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That remains for the boy to find out, explained Walt. But if he is really and truly sorry for what he has done, and asks to go through with the exams again. and promises to do 1t honestly. why, I am sure the teacher will be only too glad to help him on the right road. Our teachers are interested in us--more than we are in ourselves, sometimes. And one has never known a teacher to turn boy down for confessing to a wrong act. It's for not confessing, but for keeping on In his evil ways that brings about a teach CTS condemnation, and the condemnation of the world"
 Well. I'll or, mean the boy will go to the teacher and do as you advise" said Tommy. "But- Watt What about the club? If this boy confesses to this meanness-will they allow him to re. main q member? And 1t would ruin him if the club were to turn him out in disgrace"
 He should have thought of that be- fore he committed the wrong." said Walt. The truth is, I really believe his con- science would hurt him more if he re- mained in the club, and kept silent, than the censure of the club can hurt him. He will have the consolation that he came out on the side of honesty. And think all the boys will look at it in that light. There is but one thing to do-be honest with yourself-I mean the boy must be honest with himself. regardless of consequences. And the consequences will not be half so hard to bear as the knowledge that he is a liar and de- ceiver. That would gnaw Into his con- science and heart each day."
 Tommy walked along, head down. Then. seizing Waits hand, he exclaimed: walt. you are right There is but one thing to do-be honest with yourself I'll never forget what you have just said to me. You have opened up n new avenue of thought to me-the thought of honesty to ones self. So many never think of
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life had been taken by him. He knew what his parents would say. But here before him hobbled in a helpless way a winged sparrow. What should he do with 1t? According to the sportsman's. law, the bird was his to do what he chose with it. The others of the hunters would not think of touching it.
 "Well, why don't you put your heel on 1t and finish it?' asked one of the band. You look as though you were afraid of it. Shall kill it for you, Brave Hun ter?" And the heartless fellow made as if to crush the bird with his foot.
 Don't touch it!' cried Hugh, and his face flushed crimson. Its mine, under stand, and I'll do what I want to with it!' Then he stopped down and caught the bird in his hands. ''I'll carry it home, |" he said. Mamma will know what to do with It." From his pocket he took a handkerchief and wrapped it about the injured bird. Somehow his heart had been touched by it's sign of suffering and fear. He had never before been re- sponsible for 0 creatures suffering, and his consclence spoke loudly to him.
 Well. how can you keep on shooting with that Tn your hands?" asked another boy, laughing at Hugh. Kill 1t and 1t won't be any trouble to you. You can
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ever cheated in my life,' cried Tommy. And I'm heartily ashamed"
 'I have not said who the boy .is,'' said Walt in a low tone. And please do not interrupt again, and do not humiliate yourself before me. don't wish it. But let me go on: If this boy. will do as I just said-throw himself on the teachers mercy, and ask to be allowed to have the history examination sub mitted to him again, and study it earnest ly and pass 1t honestly, why, that much of my duty is fulfilled. Then, he must rise before the Washington Club at it's next meeting and lay bare his conduct to them. And if he presents his case exactly as it is-true in every detail the club will let him remain one of them, but will require of him certain sacrifice "a penance, in reality. He will be for bidden to visit the club for certain number of weeks, during which time he shall reflect on his behavior and see the wrong he has done himself. You under stand, cheating at exams does not harm the teacher; it does not harm the other pupils. But it does do harm to the per son resorting to such n dishonest act. He is cheating himself out O his educa- tion and teaching himself to deceive. He is fast becoming his own worst ene- my, and will soon be found out by his family and friends. Then he cannot re- gain their confidence. even though he try. for you know the old saying: "A child fears the fire after he has been burned.' Once we have been deceived by anyone we can never trust that person again.
 Tommy hung his head. "I see the way you look at it, Walt,' he said.
 And I really had not thought about 1t that way before. 1.-the boy who cheated is a fool. and ashamed of him self But-how can he go to the teach CT and tell her he has been cheating? Do you suppose she'll understand him-and give him another try?'
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ZIGZAG PUZZLE.

There are seven words in this zig each containing four letters. If the WI are rightly guessed, and written one low another, their zigzag letters, bd ming with the upper left-hand letter ending with the lower left-hand leI will spell the name of something we after the warm spring weather sets The cross-words are: l. The stinE oi insect. 2. One of the four parts sung the human voice. 8. Part of the huI anatomy. 4. The name of a planet The noise made by serpent. 6. A p where sheep are kept. [. A place f which ore is taken.
 HIDDEN PROyERB PUZZLE. A well-known old Irish proverb is tained in the following eight senten Each sentence contains but one word the -proverb, and if. these words are Til ly guessed and written together iu t correct order, the proverb will be q plete. h-4 A happy day seems short.
 None so blind as he who will not SC Let man learn to master himself. It is darkest before the dawn. There is no virtue in self-praise. i. Judge not lest ye be judged. We are told strange things of natu1 The colors "a tne rainbow are spien;
 CONUNDRUMS. What paradox may often be found flower garden? AE A white pink. If your uncles sister is not your 1 what relation is she to you? Your mother. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZI LETTER ENIGMA-Yelloso. PRIMAL ACROSTIC C- Watch C@ cords 1. Wine. 2. Aunt. 8. Tunt} Coon 5. Hdlf. ZIGZAG PUZZLE = VaIentine. Cf tcords 1. Voice. 2. Honds. 8. Fdlst Anger. 5. Haren. 6. Suite. '. Bride India. 9. Eagle.
 ILLUSTRATED PRIMAL ACRoETJ Valentine.
 BEHEADINGS-1 Shoe-hoe, 2 Mark 3 StraU-rdic, Credm-redm.
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the necessity of asking for permission to go to the woods hunting. He could have called up his father by phone or run to the neighbours house where his mother was visiting; but he feared that either parent would object to his going. So he made himself believe that he was do- ing perfectly right to go without leave, and said to his sister Maggie: 'T'll not be gone long, Sister. We're just going down in that holler beyond the hill-- whore the grove ant creek are. I'll be home before either Mamma or Papa are.".
 But when he took down his gun to carry over his shoulder Maggie asked: You're not going hunting. are you, HughT'
 Hugh looked a bit confused. then re- piled: "Oh, just a little But you know Tin not good shot. SO couldn't hurt any thing. I'm going with lot of boys"
 "I'd be ashamed,' declared Maggie emphatically. You mean to aim at birds, so you to. And if Mamma or Papa were he1e they'd not allow you to go."
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tuck it inside your pocket then"
 For the first time in Hugh's life the great feeling of sympathy and love for his feathered friends came over him, and turning sharply to the boy who had just addressed him he said: "Yes, and any of us could be tucked away in a pocket if the pocket were big 'nough-if we was stiff an dead None of us would give any trouble then. An suppose just cause a boy got his arm broke some giant should happen along and say, I'll step on him and finish him. Then I can lug him about in my pocket without his troublin' me. Nope, I'm going to carry this bird home an let Mamma do what she thinks is best"
 Then n shout went up at Hugh's ex- pense, but he was fully reused and did not mind 1t. "Hi-hi, Baby-gurll" cried one boy. "Chicken-heart!'' cried an- other. "See the Gurl-boyi" shouted q third. But Hugh stalked from their midst. the winged sparrow in his hands. And as he felt the warm little body quivering against them and knew how frightened 1t was. and how 1t must be suffering, he felt huge lump growing Ill hiS tufohty huu tehfS caue Ahto h'S eyes.
 Mamma and Papa and Maggie know best" he whispered. ''They always said it was very wicked to kill any innocent thing. And I should have good lick ing and be sent to bed without my. sup per for winging this little sparrow"
 Thus did Hugh repent of his conduct all the way home, and on entering the house he was glad to find his mother had returned home. He went straight to her and confessed what he had done. and showed the little bird to her. Well take 1t to pr. Drake. down at the dog and cat hospital" said Mrs. Collins. Hell set the little wing. And after Birdie has grown strong again we'll take it to the grove and turn it loose."
 For some other wicked boy to shootw cried Hugh desperately. "Mamma, I'm going to begin doing all I can against the wanton slaughter of birds. l never realized what killing them meant till I saw this helpless thing, all injured and suffering, fall at my feet today. Then l understood how wicked us kids are. But I'll never shoot at bird again. My old bull's-eye is good enough for me. But, Mamma, aren't you going to punish me for behaving as I did today?' he asked.
 You have been punished enough, my Son, by looking at the suffering your thoughtlessness has caused You were not really heartless, Hughie, only thoughtless. But at the first sight of misery your heart responded. I am glad this thing has happened, for Birdie is not dangerously hurt and will recover, and the lesson to you has been just the thing you needed. Come, get your hat, we'll carry Birdie to the doctor and have the little wing set. Then we'll nurse the dear thing back to strength and soon we'll zee 1t flying as usual again.
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craftsmanship on this occasion. and after they had been shooting away for about half an hour Hugh, to the surprise of all. winged a sparrow. The poor creature fell, futtering and gasplng with pain to the ground. "Ah. you did hit one. after all didn't you?'' And the boys gathered about the helpless little sufferer on the ground. What you going to do with itT' asked one boy.
 Hugh stood with eyes wide, looking at the ff.Ittering, hobbling creature that he had so cruelty maimed. It did not seem hurt save in one wing; that hung limp and helpless at It's side.
 For moment Hugh's heart sank in his breast. What would his mother or father or Maggie say if they could be- hold his work now? What should he do with his blrd7- Should he take the boys advice and finish" 1t with his heel and leave 1t on the ground or carry 1t home as e trophy of his skill with the gun But not for a moment did he think of carrying home . dead bird-one whose
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that and go on cheating, decelying, lying, all because no one but himself knows of it. But He knows 1t, Walt, and the boy himself knows 1t, and after a while it would get unbearable. Even after that boy we are talking about cheated at his history exam. and even before he knew that he had been detected doing 1t, the thought of what he had done troubled him. And he was really sorry he had resorted to such a mean act. But, unless you had come to hls rescue. what might have happened? He might have repeated the wrongdoing, and perhaps become worse boy than he had intended to be- come But Walt, you have saved that boy by your kindness and your forgiving spirit. He'll confess to the teacher, and make amends. He'll confess openly be- fore the Washington Club and throw him self on their mercy. To break a VOW of honesty is serious matter, and the boy will be prepared to suffer any penance which the club may see proper to require of him. He means to never, never. so long as life lasts, break his VOW of hon. esty again.
 Walt stopped and took Toms right hand in a firm grasp. "As president of the Washington Club, I shall do my duty to help you 10 keep that resolution" he said fervently. And I know I shall have the hearty support of all the club. We don't want only the boys who are never sorely tempted to dishonest deeds, for they are safe without the clubs help. but we must look after the boys who some times need a strong hand and a forgiv- Ing and helpful heart to keep them from falling. Our club is to prevent lying as well as to preserve truth, and if we find boy who -epents of wrong-doing 1t is our duty to help him to get on the right road again. I am heartily glad I did not expose you publicly to the club, for that would only have made you bitter. A true friend is one who can keep his own counsel and help the one In trouble to rise through his own effort"
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might take innocent life No, the air. gun in question was given to Hugh Col lins by an old uncle--one who had spent much time in the pursuit of killing things, such as beautiful birds and little wild creatures of wood and dale.
 And. of course, Hugh wished to try his skill as a marksman. Now, both Hugh's parents and his little sister Maggie serl- ously objected to Hughs shooting at birds. 'He might accidentally hit one," Papa said. He might become cruel- hearted and enjoy the practice of taking innocent life,'' Mhmha said. "Only bad boys shoot at lovely. little birds,' Maggie said. So Hugh was not encouraged to use the weapon save on inanimate things. He might shoot at target as much as he pleased, so long as the target could not Feel Why. his papa made fine Bulls Eye" for him to use as q mark, and Snid to him: You may fire away at that wooden thing as much as you like, Son. 1t can't feel.'
 But there were other boys-bad boys who had air rides. and they made ahprac-
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A ZEo0GN TLIeszzZYoZOYsS \ EH-ZZ.K .ZlRAE '~

.'rhe family changed its surname W the estate. and thenceforward assun that of DeWessyngton. The condit of military service attached to its ma will be found to have been often exact nor was the service fin the grand h idle form. Hunting came next to ! in those days, as the occupation of nobility and gentry. The clergy gagged in it equally with the laity. : hunting establishment of the Bishop Durham was on a princely scale. had his forests, chases and parks, W their train of foresters, rangers and pa keepers.
 '.rhe names of Bondo de Wessyng and his son William appear on the cl ters of land, granted In 1257 to religi houses. Soon after occurred the W of the barons, in which the throne Henry III. was shaken by the De Mo, forts. The chivalry of the palatir rallied under the royal standard. the list of royal knights who fought their. sovereign i'll the disastrous ba of Lewes in 1264. we find the name William Washington, of Washington. T
 And thus Is the line of the Wash tons followed till we come to the bra of the family from which our own Ged Washington sprung. namely, Lawre Washington. of Gray's Inn, son of J Washington, of Warton, in Lancasb To quote further:
 This Lawrence Washington was sometime mayor of Northampton, on the dissolution of the prories Henry VIII he received in 153S. q gil of the manor of Sulgrave. in Northal tonshire. with other lands in the cinity, all conhscated property formI belonging to the monastery of St. drew's. Sulgrave remained in the fl fly till 1920. and was commonly cal Washington Manor.
 The first of the Washingtons to q grate to this country were the two gl grandsons of the grandee of Sulgr! John and Andrew Washington Tl landed in Virginia in the year 1857, chasing lands in Westmorland cou. His grandson. Augustine, was the fat of our Washington. And from here family history is too well known to Il repeating MARY GRAHAI
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BY WILLIAM WALLACE. JR.

KIT was early in the fall that Walt
 Jones had conceived the idea of or
 ganizing Washington Club among
 his school friends The name, us
 doubtless you would infer. signified that the members of the club were to be honest in every sense. like the beloved George Washington. who "could not tell A lie" On joining the club each boy took an oath to never falsify or deceive in any way. And If one should violate his oath in the very slightest degree he would be expelled in disgrace from the club.
 The club swan along finely for several months, then something hs opened which makes this story possible One day while at school Tommy Jackson, member of the Washington Club, was caught cheat ing at exams. And Walt was the boy who detected his clubmate resorting to this dishonest method. At frst he was so shocked at what he saw that he was on the point of speaking right out tc the teacher about 1t. Then the old adage, Think twice before you speak came to him and he waited. And all thnt fore noon be turned the thing over and over in his mind. What should he do? As a member of the Washington Club it de- volved upon him to expose Tommy to their brother clubmen, for each member was a self-appointed committee to see that the organization was kept up to his high moral standard. t-
 At the noon hour, Walt called to Tom my, asking him to walk down the street with him. He had determined to urge Tommy to confess his wrong-doing to the teacher. and also at the next club meeting He thought this more honor able way of .rigbting the wrong than for him to openly accuse Tommy to either teacher or c1ub.
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HUGH AND HIS AIR GUN.

tice of shooting snow birds and squirrels whenever they had the chance. And they boasted of their craftsmanship to Hugh, laughing at him for shooting at "A ole block O wood with a circle an spot painted on it.
 Wy. kid alive, don't you know you will never be a marksman till you can hit bird on tn wing?" asked Sammy Peary, boy who had no heart in his breast. unless it be of stone; for he never felt sorry for the poor little feath- cred victims of his gun.
 And so the desire to shoot bird grew fin Hugh's breast, and one day he decided to go to the woods hunting with several boys. It was on Saturday afternoon and Hughs mother had gone to visit some of her friends. so Hugh did not feel
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"Oh. I tell you I can't hit clything," declared Hugh. "I'm going with a lot O kids. We'll have a nice outing; that's about all." But he looked "sheepish," as Maggie expressed 1t, as he said this. And she read his mind
 With air gun over shoulder Hugh set out through the fine snow to join his comrades who we to wait for him at the ''section road" half mile from town. There they would enter the grove of fine forest trees through which ran q little stream. This wood abounded with squirrels and sparrows, and was a de light to the hunter after small game.
 After the boys entered the grove they began taking aim at the little birds and squirrels. But l am happy to say, not one of them proved his remarkable
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WaIt'S Wa$bin9ton Club.

As he and Tommy strolled along to- gether he said reluctantly, for the posi- ton was q trying one for him: Say, Tommy, l saw something today which hurt me more than I can tell you; I saw one of our club boys cheating in his bis- tory exam.''
 Tommy's face crimsoned "Say, Wnlt. do you mean me?" he asked in an em- barrassed way. II" Wait minute," said Walt. Don't say anything either one way or the other till have finished what I have to say. Now, this boy whom l caught cheating is not a bad fellow at heart. But he has been bit idle in school, and now he wants to keep up with his class that has not been idle, and has progressed rapidly. Well, the exam was too much for him. and he stopped to doing dishonest thing"
 But 1-" interrupted Tommy. bis lips trembling and his manner confused. "I-I-" -'
 Wait. Tommy" again commanded Walt. T am not through. What I want to say is this: Were to expose this boy to our club he would be expelled in dis honor. Were I to inform on him to the teaeher-well, you know what the re- suit would be. He would stand disgraced In both school and club. That would mean his ruin. socially and morally
 Tommys face cleared "Then you don't mean to give it away?' he asked eagerly. "Oh, will you spare-'
 Walt put up his hand. Don't use any name or personal pronoun," he said "I have not said who the boy is. But this I will say: If that boy will go to the teacher in person and confess to his hay ing cheated at exam and beg her to for give him this time-his first offense, I hope"
 ''Yes. on my honor, it's the first time I
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A George Washington, first president
 ~pf the United States, that all are ~familiar with every little detail Of
 his life. But of his ancestry little is said; therefore, Il sketch of his fam ily's genealogy may be interesting to read. The following is quoted from Washington Irving's Life of Washing ton," most authentic work:
 "The Washington family is of an an- cient English stock, the genealogy of which has been traced up to the century immediately succeeding the Conquest. At that time it was in possession of landed estates and manorial privileges in the county of Durham, such as were enjoyed only by those and their descendants who had come over from Normandy with the Conqueror. or fought under his standard. When William the Conqueror laid vast to the whole country north of the Humber In punishment of the instruction of the Northumbrians, he apportioned the es- tates among his followers, and advanced Normans and other foreigners to the prin- cipal ecclesiastical dignities. One of the most wealthy and important sees was thnt of Durham. Hither had been trans ported the bones of St. Cuthbert from their original shrine at Lindsfarne, when it was ravaged by the Danes.
 Among the knights who held estates in the palatinate on these warlike condi- tions was William de Hertburn. the pro genitor of the Wnshingtons. His Norman name of William would seem to point out his national descent and the family long continued to have Norman names of bap- tism. The surname of De Hertburn was taken from village on the palatinate. which he held of the bishop in knights fee; probably the same now called Hart burn, on the banks of the Tees.
 ''The first actual mention we find of the family is in the 'Bolden Book,' record of all the lands appertaining to the dio- cese in 1153. In this 1t is stated that William de Hertburn had exchanged his village of Hertburn for the manor and village of Wessyngton, likewise in the diocese, paying the bishop a quit rent of four pounds and engaging to attend him with two greyhounds in grand hunts and to furnish man-at-arms whenever mili- tary aid was required of the palatinate.
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BY MAUD WALKER.

HA Ow, although it has been a long
 time since Christmas, we still
 have reminders of that happy day
 in the shape of certain gifts
 either given to us by Santa Claus or by friends. And as am going to tell you story which has to do with an air gun-not a gift from Santa Claus, however-belonging to Hugh Collins, feel 1t quite necessary to tell you that this ugly, cruel weapon was gift to him on Christmas. But, as above stated. 1t was not left in his stocking by good old Santa, for if ever kind and sympathetic heart beat in a breast, 1t is that dear old heart of Santa's. He would never leave a weapon to any child which
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LETTER ENIGMA.

My first is in wasp, but not In bee: My second is in bark, but not fin tree |: My third is in sun, but not in moon: My fourth Is in dish, but not in spoon: My fifth is in ink, but not in black: My sixth is in nail, but not in tack: My seventh is in game. but not in play: My eighth is in timothy but not in hay: My ninth is in blocks, but not in bricks: My tenth is the same as you found in ny six.
 My whole spells a name
 That we all dearly love;
 And you'll know what 1t is
 When you solve the above.
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