Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-11-28

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feather-decked cloth was Monty's
proud badge of warriorship and the
children imagined it made him look
exactly like fierce Indian chief.
So they mounted their ponies-the
long sticks which Monty had cut from
the willows-and rode away with loud
whoops towards the big forest with
Rover running fast at their heels.
When they reached the edge of the
forest Mabel said: awe haven't any
thing to build tent with. We ought
to have tent"
"We1l build one out of poles and
brush and leaves" said Monty. 81
know how-come on"
"Lets not po far in the woods" OBJ
jected Mabel, who suddenly remem-
bered what her mama had said about
wolves. Lets build here-at the
edge"
"Shucksw said Monty, cts no good
place. Let's go little further"
SO they went further into the big
forest.
By and by they came to small
open place where the trees had been
cut down, and Monty said: LETS
build our tent here. You can carry
the brush and leaves and / will cut
poles from the fallen trees"
"All right" said Mabel. And they
got off their ponies and leaned them
against a tree and began to build
their tent.
They worked very hard but it was
lots of fun, and when they had it fin
ished it was really beautiful tent.
Gust as good as Uncle Dick could
build" declared Monty as he and
Mabel sat down in the tent to rest
while Rover stood in the little door
wav looking at them and wagging his
tail.
81 am dreadfully thirsty" sighed
Mabel 81 wish had drink of wa
ter"
There's a nice little brook close
by" said Monty, card some dandy
berries growing on it's bank. Lets
get some and eat them here in the
tent"
"That will be funp cried Mabel,
and so they scampered away through
the trees and soon found the little
brook and the berries that grew on
it's banks. Mabel made a dipper Of
her hands and took a nice drink and
Monty took off his hat and filled it
chuck full of berries. And then, just
as they were ready to start back to
! the tent, Mabel cried in a loud voice
ooh. look Monty! A snake! A big
black onep
"Shucksp said Monty, "I'm not
afraid Of snakes. You hold the ber-
ries and I'll kill him-lilte Uncle Dick
does"
So Mabel held the berries and Mon
ty got stick, but although he ran
after the snake as fast as ever he
could he didn't seem to be able to
hit him, for Mr.. Snake crawled first
| this way and then that way ever so
fast-under brush heaps and among
leaves and down into gullies, and fin
ally he crawled into big hollow log
out of Monty's reach, and although
Rover barked and barked at the end
of the log Monty was obliged to let
him go.
Then Mabel said: "Let's eat our
berries now, for I'm dreadful hungry
it must be NEST noon"
CAL right" agreed Monty, who was
wiping his sweaty little face very
hard with his pocket handkerchief.
"Pm hungry too, and Pm awful tired.
Chasing snakes is lots of work. Pm
going to sit on this log and eat my
berries. You can sit here, too, if you
want to-"
So they sat down together on the
log with the hatful of berries between
them, and Rover came and laid down
beside them and they gave him some
of the berries because, as Monty said:
dogs rot hungry the same as chill
dren did" And when they had fin
ished eating Mabel scrambled to her
feet and pointed above her head.
"Oh Monty. lookp she cried. "See
how dark it is growing! / guess it
is going to storm"
Well Riddles, next week I'll tell you
what happcned to Mabel and Monty
in the biz forest.
And don't forget that I'll be look
ing for those names some of these
days.