The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-22

lots He can make a goose-a whole
goose--without even taking his pencil off
the slate; like this:
It's wonderful but then Archie is so
clever. And there's another bird, he says
it's a cassowary, that he tells such a
funny story about when he draws it. 1t
goes like this:
'"There was an old man who had two
! fish ponds, one large and one small one,
(and Archie draws a little pond ana "a a
through in the big pond without catch
| ing anything. so he thought he would go
up to the little pond and try here
Archie draws path slanting up to the
little pond). But when he got there he
found some one had thrown a big stone
into the little pond and frightened the
fishes SArchie draws h the stone nera at o oile
He went back to the big pond, drawing
another line back and discovered Two
paths leading down to two gypsy tents:
He ran down to one of these tents, but
It was empty. The gypsies had seen MIN
coming and run away, and II was the
same in tie other tent, only they had
forgotten to take away their casSoWary
bird The old man took the bird, but the
gypsies had all the FISH.
When this is all told, you see that the
big and the little pond, ana the stone anu
make a very queer bird. 1t doesn't look
much like any of our American BIRDS,
but Archie says that a cassoWary Ism
al American bird at all, and m glad IL
' The incest story is about Mr.. T: and
Mr. c. First he draws Mr.. t. and MI. ",
Archie says that doesn't matter z; ana io You ,l
had better draw it yourself Miss, II you IRE re
so particular. Then Archie begins at the
top of Mr.. C. and says:
fMr C. looked out of the wlndoW one
morning, he said to himself Hello! what
a long time it is. since | saw old neignpor
r. I'll go make CALI So he set out,
to Mr. I'd and when he got there ne Sald
yourself, but what's the matter with your
enough, says old T.. I'd clean, forgot
about the walls, So old T. built some some
down the sides of Mr.. r. It's an i'm
provement' said Mr.. c. but why don't
you build windows in your heuse?,
about the windows So he out some ii.
QIere Archie draws two holes in two
sides of Mr.. To
Pretty complete as a house said Mr..
grounds look bare; Why don't you plant
some grass around the doorstep? So Mr.
planted grass (Archie draws 1l sprgs
both very tired, Mr.. T. of working and
Mr.. c. of advising so much, so they went
inside and had a glass of wine together
wine. This went to his head, ard when
he set out for home in the dark he took
the lower road instead of the upper one.
and fell into hole. Q1ere Archie draws
Mr.. C.s fall, and his mounting up to the
road again) He pulled himself out, but
the night was so dark he had hardly gone
ten steps before down he went again. He
went along pretty straight after that I'M
til he was nearly home when he had his
third fall. This confused him very much.
SO that when he fell once more, and found
water in the hole, he thought he, was
old housekeeper heard him and threw a
rope out of the window, out it went in the
V rong direction.
You stupid woman, he said at last,
when he, got home all wet and cold. Did
MT you hear me call?''
"Oh, I did hear a noise" she snapped
Grossly, but l thought it was only a cat
n7ewing."
Then suddenly. YOU see what Arches
story means, and that all the time he has
been drawing a cat It's an awfully nice
cat.
Perhaps Murray can play football as
we'll as Archie. but l don't believe he can
draw as nice cats.