Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14


RAYMOND McALLISTER.
Cornwen Street school. Age 12 years.
40S North st. Louis street.
Soon after it passed under the
bridge" began Mary, "it came to a
wharf projecting far out into the water
AS 1t was passing this wharf, a little
boy who had been fishing on the wharf
fell in
The boy screamed, and a man on
the wharf, seeing the boy struggling
IN the water, ran to the other end of
the wharf, where he united boat and
jumped in, then rowed toward the boy.
Nov go on said Mary to the girl
who was sitting beside her.
when he came to the boy" said the
girl next to Mary, "the boy started to
float down the river, but the man
took him into the boat and rowed for
the wharf.
'The water passed by here, and a
few hours later it came to some camp
ers eating their supper on the bank
&C the river
you can continue the story" said
the girl to Jessie.
THE water passed the campers" be-
gan Jessie again, land next it came
to some darkies outside a log cabin
singing darkey songs.
"A little later the water passed into
the great, vast ocean.
"That is the end of the story"
And a good story it was,' replied the
teacher.
And the children thought so, too.
RAYMOND L. SMITH.
HOO Cypress avenue. Loreto street
school, grade B6.
"After going under the bridge it ran
a-out mile, then it ran into larger
river. This river ran through a" plain
fC~ about two and one-half miles, then
it ran through big forest, where there
were wild animals and Indians Now,
1T happened that there was a war with
the Indians. The Indians came across
the plains and down to the forest.
One side of the forest was grassy plain.
On these plains were cattle and horses.
The Indians were in very bad need of
horses; The winter had only left some
scrub ponies. Now, Jessie, you can
tell your part"
$50 the Indians came on through the
woods to the other side, where they
hoped to get plunder, and, sure enough
they did: for they overpowered some of
the cowboys. Others got away. One
of the. cowboys was the son of the man
who owned the cattle and horses. Cal
rode as swiftly as he could on his pony
Then the bridge gave away. Down
went Cal, his horse and all. He could
mt get to shore. Some men on the
other side of the bridge went to warn
Calls father. He got there just in time
10 see the Red Mustang rider go down.
The father with despair leaped into the
river and swan straight to where Cal
had gone down; it was in a whirlpool
A cry of despair rang through the
woods for the river had taken the
man. So you see the river is not as
good as you may think it isl
HOLLISTER TARNE.
San Pedro. Fifth street school, grade
AS. Age II.
and fields till it came near some chill
dren at play. 1t was May day They
were having a good time. All of a sud
den someone said: Where is Mable?
Mable is not here"
All the girls and bows started to hunt
Mable, as they called her.
One little girl said she would 60 up
the brook. She walked and walked for
about mile. There was, a sound of
a child crying. She ran to where the
child was. It was Mable, a year-old
girl crying as hard as she could cry.
The brook went on and on till 1T
came to a little girl playing on the
bank. Her name was Gladys. She was
playing with her dog Rover. She was
running. Rover tripped her and she
rolled down the bank into the river
Rover jumped in and pulled her out
Then he ran home and got someone to
carry her home.
The water ran on when it came to
little boy and girl. The boys name
was Tom and the girls name was
Helen. They were working over the
Herald Junior. They were having a
fine time. Just then the sun went
down.
Now, said the teacher, 'the sun is
going down and next time we have
party we can finish the game"
Good by, good by. said all the girls
DOROTHY BOOS.
Washington Street school, B5 grade.
Is 1905 New Hampshire street.
After the sheep had drank all the
water they wanted the next thing the
river saw was man all dressed in red
and white. He was very comical to
look at. He had large sack of some
thing the river could not make out