The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-08
CHAPTER VIII.
The Mock Turtles Story.

The Mock Turtles story.
You can't think how glad l am
to see you again, you dear old
thing!" said the Duchess. as she
tucked her arm affectionately into
Alice's and they walked off to-
gether.
Alice was very glad to find her
in such pleasant temper, ana
thought to herself that perhaps
it was only the pepper that had
made her so savage when they met
in the kitchen.
You're thinking about some
thing, my dear, and that makes
you forget to talk. I can't tell
you just now what the moral of
that is, but l shall remember 1t
in a Bit" said the Duchess.
Perhaps 1t hasn't one.' Alice
ventured to remark.
Tut, tut, child" said the OUCH
ess. "Everything's got moral.
IL only you can find it." And she
squeezed herself up closer to
Alice's side as she spoke.
Alice did not much like her
keeping SO close to her; first, be-
cause the Duchess was very ugly;
and secondly. because she was ex-
actly the right height to rest her
chin on Alice's shoulder, and IL
was an uncomfortably sharp chin.
However, she did not like to be
rude, 80 she bore 1t as well al
she could. 1.-THE games going on
rather better now,' She said, By
way of keeping up the CONVERSE
tion a little.
'Tis so." said the Duchessi
land the moral of that is-'Oh.
tits love, It's love, that makes the
world go round!'"
Somebody said" Alice whis-
pered, that It's done by every
body minding their own BUSH
ness!"
"Ah, we'll! It means much the
same thing" said the Duchess
digging her sharp little chin into
Alice's shoulder as she added
And the moral OF that is-'Take
care of the sense, and the sounds
will take care of themselves.
"How fond she Is of finding
morals in things!" Alice thought
to herself.
81 dare say you're wondering
why | don't put my arm around
your waist" said the Duchess
after a pause. 1.-THE reason Ii
that I'm doubtful about the tenn
per of your flamingo. Shall try
the experiment."
"He might bite," Alice cautious
lily replied, not feeling at all an1-
lious to have the experiment tried.
VERY true" said the Duchess
"flamingoes and mustard both
bite. And the moral of that is
birds of a feather flock togethp
err"
"Only mustrad isn't a bird,
IAlice remarked.
Right. as usual" said the
Duchess. what clear way you
have of putting thingsi'.
ITS a mineral. / think" SAID
Alice.
"Of course 1t is" said the Ouch
ess, who seemed ready to agree u
Everything that Alice saids
there's q large mustard nina
near here. And the moral of that
is-"The more there Is of mine,
the less there is OF yours
ooh, knowl" exclaimed Alico,
who had not attended to this lane
remark: Its a vegetable. a
doesn't look like one, but It is. =
II quite agree with YOU" said
the Duchess; land the moral d
that is-'Be what you would seen
to be'-or, II you'd like It PM
more simply, Never imagine your
self not to be otherwise than what
4 it might appear to others tho1
what you were or might have bee1
was not otherwise than what yoQ
had been would have appeared ~
them to be otherwise"
4 81 think should undersfon1
! THAT better" Alice said. very ~.
llitely, III / had It written doWn
but can't quite follow Il - yo0
say H."
4 "That's nothing to what ccul1
SAY II / chose" the Duchess -
lplied, In pleased tone.
Pray dOn't trouble yourself I
lsay 1t any longer than that. ~
.lAlice. e
"oh. don't talk about trouble
lsaid the Duchess, land tho M
| But here, to Alice's great o11>
Iprise, the Duchess'a vo1ee 6l0
laway, even IN the middle at N
favorite word moral, "