Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05

n with nurse
Mother had gone to the city with
Aunt Marion and father and Harry
had gone fishing.
After they had eaten dinner nurse
went up to her room to read and May
was left alone for awhile.
Then she began to think what she
could do and at last made up her mind
to go fishing. She ran to the wood
shed and got fishing pole and line
and started out for the creek.
When she found a place that suited
her she climbed up on rock and be-
gan to fish.
She soon got tired of fishing and
thought it must be time to go home,
as it was growing dark very quickly.
When she tried to get down, she
found to her dismay, that though it
was very easy climbing up she could
not get down by herself
May could do nothing but cry then,
and wished very much that she had
never come.
Just then she heard footsteps be-
hind her and was so frightened that
she nearly fell off the rock But when
she looked around and found that it
was her father and brother she was
extremely delighted.
Her father carried her home and
when they got there they found every
body looking for her
They laughed when May told them
her adventures and father promised to
take her with" him the next time he
went fishing. AGNES M. CURTISS.
Santa Monica. grade 8. Age IL.
Mrs. Dale and Marjorie, and Mar
jorie's nurse, were spending several
weeks vacation at the seashore. A
few days after their arrival Mrs. Dale
found it necessary to do some shop
ping in town, so Marjorie decided she
would like to spend the day fishing.
She and nurse dug up lot of worms
from the garden and then they set or
with a nice lunch and fishing poles
for some rocks near where the fish
were pleptiful
They had fair success and nurse
cooked two little fish in the ashes of
a small fire for lunch.
After their meal Marjorie fell asleep
and in a few minutes her nurse fol-
lowed her example.
The little girl was the first to
awaken and she decided to wade over
to an island a short distance out and
surprise nurse with some nice tish for
dinner.
one, two, three fishes, and such nice
ones, now it was time to go.
But Marjorie had been so absorbed
in catching fish she had not noticed
the incoming tide, and now only a
small part of the island was above
Nurse, nurse" she called. "oh.
nurse!"
Her nurse came hurrying to the OPP
posite shore and was very frightened
when she saw her little charge in such
a plight.
Fortunately, just then an old man
came along in a boat, and he took
Marjorie and her fish to shore. She
thanked the man. and then nurse hur-
ried her home to change her shoes ana
stockings, as they were very damp.
That night, as Mrs. Dale and Mar
iorie ate their fish, the story was told,
and Mrs. Dale was very thanktul tllat
her little girl was still safe and SOUND.
ANITA WHARTON.
3011% Hill street, Ocean Park. Los
Angeles high school 3 3.
Miss Endicott glanced up from her
work just in time to see a neatiy Ioiqsa tea
paper land on the desk of one OF the
little urchins who went to make up
her third grade.
Even before the lads clumsy fingers
could manage to unfold the note, Miss
Endicott was at his side. 'The note"
she demanded, and her voice wore a
tone of authority which caused Will
liam to hand it readily over.
The young school mistress cast a
severe glance about the room. The
children's faces wore eager expressions,
as they pricked up their ears in ex-
pectation of some excitement.
Miss Endicott hesitated as though
considering the matter, then without
opening the note she held it up and
asked in austere tones if the person
who had written the note would please
stand. No one arose. The eyes of each
youngster accusingly sought the eyes
of some neighbor, but no one seemed
guilty.
Miss Endicott again repeated her re- I
quest and added the threat to open it,
and read aloud should no one clai
it. Still no one arose. -.
Slowly she opened the note as the
inflicting a punishment upon hers
Then she started. for there on the w
paper she held a sentence was writtY
in her own neat handwriting. She II Y
turned to her desk and her eyes fen
again to her work. though her mind
was far from it. She had encountered
her first, "who did it?" and she, her.
self proved guilty. DOT ELDERKIN.
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