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gathered, even If I hadn't tried to explain;
for no sooner had she fastened II lnder
her hair ribbon than Colonel exclaimed in
really talk:
"Who cares about flowers! Throw me
another stick to fetch!'
THE YELLOW DOG.
II l were to speak to you, Little One,
IN Really talk, i dare say you would
Jump foot. Buddie was so startled she
almost rolled off The log which is sup
posed to be an easy thing to do even when
you are not fr!ghtened
"Why, Colonel!" she cried, II didn't
know YOU could talk"
Indced?" said Colonel. well, ] assure
you l am an excellent talkcr, If YOU
start me off on subjects in which am In
torested Like all persons that really
have something to say. need to be
drawn out"
Certainly he did not talk like common
dog, and he did not look like like one. He
held his head proudly, and his tail had an
upward and arstocratic sweep, Could
this be the same yellow dog that her
father kicked around and accused OF
stealing eggs? Buddie rubbed her eyes
hard and looked again, Yes; 1t was the
same dog Around his neck was the rope
collar with which She dragged him about.
In addition to being an easy talker.
lOloif! SccIleN 10 ne spliltllillG VI q NINA
reader. 1t is a common belief he went
on shat all yellow dogs are good for is
10 kick around, or to put the blame on
when eggs are missing. Now, do not like
eggs and ! do not know of single yell
low dog that does, II only goes to prove
the old saying that If you give a-ye!low
dog bad name IL VIII stick 10 him like
a burr to his tail But show me yellow
dog that is not the equal. In intelligence,
good manners, courage and fidelity. OF
any black or brown dog"
Although Buddie lived a long way from
any village she had seen q great many
dogs. These were mostly Indian ours.
wolfish- looking creatures. and the great
est thieves in the world Neglected by
their owners. they forged everywhere.
travelling niles in search ~ food, and eat
ing almost anything th0y could chew.
They were Of all colors except yellow.
Colonel was the only ycllow dog Buddie
had ever seen, and she was bound to
agree that he was much nicer dog than
the ravenous creatures that came sllnk-
ing around the log house, every now and
then. in the hope OF picking up meal of
potato parlngs or eggshqls,
II say, give the yellow dog a show" de-
clared Colonel, sitting upl on his launches
and making grand flourish with his
right forepaw. Other dogs have shows.
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but you never hear of yellow dog show.
Let justice be done though the sky falls"
With his left forepaw he made another
grand flourish. and paused for q reply.
But all Buddie could thinkl OF, was, I'm
sure 1t wouldn't be nice to have the sky
fail"
'Oh, that is just figure of speech, like
let justice be done, said Colonel. No
body expects the sky to fall, though L
dare say 1t would fall If Justice were done.
Buddie did not quite understand what a
figure Of speech was. but, like a great
many older people, she was impressed by
large words and an easy style of tossing
them off; and it seemed to her that Colo
llel was very superior person-if you
could call a dog a person.
III there are no moro sticks to fetch"
said Colonel. dropping again upon all
fours. II think ! will make a few calls
on my friends in the wood"
won't you get lost?' asked l3uddie
peering doubtfully into the dark grove Of
spruce and balsam fir.
II have never been lost yet" replied
Colonel tossing his head. II very often
go miles into the wood, for I can always
nose my way back again. How would
you like to pay a visit to my friend. the
Latest Beaver? Wen be sure to find
him at home"
BEAVERS aren't lazy, said Buddle.
There was beaver In her book of animal
stories and under it the rhyme:
"B is for Beaver. who's never shirk;
For when he's not sleeping, he's always
at work"
And she had often heard her father say,
when he came home tired at twilight,
that he had worked like beaver"
II have known great many beavers In
my time" Colonel replied, "and never
knew one to do stroke of work II he
could get out Of it. Indeed. lazy as a
beaver is common expression In these
parts. My friend the LATEST Beaver new
err worked In his life.'
well, let's go to see him!" cried Bud
die, happily. "Only don't go fast. as !
can't jump over things the way you can. >
Never fear" replied Colonel. II Will
show you the easiest paths Besides,
there is no hurry, as we have all day be-
fore u.s."
AS he spoke he cleared huge log with
a graceful leap. and led the way into a
thicket Of young poplar trees
Now, | am quite sure Little One that
In going into the wood, Buddie did not
mean to disobey her mother; she never
before had done SO. You are to believe
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CHAPTER l.

CHAPTER /.
This, Little One, Is the story of Ethel
Elvira, who lived In the wild Northland,
Just where the pine trees come down to
oeep into the mirror OF great lake.
Ethel Elvira were her "Sunday-go- to-
meeting names, and they went with a
dress that had lots OF starch, sash that
had lots of rustic, and new shoes that
7 had lots of squeak. On week days her
mother called her ''Budd!e," which is
! shorter and easier to say especially If
Y one Is in a hurry--as Budde's mother al
ways was.
Buddie lived In q log house q short
stone s-throw from the shore of the lake.
And a wild shore it wns--not at all the
sort OF shore that you, Little One, would
like; for there was no sandy beach to dig
In. Here and there were short sketches
of rough gravel which some day would
be sand. but mostly 1t was black rock
end deep, cold water, which the sun neV-
ers succeeded in warming.
n AS far as you could see up and down
The lake. there was no other house; and
the only blur on the wide sweep of dark
blue water was the tattered sail of some
restless Indian, or the trailing smoke OF
IL distant steamer.
There was only one road III all the corr-
lty roundabout, and this kept 50 close TO
the lake tfort fear, very likely, 1t would
get lost that there was just room be-
tween and the water for the log house and
a small hack yard for the chickens
Across the road was cleared space, Stop
Ing up over hill. and in this grew pota-
toes, onions, turnips and other vegetables
th,.t could stand n cold climate; for Bud
dies home was so far north, real winter
Tested six months. and sometimes longer.
There wasn't any spring to speak of
.(without complaining and nobody could
tell when summer ended and autumn be-
gan.
Buldie wasn't very old, but she was old
enough to have three brothers younger
than herself-one of them n wee tot, who
slept in a hammock near the kitchen
stove, where mother could keep the pot
a-boiing and tho cradle a-swinging at the
sanic time. What with looking after the
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81 . g. /. /.
tice The little branches caught her in
her hair and tried to poke out her eyes.
But she soon learned to bend her head at
the right time and shield her eyes with
her arm; and as they got deeper into the
wood, where the proud pine trees grew
ana the little bushes dared not intrude,
walking became almost as easy as along
q road.
This friend of mine. LATEST Beaver
said Colonel, when Buddle stopped for q
little rest, rs always going to do some
thing, but never gets around to 1t. Hes
been going to rebuild dam for don't
know how long, and he's always talking
about repairing his house. ';hch fell
down about his ears last summer. But
he'd rather sit In the sun and tell stories
and exchange news. He's tho greatest
gossip in the woods-the crows are Moth
ing to him-and every one that wants to
find out anything goes straight to him"
where does he live?'' asked Buddie.
"Just little way from here. at Beaver
town 1t used to be quite a village, but
last year the beavers moved to a better
village up the river. The LATEST Beaver
was too lazy to follow them; so he lives
all alone In his tumbledown house, by the
side of his tumbledown dam, and lies out
in the sun all day, and has Just the lazi-
est time in the world. Shall we move
ElDllS tiii
They resumed. their Journey, and pres
entity came to what seemed to Buddie
path. But Colonel explained that 1t was
only deer train, running down to the
river, the roar Of which now reached their
cars, and that It led the other way to no.
whore in particular.
Goodness! Must we climb over that?"
cried Buddie stopping before a wndfall,
tangled mass of trees which some great
wind had blown down.
''I4ie flat on my back and hang on
tight said Colonel Buddie did as di-
reced, and with few easy leaps, Colo
mel passed the obstruction and landed
safely on the other side. They way now
led down hill to the river which rushed
by them all covered with the foam of
miles and miles Of rapids; and 1t looked
so wild and dangerous that Buddie hesi-
tated. when Colonel again directed her to
got on his back.
"Oh, it's nothing at ALL" he assured her.
And indeed It was nothing for him: for,
leaplng from rock to rock, he cleared the
stream In four jumps,
Just above where they landed smaller
stream came in, and along the bank of
this Colonel led the way. until they came
to q meadow of tall wild grass, which bor-
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place When we come ter de place
Brer Rabbit say, I'll whirl short ter left.
an den all you got ter do Is ter 30 ter
big tree whar de Bees live at an knock
on de door wild yo cane an tell UNI
fer ter fetch you out some swectgum, an
DO purity quick about IT.
'Irer Fox low dat dey amt nothn'
enser dan dat; an when Brcr Rabbit
turn .roun' an break inter a run, Brer
Iox tuck out after I'm liclsetty split, an
'twuz about ez much ez Brer Rabbit kin
do ter keep Brer Fox fun ketchin' i'm
she nnff. dough dis want In de bargain.
When dey come ter de place, Brer Rab-
bit he dodge ter de left, an Brer Fox
come mighty nigh rlnnln' right inter a.. ae
tree He stop, he did, an look 'roun' fer
ter sec how de Ian lay, an den he went
ter do tree whar dc Bees live at, an
knock on It wild his walkin'-cnne, an
-holler an tell de Bees fer ter fetch I'm
some sweetgum, an ferter fetch It In
hurry.
'I,rer Rabbit, he got off little piece.
an den stop fer ter see what gwinter
Happen. He aint had long tor wait mud
tder, kaze 1t want no time TO he seed
Brel Fox snap at hlsse'f, fust on one
side an den on de ynther. Den he quit
snappin' an try ter wipe de Bees 0ut'n
his face an eyes, an den he got down
Dll ut 6ioh'i an 'o'a w. 80 ~ ~
mo- he roll de mo- he want ter roll tell
bineby 1t look like he wuz gwinc 'roun'
like whirlygg, AMI he want only rollin';
he wuz squalln' all de time like he had
his ham kotch In a steel trap.
Tile amt roll dis way long, kaze II
got so hot fer Brer Fox dat he fetched
one squeal an broke out thon dc woods
like de oil boy wuz after I'm, Ea he
run de Bees strung out behne I'm so
thick dat dey look like fog, an den dey
close In on i'm, "raint no needs fer
! ter tell you what happen ter Brer FOX,
When de Bees let I'm lone he wuz q
plum sight. He lay tar groanin' an lickln'
hssef fer de longest, but bimeby, long
todes night, he got up an drag hsse'f
of home Brer Rabbit. he stayed watch
In what de upshot wuz gWinter be- an
when de swarm wuz at It's biggest ne
des lay down on de groun' an holler an
laugh tell he can't laugh no mo- but
long bout de time when he th.nk
Rrer Fox is able fer ter git on his
foots agn. Brer Rabbit jump up an
crack bofe heels tersedder an dance orr
home, dies ez spry ez any er his shllun;'
what do YOU think OF thats' Wally
Wanderoon inquired of the professional
"YpuD ask me-" replied that Individual,
| "hut' II l answer you you VIII abuse and
| Witty me ana threaten me with all sorts
OF punishmcnts."
mot this time" said yyally Wanderoon.
~ y
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.'l.m curious to know what you think
about the story
WELL to tell you the truth, responded
the professional story-teler. II have
never heard anything like It, 1t Is prob
ably negro folklore, but to be candid with
you, don't see the point ot,the tale.
Huh! bet you Brer Fox seed pinta
in II an felt UNI too remarked Drusilla.
with show Of Indignation. q hear my
granny tell dat tale long TO Miss Susan
dar wuz born. But dats needer here nor
dar." she went on.sl"What l want to
know is when we er gyrine ter git away
fun here. It's long past de time when
dezc childun oughter bin startin' home.
| amt noways skeercd. but I'd like ter
know what I'm a-don' an when I'm
a-gwinter do It,
why. it's early set" remarked yNally
Wanderoon. There is certainly time for
another story"
Not like dem what dat man IN pox
tolls" remarked Drusla.
."And I wanted 10 Introduce you to the
Doodang one OF the most interesting
creatures you ever saw.
Not mel ex claimed Drusilla. Il don't
wanter to know no ynther crecturs cen
dem what I'm duainted Wild. You'll &
halter scuzen me.
"somc other time will do as well,""
said Wally wanderoon, though I'm
afraid Iywon't be here when you want TO
come again."
"Are you going away?' Sweetest Susan
inquired.
Yes; am going to find the Good Old
Times we used to have IL am compelled
to travel the wide world all over: and [
hope to find better storytcl!er than the
one you have heard. or else find remedy
for this scientific foollshness, which Is
disease hard to cure"
Il like his stories very WE'LL" said
Sweetest Susan.
( t,.And 30 did IT, remarked Buster John.
h r.IIc.too long winded ter suit me" Dru-
silla declared.
|, We'll, LII sec all of you again said
i Welly Wnndcroon. "I'll have to come
L back to feed the Doodang. and then wei
| have some stories that are stories.
Please come before We move TO town"
Sweetest Susan insisted. We are go.
Ing to move next year.
IF ] can" replied Wally Wandcrooli
"But It's pity you are going away from
the countryside You'll think OF II many
a long and lonely day
| why, we are back waerc we started
Yrom!" exclaimed Buster john LOOKING
around ''IIow did VIC get here and not
know It 2"
But Wally Wanderoon was no longer
with them. He had disappeared. The,
modest home OF Mr. BoDs was in plain
view. ant, this prevented the children
from n bewilderment which. under other
circumstances would have been trouble
some,
Does you ali reckon dat we've seed
what we seed an heard what we heard?a
1t seem mo- like Il dream, dam dreams
deyse.f''
well. we all couldn't dream the same
dream, could we?', Buster John inquired
with some show OF contempt for the very
natural doubt expressed by Drpsilla,r
This seemed to settle the matter with
the children. and after seeing Billy Bis
cult safe homo. they found It necessary
to make preparations for returning 70
theirs. for the sun was. low IN the SKY.
(The End)
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that the bouquet of Enchanterls Night
shade in her hair was to blaale iust as It
was the cause Of everything else that
happened TO her that wonderful day.
AT first Buddie had some trouble in fol-
lowing her guide, who slipped through the
brlAsh with an case porn ot mucn prac-i
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TO RECITE 1.-THE SWORD OF LEE"
and Mrs. John ". Williams,


of Pearisbu
the
of Ryan,
A. Iyon.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-15
Water Turned Into County Pipes
for the First
Time.
MAINS REACH $4,000 PERSONS
kirkwcod. Webster Groves, Ma
plewood, De Hodiamont, Wells
ton, Clayton and Ferguson
All on New Line.

Water from the Missouri River was
turned into the pipes of the new West St.
Louis Construction Company yesterday,
and now st. Louis County has water
surnly said to be superior to that served
the city Of st. Louis.
The pipes reach about seventy-five miles
Of territory in the most populous parts of
the county. J. r. Quigley. president of the
company. estimates that the company will
furnish water for about 30 900 persons from
the start. There are 5000 in Korkwood,
wood. 1900 in DeHodiamont and Wells
ton. LOO in Clayton and 100 in Ferguson
These figures he says, do not include the
persons living along the Olive street road
and the cross country pipes leading to
Kirkwood. On these lines and contiguous
thereto there are about Zoo persons.
The reservoir and intake tower have
been built on the banks of the Missouri
River. filter was also built and clear
water will be furnished from the start.
Two water towers have been constructed.
one near Stratman. on the Olive Street
road. and the other just outside the limits
OF Kirkwood. Both are higher than the
water towers of st. Louis.
Fire plugs will be built along the line.
and a decrease in insurance rates is ex
pected.
The company also has permission to
string wires, and expects to furnish light
TO the greater part OF the county by the
first of next year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-15
M'KlNlEY STATUE
UNVEILED AT TOLEDO,
Senator Charles w. Fairbanks De-
Iivers the Grafton at the Ded-
fcatiOn.

Toledo. O.. Sept. I4.-ToIedo was en- fete
to-day over the unveiiing of the Mckinley
Statue. the first memorial to the late
President erected IN Ohio. After a naval
parade on the river. including the United
States gunboat Michigan and the training
ships Yantic and Hawk. and a procession
led by a battalion Of United States in
fantry, the statue. which stands fronting
the Courthouse was unveiled by Miss
Dorothy Bonner.
Colonel J. c. Bonner. president OF the
Memorial Association, in a brief address
presented the monument 10 the county
and Henry Conrad. president of the Board
OF County Commissioners, accepted the
trust on the part of the county.
Senator NJ. A. Hanna was then intro
duced as honorary president OF the day.
and made a brief extempore address. A
dedicatory poem by Theodore McManus
was read by the author. and the orator of
the day, Senator Charles W. Fairbanks Of
Indiana, was introduced. The Senator
said. In part:
Tine place of William Mckinley in his
tory is secure We are not too near the
events OF which he was part correctly
to measure his proportions. nor do we look
with too partial eyes upon what ne did
We know the great share he bore In The
significant events through which he
passed. and we have faith TO believe that
the Judgment of his contemporaries will
be confirmed by history, when, with I'M
partial hand. size shall record the deeds
of men.
'Ycu honor yourselves in honoring him.
You make the future your debtor by erect
ing this statue in cOmmemoration of his
life and services; for. like his immortal
prototype, Abraham Lincoln. he belongs
TO the ages Similar monuments will rise
in other lands. to which peoples not of our
race will pay their homage The people
Of Cuba. whose liberty was secured
through his genius and craftsmanship,
will erect monuments In his honor. So
also the people of Porto Rico and the
far-off Philippines will raise enduring
memorials to perpetuate to the furthest
carried to them the blessings of repub-
lican government"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-15
GENERAL. DOMESTIC

Sir Thomas Lpton declares he was not
Invited to the Yacht club dinner, as 1t was
known he world not be in the East at the
time. President Roosevelt states that he
offered no objection to Iipton's presence al
the dinner. but, on the contrary. stated
thar he would be pleased TO see the Irish
Baronet at that function
iFross were predicted by the Weather
bureau for last night for the corn bel,
extending as far south as Southern Kan
sas and extreme Northern Missouri, in
Guiding all OF Iowa and Illinois In the
Northwest a cold wave was reported. and
Kansas and Nebraska farmers were great
ly alarmed over prospects of a killing
frost.
A mammoth aviary, to be the largest
steel cage in the world. will be built for
the Smithsonian Institution.
Baby rolls off a bed, catches chin over
a window sill and hangs itself TO death.
Cotton advanced thirty points on re-
ports of poor crop prospects.
The captain of the Kearsarge denies the
report Of a threatened mutiny on the bat
tleship.
Mrs. Mckinley lays floral tributes on the
casket which contains the remains of the
martyred President.
The Novinger, Mo-, miners have returned
10 work, and n conference with operators
will begin to-day at Kansas City.
Samuel J. Parks is rearrested on a
charge Of extortion, made by the Tiffany
Company of New York City.
Stocks took tumble on reports indi-
eating that extensive damage to crops has
been done and will be done by cold, frosts
and heavy rains
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-15

Who was foursd unconscious near the ST.
Charles roSk road. in st. Louis County.
Special officer Patrick Kirk Of the Mount
ed District. who investigated the case,
believes the wound was self-inhicteo.
Edinger was found by Henry Vanden-
brissche, who was on his way 10 Sixth
and O'Fallon streets. where he works.
Vandenbriesche picked the man UP and
carried him 70 the road. where he waited
until a street car came along. Edinger
was taken to the office OF Doctor Rolla
Bracy in WellstOn. who ordered him sent
to the City Hospital.
While waiting for the ambulance. Edin-
ger temporarily revived and was ques-
toned by the police. He said he had been
out on a lark the day before and was
returning to St Louis about l2:3o o'clock
in the morning. when he was shot by
highwaymen. He said he met his assail-
ants during the evening in a saloon on the
outskirts of the city and drank beer with
them. When he left they went with him
and tried to rob him. when they got to a
lonely place. He resisted and was shot.
Edinger did not remember how much
money he had with him when he was shot.
His empty pocketbook. A 32-caliber re-
volver with two chambers empty and a
hat were found by Vandenbriesche. The
finding OF the revolver with the empty
chambers, together with later discoveries
as to Edingers general mental condition.
IS what led Policeman Kirk to think that
the man was not the victim of highway
men.
At the City Hospital It was found that
the bullet had penetrated the right temple,
passing behind the right eye and lodging
in the left eyeball. The left eye was taken
out and the ball abstracted. He may re-
cover.
Edinger was released from the City In
sane Asylum about five weeks ago at the
request Of his cousin. Mrs. Flora Connors
with whom he boarded. He has been in
St. Louis thirteen years.
His divorced wife claims that he was
beaten by policeman eleven years ago
and WAS temporarily deranged as result
spending several months In the Insane
Asylum. After he was released he en-
gagged in prize fight that lasted seventy
six rounds. In which he was badly beaten.
He again BECAME insane and was sent to
the asylum. About three years ago he was
shot twice by Deputy Sheriff while try
ing to evade arrest and was again sent TO
tha asylum.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-15
COOLER WEATHER NOW DUE.
Conditions in Northwest VIII
Canse Drop in Mercury.

The Weather Bureau forecasts decidedly
colder weather for ST. Louis and vicinity
to-day. and possibly frost this morning
AT Valentine. Neb.. yesterday. a killing
frost was reported. the Thermometer reg
lsterinG rs degrees. There was also q heavy
frost at Helena, Mont, and at Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The indications are that the conditions
prevalent IN the West yesterday may reach
Missouri this morning, producing frost
over the northern and northwestern part
OF the State and in Iowa 1t is possible
that the frost line may extend as far south
as St. Louis.
Snow fell yesterday In Wyoming and
rain over Colorado, Oklahoma, Western
Kansas. Western Missouri. Nebraska
South Dakota Iowa the Upper Mississippi
Valley and the upper lakes.
The readings Of the thermometer yester-
day from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. were as fol-
lows.