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Evening journal., 1920-02-27

he came home for vacations. but. much
10 the girls surprise. he didn't seem to
70 find rabbits as Interesting as before.
Anybody who has big college brother
knows Just how queer they are. So
the rabbit houses stayed neglected and
lonely TIL las; summer-and that's
when this story really truly begins.
one morning Alice and Mary were
wedding their gardens in the back
yard when they heard a loud "honkl
honki" out IN front.
That's Uncle Fred's machlnei" cx-
claimed Alice. as she hastily brushed
The dirt or her hands. 'let's run tell
him 10 come and see the gardens"
Lets" agreed Mary. enthusiastic
ally. And she too brushed the dirt of
her hands. and both girls hurried
around TO the front yard.
"No" said Uncle Fred, replying 20
their invitation. II can't stop even TO
look at fine gardens Just now. Tve
got 10 ny along. But thought maybe
you'd like 70 see what have In the
back or the car here"
He climbed out Of the car tc show
them. or course. the girls didn't walt.
They stepped up on the running boarc
and peeped into the back and there
they saw--not thing but a half
bushel basket or freshly cut grass.
They were that disappointed they
couldn't help but show IT, and that
made Uncle Fred laugh
Don't you like grass for a PRESENT.
he asked toasingly. well. all right
then. I'll take Il back"
"No. you don't Uncle Fred" replied
Alice, who had noticed the twinkle In
her uncle's eye and who suspected
that more than mere fresh cut grass
was in that basket. Wen take your
grass--and whatever else you have
too" she added.
"Aii right then. young lady" said
her uncle. Seeing you want It so badly
-looki"
Very carefully he lifted the basket
out OF the car and set Il on the ground.
Then, very carefully and tenderiy he
laid aside tho top layers OF grass and
showed the girls wha; lay underneath.
"Oh!" exclaimed Mary happily. ARE
they for us?"
"Can we touch them and hold them
and have them for our own7" asked
Alice.
Uncle Fred nodded yes so Alice
reached out her hand and picked up
The tinlest softest. grayest little rabbit
she had ever seen. lie looked exactly
Ike tiny bit OF fur and until you saw
his pink nose you never IN tho world
would suspect that he was really truly
alive.
Mary picked up another little rabbit
and snuggled him close up under Aer
chin.
I'm going 10 have this one for
mine.r she announced. cause love
him so much.T
And this one Is mine" said Alice.
"And what viii you do with the
other one?" asked Uncle Fred. for stlll
another lay In the bottom OF the
basket.
"weIl have him for both Of u.s."
suggested Alice.
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"oh. that didn't make any differ
ence." replied Joe. carelessly. II
'phoned in the big glass bottle Of lime
drops"
"Joei" cried his mother embracing
him. "what a boy you are!"
Don't praise me. Mommer." Joe
answered. for he was a modest chap.
Il owe It all to Winston"
winston? Who is he7"
Joe stepped behind the counter and
brought out his book and his mother
following his finger read:
winston was unarmed but he
knew better than to let the iniruders
know this. II aught were to save him
now It must be his GOODNESS and pres
ence OF mind alone"
"Lookl" cried Jim. picking up some-
thing from the floor. Here's a load
ed revolver one OF them dropped. Well
keep II. eh? And next time wen have
something besides a little bluff 70 hand
out TO burglars"
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A LITTLE BLUFF

presence OF mind alone" ON and on
read Joe through the exciting tale.
Suddenly he gave a start for he
heard the shop door quietly opened.
Why he sat still instead OF Jumping
up to walt on the supposed customer
he never could tell.
u just got kind OF a hunch." he
said afterwards.
AZ any rate he sat still as mouse,
listening. Whispering voices and
shutting OF feet told him tha, more
than one had entered the store.
Nobody in" said a low gruff
voice.
"s-s-sh!" some one cautioned.
Better so slow"
Even II they was in t'wouldn't
scare me none" muttered the first
voice. "Thar's only a widder-woman
and three kids lives here"
"A widder-woman could pun a trlg-
ger. SO could kid" warned another
voice.
Better go slow" third said.
''Not much piekings here any way.
Where's the till?"
The little cash register stood right
above Joe's head on the counter and
near Il lay pair OF large bright
shears with which Joe's mother cut
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touch, but finally he got very brave
and came up close to Alice. She gath
cred him up in her arms and carried
him home and there he stayed. happy
and content with his mates. Alice and
Mary often wondered just how he goi
away and why he went. but that wise
little rabbit tells no tales on himself
But whatever was his reason for gong
away. it's very evident that he is glad
the girls found him and brought him
back. Perhaps that's because he Mas
such good mistresses. who never once
forget his food and fresh water.
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so they finally gave up and tried to
content themselves with the two that
were left.
Weeks afterwards. when Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas and New Years
Day were long past. Alice and Mary
and their father went out for a Sunday
afternoon walk. They went passed the
village and out into the real country
that looked so beautiful covered with
/ ice and snow.
Suddenly. as they were walking
along. Alice exclaimed. There's a
bunny that looks exactly like Jump
away only he's biggeri"
Mary looked where Alice pointed
and she too exclaimed. why II is
Jump-awayi I'm sure II is. only he's
grown up bigger 'en everl"
The girls left the road and ran into
the field where the rabbit was. He
didn't run from them. he Just stood
still and watched carefully as they
came nearer and nearer. as though he
would like to be friendly. but he'd
have to be sure first what they meant
TO do.
Then. when the girls were almost
up TO him. what do you suppose he
did? He stood straight up on his
hind legs like his little mistresses had
taught him 10 dol
Look fatheri Lookl" shouted both
girls. "It's Jump-awayi See himl"
II took quite little coaxing to get
Jump-away to come near enough to
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NJ ANG! Bangi The sharp bark
Ia OF a revolver shattered the still
n ness" read Joe. bending eagerly
~ over his book.
lie was minding his mothers little
store while the rest Of the family was
out The store was on the state road
but II was a lonesome corner IN the
winter time. when auto parties were
scarce and Joe hardly expected 10 have
Many customers. After putting an arm
fnl OF wood in the stove he settled
himself In comfortable chair behind
the counter with a good book for COM
pany. The lamp shed coy glow
over him. but as he had tilted the
green shade. the rest OF the store was
quite dim. In fact IL seemed 10 Joe. as
he glanced around a rather lonely
and spooky sort Of place in which 10
sit reading a story about thieves and
bandits Perhaps K was THIS notion
which made him hunch down lower
IN his chair until not even the top OF
his red head was visible above the
counter.
winston was unarmed." continued
Joe, turning over a page. "but he
knew better than TO let tho ;niruders
know this. n aught we're 10 save
him now n must he his GOODNESS and
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unbleached muslin. cheese cloth and
outing flannel. Joe's eyes fell on the
shears and In another instant he had
them In his hand.
There's tho TILL" one OF the in
truders said. at don't look like II
had much In It."
He and his two companions moved
towards Il when suddenly like a red
headed jack-ln-the-box Joe bounced
up from behind the counter. In tho
dim light the surprised men caught
CLINT OF metal IN the boys right
hand leveled straight at them.
up with your hands. every man
OF you'll" came IN shrill. determined
tones. no nonsense. or I'll shoot
and-"Joe's voice sank down into a
deep. low. warning snarl--'T'll shoot
20 k-killi"
A revolver elattered from one mans
hand as the three obeyed the boys
command.
Right about facet" cried Joe.
The men wheeled around.
"March"
They marched 70 the wall opposite.
"Now stay there and the frst one
that moves a muscle will be a dead
man." Joe warned. adding under his
breath. some day"
He was heard to move around and
then the prisoners heard click
rive got nv eve on you" the boy
Evening journal., 1920-02-27
THE RUNAWAY BUNNY

FIX that up to suit yourselves" said
Uncle Fred. "for l must be going now.
Better leave them in the baske,
though. till you get their old rabbit
house ixed over. They like to sleep
In that soft grass. 1t was in pile of
Ia out on our front yard that / found
them this morning. SO 1 know they
like grass"
Uncle Fred had no more than driven
away before the girls began work on
the rabbit house. They cleaned 1t till
It shone; they made bed Of grass for
each rabbit; and they hxed cup OF
water and supper OF lettuce and car
rots from their own garden. Then.
when father had come home and had
seen the new pets and had approved
the changes In the rabbit house. the
rabbits were taken out OF the basket
and put In their new home.
They seemed 10 like their home and
new mistresses very much for they ate
and grew Just as comfortable as we'll
behaved rabbits should. And as they
grew bigger they ran around the little
yard the girls father fenced off for
them and learned 10 do several tricks
the girls taught them. Alice named
her rabbit Hippity-hop. Mary named
hers Llppity-lop and the ono which
belonged to both. they called lump
away because he was so very shy and
modest.
But one thing Jump-away could do
better than the other two was a certain
trick tho girls taught him. He
wouldn't come up close to anybody.
and he wouldn't run and show off the
pretty hippi,y-hop step that rabbits
have and which the girls loved to
watch. but he was the first of the
three TO learn to stand up on his hind
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bottom with one inch brads driven
through the stop and door and
clinched on the inside of the door.
A screw eye Is screwed in one end OF
the door stop. another about one and
one-half inches from the back Of one
side and a rubber band stretched be-
tween them. This acts as spring and
closes the door when the hook is re-
leased by the mouse pulling at the
bait. The hook driven in the top OF
the door is made as follows: Drive
one and one-half inch No. IS brad
in place. cut or the head with a pair
of pliers or file and with the pliers
bend as shown in the drawing.
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The information for making the bot
tom and sides can be easily learned
from the drawing. assemble them with
one inch brads.
The. can used for this trap was
baking powder can and to III the d.
mensions given must be three inches
In diameter and FIVE inches deep. II
you wish to use a larger can increase
dimensions Of the other parts OF the
trap accordingly.
Fasten the can TO the trap by brads
driven up through the floor and can
stop. through the can. and clinched
inside the can. The can stop is to bs
fastened to the noor with three
qua rter inch brads.
The bait hook Is made OF heavy
wire. formed as shown In the drawing.
Use pliers to hold the wire while
bending. Make hole in the bottom OF
the can for the bait hook with wire
nail a little larger gage than the wire.
The door can be made to close from
the slightest touch on the bait hook
II the hook driven into the top OF the
door Is adjusted and bent at Just the
right angle.
II piece OF tin Is tackad on the
door directly In front OF the can OPEN
ing the mouse will not be able 10
gnaw his way out through the wood
door.
boy who understands how TO WIRE
an electric bell can connect one to the
trap so he will be notified when Mr..
Mouse Is caught.
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But I can't now" replied the boy.
THE sheriff will call a posse and
catch you"
mot II we have a good start" urged
the man earnestly. Honest. kid. have
a heart"
"weli.- replied Joe. "you must
think I'm soft to let you go after see
irg you try TO rob my mother"
I'VE was In hard luck" said the
man. IF you let us off wen beat It
10 the nearest railroad and never
come back 10 this town no more"
"The sheriff Will catch you. Then
there are the bloodhounds." Joe an
swered.
They can't track freight train"
said the man. wen catch the fust
one that comes along"
well" said Joe after a thoughtful
pause. Il guess / am soft I'm sorry
Evening journal., 1920-02-27

built the tower In such a way that Il
a straight line were dropped from a
certain point in the tower known as
the center Of gravity. the line would
touch the ground within the founda-
tons Of the tower. Had It been so
built that the line would have reached
the ground outside OF the foundation
OF the tower. It would have fallen
long before this.
The leaning tower at Pisa was the
scene OF an interesting experiment.
Aristotle. the famous Greek phiioso-
pher. had declared that we're two balls
OF the same material but of different
weights to be dropped from a great
height the heavier OF the two would
reach the ground first. Now Aris-
totle was a very wise man and every
body believed what he said and no
one thought OF trying 70 see II this
truth was a sound one until about
three hundred years ago-two thou
sand years after Aristotle's time -
when Calico. the italian astronomer.
decided that the Greek philosopher
must have been mistaken In his the
ory. One day Calico decided that he
would prove himSelf right and Aris-
totle wrong. and so in the presence
of great crowd he went TO the top
OF the leaning tower and with him
he took two shots. one OF one pound
and one OF ten. You will see." he
said. "the difference in the weight
will make no difference in the length
OF time II will take these two bodies 20
reach the ground" No one believed
him but all were curious. and when
he let the two balls fall together. ev-
erybody stood breathless to see how
and when they fell. And they fell
together, Just as he had predicted
SO Galileo established a new rule
which has governed many OF the prin-
ciples of science in our day.
II you ever go to Italy you must
visit Pisa and see the famous leaning
tower.
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"LICE AND MARY lived In
A& pretty suburb some miles away
from a big city. And like most
- folks who live near city. they
very much enjoyed the fields and
woods and all the out OF door things
they could see and do. or course. mat
meant they had animal pets
In their own big back yard their
father had built for them q row OF
houses tha, the girls animal friends
could live In, and everybody In the
family called It "Friendly Row" There
was a comfortable room for the Scotch
collie. who was the girls very best
friend: a tidy little home where Mrs
Taby the big. motherly gray cat could
sleep out IN the yard n she wished
Cthough usually she wished 10 stay
nearer folks): three houses for the
chickens. and row OF small houses
for rabbits. And each animal had his
or her own little yard IN front OF each
house. where he could play and enjoy
the sunshine IN peace and quiet with
out being bothered by any other crea-
ture.
The rabbit houses had been vacant
FOR p long time ever since biz brother
Tom started oT 20 COLLEGE. or course
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warned. then. "Hellol That Central
Please get me somebody quick. There
are three burglars here in the store
Call me the sheriff and ring up the
Andersons. Mr.. Anderson has three
big bloodhounds. Yes. Good! But
act quickl Cllckl Clickl
Don't move" Joe continued to his
prisoners.
Say" pleaded one Of the men.
please let us off. kid. We amt reg
ular burglars. We's jest in hard luck.
Ef you let US of wen maybe do you
a good turn some day."
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legs when tho girls asked him 20 and
as a result he got a big reward OF let
tuce for being so obllging and willing.
one afternoon IN the late fall. only
two rabbits were in the rabbit yard
Jump-away was no where to be found.
The girls hunted and called and
coaxed--no rabbit answered. and A.
nally the dark came and they had to
go into the house before Jump-away
was found.
They hunted him the next morning
and afternoon and all day Saturday
but not a trace OF him could they find.
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STATE CAPITALS
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Evening journal., 1920-02-27
THE JUNIOR COOK MssHsefoss sARss snFaB.,

Put into a mixing bowl:
/ cupful sugar
1 teaspoonful salt
tablespoonful vegetable oil
1 teaspoonful vanilla
egg
stir till smooth and creamy.
Add 1 cupful Of milk
cupsful OF hour into which tea
spoonsful Of baking powder has been
sifted.
Beat I'll creamy and full Of bubbles.
Grease small muffin rings.
Drop a tablespoonful Cor less II
rings are very small) Of the dough into
each ring and bake about rs minutes.
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Turn pan upside down and cakes
will drop out.
When cool ice them with icing made
by mixing:
cuptul xxx sugar with table
spoonful butter and u tablespoonful
cream.
Add u teaspoon lemon extract.
When mixed till thick and creamy.
spread over the top OF the little cakes.
While the icing Is still sticky and
fresh. sprinkle with grated cocoanut.
When dry. stick into the top OF each
cake a tiny American fiag.
This recipe will make is small or IL
good sized cakes.
Evening journal., 1920-02-27

bloodhounds. as indeed they mig ~
have since MT Anderson's oiooo-
hounds often gave concerts at night
"Oh. joel" cried a frightened voice'
Joe's mother and his sister Pauiine
and brother Jim stood covering in
the shadow OF the store. Ihey mao
just come home and seen the burglars
leaving.
"Xyhat,s IT all mean. Joe?" Jim de-
manded. Those three men doing tne
lock sep and you shooing 'em out" 7
"They came in to burgle," Joe re-
piled. "but they didn't see me down
behind the counter. I popped up and
surprised them and held them UP Wild
Mommer's shears and after ia hned
them up face to the wall telephoned
for help"
"But we haven't any telephoneF
cried Pauline.
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for anybody who has bad luck. But
don't trust any of you. Still I'll give
you a chance. Now. you nearest the
door face about to the right. The
next man put your hands on his
shoulders. End man put your hands
on number two's shoulders. Now
march Left right. left right"
Tramp. tramp. trampi Out marched
the three in the look step.
Joe escorted them little way down
the road and then yelled: Now runl"
And or the trio scampered sure that
they heard the distant baying OF
Evening journal., 1920-02-27

TT MOUSE trap Is a very useful
EzH thing to have about the house
u because we never know when
- " Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse will move
n to pay US a visit. The trap de-
scribed in the accompanying article
can also be used for trapping gophers.
This simple trap has q bottom. two
sides. and a door with a tin can fas-
tened to the bottom between the two
sides.
The door Is made as shown In the
drawing. hinged TO the sides by two
three-quarter inch brads.
The door stop is fastened TO the
door one-sixteenth inch from the
Evening journal., 1920-02-27
FUzzLEscRNER

WORD SQUARE
water vehicle
a cry'of pain
a measure of area
Not now
THE TON" FAMILY
Here are the TON brothers six. it's
your task.
To hnd them all out and their whole
names unmask.
l. The lamb-like TON
2. A New Jersey TON.
3. The TON that secures.
4. The greedy TON.
5. The TON Of the steamboat
DIAMOND WORD
My nrst Is in earth
My second is a personal pronoun
My third is a dwelling
My fourth Is not 10 waste
My fifth Is in heaven
ANSWERS
WORD SQUARE
B o A T
OU c. II
A RE
4 n = "
TIE TON FhNILY--1. Hutton.
Trenton. 3. Button. 4 Glnf-foR.
). Fulton.
DIAMOND WORD
III
70 q
HOU Sc
U S 4
Il
HIDDEN PRoVERB-Time and tide
ioait for no man.
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a. nne as the belltower of Florence.
so they set about TO build what has
since become one OF the marvels OF
the world. The tower was built upon
wooden piles driven into the ground
which was so soft that when the
tower was little more than begun the
piles started to sink on one side. Ev-
eryone predicted that the tower would
fall. and although II leans more than
any other tower In the world the
tower OF Pisa still stands. This
tower. made OF white marble. Is thir-
teen feet out of the straight line. but
the tower has not fallen because OF
the skillful way in which the work.
men went on with their Job. They
Evening journal., 1920-02-27
cuTT1NG OUT
n r ALL the games | know abou
~ My favoriles, is cutting out.

! cut me giani-ogres bold
And Pnncesses. with hair Of gold.
And castles. where the ogres keep
The Princesses in dungeons deep.
And Knights. all brave. as knisht
should be
To set each captive Princess free.
And when | cut just what ! please
That lives on land. OF sails the seas.
Evening journal., 1920-02-27
ONE OF THE MARVELS
OF THE WORLD

MAA ORE than eight hundred years
HH ago the people OF the City Of
Pisa decided that they should
" j 4 Ike to have a beautiful tower
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-10
TOWNSHEND.
Blizzard Blocks All Traffic.

The first thaw of the winter began
Thursday, and on Friday steady rain
fell until after midnight, softening the
snow and making travel difficult and
even dangerous. Early Saturday morn
ing the predicted blizzard struck this
section, sweeping everything before it.
All roads were blocked and no trains
Of teams We're seen. On Sunday gangs
of men started shoyelng out the river
road and in the afternoon the snow
roller, drawn by six horses, partly Gov
cred the main roads of the town. The
hill roads are not yet completely broken
out. The tremendous drifts make show
cling almost every foot of the way a
necessity. Many persons say the storm
was the worst since the blizzard of
1888 To add to the difficulty water
from the thaW has set back in many
places and overfowed the roads The
northern mail has not left here for
Grafton as there are several feet of
water in one place.