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THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - SUNDArV MORNlSrG, NOVEMBER -1908
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Rover Plays Golf
gHpHERE! I do believe that a
I almost as well as daddy could
have done!" exclaimed' 1U tie
' Matilda.' In satisfaction, aa ahe watched
tee golf ball skim far away In the dls-
tanca Trvly. It was a strong and a
i clever dflve.
' . Matilda was glad she had brought
Rover along to watch her practice, for
now the good dog sped swiftly after the
ball. Boon he n fi brought It back to
her in his mou;!, .irul. to the little girl's
Intense delight, iuiJ it care. fully on the
tiny mound, or tee. ,
'"I do think you're the very smartest
dog in the world. Rover J" cried ahe,
clapping her hands. Joyously.
' For a time Matilda swung on the ball
and followed her strokes through in
what daddy would have called 'the most
dentine manner." She began to feel so ,
. ; ' MATILDA
... veil pleased with her performance a
well she might be! that she decided to
; follow the course
Now came trouble. ; Tou see. Rover
Imagined that he must bring back the'
, ball every time hla mistress sent it fly
lng from the tee. So that when she made
approach to the first hole, after the ball
.be dashed.- .;,v'-i. . ,.
When this first ' happened Matilda
laughed and shook her finger warnlng-
ty. as sho said: ; (
"I ought to have told you, Rover, that
. I don't want you to caddy now. All you
: have to do Is to watch me. Understand t"
; 1 But Rover didn't, understand, for at
very stroke he darted .after the ball
and returned it to the little golfer. In
vain Matilda coaxed and -pleaded. . At
ast she began to think that, after all,
perhaps. Rover wasn't the very smart
est doggie In the world.
She went home and told daddy all
about Rover. Daddy was ever so much
amused. ."But you mustn't, be discour
aged. " said he finally. "Rover has al
ready 1 made so much progress that I
fel sure It won't bajlong before he will
b a model caddy." '
Another Season.
Teacher There are four seasons
prlng, summer, autumn and winter.
can a.ur nay -au me won sea'
on this is?
Bright Boy Football season, teacher.
CI-'.'. ,
rrhrillin Adventurer
of a JDoy
"G
OLONEL KEBAUT." said the
marshal to bis boy officer.
"the wound which Colonel
Latheulade received in our last en
gagement has rendered him dangerous
ly ill. I intend to relieve him or a
while and place you In command of his
. regiment. We have hard work cut out
Xor us, and J want the lancers to be un-
: der most competent leadership."
The young officer, slightly bowed at
this compliment saluted, and made his
way to his new command.
There waa Indeed strenuous work
ahead. Having accompanied the em
peror In his flight as far as Conflans,
'the 1Kb of August, found themselves
confronted by a large force of the
nemy, stretching In a semicircle
"PASSED HIS SWORD THROUGH RICHET'S BODY"
around .Mars' la Tour. Vlonville ( and
R,esonvllle. " V
When, early In the afternoon It be
came evAent that the Fifth division of
tbe German cavalry was In battle near
Mars la Tour, the French lancers and
dragoons at once advanced from Bra-
frteod. .
Am they approached tho wood- walca
concealed the engaged forces 'the fight-,
Ins; osed,'j ' ,V. ,.:.'V
I Wonder which; party we shall meet
Bret. If It Is tbe French, we shall em
brace them; Jf it is1: the Prussians, wo
shall -charge them," said Colonel Re
baut,' ignorant of tbe outcome of tho '
tight just over . , .
Hbaut s reslment had taken position
t the extreme right of the divisloA. "
hrn suddenly they came upon the Gtr
nn ravnlry. , , . ; .. .
IrXVtlt'y Rrhaut aniinAnA th Avanrvt. .
Xiaiopl Charger rang out the bugle.
PUVTINO INDIAN.
INCE we are now going to be
real savages," said Uncle
Hubert, "we must certainly
have Indian names. What
shall we call you,. Ronald?"
"Well," said Ronald, reflectively. "I
think 'Howling Wolf is a lively sort
of name, and I s'pose it'll do as well
as any."
--' "The wolf may be 4lvely, but Its
howl is the most dismal sound one
could possibly hear," Uncle Hubert
returned, laughingly.
"And what la the name of Big Chief
Howling .Wolf's -sister?" continued he.
Florence quickly replied, " 'Spotted
Fawn' Is going to be my name, be
cause that little deer in the New York
Zoo is the pretties thing you ever
"'Wise Coyote,' is mine!" cried
Cousin Douglas.
"I see, Chief Wise Coyote, that my
tale of the clever coyote has impress
ed you," Uncle Hubert added, mer
rily. "Oh, do let us hear it!" Ronald, apd
Florence chimed in together. -
Unci Hubert lit his pipe and set- "
tied himself back comfortably in a
reclining chair, while the others drew
closely about him.
"In the first place," began Uncle
Hubert, "the Coyote, or Prairie Wolf,
was despised of men and beast. He
lived -among the.Cahroc Indians, far
west of the Rocky mountains. But
there was one quality he was noted
for, and that was his cunning. 8a It
happened that when the Cahrocs de
cided to make a last desperate at
tempt to steal the flre from the two
hags who guarded It, and who lived
near the mouth of the Klelmath river,
they appealed to the Coyote. The
3oIdrer
The regiment of French lancers swept
upon the Nineteenth Prussian dragoons
like a hurricane. Over the first few
ranks they rode into the mass of men
behind. The French dragoons closely
followed In the charge. Soon French
and Prussians were mixed in horrible
confusion hussars, lancers, dragoons,
cuirassiers struggling In a mass.
Now, it so happened that the French
lancers, commanded by Rebaut. had
changed their anlform but a short time
previously. Their white parade uni
form had been replaced by "schapskas"
and waistcoat of sky blue, a dress which
much resembled that worn by some of
the Prussian cavalry regiments. And
soma of the French dragoons, follow
ing up the attack of the lancers, mis
took the lancers for foes. v
Thus lfwaa that a young officer of the
Third - Dragoons passed his sword
through tho body of Sub-Lieutenant
Rlchet. of tbe lancers. The soldier reel
ed, mortally wounded, tn his saddle, but
before he lost consciousness and fell to
the ground, gasped to his adversary:
"I am a Frenchman I"
When the dragoon discovered by these
words) that h. had killed a countryman, '
he waa filled with remorse. In despair,
with his helmet lost and his sword still
red wltht the blood of Rlchet. he cam
before Colonel Rebaut.
V "Colonel Rebaut I have killed a aub- '
lieutenant of your regiment!"
- Rebaut looked earnestly at tho young ,
drigorW perceived; his 'sorrow, and as ha.
" turned away, simply remarked bitterly:
Jr "You do your work-well!" y
- This act. of mercy gained for the boy
officer. Francois Oe Rebaut, tho life-long
.friendship of the dragoon he spared. ,
o ""Att . o f 9 ' . TnaJT no WK. af irr v . .".,',
nil i ww 1 4v m-a vrrwi
Cahrocs, you must know, had long
wiaoed for flre, but they did not know
how to make It, nor would the two
hags give them of the supply.
"Coyote was not disposed to agree
to undertake the mission. Thereupon,
the wily fellow had foreseen, the
Indians presented him with dog's
meat, bear's kidney and buffalo steaks,
which usually the Cahrocs gave only
to honored guests. When he had eaten
this splendid meal, he curled himself
up snugly, put his nose under his
paws, whisked his tall about to keep
his feet warm and went comfortably
to sleep. Around him waited the
Cahrocs patiently.
"Now, when the Coyote awoke he
was in such good humor that he read
ily undertook to obtain fire from' the
hags, especially since the Indians had
promised him the very best of food
during the rest of his life.
"At once the Coyote went among the
animals and enlisted - them. In his
cause. He bullied the smaller animals
into promining him to cbey ihis com
mands, and the bigifes animals were
so sorry for tho pobr&niserable Coy
ote that out of kindness they offered
to aid him. .v." . i .-
Then -the Coyote placed a. frog
nearest the camp of the Cahrocs, and
a squirrel, a bat, a bear and a cougar,
at regular i?ervals alongr the road
which led toward the cottage where
dwlt the two has;s.
"When all were posted, the Coyote
presented himself at the door of tho
hags cottage. He looked so miser
ON the nursery wall, with
colors gay,
Three iittle hunters in gor
geous array
Were fainted for Li ttleboy;
Dapper and neat in their hunting
euite,
With crops in hand and with hunt
ing boots,
They smiled on Littleboy.
....
One day he looked in gTeat sur
prise ', DidLittleboy an'I he rubbed his
-eyes,
A CERTAIN man who lived in a
town of Italy was dangerously
111 As time wore on and tho
many celebrated physicians who were
called In failed to cure him, the man be
came greatly discouraged.
1 "I shall die, I am sure of it." said he,
i constantly moaning, ever thjnking about
' bis misfortune.
One day the physician in attendance
salted his splendidly groomed mule In
the courtyard,' stiffly- dismounted, and
with great dignity made his way slowly
upstairs to where the Invalid Jay. A
, famous doctor was he one of the most..
noted In the land. And he had the
greatest of confidence in his- own wla-
sJ HUNTERS THREE I
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able that they Invited him to com in
and lis down by the flre; This was '
just what the' cunning fellow desired.
He stretched himself for a while be
fore the glowing flre. Then, all of a
sudden, he seized a brand in hi
mouth and dashed out the door.
"The hags, taken by surprise, were
some time in beginning pursuit. Then
they ran swiftly after him. Just as
they were nearing him, the Coyote
threw the brand to the cougar, who
flew down the road with the, swift
ness of the wind. And when the hags
gained greatly upon him, the cougar
passed the blazing brand to the bear.
"By the time-the brand reached the
squirrel it was burnt almost to the
end, but the brave little chap hopped
on, although the flre singed his tall,
so that It Is curled up his back to this
day. He had only time to throw the
piece of burning stick to the frog
when the hags seized him. But ; the
frog gTabbed the tiny splinter, arid
swlmmlngiWith his head above water
crossed the river In a jiffy. As the
hags couldn't swim, they were com
pletely outwitted, and the Indians on
the other side of the water received
thelT preolous little flame la time for
use.
For a hunter had actually
winked I
"We're going, my lad, to the hunt
this night;
Be sure not to miss such a thrilling
sight,"
Said the hunter who merrily
winked.
True to the word of the one with
the wink, ,
The hunters DID drop from the
wall, and slink
Out the window at dark;
And as Littleboy gazed, away they
flew
, Perhaps association with such a mas
ter had given, the mule confidence, also
a wll of his own. Becoming weary of
standing In the warm sun, the animal
calmly walked through the doorway and
.made bis way up the flight of, steps.
FolloWlng the course, taken by his mas
ter, he finally, gained entrance to the
door of' the sick man. Right Into the
. room he walked, up to the bed of the
man, and there, standing beside the
physician, he .assumed auch a wise look
as could not hiave been surpassed by the
doctor himself. , '
' One moment the astonished : patient
taxed. Then, overcome with tho humor
of the situation.; ho burst Into a loud
"Durinff several years the Coyote
received the food promised him by the
Indians for rendering this great serv
ice, but, not content with being feast
ed every day, he was caught trying to
steal other supplies from the Indians,
and was promptly told that he must
shlftj. for himself thereafter.
"Now, if Chief Howling Wolf, Chief
Wise, Coyote, and the pretty little In
dian maiden, Spotted Fawn, are ready
to retire to their wigwams for sleep
ing purposes, I think that Medicine
Man Hubert will go also."
The little audience applauded Uncle
Hubert enthusiastically as he con
cluded his story, and trooped off to
bed.
But on the morrow their heads were
still so fulL of "Indian" thatfthey re
solved to play "Savage" all that day.
pouglas already possessed a costume.
Ills mother quickly manufactured one.
for each of the other "Indians."
Uncle Hubert's cottage.was situated
in a delightful place. Standing not
far from Halifax, it fronted immedi
ately upon the ocean, and had at its
back a. splendid woods. The two
braves and the merry little maiden
first of all ran down to the ocean,
where the chiefs saluted In the dig
nified style employed only by chief
tains. Then back tbey sped to the
woods.
Here Douglas put up his tepee. He
explained, as he placed the ridge poles
In position, that three of the poles,
each ten feet Ion sr. were first lashed
On wee, painted horses davpled with
blue, ' ; . .
' And were lost in the park.
The bugles sounded, the hounds
gave tongue,
And to Reynard's trail the hunters
clung
As he sped quick away;
Yet at morn, wher Littleboy looked
at the wall.
It appeared the hunters had moved
not at all
They-seemed painted to stayl
laugh. In fact;' so great was hils mer
riment that he roared. At last, having '
ceased because of sheer exhaustion', ho
gasped to' the indignant physician:
"Mo6W!earnd doctor, tho donkey Is a
much better physician than thou, for has
has done In one visit what thou hast
been unable to accomplish in three
months. He has restored my spirits so
that already I feel much better." -
Indeed, such good effect had the don
key' call' upon tho ill man that he
speedily recovered from his grave sick
ness. But as he paid the unusually large
fee demanded by tho physician, the man
said to himself that it was the donkey,
not the master, .who deeervjbd tho
money. . , j .
Donkey
together at the' top. and that the
other ten poles were placed against
them ito form a cone, the whole being
firmly tied with rope. Tho cover was
made of unbleached muslin, nineteen
feet at the bottom circumference, and
when placed erect, measuring seven
feet from the bottom to the rim of
the hole at top, which was exactly
one and one-halt feet" in diameter.
As Spotted Fawn also, wished a tent.
Uncle Hubert built a - lean-to" for her.,
using ah old piece of sailcloth. Howl
ing Wolf surprised them ail by ereot
lng around an elm an Imposing looking
structure of tree branches and straw.
At the top he left an opening for a rope
ladder, which was fastened to a limb
overhead, So, when the entrances were
alt closed, he could climb up Into the
tree.
"Why not be sociable?" he cried, after
he had completed his wonderful tent.
The others Immediately accepted the In
' vitatlon to inspect i4a - Indian dwelling
and the funny-looking sentinel he had
stuck outside, and ..hey were of one
mind in pronouncing It a "beauty."
Toward the close of the day they
borrowed a pot from the cook and sus
pended it from poles over a fire. And
they boiled potatoes at leat Spotted
Fawn did and had a splendid time, so
that tho approach of evening found
them unwilling to leave their fascina
ting Indian camp and go back to the
house like common, civilized people.
But they forgot all about their camp
in the woods nearby when Uncle Hu
bert said, mysteriously:
"I know of two persons, not far from
here, who are going to live like sav
ages in real earnest."
Douglas and Florence teased him for
an explanation. H closed hla Hps tight,
however, and wouli only shake his
head. Ronald thought he partly under
stood what his uncle meant.
(CONTINUED NEXT BUNDAT.)
Jhe-.5tort Legend
WITHIN the confines of Fairy
land for a long time there
were held captive birds which
we know as storks. These birds were
kept as nurses to the little human
babies, which reposed on Immense
lily pads floating upon a great pond.
It was very lonely about this pond,
as the fairies permitted no one to
come near, lest some of the precious
babes be stolen away. And after the'
storks had watched over their charges
for many years they began to find the
task somewhat tiresome. So they
. took council together to discuss their
grievance. The result of this meeting
was that when the fairy who had
sole 'charge of distributing the babies
among human folk called for a baby,
"NURSE OF THE
one of the storks, appointed by .his
fellows, said unto tho sprite:
"Gracious fairy, we have served you
for hundreds of years without a mur
mur. Now wo long for a change; we
long to go away from this lonely
spot. Won't you release us, in order
that we may go into the world? Wo
should like, oh, so much! to see these
sweet little babies grown up, akd wo
should like to see the other animals
and birds aa well. Please, rood fairy,
grant our reguestl".
"That I cannot do." replied the
fairy keeper of the babes; "until I have
spoken to our Queen Fairy. True It
le, however, that you have labored
faithfully for us, and I shall speak
well of you to the queen, begging that
A Baby Soldier
'T'HBl picture shows you Prince
I Arthur of Connaught, on of the
, princes of the blood of England,
dressed In hla first suit of regimentals.
A number of years have passed sine
Prince Arthur first donned this unl.
form, and now ha ts a young- man.
It is an interesting story as to how
Arthur escaped being- ruler of the
duchy of Saxe-Coburg-aotha, - When
Prince Alfred, ruler of the duohy. died,
. there were elected Prince Arthur, the
duke of Albany and a young relative.
The Story of what happened 1 told,
In this young- relative's own words:
"Connaught met Albany, .who was a
Jolly, decent chap, and much mora
popular than Connaught and said to
him:
"tiook here, you have heard, I sup.
IN HIS FIRST REGIMENTALS
pose, that they want me to go off to
Germany and be duke of CoburgT
" 'Yes.' said Albany.
"Well.' continued his 'cousin. I am
going into the British army, and I
am not going to learn German. So
that's all about it. You can go and
be duke of Coburg. It will just suit
you."
" 'But,' said Albany. 'I do not want
to go to Germany, and I do not want
to leave Eton.'
"Look here, young chap,' said Con
naught, who Is a year or two older,
you've got to be duke of Coburg and
it is no use talking rot Next Sunday
you are going up to Windsor to lunch
with grandmamma Queen Victoria,
and mind you tell her it's all right
and that you agree. If you don't, look
out for squalls, and take care I don't
kick you jolly well all round the
schoolyard.' ; X
"So. of course, Albany had to give In,
because he is supposed to be a rather
delicate chap, and Connaught could
easily ihave kicked him if he had
wanted to."
aue giva the permission you desire."
The very next day when the fairy
came to the pond she summoned all
the storks to her.
"The queen of the fairies consents
to have you go out Into the world."
.said ehe, "provided you are willing to
do a little work In return. Heretofore
some of the fairies have spent much
time away from court in the carrying
of babes to their mortal parents. As
the queen is actually in need of the
services of these fairies, she com
mands that you undertake the work.
She promises .you. too, that in return
for this service the human fblk will
be only too glad to let you build nests
upon their houses, and that they will
"be very fond of you and respect you."
BABT MORTALS?
Joyfully the " atorks thanked th
fairy for her kindness, and they prom
ised to do exactly as the fairy queen
commanded.
At once, ,, therefore, each stork
picked up a little baby from tho Illy
pads and flew rapidly away with It
to the world. Here they built nesta
upon the houses after they had de
livered their tiny burdens, and lived
In happiness ever after.
But the storks never forgot their
duty of bringing tho weo babies from
Fairyland, and tho storks' children
and ' their grandchildren and. their v
great-grandchildren still continue to
show their allegiance to the queen
fairy In this way. aa well as to make
mortals happy.
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