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daughter Jessie and son Verne were
Little Falls visitors Friday.
Mrs. Mike Lee arrived home from
Minneapolis Tuesday.
Frank Ramsey went to Minneapolis
last week to seekaempIoyment.
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went Mildred alone with her pail
down to the waters edge. She thrust
in her spade and brought up a lot of
nice oozy sand. Something clinked as
she threw it into her pail. A shell.
she thought, and put her hand in to
get 1t. 1t was something hard. Up
she brought it A bracelet! For a
moment she thought it was hers. but
after washing it off in the salt water
she saw it was silver.
It's Dorothy's," she said to herself.
and began to run to her sister. Before
she reached her, Mildred slowed down
and thought: well, she lost mine 50
she ought to let me keep this"
Dorothy saw her coming with some
thing In her hand.
"Oh. did you find ft!' she cried.
IT found yours" said Mildred.
strolling up careiessly. but findings
keepings, SO I'm going to keep it. Be-
sides you lost mine"
Dorothy hadn't word to say. but
Mother remarked: somebody might
find yours, Mildred"
Mildred didn't think so. why, the
ocean was so big. and there was so
much sand. bracelet could be lost a
thousand years before it was found!
Besides findings keepings."
She felt a kind of mean satisfaction
as she walked away. and just as she
was going past the prov of the fishing
boat, near which her mother and sister
were sitting she was startled by a
strange dark girl who rose from the
sand. Mildred thought she looked
kind of lonesome and being naturally
good-hearted she said: "Hello." But
the stranger only stared rudely and
went on about her business.
Mildred saw her run over to a lady
sitting in a beach chair. Shy, I
guess" she thought, and went back TO
the wallaces.
Now. Mildred" said Grace Wallace.
ITS your turn to be the lady in dis
truss."
What am I to do?" she asked.
You stand inside the castle and
when a wave comes near you cry
help! and wen rescue you," Grace
explained. But look out for George,
he's the angry Duke and awful rough.
besides he's a tease. SO don't let him
get hold of you"
The others then all went away and
hid, leaving Mildred alone in the
castle. She stood there waiting for a
wave when suddenly she felt some
body poke her in the arm. She started
around and there was the lady she
had seen and the dark girl.
"Give 1t, give it," cried the lady, her
dark eyes flashing. Bad! Thief!
Naughty! Give 1t, I saysI"
Mildred would have run away but
the lady grabbed her by the arm.
Help" screamed the terrified child.
OF course. the others thought it was
all part of the game and came racing
to the spot. They were very much
surprised at the sight which greeted
them.
Bad" cried the angry lady. "Give
IT."
IT don't know what she means!"
sobbed poor Mildred.
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any smaller. or 1 was any bigger. l
couldn't get in at all. But then, it has
one advantage, our folks are never
bothered by having city cousins drop
in to spend the night, for when the
owner of the house goes to bed. there
is no spare room for visitors.
We live in the same house all our
lives, for as we grow, it grows too, so
no matter what our size may be, it
always fits. When I get tired OF the
same place, and think little change
of scenery would be pleasant, i push
out the front part of my body, which
is soft and mushy like an oysters.
and as it is covered with something
like thin paste. it sticks to the ground,
and I can pull myself forward the
tiniest little bit. and that's the way we
waikiki you could call it walking. In
fact, I couldn't crawl over the rough
ground at all, If I didn't first smear
it over with some of this Shiny sub
stance. Sometimes on summer morn
ings you may have noticed silvery
looking curliques over the front steps.
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remembers the school work best"
When the division had been made and
the two camps stationed at opposite
ends of the porch were>busy working
out the answers to the questions
noisy time ensued. At the end of
twenty minutes Dick blew a whistle
and time was called. The camp hav-
ing the most correct answers to the
questions received a point towards the
grand prize.
For the next game each child re-
ceived a strip of white paper. down
the side of which were the following
groups of letters: G. W.; ]. A: T. J.;
J. NJ; J. @. A: NJ. v. B.: W. H. H;
]. T.; J. K. P; 2. T.: NJ. F.: F. P;
]. B.; A l.; A. J.; u. S. G.; r. B. H;
]. A. G.; c. A. A: G. c.; B. H.;
w. Mex; T. R.; w. H. T.; T. w. W.;
w. G. H. The players were asked to
substitute for each set of letters the
full name of one of the presidents of
the United States.
After the games Dicks mother
served cooling ices and lemonade and
cookies and by that time the cool eve
ming had set in. and the party ended
with a frolic on the lawn.
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of the box. The sides of the box
should not come flush with the ends
of A, but the latter should extend at
least one-sixteenth of an inch beyond
the sides of the box. Should you use
material thicker than has been sug-
gested, be sure you lepgthen A to suit.
Part D should be laid out carefully
and cut to shape with equal care.
From note on the drawing, you will
learn that D Is to be fastened to- c
with two screws. and that G is fas-
tened to B with one screw. This
should be placed in the center, of
course. and should be just tight
enough to permit part C to turn free
ly. The reason for this will be easily
seen.
The handle will not be difficult to
make either. Just a straight piece of
stock with a small cross piece at one
end The corners of the piece may
be broken if desired.
The wheels will require the greatest
care. Naturally If they are to run
smoothly, they should be as nearly
round as it is possible to make them.
Scribe your circle carefully and work
lust to the line. Washers should be
used between the wheels and the
axles to insure better working of the
parts. The wagon may or may not be
painted. That is to be left to your
| own Judgment. OF course, it will looA
! much better If it is painted.
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in the daytime, but spend that time
doing away back in the cool shade
under a cabbage plant in the garden.
But when the sun goes down, and the
shadows come creeping over the fields,
and when the lightning bugs signal
each other with their flashlights, and
when the bats fly low over the garden.
and when everything is dark, and
damp and dewy. we wake and climb
up into a cabbage plant and eat and
eat. until we can hold no more.
And right there is why some people
don't like US. as they say we damage
the cabbage. But we don't do nearly
as much harm as the humans do, as
we only nibble a little piece out of
the leaf, while they eat the whole cab
bage. A curious thing about US is
our eyes are not always in the same
place. They are located on the tip
ends of two little Indla-rubber-like
horns that grow out Of the head.
These can be heightened or shortened
at will. and when we are tired of look
ing about, they can be Withdrawn into
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and over the roots of the trees. and
maybe you have wondered what they
We're? Well, they are just the trails
where some of our folks travelled the
night before, while you were fast
asleep in bed. 1 guess we are about
the slowest going folks in the world,
but there is always so much time. and
as we have no where particular to go,
what's the use of getting. in hurry?
One day as l was pushing and pulling
myself along by the side of the coun-
try road. I came to a big sign which
said: speed Limit IS Miles an Hour"
and I just laughed and laughed, as l
knew l couldn't go fifteen miles in a
whole life time, TO say nothing of an
hour. If everybody were like us.
speed cops would have to learn an
other business-or starve. Why. !
was over two weeks passing that fool
sign. We are great lovers of damp,
drizzling days when every blade of
grass. and every bit of ground is
soaking wet, for the wetter we are.
the better we feel, and il we ever get
perfectly dry. there is nothing for us
to do but die. We do not go out much
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ana had such good time both of them
forgot all about the bracelet. It was
atter their dip. as they were playing
on the beach. that Dorothy looked at
ner arm and missed the gold bracelet.
Sne was so upset for a minute she Just
couldn't speak or move. Then she
SAID: "Oh. it's gone!" jumped to her
ieet and ran as fast as she could to
her mother.
Sol" exclaimed Mildred, who had
Followed. You've lost that too! Now,
You heard what said? Well, just re-
member 1t, that's ALL"
She went off very stiff and dignified
blinking hard to keep back the tears,
but she wasn't going to spoil the FUN
OF the others. So she went back TO
the sand castle they had been building
we need wet sand" said George
Wallace. You. and Mildred go dig
sand"
The two girls took their pals and
spades down to the waters edge,
where the sand was good and wet
Back to the castle with full loads
Back and forth they toiled. 1t was
fun.
"One more load" said George. SO off
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01 n HEN you step on the gas,
and go sailing over an asphalt
n a IA road, away yonder and beyond
WV the speed limit. anything slow
er than twenty-five miles an hour
doesn't seem like moving at all. But
with our folks. it's different, and II we
can manage to get over three feet OF
roadway a day, we think we are going
some. But when you see how We are
built, you will not think it so strange
after all. We haven't a sign of feet
or legs, and only progress by stretcn-
ing out, and then drawing up. which
pushes us forward the fraction of an
inch. And besides being handicapped
by the lack of feet, we have to lug
our house around with US wherever
we go.
This house is a beautiful she'll fas-
tened to our backs, and while 1t ss
not very heavy. It is awfully in the
way sometimes. But 1t comes N
mighty handy to have 1t along when
bedtime comes, or when some hungry
bird tries to eat us. When I crawl
into my house 1t fits.me just like
one-piece' bathing suit. and If It was
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Beside Findings Keepings
A Patriotic PARTY

I" LII of Dicks friends knew that
HzA when he gave a party It was
B sure to be a novel affair. and so
- nwhen the invitations arrived
from Dick inviting his classmates to
attend Patriotic Party, excitement
and expectation ran high. When the
afternoon of the party arrived the
guests hurried to- Dicks, anxious to
he on time for the fun. Dick met
them at the door and led them to the
side porch.
'As 1t is a warm day." he said, I'VE
will have a quiet party. I am going
TO ask you to use your brains instead
of your feet. and we can sit still for
our fun" Then he handed each guest
a blank card on which had been pasted
a red. white and blue border. At the
top Of the card were two questions:
Which were the thirteen original
States7 BY what person or company
was each founded?
Now" said Dick. before you write
the answers to these questions am
going TO divide the party into two
camps. and the boys and girls in each
group can get together and work out
tho answers. We will see which camp
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This is what found" And she held
up the little silver bracelet.
The lady grew red with rage and
cuffed the dark girl, scolding in a
foreign language. Then she smiled
and said politely: "A mistake. I beg
pardon" Then ahe seized the little
dark girl and began walking off. Mil
bred ran after her. May she play
with us?" she asked.
The strange child gave Mildred such
look of gratitude that she knew they
would be good friends and hand in
hand they both went to Dorothy.
dot darling" cried Mildred. Come
on and play. I'm a pig. Here's your
bracelet. I'll lend you anything you
want after this"
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II hsard!" exclaimed the strange
girl. You say Findings Keeping :"
and she Knocked Mildreds airy man
ner as she had made the remark to
Dorothy behind the fishing boat.
well, I can't give 1t to you," she
said.
1T get the poleece!" exclaimed the
lady. Thief"
Say, lady" George Wallace said.
Mildred isn't a thief"
VERY WELL" retorted the lady," then
she give It now"
"B-but 1 can't!" objected Mildred.
TIT isn't mine"
"A-ha!". replied the lady wagging
her head and shaking her finger
Then why have you it? Whose does
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the head, eyes, horns and all. There
is another kind of snails. cousins OF
ours, that people call slugs. They are
bigger than we are, but have no shells,
and don't do anything much except lie
about under logs and rotting timbers.
AS they have no house to crawl into
when danger threatens, they make no
effort to escape, but just lie there and
allow any old hen to swallow them
whole. In fact, they don't seem to
mind being swallowed at all. but seem
to look on it as the only real thrill
they get out of life. You might think
ours a very uneventful kind OF an
existance. but in our way, we have a
pretty good time. There is a whole
lot in being satisfied with ones lot in
life, even if we don't see much of the
world.
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she wondered why they were there,
so she asked her father why. He told
her. Many years ago men wore coats
with long tails that trailed on the
ground when they walked. If speed or
hurry was necessary the long tails
were in the way. so buttons we're fas-
tened TO the coat, and button holes
were placed in the corners of the tails
that the long ends might be Topped up
and buttoned out of the way. Now
there is no use for such a button, but
it is used on the coats as an ornament
and stands as a relic of a former
style.
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FINDINGS KEEPINGS>

m oW. Dorothy" said Mildred,
" you've been awful nice about
losing your bracelet SO I'm going
y h to lend you mine for today, but
you have to promise to be very care
full and not lose that too"
"oh. thank you. Mildredl" cried her
younger sister. You are awful nice
to lend it to me, and will be careful"
So Dorothy got her sisters gold
bracelet.
IT'S a little loose, no I must be
extra careful" she said. as she slipped
1t on her wrist
you'd better be-" Mildred replied
severely. "otherwise I'll never, never,
to my dying day. lend. you another
single thing!"
Dorothy was much impressed by
this threat and when 1t was time for
their daily swim-they were staying
al the seashore for the summer-she
was afraid to leave 1t at the hotel for
fear q robber might break in during
her absence and steal the precious
,rinkct: so she wore 1t. meaning to
keen her eye on It every minute.
Alas, for good intentionsi They met
the Wallace children and Jimmy Davis
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it belong?"
ITO Dorothy" Mildred answered,
land I'm going to give it right back.
only wanted to teach her a lesson,
that's why I was keeping it awhile.
She lost mine"
George grinned and held out his
sunburned arm. On it cleaned the
gold bracelet. 81 swiped 1t from her
Just for fun"
"Thiefs. - ThiefsI" Kissed the lady.
"Give me my watch!"
Your watch!" exclaimed Mildred,
in real surprise.
eyes. my bracie-lid watch which you
have found and will not give me-" de-
manded the lady.
81 didn't ind it." said Mildred.