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THEY WATCHED THE GLASS -BOTTOMED PLEASURE 'BOATS
WITH fishing -polos slung over
their shoulders, Harry and
Wlb (otherwise, though sel-
dom, now net Walter) trudged to-
ward the northern shore of the Island
Santa Catalina. Not for a long time
¢tad they visited .their favorite Haunt,
and they were confident that today the
tunny would be plentiful,
But luck was against'them. They did
not find so much pleasure in fishing
es in watching thp, glass -bottomed boats,
' tilled with tourists, come out a short die -
tame from the bay of Avalon, By look-
ing closely, the lads could see the rapt
attention Mild by the travelers to the
wonders of the sea. Not far did the
boats come, however, before they re-
turned; for 1t was to the bay itself that
the most could be seen of the gardens
under water. 'Mere, through the plate
glass in the bottom at the boat, the
Ocean bed, ss everal look
below, .and
see clearly the many -hued plants, the
pink andwhite coral, and the gaily
colored fish darting to and fro.
After a while the boys tired of the
lack of sport, Wib beartfly approved of
the suggestion made by Barry that they
saunter toward the landing place at the
bay and watch the youngsters dive for
the Matteis and demes thrown into the
water by tourists. It was not so very
long 'ago that Barry and Wib them-
Asstas
eeleea had plumes IMO the bay and
tome up with their mouths bulging
With coins, But they were most too big
to do this now"
They turnea toward the east and then,
followed the shore line of the bayW,
Leat ng tlhe beeteepath they pluugee
intocourse, tine hills,taking en eetih'ely new
We'll never get there 5k this rate of.
s sed," observed .Wib; 'eat's make a
alongsnort out
mpre over'easily," to rho Clore and travel
So they proceeded reckfesely down the
slope, Thar had almost reached the
hpttom, where the bilis were Indented
by a little Cove, wiesn I•tarry gasped,
With what little breath he bed. left;
Do Yoe know, Wib, it's eio sewbero
about her that the eam)pn, 1e fired off
every night, and no one's been able to
find out who does it."
"Y:a-a-es," replied Velb, jerkily, "I've
heard-•" but at this instant he lost els
footing' crashed down the elope and
plunged -into a thicket at the bottom,
qualy.
'hurt, Wib?" yelled Barry, solicit -
There was no answer for a moment
Then came the excited r•eeponse;
Come here, quick; I've feundsome-
tfound hh5ng!"
imself standing by Wib at the
Harry parted the shrubbery, and
underground. cBlghtanear the entrance
of the cave was a email brass cannon
mountedona carriage, eo that;it. could
readily be moved.
"lee the one that's fired!" muttered
Harry.
4, crackling of twigs behind them
caused the boys to hide qulekly in the
bushes, Tboy had barely time to crouch
In silence when a wild -looking man,
clothed In rags, strode into the gave.
As he walked he grunted;
"I am Sebastian VIzcainp! X ani
Vlzcalno! I name this island Santa
Catalina! Tonight, beautiful island, I
shall salute theo with the roar of can
neve.
"He's crazy" whispered. Wib.
suppose he thinks he's the old duffer
Who named the island, I)undreds of
ber
yeay .and tirs ago,„
They oaTefulIyptoed .down to the shore.
retired from the shrub -
"I say, Wib, don't let's tell on the'
old gentleman. Its seems harmless an'
he's only enjoyin' himself 1n his own
fashion. If we let the police know,
they'll be ilkeey to lock 'Int up; an' that
Ye/111d be a shame."
Both agreed to say nothing regarding
their discovery: Nor did they, until one
evening the boom of cannon was not
hoard. Then, fearing the old man was
ill, they notified the authorities who
found the hermit sick and feverish, and
removedhim to tee hospital. Thus,
some years ago, was the mystery of the
cove at Santa Catalina cleared by. Wib
and Barry,: who, nowthat they are
grown to manhood, often talk about the
old: hermit,
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IT WAS her own clever little head
that kept Gretchen from being dis-
appointed.. The little girl of the
Netherlands would have been very very
delete' upon a certain afternoon if she
hadn't had the sharpest oP wits.
Her two big sisters had told her that
morning about two ,soldier friends who
were to report to the. military storehouse
at Brielle in the afternoon. The sol-
diers were 014 friends, and Gretchen's
sisters seed that they were going to skate
over toward the military depot, They
promised to push the little miss along
1n her Ghali, which slipped easily over
the Ice on itssmoothss,, runners .
de dadhto IGaya searll¢rrthanImpatient,
:
first agreed upon. Little Gretchen beg -
cause
them t0 wait a Pew minutes, be-
decided
e-aauseahe wasn't yet ready. But they
wouldn't, and soon tAnd hey were skating
briskly along the canal.
Now, if Gretchen hadn't been ever so
angry, there's no doubt that she woutd
have been disappointed. She was too.
cross to Peel disappointed right. away,
however; and before she WAS ready
elm had thought at a plan -a splendid:
plan -to go where she wlolled:
Gretchen's mamma was. dead. So the
then permitted to revolve.
able to skilful
am, ring o t,Nan cardboard over
the mouth of a bottle, rest a coin upon
the cardboard, and thee drop the coin.
into the bottle without touching 1t. 1+'Mg-
Akhe4 ure , explains how she struck, the coed-'
INN
g6 DO so like to see things move,"
Q remarked Nan, as she gazed from
.31. the sitting room window at We ex -
siren train dashing through lield and
meadow toward the city,
"Well, I'n1 errata I can't show you
anything Matte, as big as a locomotive
M action," Brother Dan said, with a
' Laugh, "but I can give you some expert -
Meats In the movement of bodies that
May prove entertaining."
likeeeth osetyou 000 1 ructed two ete picture gBach
• of the figures was attached to the end
of it piece of .wire, bent almoat in the
,shape 03 a square. At right angles to
the horizontal baso wee fastened an aril
that ran dowh to the side of the table
and was fastened to a nail, To the bot-
tom of the squares were hung weights-
like. potatoes, When each: of the weights
Wes mired and dropped the figure moved
backward and forward, so that the
Miming men rushed toward each other
and away parrying and thrusting In
deadly fashion: Figure 1 shows the con-
struction in detail.
Dan then, proved that of two eggs -ono
hollow and the other filled -the solid one
eteme dad by cords that arefitwisted and
c c1
Most interested of all was Nan by the
"gold seeker" with which - her brother
showmm�ntFigure 4,tn He, put apparatus
the vessel, burying In it a little piece of
lead. Then, announcing that he was go-
ing to separate the lead from the sand,
without touching the contents of the
vessel, he put the vessel in, water and
turned It round and round rapidly. The
sand new out,lepving the lead,
Fasten a button in the mlddie of a
cord. Move the ends ofyourcord 1n a
circle, leaving the cord loose. Suddenly.
pull out the ends to their full length
and keep your hands still. The button
will
In proved this, than
well has many otritier
Interesting facie regarding motion.. So
that her fondness for seeing things move
is greater than before.
His Wages.
• e T GET $t a week," said Thomas,
j� boastfully.:
That's nothing," scornfully: re-
sponded William. 'I get $4000 a year,"
"Not much you dor. Was the Qulok
•neply.
Well," carefully explained the other,
advice. $411Iy boss is nd a lawvyyer600' gives
me Iota of features, an' be charges a
whole tot for advice, let me toll -you."
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S11111 did not doubt. that she would
�! catch something. • ,Catherine always
did that.' She even caught the
mumps, the measles and the fever.
Therefore, she waded: out among the
rocks near the beach, with a net and a
great oohffdence that she wouldcatch a
fish of some kind, although •this was her
Hrst attempt, ' •
Catherine didn't know exactly' what
the ugly creature waft that she captured
In the not, But it certainly was some-
thing, se she carried it to where the
beach was high and dry.
'You're a funny -looking fish, YOU
are!' said she contemptuously, as she
looked at the eurlousiy jointed body and
the two pairs of long"feelers,"
I don'ts think a shrimp Is any funnier
than you,' retorted the creature. "Why,
Yon haven't even 'gills, and you can't
live In the water as I can,. I'm no
FISH, either; although my, close relative
is known as the crayfish."
The little girl must have forgotten her
manners; otherwise she never' would
have'repiled;
When-
ever peopleyou're sheen),
wish tomake otare her erfo folk el
'specially small and mean, they call 'ere
shrimps, 808 know,"
I don't see what fine qualitlos you
possess to Peet so uppish,' snappedthe
shrimp You're just trying to pick a
quarrel -that's what you're doing. " I'm
not foolish. There's my cousin, the lob
-
ger, who permits barnacles, mussels,
worms and seaweeda of all kinds to at-
tach themselves t0: els shell, Now, I
wouldn't do that." .•
Here the shrimp ,wept bitter, salty
salty teat's,
"Let
tell
I may 1
while10 0s big andnitrong
L.. Iilultn, peered through the forest a
dwell, followed be a baantlful
gray rabbit. A woodchopper, ob-
earvlttg the animal, threw a olub atit
and lulled it.
lturdererl" cried the dwarf,
"Ali!" laughed the woodmen "le spite
of what you any I shall 11ave the rabbit
broiled for supper."
The angry dwarf Coked blue whores
upon the woodchappee grabbed the little
fellow by the ear, and, taking the h•ttb-
bet in the other hand, started toward
els hut,
$lilnninr the rabbit, the woedmanea
wife thrust it upon a spit andit
1ate '
Over a.re, P (
.l�
"It will 1,1H'
do elpuahs tt. sect/tinted die
woodchopper, rublttng hiaudsln do-
isl;ht,
Hardly were the words tittered Mae
the part or tho rabbit
the fire 'leaped etoap1t, ju nue
Into its skit a,'dodatm hc, spit, ijntnited.
th of h,h
door. Aotelde of its back was the dwarf,
who waved a, 0001 good-bye to the
a:0tonisbed couple behind hire•
Presently the dwarf end the rabbit
Dame to where a farmer worked In his
held. The peasant icreeted the dwarf
politely, but 119 aeon as he p0000Iyed
titre relent be called for hie deg, sayingt
I'm going• to catch that rabbit for
dinner,"
NO, you're not," replied the other.
Tie was right, for that very instant the
rnbbit gm+av to such nn tmniens0 elect
that the mean and his bulldog ran, away
ih fear•
Again the tiny man and his tempo).
ton passed tier tiglh ft weed. Approach
Ing by the same path was an old
woman, who saw the rabbit nm1 not the
dwarfs.
"Come, pretty bunny," 0oneed the
*small, boldi g out a carrot; "l will
11ot -halm you."
Then, -as the little creature crone near
to eat the carrot, the woman grabbed it
one tied a cord about its neck, murmur -
Mg to heresy:
,
Now I shall lead tyou home and make
of you it fine meal."
But only a little way had she gong
n she looked behlnd her and
Pound that the innocent Ionising rab-
bit had become a f¢roolous tiger.
tlthlokly sine dropped the word and
tied, screaming,
On the edge of the wood, and hard
by itbeetle, stood a lovely princeee,
clothed In blue and gold.
You pretty little thing!" oefed .ails,
ospyl»g t110 rabblt "do let Me pet
yeti!"
At this moment there came forward
a prince, who was cottrting the prin-
cess.
Yeti eltal.l not sell• your iingers
open the ugly b0a0t," he said, Mettle.
The princess sharply' replied, "Xt Is
tint ugly; It Is - handsome
a ttoocreaOW," w
"Weshall0'eat Is tomorrow. " wag
the prince's response.
"Never!" cried the. pl'lneess, Anil
then eha added, passionately:
"Since yeti do net love animals, I
shall not marry you. Only bad.- mon
hAult„tilennnthe�tab e
d -
sem : r drop ae1806
e :voting 115 b garbed,' purple and
diamonds, He bowed very new to the
p>lnaesa
"Lovely princess,” said be, "you are
the person 1 have long been sestting.
The queen et the fairies has sant me
with this etnrry-neeltlaee, the moat
Wonderfui. otmatnent In the Werlct, fen
ono who loves tile harmless anhnnls,
01' �nrther Mypurpose l changed my -
f eta a rabbit and carried the dwart
with me"
The Orineese Weenie envied throligil-
Out n11 the fond for her reagnirlaeut
Towels. She Married the ruler of to king-
dom beerby, end when at eventide she
wollid Saes through the streets of her
capital the 01111s 1n her necklace
to 1lglht the way. served
old nurse helped her to dress.. Then, the
tinyIrl slipped away, pushed bar sled
out Into the street unobserved, and
seated herself patiently In R. She was
bundled up warmly, although it wasn't
so very cold.
At .last a gentleman came skating by.
Gretchen raised two merry, sparkling
eyes, and pleaded:
Please, sir, won't you push me a
little ways? My sisters have gone and
lett me. I want to go to the soldiers'
building."
gp The gentleman couldn't resist this: ap-
peal,
Yto be a indignant
r cic playedat hupon the
lassie. And he found little Gratchen's
chatter so fascinating that : he went
quite a distance out Of .his way. Then
he turned her over to another gentle-
man of his acquaintance.
Before their- journey was resumed, the
gentleman bought hersome nice sugar
candy. This Gretchen was still munch-
ing when. her protector gave her fete the
care of two other men, to whom he ex-
plained thatfgod the
men, with the girl's
ue,un-
dertook
to push Gretchen the rest of
the way. The three had all manner of
fun, too. Gretchen was really sorry
When the "soldiers' building" was at last
In sight. She thanked the men so pret-
011' that each demanded a kiss. Of
course, Gretchen had to repay the kind
gentlemen, although she kissed :them
ever s0 shyly, .Then she asked to' bo al-
lowed to remain 1n front •01 the depot.
There she sat for fully an hour, eating
the rest of, her candy, until there ap-
proached
her sisters and their .friend,
The 0100000were so surprised that Gret-
chen couldn't help laughing,
"IOow In the world did you even ge8
here?" they asked, both at one time,
"Oh, there arelots of people only too
glad to push me" replied Gretchen
archly. "I could have gone all over
Voorne, or even to Rotterdam, it I'd
wanted to,"
That Is all she would say for the
time, As bey sieters pushed her home-
ward they wondered apd wondered hoW
the little 'girl hadmade the journey.
'SBM CAUGHT A SHRIli1P -
as my relative,the prawn, I am just
ascourageous-and you know what
a courage' he possesses. Yes, I'm in
danger all the time, too, Every old
fish seenns to went to eat ma And
then there's moulting time, when
your hard shell is cast off and you've
nothing but a soft skin toprotect you
from enemies. Why,if you were in
my place you'd diof fright tills
very Instont. kfoulcied. 1s one of my
Very worst enemies. I suppose you're
going to eat me, aren't you? We11, I
don't care. -I'11 show you how bravo
a shrimpcan be!"
' You certainly are e. brave little
fellow, and 1. do deserve all you've
said about me," confessed Catherine,
In admiration, Then sherah brick to:
the water and waded out to where
she bad found btr, Shrimp. There she
left the gallant creature,
"Here's once, at . least, that you
haven't caught anything," teased
Fred, as she entered the house where
her family was visiting.
"Yes but I have," trium hantiy re-
tut•nea Catherine; "I caught a seoltl-
ing from the shrimp." Butsite d1i,n't
explain to. her mystified brother what
she meant,
66'g'M GOM' to, run away," declared
N Jimmy, me/frilly.•E. Then i ictuew' that Something
]rad happened to womnd ,Timmy's feel -
figs., i'VlteneVer 'matters turned alit
:badly be was going to run. away. AMI,.
as Jimmy .was always le trouble, he
was always planning t0 leave home:..
But he never went, - •
• Ellowing very enol! that Timmy would
fact 'relieved It he unburdened himself'
of his woes, 1' asked: •
"What le it now, Jimmy?"
"They punt/theft re
P i actin foe e what 1
xlicwent 15 5 Weetheindignant reply, iia
wont on to explain;
"Ma; told lite yesterday thata would..
have a lot o' people to teener to the '
evening, an' she didn't think there'd be
t111010 i' eafor tee, Si, she mode me get.
my erly an then go upstairs to
study my Weems.
taut you can't study creek seem
n
people
Se, after iawhile, Ithe nnvitl' a pec d•
got my ton
r ' ,fr. yy,17.71 c-aW4r,0,r� .,�`jy �r -
ZCJ' i'Y.$• "e7;:`t7i - e:re ci
pins an' went Into -Ute Vein' room
w .er0 there's a long' distance to howl.
t'onnie. 1 oughtn't to -.uv left my. studies.
1 she
rovulyroc n, token mylett
tIteepees pili. '
We thick otnt neither. thin the i•melt
'811115 11 Mee,
an - 1 didn't think 1 d melte
In11' 110590,
"I hadn't been long howiln' been>re 1
d seovotsd that every 11,1510 0111 '1'115
V:1•510 over a cnrlaht shot th„s tin
ride nn' W„vidr n't ao10',l•
tamineti-0110 plate, ant Whet,
71
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A� i
¢rod"
think I Sound? Why, a big spike that
had been drove right up through the
carpet,
'Now, how wee t to know I was,
dein' wrong 'ellen 1 pnunded that'spilts,
down? I really thought.' I was dein'
ma a favor. 13ot. no sooner had I
lritoekod It clown so that you could,
hardly see11, than It began to go down
further Itself, An' the first' thing 1
knew therewas an orfle crash below,
!adios scrtamin' and pa and tea shyly'
tiomlthin' Sharp,. An' the •NIOXT I11tug
knew pa had ma by the Cellar and
n 1» •aulshl' me the worst vellppht
1 ever got. •
"1.m s�•e; the big chandelier had bean
loose on. pa, 1haddriven the spikes in
the ,m'1Ii' In hold It. Blit how was I
to I:"ow that? .lin' how Was I to know
teat (5hen l !tit the spike it would let
.,n,Ie�l:er fall on the table an
lmah ,ll ilio dlnit;e 0 things? Ccurso
,t t
toll, on I ¢mint ,iblett I oetzht
r•' til I c n,. 1 ..•1 so hard for what
mut et” .,