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A la for Arthur, so full of glee:
B is for his baby brother:
C is for Carrie, their sister of three:
D is for their dearest mother.
E is for Kdward, a cousin of tea:
F is for their own beloved father:
G is for grandpa, the best of old men:
I is for happy grandmother:
1 Is for Irene, a cousin also:
J Is for blg uncle Jim:
K is for Kate, their aunty, you know:
L is for lank brother Tim:
And each of the other alphabet folk
Ht nods for different kindred and kin:
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Tom an' folk, an' ets’ers Neu an' Min,"
replltd the Uttl. Miu.
“Ah. Jump"tght la, my putty pink.*
Mid the man, bonalou oyer to give her a
hand. “Yea. wel take you to town,
little nugar lump," uld *tba womnan,
making root on lb, neat bedde bee.
Junle, being both cold and tired, de-
cided that tbit would be the wiaer way
to ntsn the Iona journey to town; n
ahe handed up bar nut and wan setting ■
her toot on tba wheel', hob to climb low
the wagod when a role, from the wood.
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should come back, how surpr ed they
would all be, and the next nornfog she
[bed at tho humor of her
boy.
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unie s Narrow
path, but fearing to go around them
lest she might miss the children who
would perhaps try to stick to the road
(which was to be followed by the tele*
phone and lampposts) the struggling
woman went through- them, her long,
heavy skirts impeding her progress.
Once sho thought sho herd a cry, add
stopped to listen. Yes, there it was at
her left, a child's voice crying oat "Hello,
hello." And not for •’ minute at a time
did the voice cease to call "Hello, hello."
Mrs. Perkins’ heart beat wildly. How
much that voice sounded like little's or
Bettie's—they had voltes allke, and she
never could tell one from the other,
Surely, thought the tnxlots tnother, one
of them was lost. Taking her muff from
her mouth, she called out at the top of
her trembling voice: "Heilo, hello. Don't
mov9 bur atepd where you are And call
airs. Forking stood in the bsy window
that looked toward the schoolhouse,
watching eagerly for her "three trens-
orca." “pm not uneasy abont them," she
kept assuring herself, "for Bricktop is
so capable that he'll bring Bettie and Lt-
tie in safety." However, though the gotd
lady tried to make herself believe there
was no danger of the children becoming
lost in the snow, she did not take ber
eyes off the dark spot she could see
through the white veil, and which she
knew to be the schoolhouse. Odes sne
thought cf going to meet them, but
fearing she tulgh, miss them, she deter*
An nwful nlu disnster .
Occurred in "The Dollar Fair?’
The ground caved in and buried
Almost every miner there.
A dance at One of Na-
tures Strange Kind.
Children, do you know that the little
flittermice And bats are one and the
same? Well, they are; and for four or
five months ench year during the cold
weather they hide away in caves. dark
crevices of rocks or deep, snug, hollow
places inside trees. And there, in their
winter quarters they hang, head down-
ward, to the walls, sleeping, as the great
bears sleep through the wintertime.
But when the first warm weather
comes, when the sun* sends its good cheer
even into the caves, crevices and hol-
lows of trees, then Mr. and Mrs. Flitter-
mice and all the little Flittermices awake.
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to me, so that I mny find you." Then
sho pushed ahead with all boy falling
strength, calling "Hello” every moment
in answer to the child's "Hello," that
came so regularlv.
But Just before she reached the little
owner of the vofe Mrs. Perkins heard
another voice calling out behind her. It
was a strong, lusty young voice, and
cried:- "I’m coming, KIdle! Keep up,
Klddlel t am almost there. Don't stop
calling for a mitute!" "‘God bless that
voice," whispered Mrs. Perkins, tears
filling her eyes, that were aiready blinded
by the snow. "That's my darling boy.
Ires taken one of the little ones home
and is returning for the other. God blew
him and bo thanked fur sending me such
a son.”
In another two minutes Mrs. Perkins
had floundered through the deepest drift
end bad come upon Bettie clinging to a
lamppost, her back turned to the storm.
At the same moment Bricktop, big face
18 red as old Banta Claus' la pictured
to bo, came round the end of the drift,
which bls .better Judgment had kept him
from wading through. In this way he
had failed to overtake his mother.
As soon as Bricktop and Mrs. Perkins
’could get their breath for the return
they took Bettie between them and made
their way. safely home, golpg round the
drifts instead of through them, as poor
Mrs. Perkins had done. Not one Of them
spokee for the wind was too severe for
conversation,but every little while Mrs.
Perkins would give Bricktop a glnn of
pride and love and squeze the little
Queens of England.
SHORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MATILDA OF SCOTLAND.
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head and stampe her feet upon it."
Doubtless it was during Matilda's stay
in the convent that the young Prince
Henry saw her and fell desperately lu
love with her, for only a few months
after his accession to the throne "be
asked the band of Princess Matilda,
daughter of Malcolm, King of Scotland,
of her brother Edgar, then king of Scot-
land.”
The union proved to be a happy one.
and Matilda was not only beloved by her
royal husband, but adored by her subjects,
who called her "Maltida, the'Good."
The portrait which accompanies this,
•ketch is from a copy of a miniature that'
is still to be seen In the British Museum.
had gone there at different times in the
bugEr, sitting between her papa and
mamma, and the way had seemed very
snort, indeed. And Junie was now a big
girl, no longer a baby like she had been
once a long time ago. Why. just last
Christmas she was a baby as compared
with what she was now. Aad Christmas
was not so far in the past! The dolly
she got in her stocking -or beside her
stocking, rather, for it would not go into
It—was very clean and new in appearance
yet. Nut till her Christmas toys were
soiled or worn out did Christmas seem a
long time gone.
Ono_ afternoon when Junie's mamma had
gone to the cow shod to lodk After a
pretty pink eared calf—named for Junle
and belonging to her—the little miss sat
on the floor in the midst of her toys.
But she bud been playing alone all day.
and now she was weary of Noah and his
many animals; also, of dolly. who would
mined to wait n bit longer, for It was
just five minutes after 4 and they could
not reach'home under seven minutes when
the weather was fine. So she knew they
mult have 10 minutes today at the least.
While she was wotting and watching
the phone bell rang, and she was obliged
to answer it. Mr. P’erkins was calllug
her to know whether the children had ar-
rived home safely. When MiB. Perklos
told him they toad’ not come yet, but that
they really could not hnre bad time to
do so since school was dismissed, Mr.
king said he had just called up the
schoolhouse and was answered by the
janitor, who said that, owing to the
storm, school bad been disinissed 15 min:
uica before the cunl time. Tide bit of
information nude Mrs. Perkins very on-
not speak a word, but just sat and stared
at you as if she hadn't a bit of sense.
"You're not good company,” said Junie,
shaking her finger at the dolly. "Nor yon,
nor youand she Included Noah and hit
ark full of anlmale. Then she got up and
went to the mantel to look at the clock,
for her mamma had taught her how to tell
the time pretty accurately, although she
sometimes could not count tho minutes.
But she could tell about ths hours by the
position of the short band. It was now
pointing its finger right at the figure 3,
almost two hours before her brothers and
sisters would come.
Then an idea came into little Junie's
head. Shei would go to meet them. In-
deed; she would reach the schoolhouse be-
fore school was out. She knew where the
big redbrick schoolhouse was, for when
they rode into town her mamma would
point to it, near to their left, and say:
"There's where brothers and sisters sre,
A Matilda of Scotland, qneen of Henry I.
■ of England, was n descendant of Alfred
■ the Great. She was born about the year
■ 10711, but the exact dato.ls not recorded.
■ No other Scottish princess has evci shared
■the throne of a king of England. She was
Eknown as "MstildA the Good," inheriting
Ekier ■ noble-as well as royal—mother's
Eplous and charitnble nature.
■ While quite young the Princess Matilda
End her noble sister' and brothers were
Ekft orphans. An uucle took them to Eng-
End, caring for them at his own expense.
Ehe two princesses were placed lu the
unnery of Hornsey, where their aunt,
Ehristipa, was the abbess. Here they re.
Ealned many yeans, becoming well eda-
Emdsted ami trained In the gentlest and
Eghest manners as became princesses cf
EMhelr blood. For a time it was thought
Egey would become- Duns, for they bad no
Eme to go to on leaving the convent
EgBut the thought of becoming a re-
Egyleuse was most distasteful to Matilda.
Ence when she was a little girl her
Eother—who secretly hoped her daugh-
Ers might become cloistered nuns—put
Egpon her head s black veil, after the
"ishlon of a nun. Matilda's father, the’
Eing, became angered at the slght ot his
laughter in such garb and, snatching the
fell from her head, tore it into shreds,
Peclaring vehemently that he "intended
lo bestow her hand in marriage and not
evote her to a cloister."
/ This act of her father made a deep and
’ lasting impression on Matilda’s young
mind, and years afterward when every
influence was brought to bear in an en-
deavor to induce her to enter the cloister
Abe emphatically refused, and repeated
her father’s words regarding her destiny.
But while in the convent of Romsey
Matilda was forced to wear the black
veil of a votaress to protect herself
against the too ardent id rances of the
lawless Norman nobles who greatly Ad-
mired her beautiful face and charming
manner. But Matilda's own account of
wearing this thick black veil is on rec-
ord. She says that she "wore it with
sighs and tears when in the presence of
her stern aunt, the abbess," but the mo-
went she was alone she "tore it from her
well af-
holidays
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laborate
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ainment
Tit that ,
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this was
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The most anxious mother did not take
many minutes to prepare hetself fait the
walk through the worst storm she had
ever seen. Indeed, she went out without
her overshoes, forgetting them iu her
fear about her darlings. As she went
towards the object she knew to be the
schoolhouse-fot it stood isolated on a
bill—the snow blew into her face with
such force that she was Almost blinded.
More than once she stopped to catch her
(By Maud Walker.)
Hittle Junle was fire years old. She
was the baby of the family, her sisters
and brothers all being older than she.
Her hoine was on a big farm two miles
h from town. It was not often that little
I Junle got to go to the town, for her
I mamma was a very busy woman, looking
| after her household, the chickens, calves
and dairy, and found it diticulc to leave
kcne v.ry often. Bo the older brothers
aud sisters- two of each—attended to
the buslness of shopping it the big stores
i-at abounded lu Pearsville, the busy
county seat. And the big brothers and
sisters also attended the Pearsville school
which took them from home all day, be-
buuiug with uuudsy luoruing auu enu
ing on Friday evening.
1 hough little Junie had much with
which to occupy her mind And pretty
dimpled Lunds all day long she felt
loheiy when "bruyer Tom an' Fank an’
bl’er Nell an’ Miu’ were away; aud it
was the supreme hour of the day for
the little tot when Tom. Frank, Neil
and Minnie were seen deseending the
long-slope that led into the beautiful
valley farm where in the bay window
of the big, comfortable farm houss little
Junie was watching for them. And if
. the weather was not too severe her
mamma would wrap her up and allow
her to meet the big brothers and sis-
ters half-way up the laue which led
to the main road, -. quarter of a mile
Theso meetings were full of delight
to the right called out: “Look out,
tb.ro, Juntet What are .y0u dotng
therer And from behind a clump of
dr, ehruba and mtted vines camo Tom.
Junte’s bl, brother.
In another minute the woman bad
thrown the mutt to the ground and the
man had whipped up the lame horna,
that went down the road nt n gallop.
Then Tom, followed by the other brother
and ststers, came oyer the fence, Tom
taking Juhl. Into bin arma. After the
surprtsed little one could tell bow ehe
came to be there, Tom told ber that ehe
was Almost in the hands of A pair of
wpalee A whole band of them were
camped on the blyer, and thia couple
were doubtless about to ooe what the,
could eteal.
Junle was ao frightened at thia Informa,
lion that the pronoised then and theta
to barer go beyotia her own dootyara
without one of her olden was with her.
Then It occurred to her to ask how Tom
end the others had come to be in the '
wooda near the roadatde.
"Thia le abort vtiday, denote," Ton
eneweredt "end we got out of eehool bait
on boot earlier, you know. So we
thought wed opend that time in gather-
log some of th. red berries liul,
thick round that hill yonder. We had
Jont gone round there when w board
you and the sypales talking. Coming
out to toe who'Wee there, I anw our
"e I alape mo ,ou coming on the
tona," uld Ju.
.That ’ becaune we take n ehort dot
tbrpu,h the paatute that Irada into Ure
wooda,'1 eptainea Tom. "We dob’ cone
b, the road; let too long"
Then each big brother and titter bed
to klas Junle, who mMi “I'm tied the
g,palce didn’t get me. Left burr, home
and tell mamma about It"
BY HELENA DAVIS.
After the holidays qulet reigned ence
more in the Perkins household, Brick-
top end The Twins starting to school in
the grentest study-mood after their nice
long rest of several weeks.
Their teacher, Mss Qulek, was in the
best of spirits, and the entire school was
cheerful and glad to be at work ngafn.
Indeed, there were few unruly spirits in
MIss Quick's school, for she was what
might be termed the igeat teacher, lev*
Ing her work—And most of all, her boys
and girls.
A heavy snowstorm was prevailing,
having come with the New Year, and
staying as if determined to cover every-
thing under a few feet of flakes before
hand of DoUla (bat was arawa wltblu
bar own into the anog mutt.
Boon the, worn In the big. cog, ateeng
room, warming and amlllng in front of the
bluing grata Are, Mra. Parklab anting on
the burn between Bettie and Lettie, While
Bricklop alt on a a tool at her fedt, tell
Ing how he had tried Id get both littie
“Klddlu" homo at the lame time; but
Louie beginning to er, from the cold
• nd fear she felt, sod becoming too ex- -
huusted to walk much longer, be bad
told Bettie to remain by the lamppoet
till he should return for her, bidding her
to "Hello" every time she counted
10, and to not fall with her signals, for
in this way he would bave no trouble in
finding her.
"When we entered the house and found
mamma gone," Bricktop went on, "I
knew she had started out to meet us, Bo
I thought I might have to make another
trip after getting Bettie in safe harbor.
You know I couldn’t rest a moment with
dearest mamma out in this storm, and
would have to go and help her."
Mrs. Perklus* heart was too foil to
allow of words. All she could do wag to
clasp her arms around her big noy’s nock
and kiss him tenderly. At this very (no*
meat the door opened and Mr. Perkins,
bla fnc anxous, came in. But the eight
before him drove the look of uneasness
away, and in lu place camo a look of
contentment.
wzasgy,brenshhsthem. home"
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way to do so was to run off whi e do one
was about to see her go. Then, rhen shi
Baby."
Running up stairs. Juhle-put on her
cloak—though she Kot the sleves very
much awry--and ber hood. Then she
wrapped a veil about her neck, put her
little bands into her white fur muff and
came hurrying down to the front door.
Rhe would not go to the cowshed to tell
her mamma of her intention, for ahe
would certainly meet with a refusal. Her
mnammt would declare that the distance
It‘s time to be getting np," pay Mr.
Flit termice; stretching himself. "The
warm weather is bore ngalu."
And Mrs. Filttermlce calls to her ba-
bies. for she is n thoughtful mother, to
"come, get on iy back, and let ua be
out of here." And how you would laugh
couid you sec those little baby bats
catch their sharp, strong little claws into
Mamma Bat's furry cont, where they
hang on for dear life as she opens her
wibgs and files away. And once out un-
der the cover of night, their ees become
very bright, for. like the owl, they see
only through the dark.
They are very hungry, and it takes a
grant many gnats and mosquitoes to fur*
nlsb a meal.
But who would not be hungry after
•everal months of fasting, pray?
I'm sure we would, wouldn't we?
is, after
friends
ity Fri-
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Ing, however, that Brlcktop’s promised
basket would not fall amiss.
And neither did it. When that yonng
man, red of nose and numb of hands and
feet, came lumbering through the snow-
drifts. half ns high a* hlmnself. he brought
not one basket, but two. And The Twins
found more than they had dared to hope
for. As they, with the assistance of sev-
eral little girl friends, unloaded the good
things Bettie asked her brother how he
had managed to carry such an, abundance
of food. There were great slices of
bread dripping with honey; round, soft,
ginger cakes Just a size to fit tbe mouth,
Hrlekfop dectared sliced cold meat, pic-
kles, grahnm bread, buttered, and Let-
tics favorite cake, chocolate layer!
Mrs. Perkins had not prepared just for
her little daughters, as you must have
thought in reading over the contents of
ths baskets. Bricktop pad said: "‘Momsy,
there’re about two dozen half fed kids
up there at the school, so put Id every-
thing you can find that's eatable; then
fill up with the scraps." When Mrs. Per-
kins wanted to know what Bricktop call-
ed’ "‘seraps," he replied: "Oh, potato
pealing a and apple cores." Whereupon
At noon recess many of
who were in the habit of
for luncheon remained in the
preferring to go without
than brave the storm, whfch
coming heavier and heavier, falling so
thickly that it became like a great white
veil, shuttinc everything in. On the
st recta men could scarcely see half a
block ahead of them, and traffic was
stopped by the drifts that piled half as
high as n horse's bead. As 4 o’clock
drew near parenta became very tneasy
about their children who were at school,
and many bundled themselves and start-
ed out to meet them on their homeward
a few minutes before, and Mra. Pipps had
baked ■ tiny pie on top the stove for ML
She flew down the road till she came to
the ascent, then she went more slowly,
for climbing was not so easy. Never once
did she look back towards the house, ‘for
fear sho might behold Mra Pipps or bor
mother on the porch watching after her
and wondering who the little girl was
•that was going up the hill. Junie had an
idea that they would not rocognize her
unless she turned about ao they might see
her fac
By ins time she dropped on the other
"slde of the hill, thus potting out of sight
of her own home, little Junto began to
feel both tired and cold. But she would
not think of turning back, for that would
mean defeat, and she might have to wait
two year* before being allowed to go to
school Bo she pushed on toward the
town which she could see ao plainly. It
looked very close. indeed, but Junle bad
no Idea bow long the toad was till her
Httle feet bad traveled about half way.
Stili the town seemed no nearer.
Then she had to rest. She just could
Hot go another step without It Her nose
and toes tingled with the cold. Although
there was some snow on the ground,
many wagons nnd pedestrians had tram-
pled it from thf road. Yet the little one's
I nehed *• i they bad been going on
To one side of the road was a farm*
oouic. and Junle decided she would go In
and ask to warm her feet and nose; but
as she turned into the driveway a dog
eame, barking, toward her. Forgetting
her wenriness. she turned and ran down
the road at the top of her speed, only
• lopping when she was out of bearing of
that terrible barking.
Then aba Bimpy gave out and Mt down
on a rock at the roadside. How long she
stayed there she did not know, but boob
came along a strange looking wagon,
drawn by a thin, lame, old horse.. A man
of very dark visage was driving, and a
woman of the same type sat on tba seat
beside him. On seeing little Junle the
man drew the horse to n atop and nsked:
‘Where is the pretty one going?" Where-
upon the dark woman leaned from the
wagon fud said: ‘Toma, pretty dear; I’ve
a Btring of beads for you. Tell me your
hnme, pretty doll."
Junle, liking their friendlineM, went
up to the wagon, Baying: "My name's
Junta. I'm mos' five years old. My
blrfdny tomes nex‛ mont." "And where
•re you going?" asked the man, looking
up and down the road, as if to see
whether anyone were within eight On
both sides of the road was a thick wood
and rock hills, and he did not seem to
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for Uttle June. Tom, the older brother,
would take her on his shoulder and
trot trot with her, playing he was a
horse. And Junle would laugh and cry
out. "Gee-up, ole ho-sey. Gee-up!
Then at the supper table Junie would
sit between a big sister and brother,
listening with the Interest of the grown-
ups to the news of the day in town and
at school. How delightful to have them
all at home, and. to participate in the
laughing nnd chatting, for Junle talked
well as the others at table. It was
not her parents' idea that "children
should be Been and not henrd." They
0ved to hear the conversation of their
children, especially the prattle of little
-unle, 3?* spoiled and dearly loved baby.
But the mornings for five days in the
week brought loneliness to little Junie's
heart, fur she could not accustom herself
to the prolonged absence of those dear
brothers and sisters, although she knew
the evening would bring a repetition of
the happy one just gone. And she won-
dered if the time would ever come when
she should have her books and go to
school along with "bruvers Tom an'
{’’•nk an’ sis’ers Nell an' Mln.” Often
her papa would take her on his knee
and tell her that in another year she
should be a schoolgirl, but that she was
too smali and her legs Dot strong enough
to walk so fsr as did the big brothers
and sisters.
But another year seemed so long; oh.
so long! Junle felt, too, that her parents
underrated her pedestrian powers. She
was quite sure she could walk to town
without feeling the least bit tired. She
think It worth while to look there, fov
a fence ren along both aldes of the road,
cutting the timbered land off from the
thoroughfare
psa
towards noon became very severe. But
those who carried baskets and boxes of
luncheon most generously shared their
provender with their luckless comradew,
l who might have been pretty hungry be-
| fore time for supper had it not been for
1 the thoughtfulness of Bricktop.
Napkins and papers were spread on the
- tops of desks, and n regular picnic was
had, though' none had really enough to
eat. for about a dozen lunch baskets and
boxes bad to supply about twice that
many hungry children. However, there
was enough good will and merriment to
fill them up, and not one boy or girl
complained about the shortness of tho
noon allowance, a time when school chii-
dreo are empty to their boots, and when
a "square meal” Is most welcome.
Bricktop could not be prevailed upon to
remain and partake of the picnic dinner
spread upon the desks, saying that he
would doubtless make such havoc with
the meal that others would have to fight
for a morsel of bread; therefore, to avoid
any such trouble, he would run home,
fill himself with a fine, hot dinner and
return with a basket stuffed to the top
with goodies tot The Twits and any
others who might bare appetite left after
the banquet now being set out.
But little nnd Bettie did not wait for
Brick's return. the sigbt of tbe Appo.
Using food proving too much for them to
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