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Some Gladstone GLOdtS
Over DetrOiPS Defeat
Shut Out by Washington Had Many Pleasing
Points-StahI and Hickman Recover Batting
Eye-FaIkenberg the Goods.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.
The Score.

IN the box in the first place there Nigh
have been another extra inning contest
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Stahl was the goods in the field as
we'll as at bat His taking OF AIcIntyre's =
foul by reaching into the stand IN the
sixth inning was a corker. He made
another good catch on Schaefer in the
ninth.
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Games Today.

Boston at Cincinnati
Brooklyn ar St Louis.
New York at PittsbUrg
Philadelphia at Chicago.
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the blood coming contact with the skin and producing ne
of
condition
and refuse matter of the body to collect and instead passing
OF through channels of bodily The blood
the of all
out and set the skin the colord sticky fluid and
itching
scratched off the skin left solid
formed and by the constant of acids from the blood Local
salves powders
used because they itching
tof
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Williams should have had two singles
but Schaefer robbed him Of the second
one by great One-hand stop in the
eighth
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Standing of The Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games

New York, 4; Cincinnati. /
Pittsburg. ;: Philadelphia, T.
Chicago. .: Brooklyn. /
St. Louis. 3. Boston. 8
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The Ninth team was consistent in one
respect at least. It made nine errors.
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Lindsay at first had only TWO outs in
the first fi-e innings
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Games Today.
Chicago at Washington
Detroit at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at New York.
Cleveland at Boston
(Chicago at Washington tomorrOwO
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Standing Of the Clubs.
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.

Result Of Yesterdays Game.
s; National a. c, 5.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games.

Washington. 3; Detroit. 0.
Philadelphia. /; Chicago, o
New York. 8: Cleveland. T.
ST. Louis. 9; Boston, 3.
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Nil, Williams, and Stahl made a beau
tiful double play IN the seventh that
saved q score Schaefer opened the in
ming with safety. but COughiin drove
10 Nil, and the infeld got busy and
made u two out
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Mcknight used his fast outshoot 10
great advantage. 1t was almost unhit-
table. Ten men struck out.
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Only four Of the sixteen runs made by
Fifth were earned. The errors were all
costly.
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Standing Of the Clubs.

St Stephens Institute vs.. Arlingto
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Totals. : Sr1T 4
'Chute out; hit by battef hall
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Pastor Bagley's boys need team prac-
tice. They are not pulling together
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John Anderson was pursued bv a cruel
fate Twice when he had a chance TO
perform a notable deed he put Up fouls
that cost him a life
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EF7EMK SKIN RAW
- A0A1AKxAk-A AND FEVERIsH-
Eczema &c tornen+ino stub HTEHEMFT Ek'TENGE

Eczema is a tornenting, stub
'orn disease caused by an acid humor
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In the rush OF Incidents let Us not
forget that Malachi X. Kittredge made
a neat single Ia the fourth round.
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NOTES Of The NOTABLES

The viewpoint makes a heap O. diff
ference There were close decisions in
Yesterdays game. and Washington got
the benefit OF them At least two of
them would not have been half bad
had they gone 70 Detroit but there was
no attempt 10 mob" the ump. It's
sort case like the difference between
your wife and the other fellows wife
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Jones did a clever piece OF sliding IN
the third inning in going, 10 first. He
went il feet first. and ratified Lindsay
into dropping the bail.
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Coauor changed his decision in the
second inning when Stahl reached first.
He nTst called him out: but when he
saw that the ball had been dropped
ne called him safe.
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Washington received another close
decision in the third. when Cross scored
on Hickman short fly 10 center. 1t
looked Ike Schmidt touched Cross on
the heel as the veteran was sliding 10
the plate. but Cou1or called Il safe.
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and the crack grew larger
Then how the little Nasturtium vine
sang TO itself No longer was IL tiny
and frail, but with great broad leaves
in thick clusters Then came the SWELL
ing buds with their small horns and .
hint OF orange.
One September morning the lady who
lived in the house came out 10 smell
the sweet air. High above the coleas
she saw bursting through a crack under
the flooring thick rich clump of Mas
uurtium leaves. with q crown Of bios
SONS that seemed the color Of hun
dTed suns.
The lady caught the little Nasturtium
vine n her two caressing hands; then,
smiling, she plucked one radiant bios
som and fastened il in her dark hair:
and the heart OF the little Nasturtium
vine throbbed with Joy, for IL had rem
deTed a service.
But the old Hop Toad shrugged His
shoulders as he squatted down in the
shadow.
"Humph." he said. That's what you
get for being seen. You get your head
cut off. Nasturtiums are best, anyway
c1ose TO the ground GRAY. with fiRs
large warts Is my idea OF beauty.
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wATCHDoGs OF SAND.

If the reports from Waimae. Kac-i.
are correct, watchdogs in the Hawaiian
Islands will undoubtedly become an ex-
tinct breed of canine.
AT Waimae there is a peculiar sort of
sand. known as barking sand" When
ever any noise passes or the sand is
stirred by the wind it gives of sound
resembling the bark of a deep-mouthed
doc
Recently the natives gave a luau. a
native feast, and for a particular dol
cacy they stole the watchdog Of one Of
the white residents. The dog WAS killed
and eaten.
The owner of the dog then realized
that the dog was gone and the chicken
houses would be unprotected. In his
dilemma the man thought OF the bark
ing sands. and. going there, had cart
load hauled TO his place and distributed
about the henhouses.
The result was that tho high wind
stirred the sand all night long and the
owner had the satisfaction of hearing
the baying of a phantom crowd Of
Watchdogs about his place
The experiment has proved such a
success that most of the white residents
in that pat of Kauai has dispeEseC
with their logs and have barking sands
for watchd ICY.
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Nothing Would Seem So Good as a Fresh Man"

ger. as he stretched his wooden paws
and champed his fierce painted teeth.
nothing would seem So good as q fresh
MAN.
My sentiments exactly" said the
Lion, smackinE his lips a juicy one,
not too old Our keeper is just about
right. I've lOngei many a time just u
be turned loose from that old merry
so-rOund long enough 10 put my teeth
into him and see what he really would
taste Ike. But when midnight comes
and We are free for the charmed hour
he is always gone"
I'm not so hungry as I am thirsty"
said the Alligator so near the lake
We are, too and not a drop ever gets
to us. They even put canvas around us
when il rains Sometimes when I hear
those wet pop bottles go off al the lunch
counter over there I feel as if I must
break loose
I'D be willing to go dry if I could
break loose said the Camel. "Oh. for
a run on the wide desert sands,'
Me too" sighed the arabian Horses.
We travel ali day and every day on
that tiresOme mery-go-rouud and never
get anywhere. Always the same thing
"A glimpse Of the fortune teIler's
booth, the monkeys cage. the lunch
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ing rs. Then he guiped it down, licked
his chops and rolled down the gray
window shades he wore over his eyes
When he had finished enjoying the ny
he hoped away TO ind another one.
The little NaSrUTtium vine felt very
sad. and the dew fears began TO gather
on the tender green leaves. pale for the
lsck Of sunshine. She looked up, and
above the lattice she spied faint crack
OF light where The porch flooring began.
There Is sunshine up there she
SAID. i viii grow mp and find it,
So she began climbing in the dim
light under the porch Always a little
higher every day. Her stems grew long
and struggling. with only here and there
pale. delicate leaf. But she was grow
Ing. and the Hop Toad had TO admit ii.
Yes. YOU re getting up he said,
but nv. what a figure, You're thin
ner than a walkinS-stick insect. What's
the use OF growing if YOU can't grow
beautiful Now. I'm what you might
call bcautiful-fat and gray, with
handsome humpy warts all over me.
Keep close 10 the ground. that's my
way and he hoped off with a salts
fed smilo
The crack in the board above the
coleas was not so very far of now.
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So he took me in at the back shed
door and showed me five cunning little
kittens.
In a few minutes Mrs Dunton ,aIIed
Willie and ] started for home again.
And Grandpa Dunton met me Just by
the side ste-s He said.
Why. here's Lottie Smith. Just
come back, Child I want you 10 see
something We have IN the shed
SO ] went back. and he showed me
I'VE Kittens. al IN q heap In a cheese
Then I started for home again. and
got as far as the gate when Joe met
me AID said;
Hello. Lottie SMITH you are just
the girl l want 10 see. 1 want TO show
You something. Come back 10 the house
a minute
so I went beck with him. and he
showed me five fat little kittens in
ckeese-hox
after 1 looked at them. said good
~ 10 Joe and started 10 come home
oY the back way. And Grandma Dun
ton mel me going down the garden
walk. She kissed me. and said:
BoW bright YOU look. my dear. /
want you 70 see something a the house.
Just come back a minute.
80 she took me back and showed
me hVe sleepy little kittens in a cheese
And now. mamma. said Lottie.
smil ne triumDhantly didn't / see
TWEEN F-flNc little kittens2
Hef mamma's eyes twinkled. and she
1T looks a good deal as if you had
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10 have them ride inside. / guess
they'd stop kicking my stripes on"
Let's break loose," cried the Os-
trich. lets break loose and fly to our
native whilst"
You can't" said the Newfoundland
Dog, Who had not spoken until now.
Why not?' said all the other ami
mails
Because we are only wooden heads
after all, and daybreak will see us
Willy-niily. back in our places on that
platform of the merry go-round. with
the same old iron stakes run through
our necks. and 10 o'clock will see our
Keeper back, and the hOTrid music will
begin again and we viii begin to whirl.
We can't get away from it,
'COck-a-doodle -doo-oo-oo-oo"'
II was the PARKWAY voice of the
rooster who calls just before the first
With Whisk the animals all found
themselves in their old stalls. and dav-
light showed them standing immoyabIe
silent. wooden. expressiorless. waiting
Tor the days giddy whirI on the merry
gO-round.
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WHAT LOITIE SAW.

Lottie Smith lives in the country.
She had an erTand at a neighbours. and
she set down her basket on the floor as
she came into the Kitchen. where her
mother was frying doughnuts.
Well, daughter, are you tired?" said
her mother.
Yes, l am pretty tired" said .ottie.
But she added. smiling. While / was
gone, mamma, saw twenty-five Of
the prettiest little kittens you ever
saw"
-Lottie SMITH exclaimed her
mother, reprovingIy.
Really. mamma" said Lottie: "and
l wish you could see them: they are so
pretty and cunning"
twenty-five kittens are great
many, little daughter" said her moth
er, graveiy. Where did you see
them?'
over az Mrs. Dunton's, where | went
TO buy the eggs and now. mamma, TN
tell you all about IT, After Mrs. Dun
ton had put the eE gs in my basket she
said:
Come out this way a minute. I
want to show you something
so she took me into the woodshed
and there in an old cheese-box were
I'VE lovely little kittens. After | had
seen them long enough / started for
home, and Willie met me Just by the
we'll and said:
20 Lottie! come back just minute
want 20 show you something
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THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE.

There is story with which the name
OF Governor Warner is connected as an
original authority.
Out at Pennington, where he has a
delightful home, there is noisy little
creek. and just as certainly there is a
favOrite swimming hole At many
points the bed of rocks shows white
under the current, but the hole is there.
Governor. said the man who hunts,
fishes and does odd jobs, they hain't
no bottom TO that there swimmin hole"
Nonsense. I've had many a swim
there myself"
Yes. but You didn't so s'archin' for
the bottom. Now. I saw n man come
along there one day. Says l TO him.
There's no bottom to that hole
Git out says he. I'll show you
With that he stripped and made swift
dive. AS I'm a living man he never
came UP again"
THAT doesn't prove anything except
that he was drowned.
But he wasn't drowned That's the
pint. Next day there comes Il boy rid
in like mad from ten miles down lac
creek with a note. asking me % send
the stranger his clothes so he could set
out of the pushes without bein' ar
rested -
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ONCE UPON A TIME.

My little child COMES 10 my knee,
Aud tugging, pleads that he may climb
INTO nay lap ana hear me tell
The Christmas tale he loves so we'll
\ ale my mother told 10 me,
Beginning, 'Once upon a time
IL is taIe Of skies that rang
with angel rhapsGGies sublime;
OF that great host serene and white
The shepherds saw one winter night
And Of the glorious stars that sang
anthem, once upon time.
This story II the hallowed years
Tells ar the sacrifice sublime;
OF one who prayed alone and wept
While his awearied followers slept
Ana how his blood and Marys tears
ConmlnSied, once upon time.
And now my darling al my side
And echoes OF the distant chime
Bring that sweet story back 20 me
OF Bethlehem and Calvary
And Of the gentle Christ J1Et died
For sinners, once upon a time.
The mighty deeds that men have told
In ponceTous tones fluent rhyme
Like misty shadows fade away
But this sweet story bfdes for ave
and, like the stars that sang Of old
We sing OF once upon a time"
Eugene Field.
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A STEAMBOAT STORY.

Harold had been a week AT Clear
Lake and he came back thinking that
he knew great deal about boats.
THAT isn't true picture" he said.
as he held up a pretty sketch Of a tiny
girl and boy aflOat in d tiny sailbaat.
Such little children couldn't possibly
go out in a safiboat alone A pun OF
wind would catch the sail and tip them
over in no time"
II can tell you a story that is true
about a steamboat on Clear Lake" said
Cousin Mary.
oh. do tell it, cried the children.
So Cousin Mary told this.
When / was a little girl ! went 10 a
picnic on the island there. The island
IS very steep and high on one side
Harold nodded his mead wisely-'and
looking over that side we children could
see the skeleton of great boat in the
water. They told US II was all that was
left Of the flrst steamboat that was ever
put on the lake.
IL had been d beautiful double-decker
built d long distance away and shipped
there by rail II made Its first trip on
the Fourth OF July. filed with people
till it fOated almost down TO the water S
edge. IL Was great thing 20 the people
to have their first steamer The band
was playing. the people huTrahing. ana
the whistle footing as IL moved or.
Perhaps the prOudest one In the
crowd was the young engineer, He
kept footing his whistle all the time
Now certain kind of whistle was the
distress signal and IL seemed funny 10
this engineer TO blow this distress signal
again and again.
Better not said an old sailor; but
the foolish engineer persisted. and the
boat steamed across the lake. blowing
the distress signal all the way.
But when they neared the island they
found that something was wrong The
hsG "a
MI with water. Then the engineer blew
his distress signal in earnest but no
body set OUT TO help him. The people
on shore thought II was still a Joke
The boat was surely sinking. All the
passengers rushed 10 the upper deck.
The engineer stood up 10 his knees in
water. But though they signaled again
and again. nobody came To helB them.
Would they drown there? II began 10
seem SO.
who was troubled By the distress signal,
and that was the engineers mother
i m afraid something is wrong. Do
go out and see she begged.
'NOnsensei It's only fun He has
been blowing the distress signal all the
time they told her But she pleaded
so hard that they sent out a boat 10
see. As soOn as they came near the
trouble and they signaled TO the rest.
who came out IN rowboats and sail
boats as fast as they could 20. They
got there just IN time 10 take the pas
senGeTs of.
They raised the steamer and tried
many times 10 make her seaWorthy. but
IL was no use. and at last they gave ur
and the first steamboat went to pieces
bY the island. II seems to me that this
true story has a lesson Can YOU tell
Yes Cousin Mary" answered Harold
soberly.-Selected.
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AN OLD NEWSPAPER.

1t has been frequently asserted that
the Boston Recorder is the oldest re-
ligiOus newspaper in the world. Such
is not the fact The first religious
newspaper WIS published by Rev. Elias
Smith, of Portsmouth, n. II The first
number was ISSUED in 1S0s. under the
auspices of the sect called Christians
II has been published regularly from
that time to the present. Complete
files of the paper are preserved.
"Burieigh" (the late NJ. H Smith, in
one of his works, says:
81 have often heard Rev. Elias Smith
give an account of the early trials and
discouragement that attended that pa
per 1t was considered almost sacri-
legious to issue a religious print. The
preachers regarded the project with
disfavor But the editor saw no reason
why the church should not have an or
gan as well as trade and politicians
Amid poverty and great opposition the
religious press was launched. and has
been 3 SUCCESS from that hour
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THE CANNY CROCODILE.

There was once a crocodile. old and
stout.
And a trif1e clumsy at getting about;
He was chiefly found in the River Nile
This cumbersome, cumbersome crocodile.
Sometimes all day on the sand he'd lie.
And deeply and thoughtfuliy wonder
why,
Then he'd smile a slow, inscrutable
smile
This emotional, notionaI crocodile.
II a friend should come for n coy chat,
He would noisily argue on this or that
His opponents opinions he would re-
vile
This babbling. scrabbling crocodile.
Sometimes he would stand upon ths
shore
And deelaim in voice like the oceans
roar.
His sonorous speech could be heard .
mile
This wonderful, thunderful crocodile.
You See by his crafty and subtle art,
He made people believe he was clever
and smart.
They praised his wisdom, his speech,
his style
This notable. quotabIe crocodile:
Carolyn Wells in Life.
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one soft rainy morning the NastuPtium
Yine pushed a tiny bud into the open
me Barely could she squeeze IL through.
But next mOrning there was a Bit OF
green leaf fiuttering in the wind and
waving its pale hand TO the jolly sun.
Wait littlei' sang the little Mas
turtlum vine, as il thrilled under thu
warm kiss OF the first sunbeam that
had ever greeted II. Watt
The sap pulsed away down through
hungry roots of II. and IL began ia
grow and grow faster and faster
And then came the wonder. Oh never
doubt II, for IL is true, quite truei
In the sweet summer light the little
Nasturtium vine pushed at the tiny
crack, and out came the little leaves
at the end OF the long yellow stem.
Thicker and larger they grew. and
the stalk gained in sturdiness TIL the
growth Of it actually forced the board
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HOW MR.. BEAVER SAVED HOME

What in the world is the natter /
believe our lake is running dry
Mr. Beaver sat on his hind legs and
looked about him. He was home alone
in the Beavers lake at Bronx Park.
New York. There was nice wall OF
mud around the lake to keep the water
in.
Tile dam must be broken" cried Mr..
Beaver Il viii go and see
II was just as Mr. Beaver thought
When he saw the water running through
a hole in the wall he sat still a minute.
trying TO think. The other Beavers
were away from home; their pretty lake
was running away. What could he dO2
What would you have done?
Il viii get some straw and leaves to
stop the hole.
back with a bundle as big as himself.
He threw IL into the hole but the water
carried il off.
Il will get larger bundle" said Mr.
Beaver, But the water carried that
away too.
Something else must be done. Did YOU
know beavers could cut sticks with.
their sharp teeth? They can. and thew
can build mud walls, too.
must get some sticks and build
wall, said Mr.. Beaver. So he swan
to the shore. and when he came back
he had two stout sticks
He put the two sticks across the hole.
by sticking one into the mud on each
side
Now ! must get straw and sticks to
make a bank" said he.
When the bank was built he put bits
OF mud into all the little cracks and
plastered IL down with his tail. Not a
bit of water could set through.
Mr.. Beaver sat down to look at the
wall. He mad done a nice piece of work
and he had saved the lake
At least he thought he had He did
~
opened the dam.
Many people had been watching Mr.
Beaver mend his dam. When he finished,
the people clapped their hands. Mr.
Beaver diyed under the water, He did
not like TO have people watch him build
The Little Chronicle.
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THE LITTLE NASTURTIUM VINE

IL was a little Nasturtium vine that
had come up behind the lattice OF the
porch. in the shadow OF a bed OF coIeas.
Nobody ever saw II bat an old Hop
lead who came cut there OF an evening
Ia catch flies
7 he Nasturtium vine was small. and
u grew slowly. Oh. very slowly, because
the sun could not reach it, and the old
Hop Toad felt sorry for IL, and he used
70 stop Tor friendly chat now and
then.
fY0u'H never amount To anything"
ne said. with the kindest intention in
ne world. You haven't the ghost OF a
chance. Those cOieas are gra bbing all
You'd better not waste your energies.
Why don't YOU just wither up and have
II over WITH I know. I've seen life"
The old Hop Toad looked very wise
and pulled his TAT sides out and ran his
long tongue sideways 70 take III a pass
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A MUSICAL STORY,

a Major loved maiden SO
His warlike heart was soft as Do,
He oft would kneei to her and say,
Thou art of life my only Re
'Ah, if but kinder thou wouldst be.
And sometimes sweetly smile on Mil
Thou art my life, my guiding stars
/ love thee near, | love thee Fa.
My passion 1 cannot controli
Thou art the idol of my SOL
The maiden said, "Oh, fiel ask pa,
How can you go on thus? Oh, Lar
The Major rose from Bonded knee,
And went her father for to ST.
The father thought no match was finer
The Major once had been a minor.
They married soon, and after that
Dwelt in ten rooms, all on A fat
So happy ends the little tale,
For they lived on the grandest scale
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AN HOUR OFF DUTY.

pavilion, the lake, the try-your- weight
machines, a peep into the cool grove
where we never can go. and then back
10 the fortune teller. and all over
again, round and round tilf we are
dizzy"
And then the music" growled the
Lion. as he cOmbed his horse-hair name
with his toes. The same old tune over
ana over till my very paint aches"
And the people," muttered the IL
ger. Sitting on my very back. Tooth
some matdens, appetizing. luscious
babies. tasty mothers, appetizing little
boys and girls. ] guess they'd feel diff
ferently IL they knew how / yearned