The Washington times., 1914-03-04
Bed m e
Tales For
Riddles
HOW JOEL AND AMOS FOUND
A HOME.-Part II.
CONTINUED From Yesterday


What could We do if we haS7' asked
Amos.
I've could remove one OF the stones
from this wall and look oIt. In that
way we might be able to let one poJ
down and he could find out what had
happened"
..Yes. he might do that. but If old
Pumpkin Head caught him we would
never know" said another.
But after a while It was decided to
try. and each boy worked on one stone
with his hands. and then another took
his turn. until at last the stone became
loose, and in a short time they had re-
moved it.
But there was second a third
stone. and 1t took another day before
they saw the light through the opening.
One boy looked out. but he quickly
drew in his head. I'VE are above the
tops Of the trees" he told the others.
The very thing" said Amos. I'VE
can let a boy down into the tree and he
can take a look about first and will
be the one to go. for I have climbed
trees all my life, and 1t cannot be worse
than starving, no matter what hap
pens
They formed a chain by taking hold
Of hands, and Amos was let down into
the tree, and after a while the boy who
was watching through the hole IN the
wall saw him climb down and disap-
pear. They waited what seemed to
them hours and then they heard tie key
turn in the lock and the door swung
open.
anyone" Amos reported. THE door
| was open and / could see something
shining in the hole We dug, but I did
not stop to look"
All the boys went out and along the
hall as quietly as they could. listening
every now and then, but nothing could
be heard.
| They went first to the room where
they had always eaten. and found a
good hot dinner on the table, which
| they hastily ate.
| Then they felt more courageous, and
! went downstairs. In the hole they
could see the chest, which had been
opened. and quantities of gold in It
was scattered along the ground to the
door and along a path around the
house. as though some one had dropped
1t as they carried it along.
The boys followed the shining tracks
and came to a hole in the ground like
q cistern. and when they looked In
there was old Pumpkin Head y ing al
the bottom with gold all around him.
One Of the boys climbed down and
found that their master was dead. He
had come upon the place where he in
tended to hide his treasure before he
had expected. ana fallen in on his
mead. and there he was dead among
the gold he had made the boys work
SO hard to get.
Tie BOYS filed in the hole without
removing the geld and covered 1t with
stones; then they looked over thu
strange place to find out who cooked
the meals. and in a hut Of stone no
far from the house they found an ole
man who was deaf and dumb cookint
supper.
He has cooked every day. I srp
pose" said one boy. "for there was NJ
one to tell him not TO, so that account:
| for the dinner We found on the table
when we went there today"
As none of the boys had homes ant
were orphans they decided TO live II
the stone house and take the gol,
which they found under the stairs, a
well as in the chest. for they haC
worked for it and there was TO on
to claim it.
How it came there they never knew
and the old deaf cook could only shak
his head when they tried to make hin
understand what they said. He live
with the boys and cooked for them
and seemed to be contented.
With the gold the boys had com
Portable house built and lived happil
together the rest of their lives. en-
the people who knew of them calle
them the Twelve Princes of the for
est All travellers who passed tina
way always founi a welcome and goo
food and shelter without paying for Il
for the Twelve Princes had more tia
they could use and We're glad to shar
! il with others.
Tomorrow's story, "Toinmie Nous
and the Brownie.