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The Brussels Post, 1909-3-25, Page 3al ef144 INC? glanced up with dismay, The candle burning overhead gave such Poor light that, strain his. eyes as be would, he. could hardly make out the characters Inscribed upon the paper held 111e hands, He was very studious, and learned, too; but hewasalso very poor, so that he could ill afford to barn more than one candle, et grieved Ling, however, to think he must wait for daylight In order to cone Gram the reading of this very interest- ing work. What could he do? Alii Hare wee an opportunity toapply the great wisdom ho possessed. Ling knotted his brows,but only dor an in- atant. Then he caretu)ly soaked hie queue In melted wax and permitted it to dry until the Bair was quite stiff. To the end of the queue he attached the lan- tern, Ile bent the queueover his head, and, with the light,ehining clear upon his paper, calmly went on reading. Clever Ling! 771a2,Vez-zie S& .66 OOD day, little one," sold the big man with the kindly face, as he passed through the lodge. Honoree looked gravely up at the Artist. Manfrom the scant height which four years had given her. She liked this huge grown-up, and,when Honoree liked :any one she smt)ed with a tins rosebud of a mouth, a pair of great, round eyes and two cunning dimples. Hcnaree smiled now. The Artist Man paused, held, perhaps, by that baby smile. He rested a hand lightly upon the wealth oe golden hair that fell in a gleaming cascade from the little one's bead. Turning to the Concierge, or lodgekeeper, he asked ap- pealingly: Will not madame permit a picture to bo made of the charming little girl? I shall take the best of care of her." And madame, -won as the baby had. worked. One day the tiny miss pottered all the war. up. the stairs by herself. She hadn't seen the Artist Man for a whole day, so that she waslonely. Therefore she' ' bed slipped away from the lodge. After rapping timidly upon the door, to Honoree's surprise, it was -opened by her friend, tie -nice lady, dressed in ex- actly the eame way SITE had often been dressed while the Artist Man. painted, Why,.. do you play Marguerite,' too?" gurgled Honoree, clapping her hands' delightedly.. The lady took the child upon her lap. as she replied;, "Yes, little one. Sometimes betore a great many.. people, while the musio plays. I always -sing when I play 'Mar- guerite'- this way. Perhaps some day you will' do it so, little one." you see 'Honoree was too small' to hen she} sang lady the opera, but Ialio did understand very well when the lady Bald gently! . "Tomorrow 1 am going to play.'Mar- gguuerite' far away from here, little one. So today I must kiss thee good-bye." Honoree was sorry so sorry that tears welled in the great blue eyes. Nor was shecomforted even when herkind friend gaveher a present of a hand, some little necklace at parting.:. 'No Marguerite should be without her Jewels," the lady had whispered, ..cry.�rh-,�: - CQm� ,iPf. T.‹Peee' ?gee trade' 4W /i� Wry. "ar ; l�ir'r>, fi%e-. E'pp 117.4.4 r rr, re:ai"?s�a9l f r 04+ re a. Xe -f writ r'0w 41.; Q2//'a' , eeteeee �Rt yy _ rrro7 4 c�Ijeye�; , 04,d e."4 sr¢ : ur .r e-rr ; Z1etr,riv 4;7;"77.t0,14. pfr oar .ora-� . .. ".arkee .r ekorett;,•C4•4/ J er ms, .tic=" egr, %perp- a• t^re r l%v112• zrnfas. 49.. / ,.Ore kawa,71a.r. 7 lrefe dr«m .e7Zi-ver'tv. ;icP!t „,Jl.A'on' a1ad�folTl,�/i' nim alZoor°N..ir.. ti nt, had lust bought 1t for Tobi 441�v11 in the Garden of the 'Tuileries whloh, you know, 18 in Perla. I was a beautiful toy balloon, big and re and shiny, with a long cord that ltept i from flying away. f- Tobie wondered whether, If he prease Very hard upon the balloon, he cool a... make 1t rest upon the ground, He knel and put the toy earefuliy on the gran Al the ear. time big Hold on the cord loosened. Then, strange to tell, the hal. Loon moved not upward, but along the wound, How' it rolled! Tobie chased madly after It. There was only one thing In the world in. which Tobie was interested now. Ills sole desire was to clutch the end of the 'string attached to the ballo0n, But the chase was long and hard before )temaa- aged"to secure the coveted grasp. To. the boy's great surprise, however, the balloon did not stop when he caught up to it. No, it was drawing Tobie after ft, Rut the lad wouldn't let go, Ile was determined to keep a firm hold, And then—Toblelzimaolf didn't know bow it happened—the: balloon was soar- ing up through, the trees and bearing the little boy with it. Tobie wag too busy keeping a grip on the cord to feel fright- ened. e this square and le above the neat, may' s turn COMB, and I move across that t equate acid into the nest one. 50 we d neve until we Cetus to a town. And the t 0110 who moves off the sgnaree into the town wins.,' a Tobin found this game to be most tad - d cleating. It was he who -won, too; fop t he iumpop the balloon• (rein the last. s held onto the outskirts of a town. While they were passing over the ohurelh spires, which, looked like ne0dles, and the red roofs of the houses below]. A QUIET LETTER GAME . OMIT boss of capital. letters aro �. needed. These can be printed or. drawn or painted on squares of cardboard beforehand, by the way. The leader tells the chola 0f players seated." round the table what to do. As soon as she gives a command the players begin to seektor letters. T1te, one who fulfils the order first wins a small prize, These Tridiis prizes are greatly appreciated, be 1t noted, and they should be nice little bonbon boxes. This 1s the game: Make -a girl's name wtihtwoletters-(Answer L N). Something not full—(M T). A warning—(L 0). An observation. call—(I C U). What dead things de—ID X). Pepper 1n two letters -(M N). Water In one letter—(C); very easy. Water with something in It—(T), A town -(C T). Not cheap—(D 11). To a fowl—(U R A N). To a staga whole sentence fn seven letters—(I C U R A' D R). This game ends with a small trick, The guide says, "Write the word 'empty' In two letters," All will put down M T. But two round O's must be drawn and "empty" written in each one., THE 3LF APPEARS Presently a tiny door near the bottom of the balloon opened, Tobie had not observed this door before, It d1d :not show on the outside. However, It surely was a door, because a,wee elf poked his head through it almost immediately. "Hello, down there!" he shrilled; "don't you want to come in?" "Can't; Ien too big!" gasped Toble, "Nonsense!" returned the elf, Reach- ing through the door, he braced hit -neat and pulled up the cord, with Tobie dan- gling on the end. A moment later the boy was cafe and sound within the. door. And he was no bigger than the elf! It seemed that the balloon cord was a magic cord, and the longer you held it the smaller y0ti grew. A cozy little place Toble found the bal- loon. He and the elf seated themselves so they could look through the door. "Let's play checkers," suggested the Of, Toble was willing, but there didn't seem to be any board or "men," and he didn't deo how they could. • The elf untied with superior knowl- edge. "Down below is our checker beard," said he. Surely enough, when Tobie looked to- ward the earth he found that the fields Of grain and green pastures made square blocks of different colors, so high was the balloon in the air. "We'll use only one 'man,' ocntlnued the elf, "and that will be the balloon. We'll take turns using it, Now, it's your move. As soon as the balloon passes i'IIIARGtj ZTE" been by the kindly .look on the big man's face, gave her consent, So Honoree left the lodge where she had been playing with her rag dolly, and, keeping firm hold of the ,Artist r Man's hand climbed and climbed up the. narrow stairs until the topmost' story hvas - reached, Here, lighted by the beeavy glass panes above, was the room where the huge peraon painted many pictures. Several canvases stood about. the room, some of them hare and others contalning finished pictures. An, easel, a palette, brushes and tubes of colors the little girl saw and gazed With much awe Upon.' Very nicely, -Indeed, did the Artist Man chat to Honoree about her dolly and her poodle, Pluton. Minorco was sorry when he told her that now lie must take her back to mamma; nor could she see that the few black strokes the Artist Man made with his pencilupon a.frag meet of paper meant lInyt ing. Ent she was consoled for losingB-sttch a pleasant companion by the delicious confections the Artist Man immediately purchased for her. Ttmo and time again thereafter Hon - ores was escorted up the narrow flights to the studio. Soon she had received many treasures—dolls and knickknacks. —from her big friend, whom she now regarded as the best 0f chums. Upon the second visit he had arrayed her in a lovely little dress and a -pretty cap. Then she had stood with her hand clasped and her eyes upraised until the Artist Man declared he was afraid she would fly right through the skylight up. IS the heavens to join the angels. •But Honoree was sure she wouldn t She delighted to play "Marguerite," as the Artist Man called thisansa. She was never tired of. alt, although the pong,unter would. never let her stand Very l 0tlirpylioh a elataloHonoree aladywho Often Visited the studio now. Shewasas nice as the Artier Man—If any one Could bo that nide—and often the lady talked to Honoree While the artist \ •,„61Rp'ilAiflifiHfdg(fRllfRTn<m/]lima tells hits] ielowen,0311effeet11,A • .t'9 n mm um ma", 1P) ter AS A BOY inventor, Sammy was certainly the most unfortunate of any inventor living. His Inven- tions worked out a11right, you know, but somehow people never seemed to take kindly to them. Sammy really .was disggsted. "Folks don't appreciate genlusl" he com- plained. While In this state of mind he was only too glad to accept the invita- tion of lila friend, the showmen, to spend some tine traveling with the circus and menagerie. He needed a long rest, and here was the oppor- tunity. He promised himself that not one invention would he attempt dur- ing his stay with the showman. But. Sammy, In spite or himself, could not remain long inactive. Al- though he tried to Invent nothing, .soon he .became annoyed at the Idle - bees 01 the animals in the menagerie: "All the rest of your show works," he remarked to tke showman, "but those lazy beasts, Why don't you make them be of some use other than that or being stared at by peppier "Yes, but what can they, do?"re- 'vended the amused showman. s "I71 show the ;prompt answer. The other laughed in disbelief, as 11e acid: "Rather difficult to show e. showman, you know. Fla hal" The showman laughed a different way before long, however. :This hap- pened when Sammy sent for his friend. early in the morning. "Now, watch me prove that animals can be of use," said he immediately the showman appeared. Then the 'bey stepped out of bed and .tugged- at what his .companion imagined to be a bell rope, but which, en closer Inspection, he saw was a snake with bells gripped Inhis fangs. ]rive minutes elapsed, when a chim- panzee came into . view, bearing a plate of rolls and a. Oup of steaming hot collee. Having eaten thls food, again the enakeebeil was rung.. The elephant quickly thrust his trunk into the wagon -dwelling, lightly pleked UP Sanimy and seated the lad on his back, Out to a tub of clear water ne0rby the ten) wont, with the show- man following close behind. There the astonished man- saw the boy treat - yen," Was a ye f Y m �vta f:)1 ed to a splendid shower bath. Another ring ofthe bell brought a hopping kangaroo upon the scene. In the animal's pouch were several towels, With Which the Chimpanzee proceeded to give :Sammy a brisk massage.. Afterward the rhinoceros appeared with a mirror fastened to his tusk, In front of which Sammy seated 111m - self. The chimpanzee then neatly clipped his hair. It took but one stroke of the bell to bring a deer leaping Into the tent. Prom the magnificent antlers were suspended all of Sammy's garments. "A grand clothes rack," commented the boy, grinning toward the show- man, who by this time was Incapable of uttering a word. His eyes opened a little wider when the pelican wad- dled in with Sammy's mall in his WU1. But the showman collapsed entirely as the chimpanzee led up a camel and Samniy proceeded t0 -cool the grass outside the wagon by his new "camel -sprinkler," as he called It, "You win," murmured the man, weakly, while Sammy looked at him In triumph, ST MOVED ALONG TI3E GROUND Toble thought tor the first time of how worried nursie mustbo about him. "I really ought togohome," said he soberly to the elf, The other cheerfully replied: -"Very well; but we'll come out and play check- ers some other time." ThereupOn the elf said a magic word. The balloon turned In the direction of Paris, With wonderful speed they trav- eled, until the balloon was immediately above the house where Tobie lived. Then It descended quickly, and flew through a window into Toble's play- room, Ile leaped out the balloon door and tonna himself just as big as he had been before the adventure, while the door Wae completely closed and the elf was inv101b1e1 - - Tobie put his magic balloon eeesrely away in the closet. Then he went totell nursfe and mother that he had arrived home safely. He's going to play check- ers again, however, just as soon as he has a chance. - "Jack on the Right, Come Out and Spin" THIS game le a variation of the old- fashioned "Turn the Trencher," with a mixture in it of "My Right-hand Neighbor," The players sit 111 a circle, one goes to Ute center and spins a top, saying m0anwhlle; "Sack on the right side, come out- and spin." The Balmier, having made the top twist nicely, then calls out a name. • Now the owner of that name znurt not move. It is the right-hand neighbor ee the name's owner who must run out and catch the top before it ceases to spm. Failure to do this Involves a forfeit. it the owner of the name jumps up as In "Turn the Trencher," he, 1.00, pays a forfeit. As soon as the right-hand "Jack" reit/lees he has to run, the spinner takes his seat, and the "Jack" in turn spins the top. This game teaches prompt atten- tion, with power to suit action to thought; makes children very keen and quick. It Is varied with "Jack On the left." Take the Apple From the Plate and Eat It TE players ate taken one at a time and blindfolded. A big, juicy ap- ple is the prize of Victory. An other player sits at one side of the room holding Out the plate. Before being blindfolded the seeker of the apple stands at the opposlte side of the room, which is cleared for the purpose, and takes his or her bearings, Then, with outstretched hands, the blindfolded one goes across the room to try to take the apple from the plate. The others hiss ghen the player is going out of the way, but are quiet when the direction is right. This game trains the locality sense. It glues great fun, when the apple -seeker goes greatly out of the way, to watch the curious antics made in tr}Ing to walk aright. How the Baby Bird Flew M. 13ARRI1:7 has a tittle fable tri one of his works about a baby, e lark asking its mother to teach 11 to fly. The mother thought hard about how she herself had learned t0 fly long ego last year, but all she could recall:. was that you suddenly do It. '"Waft t111 the sun c0nies otit after the rain," she said, half rementbeeing. The rain came and glued the bird's` Wings together, Sing shall '1 ailed. beer able sof a. flsudden It had,to blink its eye3, for a glorioue light ]tad spread over the world. The baby bird's breast swelled, It did not knew 11 010a notitknow0 ho v.. from the sun liras come out after the rain," It trilled. Thank you, ern, thank you and it floated up crying, "Thank you.