The Brussels Post, 1908-10-22, Page 3Mystic Basket
6E &.W, hurry home, Atlee, for
your mother will he expecting
saki Grandma, ea one
biased the little girl and thereat a begat:
of coolies into her hand.
Ailed Placed upon ]tor arm the basket
Which grandma was sending tomother,
and with a Inst geed -bye to .her grand-
mother trudged down the lane.
1301 walking in he crisp autumn air
noon put a keen edge on her appetite\
She (Melded that-8he would rest awhile
on the bank nearby and cut sumo of
granelnla'o delicious a mince,
Jest then sin espied miming down the
road toward her a faverlte playmate,
Nemec Brown.
Bessie, Koerte!" cried alio, "you
JIr f
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Legend of the Kind
e0 er aid
T WAS many years ago that little
Jacques -first put to:sea In 11):1 1ather(
fishing boat. The lad's father had
just died, and although Jacques' mother
p ended with `int mu to undertake sued
a heavy and dangerous task, he raid:
"1 ani already 12, mother, and 1 011(121
Work so that We may eve."
With these courageous Overdo he 10111%1
CREPT INS11)13,
ohould see what tempting cookies I
leave!"
And Bessie dill rro, as well as taste
them, as she sat with A11ee a few min-
utes later en a knoll sloping from t110
roadside,
So good were the canna, and so busy
were the two little girls exchanging
Confidences that they diel not observe te
Nan, hungry -looking cat approach the
basket and eagerly smell at the con-
tents. Nor chi they see pussy pry open
the ild with her paw and silently Crawl
PUSSY LEAPED OUT.
inside the basltet. The lid closed again,
and
Tlic r counties eaten, the
ice took) up iter
basket again and continued nn her wav
toward the village, while Bessie went in
the opposite direction.
seem so heavydnow, ibutbsheethought
she moat have 1r/interned this. And she
del net know otherwise unto she brought
the basket 1n10 the presenceof her
mother, saying:
I had n splendid time at grandma's,
mimeos", deer, and I've brought a nice
ehiekon 11ont0 for yon.'
No sooner had she raised the lid,
however, than the cat leaped out and
darted swiftly through the open door.
Alice dropped the basket in dismay, and
her mnUter raised her hands In aston-
ishment, They were even More sur-
prised when they looked Inside tho
basket and discovered nothing but a
few bones.
Alice Is still of the belief that the cat
must Nava entered the basket through
mottle. She has resolved, however, to
,watch her burdens more carefully here -
oiler 1w11Cn slue lays them down.
TELLS THE MARSHAL 1IIS PLAN
'il ® UI{ING the Austrian eampalgn
Z�LNp Emperor Napoleon instructed one
Of his marshals to capture a cer-
tain fort. New, this fort was so etrong-
lY fortified as to be deemed almost 1m-
prcgnable. Naturally, therefore, it
woeld be supposed that the marshal
would be provided with all the engines
Of war In order that he might lay siege
and tape the fort. But for some reason
Napoleon neglected to supply each
equipment.
Too may know that, consequently, the
marshal was much embarrncsed. Sum-
moning the 011100rs of his staff, he d:s-
eussed the matter' with thorn. Nene
could suggezt a way out of the dilTi-
cnlly,
One et the escort of the marshal was
a young officer named Francois, who
had gained rapid promotion through
gallant service, though be Was but a
A Twig Barometer
NY girl or boy can make, aliro-
lutely without expense, a real
1 barometer which will foretell the
wencher accurately.
Take a little tree branch, wile) a twig
eetending from it, and nail this to a
board. De Mare to leave the twig en-
tirely free. Ilion hang your barometer
In the open air, keeping 1t protected
from sun and rain,
Weed is so sensitive to the weather,
Lt
that you will find that the kind of
Weather which causes an ordinary
barometer to fall will also depress the
point of the twig, and the opposite hind
of weather will cause tho twig to move
upward. , After testing the movements
for awhile, you will be able to mark a
scale o1 the board,'
Of course the twig must be readjust-
ed from time to time, and a new one
substituted occasionally.
the
66,f'�I RANDPA says we may feed the
.� chickens all by ourselves,
Roger! }S'tin't It be fun!"
shrieked little Mnrgmrot, running so fast
into the Meta that her pudgy toes
eatlght h) the rug anti .she sprawled right
Into the arms of her brother,
"'Deed it will," said Roger, when he
again found the breath which ie blow
from elargaret's elbow hall made him
lose. •
And they really did find It great fun,
for of all the pets of grandpa's big farm
"the "chiekfes" pleased them most, There
wero so inane, of them, too, that you
had any number of Mee ones to choose
front,
' there, I've just counted two times
two handfuls of wiiltiesl" exolahned
Margaret 1n triumph. You see,. she Was
e
struggling, indignant hent Beside her
was a great bucket of black paint, Wliice
she had found in the barn.
"Come, help, grandpa!" Margaret
gasped, as she heard grandpa approa01),
"I'm doing lily very, very best to paint
same of the white eleekies black, so's
Roger can have as many binekice as I
have whitlos, but the oblides don't
went to be painted!"
oft,
SWUNG •ON THE TRAPEZE
boy. Francois was absent from the
council of the marshal's staff, but upon
his return he learned 00 the problem
which confronted his general,
"Marshal," said Francois, the follow-
ing day, "I have a splendid scheme
LAND.LD ON THE Pe/UP—ET
w ere y the fort may be captured."
Whereupon the two eonverscd In low
tones for half an hour. Al the end of
that time the marshal said:
"I give you full power to carry out
your plan, May 1.Ou be successful!"
Trance a Immediate y caused to be
erected Just outs:da the walls of the
fort two thigh punts, between wbleh he
suspended a trapeze. Then be lied rev -
ern! of the snidlers exercise upon it in
oeder that all suspicions of the enemy
nr
T10111 :•V OPEN THE GATES
would be allayed,
That night, however, he set out under
cover of :the mantle of darkness, Fleet
clenching ria sword- between his teeth,
he climbed mem the trapeze and then
suspended hinter): by his hsnds.
Once, twice, thrice be swung, Gain-
ing Impetus with each turn, finally be
des"rihe,l In lits course almost three-
ttuarters of a circle.
Then, en the last forward swing, he
released his held an the bar. Hurtling
through the air he went. A moment
and 11e 1an]ed on the parapet of the
fort.
With an exclamation of triumph he
crept silently forward. Leaping upon the
sentry, he made a deadly sword thrust
before the soldier could make ornery,
Another guard he finished In the same
way. Francois now rushtd to the gates,
threw Mem open and shouted for a cam-
Ilany of his soldiers who were waiting
outside. Without et second's hesitation
the French 001E1111x swarmed into the
fort. So Surprised was the garrison that
it could offer but little resistance. Scan
the sort was In the banes el tee enemy.
You may be sure that the gallant
Francais was rewarded with another
promotion. Lel, at 1iet request, he was
still on the staff of the marshal.
Nor was it long before he engaged in
another dangerous and thrillin exploit.
This Polly Evans will describe neat
week,
A Donkey's Work
5 g THEN Sir Clifton, Lady Robinson
and Lady nodes gave a gar-
den party not long ago, in
England they enlisted the aid of heir
friend, 'Jessie. Jessie Is only a donkey,
hut a mighty nice, clever donkey. De -
sides, LS the party was fur the benefit
his mother good-bye. Sho stood a long
time Watching the boat as it danced
away on the Woves that wash the coast
of Brett'''.
Ilut soon a wind arose which fll!ed the
teens and sent the boat scudding over
the water, now crested with foam.
Jac0ues found himself unable to man-
age both Intrudesto7ll he eespedr, 10r Not was
determined to bring some fish home. At
last, however, when he note that his
labor was In vain, he found that 11e
must give up the strugglhe
As h0 was about to draw in the nets
he was surprised to see a beautiful lady
v, alking toward him upon the sea. it
Ives a falry--tete hairy of the Brave Lit-
tle Folic, She said to Jacques;
"You take the tiller while I Ash for
YOU."
And how she did 051)1 Gleaming masses
of silvery bass and mallets were seen
lying in the boat, together with doradur,
r flectedl sparkled
aunligti t.blWhendas the craft
Could hold no mora fish the good rairy
kissed Jacques and murmured, as she
prepared to take her flight:
"Now sail away home with your cargo
RANG-0t1TANG beat violently upon his hairy breast:
Res 'unding through the forest boomed the warn-
ing to 1)0 rest
Of Then Jifonarch o Lion tharestive People
nd'rouslyjoined in the wild alarm,
To which ail creatures listened as they wondered what now
harm
Themselves did menace, and their families.
Again the cry resounded, and the animals quick knew
The meaning of this signal, as together they now hew
To lend asslstmzce with a ready hand;
Screech -Owl reported fire amongst the bets not far away,
And since with Men the beasts were friendly at this early
de;
They rushed to give what aid lay at command.
The Jungleville tire lads' brigade sped rapidly to where -
Thatched cottages were burning; then each one did freely dare
Most perilous of rescues, creeds most bold—
Rhinoceros ripped huts apart with his tusk fire -axe keen,
Long Python and the Elephant sent water cracks between—
Good hoses they both made, so I've been told,
And Monkeys grabbed up natives with their paws and tails,
and so
A. -down the back of tail Giraffe they slid and dropped below
Upon the upturned shell of Turtleboy
Until, at last, all Mon were safely .resting On the ground,
When to the brave lire lads' brigade the human People found
Much need for words of gratitude and joy,
JESSIE COLLECTED MONEY
of Our Dumb Friends' League, who la-
bor to help animals, clic noble ladles
were sure Jessie would assist them,
And so leeele did; for she went 0beet
the assembled gguestscollecting money
in behalf of the fund, She gathered
ever so touch in ih15 way. meetly be-
cause every one liked Jessie so well.
.AMONG THE CHICKENS
fondest of the {011110 chiokens, and sinee
the tiny miss hadn't yet learned 10 count
With film bees slle had to ceunt 1ho1)) off
on her fingers,
'eager leaked searchingly (rear the
fleck, but at last ho was famed to reply,
00m0Wllnt 1'006111y, "1 pat'en't gat neer-
ly a5 ninny black mu00,"
Nen', Mergeret wee 00011 an unselfish
YI 111(10 girl that elle w0u111 gladly have
Steen Roger moms of her w»110 etnekles,'
but she knew 110 much preferred the
• black 01108 for uels. Se alio matte lip her.
bend idle'd think of some 01hee plan of
waking their faeer1tee teen 71n nnnrlber,
Tile next d11Y, lie grandpa was Wallis
Ing toward the chleken 'yard, 11e was
errprieed to 00) a white chicken danbod
well black Minh sguawkiing from the
VIM. A nionlent later another fel10teed,
and
he hcend more angry equawlcing
Mal flapping 0t wings as he drew near.
me Ile haslen0d 1110 steps, 50011 What
4 ebeillcl 110 see but Margaret, sitting of
1i able >5uohnd si11dholding ira11l10ally to it
r11
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i
TIPLRE 0'asonce a Ming sur-
rounded by courtiers who were
continually calling one another
wicked names and insisting that their
acquaintances never told the truth.
"Gentlemen! gentlemen," the king
would cry, "you must net aee100 One
another of falsehood and other vices,
for people will soon begin to think T-
am ruling over a kingdom of knaves,"
One day be added to th15 rebuke:
"Gentlemen, tante pattern after me. I
never lnsult a person or accuse him of
falsehood. Indeed, dl ony of you should
end me doing such a thing I will be-
stow upon 111m the hand of my' daugh-
ter."-,
Now, it so happened that the king
was Oleo fond oe etorles. Upon a Cer-
tain afternoon he turner] to a page who
stood near h101, and lisped:
"Is there no tale you cam give me,
boy!"
Yes. sire, A. very strange adventure
befell /no 01100, With your permission
1 shall relate 11,x'
"Gladly will I listen," reelie) the lying.
"Before I entered your 5oreico, " be-
gan the 10,9, "I Was hired by It miller,
1 Vhilo I was tying themouths of floor
melts, on a spr111g morning, I found a
pine cone right at the top of one of tho
hags. Without thinking much about
my discovery, I thrust the cone into
my pocket and went about my bust -
nese,
Upon the next day, however, I
str011od in the woods. Chancing to 1)111
my hand in my pocket, I found the
carie, t drewit out and carelessly
threw It tram me, All tit once, to lnY
mmuzemellt, a giant pine tree sprang
no w11e1'o the rens had fallen, Ear Mite
the sky 1t reached, Completely 'out of
sight;
.Meger for adventure, Netted to
01hnb this mousier tree, p alio ftp I
Wert, until I was ttlluvo the. 0100ds,
Though It may sound strange, sire, I
finally ren011ed the moon, .And you
.would hardly believe the wonderful
things I saw there. Bares charged
one another in th1e, same manner as do
our Beats and stags. When they met,
so terrific was the force of the impact
that they folded up like telescopes,
"While there, too, I slew a half. In
the struggle, however, the beast torn
oft my head, so that T had considerable
11 trouble in putting it on again, And no
sooner did I accemplisll this feat than
It began to rain in torrents, While I
was wandering 01,000d seeking shelter,
a bond et kindly elves suddenly op -
peered before mc, and with their Im-
mense hands formed a shelter for mc.
"I had an opportunity to merry the
ring's daughter there, also, She was
very fond of sports, yon know. Ana
once mho leaped so high in the air that
she would. Surely have Mut hersc)!
evhen 0110 landed on the ground. I
sprang forward, However, and caught
her es she descended, The lung then of-
fered me the band of the princess, but
I refusecll"
Bare tile Ming, who had been growlnlr
angrier each moment at the thought
that tho daring youth was malting sport
of him, cried out:
"Boy, thnu'rt a fool and a liar!"
"I have Won your daughter, 0110," r0 -
turned the youth,. coolly,
"Now howl Whet 10 this now Inso-
icnce7" demanded the Ming, in great
wrnft),
Maheteminded his royal
sterQof iheieen lw gerle boy rmadn, a fete' days
age, when the pllne055 was Offered 10
ally 0110 Who beard the king Insldt n
'person,
Mt weird, and In 1 ®an et hatter, ltgpt
Youth rva, mauled, to the loA,a,tfl'lil
prlpp005,
THERE was once a boy who sew
a crab. It was a big crab, but
not a very big crab. The boy
however, had never seen any but very
little crabs, so he was much fright-
ened. And he ran away to hie father,
crying:
411, Lather, I saw a crab on the
beach that's as big as a toad!"
sailor, wishedtlto seeehthe crab. R,'.'oshe
made his way toward the ocean.
lligeocsinstghethe village towhom
said;
"There's a giant crab down on the
beach that's es beg 00 a demi"
And the policeman, hastening after,
shouted to the but0her, who was toll-
ing within his shop:
Cone along and have a look at the
giant edi t
Immediately that's
l>1 her hu ries
from the shop, without pausing to
rem005 11)e apron, As lie darted
across the street after the others he
trailed to a hunter passing by:
"Don't mesa seeing n. giant crab
that's deme on the beach. It's its big
tea all ex."
The hunter, very much excited
Joined the butcher, and they hurried
forward to overleke the others.
When the party came In sight et
tho beach the 5o/iceman Mullett 0111
1115 re`'niver, the sailor brandished a
huge knife, the hatcher -swung a
the huntertl cleaver is rifle. lee doubt
this envegc crab was dangerous, and
It were heat to he Well prepared to
meet danger,
Then, When the boy pointed out the
of fish and telt your mother how a fairy
rewarded a tittle boy for itis bravery,"
The curious townfo)k who had amused-
ly observed the boa sail forth with ]11s
boat nine clustered on the beach to wit-
ness his return, They were overcome
with amazement when they haw the
great load of 11012 --the finest catch ever
made off the ceeet. An 7, In their admi-
ration, they heetened to buy from the
lad.
"It was a geed fairy, mother," J toques
explained, Its he threw h1s arms -about
ler ofd gave her the money which was
to bring comfort into the little but that
bed been so cheerless but a short time
beferc.
Innocent crab, which had been the
cause or ell this disturbance, the
members of the group nearly swontie,t
with chagrin. Truly, they were shock-
and The butcher blamedtthepobutcher,
leen as
131; SAW1 A DIG CRAB
peel the policeman blaimed the sailor,
rind the sailor spanned the boy, m-
Ast1ng 5, 111ts11)1' 00 alone
Serol)to0)'1)5 to
blame --except the hunter, and ha
probably Would have done as did the
others had he me! tiny One Whom i10
Might have told of the genie: arab,
Von sec, it is mutt better to suit
10 the plain troth, even though a tow
arnam0015 might matte the tale ever
so mucin more fa1einating,