Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-13
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HOW PLUMPY MET THE GNOMES
In Which the First Army Appears.

INNCE upon a time there was lit
tie boy whose name was Plumpy.
~ Yes. stree, his mother and father
and sisters and brothers and everyone
why? Well. just because he was n reg
ular roly-poly. apple dumping, so rat
was he-and he was q regular-round-
ball of fire like-the-sun which shines
in the heavens above, so shiny was ne :
and he was regular round-faced-old- :
yellow moon-up- in the-sky at night
so soft and cuddly and lovable was ne.
So Plumpy he was to everybody VINO
knew him.
Now there was ane place .Plumpy
loved very well. that no one know a
sister or father or brother : Just
Plumpy himself. And whenever he was
real tired playing he sat on the pack
porch. with his little hands in his face
His folks thought he was thinking, but
not he. He was having the best old
times in Plumpy's Hollow. That's what
Plumpy named the little hollow. place
| that was. somewhere under his Jacket;
for that's where all his beautiful
thoughts came from, which told him
just what to do to make Mother ana
know what to do. he would sit very
still and listen to the little clock-like
regular ticking telegraphic instrument
which seemed to be on the inside of his
jacket, and he knew he would hear or
wonderful things to do pretty soon.
One day Plumpy was feeling rather
mean and disagreeable. He sat on the
back porch with his face in his hands
and listened. listened, listened; to the
sounds which came from Plumpy's. Hol-
low. Suddenly he gave a little jump.
that m1te hollow ThS ne~ sort N'"H of tramping. e.
tramping OF wicked little feet q sort
of q snorting up and down of pranc..
ing steeds. a sort of a clasing of OF
! Plumpy couldn't understand.
Who's there?" said he, all under his
breath.
"The Gnomes of Disobedience." said
another.
"The Gnomes of Disagreeableness," !"
said the third.
And what are you like?" asked
Plumpy. 'I never knew any Gnomes.
"Oh. we're dandy good fellows; IL
you'll just let us camp in Plumpy Hol-
low. we'll get better acquainted with
you and can show you all sorts of
dandy good times
Now If there was one thing Plumpy
loved it was company, and especially
boy company. and he could tell to lis
ten to the voices of the Gnomes, even
although they came through the thick
wall of his Jacket. that they were boys,
real. real boys. Then, if there was
another thing Plumpy loved. IL was fun
so of course he told them they could
camp right in the very hollowest place
of Plumpy Hollow, and make them
BY and by as he sat there on the back
porch with his face in his hands. some
how or other he didn't feel so COM
Portable. He felt as If whole regi-
men& of little Gnomes were under his
Jacket, all scramblng for the best place
IN Plumpy Hollow.
81 want nearest his heart" said the
little Mischief Gnomes."
1--WE want that place." said the Dis
obedience GnomeS.
IT'S the place for u.s." shouted the
Gnomes Diagreeable.
oh" said Plumpy, 'If you're going
| to fight in there IL the time, / must put
you out II hurts my heart"
Cant put us out now Plumpy," said
the Gnomes We've come to Plumpy
Hollow to stay. Now Tor the good
| times
Look for the next Adventure of
Plumpy.