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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

Is. j. seemed to have a clear chance
Tor the goal and he struck out in that
direction. But he did not move as
1ast as he hoped, for Foster had
caught MN by the ankle and held him
there while Grant Swam to him and
twisted the ball out of his grasp.
Grant now bent far back to hurl the
ball at least mile. But just at this
moment Tug dashed a sharp stream
OF water into Grants face, and sur
prlsed him so that he hesistated. He
VINO hesitates is lost, and before Grant
could make ready for another throw,
Tug was on him and was climbing up
his big frame; he had a foot on Grants
shoulder, and both hands on the ball
before Grant sank out of sight Time
z minues. Score, Lakerim, 8; Keo-
kuk. l.
In the new dive-off Foster got the
ball again and dribbled it down the
pool B. ]. dashed for him and Fos-
ter passed the ball across to Herbert.
Tug leaped for Herbert who crisis
crossed again to Foster. B. j. tackled
Foster, but the ball was at the other
side of the pool. Boobies sprang at
Herbert and saw the ball flying across
IKE wild duck. In this way Foster
FOUND himself at the end of the pool
with the ball in his hand. All that he
needed to do was to get past Pretty.
Pretty, however, did not propose to
he passed and there was a wrestling
match that would have pleased two
octopuses. Foster made a splendid eff
fort to worm his way round Pretty,
but pretty held him fast till Sawed
off could extract the ball from his
hands and shoot it a long distance
away. So Keokuk made try after try.
1t was very discouraging to carry
the ball with so much difficulty down
to the very edge of the goal and then
see it lightly tossed back to the mid
die of the pool. Now Keokuk began
to throw desperate, and planned a fine
rush along the whole line. They came
forward with the ball-carrier well
guarded. Lakerim could not get
through. Even the two Keokuk goal
keepers left the goal and came for
ward to add their weight to the line.
1t was to be a test of strength against
strength. In this way they showed
the Lakerimmers backward and back
ward until they were within a few feet
of the goal. Then Tug and Boobies
bounced on Schuyler. who tried to
pass the ball to Moore. But the ball
was slippery and he missed his throw,
and Tug, leaping into the air, struck
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

, wood to burn. which the hurricane
had scattered around.
Then the boy set out for the west
once more and. as he neared the lake,
the mans voice again said, What
would you think II / sent great hail
storm down upon your grandmother
! cabin with spears as sharp as
needles?''
ooh, / should like it Of all things"
replied the boy, "for I want some
sharp spears"
You had better run home and see,"
growled the voice.
So the boy ran home as fast as he
could, and as he came near his grand
mothers cabin he heard the noise Of
the gathering of a great storm.
ooh, dear" cried the grandmother,
now we shall all be killed, for you
have been to the west again."
But the boy said. mot so, for we
win change the cabin into a rock
again." and as quick as a wink the
cabin became a rock. and the storm
passed over and did not hurt them.
When the storm was over and the
rock was changed back into a cabin.
the boy and his grandmother came
out and saw the ground all stuck full
of spears.
Just what / wanted" said the boy.
Il will get poles and fit them to the
spears, and use them for fishing"
But when he had brought the poles
he found no spears remaining.
How Is this" he asked; and his
grandmother replied, 1.-The spears were
ice and have melted"
The boy was much disappointed and
said, What can 1 do to punish the
man of the lake?"
Leave him alone" said the grand
mother "or evil will befall U.S.
But the boy started off west once
more, and this time he tied a magic
stone around his neck for charm.
When he came to the lake he saw
in the middle Of it a great head, with
four faces, and he cried out, "Ahl hal
l have you now! what would you
think If the lake should dry up?"
THAT would never do" said the
four faces, all speaking at once in
alarm.
"Go home and see," replied the boy.
and he threw the magic stone far out
into the water.
AS the stone whirled through the
air it became larger and larger, and
when it struck the surface Of the lake
the water began to boil.
Then the boy ran home. The next
morning he went to the lake in the
west again and found that it had all
dried up, and the only living thing he
saw in the bed of the lake was great
frog, into which the wicked man with
four faces had been changed.
Then the boy went back to his
grandmother and they were happy ever
after.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

snapped him up. We all saw it, but
we had not time to move a hand be-
fore the crocodile had sunk out Of
sight.
The gOrillas were thrown into great
rage and wanted revenge, but they
did not know how to get 1t until
showed them the way. / cut several
vines and made slip-nooses, as ] had
to catch the lion, and then l had the
gorillas go back to the water and pre-
tend to be drinking. 1t was not long
before another crocodile rushed out,
but they were on the watch and darted
! away, and while he rested on the bank,
! wondering where his dinner had gone
| to, I threw three of the slip-nooses
! over his head Then we all got hold
! and drew him far from the water, and
when we had beaten him with clubs we
made him fast to a tree and left him to
! die, The gorillas felt the loss of their
| companion very much, and for three
or four days there was no frisking
about.
In my next. which will be the end
of the story, / shall tell you all about
how l escaped from the gorillas and
got among white people.
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Then we scattered tn rough the sleep
ing village and picked up all the cook
ing utensile we could find and threw
them into river on the other side.
The gori1las didn't want to kill any
one, but they owed the people "a
spite" and took this way of paying
it off. When there was nothing more
to be picked UP or destroyed. the big
gorilla called US all together for a
talk. 1 can't tell you what he said,
but all the others understood it plain
enough. The fifteen of us were di-
vided off SO that we stood in front of
five huts. These huts had no doors.
and one could look in and see the
people asleep on their grass beds.
When we were ready the big gorilla
cried "Hu! HUI" and we dashed into
the huts and seized a sleeping man or
woman. The three of us got hold of
a big. strong man, and, though he was
greatly surprised at thus being attack
ed, he kicked and struck and bit and
made good fight of it. We got him
out of the hut. however, and one of
the gorillas picked him up and ran to
the bank of the river and flung him In
with a great splash. -Four other ma
tives were treated the same way.
BY that time the whole village was
aroused and we had to withdraw. We
did not bring away a single article,
and | am sure none of the villagers
was hurt. 1t was just the gorillas'
way of having fun.
Three days later a sad thing hap
pened to one of our band. We had
been wandering through the forest
when we came to a large pool of wa
ter and got down to drink. While
one of the gorillas was tapping up
water crocodile rushed upon him and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

his grandmother always said, MY
child, whatever you do, never go West;
always go East"
Now the boy wondered at this, for
the other boys, when they grew big,
always went west and found plenty of
game there.
So, when he got to be a big boy, he
said to his grandmother, why must
And the grandmother told him, I'm
the west lives one who waits to de-
stroy us. If he sees you he will work
harm to you and me-"
But the boy said. Now / am big
and can shoot straight with hig ar
rows; besides, l know many charms
and am not afraid of the wicked per-
son who waits to destroy u.s.
So he went west in spite of his
grandmother's fears and, as he Jour-
neyed he kept a sharp lookout for the
bad man. for he was determined to be
polite, and his grandmother had al
ways taught him to bow first.
Far, far away in the west he got to
a lake. and as he neared it he heard a
voice say:
"Ah! ha! my little fellow. I see
you" But he could see no one.
What shall 1 do now?" he thought,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

to move forward through the scramp-
ling swimmers. AS he was about 10
be tackled he passed the ball swiftly
across to Boobies, who carried 1t
little further, and then at the critical
moment tossed it back to quiz linen
there was a rush for every direction
and five or six swimmers tied them
selves into a hard knot.
The spectators held their breath
and wondered whether all six Of them
would be drowned, or only i've In
short time, however, the knot was I'M
tied and, in some mysterious 1ashloh,
B. J. had the ball and was swimming
once more for the goal-keepers. Again
he ducked, and this time they prepared
to stop him as he passed around the
side. So he went through the mlddle
and came bobbing up and played
tattoo on the goal board with the ball.
Time, minutes. Score, Lakerlm, z;
Keokuk, 1.
In the minute that remained there
were many fine plays and many a close
shave for each side, but when the hve
minutes were finished and the whistle
blew neither team had scored again.
The Lakerimmers gathered in their
dressing-room and had one or their
old-time talks. Tug, who always act
ed as if he were the father OF the 1aln-
lily, said:
Two to 1 is a very nice score for
the spectators, and makes a very
pretty, close game. But it leaves too
much room for accidents, and what
we want to do is to win this game SO
that there shall be no doubt which
club has the better watermen. me
score in events is against us and these
Keokuk fellows put up a mighty sim
night. The only way we can come out
with flags flying is to win this game
by big margin. So we want to play
this half as If our lives depended on
it."
Also our railroad fares" said Jum-
bo
In the Keokuk dressing Foster
was saying just about the same thing
to his team.
When the time for rest was over and
the men lined UP again at opposite
ENDS of the tank there were six serious
Iaces on each side.
At the whistle b. ]. went through
the water like duck flying along the
surface of the lake. He got the ball
ana swan headforemost into Schuyler,
hoping to knock him down. But he
1niy got ducked for his pains and they
nau bitter wrestling match for the
odL' In the struggle neither or them
sot 1t and it bounced along the rip
plss a few feet, where Quiz and Moore
pegan to wrestle in the same way.
once more the ball went off by it.
seI' and now Boobies and Herbert ar
SUED over 1t. The result was that
ohce more B. J. secured it. He darted
through the Keokuk line and rushed
eeo|ard the goal pursued by Foster and
SCnuyler. Then he turned on his
"SSk and kept them off with his feet.
seeing him in this position the two
Soal-keepers swan steathily up in the
,,itope Of ducking him before he saw
I'm. But he had one ear turned in
fe direction, and as Grant sprang
.oi him he whirled on his side like a
N.,luoW and flashed off TO the left.
~ Jones leaped at him, but Tug
~, fled forward and Jones found him
embracing the wrong man. Now
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
JOE, THE JUNGLE BOY
Being the Adventures of a Boy
Who Was Carried Off
by GOrillaS.
ADVENTURE No. 9.
In Which He Tells of a Night
Adventure.

One day. about week after our
sport with the elephant, two of the
gorillas left home and were gone for
half a day. OF course, 1 could not
tell where they went. or what for, but
when they returned there was great
jabbering and chattering. and under
stood that something was going to
happen. That evening, instead of
climbing to our nests in the trees. we
set out through the forest to the west.
1 was going to take one of the spears
along, but a gorilla took it from my
hand and gave me club instead.
They seemed to understand that l
could not see at night as well as they
could, and one walked on either side
of me and gave me his hand.
We walked fast for two hours. We
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
THE BAD MAN
WITH FOUR FACES
AN IROQUOIS STORY.
BY H. IRVING KING.

Here is an Indian legend which the
Iroquois used to tell to the children
around their campfres at night
Once upon time a little Indian boy
lived alone with his grandmother in
the wilderness. He roamed around the
forest and shot with his little bow and
arrow all day, while his grandmother
took care of her household affairs and
both were very happy.
The boy desired to see the world
and talked much of the time when he
should be big enough to go on hunt
ing expeditions and war parties. But
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

and then the voice said:
What would you think If 1 sent a
hurricane to tear your grandmother's
cabin all up?"
"Oh, / should like it," replied the
boy. for we are short of kindling
wood"
You had better run home and see"
replied the voice.
So the boy ran home as fast as he
could and, asprhe neared his grand
mothers cabin, he heard great storm
gathering.
"Oh" exclaimed his grandmother,
NOW you have been to the west and
we shall all be killed"
But the boy replied, mot at all; /
will Change the cabin into a rock"
And, as quick as wink, the cabin
became rock and the tempest passed
over 1t and did not hurt X
Then he changed it back into n
cabin again, and they found plenty of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
CHAPTER xxi.

II the second dive-off the Keokuk-
IONS were determined to wipe out their
disgrace and they came down the tank
like troop of pirates. They came
v,itb such a rush that they bowled
over B. J., Tug, Boobies and Quiz,
ord found themselves right in front of
4ba goal. Now it was we'll that Saw
od-cff and Pretty both had long arms.
They fought as if each were a pair
- twins. The water in front of that
ryosl looked like a small edition OF
the whirlpool at Niagara.
All the spectators can see is a dozen
,rnos flashing round like the blades
of a screw propeller, and a few dark
bobbng objects. of which they can
NOT tell which is ball and which is
head. Then sonehow-it was hard
tn Tell Just Nowhere were two arms
sAen rising from the water and tap
ming the goal with the ball. Time,
minute, % seconds. Score, Lakerim,
l: Keokuk. l.
POT the ball and tried another of their
Changes But as they bore down on
r. ]. he disappeared from view, and
thew rushed in over the spot where
he belonged. Then he reappeared
hack there and with a few quick over
hand strokes climbed up on the back
of Foster who had the ball and took
il away from him.
Then he seemed to be in a. hurry to
get to the other end of the pool, Also
Keokuk seemed to be anxious to go
along with him. B. J. got there first,
and once more, just as the goal-keep-
ers we're reaching for him he sank
from sight. They began to kick under
water in the amiable desire to step on
his head and push him through the
bottom of the pool.
He had expected that that was what
they would do, and had swum to the
right till he got past them and then
10 the left Then he came up to the
surface and reached up to tap the goal
board But just before he could strike
it Jones whirled round and pulled him
over backward into the water, then
stood on his chest.
So down the two went and Grant
took the ball and hurled it with all
his strength down the pool. Here
quiz found it within reach and began
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center would naturally occur, is called
the center.
The boy at the head of the line be-
gins play. His object is to knock the
small stones from some other players
cradle. Before he plays he must an
nounce which stone he intends to
throw at. The player must throw one
stone with the left and one with the
right hand. No player can move more
than one step from his position.
If the first player succeed in knock
Ing any of the smaller stone from
their cradles, the second player may,
he chooses, attempt to cover, that
is, throw his stone so that it will bal
ance on an empty cradle. If the stones
stay on the cradle it makes no differ
ence whether or not it first strikes the
ground.
After each player has thrown his
two stones, the head of the lines goes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

die at each end of the two lines is call
ed a box. The players must agree
which end of the line shall be the
head; the other end is called the foot.
In the game, the cradles between the
center and the head of the line, count
ing from the center, will be called
center right one" center right two"
etc. Those between the center and
the foot of the line, counting from the
center, will be called center left
one center left two" etc If an
even number of boys is playing there
will, of course, be no true center.
When this occurs, the cradle toward
the head, next the spot where the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

many boys take part in the game two
cradles must be provided for each
player. The cradles are arranged in
two jarellel rows, and separated from
each other by about five feet, the rows
are about ten feet apart.
AS shown in the illustration, the
players stand between the two rows
of cradles. Beside the two cradles,
each player must provide himself with
four small stones. These stones should
weigh from a quarter to a half pound
apiece. A player must place one of
his stones on each of his cradles and
keep one in each hand
AS shown in the diagram, the era
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

that is, throwing your stone so that It
will knock the stone from the cradle
and itself remain on the cradle, counts
fifty. Fifty is added to the count for
each cradle between the one on which
the play is made and your own. Play
ing for a cradle which is not empty,an
covering it without knocking off the
stone, subtracts twenty-five from the
count.
Rocking" is an excellent game in
which to choose sides. All the players
on one side combine their counts
against the combined count of the
other side. There are many ways in
which players can assist each other.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
"ROCKING"
BY ]. CARTER BEARD.

The game of Rocking has nothing
to do with babies and. in the ordinary
acceptance of the word nothing to do
with cradles. When a boy who is
playing the game of Rocking" speaks
of cradle, he means simply a fiat stone
on which a smaller stone rests.
1t can be seen in the illustration
that there are three players and six
cradles; that is, two cradles for each
player. 1t makes no difference how
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

o the foot, and each of the other
players move up one. When the play
er who started at the foot of the line
reaches the head the game is ended
and the boy having the highest score
wins.
Counting. the stone from
a cradle next to your own counts FIVE;
knocking the stone from a cradle two
places away from your own counts ten;
the next fifteen. etc. Covering a
cradle on either side next your own
counts twenty-five; covering a cradle
two places away from your own counts
fifty; the next seventy-five, etc Knock
ing a stone from a cradle next to your
own and at the same time covering,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

swim. But he ploughed away and the
tired Keokukans ploughed after him.
He passed the center safely and
reached the three-quarter point. Keo-
kuk had no chance of heading him
off and all the spectators said:
'"rhe score is to l."
Then the whistle blew, and the
game was over. So the score was 4
to l. Lakerim had captured the event
and with it two more points in the
grand total, making it to s. The
Water Carnival was over and the
name of Lakerim was still glorious.
AS the LakerimmerS rested weary
but blissful. their work done and well
done, they began to remember that
they had homes and had been away
from them far and long. Sawed off,
who was as big of heart as he was of
pone' suddenly remembered what they
mad all remembered so often and for
gotten so often in their excitement
now anxious and sorrowful B. J.'s
mother and father must have been all
this time.
So he moved that a telegram be
sent at once, announcing that B. ].
was safe and well and would return at
once. They all seconded the motion
except b. j. Then they realized that
they had not consulted him. And no
one spoke, but they all sat and looked
questions at him, and he sat and
looked dagegrs at the floor.
After long pause Tug put his hama
on b. Us shoulder and said:
What about the telegram B. J.,
and what about your poor mother?"
Again a long silence. Then B. ].
said very softly and tenderly:
Il guess you'd Letter send the tele-
gram; Wen all go back together"
AS usual when there was any writ
ing to be done Hist'ry was chosen as
the scholar of the club. He used UP
several sheets of paper and broke four
lead-pencil points before he could fin
ish telegram that seemed to do JUS
tice to the occasion. But at last it was
finished and a few hours later Mr.. and
Mrs. Perkins were Overjoyed to read
the following:
"B. ]. captivated at last. Complete
Dozen arrives tomorrow 1920.
"Lakerim Athletic Club"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-01-15

from England in 1884, being married
to Mr.. T. S. Garrett in the same year.
] was appointed postmistress at Rock
Greek in 1855, Rock Creek being then
great freighting point. | was post
mistress for five years, moving on a
ranch in 1890, when | established my
self i'll the stock business and stimuli
taneously established this town of
Garrett. | am now the postmistress
of Garrett.
MY ambition is to do right ire
spective of political faith, and | hope
to render justice to all who may
come before me in my new posi-
ton"
Mrs. Garrett is evidently woman
of advanced education. Being prac-
ticed penman, or rather penwoman,
she will keep her own dockets, and,
possessing some knowledge of legal
forms, she will use that knowledge
to acquire more. a number of cases,
small but important to the litigants,
have already been continued from
the docket of the retiring justice to
that over which Justice Garrett will
preside, and it is apparent she will
have the opportunity very frequently
to bring into play any of Portia S
qualities she may possess.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-01-15
DUE TO INDIFFERENCE.
Ascribed to EHccssIve Frank
ness and Honesty.

Somebody has discovered that the
decadence in modern manners does
not nece ssarily denote our increased
brutality or absolute indifference to
the feelings and needs of other people.
1t is balm to the soul to be assured Of
this fact.
We have admitted to ourselves for
some time past that our manners have
not the repose which should mark the
caste of We're de We're, and that we are
indeed frankly discourteous to each
other. We also know that many men
are no longer particular how they act
or what they say in the presence of
women, and do not even observe the
small courtesies of life where mem
| bers of the opposite sex are concerned.
Men no longer hesitate to let woman
wait on them, or to push her aside in
crowd, or to smoke in her face unapol-
{ ogetically, as if that were their natural
right. We certainly are less polished
! and ceremonious than were our fore
bears.
Facing this fact, it is pleasing to be
assured that the change is not due to
selfishness, but is simply the express
sion of our desire to be honest, to avoid
shams. Therefore, if we sometimes
overstep the limit and cultivate un-
pleasant freedom of speech and ac-
tion, manifest unrestrained rudeness,
we are to be excused on the ground
of our excessive frankness and hon
esty.-Chicago American.