Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22
1Ep.s STRANGE ADVENTURE


ca,,se they had been looking for Things
all dav. Just before schooltime they
bad searched the whole house for led ;
reader: and after they found It on inc
floor of the hall closet, Ted ran an tle
yvav to school. but was ten minutes
late and had to stay in al recess
lie left his overshoes at school ana
when he wanted to go out to play IN
tbe afternoon ne could not lind ms
can Ted felt sure he had brought
thar home. but did not know Just
where he had put it; so he and mamma
worked very hard to find out ana iau
almost given up when Jane saw u III
one Of the kitchen wash-tuns. leu
said that he remembered laying 1t ON
the edge of the tub while he stopped
10 MAY with the cat, and Jane must
have pushed it in as She passed by.
The cap soon dried by the kitchen
fire. but it proved too wet To play out
without overshoes SO Ted roasted
chestnuts over the library fire and mis-
laid the tongs. They could not rs
found when the FIRE needed mendlng,
but when mamma put baby May 70
he'd that evening she saw them lying
nj the foot Of the crib where May soft
little feet would have kicked against
them and been hurt had no one hap
pened to notice. She looked very seri-
ous. and when she told Ted he looked
very crave: for ne loved the baby dearly
As mamma tucked Ted in his eIle
that evening sine said: We'll. TED. J
am glad You can't take your head and
legs aud arms off: for If You could !
am sure YOU would lose them.
Then She kissed Ted and left
him. never dreaming what strange
thing was going to happen 10
her little boy But ! think nearly
every boy who reads this story can re-
member strange things that have hap
pened to him between the time he goes
to bed and the time he rises IN the
morning.
When Ted was alone he turned over
and closed his ewes lie was thinking
of what his mother has said, of how
odd it would be II he really were really
screwed together and could unscrew
himself whenever he wished TO. He
thought ii would be a fine joke to scare
the the boys at school by taking off an
arm and running after them as he
waved il over his head. How surprised
and frightened they would be-
And now the strange thing happened
of which | spoke, although 20 Ted II
seemed so natural that he did not think
about it at all.
1t was no longer night. and Ted was
no longer in he'd. 1t was recess at
school. and Ted was in the playground
with all the boys. They We're playing
a very amusing game, in which every
boy except the leader and the judge
had to unscrew one of his legs and then
| follow the leader as best he could. It
was surprising how wei the boys could
hop and jump, turn somersaults and
climb trees with only one leg, The un-
screwed legs were placed in row
against the fence. and the name of the
owner was written in the shoe of each.
SO that the boys would make no mis-
take when they Were ready to put the
1 legs on again.
After the game was over some Of the
BOYS snapped legs, and as the bar
rowed member was almost sure to be
either too long or too short for its new
wearer. they would limp around in the
most comieal way: and it only added to
the fun if a very short boy changed
with very tall one. Ted was just
about to swap with Tommy Pearsons
when the school bell began to ring. and
/ the boys had to screw on their legs in a
/ hurry and run inside.
During The afternoon while the bows
were busy doing examples Jack Ames,
who sat in front of Ted turned his
head ON the neck screw until his face
was Just where the back of his head
had been, which gave him very funny
look. When Ted glanced up from his
/ slate ne saw Jack. with his head screwed
around. winlSing and grinning at him,
he could not help laughing out loud.
When the teacher saw what had hap
pened he was very angry. and. walking
up to Jack. took the misunderstanding
head off and put it on his desk, as a
warning to the boys to play no more
/ tricks. Poor Jacks head looked very
sad up on the teachers desk. while the
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seat in front of Ted. 1t was an awful
warning TO the boys. who were very
| quiet and good until school closed
Then the teacher put the head back in
| its place. but told Jack that if such a
thing happened again he would keep it
until late in the afternoon.
After school was out Ted lent one Of
his legs to Tommy Pearsons and put on
instead one of Tonmy's. As Tommy
was an inch shorter than Ted both bows
limped a good deal; and they played
tag to see who could limp the fastest.
While they were in the midst of this.
Mr.. Burns. Ted's father, stopped to take
him home, saying he was in a great
hurry. Ted, thinking his father would
be angry if he knew of the borrowed
leg, whispered to Tommy, whose house