Evening star., 1919-06-22

to have queer signs marked upon it's
surface, Just as one would write upon
sand with a stick
What does II say" she asked the
yellow hen. who trotted along beside
her In a rather dignihed fashion.
How should know" returned
tho hen. 81 cannot read
'Oh! Can't your"
Certainly not; I've never been to
school. you know
swell, / have" admitted Dorothy;
nut the letters are big and far apart.
and It's hard to spell out the words
But she looked at each letter care
fully. and finally discovered that these
letters were written in the sand
Beware the Wheelers"
''Thats rather strange" declared
the hen. when Dorothy had read
aloud the words. What do you sup
pose the wheelers are!"
Folks that wheel. I guess. They
must have wheelbarrows, or baby
cabs or handcarts." said Dorothy.
perhaps they're automobiles" sug-
Eested the yellow hen. There is no
need to beware Of baby cabs and
wheelbarrows, but automobiles are
dangerous things. Several OF my
friends have been run over by them
at can't be autobiles,' replied the
girl, for this is a new. wild coun-
try. without even trolley cars or
telephones. The people here haven't
been discovered yet, I'm sure-that
IL, II there are any people. So don't
b'Iieve there can be any autobiles,
Bilhna-"
-"Perhaps not" admitted the yellow
hen. where are you going now"
"Over to those trees. to see II can
Ind some fruit or nuts" answered
Dorothy.
She tramped across the sand. skirt
ing the foot Of one OF the little
rocky hills that stood near, and soon
reached the edge of the forest.
At hrst she was greatly disap-
pointed, because the nearer trees
were all punita or cottonwood or
eucalyptus. and bore no fruit or nuts
1t all. But. by and by. when she
was almost in despair, the little girl
came upon two trees that promised
10 furnish her with plenty of food.
One was quite full OF square paper
boxes. which grew in clusters on all
= the limbs. and upon the biggest and
fipest boxes the word Lunch could
be read, in neat raised letters. This
tree seemed to bear all the year
Around. FOR there were lunch box
blossoms on some of the branches.
and on others tiny lunch boxes that
were as yet quite green. and evil
IDENTIFY not fit to eat until they had
grown bigger.
The leaves of this tree were all
paper napkins. and 1t presented
very pleasing appearance to the hun
cry little girl.
But the tree next to the lunch box
tree was even more wonderful. for 1t
bore quantities of tin dinner pals.
which were so full and heavy that
the stout branches bent under their
weight. Some were small and dark
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Q dull tin color: but the really ripe
ones were pals of bright tin that
shone and glistened beautifully in
the rays of sunshine that touched
chem.
Dorothy was delighted. and even
the yellow hen acknowledged that
she was surprised.
The little girl stood on tip-toe and
picked one of the incest and biggest
lunch boxes. and then she sat down
upon the ground and eagerly opened
It. Inside she found. nicely wrapped
in white papers. a ham sandwich,
piece of spongecake. a pickle, a slice
of new cheese and an apple. Each
thing had a separate stem. and SO
had to be picked of the side OF the
box: but Dorothy found them all to
be delicious. and she ate every bit Of
luncheon in the box before she had
finished.
"A lunch isn't zactly brakfast," she
said to Billina. who sat beside her GU
riously watching. But when one is
hungry one can eat even supper in
the morning. and not complain"
II hope your lunch box was per-
fectly ripe" observed the yellow hen.
in an anxious tone. 80 much sicknes IS
1a uaad nv eatinp green fhtnpa"