The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-08
(cOntlnusd From our Las. lssuel

Continued From Our Last issuel
The players all PLAYED At once
without waiting for turns. quar-
relling all the while, and fighting
for the hedgehoga. and In a very
short time the Queen was in tu-
rious passion. and went stamping
about aud shouting. "Off with his
head" or "on with her head"
about once In a minute.
Alice began 20 feel very uncasy
She was looking about for some
way OF escape. when she noticed
A curious appearance In the air.
Il puzzled her very much at first.
but after a minute or two she pade
II out 20 be grin. and said TO
herself. IT'S the Cheshire Cat. now
shall have somebody to talk to"
How are you getting on" said
the Cat. as soon as there was
mouth enough for II TO speak with.
Alice waited tn tho eyes ap'
neared. and then nodded. TITS no
use speaking To t." She thought,
"tlil It's ears have come. or az least
ono Of them" In another minute
the whole head appeared. and then
Alice put down her flaminEo. and
began an account Of the game. feel
Ink very glad she had some ono TO
listen TO her. The Cat seemed 70
think that there was enough or II
now In sight. and no more OF II
appeared.
How do you like the Queenr"
said the Cat. In low voice.
"Not At all" said Alice. she's
so extremely ~" Just then she
noticed that the Queen vas close
behind her. listening 30 she went
on. likely to win. that It's hardly
worth while finishing the game.
Tho Queen smiled and passed
on
who are you talking to-" sn'd
the King. coming Mp to Alice. and
looking at tho Cats head with
great curiosity
IT'S friend ~ mine-a Che
shire Cat" said Alice. ALLOW me
to Introduce H.
Il don't ltke tho look Of Il At
all" said tho King 1T must b
removed" and he called TO tho
Queen. who was passing at the
moment. my dear wish you
would have this Cat removed"
The Queen had only one way Of
settling all difficulties -Of with
his head" she said. without oven
looking around
"T1l fetch the ereeutioner my.
self. said the klng eagerly. and
be hurried off.
Alice though, she might as well
70 back and zee how tho game
was going on. 20 she went of In
search OF her hedgehog.
The hedgehog was engagef In
fight with another hedgehog. which
seemed TO Alice an excellent op-
portunlty for croaueting one OF
them With the other: the only aim
Guilty was that her flamingo was
gone across to the other side OF the
garden, where Alice could sec Il try.
ing IN a helpless sort OF way TO ny
up into a tree.
By the time che had caught the
fIaminEo and brought Il back. tho
drht was over. ana both the hedge
hogs were out OF sight But II
doesn't matter much" thought Al
ice. as all tho arches are gone
from this side Of the ground.
so she went back 70 have a 1T
tie more conversation with her
friend
when she got back 10 the
Cheshire Cat. she was surprised to
find quite a large crowd collected
round IT, There was dispute
going on between tho executioner.
the King. and the Queen
Tho moment Alice appeared.
she was appealed to by all three
10 settle tho question. and they
repeated their arguments 10 her.
tho. as they all spoke at once. che
found Il very hard 10 make out
exactly what they said
The executioner's argument was
that you couldn't cut Off head
unless there was n body TO cut II
off from.
The Kings argument was that
anything that had head could
be beheaded. and that you weren't
TO talk nonsense.
The Queens argument was that
II something wasn't done about II
in less than no time. shed have
everybody executed all round.
Alice could think OF nothing elEe