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" " ' ' ' ' i ii ii ! i in mmmmmmmm ' ' (Copyright. HQs, by Ths North American Company.) . -.y ""TT", ' ... ' ' 1 " ' , -''" : toublcs of an 17 T7 &Tr rue Jnlcr "Ml ' AM MA. all the girls were too nice for anything!" cried Ut- le Mabel, joyously clasping ber arms about her mother's neck. Mother was very glad, indeed, to learn that the little girl was pleased with her new school and that the chil dren treated her so kindly. Strangers sometimes are not made as welcome as they should be. And on the next, and still the next, day, Mabel reported that her school mates were more friendly than ever, and that already she had several chums. i "We have the- grandest times at re cess." said Mabel. "After we've eaten our little lunches (and I've always such a lot that I share with the rest), we play tag; and 'Rover' and a hundred other Karnes." Mother, who had been thinking deep ly, now asked: "You always share your luncl.eon with your chums?" A RICH LITTLE GIRL "Oh, yes, mamma," replied Mabel, "I couldn't eat it all myself if 1 wanted the morning of the following: day, when Mabel was about to go to school, the maid handed the little g;rl l.er . lunch box. neatly packed. Hut this time, instead of the dainties with whicti It was usually filled, there was nothtns fcut an apple or two and several slices of bread. "Your mother says I am to tell you " that your father has lost a great deal . of money and that you can have only Simple lunches now." , Mabel was very much shocked. Yoj see, she was so accustomed) to having a rkh papa, who gave her everythina she asked for, that she couldn't lmagins what It would feel like to be poor. The very, thought of being poor greatly ex cited her. i . As Mabel arrived late, it was not un til recess tiiat she found a chance to tell the news to her classmates. But no sooner were her rhums gathered round her than she cried: "Oh. girts. I've a VKRY funny thine to tell! Papa hn lost ever so much 0 'Wjy takes IfonyS f-TONT leaned far out of bed and put I a hand to his ear. Yes. he was sura be beard grandma say to "mother: t "I'll take the medicine up to our poor Cmt." Tony fell back with a tlgl He was the "poor dear" they meant, and the pasty medicine was intended for him. It was bad enough to be kept indoors by sickness, without', having to swallow such horrid mixtures. - J?ut gma.?mingar!d ha knew there was no way out of it this time. All of a suddeb bright Idea came Into the hi v head. lie reached out his arms, t-j'.icht hi tniUdog, Toby, by the neck and mag iced the poyr brast tnjo the bed. To untlthe handaqe f rotn Trie-own bead 4 ui, it over that of Toby was ths Ambitions Fear rH, bow I wiih. I were a fish!" Exclaimed the pear, With moody sture. He had his witsli; And in a dish He soon was served, As he deserved. There are still other drawing lessons to be given by the Ambitious Pear with drawings as simple as those which the little boys and girls already have copied. Watch for them. A Great Hunger. Doctor Well, my lad, I think you're well enough to have solid food now. How would chicken do nice stuffed chicken, eh? And what would you like It stuffed with! Ill Lad (hungrily) Just have It stuffed with another chicken, doctor. ffnendy money and he can ' afford to let ma have a nice lunch any more. She looked around, expecting to be greeted with words of sympathy. In stead, almost all the girls walked . ay from her. their noses tilled high in the aii. Mabel was very nice when she was rich and had dejlcious goodies packed In her lunchhox, but they had no use for friends who were poor and who had only bread and butter for lunch. Only two girls remained, and they were sisters, whose mother was a poor widow. These two good little girls now came eagerly forward and offered to share their lunch with Mabel. The little girl, wounded by the unkindness of her former friends, felt no hunger, but she was grateful to her new friends, and to please them accepted some of their fruit. That evening she tearfully told her HAS MANY FRIENDS mother aJl about the way her old-time chums hud ueserleu her. "I shouldn't worry," said mother, quietly, when her liltie daughter had finished. "You don't want friends that are not true friends, do you? "By the way, J must tell you that papa recovered his money and he is now as rich as befo:e. 1 winh you would in vite the two little girls who shared their lunch with you to come and pay you a visit. It seems to me that they are friends worth having." Mabel gladly promised to invite her new friends to pay her a call, and you may be sure that Hhe no longer placed faith In the words of her other class mates, who, now that they learmd Mabel was again rich, crowded about her as in former times hen Mabel carefully thought the whole matter out a tiny suspicion came to her mind that, perhaps, mother had only planned the story of her father's loss of money to give her a chance to find out her real friends. In any event, she was glad to have bad the opportu nity. POOR TOBY! , work of an instant And' ths next mo ment doggy was tucked cosily between the covers, for ail the world like a sick litt boy. - '- . . . i 1 rat , uwmh-w "KANGEK SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS I'ncle Hubert, while visiting his slstr. Mrs. Bueluw. In New York city, suggests that Rona.1,1 Iiuelow. a lad of almost 14. oiToinpauv him to his home. In Nuya fcco tfa Mrs. Huelow consents, and KonaUl. after a short stay at his uncle s cottaas, near llalltax. travels with Umle Huhtrt by canoe into the Canadian woods. A log cabin is built end Camp Howling Wolf Is rstab llsh'I. Itonald spends a day trout fishing. (CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.) CHAPTER V ' AUTUMN GAME. A1 LREADY many of the forest trees had begun to shed their garments of russet and golden and yellow when Cousin Douglas arrived at Camp Howling Wolf. Ronald was sitting in ins doorway of the cabin inspecting his fishing tackle, for. though the fishing season for trout and land-locked aalmOn had closed some weeks before this time, there weie baps, pike and perch to be ci '-ht. He i.oard a snapping of dry . ;iga among the thickets at the far edge of the clearing, and then came the hail: "Hello! Anybody at home?" Hurriedly dropping the tackle, Ronald darted around the corner of the cabin, nearly tripped over a dog whom he rec ognized as his uncle's setter. Ranger, and came face to face with his cousin, Douglas. "This IS a surprise!" he cried, seis ing Douglas' hand and shaking it vig orously. "So we planned It to be," rejoined Douglas, heartily. t'When you people left on your hunting trip father prom ised me that 1 might run over to the camp for a day, provided Jim would guidVj me. Jim's been here before, you know." Jim proved to be a Mlcmac Indian, whom Douglas now introduced as the "best hunter In these parts." The Indian acknowledged this tribute to his prow ess with a few unintelligible grunts, and gravely srmok hands with Ronald. "Well, you ARE looking mighty fit, if I do say it!" Douglas exclaimed, after a careful scrutiny of his cousin from head to foot. Indeed, a few weeks of outdoor life hid worked wonders with the pale, nervous boy from New York. With his tanned, healthy skin and clear eye Mrs. Buelow herself might have been pardoned for not recognizing her son at first glance. TALKED THINGS OVER "I am feeling great," Ronald replied. "But come In and make yourself at home. Uncle Hubert and John are off on a tramp somewhere, and I don't know where the cook la Just now." The two lads had so much to talk over, and there were so many things for Ronald to show his cousin about camp, that time passed swiftly until Uncle Hubert's return late in the after- "vVhen Uncle Hubert did arrive. Douglas raised a tremendous shout of welcome, and with Ranger rushed upon him with a force that nearly toppled him over. "What means this assault? laugh ed Uncle Hubert, when he had recov ered his balance. "Ho you re here, and piettv much In evidence." After an affectionate greeting Douglas explained the presence of Hanger. "You see, dad, I thought vou'd need him for woodcock or snipe shooting about this time. Of course. If you don't. I can easily take him back with me." Glad you brought Ranger," said Uncle Hubert. "John and I have just been on a tramp to the east, where there are lowland marshes and in tervale meadows. Of course, you can't determine exactly how plentiful the woodcock are. because a covert where birds are in hiding today may be without them tomorrow. But we were encouraged by a great many wood Medicine Poor grandma really thought Toby WAS a sick little boy when she entered the room. And grandma was so very, very nearsighted that she actually gave the medicine to Toby Instead of Tony! Of course, doggy made all sorts of funny gurgles, but Tony often did THAT, too, anl grandma never sus pected. "There, now; my boy will feel better, now," said grandma, soothingly, as she gently patted the covers. .... And deceitful Tony did nothing -out bury his face in the bedclothes and snicker and snicker ana snicker. He wasn't a bit sorry for what he had done. He thought It a splendid joke that the Innocent doggy should Iiave had to take ths bad-tasting medicine. liief Hbwlind Wolf CAMK TO A SUDDEN HALT AND STIFFENED" cock borings. Whcp the bird feeds, you know, it buries its long bill into the ground up to its very base. In this position it remains perfectly still for several moments as though lis tening. Some movement in the earth soon attracts Its attention, for it quickly withdraws Its bitl from the ground and thrusts it in where the grub oT worm is to be found. The little fellow has an enormous appe tite. They say he can eat more than his own weight In angleworms within twenty-four hours. In fact, by the number of borings, which are usually made in a semicircle, though some times in a straight line, you can see how busy He has been." Around the fire that evening Uncle Hubert told the lads more about the woodcock and snipe. The American woodcock, he said, is a small bird, HANGER RETRIEVING weighing from five to' nine ounces, and measuring in length eleven to twelve inches, the bill taking up from two and one-half to three Inches. Its back Is of a dark, tawny color, flecked with spots of sooty black, so that it can with difficulty be seen against the leaves and tree branches; under neath, the plumage is a rich buff brown, with paler tints on the breast and neck. Migrating from the savan nahs of the South, the woodcock reaches Nova Scotia in 'the latter part of March. Along; the creeks and rivers, where stretch level meadows studded with clumps of alders, wlthe rod and wilS willow, the male courts his mute with glorious song, the nest Is made and four or five pear-shaped eggs of a light buff color are laid. As soon as the young woodcocks are able to fi their father leads them off to the alder swamps. During August the birds disappear; to return some time In September, and In frosty October they haunt hillsides gently sloping to the west or south, and sparsely covered with young Juniper trees. Here the woodcock like to bask in the warm sun. The first migratory bird to arrive In the spring. It Is the last of all to leave in the autumn for warmer climes. D A RING, indeed, was this poacher. Not content with snaring sev ers! rabbits upon the barr- grounds, be now ventured within vlew of the sentrfea. It did not take the gallant Midler boji ltmg to start a , chase after ths rabbit thief. But the Three julnenadicrs and a BSabbit Thief tfn.TMRTen THE SAPLING" "DUG , WITH THEIR BAYONETS" Even smaller than the woodcock Is the snipe, weighing on an average of three ounces upward. It, too, has a long bill, with which it can enter fairly stiff soil for earthworms and the larvae of ants and. beetles. While it breeds mostly in the extreme north of the continent, numbers of the birds arrive in Canada the early part of April and establish breeding grounds in well-watered meadows. In -the chilling weather of the late autumn, however, they fre quently betake themselves to the shelter of alder coppices or the cover of beech or maple saplings. To Douglas' great, Joy, his father per mitted him to remain in camp the fol lowing day. Bright and early In the ' morning. Uncle Hubert and the boys started to, shoot woodcock and snipe. Each carried a 12-borS cylinder. 24-lnch barrel shotgun, weighing about six pounds. And they wore full of hope. Presently, as they approached an al der thicket. Ranger came to a sudden stop and stiffened. "Now, Ronald, maybe here's a chance for you," whispered Uncle Hubert, as he picked up a stick and sent it crash ing into tne bush. Instantly there was a sharp rattle, and with a stirring, whistling sound a small object hu.-tled through the tree branches and soared high above. Ron ald threw his gun to his shoulder, but by the time he fired the bird was al most out of sight. A DECEPTIVE DROP "You'll have to be a little quicker, sonny!" Uncle Hubert said, with a smile. The boy coughed guiltily, and then suddenly cried: "I lieve I saw the bird settle down right over there, Uncle!" "Perhaps," returned Uncle Hubert, "although not exactly where you are pointing. Whan the woodcock drops. It gives a curious backward Jerk to its body and flings its wings upward in a funny manner, so that it really settles down some distance from where It seems to land." No more woodcock did they find Just then, but in crossing a meadow Uncle Hubert warned them to be on the look out for snipe. ''You will observe how strongly the wind is blowing," said he. "Bear in mind that only in snipe-shooting should you approach a. bird with the wind at your back. Snipe fly against the wind, . toward you, when they rise." Suddenly a bird sprang from the grass as though loosed from a catapult, and then began a recklesM. slgzagged Journey, turning and twisting and darting in a way that astonished Ronald. Lc ter. however. Uncle Hubert had somewhat better luck, and succeeded In bagging a brace of woodcock and another brace of snipe. Neither Ronald nor Douglas shot a single bird. "There's no need for discouragement," Uncle Hubert said, to comfort them, "inasmuch as skilled sportsmen often return with an empty bag." "All the same, I did want to tak something home to show mother to morrow," said- Douglas, ruefully. (CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.) rascal defied them, and when he found that tm? soldiers were steadily gain ing on Hro, Instead of throwing away his bag he simply climbed a sapling. From ths top of the . sapling the poacher mocked ths ,' soldiers, w. . grouped around the bass of ths young iniow to imake . Hcc "Vhcht ( AAi, fellows, Bill)' has been a dandy caDtain all th vear. an' now that Chrls'mas is most here I think all us 'Bloody Robbers' ought to be think ing of something to give hint as a token of esteem, 'cording to Bill Kane." One glance at the enthusiastic faces in the circle revealed the fact that every member of the valiant band ot- - - - - - - - CAPTAIN BIGGS' DIAGRAMS "Robbers" was of the same mind a Shorty. However, they were puzzled to know just what Billy would ap preciate most. For a time silence reigned In the little boathouse which Shorty's father, being rich, had bought for the ac commodation of Shorty's dory, canoe, lee yacht and all manner of fishing tackle. Here all the "Robbers" were gathered, with the exception of Billy, who had to go upon an errand to Zlegler's grocery store. All of a sudden Skinny scrambled down from his perch on the Ice yacht. "Fellers," said he, with a smile of triumph, "I've got It." "Hold fast! Don't let It 'scape! Look out it don't overpow'r yuh!" came In a chorus from the rest. Skinny, not at all disturbed, con tinued: "YOu know how pleased Billy was with Shorty's ice yacht. Called it a crackerjack. Jlm-dandy, and was tickled 'most to death when he rot a ride. Well, that's Just what we ought to give him. It won't be so very hard to build. We can buy the wood and set to work, a couple of us at a time, to bulld the yacht In the loft right ahive us, where Shorty has his tools. Only we must always have some one on the lookout, eo's Billy won't catch us." It was settled In a moment Every "Robber" scurried home to tap his "bank," an at very afternoon Shorty headed a ' deputation of five others to go to Skinner's lumber yard and there purchase what they wanted. Captain Biggs, who ownefl the boat house next to Shorty's, told them ex actly what to get. and promised to help them build the yacht. START BUILDING The next day was Saturday, and Joe Stanton was Instructed to coax Billy away on a skating trip away up the creek to Berger's mill. Then under the personal Instruction of Captain Biggs, the loft of Shorty's boathouse became the buelest sort of a workshop. First, the captain drew a rough sort of plan, like you see In Figure 1, showing the framework of the yacht. A. he said, was to be six feet long, two inches thick; B B each eleven feet long; C five feet long, and D D each three feet long all to bu made of clear spruce timber. In putting together, the edges were to be beveled and Joined by long bolts. - In other places long steel wire spikes were to be used. The bowsprit, E. extending six feet beyond A, was to be made from spruce two and a half by four inches, ta pered at the outer end. It was to be laid over A, and a spike, driven tn its butt end, was to be received into a hole made in C. At the nd of the bowsprit a withe having three eyes was to be driven on. The top eye was to receive the forestay and tree, tried vainly to reach him With tbeir bayonets. The thief slung his bag among ths branches .and made him. comfortable. , Not long was he to remain so.' how ever, for one of the clever , soldiers simply Trailed the' sapllng out by Its an and there , be made fast with turn, buckles. V . , " . When this much of the work, had been deftly accomplished, under the captain's direction, a, triangular block was placed between BB at O. through - which the rudder-post was to go. Then -the planks, G, were attached to the frame withscrews, and ther shoe-blocks, F F, each twenty-four Inches long and three Inches square, were bolted to tha the side ones the bobstay cables, which were to run to the corners of the boat timbers A and B. The mast step was built up from the inside of planks D D. As jou will see from the drawing of the finished yacht. It resembles a lit tle step, with perpendicular pieces of planking eighteen inches long and a t Inch and one-quarter thick. Across these was laid a piece of board with a hole cut In it, three and one-half Inches in diameter, to receive the mast. Right under this large hole, In the bow sprit, a smaller hole was made to re ceive a three-quarter inch iron pin pro truding six inches from the bottom of the mast. . Captain Biggs now produced from "somewhere a pair of steel-tire shoes. THE YACHT COMPLETE shown in Figure 2-A; a rudder (Figure 3), and a tiller (Figure 2-B). "These I had made at the blacksmith shop," said he, enjoying the surprise of the boys, "and they are my contribu tion to Captain Billy's yacht." Later a mast was put in place, twelve feet high and four Inches in diameter, slightly tapering toward the top. The gaff was six feet long and the oom twelve feet. Unbleached muslin, strengthened with ribs and edged all about with rope, was used for sails. The mainsail measured eight feet on the mast, five feet on the gaff, eleven on the boom, and the leach was thirteen feet In length. The Jib (the sma;W sail) was ten feet on the forestay, nx feet at the foot and eight feet ou the leach. In rigging, tho snmo plan was followed as that employed in yuchts, making use of halyards and buckle:., aj shown tn the drawings of the coir.pkltd yacht. Captain Biggs made Interesting draw ings (Figure 4 and Figure D. A B), In which he showed how a boat could be . built to run on ice anJ also float on wa- ter, Illustrating the way the bottom would lock and the kind of f-hoes and rudder to use. But 1 think Captain Bil'y will be more than grateful for thW simple. craft," added he when tho yacl;'. wai entirely finished, even to the wl.Its yr.lnting on the woodwork and blcck on the metal parts. And Billy was surprised and gvataful, as you can Imagine. "BEARING THE PRISONER" t roots.' And wjth their prisoner still clinging affrlghtedly to the tree, back to their quarters marched the tbreo - grenadiers. ... Ths officer . of th -"su'trd T. didn't laugh aloud when the queer bur den was brought before him. but vou may believe tint his smile was a broad otis., ; . ,. . -v ? .
