Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05


"Oh, that's daddy's," she exclaimed,
as she stopped to pick it up. What
will he do if lose it?" She could not
reach it.
Then she thought she would hold on
to the branch just above her. She
reached after it again. The limb gave
way and with a splash Florence fell
into the water. The big Newfoundland
dog was after her in a minute. Get
ting a good hold on her dress with his
teeth he tugged with all his might. 1t
was not long before Florence opened
her eyes.
Where is nurse?" her father asked
her. "She didn't leave you here all
alone, did she?"
IT ran away" answered Florence.
Nurse was busy and so was cook"
We'll. come on, now. Nurse will
be worried to DEATH" said her father
as he picked her up. Florence was
put to bed and Carlo got nice big
piece of cake.
NELLIE BRANSCOM.
Age 49, Downey school, grade 8.
Marian was an only child, who often
played in her fathers boats. She lived
in pretty town near the ocean, on
smooth river that was rocky and dam
gerous at its mouth
One sunny morning she had a daring
idea. I'm going on picnic down the
river by myself" she said. She slowed
a half loaf of bread and some cookies
in the stern of the skiff and set out.
The skiff drifted lazily down stream,
so she lay back in the stern and talked
to the trees, flowers and birds.
Bump! She sat up and saw that the
skiff had drifted against a rocky point
at the rivers mouth. The point was
shaded by wild apple tree with green
fruit.
"Just the place for my picnic" she
cried delightedly, and, hopping out,
drew the skiff high up on the rocks.
She ate her lunch contentedly and
father kept in the skiff filed with fresh
water.
She fshed all afternoon with her
stick, string and bent pin and got
few nibbles.
When she was ready to go home, to
her astonishment she found water sew
eral inches deep between her and the
skiff. Nothing daunted, she waded to
it and started to row home. 1t was
easy pulling at first, because of the
rising tide, but soon it became hard.
She pulled into cove to rest and fell
asleep from exhaustion.
She awoke in her fathers arms. He
said gently to her mother, Here she
is, DEAR Her mother answered with
a sob. My precious child! She is
safe" Marian spoke up drowsily, 81
had such nice time
HELEN B. NICHOLS.
Box 478, Monrovia, age ID, ninth
grade, Monrovia high.
Little Marie went with her aunt and
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Edds and the little ones reached the
seashore she turned them loose with
their little bathing suits on.
Marie got lost from the other chill
dren. Marie walked until she found
safe place to fish and luckily she had
a stick and a piece of string. She
then bent a pin and fixed the three to-
gether. She caught three little fish.
She found a match or two where some
one had lost them. Though water
soaked, she laid them in the sun to
dry, then gathered few sticks, built
a fire, roasted the fish, ate some fruit
and lay down to sleep.
While she was sleeping a dream
fairy came and told her she would get
wet when the high tide came, so the
dream fairy lifted her to an island just
large enough for her to live upon.
The dream fairy also left her loaf
of bread, a nice cake and box OF
matches, showed her where She could
find plenty of nice, dry wood, but the
fruit and fish she would have to hunt
for herself.
Marie got along splendid for six
whole years, as the dream fairy came
each night and left such things as
Marie could not find on the island.
After six years man came there In
search of gold. Marie told him all her
troubles. He took her home to her
parents, who paid him all the money
they could afford.
The man then went back to his home
without hunting for gold.
All lived very happily ever AFTER
wards. MAUD JENN1NGo,
1929 Pinelly street, city. Belvedere
school, grade 6.
Betty was staying at beach resort.
She was a lively child and generally
managed to keep herself busy. one
day, with no one to amuse or watch
her, Betty became restless. She re-
membered that one day week before
she and mamma and Sally had taken
their lunch and gone mile away TO
a place where there were large rocks