The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

in sunny spot every once in a while to
verify their course. Mr.. Tiny said:-
First it must be remembered that the
sun is exactly south at noon each day.
Also that while in reality the earth moves
around the sun. apparently the sun moves
around the earth once every twenty -four
hours.
Now, the hour hand of a watch moves
twice as fast as the sun, because it goes
around the clock dial of twelve hours
twice every twenty -four hours.
so if it had been noon when we first
tried the experiment." concluded Mr..
Tiny, 'the line stirling from the centre
of the watch dial and pointing outward,
or rather the twig. would have run through
/ the centre of the figure MI instead of H.
This would have pointed exactly south,
as the sun is exactly south at noon"
! Then, why did we run the line through
the III instead of the ", when the
shadow was on the IY:" asked Giant
Jerry, still puzzled.
| Because the fact must be taken into
consideration that the watch band travels
twice as fast as the sun. Thus we must
J go back half the distance between the
hour hand and the figure Mi. In this
case half distance is the figure H.
Now l begin to understand" nodded
Giant Jerry. ''S'pose l wanted to find
the south and it was six p. VI. Id sight
my line along III. wouldn't I?'
Exactly. And the same rule applies in
the morning hours as we'll If it's ten
\. NJ. You sight through NJ, or if it's
eight 4. NJ. through y, or if its any odd
figure you try to find half way to noon
as nearly : you can"
And how dn I find tho norSb9 - oSEad
Giant Jerry. still a little dOubtfully. Mr..
Tiny told him that could be found by fol-
lowing precisely the opposite direction.
But as they trudged along and the sun
sank lower and lower without a sign of
GAINESVILLE, Giant Jerry began to lose
faith in Mr.. Tiny's method. 1t took all
the little man arguments to keep him
going in the direction pointed out by the
watch.
Finally the sun was just on the verge
of setting, and they barely had time to
fake one more observation before night
came on. Giant Jerry was so tired he
could hardly walk, carrying Mr.. Tiny
and the great heavy gun.
Darkness was about TO fall and they
faced the prospect of remaining in the
woods all night, when Giant Jerry
sHurray. There's the GAINESVILLE
church spire. take everything back
about the watch trick. 1t has told us the
right way-an-an-besides that. l was
mean to you to-day. I'm very sorry"
he finished. so earnestly that Mr.. Tiny
quickly fOrgave him.
They soon arrived home, luckily just in
time for dinner. so Jerry. Mr.. Tiny and
the big shotgun were not missed. As
Giant Jerry stealthily replaced the gun
where his father kept it he begged, in a
low whisper -
Promise you won't tell Daddy about
the gun. Mr.. Tiny"
Il won't. if you'll promise me never
TO hunt with it again" said Mr. Tiny.
So both promises sealed the bargain and
no one ever knew about the adventure.
And. some weeks later, when the giant
yomgster went hunting with his father,
daddy lost his bearings in those same
woods. Then Giant Jerry showed how
we'll he remembered by proudly setting
Giant Daddy right with his watch. Don't
you think it's n mighty useful stunt
to remember yourself?