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OUR YOUNG FOLKS PAGE Nursery Rhyme Little Miss Fair Sat in a chair, Eating n berry pie: Her little dog Bolder Jumped un besides her, And little Miss Fair 'Gan to cry. JOKEI.ETS Freddie — I wish I lived In South Africa, mamma. Mamma— Why, Freddie, dear? Freddie — The mothers down there don't wear any slippers. Mamma — And you must remember, son, that tbe little boys down there don't wear any pants. Landlord (to sick tenant)— My good man, you keep your pigs too close to your house. Sick Tenant— Thafß what the doctor •did; but I can't see as It has hurt 'em, Kir. HowSnipGot Rid of His Rival MAUD WALKER S*n!p was a plain IItt!» ''.o c . of no par ticular breed — just a common mongrel, as everybody, save his a seeing him. But hU owner, Burten Thomas — commonly known as "Freckles" — loved and respected Snip beyond expression. To Freckles this plain little four .. and bobtaller was the greatest dog in the world. And when It came to a qi of heart Snip had iio superior in the canine family. The way be loverj I.ls young master wss most beautifi;. No matter bow dirty the hands and face — not to mention ears and neck— of Freck les. Snip loved and admired him Just tbe same. No matter Low much F missed his lessons at school or shirked bis chores at home, or played trnant to g<. swimming. Snip never lost patience with him. but ironed beside him. waz glng the stomp of a tail vigorously and declaring with his eyes "I love you. dear Master Freckles, more than all else In the world." And after some of Freckles' thoughtless escapades Snip proved to be hU only sympathetic friend, for the mother and father of Freckles often re sorted to certain methods of chastisement that caused that little lad to pass many hours alone in his room, where supper less he meditated on tne fleeting happi ness of boyhood — particularly when that happiness meant going to the river In Snip, accustomed to lielnir hanlea up In thin qneerl- constructed elevator, got into the basket. rr:, ;r Brave Jack and Rosebud are Rescued by the Fairies. HELENA DAVIS In n strange country far over the sens there lived In a pretty village a good man and wife who had two pretty children, n boy and a girl, named, respectively, Hrave Jack and Kosebud, Hrave JacK was nine years of age and his lister was two years his Junior. On? day when the spring wns far ad vanced and the flowers bloomed on river bank, valley nnd mountainside. Brave Jack said to Kosebud as they played In the garden of their home: "Come, sister dear, let's go for a walk In the great woods yonder, There Is the home of the wood nymphs and sun fairies. We may get a glimpse of them if we go while the sunbeams shine through the trees." "Bat w-» must not leave this garden till our mother returns from the fishmonger's shop." said Rosebud. "Should she come home and find us gone It would make her very uneasy. She would think we had I been stolen by the gypsies nnd carried far 1 away. Then she would have the wntch , man ring the bells and the town-folk ■ wo'lld turn out to help in the senrch for 1 us." "Rut I have a way In mind that will prevent our mother's worrying nbnnt us," said Brave Jack. "We'll tell Grnnny Wrinkles, who Is coming to make our Sun day cake this morning. She will explain to our mother that have gone for a Walk In the woods that cover Mount Porie. Then the bells will not he rung, nor will there lie any alarm, for our mother, as well us our father, knows I am brave nud very capable of taking care of you and myself." 'Then et me get my bonnet and a bas ket." said Kosebud. starting for the house. "We shall bring home the basket full of wood blossoms to strew about the rooms and make them look like fairy bowers." '■nrlnu' my hat nnd wooden sword," j erfpti Brave Jack, as his sister disappeared Into the thatched cottage that stood in j tbe ■enter of the well kept garden. "It will be ns well for me to be armed against : bears and wolves that might come down the mountain In quest of us." Just as Rosebud entered the cottage to get her bonnet. Brave Jack's hat and wooden sword, old Granny Wrinkles enme I In 'it the front door, having engaged to hake n Sunday cake for the moth tr of Brave Jack and Rosebud. Upon seeing her Rosebud cried out: "I'll, old Granny, my brother wishes to speak with you. He Is in the garden beneath the (is tree." Old Granny Wrinkles, smiling Indul gently, weni to the garden, where Brave Jack was waiting the return of his Bister. "Granny." he exclaimed, upon seeing the old crone, "will yon oblige me by tell'ng my mother on her return from the fish monger's that I have taken my sis.er for a walk In the woods tliar cover the feet of old Monnt I'orle? We'll be ba-k for evening gruel, so save some "f It for us. ai>'. bnke an extra large Sunday cake, for we'll likely want a slice of it before the day after tomorrow." "Such a lad, such a lad." said old Granny Wrinkles, shaking her head. "You should not go away from home till your mother gives her consent. In the woo, is yonder are many strange reptiles ami monsters. I've heard say tbat a dragon lives In a cave far up the mountainside. and that on every warm day It comes forth to get fresh air Into its nostrils. It stead of school or visiting with boys In the alley. Instead of feeding the pigs and cutting the kindling-wood. .So it was that Snip was the only one In the world who did not question Freckles about his goings and comings and con duct In genera!. Snip fully undi Freckles, and knew that tbe little lad had some object in doing whatever he did. Of coim-e. the object may not have lj°en just what It should have bevu, but that was not Si. And thus it was that Freckles loved tenderly and was beloved by Snip In return. Long hours they spent to- Freckles doing all the planning an. I talking, and Snip doing the following and list'-niiig. Snip was a good-man :';le puppy, too. never disagreeing to anything that Freckles said; but that :...• felt perfect confidence in his master's wisdom and good Judgment. If Freckles said to Snip, "Lets go hunt - and snakes In the woods today," tbe little shaggy fellow wagged lils tall, squint A 1 a eye and sal 1 with all his body: "Yea, yes, Master Freckles, lei's limit bears and snakes in the woods today. It will b» perfectly grand." One day- -It was nor Saturday, either, so you will understand that It was no time for Freckles to do what he did — Snip beard a beloved whistle coming from tlit- alley behind tbe burn. Snip was busy LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT breath* fire nnd blows from Its lungs brimstone. Y"ou should not run Into such dangers, even though you are Brave Jack, only son of the good and great Ansen, lawmaker and Judge of the beautiful vil lage of Meadus. Nay, nay. lad; wait till your mother returns. Tell her of your wild project." "Ah, you are but old." laughed Bnive Jack. "Only the young know not fear. Orow youthful again, Granny Wrinkles. la, hn!" And Brave Jack was loud In his merriment. Just here Rosebud came again Info the garden, her bonnet on and a basket In her hjinds. From the basket she took Hrave Jack's hat and wooilen sword, handing them to him. As Brave Jack put on his hnt and buckled the wooden blade about his waist he smiled and said to Granny Wrinkles: "Tell our mother what I have bidden you tell, and don't forget to bake an extra-sized Sunday cake, that sister and I may have a slice tonight on our return home. We'll be hungry after n day spent In the woods with tho fairies." Then away the two children went, laughing at Granny Wrinkles, who stood looking after them, shaking her head warnlngly. They reached the great woods about noou and sat down to rest a bit. It was Hn, lin! Wlifit have I rnnclit In my net?" he cackled. with a bone when the rail fell upon his ear; but bone to the winds with him when lie heard that whistle. Not even stopping to hide the juicy morsel, he leaped like wild towards the place of concealment of his master. Freckles bad a long pole, to which was t lf <l a longer twine holding n book. "We're going a-flshlng, Snip." was the Information given by Freckles. Then he ran down the alley towards the street, with Snip bounding at bis side. Snip had been taught to never go at Freckles' "That's tbe way with dogs what's Just DOGS," Freckles bad explained, "and you aren't just a dog: your my be-t chum, and must go beside me -uot behind me." The day was a perfect one and Freckles and Snip were in no hurry to return I. •■inc. When a! last tbe sun set behind the row of tall trees thai bordered [be river In the distance Freckles roue from his s^nt on the river bunk and siild to Snip., who was stretched out on his puwu, Bnatcblng at chance guats to pass away the time: "Well, Snips??, I guess we'd bitter meander homeward. School must have let out by now and the folks will be looking for me." But nlgbl wus settling down by the time Freckles and Snip reached home and • •-' mother was growing very un easy over her little son's absence. But when she saw him creeping stealthily In at the hack gate, hiding his fishing rod in the bay beslda tbe barn and drawing from the same place bis slate and books that had loin there all day. she knew just what sort of trick the little Ind bad been up to. When Freckles entered the kitchen nnd saw the expression on bis mother's face be knew excuses would be of no avail. So did Snip, for like bis young master, be had learned to Judge of coming events by certain signals and signs. Freckles' mother gave both boy and dog cause for serious alarm. Snip was the tirst to catcb the coming storm. He came In contact with the irritated mother's foot. which sent him speedily about bla busi ness In the back yard. Be bid in lha straw for quite a time, then, seeing a light Shining from an upper window, he crawled cautiously forth and made, bhj way to a Spot beneath It. A low whine brought Freckles to the window from Which tlie light was shining. "Ah. you there. Bnlpsey?" he asked, bending from the window. 'Just a minute, old chum." Then Freckles withdrew from the win dow to return again In a minute. He dropped a basket, which was attached to a ropp. Into the yard. Snip, accustomed to being hauled up In this qneerlycon- Stnicted elevator, got Into the basket and In another minute was Inside his master's apartment "No supper for me tonight," laid Freckle* sadly. "There's company com ing to stay over night, too— an aunt and uncle and their kid. my cousin Tom, from the city. I'm to be allowed to go down after everything has been et up. You see, we're punished for having gone fish ing. I should have gone to school and learned the table of nine. If I don't learu nil the multiplication table 1 shall never be a business man, for to know business a man must know his multiplication table. Of course. It's different with dogs; they get on very nicely without 'rlthmetlc or grammar or anything like learning books. It's very nice to be a dog. Snip. And a dog's mamma never whips him nor puts him to bed without bis supper, neither." Snip nodded bis head, blinked an eye and laughed with his bobtail. But little did snip know of the trouble In store for him. Had he sniffed It In the air be would not have been so light hearted now. He crept under his mas ter's bed after tbat little man had bathed, combed, dressed himself In his Sunday suit and gone down stairs in answer to his mother's call: "Burten. come down cooler there than down In the sunny vil lage of Meades. Both children felt the fatigue of the walk and were cb!ily nnd hungry. As they rested they heard n sound above them In the thick shrubbery and towering trees which shut ont the light nnd warm sunshine. "What's that?" whispered Rosebud. Brave Jack drew forth his sword and listened attentively. "A bear or a dragon," he informed his sinter. But thero was a quaver of fear in his voice, though his manner was bold and fearless. As they waited, crouching behind a tree overgrown with vines, a long, dark obect sprang down the path beside them. What it was the children could uot tell, It moved so swiftly. Brave Jack held his wooden sword In front of him. prepnra tcry for the attack, but they were un molested. Just as their wildly beating hearts were becoming calmer another sound— the step of a human being— was 1 card on the puth coming down from tbe mountnlntop. In another moment n hideous old man. humpbacked, beak nosed nnd claw fln- Kered, stepped into the path beside them. .* slight movement of Rosebud caught his ear. He paused, turning sharply round, nd caught sight of Rrave Jack, whose color had Instautlv fled on seeing him. Mary Brntrio- of Modena, Queen- Conaort of .lumen 11. and see your uncle, aunt nnd cousin. They're here." Well, Hnlp was sound asleep when Freckles returned to his room at 8:*) O'clock. But he awoke and cume forth to share a piece of cake and a bite of cold meat that Freckles had managed to purloin from the pantry. Then be heard some news— news that made his heart quake with a feeling of jealousy. "Well, Boipsey," said Freckles, munch ing as he talked, "my uncle, aunt and Cousin Tom are here, and Tom lias brought the dandiest dog you ever SAW In all your dogdays. He's a thorough bred, so uncle says. He cost fifty dol lars. FIFTY DOLLARS.. Think of that, Snip. And you, you dear old chum, didn't cost me a cent. A man found you on the road and picked you up and gave you to me as I wbb coming from school one evening." Then Freckles got Into bed while Snip crept under It — to think. Another dog- a One-blooded animal — In the bouse! Not that the fact of another dog being In the house alarmed Snip; It was the fact that his master had expressed such admiration for the new arrival. So he Hnlp — did not hold his master's entire heart! There was room for another dog — one of finer breed. Snip felt very sod and whined softly to himself. Why should Freckles liken him to his "old duds," Just fit for every day? Did be Snip — take exceptions to Freckles be cause he was a country boy? Did he long for a finely-dressed and soft-man nered city boy for a master on big oc casions and of Sundays? No, no; bis beloved Freckles was all the world to him, though he be In rags, with mud from top to toe. It was Freckles he loved — not manners and clothes. The next day and the next, and still tbe next, Bulp found himself put aside for tbe city dog that cost fifty dollars. Everyone In the house petted and fed the visiting dog. He was given a soft bed to He on nights. He was fed rlcb cream and bits of choice meat from n plate. Snip slept In tbe barn, save A second glance showed him Rosebud, who was still crouching behind the vine covered tree. "Ha, ha. what have I caught In my ret?" he cackled, showing toothlessgums. "A bid and lnss, upon me soul. Mine they shall be. The lad to work and the lass to learu to cook and stew for me. la, ha'" , "We llvo In the village down yonder," paid Brave Jack, still holding his wooden ftword as If to strike with It. "We be long t<- Ansen, our father, who is one of the lawmakers and judges of Meades. We shall go home directly, sir Hermit." "Ah, so you say!" cackled the old man. ' Rut I choose to say otherwise. Nay. Ind and lass, you have come Into my realm, and now you are mine" Ah. I shall soon (each you both new tricks. Didst see my lioness go past Just now? I rode down to the dragon's spring to drink, nnd after I bad left her buck she ran away from me, coming dowu this path." Brave Jack was almost too frightened to speak, and poor little Rosebud sat quivering nnd crying softly behind the tree. Brave Jack determined though to not give In easllv. He would show tight at any cost, liaising his sword a trifle higher, nerving himself for the blow nnd aiming at the hideous old bead of the when Freckles chose to secret him In his room, nnd nle his scraps from an old tin pan In the yard. This was unjust: to Snip, and his heart rebelled against the partiality. One day matters became worse. The aunt, uncle and cousin Tom left the farm, going to the city. But they left the dog. whose name was Zeu-Zeu. Snip was told by Freckles tiiat the strange dog was to spend the summer on the (arm, remaining there for his health. And from that day Snip was neglected by Freckles. There was the fifty-dollar Zen-Zen to pet and fondle after school. There was the fifty dollar Zeu-Zeu to take when Freckles went to the post office or store on an errand. Snip could still be his companion when playing hookey or feeding the pigs, but on any grand occasion the fifty-dollar Zeu-Zeu was the companion of Freckles. But one day there came an opportunity to Snip. lie may have acted very naughti ly, but how was be to know? Freckles had gone to the postoffice store for some sugar and had called the fifty-dollar Zeu-Zeu along. Snip followed far behind, his heart very heavy. Presently n man riding In n cart, came' from tbe opposite direction. As he passed Freckle* and Zeu-Zeu he turned nd looked covetously at the latter. Then he rode slowly on. Snip leaped forward with all his might. He overtook Freckles and Zeu-Zeu. He began to frisk about, de taining Zeu-Zeu from following the man ter. Pretty soon Freckles went Into the store. Then Snip pot between Zeu-Zeu nnd tiip store and snapped and barked at him, driving him down the road. Zeu-Zeu with drew—he was an arrant coward — ami went down the highway with his tall tucked between his legs, Snip-- the bad fellow (Jealousy always makes people nnd animals cruel) — chased him on and on, snapping and barking with all his might to attract the attention of the : lan In the cart. Pretty soon the man heard and turned about In bin seat. Seeing the run ning Zau-Zeu, with Snip at Ills heels, he drew rein. Jumped to the ground and took Zeu-Zeu In his arms and got Into I>!h cart again. "Ah, ha. my pretty doggie I" Snip heard him say, "I've got a little bargain In you! You're worth at least .?."•>. Yon don't belong In the country ; you are a town dog." Then with Zeu-Zeu under the seat the man rode away. When Freckles came from the store he could not find Zeu-Zeu. In vain he bunted, whistled and called. Then he hurried home, Snip beside him, a bit conscious that he had not behaved Just right. Search was made for tue missing Zeu Zen. who was not found for a week ; then his own ers In the city paid a reward of $50 and got him back. But they decided not to send him to the country again. 80 he nevermore caused the monster Jealousy to rankle In the bosom of Snip, who was once mote Installed as owner of hlu young mas ter's affections. Indeed, Freckles' con science seemed to smite him when he re called how much he had neglected his chum during the sojourn of the fifty-dol lar Zeu-Zeu, and he made reparation for that wrong. He confessed bis fickleness to Snip, saying: "1 wa» a most ungrateful friend, Bnlp sey. You've been tried and proved true. Why should I want other dogsT You — If you didn't cost $50 — are worth a thousand Zeu-Zeus. You have always stuck by me, and I shall from this day stick by you. No other dog shall for a moment come be tween us. Ah, you're a great old Bnlpsey ! We've had lots of secrets together and you never squealed on me. You're a. brick, If not a blood." And Snip, laughing with his tall — happy once again — said with his eyes: "Yours for fun and happiness. Master Freckles, and no more city dogs in ours, eh?" monster In human form before him, he brought down his wooden blade with all his might across the hnlry neck. The sword was splintered Into a hundred fragments. The old man put his hand to his neck, saying: "A fly must have lit on me." Then he cackled loudly, leaning over nnd speaking In Brave Jack's face: •You thought to hurt mo with that toy? Why. lad. I'm a wizard. Only one power can do me harm. The fnlrles alone have that power. As they fear me, I'm pretty safe. I have a lioness nnd a dragon for my comrades. Oh, your little weapons made by humni hands could not hurt mo! Come, return with me to thedrnpon's cnve. whers yon shall remain while I go on after my lioness " As the old wizard said this he took hold of Brave .Tuck with one hand and Itosebtid with the other and half dragged them np tbe mountain path, steep nnd rugged. The poor little ones begged and wept, but the wizard only cackled the more. "Hn, Ha! my pretty ones," he cried. "I'll turn one of you Into a witch end the other Into n dragon." They reached a dark, damp place on the mountainside, and from tho draft of cold air that struck them Brnve Jack and losehud knew that they must be near to tbe cave. And so It proved to be. Yawn ing In front of them as they turned a corner In the path was n dark hole in the earth. Beside this hole the wizard snt the now almost fainting children <'own upon n stone, tying their hands ami feet securely to a fallen tree that stretched behind them. "Now, be patient till I return on my lioness," said the wizard. "Don't be afraid, for my drngoil has Rone up the mountain In quest of birds to eat. He'll not return till after dnrk." Then the oM creature went off at a run, cackling us lie went. An hour passed nnd Brave Jack and Rosebud w-ere worn out with weeping and calling for help. Thoy had at last riven up In despair. They must die there with tbe wizard, the lioness and the t'rngon to kill them slowly. Oh. why had they entered this terrible woods? Just as ll; tie Rosebud was ending a prayer that some good fairy would come to their rescue a flutter of wings was heard above their heads. Then through th" branches came three heautlful fairies, their faces full of sunshine. "I heard your prayer, little maiden." said one of them. "Come quickly if you would be saved, for the wizard Is now coming as last ns his lioness can carry him up the mountain. We can help you, but we can not battle with that monster. So hasten." "But we are tied." walled Brnve Jack. struggling with the thongs which held him." One of the fairies wnvod a wand and the thongs dropped from the children's lands nnd feeu They sprang up and, be l.old, they found themselves on wings! "Come quickly," urged the fairies, and they led Brave Ja~k and Rosebud up, up Into the sky over tho mountain top. Then ns they flew toward the foot of the moun tain the children looked down Into the woods and saw the old wizard at the cave. He was screaming nnd tearing his hair. Hereupon they told the fairies what he had said about their power to do him harm. "Ah," said the fairies, "If he admits so much he has not the power we feared he had. We shnll now drive him from the mountain nnd we'll dry up the Queens of England. Mary Beatrice, Queen Consort of .Tames 1., Klug of Great Britain and Ireland, and last of the ill-fated Stuart kings, was born October 5, lf>T»B, at Modena, Italy. When a little child her father, Prince of Modena, died, leaving her and her young brother In the care of their mother, Laura Murtlnozzi. a Roman lady of noble family. As .1 child Mary Beatrice was most carefully reared- too carefully In some respects, for she was subjected to the strictest discipline, her mother refusing her such little tuble delicacies as cakes and sweetmeats, through fear that the. child might become gluttonous;. In after years Mary Beatrice, In speaking of her own childhood, said that she did not ap prove of keeping children on Kueh formal footing with their parents. In regard to her own little ones, she "liked not to hold them ut such awful distance from her as she had been held by her owu mother, for she wished her daughter to regard her as a friend and companion one to whom she could coullde every thought of her heart." It was at the tenoer age of 15 that Mary Beatrice been me the bride of the Duke of York, afterwards King of Great Britain ns James 11. She gave her con sent most reluctantly, for she shuddered at the thought of giving herself to a wid ower of 40, who was the father of grown children. Also, tbe parting from her BErfBADBD WORD PUZZLE. Here Is a new puzzle for our yountf leaders, inese inreo iiiuiuiu reynseni three words. Guess the one represented by the «°P Picture. Cut off the first letter and you have the middle one. By cutting off the first letter of this la turn the last word will appear. Bad Boy's Fear ALL RAP (toys are much afraid Of goblins lv the air: They think they fly about at night And peep In everywhere. They tnink that goblins, great and small, Ho hide beneath the bed; And while boys sleep do sally forth To poke them in the head. And pull their hnlr, and punch their eyes. And twist their very toes; And jerk their knees right ont of Joint. Well, p'rhaps they do!— Who knows? Rut fact it Is, nnd proven, too. That GOOD hoys never fear: They know that goblins don't cxisi. And therefore can't come near. spring so that the dragon shall die." At this woment the children dropped Into their own garden under the fig tree, the fairies and their wings fading away. As they sat there almost stupefied they heard their mother saying: "It's time the. children were home." "We are here," cried both little ones In n breath. "And, what's more, we mean to stay here, too. No more woods for us, mamma dear." mother, brother and dear friends, the leaving her own sunny Italy for the cold nd gloomy Isle of England, caused her great agony of heart, and for months she fought with nil her strength against the mnrrlnge, which she thought could bring her only unhappiness. Never till after she had been married to Jniiies by proxy did Mary Beatrice behold him. The path of the ill-fated James was a winding one. Fate smiling nnd frowning upon him by turns. At the death of bis brother. Charles 11. of Great Britain, ho succeeded to the throne. This occurred In 1685. Rut his reign was a short and stormy one, for, owing to the religious conflict then raging In Britain, he was overthrown during the third year of his power. With his queen he tied to France, and Parliament settled the crown Jointly on the Prince of Orange nnd his wife, Mary, the daughter of James 11. by hl» first wife. Heartbroken nnd a victim of disease, .lames died In exile In 1701. In the year 1718 Mary Beatrice, after a life <ft disappointments— attended in her last fears by poverty— died, after a long Illness. She passed away In France, her inala'dles being cancer and rheumatic gout. Of her several children only one was living at the time of her death— the young Prince of Wales, whose career was as checkered as her own.