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Generosity
SAY, 13111y, I 'prer.lato ever eo
much year gettln' mo In tho
band o' 'Robbcrtel"
"Ave, don't mention it," replied the
Valiant .captain of the "Robbers";
"you're too docent a feller to ho kept
out of It,
But although Billy Mumford thsdained
to accept thanks, 110 was Inwardly
much pleased with the gratitude of Ar-
tie Cronan, latest recruit of the "Bloody
Robbers." Searching carefully In 1st
pocket, ho dug forth a rusty copper.
This he proceeded to invest at Todd's
grocery store, after which ho and Artie
shared the "welter" 'winch represented
the purchase,
"Are you goin' to the picnic?" asked
BIIIY, when, under the Influence of the
"sucker," perfect relations had been
eatabllshed,
Imprudent
Vows
ON A bench near 111rp pretty little
lotto sat Million, Victoria and
Ituberta, Dollghttut-bre0z05 rip-
pied the surface of the placid water and
brought refreshing coolness 10 the three
girls, For a long time they rested with.
nut a - word, admiring their beautiful
surroundings, Then Marian broke the
silence,
"I wish I had lived In the Jaye of
chivalry," said she; "that I dwelt 1n a.
magnificent castle from which I could
ride fortheach morning, away to the
hunt, and be envied of all the great
ladies in the lend,"
"I would also live in a grand castle,"
murmured Victoria; "but, instead of a
swift hunter, I should like to have a
THE "ROBBERS" GO A -BERRYING
Little Artie shook his head sorrow-
fully. "I'm afraid not," said he, "Ma
says if I pick enough blackberries to
pay my way I can go; but 711 never
have enough moneyy in time."
For a long time Captain Billy remain-
ed in the deepest of thought, Finally
he said:
'Artie, I'm gain' to tell you a secret.
On the edge of Noble's wood, not far
from the atonepile, there's a big tree.
There aro blackberry bushes all 'round,
an' these berries grow so loose that
when the wind blows real smart they're
blown off and carried under trite tree.
I've often found piles and piles of 'om,
They're all cleaned out now, but if you
go. there on Wednesday afternoon I
think you'll find a lot."
Here Billy observed that important
ARTIE FOUND THE BERRIES t
hnstneas necessitated his presence else-
where, so he and Artie parted.
Artie was greatly exalted over Billy's
information, Suepeating no plot, the
little chap decided to take Billy's ad-
vice, so that on the following after-
noon he tramped to the woods, with a
big bucket under his arm.
Sure enough there were any number
of berries! And the fact that they
were in buckets didn't seem to impress
Artie. Joyfully he filled his pall and
hastened home to market them.
Meanwhile, Billy and the other "Rob-
bers," who had generously filled the
buckets and placed them under the
tree, were filled with delight at the suc-
cess of their plan.
But Artie's a nice fellow, an' he de-
serves to go to the elude as much as
any of us," declared Captain 11111y. And
the others smilingly agreed. They al-
ways did agree wltlt Billy.
14ynapsis of Preceding Chapters.
retro, twins, Ro.y and Raymond, visit a
natural history muenum to inspect
the Mesh collection. They are locked
in. During the night a mummy high priest
of the Egyptians, angry at their Intrusi,
Wigsthem back mi111one 01 yaaTa to Ih•one
wah trio animals whose bones they have
been examining. They attend a meeting of
monsters,
birds. ideuEscaping from two bottling
mm,atera, they ride upon the book at the
jovial Zcuglodon, who swims out to .sea
with them, where they acquaintance
c groat tea
battle and 1,18110 Mrs. acgaalntaneo of witty
nlir,evem Cuttlefish. Mra. H abbe Dothed edam
eaves them from the Sabo, -toothed Tiger,
but. leaps with them over s.high cliff. The
twins awake to find themselves In the Ter-
tiary Age. While attending a reunion o0
d la0,0,1 Tampico In the forest theyy take a
stroll with Ino Woolly Rhinoceros. Rhlniy
shelters a baud at snarling y Meg ante: In
the meantime cthe boy Tony girl.
e,tum
runs away with the bey and geed. They es-
cape however, and become friends s t the
Missing Link. The Mammoth nada sham,
tpheses sham upon his back and travels with
them to Iola the hard of mammoths to
which he belongs, On their way to the
dunking -place the herd suddenly Notts and
prepares to meet a 0011.
Chapter VIII
TIIE ATTACI{.
GREAT was the wonderment of the
twins as to what animal would
dare attack the huge mam-
moths, each of which was'twlco the size
of an ordinary elephant. While the
mammoths did not seem frightened, still.
It was evident from their careful plans
for defense that they respected their
adversary.
Again the, held trumpeted defiance.
Then, like a flash, an immense tiger
bounded into the open space before
them, Displaying its teeth in a 121d00u3
snarl, it stepped from side to side, seek-
ing a place Co attack,
' Now that tho mammoths saw the foe,
they screamed their hatred, throwing
trunks aloft and shaking tusks threat-
eningly. But the tiger was too wary to
advance directly upon those sharp
tusks. Lashing its tall and snarling In
counterfeited disappointment, It turned
as though to make its way back into
tho forest. But not more than a few
paces had it retreated, than with a
suddenness the eye could scarcely fol-
low, it wheeled, shot across the. open
and launched itself over a pair of
tusks on to the unprotected flank of a
young bun mammoth, There It tore
with wicked claws and tangs, bury-
ing Its muzzle Into the quivering flesh
with fiendish satisfaction. But the
enraged mammoths quickly came to
their comrade's aid, and- In a moment
the savage tiger was thrust through in
a dozen places by the sharp tusks.
Ray and Raymond had put their
hands before their faces to shut out
this hideous spectacle, when a thunder-
ous roar from behind drowned the din
about them. Ere thereverberations
from this terrible volume of sound had
died away the mammoths were scat-
tered, fleeing In all directions.
"'Tis the Cave -Lion!" cried the Mam-
moth to whose back the twins clung.
And the boy and girl, glancing over
their Shoulders, saw a gigantic lion, at
least fourteen feet long and taller than
the largest ox, leap upon one of the
terror-stricken mammoths. But the act
of turning their heads cost them dearly;
for a leafy branch swept them from the
back of the Mammoth, and before they
could call, their friend was far away.
Fortunately, they were held from fall-
ing by the thick foliage. They crawled
along the branches to where a crotch
made by a limb and the trunk formed
the nicest kind of a seat. Leaf -clusters
screened them from the view of any an-
imal passing below.
Sounds of the heavy tread of mam-
moths were heard ne longer. Cave -Lion
and Tiger were silent. In place of
mighty uproar, a stillness that was
most ominous had settled upon the Sor-
est. The quiet frightened the twins as
much as the terrific noise had done. A
sourrying and rustling of leaves
overhead caused them to jump in ter -
,'or. Much relieved were they to find
that the neWeemers were only a troop
of monkeys. These mischievous cram -
tures peered at the boy and girl from the
sides, Then one of them cried to the
others that the Human Beings wore
friends of the Linke who was a mortal
enemy to the band. Immediately the
monkeys surrounded the twins, making
impudent faces and calling all sorts of
bad names. There is no telling what
other means they would have taken to
A WIT
r
is/
A/ theh'im'
quiet mule. And' every clay I should
ride among my people, relieving all suf-
fering and doing my utmost to pro-
mote happiness."
"Oh, how I should like to be a power-
ful fairy, perching in my home among
the swaying tree branches and looking
down into the dwelling of every In-
habitant of the country! Upon the noses
of mean and wicked folks I should matte
warts appear, or disfigure them in other
ways, so that their bodies would be as
ugly as their characters. 011, I should
be the Fairy of Justice!" cried Roberta.
A swallow gracefully winged his way
across the lake. Right by the three
girls he flew; and it seemed to them he
twittered in their ears:
"Your wishes shall 2,0 granted."
"Will you hunt this morning, most
"AN IMMENSE
tease the boy and glrl had not some
one else put In an appearance.
It was Mrs, Ornng-Outang, who sent
the little imps flying over the treetops,
as she tante to investigate the reason
for disturbance.
"ADVANCED TOWARD EACH
07H0R"
"Those idiotic apes haven't the
slightest idea of the courtesy due a
stranger," Indignantly exclaimed bIrs.
Orang-Outang. She assured Ray and
Raymond they had no further Cause for
alarm, and led them to the giant true
ES Ofifft
e -
p
pLTHOUGII rho picture shows but.
LA two oe the "playfellows,' In
L reality there Wore three of them.
gilt 9,4 111h'd vas only a{ toy, and
0,10,01. 10 nV1, ne-hilly so lntorebt!11
ae the twb little St, Bernard puppies.
The doggies, by the way, aro no long -
et, puppies, 011, deaf' not They've
0rowe ten time as big by time, And
the boy is almost a amen,
tivuly a Mlle hill the three 00m-
lildes, It Was inhe Winter, how.,
evert that the tlo' gle playfelloWa en-
joyed tl1Cmselvee `Best of all, for then
they could roll inthe snow, burying
themselves until only the tips of their
o 1001110 could be 00011.. So you any
Jt110w what n delightful.. time 11107
abed, when, some yea's after they wore
been, they accompanied their boy play-
f1110 across tat sea to Steitzeeland
N t 0 C
Mere,among the snow and ice and glace
Mere,
While the three were in Switzer-
land they b0cano separated for al-
most the Test time in their lives, En-
clued, Were it not for the dogs, per-
haps, jos In 1 1
the third , gt have
i i d a toiOM WW13, tl v
blahs last net o,iyyt0 fife tele, but to
every ono l,ls0; 11 happened one after-
noon when I1la boy stele away hitt
only his chums. Up the snowy moon -
Min path ho climbed, ali:hotlgh such
ways were forbidden exnept when un -
doe the guidance of grown-ups. Tho
boy, however, 'didn't care to 11070
grown-ups with him that afternoon;
he, wished only his Chains 10 altaro the
full,
!Gut the boy didn't have half, 1110 fun
he expected. While reekleesly follow-
ing the path 10 slipped, rind in an
instant he was careening down a cleft
between walls oe lea Luckily, it pro-
j0ctlon of lee arrested his flight.
.enol', he clung, while his eimine Mirk -
eel In 1115100)' from the path, ab0ve.
Then ono of the Wiee doggies gallop-
ed toward the hotel In search of help.
Not long afterward a, party cadre 10
the rescue, but It Is doubtful it there
wo0111 hallo been a boy to
rescue oven
i
1 not the other Reggie ba
then lel1
g.,
his
then,
continually to the
boy, wlto, chilled threl:gi e.n11:through,
fettled 111e utmost difilenitl hr remain-
ing upon his dangerous nerelt
So the three playfellows were
( e t
t. Ami the 1'a fetch a
belted, e y g
1011'019. Since then ha t 1,1,
10 11 1d
rare not to honoree. Inst to his rimy -
follows, Nor, if he has his way, will
the doggies over be lost to kiln.
MSC] SEA -SI -BMA
Second Adventure,
CERTAINLY, L. N iC, no artist Could have
refused the appeal of Mi'e Soa-
Sh011. Besides, this octet was
a very lied-ht0rted ono. So he Imme-
diately vet about Malting other S0a-
Shn.ls.
Upon the esuvfls h0 placed another
f't01l'klhpli In such. n position i . T that thecr oft or umbo formed the chin. 1100
around the retie mode on the obeli he
sketched the figure of a nice young lady.
EA -
With his magic paint he gav0 her a blue
costume, a blue hat and made her eyes
blue. He painted her hair and gloves a
light brown and used a very dark brown
for the eyelashes and eyebrows, When
Completed the little Sen -Shell lady came
to llfe, through the virtue of the lnaglo
Paint, and joined Mr, and Mrs. Sea -
S11011, who at once christened her Elsie.
Again .\1r, Artist placed a clansholl
upon the canvas. This time the umbo
formed the retrousse or "turn -up" nose.
Very shortly Elsie's brother was cre-
ated, with a green suit, a red vest and
tis and roti dots in his hose, Even his
elgar was lighted when he came to life
This was Johnny Sen -Shell,
Thanking the artist for all his cour-
tesies, tho Sea -Shell faulty sauntered
along the bench,
"First of all," said Mr. Sea -Shell, "wo
must fled some sort of a 110111e."
What le that little building ever
there?" exclaimed Johnny,
They all ran up to investigate, anti
found the dearest little castle one could
possibly itnaglne. It was balk' of damp
00114, packed ]lard, and it contained tiny,
airy chambers, while the outside 1v0s
ornamented with majestic towers and
parapets,
The Sea -Shells were delighted. Gath-
eeing shells end pebbles, they construct-
ed little chairs earl couches, Then they
set down for a little chat,
A11 at once there wasrush of wa-
ter, and, without the slightest warning,
their castle troubled' about the Sete
Sheltie ears. You see, they had forget.
ten ell about the turning of the tide.
Anl1the next 01101nont they felt I,0111-
501703 lifted an, together with a shnvel-
fel 0f sand, end dropped into a poll, It
gowned that the boy who rind hnilt the
castle had returned to see the waves de-
molish lt, and, observing what looked
like Sevot'al pretty shells, he had scoop*
ed !ahem 111), ,
But even In this dangerous slhlation
the wife of Mr, Sea -Shell did not (Insert
111111, "Conan your struggles!" he shout -
011 to the members of 111s family, In-
stan11y e71ry (1001-S11011 boeame ns of
010110; so tot when trio boy picked'
them up to 0xamino thorn 11e supposed
they were merely little dells made in
very 01e1,501' feeblon. The limbs of 00011
Ono of t1110 cnrl1as family were hard
Mid brittle, and by simply keeping still
no enc would have imagined they Were
really (Mee.
To 00011110 liitlt0eit 1110 boy stuck the
re,....allalata
TIGER BOUNDED INTO THE SPACE BEFORE THEM"
where she made her home most of the
time. Here the twins - amused them-
selves playing with the little crang-
outangs—tiny little fellows who kept
near their mother, and who were ap-
parently afraid of the boy and girl. Just
as all were becoming quite friendly the
baby Orang-Outangs flew in terror to
their mother. But before one of them
could reach this refuge the body of a
great snake swung from a branch over-
head and wrapped the little fellow in its
toils.
Realizing that interference was hope-
less, Mrs. Orang-Outong fled with her
remaining baby, crying as she did so:
"011, the cruel monster! Not content
with hating eaten one of my children,
the dreadful Boa -Constrictor much rob
me of another!"
In her grief she did not observe that
she had far outdistanced the boy and
girl in her flight, In truth, she had for-
gotten all about them.
Chapter IX
AN INTERRUPTED FROLIC.
- SO tired 7 can't go another
I' Mstep!" gasped Ray, as she flung
herself upon the ground.
"Don't suppose you need run any far-
ther, anyway," panted Raymond, be-
cause we've certainly left the boa -
c011011 etor 'way behind use
The two dropped themselves at ease
against the base of a tree, gazing
thoughtfully at the branches closely in-
tertwined above them.
All at once Raymond laughed. In
reply to his sister's wondering look, he
explained:
"I was only thinking what would come
ELL rAfillY
11eT11,5.5 30:
30I111147 SEA-SIIELL
Sia -Shells In the sand. Johnny, un-
fortunately, was obliged to submit to
the Indignitybein r
first, o f g thrust in head
While tiro boywee watl:lltlt his r .hew•
fomnd toys, 00ln011110 ; 110'7 ntra,ig0 hap-
pened. At a word Prom Mr, Son -Shell
1110 10nik1ne hurriedly yanked Johnny
1.0 its feet and tion fled across the
aid
.
Brf0 e the 10.d 0011111 10 ov0tfrom 1110
asto11shmant they Were out of sight.
40011TaNWAI) -1,1111117 SUNDAY.)
next. Adventures have been following
ono another so rapidly that we hardly
have had time to breathe."
"Well, I do hope," replied Ray, "that
the next will be an amusing experience
Instead of such a horrible one as we've
just passed through."
"Want something funny, eh?" queried
a voice, seemingly from the sky.
The twins craned their necks this way
and that, but no creature could they
distinguish until a woodpecker flew from
a branch above them and perched him-
self solemnly on a stone nearby.
"I say, 1f you wish to see something
funny, all you have to do is to follow
me," continued the woodpecker,
"Gladly, Mr. Woodpecker," courteous-
ly responded the twins, although it was
with diffloulty that they succeeded in
smothering a sigh at leaving such a
comfortable place.
Under the guidance of the woodpecker
they traversed more than a mile of
forest, when they abruptly emerged
upon a plain. A strange sight met their
eyes.
Advancing toward each other were two
queer looking animals. One had the ap-
pearance of a great armadillo while
the other resembled a sloth, although it
had the scaly tail of a reptile. When
it would seem that the two creatures
must surely bump together, they passed,
neither appearing t0 notice the presence
of the other. But when a few rolls
separated them, each turned and ad-
vanced toward the other again, pass-
ing just as they were about to tneet.
This performance was repeated many
time, and 1110 curiosity of the boy and
girl was roused to the highest pitch.
Their friend, the woodpecker, kindly
volunteered to enlighten them.
That chap with the turtle -like shell
1s Johnny Glvtodon; the other is Arthur
bfylodon. They ars the only animals
of their kind left 1n the werl1, you
IcnOW; and so proud le each of the tact
that. there is quite a rivalry between.
there!. Really, at heart they are quite
fond of each other but their haughti-
ness will permit neither of them to ad-
dress the other flest; so they march
past, each hoping the other will speak,"
"But since neither will speak, 1t seems
to me Chet the ceremony will probably
go on forever," remarked Raymond.
Mr, Woodpecker winked an eye, "It
would," said 11e, were it not for the in-
terference of the Peerless Orchestra."
No sooner were the events uttered than
a partridge alighted on a etn11111 beside
Mr. Woodpecker, and a rattlesnake ap-
peared on the other side. Then, In uni-
son, the partridge bent his wings with
s, booming sound upon the hollow stump,
the snake shook 111s rattle and the
woodpecker rat -a -tapped upon a tree.
Immediately this music began, Johnny
and Arthur forgot their ancestral
pride, joined peeve and began to caper
in th0 must ridiculous manner,
Ramrd and round the two nncoutit
creatures \alibied. So grotesque and
ciumsy were their antics that Ray and
Raymond were convulsed with merri-
ment. As the time of the music be-
came quicker the enjoyment of the
dancers in.reaeed entti1 they Deemed
•0lmes1 wild with pleasure.
Something whirred ominously by Ray's
oar, le a second, Orchestra and dancers
tract dlsnppeared, To their astonishment,
Ray and Raymond found themselves
along,
Raymond was the first to recover from
coronae. Running forward, he Meed
from tihe ground a rude arrow, tipped
with flint,
"Human beings!" he Mitered.
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
h'isll.ortnan's joke.
Sammy was looking el. a 11111 string of
trout the old fishermen carried,
'now do you catch them?" he asked.
The old fisherman rolled the t0b0000
in rite clock and 0011111111111 replied:
"Why, you see, we waft 1111111 the fish
polies en their melds, Mel then we
tirnw0 running knot over 'em and
hauls it taut."
S111nu1)' licked this wonderful hit of
inim'1lhnlinn awe!" in his bend, When lie
returned to seh0o1, after t110 vacation,
bo was not clow in Imparting it to his
comrades. I1h,nlly the story reached
elle 00 1110 older heyn: They teased the
11t110 fellow v nem0 tt1t1y and for many
a day Sammy evens .asked when the was
going to lasso some of those duo trout,
A keywifbWondrousawer
aha he stoody with the
huntsman,
on
perched upon his gauntlet,
But Lady Marian shook her head dis-
contentedly. I am tired of hunting
every day. I am tired of doing the same
things time and time again. What a
dull place this is!"
Meanwhile, throngs of beggars were
crowding about the good Lady Victoria.
To all she gave impartially; and many
unworthy fellows took advantage of her
bounty. Then, toe however industrious-
ly she distributed her gifts, still she was
besieged by clamorous cries for help
At last she saw clearly how impossible
it was for any one person to relieve all
the suffering in the land.
Nor was the Fairy Roberta altogether
happy, now that she had gained unlim-
SahegAfteaS
ited .power. It is true, upon great num-
bers 0f persons she cost her spell, caus-
ing them to appear frightfully ugly.
But her Conscience reproached her, for
she was not sure that she hal not
w ronged some innocent people. Shen1e-
uf Justiceelndeed,herself a poor Fairy
♦ * r
The three girls were again by the lake,
Together they compared their adven-
tures,
7 don't believe, after all, that I
w isl1 to be the grand lady who lives
in a matte," concluded Marian.
"Nor I," admitted Victoria; white
Roberta emphatically declared that she
wouldn't bo the Fairy of Justice for
anything.
It seemed that through the swallow
they had learned well the value of con-
tentment,
Walking on His Head
BOYS who have tried it know that
It Is by no means u, simple feat
to walk for any distance upon
the hands, t1'ow, then, do you sup-
pose any one could wa11c upon iia
head? And yet this has been accom-
plished by 11man named Baptisto
Cromwell,
In the picture yea 000 Monsieur
UPON THE BALOSTI7,r J')E
x
Cromwell "walking" down the stone
of the City Hall at C.har-
lntenhut'1r. Heel he fallen ()e'er the
outer edge there would Have been .a
drop of over Zed feet to the goading 110 -
low, No Wender his attendantswore
nervous! Polly levans would revise '
youto confineyourself t 1 lass $tris-
Cult and less dangerous teats,