HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-7-2, Page 3amyl Pi',
11414
FOURTH ADVENTURE/,
AVERS' pretty borne did this strange
family make in their big ellen. No Mortals came to disturb their
peace. Aceordingly, they were as happy
as Sea -Shells could possibly bo,
And the wise doctor of the Sea -Shells
established himself In a similar house
not far away. Now, this doctor person
had great power. He could create Sea -
Shells quite aft readily as could the Art-
ist Man; so you will see that he had no
difficulty in furnishing himself with a
capable housekeeper for his unique
home. IIe also, at the regnant of Mr.
and Mrs. Sea -Shell, added little Willie
and Mary to that family, and evenmade
a parrot for them. The heads of Will-
iam and Mary were made of Clem shells,
while Polly's head, as well as the upper
part of her beak, was constructed from
mussel or "boat" shells—I don't exactly
remember which.
Little Willie Sea -Shell It was who de-
stroyed the happiness of thls contented
people, In his wanderings along the
beach the shell -boy came upon a number
of Mortals. Re heard them discussing
talning solve of the "crackers," and
with exceeding joy ran to show them to
his relatives, They were Interested ever
so much. And their curiosity cost them
their lives,
You will eve by the picture what be-
came of Willie and Mary, The parrot
also paid well for her recklessness. Rut
oven thle horrid example did not deter
the rest of the Sea -Shells from expert -
meeting. They tied the remaining fire-
crackers together, lighted the fuse and
then stood closely around to see what
happened. 'Ghat really did happen is
too sad for description, Every sin.
gle Sea -Shell, including the parrot,
was blown.to atoms. Nor was a trace
of them to bo found. They disappeared
With the same quickness with which
they had been brought into existence,
and the fourth adventure Was the last.
.As the Artist Man has lost his magic
palette, it 1s unlikely that there will ever
be another Sea -Shell. Rut, If you boys
and girls are at all Ingenious, you can
make very good imitations of the mem-
bers of this strange family. From al-
most every shell you can make a face
kid Maw ifte,
,'/ks' tit Cassava,,
with much enthusiasm a celebration
which was to take place on the morrow
—Fourth. of July, they called it. Willie
did. some thinking on its own .account,
and, without telling any one, made up
his mind to be present at that celebra-
tion.
Next day, therefore, found Willie In
the midst of tremendous excitement. So
impressed was he by the noise made by
the firecrackers that he resolved to share
in the fun, Finally he succeeded in ob-
I
of some sort, Paint the features before
you paste the shell to cardboard. In col-
oring the shell be sure to use a. little
white in mixing flesh tint, for shells dry
out darker than paper. Of course, you
draw the rest of the figure with pen.
.Any number of cunning little shell -head-
ed people you can make, And perhaps
some time you may, through happy ac-
cident, obtain a magic paint that will
transform your shell dollies into real,
living creatures.
ez "VT 7 de
i t q 'o
F BOYS and girls have tern -
men Dollville must
certainly have one," quoth the
pretty French doll Anabelle when
Teddy Boar told her what Little Boy.
had said to Little Girl about their big
s'ister's "commencement"
"Besides, it will give us an oppor-
tunity to make use of the toy depart-
ment store, which has been idle for so
long," reflected Anabelle aloud,
This settled the matter so far as
Danville was concerned, All of Ana -
belle's plana were executed promptly.
I' ar word was law in the nursery
world. Every evening thereafter for
one whole week rehearsals were held
In the department store. Only the
girl dolls were admitted, because Ana -
belle Insisted they were so much
brighter than the boy dolls. But as
Borne one suggested that there should
be a dunce in every schoolroom, the
donkey was dressed In doll's clothes
and made Lo sit on the dunce's stool.
Real boys and girls might not think;
it good taste to have a dunce at "com-
men0mnent, ` but, then, Dollville
wanted to be "different."
Little Boy and Girl had left their
dolls and playthings in the playroom
and were now voyaging to the Land
of Dreams. Then it was that Doll•
villa came to life, Anabelle bustled
around, summoning all the girl dollies
and bidding them prepare for their
"nommen cement."
When everything was In readiness
Eva/
ea" -
/ti;
the, men dolls, led by the toy artll.
lery captain, trooped In and took the
seats assigned to spectators.
And a wonderful "commencement" it
wast Tiny dollies squeaked "Mammal
Papal" llfty times in succession with-
out a pause, and In the most cunning
way imaginable. This brought great
applause. But the audience clapped
their Bands even more loudly when
a demure doll with dark hair and
BILLY RUMFORD was disdainful.
You see, B111y was a loyal son
of the United States, and he
didn't believe any parades could com-
pare with Fourth of July celebrations.
"But just wait until you see our
parade on Dominion Day," insisted
111y's cousin, Fred Clearfield,
"What's Dominion Day, anyway7"
queried Billy, curling his lips contempt-
uously,
This was too much for any staunch
Canadian. Fred's fist closed and open-
ed convulsively. Only the tact that he
was acting as host to his American
cousin prevented him from forcing a
light then and there, As It was, he
breathed hard for several moments and
counted ten several times over,
"Dominion Day," explained he, pa-
tiently, "Is celebrated On July I, and It
'rig!naily marked the passing of the
North American act, In 1867, when all
the Canadian states were grouped to-
gether into the Dominion. Now, won't
you please tell me what Fourth of July
Is?"
Billy glared wildly; his cousin re-
turned the look. Then, by mutual con-
sent, they rushed together and pum-
rneled one another until thoroughly
Out of breath. By this time, too, the
outraged sense of patriotism of each
had been avenged,
"Yes, sir," continued Fred, now com-
pletely mollified, "we fellows who call
Ourselves the 'Old Guard' haveall
dodged the exercises that most 00 the
schools are going to have—not because
we aren't dandy speakers or geed sing-
ers, but Just because we want to hold
our big parade in tine morning, and then
play our cricket match with the 'Iiing's
Guards' in the afternoon.
"'The King's Guards' are the fellows
at t'other end of town. We epeud most
of Our time licking them 1n fights or !n
sports. But we always play fair, and
they don't,"
That's what our band of 'Bloody
Robbers' used to say about the 'Bloody
Pirates,' " chuckled Billy to himself,
but now that X come to think it over,
LAMLE
FRED LED THE PROCESSION
I don't know but what we 'Robbers'
weren't always on the square our-
selves."
• The parade was a wonderful event,
and the "Guard" presented a truly
magnldcent appearance. Fred led the
procession by virtue of the fact that
he possessed a toy sword and a bat-
tered military cap, the remnants of a
, "soldier suit," Then followed a band
of three plecee—a drum, a washboller
for a bass drum and lids of buckets
utilized for cymbals. The standard-
bearers, with their guarde, came next,
An old boot hoisted upon the end of
a stick made a splendid banner, as did
also a dilapidated broom. Other mem-
bers of the "Guard," together with
their Little brothers and sisters,
brought up the rear. One of the sol-
diers, too, "borrowed" his father's top
hat and frock coat for the occasion,
and disported himself 1n not very dig-
nified fashion along the line of march.
Re didn't have nearly as much fun
when his father met him several
hours later, after the hat and coat had
been missed.
None of the proud company observed
that the onlookers failed to cheer
their parade. Tlie boys were too busy
cheering themselves. And, to Fred's
relief, the King's Guards" made
no attack 01100 them. Every one
voted the affair a grand success. It
was with the best of feeling that they
adjourned to Fred's back yard, where
a great buoket of lemonade had been
made for the thirsty guard. Grate-
fully they gulped down the cooling
beverage.
A moment later a pained expression
flitted across little Timmy Green's
face. What didmoput in that
lemonade besides lens?" asked he.
very difficult for the poor donkey had
not the clever toy monkey quietly
stood the alphabet blocks on end at
the other side 00 the room—all !n or-
der and in such position that the
donkey could gee them. The donkey
copied them off in great style. All
the girl dollies, who did not see the
blocks, were surprised, and the men
dolls, who DID see the blocks, thought
the Joke Was such a good one that
ALL THE GIRL DOLLIES WERE SUMMONSED
nice brown eyes played the toy piano
With exquisite drill.
Then there were dolls who danced.
Others walked upon wires strung be-
tween posts, One little pink thing
showed how well she could ride upon
a camel brought from the Noah's ark,
Even the dunce was permitted to
show thathe wasn't nearly as stupid
ae he was Supposed t0 be. He waft
asked to write tho"atphabetupon the
blackboard. This would suave beet
they cheered the donkey again and
again.
As the crowning feature of the
"commencement" Anabelle announced
that the dolls would new show their
proflaloney insetting tables forlunch-
eorh Thereupon the men dolls whoop-
editJoy. h
w j y. They eVCh Wished to
assist, but, naturally, Anabelle de-
clared they would only be in the way
—besides. it wasn't THEIR "coin -
monument." However, the service wee
offoialcfre Cracker
f .r
soon upon the tables, and all were In-
vited to dine, It was a splendid
feast, and a glorious ending to such
a "commencement." Dollvllle's food
is always imaginary, you know, but
all the dolls have such very good
imaginations that they enjoy the
feasts ever so much.
So pleased were tbe men dolls with
the "commencement" that they sug-
gested it might be well to have such
an event each week, And Anabelle,
always anxious to excel mortals, cor-
dially agreed to the plan,
Marvelous Surgery,
"Jack," said Phil, "do you know 0f
the many Wonderful things they do in
hospitals?"
"X should say I d0," returned Jack.
"Ivry uncle's a doctor, and I know for a
fact that they'll take your eyes out and
lay them on the table in front of you
Mid let you look et them; then they'll
put them back."
Rough on rather.
Different members of the family were
discussing the number of their ac-
quaintances.
Mildred listened for a while In silence,
Hien she Ventured the Intorma.tlon;
"X know two niers; one is a gentleman
and the other 15 papa."
A Reason for It,
Mother—Doctor, one of Wtilie'e eyes
le so mulch stronger than the other.
How do youexplain it?" •
Physician—Knot hole in the baseball
fence, most likely."
Fred scanned the faces of all those
about him. Every member of the
guard appeared to be suffering, and
Fred himself was seized with pain as
he gasped:
'I Just know some of those 'Icing's
Guards' have dons this!"
And every member of the "OId
Guard" was only too ready to believe
it, when It was Pound that because of
the Illness of every player on the
team that afternoon the "King's
Guards" would be awarded the game
of cricket.
But Billy offered to show Fred and
his chums a few tricks in the Ways
of "getting even," so the "Old Guard"
remained full of hope.
Implicit Obedience
Freddy acquired the habit Of protest-
ing, or making excuses, whenever his
mother asked him to do anything. And
so 1t happened that, upon ant occasion,
when Freddy had a real explanation to
offer, he had great difficulty in making
himself heard.
That afternoon it looked very much
as though ram were about to come;
therefore lereddy'e mother called to
him;
Freddy, please close the trapdoor
leading to the roof garden,"
"But, mother—" began Freddy,
"Now, you heard what I told you; go
up and close the trapdoor," firmly re-
plied the mother.
"Yes, mother, but-"
"Freddy, I tell you for the last time
to close that trapdoor!"
Freddy slowly turned, climbed to the
roof and closed the door. Outside the
storm raged; the rain fell in torrents.
An hour or so later, when the family
gathered for tea, Freddy's mother asked
where his father was.
Freddy replied, I'm pretty sure,
mother, that father is on the roofs"
The Emperor's Friend
Whenever "Kaiser Franz" visits
Buda -Pestis he invariably drives down a
particular street, the Albrechtstraaee,
on his way from the station to the pa1-
ace.
The emperor observed that always
when he passed a certain house on the
corner, a little boy would appear at one
of the upper windows and wave with
frantic enthusiasm. So his majesty
came to look for his little friend, and
each time would give a smile and a mil-
itary salute to his little subject.
One day the boy did not appear. Im-
mediately upon his arrival at the palate,
the emperor sent an orderly to inquire
whether the lad was 111. The orderly
returned with the information that the
boy had been sent away to school,
Upon learning further that the boy's
family were none too well off, the em-
peror insisted upon paying the lad's
achooting and afterward gaVe hhn a
Commission in the army.
All for Nothing
Robert was in the habit of expecting
reward for every little service. At the
end of the week he made out a "5111" to
his mother and carefully laid it where
her eyes Would fall upon It. The items
were as follows:
'Mother Owes to Robert.
"Five cents far running errands.
"Five cents for being good."
That evening there appeared beside
Robert's plate a paper upon which was
written;
"Robert owes mother for the years of
happiness, nothing; for nursing him
through long illnesses, nothing; for do-
ing good tohim, nothing..
Thoroughly ashamed of himself, Rob-
ert ran to :nether, threw lits arms
around her and sobbed:
"Mother, 1'11 do everything I can for
you after this, and 111 never ask you to
give me anything but just love,"
eros Carioeily
1/NDTAWIT
tiny art or
SYNOPSIS Ole PRECEDING CHAPTERS,
TIE twine, Ray and Raymond, Wait a
natural hlaters' etuscun to Inspect the
fossil mleiesThey aro mummy a ombak mY1-
11ons or yearn, They attend a meeting of
toothed bites. Escaping from two battling
monsters, they ride mum the back Of tale
genial 'Lougiodcn, who swims out to sea
5111, them, where they wince a great 0ea
tight end make the acquaintance of witty
kin Cuttlefish, Mrs. Sloppy Dromalherlum
saves them tram the Saber -Toothed. Cat, but
leaps with them over a high Mfr. The
twins awake to and themselves In the Ter-
nary Age, while attending a reunion of
different families of animals in the forest,
they take e, stroll with the Woolly Rbino-
rerua. Ithiney emitters a band of snarling
11yenadnnte. In the meantime, crabbed
Tony Megatherlurn runs awry with the boy
and girl. They escape, and become friends
with the Miming f.lnk. The mammoth ands
them, ofe,se them upon his back and tray -
ole with them to loin the herd to which he
belongs. Tee herd 1e attached by a tiger
and a rave -lion. Ia hie flight Ray and
Raymond aro brushed rrum the back of
the mammoth. Sara Orang-Outang res-
cues them from a troop of monkeys, but
they lose her after the boa constrictor gob-
bles a little arang-oolong. They are pres-
ent et the dance or 11,e Glyptoden and the
Mylodoo, Afterward they melee the ac-
adventureewith aaenve-bear, and have an
Chapter XII
HOME/ AGAIN, WITB absolute Indifference the
Cave -Man 01511 his wife heard
the tale of the adventure with
the cave -bear, save that the
man severely chided Rat for attacking
such a formidable beast. Indeed, the
man seemedto be worrying about. some-
thing. Presently he said:
"Tlse great wall of ice is steadily ap-
proanhing from the north. Soon it will
be upon us. I fear that we have already
lingered too Iong, The place has become
very unsafe."
As he spoke he proceeded to barricade
the entrance of the cave.
In the meal which followed the man
and woman, contrary to their usual hab-
it ate but little,
Then Rat was sharply reproved by his
father for teasing Berry. Evidently the
lord of the cave was 1n no mood to be
trifled with.
And his forebodings Of evil appeared
to be justified, if one might Judge from
the cries of the animals outside. Every
night was made hideous by the blood-
curdling yells and howling, but now the
noise seemed especially ominous. Pan-
demonium reigned.., Each beast of the
forest seemed to make outcry. No won-
der the group within the cave shuddered
in terror.
Suddenly there was a sound of a tre-
mendous crash. Before those within the
cave had time to ponder over its mean-
ing there came it scrambling outside,
and a pack of wolves desperately attack-
ed the stones and timber that protected
the mouth of the Dave.
Something has happened," exclaimed
the man, springing to his feet; 'these
brutes are in search of shelter, not of
food,"
So fiercely did the wolves tear at the
barricade that soon a wicked muzzle was
thrust through an Opening. The Cave -
Man dealt It a mighty blow with his
club, and its Immediate Sleappearance
was marked by a succession of anguish-
ed howls. Other heads appeared, how-
ever, and the man began to have great
difficulty to prevent the beasts from en-
tering.
In a frenzy he battled* the club r1s-
they had attained the summit they,
paused.
Now that the valley was covered by
Ice, the glacier made no appreciable ad
vahce, As though fascinated by rho
great, heaving cakes, the boys and girls
fled no farther, but remained until
morning upon the hill.
motThen
eyes! daylight, onerful Ice sfield
stretched to the north—not with a plane
surface, but a quivering, crackling mase,
rearing peaks and pinnacles and pre-
senting edges of immense ice -cakes high
above its bed,
In wonderment the four gazed. Then
Ray recklessly suggested:
That part over there seems to be
MOO:
over the ice,
avoiding chasms and rough places, they,
examined the glacier with deep interest.
A report—sharp and clear as a rlfle-
DESPERATELY ATTACKED THE
BARRICADE
shot—rang out. and beneath their feet
a giant crevasse yawned! Down they
felt.
When Ray and Raymond came to
themselves --for they really did—they
found themselves in darkness. But,
strange to say, upon feeling about
them their hands came In contact not
with .ice, but witha stone floor. They
rose to their feet and were amazed to
feel no harmful effects from their fall.
Exploration seemed to prove that they
were in an underground passage. Along
this they carefully made their way, find-
ing very shortly that the floor sloped
upward, On and on they walked, until
a faint patch of light showed before
them.
That must be the end of the tunnel!"•
oiled Ray,
So, with renewed energy, they trudged
toward where the light showed. At last
they reached this goal and stepped into
a room lined with showcases,
"11 looks like the museum!" Raymond
exclaimed.
And so it is!" both shouted together,
a moment later.
Then they looped for the entrance to
' DOWN TIII1Y TELL INTO THE CREVASSE
Mg and descending with remarkable
quickness.. Ali at once the wolves gave
Up the attack, rustling away as though
fiends were upon their heels. So, too,
every other animal seemed to have fled
from thereabouts. Cries came now only
from a distance,
head tlltroughlaan copeningslytornitind this
barricade,
Fleet" cried he, "tie ice will bury
psi"
Like deer the party fled down the hill-
side, with great walls of ice, many feet
deep, sliding after them,
"We're wrong to run into this hollow.
Let us -seek the hilltop, where the 10e
Will follow more slowly! gasped Ray.
The twine, together with Rat and
Dove, separated themselves from the
others, and tolled up a hill nearby, When
Ca
the tunnel, but all traces of it had d!e-
8ppeered,
"We surely couldn't have dreamed it!"
said Raymond, emphatically, as the as-
tonished Janitor liberated them
Ray .shook her head indignantly, "Of
course not!" she elaculated.
Tot the calendar showed they had
spent but a single night away from
home,
In explanation, both Ray and Rave
Mond insisted that the Egyptian mummy
—the High Priest of Sakkara—could
easily have overrome that ditliculty.
Raymond, by the way, declares he le
going to have an lnterView with that
nnnnmy before long, and that he's "go-
ing to punch the head of the old
Chump!" Biut Ray liege hiss not to of-
fend such a powtll<fulenemy,
garafeel
ea
r,
pawt .:.. .0 dr
eles
1.11