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"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
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"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
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