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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
WELCOME SURPRISE.
BY MINNIE BRADLEY,
SAN FRANCISCO.

"HE ground was covered with
snow. We were all going to visit
Grandma on my birthday. This
was in the East. The big sleigh
was in front of the house and
there were two horses hitched to it. We
took the largest Sleigh because we were
going to meet Aunt Ida on the way.
Uncle Phil drove. 1t was a long way
through the snow to Grandmas. When
We came to her home, large white
house, we all got out While Uncle Phil
took the horse to the barn. Grandma
was very glad to see us. We had never
been to see Grandma since she had
moved and we were anxious to see the
new house.
We were just inside of the house
when we were met by our eight cousins,
four girls and four boys. First we
went UP to the nursery and began to
play. Then l wanted to go downstairs
and into the parlor, but 1 found that
the door was locked. 1 asked why this
was and they told me that Grandma
had surprise for me and she had kept
the door locked that might not find
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will never be through eating until car
eat no more. But hurry now. / want
some fine mountain trout at once and
some bread and some wild honey and
a plenty of the milk of the red goat that
lives in the belfry."
This puzzled the giantess. She found
the trout and the bread and the wild
honey, but she had never heard of a
red goat that lived in belfry. So the
breakfast was put on the table without
the milk
"a pretty giantess as ever the sun
shone on you certainly are" said the
Prince, who had some knowledge of hu-
man nature; but l cannot eat my
breakfast until have the milk"
The giantess went out and found that
some bad boys had driven a goat up
into the belfry and there had painted it
red She made all haste to get the
milk and when she brought it to the
Prince she laughed aloud. Il have the
milk now and you must eat your break
fast After breakfast you are mine"
The Prince smiled gayly and said: 81
don't care. You said that 1 could live
until had finished eating" Then he
took from his girdle his sharp dagger
and cut from the bread a slice so thin
that the giantess could see the light
through it.
"At this rate" said the Prince. this
loaf of bread will last me week. You
can run away now and play and l will
call you when l want anything"
The giantess saw that the Prince had
played trick upon her, but she al
ways kept her word, even if she was a
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ADVENTURE.
MIDNIGHT

many boys, he did not jump up and so
provoke the lion. He had a good head,
as the sequel will rove
Lie STILL" he whispered almost in
audibly. your lion is a big fellow
have my rifle here and after the brute
drops off to sleep again l will
Here he was interrupted by the re-
newed snarling of the lion, and so his
purpose was, to some extent, a mystery
to me. The silence seemed to please
the lion, which, after looking about a
little, as judged gave deep sigh and
then went quietly to sleep, enjoying the
warm place that 1t had found.
Thinking it over as well as 1 could
under the circumstances, l was satis-
fled that the lion was no more than
cub, for a grown lion would not have
acted as this brute had. Never mind;
this was enough of non to make it
very unpleasant, not to say dangerous
for me, il | made a move to quit his
society. Two or three times l tried to
slide from the seat when the heavy
breathing of the lion told me that he
was asleep. The brute stirred uneas-
lily, and l took warning and gave up ali
idea of trying to help myself Some
thing dropped upon my shoulder. 1t
was the head of the mountain lion,
which he had placed there in order that
he might have more comfortable posi-
tion for sleep, Then he was off for a
very long nap.
Frank did not fall asleep during this
slow performance. Neither did he
some time with its head upon my
shoulder. Then Frank reached eau
tiously for his rifle and brought it to
an aim, resting it upon his knees for
steadiness. Do you think that 1 was
happy just then? To me 1t seemed that
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of lions. The king of the lions seized
the Prince by his stout cloak and said:
What good luck is this! l have here
a rich prize to carry home to my mas
ter, the great Gorbozo." Hearing this
the Prince was easy in his mind for he
knew that the lion now would not dare
to hurt him. What would happen next?
Il don't care said the Prince. Il will
now get closer to the giant and l may
have a chance to surprise him.
The lion trotted down the road to the
gate of the giants castle, and when he
had reached the gate roared to be let
in. The Prince saw a chance to be
killed by the giant, but his heart was
stout. In a few minutes he was in the
castle, in the giants parlor, and Cor
bozo was looking at him and laughing.
Welcome" said the giant in loud
voice that made the lofty rafters of his
castle shake. Il told you that you
would be good for me to eat. 1t was
kind of you to save me the trouble of
coming over the river to get you"
The Prince was put in big dungeon
with a servant of the giant, a frightful
two-headed ogre, to guard him. DO
you like money!" asked the Prince of
the ogre.
Have you any with you?"
mo; but I know where there is a
plenty and If you want it l will show
you where it is after the giant has
gone to Sleep
At midnight. when Gorbozo had be-
gun to snore, the ogre let the Prince
out of the dungeon. The two, the Prince
and the ogre, had long handled shovels.
The Prince pointed out place where
gold might be found and set the ogre,
who was the stronger, to digging.
Are we most down to the gold?'
asked the ogre after he had dug awhile
keen az work and 7 will watch
to see that the giant does not come to
take it all away from you after you
have found it."
BY this time the ogre was in a pit
fifty feet deep. Before he could get out
of the pit the Prince began to shovel
the dirt back into the pit. 1t was Slid
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CORRESPONDENTS,

Dear Editor: thought 1 would write
you few lines. 1 am in the sixth grade
have a pet dog. His name is Jack He is
a bird dog. | have little sister Her
name is Lucille. She is very handsome
She is 2 years old. My papa lets me write
on his typewriter. Christmas week papa
and 1 made some homemade candy. I
enjoy reading the Boys and Girls Page
very much. We all like The Call | am
II years old. 1 go to the Longfellow
School. Your reader
LERA F. URDICK, San Jose, Cal.
Dear Editor: thought that I would
write you again. When 1 wrote to YOU
last 1 was 10 years old; now I am u. I
like to see the children's letters in The
Call. l was very happy to see my poem
published. 1 have little dog. We call
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the muzzle of Franks rifle was pointed
directly for my head. AS matter of
fact L was in about as ticklish a po-
sition as was poor William Tells son.
when the apple was about to be shot
from his head
The lion slept on. Frank had made
sure that the rifle was all right before
he aimed. The perspiration was stand
ing on his brow from excitement, but
his hands were steady. All being ready
Frank spoke out aloud:
Keep perfectly STILL
L was as silent as a statue-but not
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he had! He was ready to forgive his
aunties now for all the time that they
had caused him to lose from the back
yard; he was even willing to forgive
the soap that had been washed into his
eyes only to be scrubbed out again.
Never were such cakes made for lit
tie boy before; never was his plate so
piled with luxuries. Whoop, HURRAH!
Coming to aunties is all right after all.
He reflected that 1T was mamma who
always seems to know when a little boy
is hungry-who had fixed him for lunch.
Very we'll all the same-the cakes are
great! And there are so many Of them!
And when mamma holds up a warning
finger as Little Mister begins to eat his
third cake, it is auntie who comes to
his rescue after all and says: The
cakes are plain and l made them for
him; let him have them all this time. -
Then Little Mister forgives her COM
pletely. Yes, as he toddled away from
the table, once more bound for that
back yard-was there ever such back
yard like it any where else in all the
world Auntie even slyly put a pep
permint candy-his choicest confection-
in one of his hands and looked so cute
and funny that Little Mister has to
laugh. But his honest mind makes him
go to mamma with it. She, too. laughs
this time and says well, if you are
SICK your auntleS must come over and
take care of you" Then they all laugh
and Little Mister sings at the top of his
voice as he begins to play.
The children in the next house peep
through the fence to see who is sing
ing such a jolly song. 1t is about Sing
a song o. sixpence, pocket full of rye"
and the rest and about the King and
Queen, and "Nipped off a nose"
Wicked blackbird! Lucky bird to be so
snug, Ha! hal hal hal hal
But alas! There comes a ring at the
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the lion. Awakened by Franks voice
the brute looked up. His head was
raised a trifle above my shoulder.
Quick as a flash Frank fired. The bull
let must have entered the lions brain.
1t stiffened out after a brief struggle,
in which its claws were used to tear
up my hunting SUIT
Hurrah for William Tell" shouted
l, leaping up and rushing over to shake
Franks outstretched hand
The lion was a cub, but quite large
one. Frank has the skin and I have
kept the claws for memento
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cation from SCHOOL,. we slept
under the awning which by day kept
off the heat of the sun. The launch
had no cabin. The worst enemy that
we encountered during fortnight was
the Sacramento River mosquito, who
came from the tules accompanied by
all his blood and blooded relations.
One Saturday night l will long re-
member, for then we had an adven-
ture which, think, you Will agree was
thrilling. We were well up the river
above Sacramento and had tied up the
launch to the river bank for the night,
according to our custom. BY 10 o'clock,
never dreaming of danger, we had both
fallen asleep. Frank slept upon the
seat on one side of the launch and
slept upon the other. When l awoke
/ thought that Frank was lying beside
me. 'Get up, Frank / shouted, and
have done with your fooling; this is too
warm night to be sleeping double"
The answer that 1 received was a
snarling noise, such as no human oe-
ing ever made. / knew the sound we'll
1t was the voice of mountain lion.
SO. then, my bedfellow was mountain
lion. and not very good natured one
at that. The moon had risen while we
silent and the interior of the launch was
fully Illuminated by the moonlight. 1
was lying on the inner edge of the seat
and was facing the other seat, upon
which Frank was He was awake and
| could see that his eyes were upon me
and also that he could see what sort OF
a bedfellow l had.
He had been awakened by my shout
and the snarling Of the lion. Unlike
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giants than In your hands. Now ] am
going down to breakfast. If you will
get some more giants 1 don't care
When the Prince found the breakfast
room he was surprised at the height
of the table and also at the size of Cor
bozo'S favorite chair He tore up a
napkin, that was as big as the cover
ing of a tent, and threw it over the
chairback and then climbed up into the
chair hand over hand after the fash
ion of sailors. In front of him was a
bell. This he rang, out of bravado,
and before the sound of the bell had
stopped ringing through the house
giantess, the daughter of Gorbozo,
came into the room. When she saw
Prince 1 Don't Care she was greatly
surprised, but being full of fun she
came up to the Prince as he sat at the
table and asked humbly what he would
like. Breakfast, and that very quick
ly!'' roared the Prince, striking the ta-
BILE heavily with his clenched fist.
Come now; move as If you were used
to waiting upon gentleman every day
and don't stand there looking at me as
if 1 were a curiosity out of some mu-
scum"
81 am Grundalkin, the daughter of
Gorbozo," answered the giantess, "and
1 think that l will breakfast after you
are done; that is, 1 will eat you up
after you have finished eating'
And you promise me that you will
not eat me until am through eating?'
Yes" answered the giantess.
VERY well, then" said the Prince; ''if
right and 1 will die Of old age; for
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Q LITTLE MISTER'S WET DAY .
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be placed upon dress parade. In came
Little Mister, doubly sweet and doubly
sticky. All that an industrious mamma
could do had not been enough to restore
the white dress to dress parade condi-
ton. I ne result of the pleasing en-
counter with good molasses candy was
in view. The company was no longer
detained. In one minute by the watch
the soiled dress was off and Little Mis-
ter was in wash bowl ito get the
sticky off"
Il don't want be clean," protested
Little Mister, I want go play in the
back yard wiv my
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ne asked. Rills of sweetness rolled un-
observed from the corners of a par
ticularly rosy little mouth, when two
boys who were playing leap frog on the
sidewalk a. oke his mirth to the laugh
ing point His clean white dress, brave
in pink ribbon bows his sweet little
cheeks, brave in the pink roses which
health had painted upon them-across
these tn river Of molasses, sticky as
we!l as sweet, rolled. Alas for the pride
Of the two aunties who had company
in the parlor, and who had caused the
company to linger that the baby might
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lLCoi AlAo NOlN0 L G1iSC
in wailing. Was he
ever happy in this
world? Will be ever
be happy more? He
thinks not. The
bath comes to an
end, as do all things
worldly. He feels
very comfortable,
after all. Then he
finds out that he is
tired. Then-well
here is his picture
and that shows
what he does at
this stage of the
game. See him
yawn!
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don't like him any more-do l. NAM
ma?" Did any boy ever like the bowl,
filled with water and allied to a towel
to rub roughly over his fine and sensi-
tive skin? But now the sun was warm
and Little Mister was on the ground
without any one fearing that he would
catch cold. THE sand is clean," said
the aJnties encouragingly, and it will
all shake off" AT which Little Mister
looked unspeakable gratitude-and then
proceeded to get dirty once more as
fast as ever he could A tray dog
look d wistfully in under the gate and
would have glad, com in to play with
the child if he had been invited. Little
Mister com-orted the doggie for his loss
by giving him his cookie. The dog
would not go away, but, ting his
cookie. lay down close to the gate. get
ting his head as close to the child as
the fence would let him.
How the happy hours passed, all sun
shine! When luncheon was ready the
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door bell just before mamma is about

to start for home.
Her company stays
some time. The sun
is tired Of shining
any more for the
day-just as Little
Mister is almost
tired of playing. He
goes into the house
hoping that his
aunties will urge
him to have some
more cakes-which
they do, and he
votes inwardly that
they-both the cakes
and the aunties, but
the cakes first-are
too cu-eat FOR apv-
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Little Mister s eyes
took on a look of
apprehension. Two
baths in enc fore
noon had led him
to believe that his
aunts had become so
addicted to INNER
sion that he was
sure to be "held
up" in the interest
Of cleanliness at
any time and for a
long period. His
fears were ground
less that time. Only
a brush of the hair
from the fair fore
head, only a moist
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-
were not dry, so
that he could at
once resume his
play in the back
yard, the kitten
tried to comfort
him, and he was
able to stroke her
fur the wrong way
some time before
she became uneasy
and ran { way. Then
his clothes were
ready to put on
once more and Lit
tie Mister said:
wish you'd trow
waV old howl T
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upon TIE III llItl lJAC
that everything that
a child likes it
should have, be-
slowed upon Little
Mister a wad of
molasses c a n d y
while he was travel
ing in a cable car.
How he did revel in
that molasses con-
lection. Dat was
a dood man sever
/ see, and he can
have my dolly" (his
best treasure) to
play wiY when he
comes to see me
1o,.fA la e,,,,, n 90
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beautiful tree, just like a Christmas
tree, and it was full of lovely presents.
1 got gold ring, a writing desk and
many other things, and the baby had
a rubber doll and a rocking horse, a
wagon and other things. We had a
nice time playing games after dinner.
We stayed at Grandma's all night and
had a lovely sleigh ride home the next
morning. That was the incest birthday
that I ever had
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RINCE I DON'T CARE reached the
edge Of the Dreadful River. and looking
across TO the further bank, saw the
three headed giant Gorbozo. There was
never a giant before or since who was
as large or as cruel as Gorbozo. Come
on, little man." he shouted to Prince
Don't Care, you will make a fine
breakfast for me-" The Prince made no
answer to this boastful speech, but
took from his pocket ball of stout
twine and twisted it until he had rope
stout enough to hold his own weight.
I know that this is a little risky to
go over to fight the giant" he said.
land l suppose that he has other giants
to help him. Well, l don't care" 1t
was this habit of saying L don't care .
when he was in danger that had won
the queer name which the Prince had.
Suiting his action to his words he took
from his wallet a loaf of bread and
slice of cheese and ate heartily while
the giant looked at him. Il am coming
over after a little" he shouted to Cor
bozo, just as soon as 1 have done eat
ing SO look out for me-" When he
had eaten enough he tied one end of
his rope to a tree and made the other
end into a snare. In the snare he put
some crumbs a great eagle was speed
lily caught in the snare The Prince,
seeing this, fastened the rope under his
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thing as he has often heard his mamma
say-although he has never clearly
made out what she means by that. But,
when the cakes are all eaten, Auntie
brings out a horrid pail full of warm
water and into it he goes, regardless
of his protests, when he is scrubbed.
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fine little trebel: "Dere'n be hot time
in de old town t'night," and talked to
the kitten and told her that she need
not wash her face so often for you had
no canny" tcandy). Sweet smells stole
out from the kitchen to the open air.
The aunties were making cake of the
sort most liked Little Mister. His
keen senses told him all about this, but
he had beer taught not to ask for any
thing when he went visiting. Alas,
temptation awaits us all! There was a
dish Of coffee gelatine placed upon a
table upon the back porch to COOL
Little Mister .nted to poke his grimy
little finger into the sweets-and so
he did. 1t was hot-had not cooled off
yet. Little Mister was startled. pulled
the dish ever and the gelatine, soft
and stringy, covered him in steaming
mass, from shrinking head to cunning
little feet. A sorry sight, indeed. Once
more the wash bowl and once more into
it goes the Little Mister!
When Little Mister, emerging from
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out the surprise too soon. We soon
were called to dinner and I was very
glad. l noticed that Grandma was
smiling and l did not know why then.
She told us to get in line and march
into the back parlor. Then she threw
open the folding doors and there was
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little sovel (shoveD
and wiv kitty and
make mud pies. So
dere." But he was
made clean and
then was released.
dressed in his play
clothes and turned
adrift in the back
yard with mis- shovel
and his joy and
soon forgot his
troubles of the bowl.
May no bowl ever
bring any one a
more lasting grief!
His aunties smiled
as he sang. in a
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Gaze this and
han
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cloth passed over his hands and plump
face-and then-such lot Of goodies as
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ferocious giantess and made a business
of preying upon people.
She went out, and by this time her
father, aided by several other giants,
had succeeded in breaking open the
huge iron front door and ran into the
castle. He smelled the breakfast and
went to the breakfast room. The Prince
was not there. Where was he?
D. H. W.
ITO he continued
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him Prince. I have also two kittens and
a big black cat. We call her Jet. We
have been having vacation. 1 am in the
sixth grade. l go to the Milbrae School
We have very nice teacher. Her name
is Miss Lawrence Your friend,
ROSEMARY SHIELDS,
Millbrae, San Mateo County, Cal.
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Y TITLE MISTER had one unpleas-
ant day the memory of when
win remain with him long. l
dess." so he said one morning,
IL dat I will do over and see my
aanties to-day-wo9t i, L ma mamma baIonging9 3 %
Little. Mister packed up ms pel4llsiiiGs t5s
Llis Iittis shovel g9 to dig sand, his dolly that
vas " as minus one arm his climbin ia mon. ION
key that would climb no no more o ana nd Was Ss
ilC,,i5 ~ ey-ine if around his head small
bag Gag, Of marbles and an old apron NJ to c,
put. on when he should &c out t.; to = play pa12,
in the back yard and take Gil the hileI lei y
which was dear to a very young ana
Tery nv" "seif-satisfed little heart when he
Was "a on dress parade and inspectiSn. TO. for
the delight and shoW-off OF nus ms autIes arade
~arld q continually clean baby-and that
was Was where all the trouble came in.
Some kind friend, who likes to see
children stuffed with candy, acting
- asVaTfa
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the second bath of the day, sobbed be-
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Gorboz being easily The giant laughed heartily
when he
hadno eagle toward high
said theP
be to oeat
canp Why
TO eat Inc eagle little
surprised speech did just as the Prince had advised
occupied serpent He
why he spoken o
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(To be continued.)

Freddie, aged 5, had been watching
his mother preparing the turkey for
dinner and finally said: Mamma, I'd
rather be a wild turkey than a tame
one" Why so, dear" she asked. BE
cause was the reply, "a wild one can
run around on the prairie all his life
and tame one gets killed every year"
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mo, Willie, dear" said mamma. mo
more cake tonight. Don't you know you
cannot sleep well on full stomach?"
well" replied Willie. II can sleep on
my back
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THRILLING

7 II 7 E, that is, Frank Ruddell and
N ! 1, were cruising about in a
XH/ naphtha launch three sum-
" " mers ago, during the long va
cation from school We Slept
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