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you" she said, smiling at them as
sweetly as their own dear mother could
have smiled. Come. tell me your
names" And she put her arms around
the little tot, stroking her haxen, silky
hair
And the three little ones talked very
nicely replying to all the pretty lady's
questions And Paul and Nell came close
too and Joined in the conversation. and.
strange as it may seem, Paul found him
self making acquaintance with the boy,
Freddy. Why. Freddy was an awfully
fine fellow. after all, and knew ever so
much about things. And Nell and the
older girl whose name was Betina Nell
thought it dear of a Nance got to chat
ting together and Nell found cut that
Betina knew how to make fudge. Bet
mas mamma had taught her And
Betlna could sew perfectly ioyeiy, too
Tor she knew how to cut and a, ye-y,
very well. She had Sor.. rs.t.rns Tor
doll ssdress which sic o.om.s.d /, lead
to Nell
And while the four olf.r ,nildren were
getting acquainted Nrl. and Paui's
mamma was making the hest Of friends
win the wee one, who was just little
uhrnhg, and SO sweet and clcnn. And
the morning ended by mainma sending
raul home with Freddy to asl, Frc,idy's
mothers permission for the c,..l%-m to
iemain at the big house for luncheon.
Ana when Paul and Freddy came run
ming back saying that Freddy and Bet
ina and the little one might remain to
luncheon Nell jumped up aud down In
gee And her mamma whispered to her
so that the little visitors might not hear:
You see. darling, how happy it has
made you to make others happy. too"
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tire, the oil extracted both from fruit
and stones when crushed is useful for
food, for light and for soap as wcr,
while the crushed stones still have Their
value. supplemen.'ng the died uung aud
roots OF poplar as fuel
"On the he,shts, at n far gre ter alti-
tude than either mulberry o. olive grow,
the hillsid,s are coNe.ed with vineyards
Tire pruGcd vine trunhs. several feet IN
length, were ~ ing along the siound v hen
we crossed the mountain. for the time
had not yet come to erect them and prop
them for the ue ! SEASONS ftu;t- 5eg ring
Strong ana hea',hy AIS they lo,a, and
tie reason Is worth rccortlis Rolr.i
the stem the viLs-dressers Gg olt the
earth to the depth OF loot or two aud
cut Off the upper roots. II TINT wee tot
done the sun would scor,h these g.. fGcs
'c-'Ci or tLe LLsslng r',w would b.~-d
th~l, While the DEF rr roofs ate safe from
bo.a.
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some capacity and that their mother did
plain sewing for people And to think
that these children of the poor should
dare to intrude their presence on him
self and his sister was quite enough to
put Paul In a very bad temper.
How dare you come to our play
placer" cried Paul. addressing the three
little strangers. This sliding place be-
longs to me an sister. An you'd best
go away quick. too
The three children. who were using
plain old bits of rough boards for slid
ers," stopped in their sport and looked
a bit abashed toward Paul Then the
little boy, who was the oldest of the
three. spoke in very gentle tones, apollo
getically:
I'VE didn't know that you owned this
place. he said. ITS down here by the
road and amt near to your house You
live In the fine big house atop the hill,
don't your
Yes, we live up yonder," replied Paul.
jcrsin bis curly head in the direction
Of his own home. But this place Is
o'rs. An you've no right here. you
haven't"
But we didn't know you were coming
acre today" spoke one of the little
girls, SWeet-faced fairy with great
open blue eyes. She stood on the steep
hillside holding her little rough slider
gathered closely in her arms. Her tiny
bit OF sister about four years of age,
stood cliaging to her frock for protec.
ton from the angry boy who was look
Ing down from the top of the bank OH
them.
'Aint there room enough for nil Of us
to slid" togetherT asked the boy You
see, when you and your sister are going
up the bank we can be sliding down,
Then we can all have fun together"
Pant and Nell were quite dumbfounded
10 e." that the poor boy-from down
in the common" quarter of the town
should dare to presume to play with
them and to insist on sharing the slid
pla"~
A. snoa as she could frame words Nell
caught hold of Paul and said in emphatic
tones Come, Brother. let's go home
anf '-'l mamma Notwithstanding chill
dren trying to take our place"
Paul thought his sister had suggested
tha !sest way out of the difficulty, ana
started with her toward their home
Afte- they had departed the strange boy
whoss name was Freddy-said to his
sisyersi We'll play here till we see
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them coming back. Then weIl take our
boards and go home. Maybe mamma can
hnd nice place close to our house where
we can slide You know, mamma can
always find things for us somehow"
Yes, mamma Is so good" replied the
Older girl. An so Is papa. dear"
Els. papa an nanny is dood.' lisped
little four-year-old Tottie
Then they went to sliding down the
embankment as fast as ever they could,
trying to crowd into the short space of
time all the fun possible.
Meanwhile Paul and Nell had reached
their home and had laid the matter of
their displeasure before their mother.
After listening till they had finished.
their mother began questioning them:
But, my dears. the place does not be-
long to you. Papa doesn't own that piece
of land where the sliding place is
But we got it ilrst the gardener found
1t for us" contended Paul. An we own
1t by rights"
Their mother shook her head. mo.
many other people have made use of that
same embankment before we moved here,
my children Suppose some of those per
sons should come and drive you away.
declaring they owned the place because of
having uSeu IL uTSl. Ou, my uedT luui
and Nell, you must not have such thoughts
of proprietorship-ju because you played
on the spot first. 1t belongs to those
little children much rs 1t belongs to
you. In fact, the embankment is on city
ground. for it is part of the roadway. 1t
will be leveled in time, and then 1t will
be used by folks in common. And about
these three little children. whom you
think to be intruders, tell me Of them.
Why should not you all play together?'
They come from down in the hollow,
explained Paul. They live in such n
little poor place Tommy Grant says they
are common people"
But aren't they nice and clean?" asked
their mamma
''Oh, they look nice and clean" said
Nell. The little girls are awfully
pretty, mamma
IN go to the sliding place with you"
said their mamma. Then we'll settle
the matter about whose right TO play
there should prevail"
Within few minutes Paul. Nell and
their mamma appeared at the sliding
place and the three little strangers
quickly prepared to withdraw. But Paul's
and Nells mother called to them to stay.
Come, want to get acquainted with
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III hour and Iui.E tie lob So he ruked
with a will-tryins ~ forget bis dissp
pei. tsent-tbi the clSoh strxck 9 Then
he ran to his room, tidtsd himself a bit
kissed his mother goodbye and hurried
to the corner where he board Ell street
ear and rode of towards the city.
Ms Heart. with market basket "a her
arm, also left the house huD1iax a
merry tune as sha planned On ia extra
fas dinner In hosor Of her husbands
brothers arrival. II an so sorry dear
charlie has to Miss the concert" sns
Unused AZ she selected some fruit fro's
nearby fruit stand. "But--he shall
attend the noxt Quo, | hope
When Charlie reached tho railroad
station In the city lie found It wanted
but ave minutes TIL the train on which
bis Uncls WIS to arrive should pull into
the shed So he took his stand beside
the gate and waited While waiting,
boy OF his own size stood near him,
whistling one Of the latest popular airs.
Charlie had heard the melody from
comic OPERA several times before and
was extremely pleased with It. He now
made up bis mind to buy tho piece IA
sheet form, aud found biniseIf trylas
70 hum the air. ia get II en- my violin
bat had tho opportunity to hear 1t
a dozen times
Then the train came punsng int the
yard and Charlie forgot everything save
his arriving kinsman whom he saw all.
vsnsins with the crowd towards the
open gate. Hello Uncle DaVia" he
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by just listening to the orchestra and
the xolosts.''
But you may attend the next concert
promised Charles mother. II Am 80
sorry, darling, that you will be dlsap-
pointed this afternoon: but you under
stand the circumsta noes. and know that
only you have the time to go to meet
Uncle David. Papa can't leave the store
and have the dinner to fix. And /
must do my marketing. too and tidy up
the spare room for our Iisitor'
'Oh, of course. Mamma. I'll gs to
meet Uncle David, an. be most happy to
see him, too. for he's jolly and good.
and well all enjoy having him with US
for q nice visit. but-you know | hear
50 little really good music and sss
learas so much by just hearing the sest
musicians. You know. Mamma. II Ii
my ambition to become hea Of an err
chestra Of my own when | sm grown Up.
and | must use every available means
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Who Owned II?
A STORY FOR LITTLE ONES. BY FLORENCE DAVIS

And so Nell and Paul had played much
Of the time during the summer. and come
to feel that they owned the little sliding
place. And now, away into October, they
spert many Saturday mornings at their
pleasure ground, sliding with the same
joy that had marked their first expert
ence on the embankment.
"All right, sister," said Paul on the
morning Of which l write. I'm run, get
the sliders and we'll go and have lots of
fun till mamma calls US to luncheon"
So he soon reappeared with the two
"sliders'' under his arm and together the
two little ones ran OF toward their slid.
ing place.
When they reached the bank, however,
they stood open-mouthed and wide-eyed.
There they beheld three little children
sliding down their sliding place Nell
looked at Paul; Paul looked at Nell.
Then the former spoke: How dare those
kids to come to our ylay placer
And the latter replied: Yes. how dare
they7 Let's go an drive 'em away"
a very tnrea tening way toward the In
truders The three little children be-
longed to the town and Nell and Paul re-
membered having seen them coming
and going from schoo. They lived In
little wood cottage down the rond apiece,
in the poorest quarters OF the suburb.
Paul had heard somehow that the chill
dreu's father worked on the railroad In
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DIAGONAL.


This diagonal contains Elk words Of six
SrxArs ea,h. II the words are rightly
EsaSsed and written one below another In
hsir correct order, their diagonal letters
o,siDuing WITH tic top left-hand letter
sd srjiIs sith the lower right-hand let
s.s Will spell the name of a small animal
s7r,se fur is very valuable. The cross
surss are 1. A bug. 2. A place of COM
,asts happiness. 8. Things that grow in
&. ssseen. 4. A wild fowl much relished
ar food. 8. A blossom. g. An rctor.
LETTER ENIGMA.
x. fl-.t ia In head, but not in hat;
" second Is In strike. but not sn bat;
Hy third is in king, but not in crown;
NJ fonrih is in city, but not in town;
NJ fifth Is In meat, but not In fry;
aIy sixth Is in over. but not In high.
lily whole spells the name
OF PEOPLE most queer:
They live midst the snow
Throughout lie whole year.
WORD SQUARE
My l. A body of water.
Ny 2. A female relative.
Ny 8. Something tied closely
Ny A. A girls name.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
DIAGONAL-GO Cr0ss-toOrds: l.
<yris. 2. Board. 3. Floor. 4. Flask. s.
Flame.
PEHEA DINGS AND CURTAILTNGS-
1 Scdre-cGr. 2. Trdmp-rdn,. g. FiieS-He.
HIDDEN INVENTOR PUZZLE-MOrse.
VO, d. containing initial letters /. Man,
g. Old. !. Rich. 4. Sick. 8. Ear.
PRIMAL ACROSTIC - CdrusO. Pic.
tered cords /. Cat 2 Artist. 3 Rocks
Urn r. Socks g oral
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The Glad Ending of Charles Disappointment

Uncle David. But he says business must
be looked after by himself every hour
till closing time. So l have conceived
the idea of a happy surprise for papa
Wen not tell him that his brother. dear
old Uncle David, is here Well just
have dinner all ready when papa comes
home, and after he has seated himself
at the head of the table I'll slip to the
living room and beckon to Uncle Da
vid to come in. He'll quietly walk In
and sit at papa's left. Then won't papa
look surprised? And won't he be hap
py2 He hasn't seen his brother for
three years.
But In spite Of his mothers happy
plans and sunny antcipatons Charlie
continued to look gum. Il had built so
much on going to the concert this after
noon," he urged. Il get so many ideas
for handling my violin when hear others
play Now, there is to . g such n fine
Program. and would learn ever so much
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~ II. come. Brother" cried little Nell
me bright Saturday morning "It's
JUS lovely today, an we can go to
~ our slidin place an have such lots

~ II. come Brother" cried little Nell
me bright Saturday morning. tie
JUS lovely today, an we can so to
onr slidin' place an have such lots
CO fan. Come hurry up. Brother"
Brother" whose real name was Paul,
ran to tie front yard to Join his sister.
he fraud her In jacket and hat, ready for
. mornings sport down at Their sliding
place. which was situated on the steep
intline of Little embankment that lay
C.osa to the beginning Of suburban
ktse.t Paul aLd Na!l lived In the most
osi!xntfdl CITY suburb all the year around.
end dur'ng Il g summer had found much
pleasure in. sliding down the above-men-
tonsL embankment. sitting on smooth
little boards which the good old gardener
had prepared for them. Indeed 1t was the
1i1 gardener who had first initiated them
TITO the sport OF sliding" He had told
them In his simple way: when l was
ycungster, my little friends, J didn't have
such pls ythings as you youngsters OF 10
Ia, Lave. Climbing. swimming and slid
:rs were my sports An l ttinA ! liked
~, aiding best CT all. for that could be
Aai !c.h wipter ara sumner. Yot see,
ia tho wiuter we slid dowA the hill on
she SHOW. IN the summer ", slid down
Il On the dirt Hee hee, but it was fun,
su1:rG IVES"
And so Neil and Paul he'd begged the
r<d nsn ~ plain the game Of sliding to
tss... wbhrh Ne did roost gladly; and he
wa: ~~sa fsr%hse. fo~ he prepared two
Slne isiis l-oards sor them to use as
~at1s.ea." roEy, the elders were to be
sat apc, sr.. would ''scoo.' down the
~Dnsta ...;:aca O; the enbanknent. which
-, OF just tire right incline FOR the Sport,
Assl Ser, nSsr to tne eud Ot the little
Sts>s:. Ja~t oa tho incest level l.,nce Then
s~i and FAIL Al: J-,~p 81 ..e -,:.Ie@.
and walk un a Little ar'L "es~ ..,sy
an:o the bank close beside the sliding
c.ace. And in their ar,us they would
carry the "siiders," for the old gnrdener
had thoughtfully made them Of very light
q God,
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which had been placed in the hail Mrs
Heart smiled In the most surprised and
pleased way and said he would better
carry the box into the living room where
1t could be opened while Charlie was ut
work with his evening chores
And so, while Mrs. Heart kept Charlie
busy for half an hour running errands
and Mt one thing ana another, Mr. David
was very busy opening the heavy box and
arranging something behind a tall screen
near to the coor which opened into the
dining room. When everything was done
to his taste he went to Mrs. Heart and
said; Now, Mary. you must ask me to
show book to Tom ~ soon as we have
exchanged greetings at the dinner table
III say 1t Is In my bag In the living room
and will go there to get 1t. Presto pass!
Charles surprise viii then be set In mo
ton"
That evening. exactly Mt 7 O'Clock, Mr.
Tom ucnrt came home Tie found his
wife and son waiting for him at the gate
Dinner is all ready, Papa" smiled Mrs
Heart
And I'm hungry enough to do II Jus
tice, Mamma mine" laughed Mr.. Heart
kissing his wife nnd shaping Charlie on
the shoulder "lIow nre you Pair he
asked Of Charlie.
Hungry enough to eat my hat" de-
clarcd Charlie
within hye minutes Mr.. Heart. Mrs.
Heart and Tom were Mt table and Just
AS Mr.. Heart wns about to ofrer thanks
for the meal set before him. n step was
heard and he glanced to his left to see a
toll. grey bearded gentleman seating him
self calmly ut table. or course. the sur
prise was splendid, and there never were
two happier brothers than the Heart
brothers, and Mr.. Tom could scarcely
get his mind on the dinner long enough
to serve II. for he had 30 many questions
to ask OF Mr. David about his trip, etc.
"Oh, David show Tom the book you
brought to him" And Mrs. Heart looked
as Innocent as though she were not a
party to q SCHEME" Then Mr. David
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towards that end Butts getting
along toward ! O'Clock, and | must get
my work In the yard done, myself dressed
and Off to the station. 1t takes three
quarters Of an hour to reach the sta
ton, you know. So | must get busy"
And | must run pstairs and tidy
the spare room aud open the windows to
let in the fresh air and sunshine. Then
off to market with ny basket on my
arm. and back to get the dinner" said
happy Mrs. Heart
Charlie went Into he big front yard
and completed raking away the fallen
leaves. He had begun the work early
that morning ut being Saturday,, and
now he hoped to have the yard looking
"ship-shape" before his uncle should ar
rive. He had dropped the work an hour
ago. then planning to rest before dress
ing to attend the concert in the city
But now that he should have TO give up
the concert, re might as well work hnlt
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Mt once, so that our town will become
part of the city
While his mother was speaking Charlie
stood with head hanging in an attitude
Of disappointment. Il do Wish our
streets had their names now and our
houses their numbers" he declared.
Then Uncle David could so easily ind
the pa' without our having to meet
him. | 90 so hate to miss the concert.
You know my violin teacher plays
solo this afternoon. and | do want to
hear him. And you know. Mamma. how
| do love music Aud we have SO little
OF it,
Yes, dear, but youll have to go to
the station 10 meet your Uacle David.
for II IL impossible for me to do SO.
shall have to hurry around and get the
house In order for our visitor and GO to
market for things for our evening din
her. IL papa could get way from his
store ! would phone him to 60 to meet
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cried out cheerily, rushing forward to
grasp his uncle's hand.
We'll well. and so It's little Charlie!-
or, I'd best say big Charlie for you've
grown tremendously since last saw you
Let's see, It's been three years since |
PAID you visit In the old home And
now your daddy has u fine place In a
newly laid out suburb where you are
masters OF your surroundings. ehf Well.
how goes the new homer"
"Oh. we like It ever 30 much" re
plled Charlie. leading the way to tho
waiting room And Wen like 1t better
after We get the street names on the
street lamps and the numbers on tho
houses. You see, it's hard to find one
there-unless you know just where to
go"
But you received my wire o. X,
didn't your asked Mr.. David Heart.
"Oh. yes you sec. the town IL so
small that every one knows where
every one else lives There is a little
telegraph office Just around the corner
from us"
81 sent the wire to the new suburb
instead OF to your fathers place of
business and come to meet me So 4
I've might think 1t his duty to leave his
business and come to meet me- So |
telcgraphed to your mother. asking that
you or she meet me-"
And here l am" smiled Charlie
really forgetting the concert In his plens-
ure Of seeing his Jolly uncle once again
Mr.. David Heart called taxicab and
had his trunk and a great box put up In
front while he and Charlie occupied
the passengers seat. 1t was a dne long
ride land cost a pretty sum, as Charlie
knew to the suburb where Charles
mother stood at the gate waiting fer
them. And she explained how she had
planned complete surprise for her hus-
band Mr.. David entered into the scheme
with whole heart. Once while Charlie
was busy at some chsre he beckoned
Mrs. Heart aside and whispered some
thing TO her. pointing to the big box
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Wise Little Wallace.

Wishing to assure herself that her four
year-old boy, Wallace, would be able to
identify himself should he get lost. his
mother tested him with the following re-
suits:
Mother-What Is your name. little one
Wallace-Yaudy.
Mothor-What is your mothers name
WallaCe-Mamma.
Mother-What Is your atherS pane
Wallace Papa.
Mothcr-Where do you live,
Wnllace-ln this house.
Whereupon it was thought .rs. 20 ut.
tach Il tag to him contdiLtls inr,sma-
ton o. a more Illuminating character.
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IBY Maud Walker. |

~HARLIE, darling, you will not be
able to go to the concert this
" afternoon" 1t was Mrs. Heart
~ speaking to her son Charlie.
Here is a wire, Just received
from your uncle David informing us that
he will arrive on the 3 o'clock train and
asks one Of us to meet him. You know
he has never visited US here and would
have some difficulty in locating our house
as we are in the suburb where the num-
bers have not been put on the houses.
1t Is an inconvenience, isn't 1t, to live
in new suburb where there are no
means Of finding ones house except
through inquiry. But papa says the city
council has issued an order that we
have numbers and street nnmeS printed
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"A movement has been started by wealthy
men In France for the purpose OF giving
protection to the big game Of the world.
II the proposed society is established IL
IN planned to carry the operations
throughout the entire world
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II ms above pictured words nre
rightly En~ssea aAd placed In their
correct orler their initial letters
will spen the name of sewing
-unA chino Inventor.