The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25
TIE CHILDREN'S PAGE.
MORE PUZZLES AND ANSWERS ~
THOSE OF LAST WEEK.
The weekly stsry-rhfs the Last ss"osy
In abe November Centsst-Let'ss
Prom kathss T,nes.
I'olycarp.

DAME Van lyle was sitting In n', ne
old, low chair on the north side oI rne
house: she had been there all the morn morn.
ing. Breakfast at the Van Tyies nad
early the year round; so every one na ps
to be up betimes, and Danie's iamensSSs
made her no exception. Now II mu h'sone
peared around the barn with a basket , "a
lunch for the men down In the ne,u.
Those long summer days, when eAs,a
work must be done and the heat 50 ~ ~,
pressive. Grandma Van lyle never Iel
10 O'Clock go by without sending tlis ms
tangible expression of her sympathy III
A slice OF bread and butter nearly an
inch thick and cut across the wnoie foah 1
an enormous square OF gfngerDrean,, snr
some harvest apples made the cniIa s .os
the time forget the long lonely noufs ,o on
had passed. This north side was ciea
and was pleasant 30 far as views nsa a
ard remote could make IL; for the h1 1
stood on a rise OF ground, and d S .ndw
of orchard trees spread all the way
to the travelled road. ,,,,n,
DAME filled in her time by sew'n ni
calico together. drawing pictures on rea
slate and visiting with Polycarp: ams
last she especially enjoyed. NO" a,.a
then an inspiration would seem 10 my, IVA
her poor. little, misshapen fingers, anJ
her pencil would work out the beaui a.
things she saw, on the old, cracked sia.e;
Poycarp usually posed as model, "n nf
seemed gratified Tor the pf PIN Who is
Polycarp? II the answer to TINS que''SD 30
had been given by Huldah Lucas; as
would have been described, no d9u ogv 70
a great, impudent fowl too iaZy "
scrathc for himself. but forever underioott
and ready TO appropriate what pelohseu
to somebody else. Polycarp did not as,
sociate much with his own family, party
because they were kept inside an inciosed
yard and partly because his long mt NJ
macy with DAME had taken away n, ms
taste for chicken companionship' oad he
Inty of nrit ha had
O. band of thirteen, who, In COMPANY
had braved an entrance into this trouDies
ugust, and the well-developed specimen
who aired his plumage in the sun ana
looaed down from such height upon ms
great feet would hardly be taken for the
fluffy, lettering little ball that wondered
what life meant five months ago
Janie was ready to begin her luncheon;
50 was Polycarp. But the little girl mad
the advantage. She bit from the huge
while her companion had to content HIM
self with such pieces as she saw NJ 10
break off and throw to him. splriteu
alog, which might have been mistaken
for a monolog, was carried on during
the entire meal. IL was largely personal
and Polycarp felt flattered by the consid-
crate remarks of his companion; so much
so that in the absence of some appro,
pirate rejoinder, he frequently stretched
up his long neck and crowed
\ new idea seized Danie-her friend
made on her slate. but she would write
some verses about him. She had often
attempted the former, but the latter had
only been a vague impression on her
mind which her pencil had never tried to
put into actual shape. She remembered
having seen somewhere page or verses
with three or four pictures Illustrating
the story Why couldn't she MAKE lit
tie paper book, and have 1t all about
Polycarp? Paper was a rare commodity
in the Van lyle household, SO she must
present. hoping that before long in some
way she might become the possessor OF
two or three large sheets OF white paper
Polycarp was restless and did not as
sumo such graceful attitudes as he often
had before. Just as his head. with It's
notched comb, was completed, and the
pencil moved downward toward the
wings, sudden run after grasshopper
brought him back with such a changed
expression and attitude. DAME tried in
vain to trace even a decent outline.
81 believe I'll make the poetry first.
and put in the portraits when Polycarp
feels like having 'em TAKEN she said
aloud.
There was room on the slate for both.
Il was certainly twice as large az the
states little girls of Danie's age carried
to school, and so very heavy; but as
there was no other she had become quite
fathers school days, and not little
skilled in managing the great crack down
the middle and the shaky, unreliable
frame.
Spelling bothered DAME; she had been
in school only few months In her life
Il ten years; but Grandfather and HUI
,,ah and Uncle Caleb had each served In
.urn as teacher to the eager little learn
- until she could now read and write
III for a child of her age and limited
vnortunities. But everybody was so
.ISy. and ii was hard to find the words
nc wanted in her books. So she guessed
r. the spelling, and at times felt miser-
..nle enough because her friends were
slow to read what she had written. She
vrote rapidly now. She could hardly read
II herself but a thought had come, ana
she might forget II If she did not make
haste to put IL down:
"Polycarp he
Is fair to see,
And love him and he loves me-
she read it aloud. There. that sounds
like poetry in books, and it's true; l do
love him, and he does love me-"
polycarp was not chasing grasshoppers
now. He stood very serious and quiet.
as near the little chair as he could. He
actually looked at the lines on the slate
and gently pecked the edge of her sleeve.
1t was evident he approved the sentiment
expressed: .