davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

kmalu stotnik. In nekega dine Sc
je odlocilo. Mas stotnik je nena-
donna obolel, nadomescal sem ga
torej, kot nadporocnik - JAZZ!
Lepo jutro je bilo. Moja stot-
Mia je stala ma dvoriScu in vsak
hip sem pricakoval ~generala. We
del sem, da je tisti dan "a mojo
sarzo odlocilen in pogledal sem
vsakega vojaka, ako je pri MEM
yse v redu. Pa nj bio! Plasee so
imeli zvite in uprtane mad telecn-
jakom, pa tako nerodno in bun
kasto, da me je bilo sram S TAXI
mi grbastimi vojaki mimo genera
la. Pregledal sem in videl, da so
vzrok samo rokavi, Xxi so naprav-
ljali V zvitem plaScu tako nespo-
dobne bunke.
No, blister FAINT sen bill in takoj
sem 81 vedel pomoGi.
"Pozor!" SEN zakriGal in visa
stotnija je stala z ~najveGjo poor
n%ostJo. "Vsi V sobe nazaj in -
odparajte rokave proc!"
Vojaki so Sc nekoliko spogleda-
Ii, ampak povelje je povelje - in
cez cetrt r so Sc vrnili S tako
lepo within plaSci, da nikdar ia
kegal
Sam general me je pohvalil in
nato sem zasedel konja in odSli
smO ma vezbaliSce zunaj mesta.
Veselje Sc mi .ie smejalo srce,
da SEN 10 izvil tako premeteno -
toda, nebo Sc je jelo oblaciti. Pro-
ii poldnevu so zacele padati prve
kaplje in pOlkOvnik ie zapovedal
ma mole veliko presenecenje, mai
obleGe YES polk plaSce.
Gromska %strelal Pridusil SEN
Sc ma glas, ampak povelje je po-
velJe: vojak Sc mora pokoriti.
loreJ obleclte plaSce,' sem
zastokal mojim vojakom. XII so
stall kakor panani. lie Jill je ostro
gledal general, ampak Sc boil 81
roko je pogledal hip pozneje, ko
so stall moji vojaki V plaS6ih -
brez rokavov.
Godba je zaigrala in polk Sc ie
Jel pomikati prot mestu.
Koliko je bio pc ulici smeha.
tega VAN ne morem povedati. Mo-
ia stotnija je korakala prva in IL
sti DIN Sc nj govorilo o drugem,
kakor o nadporocniku Cecu.
Najprej sem sklenil, da Sc u
strelim, potem pa sem Sc premi-
sill. Odpustili so me, ker sem bill
premoder, maj DO. "a duSe v Vi
cab! Zivio, Radeckil"
Tako je koncal! Gee historic o
svojem zivljenju.
Unp
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

nekaj o muhah mladih deklet,
pa je videla, da ne vspe prot
Tonkini wolff, je dejala, da Sc ne
da tako %osramotiti, da bi jemala
denar cd dekleta.
In tako je sla Tonka zopet V
solo. Pc dnevi je V prostih urah
pomagala donna; pc noel je delala
"a modistko, a vendar je bila v
Soil vedno med prvimi.
Ne more Sc reel, da je bila IL
'redna k~rasotica, vsekako pa je BIZ
la lepa deklina, kateri je zdravje
in veselje gledalo IL modrih. We
likih sijajnih oGi.
To je bio tisto dekle, XII je ia
ko odloGno obsojalo pesimizem.
Savic je drugi dan prinescl pi-
sanke V solo in Jill vrnil dekle-
tom. Najprvo je hotel takoi IL
praSati Tonko, ali zdelo Sc mu lie
neumestno, da bi storil to v soil.
Potem pa zOpet nj vedel, kdaj hi
bill primeren cas- cato. Ma ulici .ie
vendar ne more pricakati. V Soil
Je ne more zadrzavati. A bilo mu
Je, kakor bi moral govoriti Z MO.
V soil jo je dobro pogledal. IL
teh oci je sijala nenavadna pro
stoduSnost in MENU je bio, ka-
kor bi Sc pregreSil, ako il ne bi
povedal resnice. Bolje, da 10 1--WE
sedaj, nego da zivi V fanasti6nih
iiuzijah, pa pade potem naenkrat
IL oblakov ma trdo zemljo, kakor
sc je zgodilo MENU.
Steer ne W prav, zakaj Sc bri-
ga pray "a MO. Opraviti ina z
mnogimi optimisti, a vsakemu pu-
sea njegove domiSljije, ker Sc je
davno preprical, da ne doseze nj
cesar S svojimi teoretiGnimi doka-
Il. Ze davno sc drzi naGela, da je
najbolje, ako prepuSGamo ljudi
same sebi; praktiGni dokazi xiv
ljenja Jill morajo izpreobrniti. In
Zakaj maj radi Tonke della izje-
MOI
Eth, no.. Je re tako. Rad bi 10
poucil; ali kje maj dobi priloznost
"a TOT
Dolgo je premisljeval, a nj ma
sci nobene prave poti.
Tedaj mu je slucaj prisel ma
sproti.
Mexico je sci po ulici in brez
namena Sc je ustavil pred proda-
Jalnico zenskih klobukov. Med
oknom je videl klobuk S cudnimi
okraski. Tudi moda Sc je polasti-
la umetniSke s%ecesije in ia klo-
buk je bill uprav secesijonisticen.
Bio Je ma MEM res nekai umetni-
skega. cato Sc je zagledal vani.
Med TEN pride pa Tonka il Sta
cune in sreca bila je obema mia.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

ju, uzivanju, razkosnosti in raz-
sipnosti.
Vceraj Sc je vrsil obeen zbor
~delnicarjev premogarske druzbe.
Dvajset od sto dividende je "a
kljuGil in primal zbor delniGar-
jew. Petdeset tisoe dolarjev place
vsakemu vodju druzbe so sklenili
delnicarji, ker je letos tako ma
stem profit.
Danes pa imajo delnicarji in
vodje druzbe banket. Dvorana je
okrasena, ma odru svira godba ma
lok in ma MEM nastopajo operne
pevke V draguljih in biserih, Xxi
dobivajo "a EN- nastop pc tisoG in
veG dolarjev. Obrazi delnicarjev
so zadovoljni. Lep profit ma
takarji Jim nosijo ma MILO lukuls-
ka jedila, vines pa pokajo butelj-
Ike Sampanjca. Vrstijo Sc napitni-
ce, PUZZLE, brezmiselne govorance,
V katerih nj zrna globoGje misli.
vsi so zidane wolfe -.
Ma srebrnem krozniku prinese
natakar brzojavko in jo izroGi
predsedniku druzbe. "Eksploziia
V premogokopu. Tristo .iih je O.
stale V jami," eta glasno pred
sednik.
Nastane molk -.
"Ah, all, ee Sc je premog vnel,"
je nosljal koncem mize debelu-
hast delnicar. ''bo pa drugo leto
slaba dividenda."
Profit, profit je fuG," je po-
navlial drugi.
"Ej, profit nj V nevarnosti,"
Sc je oglasil tretji. Bono pa pre-
mogarjem znizali place"
Sal res. so Sc oglasili vsi ma
KRAFT zboru. Place je treba mi
zati. Delavci danes sploh preraz-
koSno zivijo. R~azvajeni so. Ziveti
hoceJo kOt mi. Xxi smo njih gospo-
darji in katerim Sc imajo zahva-
liti, da jim dovolimo delati."
Doll s placami," Sc .je oglasil
zopet debeli delniGar koncem mi
re skozi nos, Xxi je incl ma tilniku
tri CUBE.
'Ha, ha doll s placami,"
so ponavljali drugi delni6arji in
dvigali case sampanjca
Nesrecnih zrtev pod zemljo,
vdov, sirot, in startkov Sc pa nj
nihce spomnil.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

Ma bulevardu. V hotelu "a mill
JonarJe zarijo vse bloGnice in Ear
nice. Visoka stavba! Dviga Sc mad
300 cevljev mad zemelisko povr-
sino In ina osemnajst nadstropji.
V d%voranah, spalnicah, hodnikih,
sploh povsod ~najvecja razkosnost.
Pri zgradbi hotelal "a razsipnike
in razkosnike, Sc je vbilo mad
dvajset delavcev, kakih sto ie pa
dalo svoje zdrave ude. Ali mill
jonarje ta malenkost ne mott "
NTH veselSu, razuzdanem zivljen-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

Stara navada je zdraviti rev.
matizem, trganje pc udih, neural.
gijo, zvinjenje it'd. z DR.. Richter.
jevim pain Expeller" PRAY;
Pain Expeller Sc dobi tudi v A.
meriki v sleherni lekarni "a %
centov steklenics in Sc spozna DO
%varstveni znamki s sidrom. Pr
kupovanju je treba ma to patti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27
sAvICEv PEsIMIzEM.

Hrastovi Tonki je bio devet-
naJst let. Stanovala je pri neki
teti V mestu; starsev nj imela. Te-
ia nj bila siromaSna, toda jake
sitna je bila in Tonka nj imela pr
MEN mic kaj posebno dobrega. In
stric Sc sploh nj zmenil "a MO.
kar je dekle dobilo, 81 je pravze-
prav posteno z~asluzilo, kajti v hi
81 je Tonka delala, kakor bi bila
najeta. Sivala je, vezla, likala Pc
rilo, pisala tetina pisma. Ko je pc
smrti svoje matere prisla v to me-
sto, je bila V stirinajstem letu.
Dotlej je bila v zavodu "a mescan
ska dekleta, a ker il starsi MISC
zapustili premozenja. je teta no.
tela, maj postane sivilja ali pa
modistka. Tonki je bio to jake
zal, ker Sc je rada ucila. Ali nj
mogla oporekati. Dive lett Sc je
res hodila ueit "a modistko. Tudi
tukaj je bila jake pridna, vendar
nj mogla pozabitt svoje zelje, da
bl prisla zopet v solo. Nepreneho-
ma je mislila, kako bi ~izvrsila ia
svoj namen. Dekle. je imelo "a Gu
do zelezno voljo in V dveh letih
Je dosegla svoj cilj.
V tenn casu Sc je izucila svoie
obrtl. Obenem 81 je pa tudi pri-
hranila malo vsotico. Teta il ie
daJala vsak dan nekoliko novel
cev "a juzino. To je bio cd nezna-
ne zapuScine Tonkine matere.
raznaSati je morala gotove klobu-
Ike in vcasih je dobila cato kak-
sno desetico. Zadnje s lie
delala tudi cez uro, kadar .ie bilo
mnogo narocil in madame" ii
Je daJalo malo odskodnino cato.
Use to je prihranila. Koncem dru-
zega leta jo je ''madama' opro-
stlla, a nagovarjala 10 je, mai O.
stane pri niej kakor pomocnica.
kaJti Tonka je imela jake fin o.
kus "a zenske klobuke in gospa
Je dobro vedela, da hi mnogo pri-
dobila Z MO. No, dekle je hotelo
sedaj izvesti, O cemer je sanialo
YES cas-, kar je bilo izstopilo il
Sole.
Prav teda je bila ustanovliena
vista dekliska sola. Tonka nj ime-
la vec miru. Obljubila ie madam.
Ola j BIO pomagala, kolikor ii bo
dopuscal cas- in modistka ie bila
zadovoljna. Teto je pa vprasala,
ali j je ljubse, da il plaza stano-
vanJe in hrano, ali da j pomaga
v domacnostiP Teta je mrmrala
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27
PLOZI v RUDNIKU.

VI sc ouprlo pehienSho piONho . .
silen pok
Prestraseni hitijo inzenirji in
delavci k vhodu V jamo, IL kate
re Sc lie minute dvigajo strupeni in
goreci plini. NihGe nj more V ia
mo, eksplozija je zanetila polar
prav tam, kjer row vodijo k CLAW
menu vhodu.
IL premogarske Masculine re
prihajajo ljudje. Mocan in silen
pok je bilo euti V veemiljnem o.
krozju. Prihaja vse krizem. Maj
hni bledi %otroci, katerim je citati
ma obrazih. da Sc nikdar najedo
do sitega. Vines korakajo sivolasi
starcki z vpognjenimi hrbti, We
terani della. Vines SO pomeSane
zene in dekleta, katerim je delo
re V mladih letih vklesalo neizbri-
sna znamenja bede, truda in TRIP
ljenja V njih nekdaj cvetoGe obra-
re. Vsi hitijo, nekateri mahajo z
rokami, drugi vpijejo ali plaka-
jo. Vsi drvijo mnozica, Xxi ne
We, kaj hoce, kaj Sc je pravzaprav
zvrsilo globoko doll pod zemljo,
kjer delajo oGetje, bratje, sinovi
in zenini.
Kot narastel gorski hudournik
prihaja mnozica prot vhodu ia
me, kjer stojijo inzenirji in de-
lavci Sc preplaSeni vsled vGinka
grozne nezgode in nezmozni "a
reSilno delo.
V mnozici Sc dvigajo pesti, Gu
jejo Sc k~letvine, jok in brezmisel-
nj kirk, katerega V tenn divjem
kaosu nihGe ne razume. Cimblizje
prihaja mnozica. tolikor boil
umeva, da sc je pod zemljo zvrSi-
10 nekaj straSnega, groznega
kar pripoyeduje srce vsikdar, da-
81 oci Sc ne gledajo nesreGe V po-
polni nagoti.
Mnozica obkoli kot zelezen OBJ
roc who'd v jamo. "Prokleti psi,
vi ste krivi, da ne bonn videla vec
zivega svojega %sina," kriei zens-
ka, V kateri oceh Sc p~rikazeva
plamen blaznosti in kaze s prstom
ma mladega, plavolasega inzenir-
ia. Resi- mojega soproga .
kdo DO skrbel "a petero otrokY"
obupno vpije druga in drzi krce-
vito nekega delavca "a roko.
MOI sin, moi SIM" zopet pla-
ka sivolas stareek, Pc velem lieu
pa drvi potok solz.
V tenn divjem kaosu skoci su-
perintendent, star, iskusen rudar-
ski inzenir, pa MOI jeklenega ST.
ca, XII pozna lie koristi premogar-
ske druzbe in katerega vse crti in
Sc boji, ma vozieek "a premog in
zapove z rezkim, hladnim glasom
"Umaknite Sc! Prostor "a resi-
telje!"
Nakrat je tho vse. Beseda re-
sitelji vpliva carodejno ma raz-
burkano mnozico. Vihar, obupni
klici, k~letvine, .jok vse. vse
poneha. Vsi gro V superintendent
ia kot cloveka, XII poseduje cezna-
ravno moe.
"Kdo Jill DO pa reSil?" Sc 6uje
sredi mnozice dvomljiv glas.
JAZZ in naprej stopi mlad,
plavolas inzenir. Menu Sc pri-
druzi Sc petorica delavcev.
Zena, XII je kazala Sc preie ma
mega S prstom in ga nazivala
prokletega PISA, pade pred MIN
ma kolena, ga prime "a roko in
leclja: "Ah, all odpustite
odpustite. Nisem vas hotela zali-
ii -. ali materinsko srce
No. sal me razumete. Sal innate
tudi vi mater"
Okoli listen mladega inzeniria
Sc pokazejo zalostne poteze. We
in razume, kaj ga caka doll pod
zemljo.
VspenjaGa Z resitelji zgine V
gorecem prepadu, IL katerega pri-
haJajo lie "a nekaj minut strupeni
in goreci plini. Zene, dekleta. 81.
volasi starcki in otroci pa cakajo
resiteljev in svojcev cakajo,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27

"sladko ginjen", sem ga povpra-
sal, kaj je bio vzrok, da nj ostal
Sc dale pri vojakih.
Sivi mozakar me pogleda z ne
kim topim n%asmehom in Sc obliz-
ne pc redkobrkati zgornji ustnici
nato pa mi odvrne:
Il, kako ste vendar eudaskil
Premoder sem bill, pa so me Cd
pustili, vrag Jill vzemil Danes bi
moral biti re general ali pa Sc
kaj wee! RdeGe porto bi nosil in
polne prsi zasluzenih krizcev, am
pax, sakramokra, gobasta in ma
vse nacine pohabljena je morala
biti tista zvezda, pod katero sem
Sc rodil! Maj DO z duSe V vicah !!
Torej vidite, ~nesrecen sem bill "a
radi svoje modrosti. Ko sem bill
Sc navaden prostak, me je incl
moi stotnik ~najraje. Debel je bill
ia mozakar, kakor sv. Tomaz Ak
vinski, kateremu so moral IRE
zati MILO V obseznem kolobariu,
da sc je zamogel vsled preobilne-
ga trebuska do jedi in place. No,
moi stotnik je bill Sc vse huje!
Bog mu daj vesela nebesa. trem
konjem .je zlomil hrbtiSGe. Zahre-
Scalo je malo, ko je sedel mani in
- resk! - pa je sedel ma tleh,
ma vsaki strani pa pol konja. We
like Skode je napravil regimentu,
no, naposled so mu dali zrebca,
k~akrSnega Sc nisem videl do te-
daj. Velik je bill, bog pomagaj, ko
je sci pc ulici je gledal brez teza-
We skozi okna V prvo nadstropje.
Kadar pa je dirjal, Sc je tresla
zemlja, kakor Sc pravi V tisti pc
smi:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-12-27
''Ce svet Sc je tresu.
k je Jezus kriz nesu!"

No, tistega nj polomil. ampak
bolje bi bilo, da bi ga, ker vsi vo-
jaki so incl Z MIN tezavo. Ma
posled SEN ga dobil V varstvo jaz
in kmalu sem ga nauGil vojaske
spokornosti. TreScil SEN ga par
KRAFT S kolom cez butico, da Sc je
zverina kar upognil in kmalu ie
poZabil ma vse spolne muhe. Da
vse to mojemu stotniku Sc nj bio
dovolJ, sem mu vedno moral DO
magati tudi ma konja. In pomisli-
tie, tako neelovesko pezo ~spravlja-
II ma tako velikanskega zrebca.
Menda sta tehtala oba jednako!
Mexico je bill zbran ma dvorisGu
yes polk z generation vred. Vsi
castniki so bill re ma konjih. sa-
mo mas stotnik Sc je Sc zalostno
oziral ma visoko zrebGevo hrbtis-
ce. Vedel sem. da zopet pokliGe
meme, in resni6no!
"Dobro mi pomagajte. sal Vi
dlte, kako Sc posmehuie in muza
general" mi je sepnil in stisnil
v roko en- eel dollar.
- Sakramokra - SEN 81 mislil
- sedaj je pa treba napeti vse
moci.
Ampak bolje bi bilo, da sem iih
samo polovico, ker zagnal sem de-
belusnega stotnika ma konia s ia
ko silo, da je telebnil ma drugi
strani ma tia.
Dvakrat je brcnil in je postal
hladen, drugi dan smo ga pokopa-
Ii, Bog mu daj mir in pokoi ako
Je Sc tako debel kakor nekdaj.
moraJo imeti V nebesih zani pose
ben stol.
To jebilo prvo mole junastvo
In cd takrat me .je ljubil YES polk.
Tako sem Sc povzpen:jal cd stop
me- do stopnje. vojske so bile in
dobro sem Sc zadrzal, postal sem
nadporocnik in S samim Radecki-
Jem sva pila bratovSGino. Takrat
sem bill znan pc cell dezeli. Ka-
NOR SEN prisel, so metal name
ccvetJe in me slavili kot samega ce-
sarJa. Deklet sem incl toliko. da
Jlh nisem wee razloceval: vGasih
sem rekel Francki Polonca. Po-
lonci Micka. Micki Spelca. Pa ka-
ko hi Sc bill tudi vse zapomnil. ko
sem Jill incl vec, nego pratika
svetnic.
All, da! Takrat :je bio zivlien-
Je, no, in upal sem, da postanem
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
SOME SHORT STORIES BY YOUNG JUNIOR WRITER'S


what hurt at his answer. But she soon
forgot it when she saw the wonders
she was passing through.
All about her was shiny glistening
water and little fishes darting here
and there. But the best sight OF all
was Marjorie's seeing the beautiful mer-
maids. Some of them swan up to
Marjorie and told her she was welcome
to them. "Oh, / read of you in fairy
books" said Marjorie, but didn't think
you were real. Now / believe what the
books say. You all are very pretty
The mermaids were delighted at Mar
jorie's speech and gave ner presents
of shells and fish.
Soon Marjorie and her companion ar
rived at the sea kings palace. Mar
jorie thought that it was a beautiful
palace and indeed it was. The whole
thing was made up of shells and beauti-
full grottos were everywhere Little
fishes darted about, making everything
glisten. At length Marjorie was ush
cred into the presence of the king and
queen. They were both seated in
chairs made of shells and beautiful
mermaids surrounded them. The king
and queen were overjoyed at seeing
Marjorie and invited her to dinner,
which consisted of several kinds of
fish served in different styles.
After dinner Marjorie was shown into
the other rooms. Crystals, pearls and
precious stones were inlaid in the walls
of the rooms Marjorie praised every
thing she saw and the queen was so
delighted with her that she gave her
bag full of precious stones and bade her
goodby.
Marjorie you sleepyhead, wake upr'
Tt was her brother Jacks voice. Mar
jorie did wake up with a start. In her
lap instead of the precious stones was
a bag of peanuts which Jack had given
her. "Oh, Jack" cried Marjorie, you
should have been where I was" and
Marjorie related her trip you little
goose" cried Jack. "it was a dream"
And so it was, of course.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
A Visitor in StarIand
ny EMILY PARKHURsT

] am a humming bird One day got
a notion that I would like to take
trip some place, so / decided to take
trip to the stars
/ got up one morning at six o'clock
to start my journey IT was warm out,
but not too hot to travel in. I flew and
flew, till ! met my friend, the bluebird.
He asked me where / was going, and I
told him. SO he flew along with me to
Mr.. Robins, where he was going to
take lunch. / then said goodby, and
flew till | came to Mrs. Hawks. when
she asked me to stay to lunch 1t was
after 2 o'clock when I left her house.
All of sudden l heard soft, sweet
music and looked around and saw
house covered with wild roses. 1
looked in and saw a lot of fairies and
elves dancing. One fairy came up to
me and said, viii you have a dancer"
i answered, mo, I've got over all those
things now" I then went on and
reached the stars at about o'clock.
/ walked in and was welcomed by
Venus.
She asked me to come to her house,
and then introduced me to all the other
stars. Venus got small star to take
me to Mr.. Moons house. / reached his
house at last, tired out. He was just
eating his dinner. My, such a dinneri
Star frozen chicken, star sauce star
tomatoes, ana Such large tomatoes, and
starberries. | stayed all night, and
slept well, for / was tired and sleepy
The next morning / stayed in bed till
nearly IL o'clock. Then I started for
home. met Mrs. Hawk, and she asked
me all about my trip. / told her many
strange things, and how, when got
up there, the people and birds looked
like little dots. l reached home about
6 o'clock, where I met my mother at
the door. told her all about my trip
which she thought very interesting
got home just in time to read the
Junior Call and all about Alonzo.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14

Paint boxes were awarded to the fol-
lowing Juniors who painted the picture
in the paper of July 81:
Vail Button, Occidental, Sonoma
county
Leslie Orlando, 1870 stockton street,
San Francisco.
Maxine Cox, 296 Park avenue, San
Jose.
Ira REEVES, So Tellurium avenue,
Redding.
John J. Sampson, $3.50 Washington
street, San Francisco.
Dorothy l.. Eaton, Point Reyes.
Bennet Bailey, 1892 Walnut street,
Berkeley
Mildred Lockwood, Colusa
John Graham, s24 Virginia street,
Vallejo.
Mary Liddell, 24sa Prince street,
Berkeley
Earl Corder, Corcoran.
Phyllis Hawkins, street near Fifth,
San Rafael.
Marian Benson, 4S9 Forty-eighth
street, Oakland.
Alfred Worthington, Vista Grande
Grace Homer, 3S8 Perkins street,
Oakland.
Hazel Hansen, 4O2 Tilton avenue, San
Mateo.
Victor l.. Edwards, Willis.
MrytIe PerreI, Mountain View.
Malcolm w. NahI, Mill Valley.
Theodore Dale Sanford, 1926 Morton
street, Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
GEORGINA LOUISA sCHLUETEB,
Age ID Years

Marjorie was lying in the hammock
singing lullabys to herself. "Oh. dear"
she cried, when she was tired of sing
ing, Il do wish that something would
happen that is unusual. Nothing ever
happens here. 1t is the same old thing
every day-school and study. 1 wish 1
could see something out of the ordi-
nary"
Suddenly from out of pool near by
popped little old man in a red velvet
suit. A cap with one feather was
stuck on his head and he looked SO
funny that Marjorie couldn't help
laughing. Good day. my fine lady"
cried the old man, the king and queen
of the sea heard your wish, SO they
palace. Would you like to conner
Certainly" answered Marjorie, clap
ping her hands with delight. THAT
would be fun. Take me right away.
But" she continued after moments
thought, do you think l would drown
if went under the water?" mo fear"
answered the little old man, I'll soon
fix that" SO he took from his pocket
a little box and opened it. Marjorie
saw that some powder was in the box.
This" he said, rubbing some of the
powder on Marjories nose, will enable
you to breathe and be safe under the
water. But come, we must hurry. The
king and queen are waiting for u.s."
So the old man took Marjories hand
and together they plunged into the pool.
Oh. exclaimed Marjorie as her feet
touched the cold water. ''Do you think,
my LADY, that the water can be warm
for your benefit?' cried the old man.
No." answered Marjorie meekly, some
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
Two Lessons at Once

well known lawyer is telling a
good story about himself and his eff
forts to correct the manners of his of
flee boy. One morning not long ago
the youngster bounced into the Office
and, tossing his cap at a hook, ex-
claimed:
II say Mr.. Blank there's a football
match down at the park today, and
I'm going"
Now. the attorney is not hard
hearted man and was willing the boy
should go, but thought he would teach
him little lesson in good manners.
Jimmie" he said. that isn't the
way TO ask a favor Now, you come
over here and sit down, and I'll show
you how to do IT,"
The boy took the Office chair and his
employer picked up his cap and stepped
outside. He then opened the door
softly and, holding the cap in his hand
said quietly to the small boy in the
big chair:
please, sir. there is a football
match at the park today; II you can
spare me | would like to get away for
the afternoon"
In a fash the boy responded;
why, certainly, Jimmie and here
Is sixpence 10 spend while you're
there"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
The Lazy Violet
REGINA WATSON,
214 Sixth street, San Francisco. A
IL Years

The sunshine fairies and raindrop
elves had been down at work in the
ground calling the flowers to wake and
grow. 1t was spring. The birds were
all singing, and surely it was time for
the flowers to be putting forth their
delicate green leaves. All the plants,
even to the tiniest violets, hurried to
appear. That is, all but one sleepy,
young, lazy violet that just curled her
self UP and snuggled deeper, saying:
Il am tired; I don't want to get up
yet" So, while all the other flowers
and violets we're getting their new
dresses on and peeping up through the
ground to say, How do you do?" to
their old friend, the sun, this lazy violet
slept.
When the gardener came to look at
his garden he saw all the flowers up
and nodding in the breeze, except this
violet plant Long past time for that
violet to be up" he muttered. Guess
it isn't going to grow. I'll take it up
and plant something else that will grow
right away in its place." and with that
he pulled the lazy violet up, roots and
all, throwing it out on the ash heap
Then how the poor violet cried to think
she had been so lazy and was now
thrown out to wither without a chance
to bloom. She told a sympathetic robin
her sad story, telling him to be sure to
tell it to all lazy flowers, that they
might profit by her mistake.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14

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