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The Seaforth News, 1925-10-15, Page 9• For the• - Boys and ls, money for which her sister would have to work. Besides, do you think if any 'of' us were ugly our mothers would loveus loss? But my mother has not offered the prize to the most beautiful, but the favorite doll, and I cast my vote now for Ellie's Blanche.." "And 1," added Bell Berrers, "And I," said yet 'another,=untll, of the twentypresent, sixteen votes had been cast for the despised doll, while THE DOL'L'S, PRIZE ,BY JENNY WREN. "There, Da,'isy!",,exclaimed Mrs. meaning that'. site had, not meant to Firth, reading aloud the above to the sinew,-Her•red lips quivered. little eight-year-old girl, standing "Sister wanted, to buy ,?ne,;a new With flushed face and eyes bright with doll," 'she• said "but I would; not let excitement at thr knee. "I thinkthat her -she has to work so very hard for, Will do. Now, who shall we invite?" all; that we have;; besides I love In' eager tones Daisy enumerated Blanche so dearly • that I could never the names of some twenty of her little love another so well, no matter how friends. beautiful.' she was. Of course, she "You've can't have the prize; but we won't ou've not mentioned Bell Ferrers yet," said her mother, after a pause. mind that, baby, :will we?„ And she "I thought she would be among the stooped end' gave the poor huite for- first" lorn face a kiss. "I did not forget her, motherconly Whoa they got downstairs, they I was thinking blow useless it seemed .found the girls a11" -clustered round, to compete for the; prize when, of Bell Ferrer's wonderful bride just course; Bell's doll will get it. Her. from Paris. She was dressed oh, so grandmother has just sent her one beautifully, :fn a long robe of white from Europe; with a 'Whole complete satin, and over the blonde curls was a trousseau, mother. She is dressed long tulle veil, fastened with the tint - like a bride and is oh, so lovely.. Do ed orange blossoms, and'in her hand you think I might not ask Bell to was a lace handkerchief,' and on her bring one of her old do'l'ls?" feet two little white satin slippers "No, my•darling! Each little girl over stockings of light-hlue silk. The is asked to bring the prettiest she has, little girls had forgotten to talk in and if Bell is so fortunate as to be their open-mouthed wonder. sure ofthe prize in advance, we must But this was not all, for Bell had not begrudge, it to her. That would brought with her a trunk and all the not bre just to her.' Besides, Daisy, wardrobe, There were walking -dress you see I have not worded your offer es an dinner -dresses, wrappers and as to the most beautiful, but the fav wraps, hats and bonnets, which might mite doll, and perhaps your French make a live doll fill with envy. bride will not be the favorite. Each "What is to be the prize? some one little girl is to cast a vote for the doll asked who had found her tongue, she prefers." "Nobs dy is to know until it is "I am afraid each one win select giv-'.1," answered Daisy, "Mother has her own then, mother, and we will not even told me; but it is to be giver; have to give a prize to everybody?' right after supper. Come; let us True! I had not thought of that," play." replied her mother, laughing. "Well, Of course no games could be intro - we can obviate that by making it a duced in which dolls did not play an rule that no little mother shall' vote' important part, and Bell's' was the for her own child. Will that do, and ,belle of the occasion.Every little girl' is that all, my pet?" had made up her mind' that Bell's "That will do -yes, indeed: but it should win the prize: is not quite all, mother. Do you re- Little Ellie sat apart, a forlorn, member the pretty, pale young woman who served for you one days last week, and who tad one of the little sister just my age who was at home, and who had no father or mother, but only a sister to work for her? I should like so much -US ask her, mother. May I?" Indeed you may, my darling, and if she has no doll, we will lend her one of yours. Now, run away, and send John to me, and I will see that your invitations are delivered at once." "Do you think that it will rain. on Friday, mother?" This was the question repeated over and over in the few intervening days before the eventful Friday dawned, when it answered for itself. Never, Daisy thought, had the sun shone sobrightly, or the birds sung so merrily; but never had there been a morning so. long. It semeed as though four o'clock • would never come; but at last, having escaped from nurse's hands in all the glory of a fresh white dress and blue ribbons, standing by the parlor -win- dow and looking expectantly out- just as the cuckoo -clock gave forth its four welcome mites -she saw, coming round the corner, her two little cou- sins, each holding their .dolls carefully'. in their arms. Daisy flew to open the door for them herself, but scarcely had she taken them upstairs to remove their wraps, when first one and then an- other followed, until, in half an hour, none were wanting, save one. Ellie piece, the seamstress' little sister had not yet arrived. Just as Daisy, looping round among her guests, realized this, there came a in bitter irony. "Such a name is only feeble, half -frightened ring at the fitted for lady -dolls -not rag -bag - bell; and she caught sight of a little gars!" This time Ellie's hard-fought com- posure deserted omposure.deserted her. "ret me go home!" she sobbed. "Let' me go home!" But Daisy, who had just gathered the meaning of what was occurring, sprang to herr side and threw her arms about her. 'Are you not ashamed?" she mid, turning to the other' children. ?Ellie might have had a beautiful new doll chokipg sensation in her throat, and her doll hugged very tightly to her head. "Wo oughtn't to have come here, you and I, Blanche," she whispered. "We are the ugly d-ueklings Sister Clare read to us about." It was unfortunate that Mrs. Firth was absent just at this moment, see- ing that the table was in readiness, and Daisy was so full of excitement that she had quite forgotten Ellie. Presently a little girl approached her, dressed, Ellie thought, like Cin- derella ,must have been when the fairy touched her with her wand (she was very fond of fairy stories, you• see), but on her face was an expression of discontent and pride. "Let me see your doll!" she said. Ellie hesitated a moment, then held it Oh, what a fright!" exclaimed the child. "And you brought that scare- crow to try for theprize," and she laughed long and loud, so long and so loud that several of the children gath- ered round. • Ellie's eyes filled with tears. 011, how they burned, the bright blue eyes t The color flamed into the fair young face, ' and tighter and 'tighter she pressed in her little arms the despised doll, all the latent motherhood in her nature making itself 'felt in a renew- ed tenderness for poor, little, forlorn Blanche. "What do you call her?" asked an- other voice. "Blanche." Ellie forced herself to answer, spite of her quivering lips , "Mantilla!" echoed the first speaker, poor little' Ellie looked up, smiling through her tears. : ' Just then came the summons to sup- per and while all' gathered, merrily, round 'the' well -laden board', Daisy forint', time to whisper in her mother.'s- ear what had occurred. "Children," said Mrs.. Firth, when they were ready to rise from the table, "1 am very happy to know that my Mile daughter has such warm-heart- ed, generous little friends, .I am sure the one Or two who" have hurt' little Ellie's feelings are ,a1read sorry for having .done so, and would willingly make amends: She,, has already gain- ed'the prize, but ,'think. she would be happier in receiving it if there was no single opposing vote. What do you say?" • Carrie May, who had made the trouble,was the first -,to rise. "It was all any fault, Mrs. Firth. 1 aan -very sorry, and I, want :to ask Ellie to forgive me, and to give my vote for Blanche." The three others followed; and then Mrs, -Firth placed a large box in. Ellie's arms, , and stooped to kiss her on both cheeks. The children gathered round as she opened it; with expressions of awe- struck delight, as an exquisite doll,in full ball toilet, was disclosed to view. Even Bell's French doll was cast in the shade; but there was no leek of envy on a single little face, and even the tears came to many eyes, when little Ellie said at last, tremulously: "Yes, it is very beautiful, so beau- tiful that I am almost afraid of it; but Blanche gave her to the, you know, and I must always love Blanche best." figure flitting through the hall, and up the stairs. Joyously she ran to meet her. She was such a pretty little girl! Daisy could not help thinking what a pity the prize could not be given to. her instead -of the doll. She could hardly help smiling, except that she was too polite to smile, as she glanced at the doll Ellie held tightly in her arms. It was -made of rags, not fresh and this afternoon. But she is not like beautiful rags, but rags that had seen us, with a daddy and mother to. get hard service, for us everything_ehe wants. She has E•i:ie fo'.'.owed the little ...girl's only one sister, and she would not let glance' and detected something of the her buy her,. a doll, because it costs REG'LAR FELLERS -By Gene Byrnes. Yoh: cv,ss ATCEWTIOtg PUDDINNEAD DUF•P`( \ of AFRICA?jTo1 • The Shining Hills. Up to the shining hills we mount Thro' leaf -strewn avenues, Where waving bracken fronds are tip- ped 'With jewel -tinted dews; Where starry dross and lichened rock A gay mosaic spread, And Raring sumac banners flaunt Their feathery plumes o'erliead. High on the shining hills we stand To watch the pageant pass- The Autumn Spirit's finger tips Have trailed thro' fern and grass. His gleaming wings have lightly brushed Woodland, gorge and stream With witching golden glamor, Enchanting as. a dream. • Crimson, and rose, and faintest pink,-, Yellow, bronze and gold; Fragrant gusts of incense Prom balsam spires unfold; Purple mist o'er the distant hills Like a fairy veil 18 flung; A'bluejay calls from a fire -scarred oalc With scarlet creeping hung.. On the shining hills where God has walked, Wrapped in mysterious light, A faint reflection shimmers still Athwart the mellow -night. Ali,•breathless moment! As we watch The changing gloey spread, The veil floats back from Shining Hills Where mortals may not tread. -Mabel L. Stuart. HAMOUD AND THE HORNED VIPER By •Madeleine Metzger. Translated by William L. McPherl on 7 i . It is alegend of the Sahara whit has been ehanted for centuries on the evenings oT feetivale, in :trout of the Moorish oafes',,emid the harsh, plaints of the, rebe-1e 01 to the rhythmical liuninring of the darboukas, Hamoud Ould Ahmed was going acrose the :desert toward Touggourt. He. had started on a Thursday, .as is e'',rdained iu the Great Book. But he 'traveled alone, for he knew, no fear and he 'carried all his forttiue suspend- ed accuse his shoulder in the form of a long and flexible lance, sharpened to a point like a needle. His dromedary strode along ;balancing his head witlr, a knowing air, as if be understood all the words ". the lave songs which Ha - maid sang •ceseantly to himself, Now and then, eckng hie rapid trot,. he plucked from the soil some tufts of desert grass and grunted, in his turn, to show. his pleasure, That evening as he arrived at a water' stop, :a deep well under waving palms, Hamoud discovered that some other voyagers had just departed. The tires of the bivouacs still smoked. He was about to make his . dromedary kneel when a piercing ',Telco interrupt- ed the geetufe of kis hand and the or- der on his lips. "Save nay life;,0 servant of God, 13e generous, I' pray you!" Hamoud looked about him, It was still daylight; yet he count see no one. At this' lute hour he was alone be - site the well, The voice began again, stili piercing, but charged with anguish, "Make haste for the love of God, and may your name live from genera- tion to generation." Then Hamoud leaned forward, for the voice came ",,om the ground. And this time he perceived among the stouee of the bivouac, still covered with burning pieces of wood, a horned viper, which thrust desperately to- ward him its littlewhead, beaded with black diamond eyes-, As he was a good NIusselniafr, who respected all ani- mals as creatures of •God, he did not hesitate a minute. He suspended on the end of iris lanceoneof the drome- dary's empty nosebags and reached down toward' the serpent, You can imagine that the latter did not neglect his opportunity, In less time than it takes to pronounce the marvelous phrase: "There is but one God and Mehemet is His Prophet," the viper glided into the nosebag and frofn it along the lance to the neck of his savior. --- The latter had' not yet realized' all the imerudence of his generous im- pulse when he saw right against his face, and now so big that he could not see anything else, the terrible head, beaded with eyes of black diamond. e "Alii" cried 'Hamoud, "where are you going and what do you want to do?" And the viper answered with the same hissing voice in which he had just now been begging for his life: "I"am going to kill you." "Is `that the way. you repay me for haying saved you from the fire?" • "In this base world no one is paid according to his deserts. God will re- ward you better.'" "Do you think so?" "I an sure of it." "Well, I doubt it. Who will decide between us?" "Anybody you wish. And. see, I wish to be liberal, and I allow you to asdc three times. But do it,quielc•1y." Ask whom? Haiiioud looked about him again. There was nothing under the sky, gleaming like an immense sapphire, but, the well, the palm trees and his dromedary, which; occupied in chewing something, seemed to be totally disinterested in his master's misadventure. "Hurry up!" repeated the Viper, tightening his coils, Then Hamoud called to the well: "0 conqueror of thirst, what do you say to such ingratitude? I saved this serpent and now he claims that he should ]till me because in this world good is always rewarded by evil." A voice as fresh as the laughter of a young girl rose' from the well: "The serpent is right. 1 give my pure water to thirsty travelers- and whea they go away they throw stones into my depths and otherwise defile me." Circumstantial Evidence. Ambulance Surgeon -"Are you nar- Victim-"N6, I ain't married. All this ,vas done by a fllvver." No Chance, "Did you have words with your :wife?" "Yes, I had words, but .no opportun- ity for using them." vied?" aspLessons in AUCTION New •Series,byWYNNE ARGUSON c4ruthor. o• f , erguson on auction .i`ddge . Copyright 1925 byHoy15, Jr. ARTICLE No. ,1 Auction lea game of eontraete. One hand will+play well and the next one badly; that is, on one hand you will get all the "breaks," and on the next, every- thing will go wrong. Itis a ganie of such infinite variety that no player can ever hope to master all its quirks and turns. Even the best of players lose their judg- ment at times and allow their own hand to influence their bidding to their dis- advantage when they should realize that their partner has an unusual or freak hand, The other alight, the writer noticed two examples of this failure to be on the lookout for the unusual or freak type of hand, The dealer with the following hand: Hearts - A, 7 Clubs -A, 9, 4, 2 Diamonds -A Q, J, 8 Spades -A, K, 4 `bid one no trump. Second hand passed and the dealer'sartner bid two hearts.. Fourth hand'paesed and the dealer bid two no-trump. When. his partner bid three hearts,the dealer failed to realize that if his partner hada j ustifiablethrce heart bid, they had a sure game in hearts, and bid three no-trump although there was no' sure gamein no-trump. The 100 aces were too much for his judgment and as a result he went down three tricks undoubted, a net loss of 50 points on a hand that woeld-have scored game at hearts. His partner's band was _as follows; Hearts - QJ 10,9,6,4 Clubs -Q, 6, 3 ' • Diamonds -10, 9, 7. Spades- 5 Don't allow 100 aces to impair your judgment. The same player made a similar error on the following hand:. Hearts-- A, Q, 10 Clubs -none Hearts -5, 4, 3 Clubs- A, Q,7, 5 Diamonds-, 4 Spades - 8, 7, 5, 2 Diamonds A, Q, 10, 9, 6 Spades , l0 4, 2 p Q., 1 and passed,second His partner dealt ri hand passed: and he bid onspade. When his partner overbid with two clubs, he correctly bid two diamonds. His partner bid three clubs and he bid three diamonds. This bid is doubtful but when his partner bid four clubs, he should certainly have passed. He never stopped to realize that such bidding by his partner indicated a most unusual hand, one of the freak type and that his high cards in three suits would be of great help to his partner and that his partner's clubs would be of little value to his own hand, if he should obtain the bid at diamonds or spades. In spite of all these cogent reasons,' however, he bid four diamonds and all passed, His partner's hand was as follows: Hearts -8 Ciube-A, Q, J, 10,9,7,5,4,21 Diamonds-8, 7 Spades - 3 At clubs, they could have made five odd, losing only one club and one dia- mond trick; while at diamonds they. went down two tricks. It is a fine ex- ample of what not to do with a big hand. Play for the game, first, last and all the time, whether the hand is played by yourself or your partner,.Always'be willing to concede the bid to your part- ner when the bidding indicates that he has a freak hand. In the hand just con- sidered, the dealer could have saved a lot of trouble,"by making an original bid of five clubs.Itis a perfect example of the preemptive or shut out bid. If the bid fails, it will certainly save game; so that, in either event, it is a winner, As a contrast to his bad bidding, the player whose bids have just been criti- cized played the following band very cleverly: Hearts --K, n, 7, 6 Clubs -10, 4, 2 Diamonds -IC 9, 3 Spades -A, 6, 4 :A Y B Z Hearts -8, 2 Clubs -J, 9, 3 Diamonds -Q, J, 10, 7, 2 Spades - K, Q, 10 Hearts -A, I,•10, 9 Clubs -K, 8, 6 Diamonds -A) 8,t$ Spades -J, 9, 3 Z, the player in question dealt and bid- rounds of clubs. 13 was nowforced to no-trump. All passed and A opened the make another discard. He couldhave five of clubs. Z won the trick with the discarded either a spade or diamond. If king and led four rounds of hearty. 13 the former, Z would discard a diamond discarded two diamonds on the last two and make two spade tricks. If the lat- rounds of hearts. Z was now in a pposi- ter, Z would discard a spade and make tion where he could make two odd but three}diamond tricks. It is ae rfect figured that if he could force 13 to make example of the "squeeze" play. Study another discard, he might possibly make the play of this hand carefully .i rt three odd by making three diamonds or was cleverly thought out. It is very two spades. At trick five, therefore, he unusual to win a game by leading your led the ten of clubs, forcing A to win opponents' suit. the trick, who thereupon led three Hearts- none Clubs -Q, 7, 2, Diamonds -7, 3 Spades - J, 7, 4 Problem No. 1 Hearts - none Clubs -8, 5, 3' Diamonds -6, 4 Spades- Q, 8, 6 • Y s :A 11; • Hearts -K,8 Clubs -J, 9 Diamonds - IC Spades -5, 3, 2 Hearts -A, 10, 9 Clubs -K, 4 Diamonds - Q, J Spades -9 There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. How can YZ win six of the eight tricks against any defense? Solution in the next article. Hanloud began to worry, He turned to the palm trees, which rustled in the evening breeze. "And you, kindly nourishers of the traveler, are yon of the sante opin- ion?".- The trembling of the branches grew more precise. Words were wafted to- ward Hanloud like petals of flowers dislodged by the breeze, and these words whispered: "The well speaks the truth, as the serpent does. We offer, our shade and our fruit to Hien. They pay us back by breaking our branches when they do not tear u5 out of the ground." Now Hamoud was afraid, for it re= rained for hint only to Interrogate his dromedary, and he ren embered that he had often,beaten the latter unjust- ly. He did put the question, however, as he was, bound to de or lose his lest chance, "Ah!" answered the good beast, "I am not at all acquainted with the situ- ation: Just what has happened?" Hamoud explained how things stood, a little impatiently. "All right," said the dromedary, "but I don't' altogether understand what you tell me. Show me, both of you, how it happened and I will compre- hend beter." The viper, who had followed the dialogue attentively, glided into the feedbag and Hamoud stretched his lance over the stones where the fire burned. Then the dromedary knelt sudden- ly. The shock made the serpent fall among the burning rocks and Hamoud, who was also almost unseated, began to shout: "You imbecile, what are you doing?" But he could hardly help laughing with joy when he heard the grumbling voice of the dromedary answer` "You imbecile, what .lid you do just now?" Reindeer Milk In Bricks. Reindeer milli is delivered in Alas- ka, in the form of frozau cubes equal to a quart or 'a pint That Excuses Her ikVi® 1 EETCNA DONT EVEN KNOW YOURSELP WHAT'S T#t0CAPrroL OF - z s-24' le I NS=UER - .. SAID = D10! DONT NAFTA 'CAUSA5E c zM THE T74i� aeNte ,ynght, 1925, by The BOSyndicate, Inv.) e$>( L'3 The Taring of Joan. -' Returning from a sick call on 0 cold anis rainy night in late epi'iug, the minister and his wite heard the mew- ing of a kitten 'behind thole. They harried on, for there was a cheery fire in the 'grate and ]rot tea could be brewed quickly. The kitten followed, mewing importunately. The Woman's heart Was 'touched. She turned and frgm the dark there emerged a hall - grown cat,, "Remember," cautioned the minis, ter, Ile was recalling that they had often said -there' should be no more - pets in the parsonage, for he and lits wife were frequently away from home and had often to ask the neighbors to look after the dog or the cat or the bird, as well as the horse' and' the cow-.;, The water -soaked' kitten lifted -plead- Ing: eyes and mewed plaintively. "If we :don't give it shelter I shall worry all night." The dominie capitulated. They took the cat in and narned it "Joan" be- cause of its resemblance to a former "Joan.' From the first the cat showed her ingratitude. The: minister's wife went without cream in her tea so that Joan mi6ht be fed. The meal over, the kit- ten curled up on the run to bask in the warmth of the fire. She hissed and spat spitefully when the parson's - wife tried to pick her up. Joan was now dry and well fed. The parson was for putting hes in the barn, His wife protested. Joan was ungrateful; but the`world had been unkind to her, They would find her a Irome. Joan was a beautiful' cat, with a strain of Angora, and there was 110 trouble in placing her, The very next day, a ehutdn-lady, hearing of the kitten, asked for Joan. In her new home the cat was pampered,' Her one, mission In life was. to be a pet for her benefactress -but she failed in her mission. She preferred a cushion on a certain rocker as her resting place, and, although that was the shut-in lady's favorite seat, she gave it up to the cat. Nor did the cat's disposition improve on kindness. If her mistress attempted to stroke her, she would put her tail up and stalk off in a dudgeon. Yet she was so beautiful that the snit- - In lady would not part with her. Then came the catastrophe that changed Joan's disposition, In a box in the cellar the cat was rearing a family of five kittens. The blow fell unexpectedly. Coal gas from the cel- lar furnace asphyxiated the kittens while Joan was mincing eves' her din- ner of fish in the kitchen. All that af- ternoon Joan mewed disconsolately, going from room to room, You can imagine the surprise of the shut -In lady when Joan that evening sprang into her lap and almost begged for a ceress. That night the cat slept on the woman's coverlet. Next day she frequently pumped into her mistress's lap and purredhercontentment at be- ing petted, Joan died at a good old age; but she never reverted to her spirit of dis• dainful arrogance, To the very, end she was a friendly and Iovable: pet, And the minister had found, a quaint illustration for the text, "By sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." a Clear the Air! Hundreds of articles have been writ- ten dealing with the manifold prob- lems of married life, but few writers have had the courage to advocate the wholesome, clear•the-air effect of an occasional quarrel. The idea, so cone pletely at variance with the customary recipes for ensuring matrimonial hap- piness, may startle you. What is. a "quarrel," after all, but just "having it out?" The "it" is the brooded -over grievance; the suspicion you've nursed; the wrong, real cel imaginary, that you've kept to your- self. Are not these things better "out?" The attitude of sallen and silent re- sentfulness is far more likely to wreck married happiness than an outspoken declaration of things r' entad, Have then. out! Has not many a husband said to his wife, "What on earth is the natter?" and got the reply, "Nothing;" .She prefers to hoard her grievance instead of bringing it out. A quarrel -an .;ex- change of facts, arguments, andex- planations-would have cleared the air, and as likely as not ended in kisses, If your once friendly neighbor ceases to speak to you, and you don't know why, yott go to him to "have it out." A trifle of verbal sparring may follow, and then "out" 'comes his grievance, Ief It is let your creation, you will of course end it. Peace_. will be re-estab- lished. But if you hadn't gone to "have it out" with your neighbor, and he had nursed his grievance and said nothing, what then? A have -it -out quarrel-not,,,of course of rho bitter or violent sort -is like a short and sharp thunderstorm that clears the air, dispels the oppressive - noes, and reveals the blue sky. So, if a "quarrel" doesn't appeal 10 you, have a thunderstorm! , Song of the Sower. IIe shall never be alone Who is brother to a stone; Who is sister to a tree Shall have pleasant company. He shall wait with holy pride Who has made a field his bride; Who has scatteredseeds afar Shall hold conversewith a star. -Vivian Yeiser Laratnoro. Truth 'is a torch that casts light. through a fag, without being able wholly to dissipate it•