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with an ugly scowl on his face, and caught
up with him just as he was passing the tree
where he had watched the game.
Hi, you young imp, thought you did
mighty smart thing spelling our eame
Think you're fine and honest, don't you?
Been stealing the admission fee to the game
all summer. but you draw the line at any
accidental move that's going to hurt your
home team. Call that fair, do you? Here's
the tree where you spy out, is it? WE'LL
up with you quicker than lightning, and
III see that you stay there till you get
enough of it"
You will, will your said a new voice
that set all the nerves in Gusty's body tin
Cling with delight, and the Hartville pitcher,
Gusty's hero OF heroes. threw the Northing-
ton player fiat and sat squarely on him.
In due time apologies were made and Gusty
was walking proudly down the street side
by side with his hero. When they reached
the corner where each went different way
the handsome six-footer stopped and looked
down on homely freckled little Gusty, hold
Ing out his hand in such cordial, brother
ly way that the shy unloved youngster felt
something hard rise in his throat
You're a game little chap" and the big
boy gave him a friendly slap on the shout
der. Say. aren't you the lad that catches
SO many fsh2'
Gusty nodded
We'll, l guess you and / will have to 20
into partnership. 1 think my mother would
like to borrow you sometimes to help me
eat up her crullers. You shall show me-
where the trout bite best and I'll teach YOU
all know about base ball and foot ball.
So this Is how Gusty lost his loneliness
and found big brother.
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Great Events,

Eve Travelled in Europe" quoth Evelyn Nav:
I'VE all lived abroad for a year"
The others just sighed in an enyious way
And some Of them murmured "Oh deari''
Said Dorothy Jane: Eve never been there
But I've been to Niagara Falls
And that is important. You look eyerywhere
And see only water, like walls
1T must have been lovely" said Resale Jo
Way under the earth, and we all had to 20
In q car. on a sort of Incline
Then Jack declared loudly the best time that he
Ever had was when he and Joe Small
Went out on the trolley last summer to see
The "Giants' and Yankees" play BALI
-'0h. that isn't anything!" cried Mary Ruth.
You just ought to 90 to the Zoo!
They have animals-bears. lions, camels-in truth
Every kind, and some other kinds, too.''
Said little John Henry, "Now, L know thing
Much better than all Of the rest
Yes, better than Europe and Niagara Falls
'Tfs Buffalo Bh's Widest West!"
81 rode on an engine with papa one day."
Said Margaret Milly, with pride;
The wind was 20 strong / almost blew away,
And had to hold on to the side;
.sAnd, oh, but 1t jolted..' Then Babykin Lou
Interrupted, with eyes very bright,
But q serious voice, Il did somefn', too
l stayed mp till 'leyen one nght!''
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(who were all Dinwiddie Academy boys)
black. and the Highlands white.
When the whistle blew for the lineup for
the first race the Meanwhile girls tried hard
to make theirs hearty cheer for the Din
widdie boys, but It was a failure.
Where was Fred?
This Is just what happened to him: He
made an early start, as intended, and was
quietly making up for some of his lost
sleep as the car sped away from Lawrence
Vile, when a rumbling grating noise, and
then a jolt walked him suddenly to find that
the engine was disabled, which meant q de-
lay of nobody knew how long. Here was a
dilemma! Whatever should he do? There
was nothing to be done. They seemed to be
miles from everywhere, and the only thing
to do was to wait for the railroad people
to repair the engine. 1t was very near eight
when this was done and the train started
laboriously on. When 1t at last reached the
junction at half-past eleven. of course there
was no Chesterton train for hours, and you
can imagine Fred's state of mind. He found
the only conveyance available was old
mule-but without hesitation he hired him,
dashed back into the car after his suit case.
and. leaping on the mules back, started of
at a wonderful gait, much to the amuse-
ment OF several people in the car. One in
particular, merry biue-eyed girl whom
Fred had politely helped on the train, and
she hastily pulled out her sketch book and
pencil and drew his departing picture,
perched on the old mule, with the suit case
in front
Inc suit case was an awful nuisance In
riding. and Fred almost persisted with the
cold, but he couldn't stay to pull the sweat
er out and put 1t on, for every moment
counted and he must reach Chesterton
lake in time.
He did reach IL hatless and breathless,
but no one noticed him as the contestants
were all lined up for the start. Letting the
old mule loose he dashed into the skating
house, snatched off his coat and vest, and,
pushing the catch of his suit case, made a
sweater which
on top.
To his utter surprise and amazement he
pulled out a dainty little light blue silk
waist trimmed with white lace and rib
bonsi
"Thunderationr' he was almost petrified
with amazement, "Thunderation, how I'M
der creation-where Is my-O bother-Tve
got that blue-eyed girls bag!' Yes, it was
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The Pirate Ring.

The little Princess PfgtaIls cried and
cried
The good king was perplexed and sor-
rowful. Oh. dear. what should he do? The
chamberlain had said that all the court
was talking about 1t and that 1t was an
outrage. He grew very red in the face
with anger. and wanted to know how he,
the grand chamberlain, was going to pre-
serve the royal dignity OF the house IL the
king allowed such things to go on-and
she. Pigtails. the only princess in the
realm.
You see the little girl had been out in
the back yard making mud pies with the
fisher boy, Chris.
Chris was good and sweet. so she liked
him, and when her royal father had put
a stop to her playing In the dirt with him
she wept and wept and wept. The king
crown tipped over his left eye. spelling
very much the dignity of his appearance.
But the chamberlain was not there to
criticise, so the king didn't mind. and hur-
little daughter in the sweet, old, everyday
fashion.
Just at this very moment a mighty hub
bub arose without. An excited herald
people Of the court. waving their arms.
The pirates are SEEKING our ships in
the bay!' cried the herald
well. well! You don't say!" calculated
the king as he scrambled back to the
throne. with guilty look on his face.
which he tried hard to conceal. He knew
that 1t would never do in the, wide world
to let the court catch him loving any one
and he was afraid the herald would sus-
pect something, for he had dropped the
Princess Pigtails In such hurry when the
door opened.
well, WELL" said the king again. trying
hard to work up worried little wrinkle
between his eyes Then he composed
with tremendous effort, this mighty proc
lamation:
III. R. H Otto, King Of Borderland. Of
fers his daughter and his crown to the one
who rids the sea OF this lawless pirate
band!'
While this was being cried among the
stirred-up people, rushing this way and
that about the city streets, unhappy Chris
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marked ]. c. g. on the end and he remem-
bered seeing those initials on hers when he
carried 1t into the car for her. AS he shook
the waist impatiently, several silver toilet
articles fell on the board floor with rat
tie. and a fetching pink sunbonnet hood
caught on a hook and came into view.
That's pretty trick to play on mef'
he growled. Now what am to do?"
There wasn't a moment to be lost. With
out much hesitation he tied on the pink
hood, pulled bright green golf jacket
from the bag, and with some difficulty but
toned 1t firmly about his broad chest. His
quick eyes had already discovered his own
old skating shoes with the skates fastened
in place as Jerry had fixed them.
In less time than 1t takes to tell 1t, he
was on the lake-but just then the signal to
start for the two-mile race was given. He
dashed up to Mr.. Brayton. who was the
starter, and painted. I'm Fred HoiIister-
can start after them?"
Mr.. Brayton laughed, and so did the spec
tators. but Fred was too much in earnest
to notice.
YES" he said, up and around the Great
Notch Pole and back, but you won't even
catch sight Of them. now" He didn't
know Fred.
Fred as off before he finished speaking
and amid the roars and laughter from the
on-lookers. 1t was a race, indeed! Should
he ever catch that flying horde? Little by
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was suggested by Madge Forester that per-
haps Fred could be sent for. Jerry con-
suited his uncle as to the fairness of this,
and the decision was in favor of getting
Fred, who still belonged to the town al
though he was away at school. He had
not skated for year, however, so several
kilograms were exchanged between Mamm-
vile and Lawrenceville AVID finally-Dn
Friday-Fred telegraphed: "Will arrive
o clock train tomorrow.
Then the boys and girls were Juplaht'
for the honor of old Dinwiddle was very
dear to them, and they could not bear TO
see a prize go elsewhere without first
fighting hard for 1t.
Jerry rubbed and polished and shined
I'M Fred's skates in readiness and wild
excitement prevailed among the academy
boys and girls, for, besides being crack
skater, Fred was general favorite ana
leader. An enthusiastic crowd gathered
at the station to welcome the traveller who
had made such an early start from Law
renceviile-before 8 o'clock-for the occa-
sion.
ard and Jack Hull, Dick and Ted almost
trampled the girls into pancakes by max
ing a center rush for the one and only
passenger coach on the train. But Fred
1t was too disappointing after their hopes
had been raised to such pitch; 1t was like
being hit with a piece of ice. as Dick ex-
pressed It. And as for the girls-well.
must confess that they were afraid to say
much because somehow the disappointment
got caught in their threats and made their
eyes feel queer. The girls linked arms.
while the boys prepared what they could
without their captain.
I'VE can't do more than our BEST. said
Harry, as they trooped down to the frozen
swamps to practice. III there was any
other train in before this afternoon should
be sure that Fred was on it. but he knows
the trains as well as any Of u.s."
Perhaps the .Lawreneeville train missed
Connection with ours suggested Jerry. "and
he can get over from the junction some
way,
NO danger. There isn't even a dump
cart at the station; We'll just have to be
resigned
They were very gium set indeed when
they gathered at Chesterton lake at 1
o'clock. noticeably so. because all the other
teams were Laughing and merry as could
be.
The Chesterton boys all wore blue sweat
ers, the Bellevue boys red. the Mannvilles
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Enter Fred IN Costume.
BY GRACE FOWLER.

By GhACE fOWLEh.
The Chesterton lake was in the finest
condition for skating-smooth and clear
as glass and frozen almost solid
Jerry Armstrong, whistling as usual.
was bursting with an important piece Of
news, which could hardly be kept until
school was out. The piece of news was
closely connected with the condition Of
Chesterton lake. It was, in fact. that
series of races and exhibition were to be
held on the lake the next Saturday. ar
ranged by friend of his uncle, and sew
eraI picked teams Of skaters were to COM
pete for prize. The prize which was Of
fered by this same man was a most won
derful little ice boat of the very newest
design and warranted to skim like
bird" OF course. every one wanted that
ice boat, and the various teams selected
from the various towns around Chester
ton were wild with enthusiasm over their
chances Of winning.
'It is no use for US to try" said How
ard Forester, gloomily, as Jerry explai ned
the offer and conditions to a group OF the
boys. I'VE haven't the least show. with
Fred away"
''Not the least" agreed the Others ''Oh.
why didn't Mr.. Brayton make his offer
during the holidays!"
Perhaps you will remember Fred as
the one who suggested the masquerade
at the time when the Dinwiddie Acad-
envy boys and girls settled their differ
ences of opinion by making the Secret
Society and the Gymnastic Eight one So
cial club. His father had taken him away
from Dinwiddle and sent him to Lawrence
Vile in the fall and he had just gone back
to school again after Christmas vacation.
Fred was the one and only star skater that
Dinwiddle had ever boosted of, and he had
always led any sport on the ice. OF course,
there were other good skaters, but none of
them came near Fred. Chesterton had good
skaters, though, and so had Bellevue and
Highlands.
The boys were pretty blue about the
prospect of losing that ice boat, until 1t
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breathed more freely as the afternoon came
on Promptly Farmer Peters blun voice
was heard calling. and Milly, looking like
brown sparrow, in her heavy wraps, climb
ed nimbly into the wagon.
wal. Milly, how come 1t yer didn't go
with the young 'uns-eh?"
II couldn't sr-it looked so threatening
and. besides, 1 wouldn't have been able to
get the eggs to Aunt Lucy"
Eyer was disappointed. want yer, now?"
Milly colored, but answered truthfully.
Yes, sir little"
And yer may didn't know how yer felt,
reckon"
81 hope not
'Humph!" answered the farmer.
Milly cuddled in her seat during the long
journey, half asleep till Farmer Peters
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picture. Be sure to select stout barrel
slaves and wood about three-quarters Of an
inch thick for cross-pieces and seat. Fasten
the parts together with stout wire nails.
driven through from the bottom up and
carefully clinched at the top, that the
ends will not be on the watch to tear the
riders clothes. The sled Is to be used on
crust. After a few rides the runners will
be found quite well polished. If you have
a big sister in a country college, I am sure
she will appreciate sled like this, as
have it on good authority that college girls
enjoy crust coasting SO much that they will
even use brooms, dust pans or note books
as sleds.
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CHARADE.
My first is a pronoun. My second Is orna-
ment My whole is fish.
WORD SQUARE.
l. Some boys like. 2. Thought. 8. Quiet.
4. A thin strip of wood
ENIGMA.
In out, not I'm in.
In needle, not in pin
In ivy. not in brake.
In rivers, not in lake.
In season. not in fall.
In great, not in tall.
In and In sweet;
In cakes not In wheat.
In edge, not In rim.
In prison, not in sin.
In man. not in boy.
In nice. not In coy.
In pot, not In pan.
My whole is a great man.
DIAMOND.
1. consonant In treat" 2. toy. 3. high
building. 4. A writing implement s. A conso-
nant in treat"
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
composed Of six letters My IL to
rip or tear. My is ornament. My
IL wrong doing. My Q is a conceited person.
My whole IL one Of the four seasons.
HIDDEN TOYS.
1. Bob all your friends have left you. 2. Marx,
get the book. g. Take this to papa. e. have
three dollars.
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My Fathers Tune.

My mother knows a hundred tunes.
And all SO sweet and nice.
But the funny thing about them Ii
She never sings them twice.
My father only knows one tune,
And l have learned the words:
The bumblybee 1t surely il
The finest of all birds"
My mother sings ''Traia, trala,''
And / don't know the rest.
But OF all the times I ever heard
/ like my fathers best
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Mil1y's Masquerade.
BY BELLE MOSES.

A group of girls stood chatting at the
Bartons' gate. but Milly herself was I'M
usually silent. and her pretty face looked
very wistful as she heard her friends eager
iy discussing their plans.
well, Milly, dear I'm sorry you can't
go with u.s." said Sue Ferris, regretfully;
'1t would be such fun to jog along together
In the rickety old stage. Why don't you
beg your MOTHER"
"Oh. no." returned MiIly quickly, 81
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CHARADE.
Pick nick (picnic).
WORD SQUARE.
ACRE
CHEW
RENE
EW ES
RHYMNG ENIGMA
Toboggan.
BEHEADINGS.
Harm. Race. Send.
DIAMOND.
T
it, $E
CENTRAL ACROsTIC.
s4ffTF
SMILE
FADED
GRIND
TINGE
DIGIT
Sliding.
PIED PRoyERB.
rolling stone gathers no moss.
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A Barrel STAY Sled. =,

Boys. wonder II you have all discovered
what fun 1t Is to make something out of
very little? 1t is one secret of success in
life. and I'll warrant that boy who
knows how to turn his hand at almost any
ening gets more real joy out of living than
IL he had a father with long purse. and
had nothing to do but stand round and
order things done for him. Here for in
stance, is the barrel staye sled; you will
see how it is made by just studying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
Politeness to Foreigners.

From Europe, Asia and Africa.
From North and South America.
These names of places come to me
To teach me my geography.
And so it's no more than polite
To put my playthings out Of sight,
And for moment give my mind
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lay like talisman over her heart. And |
the greatest success of the evening was
Milly's masquerade.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-05-26

In an address to young Scotchmen
delivered at the opening of a gym
nasium building at Dundee, In his ca
pacity as rector Of st. Andrews uni
versity, Andrew Carnegie spoke OF the
use of alcohol and tobacco as twin
evils. drunkenness" he said, us the
great risk ahead in the career Of every
Young man. 1t is far more important
that he insure himself against it than
against death. A drink policy" said
he. sis worth ten life policies" These
are words Of wisdom, hardly less ap-
plcable to conditions In the United
States than in Scotland. Death Will
come when it will come. Drunkenness
Is a preventable evil. Every young
man can insure himself against the
drink habit and save money, credit and
character by the Observation-Disclosures
phia Record.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How soon we learn that the average
mans bark is about al, there is to him.
When people say anything good about
YOU, ever notice what a few are pres
ent?
We all of us claim to be natural, but
we all of us know that the only time
when we are not putting on Is when
we are asleep.
Somehow the hundred dollars some
other man has always looks larger and
MS If It should go further than the hum
bred dollars you have.
There are not many sights more de-
pressing than to meet a farmers wag-
on on Il country road going out from
town with coffin in 1t.
When a man says he got up nine
times with the baby six nights In sue
cession It means that one night he
woke up and heard his wife got up
Atchison Globe.
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A Comfortable Bullet.

The humanizing Of the Paris uuelS
goes on apace. A Frenchman has IN
vented a bullet warranted not 10 KILL
The ball is hollow and light. IL was
tested by a number Of Frenchmen III
entire comfort. The pistols had steer
guards. rather like those on cavalry
swords. which protected the hano
when In the act Of shooting. ana the
inventor warned the shooters not 10
sower the hand till their opponents had
fred. With the eyes protected ny
strong motor glasses, no more protec-
ton was absolutely necessary ou'
those who preferred to make more srss
wore padded long blouses,
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HOW THE TIGER KILLS.
Mover Faces His Prey, bat Attacks IL
on the Flank.


have taken considerable trouble to
find out how tigers kill large game
Some time ago I was asked to come
and see a full grown bullock that had
been killed by a tiger. On examining
II found the animal had Its neck
broken. and there were claw marks
on the nose and shoulder. but nowhere
else. There was no doubt that the
tiger had jumped at the bull and land
ed on the shoulder, and when the bull
turned bis head to gore the tiger he
must have put his claw out and with
q sudden Jerk broken the neck.
On another occasion / went to see a
young buffalo which had been killed by
a tiger and found the same thing had
happened. There we're similar marks
ON the nose and also on the near shoul-
der. which clearly indicated that this
animal had been killed In the same
way. Malays who have actually seen
a tiger killing a buffalo told me they
saw the same thing happen; also that
In dragging off a heavy carcass, sucn
as buffalo or bull, he gets most OF the
weight across his shoulder.
This must be fairly correct, as !
have often followed a kill, and the
marks left Indicate that only portion
Of the animal was trailing along the
ground. I have known full grown
bull which ten men could not move
dragged for two miles by a tiger In q
heavy jungle, where roots Of trees anc
swamp had to be gone through. In nc
case have l seen the pug marks facing
the wrong way except when stopping
to feed, which proves he must carry
portion of the animal over his Shout
der.
The old idea Of tiger killing larg
game by a blow from his paw Is non
sense; besides, In India tiger neve
faces his prey, but attacks him on tn
flank unless charged. Another curiou
fact that may seem very like fair
tale Is that tiger does not seem I
mind a small lamp being tied over
kill about ten feet high, but will com
and feed. l have known three occt
sions when this has been tried, an
each time a tiger has come to fee
unon the carcass.-London Field.
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The Pastoral Navajoes.

The Navajoes are a pastoral, patrl'
archal. seminomadic people. Their
whole culture and development center
IN their focks. Their reservation OF
$1,000 square miles is desert, broken
with mountain and mesa. On the mesa
and low mountains there are consider
able areas Of pinon and cedar ana on
the higher mountains limited area or
beautiful pine forests. Over this re-
gion the Navajoes drive their HOOKS.
At the season when the slight rainfall
gives even a scant pasturage ON the
desert plains the focks are pastured
there. AS the pasturage on the lower
levels Is both burned with the hot,
scorching sun and exhausted with pas
turing. the flocks are taken up into the
higher mountains, where there Is more
moisture. Again, as the deep winter
SHOWS come on, the sheep must be TAX
en- down out Of the mountains TO es-
cane them. During this time they are
kept on the wooded mesa, where there
Is less snow and a plentiful supply OF
wood. Of which there is none on the
plains below. Year in and year out the
Navajo flocks are driven back ana
forth from plain to mountain top, mesa
and foothills.-Scribner's.
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nha ChfCanO Way.

Chicago reports an Improvement In
the service Of summons by consta-
BILE. He did not pry open the door nor
burst In the window. He hired "full
dress suit and donned it with all the
articles of apparel that the books lay
down as correct to go with that gar
ment Entering an automobile, he
drove up the Lake Shore DIVE, and
when he reached the number be want
ed me alighted, swinging his lavender
spring overcoat on his arm, stepped
lightly up to the palace door, touched
the electric bell, handed the attendant
his card, was admitted to the reception
room. was received by the lady upon
whom he wanted to serve the sum-
mons. was bowed out" The delights
Of divorce are enhanced If only the pa
pers may be served in such good form.