Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
A Day at the Pale Face Camp

7 thoueht neople who came to see me al
ways brought their sunshine along. What
kind of cloud has coHie o'ef US that We
all seem sOber? Hot
Have the older boys any patent right on
camping out?' asked grandpa when he had
been told what was the matter. Il don't
believe they have, and don see why we
may not get up a pale face party that will
have lust as good a time as those bowling,
painted savages.
oh could we. could we, grandpa?
Wouldn't that be just too good"
Grandpa's eyes twinkled.5 The children
knew that when he undertook holiday 1t
meant good time for them all. Leave it
to me-" he said, but commence to smack
your lips for a good time, commencing to-
morrow afternoon.
Every one wanted to know what it was
to be- but grandpa kept them guessing
The children noticed that grandma and
Aunt Elsie seemed unusually busy. but the
whole plan was kept secret until the next
day noon. The young folks were so eager
now that they watched every movement
grandpa made.
After dinner he said: Aunt Elsie will
tell you how to dress, and what each one
of you is to take. Be ready for the big
spring wagon, which will drive up for you
at half-past two.
There would certainly have been a chorus
of delight, and perhaps several pairs of
arms about grandpa's neck had he not dis
appeared through the kitchen door almost
as soon as he finished speaking. There was
not even time for a question.
Aunt Elsie FASTENED to get them dressed
in rough, strong clothes. Imagine the chill
dren's surprise when the big wagon came
by containing four more cousinS-Helen
and Gertrude. and Charlie and VIII. There
was a large, MISUNDERSTANDING bundle
strapped on behind the back seat and
grandpa came from the kitchen Juggling
several baskets.
"All aboard for the Pale Face Camp" he
shouted.
The eight youngsters were helped in.
Little Helen rode with the driver GRANDMA
and Louise sat on the back seat to keen a
lookout that no one should be spilled by
the way.
In an hour they reached a beautiful,
shady spot on the bank of Big Walnut
river. In jiffy grandpa and the hired
man had two tents up, one fdf the girls.
and one for himself and the boys. Then
the hired man was dismissed. and asked TO
return at O'Clock the next afternoon
Now. said grandpa, "let us all sit
down on the grass and have a powwow
we are going to camp here until tomorrow
evening. and if we don't have as much fun
as any band of Indians, you Just elect a
The children clapped and shouted and
grandpa continued:
The first thing we want to do is decide
who will play in the games"
Everybody at once shouted, Il will I
VIII put grandpa explained that he want
ed TO 90 1t the way they did al the county
fair So he pinned up several sheets Of
fSper against the sides Of the tent. At
.lle mead of one sheet he wrote. "Crawfish
race, on others "fifty-yard dash" twentw-
yard DASH standing Jump" "rmnnine
jump, high jump" stone race ..sacs
race throw the ball. tug of war /"
lean, .eam race The tent look ed like a bill
u 49, ~, iheh grandpa explained that those
w., .le games for the next day, and that
e a person must write his name on the
street s fof the game he wished to enter The
re- esuit was that all eight names appeared
poI, hea me baskets, and fo.nd ahunda NJ
MP from the girls in spreading q iarne
t tahla upon the grass and arranging tSe
boys skr s 3u,l. stone fireplace, while the
WOO. Inc potatoes, boiled with their i,cL,
I,. IN ana the omelet grandpa made tastad
ia sted man hafnu anything the campers had ever
tI,a before After supper was eata ,.sa
table cleared and everything n,a eaten me
aWay they had rousng capnGre put
r mnorn thsy , sang songs aad danced and
ma tpIT t Ia,ii they We're tired Then grand
~ 20, tolo mem two ghost STORIES which made
e,ieh an want to steal away to the tents
smut the flaps down, and go to bed
Dianupa Weakened early, but the Young
people We're sleeping so soundly that he iet
them lie until the sun shone apainst lie
sue OF the tent. Then quietly dressing ., n
gong outside he began Growing iika o
1 TBS ana Tapping his arms like wings.
a n
other to the tent door, and such laughing,
ne camp was soon astir, hasty toilets
were made. and all hands did what thew
could to prepare breakfast
Inls over, grandpa said that he honad
the games would be great success hut
t!iat tile forenoon ought to be spent in prac-
uce' Ihey must run and jump and throw
anu pun ana push until they felt fleet
ana strong. 1t was delightful surprise to
near that Aunt Elsie was coming down in
time for an early dinner and thai she would
bring prizes for the winners in the games.
The boys and girls did practice with great
zest. They had an early dinner. end nv >
clock were ready for the games Grand
pa arranged it SO that the small ones
would race with small ones, thus giving
all an even chance. 1t was amusing to see
little Gertrude and Joe jumping over hur-
dies one foot high. and shaking their little
legs to win the twenty-yard dash
Inc llFellest contest was the stone race.
10 prepare for this there We're eight rows
of stones. about as large rs eggs and
placed ten feet apart. There were ten
stones IN each row, so that i row would
be 100 feet long The rows were ten feet
apart and each racer holding a table
spoon, stood at the beginning Of his row.
in little two-foot square or goal, marked
OFF by four small stakes at the corners. AZ
a given signal everybody started. The
game was to gather up the stones in the
spaces and deposit them in the goals If
there was too much haste Il stone would
be dropped, which meant serious delay. Es-
very suitable prize one of grandpa's old,
Old tablespoons.
The most amusing contest was the team
race, in which each two who we're to make
a team We're placed side by SIDE and their
inside ankles closely tied together. This
save the team only three legs and made
it very important that they step together.
The least unevenness of motion caused
them to fall. There Were lou. such teams,
for even Gertrude and Joe wanted to be in
il.
The tug of war was the greatest sue
cess. Grandpa chose the sides very care
fully and for long time neither side could
bulge the other. First one side seemed to
have the advantage, then the other. AT
last Aunt Elsie, who was the judge. an
nounced that the prize for this contest was
box of candy. She proposed that they
stop Juggling and divide me Candy equally
among all. This brought cheer for Aunt
Elsie and a rest for the tusgers
Tie contests closed with the ball throw
ing. In this game grandpa stood behind a
large tree and poked out his head as a
| mark for the throwers. If the ball went
far wide of the mark he would dance en-
tirely out from behind the tree as If he
felt entirely safe with such spIlrksmen. If
the throw was good one ifs simply lodged
his head until the ball had passed. Each
player had five throws. To hit the tree
counted as a score. VIII and Bob made
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