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FACi EIGHT" TEN PAGES -1 .. . . J .Ul m'M! .Mi iDAILY EAST OREGOSlAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1021. ...... -. .... i ' ' ' ' ' k ,Jt ( '- i .. y .v 1'i I ji .. , ( - . - - . . . pi ill. . I'ltE," cane out Dean ever the telephone, "com on, all ot you. I We'd be mighty glad to see you, besides we're kind of lonesome. y mother and father have gone to "ha elty and won't be hack til! day after tomorrow. Betty and I are keep in hoiwe all alone today. Aunt Lot tie was to have come this morning but e Jest heard that be'd mtaeed the rln and wouldn't be her till late tonight" It didn't take long for the Zu-iu to rather at Dean's born. The attic was the favorite meeting place ot the Club. , -'"How ts the Nectar getting along?" asked the President. "Pretty well," replied Dean, who was custodian of the Nectar. "Good!" The Nectar was a large kew of root beer which Dean had mixed In the ' cellar for use at their next banquet. Everybody was looking forward to that occasion, of course, and the time was pleasantly' taken up discussing what to eat "That reminds me," aald Betty, Tre . got a treat for you." . She was gone only a little while and soon returned with a large basket of raisins big fat juicy ones, dried right on their stems. The Club gave a whoop of Joy. -v, "Wbere'd you get 'em?" "Wo have an uncle In California who's In the raisin business," explained . Betty, "an! be ent us stacks of tbem." "And Ie doctored up the Nectar." Db added, "Ml be some Juice! Oh boy!" The Club meeting broke up at last nd every boy and girl declared that It had been the Jolllest meeting ever. Betty put on her mother's apron and bustled about the kitchen white her brother went out and did some chores. Supper was a gay meal and afterwards, the dishes was'icd and put away, Betty said: "Well, I guess, be fore It gets too dark, I'll step out to roe barn and see my calf." Dean sat down In his father's chair, rocked up his feet and opened the newspaper. He felt Just like a grown up man as h ran his eye over the , head lines. ' Suddenly bis attention was - canght by the words In scare head type: BLACK HAND SOC1F.TT r J ACTIVE AGAIN Bomb Explodes In Country Bouse Of R tired Banker' Police . Believe Gang Of Desperate " Criminals Is At Work' zA YOUTHFUL SKY-SCRAPERj Jlk T bon n where and I A all liv borne Is In Africa, and no else In the wide world: am the very tallest of living creatures, and that ts something to be a little proud of, tsnt It? I may not look very young, but H will aboat a month before I can celebrate my second birthday. When I had this picture taken, the man aald my neck was so long there would not be room In the paper for anything more than Just a bust size, co my head and neck are all thar shows.- Sometime. I am going to have a picture made of my legs, and then you pan put he two together, and you will kaow how all of me looks. ' When I get a little oldr I am going to have a pair of velvet-covered horns with tuft of1 black hair en tbe ends. Just like my mother wears, and then you will think I am handsome. People who ought to know, say I am one of the most beautiful of all the strange animals that have their homes In the Dark Continent, as this land Is some times called. But why anyone should speak of It as dark, I'm sure I don't know, as It is about the brightest and the most sun-shiniest of any. The days are long and awfully hot but the Bights are cool enough to sleep under blankets. If we had any. From head to foot I am all over a warm, ereamy-white, with fawn colored spots, but as I get older the spots will grow darker, and darker, until they are a rich chestnut brown. So the older we get the darker we are, and my grand father, looks almost black when he s j cTHARCH W HEN March arrives with windy We think a lion is at the door; When whistling like a boy be comes. Or just tuneful ditty bum In breaths that scarce our shutters slam. We tay he's gentle a a lamb. But March is such a roguish elf , He really doetn't know himself . v"it next he'll do, so how can we Cuesi what bis changeful mood will be However, none uf all the year At doing work is busier. With breery broom, from dawn to dawn, . He sweeps tbe leaves from wood and lawn: From totsing rre breaks off the Iimbi, All dead and dry, and deftly trims The garden-paths and makes thera neat For April's dainty, dancing feet But in fbe midst of urgent work Hw'll pcmeUmet -ery duly shirk. He read down the column. The gang took as their mark a black hand, but Instead of writing threatening let ters, as most black-handers do, this gang would print its mark on the doors of Its victims. They were believed to be making a lot ot dangerous combs. It wasn't very pleasant reading. Dean put down the paper which rustled very loudly, and looked around the room. All was still. He decided he'd better go and call Betty. The paper had reported that the Black handers were kidnapping children right and left. Creak, creak, went his footsteps over the floor as he tiptoed to tha back door and looked out. "Betty!" he shouted. . Suddenly Tbc Door Opened And There Stood Betty ao answer, wen, no would go arter her. He hurried to the barn and was somewhat surprised to find the door shut The barn had recently been painted white with green trlmmlnjrs oft some distance, but then he is very, very old, because be was here long before 1 was. But the prettiest thing about me, are my eyes; they are big and brown, shaded by long black laches, and they have that tender, melting expression that everybody loves. You may be surprised to hear that my tongue is eighteen inches long that is a foot and a half, and It is about the. longest tongue there Is. I suppose, and It Is very useful for reaching out and pulling down the 1 V' My First nature In some bright spot that holds the sun With warmth and cheer, in idle fun He'll play that he is April, sent Before her lime on mischief bent Deep in the moss a floral star He'll (race in colors seen afar, ' Or neath the frosted grasses trail . .... The shy arbulus, sweet and frail. And then he'll laugh with boisterous shout If you and I think flowers are out And .spring has come the noisy scamp And, chill us through with cold and damp. . , And yet anoiher trick he plays That none can find the heart to praice: Just when our thouzhts are full of hope mat soon wiw oau ana skipping rope, Where dandelion and buttercup In gold throngs are springing up From morn lo eve we'll '. March fairly buries us in snow I a tl It .US' Dean put his hand on tha door to open It when he saw on the white boards In front of hint something that made his hair stand on end and 'his heart do a dozen back somersault It was a mark, a black mark, as plain as plain could be In spite ot being a bit smudged a big, black, crooked hand. ' "Betty!" he yelled and threw him. selt on the door. At last It opened. He rushed In casing his sister, but there was no reply, and then he searched every where. Not a trace ot tier did he find He didn't know what to do. Then he decided to go to the house and call up the Jordan, their nearest neigh bors. . " He slammed the barn door and raced to the house. Just as he reached the back door Jihere was an awful bang! Crash, rattle, bing! "Good night!" he gasped. "A bomb!'' He dodged behind an everereen shrub and then ran off as fast as .ever lie could on the short-cut trail 'to the Jordans. My! How he ran! And with every footfall he heard his pur tender leaves that grow right In the tops of the kind of trees that I like best So It takes the place of a long .finger with our folks, aid we would find it very hard to get along without it Now, the elephant a neighbor of ours, uses the tip ot his trunk for the same purpose, but then, a tongue us more convenient as It is right In one's mouth where the leaves are needed. I generally eat standing, as leaves are my principal loo:, and they are usually high up. I like the tas's of grass too. when it is young and fresh, but it Is a lot more trouble to get ai than leaves, as It Is so far from my mouth. You might think, with my long neck It would be easy, but you forget my front legs are long too. and no matter -how hard I try. I can't get my mouth to the ground, unless I get down on my knees, or spread my foi e legs far apart. When nature made our legs, she must have forgotten all about grass, and was thinking only of leaves. The kind of leaves that we like best, are those of '.he acacia trees, called kameel-dorn, which means giraffe acacia. ' I have had so much to esy about being tall, that maybe you would like j to know Just how tall we are. Wei! If you were to tie a string to the tip of our horns, and then let it come down so as to touch the ground, you would find that the string would meas ure Just about nineteen feet. It m!h' The Impromptu Fire Brigade 1 NE of the Jobs that Ted. ..end, Helen did every fall was to clean up the garden and make the yard tidy for Its long winter real,. That meant raking the lawn and wer ping the walks and putting, the extra leaves over the flower beds, where they rould rot during the winter and enrich the soil. All the sticks and papers and ui.ier ir.iitu "iru m . j by the garden wall and there, when i every oihr Job was finished, the chll-j dren ms1e 'bonfire and celebrated ; the end of. vne.r n'lmn, Job. I But this winter old ' 3 aek Frost piayea iimm jwc. .cii after the work was all 'finished, the very morning of the day when rhej bonfire was to be Jislued old Jack; Frost kicked up a great storm snow and wind and bliziard. Nobody would dare light a fire such a day even ifj they were bold cr.oush to cars-.to stay j out Of doors to watch one burn. And that fall of snow nayptf on the ground so ions, roverlng the lawn and flowr-; Ix-ds alike with I's b'anket of whl'e that Ted and lle!en forgot ail about the trash pile that was lo have' been- burned up. T. .... .. ... Rrli.hr m..r.t.v la , . ;m - MI til the winter, tne sea b,med warm and ike wind f om the tio .'h- land fciesr. " And ever trace of 'he nil' d up snow raniFfee-l. Just ll,: a pan full of snow Du .'' been tiken into the house and set .oo near a re;- !r. ' suers. The bare trees and snaky thicket seemed bristling with hidden enemies. The air bussed with their harsh voices. He had to go through a lonely atrip of meadow to reach his destination. It seemed then that a black-hander was not only at his hesls but was reaching his long powerful hands out ready to clutch his vicilm'i throat. At last, at last, he reached the Jor dans' and fell panting against the door. The family flocked out to see what the cctmmotlon was about but Dean could only gasp: "Quick! Help!" "The boy ts scared," said Mrs. Jori dan shrewdly. ' "No? HeaJIy!" teased Mr. Jordan, Well, I've got my car out' I'll, run over and see wbut's the matter at hit home." . i , , , In few moments the car was hum; mlcg along' the road. . Thea they turned into at' Doan'a home Out hi sprang and ld iae way quite bravelv to tho house.. As he opened the d,wr and stepped In there was a sound of nurrjing roouteps scrambling hither and thither. They seemed to some from the kitchen. " Dean moved softly to the dining room, followed by Mr.' Jordan u,, suddenly the kitchen door was on.n.j and there Stood Butty. "Oh. hello!" she exclaimed. "I wa, looking all over for Vu. How do you dp, -Mr. Jordan." ' "How do youdo?" replied Mr. Jor dan, looking 'quite pusalcd, . "Oh, Dean?" cried Botiy, "J hkve awrul news!' The Root Beer exploded Didn't you hear It,? It made an awtu, noise. I' was in the house chanu-i,,.. my shoes because 1 tapped over thu: pall you left near the barn door, and when I heard the bang! 1 ran down to the cellar. It's all' flooded ' and smells awful queer." They all went down to look and Mr Jordan picked up something from the floor. , "Raisins!" he exclaimed, "That's what did It They worked on the mix ture. Well now. my boy, will you be airtight If IgqT" ' ' "Yts," sir, think you," said Dean hastily.' ' After he had gone. Dean looked over the newspaper acain and saw, something that had slipped by him before. It was at the top of tha black hand column and It was the word, "Italy." He smiled sheepishly to think that he had feared black-handers at such a distance. "Come, Dean," called Betty, "don't; sit and read. Help me clean up . the mess down stairs. Muddy will be sore1 about it. And that old barn door. I forgot about the new paint and put my hand on It. It's a sight! My hands were r.o dirty from falling down." "Never mind," said Dean. "I'll wash i, fr . lack a half Inch of being that long, but that would be all. Why, we are so tail that when we travel around with clr made for us, with holes in the roo( cuses. they have to have special cars for our heads to go through, when we felt like straightening out. And when the little children come to see us in the menagerie tent, they have to lean way back when they look up at us, just like they do when looking at the flag on a skyscraptr. In fact, we have. been called the "skyscrapers of Jhc veldt." veldt you know. Is the African word for the open country where we live.- For there Is where the acacias. grow, and we always feel safer there than in the forests, as we can see all around for ever so far, and If an enemy. appears, we can. run away and hide In the. thick forest. We can go at full. speed right through the thorny Jungle, and never get a scratch as our skln are thick and tough. But a man at-, tempting to follow us, wquld have h1 clothes torn Into ribbons, and his flesh, scratched In a thousand places. We have no means of defense, and when danger comes, the only thing we can do Is to run. and that Is one thing we certainly can do. ( The next time you see one ot our folks' In a menagerie, looking away over the hearts of ,the people, with a, dreamy, tar-away expression, you may know It is thinking of Its dlstani ?ome on the continent they call Dark, and wishing It was back where the acacias grow, and whore ll!-sinel!tog. stuffy' hoosrti, and Iron barred cages are ne"r heard of. ' , "Spring's come!" ca.led Helen, asj (she dasliod Into Abe, house at lunch j time. "Spring:" J- ered Ted. "don't, you ever look at your calender! It won t Ted wiiuk I ll-ti Ami Hvkt It The l-apcr To I - AI l 1 Ui.v " v .i - i. v-'i 'j r 1 t " 'i f if 1 1 'im' ii i u l lilS will please most boys for A ik mechanical in ttr operation. , 1'. U not vory hard to make so every boy should be sue 'cssful In con- m acting It Tn stock from which the toy Is to be made can bo very canity secured, as only common cigar boxes will provide the necessary material. . The Hi st thing to do will be to make the patterns for the various parts. If .t Is desired to have several toys made, these patterns should be made from thin cardboard. , Otherwise, they may be laid out directly on the material to e used. An advantage In using the thin cardboard tor .the Patterns, even though but one toy Is to be made at this particular time. Is that they may be laid aside and used again In the future. This ts worth thinking about, for I am quite sure more of these toyr will be wanted after It Is seen how nicely this one will perform. Great care should be taken In fac ing the lines through the squares. Un less good patterns are secured, the work .will BQt .he aatlsfactory When you are satisfied with your work on this, part of the undertaking I transfer to tha matfrlal to-be ued. COXCEAT.ED MTSICAL INSTRUMENTS A letter taken from each word wll. reveal a musical instrument contained in every sentence. 1. Barbara made dalnfy Jelly rolls. 2. Stop troubling Uncle Jim. Peter, be quiet. 3. Run back, the mall carrier left tetters. 4. Pauline will 'lake Johnny home. 6. What lovely roses. Anna. . Does Dorothv study music? """ ' '', ' ENIGMA My first Is In pule but not In quail. sly second ts In egun but not la Washington. My third Is In smoulder but not In boulder; . . .My fourth Is In saxophone but not In telephone. . . ... My fifth Is In ystch but not In blot. My sixth Is In waist but not In chaste. My seventh Is In snail but not In bale. . .", My eighth Is In lyre but not In fire My ninth Is In plight but not In site. My tenth Is In November but not In December. My eleventh Is In crowned but not in ground. My whole is tho first sign of spring ACrtrtSTIC ', The first letter of the names of the following Pres. dents of tho Unllej States, if arranged In order will form the name of a windy time. He left the Capital lo escape the Brttlsh .. . . He turned the Declaration of Inde pendence. Ho hunted wild animals In Afrlra. be spring for ages yet" "Ail the same," insisted Helen, "It feela liko spring. "'Lei's go out In the ard and do onWthiu'g." Hue ran stra.gbi inrough the house and out ihio the back yard. And there sue saw the fu.gouea pile of train. '"ic-V ilatlanol" she exclaimed, "We never burned that trash!" "Well I uever!" added Ted, stupidly, "juliy didn't we'" . ., ''Uh, I know now," said Helen. "'Member' tliat early snow storm, and how it came the very duy we wore go-, ing to. burn trash 7 "Sure ,1 do,!',, admitted Ted, "well, thcrs's D5 snow bow. Let's have a uonllre as soon us we get home from jtchoof Uus aliernoon," So It was asiced and, securing per mission from their mother for the fun, ill ty burned off to school, premising themselves that they would be back early. Promptly at half past three Helen and Ted ran Into the yard, breathless froru the scramble home from school. "I'll bet we have a .wonderful fire!" exclaimed Helen, delightedly. "The leaves are as dry as bones and they'll aurn beau'lfu'.'y." "Come now," a!d Ted, "I'll get some paper te start with and you get the j Our puzzle Corner H Toys Rnd USE?::! Reticles s trrt r Boy Crn Mrke. ; BY F-R.RNK 1. SOLRR ... kicking Donkey 7& Mak PATTtfN3. Lay Our Stock Qua0T f"cn AuJ, Then Dbam Unci In 5Ant fcLATivt Positions A3 Shown i. In Vie Prsmims. pIN T y Materials- Wood Foh Common Cioa Boxes. 7hntAO, Pins And fhiBBO Banos. K3TtN Or Means O Am At Points Inokatid Cut Or' To SVITAOLC LENGTH, AHO CUNCHtO At TNe Bach AT Points Mamkio . mah fM AnJ, " RVMIA SANOS Ano TUACAO. OtCOAATt To Suit. then cut vry oareCr.lly to the lines with a roping saw. Punch the required bo!s with the brad awl, then smooia nicely with sandpaper. . Assemble with pins as directed on i'he drawing.. These are to be cutoff so Ihey will extend through tho ma terial enough to permit tho ends to be b-m down on the other side. It should be -borne in mind that as the parts are 'o operate freely, tho ends of the pint should not be bent Into the wood so aj to Interfere with the movement . Rubber bands and common thread provide the necessary nienna for caus ing the desired movements. The as THE JUNIOR COOK VIAItSHMALLOWS SWE ET POTATOES Peel and cut In half, long way, five sweet potatoes. ' If the potatoes are very large, use fewer and cut Into long slices. Boll till tender in sailed water. This will take about twenty minutes. Drain and spread out In a fiat bak ing dish. Sprinkle with suxar and put a dot He served two terms, not In succes sion. He died after oio month's service, ANSWERS ESlGllAPU&SYWiLLOW. .", AN1HAL cJUMBIvEr RLPjCHIN rL ... . 4 TrtC I LVJtt. CONTAIN . I, I " -v"5" WHOM MR..WhR I A ' ' O VlftO-ING L x : ; -i.'isNiiJ i matches." A c6upie of minutes later, the chll dren were about to set fire to the pa Pur kindling and matches, when Helen exclaimed, "Oh, Ted, we haven't any rake handy!" "What do you want a rake for, silly!" laughed Ted. good naturcdly, as he struck the match and held It to ihc'Tap(ir. "Don't do it! Walt!" exclaimed Helen, and she reached over and blew the match out '"Now what do you think of that!" cried Ted, "what's the Idea?" "you Just wait till I run' down Ip the cellar and get the rake," Insisted Helen. "Don't you remember that .Miss Norris told us never to make a fire without something handy we could put It out with, If necessary?" Without waiting for a reply, Helen dashed away for tbe rake. A few minutes later the fire was burning beautifully, and the children were enjoying the novelty of a bonfire in the middle of the winter. They soon .had enough of Just look ing at It, and they began a running game around In the yard. Suddenly as he stopped for breath, Ted noticed that the fire was creeping up the fence. Tiny tongues of flame crept up and up and up along the edges of the In Stoino View fAon Sack Showing PosirtONS Or THRtAO And f)ueeA Bands, sembly drawing In the lower right hand corner clearly Indicates where these two materials are to be used and how they are fastened. V " The toy should be finished to suit the maker. Of course, It will not look as! well If Just the plain cigar box material Is exposed throughout . The varloua parts of the donkey should be treated to people will not wonder what It J,: Tho same holds true with tbe rider.' i Staining will give very good reaul'a. but pslnt should be used for mafclag: eyes, ears, eta. afterwarda. Tkal tras; process will give only the ln of 'he toy. of butter on each slice. . (Meat drip, j pings will be very nice and are much more Inexpensive.) ' ' ' " ! Put one marshmallow on each illca, j Put the dish Into a moderate oven ' and brown till marshmallow are big'1, and slightly brown. . r Serve at once. , CONCEALED MUSICAL 1XSTKV--VESTS 1. Banjo. I. Trumpet. Vkelcle. ! Piano. S. Horn, t. Drum. ' ACR0ST10 if otf io A damt R ootciclt C Ictelagd k H arriton VV boards. ; 1 "Helen!" he shouted, 'Whence ur burning up What ever'll we do!" Do what the fireman told 'us to olr Ire prevention day at school," said Helen coolly. " 'Spread your fire and, then smother If That's easyl AnA maybe I'm not glad for that rake!" Iven as she spoke, Helen crabbed the rake and pulled what was left 0 the remaining, unburned trash stVi from th'e fence. Ted picked Up n board and beat the flames on the fence, while. Helen spread the bonfire about a4 beat tbe half burned leaves with the flat side of the rake. In a minute Use Are was out, tho fence was only vV, slightly damaged and everything alee was all right 7 "You know," said Ted, houTitIu as the children gathered tbe leaussf te-j gether to finish the r nmlng. wars Is away from the fence this Oaae ei ux that fireman came to irtssl n fire prevention day, I thought II as an awfully silly idea. But I don't now.-; "Of course. It wasn't .alUy," said Helen, positively. "If he hadn't told us what to do that fence might have been burning yet Nobody ought to start a fire unless they know how te put It out" And she helped light the second ,. Are, that eafely guarded. w tut . m. a .r Due Be a ' Bands At a. THAI AD J AT T ournea up the last or tne rubbish,'