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CHILDREN Why the Owl Can't See in the Sun. TOLD BY 8. TKN KYCX BOCRKK. (Copyright. 1004. f>y K. N- BtrUsall.) Once upon a time in the long, long ago, when the old. old world was a very young world indeed, the fruit trees were snowily laden with shell-tinted blossoms, fragrant and white The June breeze came caroling gaily along. "Haste to the great king's court!" he called. The little gray squirrel, the birds and the bees sped away to the silver swirling brook. Only the owl sulked as he lagged along. But the serpent, defiant and evil, lurked in the shade of the wooda. Solomon sat on his golden throne, with his crown and his magic ball-tipped wand. "Welcome, my subjects!' cried the king. The birds trilled a greeting, the squirrel again, "and his dazzling rays follow the ball wherever It goes." But the owl grew more stubborn at every word. , "Hoo-oo!" he hooted. "I have no fear. But the serpent was gone and the owl sat alone. All day long In his Ola trunk he schemed to steal the ball. The sun sank low in the cloudless sky, the birds came twittering home to their n. sts. Soon Nature slept, wrapped In her dark mantle of rest. Then silently forth from his nest came the owl. silently flew away, for anger had sharpened his eyes to pierce the gloom of the night. Quickly he sped to the tall pomegranate trees that grew fragrant and tall around the golden palace of the king, where he paused on a window ledge. Solomon lay on his slumber couch, with his crown and his wand by his side. But the sun was set and their light was gone. Only a faint yellow blur in the darkness betrayed them to the owl's keen eyes. For one instant longer he paused, then swooped suddenly down. He seized the oall in one strong claw, and his sharp beak closed upon the wand. A harsh sound like the grating of a tile, and the beak went through just as the king roused from his slumber. But the owl flew away, a blur In the night, to the hollow tree trunk where he housed. There he hid his treasure In a soft clump of moss stored well in back of his nest, and peacefully went to sleep. But the sun shaft called in the early dawn, and the owl's eyes ojiened wide to the light. "Oh. ho!" laughed a voice. "What strong eyes you have." And the serpent glided past. "Hoo-oo! I'm not afraid of the sun. re torted the owl. though he blinked a bit in the dazzling light that streamed full in his eyes. Solomon waked hi the early morning and found the magic golden ball was gone from his wand. When the sun rose high in the cloudless sky he came from his golden pal ace Out Into the fields he went, when he paused to look full at the sun. Its golden shaft streamed full on a grove that stretched by the side of the silver brook. "Ah!" thought the king, "the thief has hidden my ball within its shade." And he hastened away to a mossy glade close to the old tree trunk where the owl sat de fying the sun. "Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo!" he mocked. T)ld sun, I can stare you in the face now without a blink, for I've grown quite used to your light." Solomon watched as the owl stared on till he saw the dark eyes grow suddenly light In the yellow glare of the sun, and the motes come dancing down in the shaft that stretched from the cloudless sky to the old tree trunk. Then he knew the ball of his golden wnnd was hidden be leath the owl. as he sat there staring with golden eyes up at the golden sun. , . . _ Solomon stepped from the glade of ferns close to the hollow maple tree. "Sir Owl. come forth!" he commanded in his most kingly voice. The owl turned swiftly toward the voice, but the bright sunlight had blinded his eyes until he could see nothing else in the day In a dreadful fright at his terrible plight he flew out of the hollow tree, but he bumped his head on adrooping bough and dropped the ball In his pain. Solomon caught the ball as it fell, and carefully fitted It upon his golden wand. "You mischievous bird." he cried In wrath, "you are punished indeed for your prank." All day long the poor owl turned toward the shaft of light, the only thing he could see. But when night stole softly through the trees his eyes gleamed gold In the gloom. And he found he could do what no other bird could, and that was to see In the dark, for all he was blind by day. And ever since the old. old world was a very young world Indeed his mournful hoot Is heard by night as he wanders through woodland and grove, wanders and mourns while the old. old world is growing older, waiting for the day when it cannot possibly grow more old. The End-Seat Hog. From Pock. Speaking of awls* ami their habits And tbe prominent boga of tbe boar. The ewl-eeat hoc la tb? hoggimt bog Save tbe mlddle-aeat hog In a shower. curled his bushy tall, and a little white rabbit scurried close to the king. "The birds are ready to make their re port,"-he announced. "Begin!" spoke the king as the thrush fluttered down. "Lord, we have searched the earth as you bade," she replied. "And garnered the pollen from every breeze that shook the blossoms and trees," interrupted the linnet. "We stored it well in the sun. and scat tered it wide over meadow and Held,'* cooed the dove. "We buried it deep in moss and brake," piped the reed-bird. "And there's never a nook in the whole wide world that we overlooked." said the jay with a positive air. "That Is well." said Solomon. "For un less you sow the earth, the ground will be bare. Then the shoots will not grow for your shelter, nor the berries ripen another year for your food." And the wise king waved his wand of gold. The sun shaft fell from on the owl's grim face, and he blinked as he glanced away. "Come. Master Owl." commanded the king. "It is your turn to speak. Pray, how fares the land I gave to your care?" The owt glanced sullenly up at the king. but he dared not disobey. "Lord." he replied, "I gathered the pollen and sowed the fields. But the wind came along and scattered It as it fell." "Th ti you should have garnered a fresh store," said Solomon gravely. "I am h philosopher, not a farmer. Lord." grumbled the owl. "I sit in my tree and the feathered tribes como to me for my sage advice. They can well do my work In return." "Philosophers must eat. my friend." re proved Solomon "Besides. I much doubt that you've told the truth. You were lazy and greedy. You ate up the seeds. i'"V>r your sins you shall go from my court wi:li mit companions or friends. Alone you will remain until all the land I gave to your care shall broom from the pollen you sow, as I bade. Go!" commanded Solomon an grlly. The owl flew away In disgrace where he housed. "How could the king guess what I had done?" he repeated again and again. "The sun travels swiftly around the world." hissed a voice, and the serpent colled polished and shining and black close to the old tree trunk "Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo!" mocked the owl. "I knew that before." "Did you not see the motes dancing In the shaft of light that falls from the ball of the king's gold wand?" he asked. "They told the tale." "Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo!"* repeated the owl de risively. The serpent reared, swaying hack and forth as though to strike. Then he smiled and paused, and said Instead: "The sun and the motes are the slaves of the ball. By them Solomon learns all that occurs in the world, so that none may de ceive him. so long as he holds the wand In his right hand." "If they are the slaves of the ball I sup pose they must obey whoever possesses it," murmured the owl. thoughtfully. "Yes," explained the serpent, "you would command the world If you had the ball. But make sure. If you steal It. that your eyes are strong enough to defy the sun's rays." "Hi>o-f>o!" retorted the owl. "I'll hide It In my nest and then sit upon It." "The sun Is strong." warned the serpent The Cuts -out TaXftC ADJusrA*ce aah ? luOfA" mov. V JtMtr PLAYING INDIAN. "BALD EAGLE" TELLS ABOUT ERNEST THOMPSON SETON'S "WOODORAFTERS"? MAKING THE CAMP. (OpyrlKht, 1804. by K. N; BlnteaU.) Thousands of boys all over the United States have become enthusiastic "Indians" or woodcrafters under the leadership of Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton. These weekly articles tell how the games are played, and give much information a.bout woodcraft and camping besides. To know how to build and set up and manage a real Indian teepea is an achievement in itself, and these talks tell how it Is done. Hurrah for the woods, wild and free! Now breathe deep of the pure air and shout your loudest, with fears of disturb ing no one. r* ? Choose the dryest spot you can find for the teepee, where uo water will run under them if It rains. Make the ground clear and smooth. Drive a small peg in the mid dle and with a string and stick mark a circle as wide as the teepee will be. That is, if you have a ten-toot teepee a string live feet long will give you a. ten-foot circle. Wiiile two braves are doing this let all the others go for poles. You need at least twelve of them, and they must be two feet longer than the size of your teepee. A ten-foot teepee needs twelve-foot poles, a sixteen-foot teepee needs eighteen-foot poles. The more poles you have the better you can stretch the cover over them. But ten, with two others for the smoke flap;., will do. Let them be straight and smooth. When the poles are ready the two braves who are most skillful should put up the tent, assisted by a third to cut strong pegs, an inch and a half thick and a foot and a half long, to pin down the tent cover. You need as many of these as there are loops along the edge. The rest of the tribe may cut small balsam or hemlock twigs, or gather dry grass or leaves, while two go for timbers six inches thick and six feet long. All this is for the beds. To put up the tent, take three of the poles and tie them together two feet from their ends, using one end of a thirty-foot rope. Set these poles up like a tripod, the feet equally apart, and touching the circle that was marked on the camp site. Now take all the remaining poles but three and set them up, their feet on the circle, their tops resting where the first three poles cross. Leave room for one more pole on the side opposite to where the door will come. Take the loose end of the thirty-foot rope, carry it outside the Circle and walk several times around the tent, drawing the rope tight at every turn This will tie the poles securely together at the angle or neck where they cross. Drive a stout pin with a hook to it just inside the circle, draw the rope tightly down and secure it to the pin. This makes a good strong anchor. Take the middle point of the straight side of the tent cover and tie It firmly near the top of one of the three remaining poles. Set the pole up in the vacant space oppo site the door. Draw the wings of the cover around the poles, put In some lacing pins about the size of a lead pencil, drive pins through loop* at the bottom, set the two poles against the sides of the tent, their ends In the pockets of the smoke flaps to hold them out?and the teepee la up. If well pegged down It will withstand a great deal of wind and rain. For the fireplace dig a hole eighteen Inches wide and five inches deep. A row of small stones around the edge of this opening will keep things from roll ng Into the fire To manage the draft so that the smoke will pass readily out of the teepee must be learned by .xperlence That ? a fine part of Indian woodcraft. Two points to know are be sure of dry wood and keep the smoke flaps pointed well away from the wind. Sometimes you will need the door open, sometimes closed. But remem ber that th-s teepee is the only kind of a tent in which an open ftre can be managed When the six-foot Umbers for the beds are ready stake them down in pairs, four feet apart, the outer one of each pair being close to the edge of the teepee. The timbers are held in place by stak.-s driven at the sldos. and the boughs, leaves or grass are hf-aped between. An eighteen-foot tent will hold five such beds; a twelve-foot tent will h?I1n front' of the tents, fifteen to twenty flve feet pway. may be built the large out door camp-tire. It requires no preparation but the gathering of wood. One other very Important feature is the cooking Are This better be at one side, and close to the place where the provisions will be kept. Build two walls of stone, four feet long, one foot fcleh and one foot apart. Close one end with stones and place large flat 'tones over the top, leaving a smoke hole at the back, and a space at the front end over which green sticks may be laid. These will support poU or pans long enough to cook a meal. Food will keep warm a long time on the hot flat stones. . , . Boxes in which the provisions come pack ed may be nailed up between two saplings or against a large tree, making convenient cupboards to keep the food clean and dry. In front of the camp and facing It put up the totem pole on which is fastened a board or other flat surface with the totem painted on It. And now we have a comfortable camp, ready for any kind of weather, and especially ready for a good time. Don't for get to keep enough dry wood on hand for a three-days' rain. Here are some more of the exploits as proposed by Mr. Seton. It will be noticed that the standard Is as high as the one set by the best athletic associations. It is a real achievement to accomplish any of these stunts and the honor Is open to any woodcrafter who will try. Where a tribe Is composed of smaller boys who cannot be expected to reach these standards, a lower schedule may be set by the council. But i keep It as high as possible. Walk three and one-half miles In one hour for coup or honor; 4;mHes for grand coup or high honor. !?> 4 Hun 23> yards In Sf seconds for coup: 2C stconds for grand c^np. High standing Jump 3 feet 4 Inches for coup: 3 feet l> Inches. ;for grand coup. High running jump, 4 feet G Inches for ccup; 5 feet for grand coup. Running broad Jump, 10 feet for coup; 18 for grand coup. Shot put?1- poun<te?80 feet for coup; 35 for grand coup. Throw 4^a-ounce bane ball 60 yards for coup. 05 for grand coupj. Know and name ten star groups for coup. kt?ow ten groups and aluo name and loca tion of at least one star in each group for grand coup. * Guess ten distances -varying from one inch to a mile within 20 per cent for coup, within IO per cent for grand coup. Other exploits will be given in the next talk. i The Sharp Boy* Bring Home the Call. BY SAM Pt'NKIJIS. The Fourth of July experience that befell j Mark Sharp and his brother Luke brought them so much sympathy that their stupid ' ity was quite forgotten by Aunt Lissle and the rest of the people on the farm. To tell the truth, the boys hod been dreadfully scared and considerably hurt. Whatever brilliant exploits they may hereafter engage in. It is quite certain that they will never again shut themselves up In a grain wagon with high sides and turn a lighted pinwheel loose among a lot of Homan candles, fire crackers and skyrockets. The burns that the boys had all over them in little patches kept them very quiet in their room for several days, and as Aunt Lizzie gave them no tasks to study they thought they were better off than on some former occasions. Luke's ear?the one in which he had set off the firecracker? seemed to echo the explosion for weeks afterward. The day they were first able to come downstairs they wandered out to the or chard, and looked almost with awe at the wagon where they had' met such disaster. Luke said soberly, "It was awful, wasn't It, Mark?" Mark agreed that it was. but thought it mlgnt have been much worse. At any rate it was pleasant now to be out. and the boys soon regained their spirits and their strength. The orchard had many attrac tions, even though Aunt Lizzie had for bidden them to climb trees. There were apples commencing to ripen, and a cramp now and then to warn them against eating too many or eating them too green was nothing compared with the joy of being loose and free in an orchard. Then there was the calf which Cousin Leonard brought out every morning by a twenty-foot rope and tied to a stake or to one of the apple trees. Bossy was getting so strong that sometimes it was all Cousin Leonard could do to hold her. When Uncle Henry came to feed her the first thing she did was to push her nose clear to the bot tom of the pail and probably spill half of her dinner. And when she had nothing else to do she would butt the trees or tbe fence. Once or twico Luke had gone close enough to be tripped up by her rope, so that now they were content to tease her at a distance. Mark's great ambition was to be able to drive the calf by its rope. Sometimes Cousin Leonard would let both Mark and Luke hold the end of the rope as he was tying Bossy out in the morning or bring ing her home to the barn at night. It was great fun to be pulled along and made to take steps big enough for a giant. More and more Mark felt sure he could manage Bossy, especially if he had Luke to help hold her back- So one evening, while Cousin I^eonurd was milking, they decided to help along the chores by bring ing the calf home. Btassy was more than willing. Two or tftree times when Mark had the rope almost-loo*e she gave a sharp jerk in the direction,of the barn and pulled the rope tight again. At last it was looSe. and the three start ed?Bossy and Mark and Luke. Bossy lost no time in getting undrtr full speed. The two light-weight yquugpters on the rope counted for almost nothing. The calf gave one "Ba-a-a!" in a deep bass voice to ex press her delight. Her tail stood straight up. The boys liehavtsd like big rubber balls, bouncing along and touching the ground only every five or six feet. Indeed, Luke soon lost his hold, landing flat on his face. For a minute lie rolled and writhed, with not enough breath left Ifi him to cry. But Mark held on desperately, his hair flying in the wind, /or Bossy was having the race of her life. The gate from the or chard to the garden was open, and through this she took her course. The shortest Hno took in the onion and lettuce beds and the lima bean patch. Wildly in among the bean poles Bossy plunged, mowing them down as she ran. This was too much for Mark He lost hold and lay bewildered in the wreck. Bossy gave no heed. Through another gate the way was now clear to the barn yard. With another bass Ba-a-a! she gal loped on. The cry aroused Bossy's mother who. with one quick Jump, upset Cousin Leonard and his pall of milk. If Bossy had been a reasonable calf she would have stopped, now that she had reached the barnyard, but nol The front and back doors of the barn were open, and through these she sped, into the cornfield behind the barn. That would not have been so bad. even though her mother folr lowed the rather boisterous example. But Bossy happened to bound through the barn just as Uncle Henry was coming down from the haymow. The ladder was knocked squarely from under him. and though he fell upon some hay that he had just thrown down, his pride was dreadfully hurt. Without even waiting to get the cattle out of the corn he cut a switch and went in search of the youngsters who, he knew, were the cause of the disturbance. And right here is the pleasantest place to end the adventures of Mark and Luke with the calf. FINDERTOY Scissors and a pin only needed. This doubtful duck, if cut out ?nd together with .1 pin, will make a very atfraetire"toy. If you pu*h the pin firmly Into a cork r-?r the end of a stick, and paste tbe pieces on an old *l*it:n* card before the pieces sre cut oat, fbis j>lnd?Ttoy will last longer. The China Dog BY GRACE MacGOWAN COOKE. The Dolllvers are a family of dolls. The country they live In Is the mrsey. It ig a very flat country, and the land is rich or poor according: to the figures on the carpet -some of them are faded, you know, and some have bright colors. The house they | live In Is a little low cupboard, and that makes an upstairs and a downstairs for the Dolliver family. The nearest running water Is the washstand. away and away over In the corner of the nursery, where, ir nurse turns on the faucet, there is a logins cataract, and, a large lake. The Dolllvers love to picnic over near this natu ral curiosity. I suppose that all children Know that when we go to sleep dolls wake 8 ,"V8 ,hrtr 1,tt,e liv?s an<l have their little pleasures and their little pains, as we do; but In the night time, when there '* nobody to see them or to know of It. The king?or rather the queen?of the coun try In which the Dolllvers live is Ethel, the dear little girl who owns them. They love her, but she Often does things which distress them dreadfully; and these sto ries of the doings of the Dolllvers w.ll tell you all about it. You know Mr. Dolliver was a lame mm. It soumled very much better to say that he was fond of hunting, and leave people to guess that he might have got his foot shot when he was out hunting, than to admit that it had been gnawc-d by a mouse; so that was what Mr. Dolliver and all Mr. Dolliver's family always said. They had once owned a brown canton flannel poodle with worsted ears, and a white canton flan nel puppy. And so people got to regarding Mr. Dol liver as quite a sportsman, and they al ways asked him questions about anything concerning sporting matters. When the new ohlna dog was set on the nursery mantel, everybody asked Mr. Dolliver what breed of dog he was, and whether he was of any account. Dolly Dolliver said that he was a china dog, and she was dusting the mantel and ought to know. But Mr. Dolliver s aid that a china dog was a breed of dog that he had never heard of. He was Inclined to the opinion that this new dog was a setter, because he seemed to be sitting down all the time. One midnight (which Is dinner time with dolls, you know) the china dog got down off the mantel, and came across to the DoK liver house to get some bones. Mrs. Dol liver tried to explain to him that their food was all china food, and fast to the plates, so that there never were, and never would be. and never could be. any bones. But the poor dog merely howled; and she finally took a piece of candy away from the twins. Which and Tother. and fed it to him. This pleased the dog. but made Which and Tother very angry, and they decided to run away. They ran away over In the cor ner of the room, where the picnic place was. and they shinned up the leg of the washstand. and climbed to the edge of the basin. There they stood for one dreadful, diizy moment. Then Which said; "I dare you." And Tother said: "I dare you." and In he jumped. Of oourse. Tother jumped right In after him?neither of them could take a dare. Then they began screaming. "Oh, we'll drown?we'll drown?we'll drown!" "It's awful to drown in soapy water," poor little Which howled. "The soap's all in my eyes," Tother moaned. Now. all the Dolliver family heard this NEW? PU22LEJ WORD SQUARES. A.?1. Attest. 2. An ailment. 3. Sound. 4. To mind. B ?1. A fish. 2. Inner part of a thing. 3. Space. 4. Costly. numerical ENIGMA. I ara composed of ten letters and mean an erup tion of the earth. My 9. 2, 4. 10 is a girl's name. My 0, 7, 10. 1, 3 is curious. My 5, 1, 8. 3, 4 is an organ of the body. BEHEADINGS. 1. I am a support; behead me and I mean trial of speed; again and I moan one. 2. I am to take hold of; behead me and I am a coarse file; again and I l>e<*omr a poisonous serpent. 3. I mean thoughtful; behead me and I mean making use of; behead me* again and I mean to utter melodious sounds. 4. I am to chatter; behead me and I am speed; again and I mean devoured. 5. I am to fascinate; l>ehead me and I am shiv ering; again and I ara a part of the body. 6. I am to find fault with; behead me and I ana shivering; agaiu and I am ancient. DROP CONSONANT PROVERBS. 1. - -ea-u-e o - - l- - - e - u - e - o - I - 2. - e I- o ? y - I - e - - o - -a--. 3. - - e - - e - a-e - - ey - - a - 4. - - e -u- 1- th- - ou - - e o ? - ou - 1 WORD PUZZLE. Fill the blanks with words that sound alike but ?re spelled differently. 1. The - - - - maiden was only charged hall 2. * - - - - brother and sister were also - , 3. That one was a very animal. 4. His - - - - ----- were not of mucfa ? - to him. 6. The ------ se??ms to be quite a tree around this neighborhood. DIAMONDS. A.?l. A consonant in "crack." 2. A port o! the l?ody. 3. Unkind. 4. The cry of an animal. 5. A consonant. B.?1. A vowel In "release." 2. One. 3. Fruit of a certain tree. 4. To do wrong. 5. A conso nant. ll/lzzz/fe '/mvrs UNITED WORD SQUARES RAlf SET ATE EMA MENOTAN OWE JOTENOW ONE ODE TEA WET A?1. R 2. BOA a. roast 4. ASK 5. T diamonds. B? 1. F 2. MAT 3. FAIRY 4. TRT B. T L Awl. Wrench. HIDDEN TOOIJJ. 2. Plain-. 3. Square. 4. Saw. beheadings. I. Bow!?owl. 2. Master?aafer. 3. Frock? roe*. 4. Maiiu?aim. 5. Glitter?litter. 6. Haunt at. Loula. NUMERICAL, ENIGMA. DOUBLE AC* HOST ICS. A?1. Gang 2. NmT 3. AlaO 4. Trir aHAT-BTOF. B?1. FalL 2. IntO 3. 8klN 4. Tim E -una. dreadful clatter, and they came out of their house, poor Mr. Dolllver (who was a 11 n.e man) leading. After him came Mrs. Dol'i ver. with the bQby sewed Into her r>.rm. so that she couldn't go very f ist. Then fol lowed Dolly Dolllver, trippini? alonij iviid laughing, and seeming to think it all rjutte funny. Next was Tommy Dolllver. urid after htm. Dinah, the c<?ok. who vnw'd tiiat "Dem chlllen was shore the no 'countest, triftlnest humans dat anybody ever saw. An' dey ought to drown?dit d?y .?j-?ht! An' den we-all could have some peace." Aftrr them came the paper doll, rustling and fluttering like a dry leaf blown In the wind. "Oh. my gracious, isn't it awful?" she said. "Water?think of that! If thev'-e like my family, they'll simply melt. Our family have such molting dispositions, any how. We always melt In water and just go to pieces." Up above they could he>>r the l#ins shrieking. "Oh. Whlchey. are you d? own ing?" "Yes. Tother. I'm a-drowning?a-drown lng?n-drownlng' Oh, won't pa and mi feel bad?" "Serve "em right for the way thev treated us?feeding our candy to an old dog. Oh. Whlchey, are you 'bout dead?" "Yes. Tother. I'm dyln'?dyin'?dyin'!" It was wonderful to see how Mr. Dolliver. although a lame man. did climb up that washstand leg. It was wonderful to l? hold how Mrs. Dolliver. with th? baby - w ed into her arm. climbed up after him. Tli">" stood, one on each side of the basin. 1 hey could see Which and Tother's heads bob bing about In the soapy water. The twins w?>re squealing every minute that If some body didn't come to save them they would drown. "Mr. Dolllver." said Mrs. DolUver. "pray ?pray remember that you are a lame man Do not jump Into the witer, for lh?n I should be a widow, as well as twin'ess." "My dear." said Mr. Dolliver. "pray -prav remember that you have the baby sewe-I into your arm. Do not jump into the wa'e'. for then I should not only be a widower, but you would drown the baby." Then Mrs. Dolliver clasped her hands (though it wasn't at all easy to do. with one of them sewed fast around the baby) and said: "My children! My children will drown! Help! Help! Help!" And Mr. Dolliver. on his side of the basin, clasped his hands (and it was s.ill harder for him to do it. with his cane fas tened to one of them) and cried out: "My children! My children! They will drown. Help! Help! Help!" And now from below there came a great clattering?the china dog was coming up the washstand leg. He flew past Mrs. Dol liver. almost knocking her down, jumped into the water and pulled Which out. Then he jumped back in and pulled out Toth?sr. The twins lay on the washstand pretend ing to be almost dead, but the china dog shook himself (and spattered the water when he did so) and said: "You miserable little frauds! Th^re wasn't an inch of water in the tottom of that basin! You were scrooching down to try to make believe that you were drown ing! There was hardly enough soapsuds to cover you!" "Sure!" cried Which, jumping up, ' wo couldn't have had any fun at all if we hadn't scaj"ed . the folks and made them come a-runnin'." ''Sure!" said Tother Jumping up (he ana W nlch always said the same things); "we made 'em come, didn't we. Which?" But Mrs. Dolliver insisted on calling the china aog her "children's preserver ** and a "noble animal." She took him hoiiie and fed him everything that she could And In the house that he was willing to eat and he soon became a great friend of the Dolll ver family. The Tell Tale. BY JUI.IA 1'RE.STON. Why <Jo yoo s'poae that little btrd TV.d every sentence that be bad beard. Even down to the amallest word? It happened that Emmie and Joan and I Had a secret club that met in the sky. Way up in the apple tree ever no high. Not a single soul did we ever tell. Not even oor mother or sweet Aunt Nell; For a secret's a thing to tie kept very well. We told only the puppy, our dolls and the cat; Tbey uever would tell, we were quite aure of that. Now. how do you suppose that Unele Bob heard? He came to the tree and gave the password. And he laughed when he said be had heard from a bird. Hoop Bounce. This game Is a test of skill in hoop roll ing. As a rule, children grow to be quite expert in guiding their hoops, and can per form such feats as "return roll*" and "bouncing hoop" with A great deal of clev erness. Five pegs or sticks are required in this game, per dimensions shown in diagram, and placed according to measurements shown. Standing at a distance of fifteen feet from the pecs, each player must en deavor to roll Ms hoop through either of the two openings, to left and right of the tall peg. If they pass through safely they wUI ?trllw the string or rope and rebound, fait Fun With Winrlmill?. Why don't more boys?and girls. loo li iv* fun with windmills? A simple windmill i* tnslly nun!.'. It is lively where there la wind, and It may l)?com? part of as many interesting toys as an ingenious person t 11 contrive. The mill described hrre Is simple ."nd strong, but it will go. Take two pieces -if pine. an Inch and a half square 7 Indies long. Ijty them across each other at right angles and mark earn pie>-e to lie notched out as shown at d. figure 1. The notch in each piece goes half way through Whittle down the edg>'S it and I' unt I the arm of the blade U less than a quarter >f i'.n inch thick Then turn the stick and whittle the other end in the same way. rp only commencing on the edqe A and ths other edge that cannot be seen In the draw ing. This will make the blade on one end turned just the opposite way from that ? <ti the other end. ijee figure Itoth pie- ? are made alike and when put together th y make the wheel, as seen in figure .T II. ire a <iuarter-inch hole through the center, and with a small knife H ide whittle It squai--. The frame may he made of fine strips one inch square. If the wood Is only seven eighths or three-quarters of an Inch thick better cut tlie pieces about two inches wile. Top and bottom pieces are seven inch* s long, the uprights are ntnn Inches. The cross piece is put In four inches from tlw? top to brace the frame and to steady the upper end of the spindle. Put the frame together with long, slender wire nails. The axle better he of a harder wood than pine, and should he made i?erfectly smooth. It may be half an inch thick. The end 3 is whittled square to fit ths bole In ths wheel. It should fit so tight that It must be driven in. Before the axle Is put in 104 frame a washer or two. cut out of leather, should be slipped on the axle to keep tins wheel entirely clear from the frame. When placing the axle in the holes slip on another washer which will remain at N. and tli -n put a small wire nail through the axle at that point. Put another washer and nail at V. The post may stand In the ground or he nailed to a fence or to the roof of a iy building The spindle may l?e either a stout wire, as shown here, or a round stlcH. like the axle. The fan Is wide, and v ry thin. A large shingle will do quite well The power of the windmill will Ik- mm n increased if a wing is fastened to each arm of the wheel. These also may l>e made "f shingle. They must he light and strong. If the wings are used, the shoulder, S. mu>t be longer to ke^p the wheel clear of tiie frame. The end of the axle at W is also whittled square. In a piece of hard wood two and a half Inches long, one-half inch thick tnd one Inch wide make a square hole, ilgure 5. This must fit closely the end of 11.* axle at W. A small screw is driven near the end. O. This makes a crank which turns as the wheel revolves. Now the wheel is ready for the wind and we ate ready to devise moving figures for the mill to drive. One such is suggested here?a aee-saw. | Cut the figures out of thin woikI or he ivy pasteboard, color them in any fant istic way. put ribbons about the necks if you choose, and then tack them to a slender piece of wood eighteen inches long. M ike two small holes in this piece, at P and T. Through P drive a small screw, into the frame at H. Another slender strip of prop er length goes from T, on the see-saw board to the crack O. and is fastened by I screws. All three of these screws, at 1{, | T and O. must fit the holes rather loosely. Now you can see that when the axle re? I volves the crank will turn and these two [ children will have a game of see-saw that would make you and me dlxzy. The see saw stick can be changed at pleasure, or | the figures may be changed. A very funny looking see-saw might have a monkey on one end and an angry cat with her back up on the other. A great variety of other figures may l*? made, such as a dairy maid churning, a tsijr grinding a coffee mill, a carpenter turning I a brace, a man sawing wood, a dancing I jack, a kicking mule, two figures bowing. : the figure of a large head with the lower ' jaw opening and closing. I If you are enough of a genius you may lie able to fit a beveled gear on the axle, right above the spindle, with its beveled mate on a hollow tube that fits closely over the i spindle and lias a grooved wheel at its low i et end. between the post and the frame. I This tube and. of course, the grooved wheel, would revolve as the axle did. Thus the j power could lie carried from the wheel l.y ' a pulley cord Into the house and attached to all sorts of contrivances there. There Is no end of fun In a windmill? when the wind blows. Aw A? \ lng possibly over one of the three pegs. The middle |>eg. more difficult than th* rest, counts twenty points, while the two smaller ones score ten points each. It will be found possible to exercise clev erness in manipulating the hoops, as a Jerk or twist or firm roll will tend to give th* rebound Its necessary force. First of all, the hoop must be rolled skill fully enough to make it pass through th* two openings. If a hoop falls upon a per before It rebounds from tbe string th* player lose* hi* chance of count for thai time, and other players follow In quick suo> Th* string used In this game on the two taok peg* should be of sufficient strength t* gtve firm resistance to tbfc hoop* when thejr are rolled, and th* more strength put in th* roll tbe more apt th* hoops are to did* tbe winning