The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-30

Gisappointments to children are just as great to them in their little way, as the great big ones are to real ''grown-ups. ,"
 The story came to me from an on- locker who described the confines of the hack yard where the tragedy occurred. as being outlined by very high and much ly white washed fence.
 Within this space, (which is rather large for a back yard, considering the price of real estate in Birmingham, this embryo republic is conducted along lines of democratic government.
 It is peopled, besides the cook and the maid and the butler, with a small band of children gathered from all over the neighborhood, a few chickens, two pup pies and kitten
 The principal building in the aforesaid hack yard was a Sand Hotel,'' very near the servants quarters, that had just been completed.
 This hotel modelled after the one in which the family of the owner had spent the summer last season at the seaside, raised it's turreted battlements aloft, in all their grandeur.
 This particular spot was formerly called "The Sand Pile but after the youthful architects got through with it, the new cognomen was "The Hotel"
 The builders of it, five in number), had worked amicaby together, albeit each had claimed his own especial part of the designing and construction. never dreamed of by the other builders.
 Jimmy had superintended the cellars.
 Tommy had planned and executed the ''turrets."
 The other three, Jack. Henry and Bob by, were inclined to advertise the hos tery as ready to receive guests long before this, if Tommy hadn't heen ever lastingly adding another turret Also, the cellar had experienced draw backs and several times the entire house had caved in, which is to be expected when tine foundation is entrusted to 3 five-year-old youth, whose feelings eare easily hurt by criticism. But Jimmy each time would takt "heart of grace's and when the others weren't looking and the hotel was get ting along pretty well towards compile ton. with his 'dmpled-spade-o a-hand' | he'd rush back when the others weren | looking, and see if there was room enough for frogs to get in. l Jirnmy's enthusiasm was frogs" be i known, and indeed the hotel was to b known as Frog Hotel'
 Being in Jmmy's papa's back yard it was only natural that he should hay things the way he wanted them but tn others insisted that not only frogs woult be welcome in the hotel, but it would b. pies as well.
 1 "Now at last the hotel stood complet | ed in all it's glory of which sand an red clay and one clever little boy sai' ne hoped fire-fles and lightning bug would hurry and come so they could ge ca room too, and those that didn't wan to be guests would be caught anothe way and serve to light the apartments b. being put in beer bottles. and place around advantageously.
 "Well. 1t is all done,'' said Tomm triumphantly, the night before the win and rain and the storm Lets begin { cook tomorrow.
 A '.tomato-can-stove," was standing | readiness for the feat.
 It wasn't feasible though to test it un til tie cook was well out of the wa as fire was never allowed in the bac yard
 But tomorrow was the cooks day of and. there was the coveted chance.
 From the steps of the back porch tn five anarchists looked with pride upo their achievement. and decided 1t was most beautiful hotel.
 This was about dusk.
 That night came the wind and the. rail and the storm
 l At the breakfast tsbls the next morn