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The Brussels Post, 1909-3-18, Page 3W T�4 1!4)42. $hor1jjz Friend THEY JUriMPi ROPE 6 /► Rie you going over to Cha?- ICL'�,� mora' house this afternoon, Eleanor?" Will Stoddard ask- ed his sister, as the two were leaving homefee school, Tenon Eleanor replying that she was, he gave her a note to deliver to Joe Chalmers, "Be sure not to 3 orgot that note for Joe; it's important," he cautioned, when they separated. Eleanor premised, and quickly for- got all about the matter. When school was over, Eleanor: Jumped rope with several other girls In the park: nearby. They had a glo- rious time skipping, so that: the hour was late when they decided 1t was ' time: to go home. "I'll only atop for a minute," Eleanor said. to her chum, Mabel Chalmers, as the two girls approach- ed tlhe home Of the ,Chalmers. A. little while later, when Illeanor had, ". departed, Mabel found on the floor near the hatrack In the ball a slip Of paper folded several times. A hasty Iasi/eat:on revealed the sig- nature, 'W. P./' apparently the "print- ing" of Eleanor's handwriting. There- fore, Mabel continued reading, Inas- much as "W. S." was the signature always affixed to communications sent to each other by the slx members of the "We. Slx" Club, of which Eleanor was president and Mabel secretary. Eleanor undoubtedly hnd meant to give the note to her,but had acci- dentally dropped It, instead, This Is what Mabel read: "A meeting is called for Saturday, 2 o'clock, at 227. Please let the othars know. W. -S," The number "327," of course, refer- red to the - Stodeards' address, 827 Chancellor street Today was lerlday. Therewas small 'tinge left to call a meeting. Mabel telephoned at once to the four other members of the "Wo Six" Ciub, 2Ieantlme, Eleanor, on arriving home, confessed to Will that she had forgotten to give -his' note to Joe Chalmers. Just the way with girls," grum- bled Will, hastening toward the tele- phone in the library; they forget everything." But he h!maelf forgot to ask for the return of the note In- trusted to his slater. 11TEMBERS OF "WE Sig" ARRIVE Mabel Chalmers was the first of the "Six" to arrive at the Stoddards' hduse on Saturday afternoon. To her surprise the door was opened byWill. "Is home?" she asked. "No, she Isn't," came with an abrupt- ness that gave another surprise t0 Ma- bel.. it was strange' Eleanor shouldn't be there, but It seemed stranger still for Will not to speak in his usual courteous manner to her. Indeed, he didn'teven invlleber in. Well, she must stay for the meeting; otherwise she certainty would not give Will further annoyance pr excuse for impoliteness. She would havegone Immediately, "I think T'llwalt for. her, Will; I know Eleanor will: be here soon," said she with decision. And Will, with a troubled look upon his face, Melted her to be emitted. Mabel thought she heard the sound of boys' voices 'upstairs. At the sante moment Will appeared to grow more worried. An instant later he begged to be ex- cused, and when he returned :the voices were hushed. Agn1n the doorbell rang. The second of the "Six" had Arrived. WIll was more confused. And he wassore perplexed when three other girls appeared, one after the other. . "It's curious Eleanor isn't here; she's theonly ono ness111g," commented Ma- bel. She told me she was going to visit her AuntJeannettethis afternoon, al- though elle seems to have informed you differently," said Will rather lamely. The girls looked from one to the other in dismay. "How dial you comp to call the. meet- ing, Mabel?" asked e'rappces Reynolds; As Mabel told of the finding of the note a gleam oe understanding came into it'lbI's eyes, but he grew more embar- rassed than ever, 'Girls," at last he blurted out, "I find INA FARM N I]ARBY - myself obliged to clear up the mystery. That note was meant for Joe Chalmers, and the signature was mine—Will Stod, dard, My liandwrlting 11711011 resembles Eleanor's, so that a mistake was nat- ural," Here be paused. "Go onl go one' exelalmed the others. Why do you wear such a criminal look?" .cried Sara laughingly. 1V111 blushed scarlet, "I might .as well confess," he an- swered helplessly, "We boys belong to a secret society, and we're having a se- cret meeting here today. I had to scheme the worst kind of way 111 order to get Mother, Eleanorand the girl from t11e house this afternoon. Noev that the house was ours, and we were Just about getting ready a dandy 'spread,' why— why—you visit us." Laura clapped her hands, "The.unin- vited guests:" cried she maliciously. Will for the past minute seemed to have been struggling with an idea, Finally he asked to 900 the boys about something, Soon he reappeared and said: "The fellows all want your society to join us. And if yqu'li set as hostesses and help us get the feast ready we'll much appreciate it." ' "We'll be glee to," came In a chorus from the girls. All manner of sport had they over the /matinee the boys had purchased. And the lads Sound themselves having a much jollier time than they could have had by themselves. So that when, at the close of the party, Mabel- suggested that the"Mysterious, Seven" unite permanently with the "We Six -Club" there was unanimous e.5- proval. We'll calf ourselves 'Sixes and Sei•- ens' to dodge the 13 hoodoo!" cried. Ben Grant. "And bere's the one wboss forget- fulness made the club posslblel" shout- ed Will, as the mystified Eleanor step- ped Into the room. 33'LEITTHROUGII TIII>1 WINDOW As 5220It32 dropped.lnto the space bats,..botn two high piles of lum- ber,, he murmured, Mien:ell- antly "Bil3y'd'never think of looking hero. No one Mild spot such & jim-dandy. bid- ing place." "Couldn't eh? Well, 2 seem to have found- it already. What do you mean, anyhow', Young man, by rudely entering a sleeping apartment and disturbing sweet slumber?" Shorty_ quickly recovered from his as- tonishment. He looked upon the un- kempt tramp, .unshaven and forlornly clad, and responded; coolly: "You wouldn'thave slept much longer, because In an hour or so Mr. Jackson is going to 111038 your sleeping quarters, as you call 'em, an' load them on the freight cars. yonder." T31e tramp yawned good-humoredly. Raising himself to a sitting position,. he ' observed, as though to himself; nEtarr 1'O'R A NfEAL "Now that I think of It, the maid did not bringm0 my .rolls, and coffee this morning. Dear mel it's time for lunch- eon, and the hotels of this town would hardly 1e good enough for me." For a moment he scratched his head, whits his fano wore a moat puzzled ex- pression, Then, with a winning smile, ho turned to, the lad and asked: "Sonny, do you imagine your ma owns any nice coldvictualsshe ham no par- ticular use Por," Shorty grinned. "I wouldn't tackle mom now, if I was you, 'cause I ripped My new pants awful this morning and she hasn't forgotten it yet; so she's not In oxao'ly what you'd call a pool temper,' "I see," responded the tramp, reflect- ively. :With apparent carelessness he nehioelrvovera hainto his nln erevolver, forthh gleamed in a fascinating manner as it lay In hes palm. Shorty's eyes swelled to immense size. They glued themselves upon this shin- ing treasure hold 1n the tramp's palm. After he hnd allowed the boy sufficient time to become properly Impressed, the man remarked, quietly; I know you'd like to own a little toy Like this. And I'm going to give it to you when you bring me an armful of HE 350013 TI371 REVOLVER AND STILETTO PROM ITIS POCKET grub. Your ma 1e sure to have some- thing stowed away. Get what you Can find, bring it to me and the little shiny fellow is yours. Seel" Shorty, too excited for words, could only nod that he understood. He start- ed at hearing a shout, in Billy's shrill voice: No fair Itidin'in them Freight cars!" A skiing from the railroad ran Into Jackson's lumber yard, you know, and here gondola cars were loaded with planks and boards, and closed carswith smaller pieces from the mill across the road. Boys playing hide and seek weren't "supposed' to, crawl intofreight cars and pull the doors to after them, caur s- ing him tt o banis2h all r. heO"fellows" from the yard. Billy tired of searching for Shorty, :came to the .conclusion that the latter was breaking the rules Of the 310I 0, I'll bring tItttol3101 In;the woodslacon s Irani the pike," Having delivered him- self of these words In an earnest whis- per, Shorty scrambled down from the heap of boards with groat rapidity. The next minute he was clutching Silly by the arm. "Billy," said he, "there's an old tram, up among the boards, see he's going to give me a revolver If I get him enough to eat. You try to see what you can get,, too, won't you? an' I'll let you shoot the revolver whenever you want." �ge7 TINTER was gone, But the ground Lor many days had heels wet and muddy, so that Little Boy must play Indoors, T1is was the first clay he had been permitted to romp away from the house. Eagerly now he ran through the gar- den and the .orchard, joyfully greeting each favorite spot, until he came to the old spring. Like a cave It Was, with its roof of stone above and the arched opeeing In front. Far into the cavern Little Boy poked his head. Everywhere be. peered. And a leg lump of disappointment stuck 3n his throat. "I(erplunk" wee trot 3.11ere1 Swiftly, then, did Little Boy carry his woes to the Pear Farmer, that nicest of all comforters. "Preggte ICorplunk has gone, though he was all right when I said good-bye last fall, I'm sure," Little Boy explained through his tears. The Pear Farmer didn't say one word. But rapidly sketching his magic pear, he seen changed the lines Into the draw- ing of a Veggie. A word of enchant- int/Me-and .Little Boy was happily bear- ing to the spring a real Itve froggle. This is how wecame to have today f isnn 't too chard foratany blesson girl 1 to attempt. "Did you see the revolver?" question- ed Billy, . suspiciously. "Oh, I seen it all right; an', say, there ain't nousetalkire—it's a beauty!" was Shorty's reassuring answer. Billy was convinced, The two dashed through the gate of the lumber yard and sped toward their respective homes. By the exercise of utmost caution, Shorty was able to enter the house without being observed. Ro gained the 'pantry. Still he was not inter- cepted. Then, selaing a -tin pall, he hastily dumped Into it the remains of a. fried chicken, a huge cylinder of Jelly roll and some cold potatoes. He heard - a footstep h1 the hallway. Sweeping into the bucket every other article of food within reach, he threw open ethehe. pantry window and leaped tonly a ground below. 1 scuttle around the elle of the house and Out upon the road. Presently he was Joined by Billy, who had succeeded in filling several large paper bags with eat- ables and escaping without detection They found the tramp in Noble's woods, standing over e, fire upon which several ears of corn were roasting. His eyes brightened when he saw the lads approaching. "Come on boys," he shouted, jovial - 1y the table Is reedy." "You chaps said by wofcmplimnt, whenit were seated about the fire and the "P OCIiIITS AND HANES FILLED WITHI ROCKS" result of the lade' foraging was shown. Of eourae, Shorty and E111y were too excited to eat anything, although the tramp Invited them to loln In the feast. They sat watching him stow away victuals to an alarming ex- tent, and hoped that Ise would soon produce the pistol.. At late the tramp paused and, although his eheek was setollen tvllh an immense burden 01 potato, he managed to say thickly: "I remember my promise to you, sonny; and Ian going to give YOU something 8.0 well"—jerking his thumb toward the attentive 1311ly. Thereupon he took from his pocket the revolver, together with a stiletto hafting a curiously carved handle, "These," explained he, with a flour- ish, "were found by nee on a little Island in the Pacific ocean. They were beside an old, rottin , iron- bound cheat when„ I stumbled across them, levidently they were years ago the property of pirates," TRANCE ASE:5 ,A LITTLE FAVOR Shorty and Billy listened with bated breath. And now," saidthetramp, lmpres- elvely, they go t0 your "Before I leave, boys" concluded he, "I wish one of you would carry this note to Charley Parr, who keeps the tobacco store, you know. I <11d Charley a favor some years back, and when he reads this he'll give you a plug of tobacco for me. And, If you don't mind, the other fellow can bring me some water in the bucket. I'm certainly thirsty after this splendid meal, and that's a fact!" ele still. carelessly Held the revolver and sti- letto. The lads, nothing loath to do further service for the gifts they were about to receive, departed cheerfully on their mis- slons—b111y to Charley Farr's store with a folded Sheet ofgreasy paper, and Shorty to the spring for water, Plfteen minutes afterward B111y, with a face like a. thundercloud, was speed- ing toward Noble's woods. Among the trees be found Shorty, who exclaimed to Billy as soon as he saw him; "Say, Billy, I've been luggin' this water round for ten minutes, but I can't line that doggoned tramp!" 'Well, if I land him he 11 get good an' plenty!" was Billy's wrathful reply. "lee sent me on a foot trip to Charley's an' he's done us out of the gun and knife. We're a 0013510 of fools, are we? Well, we'11 show '1m!" With pockets and hands full• of rocks, with fire and vengeance in their eyes, Shorty and Billy began a desperate search for the hobo. But he had outwit- ted them and had disappeared. So 1he Only reward they gained for their after- noon's work was the punishment visited upon them after the theft oe 111e victuals was discovered, Bilver L.iii Glx .. lrrit, s,. ,,,: ..4t.t1.•ytr . _ w 't gleet—i 6'1 1' lli,. .5-,' 1t 1 rr hit teenla }I's erg 41-177218 scurvy rogues! If I could 1 but punish their Insolence!" As Lhe doughty baron utter- er] these \verdee from between clenched. teeth, he glowered upon a group of: the 0110m', Safe .were they from attack, - ' and they knew It. In the first place, the archers !aloe/ - 0d to: the b0ren's castle had shot thele. laei al'rowwel hrgtlebllsee were 11013 w1t31- eut bolts; all 1116 85'0nes al'ellable had been used. her the catapults. Spears and bwords Were the Only weapons remain - Ing 1n the heath/ of the besieged, But the e0warrily army of soldiers Who were cneampad about the castle uhtil the baron's proeislons gave Out did not wish. to put their proclaim Selves in the way Of spears and aw0rde. NOW, several of thee* braggarts stood beyond the fosse, or ditch, surrounding the cantle, and they taunted the baron with the fact that lack of foo4. must boon force him t6 surrender, else lie starve, Tho baron, upon the outer wall, Was pesldc 111115011 with wrath, There cored be no Use ih sending out men-af-anus', because the chlcken-hearted foe would take to their heels, and,' In good condi- teen as they were, would easily eutdls- tehco any half-starved pursuers. I3e fumed and stormed; he felt that he lhlmN036 would be a match for the nth the number of insulters. He longed for an opportunity to fight them, Then ills eye chanced to fall upon the useless catapult, Useless? Not'qultel The next indent our valiant baron was In position, the bolts were released by claves and the warrior wag sailing through the air. I3e bleared the ditch like an eagle, and swooped, too, tike an eagle, upon the titiece rthy,enemy. Just a few serape of mail 010135 were loft of the group when the baron buckled oh lite sword again to return to his Castle, Even to this day is told the story of how the mightyBaronFortmaln over- •clrtihlehalf 40 1,0 011Vereatles at one 6 6I3, JEANNETTE, don't do that!" exclaimed Mary, as her friend, after divesting a cake of thee - elate confection of its wrappings, was about to throw away the paper foil. "And why not?" asked Jeannette, in surprise. "Because," the other replied, "I al- ways save it to make little novelties for mysmall brothers and. sisters." A great many novelties can be made in this way, too. The pictures show you some of those Mary has improvised— eh/el-tens, donkeys, dogs, giraffes, bas- kets, goblets, Ruts and fencing men, In Figure.1 the twists are made at the ends, When it is desired to make twists at op- posite sides of tete main stem, a part of the foil is first left untwisted and then the twists are made separately un each side, as illustrated in Figure 2. Greatest care must be taken when attenneing construction per proportions to to ithiice them at proper intervals .along the trunk. Punishment Enou gh AB0,- of 12 years of age, with an ale of melancholy resignation, wont to his teacher in one of the Liverpool schools the other day and . handed In the note ote from his mother before taking 31t" 8001: Dear sir: Please exeise Jstnes for not being present yesterday. He played truant but ymh needn't thrash him for It, as the boy he pleyed truant with an' him 3511 not, ami he thrashed Janice; an' a leen they threw stones at catlgtlt him . and thrashed Hila; apt' the driver o3 a cart they hung on to thrashed 3111e; an' the °tuner of a eat they ehtteed thrashed tithe Then i thashedblur when he came home, after which its father tln'ashed 111M, and 7 had to. give 1,1111 another nem for being impudent to me for telling father, Se YOU decd not 11100017 kiln 00111 next tittle, He thinks heti better attend reg• hear in future." Ernest Gets «id of a .Tooth °BODY'S tooth ever ached 1i1t2 �- that, .Whole sawmills buezed away In lila head, cutting luta - teeth and nerves, liene51 said ea himself, "Piave It out)" abvlsed nurse. No -o -o, Ernest wasn't quite ready to have it out, because that meant a vteit to the 'dentist, ' Ile had been to the dentist's before, and he had 110 pleasant memories of the ecce- cion. No, he would rather wait a While for the pain to go away, - Bet, instead of vanlahiug, the Pain ' grew worse, 1313th 23rnest flew into a raga, crying la the vexation: "Come on, nurse, I want the old thing pulled! And I hope the dentist hurts It all he can. It's hurt ME enough l" Nurse could hardly keep pace with bin, so fast Ernest walked through the streets, Upon arriving at the POUGIIT WITH NURSE AND DENS 7IST dentist's office,however, he wasn't In such baste to have the tooth hurt.. Indeed, as he looked at several other Persons, there upon the same errand and all of whom were groaning and In agony, he began to feel a little more frightened than angry. A doubt came as to whether HE night not be hurt more than the tooth. This doubt became so big that when bis turn came and nurse led hlm to the dentist's °hair Ernest went most unwillingly. He saw the forceps raised to his mouth. With a howl he dashed frons LAID HIS CHEEK AGAINST TH131 STOVE the chair, almost knocking over the dentist, fought with nurse, and then with nurse and the dentist. But he escaped through the door, Porgot- ten was the aching 01 the tooth. Soon the tooth was throbbing worse than ever, Ernest decided to try reme- dies of his own. One thing was certain; he wouldn't en back to that terrifying dentist, Still, placing one's head under a spigot oe cold water didn't bring relief. It only gave him a cold In the head. Ernest next tried the effect of Heat upon the tooth. Wbile laying Ills cheek against the turnace this clothes caught flee. BUNDLED HIMSELF IN BE•D He burled lernaelf among cushions, until the ache became so dreadful that he threw off the eushions'and the un - offending pussy who had perched her- self on top of them, Nurse Made another suggestion, "Why not go see the magician and forget about the tooth?" she asked, Ernest didn't thlnh he 001351) forget the tooth, but he'd try, anyway, Such astonishing feats the magician performed that the poor boy actually d1d forget the aching tooth. en amaze - 1n0311 lie watched the clever matt take from a little girl's mouth a slug she haute. known was there. Oh, the Magician was beckoning to YANKED OUT Tim TOOTH HIM Ernest Walked excitedly up the aisle, seated himself', and openedhis mouth as the magician Inetruoted, nest wondered wondered It anything Weted come out, Yes Indeed; the tooth came 0131: Tett see the magician felt sorry for the boyy, and, with 111s ,strong lingers,. had deftly Yanked, out the oifendhig tooth, lead 11e brought forth a diamond Ere neat would not. Mare been more pleased,'. Gratefully thanking the fine ggeetlemnn, he tripped gully 1101110, seetnieg, in lila ha311tness and lightness of Writ, to walk. upon the air'