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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-1-21, Page 35eekn FbvoP. 66 NP here, little ens, are the f A ilureet e I pr9mlec4 thee," A fens t,nung slnilod broadly ae .he saw elle rapture with which little Mita a000pted the oapaoleue ball filled to its -brim with the Omelette shinens. thank thee, Sir, for the fri1t; I- 1-" here Nike. stammered, heeaude, good ,frimels though the two were, she could not rntlrely Forget that he was no less a pereonago than chief of police, and that meant he lead ch10 authority he the Burmese tem or Moulmein, Rut the gonna's Milo grew .broader, and he tweaked her chin encouragingly, "What is it, little daughter?" he asked. Ile moved hie Sturdy little legs with a Vigor wonderful to. behold. Up, up the hill they wont, until, when. they paused all tnetant for breath, tiieY could see beiew them the town of Houle mein, stretching slang the great 13ele Wln rivor, wherein craft oe many de- seriptions lay at anchor, Aerose the river, a,.)lttla to tho•north, lay the town ef. Merteben, end the gulf o$ Irlarteban itself could he seen plainly in the .dis- tance. Nike drank In the beauty of.it all as she took a firmer clutch on Lit- tle Brother's arm before centintrtng the ascent. Coon they found themselves among "TED GREAT CAVE, WITH "I—I was about to say, air," began Nike, "that Little Brother and X were just going for a picnic up in the hills yonder, and that thy .present will bo very useful," "Useful, ehl". laughed tho goung, "Yes,.) Imagine you will find It ueeful." Ho nodded again In his friendly fashion as he turned away. • Grasping the bag of fruit in one hand end with the other taking firmhold of Little Brother's arm, Nlka turnedfrom the main street, which rdn all of: four miles parallel with the river, and plod- ded up a byway leading to the hills be- yond. Very pleaeant it was this morning. The odor of :fruit and- flower came to her from tho gardens placed before the palm -thatched houses of bamboo, which seemed possessed of great stilts, as they stood upon piles that raised them at . least ten feet from the. ground, In .front of these- cottages grew cocoanut and betel palms, the giant bamboo, tama- rind, mango and jock trees.. Nor did. Little Brother complain this morning that Big Sister walked too fast, You see, he was anxious to reach the hills, where he could taste of the durlans, and sonopace was tooswift for him. ITS IDOLS OF BUDDHA" the groves of teak andbamboo and oil trees. Immediately. they began to search for a 'place in which to hold their "picnic," All at once Nike .paused. "It's too early to lunch," said she, "Suppose we. vdslt the•Paingoo .Caves and look upon the divine Buddha," Little Brother protested, as he gazed longingly upon the bag of tempting fruit, but Nike was determined,and they- entered the great cave, with its idols' of Buddha, or Gautama, as he Is known In_Burma. Formerly the cave *as used as a tem- ple of worship. Even now the Burmese (especially women) visit. Ittoworship the idols o1- Buddha. So Niko, knelt be- fore Gautama and besought favor. As she was about to leave, she mur- mured to Little Brother: "I do wish I had a present for the great Gautama." And then she thought o£ the durlans. It was the workof an instant to place the fruit at the feet of an idol. Afterward eke led away the sorrow- ful Little Brother, who was disappoint- Syworgis o8' PEE'VIOUS INSTALMENTS HOWARD 110THE111'ORD le vlelting ,[j hla Coualn Sim, who hast at P1000- ant Point, on the coast of Nova Scotialie is kingaboutper write a letter to his , such' a asking permission to buy a .00111, such as his 0011,111 owns, when Jim Induces b1m t0 so fora sail with Cap- tain r arnaby in, the together Saucy Minerva. The boys, tagetlmr- with. Sim, a senor, aro cab ane ,mall boat trawling over the Satilo island baste when a. storm overtakes them and casts them upon Sab10 island, gore [key aro dbe- 1 evared by a mounted patrolman, 'who leads then/ 10 the homefor 'shl wrecked ,oilers, Later they gay a. violt to the superbntendent eltvh0 life-saving .station. G00rge 1P00am00, a patrolman, takes- the boys with him when he oldenpn a clrcult about 1110 island next morning. That' ob- serv0 th0 eeebe along .the beach, Inspect an Outlook station, and then c0nnnue their ride. C3 A•PTER IIT .(Continued) THE WRECK F100M time to time, as they can - tared over the smooth beach sands, George woul{1 point out• blackened -timbers and parte of old ed now that he could not lunch off. the 110110 of vessels. Portions of wrecks, he fruit. You see,. he wasmuch toosmall said, were burledin ever so many to understand why saerldces should be places, Each storm would cover some madeln order to merit a.god's gavot. ofthese ghastly relics, exposing others. The Awkward TURNING bis head neither to right 8 nor left, the roughly clad boy �L made his way up the path leading to the house of Wylam'a schoolmaster. Wylam at this time was a little village near Newcastle, in Northumberland, England, And the bonne at which the lad of 18 -knocked was 0 very simple one. "Well, what do you want?" asked the schoolmaster, as he shaded his .eyes from the light carriedin his hand. He did" not altogether like having bis ■tudiea Interrupted in such fashion. 3°A who become ?onions lad celled on the schoolmaster he was plugman of a pumping engine, every detail of which he had studied so care- fully that he could with ease have taken it apart and put it together again. With eagerness the boy plunged Into hbs studies. Acting as fireman and brakeman at the colliery during the day, he attended school In the evening, and even found time to earn money by repairing elooke. So .diligently did he apply himself to .learning, that in two years he knew all the schoolmaster could teach, him. Soon theworld discovered In the lad a groat inventor. In 1815 he invented a miner's Safety lamp, For some years he had been: experimenting with 5550111 locomotives, believing It was possible to putthem to practicable LSO, He finally + 1ndu0ed the Kenilworth colliery to con- ', struct a locomotiveunder his directions. Much ridicule did he meet about his en. rr gines, One gentleman said to him: "Suppose you invent an engine caps. bio of running nine' or ten miles an hour. And suppose while it is running a cow should stray upon the track. Would not that bo a very awkward cir- cumstance?" • - "I should think it might be very awk- ward -for the 1010,"• 000 the reply. At length he made an engine, the "itocket," which attained a speed of. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" "I want to :earn to road and write, sir." 5110 boy replied. For a moment the schoolmaster looked ecorneuily upon the honlely face ,and Poor clothing of the lad, Then ho safe scornfully: "Very well, yeti may attend; but an awkward, 1jare-legged - )addle like you had better' be doing something else than learning his letter's." Thereupon he Mellolred the door in the bay's taco. But the lad wee not .discouraged. At last ho saw h chalice for 51he.telfllment of ambition, While the years were Priss- iest, his desire for learning had been growing. Up until now his father had been too poorto send hem to 01110111. Born In 1701 in a very hovel, with a tiny floor, mud wails and bare ratters, at the ago of 0 he began to work torhie liv(ng, herding cows in the daytime and barring up the nettle at night. later he picked etonem from coal, and after - Ward drove a horse which dreg . coal Dion? the pit. Ile woo 14 ,whr6 .he bee team assist ntfore to hie father, the fo• leian of a Colliery in Wedeln. Whenthe More Wonderful Still ONOB .upon a - t1m0 an inspector Was examining a very youthful close of Scotch boys, and among other subjects he requested the teacher to ask her pup;`o a'few questions itr nature knowledge. Desiring her class to do her honor, she decided upon the ermine allbjott. `"Clrlekens." - "Now, children," she,. said, "I .Want you totell nee soulethipg very. Won4er- 6111 about chickens." 'Wove they get Out of their sltelte," promptly re0pohded one little fellow. "Well," mid the teacher, "that_ Is, of course, wonderful; but 1 meanseine- thing mora wcnxterfut stilh" ' There was 0 silence for a feW 1eeon012, Then up spoke little Johnny, "'Please, vrer )got lineae their shellsi'..l hon they' fourteen miles an hour. People mar- veled; they laughed no longer. And when, in 1629, he so improved the. "Rocket," that on a trial run over the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, it made thirty miles an hour, thereby win- ning a prize of £500, he found himself famous. lie was consulted upon all railroad projects, and grew very' Wealthy. But he still was simple In his manner, In spite of the honors heaped upon him. His king 'Melted to make him a knight, but he insisted upon remaining plain George Stephenson. ' He Dreamed, Too TWO little youngsters- shsmbled Penitently into the Memnon?JJJLLL long after •the school had opened for the morning session. "Boys, come to my desk immed1e ate:y," said the teacher. Two meek little lads walked to the teacher's desk and stood looking help- Jessie- at their feat. "Tommy, why are you late Gee morn- ing?" caked the teacher. "I overslept myself, ma'am," began Tommy. "You see, teacher, I dreamed I was going to take a railroad trip.. I just got to the station when I woke up an' found It was long past schooltime." "Freddy, why are you late?" inquired. teacher,turning to 5110 other boy. "Please, ma'am," replied the trem- bling,Freddy, "I went to the station to see Tommy off." The winds blew so furiously that fre- quently the sides of hills facing the sea were worn into tall cliffs; sand would be scooped up also and thrown into hills, 110 Leet above high-water mark.. Now they left the seashore and rode toward the interior. The coarse grass which their ponies trampled rose to a height of two feet. Flour or five differ- ent kinds of edible berries and flowers and shrubs grew in abundance, "Tho groves of trees you .see,". George explained, "were planted bythe .Cana- dian government in -1001, both to bind the soil more firmly and for the purpose of making the Island more easily amen from the ocean. We have a grant of 0400 a year, you know. But we make some,slight return by the sale of cran- berries and wild pontes, of which, no doubt, you'll see a herd before very long; and by salvage from wrecked ves- sels," Howard and Jim were very eager to learn more about the ponies, but by tbis time they had reached Lake Wallace, extending eastfrom the shore ten miles and measuring twelve feet In depd at places. And they Immediately became interested as George showed them the breeding places of black duck In the grassy tussocks along the lake's margin,. and where the aheldrake bred in sand cltffe nearby. For a while they watched they rode by tthenburiain l ground at )the foot of the lake, passing on to the west lookout station. From here they traveled to the main lookout station, where, from the crow's- nest, above which a bright red English ensign hung from the flagstaff, they had a view from every side—that 1s, they WOULD have had were it not that the fog hid everything from sight. "Ordinarily," said George, 'there would he no need ter patrolling the coast in the daytime. because the man in the crow's-nest can see miles out to Rea when the sky is clear." George had just led his guests from. one of the"buts o1 refuge;" built for . castaways, std equipped with provi- sions and printed instructions tor dig- ging eighteen incites or two feet in the sand to obtain -fresh 'meter, when a storm came up similar to that In which the lads were caught. Thepontes were put in a gallop toward the superintendent's house, when all at once George threw his mount back upon its haunches. He lis- tened intently. At first -the lade heard nothing; then a loud Boom!" came to their ears, "A -wreck!" exclaimed George aux lmisly. Immediately urging his pony forward at top speed, he galloped with the news to the main station. Word was tclephnnl'd 11 the other stations for the toast lntarde/nen to assemble. Within an inconceivably -short space of time the lifeboat was placed upon a wagon and run .down to the sea. Then the brave guardsmen, after repeated en- deavors, launched the sturdy boat. For- tunately, the storm was not as violent as usual, and the ship's passengers were saved, But the, boys were treated. to a splendid exhibition of the men's skill in Ibfe-saving while the yesse1 was being battered to pieces on the treach- erous shoals, "We've been having .rather exciting times round here lately," confided George to Howard and Jim, while they were seated around the fire in the men's LASSOING A PONY quarters, listening to a round of -tales. "The packet boat arrives tomorrow, by the way, and we'll have to rope some of the pontes." Again Howard and Jim were going to askaboutthe wild ponies. As George had told them that they would' learn everything on the morrow, however, they decided to postpone their questions, especially as it was bedtime. CHB.PTEB, IV HOWARD BECOMES OWNER 05' "SABLE" RIGHT and early next morning preparations were made to 'sur- round the wild ponies to drive then[ into a central pound. How- ardand Jltn were attached to George's party, which had to go to the south of Lake Wallace, "There are only about 200 ponies now," commented George as they rode along. "At one time I believe the herds num- bered as many as 600. But each winter some of them die, and the frightful hur- ricanes cause a further decrease." "How did the ponies get upon the island in the first place?" asked How- ard. "Probably from some Spanish wreck early in the sixteenth century," replied George; "although it is p0001b10 that when the French tried to colonize the island in 1512 and .1597 they may have left the ancestors of the ponies. "There are five troops of them now, named after the loealltles of Ole island In which they feed. Funny thing about it, too, is that even after a round -up thoseleft always return to their own grounds. Nor will they ever come to seek shelter 1n the sheds we've built for them—they're s0 wild. Tough little fel- lows they are) When a storm comes on, the stallion leads the herd among the sandhllls, where they're more or less protected;dthen ne eopr puts the colts in the center ponies around them, while he takes the most exposed position Of all." Alter a time the party came in sight of a herd of pontes cropping the coarse grass around a fresh -water pond. As they approached nearer, the animals stopped grazing. Quickly the stallion gathered the herd together. Placing himee 1 In the rear, he directed the re- treat, which began at a trot and soon became a swift gallop. As the lads Gushed after the herd, AT THE ROUND -UP they observed the pontes closely. Great shaggy manes covered their big heads: an immense busily tail waved behind. Strong limbed, with Large shoulders, they. Indeed, looked the sturdy animals George declared them to be. Most were of chestnut color, although there seemed to he many bays and browns. In the meantime other parties et guardsmen had been rounding up the rest of the ponies, until all the animals were surrounded in one big pound. Now began the moat thrilling part of the performance.. Into the kicking, snorting mass of terrified horses a guardsman would ride. When he had selected his victim, a lasso would deftly uncoil 150016 from his hand. - In almost every case the horse would be roped. Afterward it would be thrown, bound, laid upon a handbarrow and trundled down to the shore, where It was placed In thesurf boat and rowed off to the packet, now lying at a safe distance from shore. Howard was admiring a handsome white pony, which had been thrown after a hard fight, when the superin- tendent approached. "White ponies are mighty Uncommon," said lie, "and that's a fine fellow." "Iiow would you like to own him?" asked he suddenly. "How would I?" exclaimed Howard. "Best thing in the world!" Then he's yours," returned the su- perintendent With a smile. For the moment Howard could not be- lieve his ears. Recovering from his as- tonishment, he thanked the superintend- ent again and again. Here was just Klett a pony as. he had been longing for even nicer than Jim's—and now it was ail his own: Indeed, it was tooood to be true. But it WAS true, all right enough. and the pony when back to Nova Scotia In the packet ship along with the boys, who were welcomed by their anxious relatives as those returned from the dead. People wondered at the name "Sable,' Which Howard gave to his pony. They thought a pony should certainly be black in order to possess such a name; and this pony was just as white as a p0uy could be. But after Howard told the story of how he came to own "Sa- ble"—and he never tired of relating it— they all agreed that the name was most appropriate. THE END. The Funny Eggtiock VOq.I P you but 801* her, sorsa will tell you that little Reggie is %ighty par - Ocular," As nurse to P. very nice' 21518 of a person, you meet eertalnly be- lieve her; but even 1f you don't, youwill Arid that cook las exactly the seine open, ton. And Cook surely ought to know, be. cause oho, prepares Reggie's fond, sbaut which hehivery, very "particular,' Oh, lt's- no seoret; Reggio himself will admit it, although most likely he'll say i e'e 'titular," - Beeeles . being "particular," however, Reggle 1s also exceedingly bright. Other-- wisc he never could have invented, 411 by lemeelt, that. wonderful egg-oloolc. Cook didn't seem to boil his eggs the right length of time. They were either the soft or too hard,. he said, So Reggie came nto the 1c tc en one Morning to watch the bailing, a rd he brought with him hielittletoy spiral, 0011'11 which ran a woodsn balk Now, cookie," said he, "I'm - Coin' Iceepp ittle ball runnin' till we know SL•ST how many times it moat go down the ladder whilethe egg cooks nice. You won't be fended, cookie, 'cause you know I can't help bean' 'titular,^ Bless the darlin's heart: Ain't he the smart boy, though?" exclaimed cook, in admiration, Then sbe and Reggie carefully timed: the egg -clock with the boiling, until they found exactly how many trie the ball should make down the spiral while the egg belled to the right "hardness," And thereafter, whenever an egg was boiled for hien, Riegle insisted upon doing 1t according to the time of the egg -clock. A Patent Snuffer TRY as she might, Nan could never wholly conquer her dislike of going to sleep in the dark. But after she began to slumber, of course, there was no need for a light and Nan, being an economical little body, lament- ed wasting even a candle, Brother' Dan laughed at her, calling her etingyl" in fun. however, he came to her aid, as always. And he made for her a clever ittle contrivance which, he said, was a "patent snuffer." If S'ou will examine the drawing of the - 'patent snuffer" you will see how, when be candle burns down a certain dls- - ance (allowing sufficient time fur Nam o go to sleep), the flame burns through he cord that holds the m1090001e6 snuf- - er, This causes the snuffer to drop upon he lighted wick, extinguishing the flame. Thin s the ONLY five little girls and boys did the village possess, Chums were they, and of Cho same age; so they were the best of playmates. They didn't become the Rabbitkins until their fathers, all 00 whom .were trappers, made for each a cunning suit of rabbit skins. Then they looked for all the world like five Baby .Buntings in their furry garments, with .the long ,.ears still attached to the hoods. These rabbit -stein clothes were pre- sented to the girls and boys all on the -same day. Joyful, indeed. were the fl1'e Straightway they donned the suits and canoe together to talk It over. "Suppose we call ourselves the Rob- bltklns," said One little girl. And 00 they DID become the Rabblt- kins. Now what shall we do?" asked an- other little girl. Thereupon a little boy questioned, a "What DO Rabbitklns do?" No one could tell, because no one had over heard. of Rabbitltins before. There- fore they agreed to plan fur themselves what they should do. "And let us keep it a, secret from the grown-ups," cried another little boy. 0'1,, it was that Upon a certain hour each day (I think it was about 1 o'clock in the afternoon) every girl and boy donned rabbit skins and promptly dis- apleared. Mothers wondered and fath- ers wondered what became of the little girls and boys, but the five said It was their secret, and added, "Please do not ask us to tell a S12CRET," Of course, no mother or father would 5115 any- thing after THAT, except, perhaps. to tell the girls and boys not to get into mischief. But the Babbitklns DID get into mis- chief, though they did not mean to. First of all, they dug big holes (caves /Flay '1 sso a -boating -too, L Bab dear, Baku � , taniyhfi with you? Nay 1 go a boatmg too, In your little dream canoe?/ We will hang'a lighted star, Where the danger place* are Anchored on the 511.lrriber 5trearr, We will fish -and catch a dream! 1 they called them) In the sides of a great bank of earth—almost like real rabbit burrows, you know. They thought it no harm to do this; nor, indeed, was it. However, they should not have con- cealed themselves at the top of the great bank of earth and pelted with clods of stud 51105e 1%110 passed below, Nor should the little boy Rabbitltins - have loosened a plank in the bridge, ao that an unfortunate traveler fell Into' the stream below. All this was very - wicked. Perhaps it was well that something-' AL' RtOST frightful did happen, or the Rabbitklns might have got into other mischief. But while they were scam- pering along the edge of the woods one day a hunter appeared, Seeing the furry coats, he at once began pursuit of what he 'believed to be rabbits or some other game. You see, he n'a5 a hunter who came tramthe city, and who didn't know a very great deal about bunting, The Rabbilkfns were mightily scared, And they ran as swiftly as they could to the "burrows" they hnd made in the hillside. After then came the hunter. It was not until be discovered the Beads of the Rye itahbitkins peeking at him from the eaves that he realized hismis- take. Then he became as frightener] as the Rabbitklns had been. Because be might have shot them you know; and that would have been terrible. That very day the etabbitktns decidori it was too dangerous to play In bur- rows, so they stayed close by their houses and relieved their mothers from worry about their daily disappearance and kept out Of mischief at the same tlnre, Realistic ALITTLE boy sat in Sunday school watching the enperintendent Il.. )naivete n lesson on the Doane, The superintendent drew cam straight line, the path to heaven, and llrell started the dame of a man oil it. Larger and larger became the man un - 511, when he at last reached the door Of henven, he was too big to enter. Turning to his audience ;f sager chil- dren, -tho euperhbl enrlput said, 111 a er.r- roanful tone; ',7,,u ole' he is so puffed Up with .sin flint In. eenent enter in. 'Iry him eideways: Try him side- ways)" shrieked the 1lttbe boy. Wanted 2remitation Renter"d. Learn C'1t0 v, ry much interested In aiding foreign emissions. .hr resolved to save all her pennies tohelp the poor het1hnn rhil.ifen: tout it -was mb very hard that the little girl 0111a:1t made this additlnn to her ?multi evening .prayers 0, Lord, Please help rno snve. my Money, and pitman don't let the ire cream titan conte down the street!" -..