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, , illlilfiltll, pnlslldsi a sttsulur

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'_ -_fbe _-dntdl - la _:sown to s war- s strength, and could go forth

“lo mighty deeds in battle. But __=}f~§eat‘s.‘p'assed so slowly!

if sais last neeeslen or me :sth-

Ua'i_b`as\d leaving, tu war with a _jiitlnr-ing trim, the hnfs slssp-

i_i_.lhent was ireansr than ever ile- fe. 'llhe opportunity he was walt- _ _foroame sooner than he expected.

,_f,_g'lLtils wnlls had the wsrrlnrs tis-

wel. when the tee burst into the

ge. “Wann had the lrihsstasn

lildii?" they asled. But the wonlsn silrsly sleek their heads_ and the M-s_v-masses old men hllnus wltn- `1r‘ist understanding is the faoes of

}___o_l_r _qusstiostesa -"L'_ea.d us lo your trllle's encamp- d.a_a_t!" dercely somlaanded the chief, lasrha ssisfs the sen or the rhlsrtsln. i"f,_Now the lad's .lirst impulse was ln- “ghl-ntly fo refuse. But he had -Qlltih nr hls raahsr-'s wisdom. after

lnornent's'thoughi, he seemed to ja reluctant consent. impatiently, "il, i1e~was bidden to advance.

, Nishirsll had .srl-ivefl; therefore, the ¢ iéf kept near his guide in order , lt ~he lad mlgilt not eecltpe. This,

éxweter, the boy showed no inten- » -it ¢-F doing. On and tin he walked, Qliiridly and without wosriness, lllltil ille warriors murmured: "How far ‘_*.‘{,e we to go?" ' ,",'{nt'far." always replied the boy.

'c'nd_th_e night grew blaoker and

sbker. Soon the eye could not pan-

e't,rs`te into the darkness, f Sliddsnly._ without an instant's ,*ai‘r'ring. the warriors found them- Ualves illirtlirlg through the air. A

giant pret.-ipice it was, so that the little hero inet ills death as well its tits anemy he had purposely guided over the -cliff to their doom.

How Pussy Wap Saved

HI last time lariory visited

I grandpa and grandma, she found

|. pretty ilttls kitten, \dsr;l'l'l`i'

tfanle very near to never owning such A cunliillg pussycat.

You see, just about the same time

that the little girl ran to the haru i0 eail upon ber uid chant, Major. lhl hustler was searching in phe loft above for the kittens that 'Pabbycat ind hid- den there in a nest of hay. like fuel away the brothers and sisters of the ltlnsn that lliarjory was to own, and when Marjory asked him later what he did wit-il them he grew red, and t~.ouldn't find a VERY satisfactory ull- swer_ Ba the lass was sure he must have treated them AWF'l]I.LY.-s0me- how.

But Mar,lory's kitten escaped. I-le

HAD to, you know, else he wouldn't have had Marjory for a mistress.

And where do you imagine Marjory

found her kitten? You probably wuuldn't glless rigilt ill ten chances-nor twenty. Because the tiny kitten was sprawling right on Majors back.

Major, of course, la the horse that

Mariory likes best of_ all. 'File kitten has fallen thrtnt¢h‘the plsnlts or the lofi, and had dropped on the big, broad back of Mayor, who didn't seem to no- tlt-e‘the tiny furr thing nr all.

That is where §ar,iory found her Est.

Kitty narrowly escaped cruel ll e's hand. But he was most too small to know what a fortunate accident it was that gave him such a nice mistress.

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E had visited his friend. the show- After many vm" UNGNPU fb Fill Nl

H msn, lung enough. thought sent- prey, the hunter became dlscoul-Iced.

my. But he had grown so fond of "If you wish to shoot lions, you should

the animals, which, you remember he permit mo to help you with my latest

r had trained so cleverly. that he decided hunting device," declared Sammy.

to go where he would still be brought "Go ahead, then," replied the man, into contact with beasts and birds. grudgingly.

it so happened that s party of the whereupon Sammy rigged up a. num-

lad's friends were starting all a voyage ber of little balloons, to each of w-blah to Africa, its attached a large piece of raw meat.

"Thats the place for me!" cried These he set flying after he had instruct-

Sammy. ed the hunter to secrete himself behind

During the trip the boy amused his it great boulder lying upon the edge of

friends by telling uf his many ingenious the desert. * inventions and how, while all were -‘~~- Soon the sportsmen was olsred a. cessful, none of them -had been adopted. dozen targets, as the lions rushed about NOW. some of \l\e folk went su far as to the desert, trying to selso the pieces ot say that Bamnly t-ouldn’t invent any- m¢`¢_ gmc), dgnngg just bgyomg gh." KNHE- reach while the balloons floated about is

The boy resolved to prove to them that gh, gl;-_

il call ld. 'i‘h f , l the viirlry lsltdggf' he sttsfffegrltlmiéfrnto s **“° "' “'“ °°“"’”°°" "lm s°“"“’ "“ nlan who was going to hunt lions. truly an inventor and a genius. too.

Playtime With Royal Children

g gypsy caravan, in which they go fa day tours and enjoy the delights

of today that their children shall be

ITTLE of interest was to -he seen

L in Froe\town. the capital uf

Sierra Leone, west Africa. except

to one who. like-italpll Satterlee, vis- ited it for tile first tilne. But Ralph, in his stroll toward tile otltfklrts of the capital, had not been wearled by lack of novel sights.

He' was. standing on n line with the

tluternlust fringe of houses. when he noticed a black boy. i8 or 19 years ui' age,_l1n\`el‘irlg about at a tilsianre of several r-his anti* :lpparellily lltllie- ridcd 'wlleillel' to zl|lproa<-il ur llui. The lads curiosity was al'u_uae'\'l, anti he lieckorlntl the native tu ilinl.

"Will the young rnaster give nls

something to cat? l alll faint with ltungerff pleaded the black hay, in ra- ply :to Rlllplfs quoatiulliltg. indeed, rtslplt sew that the intelligent race of tile negro was pintzht-li und had many hoiiows.'-`

"Why do you not work for your liv-

ing?" a_skt-'ll Ralph.

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'i"llereupTin'the Wong nailve sage'rly

explained that he was frunl the in- terior of Sierra Leone, and that the ltlng or his tribe has tlispstt-hea‘ him in search uf his own father, who was needed in lil special celebration to be held and who had vanished from the klng's court. Although Ralph was not familiar with the dialect spoken by the black, he managed tu understand this uluch of the story.

"But i. have not been able tu filld

my father." concluded the boy, "and now 1 must hurry back to the king

io make report."

EUBA TAKEN INTO SERVICE

itslph thought rapidly. 'i‘hert he took

tile boy to the house where Mr. Sat- terlee and Professor Drew were stay- ing and told the cook to feed him well.

The next day, wllen the professor.

Mr. Satterlee and Ralph stepped frolll

the railroad train that ran for a short distallte out uf l-`reetown, tile black

wlluse- name was Euba. was with a

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- T FIRST Vlciolre's mother was

A doubtful as to whstyter sh, ' *wid permit the little girl to

- Journey on the train all by her.

Mil But Virtuire has traveled so often Q her sunt's nome with mamma that *dial sure nhe could easily find the WRY- Bo at last the desired permission 'IU Ifanied. and the little girl made Ellrfived preparations for the trip. _"l|s.mma." said Victoire, with a merry

llattgls. as she parted from her mother, _"I havaascheme by which I think i can have a compartment all to myself dur- ing the whois trip."

Her mother asked: “What is it. dear?" But Victoire wouldn't tell just then. 'I'il let you itnow how it works when icome back.” said she. This little girl lived in France, you Blow, whrs the railway carriages are ,dsfded into small compartments, Very few people traveled on the train which Nietoirs had to take; therefore, each arson tried to havle a compartment to mselr or herself. Vlctolrs had no troll- e ln lndlag an empty compartment at _ outlet of her journey.

.las waves lm- hsnaltsrelller in s int *H-In to mamma. Than she settled

bllfk 10 GHJOY tho scenery. Hours passed so quickly in this delightful oc- cupation that she could hardly believe it was lunch tiule when the train paused at s. station and the guard shouted that time was allowed for iuncll. .

\_’it:tolrs speedily drew from har basket

a little rubl>~_~r~ rnaniltin. Bile blew through a tuhc with-all her might, Big. ger and bigger the manlkin swelled, until it was as large as E reg] msn, The little girl tied the end of the tulle l¢C\li'0\y and then set the "man" by the wlindovw.

"Now." she said, triumphantly, "|f

any passenger wishes to board the train here. he woll't very likely take my carriage. because |t's already oc- cupied." _

Afterwarti. she took her purse and

made her way ltr the lunchroom. where she ste with hearty appetite. The whistle blew; the guards siluul- od wsrnlngly. Out' rushed Viotoire to find her compartment. That would be a simple matter, inalnuch as the "rubber" man was sitting alongside the window. The length of the train gh. ran. ltrangs to say, her eyes had not mst the man of rubber. "i

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"\\'e nrc rapidly llpprtrut-hlllg lille

must have lnlssvd hint, lllurnlured king-'s prinriptll villtlgc. where i four vl'~`t°f\'¢' i*"¥|0llS|Y i0 h'?Y`!01fi Bill UN- l muy llllvl- to lcavo you."

other inspection again fniled to rovolll the imlllfé. By this little tire train was under, way. \\'itil tl prr-liluiutlry snort, the engine pufft-tl uni of thc station, leaving a br~v.'lldl-roll little

A KING'S CELEBRATION

'l`ht- proff~s.~'ur :uni .\ll'. Salitcrlev wnre

ns Surry tu llcilr of l-Illl»n‘.~' tlcparture us was flillpil. .\lorlell\‘vl-_ lllc_\' fllfcidetl

‘ tu pay at visit tn tilt- king. tn src if

girl ht-hind.

it appeared that an cldol-ly, alluri-

alghic`d gt-ntlenlun, illtvlllg fuullli

tilf\_\' nllght not guilt till- servicrsl of tlltl intl.

<0 plr~.\~=t‘tl wl\~' the llailvo clllcf witll

camping out. But their favorite pastim is that of playing soldiers, Primo Mary being equally fond of drilling an scouting. ‘

On s. wet day the royal youngsters amuse themselves indoors with lush pastimes as carpenterlng and carving. Prince Henry; particular indoor hobby being that of sticking comic pictures lu nn aiburr. Princess Mary is very fond of needlework. and in this also her brothers sometimes Join.

The Time to Visit Niagara.

Last summer Minnie took a trip with

her papa and mamma, and they vlsitsd runny beautiful places. But Minnie liked Niagara Falls best; she seemed greatly impl-essetl with the ruar and volume of the water. on retuming home sho told lincls Frtlnk all about her journey. "We gnt to Niagara Falls in splendid time."

brought up in s. simple. unBD°l\°d

manner, and few indulgences are allow-

’ ed to interfere with their studios. The

ssl-ted that his father was the better consequence is that holidays sro ll l’°rf°l‘"\¢f~ ‘ keenly anticipated by prinoo and pl-in~ "H9 mil" 11°, * W°lNi°f. < then!" ex- cess us they are by tho average child.

claimed Ralph, as he.stuod looking at Probably no youngsters, for illstance, thl boy irl rapt admiration. enjoy the summer vacation more than

Goins.” st°P__n_ _ tl-ls children uf #le prince and Princess

A 'ood mln; “uns ‘lazy my .“ud_ of Wales, who ften stay at Frogrnorde..

ing idly at.the street corngnftpproumed Here, ill tha thirty acres of groun s mm__ ‘nd sam: _ which surround the royal residence,

..Dm\.l you mmm my boy__-‘hu it is Princess Mary and her brothers go plc-

vvlitiveiy sinful to' stand about wasting x\i<~king__|, favorite form of amusement

your time m mm “,mnner»_,.. wlt_l_; them-and fur cycle rides and

t _ ,_ ' _ . _ wa s.

'inc lad replied. Yes, i know it ls, sir, They also have their p0mes_ as we"

#lid 1'1" ¥°if\s’ to stop il just as soon as an il. perfcctly equlppud boat on the lake, I rind a comfortable place to sit down." in which the two elder boys-Prince

-1.-______ lidward and _Prince iklbeat-often take

Fm-get the Gut i eir motlei' or a sa . ' lo great anl~

, _ ' bitlon of these twu boys is to possess a r°"‘°h°““wh“l are 3°” U"Yl"5 mr? motor car. it wish which. needless to silo said, "for there was so mllch water

Bobby-You told me to stand here for say, has not yet been gratified. To lessen \¥here. Of course, it isn't always so: buf.

the present, but you have forgotten to their disappointment. however. the hero was a hard shower just before we give me the present, prince of \Vaies has provided for them got there!"

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,,,t°n|;h,.d nu, ,.|d,.,.1y Knmleman :lnd ills frlllrllls came to view this cole- I ° - _ . vsry m,,(.h_ 0; ,.,,m."_ the muse was llrstlorh :lhnut which they had heard e C & / e nm, mu ,man to he sen" from mlb something from Ellba in a vague sort of - ._ _ 1

side.

So Vlctolre. by her own clevernesll.

lust her train nnll thc basket ni' pres-

way.

To their surprise. when all thc natives

had gathered. Euba himself ran from a.

,nu 'M was mums U, her Bunn H hui nearby and proceeded to climb up a. W," U "nuns worrkmenl to me slender pole. which ruse to the height of aunt. who had expected tile little girl forty "lm F'°"‘ u‘° mp M me 9°" nn by In .-,Her ‘“|n_ vmmire had a grass hammock extending across to a little to any about hor experiment tm" °°'° ‘ 'h°"° ‘""°“°° 'way' ,_ when nn "turned Hamm 'rhen the lad proceeded to do "stunts

that caused the hair of the whites to rise in horror. Hs whirled round in a circle. hung on to his iittls perch by one leg. twisted himself into every conceiv- able position-doing such tricks as would make a trspets performer of lite circus gasp in amaaemellt. And forty feet hs- low the hammock was nothing but hard ground.

While the three were sstsnlslled at

Euba's exhibition of slllll, they were re-

A ery n-nm tnitslas the tlesr mush!

several robbers who were always lurk- ins ln the const nssrsy. imssinlns *Mi the ehest was part of the treasure whiiih the lad wished to share with thim- they carried it away in grill [|00- When the robbers discovered that the nhest t-sally held the inns. they *°'° sn-sm to let him sn, lest their lives il* nn-fsltea. so they sem the kills I-”-‘° slavery. and the tnlserly ruler iin.lll1 became a merchant smells the lfeolld In the meantime, the ull* *W4 'V to the queen with the news that sll tif

king's treasure was nofw at ner dlsiwz; Her nla1esty's first act was W". :_‘ m°rtlm‘:ll‘evmlli;`tl'fillir\ll|a':l° ‘slash V "| ' :saith among her l\|lliNf"- ""'"“~ prosperity un o the land.

the itlng stored his riches. An immense lloor. with henry iron bers, closed the 8I\\l'|lIli1€. Bill llL’ll‘ "IQ d00¥‘ Wll C “WG Wi'ld0‘\Y cut in the stone-too small, W *ha kllll had imagined. for any one tu clamber through. But the tiny page had become su lllln by reason of the little he had to eat that he managed ¢° "lvl through without much trouble.

That evening the king cams to vtsn, hi! s'°id, as was his usual custom. Now. as he sat before a large chest, count. IIII the blss wherein lay heaps of gieamlns coins. the page stole up from :sind hum; threw n t-lnait over the

ll Us - le itlng. f course, wa

h°‘5’l°‘"‘- ""1 ill! Page sgml bound hm: wit l a cord ht- had made ready 'rnsn ‘ removing tlla bags from nt" ,.}\,,“ h'

tenet! to the great stone building where placed ills king inside sm .~1.,,,.,i| fm' ‘Me

have more to rat," moaned the queen and princess.

You see, the king was so miserly that.

whilc he had a great storehouse filled with gold, he would give none of it lo his wife or daughter. Very meager, ln- deed. was the fare upon his table.

lt happened that a bright little page

heard of this complaint of the queen and princess.

"Your majesty, I think I can save

you. if you will let me." said the page. 'dsrlngly.

The queen promptly barle him carry

out any plan whatsoever that would relieve them from their plight.

Early that afternoon the page has-

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lit-ved when the performance was over. _ for it seemed that the boy must fllil . (1, ¢'\_ _ --;,-____- _ 1., - every second. After Ellba descended he _ ` __ _ _ . .. ‘ _ _ _ informed his friends that his father was _ -» - _ ‘ _ T . - :__-1 _ ' _., .-"‘

the king'e hammock dancer, whose pres- _‘_J`j‘,' _`* ~ -

ence was slwsya necessary to a celeiira- _ “ _ -`;'.;,:_-_ 3 f - I ' ,_,.. ‘

ttoll, tubs. admitted that he himself _ ,¢__°

possessed some little ability but as- - " ' '