Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

All agreed that an accident had happened
to a bridge just beyonS Spokane. but there
were variations. Some said the bridge had
burned; some said as Iise in the small
stream it went OVERHEAD DESTROYED the
bridge entirely. Not until we got to Spo-
kane did we learn Fhat was true. A
bridge had sunk SIX 1sEs had been mended
to try to cross it. l don't think I shall
ever forget the way that train went across
that bridge especially at $50 o'clock at
yards and then it would fall few inches
straight -abump down.. As anybody can
imagine, this was not the pleasantest pas
sage Imaginable l expected every minute
got over safely. After that things went
along all right. We met Aunt Lucy at st.
Paul. just as we planned, and went
straight to her house. with nothing to delay
with Aunt Lucy to Chicago said goodbye
to her there. and so we started on the last
stage of our journey.
Aunt Lucy had gwen US a dollar to take
a dinner on the dining car. as this was to
be our last dinner on the train. We or
dered one dish of shad between us. two
dishes of peas and one of mince pie. 1t
all mounted up to 30 cents. We planned
to spend the remaining 10 cents for candy.
But we overlooked the postscript on the
menu: ITO every two persons ordering one
dish between them, % cents extra for
every DISH. or course this gave us a
great scare, and we resolved not to pay
the extra 80 cents. However, we were only
charged 90 cents. and we had big laugh
over our narrow escape. That night we
got the porter to open our window and put
in screen. That night I was awakened
by a grasp upon my arm and a choking
sensation. Hastily raising myself up, my
head was jerked out of the berth. The
train was going through a tunnel, and but
for Ethefs pushing my head out of my
berth I would have been suffocated The
next morning at 10 o'clock the train steamed
into Washington, and my journey across
the continent was over.-George Grey Dick
Williams).
PRINCE CHARLIE.
Charlie was a ten-year-old boy of 1904
about whom 1 am going to tell story.
Charlie thought himself as good as any
prince. He had fine clothes. but they
weren't kept in order. His shoes were never
blackened and were always full of mud.
One day he said right out that he was as
good as any prince. He happened to say
1t to neat neighbor, who declared he could
never be a prince with such untidy habits.
Charlie had polite manners for one good
thing. His neighbor told him IL he kept
his clothes in order he certainly would be
as good prince. This brought new
idea into his head and home he ran as fast
as his legs would carry him. If anyone
peeped in the door they saw him at work
tidying himself up. That day he didn't romp
and play in his usual manner. Charlie had
often been invited to parties. but had not
been allowed to go on account Of his untidy
appearance. 1t happened that he was in
vited to one that night. Charlie had no
thought of being allowed to go. and he was
greatly astonished when his mother told
him he could do So At the party that
night Charlie was seen as neat as all the
rest. with the best manners of the COM
pany. After that he was allowed to go to
every one he was invited to. His neighbor
told him he could not be better prince.
ANNIE CATHARINE A, Age IL Years.