Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

Honorable Mention)

Honorable Mention)
''When the white people came to this
part of the country" said the desk,
the Indians were here. There was an
indian village near the place where
L was growing, and about two miles
distant was village where some white
men lived.
Once the Indians made an attack
on the white men and killed or cap
tured nearly all the inhabitants in the
village. Among the captives was a
boy about Is years old whom the IN
dams treated with great cruelty.
one night when all the Indians
were fast asleep he stole away from
the Indian village. After he had gone
little way he glanced back and saw
a. big black bear following him.
The poor boy was so frightened he
hardly knew what to do. Being near
me and not knowing what else to do
he started to climb me- The bear was
hungry and followed the boy.
Higher and higher climbed the boy,
and nearer and nearer came the bear.
THE boy climbed still higher in the
small limbs, but the bear was not able
to follow because he would break the
small limbs and fall down into the
brush below.
'The bear climbed down and sat by
my trunk until morning
"a white man came with a gun and
shot the bear. The boy climbed down
and the man took him away with him."
Suddenly the bell for recess rang
and Mary was aroused from her dream,
much to her disappointment
PAUL HALLICY.
Llewellyn school. seventh grade. Age
IL. Los Alamitos, Cal.
II shall tell you of an animal battle
that could never forget One winter
morning when everything was white
with snow 1 was startled by a shrill
cry. i raised my head and saw a large
wildcat bounding toward me, with a
pack of dogs after it. The poor
creature had evidently been caught by
one of the dogs, as it's side seemed
torn and bleeding, but it had made it's
escape and was now making a wonder
ful effort 10 reach my protecting
limbs.
81 saw how weak it looked and how
the dogs were gaining on it, so low
cred my limbs that it might spring on
and out of danger. None too soon, for
just as 1 raised them, the dogs were
upon u.s.
"The poor cat got up higher and
managed to rest for awhile, but soon
some strong, cruel men came and
threw stones and sticks at the poor
cat until in its already weak condition
it fell out of my branches and dropped
among the dogs. Then such a battle
took place as l have never witnessed
since. The poor cat was beside itself
with pain and fright and it bit and
scratched like demon One dog died
from the effects of it's bites and two
or three more were badly used up, but
finally, with the help of the cruel men,
the poor cat was overpowered and
killed
I felt so sorry for it, for there were
many against one and I was unable
to save it. Now you must attend to
your studies and I will tell you some
thing another day"
sHERRARD MOTION,
500 Kensington road. Temple street
school, grade BIG. Age II.
"The only thing I saw of the Ameri-
can revolutionary war was a crowd IF
men going through the forest under US.
They had drums. tents, blankets and
guns.
zone Of the men said: What day is
it?' and another one said '"Tis Friday
Another one said: we have had war
almost two years, and I've only been
shot once
"a lot of times girls. came through
the forest gathering flowers"
Mary" said the teacher, "are you
sick?" Mary said she did not feel
good. The teacher called Jessie to her
"Jessie. you take Mary home. Is your
mother there?"
mo" said Jessie, ''she went to visit
Mrs. Brown
Then she said, "You may stay home
today" so Jessie and Mary went home.
The next day Mary was all right
She came to school and had a good
time in the morning and at recess she
never dared to lay her head down on
the desk; but after recess her seat
was changed, SO she could not hear the
rest Of the story. DOROTHY BAAS.
Washington street school, grade b.
1905 New Hampshire.
WELL began the desk, ''I fell from
an oak tree with many other acorns
and was covered after a few days with
moist earth and leaves. 1t was so dark
and cold down in the ground 1 could
hardly wait until I could peep up.
Zone morning l said good by to my
dark home, for was going to live IN