The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-12-04
4 NEW GAME.

a girl the delights of using a sling
were unknown to him; and he had to
20 to bed at half-past seven. AS he
was a year older than the twins, who
were eight, this last stamped him as
a molly-coddle.
After breakfast the three boys went
out to the barn, where the twins ran
up ladders and walked the narrow
crossbeams thirty feet above the floor
as unconcernedly as If they were on
the ground.
Percy caught his breath. "Oh, l
wish I could do that! I'd love TO do
all those things, but nam won't let
me because it makes me dizzy
"Oh, it's as easy as pie. See me
fly" And Albert took 4 flying leap
of fifteen feet into the hay, followed
4. by his brother.
Then they compared muscles, and
found that Percy's were lawfully fab
by" Their own were like iron. But
showing off soon palled on all three
boys, and they began to wonder what
they could play.
II made up a game the other day"
said Percy, in the slow, sober tones
that had struck the twins rs so curl
Gus. They chartered as fast and as
shrllly as monkeys themselves, in spite
Of their mothers hourly protests.
did you" said Albert.
"Out Of your own head?" said Her
bert
"Oh, it's easy I often make EN-
up said Perc.~, delighted to have
made an impression on these athletic
boys who could do so many things
which he could not, although he was
so much older.
Tell us how you play it," said the
twins, together, eager for some nov
city.
"Well, it's a kind of tag. I'll be it.,
and I'll start to run after you, just
the same as l would in Tag" AS he
spoke, the twins, who had been lying
in the hay, jumped to their feet and
ran out of the barn. Hold on" said
Percy, 81 must tell you something
about it first. AS I run after you
holler out a letter of the alphabet, like
G, and then if you think of an animal
whose name begins with c, and shout
it, can't tag you; but if you don't
shout, then 1 tag you, and you're it,
and must run after the others and
holler out a letter. 1t must be some
animal or if you choose you can call
out flowers. But it must be either ami
mails or flowers or countries or fruits;
you mustn't mix 'em up in the same
game Now you start and I'll follow"
81 hope he says the same letter
again, because I've got a bully animal
all ready" said Herbert to Albert
The boys had not run fifty feet be-
fore they found that whatever else
Percy could not do, he certainly could
run. He was almost upon Herbert
before he shouted, and then he yelled
"Cr' as before.
Herbert waited until Percy reached
out his hand to tag, and then he
shouted. "Sealm
"Tagw said Percy, with a burst of
laughter.
That's no fair" said Herbert 81
said seal before you touched me-"
"But seal doesn't begin with a c; it
begins with an S." said Percy soberly.
How about sealing? Isn't that
c-e-i-l-.-n-g?"
"The plaster one is, but hunting the
animal isn't" said Percy, with author
ity
Hes right. Bert" said AL, who had
run up. you're it, fast enough"
VERY we'll" said Bert. Ready
And the two fed before him. lie pur-
sued Percy, who ran heetly out into
the road. After a long chase Percy
stubbed his toe and Herbert gained
enough on him to call out CO.
"Gnuw yelled Percy But, with a
dcrlsive laugh, Herbert closed Oh him
and tagged him.
Il didn't say M said G"
And l said gnu-g-n-u,' said Percy,
simply.
Say, a fellow needn't ever set
caught if he spells that way" said
Bert. augrily. "C-p-o-n-y pony. That's
dead easy" But again Al came VI
ard declared that Percy was right.
They played the game for over an
hour Sometimes even Percy cid not
think fast enough or run fast enough
10 avoid being it, and after a while
they gave a variety to the game by
changing to flowers; and there they
rather got the best Of Percy, who was