The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 28, 1912, Page 69, Image 69

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TIREE litUe maidens here we eee.
Kxa M sweet as sweet can be.
Arruinir they which dollis dear
Shall b th Qun o May this year.
"Mil U the prettiest," wyt Beth.
"Vtth." lisps Jennie, -bat not her dreth.' "
"Then my doll." cries Nell; "ahe'j dressed in Uce
And I lust thia minute waahed her face."
1 They all rrM. then laujrhinr ray.
They crown KelTs doliie Queen o May.
UAKQARET O. MATS.
VERT one ef you
chlUrtn know the
, ude of poor HUIe
Red Hiding Uood.
whom the wlck4
wolf m!m4 and
devoured; hut
very many people
. any that the atory
was alt mixed up
, .from the very
flret. end that to
begin with, the
umt of the little
' gfl wai not Red
. Rldln Hood, but
Golden Hood, and
lUftt IV WM -
i, . . a hn Mint to grief ana
.... imt .hi. DUl ID! wn-.""
, WWII .ltlV. W- -
woa caught and eeten. The way theee
t pwple tell the atory 1s a viry pleaeant
way. and ao I will tell It to you. Once
on a time there lived a Utile peaaant
" maid, who waa pleaaant and aweet and
I pretty. Her name wee really Blanch
' tte. but no one ever called her by It.
becauee of the very wonderful hood of
gold and flame color which aha alwaya
' wore, and which wu given her by her
grandmother. Now. the old grandmoth-
, jer waa eo unipeakaoiy oia ma no
evea tried 'to gueae liow long ahe had
. lived; but every one knew that It had
. been a Xribtfully long Ume, and many
wbtapered that the old woman wae a
witch, and looked with fear upon the
" wonderful hool. which they thought
must be bewitched, too.
. And perhape It waa, aa you shall aey.
One day Golden Hood'e mother eald:
'little one, I wonder If you could And
the road to grandmother' houae with ,
thia piece of cake? She would enjoy it
o much. When you eee her. Inquire
'how she feel, and come home directly
without atopplng to talk with any one
by the wayside. WIU you do that
Golden HoodT" . ... ,1
' "Oh, yea, Indeed, mother," eald
Blanchette, quickly, and trotted proudly
off on her errand. Now, her grand
mother lived In another village, and the
little) maid had to croM a great tretch
of foreet to come to her grandmother a
borne. Of a sudden, aa ahe turned a
corner of the hady road, she heard a
aiigii.t noise, ana cnea out. wmpm
theref i-r, -i. "-. i'.-'.
"Wolfl wae -the answer ' , -' ' -.
Iow Wolf had aeen Golden Hood aet
out atone- from the cottage, and waa .
eagerly waiting to devour her; but
chancing to espy some woodcutters, he
changed his mind about eating the little
.-. cirl just then, and walked gently up to
her llkenn affectionate dog. . " ,,.
"So ifa you, dear little Golden Hood,
eald be. . 'r' ; . " ' '
"How In the world did you know my
tiaroer' questioned uoiaen ttooa, pu-
Ing In eurprise. "And what la yours, if
; 1 may esk?V''' v ;.
"My name is Friend Wolf," anewered
the animal. "Whither are you bound,
. pretty maJd, with your basket of goodies
on your annt" - . . ; .
"To -my- grandmother's," answered
Golden Hood. "I am taking her a nice
J piet of cake for a Sunday treat."
"And where does your grandmother
lKe?" asked the Wolf in honeyed tones.
- "At the other side of the wood," an-
awered Golden Hood; "at the little house
on the far aide of the village, quite near
the windmill." . . ,
' "Why, that's Just where I am going,'
taid th wtly Wolf. "iMI -get 1here-very
-,i.it IMHI0 than von will, no doubt.
because your legs are so very short: but
I'll let her know you're coming, and ahe
ti ill he exuectlng you."
Vlth tiiese Words the wolf cut across
th wood as fast as his legs would
carry him, and in a few momenta was
at the door of the little cottage In which
ihn JJ crandniother mada her home. ;
"'aiid was a-mased to receive no reply.
He knocked again, louder. No answer
till- so the Wolf stood upon his bind-
Ir es and at last the ooor swung open.
To his disappointment there wae not a
soul in the house. The old grandmother
hod rlw early to eelt herbs In the -Milan.
She had gone somewhat hastily
nd had left her nightcap on the pil-
l"Har quoth the wily Wolf. "1 itnow 5
what I'll da," and he pulled the xiigbtr
rap far down ever hie eyes . and pre
tended to be asleep. '' v ' . i ;. '
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At last Blanchette arrived at the door
ef the collage.
Tap! tap! ens went; but there waa no
answer. Finally a feeble voice croaked
out, "Who to there?" end the little maid
answered. "It's me, granny, Golden
Hood; come to bring you a treat."
-Come In; you are very welcome,"
went on the voice. "Shut the door
tightly and rest e little."
Oh," cried the child, when she had
gotten a. glimpse of the figure in the
bed. "Hoar very much like Mend Wolf
you are. Granny!"
" 'Tls the nightcap makes me look so."
answered the Wolf.
."And what very hairy arms you have.
Granny!" 1 ' : ;
"All the better to bug you, my child."
"And what a great lot of big white
teeth you have, Granny!" - .
'They're for eating children with!'
growled the Wolf, opening his frightful
Jaws extra wide to swallow little Golden
blanchette gave a little cry and held
her head down. Whereupon, what do
you think? He caught her flame nd
gold-colored hood in his mouth. And
oh, dearl you never In all your life
heard such howls, for It was as though
he had swallowed red-hot coals.
The little hood, as you have seen, was
one of those enchanted caps that were
used In former times when the world
was very young Indeed and folks often
found It convenient to render them
selves Invisible. Oh, you can't think
how that Wolf howled and howled and
howled aa though he were being chased
by all the hunters of the world.
Right in the middle of the racket the
real Grandmother arrived upon the
scene. ...
'Wait a moment," ahe cried; and
opening th great long empty sack thav
was slung across her shoulders, she
thrust it across the doorway, and the
Wolf sprang into It head first!
Then the old Granny shut the sack
' and ran and emptied the wicked Wolf
Jnto the well. "Tomorrow," quoth ahe,
'we will make a muff of your skin for
mv little grandchild."
Then she went back to the trembling
little maid and gave her a piece of the
good cake and a draught of wine to
make her strong, and after this took her
by the hand, and they went back to
Golden Hood'a house together. The little
girl's mother scolded her for stopping
to speak to the Wolf; but she was eo
riaa mat tne nine girt waa not
gobbled up by the Wolf that ahe soon
forgave her; especially as ane promisea ,
faithfully never to atop or listen to a
won again.
Davis
OW," aeii tae
te ets re
Ur lease. Tree,
a ee eg-
k gl4 tael la
eteeA ef a
e slice, aa la
Ike etels here,
ike ruaaere
as ere I y ie
aeada Kree
aean. aa y
knew, rues tae
last lap eaa
raby 0uree
that If the rate
Is very eleee, he
ill be efcte te
'7 saeke hie fete
ewer a Utile before the third ruaaee
touch him."
Rede Dmmi flushed hotly. "Tee're
quite wroeg as le that. Mr. Pevla." he
defended earnestly. -I heppe le ksew
Freeman, end you caa laae It (rem see,
he's not thai sort."
The reach. amJled rralreJty. "Certainly
not. If you eay o. he agr4 amooihiy;
"but it Is of no coasequenceu If you
fellows are reedy we'll ge ut le Ike
trefk."
Reds salffy toee weat up In the air
and hie eyebrows almost met h hair
line as he folio w4 ibe coecn aad his
felloes out to the track. "Oh. well," be
told himself. ' Iisvlt baa been aesy for
eo long the! he dorsa l get our col
lege point of view. But he's a duffer.
Just the eama, to have forgotten."
A moment leter the boys were Out en
the floo of the gym, with Us running
irsrk, its ever-changing croud wUn
their fluttering pennsnts. Iti mule anj
Hs lights, and Reds forgot everything
sare his overwhelming desire to go In
and help win the race. To vsnqulsh
the four last year men. whom they were
to meet tonight, msant to put safely
out of the way the most dangerous of
ths new team's opponents for final
honors. y
Of a sudden the band music stopped
and the race waa on. A shot soon
sounded end around the saucer-like
track ran Forbes, of the home relay,
matched against a stodgy, well trained
chap of the visiting team. 8ide by side
they raced, neither gaining a half yard
advantage.
"Ready, Houston!" came Davis'
smooth, strong voice. The room waa
full of the aound of countless voices aa
Houston, visibly nervous, stepped to the
starting line. Reds' turn came nszt.. He
realised this euddenly as he aaw his
teammate's unstrung condition. Toe
ever-ready blood rushed to his face and
his Osls clenched.
Around the Uet .curve swept Forbes,
his lithe body working harmoniously e
clockwork. Leaning far In, hla Angara
touched those of Houston upon the start
ing Una and In a Mash the lad was off.
Reds walked out upon the treck.
fiercely struggling to breathe quietly and
naturally, wiping the perspiration from
hi hot face. The seconds he wattad toe
fore the runnere reaohed him peemed
to the excited boy like years. Jiggling
up snd down to loosen bis leg muscles,
he heard at length the welcome foot
falls behind him. He turned swiftly,
but It wss not Houston. The home man
had loet full four yards. When at length
his hand touched that of Reds ths man
from the vleltlng team wss swinging
into the first turn. As Reds glanced .
ahead, he thought how very like a.
chryssnthemum the visiting lad looked
with his shock of yellow hair...
Reds glued his eyes to the twinkling,
swift moving legs that showed gro
tesquely against the canvas track and
urged himself toward them with every
training muscle of his strong legs and
lender body. Those watching held
their breath as he leaned inward on the
curves until It seemed he must fall,
while over the stralRhtaway places he
fled like a deer. His eyes never left
those twinkling legs In front of him.
Every spectator was on his feet. wruie
NCE upon a time
there lived a boy
named Jack. . He
and his old moth
er were very poor
and had their lit
tle hut upon, a
dreary, desolate
common. The
woman managed to
! live by , aptnnlng,
but Jack was ao
exceedingly 1 a y
.that he would do
nothing bat huff
the fire In winter
and doze In the
warm suhahlne in summer,. Hla
mother begged and pleaded with him to
help her until her patience waa ex
hausted, and she threatened to turn him
out unless he would Immediately .get to
work and earn hfe food.
Now, at last. Jack realized that he
would have to etlr himself unless he
wished to starve. He finally found a
farmer to whom he, hired himself for a
penny. When the evening had come
Jack waa given his penny;- but never
having had money in We possession be
fore, he did not know how to care for
tt, and dropped it In the creek while
idling on a bridge. -
.l-yytt. atupld JtMjyl" cried, hls mother
when he told her of It. "You should
have put It in your pocket"
"I'll do that next Mime," said Jack
and he meant It. ,
Next day Jack went out again and
hired himself to a-cow herder, who gave
him a Jar of milk for the day'a work.
Jack took the Jar and carefully placed
It In the large pocket of hie coat, where
lte contents spilled out upon the road
with every step be took.
My! oh my! cried his mother. "You
foolish boy; you should have pieced It
on your head!" '.
"I'll do that . next time," promised
13
, 1
Jack.
Again on the following day Jack went
out and hired himself to a farmer, who
gave him a large cheess id payment for
-.his labors.
When evening had come' Jack took the
cheese -and walked all the way borne
with it on his head. Of course It. wai
completely spoiled by the time he ar
rived borne. Most of It was lost end
what remained wae matted wtta big
long hair. " . .
"Foolish boy!" scolded hla mother.
"You should have carried It carefully In
your bands." ' .
'Til -do that next time, mother, eald
Jack.
On the flowing day Jack hired hbn-
fCeristt. ti tr TVs Xerte A"" Cmt)
fteetie eheefe relied al seiWI ela
tere Ike eg gysa, fee 4e -'
e e4 wee exnaixA. He art e4 Me
Ike atyrtee veice; sertau t Ike
leateiietkg 14 ef ie iere wsWete
kee m eaul tr bis. eee
ye.ee kel etkee kr he M If he as!
U fly, He kaew fjtt wa! ke rreaea.
kte wtcniKt. ei4 saeke nee ef
ear leed he f-4 'e Mar..
Kew Ike ekeafe ef yelsew Ulr wee ,
juet kefeee, 'met a trtfte' kefere. Aa
e-tker iMitet. aaJ l waa alM"-4e-i
wae behind, 1IU dry bee parteA ta a
grin aa he aaw ha stir Freeman held out
en encoeragltig head aad amUing satgei-
lly.
Just aa Reds rame within a red ef
Freemaa be tripped aad felL flottft
toward hla teammate from the ferre ef
hie fell, be tumbled heavily, but Free
man dexterously avoided a collision and
flew forward upon the last relay with a
full lead of two yards.
As soon aa Reds ceu'.d breathe he
jumped up and felt his way weskly te
the wall, against which he lesned for
support fnconeelous of his brulee.
his eyea were filed upon the two run
nere on the track- They were remark
sbly well matched. To the wind-up thtr
ran with the eerae distance between
them ee In the Initial lead. Rsda ei.
ulted in the' yell of victory that elmoet
raised the roof from the old gym. for
Freeman had won by Just the earae
margin with which Reds had led his
antagonist to the finish.
He turned suddenly ee Bantam, the
fiery Uttle leeder of the visiting team,
blustered up to the home coach.
"I was Just In position to see what
happened." he lormed; "Freeman
never touched Dean's hand."
"What vot!" said Davis, much an
noyed. "The race wss fairly won
'Not by a long shot," declared the
visiting coech. "I shsil protest"
"You have no argument.
"Haven't I? Indeedl Who propod to
do away with the stick. I ehould tike to
know? If Dean admits, that he did not
touch Freetnan'e hand, be must be dis
qualified for running!"
The coach stalghtened up. "Tt rests
with the runners. Bo far as I am con
cerned, I noticed no breaking of mles.
Of course. If I am forced to It, I will
reopen it. You will have to prove thst
Reds really did not touch Freemen s
hand," he ssld. .... ,w
"I will protest the race," eald the
ooaeh firmly, snd walked away.
"Reds." said Dnvls In a worried way,
"do you remember whether or not you
touched Freeman'e hand?"
"No. sir." smiled Reds. "I was so
done up and excited that I don t know
W"WeU'? ..ldedb.vl.. shortly. "Bantam. .
who finished In back of you. says that
you never touched him. If what he ssys
U true, the victory will be taken from
the home team."
Reds' brows drew together.
"They were fairly beaten In any
case." he said. "It doesn't seem sports
manlike to squabble over little details.
"They'll do anything to win out" aaid
the coach, cynically. "They'll have to
self to a baker, who had nothing with
which to pay him but a large black eat
When,evenlng had come Jack took th;
est carefully in hla hands and started
homo. He had gone but A shbrt dis
tance, however, before the cat scratched
and bit him so badly that , ns was ,,
forced to let her go. . . . .
When he arrived home his mother
rated him soundly: "Stupid boy!" cried
she.. "You should have put a string
about her neck and so hauled her after
you!"
"I'll think of that another tlm,
mother," promised Jack.
Next day Jack worked for a butcher,
-who gave him a leg -of mutton for his',
pains. Jack carefully tied the meat to
a piece of string and dragged it all the
way home, along the hot, dusty road, ,
with the natural result that tbe meat
waa not fit to be eaten. His mother
lost all patience with Mm, for the next
day was Sunday, and there was naught -In
the bouse to eat save stale cabbage.
"Foolish, stupid boy!" cried she. in
rsge.' "You should have carried It on
your shoulder!"
. "I will remember," cried Jack. 'Nenrt .
'time I will do so!" , .- -
Nor, on the following Monday Jack
prove. ea rae. I bat Reds yeeUy
failed le tooth Freemen's head. Hew
ebeul It. ItedsT"
1 rea l remember." said Rede In a
errwd wey; "and I have ae bustaeee
snaking hephasard guese FreewiM
ssa I did. and Ma word le heyoad
question luntam ears I dida't aad we
heve no business to think that he A lis.
I ean l remember." -1 .
Oh. come." said tbe coach. "If you re
celled up for evidence end Just eay 'I
dse'l remsmber,' the eSlclals will think
that yen dldn t aad don I like to admit
It outright."
I doat know Ihst they wilt said.
Red. "In any ceae, I cen I say any
thing else truthfully."
"Bosh!" eaid Davta. "Tou needn t ear
outright that you touched Freeman;
ay you tMnk or believe you did. Yours
drawing the Mae a little btt loo line.
Yoe owe aomsthlng to the collsge. to
your team and to me. Tou shouldn't
by at a little thing Ilka this."
Reds' Indescribable nose lilted again
la the air. and he turned to his fel-
'Vean t do It." he said, quietly. "If
I thought 1 touched Freeman. 1 d My
ao; but 1 bone.il- don't .remember.
"And your teammate have no welgm
with your- ssld the coach, sneeringly.
"It i up to them." waa tbe boy e off-
hGd,-nVTu,rred Heu.ton .tapped I to, the
front "Reds ts right Mr. UvU i. hs
aid. "We fellows agree. I think, ana
l.e turned to the ptbers. who nodded
nvls started back as If a blow hti
been directed at him. It took him i a
full minute to get over the ahock. What
sort of leds were these who refused to
nxuo a sentence a little to obtain , a
btg victory? He pulled hltnself to
gether with a shrug, then held out a
friendly hsnd. .
"Reds." he said. "I owe you an
apology; all of you, In fact 1 hsvo oeen
batting about the world so much since
I left school that I had forgotten col
lege ethics, and I was Just beginning
to show my yellow streak. But It's rone,
wiped off the map by you straight kids,
the whole bunch of you; and If we win
this spring, we'll win atralght! And he
walked to the door. .
Some time leter he called the bunch
together to read a telegram from their
let vliltors.
"Slncerest apologies," It ran. "Foater
says Bantam mistaken. He saw Reis
Pean sloop and touch Freemen's hsnd.
Beg that you believe that we regret
' "That wu white In them." said Rede
with his honest smile.
"You bet." ssld the erstwhile "yellow"
coach with perfect sincerity. .j
hlred himself out to a cattle-keeper,
who gave him a donkey for hla servlcea.
Now Jack was strong and well de
veloped, but nevertheless he found It
no easy matter to hoist the donkey on
his shoulders. After many difficulties
he at last succeeded and began the
homeward Journey with hla prise.
Now It chanced that on the road over
which he had to travel there dwelt a
certain rich man and his beautiful deaf
and dumb daughter. 'In the whole of
her life the girl had never laughed, and
the learned doctora said that she never
would be any better until some one mads
her laugh. A great many had tried and
failed, and at length the unhappy
father offered her hand in marriage to
the man who should succeed In making
her laugh. The girl happened to be
looking out the window when Jack was
passing, the donkey over his shoulder.
So ridiculous it looked with Its logs,
sticking out In all directions that the
girl burst Into a hearty laugh, and at
once recovered her speech and hearing.
Her father was so delighted that he
at once made good his promise by mar
rying her to Jack, who thus came Into
a fortune.
They lived In a very fine nouse, and
Jack's mother, rescued from poverty,
lived contentedly with them until ahe
grew very old and died.
A, Ghastly Timepiece
rriHIS grewsoroe .. sixteenth" century
I atch, ' the case of which . was ,
-a- made In the form of a skull, to the
work or Sreur Mayse. a watchmaker
who did a great deal of work for Mary
of Scotland. It Is fancifully engraved
' with various symbolle figures and scenes
from tbe Bible. - On the forehead Death
Is represented with bis scythe and hour
glass. On the left eye Eve to represented
In the act of offerinr the apple to Adam,
who la rather hesitatingly accepting It .
while the serpent whispers Into his
ear. In order to find out the time one
must open the Jaws, within which, th
'dial 'to placed. . ,
ar isf- . !vr . : m jr.-.-
-la
TJieMtgr-cIajr oFOldon
H OUVUH Usee
Ike Mer f east
1 wae ee-e ef ke
g t wai e to
ef Ike w kele
I Mr, e4 Is) n
aad r te
aaaAe ll U Sf
Ia4 aa4 rev
eiry, lag kefere
Ike f" sa
May seer nine
parties ef f wtaf
!, toAe aad
teeaee, fee aad
sal la "rr
el4e lal weeds
le gal her the
kawtaeml
' r f. k a aert ef Ihe fee-
tlviua kal galkertag tbe kw there
m te he eie4 geUertag Ihe Msf.
Tae aaeet Uapertaal part ef Ue ear'e
reee4tags. kowever. waa the raialng
f the Marpeie. wfclra bed elweyej keen
cwaver4 late the tewa wttn e4asee
eenMnr. a4 tke lewtwfata, two""
, . . a. aktMA la Ike
Marin whk tnMStu aawL la eld Cng
l-a ere it wae eoetowukry to hae a
aitag ( aier. ae wen ae
(Mr wore ery ed ders Indeed, eethe
toilrln 4W10UM will efcow; "The
lay aiag. itobia need, wee le have a
fcaidrtrh ef wiee letenUao silver
trUd. The Mr Me
riaa. wae le be KaMted In wmichet-col-red
Haw, ed kr Iwe snskdene were
Is ksvo wklle crtptee. with a girdle
f silver beiwltkla; the were to have
laberd, er ekoel Jackets, witk glid es
ot cloth ef stiver." . .
Wber. eveaieg had arrived, and the
great bonfires er Ufntd. the queen
ef Msy. who bad presided ever ibo fee
lei dsy. retired with her companions,
givtsg place te Ihe king of May, wao
conducted the revel Into the wee erne .
hours.
It la eald ee good authority that King
Henry tke eighth loved la hie younger
days to rie with tbe eun on Msy
morning and. with a Jolly group of
courtiers, fare forth into the woods
a-Maylng. .
In Meirta England during tbe last
century tbe milkmaids daaoo has
formed a l ittty feature of Mayday eele
traton. There wae much good net u red
rivalry In the preperattona of the 'gar
tand.' which waa made up of shining
milk palls, cup, tankards, salvers end
other kitchen utensils which could be
borrowed or beared. All theee dairy
articles were piled In tha form of a ,
pyramid and fancifully deeoreted with
hrltht flowers and ribbons and green
leaves. "
From house to house the "garland''
was carried, while, to the strains or
a fiddle, the rosy-cheeked milkmaids
In many places, instead of the) tin
garland. eow waa tod about her body
Y, how I hat
y w T
mm
Mdoai
ft 'Wm
V.. V n nr
My mother puts on me
Whole hours before the big bell
yincs
To summon folks to teat
Somehow, the ruffles do not fit,
They're always in the way.
I'm so uneasy when I sit.
And know lU have to stay.
My romping clothes I like to wear.
The nice, pld, easy kind!
In them-1 sit down anywhere,
And no one seems to mind!
KATHERINB FAITH.
. . 1 1 "
iV THE long ago
A Sparrow built a
house. It waa a
nice little housed
and the Sparrow .
lined It well with
wool and. fortified
H with atloka, ao
that It-was equally
strong against the
rains of ; summer
and the fiercer
storms of winter.
A Crow, living
nearby, had also
built a house, hut
It was not a good '
one at; all, being. .
carelessly put to
gether wlt a few sticks placed loosely
one on another - on top ot jwv..
hedge. And so one day. when a very
heavy rain fell, the Crow'a house was
washed completely away, while that of
the Sparrow was not v2nfcfemV
The homeless Crow and his vrtferemv-
to the Sparrow, saying: "Oh. Sparrow.
nave pity upon us and shelter us from
the T cold wind and the beating rain and
the thorne of the prickly hedge which ,
" UBuMnheSSUParrow made' answer: "Come
Some other time. I'm very busy now
preparing the dinner." - '
After a? little time the Crows returned,
saying, "Oh. Sparrow, have pity! Give
ua sheMer from the cold wind and the
beating rain and the prickly hedge that
surrounds us." ' ...
But the Sparrow made answer: in
very busy eatingdinner. Return Jn a
little while and I will let you in!" . ;
Again the Crows flew away, only to
saw 1 1 s ii
I M ' .... l' ..' . ' .
decked eM 1ik tae were ee rtkkeeta knj
ke burets giUad.
Tbere wee aa ail uue ea.eg
Iks aetitee la Ike lie of I--is iket.
If e wee&en were r te ereee lb
ttereee river ee Mdey, Ihe eelsaeg
weslil daeerl i atresa fee a whole
yeer, Te guard aaaiast this aad
ksppewleg. a aean waa aypetnled
every year le creoe the river ae eee ae
. tae ua Ibm. ad ae women dared te ee
eawek ee eur IT out tko rnwei waul lee
imwiM eaea k4 lulAued kle Imp
taalSutr. Another euimetiilow for May
euy to t Wat if r lMa tarek essoked
giee irMe ea eld wu. yi wu4 see yer
future kueban4 tr wife.
VVs kr la Amerw may net eelf
eie IM Mr aethered ekwwt a e4e
tke etoe of a sUip'a aaeet r ere we
the decked -out May nueen of former
days, who eat on a throne of roees and
wielded a scepter of rusties; but In nur
hearts we sing on every sweet Msy
morning the old. old poem:
"Wklle te ewvea, aad we are but decay
to.
Com, my Cortnaa. eeme M's ge a-May
ln."
On Mayday In Ihe country villages
there Is to be found here and there a
remnant of enthusiasm among the
younger people In the hanging of May
baakeia, and a few other demonstra
tions, but of the gorgeous pageant of
former Mayday w have only the
memorise which old chroniclers have)
handed down to ue.
th. ruffly thingn
. .
return' presently. "Sparrow, Sparrow,"
they cried, "have pity upon us! Shelter
us from the cold' rain and the driving
wind and the prickly hedge that sur
rounds us!' '
1 But Sparrow replied; "I'm washing
the dishes and am so very busy I Come
again and I'll lefyou In." '.t
The Crows waited and waited, but'
presently called out: "Sparrow, Spar
row, pity' ual Give us shelter from the
driving rain and the cold wind and the
prickly hedge which surrounds us!"
. But' Sparrow made answer: 'Tra
sweeping and mightily busy. Return
presently and I will let you In."
. Yet again the crows returned and
cried: "Oh, , Sparrow, Sparrow, shelter
us irom the- cold Wind and the driving
rain and the prickly hedge which, sur
rounds us!" er-r r-rrr ----.-.-r---
But times without number the Spar
row refused to help the poor homeless
birds. At length, however, when the
Sparrow .and all her children -bad had
their dinner and carefully put away the
dinner for the next day." and when Tall ;
.heittle-SparifflwaejebeduAnd
she herseiz reaay to. reure, sne cried
to the Crows: "Now you may come, la '
and shelter for the night!"
The Crows came in; but they were so
angry at having been kept out In the
cold wind and driving rain and having
the thorne of the prickly hedge stick '
irrto their eyes that they said one to
tle other: "The Sparrow had no pity ;
for us; she offered us no dinner anf
uercr cich ici us ui uuui iuo Bun nvr
children were sately In bed; let us re
venge ourselves upon her!" . .
. o the two vexed Crows took all the
fine dinner the Sparrow had mado ready
for tbe next day and flew far, far away
with it. -.- - r- ,...,,; .. -.I
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