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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
"A Riddle Story

r,r MANY wears lay imbedded IN inc
,na hy river.side. think must nave
haon horn there, for ! have no rcme'h-
trance Of any sort OF homo before that
time was finally dug from my resting
place, thrown Into cart anu cur ~
away many miles. where was p'aeou -.
q factory, Here was separated from NY
other half--there were formerly TWO paits
of me-bo!led in strong hclo' 'he'
scraped and polished or course, al '''s
was very unpleasant, but | nave io"e
s,nce learned to bear unpleasant th'hss
without murmurlng. Now, I was sepa-
rated into many small parts ana AGAIN
smoothed and scraped and pol'sheu uh'a
must have looked very bright lhaeeu.
Non, was Alled with hoes-at least
E..anaht AT the time that was pe'hs
a,,aa NTH them-but found out. supse-
,',,ar,,y that I contained but two. was
-, S,th many companions fastened
on square something. packed III .'ent'
black place and sent lohe Instance
away. we finally awake one morning 10
sna ourselves In big store Here lay
fnr some time until lady came IN aho
,,,,roh,sed me. She TOOK mo home WIN
her and then It was that the rea' ,t'3'S
-, NV HE began. WAS fastened TO
Something and then put on hoe AZ, p h,;i
IL saemsd quite proud OF MS at hrst, DIV
30 soon went out to play; men NOW y
did suffer. He rolled us N a''a. ~ N his
atr,nes n Ms when he WAS hyln9 NE
lstte. did ali sorts OF things, when e',S
a boy Elbows how TO DO. but ! ta.o" ~
keep up my courage and holo ias.' Nv Nv
there Is a limit TO everything. one 1ns
his mother sen, him out TO Whteh a w.. ~,
lie calf. now this calf had been tahe ~
sway from its mother and fastened ~
sort OF pen by Itself. II Wah!eu 70
get away, and the boy Was sent 10 sec
that 1t did not accomplish THIS pur-
nose. He soon grew tired OF sitting quiet
". so decided TO have some fun win ne
calf He drew n strong string from MS
Docket. drove the calf into corner and
tied the string to Its leather collar, then
ne tied the other end OF the string to
me The calf began to run and frlsk
about. / tried to hold on, but, finding that
it was impossible, let go, and away the
calf went; and when peeped up out
of the grass where ] was lying | saw
that boy lying on the ground where the
force OF the fall had thrown him. lie
was 90 angry at the poor calf, who had
nov broken out OF the pen, that he for
got all about me, and so am yet in the
pleasant grass where ] hope to be until
the friendly winds and rain bury ME deep
in the earth from which sprung.
r, S.-The answer viii be In the next
Your friend
MILDRED MARTIN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
The Dancing
of the Leaves.

It was autumn. and all nature was sac,
but. in spite of all this. the leaves were
very happy, for Mother Nature had PROM
ised to give them dance before tneS r..
tired to their winter homes. Nothing was
talked Of but the DANCE. and al the eaH yes
were preparing for this grand OCCASION
by making their costumes OF beautllui
and brilliant colors. At last the CRANE
occa sion arrived all the leaves started az
once. but Mother Nature wouldn't have
such confusion Mt her home, SO she ~,
vited them In one byrone., RFlrsG came
Mr.. Maple, accompanied by his entire
family, all dressed in beautiful crimson
satin: then MI. Poppy, and his Family
low and gold. 1t was q beautiful scene
after ali the leaves had arrived IN their
beautiful gowns, and the dancing com.
menced: there were wa ICES square
dances and every kind imaginable. About
u O clock, Mother Nature came IN and m
vited them to supper; dalntles or every
description were served, and when at
last they had finished eating, Mother Ma
ture Invited them back into tho parlor;
ut Is fast approaching morning. said
the hostess "and time for you leaves TO
So they babe their kind Mother, good
bye, and retired into their winter homes
after having such a grand time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
Grandma's Story

In O little log cabin far back from the
road lived little girl and her grand
mother. This little girl was only nino
years of age; her name was Lillian. She
had beautiful curls. which hung down her
back long ways. Lillian went to her
grandma one day and asked her to tell
her g story, because she was 30 lonely.
The kind old woman was always glad to
welcome her. 4 So grandma began: Il 4
was attacked by some Indians.
They searched me and took. everything
away from me but one little ticket that
was good for railway fare So when 1
came back once more to my dear little
log cabin In Virginia"
Yours truly.
CAROLYN WILDE.
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The Concert,

r. a.
Miss Powers was a music teacher, VINO
numbered among her pupils mlsch; ;enssia
little girl named BESSIE NeM m"sic th ninse
only six years old, but she eylnced such l,o,!
a talent FOR It that he parents haa ~ n nr
else FOR ten minutes one summer aitcr-
noon. Bessie began to grow tired and
watch the clock closer than ne notes,
just at this moment Bessie's faVor4te
kitty quietly came into the ROOM,
New! New! she said softly. rms was
too for much for Bessie TO endure, so
jumping down from the plano stool, she
romped with the Kitten,
AID then, on The prinf'pldGo w that y miSsery
sheet of music in one hand and pussy
held fast in the other. to teach her to
sing. Not liking her confinement, the
kitten mewed laudly, while Bessie cheeri-
~ sang. This Is what Miss Bessie Pow,
ers saw when she came, and Bessie, of
course, missed her lesson,
10 .iEL4 LAWRENCE,
EOS Reservoir Street, Richmond. Va
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Rob's Birthday.

Rob was little boy who lived In New
York. His father had q nice place out
side of New York Rob stayed there IN
the summer. His birthday camo In Au-
gust, and no always had a fine time.
lie would ask some Of his little friends
out to spend the evening with him. llo
always had nice party. This year no
would be six years old, SO he invited six
girls and six boys. Tho night before his
birthday he couldn't go to sleep for long
time. lie woke up early dong before his
nurse came to dress HIND and got up and
slipped on his wrapper and slippers. Then
he crept into his nursery to see what ne
had These are some Of the things that
he found there: a toy automobile
train that ran on track. hobby horse
horn, lots of candy and other things
After breakfast his mother told him tt
go to the front door and see what he
found there. Flo found the cutost little
white pony that you can imagine. That
evening he rode all Of the little boys
and girls on his pony. and rode great
many times himself. Ills friends bought
him q lot of presents. too. so he had n.
great many. They had lots of fun. and
after his little friends had gone q very
sleepy little boy went to peu.
ELEANOR " lNuTiJrLD.
Powhatan, Va.
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A TALENTED ARTIST
AS WELL AS EDITOR

Dear Editor:
I have received the beautiful
Mother Goose Paint Book you
sent me, which was a great sur
prise to me, and I am very much
pleased with it and thank you
very much for it. I am going to
try and paint the pictures just as
nicely as | can.
/ send you the best picture !
have Of myself taken in q group OF
the editorial staff Of the Hopper
grass. I am the real junior editor,
as Louise is too young to write,
and she only talks her part, which
is sometimes very funny, and |
write up what she says.
Your little friend,
JEANETTE BRYCE.
p. S.: I thank for the badge,
too, which was a beauty. }. Is.
Ashland, Va, Aug. ID.
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Harjories Attempt
to Find Fairyland.

1t was a glorious July morning: pale
pink roses peeped In at the open lat
tice Of the porch. where Marjorie sat
eating an apple: the birds were singing
In the trees. and a light breeze rustled
the leaves. as If it was playing tune on
them. making 1t so delightful that Mar
Jorie thought this wou!a be an ideal day
to find Fniryland: for her mother had
been reading to her about fairies and
Fairyland, SO Marjorie was very anxious
to see it.
All that morning Marjorie looked for
an opportunity to start on her travels.
Once the little feet got ms far, MS the
top Of the stairs: but nurse saw her, and
she was captured. But at last, her OPP
portunity came; nurse went into the
kitchen, and left Marjorie with the pup
py., Selling the puppy, she ran down
stairs as fast MS she could, and through
the hall into the sunny garden: then
through the garden gate into the meadow
beyond, After going a short distance,
she came to small stream, Marjorie
stood for a moment and looked at It..
and while she was looking frog jumped
across the wa,sr before her, She tried
to follow 1t. but unfortunately did not
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WilIie's Birthday Gift,

Willie Brookly was very poor and to-
morrow was his ninth birthday and he
was afraid he could not have any PRES
cnts. He was In the habit OF running err.
often offered to give him something, but
Willie's mother lad taught him 10 be
Kind and attentive to every one, espe-
thing In return. Willie had a goat, which
Rad been given him year before and IT
was n daily wish 10 have a wagon 4 o
S Mseh Re Gn IT, You snn
yard the next morning and saw rcd
wagon. wit h the harness complete. On It
was card with the words: ITO my little
friend. from Mrs. Wethcra H.. The first
thing he did was to put the goat TO the
wagon and drive ov',r to thank his kind
friend.
JEANNETTE BUCK.
~. WI sonr II - @ q.
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NV Walk 10 the Woods.

K One day my dog and went for q,
walk. as our house was not very far from
the woods M "A ,l95
We started out early with some lunch,
2 but before starting [ thought would
ask my playmate to go along. His moth
or said he could 20. SO she fixed him a
friend had gun with him. II did not
take lis very long to get to the woods.
There we played n little while. then we
ate our dinner and went to kill Como
birds. The first thing we killed was a
rabbit and then killed bird. So we
went back and ate the rest OF the lunch
and then we marched home.
Yours truly,
MINNIE NEWMAN.
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WINNERS OF PAINT BOOKS
IN5FOURTH WEEKS CONTEST
toANNIE DAVIS, Blackstone Va.
LEWIS v. G. BOWERS, Highland Springs, Va.
n MAMIE HARDEE, Savannah, Ga
ALL ORIGINAL DRAWINGS MUST
BE MADE WITH BLACK INK

Is congratuatng members Of the T. D. c. c. the number
and excellence drawings in this week. the editor de
sires to again call Of club members to the rules reg
lating the reproduction Of the illustrations which the paper IS So
glad to have. ~
They pen and ink sketches and must be done IN
ink The editor this item Of Importance
heretofore has caused some OF the pest
drawings thrown greatly to the editor regret .
made in black every contributed find place
on the Chldren's Page of The Times Dispatch
The Mother Book Contests interest
every week and Of increasing steadily
will SEEM from the above that one OF the prizes
the fourth contest goes far away Savannah Ga SO the
membership Of club extending States besides Our
The contributions from the children this week are varied ana
81 great interest. Don't fail to read them.
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A Noble Dog.

once there lived spaniel who was
bought BY cruel man. One day the
man went away. and left his son in the
house. The boy wanted to 90, too. but
he had thrown lighted match into a
pile OF papers thinking the match was
out. In a little while the room was
In blaze. The boy In the struggle TO
could not get up. Tho dog rushed in.
dragged him out, and thus saved hl6
life. Don't you think he was brave dog
CARY tIVlNGFIELD.
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Our Dog.

I have large shepherd dog. whose
name Is Oscar. He Is two years old. and
Is light brown In color.
He likes to hunt for rabbits and also
loves to Jump over hurdles. when ! play
horse show. He doesn't like cats very
much, so he likes to tease my pet kitten,
but he gets whipping every time he
does.
He likes for me to hitch him up to my
wagon and he makes a verx nice horse.
One day he ate some rat poison and
came near dying. but I gave him mustard
and he got all right, and hope ne VIII
live many years.
Burle's Station, Va.
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ElIen's Christmas Tree.

Ellen's mother gave her Christmas
tree with lots Of pretty presents on it.
She invited lot Of children to come to
see 1t.
There was book for Ellen. and q
cup for Bob. RATHER for baby. doll
for Margaret, box of writing paper for
mamma. box Of cigars for papa; g
played some games, mamma called them
In. aud they had some ce-cream and
cake. And by and by the children went
home with nice box of candy. &
And that night when Ellen went to
bed she dreamed of the tree and what
nice time they had.
. powhatan Va s5fsst{lz l#s5stE
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Little Dog That
Can Almost Talk

know tho little boy that owns this
dog IIo viii say to the dog 'Jack, do
you want your dinner" and the dog
win answer: "Yep,p which he seems &c
mean for yes. ,,u cav. IN,
Won NV WANT MI # .badY II you do, ask for II
s sesy want Then the ag nan a4aiY Ess,
hD ba3 Say By sootag u M M Maahs yen
for he bows his !ittl a tHhough, it ali very
funny. csr,E ma BRADSHAW,
JOHN FtAoi purkeyille. Va
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Hunting.

4 One evening last fall took my gun
and my dog "Princc" and We went to the
woods. was walking slowly, when sud
denly squirrel jumped from the bushes.
Prince saw him and away he went IT,
ter him. / tried to follow, but could
not catch sight of Prince.
After going good distance. stopped
Presently Prince came holding the SPUR
rel in his mouth.
Then We started for home. but soon
saw a rahbit and I shot at him. Then we
went home having enjoyed the hunt;
MIKE COPLON,
22S N. Seventeenth Street, city.
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Mischievous Willie.

One day Willie saw some bee hiver
not far from his house. Full OF curios-
ity, he peeped in to see II any bees were
there. He got a stick and poked It all
around in 1t and stirred UP the bees.
Soon the bees, knowing some one was
after them began to get mad Willie
soon found out that there were some bees
there. For In a little while he began to
feel n sharp sting on his neck and hands.
He ran home and said he would never
trouble bees again.
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manage so well ms froggle, and fell into
the water: but after many attempts She
scrambled up the opposite bank and ran
on, never looking back Til the brushes
closed behind her, and then she found
that she was lost. She looked all about
her, but could not find the way out; then
she began to cry.
Her father happened 10 come along
just at this time. and hearing a child cry,
Ing he went to look. There he found his
little girl fast asleep. After this Mar
iorie never tried to find Fairyand again.
MAMIE HALL
''RATS,"
August 5. 1903.
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A Model Farmer.

There Is a farmer who Ia Y
Enough to take his F. E.
And study ma ture with his ] l.
And think OF what he C c.
He hears the clatter OF the ] ],
As they each otherT T,
And sees that when tree D K x.
1T makes a home for 3 B.
A yoke of oxen he will U.
And their mistakes he will X Q Q
With many haws and G G,
When blowing for his r P.
He little buys. but much he sells, 4
And. therefore, little 0 Q,
From st. Nicholas.
Sent In BY Joseph W. Taylor. Oxford.
n. c.. care Thomas G.. Taylor. sH
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wrote, ] hope you viii think Il rood
enough to publish, ] received my badge,
] am very nv plea =, seq E, With, Ia,
sallle lived In Boston and Martha lived
on a beautiful farm With q pony and
cart OF her own, Sallie and Martha We're
first cousins, and had not seen each other
One tiay n letter came from salLie. say
ing that she was coming to visit Martha.
and her n lot e We're coming she could
hardly walt for th., time to come When,
the carris &c drove up Martha was at the
gate to meet them, aud " hat appy times
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Athletics for Boys.

And do you suppose that boy is any
the loss gentleman, and a good citizen.
from having learned to stand up, for his
encc With his affairs Do not these oual-
tiles contribute to his success and will
they not. when properly directed, con-
tribute to the success Of your son and
mine il
to fence. and So develop every muscle.
II never yet saw boy who knew how TO
box, strike anyone with a club, a stone or
a dangerous weapon.-From - Few Rea!
Rows - s{f- tIt ts5 '5lt fl.is -i-g
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A Visit in the Country.

A week from to-day I went to the
country for a few days. l rode horschl OK
a lot. would let carriage get way In
front, and thon I would gallon up be-
hind It, Once I had let the carriage get
out Of sight, and when started to gal
lop she almost threw me off. One night
a cat got In the place where the pigeons
stay and killed a lot Of them.
Yours truly,
WILLIE NJ. PRINCE, ="
Charlottesville, Va.
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Perkinsville, Goochland Co.,

D Dear sod Edtor PrGmssd you s o0es
there was an old man who went coon
hunting every night One Sunday night
he took his dogs and went out for a
him. The old man went to t<e tree and
began cutting on It. The first stroke he
made he heard something say Monday
say Tuesday night" The next. We'd
nesday night" and the old man kept on
cutting until It said; Sunday night" no
rest for the poor coon at "" Then the
old man went running home and never
went coon hunting again.
MAMIE WILTSHIRE.
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Literary sl,y.

Nineteen different readings are given
below OF line from Gray's Elegy.t The
changes in reading do not a ltar the sense
and add not a word to the line,
Tie weary plowman homewa plods his
way. @
The weary plowman plods- his homeward
way. ;F i,t b
The home ward Splowman plods his weary
II way. s.rt ~ ljs
|lThe homeward plo%Han. weary. plods his
h @ way. *. IN sT u
The weary, homoward plowman plods his
IIomeward the weary plowman plods his
l1omeward, weary, the plowman. plods his
Homeward the plowman plods his weary
way.
IIoneward the plowman. weary, plods his
way.
" cary the homeward plowman plods' his
NJ way. lta lit.S
Weary homeward the powman plods his
~ way. +lt
Weary, the plowman plods his homewara
WearY the plowlnans homeward plodH hls
3FStss way. isal ftaft
The paownan plods his homeward weary
The plowman plods his weary, komeward
way.
The plowman homeward, weary, pods his
way.
The plowman, weary. homeward plods his
way. ~ 1s1,
The ploWman weary, ploda his homeward
var, .ys ~ 49, ts&
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Once there were Two llttle grls lhey
were twins and their names were Mar
garet and Ellen
Their brother Sam had little tool
chest that they were very fond OF play
Ing on, hut only ono Of them could
play with it at a time.
Ono day ellen was playing On It and
stool climbed up On a couch and covered
I lsllen turned and saw her and then she
came to see wat was Inc Inc ln ,a i, Mar
Ed n 'ol litt hsr wvRle Margaret got down
and told Ellen that she 4, must s, be sick, 70
Ellen got upon the cough she a mn Margaret
covered her up neil s tnr, tI iII,e uysr ana
eNtN',,S. a 7, trrp story, ana The INNS, NM,
are nv little nleces, were only two and
ha1l ysa's o'A' ELLIE RIYES,
Guns Hill. Va,
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The Little Boy Who Disobeyed
His Mother,

Once there was a little boy who wanted
him he must not go, for he did not Know
how to swim, and would get drowned But
one day he stole, away from homo and
went With some boys to the river He
timely aid, would have been drowned. =
Was, 80 frightened that he promised his
mother that ne would never disobcy her
again. &e 5@sS 5}5% tal TI7F97i}F7. n n Fl
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MAMIE WILTSHIRE.

Dear sir.-I enclose an incident that
happened in my life. My little sister once
said to me: Sister. which would you
rather be, up In heaven or down here
on earth 2 II would rather be up in
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Editor OF T. D. c. c.:

Richmond Va, Aug 10. 1858.
Dear Editor.--1 have sent you a picture
and colored the picture In The Sundays
Times Dispatch. hope you will like both
OF them. Please send me a badge. Civ. Toll
me what is required OF the members y
the T. D. c.. G. Hoping to meet with
success, l remain
Yours truly,
ISPEEL FARRELL.
No. 2O6 Wa shngton Street.
Richmond, Va.
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Some Letters Received
From Boys and Girls

they had together. They went out driv.
Ing every pleasant evening. They had
splendid times together. ID Sii,'f ''7s'
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BOAT DRAWN ~ JAo, ., DUDLEY

heayen,. for mamma says that every day
Is Sunday up there, and then could
set Tho Times Dispatch funny paper
every day." Please send me bndge.i
Yours truly, aE59ii.8
.e MERCER WAITER, h.
FonesWood, Va, II
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scruggs. Va. August 8, 1903

Scruggs. Va, August 0, leoo.
Editor OF T. D. G. G.:
Enclosed please md the Mother
Goose picture, which ] painted.
/ like to read the stories OF the 7. p;
G. c., and have n book which paste Z.
the stories in. ] think that Is q n 1is,i
make them IT. D. G. q book. Z,
i think that page for the. children VIII
bring you In some subscriptions. or l, am
sa wing Nil my pennies to take The sun
days Times Dispatch With
/ also send you my picture.
hope my painting will win prize.
.st5% Yours truly,
MARY s. LYNN.
Scruggs Va.
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Editor OF the childrcn's Page:

Editor Of the Childrcns rage:
Dear sirs.-I am very sorry that
could not get my, picture In before now.
hut I've at stuart. Va,Iand my tather
tokes The Times. Dispatch and like It
very much. i will tell you why ! d q (,
not get ne picture In before no ~. ! ! an
me Inc paper, But will be at stuart
BY next Sunday Z not before .nd 50 p Won's
taAH T., y, 'ay again n there is anything you
W. It n me TO do for you. Just DIRECT i TO
Stuart, va. will thank you al very
much. ,,. "a
MILDRED MARTIN.
Editor OF Chidren's Page:
I send the picture I have colored. mop,
INC TO win the prize am a Richmono
boy, but am on vacation near t fre &c =
icksburg, Va.
MARION STUART D1MMoCk.
No. 2ol4 Jefferson Place. y
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MARION STUART D1MMoG,k.
No. 20l4 Jefferson Place

Manchester. Va. August 49, 1893.
Editor OF T. D. c. C.:
Dear sir,-1 would IKE to be. beGo me "a q
member Of the T. D. G. 2. = VII t hetter
than can write. Please send me 5
badge. i am seven years. six months.
= Yours truly,
T. CARROLL LAMB.
No. Ell ". Seventh st., Manchester, VI.
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a Cunning Trick,

once there were two Ittle girls Thsy
we're twins and their names were Mar
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Powfatan. Va.