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"Well, well, I forgot my bow, but luckily I can supply its place." In a bend of the lake, so the little fish say. Some merry voting waves pave a party one day. A cute little messenger wave went arotinil The lake, ami invited each wave that he found. The young waves all came, and tluir fund mother, too, For waves must have chaperones, just as folks do: So they came in the morning, as soon as 'twas light. And they played all the day and they danced all the night. Tine Wsrve Partly IIV M MtTIIA Slimt.MAN. nd some tmy wavelets plaed tag on the shore, nd some teased the fishes and frightened them sore. Whin niiilit came they all hummed a musical tune, And to it they danced 'ncath the light of the moon. The hahy wavis danced and the mother waves too, Fur waves don't grow old ,'iid s'iff, like penult- do; And ioiue of the lover waves wardered off far From the light of the moon, an 1 ta'kcd love 'neath a star. Anil then when the moonlight began to grow dim. And stars shut their eves and htoad -hadows yriw slim, They all said good-hy "to their hostesses nay. Ami, tired and sleepy, they rolled them away. THE GITS' DISCIPLINE Bobbie was a truant lad, careless and mo-t lay, Not a thought for work he had, his sums were always crazy; Often "hooked it" for a swim upon a school-day morning If you should know a boy like him, just listen and take warning! By and by the Digit Men, angry, sore ami cheated. Met to talk the matter o'er when they found themselves so treated: . "Seems as if that boy took pains to give lis all the fidgets Let us scare him till he gains a right regard for Digits !" Off they marclud, a shouting mob, and all for vengeance hoping, To the school where Truant Bob was o'er his problems moping; Clamb'ring up, they smashed the glass, and then in swift rotation Through the broken window pass, to Bob's consternation. The Adjutant Bird makes an evening call. JM Chocolate Dog Ar Ps m f i1 Peppermint Cat 2B& -MM gj Tlure's no end f tr-aiUe m Chocolate Town, T'.c g'-.ts are all out and the tl.igs are all down; Ir was the chocolate dog caiisid the terrible spat, r bit on the ti! of the pippcrmint cat; i e peppermint cat nratchul his smug little nose, And .t their troubles fre-h troubles arose. The ice-cream and cake had agncd thej would wed. The feast for the wedding had even been spread; But the cake got the news 'bout her peppermint cat, And she grew very sad, and fell down quite flat, And declared that the wedding never could be, Since btr cat and his dog could never agree. ' The ice-cream looked on with freez ing disdain, And used sonic strong terms not best to explain ; The chocolate men took sides in tin strife And hardly a man escaped with his life. Is this story quite true? Well, it really should be. For a ih'Kolate lady told it to me. 7 'jr How they yelled in tiiumpli there, as close they crowded round him ! How they pinchid him, pulled his hair, and tried to kick and pound him! Made such dreadful faces that poor Bobbie shrieked his terrors. Sobbed he'd mend his paces and retrieve his careless errors, Thin the sturdy Digit Men, consulting at a distance, Said if Bob would try again they'd lend him their assistance Scared and penitent he tlies to solve the vexing lesson, And their aid, to Bob's surprise, proved a wondrous blessin'. So he learned what you may find 'cause 1 know you're clever Lesson folks are very kind, if you use endeavor ; But if only bat and ball, hoop and do'.l can please you, 'Ware, thin, lest the Digits small follow you and tease you! rVr!t Nnw r"r "TIik lliiok of Comnlrti- Information About '""c w rhino.." Tho New York Wnrhl "A hunk of eilucatlonal Interest that etory om- .houli own." To tlno who write nt otic wt will wnil IhN niauiilthent l.Vl.pngo hook iitisolutely free auil iot i.ill a in i' ti-l om-yi'Iopoilla cm t lie iilnnu. Inraluahli' ti thus,, who i ul o ml to Imr a iilano now or In the future, We will also mimI our hi-antlfnl i-ntnlui; rIiuw Inir art stylos of Wliii; pianos anil full particulars of our wrcat Oder ou tho tiuucrb Wing. Wrlto Now. WINtl SON (Kt. infill) Wine Ilullillnr. 81 h Ae. 1311. St. Ilrpt. ;x.U, Nnv York, N. V. How Polly Got Her Heart's Desire. , The desire of PolK's In art was to have a piano, bin Folly and her four big brothers cost Folly's father so much, every vear, that .i piano for the mil ical little girl seemed q'.:tc, quite out of the question. But one happy day, when Polk came home from school, there was a beautiful new piano in the living room. Folly could hardly believe her own eyes. "Why, mother," she exclaimed, lovingly running her hands over the white key, "how in the world could father buy it?" "It isn't bought yet," her mother replied, and then, seeing her little daughter's face "fall,, she hastily explained, "It's for you to try, dear, to sie how j on like if without its costing jour father .'instiling, not even the freight." "Oh, I'll like it, mother, jmi know I will, but father can't afford to buy me a piano; he said so." "But that was before he knew about this wonder ful offer. The price is so h w that ou would hardly Inhere it. It's actually $.00 less than we thought we'd have to pay for any line piano, to say nothing of a Wing. "How can they do it?" Folly asked, with aston ishment. "Because all the profits tli.it would ordinarily go to the retailer and the salesman come to us." "My, it's woiidirful !" 1VI said. "Jut think, mother dear, at last I base my heart's desire!" . FREE COUPON MINI! .SON lIM. IMS) WlMBU,.,ltkAi.lJtkSL Dpt.7U. N.wY.tl. N.Y. fli-ntlrmoni Without nn ol.ll,itlon to win Iim- or to l y for iin tlilnit. .li'i wn.l lu.-, fn- nml .r.-..0-l, 'l lie lli.uk nt t olillitili Information Alxint rhino.," nl-o our i ntiili.tf l''l" ltt t .nt Oil ami full iiirtliiiLim of Itoik-llottom rln mi tin- Winn. Name Address