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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-2-6, Page 3�7J it t • 66111f0E1 N P N the cows° of ,their reg llar meot- ing, held soon atter Shorly's and B{ 's cavo adventure t1 n "Blood hY , Y Robbers" came to the ven luele0 that, eine& the two adventurers had foetid 'll the exit to the famoum Dave, there could rl be no latter meeting place for the { band than in its dark cbamhers.With a.y ., any sort af.precaution they should find tie here a secret refuge from the prowlieg a and tnqulslllve "Bloody Pirates." Ac- cordingly, a thne was fixed ter Satur- day morning, when all eheidd assemble, journey to the Jaye and tato formal peesesl=fon. Shorty and Billy had marked the snot "PRESENTED THE CASKET" well, therefore they had little difficulty in leading their comrades to it. In the midst of a clump of rocks, screened by dead bushes; was the deep hole which led Into the cave. Billy, by virtue of his position as cap- tain of the "gang," descended - first. Then, one after another, the "robbers" lowered themselves through the 'open- inganddropped with sundry jolts and grunt&. Through various pretexts, every boy had been able to provide himself with a candle. Theme were now lit, and,lea by Billy, the ghostly p1'ocess(On began to thread Its way betweenthe narrow CI chiefly. The eyes of seine glistened; others :looked behind them aftrlghtoily, as though expecting to see the forocloue brigands appeal'. Meantime, Billy was industrlonely scraping the inould from the little casket. Presently he unaounced the re- sult of Ms endeavors by the remark; "There's wriole here, .'fellers," Shorty inspected 1t. closely, 'Sege fellers,' he cried, "I do believe this 1s the monogram of Aunt Debby Mortimer's faintly, We went to her house fa dinner' not so long ago, and ani the silverware was engraved just Bite this. She said it's been In the family yearn and years. She's tote of other old things, too, that she calla 'heirlooms,' or something like that. An' I'll bet this Is one of her heir- looms," he concluded triumphantly. Of course, they were all too ex- cited to hold a meeting just then, so it was postponed, They all tramped their way to the old Mortimer man- sion, where Aunt Debby- hived alone, except for an old servant. Shorty, who was betteracquainted with Aunt Debby thanC'any of the others, was delightedto present the. casket. Billy rang the doorbell. To say that Aunt Debby was sur- prtsed when she was told a mob of boyswasoutside waiting to see her, would be putting 1t mildly. But when she saw'the casket she just threw up her hands, "2tty dear boys!" she exclaimed, "I am quite sure this is the very casket of jewels stolon from my mother nearly fifty years ago. I .remember her 09001d11g about. It several times. And 10 I'm not mistaken I have the key to it right here." She went to a little desk nearby and brought forth a tiny .key. This she placed in the rusty lock. Finally, when she had exerted the full,' strength of her fingers, the lock turned. Raising the lid, there was uncovered a 'handsome set of jewels, which sparkled in a dazzling Dance that that fairly blinded the .•eyes of ber audience. Aunt Debby was overjoyed. Right then and thele she heartily thanked the boys and 'invited every ono of them to dine with her on the morrow. LEFT BY THE "ROBBERS". OF LONG AGO" Siena. "Bet there are ghosts here!" exclaim- ed 300 Stanton. For answer Bill Dane prodded him vi- ciously 1n - the back, with tho terse command, "Shut upt" the rest f the band Nevertheless, o Shivered, oldstarted anew at the echoes of their own ot stepe. They were not half sorry when Billy called a •halt while he andShortyturned aside ,to inspect a square chamber which • branched from the main. corridor. "Hello,.- there's something here!" yell- ed Silly, - bending over a group of ob- jects . hardly distinguishable In the 'dim light. By this time several others had ,'gathered around. 13y the flare of the candles could now be seen severer. old, musty barrels and casks, an old rifle, an ancient pistol and what looked like a little box, "Robbers must have been in this pave a long time ago," whispered Shorty -ex - Johnny 111 CAN scamper a .hale to the h1 baseball field, d A And he never feels the heat; But, oh, it's so far to the corner stora— ge far for his_aching feet. 'He can run to see the oircu5 come in; And stand 'and watch by the hour; But the postoftice building le so far aWaY, And there night come Up a shower. He can get tip at, 11 on the Fourth of July It's really no trouble at all; But S is too Carly on all other .days, And his Mother may call and:col. ale can cit up all hours to frolic, and Geno sleepy Or tired a bit; -But if there's a lesson. or problem. to do, •Ile goes Rist asleep over it!, O Johnny, dear Johnny, how funny you are! And whenWillgrown-ups understand That hard things seem easy, aneeaey ones hard To youngsters (111 over, the land? Billing Chinamen, "Pay attention now," said the sclhool- tnaster, adtlreesing his clefts during the tteography lesson, The population of 0hi11a 10 so gr bat that fwd 07rhutmen Ile eVei'y Limo We take a breath." TWO tnformattbn made a deep genres - Oen fen on the jhlvonlle aoliOIOfe, and the master Was j{t�artldularty Strunk with the uueolnfertable appearance of one email boy et the foot of the class. 111e face Was flushed, and he was purling furi- ously, What is 116 matter?" inquired the selheolmaster With alarm, Whet on 0tieth are yoU doing, Taring?" Killing Chinamen, please, sir," seas the enswe, I don't lie than feeelgn ors, so I'M getting rid of 1Nst as man) all 1 caul Of course, this discovery made the. "Bloody Robbers" prouder than ever of their new cave home. Skinny, how- ever, did say In his funniest man- ner: "Don't .you thinly we started out the wrong way to be the right sort 0' robbers? You .bet your life, they wouldn'tuv done anything honest like at" th - But he didn't mean this. Indeed, every one was pleased that Aunt Deb- by by should have been so delighted to recover her most valuable • "heir- loom." And she .was grateful. There could be n0 doubt about that, IN '('Isle first place, Jufllth Lee wasn't really Tommy Lee's els, tor. Indeed, no one was quite sure as to -whether her name was originally Judith. But that was the name beautifully embroidered on the handkerehlef which .had been found tied loosely around the neck of a childsaved from 1110 horrible ship- wreck. Tommy's father, you must know, Now, on the tap of the pottage was a level Immo surrounded by a balus- trade. ' Tommy's uncle Was - aceue- tomes to spend several hours eeOlt day walking up and down hero, The boy and girl rarely paid the roof a vielt, so that Judith afterward won- dered what it was that made her sug- gest upon this afternoon that they .go up there, "Crtoky! Uncle's made another flyin' TOMMY'S UNCLE CALLED AFTER T HEM owned a little. -cottage by t sea, within plain sight et where ship- wreck occurred. The eh d saved nes, of course, Judith. So you see how Judith was adopted by Tommy's 'father and mother and became Tom- my's sister. A right loyal sister she was,. too. Tommy loved her just as well as though she had been a real sister. As a matter of fact, the boy had never been told otherwise. He Was of about the same age as Judith, and they had, grownup together as brpther- and sister. Tommy'suncle also dwelt in the little cottage. Both Tommy and Ju- dith thought him a very peculiar man. You see,hewas once a . pro- fessor, and now be was trying to become famous by inventing a, flying machine. He seemed to be so very 'learned that Tommy and Judith could never understand why his machine, were always failures At timesthe uncle would seem discouraged, buthe always persevered and declared he would make et111 another attempt. And if he Hadn't made the effort that brought forth the flying machine our story tells about, why, there wouldn't have been any. story. For It was this flying machine that brought about the strange adventure which cleared up the mystery regarding Judith Lee.. machine!" cried Tommy, as soon tie his head appeared on a level with the roof. "St looks like a dandy, too. Hope it will fly." A HUT ABOV11 THEM "So do I," responded Judith, coming forward to inspect the. apparatus. There was a little basket which in- terested Tommy immensely. ' CRONIES TINY was grieved, indeed, when, througha series of accidents, she lost every one of her little alnicks, Well it was for her peace of mind, therefore, that a motherless chick wandered.into the barnyard. Of course, Tiny promptly adopted it. New Tiny, unlike the chick she moth- ered, was, a bantam. You know how quickly ordinary chicks grow. So yoU will guess that be-, .' long this - wee. Mick .became much larger than Tiny herself.- ' While the chick was quite small Tiny industriously hunted, all day for the cholcamt worms and grubs to feed It. Sad to say, the chick grew up a great b!g, lazy hen; even after she was full grownshe permitted TIM, to feed and. parq'Yor her. But Tiny didn't mind this. She: loved her 'big adopteddaughter and would have done anything do the world for•her. While it seemed funny to others to see the little bantam waiting Upon the hen which looked so immense, Tiny didn't take this view at all, So greatly was Tiny attached to the hen that when the latter was killed and eaten—as she well deserved tobe—Tiny languished and soon pined away. Shared the Blame. "Teddy," said the employer solemnly, "we have forgotten to get'a fresh sup- ply of stamps, and now we haven't ono left." In his excitement, Teddy exclaimed, "Why, so wehave, sir; ain't we a cou- ple of blunder -headed idiots?" - ' Something Wrong. Mother—/ wonder whythat it is h at bab y aides almost all the tae? Ethel (reflectively) -Where do all the tears come from? You don't suppose' she has water on the brain, do you, mamma? THERE was something about: the pond Illy that fascinated Todd. XX As it waved in the Wind, it seemed to beckon to the lad to come and pluck it. And Todd, who never refused a "dare," iminediately waded out to such a depth that the water rose almost to hie chin. When here- turned, the lily as well as an immense lily pad was in lits hand. As 11e went to bed that slight he placed the lily in a vase, and stood the vase on the little - table Imelda- him. I3e could'. not understand what strange attraction the simple lily had for hint. When - Todd aWOltc the moon was abining full in hie room.' Somehow, Todd's oyes at once turned to the 111), which was directly in the path of a bright ray of moonlight, They opened wide with astonishment, - Altogether awake, the boy raised - himself on elbow to look at the extraordinary spectacle before him. Fee there, rim- ing from tho'very heart of the 111Y, was to sweetest little face lmaglntt- ble, - and beautiful, tendo) •eyes that looked at him repi'oabhfully. "Todd Sefton, why, e11, why, did you bring me here?'" came a. faint, silvery voice. "I don't know, ma'am," Todd .stam- mered. "I hope you'll oxcuse me," . The lily sprite scrutinized him se- Verely. "Well, Todd Burton, you've clone a bad thing—a very tied thhhg, Don't you know that the leader of the teat, orchestra uses my 111) as a ma. sic rack, and that he stands Upon this 111) pad? What w111 11e de to- night? Pray toll 1510," Am Todd T n matntalodasl"heslo fence, the fairy 'won't oft: h0r1•d is only one thing I see far yeti toed And that le to tatce. 1n0 back to tlt1 -..pond this very minute," Of course, Todd had to obey, Ho dressed hurriedly and, taking vase, 111y and all, crept silently downstairs, Out the door and across the fields to the pond. .Whew!. I10W he shivered when he Waded into that icy water! - And what a croaking of frogs there was! It seamed that all the great bullfrogs, 'and Otho nnediuln-sized frogs, and the very lithe frogs joined in expressing their angel' against flim.' Guided by :the fairy, Todd waded. toward the very spot from which ho "Let's crawl inn" .said he, When they giver packed snugly fn the.baeket, Tommy chanced to pull a rpp0 which rested near his hand. In etantly there was a great whirr of the glant wings, the machine rose, and before Tommy and Judith realiz- ed what had happened they were some distance above the roof. Ire tugged at another rope,. The air- ship rested a moment In its upward flight, and then went forward in a southerly direction. And apparently there were no. more 00905 to pull. Just then they happened to look back at the cottage. There was Tommy's uncle on the roof, waving 111s arms wildly and-ShouUng some directions, which, however, they were too far away to hear. On and on they flew, teeter than any bird. A wind shield was so arranged about them, however, U1at they felt lit- tle inconvenience from the speed. Hour after hour passed, and still they can - timed on their way. For a. long time they had been flying over the ocean. Little sleep the two had that night. Indeed, they were most too frightened for slumber, As time wore on, how- ever, Tommy began to 11nel some little enjoyment In the motion of the atrelip. But then he began to feel frightfully bengal,. Daybreak eame, and finally noon. At this time they were passing over a tropical land. Noticing a small lever projecting from the cage -beside him, he pulled it experimentally. As he watched the result, he wished 11e had seen the lever before. Immediately the flying machine slow- ly descended. A moment later they were resting on the ground, the great trees towering above their heads on all sides. "Look up there," observed Tommy. Judith followed the direction of his finger and saw In the tree above them a little cabin lashed firmly among the branches. At the same time they saw a girl appear In the door sof the cabin and lower herself rapidly to the ground liy means of a rope hanging from a 0011- venientbough. Then, for the first time she noticed the strangers. She made as though to run away, but then appeared to recon- sider her action, and turned to meet then, .a. Long Distance Between. Henry looked critically at the bun he had just purchased from the baker. "What's the matter, my boy?" asked the baker. Do you want to bet?" demanded Hent'. Before the astonished baker could answer, he continued, Well, 1'l1 bet you that. If I tried my very hardest I could jump from. one raisin to another on this cake." Momentary Forgetfulness. Sarah had been ctTing lustily. All at once she stopped and turned to her grandmother with an inquiring expres- sion on her face. "Gran'ma," she asked, "what was I. crying about?" Because I wouldn't let you go out." "Oh, yes! I 'member now," and Sarah began to-howl•more loudly than before. Legend of the Moon - Princess pERHAPS you have noticed how lonely at times the Man in. the Moon appears. But did you ever know that long, long ago there dwelt with ]nim 1n peace and happiness a wife, known as the Moon Princess? P1:• J ,vr 17 r`h-M1 !il x,1'5.. r,/' dfhlitQtdtalli/lifttm ---.-fie REFUSED TIER A TASTE F a The trouble all began when the Man In the Moon grow restless, and longed e",;,to visit the .earth. This mightily die- '',/,,,,, ' , pleased. the wife. There certainly was no reason for ,his dlshe mat,. but he was not Satf+led until he made his no- table trip tdg •rlvich. You remember how, When thia11;`: he burned lis mouth with green porridge. Well, he took some of that very- same porridge back with him. Naturally, the princess Was very curi- ous to learn .just what the porridge tasted like. But the Man in the Moon Was still grumpy, probably because his splashed around in the center, crying loudly in frog language for his lily pad and his MUSIC rook. In the bright moonlight everything was plainly, visble. When they saw Todd they cried In unison, with a meet horrible noise. The frightened lad quickly placed the lily and pad where they belonged. This somewhat appeased the wrath of the frog leader, although 011 were still cross with the thief. To reward him for having brought her back, tln0 111y sprite invited Todd to stay andlistento the concert. But the boy's teeth wore already chat- tering at a great rate and his lips Were blue. Ole promptly excused him- self and, wishing the fairy and the frogs "Good -night," quickly made his. was baclt to the shore,''. . Next morning Todd first rubbed his oyes;: then ho looked eagerly toward the place whore the vase should Have been, No, it was gone; lie hadnot dreamed It a11. And ho Vowed that never again would he plunk a pond 111). Who knows but what every .One might contain a fairy!', • Both forgot, ' Mother—James, what did I say I'd do to you if I touad yell eating these plea again? Samos—Why, flow' funny, ma that you 0110,31(1 have forgotteh, toot Sim sure I can't for the life Of me remember what it was, Generosity. rug runty SPIIAI S ' 1. . Aunt ILate—Johnny, here is au apple. Bo sure to Share St properly with your lead tucked the Illy, brother. "properly," e 13, As no spulyr. t- Jehlt ,Kate — firs lents, hush'? ed he beheld a wonderful eight. All tr Aconine, to -diva him the Larger piode,. ariind on lily pads stood immense of course. bulllfroge, each with a tin) Minkel Job . — 11i8t'y'uatent, Boit the biggest Of -'thein ullar11t' Hero, 13111, suppose rat do the FLEW FROM I3IM A -WHIZZING mouth still pained' him, and he selfish- ly refused 1,or even a taste. Thereupon the princess fell Into Such a burning, rage that she became a mass of fire. l3oforo the Man in tete Moon 110c1 time to gasp she flea" Whizzing out into the h00Vens, leaving 111111 alone. Al- though he seen grew Iienitef t, and -:beg- ged her to ratan, she novel heeded his prayers, Occasionally, however — by way of reminding him that she has not forgotten h1m — she flies very 01000 to the neon. NO doubt you have Soon her yourself, YOU thought it. was a Shoot - Ing star er a comet; now, yea mug know that it Was. really the Moen Prin- cess, 00me back io catch a glimpse of her husband, And maybe ale whispers her forgiveness as she lilts by, Lot no clone so. NM' pan you h1111ne the Mon 1n the Moon 10, sometimes, 110 somas to frown, If yell had such deep trouble as he, or saiA Iae1eoppy,. per- haps 3o1 N nol0ss, tee. She Spelled It. Teacher—Bath, spoil "wrong" ter ,ria. Muth Or uthhOn1z0e• that's wrong. Ruth (huzzlet�)--But, teacher, Isn't that. what you asked mo to spell? ' o r biere- t)4i iArii%'i+r7€t1 TFIER pussies scratch and bite, Don't behave at all. Pull their tails and they will light; And they like to squall. Kitty, here, knows: how I've tried To be good to her; It's only 'pause she's wool inside That she doesn't purr.', FOR SIX days of the week 1oe3' was always good. Some days ,he was very, very good; other days he was v81Y good; while on still others he was just good. At least, during all this time he was never had. Each weeny, however, there came a "naughty day"—e, time when Joey was downright wicked and -un ashamed. If it had not been that Joey's mam- ma was an invalid, unable to look after him, properly, very likely he would not have had a "naughty day." But long ago he had lost fear of nursle,.and had learned to take ad- vantage of Iter good nature, secure do the belief that lie would not be punished, Khld and indulgent as nurste was, there ca1110 a time When she could not longer overlook these "naughty_ lays." So 'oey's mctller was quietly told. It grieved her very much to hear this, for,like some other mothers, she imagined that Joey was always good. Joey knew he should have been dressed almost half an hour ago. 13e knew It was after breakfast time when the sat up in his little bed, And he knew it was very wrong t othrow savagely across the room the stock- ings nursie had brought him. Yee, he knew;'buthe didn't care—because c bcc it was a "naughty day." Ho looked out of the corner of his ere at . nursfe to see whether she was aware of this. Ile thought It funny thOt' nursle should not have come to coax him to dress. And now he thought it fun- nier still that she didn't pay even tho. slightest attention to him. He bang- ed a Chair and yelled again, more loudly than before. Nursie calmly left - the room. She had never done that before! What could it all mean? By this time Joey had almost for- gotten it was a "naughty day." Dressing himself ever so quickly, 110 crept down the stairyvay and then out to the kitchen,, where he meekly ask- ed cookie for something to eat. "If it ain't a purty time to be a- wantln' your breakfast! I can just tell you, Master Joe, that you'll get nothing tram methis. morning" Cook hadnever snorted or glared at hint In that way before, She had al. ways called 111n1 her "darl{nt" and given 1,110 1114 very nicest things. 130 WAS sorely puzzled. At any rate, nhotlter would be sure to kiss bins lovingly and treat him kindly, Yes, he would go to mother. But no sooner had he entered mother's room than she said sharply andwith a- frown, "Go away, child; I, don't Want. tO see you new." "Why, muvverl" Joey was just able to gasp; then, with burning tears In 111s eyes end a big sob hi his throat, ho felt hie wins along the balustrade until he reached the ;nursery. There, all alone, he fiupg himself mos tho floor rind Wept as though his heart would break. This Was the first time mother had frowned at him, and this was the first unkind Word he had ever known from her, Than Joey began to Wonder if it ever hurt ether.peepto Whets he said unkind things and was naughty. Of course, they could' never feel so bad as, he telt new—never In the WOrldl— but perhaps, after all, It did hurt their feelings a little. .'Naughty' Clay" Waen't just the nicest eat of a day for those about him, he began to thine. And 11e exon began to doubt Whether 11e enjO)Od it it Very great' deal himself, There Was stilt another blow in store for Joey. When father cams Z home that evening he didn't notice him. Joey sat down trembling to his meal Not a word was spoken, After Joey had swallowed a few mouthfuls he went quietly back to his own little ream. That night, when he was all ready to go to bed, mother ..came, as usual,. to hear him say his prayers. For all A TIME OF WICKEDNESS his sorrow Joey noticed that mother looked sad, too. He could endure his woes no longer. Flinging his arms around mother's neck, he pleaded tearfully, . on'you really love me any long- er, n - D t Y n o Y g er muvVer—not even a teent 3- . wean " bit?" Mother clasped him tightly as she Said gently, "Of course, goosie; I -was cross only because it was my naughty day.' 10 you have 'naughty days,' welt: have to have them, too, I'm afraid." "Oil muvver;• s'poee 00110 of us have 'naughty days' I'll promise never t0 have one again—never, never!" Mother dried his tears as they made the agreenent,'And Joey has kept his Word. Why Jack Went ASUNDAY -SCHOOL teacher was on llis 'Nay to church the other Sun- day when he now two tiny toddlers coming toward hili. One of them said: "Please, sir, Bill and Sauk cannot come to 0011001 this morning because wo going to 'ave a tooth out." Falling to 'see why both should 100'to hove one tooth pulled out, the teacher said: But what's B111"—the elder—"going. fur?" Please, sir, 13111's going to have hie tooth out." Then what's Jack"—the y'Outlger— . "going for?" Please, sir, 'e's going to 'car him 'oiler;" was the rep1Y. To Build a Merry -Go -Round 1THIS is 015 of the moat interesting of wind toys. The flame -is made from a child's people peoperly braced with cross -stoke and mounted on a hub. To the outer edge of the frame TRIM TOY C011PLDIrI+1D are attached four liatboate, rigged With salts. The boats, W111 tall r011net -and round an long as there le the elfghtcst breeze,' and their gracetel'metiOn Is very plat- ant to watch.