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ALITTLE pear, drawn on the No sooner said, than It was done:
board, For circles eam0 to help the pear.
Was discontented with ills lot. And lines were added, one by one,
Said he, "I wish 1 were a duck, To make a duck—big, fat and rare.
Then I'd run quickly f-ocn this spot."
With the help of the Ambitious Pear,
Polly Evans intends to give the very lit-
tle boys and girls a series of drawing
lessons. No reader Is too young to fol-
low the simple instruotlons, and no tiny
reader should mess a single lesson. The
numbers to follow will be quite as easy
to copy as Lhe lesson given today—and
every boy and girl Is able to copy
THAT.
THE LOU CABIN WHICH REPLACED THE WALL TENT AT CAMP HOWLING WOLF
(CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.)
Chapter III
CAMP HOWLING WOLF
HE secret was out at last. reels
Hubert, who was an artist, an-
noenced his intention of taking
a Iong holiday from close studio
work and of finding relaxation, as well
as new subjects, In the woods of Nova
Scotia. Ronald was to accompany him.
Indeed, It was for this very purpose
_that Uncle Hubert had Induced his sis-
ter to permit the lad to come away
with him from New York. Florence's
visit at the cottage was drawing to a
close, and soon she must return to
school in New York; while Consin
Douglas must also resume his studies
at IHalifax. Of course, Florence and
Douglas were somewhat disnnpnlnted at
net being able to go with T'rcte Hubert,
but he assured them that same time In
the future they should have an outing.
Preparations for the camping trip
were now in order. Ronald was first
provided with the tight snit of cloth-
ing. He strutted around sate proudly
when finally arrayed In a gray sack
coat. furnished with extra pockets;
canvas shooting jacket. gray flannel
atria and gray woolen trousers, cut in
knloker fashion at the bottoms, which
were direst into the tops of moccasin
boots. And when a soft felt hat of gray
was donned, and his strong leather belt
carried hunting knives, 1m felt every
inr:h a hunter. Ile also bought a eult of
oilskins, as he was told they would be
quite ns-_ful.
1 fiUPI'ZTES GATHERED
In the mean:inn, Unele'Hubert thor-
oughly overhauled his camping kit. It
was won.lert i to sen how many ertl-
cies he cortl stow in knapsack.', dutiic-
bag and sleeping bags. Then there
were Itis fly -cooks and Iishing tackle and
firearms to be lo,ked over, and en end-
less curlier of ,,[tails te attend te. But
T'ncle Idub.•rt was an old hand at the
game, ae be exseeeecd It, ro it was not
long before all supplb_s were gathered
together and peeked in most convenient
fashion.
On the morning of September 11 l•ncte
Hubert :and Ronald bane good-bye to
Aunt Beth, Florenco and Douglas. They
trudged br;ekly reward the stream,
whore two blrehbsrk ranges Iny ready
for the journey, The Indian guide, Sohn,
and Peter, the rook, had brought the
htggege from the cottage and rind al-
ready stowed It It the canes. Ronald
share'] a bout with Sohn, and soon the
Piety t:ttokcs of the Indian's paddle were
sending the heavily laden canoe stead-
ily upstream.
Only a few miles hnd they gone when
the [reek widened into a Use. Nor had
they ]raddled lar beyond tho inlet of this
lake before another lake came into
view; so that Ronald discovered they
were traveling by way of a chain of
lakes connected by streams. Sometimes
the waterway became quite narrow and
filled with boulders, or rapids, cataracts
or waterfalls lay before them. Then It
was necessary to make a portage—when
tete canoes and all they contained had
to be carried around the dangerous
stretch of water and the journey re-
sumed in the water beyond. In some
places the water was so shallow that a
portage had to be made of the camp
eupplies, After the canoes were re-
lieved of their burdens, It was possible
to paddle them upstream, although It
was found necessary to sheathe their
frail sides with long strips of cedar
bark, literally putting tha boat in
splints, in order that the sharp edges of
rocks might not injure the canoes.
It was late in the afternoon when Un -
"EXAMINED THE BEAVER HOUSE"
cls Hubert called a halt. The canoes
were then unpacked and the baggage
distributed among tate four campers,
Ronald being given just enough to let
him feel that he, too, was helping. Un -
an the guidance of the Indian, for the
distance of a mile they stumbled
through the woods. In places the under-
brush was quite thick, and they had
nine difficulty in getting through. At
last, coming to a spot which was fairly
[leer of trees and underbrush, Uncle
Hubert dropped his load, and, turning
to Ronald. who was thoroughly tired
from his unaccustomed exertions, saki:
"Mere is the site of Camp Howling
Wolf."
Thereupon Ronald forgot his weari-
ness, and looked eagerly about the little
clearing, hennaed in by trees of spruce,
plate, fir,` iteminek, maple and tamarack.
Nearby rippled a little stream, running
DAOST ever since I learned to walk,
ddd VVV leolks keep a-teliin' me
My birthday's same Ile Wash•
ington's,
An' how I ought to he
Hood, brave., Ott' noble, tike he was,
An' never tell a lie,
An' maybe I'll he President,
,Yost like him, bY-an'-by,
Into the creek from which they had just
come. While the rest were making
camp, Ronald went a tittle way up this
stream. Presently he came to a pond.
To his surprise, he discovered that it
had been formed by means of a dam
constructed of sticks and mud. Walk-
ing along the bank to examine it more
closely, he stepped upon a slippery
place In the bank, and would have slid
right into the water bad he not gripped
a shrub nearby.
"I do believe this is it beaver slide,"
said he to himself, when he picked him-
self up, "and that the dam was made by
beavers." Sure enough, the next mo-
ment he saw a beaver house, construct-
ed of sticks Ingeniously cemented to-
gether wrth mud. Part of the structure
was above water, but he failed to see
any of the beavers.
By the time he reached the camping
ground a wall tent had been pitched,
and Uncle Ilubert called to him:
"HI, there, icller; dodging your share
of the work, are you? Suppose you
show us you're fit for something by
gathering a lot of dry hemlock bark for
thefire, and a little driftwood to start it
with."
Ronald grabbed his hatchet and was
soon Industriously searching for fire-
wood.
"This is for the cooking," Uncle Hu-
bert explained when he brought bask a
good supply. "For an ordinary fire it is
best to use hardwoods, such as hickory,
oak, ash, black and yellow birch, maple,
beech, white birch, and so on. Of the
soft woods, dry pine is very useful, es-
pecially in wet weather."
PETER MATES THE FMB
The boy repeated this information to
himself as he sauntered over to where
the cook was building a fireplace. Peter
was arranging two short rows of stones,
about a yard apart, with the larger
stones at the back, and ranging In size
toward the front. The gap at the back
he filled with a blg green log cut by
John. Then he started the fire between
the stones, first lighting a bundle of dry
klndlings and gradually introducing
larger billets of wood as the fire grew
stronger. Camp cranes had already
been cut, and soon kettles of water
were boiling over the fire.
Within the short space of fifteen min-
utes Peter had flapjacks and coffee
ready, while five minutes later he pre-
sented the hungry campers with appe-
tieing fried fish, which Sohn had pro-
cured in some r'etnarkable manner.
"Let's don't wait for the potatoes!"
cried Uncle Hilbert. "I know the boy is
as hungry as it bear," he added, glanc-
ing merrily toward Ronald. Indeed,
they all did full justice to the meal, dur-
ing which Undo Ilubert related an ex-
citing hunting yarn and cracked jokes
with Peter.
ed
But one day, when I took the axe—
Idy hatchet wouldn't out—
An' chopped down one old walnut
tree
That never bora a nut,
An' went an' told the truth right out,
Pop just got mad, 'n said:
"You Anieh satin' supper, air,
An' go straight off to bade"
With cackle loud and flap of wing, a
Dropped from tho board a gleeful,
duck;
But to be caught and by Cook realm
Was soon the poor bird's awful luckd
After supper, the cool[ made the fere
for the night. First making suro that
the two front corner stones were large
enough to stop any logs from rolling
down from behind and into the tent, he
laid many big logs across the stones,
heaping them up behind and driving two
long stakes at the back to lean tho logs
upon.
"Why do you pile them up in such a
way, Peter?" asked Ronald, who was
much interested in tho cook's operations.
BEDTIME CONES
"Well, you•see, when the wood in the
middle of the fire burns out the logs
w111 settle down, one by one, and so you
won't need to get up a dozen times to
fix the are. I tell you, it's a little chilly.
here at night, too."
The men smoked their pipes, and Un-
cle Ilubert told several more stories.
But it was early In the eyenlng- when
he said:
"Now, then, men, let's to bed. We've
got the cabin to build tomorrow, and eve
want. It finished in a hurry."
So wrapping themselves in blankets,
they were soon stretched at short dis-
tances from the fire. Ronald at first
was most too excited to go to sleep.
However, slumber quickly overcame him
and carried hire away to dreamland.
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
AGOG
HIDING PLACE
e 6 []HUT your eyes and bind your
SHUT
said Baby Bess. "We're
going to play hunt the hand-
kerchief; only I can't find my handker-
chief.
So site tiptoed across the room, and
laid the ribbon on the window sill
behind the flower pots,
Edna and Harold had e. long hunt
for It, and when they gave It up,
Baby Bess herself could not find 1t,
The ribbon was not an the window
sill nor under the window, and wher-
ever they looked it was nowhere to be
seen. Where had it gone?
Now it happened that morning that
Mrs. Oriole was hunting for a string,
and when she spied the baby's ribbon
in the open window, she thought, "Ah,
that is just what I want."
5o she took It in her b111, and car-
ried it away.
When autumn came and the leaves
fell, the children saw an empty ori-
ole's nest In the elm tree, and Har-
old climbed up and brought It down.
In the bottom of the nest was Baby
Boss' blue ribbon, jest where Mrs.
Oriole wove it in to make soft bed.
for her children.
Chief Qualification.
"Children," began :the Sunday school
teacher, "what must we all be before
we go to heaven?"
Site was hardly peppered for the
newer of a little girl of 5, who re-
plied, solemnly:
"Dead,"
COULD PLANT THE
PERIOD
APRETTY story is told of Queen
Alexandra's thoughtfulness,
Trio queen never loses her In-
terest in those for whom site has act-
ed as godmother. In particular, she
has been most kind to the children of
Lord Curzon, who lost their beautiful,
mother more than a year ago. The
queen, hearing that little Alexandra
Curzon—who was named after her
majesty—was fond of gardening, sent
a box et violet roots to her.
The child decided to plant them so
that when they came up they should
spell "Alexandra." "I should Ake to
help you plant them,' said the queen.
"Well, you can put In the full stop,"
a'eplied the child.
a„
AFTER pausing tat Cape Town to
take on a last consignment, the
animal ship left the shores of Af-
rica behind and turned its prow toward
America. Housed securely on the deck
and in the hold wero its queer freight—
lions, Leopards, dromedaries, giraffes,
ostriches, emus, ohimpanzees, monkeys,
birds, serpents, an elephant and arhi-
noceros—destined for zoos and melag-
eries in the United States. Many of
the cages were fastened to the deck and
had a shelter built over them.
"I'11 walk the plank before I ever
again ship on such a floating zoo!"
petulantly exclaimed Bill Harker, as he
"Catch the ooufounded llttlo beasts1""
yelled tho cook, as, followed closely,
by his assistant, Ito pursued the mon-
keys. Tho sailors joined in the chase,
but the monkeys, in the meantime,
had swarmed up the rigging and masts,
where, in full view of the sailors,
they devoured every morsel of tate
precious Thanksgiving dinner. And
In a most tantalizing manner they
mocked the sailors and scoffed at
their threats,
It appeal's that in some way the
door of the monkeys' cage had beer,
left unlocked, and the cunning fol-
lows had escaped. Making direct for
riPTVP
Complained about not having been able
to sleep a single wink after he had
turned in from his watch tuts night be-
fore. In truth, with the roaring and
the howling and the jabbering and the
shrieking, there were few among the
sailors who could 11110 rest in their
bunks.
But not one among the crew iMegieed
any eauso for alarm as 'to its safety.
Surely none of the animals could break
loose from their strong cages, It was
in a cheerful spirit, therefore, that the
men nesbived to celebrate
Day to royal style, The cook Promised
to do his Bost, :anis all sorts of prep-
arations wore made for a meal which
the sailors would Icing remember.
The day arrived. It lacked but an
hour to dttonor-the chief event of
the celebration, when suddenly there
came from the galley below cries of
rage mingled with exalted chatter-
ing. Rushing down the ladderto in-
vestigate, the sailors wero mot by a
troop of monkeys, who dodged by
then 1n a hurried scamper for the
deck.
the galley, they had stolen all tho vies
trials in spite of the cook's protests.
They were finally reertpttn'Od and ro-
Wilted to their cage, but the anger
of the sailors abated not a whit, for
there was ever present the thought
o.f tate splentlid dinner
which the monkeys, Instead of them-
selves, bad .enjoyed.
0
It ain't no use; the more I try
The more they salad at me.
I'm tired of hearin' "Washington"
An' 'bout that cherry tree;
An' when the twenty-s006nd comes
Next year I'm goin' to say
It ain't MY blrthdny, an' 1111 have
anima come moms other day.
MINNIE E. HICKS.
Aix' when my troop marched up the
road,
With Towler comm' last,
Are built a fort en' fired snowballs
At enemies whoP assed,
The petrels Made an awful fuss,
~ta
An' most of ft was done,
Iiytolks -cello said I ought 10 te*
To 0e :like aVltsitllrgtdn, .
rT REALLY wasn't Clnro's party itt
tl the aens0 that she herself gave it.
111 .As a matter of fent, she and her
brother Harry had come to the end con-
clusion that thea year they would have
T10 Thanksgiving dinner smell as they
used tb eat 10 their, own country, before
they came to Hong Kong, Father and
mother had boon Invited to din with
friends on this day, no the prospoot
looked very blue, indeed:
Wong Itee was the host et Clare's
party—he and his brother, goal, Wong
had heard Clara telling how disappoint-
ed. she was to miss a Thanksgiving oele-
bratlon, and as Wong was as generous
and as hostiiteblc as a Chlnos0 boy
could be,soon,tlte "honorable presences"
of Clara and Merry wore requested In
Wong's dainty ittvltations blddleg them
come to a feast given eel/Welly In their
honor.
Wong and Itnw were the sone et a
wealthy tea [merchant, and Clore Mel
10r brother were wee fond of the boys,
00 time Invitation 'wag glauly accepted,
ted,
At n 7 tonics Ivan Da Citn'a and
ono an g g y
Harry beloolt themselves to tate Test.
(retire 01 their hosts. They were greeted
{ylth. Inoue a rcmony by 'Wong, While
Kow set off a roll oe firecrackers, which
made a deafening nein.
Dinner was served on a large veran-
da. The American boy and girl were
for each parson. Targe bowls contained
all the food, which wets oat into small
pieces, Clara and harry bad all inan-
net' of fun trying to convey the toed
"DINED IN CHINESE; li:' sinal;"
cbartned to lied 1.1t0 tabic 1101 in t h' tesc
fashion. A emull 1 n01.1, n etieon a
steelier bash1, the nine r'1 an 0.14n.
apd 0 pair of cholrsticlts etre ret..d
w`th their ehepe'heks farm the largo
bmvls 10 11, i 1t tt, uwtt 1110000.
l rN v tar11,t1 OP tion,
�. ... 1. '. .,, It t . p r1y stau•u lilt .y go
hungry It they depended 00 the efforts
of their chopellclts, rind ho fetched sante
ttnivee and forks,
Then they drunk pbe another's health,
The very small basins were filled- W111
tea, Instead of spirits. Following' ',T'ong's
instructions, 011 but the host rose, arid
dipping their cabs into It large basin
containing hot ten, held them tolva.rcl the
hoot, grasping his hand In turn. The
host, Riling it :anther cup, would r.t.
change 11 a moment tor that extended
toward Irina, Ttt thle Wail' 110 drank mock
more than any: other of the parte, After
fruit was served 1.1111 four eheitetl for a
time, while the guests ]'elated ranee of
the Thankegiving rustame of their owe
Country,,,
At last Clara and harry rank their de-
parture, Wong end 'tow surliristng therm
by singing after thou In very good Peng-
bah the hymn: "(1od Be \', nth you Till.
We Meet Agate.' Tills the• 1'1111000 born
Mid learned et the mission,
Father and mother wero .161W:tetl too
learn that the 11111dren hr.d paasud the
day In such a pleasant manner, and
they
'rendriYe0 .enfedi0
have
Clef:: end
1 r� brother Melte Wong ran w CO
t,t rtot r i I v ' tl
a partya within the nerd' few wec5ts,
lip
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