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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1909.
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| don’t much like to show ourselves unless
With her boks on her arm she waswe know who it is.
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4s around here that she built it
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ia a ellek beetle, and la junt anieep in that
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under it.
HIS is my little Maltese cat.
Some people say that "‘cats is nice,**
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yellow, and one day she noticed a very
curious thing
But those I like most ’specially
Are they who catch the rats and mice.
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| But I candot tell you
She never walks the fence at night
To meet more cats—she seems to fear it.
Sometimes I’d like to sce her fight.
And know my kitty had some spirit.
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One time my little yellow Dick
Flew from his cage around her head.
She raised her back and ran as quick
As lightning ’way beneath the bed.
I know it spoils the feather bed;
it must be made again.
And when I see th* mess I've made
Of eourse I’m sorry then,
Yet every time- J pnss.that bed.
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He was rubbing his eyes
and did not know where he was.
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will do). When dry cut the edges
of the cardboard to exactly fat Fig. 1;
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down on the back, so that the cardboard
will be sandwiched between Fig. 1 and
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j That I can never keep, indeed, .
From moving off a bit
And running back at headlong speed
To plunge down into it.
I’m chased away, and run as fast
> As ever I can flee
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and, besides, it was pleasanter to
walk through the green fields thin in toes
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paste it upside down to the cardboard, you must atop, hold your bauds still, draw It wasn't a really truly boy or girl baby—
fitting it on perfectly. Pierce a hole atthe strings taut and watch the card in-but just one of Mother Nature’s spring
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a path there that made the way"Yo-
shorter than following the road. "M
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prise. What surprised Fditu espetially was
“Why, of course I Am." said the strange that the Queen was weeping bitterly in a
girl. j lace handkerchief that she held to her
She stepped out from the wheat and eyes. She seemed to be iu so much trouble
Edith saw that she was very pretty andthat Edith felt sorry for her.
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Ther were so many
y turned the greeu Cb
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««VIELL, well, children," wild the
W jonliest Uncle in the world an he
V‘ returned from nn early morning
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And don’t come back till danger’s past My good resolves are quickly fled
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the dust of the road. Edith lived in the wheat, but she could see nothing unusual,
country where there are few sidewalks "Where did you all come from?"
and there was not so much as a footpath I
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AH Righte Renerved
DITH usually walked along thet From all parts of the field in a moment
edge of a field of wheat whenjcame the reply in hundreds df silvery
she went to school. There was—1-- ----*‘- »»*. w—-- 4*
who that can be?” she
them several dozen of babies if theyrelied, poot thing, on her nest be mg well
would let him eat his breakfast in peace, hidden. It is a sign that there are no
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woods sust now."
"Wha-aat? chortuned three shril
-oices, and Unele Samuel had to defend
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Run past her back and forth with gleg.
They know that she's a "coward cat" 5
And I’m as ‘shamed as I can be. ’ .J
went with Uncle Sam through.the barkup and shifted for then
.pawture, down aloug thelan where the ..... up th joot ...
puny willows were just heglanisg- te Hessie wAnted to take
sbow their fur, and over the stile into* to be sure they were.
00 agaiu. .
‘“New, we must lie going bask again,
nald I’nete, looking at his watch how
Mildred hated that old watch "but I
will show you how much a nprg la like an
erg A ehirken’a ez: ham ’ shell outside
of everything
it will be puuy--. . ---- —
to enjoy the May a qua hl ne ” AM « eie
took the brown seed cap and put it deftly
said the disappointed
youngsters, more quietly, "that wasn’t
right it may freeze or starve out there ”
taking her skirt in both hands and mak-
ing a curtsey.
"How does it happen that you are so
small?" Edith asked.
“Because we don't grow any larger.”
was the reply.
"Are there more of you?” inquired
Edith.
"Oh, yes.” said Morning Glory: “there
5a a large family of us. Listen and you
can hear my sisters.” She raised her
voice, which was as clear as silver, and
called “Yo-ho"’
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the tree, like an enormous
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ill bave grown
and wclering how many bushels of
wheat there would be in the field. Her
eyes were attracted by something moving
just a little way inside the edge of the
field. She stopped and saw that it was
a very small being. with very blue eyes
and very yellow hair. Her dress and
even her stockings and shoes were also
yellow and it was not easy to ace her
among the yellow stalks of grain. At
first she thought that she must be mis-
taken. The little creature stood very
dresses with yellow shoes and stockiors
In fact, they all looked so mueh like
Morning (ilory that Flith conta not teu
them oue trom iother, and she would
not have known which one df them was
Morning Glory If the little crew tn re had
forced to say “But tee may not be far
away,” she added aa the Queen began
to weep again. "You know l‘ve been in
school all day, and so I wouldn't have
been likely to see him.”
‘Tve looked everywhere that I could
think of,” said the Queen, “and I eant j
find any sign of him. He said that he
was going out to shoot a quail. and he
must have been stolen away, per imps by
some wixard or wicked fairy. What shall
I do? Oh! what shall I do?”
"I’m very sorry for you indeed,” Edith
said.
“I can’t imagine what the King will
say when he comes home and does not
hhnself.from three eager pairs of arms
that clutched his kgees while be was
besieged with questions.
“Oh, where is her "Or is it a she?
"Uncle, what did you do witb—with Itr‛
poking its way up." and he g ■ ly sepa-
rated the two parts of the greeu thine,
i . two lit th* palms pressed
together lightly, and inside slowly opened .
two perfect leaves, exact miuiatures of
the great locuwt tree leaf which Unele
" picked up, dend, near by.
If We pulled it up w would find re a. .
an inch or two oog it im a baby tree,
and the warm uanket which we removed
wa . imply the thin sheil of a seed la •
fan All winter it has been softrning
unter the warm snow and damp news” —--
Now, Uucle, suow iun t warm at al':
and nee her* where this poor beetle is
frozen dead in the ice. Why didn’t the
nee frecw, too’
“I don't believe that boetle is dend. It
"Where did you all come from?"
I “I don’t know." Morning Glor; replied.
"We are here when the wheal turns yel-
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earth, in which the beetle iny sti. nnd
pui it in his hant, clominz It up snugiy.
In a few momenta the frost had turned
‘Who is Morning Glory?" the Queen
asked, taking her handkerchief from her
eyes again.
"You will see," Edith replied, and put-
ting her hands to her lips like a trumpet
so that her voice might be heard better,
she called as Morning Glory had told
her:—"Yo-ho: YodMf’ •
She and the Queen both looked toward
the wheat field to see what would hap-
pen. Ina moment they heard a great
many silvery voices repeating the cry,
seemed to be really grown up, although "Is (hare anything that I can do to helpfind the Prince waitiug for him.” said
she was so very small. you, madam?" she inquired. politely. the Queen.
"What is your name?’ she asked in Taking Ler handkerchief from her eyes Edith just then had a fortunate thought,
great surprise. the poor Queen looked at her very sadly "Wait a moment," she said. "Perhaps
“Have you seen my son, the Prince?” we can find him. I will ask Morning
she asked. “He is lost and I can’t find Glory and her sisters to help us.”
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to water, th*- earth loosened, and after i
muom . me i Mas •' 1 . Eertle vut
out one feeler caitiouniy. Then he
hia six lega and trld to
the centre of either end of the card and gently The card will immediately re babies.” Three pairs of bewildered blue|her babies she might kill them all As
thread a soft, short string through each verse its motion, turning rapidly toward eyes opened wide at this, and then one it is, I fear she will move away to a new
hole, tying it securely to the card; then Elda"witb‛°Erowine.blocoming"praCtot ititte "Unele, may we go and house after our vimit. As for her present"
hold one string in each band and whirl When starting to twirl the card kt thelsee it. since you Won’t tell us what it is?’ whereabouts I ean t say. for as soon au
the card over and over, turning it from flower pots face yon right side up Unele Samuel promised to take tbem outwe came near sle ran ont of her back
--------------------------------------- ixto the woods that afternoon tad show doer-it’s through that old branch and
much that day But she did not say a
word to the other girls for fear that she
might be making a mistake and getting
her new friend into trouble if she should1
do so. As soon as school was over she
made baste to the wheat field
There was a wide meadow on the way
and in the middle of this meadow grew a
still and did not make a sound. thought, hut a rhe approacbed the
"It may be a doll some one has lost,"lcovered that it was a Queen, wearinz *
said Edith to herself long velvet robe covered with »old lace.
But just then the tiny stranger smiled,1 Edita knew that it was a Queen because
showing her white teeth. rhe had a Elittering crown on her head.
"Are you alive?" Edith asked in wr- with precious atones.
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waves. Then the field began to turn wih be here, and all you have to do is to
the Queen sat and explained (be matter
to them. They made a great circle alout
Of Course she bathes, "cause cats is neat.
And for a sponge she takes her paw;
Then drinks her milk and eats her meat
4nd digs the garden with her claw.
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The Children s Visit to Uncle Sam s Spring BabiesatR-i
* 2 had really protected the Deetie rom the
about growing things, too, but he. returned all the leavra to the entrunce and killiug celd
wouldn't ntop for Mildred’s questions orrestore things ns well as he could But wemNA, not.lt ,.hy,pc"t «
anything until he reached an old fallen "And now. l"s see how many otber It ""ibe pushed 06 w bon,0e tree wihes
tree covered with dead vines. kinda of babir* we can discover You.
"And here we are at the nursery door,"Millle, look for towers" -
•aid Und*. as he pulled away a mnes of' “Why. Unete, there are no fowers yet;
dead leaves. "Now one at a time, please; not even a spring beauty,” began she, but
look inside." • stopped when Uncle scraped away some
j, where is the yolh? Now,
g , . inside the meat of the not. st rst we
kn bs of brightest green. Uoceunwoundjcannot fnd a a tiny point
one of these knobs, producing a perfect of harder matter But as it levelops
baby fern in rhe ground this point grwe into that
Underjaome Stont*4 he showed them a tittle gheen the/ wezwe"t"e the mgat
. . . .. , of the n ut-grovies the fooc f or it. Thut
hai" "oxen pretty shining blach hail.in tte yolk, nud botaniats'call them first
ithout any shells. They were brand iavee,' or yolk-,' boenus, as in the
Aiehteki
‘‘Morning Glory,” said the stranger.
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| "‛m very glad that yom eame," Edith
repliod, "fur I want you to help the Queen
I find her son the Princo "
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jitroti in the back pasture, “what do vou
think? I found a ml live baby in the
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" And so it wa= arranged.
That afternoon Millie. Bess and Regi
There, inside,of that old hollow loz.1 leaves from an upturned tree root, expor
curled up in a tight ball, were air babyinE sereral tiny badditez zreen thinan o?"evefyiing Then comes a thin akin,
mice, tiny. blind, almost without for and, about an inch long *• beaure they wrapped arouad the .white >t the.emc
’^l^^wood m, and you MP th. Imnebiivznaduz
Ler me nee. it me wee, anu •u uu, thousands of empty acorns, hi ,, hick ‘ patie a ' ave . t . -d ad it. shell «' in chext
Unele put Me hands over hit head andory nuts and ehestnuts atout the door I "Xow, madam, what are tho? Aad nut, fottinstant inthabrown nu5*2ut;
yelled, "I haven’t H; I didn't iring it way. Th— art the eartiest mice bablen these over h'r' And that one Inzidet It.r »' ” "we that
home with me ife still in the woods ” 1 ever saw." • porhine from under a *tonet inuzhedcomtemponde to the wnite or the
I "Oh, Uncle," sald the disappointed -But. Unele, where is th* mother ..... .. . donsp ' itT . . ...... ....
mouse anked Mildred, phahing Re Nesvin, voanwbile; hadbeen "nosins"nalo;zenandtbebabytreeisnhutup
. .1 a . . among smo* dead fern leaves and dis- innide there
_____. away from the “nursery door Rex was . . . . . u. • Rolo
"Well, well. I'll tell you this much too euger nltog-ther to take the littw covared1a "hoie Tow of tizhtiy
... .. . - - , knobs of brightest green. I uck unwonnd
mice up. "Let them alone, for if the
mother smelled our bands had been ou
ow, for all of them w
ke Morning GLory,
new slugs, he said. And right under thejchicken’s egg, they feed the baby plant
samestone Berxie notired a tinyvrowa puhime tpeegthdertgpot
object, ten bigver than her fnger.nail, Eher e leavu mnat be fed Now we
stuck straight up In the soil, half in and must go home, but re member two things,
half out. "Take hold gently and pull.’* always try to help nature instead ofkill-
sngented t wje The brown object,- ing and destroying her babies, and al-
But in two or tit-’-i log like a tt paper,
sway and exposed a vividly greeu thing pte with greeu sprouts and little egK*
exactiy the hame size and shape. What of inseeta and auimnl, all hideep chre
on warth wa. it? Uneie called their nt fully nnder the leaym »i»l xuoW
_ . . . ., . , And wheu the childrea reached home
‛ntion to wevral other, .round, to tily drclared thy were nut at al
' J nt for the hnowiede it will uivo poited with (n i.. Samuel's syring
Unele knew alljweasis or snakes, but Vacip Samdel juatum," aaid ho "we will ouen tluia tiny headjbables
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him anywhere!"
"What does he look Ilk*?" Edith asked.
"Oh. yon would know him the moment
you saw him,” the Queen replied. "He
is th* most beautiful boy in the world.
He has long brown curls and brown eyes.
His checks are as red tea rosea and hia
manners are kind and gentle. He had
on a red suit with a white lace collar and
he carried a bow and arrow. Oh, tell
me. have you seen him?”
"I’m afraid I haven't,’’ Edith was
tust look everywhere,"
replied. She summoned
HOW THEY AND EDITH AND
MORNING GLORY COMFORTED
THE DISCONSOLATE QUEEN AND
FOUND THE PRINCE
BY ACTON ARCHER
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She loved to look at the wheat field low, and that is all that I can tell you
when the wind blew over it, bending the about it."
tops of the blades so that the field seemed I "I can't stay any longer now because
covered with green Waves, like the see. 11 must not be late at school," Edith said.
The stalks grew higher and higher until, “but I’d like to come and play with you
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"I wonder
F < f it M rnng (ilory told them that
they must sratter in all dirertions and
look carefully for the young I’ruses until
I they fan nd bim.
| They foilowedl bar instructions Imme-
dlately. darting away in all directions as
lightiy and «wiftly as thongh they, had
wings Ineeed, their feet did not seem
to touch the. ground at all, but to shim
along the surface
' "Oh, I hope they will find hirer* the
Queen exelaimed as sb* watched them go. \ .
"I'm sure they will,” Edith said. "Tbere
are so many of them that they cannot
fail."
And sure enough in a very short time
(hr sisters camne streaming bnek 'again
with glad eries, leading the F’rince with
them . He was mid . ' id
not *eem to know where ue was Ths
Queeu was overjoyed Bhd enught up .
the long velvet train nt her dresa and ran
toward him, Iaughins and crying at the
sume timr, and clasped him in her arms
■ Where have you I e«. you naughty
boy T‘ she niked, kiaing him*
"We foun 'him sound anleep in the
wonds," eried the sisters, who wre de-
Ughted at their surcess.
I don’t know hgw l ean ever thinnk
you euongh," said ’the Queen, “But I
| want you all to eome to his birthday
party next week. I shall tell the King
about it und ho will be glad to we you.'**
"Was I realty and truly jomF the
Prince asked,
"Yi’S,” siid his mother, "yon wore as
Inst Mm you < ould lie.”
“Then Im glad I was found agiin,-
he suid sleepily. He wan only ve years
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"Come, we must go," the Qneen said,
taking him by the band. "Goodby.
Edith; and gooby. Morning Glory and .
all th*' siatets; you must be sure to come -
to the party nett Thnradgy."
They all said goodby to her and waved
their banda after her as she went.
But Edith and the sisters nt Morning
Glory had a fine game of hide and see
and ths sisters showed Edith how they
hid themselves when they did not want
anybody to see them.
walking along, the’usmi path one morn Edith went on to school, but she thouht
ing saying over her lessons in arithmetic, 8 much about Mornine Glory and her
whieh happened to be the table of dry | sisters and spent so mu ch time-wondering
about them that she did not really learn.
Dot spuken te her of hoe owa accord.
Here we arc* Edith she said pomt- -
ing to the erwde of bee uistors who were
dancing about hither and thither over ths
shq Oth meadow. "j told you we would
rome wheel yon called
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My cat is ‛fraid, I really think; ,
She sits all day around the house
And sleeps so hard she doesn’t wink.
Yet she has nver catclied a mouse.
nald, or Rex, as he was called usnally; weeks all these ba li
| DON’T know if yon’ve ever done
I What Pam going to tell.
But if you’ve not it’s lots of fun,
Though feu’ll be scolded well.
It’swhen a feather bed is made
And ready for the sheet.
All plump and fat and smoothly laid.
So beautiful and nat.
theun home, so a
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