Evening star., 1907-05-04

houses and were reached by ladders from
the outside. 1t certainly was the strangest
sight. this moon city, and do hope you
will see 1t some day.
They now came to tiny round build
ing with plenty Of ground about 1t. thickly
covered with blue grass, on which were Q
great number Of desks and chairs. and
on each desk sat a man or q woman. and
on the teachers desk sat Q child.
What can this bef It must be q school.
and little child is teaching all those
grown-up people" thought Jack.
School has just begun, 80 We might az
well wait for father and mother" said
Jones Tom.
DO your father and mother teach
schoolT' asked Jack.
"Oh, they go to school," said Jones
Mary. Il like 1t, for father enjoys study
ing, and tomorrow had to let him 60
home because he knew his lesson"
"As long as ! have to go to school" !"
thought Jack, ''the earth way suits me.
for 1t must be tiresome to sit on desks
all day and to study OF of chairs"
They waited few minutes for school
to begin.' as they say on the moon, and
were soon Joined by the father and uiother
of Jacks new friends. They greeted Jack
very kindly in their odd way, and asked
him home to breakfast. Jack was feeling
pretty hungry, and accepted gratefully.
which they soon reached. Jack followed
the rest up the ladder which led to the
cellar. and down from that were the other
rooms. The children excused themselves
while they went to hurry up the meal and
Jack was left with the parents, whose
work was evidently done for the day. The
children of the moon did all the other
work, the girls the housework and the
boys Of the family everything that your
fathers do on earth.
The children soon returned and said
Breakfast Is over,' whereupon they all
went into the dining room. Here again was
that uncomfortable style Of using chairs.
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front Of him to eat from. They were wait
ed upon by a small boy. the servant of the
house. The dinner. or breakfast, as they
called it. began. Of course, with dessert.
there was plenty before him, hardly a
thing could he eat. The dessert, which was
evidently a hot ice cream, was sweetened
with salt and favored with vinegar! The
thing but that, for all Jack could find on
his plate was bones. The vegetables were
even worse. All that was served Of the po-
tatoes was the skins. The corn had been
cut off the cob, and the cobs used as the
other vegetables, which made far more
appetizing dish. A cup Of sugar was given
to Jack into which the little servant put
two teaspoonfuls of coffee, very sickening
mixture. No butter and only the crust OF
the bread, which Jack was glad to eat al
though he wouldn'tslook at crusts at home.
The dinner ended with very solid frozen
substance. which Jack thought must be
their meal, but poor Jack was hungrier than
ever. and beginning to feel anxious to see
his own home again, where things were as
they should be.
He put his hand In his pocket and felt
the silver whistle. He put the whistle to
his lips and blew three quick blows, which
Immediately brought the little silver man
to him.
Are you ready to go back?' he asked.
Eyes, yes" Jack answered. He bade nis
new friends goodbye and cordially invited
them to visit him on the earth. and started
off with the little man to where the silver
ladder was. 1t didn't take Jack long TO
run down it and get into bed. The old man
followed closely behind. When he reached
Jack he touched both of Jacks eyes Lightly
with his finger tips, closing them tlghtly.
When Jack opened his eyes he was gone;
SO were the ladder and the moon.
1t was Saturday; Jack smelled griddle
cakes He yawned, stretched out his arms
and said aloud: 1.-The moon may look
mighty pretty. but the earth is good enough
for me-"