Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-13
THE EVENING STAR.
NONDAH September I3. 1871,
A Story for Cbil6ren-

=, Ihey We're born one day this month in a mol
Ter county, Ho"H IN Noolwich township, Gloaces-
h nneir iather left home when they wene w "a.
ona airs ana never returned so that ali his ac
lie. If IL ,s 10 That he had been killed in bat
My ones, that Major General Onto waS .u sS,
~; nv ,ne enemy shall expect YOU children RI ern
enough u The s 90 eody Just as soon you are big
| drew1bo, i uue 20 children OF the Quito family
VAN w. nelr little swords nom the She3tbs any
,n sn Ihem In the air, at the same time shria, u
pool groaipS ana d' Inc frogs on the edge OF the
fnnt dnnl,i ana missed out: ',Che,tIlnk' chS
r 9ns,EGhh which meant, keep sill Won
for her 6ir family TS sd time in finding names
from South America and thu sniS,t came
taken from Quito, the capital e lr ~ name was
But where 10 md given names ps.,IaS W.
Quito very much. AT last happy o, MIS-.
struck her. When she had recovered frdniassshho
stroke she gave the fatherleSs children the fos
lowing names:
Amos Quito, Bmos Quito. CmoS Quito, Dmos
Quito, Emos Quito. Fnos Quito, Gmos Quito.
limos Quito, limos quito, Jmos Quito. kmos
omos Quito. PmCs Quito. QmoS Quito. limos
quito, smos Quito, Tmos Quito, limos Quito.
Nmos quito, Mmos Quito, Xmos Quito, limos
The day after the twenty-siy had been named
which was last Tuesday, they held a military
concert. sharpened their swords, elected Qmos
adventures.
Perhaps your father. the general. was killed
oy the giants OF Philadelphia or by the giants OF
Chester or by the giants of Camden" said
Mother quito, as she was bidding them good.
Dye; march, my brave children. and NAV sue
cess crown your adventurous undertaking."
The army set out at once. good breeze
was Blowing up the Delaware river and when
Gen. NmoS directed bis soldiers TO march across
70 Chester, ne was very angry because the wind
nieW MS Whole command up TO Philadelshia
Twilight found the army drawn up in battle
array on the window ledge or a vast fortress
Gen. Ones ordered Two of his soldiers TO go for
al Dff fro ar itN3
| what. The two soon found a hole In the window
through which the army could march single
me, ard every soldier was within the fortress
Ia tWinkling. But where were the sleeping
| giants? Here was pile OF books there a black
boafd ard great amount OF litter all around
| put not bed was seen. on the blackboard
until September There's nothing af Gere
sang General Qmos Quito, at the top Of
| MS voice: The enemy have retreated! Back
ward march," And to the .hum-hum" or the
| whole army (for every soldier was a drummer
ard fiferl the General led his troops out at the
Wln0oW ana away. In flying over the streets
| Dght down on the street and being inexperi-
enced the soldiers were afraid OF the light.
| once, however they marched so close TO the
| head or giant that the giant groaned and
| smacked his ears. They met great numbers OF
their cousins and uncles, all on the war path,
Dut none would give them Information as to
| uncleS and cousins invariably sang out. .bIz
biz. biz" whenever they were asked. meaning
mat General tluitos army must attend to its own
| business Coming to one place where they could
hear glasses cllnkfng the soldiers marched In
and were just about TO attack the giants there
| assembled when they met one OF their uncles
| there sang the uncle. you'll all be poisoned;
their blood Is bad / tasted one drop OF that old
| fellow with bottle In his hand and iu nearly
| made me SICK The army wheeled and marched
away, the dIummers beating rum rum. rum"
instead OF hum, hum, hum" At other strong
| noics OF the enemy General Quito found the
| t MlhGo~s projected by thick netting. Some OF
| these nett1ngs he charged furiously, but as half
tne army was thrown to the window lodges
Delow he made up his mind not to storm any
aiore lettings. Arrived at another fortress the
scouts reported that the way was clea and
mat Two little giants were sleeping on a bed
inside Now" exclaimed General Qmos
| quito, unsheathing his sword 1--WE will charge,
ana may victory rest with the brave. My SOL
dlels, let US remember the herolsm OF our
ancestors-let US remember that our honored
father was slain by one of these heartless
giants-cur down in the flower of his manhood.
| perhaps by one of these wretched heaihens
before us. My soldiers, draw your swords"
| instantly twenty-five swords flashed I'm the
| air. The swords were like the following only
| they were much sharper: III,
Hlst, hist" whispered the general; what is
| The army stood still in breathless expectation.
Little OrGos Quito trembled In his boots.
| Its the enemy's bugle blast" said little
'Ha, hal laughed the general; ats only a
snore. ana I've heard mother say the sound OF
| snoTe Is equal 10 bucketrul OF blood on. on
| ye LraNe Y ho rush to glory or the grave
lie chalge was terrific. The soldiers at
| tacke0 the TWO young giants In every exposed
part. The general himself was the first to draw
| blcod. He had scaled the wall Of the enemy's
| nose and slashed right and left singing his
| commands meanwhile to his busy battlers
F, around Suddenly one of the giants came down
| on the general like thousand bricks. The gen.
eral escaped but three OF his followers were
| fatally wounded and rolled helplessly down to
the pillow below. The other giant had been
| aroustd at the same moment, and striking his
| knee with the palm OF his hand killed one or
| the aImy-AmoS quito, the braveSt OF the
| oIaVe-at single blow. But General QmoS did
| not !aIter. He ordered another charge and
| burning with revenge, the whole army swept
forward. Again there was sad havoc In the
| ranks. And so for two hours the battle waged.
blood Being drawn by the thimbleful When
| General QmOS fell he had just buried his sword
| 10 us h1lt In the lobe OF a giants ear and was
raising his voice to shout ''Fictory, victory,'
| IL was desperate conflict, and not until day
| daWned did the last OF the brave army receive
his mortal wound.
Johnny" said his mother the next morning
Il think I'll have to get some netting for the
| WlnGoWS or your room. Sam says that both of
| you were almost eaten up last night"
| II should reckon So" said Johnny al
| counted twenty-SiX dead MOSQUITOES 10 the bed
thlS morning. "-PhiId. Times.