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ii"-l-ir'' i t J' .1' i if if M f ? J ' V fp '." i U ,.. -,-, ', 4' ' . . .'ofWaJIJ)Sl'''" ! "-f tktt Tfct BAItV fiSt 0Ma6KIAfiat8t66MCI6 SAttmCAt EVtKWd, JUL .14, lftMl rvjt-miLfuuuj. -t.-u.-j.ii.'-'jj.j tja ."e-.ji-i'.,-aj -i mi .'T! Emily!" Emily heard, but Somehow she J couldn't answer. She -was ao 4 sound asleep the voice aeemed a rt of a drum. Then he felt hand on her arm.. She sat up all cared and bewildered. Where was she? Not In tier own room. The blc noon was looking In throuch a tiny window with a frilly curtain hanging before It. Emi;y felt If her head would bump the celling If ah should ret up. Suddenly she cried: "I know where I am! "Of course, you're In my l!V tiouae," said Cousin Peggv's voire fce aide her. "Tou're in Three Oaks, which Grandfather built for me. My! What a sound sleeper you are! And tow queer jrou do act! I'm mare scared at you bow than the burglar." "Burglar!" gasped Emily. "I there a burglar?" There's eomeon trying to ret In the front door," replied Peggy. "What'll we dor Tor answer Emily disappeared tin der her covers. ' "Are you a eoward?" demanded Penry. poking the round tump her cousin made tn the bed. "How about yourself?" Emily re plied In a muffled voice, "What could I do with your old burglar?" "Ton can at least be brare." said teggy firmly. "Think how the Puritan maidens helped fight the Indians. Now. Bmily. Tm irolng out through the window to the big house to aummon, ajd and you must suy and keep guara aero." "What?" cried Emily, coming to the aurfaee. "Tou're going off and leave me alone with the burglar?" "Only f or :" a minute.. 6-s-sh!" Pseigy hissed. "Llstenl" They heard a grinding sound outside and then bang! The little house shook aj a heavy form seemed to fall on the Boreh r it might have been some one battering the front door. . . "Th -they're trying to get In all rlght! whispered Emily.- "P pleese doat go awayl" And she began to ery. .. ,---. - "Then will you go white I mount tnerd?" asked Peggy. "Oh, Peggy!" sobbed Smlly. "1 o ever was so seared In all my life I caa hear -him b breathing like m m any L'ncle Harry when he falls sleep after dinner. Listen. Hear that? Whiffle, whiff, wiff, whiffle!" "Large stout men often breathe that way." observed Pegsy. . "Oh Peggy!", shivered Emily. "1 thought burglars were usually thin:" "It may be Just a tramp." Peggy re plied. "Emily, you'll have to make up your mind at once. Will you go or otT" "Oh, Peggy! I wish Laurence was here! He's so perfectly fearless. I'm A GARDEN DISCOVERY eOB and Florence had always lived In an apartment in a big city and they knew very little of country life and fun. Bob, to be sure, had twice visited a chum at his summer home, but th visits w ere short and he only a;ot what might be called a small taste of out of door life. Then one day in the very early spring, the children's lather came home with a surprise. "How would you like to move out of th city?" he asked them at dinner. "Out to a place where you could have an -attic and a basement and two big porches and a yard?" "And a chicken house with chickens tn It?" cried Bob. "And a garden with flowers and things to cat In UT" said Florence. "IX you were willing to help taks car, of them, you could have both chickens and a garden." agreed their father. "We wouldn't mind work," said Bob stoutly, "and I always wanted to feed things." "'Course we wouldn't mind help ing," agreed Florence, "and I want toi FARM BiAM. bu beea told to divide his Of th foW TC4hPrs A, B, O and U , a -a .la. l.m ihHM at (He sainv fo bars tViUted It propoiiy A will be A f c D'VtDC THE OkD) " - ( N . FARM INTO J . CO T V; not a coward. Peg, but I'm awfully nervous. My heart's beating terribly." "You make me tired," her cousin replied sternly. "You ought, to rise to the occasion. The front door Is locked tight I heard him try it and as long as the lock holds you are safe." "Well, I'll try lo handle the b-burster while you summon aid," sad Emily wringing her hands and looking about as scared as a mortal could look. "Then you'd better get lifl and dress," advised Feggjv who was al most dressed herself. "If he should break In It wouldn't be nice for ynu to be In your nightgown. The roilm pin Is hanging vp In the cla-t. You'd better keep it somewhere handy and don't let him steal that rug la the was avflili' dark iher. - U Tore a-J-parlon, That's a real Turkish rus and ' body oouid set the door open sue Mother only lent U to ma." j mign.t 0 tounofd -upjuand Uraib'eu Emily begnn dressing with trembling I away. Slie left the deor atid bcan to hands whiie the dauntless Pejrgy got run. 1 '-.it, v.. - ready for her desperate plunga intoi Just where she was goh shelirln t the n'.ght. . , - tkaow.; Tft 3 fldcwalk. we shaded by "Goodby. Lm.ly darling." she siid I the .awtf ."leaves i overhead on ihe You'd Better Git at last. "Forgive me If I've ever been, mean or horrid vto you. "Oh, Peggy!" sobbed Emily. "Don't talk like thatl" . "It may be a last farewtll," replied her cousin, solemnly. They kissed while Em!ty'e tears flowed fast and free. Then Peggy cau tiously put her head our of 'he window and looked around. . Ail was sliil. uni dr the hrlcht moonshine. eat something I pick myself." - "Now you are In for it!" laughed the children's mother. "Really, you shouldn't start them thinking and talking about such fun, when they can't have and do all those things." m "I'm not so sure about that,"-, raid! Mr. Darrow. "What do you think of these?" and he spread out on the : table a lot of important looking pa pers. "Tell 'em to U3, Dad." suggested Florence. - i ; So Mr. Darrow explained that the; important looking papers said thai he! had paid for a house and three acres of land and that they the Darrow j family, could move into the house In ' two weeks. j "I kept it a surprise." he explained.! because I knew you would all love it i and I didn't want you to be dixap-1 pointed If the deal failed to t?o ! through. But It's all settled row and ; we can make plans to move. It's tnej Walton place out In Willow Orove only twenty-two miles out from the! city end the very house you all ad-j mired when we visited out there thit I daddy's farm tn sih-u a way tti.it each will have craetiy liic fi amount of shsirr. fait yon Ixlp Iilm out, Wlh-n tn nart, b lo his, etc "I'll .have lo jump rich! In'.q tlie flower-bed." she sighed. The window was so lx:i thai it was all she could do lo .squeeze through and drop noiselessly into the soft now er-bed whiyh was Jt.s beginning to flower so nicely., The K t house wu there close at hand right on the other side of a big tree, rettgy niRdc a ruh tor it but, of course, she hid to cross the bright lunch. of moonlight on the lawu between. - Just aa she noitred 'he big tree she saw a shudow glide from behind it and come straight for her. This wssawful! Somebody w as lurking there Between her and tin b g house whore the family mte. she ni it hi have sercaiutsd but there was a inyncw baby broihcr yj the noUse and she didn't want to scare . Him ami Mother .unless there was nothing else she could' da. '. , '' ., . - "l'li -race down j driveway to the slt-doOf'."fshe thought.' And racexhe dldi i WBhb shrcacned lite Mde duor Eh. herd iogisicito tol.oKin ti-.r. I; ' VK v.. .a ;.!. l"p And UreM maples, besides she didn't dare look around. It was enough to hear that (hump, thump, of ftet 'cbaslnj tier. Oh, how she ran! . Every house on the block was dark. Oh she raced.. ' Every house on the next block was dark. She -dared not stop at any of them although she knew all the neighbor, because she realised I hat it . won Irt j a k a same .time to aanwer rh. donrjwl! nd mesnwhlle her purv Sunday two years ago." .' : After thai there was such a buzz of excited talk thit nobody did qul'e ret member who said ht,. ritut every body -was happy and1 makins;-joyous plans and everybody was 'brimming over cith Interesting Ideas, . - "iPhe next two weeks were busy ones. All the clothing and furniture and toyj and everything herd be packed for shipping. And In addition 10 "that work, Mr. nnd Mrs, Darrow found-time to take the children down town and select garden tools-and mke Hiqu'ry about chicken houses and supplies. "1 think we can manage tht chick en business very well," said Mr Dar row thoushtfully. "but I'thlnk we had belter watt, r.ob. till the garden Is. made. I -will give you and Florer.c: each a patch of land for-your cwn. and you can cultivate t hat. v And then I will depnd on ycu for a certain amount of h!ip for the-sreneral gnrden. When we get thosi to going, we'll buy some bay chicks And, if you lik. a setting hn-and some erws - aedyou may go Into the chicken business. But don't plan too much for tb nrt year rKACTIUMAL. "JIO" bTAKs 2-5 of lndephilun. ' - . ' 1- - of unsightly. 2- 5 ut a (lower. . 2-3 of a fairy. -2-3 of auger. . .. .3-6 of h mu-'lcal Instrumen 1- 6 of one of the V. 3. A. . - 1-i of a European country, '.''' 2 . ' ;". t-g of victory. 2- 5 of a bird. ;'. 3- 7 of a flsh. 1- & of a girl's name. 3-4 of a narrative. 2- 5 of a military officer. 1- of a fruIL 2- 7 of one of the U. R A. OIAMO.VU ty flr.it Is in both.' My tecond it anger, sly third is full of courage. My fourth enjoyed 1'aradu.. liy tilth is In Haven. , AX8WERS FKACTIOSAb 1I0YIE STARS 1. UOL'OLAH FAIRBANKS. Doubt-gtj-iier-1iiii-ire.binjo-Kansoi-8pain. I. COSHTASCE TALUAUOE. Con our si - Stork- Anchovy-Lditlt-'fute-Uajor' iJauisonVcorgia. PIAMOSO B IRE BRAVE EVE E surer would catch hij to her. She raetd past, another block and another, then she saw a l.iii;. it was shining from the windows of the Wort tnniloiis. Thry must be bavins a party, oh, what a Telief! Pesgy dashed straight over tlieir riont lawn, She could see the people In the parlor and ons of Ita windows was open. Alas! She had forgotten about; the -toguti am and her foot caught in a w;cku Dowu she fell on her tummy, knocking all th wind out of herself. Ot-pat-pu-pai, cam the footsteps, tin couiun'i move. Vhe enemy had vatlicu her sid.-. 8he htard. the pant. .1U uUUlu ineu a euld mdist nojesQUj down on her "neck. She turned jyvi" uhd found herself looking into me faitlil n face of old. "Douglas, theit votlie dog. V- . . . -- -Oh. .pshaw!" slie exclaimed, getlint up Una, dueling herself oft. She was jfiad sue luet siunibied. . , he hastened nomo with thoughts ul iwot Lm.iy una when they reached the big house liiey saw llshts and Heard quite a co.iimotlon. ' I'egsy ran past to the little house and fottud it u lit up. in she hurried tor Hie from. Uoo." Was wldo oueu. ' . v.tVUiai j, happenedf" she UemaBded iookilia arou:HI. - ' -" yn the oia sat Grandtather. every white hair on h.s head standifs up by itself, and twn his eyeljrons all ruffed up. :.l)iiu sat on the floor with Laur W',' .liuiily wsj nowhere lo ft tt( n. : . : : "A pretty jness!" cried OrandUthcr., Wiieri 'tMve'yuD Tiien?1' ".' '' "Just uo.vn lue road a ways," re puiu i.fvts. ' "What's . haouaned WAJiUtuiucr li.iilmi Yeu look . ut !"..' ... ..".( l. ' -l f "Hho wouldn't .'" d manded the old jcnuouuti. 'liivre i ,u c erica up m., 4 couiiOricr as suuj ut jou pKuso and " ill" g-ti liuulj do out sneak! up on mv c.i 1-was :leep and tie oiy htiat up in ii'sailt! TlWs grati ..idol i ii t 1 tome Just so' you gai wouldn't lati .wuiw si'vep.ug iiuie tno tirat time-".'- ..... j i. The iloor. from the . tiny dinmg rootle burst upon and Kimly rushed In. DOivO she ivil- on her kuecs before antfry Qranufuther, ' v f ' -;"lJ-plas forgive me:' she sobbtd. "W thought -you were a burglar!" - Paggy bad seen ths Imie" twinkle dancing. la Grandfather's eyes"' the whole time and knew he wasn't really mad, but shoMoo wont to him and be gan ismoothing him down. . Both his hair and feelings,- while" he kept on storming and seoldlrtg.' "Anyway;. Peg," whispered Emily, "you can't say I'm a rfcpward again', t not only tkd. up the t!(;relar. but 1 Went and -gut aid wJnia tou Just went Strolllhil with old Douglas. 'V "Well," ssia' Laurence. "I guess I'D have to get-some batteries add wlr this- house' so you csn phone honw w hen yoq. g-1 sea red."'. - ' XV h icii ' was sweet of iilm and much appreciated, alfhouph Pef?y feu It was unneces' sary. They'd never be afraid of burg Hrs rain. . , . I'he DOy who maJte the most iliouy it chickens, is the boy who takes time ; "because this ground is mellow and to learn and who does everything thej tine and not too heavy. Florence, oii riifht way."' jean take the hoe and rake and afier "That suits me, Dad," ajreed Eob.Boo fcta tno groun(i turned. ou ean " ein reaaing uioee sooks u i v learned a lot already. Uut well set the gurd'.'n in flrsl." Such fun as It was to move to thi,,Cj, or anvthlng we And." ad.ied eoubtry! Of course this wan t really truly eouatry like oft a farm, but the; house who on the edge of a tiny village j and, o far as the children kne-.v, that was rem country l ie. jno itirnnure ( two children hurried out to the garden wnt out on a great Van unJ the famii,,, Bou marked off a certain space ly and the trunks went by train. land set 10 work. As soon as the It wa.t a beautiful day birds sing-j groua was turned, he and Florence in. spring breeze blowing, trees aiDl.,an breaking up the clods of earth .uass of bloom and such a sweet, clean ; n, had turned oves. Then, when that miell In the morning air. But tberei pItce was Bn fine and smootn, he as little time for looking at Igtits ; mlrked off another epot and they did ihat day. for the van arrived and then i tnat Ana M they worked, of course, here was the hustle and the delightful . (n,,y ta:ked and planned about all the husMe of getting settled. It's inuchigood things lo eat that were to grow easier, the Harrows found, to settle ,h4re nd about what fun It was going things. Into a house w here there Is a;t0 be t0 picK supper off the garden, place for everything, than to move ..u.n oem magic." Klorenc into a tiny flat with a dnrk store roonif4l(J h ippily. "1 Just know--" way down strflrs. In this, new house.; .., Bob: Look!" she cried, Inter ibere was a place for BvCi-ithing and ; rui;ln; herself-v, 1th a scream- of i. i - Bob, His Hoc Half Suspended, in an amazingly short time, everything was- In U place. '.". ' "Sow," said Mr- Darrow, the titxt morning.' ."Iblugs Jook 'like torn In here, sUppuae we lUo a look at whar the nirdeo is lo be before I leave for work. .d'hn-after sob-wl tthla taier noo, tyou two ganiecers i tma .-segiD digging.? t" e . Kvi'i n -. ! , 8o they M out to th grarded slot and planned- that the family garden should fee end'Bob's tardea therj i - i and Florence's garden is' a pretty spot less and dead as a piece of earth. The near the fence. .... . ' lest the eyes had opened, the legs '1 think jou, Eob, are plenty tlUirsl:blcncd out and th skin began Toys J-.f - "rr 1 L 3 - F -E SOMETIME ago Joseph Pets, of Rochester, New York, sent me a drawing of a toy be had picked up some years ago- when he was fluking a trip through Europe. . This young man has been - reading these columns for sometime and thought all the other people who read them would be Interested In the toy In question. It is, therefore, presented today. The original toy was made by carv Ins the body of the bear and whit this treatment would add a, great deal ! of Interest lo It, the straight figure! may De used Just as well. It I, the latter that Is being used in the accom pa nylng drawing. 1 It will not'be'diffleurt to understsnd the operation, which is similar to thai used in the Fighting Bull Dogs toy, tha is, rtie two pieces C and n in grasped in the fingers and alternately pushed and pulled. The simplest, parts to mk af vS U M OW fine il is to be alive . . When Summer skies ate blue And laughter rings around the world And joy marks all we do. for Summer i vacation, lime And cares are packed away -With lesson books upon the shelf . For some far distant day. j enough to spade," said Mr. larroW, ! help him break It up. ..An(l he can ,el a banket and help pick out the stones and rubbish , Bob- His leadlng abdut gardening n:ld ,ileaay given hint some gocd Wwii u t0 rbat l0 a0. - -. t- , Ag oon M possible after school th r..-.t. .ih.,t hflt a.- atansl if1 a Bob, h's hoe half suspended, looked down at his feet. gure enough, the clump of what he Looked Down At His Feet thought was earth and had tossed out In front of him, wasn't earth at all! It was an earth covered frog that'ttow lay sprawled out on the ground. ' t ."It's dead." cried Worenc. shrink ing awsy. "Take It away It's dead!" "Jt Isn't either dead," said Bab, as lis eyed the creature carefully. "It's alive." Motionless the children aiond ther and watched th Strang llttl crea ture. One minute It looked as color- Bnd tOsEPUL1' Rcticl&s ; Sawno Hear.' .. -v. Waars PecvitATe To Sum . , ThC BtAH MAT 0t CAmven OA LtfT vsH An Ptm l .. f: ' . .- r those Just mentioned, so let that part of the construction .be the first lo be started upon. Only one thing In this connection, that may not be exactly clear Is Ihe slot on the back part of D. Through this slot a small screw Is placed and fastened Into E. The prin ciple of this operation will be -very clear when tne parts are put together. Part B will not be difficult' to under uland and make." Par E will.requlra more study. . ' ' - in assembling-, study your assembly drawing with esre..- It wilt be noted that the- body of the bear is fastened to C and P with small screws, Th saw is fastened to the paws of the besr wlth m amall awew also. Part C is fastened to E with small brads. Note that on ef the brad Is placed In front of the saw, thus keeping the latter In place, Part D Is fained to the Jower part of E with a small screw, the laH er fining loosely tntr the lot M E R j Vacation time It play time : When alt the world seemi young I And t.appy words and laughter Are found on every tongue. . For old folb all grow young again And hearts grow light with cheer The earth is just a playing-ground Fot Summer time t' here, ' i ' to show through tlio earth marlis., Ana tiin, 'before, tha, children recovered, from their amazement enougn to speak aaid. tha little crealura gava a few long leaps a ad was out ul sight In the hedge. .. "Now what do you think of mat?" demanded Florence. "It cam lo life. Where was It all the tmf" "Hid in the ground," said Bob. "We studied frogs this morning In opening exerclses,1)ut 1 never gueoed 1 would see a really one do that! Tou s0. Miss Ollbert read to us out ef a book all about frogs. Frogs spend the win ter down In th earth they burrow down In, is the tall. And there they live without food all winter. In the spring thry com out I suppose our digging hurried this fellow a few days But he didn't seem to mind! Then tn minute the air touches tlieni, they are livery as ever, they e and fel and oibrs Just esactly as thty did when they went to sleep last fall." "L'ehl" exclaimed Florence, with a lit fie shiver as alio looked vf lo the fence. "That's Interesting enough, but I don't wan,t frojsrstid my garden!" "Tou'd be:ter change your ind If you want a good garden, laughed Bob. . "Frojs work In, khe garden as much as we do. They eat larva young crjattre.1 and they dssfoy 0'''''51rTCP?ss., The harvest, at the season's end, S$fj a" ycur 6aren'n efforts VubPjW XffiWMw nt0 M'Bfrty fine success, rCiS. mmf '$! merited. you must confess. xrf r ff on'r olame the weather, if you fijfiJy J&0i$xbJ& Polks only smile at such a tale V ''Vi Success is sure if heart and hand ' Iff v Bi'lu Are given to your bit of land. aM '- s. V . , J .No. Mrtioular-. dscoratlve. treatment ll suggested. Use your own Initiative in determining .this part of tha con struotlon'. Of course, It I hardly nec- ' ewary to add. that It, Willi ba much more attractive if given some hind ef attention beyond th bare' wood. I am sura that every boy will wast to make more. than one of these, R member, too, that It will make a very fine gift for some one around Christ mas time. . . n jUNTOF? ; C00f ' FRESH WAX BEANS Break the beans Into short lengths,, and remove stems, Wash and drain. - Cover wifh boiling water and boll till tender. If beans ar fresh this will take, about 2S minutes. Th water should be nearly bolltd away. - A little practice will show careful cook Just 'how much water to use with vegetables; there should be ampl to avoid the danger of burning and yet there should be non to throw away, as tha water containa valuable minerals the body needs. . " , Beaion wltb 1 teaspoonful salt, -'. 1 tablespoonsful butter. Pour Into a serving dish and serve t'oaces tiny creatures that would eat our seeds' and young plant. Miss . Gilbert sag a. frog is the best friend a garden cas have''.- .'"'v,-: Florence looked at Mr. Frog's hldlSg place wltb Increased respect. "Well," she admitted "if he does ail that, 1 suppose I'd better get acquaint d enough to Ilk nlm."-., ..,.''. .' , - And oh did. For that same Mr, Frog took up his residenc tn the Dor row garden and grow to be tarn ant friendly with the children. H seeraoi to like to hep about when thoy worltM in th garden as much a thty liked to have him which, was very mucal c I ( r I i