Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31
(Honorable Mention)


Lucille has found them,'' the others
called.
After waking them up they got out
of the box.
They all tried to talk at once.
After telling how stiff they were,
Mary said she had the funniest dream.
This is what / dreamed" she said.
ST was going to school and I thought
saw a baby in the street. 1 went and
picked it up and took it home. And
when 1 took the cover off of it, it was
a little pig. Mamma said papa must
kill the pig and have it for meat,
when it turned into large eagle. And
then woke up.
PHYLLIS MULLEN,
Third grade age 8; 1Os North Wei
hngton.
After all except the three in the gar
ret had been found the rest grew impa-
tient and suggested that all help in the
search. They told Marys mother and
she helped look. When they had looked
in all the closets she glanced at the
clock and said: Perhaps they have
gone to meet their father; he promised
to come early"
She was ready to propose a new game
when she heard footsteps outside. In
few moments her husband entered
alone She asked him If he had seen
newed the search.
One of the smaller girls, who was
timid, stayed behind the rest. AS she
walked down the hall she saw a door
and opened it. 1t led to the attic. She
went up the stairs very softly. When
she reached the top she was surprised,
for the room was very large and rather
dark After looking in every nook and
corner she cautiously approached the
chest, wondering whether to look in or
not.
After thinking a moment she raised
the lid but it was heavier than she
thought and it dropped with slam
This frightened her and she stepped
back. Then she saw the lid raise and
three heads peep out.
Then she ran down and told of her
discovery. After a few minutes the
girls and Carl came down.
Their mother said they would have
another game of hide and seek So they
could get limbered up. then they would
have supper They had a very nice
supper then came the best part OF all
the candy pull. EDNA MURPHY,
1910 East Seventh street.
The children hunted all over the
house Then they went to the barn,
then to the orchard, but they could not
find the three missing ones. They went
to Mary and Jessie's mother and she
helred them hunt They got Jack to
help. By and by it came time for
their father to come, and he Joined in
the hunt.
Now after all this time Mary, Jessie
and Carl awakened, and feeling hun
gry, stiff and cramped, wondered where
they were. They tried to get up but
their heads hit the top of the chest;
then they remembered that they were
~ oh
to push up the cover, but could not, be-
cause it had a spring lock, and they
were locked in the oak chest. They
began to cry Then they called and
screamed until they were hoarse, but
no one came to help them. The rain
began to come down in torrents. After
a while they fell asleep again and slept
a long time.
Long after IL O'Clock Mary awol1e
with a jump She had been dreaming
that she was falling down in some
great cavern. She saw little light
through the KEY hole and heard some
one say: Maybe they are UP here"
She called, and with cry Of joy her
mother opened the chest and they
jumped out They were very hungry,
and went down and had the long de-
layed dinner FREDEkLE SERTON,
Age II: grade BIG, Vermont avenue
school; 1444 West Twenty-eighth street.
The children downstairs had found
everybody else, then they hunted for
Mary and Jessie and Carl.
After they hunted a while they began
to get anxious, and one of the boys
went and asked Marys mother if she
knew where they hid.
Mamma said she hadn't seen them for
half an hour.
So mamma went to help them
search. She went into the garnet doz-
ems of times, but she didn't look in the
chests.
Finally Jack and his father came
home and they Joined in the hunt.
perhaps they are in the barn." said
Jack
"Oh I'm sure they didn't go out in
the rain" said mamma But Jack
searched the barn anyhow. Some Of the
children looked in the cellar and under
the cellar steps. Papa went into the
garnet and looked behind all the boxes
and furniture, and then he moved one
of the chests and he thought 1t felt
heavier than it ought, so he opened it
to see what the matter was, and there
he saw Mary curIed up like. kitten