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66 ND 'hero. little one, are the He m9v0d bis fiturtll' little lege with a
$vnieto s ue prornieed theo." Vigor wonderful to behold,
tno poung a ni#ed broadly ne Vp, up the 11111 they wont, until, when
be eaw the rapture With which little the paused an inetant for breath, they
' alike accepted the capecloue bag Oiled could see below them the town of Mout.
to Ito bran with the lusoloue durlane. mein, etretelang along the great Sal -
'W thank thee, air, for the er0lt; 1-, , win river, Valero.= ,craft of many de -
1— " her Nitta etemmered, because, seriptons lay at anchor, :A.erose the
good dr'am's though the kw() were, elm river, a little to tho'n0rtb, lay the town
could not iteltire#y forget that Ile was no of Martaban, and the gulf of A'Terteban
We a personagethan chief of pollee, Itself could bs. goon 'plainly In the tete..
and that meant he had =kW authority tome. Nitta drank in the beauty of It
in the Bermeee to11'n of Moulmein, allas she took a firmer clutch ori _Lit -
But the goung's ediilo grew .broader, , tlo Brother's erre before ,eontlnub%the
and he tweaked her chip encouragingly, ;ascent. .a
"What le it, little, 4aughter?" ho asked. goon they found themselves among
"THE GREAT CAVE. WITH
"I—I Was about to say,, sir," began
Nike, "that Little Brother and I were
just going for a picnic up 111 the hills
Yonder, and that thy present will be
very useful," -,,.
"Useful, 'ehl^.,laughed the grating..
"Tee, I imagine you 'will And it useful."
Ile nodded again in his friendly fashion
as he turned away.
Grasping the bag of fruit In one hand
and with the other taking firm hold of
Little Brother's arm, -Nika turned from
the main street, which renall of four
miles, parallel with the river,and plod-
ded up a byway leading to the hills be-
yond,
Very pleasant it was this. morning.
The odor of fruit and flower came to.
her from the gardens placed before the
palm -thatched houses of bamboo, whteh
seemed possessed of great wilts, 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
am -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,'
couldtaste the urian
'where boof d a,
and so no pace was too swift for. him.
ITS IDOLS OP BUDDHA"
the groves of teak and bamboo and oil
trees, Immediately they began to
search for a place in which to hold
their "picnic," - -
All at once NJka paused. 'It's toe
early to lunch" said she. "Suppose we.
visit .the Paingoo Caves and look upon
the divine Buddha."
. Little Brother protested, as he 'gazed
longingly upon the bag of ompting
fruit, but NJka, was determined, and
they entered the _great cave, with its
idols of Buddha, or Gautama, as he is
known in _Burma.
Formerly the cavae as used as a tem-
ple of worship. Even now the Burmese
(especially -women) visit it to worship
the idols of Buddha, So Nike knelt. be-
fore Gautama and besought bls farm..
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 of the durians.
It was the Work0
i an Instant to place
the fruit at the feet of an idol
Afterward she led away the
sorrow-
ful. Little Brother,
who wasdisappoint-
gull!
ies
p olnte
ed no that he could not lunch oft the
touu understand
sde, he Was much too ld be
to understand why sacrifices should be
made In order to merit a. god's favor.
SYNOPSIS OF. PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS
HOWARD RUTHERFORD le vielting
his Cousin Jlm, who lives at Pleas-
ant Point, On the coast of Nova
Scotia. He is about to write a letter to
fits father, asking permission to buy a
iony, such as his cousin owns, when Jlm
nduces him to go for a sail with Cap-
tain Barnby In. the netting smack Saucy
Minerva. The boys, together with Sim. a
sailor, aro out in a small boat :trawling
filer the Sable Island banlc, when a
storm overtakes them ane casts them
upon Sable island. Here they are dis-
covered by a mounted -patrolman, who
leads them to the home for shipwrecked
sailors. Later they pay a visit to the
superintendent of the life-saving station.
George Freeman, a patrolman. takes the
boys with him when he rldea on a circuit
about the island next morning. They ob-
serve the Beale along the beach, inspect
an outlook station, and then continue
their side.
CBAPTFrR III .(Continued)
THE WRECK •
to time, ROMti e
mas theycan-
'
lllLLL,,, � tered. over the.smooth beach
Sands, George . would point out.
blackened -timbers and parts of Old
hulls of vessels. Portions of wrecks he
said, were buried in ever so many
places. Each etorm would cover some
of these ghastly relics, exposing others.
awkw
The 1� �l
URNING his head neither to right
nor left, the roughly clad boy
mads s way
a
Ythe
up path leading
to the house of Wylam's schoolmaster.
WYlamat this timewas a little village
near Newcastle, In Northumberland,
England, And the home at which the
lad of 18 knocked was a very simple
one,
"Well, what do you want?" asked the
schoolmaster, as he shaded his eyes
from the light carried in his hand. He
did not altogether like having hie
studiesinterrupted in such fashion.
Qu who bccerne ruinous
lad called on them s
chool
s a ter he
was
plugman of a pumping engine, every
de ail of which the had studied so care-
fully that he could with ease ba'vo
tal en it' apart and put it together
again.
With eagerness the boy plunged Into
his studies. Acting ^ as fireman and
brakemant
n the Collieryduring th0
day, he attended school In the evening,
and even found tiloe to earn money by
repairing cloaks, So diligently' did he
apply himself to learning, that in two
years he knew all the Schoolmaster
"WHAT DO 1011 WANT?"
"I 'ant to learn to read arid write,
elr.". t110 boy .replied.
Fara mometit the schoolmaster hooked
300101Uily upOn the honety face ,and
poor clothing of the lad. Then the 8014
scerntu)ly:
"Very well, y0ti mayattend.; bet an
awkward, )tare -legged laddie )!lie you
had better bo doing something else than
Meaning hls letters." Thereupon he.
slammed the doer in the boy's 1000,
But the lad was not discouraged, At
last he saw a Olen= for the fulfilment
of ambition, While the years were Peas -
Mg, his 'desire for learning had been
growing. h p until now his father hoe
been too poet, 't0 tenet him to school.
Born In 1701 in a Very hovel, with a clay
Scor, mud walla and bare rafters, at
the ago Of 5 ho began tO work tor his
flying, herding coca in the daytime and
barring up 0= gat0a tet ..night. Later
he plotted atones from cod', and after-
ward draw a hoeso which drew coal
from the pit. Ile wee 14,whe,' he bee
canto assistant to bis father, the fere.
Man of a colllafy 1n Wydain. :When the
could teach him. - -
- Soon the world discovered in the lad a
groat Inventor. In 1816 he invented a
mi`ner'ssafety lamp. For some years
belied been experimenting with steam
lotonctives believing It was -possible to
put, them to practicable use. He Anally
induced the Kenilworth coltteryto con-
struct a locomotive under his directlone.
Much ridicule did he meet about his en
gives, One gentleman said to him:
"Suppose you ihvent an engine capa-
ble of running nine or tan miles an
hour. And suppose whileit is .running.
a cow' should stray upon the track,
Would not that be a very awkward tlr-
aumstance?"
"I should think it might be very awk-
ward --for the cow," was the reply,
At length 114 made an engine, the
"Rocket," which attained a speed of
More Wonderful Still
ONCI) upon a time an Inspector
was eaamining a Very youthful
tease Of Scotch boys, and among;
011101 subjects he requested the teacher
to ask her 8ul,les a few questions
nature knowledge. Desiring her class '
to de her honor, elle deolded upon the,
shnple subject, "Chickens," ...
"Now, chlldreh," she said, "I want
you t0 telt me something very wonder-
fniabout chickens,"
"How they, get out et 'their shells,"
promptlyresponded one little fellow.
"Well," said the teacher, "that 1s, of
Mum, Wanderfeli but I moan So/no-
thing more wonderful still,"
There wee a silence for a few seaoncls.
Thor: alp spoke little JolInny. "Please,
010'5001, ifs malr wonderful lroo they
ever got iniac their nhells1"
•
fourteen miles an Hour.
People mar-
veled; they laughed no longer. And
when, in
1820, he so improved the
"Becket
that on a'fr'o' run over the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, lt.
made thirty miles an hour, thereby win-
ning a prize of £500, he found himself
famous, He was consulted upon all
railroad projects, and grew ' very
Wealthy.
But be still was simple in hls manner,
In spite of the honors heaped upon him.
HIS king wished to make him 'a knight,
but he insisted .upon. remaining .plsln
George Stephenson.. '
He Dreamed, Too
TWO little youngsters shambled.
penitently., into_' the,classroom
long after -the .school had opened
for the morning session.
. "Boys, -come to 'my desk £mmedl-
ately," said the teacher.
Two meek little lads walked to the
teacher's desk and stood looking hstp-
lessly at their feet.
"Tommy, why are you lute thle morn-
ing?" 'asked 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 Iwoke up
an' found It was long past schooltime.
"Freddy,why are you late?" inquired_
teacher, turning to the other boy.
"Please, ma'am," replied the trem-
bling leready,
rem-bling;Freddy, "I went to the station to
see Tommy off."
The wlnde 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 Mils,
110 feet above high-water mark.
Now they lett the seashore and rode
toward. the Interior. Tho coarse grass
which their ponies trampled rose to a
height of two feet. Four or five differ-
ent kinds of edible berries and flowers
and shrubs grew In abundance..
"The groves of trees you see," George
explained, "were planted by the Cana-
dian government in 1901, both to. bind
the. sell more firmly end for the purpose
of, making the. island . more easily seen
• from the ocean. We have a grant of
4400 a year,you know. But we make
some, slight return by the saleof cran-
berries and wild ponies, of which, no
doubt,' you'll see a herd before very
ion
g, aa d byand Jim were very eager to
salvage from wrecked vas -
eels."
Iiow
vas -learn
moraa out
the ponies, but b this
time they had reached .Lakeall
W ace'
extending east from theshore ten mhea
and measuring twelve feet in depth 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 Sheldrake bred In sand
cliffs nearby. For a while they watched
wild fowl swimming In the water. Then
they rode by the burial 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 thefiagstak, they
had a view from everyside—that is,
they WOULD have had were It net that
the fog hid- everything trent . sight.
Ordinarily," said George, "there
Would be no need for patrolling the
coast 1n the 'daytime. because the man
in the crow's-nest can see miles out to
sea when the sky ie clear."
George had just led his guests from
one 01 the"buts of refuge;" built for
castaways, Cid equipped with provi-
sions and printed instructions for dig-
ging eighteen inches or two feet in the
sand to obtain fresh water, when a
storm came up similar to that. In which
the ladswere caught.
The ponies were put 1n a gallop
toward the superintendent's house,
when all at once George. threw his ,
mount back upon its haunches. He lis-
tened intently. At firstethe lade heard
nothing; then a. loud Boon!" came to
their ears.
"A .wreck!" exelalmed George anx-
iously. Immediately urgissg its pony
forward at top speed, he galloped with
the news to the plain station, Word was
teleplloned in the other stations for the
'005151: guardnmen to assemble,
Within an inconceivably - 011010 space
of time the lifeboat was placed upon a
wagon and run ,down to. the sea. 'alien
the bravo- 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 e1hibi°tlon of the men's
skill in life-saving while tbe vessel was.
being batteredto pieces on the tree,c11-
01005 shoals.
"We've- been' having rather exciting.
times round herelately," confided
George to. Howard end Jim, while they
were seated around the are in the men's
LASSOING A PONY
quarters, listening to a round 0f tales.
"Tho packet boatarrives tomorrow, ; -by
the way, and we'll have to rope some
of the ponies."
• Again Howard and Jim were going to
askabout the 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.
CHAPTER IV
HOWARD BECOMES OWNER OF
SABLE"
B57IGHT and early next morning
preparations' were - made to 'sur-
round.. the wild ponies to
drive them into a central pound. How-
ard and Sim were attached to Goorge's
party, which had to go to the south of
Lake Wallace.
"There are only about 200 ponies now,"
commented. Georgeas they rode along.
"At one time I believe the horde num-
bered as many as 600. But each winter
some of them die, and the frightful hur-
rlcenes cause a further decrease."
"How did theonfes
et
P g upon the
island in the first place7" asked How-
ard.
"Probably from some Spanish wreck
early in the sixteenthcentury," replied
George; "although it is possible that
when the French tried to colonize the
island in 1518 and 100? they may have
left the ancestors of the pontes.
There are five troops of them now,
name4'after the localities of the island
in which they feed. Funny thing about
it, too, is that even after a round -up.
those left always return to their own
au
gr ads. Nor R•111 the ever
seek shelter in the sheds we've built for
them—they're e so wild. 3 w Tough g fol -
the they are! When a storm comes on,
the stallion Teres the herd among the
sandhiils where they're mbre or less
protected; then be puts the colts In the
Center and the older ponies around
them, while he takes the most exposed
position of all."
Ater a time the party came in sight
et a herd of ponles cropping the coarse
grass around a fresh -water pond. As
they approached nearer, the animals
stopped 'grazing. Qutek)v the stallion
gathered the herd together. .Placing
litrnseij in the rear, he directed the re-
treat, which began at a trot and soon
became a swift gallop.
As the lads dashed after the herd,
AT THE ROUND -UP
they observed the: ponies closely: Greet
shaggy manes covered their big heads;
an immense -bushy tail waved behind.
Stronglimbed, with large shoulders,
they, Indeed, looked the sturdy animals
George declaredthem to be. Most were
of chestnut color, although there seemed
to bemany bays and .browns.
In the meantime other parties of
guardsmen had been rounding up the
rest. of .the, panles,until all the animals
were surrounded In one big pound.
Now began the moat thrilling part of
the performance.. Into the kicking,
snorting
mos
s 01 -terrifiedr
ho nes a
guardsman would ride, 1Vihen ha had
selected his victim, a lasso would deftly
uncoil itself from hls hand, -In almost
every ease 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 the surd 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 aar
h d fight, when the superin-
tendent approached.
"White ponies are mighty uncommon,"
said he "andthat's a fine fe]
1o
w:"
"How ould youlit
w like to own him?"
asked he suddenlY.
How would I?" exclaimed Howard.
"Best thing in the worldt"
Then he's yours," returned the su-
perintendent smile.
p t with a
For the moment Howard could not as -
]leve his ears. Recovering from its as-
tonishment, 11e thanked the superintend-
ent again and again. Here was just
such a on a been on
he had b longing for
Y a g1 g
p
—even nicer than 71m's—and now it was
all his own! Indeed it was too good 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.
Week in order to possess such a name;
and this pony was just as wilts as a
pony could be, But after Howard told
the story of how he came to own "Se.-
blee—and he never tired of relating 1t—
they all agreed that the name was most
appropriate.
THE END,
The Funny Egg -Clock
>, ya11 but osis her, nurse wilt tell 1'911
that little Reggie le 'nighty par
tieular," As nurse is it very 0101
mart of a person, you must oortalnly be-
lie= her; but even If you delft, you w111
and that gook has exactly the eafine oplia
Ion. And cook surely ought 10 ltl5Ow, be-
cause Oho propane Regale's'food,about
Whit= he le very, very "particular." 011,
It's no secret; Reggie h1m8011 will 04r1110
0, although most likely he'll say he's
"'ocular,"
l3esldee being "pat'tiaular," however,
Reggie le ale° eXgeedingly bright. Other
-
Wine he never could have_ invented, all
Cook 1 didn t that
to boil hie ee gst 11 p
light length of time. They were either
too soft or too hard, he said, So Ragg e
yN 1 ,1 r
N'I ill Pi'W Iii I I,liu l�k!IN�i�ki t&tI,�Pi1Ui1'rl f
came Into the kitchen one morning to
watch the bolting, and he brought w th
him his tittle toy spiral, down which ran
a wooden ball.
Now, cooltle" said he, "I'm goln'
keep lttle ball rennin' till we knew
JUST bow. many times itmust go down
the ladder while the egg cooks nice, You
won't be fended, cookie, cause you
know I. can't help beln' 'Reuter."
Bless the darlin's heart! Ain't he the
smart boy, though?" exclaimed cepa,tn.
admiration,
Then she and 'Reggie carefully timed
the egg -clock with the boiling, until tbheY
found exactly how many trips the ball
should make down the spiralwhile the
egg boiled to the, right "hardness." And
thereafter, whenever an egg was boiled
for hhn, Rtggle insisted upon doing it
according to the time of the egg -clock.
A- Patent Snuffer
IZ-1RY holly as shoconqumighter,of
her dislikeNan could' never
g w.
going to sleep in the dark. But
after she began to slumber, of course,
there was u0 need for a light, and Nan,
being an economical little body, lament-
ed wasting even e. candle. Brother Dan
laughed at her, calling her 'stingy!" in
fun. However, he came to her aid, as
always. And he made for her a clever
little contrivance which, he said, was a
patent snuffer."
If you will examine the drawing of the
"Patent snuffer" you will see how, when
the candle burns down a certain dis-
tance (allowing sufficienttime. for Nan
to goto sleep), the flame burns through
the cord that holds the suspended snuf-
fer. This causes the snuffer to drop upon
the ilghted wick, extinguishing the
flame.
Thi
NLY Ave little girls and boys did
the village possess. Chums were
they, and of the same age; so
they were the best of playmates.
They didn't become the Rabbltklns
until their fathers, all of whomwere
trappers,made for each a cunning suit
00 rabbit skins. Then they loolted for
all the world like live Baby Buntings
in their furry garments, with the long
ears still attached to the boodle
These rabbit -skin clothes were pre -
tented to the girls and boys all on the
-same clay. Joyful, indeed, were the evo,
Straightway they donned the suits and
came together to talk It over.
"Suppose we call ourselves the Rab-
bltkhes, ' said one little girl.
And so they DID become the Rabbit -
Ides,
Now what shall we do?" asked an-
other little girl.
Thereupon a little boy questioned,
the Rab
itkins t = id.
"What DO Rabbltklns do?"
No one could tell, because no one had
ever heard of Rabbltkinsbefore: There-
fore they agreed to :plan for themselves
what they should do.
'And let us keep it a secret from the
grown-ups," cried another little boy.
, So it was that upon a certain bour
each day (I think It was about 1 o'docic
in the afternoon) every girl and 007
donned rabbit skins and promptly dis-
appeared. Mothers wondered and fath-
ers wondered what became of the little.
gtrisand boys, but the five said it was
their secret, and added, " Please do not
ask us to tell a SleCRF.T." Of course,
no mother or father would say any-
thing after THAT, except, perhaps, to
tell the girls and boys not to get into
mischief.
But the Rabbltklns DID get into mis-
chief, though they did no't mean to.
First of all, they dug big holes '(eaves
Nay 1 go a-boating-Feld,W
•`
e will its,;hied star,
Baby dear, to -night with you.
. Where the danger places ars.
.01
May l go a -boating' loo,
In our little y , r,'i. ,dredni P
V�I IQi
h«: Anchored on the 51lirnber5irearn,
z. We will fish -and coni" a dream!
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 mud those who passed below.
Nor should the little boy Rabbttkins
have loosened a plank In the bridge, so
that an unfortunate traveler- fell into
the stream bd070. All this was very
wicked.
Perhaps it was well that something
ALMOST frightful did happen, or. the
Rabbltklns might have got Into other
mischief. But while they were scam-
pering along the edge of the woods one
day a bunter appeared. 500111g .the
furry coats, he at once began pursuit
of what he believed to be rabbits or.
some other game. You see, he was a
hunter who came from thecity, and
who didn't know a very great deal
about bunting,
The Rabbttkins were mightily soared.
And they ran as swiftly as they could
to the "burrows" they had made in the
hlllstde. After them came the bunter.
It was not until be discovered the heads
of the eve Rabbilkins peeking at him
from the caves that be realized his mis-
take. Then he became as frightened as
the Rabbltklns had been. Because he
might have shot 0110111,' yon know; and
that would have been terrible,
That very day the. Rahbltkins'decided
It Was too dangerous 00 play In but,
gown, so they stayed close by their
helmet: and relieved their =there from
worry about' their dally dlsappearance
and kept out of iniachief at the same
time.
Realistic
f-� AJ� LTTboy sat 01 Sunday school
watchinThEg the superintendent il-
lustrate n lesson on the board.
The superintendent draw One straight
line, the path to heaven, and then
started the figure of a plan on it.
Larger and larger became the man un-
til, when 11e at last renehed the door
of heaven, he wits tan big to enter.
Turning to las en diene of eager chile
dren, the. eupei•hltembett sold, in a eor-
row'ful time: "Yeti eu roe he is SO 7ruffed
u}1 with cin that he main= enter lnl'
'Tru 111m IdewnYei Try hitn side-
ways' shrieked the little boy.
'Wanted `i'otttptation Itehudrhd,
Lama was very much interested In
ailing foreign miesbnns, She resolved
to save all her 'ti ten115 t.1 help the
poor beechen e1t71;1rori, But It was
so very Im1•d that the 1!ttlo girl
family made this additen to lre0
usual evening' prayers: "O, Lord
please help me save my lteoney, 0850
please' don't lot the lee tree= Iran
001110 down the strectl" -.. —.,.
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little contrivance which, he said, was a
patent snuffer."
If you will examine the drawing of the
"Patent snuffer" you will see how, when
the candle burns down a certain dis-
tance (allowing sufficienttime. for Nan
to goto sleep), the flame burns through
the cord that holds the suspended snuf-
fer. This causes the snuffer to drop upon
the ilghted wick, extinguishing the
flame.
Thi
NLY Ave little girls and boys did
the village possess. Chums were
they, and of the same age; so
they were the best of playmates.
They didn't become the Rabbltklns
until their fathers, all of whomwere
trappers,made for each a cunning suit
00 rabbit skins. Then they loolted for
all the world like live Baby Buntings
in their furry garments, with the long
ears still attached to the boodle
These rabbit -skin clothes were pre -
tented to the girls and boys all on the
-same clay. Joyful, indeed, were the evo,
Straightway they donned the suits and
came together to talk It over.
"Suppose we call ourselves the Rab-
bltkhes, ' said one little girl.
And so they DID become the Rabbit -
Ides,
Now what shall we do?" asked an-
other little girl.
Thereupon a little boy questioned,
the Rab
itkins t = id.
"What DO Rabbltklns do?"
No one could tell, because no one had
ever heard of Rabbltkinsbefore: There-
fore they agreed to :plan for themselves
what they should do.
'And let us keep it a secret from the
grown-ups," cried another little boy.
, So it was that upon a certain bour
each day (I think It was about 1 o'docic
in the afternoon) every girl and 007
donned rabbit skins and promptly dis-
appeared. Mothers wondered and fath-
ers wondered what became of the little.
gtrisand boys, but the five said it was
their secret, and added, " Please do not
ask us to tell a SleCRF.T." Of course,
no mother or father would say any-
thing after THAT, except, perhaps, to
tell the girls and boys not to get into
mischief.
But the Rabbltklns DID get into mis-
chief, though they did no't mean to.
First of all, they dug big holes '(eaves
Nay 1 go a-boating-Feld,W
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e will its,;hied star,
Baby dear, to -night with you.
. Where the danger places ars.
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May l go a -boating' loo,
In our little y , r,'i. ,dredni P
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h«: Anchored on the 51lirnber5irearn,
z. We will fish -and coni" a dream!
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 mud those who passed below.
Nor should the little boy Rabbttkins
have loosened a plank In the bridge, so
that an unfortunate traveler- fell into
the stream bd070. All this was very
wicked.
Perhaps it was well that something
ALMOST frightful did happen, or. the
Rabbltklns might have got Into other
mischief. But while they were scam-
pering along the edge of the woods one
day a bunter appeared. 500111g .the
furry coats, he at once began pursuit
of what he believed to be rabbits or.
some other game. You see, he was a
hunter who came from thecity, and
who didn't know a very great deal
about bunting,
The Rabbttkins were mightily soared.
And they ran as swiftly as they could
to the "burrows" they had made in the
hlllstde. After them came the bunter.
It was not until be discovered the heads
of the eve Rabbilkins peeking at him
from the caves that be realized his mis-
take. Then he became as frightened as
the Rabbltklns had been. Because he
might have shot 0110111,' yon know; and
that would have been terrible,
That very day the. Rahbltkins'decided
It Was too dangerous 00 play In but,
gown, so they stayed close by their
helmet: and relieved their =there from
worry about' their dally dlsappearance
and kept out of iniachief at the same
time.
Realistic
f-� AJ� LTTboy sat 01 Sunday school
watchinThEg the superintendent il-
lustrate n lesson on the board.
The superintendent draw One straight
line, the path to heaven, and then
started the figure of a plan on it.
Larger and larger became the man un-
til, when 11e at last renehed the door
of heaven, he wits tan big to enter.
Turning to las en diene of eager chile
dren, the. eupei•hltembett sold, in a eor-
row'ful time: "Yeti eu roe he is SO 7ruffed
u}1 with cin that he main= enter lnl'
'Tru 111m IdewnYei Try hitn side-
ways' shrieked the little boy.
'Wanted `i'otttptation Itehudrhd,
Lama was very much interested In
ailing foreign miesbnns, She resolved
to save all her 'ti ten115 t.1 help the
poor beechen e1t71;1rori, But It was
so very Im1•d that the 1!ttlo girl
family made this additen to lre0
usual evening' prayers: "O, Lord
please help me save my lteoney, 0850
please' don't lot the lee tree= Iran
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