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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-02

c. cALLAE, 1916 Broderick. San Francisco.
DANIEL RHODES. $40 Valencia, San Francisco.
KENELM UEsWoRTH, Sutro heights, San
Francisco.
SYLVAN BONN, 40 capp. San Francisco.
SUMNER FREEsE $50 B. San Francisco.
ALICE FRANCES TRACY, Elmhurst
EULAH COOPER, Grand avenue, Elmhurst.
HOWARD WILLIS. Winters.
MARGARET CONNOLLY, san Quentin.
CHAs DoCKERY, 1911 woolsey, So. Berkeley.
RUDOLPH TRETTEE, gill Twenty-fourth, San
DON STEWART, $500 Telegraph avenue. Oak
EDWIN FRIEDMAN. 2o7 Fifth avenue. San
FRANK JONES. 2s24 So. AthertOn. Berkeley.
MARGARET CLARKE, 1920 Leconte avenue,
MABEL BRYNE, s2s Alameda, Vallejo.
AGNES WALSH, 1IIs Kentucky. Vallejo.
LILLIAN DALHAS, 426 Tennessee, Vallejo.
ALLISON ROUSE, 304 Goshen avenue. yisalia.
cHRUsELLA BUNKER, 755 University ave-
STELLA La BERGE, e2 Cook. San Francisco.
VIOLET YOUNG, sos Hill, San Francisco.
DOROTHY MAY ELLIEGwooD, 2s10 Stuart,
Berkeley.
JACK JOY, ae B San Francisco.
EVALYE MCMAHON, San Francisco.
EVELYN cRoNIE, 207 Central avenue, San
KATHLEEN AeNEw. box lOi Cemetery ave-
HELENE LEVY, 7o4 Broderick. San Francisco.
MARGARET MIRK, 45 West Popular avenue.
San Mateo.
WANDA coRDEs, 552 7. San Francisco.
RAMONA READ, San Ramon
IRVING LINKS, 1850 West. Oakland.
RUBY BoARDMAE, 1929 Arch. Berkeley.
ALMA GENTRY. 2S29 Derby. Berkeley
SIDNEY MARKS, I24I Sanchez. San Francisco.
ALICE GLEkAN. 1884. Sanchez, San Francisco.
CARL KING. 1247 sanchez. San Francisco.
CLARENCE BLoCKMAN, IT0 Z. Fourteenth,
East Oakland.
IRENE sTEPIcH. 72s \. ophir. Stockton.
ELLEN MILLS. Soedad.
FRED LEvEES, S2s Eighteenth. Oakland.
ALBERT PEACOCK. 1851 Mccall Oakland.
ENoLA BADGER, 1901 Leayenworth. San Fran
cisco-
FRED ALLEN Mt Eden.
EDNA LITTLE, Brookdale.
RUTH CHAcE.. go Center San Jose.
JAMES J. SELLING, 54f River. santa Cruz.
ANDREWS GUY, 27ss Parker. Berkeley.
HELEN KERR, 3O22 cspp, Fruityale.
WILLIAM JEEs. i343 Pierce. san Francisco.
OLGA McREYNoLDs, zl0 Carmel avenue. Pa
cifc Grove.
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tie except its walls remaining. The
boys tore off what was left of the roof,
stopped up the one window and then
built substantial door to slide up and
down in grooves made by mailing
pieces at the sides of the doorway.
Across the top of the walls, from front
TO back they laid a heavy plank, and
in the middle of this set an upright
piece some three feet high, across the
top of which was balanced stout
piece of scantling. over the front end
of this scantling was placed loop of
rope which was attached to the top OF
the sliding door. and from the other
end another rope was carried down
into the pen.
BY depressing the back end of the
scantling and securing this rope, the
door was lifted in its grooves and held
suspended, and, if the rope were re-
leased. the door fell of its own weight
and closed the opening.
Thus far all was plain sailing; but
now the question arose as to the man.
ner in which the rope was to be fas-
tened so that the door would fall at
the proper moment.
Various kinds of triggers were dis
cussed and rejected as unsatisfactory.
until, finally, Curtis took a piece of
stick about three feet long, fastened
the rope around it, then put one end
little way between two logs of the
back wall of the cabin, and pushed
the other into the hard sand of the
floor. Both ends being thus secure, the
scantling and door were held in place.
Frank watched his brothers opera
tions, and when the latter stepped
back with a triumphant air to view his
work, he said:
That's all right, SO far, Curt; but
how are you going to make it come
down at the right timee"
Il am going to make the pig do that
part" answered Curt. "We'lli bury
some turtle eggs and corn about the
end of that stick, and when his pigship
goes to roofing around after them, he'll
soon have it up. and as soon as it
comes up the door will come down.
See?'
Good enough" said Frank. wen
try it. anyhow
Turtle eggs were plentiful, and a
half dozen of them were carefully put
in the ground near the end of the stick,
with some loose corn; then several
eggs were broken on the ground above,
and two or three trails of corn were
laid from a point little distance away
TO the door of the cabin, and the boys
retired to await results.
1t had taken them three days, work
ing at odd moments, to complete the
pen, and they were anxious to see If it
would operate successfully.
Bright and early the next morning
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FRANK WARREN, Pacific Grove.
CHARLES CoHN, box sos, Stockton.
GENEvIEvE MITCHELL, Auburn.
EDWIN EwIG, watsonville.
FRANK McGRATK, box 121, watsonvilie
CLYDE scHUTTE, 1927 Nineteenth avenue,
San Francisco.
ANNA cLAsBY. 1912 Green, San Francisco.
JENNIE FIGUERREDo, 17SS Union, San Fran
MARGARET E. WATTS, San Francisco.
JASON r. WARDEN, s5S Treat avenue, San
GLEE HAGEMAN, $50 Cole. San Francisco.
ETHEL ROBINSON, 1901 Pacific avenue, Ala
media.
RUTH TREADwELL, Nevada City.
MARTHA BARGoNES. 1888 Webster, Alameda.
RUSSELL G. MEDCRAFT, 931 Paru. Alsmeda.
EVELYN MORGAN, 932 Park, Alameda.
GENEVIEVE BURGE, 125 Steiner, San Fran
CHRISTINA THoRUP, San Ramon.
PERRY HARDWICK, 229 Steiner, San Fran
LILY Lay, 17o4 San Jose avenue. San Fran
FLORENCE BALDWIN, Maple avenue Watson
sTAsIA L1GUoRI, Agnew.
ELEANOR WHITAKER, Cloverdale.
WALTER RoHDE, 9J Sanchez, San Francisco.
HAROLD CONRAD, Liyermore
HERBERT Won DER MEHDEN, 1878 Hayes,
D. LYMAN CALDWELL, 152 Ellsworth ave-
ERMA CHAPMAN, zoos Golden Gate avenue,
San Francisco.
IDA P. BYDE, 72s Fifth avenue, San Mateo.
AMELIA SCOTT, 2462 Greenwich. San Fran
CISCO.
EVELYN BUCKLEY, 2seo Laguna. San Fran
cisco.
PAUL LYONS. 1917 Dolores. San Francisco.
ROBERT MCKNIGHT, $500 Clay. San Francisco.
RAMONA HAYES, 115 Second avenue, San
Francisco
IRENE CULLEN, aos Bennington. San Fran
cisco.
IDA ASPELIN, Sausalito
KATHERINE wHITToN. 2I33 Derby, Berkeley.
GEORGE ANDREWS. box 153, Sonoma
PAUL BoHEN, box POS. Napa.
CLIFFORD HUGHES Pinole.
AUDREY GERRIsH, Pinole.
CLAUDINE COSTA, 924 Vallejo San Fran
cisco.
FLORENCE MEILINK, 2019 woolscy Berkeley.
THELMA MILLER, 1710 Francisco, Berkeley.
ROBERT HOFFMAN, 1740 Bancroft way. Ber-
kelley.
ESTHER PATTERSON, 1924 Walnut. Berkeley.
KARL ERIcKsEN, So Bachc, San Francisco.
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Continued from Preceding Page
ELMER cox, 25lsN. Sacramento
WALTER A. FREYES, railroad hospital saera-
zosEug sIJ5 ALLEN. ISL Castro. san Francisco
MARGUERITE SCHROEDER, ses Valencia, San
ELMER A. EDGAR, l7i7 Bancroft way. Berke-
MAUD 7. SKINNER. 22i Maple avenue. Wat
RUTH MoEAB. 1886 Derby. Berkeley.
FRANCIS COFFIN, 507 Pt. Lobos avenue, San
EDNA scHIoEN, 2s5s Buchanan, San Fran
PAUL FAST. uo4 o. Fresno.
DoRoTHEA WALKER, 357 cslaveras avenue,
CHARLES sKALE. spreckels.
F.. NICHOLS, go Capp, San Francisco
MARY CARNEGIE, 222O Ward. Berkeley
CLARENCE BYRON, 1922 Eleventh avenue,
WAYNE RUSSELL ALLEN. eis East Twenty
HARRY HAMBLY, 2eao Benvenue avenue,
MhRsAREr MoNAHAE, 1925 oxford, Ber-
ANITA P. MERRITT 1888 Linden. Oakland.
RICHARD HAAeA, 35el Nineteenth. San Fran
FRED DIETRICH. Ni4 Seventeenth. sacra-
DORA s' FITZPATRICK, 1sOs Seventeenth.
Bakersfield.
RoDERIcK HARVEY. Shingle Springs.
ETHEL NILLIcEET, Cowling.
DOLLIE CASTLE, Benecia.
HELM SMITH, 501 Irwin. San Rafael
E6ZFI GABRIEL. 1918 Walnut. Berkeley
TONY sUMoN, 1880 Alcatraz avenue, So. -Ber-
kelley.
HERBERT RYDER, s347 Twenty first, San
Francisco.
IRENE EowLAN 1928 Suffer. San francisco
JAMES DOYLE, 1851 Twenty first San Fran
v.crop4s MARTIN. scoo California. San
Francisco -
BARR HALL. Cottonwood.
GRACE LABEARD. 1891 Baker, San Fran
hLPHoEsE VAN HULLE, 1860 University ave
nue. West Berkeley
WILLIE swEIcERT. 22s Cole. San Francisco.
vEREA MccAFFERY, 2oe7 San jose avenue,
san Francisco
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Often the inside of the tree is de-
cayed wood. and in this there may be
many grubs for the feast of the bird
carpenter. When he has finished along
comes Mr.. Squirrel looking for lodg-
ing place for the winter. If the hole
in the tree made by the woodpecker
is ragged he proceeds to make it
smooth by gnawing off the rough
places; and if the hollow in the tree is
not already clear he gets all the de-
cayed wood out and makes it as clean
a housewife would her parlor; then
he is ready to begin house keeping.
This is his permanent home, and it is
in this he will store the winters supply
of food.
He does not put all of the supply here,
however. He thinks il best not TO put
all the eggs into one basket. so he
carries the nuts up always on the tree
and wedges them in the creases of the
bark. l have found in the nest in the
hollow of the tree quart of nuts and
acorns and dozen or more in the bark
Of the tree.
The gray and the fox squirrels were
very attractive animals to me and 1
have studied them for many years. The
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him. He's just the fellow we want.
Look at his tusks; they're bigger than
those we have at the house"
Attending carefully to the fastenings
of the door, the boys returned home to
tell the news TO their parents jamie
was to know nothing regarding it until
the violin was in his hands.
For two more days. they left the
prisoner unbound in his cell. and then,
carrying a coil of small rope and ac-
companied by their father. came to re-
move him to the boat.
From the top of the wall running
moose was thrown down. and after
some trouble and much pOking with
stick, the boar was induced TO step
into it.
His foot was drawn tight to the side
of the cabin. and the other hind leg
secured. With the aid Of the stick, a
second slip knot was gotten about his
forefeet. and the savage animal lay
helpless on the sand.
Then the boys went into the pen.
and in spite Of his grunts and snap
pings. put a stick between his teeth
and a secure wrapping of canvas strips
about his nose.
The cart was brought to the pen, ana
the prize pig" as Curt called him. was
loaded in. taken to the landing place
and carefully slowed in the bottom OF
the boat.
Both Curt and Frank accompanied
him to town. and. while one of them
stood guard. the other sought and
found Mr.. Verger. That gentleman
deigned to take time from his multi
tudinous duties TO inspect the pig and
pronounce him satisfactory
The $40 was handed over to Frank
Then Mr.. Verger ordered a wagon. and
directed his purchase to be taken to
the circus grounds; then he consider
ately took from his pocket two tickets
and rendered them TO the boys with
his compliments. and a cordial invita-
tion to visit the show that afternoon.
They accepted the invitation with
alacrity. and among the cages in the
outer tent found one the occupant OF
which they recognized as their former
prisoner. which was gnashing hts tusks
and glaring at the curious crowd that
surrounded him.
You may be sure that before the day
was over the boys had purchased the
very violin that Jamie had 50 much
admired. and on their brothers birth
day it was presented 10 him with great
pomp and ceremony
Well. indeed, were they repaid for all
their trouble by the tears of joy which
he let fall upon it, and afterwards no
music was so sweet TO their ears an
that which jamie drew from the cher
ished instrument which he called his
wild pig violin
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RAYMUND MURPHY, ais Kentucky, Peta-
luna.
ADELBERT G. EBERT, Hollister.
STELLA DAISs. 42o Somerset, San francisco.
JOHN ROBERTS. 81 Hartford. San Francisco.
MARGARET AMsLER, 150 Montana. San Fran
cisco.
LILA PATTEE, Lockeford.
ETHEL CROMWELL, Rio Vista.
VERA L. CASE, 1T West Third, Watsonville.
WILLIE WOOD, 2424 Steiner, San Francisco
JAMES DELAHANTY, 221s Madison avenue
San Francisco
NADENE MARROW, Arroyo Grande.
HELEN MONTAGUE, 425 Guerrero, San Fran
cisco.
MINNIE RAMM, a2o Day, San Francisco.
MYRTLE HATMAN, 23f Lexington avenue, San
CECILIA o'KEEFE, COLA Fell, San Francisco
THERESA MUHLBACH, Mill Valley.
AGNES HANSEN. 1882 Sixth avenue San Fran
CLARENCE WILLIAMS. Crockett.
CHARLIE BENSON, Crockett.
SHERMAN sCHoMBERG, 600 Ashbury, San
MARIE KENNEDY, I447 Ninth avenue, Oak
land.
HAZEL l. MERCHANT. winters
JAMES MoFFITT, Aqua Caliente.
HAZEL KNIGHT, $50 Haight avenue, Alameda
AGNES JORDAN, 1916 Leavenworth, San Fran
cisco.
DAVE sTEFFENs, 2os2 Bryant San Francisco.
ELLA MARIE o'coNNELL, 5a7 Sixth. San
HAZEL x. woRsHAM, SIS Madison, Oakland.
GEORGE H. PARKER, 1928 Oxford, Berkeley.
RAY FIFER, 2S72 Twenty fourth, San Fran
cisco.
ARTHUR b. JOURNEY, box 334. Turlock.
MABEL BALKwELL, 642 Hampshire.
MARTIN Kilkenny, 1920 Pt Lobos avenue,
San Francisco.
ADELE TALERI, 90 Vallejo, San Francisco.
JAMES RYAN, 119 Pacific avenue, Santa Cruz.
LOUISE wENzEL, 1885 Noe San Francisco.
VIRGINIA MAZE. Mountain View.
GLoRIAN FILLMORE, 1910 Plum, San Jose.
ANITA TANIERE, 2523 Shattuck avenue Ber-
kelley.
ELMER HAMILTON, 2as Forty sixth, Oakland.
MABEL WALKER, Mountain View
CLARE WALKER, Mountain View.
JAMES CoGHLANs "a Fairmount, San Fran
cisco.
MAUDE FRANK, 1911 Mason, San Francisco.
HENRY j. STUMP, Bloomfield.
HOWARD Lands, I19 Fourth. Chico
cisco.
TEEo. sINGLEy, orro
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LYLIA STEWART. Moss Beach.
DOROTHY BRADFORD, 1908 Snyder avenue,
West Berkeley.
VERONICA LIGUoRI, Agnew.
GLADYS L. PEOPLES, Stony Point.
MILDRED ALLEN, So Lexington avenue San
Francisco.
HoBsoN MIEHLING, 1850 Hyde. San Fran
LILLIAN VAIN, Bungame
BERNARD GUY, 273S, Parker, Berkeley.
JAMES NJ. SIMS, PSI Ninth, San Francisco.
CHARLIE LYDoN o'CoNNoR, San Francisco.
GUIDo>w. KOCH, 2I26 Pine. San Francisco.
CLARENCE KENT, 32S7 Twenty-third. San
Francisco.
DANIEL DELURY, 81 Merritt San Francisco.
MADELINE CREGAN, 1853 Treat avenue, San
Francisco.
EDITH REssE, 21 Telegraph avenue, Oakland.
EIvEzIA M. BULETTI, Sonoma.
DALLAS CLARK, p. o. Asylum, Haight, San
Francisco.
JOSEPH GEARY. so5 Church, San Francisco
MADELAINE sTEFFEBh, 2o3e EncinaI avenue,
BURNELL KILLER, Orphans Home, Vallejo.
WILL GAMACHE, 322s Hopkins, Fruitvaie.
GLADYS RENWIcK, 136 Haight, San Fran
ROBERT GRAHAM, 24is Claiming way. Ber-
WILMER BoULroN. 1724A Turk, San Fran
KATHRYN McMANus. 2s1 Valley. San Fran
CLIFFORD HENDERSON, e7s Pine, San Fran
cisco.
ISABEL wEEDEN, Menlo Park.
RAYMOND R. FoURTILoTT, SIS Liberty, Pet
aiuma.
OLIVE LAWRENCE, 1919 Eleventh avenue San
Francisco
HOWARD CHRIsTANSoE, Point Arena.
WILLIAM SHREDDER, I.40 First avenue, Oak
land.
GLADYS sGEARY, Concord.
AILEEN HENNEssEY, 720 Thirty fifth, Oak
land.
MILDRED HULT, Mountain View, Santa Clara.
MYRTLE LIE WIN, Smell avenue, Alameda.
HAROLD LYACKE, Sonoma.
WILLIE CARLIN, jamestown
HATTIE WILLIAMS, Wrghts.
LESTER GALBRAITH, $40 Jefferson, Stockton.
STUART SMITH, 4J0 Grand avenue. San Rafael.
ANITA PoULSEN, 3S1 Hawthorne avenue, Palo
Alto.
MAXWELL TITLow. Tonopah Nev.
GERALDINE MURRAY, 3sl Bay View. San
Rafael.
RUTH DEAN, Petaluma.
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Jamie was the pet of both his older
brothers, and Curtis was at once deeply
concerned.
we might catch fish enough to pay
for one" he said.
Frank shook his head.
Fish are too cheap, and we don't
have time to market them; and there's
Jamie's birthday coming in two weeks,
too. 4 am going to town tomorrow for
father; wait till 1 come back, and we
will see what can be done. l have So
that 1 made last winter; that will do
for a starter. Hello, Look at that
old rascalt'
Trotting at a rapid gait across the
open space between two sand hills, and
only some fifty yards away, was pig.
At first glance only a large ordinary
BLACK pig. but, on closer look, the
long. white tusks curving above the
wrinkled nose, the narrow launches
something different from the peaceful
porker with which we are all ac-
quainted.
1t was a wild pig-something with
which the boys We're familiar enough.
Years before some one had placed on
the island to fatten them, drove of
hogs, and few, .eluding their owner
had speedily returned to the habits of
their wild ancestors.
Their descendants inhabited the
dense low jungle with which the
greater part of the place was covered,
and were as shy and savage as any one
could wish. They seldom ventured out
during the day, but at night natrolled
the beach in search of food and fled like
deer at the approach of man.
It was almost impossible to penetrate
the growth of scrub oak, thorn bushes
and tangled vines which concealed
them, and. as their flesh was strong
and undesirable, they were rarely
molested. But, as Curt watched the old
boar disappear in the thicket, his eyes
danced with the inspiration of sud
den thought.
Frank" he remarked. those city
men who were down here hunting last
winter said they had never seen such
tusks as those we have in the house,
and that they'd give twenty dollars for
a chance to shoot pig with a pair
like them Now that old fellow is a
whopper What's the reason he
wouldn't be worth something as a
curiousity?"
Maybe he would" replied Frank.
with a smile, "but you can't get people
to come down here to look at him, and,
if you could, he wouldn't come out to
be looked at
That's all right. You find the peo-
pie, and I'll get the pig" answered
Curt.
So, when Frank sailed for town the
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two kinds, the gray and the fox squir-
rels. are identical every way. except in
color. Some contend that the brown
color is merely an accident, but 1 do
not believe that is true. The choice of
mates in each variety has always been
confined, so far as 1 was able to see, to
their own kind.
The squirrel has his summer home,
which is built in the swinging branches
of the great oaks and hickories and is
high up from the ground. 1T is made
of leaves and lined with soft bark and
lichens. 1t is in this airy, swinging
house that the baby squirrels are born,
and rocked in this swinging cradle,
they grow to such size as will enable
them to take their first lessons in run
ming along limb. Jumping from one
limb to another, running down tree
head downward or upward to get out
of the way of the hunter or the dogs.
The leafy house in the treetop is en-
tirely covered over and a door is made
broods of young squirrels season and
there are no more cunning babies in the
world than young squirrels.
Squirrels are common over all the
middle west. The gray squirrels are
the most common. In Illinois and Iowa
and Missouri they are very plentiful
and are good game. The flavor of the
meat is excellent A squirrel pie is
dish fit for any one.
Tile squirrel is a frisky, saucy fell
low I have come across him in the
woods when / had no gun and had him
sit up and bravely scold me for tres
passing into his domain, but he knew
when he was safe. If gun was in
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CHARLOTTE MELODY, 2ss san Jose avenue.
San Francisco
HAL. McPIKE, 80 Nineteenth avenue, San
Francisco.
ANNA FIKE, Hotel YOrke San Francisco.
RoMMA ROME, 12f4 Scott San Francisco
CATHERINE GADING, Mt. Eden.
WILLIAM WALLACE. 412 f. Vine. stockton.
AGNEo EMERSON, 171S Fell. San Fracisco
ROLAND TIsNE. l24 Newman. San Francisco.
FRED FIELD, 2S1D Bush. san Francisco.
FRANCIS o'DoNNELL, Eureka.
JUNLECK ABRAHAASoN, 421 Ashbury. san
DORIS DESMOND. $50 Webster. San francisco.
EDMUND N. LEE. 55G Sanchez. San Francisco.
IRENE NIELSEN, S9T6 Twenty y-sixth. San
Francisco.
BESSIE RILEY. 159 North c. San Mateo.
LEANoRE CULLAHAE, 122 West Rose, Stock.
CLAIRE SHIELDS. 221 North c. San MateO.
MABEL LEHN, windsor.
ELSIE BENTHIER, box 50. Cordelia
CHARLOTTE BRUNEI. 272 Naples. San Fran
cisco.
VIOLA sxMMoNs. 5127 shattuek avenue. Oak.
DEo SCHULTZ. San Bruno and Thirty sixth
avenues. San Francisco
CARMEL o'BRTEE. Belmont.
ELEANOR UHL, 1712 Oakland avenue. Pied
ANNIE MCDONALD. Birds Landing.
WoNDA ALGEo, 412 South L. Sausa Rosa.
MARGUERITE CONDOR. box 764 Selma.
CLARA JESSEN, Selma
IRENE HOFFMAN. 1908 Fifty-ar,t avenue.
Melrose.
LLOYD HEBRON. 3Os Capital. salinas.
TALToN STEALEY. 321 Lyon. san francisco.
LE0EA FORBES. San Miguel.
ALICE NUTTING. ReddinE-
AGNES TOMBSTONE, $50 Broderiek. san
francisco.
GEORGE eUeLIELMoNI. Juri. san Fran-
CISCO
JOSEPH T. MEIER, p. o. box s45.
BERNrCE MILLER, East Moss avenue. Oak
land.
MILES " MURPHY. $50 south America,
Stockton.
JOHN NEWTON. Oakville.
LILLE BERRY. box 81 Los GatoS-
PAUL WARD. So Haicht. San Francisco
THEODORE SCHMIDT JR., Newman
LUCY HENET. Cupertina
METHA CHRISTIANSEN, Hayward.
BRUCE HARRINGTON, 1117 Morton. Alameda.
EVELYN COX. WstsonviIlc.
ADA HAZARD, Belmont.
ROSE v,ANFEAR, Redwood City.
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sition, he hid his longings as much as
possible.
But at the time when this story opens
he had had a great and wonderful
pleasure. He and his mother had just
spent two months at the home of a
friend on the mainland. and Jamie had
actually learned to play quite well on
the violin.
a young lady, herself student, had
noted his eager attention when she
played, mad cheerfuIly taught him what
she could during his stay and had let
him practice all he wished on her own
instrument. so that he had returned
home filled with a desire to own for
himself a violin. but hardly daring to
indulge the hope that such good for
tune would ever be his; and now, at
his brothers kindly words. he dropped
the knife and piece of wood on which
he had been working and, very much
10 Franks surprise. burst into tears,
''0h. Frank he sobbed. Il can't do
i'll can't make one-and / wapt it
SO much."
What is it. Jamie?" asked Frank
kneeling. with his arm about him, and
examining more closely the various
scraps of material. why, I see, or
course; it's violin. And you ought
We'll buy you a fine one some day.
What do they cost?'
Jamie, comforted by the opportunity
TO talk on his favorite subject, dried
his tears and even laughed.
why. Frank, the fine ones cost hun
dreds of dollars. Miss Wray told me
So"
Hum" said his brother That's
rather more than 1 thought; but all
the same, we'll see about it. and per-
haps something less than a fine one
would do
"oh, yes" cried jamie eagerly. Il
saw one in town for only s25, though
the man said it had cost $50. 1 tried
il, and it sounded just as well as Miss
Wrays."
Frank did not answer at once; he
was trying to think of some means by
which the much desired instrument
could be obtained. He knew even bet
ter than jamie that there was no s25
TO be spent for such purpose from
the ordinary income of the family.
So, for the present, he talked his
brother into his usual cheerful humor
and then sought Curtis. whose head
often contained valuable ideas. He
found him cutting wood for the kitchen
stove. and straightway called him into
consultation.
Curt he began, "Jamie's got to
have a violin. He's been crying his
eyes out because he had to leave that
one he learned to play on, and l found
him trying to make one himself"