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AFTEE THE FIJI 1
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THB "thou-thou.". or eool night wind
from the mountains, had already
: begun to blow when Rodney found
. an opening in the coral reef, sailed his
- yacht through It Into the lagoon and
beached the oraft . upon the Island of
' it was too late wi searea iwr iw", "
boy ' thought, regre-tfully, although a
- yam or oocoanut or banana wouia nave
been very gratifying. So he munched;
upon a breadfruit, which waa the last
of the supplies he had received from
the "Tui" Tamarua when the big
canoe iKuseicusaj 01 me twuu"
high chief had Intercepted the yacht
off the reefs of Kandavu. ;
Having1 finished his -very light meal,
' Rodney swathed himself In a blanket
CURIOSITIES
a STUPF.NT In nature can find some
Z very strange things while studying
jL natural causes and results. ome ...
persons say nature makes mlstakes,.,No
- matter whether this is true . or not,
everything is subject to certain laws.
and these laws
must be, ana are,
obeyed. But cer
t a I n conditions
may produce- some
results that. If not
perfectly u n d e r
stood, might ap
pear to some as a
mistake or blunder. ,
' I have known cer
tain weeds and
grasses to grow on
narrow ledges of
rock, where there
was barely mois
ture and earth
enough to sustain
life; and I have
known of a few ln
ctances, and have
heard of a number
of -others, where
plants ef various
sorts have ' grown
tn roofs of houses and In the towers
of churches, where some earth bad
gathered and seeds lodged.
, Plants growing from hojes In hollow or
decaying trees, even at considerable
height from the ground, are quite com
mon In the forests, especially since
large quantities of timber have been re
moved, allowing the remaining trees to
become Injured or diseased. Sunflowers '
100 feet high have been seen In various
flacest but the plant had taken root In a
arge quantity of decayed wood .and
perhaps other dirt that occupied a hol
low tree.
A stalk of yellow corn was seen grow
ing way up on a big dead tree. The '
roots bad access to enough earth and
moisture to produce quite a large plant,
and It even produced, an ear; but, owing
to tha fact that the plant stood alone,
there were no grains on the cob. '
, I once saw a pumpkin vine growing
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rsr'.tr,rr. . , 1 , ' , fcAtTTaga 1 ;,' ,-Itmnraii
i i THV a"o coming' joyfully cried
, I - the pople of ftrgAtno" village
at the Anglo-Japanese exhtbl- '
lion. Bo they quickly put on their cere
monial robes, which they thought very
grand Indeed. - . ; ..;'-' '..' r" ' .i"N
The people bowed low before iKe
Visitors. Then the father held the
Ain baby up so that it "could be seen.
Baby didn't mind, "it returned the
tares of the man, the woman and the -youth,
and Winked at them with a great
(Sea! Qt Interest. But didn't know ,
that it had looked upon King Oeorge,
Queen Jjary and Prince Albert of Eng
land. . . ' . . - :. : . - -
. Uoa-ever,- the father and the mother
krew. and rejoiced. , Tliey had come
11 the way from the island of Yeao,
v;.: " -;,,,r.v.i"c"
aVwl..! r ThVTTai hir -.-VT
th. mu.1, hairy figures;
and lay upon the Skimmer's deck. "I
suppose I'm long way , from Vltt
Levu." he" murmured drearily, "Wen
I left Suvu. the capital city of the I iljl
islands, I told uncle It would only be f or
a short crutee. , But it's ben so dellgh-t.
ful on the water that Til wager : 1 v a
vlaJted every one of the 250 Islands. Now
I must make Suvu or uncle will be get
ting worried, although he was ued .to
my cruises off the coast of California.
The southern Pacific, howr. Is ui-
frSdney's misery was interrupted by
theVolllng of a drum. The
from the Interior of the Wand.';WJ:
der-wbat-tney're-fceatlng -ett-p-OaUa -
re "Heep; but the drumbeat.
continued. ,The Rodney ?f.vtnnte
hv heard cries. Moved by ourioty. he
landed and. with considerable difficulty.
horror. A big "lovu -r earth
oven, had been made by digging a
fn the ground end by piling upternate
layers of wood and etones. The wooa
drying toward the oven a young
lad. wnose ternnea cnra i"
IN NATURE
from a hollow snag that was at : leas t
fifteen feet in height. The vine reached
the earth, and several small Pumpkins
grew; but did not mature. 1 ha eeds or
ihese plants are. deposited in such queer
placea by birds er small animals.
Wblle exploring an old. deserted log
cabin in the country I found a smal.
ash tree had come up beneath the
house, and rinding a large crack Injhe
old floor had grown up into -the room,
and still moie strange, it had found the
old-f&Bhloned fireplace, with the big
opening In the chimney, and had started
up the flue, The old stone chimney was
broken off aU the roof, and the light
from above was drawing the tree up
toward freedom and light. A. visit later
revealed the fact that some thoughtless
.person had cut the curious little tree
with his knife and It had died.
- It Is very common to see two or more
kinds of fruit growing on one tree.
Apples or i)ai;u
wtii oroduce this
result readily if
properly treated.
Instance i are
known where ap
ples, pears and
quinces have been
grown on one tree,
and peaches, .plums
and cherries on one
tree.; but these are
r a re . cases, and
usually produce
very poor fruit.
Many persona
hang Iron rings
and horseshoes In
V ; their plum ana
X I cherry trees, thlnk
. Ing they will . add
qualities " of :. the
tree. Some queer
results have been
will in tlm become completely or partly
covered by the growth of the tree. I
once saw a scythe fastened to a tree.
The owner had hung It up after cutting
some weeds, and. neglecting to remove
It, the tree grew and covered up the
blade. It remained there for years.
. JOHN T.TIMMONS.
'&Styfi.f:.lrfrkr.f!.t!'t$fi.f'
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at the ' tattooing oh the women'
upper and lower llpa, which made
them appear to wear mustaches:
Learned spectators told one another
that the Alnos were the first inhab
itants of the Japanese archipelago,
and probably were of a race different,
from that of the Japanese!-
In return!". the '-"Aloos had longed to
see the British, klni? and queen. Now'
-their-wish had .come true! Besides,
when their majesties had ' gone away
from the exhibition at : shepherd s
Bush,' they had said ' that they en
joyed, most of all, seeing the Jap
anese wrestlers and- the Uji and Aino
villages. .. . . 4 . Vi ...... .-
1 St"'ely this Was a ' splendid report
i?" A'nos to carry back to their
16,000 hairy k ndrai in von . Th,
??m. kindred would a.
name kindred wnnlrt -mmuu
J: rir1 . cr'm for an
' o, "cut his mUVck.J
Alno to Injur
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Dashing Into the open, Rodney fired
right and left. 'whereupon the savages
scattered.' leaving him In possession of
the hoy. All the way back to the yacht
the native lad poured forth words of
gratitude tojhls rescuer. It seems that
fie and several companion had landed
uDon the island while on a fishing ex
cursion, and that he alone had escaped
the laws of the cannibals.
Early next morning Rodney and the
Fllian boy found ome fruit and killed
ieveral wild ducka. After eating the
fruit the Skimmer was put out from the
lagoon, sailing under steady puffs of the
Theres big shark! - Think you w ;
could catch him, my white?' cried the ,
native, excitedly. . r . . .
'We'll try," said Rodney. as he baited
a cod line with the ducks' livers and
threw the line overboard. . . -
"But he great big nsh! He look like
hark white men call v 'Fiji terror.',
Uttle line aa that he break," Misl prOi
tested vigorously.
Uiit Tsu rifv rvillv fought with tlUt MS
shark which he had now hooked. lie
played the shark as ha would a trout,, :
until f liirf tha.hlv fl.th
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exhausted, earns to the side of the yacht
ana poked his ovenanot muzzie ui
-against It. This was the ohAnce Rodney
had been awaiting. He dropped the.
loop af a rope laseo over the flukes of
the shark.. ' '
"Qulrk,v now! t Pull - for all yo r
worth!" he shouted, as he speedily
twisted the rope around the tnat. it
was a lonff stllT null, hfct finally, by
their united strength, they succeeded In r
,BSLn IS! Wonaeca.
Mlsl, as he pounded in the head of the
-i"" f'J' imrot --
antra wrtn an ax. . ' J
Rodney glanced across the water. "I
do believe the canoe of my friend. Chief
Tamarua, la coming yonder.' Bald he.
"This shark will make a bully meal for
the chief and his followers, and it will
repay him for his kindness in giving me
fruit and vegetables.
"Tul Tamarua will be gtad and so I
will. He my uncle," said Mlsl, showing
his teeth In a gleeful smile.
Rodney laughed heartily.. '"And so I
hall have the pleasure of turning not
only the 'Fiji terror,' but you also, over
to the chief."
"AH n FIJI will people talk of the
catoh you make of tiggest shark; but I
talk always of what you ave my life."
said Mini, gratefully',- as the sailing
canoe of his uncle appToac,. '-,
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I - saw it first!" said Gray Squlr-
reL :
' But Red Squirrel UghUy held the nut
between his forepaws as he replied:
"Tea, but I reached it first; I got it,
and tt'a mine."
Peter Pixy grinned with delight to.
hear the squirrels scolding.- -Then 'he -
climbed swiftly up the trunk of the hoi- '
low oak tree. He made no more noise
than a cat The squirrels were too busy
chattering to hear him come, anyway. .
Ana ine nret sign mey naa ox .jus. pres
ence was the sharp yank which Peter
gave to Red Squirrel's bushy tail. It
came - so suddenly that Red Squirrel
dropped the nut to tne ground below,
and he and Gray Squirrel scampered in ..
alarm to a bough high above. From this ,
perch both .squirrels scolded the pixy
as loudly as they could, and, wrinkling
their noses, made funny faces at him.
"Ho! ho! ho!" laughed. naughty P- -ter;
"what a joke! Hoi ho! ho!"
He was just beginning another merry
"hoi ho! ho!" when he stopped ahprt in
his laughter. The Fairy Queen and the
Master Painter Elf were coming toward '
, the oak.
"That I believe. Is your storehouse, Is
It not?" asked the queen, pointing at
the tree with her star-tipped wand.
- "Yes, your majesty," he responded.
"And here ia the magic paint-box.
Every. tube of paint will stay filled, no
matter how much color is squeezed from -It."
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"You are sure that they are Jack .
Frost's very best paints?" inquired her'
majesty, anxiously. .'
"The very best" said the elf. !
Then, Master Painter," commanded
the queen,, "tomorrow you will summon
all your painter elves and commence
giving to leaves and fruits their au
tumn color. Make the tints especially
gorgeous this year, so that all tne land .
may be brightened." .
PETER'S NAUGHTY THICK ;
' "Ta-whlt! to-whool who's there?"...,
boomed Hunting Owl from the lowest
branch of the hollow oak.
"Never mind who's here, old chuckle
head!" impudently retorted Peter Pixy.
Thrusting his arm into the - hollow, he
drew forth the magic paint-box. Away
he ran in the dead of night, while the ,
owl cried after h(m: "Come back! come
back! I know you! I know you!" '
Peter ran with all his might until he
reaching the elm tree. Up he climbed to
the magpie's nest. Bending over the
nest, the pixy whispered
"Wake up, old robber! Wake up!
I've something for you to do."
Magpie blinked sleepily and grumbled; -"Robber
yourself! What ia it you wlsa
now?" . -
"Hush! Not so loud! I have stolen
the magic paint-box. Tomorrow It
will rain. See the misty rings about
the moonT ' When the rainbow ap
pears, after the shower, I wish you
to fly with this paint-box to the foot
of. the rainbow and there leave it,
beside the' pot of gold. Carefully t
hide the box In your nest until yeu
TWO MEN OF
QUERETARO
71 WPCII
fi made time and
again, but . those
made nowadays
are vastly different
from the wagers
of the two benevolent-
men who
lived In Queretaro,
the "City of
OpalB." many,
years ago.
ne" X.'Jl',"
tlemen of Mexico
always wagered, on against the other,
. lo see which could' do the most gooa
to his fellow-men. They met one day
oesiae a tmn. Blowiy ruiuiuiB
that flowed to the W' , from, the
mo
un tains.
. ...It wlu e00n dry up, and the people
will h. that to be rot
from wells-i-more or less- Impure. They
-will die of diseases and distemper,"
said one gentleman. ' '
Ilia companion looked at him with a
mischievous twinkle in his eye and said:
"Your hint la well taken. 1 shall see
that the people have good, pure water.
An aqueduct shall-bring water from the
mountain springs. But I only shall build
mis aqueauct provided tnatwnen mo
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statue to our patron saint." r With tears of sympathy In her eyes.
The first kind gentleman , laughed , ; Bessie watched the peasant dejected-hesrtlly.-
"Our wager stands," said he. . ly enter a gunmaker's house, which.
And this agreemenUto do good waStvlike thousands of others In Liege,
faithfully carried out, so that - In the ;: combined shop and residence. Then
Dlaia of tba "riltv of Onals" "vou may
see a monument to the builder of the
aqueduct It has ibeen standing there
Ktiice 1730. But a far-greater monument
is the aqueduct itself, whose outlines
have been softened by the winds and ,
rains of centuries.'
A Gone Cat - .
Mother! motherr a mouse Jumped
into the Tireadnan that's In tha avanl"
"Pear, oh dearl- Dld you take it out. mornlngr he did not refuse to accom
Freddy?" asked his alarmed mother. . pany .Bessie. They paused outside
"No," was the answer; "but I opened the window to look at ancient weap
the door and threw the cat in after the ons which Bessie's father Bald were
mouse and that was Just as good."t bordellos welded to iron wads,-, whioh
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In the Gunsmith's Shop tTI
ESCORTED, by her guide from the
hotel, Bessie began a tour of alght
seelng that embraced everything
: from rellKioua edifices to the -circle of
forts .which guarded the hills In the
. background of the Belgian city of Liege.
In vain her guide had endeavored to
show her only "the beautiful." '; Bessie
Insisted upon peeking Into all the dark
and dusty corners" that Interested her.
Therefore, .; we find her plodding on
among the manufacturing places In the '
newer section of the city, on the right
bank of the 'river Meuse. . r
. : "Oh. What a 'nualnt nt4 ..tn
claimed Bessie. Impetuously and. I fear
.,fh(.-lmBMIt.,ir v n 1 rear-
The French, peasant who. ijas carrying
the old flintlock musket paused" abruptly
BUU IU9 Hill.
, tamim. n-rinna aM v ,
"but I un'erBtan' ze lee'tle English; Wish
K uiuutiiiiuioe.ie.to uiim at . '
' While Bessie examined the old-faah-loned
weapon, with Its clumsy stock and
bairel and the tlashpan where the prlm--tng
received the. sparks when flint and
hammer, struck together, the peasant
explained Miat it, was only on account ef
poverty that he was going t sell the
g.un; 11 wag, an honorable weapon.
For had, not hla very grandfather used
it - und mightily, too - when he had
fought with "Be great Napoleon" at
Austerlitz, Jena ano Waterloo? Alasl-
iimi. ui iiara iimes snouid nave come'
.u . nim pari with --'ae dear;, gran', "
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she accepted the oft-reDeated murs-.n-
tlon of her guide to hire' a cab, and
drove back To the hotel. , She could
, think of - llUle else beside her meet
ing with the peasant, however. . At
. dinner she told her father of tha
poor fellow's sacrifice, and added: ,
''You' must go with me tomorrow and
e, the darling old flintlock."
The father smiled In amusement,
i me. hui, - on ine louowlnr
are ready to take It away. Do this
' for me, and I shall bring you many
choice tidbits from the fox'g den."
- When Magpie had promised to do
that . which he was asked, the pixy
lid to the ground.. Then Peter trot-
. ted away to the earth-home of the
, foxes, where Mistress Viien was
,. feeding to her -cubs' the dainties
which Mr. Fox had brought. While
he played with the cubs, eter slyly
put some of the dainty scraps into
his pocket But Mistress Vixen saw
him do this, and drote , him from
- the hole. .
"Now I'll give these tidbits to Mag
pre and afterward I'll make my way
to the eagle's eyrie," mattered he,
, with a chuckle, ' :: ,:
THE HUNT BEGINS
There was much .ado when Master
k Painter Elf could not find his paints.
in the early morning,
' "Some raacallv rnom has Ann
this; I must tell the queen at once.
aai'i ne. - ,
The Fairy Queen was seated on her
throne, in the palace. She was re-
,nJSi!i?uIepJ.Ilt80Lhfr -
ana - mending . the few troubles of
Fairyland. But she forgot everything,
else wnen tne paster .Fainter' Elf
. told her that the paint-box had been
Stolen.. ,. . - ,
"Who has done this?" . she de
manded. " " " ' -
f'I know who! I know who!" said a
voice from the rear doorway' of the
hall. The Hunting Owl had come.
Ha could not see in the daytime, do -kind
Swallow was leading' him up to
the throne. ,
"I . know who! I know ; who!", said
the owl. . .
,"Who w5s It?" asked the fairy
court. In one great shout.
'Tt was Peter Pixy! That's whot He
itole the magic paint-box, while the
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moon was hiding behind a cloud. I
saw him. It was Peter Pixy. That's
who'" ' ' . . - ' ,
en rose the aueen. "A thousand .'
fairies must mount at once!"! she ;
commanded, sternly. "Mount -the'
swiftest bats, and hunt down : the
naughty pixy, There can- be no au
tumn until we -find him and get the
mtglc point-box. So ride, ride, ride!". .
Just two . and three-quarter min
utes later, an' elf, mounted on his
speedy bat charter, passed up a -mountain
slope.- With ' one hand he
grasped the reins that guided his
steed ; in the other he carried a
sharp lance. Woe to the pixy if Ms
sharp, glancing eyes discovered him! ;
As the fairy went by a round, little
head bobbed up from a clump of
sumac on the mountain slope, and
Peter" Pixy shook his list after (he
rider. "Ho! ho! . ho!'; he -chuckled.
"You won't And . the paint-box, be
cause' Magpie has already carried, itf
to tfe rainbow. And you won't get1
me; because, in a very little while, I
shall be flying away on the" back of .
the eagle !'V . ; -
(CONTINUED .J EXT WEEK.) " ,v
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' were- suspended from the necks of
"their carriers; hand culvertns; and
"wheel-lock muskets, , s
When they had entered the shop,
the father remained silent; so Bessie
asked to 'see the ; old flintlock which
'the peasant had brought yesterday. ?
i ne gunsmith and Bessie father ex-
changed amused glances. Then .the
srunsmlth nroduced a. modern
shot
gun, with the remark:
, "It has been mails over into this."
Beaaies father : chuckled softly I and "
murmured: - .
"Flintlocks comprise over 50 per
cent of the t old, discarded weapons
that are 'bought up and 'remodeled'
hy.the 8000 xunmakers who work in
their own homes. - They'd turn the
O1 C&tchmq theTKoto-maiv A,
1HiM ia-uuxa. ... M, ,
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A MIGHTY good joke waa played on the fLoto-niarl, whose othef
name is Sir'Bcnjamin Stone, when he was caught by, a camera whil
he chatted with several liftle Irish colleens and a donkey. The little girls
had come to London to take part in the British-Japanese I exposition. It
was'an' unusually good joke because
it - . r ii -1
" great, fun to catch, everybody, and
Has collection of photographs 18 famous. ' V . ; -
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"I
M SOREV for the smash, 'Ginger,'
but you'll have to pay 33 cents
apiece for , my ' dozen . bottles.
Gimme H20 for the rootbecr, and your
sneak .banquet .In 'Legs't Pulllg's room .
la a success," - . -
"Oh, this is a' hold-up-the, rankest ,
sort of a hold-up!" complained "Ginger J.
JVou.JtnoK.'hlaine4 well that-the -root--beer
cost you about 5 cents a bottle to
make.'; ,kHe paid . the H20, however, ;
thereby exhausting the treasury of the
VJoily. Gaxookers." - After stowing the
bottles in a sack he paused a moment "
to observe v v - -
"Mighty funny -how alt those bottles'
In 'Legs' room got -smashed, an', you
the only feller to bo directly affected1 by
their bustin too.'! . y
' When "Ginger", had thus unburdened
himself and had stalked, angrily down
the stairway of. the Thomson Building,
"Sneaker" 'came from his place of con-
, cealment under the "Eel's" cot, :
!'Now, 'Eel.S. gimme the half o' that
14.30 fer brea,kln' the 'Gasookers' root
beer bottles," he demanded.' ' ,
"Not so,'' the v"j:el" replied; "don't
forget the i t2 Vou owe me from last
freshman yeir, , That leaves you " 10
cents.". . . .;r,;: Sh' :irh'i:i '-hh'il-
. "Sneaker", gave a dry chuckle, " Eel,'.""
said be, In admiration,' "with youf mem-
.'ry an' your head for. schemes, yould be -a
credit to Blngle Academy if you'd only -
,?e yet .talent, .in. some other direction! -
Why don't yuh, give up robbing for
a while? With that Ughtnln'-calculator '
h,ralni o' yourn you ought to make a i
hair-trigger footballer." .-t " ,-
, W'hat was the surprise of the football
squads when at practice time the fol
lowing afternoon -the "Eel" reported
..among the other candidates. "
" 'Cap Corbin's old jersey, Bill
Everett's 'cast-off breeches and Pete
Junkin's ol - shinguards!" rsang out '
"Wuffle" Krouse. .
"An' I bet 'e got em all dirt cheapW
added "Pussy" Wills. -
But the;"Eel" paid -no 'attention to
these allusions to ;hls bargain unl-'
form. He trotted-confldenuy up to
. cap uorntn, with the request;
"fcay, 'Cap,' let me ..In oifthe .soph
team, won't yuh?" i -
"Ha! ha!" croaked "Cap," after his
first stare of amazement. , VSure," said
he gayly, "Bullet, old chap, give the
'Eel' your job for, a . whlle-that'a a
,; good sport!"..-:-- -r- .. -.. -c.-.
The "Eel" thanked the big right guard
with a. smile. Then he lined up beside
"Piggy" Burt, the center.
llnkity - x - J-14-Kalamazoo!" he
seemed to hear. "Flicker," at quar
terback, received (he ball with a snap
and , the "Eel" found 'it , suddenly
thruet.intd his .hands.- In a daze he,
tea. nnahBii fnYmrarA. Th.n. MV,...
was
pusna rorwara. mem
moment's warning,' his feet went
from - under him and . he - sat down
with such great" force that the ball
-apmii'ii ht arms---AfteTwarfl,a'
dozen husky scrubs prodded -their
heels into his head, , . -v . , j
"Guess you'd-better postpone prae-
tlce till tomorrow," said "Cap,", with
s
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ancient arquebuses into fine, new riflei
if they could." '
Bessie was indeed shocked.'. "Isn't
It awful!" she gasped. "Why,: it's
like puttinsr up-to-date frockcoat,
troUers and tall hat on Conqueror
Charlemagne's statue In the Square
dAvroyl". ,
Sir Benjamin has always thought
.l" i -.i ,f
everything, else with the camera.
a sympathetic smile, as the "Eel"
painfully dragged himself back , to the
side-lines and squatted down. '
"It was a frame-up," muttered the
"Eel" fiercely, when the wheels' in
his head ceased buzzing. "
However th "Eel" could.not induct
"Cap" to give him another trial. -Then-the
football Jf-thB soprTi""
team was in 'need of repair. "Bullet
took It ' down to old Cribbett. tht
shoemaker, for minor repairs to its
cover. About , five boys in the class
Rossessed other foptballs. The "Eel"
slyly- went from one boy to the .othef
ana bought up every football. -'-Where's
your ball, 'WufBer' asked
"Cap" at practice.
i "Sold it to 'Eel.t to help out 'Is prao
ticlng bug; 'Puss' will lend you his."
f, "I sold mine, too," Interrupted. Puss.
The Eel' bought it for a tidv um "
The "Eer rounded the corner of the
Thomson Building, and aproached the
! gridiron so. quietly- that the? team
did not even observe hinv until he -paid;
-i-, '-'' . -
, "You can't get a football. I've cor
nered,'em alU. But if you let me on
the team, I'll give you one." -
For a moment the team listened,
astounded. Then it gave one howl of ":
vengeance, and took up the chase.
The u'Eel" ran with desperation, i
without i once glancingJ;behind, , and
his pursuers ' were far outdistanced '
when the "Eel" gained hla room and
i: safely locked himself in., with his
s .precious football-,-j-i.-..-.v. ..-..-, . .-j
Hostile faces soon appeared at the
J transom above the door, but thav ' .
speedily vaelshed, when they were
mfc? Ih the "Eers'' handa
?."?. ?. -''"'A . hands. , After-
V .. ....-l ...l.U I 1 ...... J" - - -
ward. there -was a whUpered consul
tation ouisioe tne-aoor., Then-"Can'
Corbln SDOke: V-., -;f .-.-,,.. "
agaajajaaaamaaai am SM mHMmm a-aaaal BaaaM MnMalIH1MalnMalaPPH,
."jGiva-jua a.iootbaU.'B.t.in-W8'; i
put you w on tne sopnoroore team. '
Any: feller that can show the aston- -'
iahing speed you Just did In gettin'
away will make hli footwork count
on tha : team." . - , .... . t ; .
W,