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The Iron Ago ,says flare ere two skies
to lila ctlullo3er;sy neer hrulten 1'4111);
f In 1)ilrr,ud4 st141 litut the gl 81i4y cf
1110 Iron Is worse thf n 11 was, The
milkers of the rail., say that the. Iron
is as good as ever but is subjected 14)
tutu4ual shnin•s, Dill -big Wheel hail)
1.1(4141 j1iert nerd 49 per Nell, while the
moons') In the weight of rails was ',h
per rent The 11)31)11)41' ill driving Wh1,w1
12.2ds store 1893 ha, heel) 00 per cunt„
while the increase in the weight of rails
Isis been 21i per rent,
The roil: aro 7lrepurrd under spe'uipctt•
ho11s from the 1'olir4 el eempunies. 11
is plain that a large share of the
blame must be phu'cd talon the com-
panies, 'l'ho increase to 1ltu weight of
Plans colts for aertitir 4,h'engfh in 1941
01,11s, The high speed o[ 1)1ilts brings
ineeensed pressure to their upon riffle
al curers, Under I110 1n 1 condiliuns
the roils ere required 1. do more see -
vice Ih)ln twenty ye'irs ago. f3tlt when
the runs rue subjected lo iso pounding
of badly balance,. driving wheels, and
when fast trellis are run. over 11nes
which were not eonslrueted wIte. uuy
such weight or speed In mind, some.
thing will give way. 11 is possible that
slight anodllicnlinn in the shape of :he
tail will give It more strength, but it
will be necessary to inerense the weight
of the rail from an average of 911
pounds per yard to 110 or 120 pounds.
In view of the accidents due to de-
fective rags some railroads have order -
eel fails with a larger percentage cI
cerbon, some with a smeller percent-
age. Added 0m'13011 means greater
hardness unit, consequently, fewer ac-
cidents dere to %veering of rails. Di-
minisiled carbon means less brittleness
and, consequently, fewer accidents
caused by snapping of rails, The right
ascan between the two Ls still a matter
of conjecture. it may 1.•e true, as some
rlilroacl nulnegcrs us'erl, that poor
sleet Ls used by the ,wills, It must be
h•11e, as the still lnanagers assert, that
the railroads have not sufticienlly con-
sidered the necessity of pulling in bet -
ler rails for their new tra4110 '
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01(i but not old fashioned is Damas-
cus, the oldest surviving city In the
world. and the most typical oriental
In Turkish domains, but far to the fore
in millers eleeh'ical. Overhead trol-
ley cables are in the streets, mitt a few
miles up the Baradn river Ls a station
for generating electric motive power.
Al first the street service will cover
only some five miles through the city
from suburb to suburb. Electric lights
have been h 111011ed, and are lighting
Damascus 141 the number of 1,000 street
lamps. Besides these the company has
put In more powerful lights in the
Strand Mosque, in the public squares,
and in the Sorel, Private electric, lights
are soon to be Introduced in shops and
residences. The installing company is
Belgian. Some of the electric supplies
end apparatus have come from England,
Germany, and France, but all cars,
motors, end dynamos have been bought
1s Belgium. Concessions in lighting
and street railway nndcelakings have
been granted to corporations in Da-
mascus, Beirut, Aleppo, Smyrtla, aril
Salonica. Thele are signs, gradually
multiplying and becoming more pro-
nounced, that the dawn of a great
nwakening slowly is breaking In the
near east.
'--
Tho lovely licnens or Mature lovers
have proved a useful reason for exist-
ence. These pretty plants aro the first
to attack rocks end they vastly aid In
reducing rocks to soil. Lichens, such
es the "reindeer moss," are food for,
boli) man and animals in high north-
ern regions, where other plant food is
not available. Another species in north.
Africa is blown long distances by the
wind, and, falling in the deserts where
food is scarce, is eaten ' by men and
animals. It is supposed to have been
the manna Of the children Of Israel.
Moe species are important for both
man and beast fn Finland, Greenland,
Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, Tho
nutritive qualifies are dile fo a peculiar
siardil[9e compound. Many species
formerly wove considered medicinal.
Many dyes, chiefly reds, purples, and
blues, are used for the coloring of
cloth, wood,.cite. Wilms used for test -
Mg acids and alkalies in 'chemical ex-
perimcnls Is obtained from lichens,
chiefly In I•Iolland. Orscille is another
tame for this dye. It is 511990sed lo
be the 'blue and purple" of the 01d
TeslallenL,
$'—
AFTER BREAKFAST.
"What's your name?"
"Atlas, m1rn,"
"What! TI1al's a queer name for a
tramp,"
"Nape, not so, guoet; Pm holding up
de world"
WOULD MOISTEN IT.
Pcdostrlan-1Whn1 a horrible whine
you have .in asking fOr assistance. You
ought to have your volce cultivated,'
l'rail)p---"Dnl's wet 1 wants money
fit' boss. Fut ; 1109131' uv haulm' me voice
i1 riga ted,
000acroate�aocty aooraca tsog
YOUNGj
FOLKS
)apeogi¢QQr -Q'O
TI1E N1:,5'l' IN T1113'1'11141..
The sun was jut peel lug 03 el' the
!tills, The 11,11'1,.5 of the bet's .breed
gently, taut n sleepy voice among the
hruu, io' .,hill : ' Alolher, 1 nen 411 11,111•
Airy. A\ hen 1101y 1Ve hake , 4 1)1) 111)119 to
oils 4„
"Ye-',. hiding'. deur;' (11111141 n ,•hero) nl
lo.uc,, "3841 ore .so hungry, Ality 33.11 tutee
Node Ine,rhfnsh"
"'les, 111y dear,;" replied the 1114141
brown niolh1')- hid. "pm, 512)11) le13e
sonn'Ihfnl, j1,a es soot us 1 nun 90 uu1
end 11'rl it,"
Poor 111110 mother ! S11e had life huil-
gry mouths in Ilii, nut they S3'e1'h a
Iwp o family. ssu ,n melt of 111.1111 would
be 11140 to Ile and gel his own bees) fast,
'O11, liq,lhor," cried ane of [110 little
ones, 'you said ,111)1 Were goingto lewd)
Bright 13,yes lo fly to-duy,"
said the mother, "1 tun, When
1 relm'n, and we lawn eaten, i will leach
your sister Bright Eyes to flys."
"Oh I" cried Bright Byes, "hew humpy
I shall be, for then 1 way help cur dew'
mollnsr to feed the rest of you until you
are (11)0 strong enough to lly."
"Good-bye, pailful -1' dear I" cried the
birdies. es she kissed each one of then)
heture leevlug,
"I'll return soon, children," and away
shi flow. as happy as could be.
A little buy stood by 110: roadside, lie
held a little lair -gun in his hand.
"Oh, I see setnethhlg al wlliela 1 min
shoot 1" he cried, and he pulled the trig.
gel'.
There Ives a soft flutter end clown fell
the poor little mother herd with u shot
through her brave 14)118 heart.
"0, ole, oh !" cried Ina birdies, "Why
doesn't mother come? We ore so liver
91'Y I"
They wailed until the sun wee very
high. "011 I" they cried. "What, is keep.
in f, our dear mother so long?"
The sun went down in the west and
till she did not return. Poor little h[r-
idies l f --law !hey cried, Al )test Bright
T:yes, 141110 was 1110 slrongesl, 41)119 she
would try to Ily and find the rnolhei',
But poor little Bright ).yes fell over the
edge of the nest and lay very 81111 111:011
rho ground. She never opened her
height little eyes again. Then, one by
one, the others grew tom wont( to cry
any more, and 111ey each lucked then'
little head underneath a wing and lay
quiet in the nest. They never welts
129111)1.
The little boy who made all this sor-
row 3vas not really cruel; he was very
thoughtless. if you see a 1illle boy who
is so thoughtless, dear children, just tell
hila about the poor little mother bird
and her babies and beg bine to be kind.
HUNTING FOR TREASURE
POPULACE OF AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
1S BUSY- DIGGING.
The Story Goes That the Young Pre-
tender Lett Plate and honey
112(41110.
Near Asllborne, Derbyshire, England,
the novel spectacle is note to be wit-
nessed of practically the entire popula-
lion of a village engtlged In a hunt for
buried treasure. The village in ques-
tion is Bradley, and for a lert.night or
more --or since a highly interesting (iis-
cc•ve'y was made in the neighborhood
--the ordinary occupations and pastimes
of the inhabitants have been almost
completely neglected. All and sundry
have been engaged in digging for the
princely loot which supposedly is hid-
den in the ruins of an ancient manor
house.
')'his residence was known es Brad-
ley Hall and it was for generations the
home of the. famous I1nivelon and Mey
dell families who were prominent 'n
the days of Charles 1. and in the res-
loralion period. Legend has maintained
for years the% immense treasures cf
plate and money Were 'burled in the
strong-irocnts and secret passages of the
grand mansion of bygone days, but,
mast no one could tell W.hera that man -
slop had stood. It appears to have
been razed to the ground at the end cf
A CHECKERED HISTORY,
and hitherto all efforts - to locale the
ruins have proved vain. About levo
weeks ago, however', workmen digging
in the grounds behind the local church
chanced to hit 'upon stone week 1'1110)1
was identifled as belonging to the long -
sought ruins, whereupon all Bradley
laid aside its customary vocations and
pocked With spade and pick to the little
churchyard,
The leader in this search for secret -
wealth is the rector of Bradley, the
Reverend n, lL lbrnlins, who spends
al! Ilse time he can spare front his min-
isterial duties working with pleas and
shovel among the adanlnnt walls of Ilse
ruins. The work is hard, but the pastor
/Incl lits pal'ishioners:,(ii'9 displaying iho
perseverance and ,patience of born tree,
sure.seelcers,
The initial find which skirted 111e peo-
ple of the village searching through
musty archives consisted of sections of
curiously wrought stone and brick-
work. these were thrown aside by the
work -men, but were subsequently found
Sy 1110 rector, wilo, versed Ya the tra-
ditions and 1)1e history of 4110 town, ins.
1i2.edintely suspected their significance.
The progress of the work justified his
olanion andthe news spread quickly
throughout the, countryside,
Bradley Nall,'tvhieh fared badly when
Cromweli's Ironsides swept the mitt.
lends, hilt was restored when Charles
1!• cams to the throne, played a prom -
Mont pert during the invasion of
Derbyshire by Prince Charles in 1475;
it is from this period that tli0 story of
hidden wealth dales.
When the young pretender was at
Derby Mere happened to reside in Brad -
les a• Scotch minister who had strong
leanings toward
T111; STUART CAUSE.
'Ibis gentleman dispatched a nle8een-
ger id [lid prime, Inviting him to conte
ASO HARD TO
?LITE
IT T'S. very hard to be polite
P.If you're a cat.
When other folks aro up at table
Rating all that they are able,
You are down upon the mat
If you're a eat.
You're expected just to sit
If you're a cat.
1 Not to let them know you're there
By scratching at the. chair,
Or a light, respectful pat
,' If you're a cat.
You are not to make a cuss
If you're a oat.
Though there's fish upon 41111 plate
You're expected just to wait,
Wait politely on the mat
If you're a cat.
—Teacher's Magazine.
The St fry
f
!range
acation
6
By Jean Riddell
)LAMINATIONS are coming,
Hal," suggested Arthur.
"1 know 1t" replied Hal,
"but I'm not worrying; I'll
pass."
Arthur looked dubious,
"Not at this rate," he said.
"Why not?" asked IIal, as he buried
his face in the soft fur on Jack's back,
the dog answering this caress by
squirming around until be could. ]ick
Hat's ear,
"You're not studying hard enough,"
said Arthur.
"No," said Hal, "I'm not studying
hard, but I'm studying enough. I'll
pass: don't look so worried about lt, old
.Di'yasdust."
"Do you know your Spanish for to-
morrow?" persisted Arthur.
"Not well," admitted Hal, "but I'll
do."
Still Arthur shook his head. The two
boys were as unlike as two brothers
could be. Hal was a jolly boy, who
liked a bit of fun rather better than his
studies, but who • aid not neglect the
latter, either, Arthur thought of noth-
ing but his studies, and because his
brother did not study as much as he
would like to have him, constantly wor-
ried about the outcome of his examina-
tions.
Hal was hailed bysome boys from
the street, and in two minutes had
bounded out of the house and was down
the street, :Jack close at his heels.
"'What kept you in the heus0 so long?"
asked Hal's most intimate friend, Bur-
ton.
• Listening to a sermon by Arthur; ex-
aminations are coming, and he thinks I,
won't pass."
Neither w111 you," replied Burton,
quite happily, for he didn't expect to
pass himself, and it pleased him to
think there might be others,
Hal began to feel worried. Perhaps
he wasn't going to pass, He suddenly
refused to go any farther with his com-
panions, ran home and sat right dowt.
to his Spanish lesson.
TICE CALL OF SPIRING •
Arthur bad Watched Hal march off
with his three friends into the glad,
bright sunshine a -little enviously. He
thought of all the hard lessons he had
set himself to learn that beautiful spring
afternoon, and he sighed. After all, he
began to wonder whether It was worth
white; surety, a little sunshine now and
then wouldn't do hem any harm.
This line of thinking finally, carried
him out into the street slowly, and a
little ashamed of himself for yielding to
the call of the spring day. This fe0ting
of shame prompted hhn to take the op-
posite direction to that taken by 2101
and his friends, and he sauntered along,
breathing in thebeautiful air and feel-
ing glad that he had poked his nose out
of hie books for e, little while, at any
rate. It was to be a, very little while,
he assured himself. But it wasn't, It's
always that War when you make up
your mind not to do a thing; the first
thing you know, there you are doing it.
In the meantime, I-Ial studied hard
and found that he had made great
progress by the time dinner was an-
nounced.
With the happy sensation of having
thoroughly„ earned 111) dinner, I•La1
bounded downstairs, only to find kis
mother in great 8lstress, Arthur
could not be found anywhere.
Hal 1mme01ately offered to hunt for
him, and, meeting his father at the
door as he went out, was told he was
getting as fretful as Arthur. Surely
no one would kidnap Arthur, Mr.
Ketcham said, and lie was too staid to
Min away.
But somehow or other Hal shared
hes mother's anxiety, and in great
haste ran to first ono and then the
Other of their boy companions,bit no
011e had seen Arthur,
Hal came back at last to hie homy
completely dlsoouragod, only to fine{
that Mr, IK,etcham, alarmed at his long
absence, hadgenein search of Arthur,
too, and Mrs, Ketcham Was having
hysterics In the sitting room, The
long nightpaseed somehow, morn-
ing came and Arthur had not boon But yesterday ho met his doom,
found. But with the morning a And 110W is sick atld quiet
strange 'thing heipened. A little boy, g t
apparently on his way to )"noel Ile ate some tabloids by mistake
brdhught a With addressed to Hal. Ifnd they don't it his dit,
Said: y suit e
"Please being a large umbrella, a A. B. 0,
loaf of bread, a bottle of milk and
some cake to the foot of Ryder's
lane, just by the High road, and leave
them at the roots of the big oak that
grows by the stream,. ArsTrit R."
Hal and his parents read and re-
read this note in amazement. They
bad not thought of questioning the
Adventures of Fido
the Winked
OW, Fido is a spaniel,
As any one may toll,
But also, I am sad to say,
A wicked dog as well.
Ile thinks the curtain is a rat,
And shakes it foe and bold,
And spoils his master's shiny hat
Before it's two weeks' old.
And once this very dreadful dog
G
Tore all his master's papers
By jumping on the study desk
And cutting puppy capers.
little boy who had given him the
note. He was a stranger to them, and
ho had already passed on his way to
school.
They couldn't think what Arthur
meant by sending such a strange
message, and Without any explanation
as to where he had spent the night.
Mrs, Ketcham was firm In the belief
that he had been kidnapped and that
this was a trap of the kidnappers to
catch Hal, tool
Mr. Ketcham simply frowned, as
men aiwayS do when they can't think
what to think, and looked wise,
But Hal said:
"Let me go, mother. Somehow I
feel It will be all right for me, and
that the right thing for Arthur will
be to do exactly '"1,at he asks me to
do," And, after much pleading, Hal
was finally allowed to do as directed
M ,Arthur's note.
Ri'der's lane was a lonely place, on
the edge of the village, and few ve-
hicles passed that way, for the "High
road," though it had once been the
main thoroughfare through that part
of the country, had fallen Into dis-
use because a macadamized road had
been built about a mile nearer to the
centre of things. There was no house
nearer than ten good city blocks to
the spot that Arthur had Indicated In
his note, and I-Iai 41t that he was
very brave to go to so lonely a spot,
under such circumstances, even In tate
broad cheerful sunlight of early May.
And when he had reached the big
willow by the stream the uncanny
feeling increased, for pinned to the
big tree was another note from Ar-
thur •addressed to Hal, which simply
said: "Do the same thing every day
' until I tell you to stop.—Arthur."
But the note was the only sign of
Arthur's presence, for you may be
sure that Hal searched diligently 011
around, but he could find no- trace of
his brother. FIe waited around for a
while, but was afrala to stay long, as
he felt that Arthur 'would not come
to get the food until he lett, and so,
taking the second note with hint, he
went home.
COMPLETELY MYSTIFIED
Mr, Ketcham had not gone to busi-
ness, having telephoned that he was de-
tained at )tome, and, with his wife,
anxiously awaited Hal's return,
The description Hal gave of his ad-
venture, together with the note, mysti-
fied his parents still more, and they de•
termined to consult Arthur's teacher,
Mr, Peckham, who, they had always
known, understood the studious lad bet-
ter than they did,
Mr, Peckham was puzzled, too, for a
few minutes, but atter a while he be-
gan to laugh. Mrs. Ketcham didn't
like that, for she wee too worried to
laugh herself, and didn't want any.
thing but sympathy from any one else.
"1 think I understand," said Mr,
Pccl(ham soberly, for he saw how bad
Mrs. Ketcham felt, "although I nm
not sure: Arthur is a peculiar boy and
(With capable of doing what I suspect
him of. I cannot tell you exactly what
I think just now, but I shall let you
know inside of a couple of hours 1f
What I think is true." And dismissing
his close for the day, sir Peckham at
once started for the place of the big
oak and the little stream,
A little before hes time was up Mr.
Peckham rang the Ketcham bell, and
when he saw Arthur's parents his eyes
had such a twinkle in them that -they
both felt reassured, even before he
spoke,
There Is absolutely no need to worry;
Arthur is safe and sound, but hs has
stw"1ied a little too hard at present, and
be is tatting a vacation in his own way.
I. have promised not to go Into 'partie-
ulars With you, but I think. :you can
trust me enough to simply follow his
diteetions to Hal not to worry about
him. I believe that you well see him
in a Very few days."
The Iietchants knew that Mr. Peck-
ham was a very sensible man, and they
promised simply to follow Arthur's di-
rectiene and not try to and him.
So day after day Hal trudged off to
the big Oak by the little stream with a
loaf of bread, some cake, a bottle of
Milk and an urnbrellal This teat Item
bothered Hal more than anything,
What could Arthur want so many um-
brellas for? And where were the faro-,
ily going to find so many? By the fifth
morning their stock of umbrellas wee
almost exhausted. and Hat felt that
001) T
Blowing the' Candle.
pLACE a lighted candle en a table
at the end of a room, Invite mile -
one to stand in front Of it, then
blindfold him, melee him tette three
Steps backwards, turn round three
times and then advance tbaee steps: and
blow out the candle. 11' hn falls he
must pay a forfeit, It Will be found
that wary few are: able io euteeed, Blrn•
plc though the test appears to be,
"Brother, Ian Bobbed.,'
Two players having seated themselves
Ode by side their hrnde are then cov-
ered with a oath or shawl, s<, that they
are hlindfolded. Gyne 01 the plume, who
understands the game, miles the )Tar.
ing from his own Bead, and taking his
slipper, calls ant. "Brother, I'm bobbed."
The second player replies, "Brother,
who bobbed you?" The first player
names one of the company, as though
he was making a guess, and the com-
pany, entering into the fun, cry out
"Wrong." The player then taps his
blindfolded companion on the head. He
at once erten. out, "Brother, Pm bobbed."
Ills companlon asks him, "Brother, who
bobbed you?" Naturally, the victim
calls out thewrong name, and it is Ken.
entity some time before he dlseoVers the
trick played upon 11im.
Capping 'V'erses,
The players are supplied With slips of
paper and a pencil, and every one writes
a line of poetry, either original or from
memory. Then the slips must be folded
so that the line is hidden; but the last
'word of the line must be written over
the fold. The slips are passed on, so
that a different writer supplies the next
line, which must rhyme with the last
word of the previous line. Again the
slips are passed on, a new line is written
and passed on with the new rhyming
word -written on the fold. When the pa -
Pers have ,gone the round of the own.
pony the ellen are unfolded and 4'447
verses read out,
In the Land a7' Lot's rretelxd,
Ile the Land oo Let's Pretend,
Alit what meglo hours we spend)rc
Hoy and I aro knights of 01d,
Clad in aribei' ,0f bright Staid,
Or he a hunter after prey, .
And a bear, 1,r wolf. gaunt, gray,
And with a tearful roar) 34'e twain,
Another day, fight foes in Spain,
Ahd whatanagle hours we open('
In the Land of Let'e 1'retindl
In the Land' of Let's Pretend,
Boy and I great journeys weed;
A. row of chap's becomea. train,
The lounge a stip or 'Spanish mains
The rug an Island where we (Wo
Are Oreseed-till the story's, through,.
Gane, horses, 50)31.•1, wheta 5111•1,
Syringe up upon the nursery floor!
Boy and. I great journeys wend
In. the Land of Let's Pretend,
In the Land of Let's Pretend . M
We have battles without end, -1
I the Dragon 31011, 5(1(3 Buy,
Brave St, George, hip sword no toy,
But a "blade" that glitters bright,
Always for "the true and right."
The wicked bandits always yield,
When Boy waves his 'sword aiid
shield, .
In those battles without. and,
In the Land of Let's Pretend.
in the Land. of Let's Pretend
Ahl what mag•lo hours we ependi
The witchery of elfiand falls
Upon those modest nursery wane. -
Rosy childhood's fairy spell
I•Io1ds his 201)1 -and mine as well "
Who fares the further, Bey or L
In day -dreams quests "to de or die?"
Ah one! what wondrous homer We spend
In the Land of Let's Pretend:
William larederlek Dix, in The De. ,
Ilneator.
These Are
teal Ponies
T'R'ENTON
The smallest Shetland pony born and
Ired In Englund.
FOR years the Shetland pony has
been popular with those who could
afford to purchase one of these
dlm!rullve animals, and in many
wealthy households they have been in-
stalled ns pets. There has now appeared
what promises to be a serious rival to
the Shetland pony, however, for of late
ponies have been imported from. Iceland
of even smaller .stature than those that
hall from Great Britain's northernmost
isles.
The Iceland pony is shaggier and al-
together less prepossessing than his
Shetland kinsman, but he makes an
Ideal steed for the little children of the
arlstocraoy to bestride. Society has with
one accord welcomedthese little ant -
SOCIETY'S LATEST CRAZE.
Little Iceland ponies are now greatly,
in fashion among the wealthy classes.
mals as affording a new diversion, and
our picture shows one of the youngsters
fitted out in a suitable habit, with
gaiters and riding whip complete,re-
ceiving his first lessons in horseman-
ship en the back of this novel mount,
they would soon have to buy them by
the wholesale if Arthur was to be sup-
plied with an umbrella every morning.
And, in fact, on the sixth day It came
to that pass that they had to buy more
umbrellas in order to have one for the
seventh morning.
That n.rht it rained, poured, for
hours, and the next morning Hal had
to wade through a lot of mud to get to
the willow Mee, but when he did reach
1t he found the ground all around the
tree perfectly dry; not a drop, appar-
ently had found its way to the ground,
"What a lot of leaves there must be
on that tree!" exclaimed Hal, and look-
ed up, for the first time since he had
come with his burdens to the tree, for
in looking for his brother he had al-
ways looked around, not up,
AC first he oouldn't make out what
was the matter with the tree' then he
was obliged to admit that the round
dark objects away up in the top
branches, overlapping each other, were
nothing but the umbrellas he had been
faithfully bringing to the big oak each
morning, carefully spread out to shield
the tree from rain,
THE LOST IS FOUND
Hal laughed long and loud. It was
the first time In his life he had ever
heard of anybody putting umbrellas
over a tree to keep it from gettingwet.
Than a different thought struchem
—was Arthur up In the tree? Sial woe
an expert climber, and In abeet two
facemlhu, tes he had gotten far enough to
flee Arthur's feet hanging from a
branch on which he sat, and the next
minute 11e was looking into Arthur's
"Good morning," said Arthur, calm-
ly, but a little regretfully, "you found
me sooner than 1 thought You Would,"
"Gael" cried Hai, "Have you been
up hero all this time?"
"Yee."
"Flow did you get up here?"
"Chased up."
"Who .chased you '.up?"
"Doge"
Hal'seyes grew rounder and
rounder.
"Why didn't you Come down again?''
"Didn't want to." Arthur spread
himself comfortably along the limbs
of a tree. "You know I never climbed
much, and at first I didn't know how
to get down, and then when I found
out how, I didn't want. to. I did finally
get all the way down to the ground,
but I kept remembering how leafy
and cool it was, up here so something
drew me right 1,qp again; and then
when I felt tired I -found these two
branches grew together just like.. a
natural hammock, and 1 stretched my-
selt out and went to sleep. I never
slept so well at home in 5.11 my .life,
so I decided to stay here for a while,
for I haven't slept very well lately,"
Hal remembered then what Mr,
Peckham had. said about Arthur:
studying too hard, and he answered
very gently.
Well, It 1s all right up here, and I
Wish I could have stayed with you."
"Why not," cried Arthur, "why not
now? Suet go -down and bring the
milk and bread up and We'll have
breakfast."
Ftal scrambled down and up again,.
and tiie two brothers were soon eat-
ing like a couple of little savages,
"This 15 what grown-ups call get-
ting back to nature,'" rugggested Hal.
"Well, it's all right." replied Arthur,
"1t takes, a 101 of Rinke out of your
mind and mikes it easter for you to
understand some of your lassons when
you get thinking theta over ,luno
tip here."
It 1sn't paestng examinations,
though," slyiy euggested Hal.
No," said Arthur, "and tla415 be0n.
bothering ole a. bit, but. I think the
way we could.. fix it Is this After
0011001 every day let's got mother to
fix up sonic lunch and we'll bring it
out here and play birds in the tree
Until after dark; then we can go I1ome
and study again,"
That will be great," Brien Hal, "and
new let's go right off to another and
tell her,"
That night the dotter told Arthur's
Another that 1011- adventure had saved
him an attack of brain fever from
overstudy, so Mee. Itetellam had 110th.
ing to say against nor sons' pian.
to Bradley, where money and valuables
could be obtained,
So good did Prince Charles consider
this prospect of replenishing has elnply
pocketbook that he did pay a .visit lo
the down. After a day of plunder and
a night of carousal, the twiny left 412
a flurry upon the news of elle approach
of Cumberland and his troops,
IL would seem Mat the whole baler ',f
the story of hurled wealth rests, on this
story of sudden. departure. The high.
lenders had piled their pilfering/ 40 a
Leap in oleo of telt) cellars of Bradley.
(intl. Dict they have time to remove it
in their haste to escape from the pur-
Suing enemy? 'etre (own folia of Brad-
ley : answer the question in the nega-
tive,
Already the Work of 1110 villagers tins
laid bare a considerable portion of iho
old holt. Benulifully fashioned win-
dows, a portion of the courtyard, wvith
911 cobblestone pavement, and stone
supports, .w'11l3 odd mountings, have
come to light. Slone slops leading to
the roller which may contain the
sought -for treasures. have been unaoe.
eyed and'the general excitement hes
just been increased by the discovery of
what deny he tho secret underground
passage which (samples ,so large a .1110110
in Ilse folklore and trsri'liort of the
e�':lltlil'Y intuit