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Level Of ground

over the wire into the little yard FIRST
they hoped solemuly about in tho inclus-
ure till one Of them spied th. hole in the
ground. With quick hirt OF its tan Il
DISAPPEARED, and the other was not long m
following.
They seemed 20 like their new quarters
very much and would pop down the hole
into the nest so quickly sometimes that
Duane could only see q flirt Of something
white. and bunny was gone
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny lived I'm their under
ground mansion many, many months. Sc
cure from cats and other evils. aud Duane
hardly felt the care Of feeding them be-
cause he simply had 20 throw clover or
something over their fence and keep their
drinking trough filled with frcsa water.
F. His father made a drinking fountain for
him that required filling only once or twice
a week. This is how he made Il:
Taking a small tin pail. he drove nail
through The side about inch from the
top, making n small hole. Then. HHlRs the
pail with water and placing over the top
as a cover a flower pot saucer two inches
larger in diameter than the pail, he quickly
inverted the pail 50 that il rested lu The
saucer. The water came cut from the hole
in the pail only until the saucer was fun,
and as long any water remained in he
pail the saucer was kept fun.
Duane raised many families OF Dummies
the following year because Mrs. Bunny sept
the babies in their nursery until they we're
large and strong enough 10 venture forth
to see the great, wild world.
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Feeding Young Pelicans.

From the Century.
AS the young increase in size, feeding be-
comes q more tedious proceeding for all
concerned. At the age of fight the young
birds average slightly larger and heavier
than old ones, and the physical shock of
feeding IS SO great that the parents sup
ply only one bird at time, and that at
long intervals; while the young seem 80
overcome by the prolonged stay in the
parental pouch, as well. doubtless, as by
the size of the meal they have secured
there. that on emerging they are in a
dazed and helpless condition Laying the
head on the ground. with wings relaxed,
they act as though they had received vio-
lent blow at the base of the brain. This
apparent semi-consciousness is followed by
the most violent reaction, as the revv;ng
bird suddenly grasps itself by the wing
and whirls about like a demented Crea-
ture, pausing only long enough to bite at
the other wing before turning in the OPP
posite direction. If this surprising exer-
else be intended as an aid to digestion, 1t
is evidently effective. since. at its con-
clusion, the bird settles down to sleep.
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RIVER HOUSE.
BY ". w. LEIGHTON

All summer Musquash wandered up and
down the stream, enjoying river frolics by
moonlight with his brothers and sisters.
He sucked the eggs and devoured the
young of the water fowl, whose w-bnlit
nests he found in the PUSHES. gathered and
cracked mussels, and waxed fat on an
abundance of juicy frog meat But now
the hunters moon, glittering on the frass
that covers reed and swamp grass tells
him it is time to stop playing and so TO
work if he would be comfortable for the
winter.
AS soon as the sun has set out troop the
mUskrats from their holes in the bank.
They hurry about. gathering dried sticks
and reeds for the foundation of the home.
AS these are laid in place they are firmly
plastered with mud, for our friends are
sEiliful little masons. What a wonderful
instinct Is that which tells them 10 lay the
sticks very lightly at the top Of their house
and leave that part of the dome without
plaster so the foul air may escape and
fresh air enter! The floor of the living
room is just above high-water mark The
front door as well as the back and side
ones, open under water, so that if danger
threatens the muskrat will have more than
one escape. When the house is finished
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made no difference to Mr.. Eliot The poor
fellow was taken IN. warmed and fed and
sheltered for the night.
Instead of accepting the kindness cheer
fully, he remained suilen and gloomy. lie
would not talk and SO far as the mission
airy could Judge the Apache could not
speak word Of English Early next morn
ing as the storm had subsidized, he Went
away with no thanks but grunt.
After he hau gone the children thought
and talked more about the strange In
dian than their father and mother did
They guessed his name, trying to recall
all the Indian names they had ever heard
or. Somehow none Of them seemed to fit.
At last the children concluded to call him
Snow Foot. because their father had found
him in a snowstorm,
The winter passed and spring came. One
afternoon in April. when Mr.. Eliot was
away from the cabin and the children had
wandered away somewhere, Mrs. Eliot was
startled by seeing tall Indian coming
across the open country and headed di-
rectiy toward the cabin. She knew there
was good reason to fear, and had she been
less courageous she might have locked
herself closely inside and with rife at the
portfolio waited for the strangers aD-
proach.
Mrs. Eliot did nothing of the kind In
stead she sat down calmly in the door
way. She could see that the Indian carried
"a load on his shoulder AS he came near
the load appeared to De an elk And so it
was, a fine young buck, skinned and dress
ed, though the SKIN had Deen aILerWSfd
wrapped around the body.
The Indian was Snow Foot. When he
reached the doorway he laid the elk on
the ground at Mrs. Eliots feet Then
Strengthening himself up he spoke:
Mr. Eliot good TO Indian. Indian no
forget
Mrs Eliot brought 4 chair from the cabin
and asked the Indian to sit down. Instead
lie sat down cross-legged on the ground
and was silent To some question that
Mrs Eliot slypl he Teuliel ONLY NO Srlea K
English"
Jusc then the children came running
toward the cabin and little Marie cried
out
20 Snow Foot. Snow Foot"
The Apache looked pleased and said:
Yes good. me Snow Foot, all right"
So glad vas the little girl to see him
that ST., ran right up and put her arms
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10 death. too" For Duane's past expert
tilce IN raising bunny families had been.
Ia say the least, discourAging. The mother
had cruelty deserted her Wee, naked ia blc:;
Wnen they were two days old, because Du-
ane had too often exhibited them proudly
to an admiring crowd of noisy boys
Well. 1t will have to be high uD in the
air or deep down In the earth. then, IL
Duane is to be kept irom exhibiting the
babies to the gaze of the world" remarked
his mother.
You shall see in due time" said Mr.
Newton, mysteriously; but I'll guarantee
no prying eyes shall see the babies until
Mrs. Colonial herself exhibits them"
So after dinner Mr.. Newton led the way
to the shed and looked around Spying
a small nail key, he emptied the contents
into a box and set the keg out in the yard.
Then, taking down from the shelf an old
piece of stovepipe, he placed that inside the
key.
The next day Mr.. Newton selected an
out-Of-the-way spot where the sun shone
only part Of the day, and dug hole two
feet deep. large enough to hold the keg laid
its side.
Then he nailed board over the open end
OF the key and made an opening IN the cen
ter of the board large enough to admit the
end of the Stovepipe in slanting position.
He placed in the key a quantity OF clean
excelsior. and, putting the key in the deep
hole, with the end of the stovepipe just on
a level with the ground, he filled in the
hole entirely, covering key and all. Moth
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ing showed but one end of the stovepipe,
and that only a very little
All this time Duane had been silently
watching, but now he danced up and down
with excitement. saying:
'Oh, / see what that pipe is for now
papa: X isn't for a stove. but a tunnsl-a
tunnel into the nest. isn't IT, papa p
Yes. son. Il Is a rabbit hole only A
new-faEgled' one. The pipe keeps tie dirt
from getting into Mrs. Bunny's bedroom
She should have door to the tunnel
said Duane. after considering the open hole
a moment. How can she keep cats and
rats from getting in ana eating her babies?
A bunny is such helpless little thing. Won
know; they can't scratch like car or bite
Ike "A rat"
No. Duane bus they have a weapon Tor
defending their young. II they have no
sharp claws or teeth said papa. ''Mo;her
Nature has given rabbits a set OF muscles
in their hind legs which cnabiea them 80
give very hard kick. | have seen fun
grown rabbit turn and kick ut a large cat
that was chasing him, bowling the cat on
tirely over. thus giving himself a chance -
escape
As a further protection. however. fhey
procured a piece OF chicken wire and erect
ed fence around the buried nest. leaving
one end so IT could be opened enough for
Duane to slip in and oBt when he wished
Duane soon brought his pets. and. taking
them from the basket. he lowered them
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ed angffiy at Harold and put the knife back
without saying word 1t was very short
! lesson on good behavior, and Harold was
perfectly gentle the rest of the way.
The Indian had to carry Marie as they
| trudsed on Near midnight they came to a
| big Indian village. The two children were
! given TO an old squaw, VINO showed them a
| blanket and pile of straw where they
! could sleep. And they did sleep at once
TOr they were exhausted.
| The Following day Harold made UP his
mird that they were prisoners In the camp
Of the ADaches. He whispered TO Mare
that they would watch their chance 10
! escape, for he was sure he knew the way
home.
But the chance did not come. They were
watched night and day. Harold was mace
to carry loads of water and wood, much
too heavy for him. lie and Marie were
very sad to be separated from their parents
but found comfort in each other company.
4 week, two weeks. month went ny
They were not guarded closely now.
They were even allowed to so a distance
from camp to gather flowers, or TO PICK up
small sticks for the fire. But the olu
suuaw always had her sharp eye upon
them.
one day they were out as usual. The
squaw sat down and let them roam, put
watched them at a distance suddenly
Marie found a beautiful clump or MOWERS
and running up to gather some of them
stepped upon something soft that was ~
ing in a little hollow.
Don't be frightened" said vo,ce' 1t
sounded to Marie like voice she had
heard before, and as she looked closely
she saw the face Of Snow root
Harold do come here!' she called. Here
is dear old Snow Foot
Harold was overjoyed as well as Marie,
for they thought they had found friend.
But Snow Foot whispered quickly that they
must just gather the flowers and then SO
look for others.
But tomorrow night you must not go to
r. 7 10 ct mt a
owl hooting. Then come straight out here
as quickly as you can. You will pass close
by the spring, and IL the squaw sees you
she will think you are going for water.
Now go away. Tell nobody you have seen
Snow Foot and tomorrow night listen for
the OWL
They did as they were told, but it was
very hard to be patient. BY great good
fortune the old squaw slept so soundly
she did not hear the owl boot. She did not
hear Harold and Marie steal out OF her
tepee and hasten to the clump of bushes
where they had found such beautiful flow
ers. In truth, she did not awaken until
morning.
BY that time Harold and Marie were gall
Looping along on an Indian pony, one be>
hind their father and the other before him.
taken long journey to Mr.. Eliots CABIN
and had told where he could come to meet
his children.
1t was a happy day in the minister's lit
tie CaDln Wnen me Cnlufen came rack ~
it They were all grateful to their good
friend Snow Foot. How well they remem-
bered his words, Snow Foot no forget"
But in tho Apache camp there were an
ger and great perpleXity to know what
could have become of the lite captives.
Snow Foot was back in his wigwam long
before their flight was discovered. When
the alarm was given he came out, wrapped
in his blanket like all the rest, so who was
to guess that it was he who had set the
children free?
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about his neck. Harold. being two years
older, was more reserved. though he. too,
was glad, and sat down on The ground be-
side the Indian.
BY and by, when he rose to go. Mrs.
Eliot thanked him for the meat he had
brought and asked him to come again
when Mr.. Eliot was home.
In reply the Indian said Snow Foot
no forget. Look out for Apache. Good
bye"
He was off and they watched him until
he was out of sight down the valley. Mrs
Eliot concluded that he could speak little
English though there was one thing she
did not quite understand nor like, LOOK
out for Apache.
When Mr.. Eliot came home he was nucH
touched by Snow FOot's kindness, the more
so because he knew the hostile feelings OF
the Apache tribes. He took Snow Foot s
words as a warning that the Apaches were
becoming restless and might start anew on
the warpath any time
But the parents were both brave. and dtd
not believe in borrowing trouble. They did
not even caution the children to keep close
to the cabin: so every fine day Marie anu
Harold wandered up the canyon or down
the valley.
One afternoon they went as usual and ala
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The White House Children:
From St. Nicholas.

From st. Nicholas.
II you think that because the President
must concern himself with affairs OF ire
mendous moment for the country and the
world. he cannot romp with his little folf
as other fathers do. you are much mis-
taken. And if you think that Mrs. Roose-
welt has no time TO see that the children
learn their lessons, or to tuck them com
fortably in bed, even on the nights of great
receptions or state dinners, you are ike
wise mistaken. Or if you think that the
young persons at the White House are-ex
cused from any educational tasks, or have
any special privileges as to lessons OF
school work, and envy them on that &C
count, get rid of the impression at once
Pocket money for ice-cream soda anc
chocolates is not unknown. but there Is ne
unlimited indulgence in them. The Presi-
dent likes all wholesome things, and he Is
not above the fairy tales that all children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Red Coral,

Where do your coral necklaces come from,
girls? Those pretty red heads came from
the sea, which, perhaps, you know. Per
haps you do not know that the little archi-
tects who so beautifully fashioned the coral
are polyps, and for many years their WORK
was thought to be wonderful plant grow
ing in the bottom of the sea.
The Greeks, who had pretty names tor
everything, called the coral branches the
daughters of the sea, but il remained tor
q French student named Pysonnel to flnG
out that coral was not a plant at all, but
The work of countless living creatures-the
polyps They are found in many places,
but the best-known reefs are those of the
Mediterranean sea. Divers go down and
fetch up the coral for trade. At Leghorn,
in Italy there are great factories and work
shops where the coral is cut and polished
and afterward made into toys and orna-
nGcpts.
What gives the coral its red color? The
pclyps conceal the red coloring matter
which mixed with the chalk of the cells
gives the brilliant color. The reddest ara
known as blood foam coral.
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A Literary Diary.

From St Nicholas
There are the quiet and methodical boys
and girls who like to keep things in order
as we'll as their nosier brothers and sisters.
Both sorts have their work to do in the
world, and each sort should respect the
good qualities of the other-whleh is the
Christmas spirit, by the way. The quieter
ones may be glad of the suggestion that
they keep little diary in which to jot down
references to books and articles appropriate
to certain seasons or holidays The pleas
ure of celebrating red-letter days is greatly
increased by the knowledge of their past
history, and this we find either in books
or In the magazine articles clever writers
have composed with much study. This hol-
iday season is an excellent time to make a
beginning.
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and a coil OF wire. Quick as thought, he
gathered up several handfuls of dry grass,
and flung the blazing ball almost in the
wildcats face. The creature uttered a pierre
ing scream and fed terror-stricken up the
marsh.
The courageous boy now turned his atten-
ton to the colt. He soon discovered that 1t
had become entangled in an Old fish net
which had washed ashore at high tide.
SlSilhnlly making halter of his rope. ne
slipped It over the colts head, tied 81 rag
over its eyes, and triumphantly led his
captive back to the hut
The colt became gentle. and soon rec
ognized its name. 'whitefoot' 1t grew
rapidly under the boys constant care and
proved TO be a splendid saddle animal. Its
affection for the young master was mar
velous.
If you should ever chance to vzsit the
banks" and were to meet a handsome
young man patro.ling the beach on a beau-
tlfui black pony with a milk-white foot.
you need go no farther to find Charlie
Kane of the United States life saving sta
ton
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The Days of the Week.

Sunday and Monday are named from the
sun and the moon; Tuesday for the god OF
war, son of Oden, and Frigga, the earth
mother. Wednesday Should be Wodens-
Gay, for it is named ii honor of Wooden,
the king of gods; Thursday for Thor. the
greatest deity of northern mythology They
used to say when Thor threw his wonder
full hammer the noise Of thunder was heard
through the heavens. Thor was the only
god that could not cross from earth 10
heaven upon the rainbow. He was SO
heavy and powerful the other gods feared
the bow OF promise would break benea III
his giant-like weight
Friday was sacred to Frtgga, queen of the
gods, and not, as the little girl said be-
cause on Friday they always had their fish
fried. Saturday comes from Saeter, the
god of harvest
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Our Guests, the Snowy Owls.

From st. Nicholas.
Every few years. especially along the
seacoast and the larger rivers and lakes,
there is a wave of those splendid day
hunting rascais-the snowy owls. They
are great fishermen. the only owls to make
this sort OF hunting a pract ce, and may
sometimes be seen sitting. silent and mo-
tionless. like block OF ice. at the edge
of the open water. waiting for a chance to
nab an uasuspecting fish or course. this
is not a very paying way 70 get living,
and they also catch field mice, muskrats,
hares and even large birds like quail or
grouse But there are only two other birds
of prey in our country that habituaIly eat
fish. and one of these seldom catches its
own preferring to eat the dead fish along
the shore or pirate II from the real fisher
MANTLE osprey.
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they bring in plenty of dried grass and lily
pads for bedding.
So long as the water surrounding Mus
quashs home does not freeze TO the bottom
he leads a happy life. His hind feet are
webbed and ne is an expert in all water
sports. There are gay times beneath the
ice is MusQuash Town. To be sure, the
fare is only lily bulbs and fresh-water
clans, varied now and then with few
half-frozen insects CT a cluster of mussels
Musquash knows when the January thaw
comes he can make up fer this slender diet
so he waits contentedly for the floods to
wash from their beds the beaumbed tur-
ties, meadow mice and snakes. Then in
deed will he enjoy d bountiful feast even
If Il Is rnidwinter.
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The Tale Of Snow Foot.
by STEPHEN CRAWFORD

In tic old days. when life on our west
eru frontier was an experience too risky
for any hut the bravest, Il young preacher
ramed Edward Eliot went with his wife
and two children as q missionary to the
Indians en- the far west He must have
been n descendant of that earlier preacher,
John Eliot for he had the same fearless
spirit and the same great desire to see
the Indians converted.
As 81 turned out, Edward Eliot had great
influence among the red men. Wherever
he could reach them they became less saw
age. and many of them became Christians.
But there was one tribe, or nation, where
missionaries were not welcomed. the
Apaches hated all pale faces, and especially
missionaries.
1t happened, however, that when Edward
Ellot first went to the frontier he found
an Indian one day who had lost his way
in a blizzard and had almost persisted from
cold. He was an Apache. too. though that
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The constant roar, the foam, the rocks,
Give timd ones successive shocks;
But, Wumpty Bumps, 'twould never do
Such weakness to detect In you.
SO follow me-" With that a dash
The leader made, and then splash!
Splash! Splash! From ev'ry rock and stump
Owed deep hardy Wulnpty Bump,
TIL, rushing onward toward the Falls
The Rapids rang with piping calls,
'Of all the chutes ever shot,
There's like this in ali the lott
Enthuslastie, thus they cried,
As, one by one. the brink they spied
And then with many joyous "A-a-ah..'
They felt themselves go shooting far
Beyond the Point which mortals know
Down to the mist and swirl below
All DOWN." the leader loud inquired:
Aye! Aye!" came back the werd desired
And now each tossing like q chip,
The plncky band resumed its trip
Along the Gorge the Wumpties flew:
The Whirlpool torrent tossed them, too;
While in the Pool itself they found
The merr:est sort OF merry -go-round.
Then scrambiing up the woody shore
They watched the sun arise once more,
And safe from human ear and eye,
They swung themselves from trees to, arr
"A pleasant trfpt" they all agreed
NDellShfful. Il one cares for speed
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Mrs. CottontaiI's Winter Palace
BY LENoRA F. cHANNoN


See what I have" shouted Duane New
tor as he rushed into the house one bright
morning with a pair of tiny white RABBITS
In his hands. His mother gave permission
&c keep them. and when mis- father came
neme that night and saw the two little
white rabbits contentedly munching cab
bage leaves in the box which Duane had
hastily converted into a cage he laughed
and said:
My dear boy. you can't keep them IN
there: they'll soon be too large to turn
around In that box
oh, papa. but I'm going to make a nice
big cage for them tomorrow-Joe and L.
it said
We'll. Duane. / have an idea for cage
for your Dummies which doesn't need any
cleaning out. ana from which the cruel
dogs can't catch them, as they did your
last family" said his father
Went need any cleaning outr' repeated
lie small boy eagerly, that being a task
i,t greatly disliked.
'N es. and where they can raise some
little Dummies without your handling thcm
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The Game of Push and Pull.

This is a very simple game and one that
will afford good exercise for the legs, waist.
sides, back. arms-in fact, the entire body.
Let two girls or boys take hold OF eaol
other by the arms and each endeavor Il
push the other. A chalk line drawn on the
floor a little distance behind each will make
the game more interesting. Each endeay-
ors TO push the ether over this mark. When
tired OF this. change il 10 a pulling contest,
drawing the line between you. Try TO pull
each other across il. You viii find il SPLEEN
did fun and 1t Will bring color To your
cheeks and develop your whole body.