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14W4UW imVIB- ''iS'vyptfWJ Tlie in6Trunk: i I'MBBtnBnannaak h"-" - AS TOLD BY AUNT GERTIE Chapter IV. " 'Among the Danish beech groves near the Baltic sea began the earth enware jar "'Oh, goody, that's the kind of story we like' sang out the plates along the wall. v " 'Yes, that was where 1 spent my childhood days. The house was kept in such good order. The furniture was so bright and clean. The win dows were like mirrors ' " 'Oh what a-beautiful story,' chor used the hair broom, the water "pail and the plates altogether. So the earthenware jar went on with her story to the end and everybody was glad to have heard it. " 'Now what shall we do next?' called the tea urn. ' " 'I'll dance,'-cried the fire-tongs. And she danced right merrily. " 'Oh, mercy,' said the matches to each other; how common these peo ple are.' ' '..'Then the tea-urn was asked to sing, but she had a very bad'cold. - " 'H'm,' said the old quill pea on the window ledge. 'If tea-urns can't sing, why not ask the ..nightingale just outside the window to come in and sing for us?' "Tish, tush,' called the tea kettle, who always considered it his special right 'to do all the singing, T am ashamed of any one suggesting that -we -ask a foreigner to help in our en tertainmeflt.' -" 'I am sorry, too,' said the turf basket, 'that such a thing should be mentioned. Let's turn everything topsy-turvy. Let's have a new order of things.' "'Good,' they all cried together. 'Well make a great noise and disturb the whole house.' "Just as they were preparing to turn, night into day with their fun the kitchen tloor opened and in walked the servant Everything was as still as a mouse. There wasn't a sound anywhere. The girl went right over to the shelf and took the matches down. In striking one, the whole bunch caught fire, flew into a great blaze, sputtered and made everything very bright for a "minute. Then they died out. "The wonderful matches of high descent were gone forever. The hum, Jle iron pot, the turf basket, the old quill pen and the tea kettle were there just as good as ever." Did the king and queen like the story and would they let the mer chant's son marry their daughter? Wait and see. (To be continued.) o o NO LABOR-SAVING MACHINE By Walt Whitman. No labor-saving machineT Nor discovery have I made; Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy bequest to found a hospital or library, Nor reminiscence of any deed of cqurage, for America, Nor literary success, nor intellect nor book for the book-shelf; Only a few carols, vibrating through the air, I leave, For comrades and lovers. GINGER JUMBLES Into two cups of molasses stir a cup of melted shortening, ateaspoon f ul of ground cinnamon, a tablespoon of pulverized ginger and half a tea spoon of baking soda. Beajt well, add enough flour to make a soft dough; form with floured hands Into small cakes and bake, -