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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

first and second prize will be given in this department each
week for the best two papers of letters submitted in the contest
by boys and girls of public school age.
The first prize will be dollar in cash. with the usual sub
scrpon alternative desired and the second prize will be
handsome book
Contributions be from $50 300 words in length
be written side of the only signed with ad
dress school and grade and be entirely original and the work of
the person who signs and submits it.
Papers for this competition must be addressed Aunt Laurie
Herald Junior The Herald Los Angeles CAL
Topic Moving In Either describe the arrival of neigh
bos the time when you moved what part of the work you did
and the interesting things found Papers this subject
be received in this office not later than Thursday August 49, for
publication August %.
Topic "A Week Without Cook" Tell what you did with
anyone get the meals How when you tried to cook you
burned everything and all the funny experiences Papers must
not be than THREE HUNDRED words in length and must
be this office than Thursday August 25 for
publication September 4.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
STOLE CHILD IN THE NIGHT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I will tell you of a little girl who
was captured by some thieves. She
had been sick with cold during the
day, so she went to bed early.
During the night she was lying
awake when she heard some one come
into the room. In a minute they came
to her and said:
II heard you cough, so 1 thought I
had better take you to the doctor;
come get up"
Louise got up and dressed herself
and they walked softly down stairs
together.
At the gate they found horse and
buggy.
Il thought We were going to walk"
said Louise, for they had no horse and
buggy.
Il did not think you were strong
enough, so l ordered horse and bug
gy. Hurry, now, jump up" said the
man.
Now Louise thought her father acted
very funny. OF course she thought
this man was her father. She could
not see well enough in the darkness to
be sure that he was.
After they had ridden a long time
in the darkness Louise said:
Papa, there are no trees near the
road going to town. l thought we were
going to town"
The man was so puzzled that he did
not say anything till the buggy
stopped and then he said:
Come, jump out"
Louise got down slowly and was
taken into a dark cave where at the
other end they could see lights burn
ing. They walked on and the man led
her to room in the back part.
There they found candle burning
and bed of straw on one side of the
room. The man told her to go to
bed and then he went to blow out the
light.
Louise crept into bed and as she lay
awake she could hear the men laugh
ing and joking.
Louise lived with the robbers for
over year While she was there she
saw some rings and other jewelry that
used to belong to her mother.
One day she was drawing a bucket
of water from a spring, when she saw
a friend in the distance and ran to
him. He took her back to her home.
IRENE WATRY,
Third Street school, Santa Ana.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
WRITER'S CONTEST

First prizeeen Dearing Casco street school, grade 7;
II years
Second prze-Edna Murphy 1910 East Seventh Long
Beach.
Honorable menon-Irene Way Third street school, grade
Santa Ana Madeline Evans, Palms, r. F. D. box 1876 Frank
Tom Howell 44 Crocer Boyd street school, Betty Chap
1854 East Ninth street. Ninth street school, grade
UNFINISHED STORY
First przeEsther Wrottenberg, Garfield school, grade g.
Santa Monica.
Honorable mention-Nadehe Evans, Palms. r. F. d. box 95
LIMERICK CONTEST
Girls prize-Phylis Wilson, 643 South Workman
Boys prizeWalace Phelps, 112 Pasadena Garfield
school, grade g. age 9.
Honorable mentionRamon S Davis 243 East Adams
Thrtieth street school, grade IL John Osanna BraWley
Evelyn Weldon 652 Workman street. Griffin school, w.
Clarence Wright 40 West Fifteenth street. g. grade
ARTISTS CONTEST
First pze-N[ott Haines, 2215 South Main street. Thrtieth
school,
Second prize-Hans Wagner box 52o Orange.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

for her, but she realized that she was
prisoner on the island, far away from
the frequented ocean ways.
A few days after she arrived she dis
covered that the reason she had been
so rudely kidnapped was because the
leader of the brigands, in his uncouth
way, was desperately in love with her
She had to allow him to pay court to
her, because she knew she was in his
power, but as he was a gentleman and
- always was looking out for her COM
fort he did not annoy her greatly, and
she was left to herself a great part of
the time.
She spent nearly a year in this place,
roaming over the island, and even en-
joying herself sometimes, but always
she kept watch for any sign of a ship.
At last she began to grow diseour-
aged, but one morning she awoke to
see a white sail far away on the hori-
zon. As quickly as possible she hung
one of her wonderful colored dresses
where it could be seen from the ship
but not from land. Soon Cfterward she
that friends were on board
That evening, when the brigands
were all fast asleep, she took lantern
and guided a small boat from the ship
into the bay, and was soon locked in
the arms of her father, who had been
LOOKING IOf neF ever. SINCE Sfl6 ndQ
disappeared.
Silently and swiftly they sailed away
from the island to their home, and in
the morning one of the men on the
island found one of O-sai-san's dresses
hanging where it could be seen from
the ocean but not from land.
Does the story end here? Not quite.
One morning the next week the
brigands awoke to find themselves
prisoners on their own island. but un
der guard of the soldiers of the en-
peror Uchida. They were punished
for their past conduct, and all finally
became peaceful men and now do busi-
ness in the city of Toxic
Their leader was a very sensible
man, and when he saw he could not
win the love of O-sai-san he submitted
quietly to his fate and sent her a
beautifully embroidered tea cloth on
the day she was married to the young
man of her choice. Yours with love,
MARIE DUNLAP.
Beaumont high school, grade Conn
pleted). Box 25S, Beaumont, Cal
This story is very good, but because
of its length did not receive prize.
am SO sorry, for think it is very fine.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
RAIDED A DRY GOODS STORE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
"Helpl" cried the stage-driver.
Whats up! What is the matter!p
We're the exclamations of the passen-
gers.
The horses bits had been jerked by
someone ahead of them.
pile out of this said one brigand
"Reach for the stars said another.
Don't Shoot" said some of the men,
walk right on down the road" said
the leader, but first empty your
pockets"
The brigands unhitched the horses
from the stage and rode to their cav
ern, which, when lighted on the in
side was very beautiful, for the little
stalactites shone like diamonds.
When they reached their rendezvous
they divided the treasure and opened
the mail sacks and got five thousand
dollars $4,000.
As it was coming on winter the men
needed clothes, and so the next night
they went to a nearby town and plum
dered the dry goods store and got all
the clothes they would need.
THE trees are perty now" said one
of the robbers.
Sure they are" said another,
And they were right, the trees had
Just taken on their red and yellow
leaves and were indeed beautiful.
They went back into the cavern and
went to supper which was served in a
rude fashion, simply boiled potatoes
from a farm nearby and the meat of
a COW they had killed.
The stage-driver had gone down the
road, on the night of the robbery, and
then had como back and followed the
robbers and had found their abode.
Three days afterward several con-
stables made a raid on the cavern
and captured the ruffians and put them
all in the penitentiary.
After the men had served their terms
they started out new and right and led
decent lives.
Hoping to win a prize, am,
Your nephew,
EDGAR HULL,
Pinchot, Calf, Grade 8, Pinchot Pub
lie school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

aGerwa-d found that he never robbed
poor people, but gave them money OF
his own.)
I'VE fell to talking and their leader,
Robin Hood, as we had rightly sup
posed him to be. told us that they
were in need of about two strong and
brave men in their company and
asked If we would not join them. My
friend declined, but readily accepted
the offer. Robert went on his way
while / stayed with the outlaws.
"Robin Hood was very generous and
would often treat his enemies to a
meal when they had come intending
to take lin t, the gallows. They had
to pay for it, though, by emptying
their purses.
There was one man, a friar, whom
Robin could not beat in wrestling,
riding toward us. Our leader had al
ways came out tie, and this made
them very good friends.
1--WE were the champions of Queen
Eleanor at a shooting and as we won
the match some recognized us. We
had contested the kings bowmen, who
were supposed to be the best through
out all England. King Richard had
promised to let us depart in peace be-
fore he knew who we We're. He had
admired our skill so much that he
wanted to see more of us and make
Lc loyal subjects.
zone morning we saw about twelve
or thirteen monks $50 we supposed)
riding toward us. Our leader had al
ways hated priests, for he had lost his
estate through the cunning of one, so
he resolved to rob those coming to-
ward us. But the one whom he judged
to be the abbot said:
" But we are going on a message
for the king
Then Robin cried: God save the
kingi'
They talked together little while
and he toll them to come and dine
with him, saying, You would not be
so used were you not the kings SER
wants
"Then our leader blew his horn and
we all came marching in such fine
order that the abbot thought, 1T is a
fine sight
"'The abbot asked Robin If he would
be loyal and faithful subject of the
king if he were pardoned. Robin re-
piled that he was tired of the life
he led and would be the most faithful
and loving Of all the kings subjects.
ct am King Richard, said the
stranger. and we all fell down on our
knees. He told us to stand up and
he freely granted pardon to every
be worthy of the trust ne now placed
in us and be loyal subjects in the fu-
tCre:" ELEANOR SARGENT.
Age 13, grade g. Box 104, r. f. d.
No. ?, Redlands, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

to take, but soon I began to float
somewhere, and then at last l found
myself lying on-no. not on my leafy
bed in the woods, but in my bedroom.
Someone was holding my pulse and a
voice said:
"Oh, doctor, he is coming to!"
I recognized the voice as that of my
mother.
1t seems that had been found in
the woods, where I had fallen asleep,
with fever, which had resulted in a
bad case of pneumonia, during a week
of which 1 had been delirious. 1t was
then that 1 had my experience with
the Mystery Brigands in Mexico.
HELEN MARIE FERGUSON.
3246 Emmett street, L. A. high school,
grade 10, age Is.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

voice said, you've gotter Iarn ter
mind when yer spoke to when yer a
member of the Myst'ry Brigands, dye
See?"
To myself I confessed that l could
see nothing but a band of ruffians.
II didn't ask to join your band" l
said aloud, 'and l don't intend to do
So"
eve don't care what you intend to
do, sonny. Our captain wants you to
join us, so join us ye SHALL" was the
rejoinder.
So was made a brigand and my
clothing was changed to those of a
brigand before 1 could clearly realize
what had happened.
1 was put on the food committee, the
duties of which committee were to
hunt, kill and prepare animals, fish
and fowl for all meals. l found many
wonderful things and places in and
around the cave. I was shared in
these pleasure expeditions by some few
other boys that happened to belong to
our band. l accompanied the men on
many marvellous expeditions, but on
the whole such life seemed to me
not nearly so pleasant as l had for
merly thought it to be, and / found
myself longing for home. l watched
for a chance to escape and one night
when all We're asleep I took Captain
Orin's key and unlocking the rock door
l went out in the darkness, but to
freedom. l knew not which direction
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
JOINED MYSTERY BRlGANDs

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 was sleeping on a bed of leaves in
a woods when all at once l was aWak-
ened. rather rudely, as 1 thought.
Someone shook me and at the same
time I heard a voice saying:
"Wake up now. We want you to
join the right honorable Mystery Brig
ands.'
1 suppose most OF my senses must
have disappeared with the severe
shaking l had received, for l did not
notice my surroundings, but sat up
and loudly screamed for help. [ had
not screamed a very long time when
1 suddenly stopped in surprise Where
were the familiar woods in which 1
had fallen asleep? Now 1 was in a
cave which was lighted only by few
flickering torches. When my eyes
grew accustomed to the dim light
concluded that there must be at least
fifty brigands in the cave.
The captain was different from the
rest inasmuch as his neck and waist
draperies were concerned. They were
green instead of red.
l had not long to muse upon my
surroundings, for all at once / felt the
forcible boot toe of somebody, while
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
KING RICHARD GRANTS PARDON

Dear Aunt Laurie:
This Year with the Brigands" was
told by oswald of Wentworth.
My friend Robert of Lincoln and 1
were going through Sherwood forest
to a neighboring town, when out of
thicket came about twenty tall men,
Nineteen of these were clad in green
while the twentieth was clothed in
scarlet. This man, who seemed to be
the leader, informed us that they
would relieve us of our purses. AS it
happened we did not have very much
money, so it did not take long. eve
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
KIDNAPPED A BOY FOR COOK

Dear Aunt Laurie:
AS awoke the soft morning breezes
were blowing in my face, faint per-
fume of wild flowers was in the air.
On opening my wondering eyes found
myself in a sort of bower Of boughs
cleverly interviewer with vines
In far corner of the cave house I
heard low voices. AS the effect of the
sleeping potion that had been given
me the night before was wearing off I
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
INCREASE OF WAGES.

TIE threatened railroad strikes have
been zVerted and the increase made in
wages to employees amounts to ten mil
lions a year. It is not to be expected
that this ten millions IS TO come out
OF ire railroads instead of the patrons,
for that would be an inpossibilty- The
-siEroad nez earn their wages and no
one ventures to claim that they are
ovsrpaid. even now IT is pleasant to
know that their wages ere satisfactory
saE the public should be glad to do
itz part IN contributing 10 their com
fort which IS really promoting their
e-EcienS
II WI 5e = good tla1g for all con-
cer1ed when political Interference with
these great corporations becomes a
thing OF the psst, and under rational
and 51st regulations eAeS VIII he able
TO dc q thriving business and give bet
ter saGEfz ction-
The country does not need eighty
seven NEW laws on railroads. since one
good taU is sufficient Less law max
ing Ez6 more common sense would
prove Of advantage to these corpora
tIons ard 70 the people.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
THEY ARE CONFIDENT.

While the s6e.e0e soft-coaI miners
On . strike feel confident that they
VII win chefr cause in thirty days,
the other side claims that there is am =
PIE eozI far two or three months on
hand. AID rezzt q compromise is more
probable than q victory
TIE source Of the trouble is the Pc
rio6SeaI rensEaI Of the wage agree
inert bstween the miners and the OPP
orators. accompanied by the demand
for an increase in certain wage scales
principally 3 raise Of 10 cents a ton
for shot 1irers. together with certain
improved mining conditions.
TIE miners contend that While the
cost OF living has increased so per
cent during the last ten years wages
have increased only u II per cent
This argument has often been adj
vznced before. but its force viii appe al
stronger this time TO public sentiment,
although not TO the operators, mas
much as the larger wage scale ask ed
would add many thousands of dollars
70 the expense Of running the rniIRs
each year The operators. of course
uz5zsasn that wage increase would
haze 70 come out of the consumer.
This is where the shoe always
p41cases- These increases cause other
Increases and when the Equilibrium
gets established once more the reIss-
ten OF cost OF living to earnings Is
sometimes better and sometimes WORSE.
The moves made upon the industrial
checkerboard not infrequentIy com
TIstesy cleckn1ate labor.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
The Boy that was Scaret O. Dyin'.

Once there was a boy that was
dreadful scaret o dyin'. Some folks
is that way, you know; they amt
never done it to know how it feels, and
they're scaret- And this boy was that
way He want very rugged, his health
was sort o. slim, and mebbe that made
him think about sech things more. IT
any rate, he was terrible Scaret o. dyin.
IT was a long time ago, this was-the
time when posies and creatures could
talk SOS folks could know what they
was Sayin'.
And one day, as this boy, his name
was Reuben forget his other name
as Reuben was settin' under a tree,
an ellum tree, cryin', he heerd a little,
little bit of a voice-not squeaky, you
know, but small and thin and soft like
and he see twas a posy talkin'. IT
was one o them posies they call Ben
janins, with three -cornered whitley
blowths with a mite o. pink on 'em,
and it talked in kind O. pinly- white
for. Reuben?" And he says, "Cause
I'm searet o dyin', says he; I'm
dreadful scaret o. dyin'.'' Well, what
do you think? That posy jest laughed
the most Gurus little pinl1y white
laugh t was-and it says, the Ben
jarnin says: "Dyin, Scaret O dyin'?
Why. [ die myself every single year o.
my life Die yourself!" says Reuben.
You're foolin'; you're alive this min
ute" Course L be-" says the Ben
jarnin; but that's neither here nor
there-Fve died every year sence I can
remember Don't it hurt % says the
boy. mo, it don't" says the posy;
Its real nice. You see, you get kind
o. tired a-holdin' up your head straight
and Iookin' peart and wide awake, and
tired o. the sun silinin' so hot, and the
winds BLOWN you to pieces, and the
bees a-takin' your honey. So it's nice
to feel sleepy and kind o. hang your
head down, and get sleepier and sleep
Ter, and then find you're droppin' off.
Then you wake up Jest t the incest
time o. year, and come up and look
round. and-Why, I like to die. I do"
But soneways that didn't help Reuben
much as you'd think I amt a. posy,"
he think to himself, land meblbe I
wouldn't come up"
Well, another time me was settin' on
a stone in the lower pastur', cryin'
again, and he heerd another Gurus lit
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

Growing trees for profit is becoming
more and more of an accepted indus
try in every part of the country. 1t
has already been demonstrated that
there is a good profit in forestry.
whether the forest is acquired already
stocked by nature or the investor
plant his own trees, and it strikes one
as rather remarkable that a periodical
of such standing and authority as The
Engineering News should ask: who
can be expected to plant trees for use
fifty years hence?"
Why fifty years." There are, of
course, certain trees that would not
yield a profitable growth of timber
even in that period: but there are many
others that will yield profitable returns
in very much less time. If we leave
out of consideration the fruit trees
as we infer The News has in mind the
growing of trees for fuel or for timber,
chiefly the latter-there are many kinds
of trees that will yield their grower a
good profit within a reasonable life
time. Even the cedars will give a fair
account of themselves in something
like 40 or 45 years. 1t is useless for
anyone that expects to reap the har-
vest to plant slow growing oaks; but
the catalpa, for instance, will yield
handsome, returns in a comparatively
few years.-Columbia Is. CO State.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
Limited TaSte for Cranberry Sauce.

Sad to relate, it does not pay Cape
Codders to raise their best possible
crop OF cranberries. At least this is
the conclusion that is being forced up
on the contemporary bog owners. The
past season was an exceptionally good
one for cranberry production. Every
body had a big crop. Consequently the
market was glutted and prices went so
low that profits were disappointment
small. Even holding the berries for
the mid winter rise in prices did not
bring the desired reward, and it would
seem as though cranberry. raising is an
industry in which profits are largely
dependent on circumstances. Given a
favorable season, with no early frosts
and no worm ravages or. other calani-
ties and consequent abundant crops,
the other hand, if the growers suffer
or the fire worm, or if frosts swoop
down unawares in the early autumn
and damage the crops. those who are
lucky enough to escape reap golden
profits with their berries. But al
though it is a comparatively small
number who benefit in this way in the
so-called off seasons the profits are
so alluring that more and more bogs
are being made, with the result of over
production. The conclusion which this
ind icates is that this country has a
linn tied appetite for cranberry sauce,
and the growers are now wondering
if Europe could not be educated in
that line sufficiently to build up an ex-
port trade.-Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

tie voice. 'Twa'n't like the posy's
voice, but twas a little woolly, soft
fuzzy voice, and he see twas a cater
pillar a-talkin' to him. And the cater
pillar says, in his fuzzy little voice, he
says, What you cryfn' for, Reuben p
And the boy, he says, I'm powerful
scaret O. dyin, that's why, he says
And that fuzzy caterpillar he laughed
"Dyin'!" he says I'm lottin' on dyin
myself. All m family he says, Idle
every once in a while, and when they
wake up they're jest splendid-got
wings, and fly about, and live on honey
for anything." he says. I'm Iottin' on
it, But somehow that didn't chirk
up Reuben much. Il amt a 1caterpil-
lar" he says, and mebbe I wouldn't
wake up at ALL"
Well, there was lots o. other things
talked to that boy, and tried to help
him-trees and posies and grass and
crawlin' things, that WAS alters a-dyin
and Twin, and Twin and dyin'- Reu-
ben thought it didn't help him any. bun
guess it did a little mite, for he
couldn't help tninkin' o. what they
every one on 'em said. But he was
scaret all the same.
And one summer he begun to fail UP
faster and faster, and die got so tired
he couldn't hardly hold his head up,
but he was scaTet all the same. And
one day he was 1ayiR on the bed, and
lookin' out o the east winder, and the
sun kept a-shinin' in his eyes till he
shet 'em UP, and he fell asleep. He
had a real good nap, and when he
woke up he went out to take a walk.
And he begun to think o. what the
poSies and trees and creaturS had said
about dyin, and how they laughed at
his bein' scaret at it, and he says to
himself, why, someways I don't feel
so scaret today, burt L s'pose 1 be-
And jest then what do you think he
done? Why. he met a Angel. He'd
never seed one afore, but he lznowed it
right Off And the Angel says. "-Ain't
you happy, little boy?" And Reuben
says. Wen, would be, only I'm so
dreadful scaret o. dyin'. 1t must be
terrible GURUS he says, "to be dead"
And the Angel says, why, you be
dead" And he was.
*From ''Story-Ten Lib" by Annie
TrumbuH Slosson. Published by
Charles Scribners Sons.