The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-03


q mile round omptied themselves hast
" ~ che woodplgcuns fccdiug on
their ararna.
Wierlua rose gioomilr. rioumiiv took
from his kulrherbocker pocket 4 dirty.
hui iaiifred Notebook 9.0nmilv made
en- Entry ln 10. and ginamilV Naid. THAT
makes you three games ahead. Then
DE- apufmed the earth and added. I'm
going o. have n bicycle"
The Twins looked 1T one another
dnrkly Erehus ec0wied faint froun
broke The iuedahlo serenity of the Ter.
rors face.
'There'u b. no living with Virgins
nov, ben b. 70 cpcky.' said Erebus
bitterly
"oh 10. be won't nid the Terror.
"hut We ought % have bicycles TOO.
We want them badly We never got
really far from the village We always
get stopped on the uay-ratsL or some
thing And his gulloless. dreamy blue
EYES swept the distant autumn hills
with q look ~ yearn.nE.
There sire orchards over there
where they don't know us said Ere.
bus wislfully.
I'VE meat have bicycles I've been
thinking - for a long time" said The
Terror
I'VE rust have the NOON r. said
Erebus with cold eooru.
Bicycles aren't go far away" said
the Terror saaely.
They moved swiftly across the com
mon. ErCbus poured forth q long. mo-
nof0noua complaint about The lack Of
bicycles which. for them. ruade this
Cosmic AT n mere time honured choat.
With ears impervious 90 biz sisters
vain lament the Terror strobe on. se.
renely thoughtful posdering this press
ing problem Now an ! again, FOR %
Keure but profound reasons. Virgins
spurnei the earth and procoeded BY
leaps and bounds
ne bad been an odd within " Nature
to maks The Twins ~ utterly go.
40 stranger ever TOOK Violet AuaIasia
pangerhuld. En dark haired. dark.
eyed dark skinned. az such q rich col.
oring ~ chaneoful and pIquani face.
for the cousin. much less Tor thc twin
sister 0f Wyarinih Wolfram Danger.
Geld. 80 falr.skinned. fair. haired blue
eyed, on whose nneiy chiseied features
rested - perpetual. 40 contrasting. a
serenity. But n was q within of man. %
their wicked uncle. Sir Maurice Pal
cuner. which had robbed them 81 their
PRETTY names He bad named Violet
tErebusr because, he said
she walks IN beauty IKE the nlsht
or cloudleas cllmea and starry
spheres.
end he had forthwith named Hyaelnth,
A.. fH
fated SIR John Franklin had made the
Terror the eternal companion ~ Ere
bus
They had crossed the common. and
were nearing the village. when they
met three small boys one 81 them
rnrried n kitten Erpbus stopped short .
W bat are you going tn 40 with that
Kitten. Billy neck - she said
we ~ eoin' tn drown firm IN tho
pond. said Billy Beck In the impor-
taut tones ~ an executioner
Ergbua sprnnr. and the kitten was in
her hands You're not going 60 DO
anything q The sort. you little beast II
she said
Gimme my kitten 2" howlcd billy
Beck Mother says ahe won't 'av Inn
about The '0uae an ] could drown
1m"
You won't have him. said Erobus.
nnly Beck and bic little brothers.
rohhed ~ their simple Soy. burst into
Z hiuhbering roar ~ "irs ourn II
amt yourni tt's ourn
rs So I've got &C." said F.rchus On
q tauutinr tone.
TT Is their kitten.~ said thr Terror.
Tor whom a kitten. unlike nn apple,
was enc of the objects which came
within The law ~ meHm and faum.
~ isnt3 A kitten isn't aurone's n
drown I" cried Erebua. asserting the
hlrhcr law.
The Terror cared az Erehug and
nilly Beck with judicial eyes. the cold
uersonihcatinn of human lusilce. Ere
hls edged away from him. rsady 10 ~
should human Justice infewvenc act
ifflr The Terror pat bis hand Ia bis
rocket aud fumhied tie drew uut a
panny ard looked at lt earnestly.
Here's a penny Tor your kitten. You
can buy bullscypa with it." be- said
With q sigh. and held uut the coin.
A sudden greed sparkled Ia Billy
nerka fearful eyes sEs worth
morp'n q penny-a kitty like lm!" b.
biuhbered
s'Not % drown. TITS nn you'll ger.
ald the Terror curtlv. He tossed tht
renny a. Bnliv's feet. turned GA hi.
heel aud went 0n
Erebus followed cuddlImE thn kitten
ana talking 81 it rs she went Pres
enfiy Virgins snurued abe earth ant
sid. There ought O. be q home O..
kittens nobody wanis-snd puppies"
The Terror stopped short and said
nv IoVei There's Aunt Amelia r
Frehua burst into q bitter complain
~ the sllnRiness ~ Aunt Amelia. Wh.
had mere money than an the rest 81
the family pot together. nnd yet novel
rained postal orders on DESERVING
uiecea and nophows. but speut q AZ
On hnrrid cats homes
That's Just CO." said The Terror
SCENE along want 90 write a ~
ter"
~I'm not going a. write any disxusi
lng letter. cried Erebua hotly
"rhen you're not going e. re an
bicycle. Come on III look out ~
words IN the dictionary and WixEsn
can help. because. seelng - much q
his father he's got into the way q
FRing grammar. tt'il b. useful Com