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magnificent part of the story about Prin
| cess Rags and Tatters.
In the first place, there were to be
no more rags, no more third-hoor- backs.
/ The first thing to do, was to get well.
And the Princess and the one great ply
sician set themselves to that task with
energy.
The little room in the Children's Hospi-
tai overfowed with flowers. The bios
SONS reached all the other rooms in time
and brought smiles to wan faces of chill
dren who had never had dreams of fair
gardens to solace them while they wan
dered far.
And Teddy, came with his face aglow
and happy-he and the Princess had won
derful talks. But perhaps best of all
were the evening hours-the early even
ing-when Teddy's mother, with the
Princess in wheel chair and Teddy be-
hind it, went to the ward and sang her
magic songs for the weary little soldiers
lying in their snowy ranks. Restless
hands grew quiet then and aching bodies
were forgotten Gentle, far-seeing eyes
gazed beyond the hospital walls and saw
all the dear and pretty fancies that al
ways respond when music calls.
Sometimes, too, the Princess, sitting in
her throne-chair, told one of her splen-
did stories-they were almost, not quite,
but almost, as marvellous as the songs.
You see," dear Janet often ended,
everything is all right. II Teddy's or
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fever was Tell him I've found my gar.
den, mudder..she always called me that
tell him it is lovely, and I'll wait on the
inside-for him, and the gate will not be
shut! Them was her blessed words"
'Oh, do not make my heart break -
sobbed Mrs. Avery. oh. dear, dear little
Lost Princess, you shall come back, Come
Mrs. Mcdonald, we will 60 to the hos.
pital. We will see her for ourselves"
will they let u.s." A strange eager.
ness came into Mrs. McDonald's face.
What hospital is it?'
The Children's Hospital. The doctor
he wrote it upon this card"
They will let me in there. Come, my
carriage is al the door"
They found the sweet Princess upon a
snowy bed in little, clean room. A gen.
tie faced nurse stood beside her and whis-
pered:-"She is coming along, safely, i
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House Furniture Made bV

curtains of tissue paper for all the rooms,
and over these were other curtains Of col
ored crepe paper or figured tissue Paper
covers were used for the washstands, bu-
Jeaus and dining table The white damask
Iaper which comes in the paper doilies
vas used for the dining table cover and
White lace paper for the washstand and
bureau covers. One of the rooms had the
white lace paper used also for the window
curtains.
The little kitchen was one of the most
attractive rooms in the doll house. The
walls were papered in blue and white
checked paper and the floor was painted
yellow. There was white tissue paper
curtain at the window. On the wall was
set of shelves made of cigar box wood
and painted yellow like the floor. There
was a square kitchen table of the same
wood, with yellow legs and a white oil
cloth cover The stove was made from a
cardboard box and painted black. There
were lids cut from cardboard to iii the top,
and a door was cut in front of the stove
for the oven. There was a sink made of
a white cardboard box, cut like the enam-
elled sinks which are used in modern
kitchens. White paint was used to cover
the edges of the box where it was cut
away.
The kitchen contained only one chair,
and that was a plain yellow one made of
the cigar box wood. There was a shelf
under the window made of cardboard and
held up by little brackets which were fas-
tened with tiny tacks. On this shelf was
set a small window box containing some
tiny artificial rosebuds.
The dolls house itself was made of a
very large wooden box which had been par
titioned off into rooms with large wedges
of cardboard. In order 10 make the par
titions perfectly straight lines were drawn
on the ceiling and floor of the house wher-
ever the partitions were to go, and then
with a penknife grooves were cut in these
lines. The partitions were slipped into
these grooves.
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til it rested beside the golden one upon
the pillow. At the door three or four
white capped nurses stood reverentiy
listening, but neither Janet nor the singer
noticed. The eyes of the little Princess
were fixed upon the beautiful face; the
pain was forgotten and a strange. JOY
flooded the weak heart.
Then tall, grave face looked from the
corridor into the room, and it saw what
brought a sudden light TO sad eyes. ii
was the great physician. and he waited
until the wonderful song fell to rest in
the words
Sleep, my little one, sleep"
Then the doctor walked in. He looked
tall and stern, but the light had not died
from his eyes. He went straight TO Ted
dy's mother and took her hand.
Thank you" he said quietly. 1T is
many a day since have heard you sing.
You never sang better. Will ycu wait
for me below? / would like to speak to
you about Charles Theodore"
And now, of course. comes the most
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A LEAF BOOK.

~ EEPING a book of leaves is the very
best way for a boy or girl who wants
10 become familiar with all outdoor
things to learn absolutely how to distin-
suish one leaf from another. The leaves
are all TO be seen, of course, in books about
trees; but somehow the impression made
on the mind by these pictures is nothing
like SO strong as that which the leaves
make when one has gathered them ones
self, pressed them and put them in the
book.
Any sort of blank book will do for keep
ing the leaves, although, of course, il is
very nice if one can have herbarium
for the purpose. The leaves may be pre-
served by the use of paraiin; this retains
the color and is especially good for leaves
gathered in the autumn, but the leaves will
last for quite long time if fastened in the
book without this preservative process.
and even without the use of blotting paper.
Each page of the book should be given
up to one leaf or several leaves Of the same
kind. The name of the leaf should be writ
ten on the page, and if you can draw or
paint it is interesting to add a little sketch
of the tree from which the leaf was taken
or of group of the trees. When You
come to the pine tree you will not be able
to represent the tree by its leaves, for OBJ
vious reasons. Neither is a pine cone a
very possible sort of thing to put in a book,
but you can make a drawing of the pine.
and if you are not good enough draughts-
man for this you can copy a picture Of the
tree or. better still, trace it. You will
find that your book of leaves is easy to ar
range by using strips of paper to keep
the corners of the leaves in place. Some
times the page of the book is cut in Sits
through which the corners of the leaf may
be slipped, but this is harder to arrange
without tearing the leaf than the strips of
paper. Narrow strips of paper with mucil-
age on the back come already prepared
and may be had in some shops.
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fitting are the long poles with padded ends,
such as are used in fitting on barrels on
land. The ideal fitting pole is of bamboo,
eight or ten feet long. but if this is not to
be had broom handle makes sufficiently
good spear. A long pole of any kind,
which may be cut from the forest will
do if it is not too heavy and is firm enough
not to bend easily.
Around one end of the broom handle is
fitted a small circle of wood. This should
fit tightly over the handle. which can be
done by whiting the end of the spear
so that the wooden circle will not slip up.
The object of this circle of wood is SIM
ply to make base against which the
padding can be arranged and fastened
After the wooden circle has been slipped
on the spear place a lot of wadding around
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Copyright, 1912. Doubleday. Page & Col
SYNOPSIS OF PRENIOUS CHAPTERS.

Copyright. 1872 Doubleday. Page Co.,
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
The Princess Rags and Tarters is a dear little
girl who lives IN big dinsy tenement with hei
queen mother. The Princess real name is Ianet
to dnd beautiful garden which she has never
seen. but about which she has imagined very
beautiful things. One day when she is LOOKING
for this Wonderful garden through the city stree IS
she stumhle< nnon Kindcr-rrrcn where : lor"l'
lsdy named Miss Rose Is IN ch:rge- The Princes.
Rags and Tatters Is welcomed by Miss Rose. am
her mailer ,, s.Smizss that shs shall 20 every da'
Soon sitter this The Princes. becomes a%sgr.in@ts1 % TED
With charls. Th.odoTs Arers III It'll ,,o,,sS seS
to plsy with other rhildrrr. He sees very little
e bis besutiful nother and IS his fsissI !. df,a
maid. snd the rrench -overnrss. He has heard
.he serrsnts ,aIkin- shout his sr,ndfathrr wSc S
them. for r-asnns that he does not understand
Tss Princes w.nssr: nns.r ch.re. RI ~ s.,:
out TO her. Angelina finds him doing This and
.1 9 sr 1Tss Sss nnar @ e aaa.. aas
.2s stood ns1s tSe gInsoW c.. .nS Sf ans
dsT I.n"t r:ndsred 5! thc Ech scys sogss s,s s.s
ThHoioT" % VS. r,.rin@ thcr"' The! h.a tnI,E
,Snmt SsT srrd~n lena and md her
.pEens .wept d:wn nncn thec sps tTTssa s,ansr fsr
vert and the Princess started on her wanderinrs
4 long time afterwa-d Jane, wandered again
10 tb. iron gate and inst inside the fence saw
her little how friend. Charles Thecdnre toln ner
that thp cross nurse wae -one. Tn" hoy gave
her quantities Of fhr lovely flowers IN the gar
den and the Princess promised t" come again
another day. -. ste
One day whom Teddy was driving he heard ms
rnrernrSs talking TO tho coachmnn Of centlenana
whose house they passed. She told TEDDY Hrhsr w.
this gentlemen y very fne physician WEI
Teddy and thn cnverness were motoring s1I-
time later thev kno~ked down a little Cirl. Ieoas
more to the gate and Teddy decided she mnsI 81
have been seriousIy hurt. He started OUT ~
himself to find the great physician. whose nouS
be remembered. -... 5oc
tor he some what nervous but stu, ne mat hSrt
aged 70 tell all about Janet having Sen nu.s - :
bv fhe automobile and to ask the physician 70 GO
down 10 see her Teddy discovers that the sres.
physician is his cTandfathnr. VINO hhs 49, -
estranred from him ever sinoc bis birth IN hS
Teddy's father against his own father VII. Ill, a, nr
married Trddy'S mother. great opera Stuss..
The physician goes 70 sec the wonndSo pnm IN. lie
mother All about the rrincess for the trst time
ali about hts visit to his grandfather HIS motnet
promises 70 visit the sick princess Win niiH "
they start out.
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| think" Then, with a queer little smile -
1T seems long way back from her gar
/ den-she is always talking about her
garden-but l think the little feet will
| find the way"
Mrs Avery knelt beside the cot. Long
and wonderingly she looked upon the
beautiful face upo the pillow. 1t looked,
indeed, like the pictured Princess Goldi-
locks. No wonder Teddy hat loved her
from the very first!
Then the big eyes opened. They were
blue as the summer sky, for the sun al
ways shone in the Princess garden, you
know.
.Mudderr whispered the weak voice,
my owny mudder!'' Then a puzzled
look rested upon the stranger lady.
|. Dear little Janet, I'm-I'm Teddy's
mother"
The rich little boy?" Janet was feel
ing her way.
IL suppose so. / want to tell you.
dear, that the gate is always going to be
open now-and the fowers-you must
share them with my little boy. Can you
understand, JanetT'
"Yecs-. And tell him like a garden
with him. / choose his gardeng'
Shall sing to you, little Janet?"
"Yes'm."
The lullaby hoated through the quiet
room. Mrs. McDonaid's head bowed up
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fitting spear which has hook as well
as a padded end. This is to be had BY
strapping to the spear forked branch
a foot long each way. Instead Of padding
straight end, this forked end Of the
spear is padded and made to look like
ducks bill. After this has been padded
with ,burlap and covered with waterproof
material it has the advantage of enabling
the sportsman to both pull and push his
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LTHOUGH much of the time OF
~ the Boy Scouts of America while
in camp is devoted to learning prac'
teal and useful things about camp
ing. fire making, bed buildings, tent
construction, BE-, there is also lot of time
left over for play and many Of the games
and sports which boys brought up in the
city have never taken part in they enjoy
for the first time while they are in camp
with the Boy Scouts.
One of these games has been well known
TO soldiers and boys in camp from time
immemorial, but it is none the less anus
: ing, and shouts of laughter are always
to be heard around the camps when 1t is
being practised. 1t is the sport of tossing
a boy in a blanket, and it is usually in
dulged in when a boy has just come to
camp, by way of an introduction or sort of
initiation rite. One boy, and sometimes
more, stands at each corner and the boy
victim is placed in the centre. Then the
boys who are holding the blanket give it a
quick jerk. which sends the boy who is
being tossed hurting up through the air,
where he turns somersault and comes
down in the blanket with a crash Some
times the boys who are holding the blan-
ket laugh so very heartily over the suffer-
ings of their victim that one end of the
blanket gets away and, in addition to all
his other troubles, the subject of their
nirth suffers a hard fall to the ground.
But this is considered very bad manage
ment and really not quite square, and
boys who are expert in the sport always
hold tightly 10 their ends.
Water tilting is another favorite sport
of the Boy Scouts of America whenever
they are in the vicinity of a pond or
river.
For this as. rule two boats or war
canoes are used and they are manned by
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BY HARRIET +. COMSTOCK

ketful every day from now on" Saunders
explained.
Where are they going, Saunders" !"
Teddy's eyes were wide and eager.
Dear suz!" The gardener wiped his
forehead. Il was told that you would
know"
Saunders, do know"
The gardener nodded.
I'D like to pick them myself, Saun-
ders."
Il don't know as any one has better
right" said Saunders. Pick
In the meantime Mrs. Avery was driv-
ing rapidly to the palace Of the Lost Prin-
cess. She had no trouble finding the way.
In Mulberry lane every one was talking
about the happenings in No. 20. Up the
long, creaky stairs went the pretty lady,
and almost reverently she tapped upon the
door of the third floor back.
Come inr' A low, hopeless voice made
the visitors heart sink. She opened the
| door and passed inside. There was no
steam in the room-nothing mattered.
The poor mother sat in the creaky rocker
that was not headed for the dear garden
now, but was just swaying idly at the
narrow back window.
"Where-where is-the little girl?'
painted Mrs. Avery. She was pale and
! frightened and the long stairs had tired
her.
Gone, ma ann"
"Gone"' Mrs. Avery sank upon hard
wooden chair. Gone she repeated.
"Yes, my lady. They have taken her
away"
"Where-where have they taken her"
To the hospital, ma'am. The great
doctor would have it so, and dared not
say him nay, though my heart broke.
She-was babbling, ma'am, about her
garden, till it almost drove me mad But
oh. the stiffness now" The poor mother
buried her face in her hands and cried
bitterly. .She said she had found the
garden! Oh. my lass. And she begged
me to come with her. God knows long
to go, but fear me my bairnie will never
find her way back to me-"
oh! she will she must!" Teddy'si
mother was kneeling on the bare floor
beside the Princess mother, and the work
worn hands were clasped in the soft white
ones. "We will bring her back!" The
great doctor understands. He is such a
wise doctor! Do not know? And he is
so loving to little children. They can al
ways find his heart-he is never stern with
themr' The two mothers were looking
bravely into each others eyes and trying
to smile through their tears.
II did not know anything about 1.-THE
awful accident-until last night" said
Mrs. Avery. My servants kept it from
me. 1t has almost made my little boy
sick-the hideous secret! He told me last
evening, poor little fellow. Do you not
see, we must bring your child back? She
must not 60 away!"
The poor mother shook her head and
my bairn was always talking about the
rich little boy and almost the last know
ing thing she said as she slipped into the
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into the water and then, il he resist this
form of attack he can be hooked around
the neck and pulled off /; especially if he is
not expecting the change is this form of
fitting successful.
One hundred points is round in the
game Of water fitting and there can be as
many rounds as agreed upon beforehand.
The largest count of all is for putting
your opponent overheard. That gives
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during the fitting, and for violation Of
these rules the umpire may send "a boy
back to- the shore. These rules differ
somewhat, according to special agree
ment among the boys taking part, but all
of them include the rule that any hitting
below the belt sends the guilty person to
the dock.
Another sport which the scouts indulge
in along the WATERSHEDS is that of canoe
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four. men each. The sportsman is also
the captain of the boat. Then there are
pilot and two paddlers or oarsmen. The
boats have quarter decks or platforms, at
one end Of which the sportsman stands.
If it is not possible to obtain this sort of
boat a raft viii do, and this may be
easily made by the boys from logs or
pianks.
The only implements used in the water
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ter-bubble hadn't knocked ME down l
wouldnt"-she waved her thin hand wide
have been here, and had all you and
the rest" This always brought forth
quivery little cheer.
And when 60 away from this hos
pital I'm coming back many times 10 see
you ALL" More quivery cheers.) And
so is Teddy and Teddys mother-the big
doctor says So" "a really tremendous
cheerD
And then upon a glorious August day
the dear Princess-no longer in rags and
tatters-went with her o|n dear mother
in the doctors own carriage to a railroad
station.
Wonderful things happened from then
on-things that kept the Princess silent
from sheer inability to SPEAK.
Think of a nice, cosey bed in a dear
/ little room on a train that was whizzins
through space bound for a mysterious
place off-somewhere
And then the magic meal served by a
shining. black genii on the oldest table
that just fitted by the side C the COM
Portable couch.
And the quiet little mother in the trim
NEST of gray gowns and bonnets sat near
by and beamed and beamed at her little
girl.
"Mudder." Janet whispered during the
day. ''am l asleep"
NO, bairnie."
Say it again-a little louder"
No, bairnie; you are very wide awake.
Where are We going, mudder:"
"1-think TO Your arden. dear
And when will We get there. mudder?"
When the shadows come, Janet. Are
you tired. lambie:"
Tired? Why, mudder. my happiness
is flying faster than this train. There
ism anything of me TO be tired"
There wasn't much, to be sure. but what
little there was looked beautifully content
Sure enough when the shadows began
10 fall a strong guard took Janet in his
arms and carried her to tiny station
by the tracks. and in that station we're
who do You think:
Why, the one great physician. and
Teddys mother, and Teddy himself.
They were waiting for her
For a moment the Princess eyes grew
dim; then she stretched out her thin rms
and whispered
Dear folksies,"
1t was the doctor who bore her to the
waiting carriage. The long train moved
away, the whistle footed.
"Goodby, Janet. Good luck to youwl
And then the little party began to travel
slowly up-up long mountain road.
The trees pressed close and whis-
pered:- Well give you of our strength.
little girl" And the stars peeped out and
twinkled with pure joy. There was a!
smell of woods and shy flowers OFF in
the distance a hermit thrush sang his
last song of the summer. l am sure he
had saved it for Janet!
Then it was that the Princess caught
hold of Teddy's hand, that was lying con-
veniently near.
'Is-is-this garden:" she whis-
pered with a strange, rapt look on her
face. And Teddy answered and said a |
beautiful thing.
Its Gods -arden, Janet. There are,
no fences or gates or anything but open
places. And there are high spots where
you are awfully near the sky"
And SO the dear Princess found hci
place at last in Gods garden among tht
hills. Strength came to her and deeperI
beauty, and there was the mother alwaysl
near with the happy light in her eyes.
There are to be no more third-Aoor-
backsw Teddy's mother said one day
to that other mother. Just leave thafl
to father and me-"
THE END.
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it at both ends so as to make a perfectly
round soft ball. Then take a piece of
stout muslin or sail cloth and tie it over
this padding The end of the spear will
then look like round ball. You do not
have to be particular about the neatness
of the ends of the muslin, as long as ii is
properly secured by stout twine, which
should be wound around and around the
spear to hold the ends of the muslin.
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CHAPTER SEVEN.
THE PRINCESS CHOOSES HER
GARDEN.

cast iron butler had undergone a change
As he waited on the two he looked quite
linn and feeble. His hands shook as hs
passed the dishes, and he had very an
noyinS cough, for which he apolosizeo
now and then.
you may trust mother, Teddy. Im
not very much used to princesses, but
can keep a secret"
What morning that was. Madame
was making hasty preparation for trip
abroad, and the world seemed free to
Teddy; even the big iron gate was set
wide.
do you think you will feel as cool
abroad, madame, as you might have in the
mountains
Teddy -elt kindly to the whole world.
Il shall be very comfortable"
Madame's tones were positively re-
spectful.
And SO shall L" Teddy meant no re-
buke, but madame eyed him severely.
Saunders, .oo, had changed-indeed, all
life was changed.
Teddy and the gardener had a great
time that morning. Saunders wanted in
structions as to what kind of flowers a
little girl might like-color, smell, &C.,
considered.
There's steady order for big bas-
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tag. A rubber bali, such as is used for
children's football, is good for this pur-
pose, and a rubber cushion or a bean bag
filled with cork will do. The playe try
to tag the canoes by throwing this ball
into them.
Mountain scouting is another sport to
they are in the country, either in camp or
stopping at some boarding house or hotel.
1t is not such good fun, of course, except
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LTHOUGH much of the time of
the Boy Scouts of America while
in camp is devoted to learning prae-
teal and useful things about camp
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