Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
(HonorabIe Mention)
kkNEY poor, poor baby" she said to
N herself.

III When she came to where
her doll was she sat down to rest.
"Come, dolly, dear, let's go home
now" and she picked up the doll and
went off.
Mamma, mamma," she called when
she came in the house. There was no
answer,
"spose they are gone to bed. won't
wake Them vii. ,,,4
her to bed. Nelly didn't know that she
had been away When Alice was safe
iy tucked away Nelly lay down and
Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis were
hunting for Alice. There were two OF
three neighbors helping.
"You had better go home" Mr.. Lewis
said to his wife.
So she went home. She went to her
room and lay down, but she could not
sleep. 49,;
Il am sure she went for her doll"
she thought. "She couldn't nave fallen
in the" Mrs. Lewis shuddered at
the mere thought of the danger which
might have befallen her little daughter.
She went up the stairs to Alice's
room. AS the door opened Alice turned
over sleepily. E,
81 thought you were in bed, mamma
Alice, my baby!" cried Mrs. Lewis.
She sent one of the servants after
Mr.. Lewis and the others.
When they heard how Alice had
come home and to bed they all cried,
"Three cheers for Alce!" Then Mr..
and Mrs Lewis kissed her and went
away BESSIE CHAIRMAN
1242 East Eighth street. Ninth Street
school, Az.
Suddenly she came to halt. Teddy
began to bark and groWl They heard
something in the weeds. Alice and
Teddy continued their journey in
search of the lost doll. The had not
gone far when Alice sat down and
began crying.
"Oh, N.Y." sobbed the little girl,
chow could 1 have been so careless?
I am going back home, Teddy; can't
find dolly tonight" So she got up
and started back the way she thought
she had come, but she had gone too
far to the left to- find her home. In
Just a little while she had come upon
a neighbor's house. She was sur
prised when she saw this and at once
went to the door and knocked.
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis were not sitting
in their house as Alice thought. They
were we'll on their way searching for
their little daughter. They found
AliceIs doll, but were disappointed in
not finding Alice.
Mrs. Lewis thought of going over
to the neighbor's and they started that
way.
They were met at the door by the
lady of the house and welcomed in.
Mrs Lewis inquired about her daugh-
ter When she heard that Alice was
there she went in and saw Alice pat
ting Teddy.
"Here, Alice" said her mother,
"here is dolly
Alice jumped up and grabbed her
doll, exclaiming; "oh, mother,
couldn't find dolly anywhere and 1 am
so tired, but so is Teddy"
we must go right home" replied
her mother, and they were soon on
WALTER GRAHAM.
412 East Sixth street. Grade B1,
Boyd street school.
After what seemed to her an end
less search, Alice finally found her
dolly sitting beside the trunk of a
tree and evidently to enjoy the cool
ness Of the summer evening.
Alice took the doll in her arms and
said many things to her about being
out in the evening and catching a cold.
Then she started for home in the
direction which she thought she had
come. 1t began to get darker and she
saw few familiar spots as she and
Teddy journeyed on.
All at once Teddy started to bark
and bark, and looked curiously in one
direction. Alice looked, too, and could
see a faint glimmer of lantern in
the distance. She started in that di-
rection and was soon with her mother
and father.
Teddy is priced very highly now
and he often gets an extra piece of
meat. ARTHUR MOBILES,
S24 East Twenty seventh street.
Twenty-eighth street school, grade BS.
So Teddie ate his meat and he then
started off with Alice toward tho
woods. The moon and stars shone as
a light so she could see her dolly,
which was lost in the dark, dark for
est, and so she and her dog went on
their way
When they got in the forest a little
ways farther they saw some very
strange looking things. The owls