Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
Honorable Mention)

ST have seen many battles, so I will
tell you about one of them.
1.-THE people that came over from
England kept pushing the Indians
farther west, and of course the Indians
did not like this, so they held a. meet
sacre. They waited until all the peo-
pie had gone to bed, then they sur
rounded the town, gave a great war
whoop and were just going to begin
their massacre, when they discovered
large regiment Of soldiers coming
after them.
''This scared the Indians and they
started to run, but the soldiers fired
at them and ordered them to come back
and fight. The Indians stayed where
they were and shot their bows and
arrows, while the soldiers shot with
their guns. After a hard struggle the
English won, and the few Indians that
were left said they would bury the
hatchet and make peace. But the peace
did not last long, for the Indians de-
clared war again. I did not witness
the war that followed, but heard the
noise, and that was enough.
Just as Mary started to ask another
question she heard her name called.
She looked up. Where was she? She
made a bound for the door, but the
teacher caught her and told her she
was at school.
Then she rubbed her eyes and looked
around. Sure enough, she was at school
and had taken a nap while the other
class was reciting. When recitation
time came to the teachers surprise
she knew more about the lesson than
any of the children because the desk
had told her about the very same war
that she should have been studying
about. AMY GREENLEAF.
Age II. Seventh grade, Yuma public
school, Yuma, Ariz.
WELL continued the desk, when I
was quite a young tree there came a
sorrowful day in England. All Eng
land was in mourning, for France de-
clared war against them.
Right near me in the forest stood a
large castle, where Lord Challoner and
Lady Challoner lived. They had a
little daughter who's name was Uldine,
and about her is a mystery She was
wont to visit the forest a great deal,
and she knew every nook and tree in it.
ION this day which 1 started to tell
you about Lord Challoner rode off on
his steed. White Archie, to war
I'm few days a dispatch came that
the English were sure to be defeated,
and Lady Challoner told her daughter
that she would never see her father
THAT afternoon when Lady Challoner
sat in the bower chamber sewing and
trying to drive the haunting cares from
her brain Uldine was sitting in the
window, when suddenly she arose and
exclaimed: Mother, there is horse
man coming up the road and it looks
like father and White Archie
God grant that it is spoke Lady
Challoner, rising and going to the WIN
dow. oh! heayenI' she cried, it is he,
and he is being pursued. Hark!
"A sound as{1f a musketeer came to
the watchers at the window.
oh, what shall we do!' groaned
Lady Challoner as she watched her
husband riding quickly through the
forest.
I know answered UIdine, and with
fleeing footsteps she descended the
stairs, leaving her astonished mother
gazing after her.
Uldine went into the road and there
waited for her fathers coming.
In the meantime her father had rode
into the forest and waited for the can
tain to come, but he didn't, for one of
his assistants came I'D the road r. ord