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FA1Tid VIVIAN was vexed—that is,
es vexed asa good fairy possibly
could be, nut It was because
Fairy `6lvlan was so Very, very good
that she was vexed, You see, she long-
ed to be out in the great, wide world,
doing good to people far and near;
while her majesty, Queen of the :'aides,
had decreed that Vivian mustremain in
the pretty forest, The wood was a
Pleasant dwelling place for any ePrlte,
1t Is true, yet the animals and birds who
were the sole Inhabitants thereof thriv-
ed without having to depend upon her
for protection or care. Only upon rare
Occasions was her intervention times-
sary, and then only to gently chide
some of the squirrels or birdies who
disturbed the eeace of her forest king-
dom by cenUnual scalding,
Bending sadly over a little brook that
murmured and rippled on its way be-
tween mossy banks, the fairy gave way
quest that she responded, somewhat
tartly:
"Very well, granny; which shall It bo
--a rZse or a cabbage?"
"I would like to be both a rosebush
and a cabbage," said the woman, with
deep gravity.
Nothing more than a wave of the
fairy wand was necessary to change
granny Into a. beautiful rosebush and a
flourishing cabbage. But Fairy Vivian
was not content' with this. Now that
the old woman had disappeared she
felt lonelier than before. So from the
rosebush she made appear a troop of
tiny girt sprites, and from the cabbage
a like number of boy elves. Boys and
girls joined hands and ran merrily away
In the forest to play, while Viviansmil-
0d after them,
Shortly, however, there came a violent
rainstorm. The little folk ran in terror
to hide themselves within the she ter
THEY PLUCKED DAISIES AND TOADSTOOLS FOR UMBRELLAS
to her mournful thoughts, when a rus-
tling of leaves caused her to turn her
head. She started to behold an aged
peasant woman confronting her.
"What do you here, granny?" de-
manded Vivian.
"I am tired and weary, gracious fairy,"
mumbled the old woman, "and I cone
to escape the noise and etrito of the
world beyond. "1 would spend the rest
of my days In this quiet forest."
Vivian shook her head as she replied,
"Nay. my good woman, the Queen of
the Fairies commands that none but
birds and beasts and trees and flowers
live within these domains."
"Then change me into a bird or a
beast or a flower!" tearfully pleaded
the aged peasant.
So annoyed was Fairy Vivian at what
she believed to be a most foolish re -
of a friendly rock, whence one of the
elvescame when the rain had passed,
and begged of the fairy:
"Your Most Royal Highness, will you
not be kind enough to provide us with
umbrellas so that we may weather the
next storm without necking such nasty
lading places?"
"Most certainly," laughed the fairy.
And immediately she created two new
kinds of flowers—the daisies and the
toadstools. Thereafter, when the rains
fell, each little girl sprite plucked a
daisy, and each little boy ell a toad.
stool. With these for umbrellas, not a
whit cared they whether skies were
bright or dark. Their frolics continued,
just the tame. And when the daisy or
the toadstool umbrellas wore out, there
was no cause for worrlmeht, Were not
millions and millions of new ones to be
had merely for the plucking?
et'
!CIVEkYa
"A P11]] OF ROCKS, MOSSGROWN AND 'COV]011TD WITH TERNS"
(e'SCan't tell eit's sWi mtn
'
'seurslona that's made thein
doggoned 'Pirates' so mighty
scarce of late," contested Captain Billy,
stubbornly. "4 say it's because they've
got a new bidin' place, an' they've been
Itoepin' close an' secret so's we Won't
find It out."
Lieutenant 'Skinny wiggled his ears
thoughtfully. Skinny was a funny fel-
low; be could twist his orate, his eye-
brows and his ears 'most any way he
pleased; he could put his fingers in 011
sorts of positlons,•'cause he was double-
jointed, and he'd had his appendix cut
out—all of which made him proud, and
justly, too. When the wiggling had
ceased, showing that Skinny had thor-
oughly weighed the matter, there came
'the words:
"I don't know but what you're right,
13111y, Well, all we got to do le to hunt
out their den, just as we did at 'Pirates'
CoVo,' and, every other place the tee
ever. Chad."
"We'll find 'emall right," Cho0ttsed
Jack Warner and Joe Stafhtoii;'r The
other bandits nodded their approval,
"Then see here, lettere," announced
Captain Billy Mumford, brandighing.his
flat impressively in the air, "ovehy
'Bloody Robber' must henceforth - an'
0orev'rmore do his awfttIOOI 1111 we And
Where these skulkin' 'Pirates' is keep-
themselves. Let us to our Work,
Mott!"
Billy had borrowed "Let hs to tier
Work" from 13111 Kane; but, although it
warded mighty fine, it didn't centro any
of the "Robbers" to quicken their pace
toward the schoolroom, where the
"went" atveltcd them.
There Was no "meeting or anything"
Loeh11iltisought 0 trbunon5 In seboot
day by taking a stroll to the woods, Isle
'tenet down • h0 Pike' at dogtrot,
dogtrot,
skirted Pole I3rown1e0's barn, cut
nomas Rocky Lot, and in a jiffy had
arrived at the eeneo that lay outside.
Nobles 'Needs.
eloon. he Was Hooting illmse)f beneath
the lofty trees, Then, tiring oC 10ne-
tion 1
l mc, -
o to
t h
is WAY 10E a t'to et
brrllih and the 1 9s t o n o 'il i' a n
WE t qhnnr i nate f
the wnoda, Where the boat rarely went,
except on "berryln' " expeditlone.
Skinny stooped. to dislodge a piece of
bark from a rotting stump nearby, In
order that he might try his marksman-
ship on a noisy woodpecker, when a
sound came to his ears that made him
dodge quickly behind a tree. Cap-
tain Mike Flannigan, of the "Bloody
Pirates," had a voice that could be rec-
ognized anywhere—and if that wasn't
Mike talking Skinny decided that he
would eat his new straw hat, brim and
all.
Through careful investigation, Skinny
discovered thatiris sound had Come
from an immense pile of rocks, mbes-
grown and covered with ferns and un-
derbrush. He had learned enough,
Carefully retracing hie steps, he made
his way out of the wood, and went fly-
Ihg down the road.
Billy Mumford was pitching horse-
shoes with Bill Brandt when Skinny ar-
rived, Winded and excited. YOu may
know that the news was received with
tntereet; In feet, with so much Interest
that the whole band of "Robbers" were
quickly summoned to Warner's hayloft,
Where, after animated conversation,.
Captain Billy issued these final !netrue-
tions:
"Tomorrow, when all them 'Pirates' is.
atvay at . their baseball game, I want
every 'Robber' to report at the stone -
crusher by the woods—and then there'll
be somathin' dein.' "
There really was "something dein'."
In a body the "Robbers" proceeded to
the stone pile In the woods, They
found a vast cavern had been hollowed,
Where Was every sign 0f their enemy's
oncupenoy. It did net take long to corn-
pietely domelish the don, after which
the "Robbo's" tame away joyful, feel-
ing that, they had done a good day's
work,
Ma the "Matra" weren't so joyful
when they learned of the destruction of
their secret eav0, nor did they appre-
elate the Inbar of their ,'(vein, it one
rnlght judge 11y Mike leinin11gan's roe
marks, As may he supposed, schemes
Mr revenge were quickly etly bn
tebuts,Ca defiantly rtne's"tet 'ere reto ani lin 'Robbin'
1s
toady for'etl'i, any ol" line,"
nder the Spell of a Mummy Sorcerer
SHE TWINS, TO ESCAPE THE BATTLING MONSTI4RS, FLED TOWARD TIIE SEA
SYNOPSYS Oli' PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
T1
HE twins, Ray and Raymond, visit
the natural history museum to In-
s,cet a fossil collection. They are
locked 1n During the night a mummy
high prleat M the Egyptians appears be-
fore them, and In great anger sends them
back thousands and thousands of years to
live with the anlmnls whose bones they
have been examining. Dacky," the
curious toothed bird, proven friendly. Be
promisee to be their guide: Invites them to
climb upon his back, and Idea away with
them upon a tour of sightseeing.
Chapter III
BEFRIENDED BY "DACE.Y."
[(r-('1MIS beats all the airships
1 that ever happened, doesn't
It?" shouted Raymond in his
sister's oar, as he felt the wind rush
past him.
Ray, however, was too'busy holding
on to make response. In truth, she
was rather frightened at the way
"Becky" sped forward, cleaving the
alr with powerful strokes of Ills giant
wings.
The huge bird directed his flight
high above the earth. But, presently,
he descried a tiny speck below him;
thereupon he began a descent so rapid
that it almost took away the breath
of the travelers upon his back. They
alighted near a strange toothed bird,
somewhat resembling "Dacky."
"This is n1y cousin, Sammy Ar-
cheopertyx," said Becky, politely in-
troducing the remarkable bird.
"Ills last name's awful," muttered
Raymond under 1115 breath, "but I
suppose 1171 be all right to call him
Sammy."
Sammy opened his mouth in a grin
not quite so formidable as that of
Daeky. I was just going to at-
tend a meeting we toothed birds
are to hold yonder in the 1011oty,
and if you care to be my guests
for a time I shall be happy to escort
you .thither," -.
"We'd be delighted!" exclaimed the
twins in chorus, while Ray added to
herself:
"What extremely elegant manners
Sammy What's -his -name haat"
Picking their way over the marshy
ground, avoiding panda of stagnant
water by circuitous routes, at length
the council place of the toothed birds
was reached. And what a gathering
it was! The birds assembled were
quite as funny as their names. You
can imagine, then, how funny they
must have been to the twins, when,
In proper order, they were introduced
as Tontmy Ichthyor'nis, Bob R11am-
phorynchus, Teddy Hesperornis and
by other names just as bad. Dacky
told Raymond eonlldentially, however,
that they were known as "Icky,"
"Kinky" and "Vesper." This relieved
Raymond greatly, for he knew posi-
tively Ile couldn't pronounce the names
Sammy told h1m. He would need as
many teeth and as big a jaw as Dacky
to do that.
"But. why don't you make us ac-
quainted with those birds over
there?" whispered Ray to Sammy,
pointing to a small group of birds
who had no teeth and who were look-
ing scornfully at those who had.
Sammy snapped his jaws together
wickedly, "Haid they aren't worth
knowing, I assure you," said he; "It's
only certain , worthless members of
the Dodo family, with Mike Aepyornis,
Jlm Natornis and 33111 Dlornis."
Further conversation was Interrupt-
ed by ICky ath'utting to the center
of the circle that had been formed.
"Fellow -toothed birds(" said he, "we
are assembled this day to discuss
plans of .revenge toward those who
have insulted us."
Vere he looked toward the disdain-
ful group of "untoothed" birds, who
stood aloof. All the other toothed
birds followed their leader's exam-
ple, uttering weird shrieks Of defi-
ance and hatred, At this the dodos
and their comrades haughtily turned
their backs upon the meeting and
pretended to be looking away in the
distant horizon.
"I saY we've been insulted," scream-
ed the now thoroughly enraged lead-
er, "by those 10110 are jealous of our
superior attainments, These wretches,
these know-nothings, have actually
dared say that, inasmuch as we have
teeth and finely shaped bills, we are
neither beast nor reptile nor bird,
but a mixture of both. Yes, 'mixture'
is the exact word they used!"
"And se you aro," Piped Rufus Do-
do from afar, showing that the dodos
were interested in spite of their as-
sumed Indifference.
So infuriated were the toothed birds
at these words that they prepared to
rush upon their insulters, when there
came a sound of great floundering
and splashing, in the marsh, then a
scrambling over ground, as two ime
mense creatures came into view, bate
tiing one with the other. One of the
animals had a head like a turtle,
and he was covered with horny plates,
an upright, bristling ridge running
down his back. The other possessed a
enakelike head, a long, serpentine neck
and a huge body covered with thick hide.
Together these horrible creatures tus-
sled, uttering short grunts and
wheezes and roiling over and over
with a force that shook the ground.
Already the birds—toothed and "un -
toothed". -were in flight. The twins
sped toward the sea margin nearby.
As they ran they heard Dacky
screaming in their ears:
"Quell, for your liven! Ben Stego-
t.'tia9�Y
'f
THEY bIRET SAMMY
saurus and Joe Brontosaurus are
fighting again."
Truly, the beasts were even more
terrible than their names. Ray a'• ?
Raymond needed no warning to spur
them on, But when they remelted the
sea they were filled With dismay. No
further could they go in that direc-
tion, nor could they think which way
to turn. Backe was nowhere In sight.
Just then an immense, crocodile -like
snout poked Itself above the surface
of the Water. At first the twins' Im-
pulse was to rush away as fast as
possible from this frightful inhabit-
ant oe the sea, but the merry t,
kbe In the creature's eyes reassured
them. Neither was the voice unpleas-
ant that said to them:
I peeped out of the water a -t saw
Dimity run away from you, my Odl-
dren. Re ought to be ashamed of
himself for deserting you in such a
=mom But don't he afraid. Come
with me, and I s11a11 take the best of
care of you. I am a nice, merry fellow
—the 'jovial zeuglodon' they call me—
but if the name's too hard for you, call
me just 'Zoogy.' I think I like 'Zoogy'
better, anyway,"
It certainly was very, very kind of
Zoogy. The twins appreciated his
goodness ever so much. They already
felt greatly comforted. And as Zoo-
gy swam out into the ocean he was as
careful as he could be to keep hid
hack, where the twine were perched,
high above the water.
Many wonders of the deep had Zoogy
promised to show them. He was as
good as his word, for not far had
they progressed when the twins saw
a mighty struggle between two mon-
sters whom Zoogy called Tim Ichthy-
osaurus and Dick Plesiosaurus,
"There's going to be lots of trou-
ble around here very shortly," observed
Zoogy, "because Tim and Dick will soon
Have more to do than fight among them-
selves. Do you see that host swim-
ming toward us?"
Ray and Raymond looked over the
water as far as their eyes could reach.
Before long they saw what appeared to
be an army of monsters approaching
through the sea,
Zoogy laughed in glee. "You're going
to witness the greatest battle of your
life," said he. - w
Animals in Harness
yOU who are accustomed to think of
the horse as the only animal in
harness, will be astonished 10
you study the subject further. Of
course, you know that reindeer draw
sledges in the Far North; and that dogs
are employed for similar purposes in
seine countries; that elephants, bul-
locks and goats are frequency used
as beasts of burden. But it may sur-
prise you to learn that in the German
settlement of Andhehn, southern Cali-
fornia, ostriches are trained to draw
light vehicles.
One may now buy in British East
Africa any number of zebras, which can
readily bo trained to the use of bit and
bridle. The zebra is Very strong, a fast
trotter and less liable to disease than
the horse.
Perhaps the oddest animal in har-
ness is a wild boar,driven by a French
peasant. This animal, now titres years
old, draws a little three -wheeled cart.
No bit can be used, so the reins aro
attached to the teeth of the boar.
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"'THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF TROUBLE] AROUND HERE VERY SHORTLY OBSERVED ZOOGY,"
1011
,r "s,' _ •-.:',Lin;.
DON'T know what in the world to do,"
.Lamented the poor mother kangaroo;
"In hunting for food very fast I should go,
But I can't, 'cause my babes are exceedingly slow;
So I often must stop
In the midst of a hop
To wait for the tots to crawl up in a row"
Tho kangaroo couldn't help fuss, fret and fume;
For' days she was plunged in the darkest of gloom
However, a phut to her calve one fine day:
A pocket she sewed in her skin right away,
And 110r babies now ride
Snug and eloso by her side,
And swiftly and. Safo she now goes where sho may,
1.Ziddie of lidos.
Taelt—It' an emlily barrel weighs
clean; pelmets, Whitt. can.
1 I r you do to
Make t weigh algin pounds?
act—Give
Dglc�iat1g111it.With enough hoes.
A Difference to Vitae,
"Can any little boy tell m0 the altfere
epee betiveen a:- lake and nn (Mean?"
"Yes'm, replied )'rnn0ls, who had
teemed 11'onf oxtp40101100; "Mime are
pieasanier 10 swallow when you fall In,"
reLetetkEto/74)&aff
MOTHER GRETC1dEN shrank back alrrightedly, but before the fero-
cious wolt could leap upon her
there came a scurrying of feet from be-
hind and a form passed her, launching
itself upon the terrible beast. A flash
- of steel, and the Wolf had fa11011—slain
by the dagger of brave Ju11001.
"I•Iow can I thank you, 'my courageous
maul" gasped )Mother Gretchen,
The rough countryman responded mod-
estly, "It was nothing, mother, I am
onlyborhoogld."ad to have been in your neigh -
"Oh, yes, but 1t Wee something," pros
Costed the old woman, "and 1 shall see
that you do not lack the reward you tl0-
eorve, hero meg, which u lv
gnarl as yon)'is cll1 kboogt treasure.y(Tnhreste
years from this very lay, breast the
shell and you shall land Oompensaton,
This I swear." .
Julian bowed olumslly, muttered hie
Minims, and continued en hie Way
toward his 11tte Tann.
What the ptnsant told Ills friends of
What had happened they bade hhn r0-
joiee,
"Mother Gretchen is a very wise olid
Womlu1,03 said they, "Some say she 15
a Witch; but hotiw:mover that may be, It
Is well 'known that she has never told
a lie. Never has 511e broken her prom-
ise. You may well be grateful for the
eppOrtnnity tvliteil °babied you to cavo
the. 1110 of such a powerful so'coreos,"
Long and deeply Julian pondered over
these words, Then he came to the 0011 -
elusion:
"If I am to gain great wraith, or other
bcnors are to fall upon me, I must be
preparing for them."
Thereupon Julian, who had heretofore
been somewhat of an idle fellow, dills
"A 13'LASt3 OF STEEL"
gently set about Improving hin,selt
end his rantlltion, By day he plowed
111s fickle and worsted elsewhere about
the Utile term with hltehee 00111 be'
night h0 pored over 1)0010 and did ilio
utmost to acquire learning,
Snot tilt people began to observe a
great change in Julian. So well tat
Play-ActingA VERY learned little i('e,`I. was Milo
died, 'and a remarkal,lc little girl,
besides,. WVhy, at the ago of $ she'
Mead read quite easily, and could do
sums In arithmetic, while era oven knew
a.1ittle geography, By the tune's a.
Was 6, she knew as Meal ae many
boys and girls of 13.
The only fault this learned: miss pos-
sessed was that elle liked to display,
her learning, Now, Mlidred had a else
ter who was just as other girls are—
Perhaps not quite as studious as some,
She enjoyed playing with her dolls and
romping much more than she did her
lessons. And so it was that whenever
Mildred showed her great knowledge
people raised their halide in admire..
tion. Then they would shake their
hands solemnly and remark how pecu-
liar it was that her sister .seemed to
have but little cleverness. This 'would
make Alive feel very, very stupid, But
she was proud of her talented mater,
and as good-hearted a lasete as ever
lived.
One morning the sisters went shop-
ping. ,Ere they reached their destina-
tion they met a kind, old gentleman,
"Where are you going in such a.
hurry, my children?" asked Ile.
"Give thee good -day, graybeard," re-,
plied Mildred, apeaking in a way oho
had learned from boosts, In orderto Un
-
HE WAS ASTONISHED
press the old gentleman. " )ur mother
bade tis to the shambles hie for a Sat
haunch."
"W -w -what;" ejaculated the aston-
ished Old party.
"Haply thou knowest him—the good
man Janes?" continued Mildred, with.
self-assurance.
"No." replied he, very much puzzled,
"but will you not come with me, so that.
I may buy you some chocolate?"
"Alack, we are forbid to tarry, gentle
sir; wo need be blythe. The mother's
patience stays upon our coming."
"And is your sister in arch a hurry,
too?" inquired the gentleman, "Let her
answer for herself," added he, curious
to know if the other little girl spoke in
the same remarkable manner.
But before Alice could give a timid
reply, Mildred interrupted, saying:
"Oh, she knowest little of the gentle
art of conversation, els. I prithee,
question not tooclosely, lest she betray
her ignorance."
"Indeed," responded the old gentle-
man, quite sharply, "you seem to have
great knowledge, but yea certainly
have great conceit, also. I don't imag-
ine such a learned miss would enjoy
simple sweets. anyway.
"Wait a moment," said he, turning to
Alice. Hastening . into a nearby Con-
fectionery shop, he reappeared presently;
with a box of delicious bonbons, which,
he handed to Alice. Then, patting the
modest little girl's head, he left them.
Mildred was so chagrined at the harsh
words of the gentleman that she refused
the dainties which Alice, with all gene
oroslty, ;tressed upon her. But the re-
proof set her a -thinking, with the re-
sult that thereafter she took good care
not to try to let every one know Net
how clever she was.
Clever Trickster.
0T.
Tommy was very clever at doing
tricks, guessing riddles and solvingale
most any kind of puzzle.
The other clay Willie Jones ape
preached, announetng that he had a
question Trams: could never guess.
"How many hairs have I on my
head?"
Tommy looked critically at the mo,1
of hair adorning the 1100d of his friend.
At last he replied:
"There are 2,827,523. If you 'will count
them, you will find this number cor-
rect,"
VOVIEZZ
he applied himself to labor that he ha$
accumulated much wealth. His possess
sions were 11030 greater than those of
any man thereabouts. So well had he
applied himself to study that he was
the peer of any in knowledge, Thus it
came about that ;tenors Were heaped
upon hint. 11a' married the daughter of
a nobleman, and Withthe po3erf11] in-
fluence thus gained became Governor
of the province.
The three years had passed. Dally the
anticipation of Julianhail grown, as 110
looped forward to .the time when lid
could break his preciotta egg. The dolt
had now arrived. Summoning all hie
friends, and with n11 possible ceremony,
Julian broke the egg. It was empty]
In bitter disappointment th0 Governor
had old Mother Gretchen brought be.,
tore him.
"Did yeti not say," said he, reproach-
fully, "that my egg should gain tor L.
a treasure?"
"And ties it net brought you many
treasures?" replied the old woma11,
"But for it you wallet not bo rielt
now or powerful or teethed. Toe wetlld
still he living on your 11tiic fare, Peer-
e1 than ever, and perhaps just as Lg
neem. Do you not aw0 0v0ryU1ing
even your beautiful Wife«inticed your
everyhappiness, to this eggsholl7"
Junin smiled enderslandmgly, Meth.
et', you are right said he; and I;'
theme You with tel my heart for your
gift -a gift morn precious than mortal
over before r000lved,"