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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27. 1W3. THE .WEEK BEFORE! :CHRiSTMAS ;ISCA BUSY : ONE : TO THE' LAST. MINUTE 4 By Vivian Bretherton, ADVENTURE Narrow Escape - of Logger Inspires Story From - School Boy. By Shelby DA vies, Clinton Kelly, - ; i Ninth u. We were all sitting around the stove In the cook's cabin of the logging camp telling our pergonal adventures to pas away the time. 'The camp was situated on Moose river, 18 'miles from where it . flows into Kootenay lake, Briti Columbia. Suddenly one of - the men exclaimed, ' ."Tomorrow is , Chrlstmajs TBo it Is," exclaimed another. After i inougnttui pause he said: That - re ; xninds me of An adventure I had sev eral years ago on Christmas day, which , resulted in this," and he bared his arm to the elbow, showing two ; long scars . which looked like scratches - made by bo me wild anlmaL' Of course we all : 'Well, if It docs not bother you too much I will tell you about it, but let mr . tell you, boys, never go . hunting wiuioui piemy 01 ammunition. ., "It was this way. . ;. 1 , Bad a llttls cabin three miles up a rooky ravine inrougn wnicn a email stream Known as Placer creek ran. The cabin was situated where the north fork Joined it. i was running snort or meat thought I would try -to get one of the sneep grating on a. plateau some sou feet above, so I took down my gun and cartridge belt which I buckled on and started off. I started about 10 o'clock and by noon had reached , the plateau where had last seen the sheep, but by uie time I had gotten up , there I did not see any signs of them. They nad pronaoiy been scared by me or some wild animal. Beetng a high knoll which overlooked the plateau I thought 1 could -see better from there, m l tnnk , off my coat and belt and hung my coat on a Drancn or a tree, -i tnen Began i ciuiiu up, lorg-Btung my ! oen wnion 1 had left on the ground. All the im- , munition I had at this time was one cartridge In my gun and two 1 kept in a learner peucn lor emergencies. -Having reached the too I saw. about three quarters of a mile off, three of "inn rinesi sneep i naa seen ror many a day, and then and there I resolved to get one or die trying. I had not gone far, however, when I heard a low growl to my left and looking around J i saw two large cougars. probablv mates. They are the fiercest kind of animal around here, and I was prettv ecared when I saw I had to kill two with three shots. - - ' -,-: . - "Hastily taking aim1 I fired, -' and to rriy surprise . I saw one of the beasts leaping away while the - other stood there with blood oozing from the right : nide . of . the forehead. 1. immediately reloaded and took another shot which, to my chagrin and amazement, mimed . him altogether. ,1 fired again, and the shot grazed his right shoulder. Like a flash he leaped , toward me and, not lodging . quickly I enough, I received these (cratches. Before I could get verv far he was after me and I kept dodging him for a few minutes until wt... loss of blood I began-to get ex hausted and ready to drop. The cougar was in the same condition. If not worse. Blinded with the blood from his foreT - head he staggered toward me and, see ing my chance. I plunged my hunting knife to. the hilt Into his shoulder and he fell over and expired in a few min utes. , "My wounri bled freely and I bathed Jt in snow, which stopped tne bleeding' somewhat, but by the time I got to the cabin I was pretty far gone. In a day or two I was able to go after my gun and other things and later ne skin or the cougar wHich measured eight feet and three Inches from tip to tall and was in very fine condition. That is the skin up there on the wall to remind me of the time I did not take my ammunition with me, and I Ml you again, don't go far without plentv Of ammunition or it may go hard with you." In Santa Clans Land. By Reba Berger, Clinton Kelly, Fourth B. w i Age Nine Years. The day before Christmas I was lvlng wrapped up In blanket in the hammock on the front porch. 1 wag just getting : over a short sickness. I suddenly felt myself moving and when I stopped I found myself In such a strange land. There- were many men dressed .up llk'( Santa, Clauses. They were making mil lions of pretty toys. I talked to the head Santa Claus and told him a long list of things that I would like to have him bring me. He was a very- generous old man. He told in to put all these things In a pile bv . themselves. This I did. Then he told ne of the other men to take me into the back room where they had presents for mammas and papas. I selected a set of dishes, a calendar and a sideboard. - When this was done we took a sloigh- ride down a great mountain. Oh, such fun! - , . Buf all at once I'heard a' faint cry, and 1 felt something move beside me, J turned, and what do you suppose I aw?- The sweetest little baby, and a letter which read like this. North Pole, Freezeland. Dec. 2, 190.8. Dear Little Reba This little babv is from me. This is what you have often wished for. You must take good care f it. Merry Christmas. Santa Claus. i "A W-fstern Mountain Scene" By A CHRISTMAS Clinton Kelly, Ninth A. A Plea for Left-Handed Girls "- i)By Eva De Yos, .Shaver.. Eighth B. -Abou t f ou r years ago I first began taking sewing lessons at school. When at home I always sewed with my left hand., ; When, the sewing lessons began I wa obliged, to sew with my right hand, and I found. It very hard. . ' v . '"The ship was cheered, the harbor cleared, :. V- , Merrily did we drop a ' ' Below the kirk, below the hill, I . . , Below the lighthouse top." Reading Illustrated by Gladys Bailey, Clinton Kelly, Seventh A. My model was always about .the last one to 1e finished. Jt took me three m- more ; sewing lessons to finish mine, while the other girls were done in about two lessons. My work after it had taken so long to do It. had to be ripped out time and again, till tnft- cloth wa inflow mti that t would have to make' a he, model. Which- meant- that I would have to stay after school nignts .10 sew. I soon grew tired of sewing, and dreaded ih for-sewing to come, for. It al ways ended. in trouble for me. .. When my model was done, I was uso .11.. .-v,.nis nf 1, tnr 1 knew 1 could do better if I could only sew with my i.n . Th. orhfT rlrls Always fin ished their models, first and they were accepted by tne leacner. a paused by the teacher said I could sew with my left hand and, my wlng was very easy then. Now I can get throuRn nearly tlve first one and. my models are 1 think most of the people of this cltv are right handed, which-is natural. Wouldn't it be very hard for them If they? were, forced , to use ( their left If there are ' any 'other left handed girls In the city who have to sew with their , right hands. I hope very muon that they will soon be permitted to change' to their natural way, for I think no greater punishment can be infitrtiMi than la make a left handed girl sew with her right hand. Runaway Ruth. By Ethel' Bsdaile, Clinton Kelly, r ourin A. Ruth' was about four years old when she ran . away. Her mother gave her some money to buy some candy with. She said, "Ruth, you must not go to the store till after dinner." She had lust said this when someone rapped at the door. . Ruth went to the door end .found that it was her playmate. Fa. Fay said that her mother was very sick and would like to have Ruth's mother come and attend -to her. Fay was -seven years old and said she would stay , with Ruth while she was JctHimwHT "The Road on the HlH"-By Lydla Schieve, Highland, Fifth B. away. Ruth's mother had not been gone long when ray got mad at Kutn and said ahe ould not stay and so went away and Ifft Ruth alone. Ruth thought she would not stay home alone. She took htr money and got on the car and rode away. She got off where she had most always gotten off . with her mother, sup warned around tne DlocK. Sh- was getting very, hungry by this time, as It was noon, but she did not know where Rhe could get food. She came to a 'soft, cool place by the river side. She laid down by the river to rest and soon fell fast asleep. When she awoke it was quite dark, but she was not afraid for by her side was her father. He picked her up and wanted to know how she. got there. She told him all about it and begged to go home. I do not think she will ever run aay again. Carl 'Kruger,. Highland, Flffh B. 4L ' ' "'T illl laiVl CLINTON-KELLY, Christmas By Lucille' Clodfelter,' Clinton Ninth A. Kelly, Christmas Is the day on which the nativity of the savior Is observed. The first certain - traces of It were ' found during the reign of Diocletian from 284 to 306 A. D. While holding court one day, he learned that a. multitude of Christians were assembled In the city to celebrate the birthday of Christ, lie at once ordered the church doors to be closed. He then' set. flro to the build ing, and all the worshipers perished in the flames. It Is not known, how ever, that there was any certain tlmfe for observing the nativity of Christ among the early churches. J Some held the festival in the months of May and April, while others held It In December. Most of the people celebrated the nativity of Christ about December 25, for it Is then the height of the rainy season in Judea and the shepherds could hardly be watching their flocks. " Among the more Important Causes which fixed shls period as the proper one was that almost all the heathen nations regarded the winter rains as a most important point of the year aa the beginning of the renewed life and activ ity of the powers of nature and -of the uaAn who were merelr images of nat ural things. : Many of our noted 'histor ians claim that the birthday of Christ wa not December 2B. of natural things, many of the churches made dramatic representations of the birth of Christ, and the first events of his life, till gradually Christmas carols and. dramas originated. The Christmas ?i J1 tree, adorned with lights and gifts, and special Christmas meats and dishes, such as turkey, cakes, dumplings, celery and cranberry sauce, became quite a custom, and now It has become usual for friends to forward to one another, by post, Gaily Illuminated Chrlstmad cards, bearing Christmas greetings. Indoor Baseball. By Edward Fitzgerald, Shaver, Seventh ' A. ' Indoor baseball is a very interesting game for boys and young men and is played In alii parts of our country. A person must be a quick thinker and also never get excited to make a good player. He must also have his mind f ' , - I Our Forefathers. made up where he Is going to throw the ball before he -gets it. To play indoor baseball you must have two sides, each side having catcher, pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, ;hird baseman,- and three fielders. Kach batter gets three swings at the ball as the pitcher throws it. If he falls to hit the balKany of the three times .he is called out by the referee or umpire. But if bg hits the ball and reaches first base, the base which he is supposed to run to first he fs given a base hit. This means getting to first base before being put out. If he hits the ball and It Is caught by a neiaer oeiore rutting tne ground, tne player is called out Good players on the field -may make many double plays such as putting two men out at tne same time. To do this he must istop the ball, touch his own base before the runner reaches there and throw it to another base before the runner reaches there. Some play-' ers may make two base hits, or even a home run in a game; that Is running to iwo wanes wunoui stopping alter nilting tne , nail, Many runs can be 'made In a game, and the side getting the majority of the runs wins tncgame. Besides being excitine and Interest In Indoor baseball will strengthen the mus cles or tne armB and lrmDs. ' Myself. By Willie Jorge, Highland. Fifth R I was once a little tree about three xeet tan. une day a coy came- and dug me out. He took me home and pianieo me ln .ms garden. : 1 kept on growing for many years. One day when I was about 1(1 ,n old a man came and cut me down. H took all my branches off. anl maH, large noie. wnen he had the hole made tie went away. In about an hour he came back with another man. ( They toon me and cnopped me into - many pieces. . . j,- ... When they' had me all chopped up, they carried me . to the hole and threw me in. They took' a match and lighted me. I began to burn, and they put a large cover over me, made out of boards with dirt over them. . I laM in tha hni for about two days. 'On the third day I was uncovered and taken Out. , I was burned all up into charcoal They .put , me Into paper' boxes., and I was Rent, iwar to irhnnl Tha n day the. children of the school had a riamrtag lesson. Thtv tiori m tnir oblongs on their drawing paper. After a few months -I was all used up-v - ' HIGHLAND AND RICHMOND SCHOOLS Tke Little Old' ScLool v House ,. By Madelino Sutherland." Clinton Kelly. . , Seventh B. . When mamma went to Clinton Kelly school she did; not go to the large. 12 room schoolhou8e to which I go now; but to the little one which stands back on Powell street. - t f Mr. Ewingr was her first teacher. He had all of the classes in' the, one room. The children used to recite on a long bench in front of him. : ' .,"'' Afterwards there was i another-- room "The Old "CifntonV Kelly "school house" -By Tina Chrtstofersen . .Seventh . B. , . . : '?.:- built n.'Hn . which my- aunt. Miss Mc- Faddcn, taught. ; .The blackboards they used to - have ' were not like, those we have now, but were smooth boards paint ed black. '" The hall in this little achoolhouse has some Initials now which were cut or written long ago. R. V., whoever he was I say "he" be cause girls don't do such things left his autograph up near the ceiling, and "IF. D." and "B. M." are cut on the door, The little building has-been painted since, but no amount of paint is likely tt hide the work of those knives. Our school is so full now that we use both of the rooms of the little building. inmgs are very different now from what they were when mamma went to school. She used to go through woods and passed large fields of wheat. Now I pass many houses and walk on' cement sidewalks, which lead to the schoolhouse. 3 T "A Visit From Santa Claus in Mod ern Times". By Nora Merrlam, Clinton Kelly, Seventh A. Returning Favors. Bv flvlvla Mvers. Richmond. Second B, unce tnere was a Dee mat ieu in tne water and could ont get out. A dove saw the bee and threw a leaf down for the bee to get on. The Dee got on the leaf and the leaf went to Bhore and the bee flew out of the water. Once there was a little boy walking along and saw a dove. The boy had a sling shot and was going to shoot the dove. A bee stung the boy on the back of the neck. , To-Pi And Their Sons By W.' F. , Do What You; Can By Ruby Hendry, Highland,' Fourth A. There, was once a i farmer who was raising a field of -corn. There had been no riln , for, a long time.- He had bar rowed and weeded It. ' .The;, farmer wanted the corn to get ripe, so "he could ell it With the money he could buy things . for his family., : One day the farmer went, out to the field. The corn was withered 4' and drooping. ; Every morning the farmer would go out In the field, and wish that It would, rain. One morning when the farmer, went out to his field of srn, he looked up Into the sky, Two little raindrops saw him. One of the raindrops , said: "I feel sorry for the poor farmer. He had taken care of the corn so long. : I wish I could help him." . , The other raindron &Mr ;Whw . vn could not do anything. You are' onlv a nine rainorop. Xou could pot even wet one hill." " , The first raindrop said: T am going to, da what 1 -can. Here I go!' rTheSu lh Alhr ro init,nn ..u, 'Itnr.ii : if you insist upon going, ? I'll go too! So hers lome."- Down came the drone., t "Down Where the River Flows" By One fell cat on the ! fnrmr' una. and the other fell on a thirsty, stalk of corn. The farmer said: "What's that! I guess there is going to be a shower." By this time a good many ralndrons came to see what, the matter was. "Well. it you are going on a' good errand, 1 will go too.'' Down he came anil the rest followed. The corn grew, all because one little ramarop tried to do what he could. What Rob and Clip Found. ' By Frank Nelson, Thompson Sixth B. Bob and CHd ' were two clever hovs. Cllp was a dark and funny fellow. Ho always called his master "Massa Bob," for he was not in the habit of calling him mister. One day the' two bovs went to the creek. Bob' was looking back when Clip said: -f'Look! A ferrvboat Is romlnii down the creek, with nobody in it, and u s none got stuca ag Inst a snag. Findings Is keepings." nob hurried to the scene where he saw the boat In 'the mud, for It was low tide. The boat was shaped some what like Noah's Ark. It was rjrobahlv SO feet long and 80 feet wide and was rooiea. bod recognised it at once aa a rerryooat or that style used in dif ferent parts of the river, to convey pas sengers ana Teams across tne river. "I Wished "I owned that boat. Clip," said Bob. "What would you do with it, Massa Bob?" "I tell you what I would do. I would go down to St Louis with It" "Will you let me go with ou. Massa Boor asked cup eaaei I will if I s-o. CHd." "Won't that be fine?" said Clip. "How long will you stay, Aiassa bodt uet out the Boat, ' lie said, and we will go aboard. - It seems to be pretty good boat." said Bob. "Dat's so. Massa Bob. You and I keep it as our own, Massa hod. - mamgs is Keepings. Boon the owner of the boat came to the bank. He told them that he had lost the boat. The next day he came and took his boat home. Bob and Clip received a reward lor rinaing and re turning the boat The Chimney Swallow's Story. By Eleanor Farmer, Richmond, Fourth A. - I am a little bird. There are five in my family, counting myself. One day something awful happened. There was a heavy rain that day, and our nice house was flooded down the chimney. We fell Into the fireplace. dui my motner ana rather new around the I room. Pretty soon the old cat caught them un. A nttie while-atter a nttie gin came in and found us. She took a basket and put cotton wool In it for our nest, and fed us with soaked bread. She hung our oasxet out or tne window, in a few days my brother and I were ready to fly away, but my little brother couldn't fly because he was much Injured. He told us to go, on and he would come later, bur we never saw him again. ' X Herbold, Highland," Ninth' B. Tte Adventure of Santa Claus i" ,.'"y r.f ic.f , . "'r.11'" 1,1 " '. , ?! .ju -ff'. i By Royal Lee, Woodstock. Sixth' A. - When Santa Claus Started from the north pole where his home is, It was very, very cold But the moon i was shining bright and the snow glistened like diamonds all-around him. He - had been busy all -year- making toys and presents for the coming event. He was all ready now.. So he went to the barn and , hitched up the reindeer and started on his 'Journey. '.!", The first house he came to Was a very large one. t Here they kept a furnace. This was kept going all night ' He clam bered up on i th roof and . got Un the chimney add pulled 'for-his bag. 'When the bag got to tne opening it was so large that it wouldn't go downT- Now there was anta hanging on the string of his bag. He couldn't go up or down. . If he got up to his tag his weigni would nold it down so necouldn t get out anyway. So he started to kick. And Santa as you know is a big fat man and very stout,, so he can klok pretty hard. He kept on kicking till at last he knocked the chimney down. It fell clear to the basement from the second floor. The bricks-knocked the furnace down and smothered - the fire. Santa stopped nere because he could n t go any farther. ' When' he recovered from his K t Viola BryanHighland, Fifth A. 1 1 . ' ; shock he found hlniself sitting on top of a. pile of bricks, x He started to go '"rowi a window, btrt it was too small. At last h ont All, thrOHVh linn. He left hrs whole bag. He thought he ought to give pretty mitch for kicking aown the chirnnev. He went to his sleigh and rode on. . But lie had better iuvk man tne rirst time, I guess, be cause, he still comes on Christmas. v " .. .'m. f The Mysterious CablnV By Robin Colwell, Highland, Seve'pth B. Jt was a log cabin, not very large or different from the rest of the -cabins in the neighborhood, except for tli mystery which surrounded It. The rest of the cabins were inhabited by hunters or farmers, but this caBln was not. There was no one Jiving there except two beautiful young girls. They were tall, dark and very. hand some. By, their appearance' one could see that they were refined and intelli gent but 'their would speak to no one i i?.ui "J1 ,of th ir, 8,CS and the village doctor was called In. He learned their story. Their fatftW. was a rtch banker who was liked by everv 'ont un til one year the bank failed It was said by some through his dishonesty. HeC,VM not meet th demand? of his depositora.-ao'he fled with his daugh ters. . Bonn afti h aia i l-lrl. limn.. m" S.V """ n " ' T.wlt. iney came to v" wltnJthelr unt- but found she had R0-7hiLiJh,r 9" eWe wa to tZ. . Jil de8erted .cabin at the end of " a.sssga - ; y jt ', ; . Frank's Adventure. By Pearl Barnes. RlfhmnnJ ci..i. t -.F.rn.k' 'ther had sent him to the iii.uiii-e m get a letter. It was In the summer and In a iitti muni,. and at noon the shops were closed, and It was Just noon when he arrived there. When he reached tha nniinM,, iu- dog was sitting by the door and Frank w a i raid to go in.- r . Sa Urn Innlf. . . n" J . v. . . . ' ,u"Lu uii aiiu uuvn tne street 'Chinese New . Year'.' Lillian 1 Jol Uffe. Highland, Nlnth A.- but could not see anvbodv to heln him He called to Miss Evarta.. who was tha clerk In the postoffice, but she did not hear him. He noticed that the butcher snop across - the street was not closed, so he went -over to the shop and - with the two pennies his .father had given him he bought , some meat After he had. bought the 'meat he held It up so inu tne aog - couia see . it, .and . tnen threw it into the street . Then ha want in , and got the- letter and returned home. ' .. -. When he told his father of his ad. venture he said he was a good, clever boy,. - . -, . - Glaciers. .,-.' By Marvel Thomas, Richmond, Sixth A. uiaciers are found in the oold polar regions and -near the-- summits of high mountains. . . - '' . . . Here more snow falls than la melted This accumulates year after year until It ,,is pressed so hard that when It freezes It becomes, solid Ice, - ' , v This is forced to move slowly .down the slote and . while It. is movlnr It carries with it rock waste., large bould ers and sand.,. When this reaches the lowland or the sea lars-e nlecaa . hraak ff and float away as Icebergs. ' ; wnen tne glacier nas melted it imi the rock waste UDoh the land. Tha vk waste . that is left ! upon the land Is called glacial .drift or. a terminal mo ralne. . , .',' . - ' . -; - In northern Europe and as far down s -'the Ohio and Missouri rivers In North America the land remains a gla cial drift.:,: ' .IV ., . .. . , The Little Wax Candle; . By Rachel Terex, Richmond, Fourth B. One day there wan a lot of llttln wa candles laying on the counter and some- Dooy came in and bought them. They took them home and the next day thev were put on a Christmas tree. A" puff of wind came by and blew one of them out "Dear me," thought the little candle,- "that - will be the end of my fun." After a while the candles burned down' and went out and the next day the tree was thrown out A little while after that a little boy waa plaving near the tree and . found the candle. That very night he got a pine twig and put the little candle, on the highest branch and - the little candle had lots of fun and the. children said that It was as much . fun to play-Christmas aa any thing else.' -'. :. : , .' Mr. Longfellow. ' . . By August Glutsch, Highland, Second A. Mr. Longfellow was a poet. He-loved little children. He wrote poems about Itiem. The children loved him. They came to Visit him, Thev liked tn talk with him. -He made them very happy. j OilDE Fourth Grade Child Tells ; Story 6f Colu mbus as It Appals to Her..5 By Susan McConnell, Richmond, Fourth .".(- B , , Lpng, long , ago, far over, the sea :n Italy, a little baby boy was borhi HU nams was Christopher Columbus, i His home was near the seashore. When Uttle Christopher Columbus was old enough, he played on the seashore all day long. ' He liked to watch tlu ships come and go. The : best of all he liked to hear the stories that the sailors toliL ' ' ' ; , i : Columbus said. "When ' T nm , nlil enough I'm going to be a sailor; I shall sail far awav in a hlr shin, and irft 0nM and, silver." . , When Columbus was 13 years old he had to leave arhnnl and tn ti vurk His parents were too poor to send hint to school. '- . He longed to be a sailor, and un whan he was a little lder he went, t . Columbus made un hi mind tn t i-.r to . Sail across the Atlantl iuun -)t around the world. - But all he needed was money and he did not have any. He. was too poor to buy a ship to go In. , He went to many rich and learned men and asked them to help him: hut they i laughed at him. He . then visited Spain, and asked Queen Isabella and -King Ferdinand to helo him. Hutitha. people of Spain wers in the midst of a' great war,- and none of them would help ' So he waited for veara and vnrt go by. One day a tall man and a ilttla boy were walking; this man was Co lumbus, and this little boy was his son. The mother of -this little hnv rilori whan he was a little baby. They came to a convent and while eating dinner Colum bus told the man that owned it about his troubles. The man said, "I know the queen and I shall go myself, you stay, here till I come back." In a few days the man came back, and told Co mmons to go and see the queen. So Columbus went and told the queen, his plans. The queen called some of ih men to come to her, when they came she said, "What do you think of itf Some said. "It is all right," and others said, "it Isn't." ' '. . , In a few months thev had three hnata ready to go, and they got some good sailors to go. All they could sea was water and sky every aay. One day they heard shot fired on another boat. Thev u land. When they came to the-shore of this land they saw some funny looking peo ple there. Columbus said it was India and called the people Indians. But in stead of coming to the old world ho came to a new world. It was our old dear America. The , Fish. yts Willard Worthlngton, Cllnfbn Kelly, i nira A. wished I were a fish, to swim about in the rol water. Just then I fell tnto the wHr and turned into a fish. But I soon gottirea or it, and wanted to turn back Into" boy again. But I couldn't I wanted tirsff lay ball and eat oranges and apples, pnow live in the pools and swim about with a great many other fish. . The othersfisn don't like me. They try to Kin me. . . But when any 6TV sticks their hooks In I do not bit. T rf-iwavs sav to the other fish, don't bite on'-ftl" hooks. I am now a big fish and caL fight my own way. , Spelling Sentences. By Gertrude B. Knott, Highland, Third A. I don't like a dentist because one hurt me when he pulled my tooth, ' A plumber puts In baths. I hope you are satisfied. My aunt Is going to have a furnace In their house. My papa drives for the Union Laundry company. ' Did you ever eat muffins? Will you catch that burglar for me? "Do you like medicine r Miss O'Con nor asked. Did you ever taste vegetable soup? You can't surprise me! ' Hiawatha. By Harry Rleff, Richmond, Third A. Hiawatha was a little Indian boy. He lived with his grandma in a wigwam. In the front of the wigwam was the great sea water. In, the- back of the wigwam was the dark, gloomy forest Hiawatha's grandma toM him that tha naked bear and the reindeer lived there. Hiawatha's grandma : was old and wrinkled up. One day Hiawatha's frrandraa made him a cradle out of Inden tree. When she put him to sleep she would sing to him. When he was cranky she would say, "Hush, the naked bear will hear you." , V-Being Personal. I , By Helen Sutherland, Clinton Kelly, - Fourth B (Age i years): Description nf a Ilttla hnv that- alt In front of me: Willie Is an Idle boy, Never stirs when told; Sitting with a little toy, - 1 Just as if he'd mold. Original Poem. By Leda Wheeler, Clinton Kelly, Fifth A. "Merry Christmas to all," said . the Jolly oia saint, As he rose un the rhlmnsv wlria Tou may see me again but I don't know when, t Unless It be next Christmas tide. I , A Letter. . By Adolph Mathiesen, Clinton'- Kelly, second a. Portland. Or- Dec. 11. ' 190. Dear Santa: I want a tool chest Don't for get to put some candy in mama's stock- - . :. ' ai a, in , , . Badly Put. , " ' - 'From Punch.- Solicitor" . . . . and 1 am sure that you will find,': madam. I hat this Is the best course to adopt in the event of your friendly letter falling to produce tne etrect we oesire. Client Yes, I see, Mr. Jones; If I cannot, get what I want by. fair means, I must put the matter unreservedly into your hands.: . " r' Last i year was a record-br'eaker In the- country's coke industry, 40.77MM short i- tons being produced, hearlv double' the output of 1900. and more than three times that of 1897. "Fenced in" By Le3ter Highland, SlxtbA A.' Gentry, STORY IIITERESTJIIG J
