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window, through which came a scent Of
damp lilaes and roses, Grandmother be-
gan:
well, just forty-fve years ago today
came a great and happy event in my
life. And in memory of it. l always
dress myself In my best on the anniver-
sary of that day. You see, my dear
granddaughters. this is the first Fourth
of July l have spent with YOU
Grandmother stopped to sigh and look
into distance. Betina whispered; Eyes,
Grandpapa died Just after the Fourth of
last year. And then you came to live
with u.s.
Eyes, my dear; but even before / lost
dear Grandpapa l always observed the
Fourth, and no matter where we were
on that day, we both put on our best
clothes, made merry by going to some
place where a celebration was being
held, or to visit with friends who helped
us TO celebrate, not only the glorious
Fourth, but our own anniversary day."
"Oh, then you and Grandpapa were
married on the Fourth of July" ex-
claimed Mabel WAS that it, GRANNY"
Grandmamma shook her head, smiling
the while. mo, dearie. we met for the
first time on the Fourth of July, just As
years ago today. And, oh. how handsome
and noble your grandfather was that day.
! shall never forget how / really lost my
heart to him when my cousin Robert in
PRODUCED us. You see, he-your grand
father--was college chum of cousin Rob-
erts, and was spending the vacation at
Roberts country home. ] went out from
the city to stay over the Fourth at Uncle
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brilliant In color of the lot and walked
in the very front of the ranks, which
came two by two, Tommy commanding
Fatty carried the brigade's standard and
each of the band carried a smaller flag
While passing in front of the review
ing stand and while directly In the eye
of Mr. Heart, editor of the Weekly MAIL
the boys began to sing in their best voice
the stirring song, Columbia. To be sure
Fatty was not in the key, and as his
voice carried above the others a laugh
went up from the listeners But the
boys did not mind that. Indeed Fatty
was aiming at fun-making and when he
heard the merry laughs at his expense
he was more than happy.
And so the Gay wore on, the grand pa
rade ending at IL and the townspeople
going TO the picnic grounds a mile from
the village. There the brigade had the
5est time of their lives, Fatty perform
Ing SO many clever and laughable tricks
that he was the recipient of dozens of
pennies. And you may know that Ice
cream, lemonade, peanuts and candy
were INDUCED In by every member of
the band, Fatty being able to pay his
part of the expenses. And when even
Ing came every mothers son of the Flag
Brigade declared he had never before
enjoyed himself as he had on that Clio
rious Fourth. And in the Weekly Mail
the Flag Brigade was written up at
great length and special glory given to
Captain Thomas, who became one of the
leading young patriots of the little city
where he lived.
And many proud parents met on the
evening of the Glorious Fourth to talk
over their SONS, the members Of the Flag
Brigade.
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Cleni's home, and there met the young
man who year later became my hus-
band. You see your grandfather gradu-
ated with honors the following spring and
soon after that proud event we were mar
ried."
Again grandmother paused to look into
distance, and a soft little sigh fell from
her smiling lips ooh, it seems as though
1t were yesterday she went on. Il
reached Uncle Clem's homeN-a fine old
Southern plantation-on the evening OF
the third of July. Cousin Robert and his
visitor, young Andrew Harden, had gone
to the city for fireworks with which to
celebrate on the following evening. So
did not meet Andrew till the next morn
ing. And when | came down to breakfast
he and Cousin Robert were standing in
the great, wide hall, looking out on the
most beautiful rain l ever saw fall. Be
fore coming down stairs l had sighed ana
said to Cousin Betty, oh, isn't 1t pity
to have a rain on the Fourth? But Betty
had replied, No, Cousin Hattie, we need
the rain so much. Papa was saying that
If it did not rain within two or three days
the crops would be ruined. But we'll
have all sorts of fun In the house today.
for wen have great crowd Of young
folks with us. They'll come from all the
plantations round about in spite OF the
rain
''And so they did come, by buggyfulls,
on horseback and In wagonettes. And we
made merry till about o'clock, when we
sat down to splendid Fourth of-July
dinner. And then 1t was that your dear
grandfather-then in his twenty-tnird
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to the bed tand her slippers were dusty.
tooD and lifted Rag-a-muffin into her
arms. oh, the joy 10 Rag-a- muffin! And
what is more astonishing, Bee kissed
Rag-a-muffins very dirty face.
I'D most forgotten you, Rag-a-muffy."
said Bee. II have been playing all the
time with Princess Anna. You know she's
my china doll. But what do you think
has happened? Why, that naughty Cou-
sin Dick had Princess Anna in his arms
and went and fell down the hill by the
park and broke Princess Anna all to
smash. Only her hair Is good. I'll fetch
her remains here and lay 'em on the
shelf"
Then away ran Bee, her first and dear
est love- poor, little, soiled Rag -mufin,
held closely to her breast And after that
Rag-a-muffin was so happy that she did
nothing but smile and smile and Cousin
Dick made a face at her, saying: I'D
like to make her mad SO as to see her
quit grinning."
But Bee replied: "You could not make
Rag-a-muffy quit grinning. Her mouth 10
painted that way. But l think she's SO
pretty, do. And she's worth a dozen
at all without getting smashed. And
tossed about like a ball and never gets
scratched
Yep, aud gets up grinning. as ever"
anyway. Must have rag doll"
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year-responded to Cousin Roberts most
able and patriotic toast And how proud
l was of him, too, though he was yet al
most stranger to me. And how we all
cheered him to the echo when he sat
down, his noble young face flushed from
excitement! Oh, 1t was such q happy
dayl And all the while the rain poured
without. But sunshine glowed within.
well, soon after dinner, much to our
surprise, the clouds cleared away, and
one of the finest afternoons in my mem-
DRY was ours to enjoy. We made merry
on the broad veranda till after the sun
went down. Then, after a light supper
In the spacious dining room, we girls hur-
ried to our rooms and dressed for the
evening. And when we returned to the
drawing room we found the boys had
also donned evening attire, and Lad
cleared the dining-room preparatory for
dance. Three of the finest musicians
of the county had been engaged for the
occasion and furnished the music for US.
1T was happy moment for me when
your grandfather-young handsome, An
drew Harden-asked for the first dance,
which was the Virginia reel. And before
tie evening was over l had promised to
allow HIM to call my home in the city,
to meet my parents.
Again Grandmother lapsed into n short
silence, closing her eyes this time as II
to shut out everything which had passed
since that happy day, 40 years ago. And
just as she was about to continue ner
narrative the door opened and in came her
daughter. Mabe's and Betinas lovely
mother. She was smiling and excited.
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BY HELENA DAVIS.

~ II, isn't 1t just too disappointment
cried Betina early on the morning
of the Fourth as she stood by the
" window looking out at a pouring
rain.
Eyes, it certainly is, Sister," agreed
Mabel who was also watching with dis
appointed eyes the downpour without.
And from the appearances Of the sky
it will keep up all day
'You mean it will keep coming down."
declared Betina petulantly. "And we
had expected to have such glorious
day In the woods-with all our best
friends, too. 1t is really too bad"
And after Papa hud engaged picnic
wagon for the day. too, said Mabel.
'And Mamma has gone to all sorts Of
bother fixing a lovely picnic luncheon.
And all our pretty flags and flowers
with which to adorn the wagon-lying
In the parlor, waiting to be put to use.
1t is so terribly disappointing. ! could
just cry"
"Now, my dears, don't take 1t so to
heart" said a sweet voice behind the
girls, and the sisters turned to see their
old grandmother entering the room. She
was neatly dressed In a black summer
silk, her snowy hair done in a simple
and becoming STYLE Her face was BEAM
ing with youthful happiness, quite in
contrast to the expressions on the faces
of Mabel and Betina.
ooh, good morning, Granny" cried
Betina and Mabel in breath. Then as
they both ran to kiss her goodmorning,
Betina said: How lovely you look this
morning, Granny dear. You always look
so pretty; but prettier than usual this
morning. And you are all dressed as If
to go out, too. Don't you know it is
pouring pitchforks?'
| Grandmother smiled. "Yes know
| the gardens and fields are In great luck
this morning. she said.y "They have
been thirsty for several days, and now
they are getting a good drink"
But it might have rained yesterday
or tomorrow" complained Mabel. I'VE
did so want to go to the country today.
And you know every plan has been made
for day out In the woods. Mamma
and Papa are both disappointed, too,
though they won't say as much as Sister
and do. And Granny, l don't under
stand your cheerfulness when the rest
| of the household are in SORROW"
"sh-h!" said Grandmother, putting up
warning finger. ''Do not say sorrow,
dear. Sorrow comes from more serious
causes than a mere changing of plans
for day of pleasure. You may be dis
appointed, but you are not sorrowing
And If you would like me to tell you
why I am dressed in my best frock
and smiling so happily, come sit beside
me in the library and / will tell you Of
a Fourth Of July forty-hve years ago
today
Mabel and Betina were eager to hear
Grandmamma tell Of her past expert
ences, and their faces cleared as they
went to the library. one on either side
the dear old LADY. When they were
comforfahiS SEATED beside the pi2 bay
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Pa said he'd give me a half dollar to
spend just as l pleased-only l was not
to please to buy fireerackers, for they are
too dangerous in n crowd where there are
winmen and chill rem And Tommy
looked important as he spoke of win
men and ehil'ren." He hardly felt that
he might be classed with the latter.
WELL I'll have about a quarter to
spend as I like said frankie
And I'm going to have lots Of peanuts
and lemonade. | love EN- BOTH
I'll not have more than dime" com
planned Fatty. Daddy won't be home
over the Fourth, an Nanny doesn't be-
lieye In letting kids have much money to
throw away, as she calls spending money
on the Fourth for stuff to eat and drink.
She's the same way about circus day.
But" and Fatty's face cleared, Il
know what I'll do. I'll stand on my
head and do some tricks for a crowd of
chaps and their gurls. and the chaps
will toss pennies to me. oh, I'll earn
some spending money on the Fourth"
Then the meeting was adjourned till the
following day, when all would assemble
with their flags And then would begin
lnelr uTll, ny ullis-Napl'lili
Thomas, as the boys now began to call
him.
Il can just see that our brigade will
be a bowling success" said Jimmy, hope
fully. And l bet we'll get into the
paper, too
Sure we WILL" affirmed Tommy.
Uncle Andy knows Mr.. Heart, the edi-
tor of the paper, and I'll ask Uncle Andy
to tell him to mention US in the Fourth
of July notice.
happy smile went over each expect
ant face, and as the boys started toward
their respective homes each In his own
mind saw his own name shining in huge
letters in the columns of the Weekly
Mail, the one paper the town afforded.
The following days were busy ones for
the members of the Flag Brigade, ana
each night found Tommy tired out from
drilling his band. The boys had decided
on uniforms and their mothers. anxious
that their young patriots should appear
in the parade duly dressed for the occa-
sion, were making the uniforms accord
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MISSING WORD PUZZLE.

There are nine words omitted from the
following story. Supply the right words
in the spaces left open for them and you
will find that very common animal
figures as the first syllable of each words
Two boys hired a - for one day to
go on the water fishing. One. caught
fine -, but In doing SO he almost
caused a - by being spilled out Ne
laughingly remarked later that be was
SO frightened during the accident that
he nearly had -. When safe on dry
land oncc more the boys saw - In a
tree. and ran for dear life. They tried
swimming river. and were almost
drawn into q -. However, a lovely
- tree grew close at hand and they
saved themselves by cinglng to its limbs.
When they reached home in the evening
they passed a pleasant hour looking
through the of new museum In
which many mummies from Z - in.
Egypt were displayed.
DIAGONAL.
This diagonal contains six words Of six
letters each. II the words are rightly
guessed and written one below another
their diagonal letters, beginning with tbs
first letter of the first word and eat"
Ing with the last letter Of the last WORD.
will spell a name which appears once on
the years calendar of months. The cross
words are /. Something belonging to a
ship. 2. A man who goes In quest of
game. 3. One Of the ten digits. Z. Some
thing so often perpetrated on the people
by dishonest men, s. A favorite dish OF
the Germans. g. A pupil who absents
himself from school.
pATCH-ToGETHHR PUZZLE.
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icting as Spokesman"

icting as Spokesman"
GOOD 70 cried frankie. "Ive got
three flags at home"
..Yep, let's have a burgade," acquiesced
Jimmy, not knowing just what brigade
meant, but knowing it would be something
of a patriotic nature Must we all have
flags, TOMB"
''Sure," explained Tommy. Then the
conversation became general, and very
soon plan for the Glorious
Fourth was outlined, and Tommy was
to have full management Of Its de-
yelopment well all march, carrying
flags, and we'll sing something, too"
Tommy said.
"What1l we sing?" asked Ned Brown,
who had lusty voice and loved to sing.
Lets make 1t, Anybody Here Seen
Kelly"
"Oh, no !" protested Billy. 'Let"s sing,
There's a Hot Time in Old Town To-
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ing to Tommy's design. The coats were
TO be made of blue cotton with large
white stars dotted over them. The trou-
sers We're to be of red and white striped
calico, representing the stripes of the
flag. Their heads would be covered by
straw hats from the bands of which
would float little flags.
But Fatty declared he could not wear
so dignifed Il uniform, so he designed a
costume for himself which was made
after the Style of a clowns suit. One
half of the suit was made of red, white
and blue striped cloth, while the other
half was of bright. green. Fatty. ex-
planned that the red, white and blue half
was for the U. S. A.. while the green
was for "Auld Ireland, from which not
one of his ancestors had come, as they
had all been very French"
The morning of the Glorious Fourth
dawned and the Boys Flag Brigade was
out In flying colors. Fatty was the most
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your pistol pocket on the Fourth" de-
clared Tommy. a real master of the situa-
ton, as it proved. He meant to have
everything go off in a most patriotic and
dignified manner on the Fourth. And he
would put up with no nonsense, not even
from Fatty.
IAN right, Pal" grinned Fatty. I'll
sing the old-fashioned song with the
rest of the bunch. But-what are we to
do, anyway"
"Well, this is my scheme" explained
Tommy, sitting on the edge of the man.
ger while his hearers sat on some straw
at his feet early in the morning we'll
get up and be ready for the Great Pa
rade, which is to take place at 10 o'clock
Uncle Andy is to be marshal of the day,
and he'll let US in the parade, see? Then,
after the parade is over, we'll all go to
the picnic grounds along with the other
folks-and have a good time celebrating
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Effect Of Coming Earthquake
On Domestic Animals.

II would seem that domestic animals
are especially susceptible to the threat
ened danger of approaching earthquakes.
It IL reported on good authority that
Just before the earthquake in Chill, in
1875, every dog left the city before the
Inhabitants felt the faintest suggestion of
Il And in Java, in 1867, Immediately
before the earthquake, every rooster
crowed Justify and left the doomed city.
Il II sain that on the Orinoco River the
crocodiles invariably leave the rivers
banks just previous to an earthquake.
Five days before Elike was destroyed by
earthquake Gin 373 B. CO. it is reported
that moles. mice. weasels and serpents
were driven out Of the ground by the i'm
pending catastrophe. and that they
showed great signs of anxiety and fear.
Just before the great Sicilian earthquake
II 1888 animals that nest underground
came to the surface, as well as various
kinds CT fish that came from the waters
= the bay.
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BY MAUD WALKER.

And so she was doomed to thisl Dear,
honest, affectionate Rag "a muffin.
But of one thing she was glad. She
lay with her face upwards and could see
all about the room of her little mother,
Bee.
For many, many days Rag-a-muffin lay
on that shelf between the MANNED tin
soldier and the crippled wagon, too sad
to speak a word to the fellow-sufferer.
Tin Soldier. Perhaps he could have told
narrowing tale, too had she opened
conversation with him. But she preferred
to suffer alone. So she passed days and
days and nights and nights, her lot be-
coming saddei and sadder. But always
there was one little hope which kept
her alive. And that little hope held her
In good stead one day.
And this Is what happened through that
hope:
All OF sudden one afternoon Bee came
rushing into the room, climbed right on
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at all, and that the woods are Il, per-
fectly lovely condition. So. come. the
young folks will all be here In few min
utes, and Papa has phoned for the picnic
wagon
'Oh, isn't that lovely?" cried Betina
and Mabel. Then, turning to Grand
mamma. Betina whispered "Oh, Granny,
now ] shall always want to celebrate the
Fourth of July after this-on your &C.
count and on dear Grandpapa's too. And
/ shall never mind If it does rain on
that day."
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D TITLE RAGA-MUFFIN lay on the
floor, utterly miserable. She lay
face downwards, so that she could
: not see anything that was going on

why, here you are, you three pretty
dears," she cried. And l have been look
ing all over the house for you. Don't
you see that 1t has stopped raining, and
the sun is coming out glorlously7 Well
nave our picnic after all. for Papa has
just had n iong-distance phone from Ben
tonvile that 1t has not been raining there
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The Flag brigade.
BY WILLIAM WALLACE, JR.

night For we'll make things hum,
won't we?'
Say, don't you kids know what the
Fourth means?' asked Tommy. in a dis
gusted tone. you fellers would better
be learning what was done on the Glo-
rious Fourth of July. Gee The idea
Of singing such songs! Why, we'll sing
national airs, old Glory and such
songs"
"Old Glory means the flag" said
frankie. II never heard of a song by
that name"
well, there's a song that has some
big name," said Tommy, excusing his own
mistake. Anyway, we'll all sing Three
Cheers for the Red, White and Blue"
yep; l know every word of that
said Fatty. "And l know a funny par
ody on it, too"
well, you can keep the parody IN
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Men Who Signed the Dec
laration of independence.

The following professions and trades
were represented by the men who were
brave and noble enough to sign the Decla-
ration Of Independence: Doctors. G; mer-
chants, s; lawyers, %; planters, |;
farmers. 6; printers, soldiers, sur
veyors. l; statesmen, 2; generals, +;
shoemakers, 2; sailors, / ministers, /.
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CHARADE.

My first Is vehicle
In which people ride;
Sometimes they are old folks;
Sometimes man and bride.
My second Is something
That's brown, black and blue;
I'd not be without It,
And neither would you.
Ny third is quite handy
In different ways;
A fisherman will use 1t
During all his work-days.
MY whole of three >syllables
Holds many things rare.
In homes and museums
IT'S found every Where.
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There are seven different kinds of 1908
tenntes.
There ara l16 wireless stations on the
coasts Of the maritime nations of the
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nHE Glorious Fourth was coming!
Only few days more for the Boys
of the Flag Brigade to wait! And
:, each individual Boy of the Brigade

- each individual Boy of the Brigade
was full of happy anticipation.
They had been drilling for weeks-ever
since Tommy Ryan's father came home
one evening TO say: Hello, Sonnyi You'd
better be getting ready for the Fourth
It's on its way here!"
Then it was that Tommy talked the
matter over with his comrades, frankie
Bryant, Jimmy Lamont, Ned Brown,
Billy Downs and the clown of the band"
Fatty Hoover. 1t was Fatty who always
"cut up capers' and made his companions
laugh till their sides ached.
Lets have flag brigade Tommy
had suggested. when the boys had assem-
bled In Billy Downs fathers stable.
7emmy had called the meeting and was
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. II, isn't 1t just too disappointing
cried Betina early on the morning
Of the Fourth as she stood by the
VI window looking out at a pouring
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SOLDIERS TAKE
LONG HIKE

Companies Co and ZIP and 1e-
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weather is a HULe unLay0ra1ls. II IS
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command Is In sAe Iegst lmPalrel IS
taay via not Be reguEeG o. sleep
in The shslJsr tents, as Pleay OF
large tents have beea taken with
Jaem The uo0qz via march tO P0e-
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camp Two DAYS AMI ehsa take 40 Ae
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