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CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.)
; Chapter HI
CAMP HOWLING WOLF
rir-lHE secret was out at last. Uncle
I Hubert, who waa an artls. an
nounced his Intention of taking
- a Jong holiday from close studio
' work and of firidlnc relaxation, as well
aa new subjects, In the woods of Nova
Ecotla, Ronald waa to accompany him.
Indeed, it was for this very purpose
that Uncle Hubert, had Induced his sis
ter to permit .the lad Ho come away
with him. from New York. Florence'a
visit at the cottage was drawing to a
close, and soon she must return to
school In New York; while . Cousin
Douglas must also resume his studies
at Halifax. ' Of course, Florence and
Douglas were somewhat disappointed at
not "being able to go with Uncle Hubert,
but he assured them that some time In
the future they should have an outing.
Preparations' for the camping trip
were now in .order. Ronald waa first
provided with the right sort of cloth
ing. He strutted around quite proudly
when Anally arrayed in a gray sack
coat, furnished with extra pockets;
canvas shooting -(Jacket, gray flannel
shirt and gray woolen trousers, cut in
knlcker fashion at the bottoms, which
were thrust Into the tops of moccasin
boots. And when a aoft felt hat of gray
was donned, and his strong leather belt
carried hunting knives, he felt every
inch a hunter. Ha also bought a -suit of
oilskins, as be was told they would bs
quite useful. . , .
; v SUPPLIES GATHERED
In the meantime. Uncle Hubert thor-
oughly overhauled hla camping kit It
waa wonderful to see how many arti
cles ha could atow in knapsacks, duffle
bag and sleeping bags. Then there
were bis fly-books and fishing tackle and
firearms to be looked over, and an end
less number of details to attend to. But
Uncle Hubert waa an old hand at the
game, as he expressed it, so it was not
long before all supplies were gathered
together and packed in most convenient
fashion.
On the morning of September 16 Uncle
Hubert and Ronald bade good-bye to
Aunt Beth, Florence and Douglas. They
trudged briskly toward the stream,
where two blrchbark canoes lay ready
for the journey. The Indian guide. John,
and Peter, the cook, had brought the
luggage from the cottage and had al
ready stowed It In the canoes. Ronald
shared a boat with John, and soon the
lusty strokes of the Indian's paddle were
sending the heavily laden canoe stead.
Uy upstream.
Only a few miles had they gone when
the creek' widened Into a lake. Vn, k.j
they paddled far beyond the Inlet of thla
lake before another lake came Into
' 8T ever since I learned to walk.
Folks keep a-tellin' me
Iv birthday's same as Wash-
. ' 'li-.gton's.
An' how I ought to be
Good, brave, an" noble, like he was.
An never tell a lie.
An' maybe I'll be President.
Just like him, by-an'-by.
AD
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. THE MO CABIN WHICH REPLACED THE WALL TENT AT CAMP HOWLING WOLF
view1; so that Ronald discovered they
were traveling by way of a chain of
lakes connected by streams. Sometimes
the waterway became quite narrow and
filled with boulders, or' rapids, cataracts
or waterfalls lay before them. Then it
. was necessary to make a portage when
the canoes and all they contained had
to be carried around the dangerous
stretch of water and the journey re
sumed in the water beyond. In some
places the water was so shallow that a
portage had to be made of the camp
supplies. After the canoes were re
lieved of their burdens. It was possible
to paddle them upstream, although it
waa found' necessary to sheathe their
frail sides with long strips of cedar
bark, literally, putting the boat In
splints, in order that the sharp edges of
rocks might not Injure the canoes.
It was lata in theafternoon when Un-
-EXAMINED THE BEAVER HOUSE"
cle Hubert called a halt. The canoes
were then unpacked , and the baggage
distributed among the (our campers,
Ronald being given Just enough to let
him feel that he. too, was helping. Un
der the guidance of the Indian, for the
distance of a mile they stumbled
through the woods. In places the under
brush was quite thick, and they had
some difficulty in getting through. At
last, coming to a spot which was fairly
clear of trees and underbrush, Uncla
Hubert dropped his lucd, and, turning
to Ronald, who was thoroughly tired
from his unaccustomed exertions, said:
"Here is the site of Camp Howling
Wolf."
Thereupon Ronald forgot Ills weari
ness, and looked eagerly about the little
clearing, hemmed in by trees of spruce,
pine, fir, hemlock, maple and tamarack.
Nearby rippled a little stream, running
But una day, when 1 took the axe-
My hatchet wouldn't cut
An' chopped down one old walr, lit
tree
That never bore a nut,
An' went an' told the truth right out.
Pop Just got mad. 'n said:
"You finish eat In' supper, sir.
An" go straight off to bed!"
An'
when
t troop.
marched up the
road.
With Towser co,nln last. " '
An' built a fort tin' fir ad snowballs
At enemies who passed, ;
The people made an awful fuss,
An" most of it waa don ' , ; 1 . ; ,
By folks who said' I unght'to try '
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into the creek from which they had Just
cunie While the resk were making
camp, Ronald went a little way up this
stream. Presently he came to a pond.
To his surprise, he discovered that It
had been formed by means of a dam
constructed of sticks and mud. Walk
ing along the bank to examine it more
closely, he stepped upon a slippery
place In the bank, and would have slid
right Into the water had he not gripped"
a shrub nearby.
"I do believe thla la a beaver slide,"
said he to himself, when he picked him
self up. "and that the dam was made by
beavers.'' Sure enough, the next mo
ment he saw a beaver house, construct
ed of sticks' ingeniously cemented to
gether with mud. Part of the structure
was above water, but he failed to see
any of the, beavers.
By tho time he reached the camping
ground a wall tent had been pitched,
and Uncle Hubert called to him:
"Hi, there, 'Idler; dodging your share
of the work, are you? Suppose you
show us you're fit for something by
gathering a lot of dry hemlock bark for
the fire, and a little driftwood to start It
with."
Ronald grabbed his hatchet and was
soon industriously searching for fire
wood. "This is for the cooking," Uncje Hu
bert explained when he brought back at
good supply. "For an ordinary fire It Is
. best to use hardwoods, such as hickory,
oak, ash. black and yellow birch, maple,
beech, white birch, and so on. Of the
.soft woods, dry pine is very useful, es
pecially in wet weather."
PETER SLAKES THE FIRE
The boy repeated this Information to
himself as he sauntered over to where
the cook was building a fireplace. Peter
was arranging two short rows Of stones,
about ' a yard apart, with the larger
stones at the back, and ranging in size
toward the front. The gap at the tfhek
he filled with a big green log cut by
John. Then he started the fire between
the stones, first lighting a bundle of dry
kindlings and gradually Introducing
larger billets of wood asl the fire. grew
stronger. Camp cranes had already
been cut, and soon kettles of water
were boiling over the fire.
Within the short space of fifteen min
utes Peter had flapjacks and coffee
ready, while five minutes later he pre
sented the hungry campers with appe
tizing fried fish, which John had pro
cured In some remarkable manner.
"Let's don't wait for the potatoes!"
cried Uncle Huberts "I know the boy ts
as hungry as a bear," he added, glanc
ing merrily toward Ronald. Indeed,
they all did full justice to the meal, dy
ing which Uncle Hubert related an ex
citing hunting yarn and cracked Jokes
with Peter.
It ain't no use; the mors I try
The more they scold at me.
I'm tired of hearin' "Washington"
An' 'bout tnat cherry tree;
An' when the twenty-second comes
Next year I'm goin' to say
It ain't MY birthday, an' I'll have
Mind come fronj other day.
MINNIE E. HICKS.
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d' intei0
After supper, the cook. made the Are
. for the night. First making sure that
the two front corner stones were large
enough to Stop a'rsy logs from rolling
down from behind and into the tent, he
laid many big logs across the stones,
heaping them tip behind and driving two
long stakes at the back to lean the logs
upon.
"Vhy do you pile them up in such a
way, Peter?" asked Ronald, who was
- much Interested in the cook's operations.
BEDTIME COMES
"Well, you see, when the wood In the
middle of the fire burns out the logs
will settle down, one by one, and so you
won't need to get up a dozen times to
fix the fire. I tell you, It's a little chilly
here at night, too."
The men smoked their pipes, and Un
cle Hubert told several more stories.
But It was early in the evening when
he said:
"Now. then, men, let's to bed. We've
got the cabin to build tomorrow, and we
want It finished -in a hurry."
So wrapping themselves ' In blankets,
they were soon stretched at short dis
tances from the fire. Ronald at first
was most too excited to go to sleep.
. However, slumber quickly overcame him
f and carried him away to dreamland.
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
AFTER pausing at Cape Town to
take on a last consignment the
animal ship left the shores of Af
rica behind and turned Its prow toward
America. Housed securely on the deck
and 1 the hold were Its queer freight
lions, leopards, dromedaries, giraffes,
ostriches, emus, chimpanzees, monkeys,
"birds, serpents, an elephant and a rhi
nocerosdestined 'for zoos .and menag
eries in the United States. Many of
the cages were fastened to the deck and
had a shelter built over them.
"Ill walk the plank before I ever
again ship on such a floating zoo!"
petulantly exclaimed Bill Barker, as he
complained about not having been able
to sleep a single wink after he had
turned in from his watch the night be
fore. In truth, with the roaring and
the howling and the Jabbering and the
shrieking, there wer few among the
sailors who could find rest in their
bunks.
But not one among the crew imagined
IT REALLY wasn't Clara's party in
the sense that she herself gave it.
As a matter of fact, she and her
brother Harry had come to the sad con
clusion that this year thay would have
no Thanksgiving dinner such aa they
used to eat In their own country, before
they came to Hong Kong. Father and
mother had been invited to dine with
friends on this day, so, the prospect
looked very blue, indeed.
Wong Kee was the host at Clara's
party he and his brother, Kow. Wong
- had" beard Clara telling how disappoint
ed she was to miss Thanksgiving cele
brstlon, and as Wong was aa generous
and as hospitable as a Chinese boy
could be, soon the "honorable presences"
of Clara and Harry were requested in
Wong's dainty invitations bidding (hem
com to a feast given especially in their
honor. . v .'.''A1
' Wong and Kow were the sons of a
wealthy tea merchant, and CJara and
her brother weretvery fond of the boys.
So the invitation was gladly accepted.
At noon on Thanksgiving Day Clara and
Harry betook -themselves to the resi
dence of their hosts. -They were greeted
Jlttty nf'Sj ceremony ty Wong, (While
MnlnteirUptedJn
MORNITW, NOVEMBER 22,
ronMes
A LITTLE ' pear, drawn on the
board, ..'-.'
Waa discontented with hla lot
Said be, "I wish I were a duck,
Then I'd run quickly' t-ora thla spot."
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I 1 il With the help of the Ambitious Pear, I . i
Polly Evans Intends to give the very lit- ) v
- ""v' tie boys and girls a series of drawing
" J lessons. No reader is too young to fol- J ' 'V
Vsfc-x 7' low the simple Instructions, and no tiny ( b f Aji V,
reader should miss a single lesson. Th ' '
V r lumbers to follow will ba quite as easy J
- ) to copy aa the lesson given today and j!r ' "
every boy and girl is able to copy
A GOOD HIDING PLAGE
"S"
iHUT your eyes and bind your
eare." said Baby Bess. "We re
Kolnsr to Dlay hunt the hand
kerchief; only I can't find my handker
chief. - '
. So she tiptoed across the room, and
laid the ribbon on the window sill
behind the flower pots.
Edna and Harold had a long hunt
for it, and when they gave it up.
Baby Bess herself could not find it
The ribbon was not on the window
sill nor under the window, and wher
ever they looked It was nowhere to be
seen. Where had It gone?
Now it happened that morning that
Mrs. Oriole was hunting for a string,
and when she spied the baby's ribbon
in the open window, she thought. "Ah,
that is Just what I want."
any cause for alarm as to his safety.
Surely none of the animals could break
loose from; their strong cages. ,It was
In a cheerful spirit, therefore, that the
men resolved to celebrate Thanksgiving
Day in royal style. The cook promised
to do his best, and all sorts of prep
arations were made for a meal which .
the Bailors would long remember.
Kow set oft a roll of firecrackers, which
made a deafening noise. ,'
Dinner was served on a large veran
da. The American boy and girl were
"DINED IN CHINESE FASHION
Charmed to And the table set in Chinese
fashion. A small basin, a . spoon, a 1
smaller basin, the size of an egg cup, '
and a pair of chopeUckswera placed
1905
of an AmMlious Pear
No aooner said, than It was done:
' For circles came to help the pear.
And lines were added, one by one.
To make a duck big, fat and rare.
So she took it in her ellL and car
ried it away.
When autumn came and the leavea
fell, the children saw an empty ori
ole's nest in the elm tree, and Har
old climbed up and brought It down.
In the bottom of the nast was Baby
Bess' blue ribbon, just where Mrs
Oriole wove It in to make a soft bed
for her children. -
Chief Qualification.
"Children," began the Sunday school
teacher, "what must we all be before
we go to heaven?"
She was hardly prepared for the
anawer of a little girl of 6, who re
plied, solemnly:
"Dead."
;
anksgMn!Mnner-
The day arrived. It lacked but an
hour to dinner the chief event of
the celebration, when suddenly there
came from the galley below criea of
rage mingled with excited chatter
ing. Rushing down, the ladder to inT
vestigate. the sailors were met by a
troop of monkeys, who dodged by
them in a' hurried scamper for the
deck.
for each person. Large bowls contained
all the food, which wag cut into small
pieces. Clara and Harry had all man
ner of fun trying to convey the food
wjth their, chopsticks from the large
bowls to those at their own places..
Finally Wong had compassion on them,
when ha caw his guests weuld likely go
t 1
With cackle loud and flap of wing.
Dropped from the board a gleeful
. duck; ' : . .
But to be caught and by Cook slain .
i Vta soon the poor bird's awful luckl
COULD PLANT THE
, PERIOD
A PRETTY story is told of Queen
Alexandra's thoughrf ulness.
The queen never loses her In
terest in those for whom she has act
ed as godmother. In particular, she
has been most kind to the children of
Xiord Curgon. who lost their beautiful
mother more than a year ago. The
queen, hearing that little Alexandra
Cur ton who waa named after her
.majesty was fond of gardening, sent
, a box of violet roots to her.
The child decided to plant them so
that when they came up they should
spell "Alexandra." "I should like to
help you plant them," said the queen.
"Well, you can put in the full stop,"
replied the child.
"Catch the confounded little beasts!"
yelled the cook, as, followed closely
by his asaistant. he pursued the mon
keys. The sailora Joined In the ohase,
but the monkeys, in the meantime,
had swarmed up the rigging and masts,
where, In full view of the sailors,
they devoured every morsel of the
precious Thanksgiving dinner. And
in a most tantalizing manner they
mocked the sailora and scoffed at
their threats.
It appears that In some way the
door of the monkeys' cage had been
left unlocked, and the cunning fel
lows had escaped. Making direct for
the galley, they had stolen all the vic
tuals in spite" of the cook's protests.
They were finally recaptured and re
turned to their cage, but the anger
of the sailors abated not a whit, for
there waa ever present the thought
of the splendid Thanksgiving dinner
which tiie monkeys, instead of them
selves, had enjoyed.
hungry if they depended on the efforts '
of their chopsticks, and he fetched some
knives and forks. . -
Then they drank one another's health.
The very amall basins were filled with
tea, instead of spirits. Following Wong's
instructions, all but the host rose, and
dipping their cups into a large basin '
containing hot tea, held them toward the
host grasping his hand in turn. The
host, filling a similar cup, would ex
change it a moment for that extended
toward him. In this way he orank much
jnore than any other of the party. After
fruit was served the four chatted for a ,
time, whilo the guests related some of
the Thanksgiving customs of their own
country. j
At last Clara and Harry took their de
parture, Wong and Kow surprising them
by singing after them ri very good Eng-
lish the hymn: "God Be With You Till
We Meet Again." This the Chinese boys
had learned at the mission, - v
. Father ana mother were delighted to)
learn that the children had passed tha
day 4n such : a pleasant manner, and,
they readily consented to have Clara and ,
her brother' Invite" -Wong and -Kow t t
. a party, within the next few weeks.