Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
honorable Mention)


II assumed the cringing attitude OF
beggar boy. He cautiously opened one
of the mats that formed the door.
To his surprise he saw a horn hanging
1t began to groan. What's the mat
ter?" he asked the horn.
"Oh, the awful dog" it said, lit VIII
kill you" He pushed aside the secono
mat, but instead of dog he found
an old lady and an old man, both SICK
and very poor what do you want?'
asked the old man of this ragged boy.
He replied, "a place to sleep and some-
thing to eat" -,
"As to the nights lodging, I will
gladly give you, but we have no food"
the old man said. -
The young man whom we VIII can
Archilese listened till the old man had
finished. then he left the tent. He took
one of his magic arrows and shot IL
into the air Where it landed he found
a large turkey. He dressed ara cooked
it and offered the head as a sacrlnce;
He then shot off one of his arrows ana
found two kegs of wine. AS ne entered
the tent the horn hurled vile names at
him. whereupon he shot one of his ar
rows at it, when it Immediately turned
into a wicked sorceress, whom Ar
chilese kicked out of the tent.
Then he gave the old people the tur-
kew and wine. After they had eaten
he asked for a bed and was told tney
had none, so he shot an arrow at lile
floor. and to the old peoples astonlsh-
ment there lay a large bundle, in when
they found warm clothing and every
comfort they could wish for. AT last
thew found a powder wrapped IN pa
ner and Archilese told them II sprlh-
killed. on their heads that night atter
sundown they would be young again.
boy" said the old man, VINO are
Won that you can do such things?
ArchiIese then touched his head with
his staff and assumed his proper form.
Thev were amazed at this and full OF
wonder. Ia
done. Achilese found out that the norm
was really a wicked sorcerer VINO also
had power to change his appearance;
He was an enemy of the old people anu
tried to frighten people away who tired
10 helm them. FRED o. REED.
5211s North st. Louis street, Boyo
Street school, grade 6. age Il.
The old lady met him at the door and
the ragged little boy asked IL he coulo
stay with them for little While ana
said he would work for his living un-
til he was rested enough TO go on MS
way.
The little old lady looked at him as
If uncertain what to do. Then she
went in and told the little old man
about it and came out, saying he coulo
remain for a fortnight
Then she took him in and showed
him to the little old man, VINO WEI
coined him heartily.
THE first week the little old lady ana
the little old man did not have much
to do, as the ragged little boy did most
of the work.
At night they would tell him stories
about a son that they had had, who
had gone travelling. They told MIN
that the son had always wanted 10 go
on a journey and at last they had let
him go.
At the end of the first week, when
his work was done, he went to the edge
of the forest and turned himself into
his proper self. Then he put on the
clothes that he had had before he was
the ragged little boy.
Now the bear and elk and moose ana
buffalo had belonged to the king of
this queer kingdom, and large rewards
had been offered to any one who would
bring them back.
The young man knew nothing of this.
He had saved the fur of each one, but
only an inch square of each. He put
one in each of his four pockets and
started out for the poor little tent,
where the old man and woman were.
When he came to the door the little
old woman came to meet him and he
asked as he had before if he could
stay and work for his board. She con-
sented after asking the little old
man, and took him in. He was well
coined by the old man.
Then he told them who he was, that
he was their son. He had changed and
grown older and so had they. He then
showed them the four pieces of fur
The old man said, Now our fortune is
made and we three can journey
together"
So they all took hold of the magic ar
row and touched each piece of fur.
Then the four animals stood before
them. Then they took the animals to
the king, who gave them a great deal
of money, so that they could travel
JOSEPHINE DIES MOVERS.
1861 South Flower street Grade s, St.