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OM wall a ver dirty little Witln-
ney-aweop. He lived in a big'
` city where there were plenty of
chimneys to sweep. Tom never
washed himself, for there was no water
in the court where he lived. Ho cried
half of his time and laughed the other
half. He cried when he had to climb
the dark flues, rubbing his poor knees
and elbowsraw; when soot got Into his
eyes; when his master beat him, and
when ho had not enough to eat, which
happened every day. He laughed the
other half of the day, when he was
tossing pennies with tho other boys
or playing leapfrog. Tom never wor-
ried about being a chimney -sweep,
Or being hungry, or being beaten.
He said to himself, 'When I am a men
there la a good time coming."
One day Tom's master, Mr. Grimes,
got an order to clean the chimneys at
a ver grand place, far out in the coun-
try, owned by a very rich gentleman,
So, at 3 o'clock one Bummer morning,
Tom and his master started out.
air. Grimes rode the donkey to front
and Tom, with the brushes, walked be-
hind, out of the court and up the street,
'and soon they had left the city tar be-
hind. At last they came to a very
grand lodge and Grimes rang ,at the
gate. Out came the keeper at once.
They all walked up the great avenue in
front of the mansion. Tom as he woht
along peeped at the sleeping deer, which
he had never seen before, nor had he
ever seen such big trees, It seemed to
him that the sky rested on the tops of
them. There was a queer murmuring
noise all about, and Tom, much puzzled,
netted the keeper what it was.
The keeper told him it was a great
many bees buzzing among the flowers.
"What are bees?" asked Tom, never
having heard of bees before.
"They make honey," Bald the keeper.
****"What Is honey?" asked Tom.
"Hold your tongue!" said Grimes.
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JUST tell you, Skinny, he's
grown so all -fired conceited
that I can't stand him.
What's more, Ian not going
to try," firmly announced Billy.
'Oh, I say,' pleaded Skinny, "let's
give Jerry one more chance. We'll see
what the fellows think about it, any-
way,"
As aresult of this conversation, a
hasty and secret meeing of the "Bloody
Robbers" was held in Warner's hay-
loft. All were present except Jerry
Coleman, and especial care was taken
"Lot the boy be," said the keeper.
"Ha is a aloe, civil little fellow," acid
Grimes laughed.
"I wish I were a keeper," said TOM,
"to live in such a beautiful place and
have a real dog-whlotte at my button,
like you." The keeper Laughed and told
Tom that some day he might be,.
At last they reached the house. Tom
swept so many chimney's out that he
got very tired and a 1!tt10 mixed up•
He came down the wrong chimney and
found himself standing on a hearth In a
room. the like of which he had never
seen before. This room was all white
and had pictures on the walls, and he
'saw a washstand with soap and towels
and a largo basin full 01 water on it.
Ho thought, "What a lot of things for
washing; she must be a very dirty per-
son who has to wash so much." And
then ho looked toward the bed, and
there he caw the parson and hold his
breath with wonder, for there lay a
most beautiful little girl. Her face was
almost as white as the pillow, and she
had long hair like threads of gold.
EfADE RI1VE WONDER
Tom wondered whether she was a real
live person or a wax doll.
"No, she cannot be dirty," thought
Tom, and said to himself: "Are all
people like that when they are wash-
ed?" and he looked at his own dirty fist
and tried to rub off some of the soot.
"I wish I could look like she does."
He looked around and saw standing
close to him a little ugly black, rag-
ged figure, with big eyes and grin-
ning white teeth. He soon saw It
was himself, reflected in a big look-
ing glass. For the first time in Tom's
life he found out ho was dirty, and
he felt ashamed. As ho turned to
sneak up the chimney to hide he upset
the fender and threw the. fire -Irons
down with a noise like thunder.
Up jumped the little white lady in
her bed and, seeing Tom, screamed.
Xn rushed a stout, old nurse, and she
IL. FOOL" REVENGE
you're right; maybe it's best to try,
out some of the others, I've had my
eye on one feller In particular. He
knows heaps more than any of the
rest of us, an' I've no doubt he'd make
a superyer sort of a leader. Fellers, I
nommernate Jerry Coleman for cap-
tain."
Just about one minute was con-
sumed in the election of Jerry. The
vote was unanimous; enthusiasm was
unbounded.
Jerry, evidently conscious of his new
dignity, strutted over to the highest
JERRY THRILLS (IIS AUDIENCE
that Terry should not hear of the con-
ventien,
There was a silence for a moment
after Captain Bill Mumford had stated
the purpose of the meeting. Then 31111
Kane axone. Bill always formed opin-
ions mighty quickly, and olung to them,
tool
"Fellers," said he, "I think there's
a whole lot in what 33111 gays, Jerry
brags more than anybody I've ever
known."
Never made your own acquaintance,
then," suggested Joe Stanton.
"And he does less than any one else,"
continued 8111, disregarding the laugh
which ,Toe's remark had caused.
"April Fool Should be the best time of
all to rook up some kind of a revenge
on Jerry," remarked Skinny, reffeetive-
ly: Tae added'
"Wliy not hold a, Sham meeting the
first of April and elect Jerry captain?
'When he finds out afterward how we
fooled hlm It ought to take some of that
monkey business out of film."
Sltinny's plan was adopted with ao-
elamntion and the members of the
Bloody Robbers" adjourned to gloat
over their intended revenge.
Terry little suspected the gigantic con-
0ph'acy directed ngalnet litin, So lie was
aurprlaed not a little eel en 13111y called
the meeting to it semblance of order
et the appointed time, on April 1, and
began:
Members of the 'Bloody Robbers;
I've asked you to come here se's to elect
new captain. I ain't got no spectal me -
on for resignin`. :Though. I haven't
ode near) he good as k
g emu 1
a 1t !n 1]
Y
dd as
a .st 1l ain't
t alts ethe
r ashamed
m ree0r But
Y d. BI t the r8
are
other il e .
„era bora who are much mora dervin',
end I want 10 give 'em a chanes: ,"'
When 11111y had seated himself at
the eonelusien of this announcement,
illclnny slowly raised himself to an,
Upright lscaltlon,
Billy.' 8010 be, "you de yourself
,fieedit. 'We've never had a bettor sari-
Akin. either, " But, after all, ma„'ue
part of the hayplle 1n as haughty a man,
ner as the uneven and unstable sur-
face of the hay would permit. As he
gazed over his audience his chest
swelled visibly, and, as 13111 Kane aft-
erward declared, so did his head.
"I am deeply 'Noted by the honor
you fellers have bestowed on me in
So great a quantity," he said sol-
ernell.
Hurray for Jerry!" yelled the band.
"An' X want to say that I'm awful
much obliged to you. Comin' from an-
other town, as Skinny says, I've learn-
ed lots o' twists that you fellers ain't
accustomed to. 'Course, I ain't stuck
upabout it, 'cause I know it just hap-
pened se. But you can bat your life
that I'm goln' to lead you tellers the
very hest I know how. And When I
cry, On, bravo men, an' .toiler mel'
I'm dog -gone sure that evoty one of
you will Yeller yer captain into the
thickest of the fight. That's all I
want to say, inept to thank you
again."
In the general hand -clapping and
howling that followed this gallant
Speech, Terry failed to hear Jack War-
ner nutter to Skinny:
Iie says he'll lead es into the fight,
dons he? Whatthat guy never was In
a light in '!S 11thl"
Before the members of the band sep-
arated Jerry pompously announced
that there t til a dinne at a Meeting tel' he
dew after ectnor In the Cave, a1 h"
didn't "ex»act to And any feller tete."
Theext afternoon,
n
as Seery y
name
from the house he
mat Skinny,wh
who
had loiteredoutside,
"Tyl e, Lieutenant Sknsold.Tarry, in a tone of Infinite eondoscon,
Alen; s'»ose you're
on the way to
the meeting plane?"
Skinny frowned in assumed perplOIity.
" What meeting place?" he asked,
ro the Cave, of course," sharply re -
!maned Torry,
But there's no mooting today,' in -
;fisted Skinny..
"No heath 1 Didn't T give Orders for
one?" sputtered. the "April Fool" cap-
tain,
Skinny laughed carelessly. "Oh, say,
Jerry; you didn't really think we elected
you captain, did you? I thought you
would know 1t was only an April Fool
Joke."
"Only a -a -a April Fool joke!" stam-
mered Jerry, leaning against the fence
for support.
But Skinny had already darted off,
merrily whistling, leaving Terry staring
blankly after him,
The lad who had been captain for a
day sank down by the roadside. For
fully five minutes he lay as though Be-
numbed. Then he buried his face in ills
hands and sobbed violently.
Jerry was not In school that afternoon,
nor was he seen by any 'Bloody Rob-
ber" during therest of the day,
The 'Robbers" didn't get nearly as
much fun out of the joke as they had
expected, Indeed, one and all confessed
that It was "an awful mean thing to
do." They hadn't even the satisfaction
of knowing that the lesson, cruel though
ita8was, had effected a cure. But it
made for Tom, as she thought he had
come to rob them, Tom doubled under
her arm and across the room, and was
out of the window in a moment.
Under the window spread a tree,
and down the tree he event like a cat
and across the garden lawn toward
the woods, leaving the old nitres
screaming murder and fire at the win-
dow. The gardener saw Tom and
threw down his scythe and gave
chase. The dairy maid got the churn
between her kneea and spilled all the
cream, and yet she jumped up and
Joined the chase, Tho groom in the
stable, the plowman, the keeper, all
ran after him, all shouting "Stop
thief!" And all this while Tem ran
up the park and made for the woods,
He heard his pursuers' shouts die
away in the woods, and, chuckling to
The Boy Martyr
IN THE beautiful churchyard of
Grantchester, near Cambridge, Eng-
land, there Is a small slab about a
foot square. Close under the shade of a
grand old Saxon tower it stands, and it
is all that remains to marls the spot
where lies the heroin lad whose mar-
tyrdom is pathetically told in "The
Chorister."
The youth was a choir boy of King's
College, and was about 15 years old.
Before King's College Chapel was
occupledplace. by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers
during the civil wars, a faithful band,
among whom was the choir boy, had
cut out the beautiful stained glass
windows and buried them In a secret
The boy was seized and brought be-
fore Cromwell. Ho was ordered to re-
veal the hiding place of the windows,
under pain of instant death. He bravely
chose death, and, Without a tele!, was
mercilessly shot outside the chapel.
Many visitors comp into the church-
yard to examine the slab and to talk
of the heroic death of the martyred
choir boy.
A Difference.
James—Toothache again, elf?. I'd have
the thing pulled out if it were mine.
Joseph—So would I If it were rout". e
TEDDY 10 `rood
te,. ' ON UN HEAD
"The old Dow jumped the moon," re-
d
marks Ted
"Whenh I
s a should have been snug in
her bed;
But I'm sure it is true
Here's a trick she can't do--"
And the Teddy stood tight on hie head,
"Little boys think they're smart," said
the bear,
"But I won der 12they neo aware
nt wl h me they've no ehOW,
For they codldn.t, I know,
Stand all clay with their foot 1n the air.„
Said the Fuzzy Dog, "Teddy, my. dear, '
Fray take care there are tacks scatter.
ea , rioro ”
"GilI'm uch
not t m afraid
Foil of plush I am made f"
Ted replied as he spell on ills ear.
"Muchmore comfort you'd find, if you
rose
And stood Arm and upright on your
toes!"
Tho W110 Fatty hacked;
But the foolish Ted larked,
.And tar answer just whirled on his
11050,
himself, he turned away from the wall
and ran on.
On Ills way he saw spiders who sat
On their webs, and lizards, brown and
Breen, and under a rock he saw a
groat, brown, sharp -nosed fox. She
had five little baby cubs around her;
they were rolling about and playing
with each other. When they saw Torn
the mother caught one up In her
mouth andthe rest came after her,
and Into a crack in the rook they
went. Iie next had a fright ae, whirr,
poof-poof, cook -kick, something Went
off to his face. He thought the ground
had blown tip, but it was nothing but
a big bird.
At last he saw, many, many feet be-
low Itlm, a 0001 Stream, and by the
stream he saw a cottage, Ho camp
slowly up to the open door and saw
inside a nice old woman. When she
saw Tom she sald:
"Bless your little heart, where did
you come front? Come In and rest
and I will give you something to eat"
TOM FELL ASLEEP
So Tom went in, and the woman
was kind to him and gave him some-
thing to eat, and put hint on a sofa to
rest. Tom fell asleep and dreamed he
heard the little white girl crying to
him:
"Oh, -you aro dirty; go and get wash-
ed!" and he cried out loud, again and
again:
"I must be eleant"
Ho got oft the sofa, half awake, and
drawled out of the cottage to the
banks of the brook. IIe pulled off all
his clothes, which was easy enough,
they were so ragged, and put his
little feat into the water and then
his legs. "Ah," he said, "I must be
quick and wash myself." So he tum-
bled himself as quick as he could
right into the stream. And he had not
been in it two minutes before lie fell
fast asleep, and when he woke he
found himself swimming about in the
stream.
In feet, the fairies had turned Tom
into a water baby, and a merry, happy
water baby he was, and ho was never
tired or dirty again.
TheCat Orchestra
THERE web four of them—Fluffy,
Snowball, Tabby and Thomas, but
Thomas, the pueey with the
glossy blank coat, Was the cleverest
of the four. Ho it was who organized
the quartet. The four pussies sang ever
so nicely, under the leadership of
Thomas, and surely It was only envy
that made the Human Beings around
them angry. However, this did not pre-
vent the quartet from practicing.
One evening when they had gathered
In the big library for a chorus, Thomas
suddenly thought that the music: was
Incomplete without the accompaniment
of stringed Instruments. S0 he directed
the other pussies to twang the viol
and violin and guitar tl at lay on the
couch nearby. He had often seen
Human Beings play these instruments,
so he knew exactly how it was done.
Iie explained it all very carefully to
the other members of tiro quartet.
Then Thomas waved ills paw in air
as a signal for the music. to begin.
The next moment, instead of sweet in-
strumental' music mingling with the
song of the chorus, there was a succes-
sion Of snaps and whirrs as the strings
broke under the sharp claws of the four
pussies. , I01
Thomas never found out just what the
matter was, for a human Being sent
the quartet flying Inall directions, while
he said very ugly things about cat
choruses In general. Thomas' feelings
Were greatly hurt.
Rather Difficult.
One of the professore absent-mindedly
said the other day, while calling the
roll:
'When the names are read out all the
boys who are here will answer 'present';
those not present will answer 'absent.' "
Magnetic Experiment
LAY an ordinary one -foot rule
across the top of a glass. Grasp
one end of the rule between the
forefinger and the middle finger.
Secure a small sheet or plate of
hard rubber. Rub It vigorously with
a piece of silk to generale electricity.
Hold the piece of rubber between the
tb,umb and forefinger of the same
AWAY with all sadness;
Let mirth come, and gladness—
Nothing but •fooling:
'Tis the one ruling
Made by King Jester this day -4
Fol-de-rol, la, tool -de -ray --
'0, hail to the merry Fools' Dayl
MATERIALS EMPLOYED
hand 1n Which you grasp the rule.
By touching the rule wiIh the rub-
ber you will And that pieces of paper
thrust upon the under side 0f the
other end of the ruler will remain
suspended without visible means of
support.
The paper, 01 course, 18 attracted by
the magnetized rule.
Marie Avoided the Tax
TO DRIVE Ili the tnagnificent lan-
dau with madame was a thing
to be proud of, and madame's
maid, Marie, was as proud a5 proud
could be. •
When they reached the chateau,
which was madame's destination, the
great lady bade Marie trudge to the
neighboring town and purchase some
eggs, While she herself pald her call
at the chateau,
Marie clutched the coin tightly - in
her hand and started out upon her
errand. For a wonder, she bought the
eggs without mishap. Returning,
however, she was stopped by the po-
lice, who explained that, Inasmuch as
she had crossed the border of an-
other province, :she must pay duty on
the eggs before she could return to
the chateau at which her Mistress was
visiting.
Marie was in a quandary. Madame
had given her just so much to spend,
and she had no more money with her.
But she load also been told not to re-
turn without the eggs. What should
she do? She retired to the -place
where she had bought the eggs to
think It all over. Half an hour later
she again appeared before the police:
This time she was permitted to pass,
lnasniuelo as no eggs could be found
about her person.
Well, Marie, have you come back
with the eggs?" asked madame, when
the maid arrived at the chateau.
Yea, madame, the polio° wouldn't
let me pass with the eggs, they said'
but t fookcd them—I ate filo eggs and
got by without the least bit of trou-
ble!"
Marla was to pleased with what she
had done that madane hadn't the
heart to scold her brilliant maid.
Not Treated Right.
Jimmy 'was standing near a hole In
thetoe, shouting at the I t0
bOf his
P
plaine To one who approached he ex-
plained hie grievance. "Johnny's down
there," said he, pointing to the hole,
"and he *Sh"t give mo the skates. Boit
had 'em more than hie share of time
now."
Fond of Solitude,
Jessie—I do so like to tette long wanes
all by 0015011'1
oria0this n.ttereoOnso do T. Lot's go lot
tong Lives.
Boastful Boy—A11 of our fonts Ilva
lenger'n any one else's. My grandfather
diad when he was 100 years old.
Quiet ;Boy—That's nothing, My grand-
father died T
Boastful l Boy 0Two proveoveed and fifty?
Say I'd like year loLh
will
at.
Quiet Boy—Any one ill Colt you that
grandfatlior died at 230 Main street.
Tried it Before.
Fortner --Yon may skate on the pond
IfYo . -u t
wan to, but I Warn you It Is
unsafe.
Smell I3nv—•What's the matter'? X
0katrd on It fast wlntet-and the lye was
as right,
Ellready Broken,
Teacher—Sarneel, hew many cont,
mandmonts did I say there were?
Samuel—Not thy.
Teacher—Why, Samuel! ,Don't you re-
member T said d koro
Wore tont
Samu �l—
a Yes, one but you said
too,that at every one of 'om Was buatct�
ionago,
A Natural Supposition,
Ethel (who as clever) -4)o you think it
true, ea Ili'. Brown 0810, that the baby
oeL today has a much better chance of
Ilbo than the bah of lift
201111 y y years ago?
(ala? Tho babe; of Afty 1°erg
0..tury