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'Lasse." he said. raising her in his arms
dear little lonely lassie. have brought
you what you asked for. This beautiful
lady is your grandmother and she will live
with US always
The gray-haired lady took Wilhelmina in
her arms in loving embrace, and the
lonely little girl buried her head in the
furs about her neck.
"And. lassie," grandfather continued, his
voice little trembly. Il have also brought
you mother and father"
Wilheimina raised her head in wonder
ment, and the sweet, golden-haired lady
held her tightly and lovingly. calling her
little daughter and whispering all sorts Of
endearing things to her. Your new father
Is waiting to get acquainted" she said in
minute as a gentleman leaned over her.
Warren. I know we will love her as much
as we did our little Marjorie-she Is so like
her." Then little Wilhelmina, who never
cried. burst into tears Of joy.
In few minutes they left the bewildered
do for some time. The next afternoon Will
helmina explained 1t all to Luella Hya-
cinthe.
my child" she said do you know what
1t Is to feel as If you would burst with hap
piness? My dear grandfather married my
new grandmother, who used to go to school
with him years ago. and my new grand
mother had daughter who was married
and who had little girl like me who died
and the mother and father were most heart
broken: and so we're all going to be happy
together, because I can be a daughter and
a granddaughter. And you, Luella Hya-
cinthe, you can be a loving great-grand-
daughter, too
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Playing '|Grown-Up. "

you are old enough to take very good
care of yourselves said Mother Hunt.
"Of course said the children.
"And you are too old to get into mis-
chief" said Mother Saville
Sure" said Fred and Louis.
eve will be back at o'clock-remember
what I said about minding Lizzie, and re-
member. too, that you are on your honor
and are really in charge of the house. If
any callers come be sure to treat them
very politely and tell them we are away
for the day. and Mother Hunt climbed into
the carriage with Mother Saville
Mother Hunt and Mother Saville had
been to school together when they were
girls. and only last week Mother sawille
had brought her two children, Nanette
and Louis. to spend a whole month with
Mother Hunt. Fred and Elsie Hunt were
very glad, indeed to have the two new
playmates for they lived on a large coun-
try estate and had few child neighbors
The two mothers had been invited to
spend the day with another school friend
In neghboring town, and the four chill
dren felt very proud at being trusted to
stay alone with only Lizzie and Hannah
the two maids.
They stood on the gate and watched the
carriage till it had vanished round a curve
I feel quite grown-up, said Elsie
Lets play we are grown up" suggested
Nanette. Let's be grown up all day You
and Fred be Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt, and Louis
and 1 will be Mr. and Mrs. Saville. Oh. and
let's dress up, too
Say, that will be great" Fred exclaimed
Come on, Louis. I'll get some Of fathers
clothes for you"
IF any one comes said Elsie as she and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
Wien Mamma Squirrel Cleaned
House.

One morning old Mamma Squirrel said
to Papa Squirrel, "Phpa Squirrel, this
house Is scandalously dirty, and l want
to clean it. You just sit around all day
in your rocking chair by the fire and you
are in my way. 1 wish you would go
somewhere and get out Of my way"
"All right" said Papa Squirrel II want
to go to the barber shop anyway and get
my whiskers trimmed and my tail curled.'
So he went scratching down the tree and
hopping along. till he came to the squirrels
barber shop, and there he got his whiskers
trimmed and his tail curled. Then he
started home again. hopping along. hop
ping along. and all at once he saw little
boy. That boys name was Willie Yum.
And when Papa Squirrel saw Willie Yum
paws on his breast. and said very politely,
Good morning. little boy"
And Willie Yum said. Good morning.
Mr.. Squirrel
Then Mr. Squirrel said. What are you
eating. little boy?"
And Willie Yum said. Candy"
Mr.. Squirrel said. lis it good?'
Yes, it's exceedingly good" said Willie
II did not have any," said Mr.. Squirrel.
wait. I'll give you some." said Willie
YUM So he threw piece of candy to Mr..
and began to eat 1t and smack his lips.
Then Willie Yum threw him another little
piece, and said, There is some for your
wife, Mr. Squirrel"
Thank you, little boy" said Mr.. Squirrel
Then he began to go home. hopping along.
hopping along. In the grass and climbing
up, climbing up his tree. And when he
went into his house there sat his wife in
the rocking chair by the fire.
my" she said. Papa Squirrel. you 90
look nice since you got your whiskers trim
med and your tail curled What are you
eating?"
Candy said Papa Squirrel.
"Who gave 1t to your
"A nice little boy whose name is Willie
YUM" said Papa Squirrel.
:. Ibid he send me any?" asked Mamma
Squirrel
Eyes, here is some for you, too" Papa
Squirrel took 1t out Of his pocket. and
Mamma Squirrel began to eat 1t; m-m-
,a,ln! but 1t was good.
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and grandfather was too busy to be with
his little granddaughter all the time.
The housekeeper was apt to be very cross,
especially when Wilhelmina forgot to put
her coat and hat and books and toys i'll
their proper places. She had never lived
with little girls before, and Wtlhelmina
my mamma tucks me in bed every night
after she hears my prayers Whitening
heard Rose Stanton say to Dolly Bowers
at recess. Then she tells a story till
my eyes are almost asleep, and then kisses
me softly so l won't get awake again"
My papa always puts me to bed, Dolly
had said, because I'm his dear little
daughter he says. and mamma and grand
ma come in afterward. Who puts you to
bed Willie?'
Wilhelmlna hated to be called Willie, but
she made up her mind not to be leased;
'Nobody''-she answered slowly-"1 put
myself to bed
Does nobody hear your prayers?" asked
Dolly o,. 49,, hood .uo..,
why. l call that he-heathenish," de-
clared Rose.
"And doesn't any one tuck you in?'
asked Dolly.
Tor kiss your added Rose
Wilhelmna slowly and proudly shook her
Head. Sometimes grandfather kisses me
which I'm asleep" she added, softly.
Both the little girls looked shocked.
.It's-it's scan" commenced Rose.
"-dalous" finished Dolly. Il don't think
we ought to play with her, do you, Rose?'
Rose shook her mead. Inc Two lockeu
arms and left Wilhelmina standing alone,
wondering how she could help such state
of affairs. 1t surely wasn't her fault. Then
she resolved that the only thing to do was
TO ask her grandfather.
Grandfather came home while Wilhel-
nina was eating her solitary supper.
We'll. little woman, we haven't seen
much of each other lately, have We? Your
old grandfather has been going to many
dinners he has neglected you-ard I'm go
ing to hurry and dress now, for another
affair tonight"
He disappeared into his room and Wilhel-
nina ate her bread and jam in silence, for
getting even that Luella Hyaclnthe, her
favorite Paris doll. was waiting for her
share.
In a few minutes the housekeeper ap-
peared. You're very slow tonight, and
Mary waiting to clear your tea things
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not to hear my prayers and tuck me in
bed and kiss me good might"
e Rssns ber har sog
Grandfather has neglected you. So you
are lonesome and want a grandmother,
and mother and father-of course you
do. Why didn't think of it before? To-
night you may stay right here till it's time
for bed"
Then grandfather held her in his arms
and told her most beautiful stories of the
mother and father who had died when she
was a baby, and then he helped her to
bed. tucked her in, and left her with
sense of possessing some new sweet thing
she had not known before.
Then. instead Of dressing to go out, he
| went back to the big armchair and thought
and thought till it was very late.
| The next day Wilhelmina's grandfather
went away for a week. and as he kissed
her good-by he said:
Little lassie, try not to be lonesome
while 1 am gone. and when 1 come back
l hope l can bring you a beautiful, beau
tiful present, that will make up for many
lonely moments
Il will try grandpa though 1t will be
awful lonesome said Wilhelmina bravely.
And those were lonesome days that fol-
lowed-only Luella Hyacinthe really APP
preciated how her little mistress felt. And
as she was naturally communicative she
did not even tell the kfttie. But the kitten
was a dear, affectionate little ball of fur,
and she purred sympathy into Wilhelminas
ears whenever she was allowed to cuddle
up on her shoulders. But there was some
thing to look forward to.
The night of the seventh day came, but
no grandfather, and Wilhelmina felt very
queer about her eyes as she crawled into
bed. She was soon asleep, however, as she
was very tired and she dreamed Of beauti-
full presents her grandfather might bring.
Then she heard a sweet silvery voice whis-
perng:
The darling" and opened her eyes to
see her grandfather standing beside the
bed. and with him three other people, two
ladies and a gentleman. One of the ladies
was tall. with beautiful gray hair and
brown eyes, and grandfather held her hand
The other was a dear little woman with
golden curls peeping at one from under her
hat. She stood by the other gentleman who
had such beautiful smile. and there were
tears in both of their eyes.
Grandfather saw Wilhelmina was awake
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Helping Mother.

Teddy and Freddy thought IT a shame
that mother should have all the house,
cleaning to do. and after talking the mat
ter over, they decided to help her. Being
two very little boys they didn't know much
about it. but they had seen deal of scrub
bling and washing going on. and they
thought 1t must be great fun, too
Time for my boys to take their nap"
called mother. and she settled them both
comfortably in her spick-and- span, freshly
cleaned room. They pretended to be
sleepy, but no sooner had mother disap-
peared than Teddy bounced up, followed
quickly by Freddy.
Now. Wen have 1t all nice and clean
when muvver comes back" said they.
Teddy got a cake Of soap and a very wet
washrag. and. climbing chair, mounted to
the bureau and made the most beautiful
clean white lather on the looking glass;
while the water and soap suds drip-drip-
dripped down to the freshly starched and
ruff1ed cover. Freddy had his mothers
tooth brush and another cake OF SOAP and
was hard at work on his knees scrubbng
the hearth and freshly oiled floor 1t was
Just at this time that their mother found
she had forgotten her glasses and came
softly back to the room. tiptoeing so as not
to disturb her sleeping boys. Perhaps you
can imagine her delight at Teddy's and
Freddy's help.
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away" she said. She did not mean to be
unpleasant. but how could she know that
Wilhelmina was suffering for love?
II an going to help my grandfather
Dress said Wilhelmina, in her old-fash-
Toned way.
He will not like It," said the house
keeper.
But Wilhelminas mind was made up. She
must ask some questions.
She knocked at the door softly and her
big. jolly grandfather in his warm dress
ing gown opened it. ~,
Are you in great hurry, grandfather!
mo, little woman, never in too great q
hurry to have you with me-. he ore"
the little girl into the room. and sitting
in a great armchair before the open fire,
Wilhemina climbed into his lap.
He was a handsome grandfather, large
and strong with iron gray hair and brown
eyes. And although Wilhelmina thought
him very old. he was very young man
to be the grandfather of such big girl
as Wilhelmina.
Grandfather cuddled her for while,
waiting for her to tell him her troubles.
Grandfather, I want a mother and q
father and a grandmother she said sud-
denly.
Gracious! Isn't old grandfather burden
enough?"
polly and Rose said it was heathenish
and scan-scan-daious, Wilhelmina. who
never cried, was almost sobbing, for them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
Lonesome Wilhe1rnina.
BY NANCY SCOTT.

There was but one solitary person in the
whole world who cared for little Wilhelmi-
na-of that she was perfectly sure. for
hadn't grandfather said that she was all
he had to love, and that he was her only
relative? And yet. there were nearly eighty
millions of people right here in the United
States. for her geography had told her so
only yesterday. and she remembered quite
we'll because Miss Folsom made her write
IL eighty times for being inattentive in
class.
1t seemed to Wilhelmina as If she had
written 1t eighty million times; she was
sorry for her inattention when she had
finished.
Miss Folsom might have been very fond
of her II she had understood that the little
girl was very, very shy, and that she could
be very pleasant indeed.
AS II was. Miss Folsom told people she
was rather sulen. when she was not really
sullen, but only very quiet, with queer
way Of wrinkling her brow in frowns when
she was perplexed And Wilhelmina was
very often perplexed. for she never asked
questions of any one but her grandfather,
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Some Garden Secrets.

Greta found Alan lying face down on the
bank Of the lily pond He was staring hard
into the water.
What are you looking for. Alan?' she
asked, coming UP behind him and staring
down. too.
Trying to see a tadpole turn into a frog"
said Alan. You know they drop their tails
off and turn into regular frogs, but / don't
see any spare tails lying round, and I've
watched and watched and none of them
seem to be shedding their tails today"
That's something like watching a bud
blossom" said Greta. you know, when a
bud looks as If 1t were going to open sure
ly in a minute and you watch and watch
and watch till you almost go to sleep, and It
doesn't move mite. then If, after you've
play for Just tiny minute. when you come
back it's all blossomed out. But I guess,
If you watched forever. you'd never see
tadpole's tail drop off. for they don't drop
of"
They do. too" said Alan How else do
they get rid of them? When they're tad
poles they have tails, and when they're
frogs they have none, SO they must drop
EN-
Il used to think So" said Greta But
Aunt Peggy. she goes to college, you know,
and she learned there that they don't lose
their tails off-the tadpoles, 1 mean. They
just grow shorter and shorter till they dis
appear inside of the frog. l suppose 1t Is
something the way turtle draws his head
In his shell. only the turtle does it often
and quickly and the tadpole does 1t once
awfully slowly and never pokes 1t out
again. Aunt Peggy said the tail changed
inside of the frog, but didn't understand
very well all about IT.
when grow up I'm going to college to
find out for myself" said Alan determin-
eddy.
$50 am l." said Greta. Aunt Peggy told
me about funny BLACKLIST called the squid
that manufactures ink inside of himself.
and when his enemies are pursuing him in
the water. he just spills lot of the ink
into the water so the water gets all cloudy
and be escapes
Hes a real smart fish, isn't her" said
Alan. did your Aunt Peggy ever see
one?"
"Yes. and she saw the ink, too, and she
dipped a pen in 1t and wrote her name and
the date and that 1t was written in squid
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Der always to do as you're told, or you
may turn into scarecrow."
"We'u be very caw-tious," cawed Jimmy
and Johnny together, as they flew off.
That afternoon all the crows for miles
around assembled in Farmer Grays corn
field, and made such noise that the peo-
pie at the house came out to see what
was the matter. What they saw astonished
them.
After a great deal Of cawing. those four
and eighty crows. led by the mother Of
Jim and Johnny, formed in line, and with
a loud whirring of wings, swooped down
on that tresspassing scarecrow and tore his
hat and clothing to shreds. and almost tore
the wooden skeleton to pieces.
Then with loud and angry caws, they
dropped to the ground and ate all the corn
they could for supper. Then, just as they
had finished, Farmer Gray came home too
late to "see the fun" the children called
it, and vowed that next time he would
shoot them instead of merely trying to
frighten them.
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My Dog.

NY Lug.
I've little dog named Tramp.
He's winsome little scamp,
Such funny little, sunny little dog.
He VIII worry an old shoe,
Growl at It, and shake it. too:
Such happy little, scrappy little dog.
He is fond Of things to eat,
Very fond, IL they are sweet,
Such handy when there s-candy little dog,
Once. when came home from town,
His gay spirits were way down;
Such pensive. apprehensive, little dog.
He behaved as II he knew
OF thing he shouldn't do,
Such a guilty little, witty little dog.
He had freely helped himself
To the gumdrops on the shelf.
Such a sticky little. sickly little dog.
There had been about a pound
Only one could now be found
Such a needy. little, greedy. little dog.
But he would not eat that one
But teased him to-for fun,
That Inflated, candy-sated little dog.
Now when candy he can see
He's beside himself with glee
This erratic, acrobatic, little dog;
But no gumdrops will he touch.
For he knows he had too much.
This sagacious. once voracious little dog
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behind so that he barely got a grain or
two before he was called away.
Mrs. Crow was very indignant. THE
impudencer she cried. 1.-THE idea Of put
ting that skeleton there to frighten poor
little crowlets I'll settle it for him! I'll
tear it to pieces!
It'll bite you, or shoot you." screamed
Jimmy.
Mrs Crow laughed IT'S only a scare
crow" she explained, made to frighten
US away from our food. Once long ago
there was very wicked bad crow who
wouldn't do as his mother told him to,
and fairy came along and turned him
into a scarecrow-and so you must remem-
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CHARADE.
Ny first was made lin the beginning;" my Sec
ond is what my first hopes to attain my whole Is
what my first is striving to do until my Sec
ond prevents 1t.
OMITTED WORD.
FIJI the blanks with the word. Out on the
- the little boat tossing wildly, while in
the house the hill a stood at -.
Finally he was taken by his enemy, who gave or
ders for the - TO be brought to the door. Just
crashing down. and big dog began to
wildly at the noise.
EIGHT HIDDEN STATES.
Oh, 1 obtained the tickets you wanted, but a
kasty trip must make or the professor will be
that exasperated IL are late.
Surely months passed quickly as these
have. Never mind, Mary, land is in sight and you
will feel better.
Yes, that is the color. dozen spools please.
You right, in the main, Esther, but John
promised to build a cot near the river yours.
Ida, hold this, please
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Us throegh in Alpune vfllege posed
binner wath thes stringe devici, EXCELSIOR.
BEHEADINGS.
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detain and leave antique 3. To entertain and
leave a goddess.
WORD SQUARE.
1. Orderly. 2. All Of them. 3. The height Of.
4. At that time.
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l have done, have thrown out all the
old hickory nut shells and walnut shells,
and swept the floor with my tail. and
thrown out the old grass and leaves OF
our old bed: now. 1 want you to go and
get a lot Of nice new acorn cups and
saucers and some good hickory nuts and
put them on the pantry shelves, and get
some nice clean grass for our bed and
some clean leaves for our bed covers" So
Papa Squirrel went and got them, and after
that they had supper.
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I'm. ,,, fAitu ~ ioohs most IKE any ink II
you'll come in the house she'll show it to
you" - ~
AS the children were going to the house
Alan said:
There's one other thing I'd like to see
and that's snake crawling out of his skin
You know that snakes skin we found in
the bushes last summer? Well, I'd Just like
10 nave seen the snake srawl out of it,
Greta. FN' s1iu
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The Family Skeleton.
BY CLIFFORD SPRAGUE.

A boy and a girl were sitting on the stone
wall cracking walnuts and jokes-and-fn-
gers Harry cracked most of the walnuts,
and Deb all of the fingers. Deb's occupation
would not have been at all pleasant had not
every other nut that Harry cracked found
its way into her hand.
Meta says the Clarkes have a skeleton
in their closet" said Deb in an awed tone
What do you suppose she meant?"
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Nanette went upstairs, I'VE will talk Just as
If we were really our mothers"
Lets put on the prettiest dresses we
can find" suggested Nanette. "Oh! Obi l
wish l dared put on mammals new white
silk muslin party dress with the pretty vio-
let silk underneath. Would your
II don't know" said Elsie doubtfully. "Of
course, you could be careful. I'm going to
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Teddy's Views on Dress Reform
have so many things to keep my pockets almost
burst.
II were tailor to the boys I'd make the pockets
first;
I'd sew the seams with wire thread and with n
little
I'd fasten on each button. with a nut to screw
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Robin.

I am a robin,
And It keeps me a-bobbin'
To feed my family of four.
I all them with bugs,
Worms, beetles and slugs,
And still they keep calling for more.
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and miserable. Then the mothers finally
came home they lNtried to explain at once.
When it was finally made clear Mrs. Sa-
Vile picked NaP-tte up in her arms, as
she used to when she was a little girl a
very little girl, and told her that she was
very glad she had been brave and she knew
that the next time she was left alone she
would be both brave and thoughtful.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-09-28
CALL ON ROOSEVELT
TO SERVE THIRD TERM

BIRMINGHAM. ALA. September 27.-
Anti Administration Republicans OF Ala
bama. In convention here to-day, uomi-
mated the following ticket.
GOvernor-Judge a. =. StrHttOp. Of
Montgomery; Lieutenant -Governor-Cien-
eral James A. Hurst, Attorney General
J. B. Aloan. state Auditor. O.. Miller
Secretary of State-George r. Randolph:
State Trcasurer- George Byers: Commis-
sloner Of William Cook.
Members Of Railroad Commission r.
Leonard. Charles f.. Lane. Chief Justice
Shelby s. Pleasant. Associate Justices
Warren 5 Reese. Arthur s. stiles.
The platform adopted calls upon Pres
ilcnt Rooscvelt 10 stand for q third term
Lynch law Is strongly condemned Any
tnAerInG with the tarin Is dislDDroved.