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surer would catch up to her. She raced past another. block and another, then she saw a light. It was shining from the windows of the Worthingtons They must be having party. Oh. what relief! Peggy dashed straight over their front lawn. She could see the people in the parlor and one of .he windows was open.
 AlasI She had forgotten about the croquet set and her foot caught in a wicket Down she fell on her tummy. knocklng all the wind out of herself ft-pal-plt-pat' came the footsteps. She couldn't move. The enemy had reached her slde. She heard the pant ing breath then a cold moist nose snue gled down-op her neck. She turned over and found herself looking into the faithful face of old Douglas thei, collie dog.
 "Oh, pshaw!" she exclaimed. getting up and dusting herself off. She was glad she had stumbled.
 They hastened home with thoughts Of poor Emily and when they reached the big house they saw lights and heard quite commotion.
 Feggy ran past to the little house gnu iouno IL all nt up. In she hurried
 
 Whats happened?" she demanded looking around.
 On the sofa sat Grandfstber o,,,, white hair on his head standing m bv ltseIr, and even his eyebrows all ruffed up- Dad sat on the floor with Jaur ence, while Emily was nowhere +o he seen. 'o De pretty mess!' cried Grandfather where have you been?' Just down the road a ways" re- pheo Peggy. Whats happened wild!" So
 Who wouldn't?" demanded +ha old gentleman. There was c11rled m ir, a comforter as snug as you please and what did the gal Emily Ado but snea l. up on me while I was asleep and tie my head up ip a sacki That's grain | tude! Here come just so's you gals | wouldn't feel skeered sleeping here the | first time@
 The door from the tiny dining room burst open and Emily rushed in. Down she fell on her knees before angry Grandfather.
 | P-please forgive mel" she sobbed we thought you were a burglar!"
 Peggy had seen the little twinkle dancing in Grandfather's eyes the whole time and knew he wasn't really 1 mad, but she too went to him and be- l gan smoothing him down, both his hair and feelings, while he kept or | storming and scolding. Anyway. Peg" whispered Emily you can't say I'm a coward again! I not only tied up the burglar but went and got aid while you just went strolling with old Douglas" | Well" said Laurence, "I guess IT have to get some batteries and wire this house so you can phone home when you get scared" Which wa. sweet of him and much appreciated although Peggy felt it was unneces sary. They'd never be afraid of burg | lars again.
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to show through the earth marks. And then, before the children recovered from their amazement enough to speak again, the little creature gave a few long leaps and was out of sight in the hedge.
 Now what do you think of that ?" demanded Florence. Tt came to life. Where was it all the timer"
 Hid in the ground" said Bob. we studied frogs this morning in opening exercises, but I never guessed I would see a really one do thatI You see, Miss Gilbert read to us out of book all about frogs. Frogs spend the win ter down in the earth-they burrow down in, in the fall. And there they live without food all winter In the spring they come out-I suppose our digging hurried this fellow few days but he didn't seem to mind! Then the minute the air touches them, they are lively as ever, they see and feel and move just exactly as they did when they went to sleep last fall"
 "Ugh!" exclaimed Florence, with a little shiver as she looked over to the fence. That's interesting enough, but I don't want frogs around my garden"
 "You'd better change your mind if you want a good garden" laughed Bob. Frogs work in the garden as much as we do. They eat larva- young creatures-and they destroy
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tiny creatures that would eat our seeds and young plants. Miss Gilbert says frog is the best friend a garden can have.'
 Florence looked at MT. Frogs hiding place with increased respect.
 Well" she admitted, If he does all that, I suppose I'd better get acquaint- ed enough to like him.
 And she did. For that same Mir. Frog took up his residence in the Dar- row garden and grew to be tame and friendly with the children. He seemed to like to hop about when they worked in the garden as much as they liked to have him-which was very muchi
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INsrRucrers, DEPT Or r1nNunx. TeAfNnSe .Poe

those just mentioned, so let that part of the construction be the first to be started upon. Only one thing in this connection that may not be exactly clear is the slot on the back part Of D. Through this slot a small screw is placed and fastened into E. The prln- cip1e of this operation will be very clear when the parts are put together Part B will not be difficult to under stand and make. Part B will require more study.
 > In assembling, study your assembly drawing with care. It will be noted that the body of the bear is fastened to c and D with small screws. The saw is fastened to the paws of the bear with a small screw also. Part c is fastened to B with small brads. Note that one of the brads is placed in front of the saw, thus keeping the latter in place. Part D is fastened to the lower part of B with a small screw, the latter fitting loosely into the slot
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A GARDEN DISCOVERY

~ OB and Florence had always lived
 in an apartment in big city and
 they knew very little of country ~ life and fun. Bob, to be sure, had twice visited a chum at his summer home, but the visits were short and he only got what might be called a small taste Of out of door life.
 Then one day in the very early spring, the children's father came home with a surprise.
 "How would you like to move out of the city?" he asked them at dinner. "Out to a place where you could have an attic and a basement and two big porches and yard?
 "And chicken house with chickens in it?" cried Bob.
 And garden with flowers and things to eat in it?'' said Florence.
 eff you were willing to help take care of them, you could have both chickens and a garden" agreed their father.
 "We wouldn't mind work" said Bob stoutIy, land I always wanted to feed things"
 "'Course we wouldn't mind help ing" agreed Florence, "and I want to
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enough to spade" said MT. Darrow, because this ground is mellow and fine and not too heavy. Florence, you can take the hoe and rake and after Bob gets the ground turned, you can help him break it up.
 And she can get basket and help pick out the stones and rubbish sticks or anything we find," added Bob. His reading about gardening had already given him some good ideas as to what to do.
 As soon as possible after school the two children hurried out to the garden lot. Bob marked off a certain space and set to work As soon as the ground was turned, he and Florence began breaking up the clods of earth he had turned over. Then, when that place was all fine and smooth, he marked off another spot and they did that And as they worked. of course, they talked and planned about all the good things to eat that were to grow there and about what fun it was going to be to pick supper off the garden.
 ''It1l seem like magic" Florence said happily. T just know"
 "Oh, Bob! Look!" she cried, inter- rupting herself with scream of fright, .that isn't a stone! It's a creature!"
 Bob, his hoe half suspended, looked down at his feet.
 Sure enough, the clump of what he
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eat something pick myself"
 ''Now you are in for it!" laughed the children's mother. Really, you shouldn't start them thinking and talking about such fun, when they can't have and do all those things"
 I'm not so sure about that" said MT. Darrow. What do you think of these?'' and he spread out on the table a lot of important looking pa pers.
 "Ten 'em to us, Dad." suggested Florence.
 So MT. Darrow explained that the important looking papers said that he had paid for a house and three acres of land and that they-the Darrow family, could move into the house in two weeks.
 ''I kept it a surprise" he explained d, because I knew you would all love it and I didn't want you to be disap- pointed if the deal failed to go through. But it's all settled now and we can make plans to move. It's the Walton place out in Willow Grove only twenty-two miles out from the city and the very house you all ad- mired when we visited out there that
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not a coward, Peg, but y'0 aw1ully nervous. My hearts beating terribly" !"
 You make me tired" her cousin replied stern1y. You ought to rise to the occasion. The front door is locked tight. I heard him try 1t and as long as the lock holds you are safe"
 Well, I'll try to handle the b-burg- lar while you summon aid,'' said Emily wringing her hands and looking about as scared as a mortal could look.
 "Then you'd better get up and dress,'' advised Peggy, who was all most dressed herself. '1f he should break in it wouldn't be nice for you to be in your nightgown. The rolling pin is hanging up in. the closet. You'd better keep it somewhere handy and don't let him steal that rug in the parlor. That's a real Turkish rug and Mother only lent it to me-"
 Emily began dressing with trembling g hands while the daunt1ess Peggy got ready for her desperate plunge into the night
 "Goodby. Emily darling" she said
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The boy who makes the most money at chickens, is the boy who takes time to learn and who does everything the right way"
 That suits me. Dad." agreed Bob. "I've been reading those books and I've learned a lot already. But we'll get the garden in first"
 Such fun as 1t was to move to the countryI Of course this wasn't really truly country like on a farm, but the house was on the edge of tiny village and, so far as the children knew, that was real country life. The furniture went out on a great van and the fam fly and the trunks went by train.
 It was a beautiful day-birds sing ing, spring breezes blowing, trees mass of bloom and such a sweet, clean smell in the morning air. But there was little time for looking at sights that day, for the van arrived and then there was the hustle and the delightful hustle of getting settled. It's much easier, the Darrows found, to settle things into a house where there is a place for everything, than to move into a tiny fiat with a dark store room way down stairs. In the new house, there was a place for everything and
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"I'u have to jump right into the fower-bed" she sighed.

II nave IO UuHlp A16hI Ah1o |AAo fower-bed," she sighed.
 The window was so tiny that 1t was all she could do to squeeze through and drop noiselessly into the soft flow er-bed which was just beginning to flower so nicely. The big house was there close at hand right on the other side of a big tree. Peggy made rush for it but, of course, she had to cross the bright patch of moonlight on the lawn between. Just as she neared the big tree she saw a shadow glide from behind it and come straight for her.
 This was awful! Somebody was lurking there between her and the big house where the family were. She might have screamed but there was a tiny new baby brother in the house and she didn't want to scare him and Mother unless there was nothing else she could dc.
 "I'Il race down the driveway to the side door," she thought. And race she did. When she reached the side door she heard footsteps following her. It was awfully dark there. Before any body could get the door open she might be bounced upon and dragged away. She left the door and began to run.
 Just where she was going she didn't know. The sidewalk was shaded by the new leaves overhead on the
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in an amazingly short time, everything was in its place.
 "Now.' said MT. Darrow, the next morning, things look like home in here, suppose we take look at where the garden is to be before leave for work Then after school this after noon, you two gardeners can begin digging"
 So they went out to the garden plot and planned that the family garden should be here and Bob's garden there and F1orence's garden in a pretty spot near the fence.
 'I think you, Bob, are plenty big
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T< JUNIoR COOK
FRESH WAX BEANS

WAA BEANS
 Break the beans into short lengths. and remove stems.
 Wash and drain.
 Cover with boiling water and boil till tender. If beans are fresh this will take about 25 minutes.
 The water should be nearly boiled away. A little practice will show a careful cook just how much water to use with vegetables; there should be ample to avoid the danger of burning and yet there should be none to throw away as the water contains valuable minerals the body needs.
 Season with 1 teaspoonfu1 salt.
 tablespoonsful butter
 Pour into serving dish and serve at once
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m ID.
 No particular decorative treatment is suggested. Use your own initiative in determining this part of the con- struction. Of course, it is hardly nec- esSary to add that it will be much more attractive if given some kind of attention beyond the bare wood.
 am sure that every boy will want to make more than one of these. Re- member. too. that it will make a very fine gift for some one around Christ mas time.
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naples. besides she didn't dare look around. It was enough to hear that thump, thump, of feet chasing her. . Oh, how she ran!
 Every house on the block was dark. On she raced. Every house on the next block was dark. She dared not stop at any of them although she knew all the neighbors, because she realized that it would take some time to answer the doorben and meanwhile her pur-
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at last. Forgive me if I've ever been mean or horrid to you"
 "Oh, Peggy!" sobbed Emily. Don't talk like that!' -.~-.-- -r.,
 'It may be last farewell" replied her cousin, solemnly.
 They kissed while Emily's tears flowed fast and free. Then Peggy cau- tiously put her head out of the window and looked around. All was still un- der the bright moonshine.
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~ OMETIME ago Joseph Petz. of Rochester, New York, sent me a
 " drawing of a toy he had picked - up some years ago when he was making trip through Europe. This young man has been reading these columns for sometime and thought all the other people who read them would be interested in the toy in question. It is, therefore, presented today.
 The original toy was made by carv- ing the body of the bear and while this treatment would add a great. deal or interest to it, the straight figure may be used just as we'll It is the latter that is being used in the accom- panying drawing. G
 It will not be difficult to understand the operation, which is similar to that used in the Fighting Bull Dogs tow. that is, the two pieces c and D are grasped in the fingers and alternately pushed and pulled.
 The simplest parts to make are
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PuzzIecorner

FRACTIONAL MOVIE" STARS 2-5 of indecision. 3-4 of unsightly. 2-5 of 8 flower. 2-3 of a fairy. 2-3 of anger. 3-5 of a musical instrument. 1-6 of one of the U. S. A. 1-5 of European country.
  3-S of victory. 2-5 of bird. 3-7 of a fish. 1-5 of 8 girls name. 3-4 of a narrative. - 2-5 of a military officer. Is of a fruit. 2-7 of one of the U. s. A. DIAMOND My first is in both. My second is anger. My third is full of courage. My fourth enjoyed Paradise My fifth is in Haven.
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07
Sinners Have
Dinner and Dance
AT Cova July 4th

More than one hundred and fifty
Shriners, with their wives, sweet
hearts and guests, attended a dinner
dance at the Cova, last Monday eve
ming, celebrating July Fourth. II
was indeed very enjoyable affair.
A sumptOus dinner was served, and
after dinner speakers were Mobiles
w. c. Rylander, Clark Mullican and
Senator Bledsoe, all Of whom acquit-
ted themselves in most creditable
way and their speeches were greatly
enjoyed as usual. The tables were
then removed and many Of those
present enjoyed a dance till the late
hour. Ii is the unanimous verdict
of those who attended that this was
one Of the best entertainments Of its
kind ever given in the city. Music
was furnished for the occasion by a
local orchestra.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07

guests at the A. l.. Leeg home Sun
day
c. z. Fines family were visitors
at Mr.. Pinkstrum's Sunday.
Mr.. Horace johnson is sporting
a new car. Miss Odell Dean was
teaching him 20 run 1t Sunday.
They Come Not Back.
Remember, these three things come
not back:
The Arrow sent upon its track
Il will not swerve, it will outstay
its speed;
II flies TO wound or stay
The spoken words soon forgot by
thee;
But it has persisted not;
In other hearts tbs living still,
And doing work for good or i'll.
And the lost opportunity,
That cometh back no more to thee
In vain thou weep'st, in vain dos'
yearn
These three will never more return
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07

Cooperation, one thing we all be-
lieve in, some of the biggest SQUAD
bles in life are induced by the differ
ent methods Of cooperation. Most Of
us are very willing for everybody TO
help us put over our plan but we are
not willing every time TO help put
over the other fellows plan. To make
Il plain and simple, this is the rule
Il believe in you cooperating with
me in all things and at all times, but
] do not always believe in cooper
ating with you in all things at all
times"
II is plain TO see there are two
kinds 81 cooperation The first
place we see this is in the home.
There are women in this world who
have been cooperating with their
husbands for forty years Doing ev-
erything they could 10 help him real
ize his dreams in the business world
or the professional world or any
other world he may be trying 90 sue
coed in And there are thousands
Of eases on record where these hus-
bands have succeeded and risen 10
"A high place in their business; but
jus; the minute the wife begins 20
hint around that she would like 20
see some Of her dreams realized,
no what his dreams have come true,
he begins 30 have another dream. He
must have more bonds, more cattle.
more land, better library, n bigger
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07
PHOEBE WARNER SAYS TWOK KINDS
OF COOPERATION is NECESSARY
FOR HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS

machine Of some kind, and if his wife
will Just wait for everything she
wants until he gets everything he
wants then he will help do the things
she wants done.
The cemeteries around the country
are pretty well filed up with wives
who are still waiting Sometimes
such men reform in time TO save
their second or third wife. Many Of
those who have escaped the grave
are in the insane asylum. And a
whole lot more are still dragging
around trying TO get along with the
same old things while they keep on
cooperating with their brave and
ambitious husbands TO make a great
man Of him; n man whom the neigh
bors will point out as self-made
man who is worth 100000, and
made every dollar Of IL himself Very
likely this same self-made man has
never spent a dollar on his children's
education except the taxes which the
State demanded Of him. Sometimes
his 100000 represents the wrecked
health, happiness and lives Of his
whole family. Yet this man will tell
YOU that he believes in cooperation
in the home $50 long as his wife and
AL the children cooperate with him.
Then there are cases on record where
men spent their entire lives trying
TO do the things their wives demand
ed Of them every day they lived.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07
COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR CON-
CRETE WORK WANTED

The Commissioners Court of Lub-
book County, Texas, proposes to let
a contract for about one hundred
and four cubic yards of concrete TO
be furnished and properly placed IN
the construction of dam across the
center channel of the yellow House
Canyon on the County Park grounds
near the City of Lubbock, and here
by gives notice that competitive bids
for the letting Of such contract will
be received and considered by said
court on the twenty-thlrd day OF
July, A. ID. 1921, at ten o'clock A..
NJ, on the said day, in the Office Of
the County Judge of the said Coun-
ty, the said contract TO be let to the
lowest satisfactory bidder who shall
submit a bid for such contract TO
furnish and properly place said con-
crete in said dam and comply with
the terms and conditions upon which
said contract will be let. Each bid
der for the said contract Is hereby
referred to the County Judge OF
said County for the quantity Of
cement, sand and gravel, to be used
in the formation Of such concrete,
and also for the plans and specIiics-
tions OF such construction. Each
bidder is required 20 deposit with his
bid a certified check drawn upon one
OF the local banks for fifty per cent
Of the amount Of his bid, payable to
Lubbock County. to be held BY said
court a. security Cor the faithful
performance Of his contract, IN case
his bid Is accepted aud he enters In
To contract TO furnish said concrete
and properly place the same ~ there
IN stipulated. The cheek Of cash bid
der whose bid u rejected viii be
immediately returned % him. The
Court reserves the right TO reject all
hlda
az =. y. BROWN.
caunty Judge Of Luhhogk caanty'
Texas.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-07

In such cases the man has one adj
vantage He invariably has the SYM
pathy of all other women and most
women. And by his self-sacritce
and patient obedience TO all her
whims he wins the noble title OF
Hcnpecked Husband There is just
this difference. The world still adj
mires n man who gets rich and makes
a financial success, no matter how
he does il. But it pitics the man
an dhates the woman where the wife
demands all the cooperation in the
home.
The next place we see these two
specimens Of cooperation is in the
business world. Every town and ev-
cry city is full Of men who are will
ing to go into a thing If they can
see, without a doubt, that IL will
help their business. But how often
they hesitate, hang back, and make
excuses when they see no direct and
immediate good coming their way.
Some folks will not even help clean
up the town. 'Tll clean my own yard,
or have my wife 20 do il, and that Is
enough for me. II you want the rest
Of the town cleaned do II yourself.
Some folks are willing to pay road
tax IL all the work on the roads are
done in front Of their house or on
their way TO town Some folks are
willing to help clean up the room at
school where their child goes, but
don't give a whoop for the rest OF
the schoolhouse.
Some folks are so glad TO have you
come and help them when they are
sick or in trouble Of any kind, but
are so busy that they forget all about
il when You need help Some folks
believe in unity when they are The
UNIT. But never when you are the
unit.
OFTEN this difference in cooper
alton creeps into our greatest edu-
cational institutions How often we
see one college working with another
50 long as that college is getting
most ct the benefit. But how quick
~ they change their minds when the
advantage looks the other way. And
sometimes we even find church that
believes in cooperation so long as
the other churches do all Of the CO.
operating and they get the good Of
IL. But not an inch viii that church
give when IL comes its turn 20 CO.
operate with all the other churches.
What do you suppose is the cause
Of an this Indifference.