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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
CHAPTER II What William drought.

By lunch time Owen. though he was all red and white in the wrong places, and swollen with crying, was better mind toward getting the badger back again.
 May Loulou and go into the Garth Woods?" he begged. Only into the un- trespassy part, you know. to see if we might perhaps find any badger-marks? And will you cut us some bun-loaf, so that we needn't come back for tea?'
 Very we'll" said mamma. Mind you don't go into the trespassy part We don't know the Garth gamekeepers, and they may be nasty"
 The untrespassy part of the Garth Woods was along a hill which sloped down to a brook. owen thought the badger would be sure to burrow and burrow along the stream, so the two children followed that. In about ten minutes them came to little bridge made of trimmed branches. and at the
 Just like them" said Owen, "to be- gin saying 'Trespasser Will be Prose- cuted' exactly where it's beginning to look rather badgery. There is some fresh earth turned up at the other end of the bridge. Look!'
 Lpulou, who had honestly forgotten what mamma had said about keeping to the untrespassy part. ran across the bridge. stopped over the fresh earth. and called out to Oowen:
 What shape ought badger marks be?"
 Look outi" owen called back. Look out! The gamekeeper!'
 THE GAMEKEEPER The gamekeeper had slipped down the hill behind Loulou very quietly. He was dressed in very old velveteen clothes the color of the dead leaves. which was perhaps why the children hadn't noticed him before. He had a brown beard, and a hat over his eyes, and a huge stick in one hand. With the other he caught I.I1 70 I(..1 H-lz
 Coward" shouted owen, "to touch a girl!' And he dashed across the bridge.
 The gamekeeper let go.
 trespassIng all over these woods?''
 We were hadgering,' began owen politely. mot trespassing at all"
 There's no such thing as trespassing, really" declared Loulou boldly. for the gamekeeper's voice had not sounded really angry. Woods and streams ought to be free to every man There's a Welsh proverb that says so."
 She had heard 1t from Johnnie-the- Lodge, who had 1t from his brother who sold rabbits. The gamekeeper laughed a little, and I.oulou went on:
 Besides, these woods aren't really the Garth Woods. They're on some of the land which vas stolen by the English from Owen Glen5ower. and given to the Garths afterward. Our mother is some relation of Owen Glendower's It says so in the book in church. So, really" wound up Loulou, the woods might have belonged to us. And it's you who's trespassing."
 "Ah," said the gamekeeper, who had seemed quite interested, but it's you that's frightening every pheasant with in miles with your scarlet cap! But what was that about badgers?'
 owen told him, explaining that he was almost sure the badger had hidden in these woods. The gamekeeper said merely:
 Have you had tear"
 Owen, remembering, felt in all his pockets, and exclaimed despairingly:
 I've dropped our bun-loaf!'
 Better come and have some of mine, said the garnekeeper, and I'll let you ttme.T
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Does gamekeepcr live in lodge or hut?' asked owen.
 Why"
 Because if you do." said owen. its all right. and we can come. But I had to promise father that when Loulou was with me we wouldn't ever go into strange cottages"
 q see," said the gamekeeper. Well. live in a lodge. So come this way.
 T promise" said the gamekeeper at last. that If any trace of the badger Is found in my-I mean in Owen Glen dower's woods, he shall be hunted to earth and brought to you on the m stant."
 Half an hour later the lodge door opened and there appeared tall and handsome young man, very beautlluliy dressed. owen and Loulou got up 10 some young man haughtily took no notice of them.
 william" said the gamekeeper. you don't often come across a badger In these woods, do you?"
 Badger. m'lord 2" said the naughty young man. And Loulou almost lm- agined that he turned red and looked uncomfortable. "Badger?'
 Yes"
 'Ilo, no m'lord Badgers is very scarce in these parts-verY scarce.
 q thought so," said the gamekeeper. Well. ] shall want you to driVt these people home in the dogcart at once' please William"
 William said, "Very good mlord." and went. ..
 The lodge. you see, was shooting box kind of place where Lord Garth that was the gamekeeper's real name was partia, to staying for spells alone with William and the boy. It was apt to get lonesome after bit. but his lordship was set on pottering apout without any visitors to annoy him Ana thtre were always tine dogs and one thing and another about the place. All this. W Ham, who was not a bit naughty as soon as he got into tie dogcart, told horne. In return. they told him all about the badger. ,o....
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"some horrible people buy them for what the call sport They break the poor badgers teeth, and then let him be worried to death by terriers. Did you ever hear of anything so cruel?'
 "Shocking, reeiy," said William. This your gate, missy? Goodnight. Good night, sir
 You won't forget" Owen shouted after him, that If there's any sign CT the badg-"
 Very good. sirr' he called back.
 The next morning, owen, in all the hopefulness of his heart went into the town and bought three pounds of moldy dates for tho badger to eat when he was brought back.
 And the next day after that William drove over again to the childrens home.
 Johnnie the Lodge flung open the gate Owen and Loulou flew out to meet 1t, shouting:
 Have you found the badger?,
 That's all right sir and miss! call ed out William.
 In the dogcart were two great pack ages. one of them being a large and magnificent hutch which William had taken the liberty of knocking together for the young gentleman himseH.
 WILLIAM QUITS BADGERING
 "There's never a chance of him get ting a bite on the smooth wood, said William; and then they all helped him to carry the hutch and the case where the badger was into the yard.
 There's a tighter collar on him. too, this time" he added. Now. sir. hup you RoH'
 william" said Loulou suddenly. he's got much smaller since he's been away. P'raps he's been starving!"
 "William," said owen, also staring at the badger, there's q lot more white on his back than there was
 You couldn't a-noticed right. sir, said William. "He seems to take to them dates all right. don't he?''
 But the children had turned from the badger to the case in which he had been brought. That. too. had the in- scription about Deliver instantly or else win die" on 1t. Then owen said:
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the room and embrace her. and the lat ter then takes the place of Cat.
 If, on the contrary the Cat cannot recognize the voice, he is hissed. and remains outside until he is able to do so.
 For little ones there is scarcely more popular game than Honey Pots." Small children of and can be included in this game, but there should be two big ger children for the Buyer and the Merchant. The children. with the ex- ception of the Buyer and Merchant. seat themselves upon the floor of the room, with their knees raised and their hands clasped together round them. These children are called 'Hohey Pots." The Merchant and the Buyer then talk about the quality and quantity of the Honey and the price of each Pot. It is agreed that the price to be paid shall be according to the weight of the Honey" and the Pot" The children are care- fully weighed" by raising them two or three times from the floor and swing ing them by their arms. one arm being held by the Merchant and the other by the Buyer.
 When the Honey Pots" are all weighed, the Buyer says he Will pur-
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Cat" and Other Games

chase the whole of she stock. and the Pots home. Then the Merchant and the Buyer carry the children one by one to the other en of the room.
 When all are safely at the Buyers house, the Merchant goes out of the room, but suddenly returns and says to the Buyer: T believe you have carried off my E.tle Laughter in one of the Honey Pots" The Buyer re- plies: 'I think not. Ycu sold me all the Pots full of Honey. but if you doubt me. you can taste them"
 The. Merchant then pretends to taste the Honey, and after having tried two or three Pots exclaims. "Ah! this taste yer much like my little daughter" The little girl who represents the Honey Pot chosen by the Merchant then cries out: "Yes. I am your little girl" and immediate ly jumps up and runs away. the Buyer at the same time endeavoring to catch her.
 When the Honey Pot runs away. all the others do the same. The Buyer catches whom he can. and the game begins over again.
 The Ministers Cat is a game very similar to that of Il love my love-"
 Each of the players must describe the minister's cat, going right through the alphabet to do so. ''The minister's cat is an angry cat" says one; ..an anxious cat" says another; and so on until every one has used an odia,tiva baOippipr with "A n Then they take the "B's." "The ministers cat is big cat" and so on.
 The leader of the game must see that no one hesitates for a word. If any one should take longer than half a minute, he must pay forfeit
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T .l following trick is very nea.
 one when well done. You should
 | practice 1t until you know you VII be successful before trying it in the presence of others.
 From the point of view of the specta- tators. this is the performance, c., Y YoH 3 ! take a goblet plun"' II - t htN ". - - bran, set it on the table, clap on cover, then remove tbs cove, ana lo' tHS glass contains sugar instead of bran.
 Well. first of all. the box Is filled, not with bran. but with sugar. Then you have trick apparatus that fits the inside of the goblet and can he instantaneously inserted or removed; This apparatus Is double-walled and made of glass, with no bottom, ana lts top edge curves over just enough to project slightly over the edge of the goblet so as 10 be easily presse d d by the operators hand and removed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
CHAPTER I

-HE one great wish of Owens
 heart was to keep pet
 badger, It began when he had given to him on his birthday lovely enin,al book, with stories about every kind If animal and splendid pictures of them.
 IouIou's favorite was the peacock. because of the pretty colors. But from the minute the book came into the nursery owen cared only TOT tne badger picture and for the descrip, wildly over mountains and through fields at night, how fierce 1t was ana how the mother badger fled her young with such petty prey as she After owen had had this book week it opened as soon as you LOOK it in your hand at the pads badger L paIgsi psIsi all down the margin, and which grew gray and thin. too. where the print began o,,,a ,,xo to have a badger. | sighed owen, "better'n anything"
 SNot better'n driving real engine? said Loulou..
 Not better'n a ring you turn and you're anywhere you like?'
 "Yes," said owen, for l would only want to turn 1t to where badger was"
 And when visitors came he managed to ask them all one question: Have you ever kept a badger?"
 None of them ever had. Very few of them knew anything about badgers. ex- cept that there was proverb. "As gray as a badger''-"o badgers aren't gray at all!" Owen explained. They hind legs are much longer than their front ones, which are short and ex- tremely powerful, They are of noctur- nal habits. And"
 A TALK WITH JOHNNIE
 'That'n do old chap" said his father. you can run along"
 Owen ran along, with Loulou. to talk to Johnnie, who lived at the lodge, and who actually knew something about badgers-something dreadful!
 knew a man who sometimes bought badger for what he called sport"
 ''TIe keeps lot of tarriers"-meaning terriers-said Johnuie-the-Lodge, and he sets these tarriers onto the badger to worry him and pull him out of box That learns them, you see. when They're after the fox, an the fox runs R But" said owen, "a badger would Only one could get into the, box at a Eme, and the badger would simply Not tn. the M badger. ,,.,, indeed% ndn said said Tare to 2. break D! ak all tho teeth in his  But neither owen nor Loulou would believe that there could be anything The Christmas after this Owen had h letter from the Uncle Frank who had given him the animal book to say that he, had gone all the way down uralist At least it was natural Istess. and a 'uel woman at that: she sold badgers to gents what had em for sport" Uncle Frank did not Think he would tell us about that.
 '"rhen it was true" put In Loulou, what Johnnie the-Lodge said"
 But he really thought he must rescue pne badger from the clutches of sports men. even If 1t were only to deliver 1t Into those of owen. This badger would probably arrive tomorrow, with best wishes from his affectionate uncle.
 Owen sat there silent and gasping with delight. At last and for his very own. he was to have a badger!
 You've nowhere to put the brute" said father. "till we get hutch built" But owen thought the badger would feel quite happy in the empty pigstye in the yard. He would think 1t was a cas- tle-all stone walls, and a roof with an
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A BADGER OF HIS VERY OWN ivy on 1t. and a paved floor.
 Next day the badger arrived in an enormous packing case. bearing this in- scription:
 LIVE ANIMAL
 (With Care.)
 Deliver Instantly, Else Will Die!" There are simply no words to describe the excitement of Owen and Loulou when the case was dragged into the yard by father and Johnnie-the-Lodge. ''Whuff" exclaimed father. as the first strip of wood split under the screw driver, Pretty horrible, isn't he?"
 Father" cried Owen, reproachfully. Ines supposed to smell like that. That's meant.'
 oh said father, standing back. you have go, Johnnie!"
 Johnnie-the-Lodge tore off the lid of the case.
 TT There's CT ;: him" he said "very ugly. 'T think he's reautiful," Inurmured Owen. and hung over the case.
 The badger. who was something be- tween very small bear and a very large guinea-pig, raised his snout ahd blinked up at owen with little, angry eyes. He had on dog-collar with a steel chain fastened 10 it. Johnnie-the- his hand to stroke him There was a grunt, a wiggle and a snap. But for that firm clutch on the collar behind he would have bitten Owen to the bone. Look out !'' cried the father. looking horribly frightened.
 Very soon,'' said owen. cheerfully, "hell be quite tame and feed out of my hand. I wonder where I could get any moldy dates? Badgers love moldy dates"
 That night Owen could hardly go to sleep for thinking of his badger, and he got up next morning before anybody was called so that hs might rush out
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VARIOUS GOOD TRICKS TO PLAY

1t the trick apparatus). you easily inc sert the apparatus and at the same time fill the interior of the goblet with sugar.
 Quickly lift the goblet up and. setting 1t on the table. call the attention of the audience to the fact that you have filled the glass with bran. This will appear obvious to them. because they see the layer of bran between the dou- ble walls of the trick apparatus.
 Rapidly utter a series of caballstic phrases, make a few passes, clap on the cover (any cone-shaped article. preferably a copper one, but any other kind will dol, after a moment or two remove it (carrying away with 1t the trick apparatus). and your audience will then, to their surprise, observe that. just as you have asserted. sugar in- stead of bran is in the glass, for now, of course. the apparatus being out of the way. the sugar becomes visible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
Force of a Water Drop

~ EFT a match and make notch in the middle of it, bend 1t so as to o form an acute angle, and place if over the mouth of a bottle.
 Now, place a dime or other small coin on the match, and ask any one to jar the coin into the bottle without touch ing either the bottle or the match.
 This is very easy to do. Dip your fin ger in a glass of water. hold it over the place where the match Is notched. and let one or two drops fall on this point. The force of the water will cause the side of the angle to move apart, and the opening thus become large enough to let the coin fall into the bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14

Riddle by Bishop Wilberforce. AM singular piece of mechanism. as all allow. l 1. I have chest. 2. Two lids. 8. Two musical instruments {. A number of articles indispensable to a carpenter. 5. Two lofty trees. 6. Two good fish. T. A number of shell-hsh. 8. A fine stag. g. A number of small animals. swift and shy.
 10. Two playful animals. Ii. A number of weathercocks. 12. Two established measures. 1s. Two implements of war. 14. Whips without handles. 15. The steps of hotel. 16. The sides of a vote. r. Fine flowers. IS. A fruit. l9. Two scholars. 20. Two places of worship. 2l. Ten Spanish noblemen to wait upon me.
 22. A way out of difficulty. 23. A poor bed. 24 A desert place. 25. A probable remark of Neouchad- nezzar when eating grass.
 Conundrums. l. Why should a man always wear
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Puzzles for You to Solve

watch when he travels in a waterless desert?
 2. What is the best land for little kittens?
 3. What is that which the more you take from 1t the larger 1t grows? {. Why did William Tell shudder when he shot the apples from his sons headf 5. What is the difference between . naughty boy and a postage stampf 6. How many sides are there to tree? I. What is that which happens twice fin a moment and not once in thou sand years? 8. What sea would a man most Ike to be In on a wet day7
 g.. Why is coffee like an axe with . dull edge?
 10. What Is the difference between . bottle of medicine and a troublesome boy?
 IL What makes more noise than . pig under a gate? F. When Is a door not . doorf
 Blank Space Puzzle.
 If you fill in the empty spaces with letters from the alphabet, you win be able to read these sentences: 1. Many men say that under the - are hills and valleys just as there are on land.
 2. I love to sit at my --- in the gar den, watching the busy - as they fly from flower to flower.
 8. Don't - your little brother. Flor rie; 1t is too bad of -.
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and see how the badger looked before breakfast.
 Loulou, who took longer over her dressing because she had hair to brush. was running down stairs when Owen came in from the yard. His face was all white and hurt-looking. as if he'd just had lots of teeth pulled out. He said to her, in quite a quiet voice:
 He's gone."
 Who's gone? Not Oh. owen. not the badger?"
 owen nodded. Loulou said:
 You don't mean he's dead?"
 "You-you'd better ask Johnnie-the- Lodge" muttered Owen; and then he ran upstairs and slammed his bed- room door.
 Loulou rushed out.
 Johnnie the Lodge was standing by the empty pigstye. The straw in 1t had been flung about right and left. and one of the slate paving slabs had
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to stand in the way of the rules of the game. It was long time before the king got a kick at the ball, and when he did Gas you see in this picture). he was greatly delighted.
 In an interval during the game Miss Hall was presented to his Highness (whose name, by the way is Dandi Chua), who allowed her to take his pho- tograph.
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DID you know that the King of
 Uganda Is only a lad as yet? D Probably. if you owned to the truth, you would have to admit that you did not so much as know that there was any king there at all. nor even any Uganda.
 Miss Mary Hall. the only white wom-
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THE KING KICKING FOOTBALL

an who has crossed Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. called upon the young king. His Highness. who is being train ed by an English tutor, was playing football in the palace grounds.
 His companions. the sons of chiefs. were all boys bigger than the king, and difference to royalty was not permitted
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brave. Remember you're a soldiers son." Then: What a.out that foot ball? Didn't you say youd like a-- Oh. come now, old chapi There are are losing a wretched badger"
 "Not-not for me-" owen sobbed out. in great gasps; mot for me there ain't any worse thinSs"
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Innocenr Bohhv.

Mother (to Bobby)- .m shocked to hear that Willie Waffies whipped the poor cat. My little boy wouldn't do such a thing!
 Bobby (with conscious moral superb ority)-No, indeed, ma.
 Mother-Why didn't you stop him. Bobby?
 Bobby-I couldn't. ma; I was hold ing the cat!
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been rooted up end thrown on the top of it. In place of the slate there was a great hole in the ground like a rab- bits burroW, which went under the stone wall. On the top of the flung up earth lay the badgers collar and chain.
 Did the badger do all this?" asked Loulou, astonished
 Yes, sure," said Johnnie-the- Lodge: Scratched with his hands, he did, and then tore up the stone with his arms. Oh. he's terrible strong one! l was feeling with a stick in the hole. and couldn't come to the end at all. 'Tis at the other side of e Garth, woods he'll be by tS!s time. an we'll never see him again. Pity. too. Mas'r Owen will break his heart ever him"
 I'm afraid" said Loulou, that he'll be awfully, awfully unhappy for ages; at any rate. for all these holidays" And she went in.
 In Owens room she heard fathers voice, saying:
 "Come, old boy, come! Steady! Yes. I know it's awfully hard lines. Be
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with the cover Between the double walls is q layer of bran.
 New. when you plunge your goblet into the poX (which has hidden in
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T HE person who is to play the part
 of Cat should stand outside the | door of the room where the com pany is assembled. The boys and girls. in turn, come to the other side of the door and call out ''miaou."
 If the Cat outside recognizes a friend by the cry and calls out her name cor rectly in return, he is allowed to enter
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April 7 Answers

Spelling Puzzle. "Excellency" can be spelled with four letters, as follows: xLNC.
 Transformations. 1. Month-mouth. g. Baron-baton. 8. Taper-taker.
 Bible Conund1 ums. 1 Adam. g. A dam (mother). 3. A dam (dyke).
 Sunday Acrostic. Devil. Aquila- Veil. Idol latry. D n. .el
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Flower Riddles.
 i. Buttercups. ?. Bluet. 3. Tulips. 4. Bachelors buttons. 5. Tea rose. 6. A blue-bell. T. A wall flower. B. Four o'clock. 9. Poppy. 10. Cat-tails. IL Rue. l2. Primrose (rows). 13. Flag. l4 Shamrock. 15 Lady's slippers.
 Can You Read Thise Answer: ."Can you undertake to find my house? It overlooks the river. and there is a big wall round it.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26
Harry Thaw Makes Deeds.

Pittsburg-Harry Thaw and his
wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, have Off
cially conveyed to the full-blood broth
ers and sisters and mother of Thaw
their interest in four pieces of real es-
tate in this city, amounting to $4,000.
The deeds were filed this afternoon.
The interest in the properties is con-
signed by Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw to Mrs
Mary Thaw, the mother of Harry; to
Margaret Carnegie, the wife of George
Ladder Carnegie. sister; to Alice
Countess of Yarmouth), sister. and
to Josiah Copley Thaw. The deeds are
for four pieces of property and the
value conveyed in the deeds amounts
to 100000.
1t is thought by some that Harry
Thaw is conveying the property to his
relatives for the purpose of raising
money with which to conduct his next
trial, but there is another report that
Harry Thaw will convey all of his
property to his mother, brothers and
sisters in order to escape the many
suits recently instituted against him.
Additional suits are likely to be filed.
and 1t is said that he has been advised
to transfer all holdings to relatives in
order to protect his fortune.