Tim OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - SUNDAY KORrrtNG. ' OCTOBER 18, 1903
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Mystic Basket
tOV, hurry home, AUce, fr
" ' jJ roar mother will ba mpkUM
X you,- said grandma, as She
' kissed the little tlrt and thrust a bagful
; of cookies Into her hand.
"AlK-a placed upon her rm the basket
, Which graiulma u sending to mother,
. and w.th a laat'good-byo to her grand
' nether trudged flown the lm
Hut walking In h ert'P autumn air
t kd put a kMn edge on her appetlt
he decided that aha would reat awhile
j on the bank nearby and oat aom of
grandma's delicious cookies.
Juat then-she espied coming down tha
road toward bar a favorite playmate.
Breula Hrown.
"Besatet Beaslel" cried aha. "you
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iKriinto of Boy Sol
if!
Legend of the Kind
Mermaid.-P.
Ir WA r years ago that ltto
Jacques first put to aoa In hla fathirs
fishing boat Tha lad's father bad
Just died. md. although Jacques' mother '
pleaded with him not to undertake such
.".r v,d dangerous task, ha aaldi
na airadr u, mother, and I muat
work ao that wa mar ilve.J
with thaaa courageous worda ha klass
CREPT INSIDE.
ahould aoa what tempUng- cooklea I
have!"
And Besnla did ae. at well aa taata
them, aa aha aat with Alice a few min
utes later on a kiiait sloping from tha
roadside.
Bo good were tha eakea, and ao busy
were the .two I'ttla air la exchanging
confidences that they old not observe a
lean, hungry-looking rat approach tha.
basket and eagerly amell at tho con
tents. Nor dl't they sea pusay pry open
tha lid with her paw and silently crawl
TELLS THE
DURING the Austrian campaign
Emperor Napoleon Instructed one
of his marshals to capture a cer
tain fort Now, this fort was so strong
ly fortified aa to be deemed almost Im
pregnable. Naturally, therefore. It
would be supposed that the marshal
would be provided with all tha engines
of war In order that ha might. lay slega
and take the fort But for some reason
Napoleon , neglected - to supply such
equipment 0
Tou may know that, consequently, the
marshal was much embarrassed. Sum
moning the officers of his staff, he dis
cussed tha matter with them. None
. could suggest a way out of tho diffi
culty. One of the escort of the marshal was
a young officer named Francois, who
had gained rapid promotion through
gallant service, though he was but a
A Twig Barometer
AHT girl or boy can make, abso
lutely without expense, a real
barometer which will foretell the
weather accurately.
Take a little tree branch, with a twig
extending from it, and nail this to a
board. Ba sura to leave the twig en
tirely free. Then hang your barometer
in tha open air, keeping It protected
from sun and rain.
Wood la so sensitive to the weather,
MARSHAL HI8 PLAN 8WUNO ON THE)
boy. Francois was absent from- tha
council of the marshal's staff, but upon
his return he learned of tha problem
which confronted his-1 general.
"Marshal." said Francois, tha follow
ing day, "I have a splendid echeme
TRAPEZa
whereby tha fort may be captured."
' Whereupon the two conversed In low
tonaa for half an hour. At tha end of
that time the marshal said:
"I giro you full power to carry out
your plan. May you be successful!"
LANDED ON THE PARAPET
Francois Immediately caused to ba
erected Just ouUlde the walla of the
fort two high posts, between which ha
suspended a trapete, Then ho had' sev
eral of the soldiers exercise upon It In
order that all suspicions of tha enemy
lurvglevflle's
Fire
, PUSSY LEAPED OUT. V
Inside the basket The lid closed again,
and tua cat made not tne lieaat noise.
Their -cooklea -eaten, Alice took up her
- basket aK&in and continued on her way
toward the village, while Bessie went In
the opposite direction.
Alice wondered that the basket should
neem bo henyy now,: but a he thought
' . he must have Imagined this. And she
. ' tild not know otherwise until aho brought
' the basket - ltso the presence of her
' ' mother, saying:
"I had a splendid time at grandma's,
! mumsey, dear, and I've brought a nice
chicken home for you.
No . sooner bad she : raised tha lid.
however, than the cat leaped out and,
; darted awlftly through the open door.
Alice dropped the basket In dismay, and
: her mother raised her hands in aaton
. Ishment They - were even more sur-,
ftrtsed when they looked Inside the'.
asket and discovered nothing, but a
, ew.' bonea. -0: ,:... .a; '
Alice Is still of the belief that the cat
must have entered the basket through v
f magic, i She haa resolved, however, to1'
, "watch her burdens mora eanef ully here .
aiter. when aha lay them down. --1 -
; that you will find that the kind of
weather' which causes an ordinary
barometer to fall will also depress the
point of the twig, and the opposite kind
of weather will cause tha twig to move
upward. After testing the movements
for awhile, you will ba able to mark a
scale on the board.
Of course, the twig must be readjust
ed from time to time, and a new one
substituted occasionally.
1VT
fiem yo
THREW OPEN THE GATES
would be allayed.
That night, however, he set out under
cover of the mantle of darkness. First
clenching hla sword between hla teeth,
he climbed upon tha trapeia and then
suspended himself by his hands. -
Once, twice, thrica he swung. Gain
ing Impetus with each turn, finally ba
described In his course almost three
quarters of a circle.
Then, on tha last forward swing, ha
released hla hold on the bar. Hurtling
through the air he went A moment
and he landed on the parapet of the
fort.
With an exclamation of triumph ha
crept silently forward. Leaping upon the
sentry, he made a deadly sword thrust
before the soldier could make outcry.
Another guard he finished in tha same
way. Francois now rushed to tha gates,
threw them open and shouted for a com
pany of his soldiers who were waiting
outside. Without i second's hesitation
the French soldiers swarmed Into tha
fort So surprised was the garrison that
It could offer but little resistance. Soon
the fort waa in the hands of the enemy.
You may be sure that the gallant
Francois waa rewarded with another
promotion. But, at hla request, ba waa
still on the staff of the marshal.
Nor was it long before he engaged in
another dangerous and thrilling exploit
Thia Polly Evans will describe next
week.
A Donkey's Work
his mother good-bye. She stood a long
time watching the boat aa it danced
away on tha wavea that wash-tha coast
of Breton.
But soon a wind arose which filled tha
sails and sent tha boat scudding over
tha water, now created with foam.
Jacques found himself unable to man
age both the boat and tha nets. Not for
many minutes did he despair, for ha waa
determined to bring some fish home. At
Isat however, when ha aaw that hla
labor waa In vain, ha found that he
must give up tha struggle.
Aa ha waa about to draw in tha neta
he was surprised to sea a beautiful lady
walking toward him upon the sea. It
was a fairy the Fairy of tha Brave Lit
tle Folk. She said to Jacques:
"You take the tiller while I fish for
you."
And how aha did fish! Gleaming masses
W
HEN Sir Clifton, Lady Robinson
ana xaay uecies gave a gar
den ttartv not lonr aro. In
England, they enlisted the aid of their
friend, Jessie. Jessie is only a donkey,
but a mighty nice, clever donkey. Be
sides, as the party waa for tha benefit
o
Hf RANDPA says we may feed the
V T ' chlc5cen - u by - ourselves,
V- Boger! Won't It bo funf
. shrieked little Margaret running ao fast
I Into . tha . room that : her pudgy toes
caught In tha rug and aha sprawled right
Into tha anna of her brother. .
"'Deed it will." said Roger, when he
again found tha breath which a blow
JYom Margaret's elbow had made him
.-: lose. ,
And they really did find it great fun,
for of all tha pets of grandpa's big farm '
: tha -chlcailes" pleased them most There
ware so many of them, too, that you
load any number of nice ones to choose
from. ,; . ,
There, Tva Just counted two time
two handfuls of whlUes!" exclaimed
Margaret la triumph. Tou see, she waa
struggling, indignant hen! Beside her
was a great bucket of black paint which
she had found In the barn.
"Come, help, grandpa!" Margaret
gasped, as she heard grandpa approach.
"I'm doing my Very, very best to paint
some of the white chlckles black, so's
Boger can have aa many blackies' as I
have whities. but the chlckles don't
want to he painted.'"
iANG-OUTANO beat violently upon his hairy breast:
Resounding through the forest boomed the warn
ing to the rest
Of Forest People restive 'neath the trees:
Then Monarch Lion thund'rously joined In .the wild alarm,
To which all creatures listened as they wondered what new
harm ...
Themselves did menace, and their families.
Again the cry resounded, and the animals quick knew
The meaning of this signal, as together they now flew
, To lend assistance with a ready hand;
Screech-Owl reported fire amongst the huts not far away.
And since with Men the beasts were friendly at this early
day
They rushed to give what aid lay at command.
The Junglevllle fire lads' brigade sped rapidly to where
Thatched cottages were burning; then each one did freely dare
Most perilous of rescues, deeds most bold
Rhinoceros ripped huts apart with his tusk fire-axe keen.
Long Python and the Elephant sent water cracka between
Good hoses they both made, so I've been told.
And Monkeys grabbed up natives with their paws end tails,
and so
A-down the back of tall Giraffe they elld and dropped below
Upon the upturned shell of TurtlebOy;
Until, at last all Men were safely resting on the ground.
SVheh to the brave Are lads' brigade the Human People found
Much need for words of gratitude and joy.
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of silvery bass and mullets wi
al soon
dorados.
lying in the boat together with
which sparkled and glistened aa they
reflected the sunlight When the craft
could hold no mora fish the good fairy
kissed Jacques and murmured, as she
prepared to take her flight:
"Now sail away home with your cargo
JESSIE COLLECTED MONET
of Our Dumb Friends' League, who la
bor to - help animals, the noble ladies
were sure Jessie would assist them.
And so Jessie did; for she went about
the assembled guests, collecting money
in behalf of the fund. She gathered
ever so much in this way, mostly be
cause every one liked Jessie so well.
of fish and tell your mother how a fairy,
rewarded a little boy for hla bravery."
The curious townfolk who had amused
ly observed the boy sail forth with his
boat now clustered on the beach to wit
ness his return. They were overcome
with amazement when they saw tho
great load of fish the finest catch ever
made off tha coast And, in their admi
ration, they hastened to buy from tba
lad.
"It was a good fair mother," Jacques
explained, aa he threw hla arms about
her and gave her the money which was
to bring comfort into the little hut that
had been ao cheerless but a short time
before.
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fondest of the white chickens, and since
the tiny miaa hadn't yet learned to count
with numbers she had to count them off
i n ber fingers.
Boger looked searchlngly over tha
fock. hut at last be was forced to reply,
umewbat ruefully, 1 haven't got near
ly aa many black oBea.
New. Margaret was each an unaelflsn
: i-ua girl that aha would gladly hare
t a Boger soeno of her white chickjea,
t -t she knew ha much preferred tr.e ;
t rk ones for peta So aha made wp tar :
r :-4 she'd think of soma other plaa of
n kirg th"lr favorites vea tn auapber.
Tba rrt day. as grandpa was waik
I e toward tha chickea yard, ha waa
r-rrfard te a white chlcke daubrt
k t rk rush squawking frota the
) 'i A moment later another followed.
I t Kearg snore angry squawking
1 rt rv'ng ef wing aa be rtw Dar
f 1-, rartvoed r.pa ooa what
.J ta s et Magarat. sftcutg aa
t'")-d asd hoWiag fraatlcaJly ta g
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r-fHERE was once a king sur
rounded by courtiers who were
continually calling one another
wicked names and insisting that their
acquaintances never told the truth.
viomiemen! gentlemen!" the king
would cry. "you murt not accuse one
another of falsehood and other vices,
for people will soon begin to think I
am ruling over a kingdom of knaves."
One day he added to this rebuke:
"Gentlemen, take pattern after me. I
never insult a person or accuse him of
falsehood. Indeed, if any of you ahould
find me doing such a thing I will be
stow upon him the hand of my daugh
ter." Now. it so happened that the king
was also fond of stories. Upon a cer
tain afternoon he turned to a page who
stood bear him, and asked:
"Is there no tals you can giro ma.
boy!"
"Yea. aire. A very strange adventure
befell me one. With your permission
I shall relate it"
''Gladly will I listen,- replied the king.
"Before I entered your service," be
gan the lad. "I was hired by a miller.
W'hils i wa, tj-jng mouths of flour
sacks, on a aprlng" morning, I found a
pine cone light at tba top of on of tho
bags. Without thinking much about
my discovery. 1 thrust the coee into
my pocket and went about say business.
'1'pou the next dir. hawarr I
stroUed in tbe woods. Chancing to put
my hand la my pocket. I found Lh
cone. I drew It out and nnWi
threw It frota trs. All at nm to mnv
ajnasetwent. a slaat pine tree sprang
up the cone hal laJ'.em. Far Into
the ,kr It reached mmiutlr it e
algt.t ' "
"Ea-T for adrentuM t mtrtmA a
climb thia nvnter tre. Up aod a I
wwai. untu i was abora tba clouds. I
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Though it may sound strange, sire, I
finally reached tba moon. And you
would hardly believe the wonderful
things I saw there. Hares charged
one another in the same manner as do
our goata and stags. When they met,
so terrific waa tha force of tha Impact
that they folded up like telescopes.
"While there, too. I slew a wolf. In
the struggle, however, the beast tore
off my head, so that I had considerable
trouble In putting It on again. And no
sooner did I accomplish this feat than
it began to rain In torrents. While 1
was wsnderlng around -seeking abetter,
a band of kindly elves suddenly ap
peared before me, and with their im
mense hands formed a shelter for me.
"I had an opportunity to marry tho
king's daughter there, also. She waa
very fond of sports, you know. And
once she leaped so high la the air that
she would sorely haveVhurt herself
when she landed on tho ground. I
sprang forward, however, and caught
her aa she descended, Tha king then of
fered me tba hand of tho princeas. but
I refuaedr
Here the king, who had been growing
angrier each moment at the thought
that tho daring youth waa soaking sport
of him. cried out:
'Boy. thou'rt a fool and a tSarP
"I have won your daughter, sire," re
turned the youth, coolly.
How now! What ta thia bow lnso-
lencor demseded tha king, ta great
wratb. . ,
Whnreupoa tha boy reminded his royal
master of tha wager maaa a few days
ago, wbea tbo prtneeas. was offerW to
any one wfco heard tbo king Insult a
praoo.
1 Be aire brtra? a maa of knaor. feent
his word, ana Hi daa tiiro tho ft wf
yootb was snarrled to tho beautiful
THERE" was once a boy who saw
a crab. It was a big crab, but
not a very big crab. The boy
however, had never seen any but very
little crabs, so he was muoh fright
ened. And he ran away to bis father,
crying: .
"Oh, father, I saw a crab on tha
beach that's as big aa a toad!
Of course, the father, who was a
sailor, wished to see the crab. So he
made his way toward the ocean.
While going down the street he saw
- the village .policeman, to whom no.
'"There's a giant crab down on the
beach that's aa big aa a dog!"
, And the policeman, hastening after,
shouted to the butcher, who was toll
ing within his shop: -
"Coaie along and have a look at the
giant crab that's as big as a deer.
Immediately the butcher hurried
from the shop, without pausing to
remove his apron. As he darted
across the street after the others he
celled to a hunter passing by:
"Don't miss seeing a giant crab
that'a down on the beach. If a as big
. as an ox." .. .
The hunter, very much excited,
joined the butcher, and they hurried
forward to overtake tho others.
When the party came in sight of
the beach the policeman pulled out
his revolver, tho sailor brandished a
huge knife,, tho butcher swung a
great meat cleaver in his band, while
the hunter cocked his rifle. No doubt.
, tkis savage crab was dangerous, and '
it .ware best to be well prepared to
met danger. ... ...
Then, when tha boy pointed ant tha
Innocent crab, which had been the
cause of all this disturbance, the
members of the group nearly swooned
with chagrin. Truly, they were shock
ed. The hunter blamed the butoher,
and the butcher blamed tha policeman
HB SAW! A BIO CRAB
and tha policeman blamed tho sailor,
and tho sailor apanked tbo boy. in
sisting that ho alona waa to blame.
As a matter of fact, each waa to
blame except the hunter, and ha
probably would have done as did tbo
others had he met any one whom ha
might have told of the giant crab.
Tou see, it Is much better to stick
to tho plaia truth, oven though a few
oraamenta might make tho tale aver
so much more fasciaatlng.
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