The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-08
"Alice In Wonderland"
By Lewis Carroll

| Continued From Our Last lssue)
at first, was in managing her
flamingo. She succeeded in getting
his body tucked away comfortably
enough, under her arm. with its
legs hanging down; but general
| ly, Just as she had got its neck
nearly Strengthened out, and was
going to give the hedgehog blow
with its head. II would twist itself
around and look up into her face
with such a puzzled expression.
that she could not help bursting
out laughing.
The players all played at once
without waiting for turns. quar-
|relling all the while. and fighting
for the hedgehogs; and In q very
short time the Queen was in flu
rious passion, and went stamping
about and shouting, "Off with his
head!" or "Off with her head"
Iabout once in a minute.
Alice began to feel very uneasy.
She was looking about for some
way of escape. when she noticed
a curious appearance in the air.
1t puzzled her very much at first,
but after minute or two she
made It out to be grin, and said
TO herself, Its the Cheshire Cat;
5 now l shall have somebody to talk
to-"
"How are you getting on?" said
the Cat, as soon as there was
mouth enough for 1t to speak
, with.
| Alice waited till the eyes APP
peared, and then nodded. Its no
use speaking to It," she thought,
IT'LL its ears have come, or at
) least one of them" In another
I minute the whole head appeared,
! and then Alice put down her flam-
; lingo, and began an account OF the
game, feeling very glad she had
: some one to listen to her. The
Cat seemed to think that there
was enough of 1t now in sight,
and no more of 1t appeared.
GLOW do you like the Queen?"
said the Cat, in low voice.
mot at ALL" said Alice; she's
so extremely" Just then she
noticed that the Queen was close
, behind her, listening; so she went
on. likely to win. that it's
{ hardly worth while finishing the
! game
r THE Queen smiled and passed
= on.
"Who are you talking TOT" said
the King, coming up to Alice, and
looking at the Cats head with
great curiosity.
TITS a friend OF mine-a Che
o shire Cat" said Alice; "allow me
D to introduce It,"
az don't like the looks of IL al
q ALL" said the King. ut must be
v removed" and he called to thu
L Queen, who was passing at the
n moment, my dear! / wish you
n would have this Cat removed"
a The Queen had only one way OF
settling all difficulties. "Off with
his head" she said, without even
looking around.
'I'll fetch the executioner my.
SELF" said the King eagerly, and
he hurried off.
= Alice thought she might as well
go back and see how the game
a was going on, so she went off in
h search of her hedgehog.
The hedgehog was engaged in a
: fight with another hedgehog
n which seemed to Alice an excellent
\ opportunity for croqueting one OF
. them with the other; the only
difficulty was that her flamingc
was gone across to the other side
of the garden, where Alice could
see 1t trying in helpless sort OF
way to fly up into tree.
II BY the time she had caught the
| flamingo and brought 1t back, the
fight was over, and both thu
| hedgehogs were out OF sight. "But
It doesn't matter much" thought
Alice, "as all the arches are gone
| from this side OF the ground.
| So she went back to have lit
| tie more conversation with heI
| friend.
II When she got back to thu
| Cheshire Cat, she was surprised tt
find quite a large crowd collected
round It. There was dispute
4 going on between the executioner
the King, and the Queen.
The moment Alice appeared
she was appealed to by all three
to settle the question; and the.
repeated their arguments to her
tho, as they all spoke at once. sh'