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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, r-.SrtCII 21,' 1003
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LI JMJ trlaticed up with, dismay.' s.The
candle b ii rti In g overhead gave such
poor light tht., traln'hjs eys M
he Would lie could hardly make out th
OOD day, little one," said tht
big man with th kindlyface,
is 1 he passed through tha
lodge. . . i "" ; '.' , : V
IJonortse loiked grav.sly up at the
Artist Man from the scaht"helght which
four jears had given her. She liked
ibis huge grown-up, and when tionorea
. )ikd any; one she smiled, with a tiny
toKobud , of mouth,-a pair of "great,,
round eyes and two cunning dimples.
JH.noree smiled mw ' -
t Tha Art! jit Man paused, held, perhaps,
bv that baby smile. He rested a hand
hahily upon the wealth of -golden hair
.that' tell In a gleaming cascade from
the litUe jss- head. Turning to the
concierge, or lodgcheeper, ho asked ap
jKalinaly; , ,'
"Will not madame permit a picture to
be mack? of the, eharming little girlT , I
shall tiike'tlie best of care pf her." .
And madame, won as the baby had ;
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.been by the klndlv look on
man's face, save her consent.
tin Houoree left tlv lodge where sho
had been plavtng .with her rag dolly.
, f wild, keeping firm hold of the Artist
Man's hand, climbed anil climbed up the
narrow talra until the topmoet .story
-was reached. Here, lighted by the
lvavy glass panes above, was th room
where the hutfe person painted many
ti uirHM. - Several' vanvasea atood about
" - the mom, some of them bare and others
containing finished pictures. An enwcl,
a pHlte, bri:she and tubes of color
' the little girt taw and gaied with much
V. upon.
Very nicely, indeed, did the Artist Man
. -liat to Honoree about her dolly and
i her poodle. Plutun. Honoree was soi ry
wiien he told her that now ho mUHt tak"
her back o nutnraa; nir could she see
L thiil tlie few black strokes the Artist
Man made with hir ien-il upon a frflg
inent of paper meant anylhing. But she
was consoled for I'jsing such a pleasant
companion by th delicious con lections
the -Artist Man immediately purchased
for her.
Time and lime again thereafter Hon-
oree was escorted up the narrow flights
to the studio. Boon olie iiad received
many treasures dolls hihI knickknacks
-from her big friend, whom she now
legardtd as tlm liesl of chums.
i I'pon the sccund visit he had arrayed
.' her In a lively Utile dress nd a pretty
- ap. Then she had stood with her hand
'lasx?d and her cyeB upraised until tin
Artist Min dt-clHTed h was afraid she
would fly rlajht througli the skylight up
1o tlio heavens to Juln th angels. But
Honor was sure he wouldn't.
She delightful to piny "Martrnrrile," s
tlie Artist Mn call-u tins gam.?. 81, e
- was never tired of n. althojgh the
- t.Htnttr would never let her siand very
onie.
After a whiie IlorMro cme to have
flnolher piaymatj. This wn a lady who
Iriflen visited tl,e atndm now. She was
, Vs nlc aui rhe Art!t Man-if sny t
-iild be that nte and nten the ladv
talked to Honoree while the artist
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, "MAKGL'KRITE" . : VST JWmWlWHf U ..... L, '
characters luaci lbcd upon the paper held
In hla handa. ' ,
He was very atudiuus, and lcarhed.
too; but he waa also very poor, ao that
he 'could 111 afford to burn more than
one cindle.
It grieved I.lng. however, to think he
mint wait for daylight Jn order to con
tinue the rending of this very lntereat-
tng worK. What could he do?
Ah! Here was an opportunity to apply -the
great wisdom lie possessed. Ling
knotted Jiia-irjows, butpnjy foe. an ln-
' - atant. ' '
.'. w 'Then lie carefully soaked his queue In
", ;nieUed wa' and, permitted It to dry
until the hair was Quite stiff. To the
end of the queue he attached the ljJJ-
i.njll knnt lh nnnltA nvpr h! hftafl.
' and." with the light shining clear
his ! paper, calmly went on
Clever IJng!
reading.
Worked. . v
One day tlie tiny miss pottered all the
war up the stalls by herself. She hadn't
seen the Artint Alan for a -whole day,
so that she was lonely. Therefore sho
had slipped away from the lodge.
After rapping timidly upon tha door,
to Honoree's surprise, it Was opened Dy
her friend, the nice lady, dressed In ex
. actly the same way SHE had often been
dre.s?ed while the Artint Man painted.
"Why; do you play "Marguerite, too?"
gurgled Honoree, clapping her hand
delightedly. , -
The lady tooi the child- upon her lap
as she replied:
"Yes, little one, Sonvtlmes before a
great many people, while the music
play. 1 alwaB Bing wlieu I play "Mar
guerite' this way. Perhaps some day
you will do it so, little one."
You x-e, Honoree . was too small to
know that the lady was 'Marguerite'"
.when she sang in the opera, but slio
did understand very weil when the lady
eald Bently:
"Tomorrow I am going to play 'Marguerite'-
far away from here, little one.
So today 1 must kiss thee good-bye."
Honoree was sorry, st soTry that tears
welled In the great blue eyes. Nor was.
she comforted even when her kind
friend env her a present of a hand
some little necklace at parting.
x"Jfo -JtfarKuerlto-shQtiiciha-withniit her '
Jewels," the lady had whispered.
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SOMR boxes of capital letters are
needed. , These can be printed or
T drawn or painted on squares of
cardboard beforehand, by the way. The
leader tella. tho circle of players seated
round Ihjj table what to do. As soon as
she gives a command the players begin
-tQsecJt . JtoxJeUers v jr he one w hcvf ulflls
the order first wins $ small prize. These ,
S A BOY Inventor. Sammv was
certainly the most unfortunate of
any Inventor living. His inven
tions worked out all right, you know,
but somehow people never seemed to
lake kindly to them.
Sammy reilly -was disgusted. "Folks
don't appreciate genius!" he com
plained. While In this state of mind be was
only too glad to accept 'the Invita
tion of his friend, the showman, to
spttid some time traveling with the
circus and menagerie. He needed a
Ion rest, and here" was the oppor
tunity. He promised himself that not
one invention would he attempt dur
ing Ms stay with, the showman.
But Smmj. in spite of himself,
could not re.aain Ions; inactive. Al
though he tried to Invent nothing,
sown he became annoyed at the Idle
ness of the animals In the menagerie.
"All the rest of your show works,"
he remarked to the showman, but
those laiy blasts. Why don't you
make them be of aome use- other than
that of being stared at by people?"
"Yes. but what can they do?" re
sponded the amused showman.
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A QUIET LETTER
prises are greatly appreciated, be It
noted, apd they should be nice little
bonbon boxes. This la the game: Make
a girl's name with two letters (Answer
1, jf). Something not full-M T). A
warning-(L O), An observation call-(I
C U). What dead things do-(D K).,
Pepper in two lctters-(K N). Watei In
one letter (C). very easy. Water with
"I'll show you,"
answer.
as the prompt
The other laughed in disbelief, as he
said: "Rather difficult to show a
showman, you know. Ha ha!"
The showman laughed a different
way before long, however. This hap
pened when Sammy sept for his friend
early Ii the morning.
"Now, watch me prove that animals
can be of use,' said he Immediately
the showman appeared.
Then the boy stepped out of bpd
and tugged at what his companion
imagined to be a bell rope, but whleh,
on closer inspection, he saw waa a
snake with bells gripped In his fangs.
Five minutes, elapsed, when a chim
panzee came Into view, bearing a
plate of rolls and a cup Jot steaming
hot coffee
Having eaten thla food, again the
snake-bell waa rung. TJie elephant
quickly 'thrust his trunk into the
wagon-dwelling, lightly picked up
fimrnr and seated the , lad on his
back. Out to a tub of clear water
nearby t lie two went, with the show
man following close behtod. There tha
astonished man saw the bey. treat
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GAME
something In 11 (T). , A town (C T).
Not cheap (D K). To a., fowl (U R A
N). To a stag a whole sentence In seven
. letter-(I C U R A P R). This game
fens with a; small trick. The guide
says, "Write the word 'empty in two
.letters." All will put down M T. But
two round O's must be drawn and
"empty" written In each one.
V
ed to a splendid shower bath.
Another ring of the hell brought"
hopping kangaroo upon the scene.
In the animal's pouch were several
towels, with which the chlmpansee
proceeded to give Sammy a .brisk
massage. . . '
Afterward the rhinoceros appeared
with a mirror fastened to his- tusk.
In front of which Sammy seated him
self. The chimpanzee then neatly
clipped hla hair.
It took but one stroke of the bell to
bring a deer leaplng;into tha ten
From the tnatrniflcent antlers were
suspended all of Sammy's garments.
"A grand clothea rack," commented
the boy, grinning toward ' the show
man, who fr thla time waa Incapable
of uttering a word. Hla eyea opened
a little wider when the pelican wad
dled In with Sainmya ma'H In hia biH.
But the showman collapsed entirely
as the chlmpansee led up a camel
and Sammy proceeded to eool tha
grass outside tha wagon by his new
"camel-sprinkler," as he called lt-
"Tou win," murmured ' the man,
weakly,, wlille Sammy , looked 41 him
In triumph. '
L'RSIS had just bought It for Toble
In the (lu rile ii of tha Tuilerlea.
men, you Know, is in j'aris.
waa Km ii nf If ill fnv Kiallrkitn Kl v u 1
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and shiny, with long cord that kept
from flying away, , ' 'V
Toble wondered whether If tie pressed
m
.) very bard; upon the balloon, ha could
, make It rcsfupon the ground, lie knelt
, and put tha toy carefully on the grass.
. At the same time his hold on the cord1
loosened. Then, at range to tell, the bsl.'
- ' loon moved not upward,' but along the
-. t. ground.' How It rollodt Toble' chased .
. r' madlyrter It.-,', v .. ' ; ' "
. i T'irs waa only ono thing In the world ,'
. In which Toble was" Interested now." Hla
sole desire was to clutch the end of the ;
. at ring attached to the balloon. But the
chase Was long and hard before- ha man- .
1 aged to seoure the oovetcd grasp. ' , '
To the boy's great surprise, however, .
the baIloor did not stop when he caught ' , '
up to It. No. It was drawing Toble after '
it. But the lad wouldn't let go. He waa ; '
" determined to keep affirm hold.,
" ., And then Toble hlmeelf .didn't )cnow
how jt happened the balloon-was aoar- .
Ing Up through the trees and bearing the
, little boy with It. Toble was too busy
'Z keeping a grip' on the cord to teal fright -
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... Presently a tiny door' near the bottom
of the' balloon Opened. Toble had not
" observed this, door bofore. . It did hot
show on tho outside. However. It surely
' was a door, because a wee elf poked hla
head through It almost Immediately,
"Hello, down, there!" he . shrilled;
"'"don't you want to come In?"
v "Can't j. I'm too big!" gasped Toble.
, "Nonsenso!" returned tho elf. Reach
ing through the door, .he braced himself
and pulled up the cord, with Toble dan
gling on the ertd. A moment later the
boy Was safe and sound within the door..
And he was no bigger than the elf! It
seemed that .the balloon cord was a
maglo cord. ' ah the longer you held it.
the smaller you grew.
"r A cosy lUlla place Topic found the bal-
loon Ua and the elf seated themselves ;
so they '-could look through the door
"liet'a'play tlheckers," suggested thg '
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k Toble" was willing, but there didn't
seem to be any board or "men," and he
didn"t seo how they could.
The-eif smiled with superior knowl
edge. "Down below is our checker
board," said he, ' 7 "
Surely enough,: when Toble looked to
ward the earth he found that the fields :
of grain and green pastures made square -blocks
of different colore, so high was
the balloon In tha air..
"We'll use only one 'man,' continued
the elf, "and that will be the balloon.
Wc'Il take turns using It, Now. it'a yodr
move. Ab soon as the balloon passes
ess
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this square and Is above the next, my
turn comes, and" I movt across that
quart and Into Die next on. So we
it 1
mA ' fliov until jmn a a a li&n - 'A iu. v'
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It v on who moves oft the squares Into th ,
town wins."" ;, ,--.., , ..."
. Toble found this game to M roost fas-
clnating. It waa he who won, too; for
lie jumped tht balloon rrom the last
field on to the outskirts of a town.
. While they wera passing ' over tha
church spires, which looked Ilka needles.
ana, ine rea roors or the houses below'
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IT 'MOYEP ALONO THE GROOJD
Toble though for th first time of how
worried nursle mast be about him. '
"I reaBy ought to go home," sail he
soberly to the elf. , ,
The other cheerfully replied: "Very
well; but we'll come out and play check
ers some other time."
Thereupon the elf aald a maglo word.
The balloon turned In the direction of
Jarls. With wonderful speed they trav
eled, until the balloon was immediate
! aDove the house where , Toble " Uvea.
...Then it descended , quickly und flew
through , a Window into Toble'a play.
" room.-';, .";', '' ' " ;- ';',''.
. ' Ha leaped out the balloon door artd
found himself Just as big as he had been
Ijefore the adventure, while thtf door
.waa completely closed and "the elf was
invisible! '
Toble p,ut his magic balloon securely
away la the closet. Then he went to tell
pursia ajid mother ihat he had arrived
home safely. He's going to play check
ers again, however, just a; aoon as ha
has a chance. ; .'.-..
"Jack on the Right, Come
Out an3 Spin"
TUB game li k variation of the old, I
'TasWhSd"uftv" the Trencher," tSJ
With a mlvltiKA In .1 m k
with a mixture in it of "Mr
Right-hand" Neighbor. The players sit
In a circle, one goes to the center and
spins a top, saying meanwhile: "Jack
on the right side, come out and' spin."
The spinner, having mado the top twist
nicely, then calls out a name. Now the
owner of that namo must not move. It
is the right-hand neighbor of the name's
owne who must run out and catch tho
top before It ceases to spin. Failure to
do this involves a forfeit. If the owner
of the name Jumps up as In "Turn tha
Trencher," he, tot), pays a forfeit. As
soon as the right-hand "Jack" realizes
he has to run, the spinner takes his
scat, and the "Jack" In turn spins the
top. This gamo teaches prompt atten
tion, with power to suit action to
thought; makes children very keen and
quick. It Is varied with' "Jack on the
left." ,
Take the Apple From the
Plate and Eat It
THE players are taken one at a time
and blindfolded: A big, 'Juicy ap
ple is the prize of. .victory. An
other player sits at ono side of the room
holding out the plate. Before being
blindfolded ' the seeker of -the applo
stands; at the opposite aide of the room,
which is cleared for the purpose, and
takes his or her bearings. Then, with
' . outstretched hands, the blindfolded ona
goes across the room to try to take tha
appla from the plate. The others hiss
when the player Is going out of the way,:
. but are quiet when the direction is right.
J This game trains the locality sense, it
''Rives great fun, when tho apple-seeker
goes greatly out of the way. to watch
the curious antics made in trvlnai to
wane- arignt. - . j.
How the Baby Bird Fl
JM. BARRIK haa a little fable in
' one, of. hia worka about a baby
lark asking Its mother to teach 1C
tv fly. The mother thought hard about
bow aha herself had learned to fly long
i ago last year,' but all aha could "rata 11
waa that you suddenly do It.
"Wait nil tha sun comes out after the
rain," she said, half remembering. The
- rain cum and glued the bird's wings
together.
1 shall never be able to fly nor to
sing." 4t wailed. Then of a audden It
had to blink Ita eyes, for a glorious light
had sprwad over tha world. The baby
bird s breast swelled,- It did not know
why, and it fluttered from tha ground.
It did not know how. "The aun haa
- come out after rhe rain,". It trilled.
"Thank you. sun, thank you." and It
floated up eryln:, "Thank you."
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