjtes. wondering whether any other sea ser- pent ever wore a bonnet. Many times thereafter the serpent came to talk with Sarah. She said noth ing about him to either father or moth er, 'cause she was sure they wouldn't believe it. Besides, she wanted to keep this a secret of her very own. She never wondered whether a isccret was nice to kp. She knew THAT, as well as she knew that candy and cake and Ice cream were among the most toothsome eat able thirds. One afternoon, when Sarah and her . pet had talked of everything, from stars to little fishes, the sea serpent asked: "Would you not like to take me where you live, so that I may see some of the wonderful thing? you tell about?" "Why, certainly," returned Sarah. "How could we manage It?" Without another word, the serpent proceeded to swallow his tall, and then more nnd more of himself, until he was nothing moro than a hard, little ball. Sarah put him In her sand bucket, and tripped toward home. Sad to relate, however, she carelessly left he bucket In the kitchen while she went to call mother, and Nora threw the ugly piece of wood, as she called It. Into tho fire. The little girl returned Just In time to see the serpent uncoiling himself In a wonderful hurry, amid a shower of sparks. Hut before he could accomplish this be was burnt up. "Now I know." muttered Sarah, sadly, "how the plnwheels were first made. But I do .wish I could have known It with out having my deary, darling old ser pent burnt to ashes." In the World of Curiosities (NO. 3.) PLANTS r1 . things th surprised rlo-:py resemble so many that one Is not greatly rprlwd to h.i:- that some of them look very much like birds. But there Is one plant the flowers of which A-jiH. k'.v .list v"- - $ - -Vr'!: 4 IT m'.. ... 3 If mm art so Mke white drre to appearance that a peron cannot tell the difference though standing only a short dlstsnca away from the plant la the picture you see this curious orchid. Bar Thing. - siasle ro year next-door neighbor take a morning paper? Freddie Tes; if they get op before we do. 1
