The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

skinned pear, TOOK me IVORY tu9h7
from dead elephant, and searched for
the trail of tiger.
The gate was an excellent place Tor
a tiger. Around 1t was planted an III
most impenetrable screen Of ever
greens, so thick that the ground be
meath was quite bare OF grass. Here
the two hunters craWled on stoInachs
that began to feel a tritle empty, and
here they happened on the trail.
Tucker found it first. His stumpy
tail grew rigid. Nose to the ground
he crawled and wriggled through the
underground, Bobby at his heels. Ana
now Bobby saw the trail, footprints.
1t is true that they resembled those
OF heavy boo,s with nails. But on the
other hand, 40 one could say surely
that the nail marks were not those OF
claws.
Tucker circled about. The trail
grew more exciting. Bobby had to
crawl on hands and feet under anu
through thickets. Branches had been
broken as by the passage of some large
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| weapon and went on.
An hour later the two hunters re-
turned for breakfast. Washing did
something to restore the leader to
normal appearance, but wondering
family discovered him covered with
wounds and strangely silent.
"Why, Bob, where have you beenT'
his mother demanded. "Why, l never
saw so many scratches!"
1--WE been hunting" he replied
briefly. "They don't hurt, anyhow"
Then he relapsed into absorbed Sill
ence. His mother, putting cream on
his cereal, placed an experienced hand
on his forehead. Are you sure you
feel well, dear?" she asked. Il think
your head is a little hot"
I'm all right, mother"
She was wisely silent, but she ran
over in her mind the spring treatment
for children at home. The blood. she
felt. should be thinned after winter
of sausages and rich cocoa. She men
tally searched her medicine case.
A strange thing happened that day.
A broken plate disappeared from the
lupper shelf of closet, where Pepy
had hidden 1t; also cup with d nick
in it, similarly concealed; also the heel
of a loaf of bread. Nor was that the
end. For three days sort of magic
reigned in Pepy's kitchen. Ten pota
toes, laid out to peel, became eight
Matches and two ends of candle
walked out, as 1t were, on their OWE
feet. A tin pan with hole in 1t left
the kitchen table and was discovered
hiding in Bobby's bureau, when the
Fraulein put away the washing.
The governess protested that he
heard nothing she told him, and was
absent minded at his lessons. But as
; she was always protesting about some
thing, no one paid any attention
Bobby drew ahead on his pocket allow
ance without question, and as his
: birthday was not far off, asked fol
"the dollar to grow on in advance
He always received dollar for eacf
year. which went into the bank, and 6
dollar to grow on, which was his owl
to spend.
With the dollar he made number
of purchases-cnndlesa and candlestick
toy pistol and caps, one of the masks
for the carnival, now displayed In al
the windows, a kitchen knife, woode1
plates, and a piece of bacon.
Now and then he appeared at thu
scenic railway, distracted and viewing
with a calculating eye the furnishing!
Of the engine room and workshop
From there disappeared a broker
chair, a piece of old carpet, discarded
from a car, and a large paddock, bu
the latter he asked for and obtained
His occasional visits to the railway
however, found him in old Adelbert'
coal from the pail beside the stove
and made cautious inquiries as t.
methods of cooking potatoes. But tn
pail of old Adelbert's gloom penetrated
at last even through the boys abstrac
ton.
81 hope your daughter is not worse.
he said politely, during one of hi
visits to the ticket booth.
"She is well. She RECEIVERS strengtl
rapidly"
"And the new uniform-does it e
your"
81 do not know" said old Adelber
grimly. 81 have not seen it recently.
"On the day of the procession we ar
all going to watch for you. I'll tell yo
where we will be, so you can look 70
u.s."
There will be no procession"
Then to the boy old Adelbert poure
: out the bitterness Of his soul. FL
showed where he had torn down tn
kings picture, and replaced 1t with on
e Of dying stag. He reviewed his day
:, In the hospital, and the hardship
0 through which he had passed, to com
to this. The king had forgotten hi
:. brave men.
t During the rest Of the day Bobb
Ic0nSidarad No loco a maftor than I'll