Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
kkN CHooL time, Paul" called th'
boys mother.
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~ "Ohl it is always time for
school, when fellow is busy. will
be glad next week when vacation COM
mences."
so shall l." said Mrs. Writ, but
be off now, or you will be late
Il do not care much if 1 am,'' said
the boy, walking toward the house
with his mother.
What have you been doing since
breakfast. Paul?"
Tending my chickens; say, mother,
1 have a good idea
We'll, let me hear what 1t is"
You know, l have two roosters in
my flock of Wyandottes. that setting
Mr. Hagan gave me early in the
spring They are big fellows now"
Yes, L know" said the mother: "big
enough to broil. oh, it makes my
teeth water to think what good eat
ing they will be-"
''No, ma'am: they are my chickens.
rot yours
Yes, yes. 1 only said that to tease
you a little. Go on with what you
were telling me. What do you pro-
pose doing?"
This is it. I had just named those
roosters. one Billy Penn, the other
Tecumseh.''
Those are very odd names for chick
ems, nv boy" she said, laughing.
THAT was why 1 did it. 1 am al
most sure Tecumseh had nothing to
do with William Penn, but wanted
an Indian name, and like that.
"All right; now run along to school.
"Goodby!" he shouted back as he
Paul had a dozen fine chickens. The
one he had named Billy Penn was
tame, and would eat out of his hand;
but Tecumseh was either shy or dis
oil hn hnN n Il
yanoes toward an acquaintance, only
approaching him at feeding time.
one afternoon, coming along near
home. he heard his sister calling:
paul! Paul! Come here quick!"
You better believe he lost no time in
getting into the yard.
"Oh, PAUL. there has been terrible
fight Those roosters will kill each
other if you do not stop them.
Sure enough the battle of the COCKS
was on to stay unless they were sepa-
rated instantly.
Poor Tecumseh!" came from sympa-
thetic Ida.
Paul seized a stick and soon ended
hostilities, but Tecumseh, bleeding and
with dropping feathers, almost toppled
over when his adversary, with a bleed
ing comb, strutted off. growing Justify,
The children's father, coming home
from his office, inquired the cause OF
the commotion.
why why" said the boy, BILLY
Penn has nearly killed Tecumseh. l
fear he will die. Look at him, papa"
Il guess not; it is my opinion that
your chickens are misnamed. William
Penn was not a fighting man, SO his
tory tells us"
"Oh. papa, tell us about him." said
Clara.
presently. Let me sit down upon
this bench and rest, 1 am so warm.
II bet those roosters are hot after
that fight!" came from Paul.
81 suppose they will be; war is not
very quieting occupation. do not like
it, as have a drop of Quaker blood IN
my veins. Now about our quaker
friend. You know the Friends, or
Quakers, as they are generally called,
are opposed to war. William Penn was
not born Quaker, but Joined the sect,
and his father, Admiral Penn of Eng
land, tried hard to induce him to leave
the sect but William would not do so;
then he was driven from home, and
might have had a much harder time
than he had, but his mother and few
friends helped him financially"
Sap, pop" came from Billy, IF he
were so mild, what was that but a
scrap he had with his father?"
HE was amiable and peaceable, and
we have never heard that he quarreled
with the admiral, who was very
positive man, and it is more than
likely his son inherited a goodly por-
ton Of that trait, as he would not give
in and go against his convictions. One
thing that particularly angered his
father, his son would not uncover his
head in the presence of the king and
duke of York.
''Many of the prosecuted Quakers of
England were induced to emigrate to
America. In the autumn of 1851 two
ships arrived in the Delaware. and be-
gan to settle above the entrance of the
Schuylkill, so reads history.
These emigrants had full instructions
from Penn how to act. AS soon as pos
sible they were to lay out the founda-
tion of a city. not like old world cities
where everything was so crowded, but
as Penn said: 1T was to be planted
with gardens around each house to
form "a greene country towne.'" That
was how Philadelphia was to be laid
out He wrote to the Indians, prom
ising to treat them justly and kindly.
In October, 1852. Penn came to Amer
lea himself with 100 or more emigrants.