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4 THREE HANDSOME WATCHES WILL BE GIVEN AS PRIZES FOR SOLVING THESE PUZZLES WRITERS 1 CONTEST THE CLEVEREST THING MY PET EVER DID r. 'Last night the editor and Alonzo, had the best time,they"vc had for i months. '^ Aftersupper-they sat down in, front of the fire and read over * again, alltthe 1 Junior; ariimaT stories thatjcaine in during the week.- .Alonzo and the editor are proud of you,' Juniors. The stories them selves were not only good as stories," butthey were well spelled and clean. : .'•?: The editor had another subject ready for next week, but Alonzo begged so hard went to him. As Alonzojsays: "I have to work so hard, and so seldom get ; a chance to get away from the office 'and find\out. what 'otheranimals'are^doing. It's a great|treat for me!" So there was: nothing olseto do about it,, vyas there, Juniors? Some : otT^u (might- try ; writing accounts* of ;th'e ; clever tricks in -the form of stories: or f ablest" That's 'a" godd f 'idea, : because, you have-all read Aesop's Fables;'and [none of 'these animals are anyimore clever;than your pets/ It's just' b^causetVheyCtalk; that they-seem^to be more human/ \u0084: ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0.'\u25a0'Aionzo says "Hurry, up." He's, looking forward to; reading^i another batch- just as interesting... \u0084;,V :,'..:"-. '' . ;AWARDED|A?WATCH > TOODLES MARGARET: SMITH, S3l Cole 'Street," San •Francisco. , Dudley \u0084 -"vstonie.-*" School.-?.} Age 13^Year» ; : ... £ "•/Our '.Toddles I ,. is a T beautiful ;black and; white 1 cat. 1 ;* He s knows ;; several , tricks: : but one* tricksaved? his' life,' and I shall . . tellUhe<CallsJuniors( about tit.'f'Toodles oameUto 5 us' afbaby- kitten.'; ' ; When ; lie was ;a( month" old -brother and -I started*^ to Beach;, him"i tricks. > i He .soon iwould, sltsi:up \u25a0 and< beg-,- fetch • and -climb a brobm;handle. ; ; -•,'*:: .'.\u25a0-..*:•'•-.> :•\u25a0.*'-\u25a0••"„•'. '\u25a0' '\u25a0\u25a0:'. :•/ \u25a0 \u25a0 ?s:-We spent last isutiimer. in Ross valley-; ahdr l. cried* when Tl;: left" our! cat?^ with:; a neighbor. When- we- had r been' there' threes weeks" ToodlesvranAaway/from-:" purj'friend.i'l; came* home 'feeling, blue; and ias our- home ,was r near; tha park \ I lookedlfor. our cat there. >* I am ashamed to^tellr the- Juniorsv that although we raised • .him "nicely.' " he.',, was v a ibird catcher and^: so' Is felt he would go to the:park;for^food.i." "'Vui'— *,-\u25a0 -i - \u25a0 I saw.him onemornlng and he was so wildi I : could not catch, him, and; when ihefcarrieto : our<yard'for : food; he would spitat' me.^ lifelt^asallJof usJJuniors >would > J f eel' to \u25a0'\u25a0 an ".ungrateful ;'; animal, ;But:'at;iuflt'U thought: of. an *oldv trick of .'.his.. f He iused jtoicomei^to^me ;for -a brushing *;and;,r .would-- say.Xi'/I'oodles 'must'^bo .a^clean' boy.*';- Tiien ; he'iM'ould :be>; quiet 1 and- let me ' clean's him.' v ; ™ s Tho • day^-he • seemed t so.^wi Id ; I tried 'this and :in^aiminute"he>was -his -old'self : again. After, .-I •; liad . cleaned shim .; he ,, ran v all ; over it he .-yard,- up "my, shoulder., and.nt last "climbed „' avflagpole-ithati was in tho^yard."" SoonM heardr some x one -say.* "Don't'be. afraid ;V l'll J< BhootH him,"; and I- knew <, some "of the boarders -thoiijjht it.; was "< a .-wildcat. ;". I . cried >..."Toodles,' drop,'-' >,and,> my; >dear : old- cat.', drojiped to'tlieiKmss.' The \u25a0 boarder-was surr prised when he found, his bullet missed, ybutil.Vwasss6;glad that 5 1 lie scat remem bered' 1 Jila.itrlckß. He Js here; now, near, me' a mr blinking hls'ilirown: oyes-jancl. lie means/to Bay, '.'lfullo.i'Alonzo,-: you and -I would " "be great : «hu ms.y t^hßaSgsgAt§hg^jm^^ AWARDED; A WATCH BUNNY, THE THIEF FRANK ; COIIOXADtt Vnllejo, ;"A«re"ll - VenVit \u25a0 .My pot was' a. squirrel and his^name was liunny, The- cleverest . trick he ever played, was to'steal .some nuts from me., '. : ;\u25a0; \u25a0\u25a0. ; ."? !';.. . 1 One day last winter my papa bought a big box of allidlrterfmt kinds of nuts. Ho put it upon a shelf, v ,;My, pet was In v •washhouee, wherev he' had his hole built In tho'stump of a tree that was cut HOiiiK tiiiM! ago when- the house was made/ I gave hlm t a few nuts,' but it -wasn't enough. Ha followed me to tliehou^e. liwent!and tilled my pock ets, went .outside, and began cracking nuts with: a f hammer.: llunny was his name, H^i waa : very ,foxy. Sneaking behind \u25a0 niel ; as 1 sat' on the grass, -'-he helpedhlmself.' 1 When. l put my handin my pocket %he.;had'-hl3 but. *.'' , •'\u25a0 ,-• ,' ,;,When.:lt ', was; about.five. minutes, be fore-dinner., time' myjiTiother ; called me, It turned? around ; and \u25a0 with •my elbow .hit poor.Bunny.v Then- I . realized^ what ! had' been going, on all the time.He had been taking, a'few steps back and'storing the nuts '} behind: a- log : yf '.wood.' "; I "\u25a0\u25a0 discov ered i that : there :, were "*niore ; behind "the log;^than I had eaten; ! 1 took*;lt -good naturediyand helped him carry, them to his ? hole. vvThat^wasn't enough.^but 'he wentitoVtheboxandtstole so many that the hole In his tree was not big enough. ,When-lie^was -in the box he let some fair on-: the j flood; and my mother heard the noise! and' she called me, But I. did nott answer, -for it wasn't ; l; wlio- was making the noise.7;;Alother. sneaked out slowly, Intending to. catch^mein some mischief,', as .usual. But -she found she .was- mistaken.' v For ;a long time papa "and U;: laughed to -'think, of 'mamma stealing r out to, catch' me. , '' "\u25a0 •> ' AWARDED AVWATCH TERRY SAVES THE HORSES . laSOXAHD U. SCIIMITT,; . si:t Alviirurio Street, Sun Krnnclttco. \oe '-\u25a0'"\u25a0 Vullej- : Sfhool, ll' Fourth'- Grade. . :_: _ /'' , ; Age 10t Yearn v \\ f Z± 1 1 have.a dog whosei'name Is Terry. llle'is: avvory; large Newfoundland and very .-clever. .<•\u25a0' I '.have*, said-, he - is ..very clever. *, Now I am going to tell you'the -cleverest: thing- he*ever.did. : ' I had gone to visit my grandpa, who lived"on-a vfarm'and had taken. Terry • • with'me.;. - The day " after .we. arrived grandpa "showed • us .the .barn, .chicken house, smoking house, where the 'meat. Is smoked, and all the other buildings.. -' That night we were- very ? tired, so we; went to bed early.- We were awak ened about midnight by Terry, who was barking as loud as, he could. We looked out the window, and saw. flames shooting, from the barn and all 'the horses running- around It, prancing J and .neighing. We" know If we did not put the -tire out right away It would «oon reach the liouse. All of. us dressed as quickly as we could- and ran~ out to extinguish the lire. None of us knew, how the horses got out. \u25a0 i , We, soon learned that Terry hadgot In the stable and gnawed the ropes. The horses were very .valuable and grandpa was very glad that thoywere not burned. - \u25a0 Terry was burned, so we did what we could to relieve his pain. I am very proud of Turry and would not part with him, for anything. BRAVE OLD BUSTER ASK A JAJVM2IV. Lincoln. Kitth' (•rude. Age 12 VfiirN. As I read The Junior Call this morn ing I am, almost sure that I can .tell you about my pet. He la . ft pretty, brown' Scotch collie dog by the name of Uuster. We think a great deal of him because he caved my little baby sister from being kidnaped one night by a burglar... The story :goes: One night , when "we >yero all asleep papa was' awakened By a peculiar noise. 'He got up, but- he couldn't see anything, so .hevwent back tobed. .He was awakened iigaim by the cries of :i person.-. into the baby's room and found \u25a0 Buster lying- on- top of a man-wlth little Marlon in his urins/ on the floor. : Buster had the: man's coat sleeve In 'his mouth, so papa had to take-little Marion away tlrst and , then 'make -Buster get, up. Papa • had: the man' arrested, in the morning. 1 -but^ that' was .how: Buster saved Marion's life. About a.week after t bat .r ßuster was run- over by a- freifflit traln'\!ipd. killed and we all folt ter rible , about, it, ; but that was the last - thing Buster ever 'did.-. ; MIDWAUGH OPENS DOORS FLORENCE GAMBLE Amsterdam, Cnl., 'WaMhlngton District School," Fifth Grade. Arc \u25a0 \u25a0r,.-'r. '.' . ' \u25a0•-"\u25a0\u25a0. -\u25a0\u25a0•;12 Yenrg ':"\u25a0"„\u25a0 , ;' "\u25a0Our pet is an, old cow. .One day, when grandpa' was-, here,' -he went down, into the potato? cellar.:, I . When he came. back he* left the door open. Our old cow saw that -she could :go down, so "'she went/, My sister saw, her andcalled'us. We went \u25a0 to"se«:lf.'she would. comesout, She 'just turned around, and walked up six steps: 'Another -time papa went to where the -.-" grain:: is kept. When lie came out he shut the door, but 'did not lock it. The old cow saw her chance and: walked up the steps,; opened the door, with her .horns and went in. We did'- not.know. she- was in till about'lo minutes* after. 'Shc:'had .-spilled the grain all<over. I guess she is a circus cow. , You could hardly believe that a cow could do this. < AN EGG SHELL EASTER PUZZLE ' TITK SA^FRAXCTSCO CAU; SATrRnAV,- <\r,\KCl : l.' 26;',19)0 ? ->rnK JUfCtOR (Alj. OUR PET DUKE IIEUNICK HItANDT, Sun Annclmo. ; Arc 10 Yearn. The household pet was our spaniel, He.* could do very clever things, but. one of' his most clever acts was this:. .When- it ;was. time for my father, to conic in tne evening 1 he would'barkund scratch a( the side gate until some one opened it for him. Then he would run l up and down the street until my father got off . thecar, 1 when he wbuld.tear off with all his. might toget* the evening paper andcarry it home. When'he ar rived home: he would not let go. of the paper until some one gave- him a bite to eat."' .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0"•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'• .-' ; . : -;-'-"-'- \u25a0-\u25a0 * , \u25a0 . '• \u25a0.Another thing was when it was time for dinner he used to stay, in the house • andstand on his hind, legs at different times; 'begging for something to eat. When we sat ,down;at • the ' table he would sit on a chair and wait for his dinner/ But his meals came at differ ent,tlmes,' becausel,. gave him a taste now and 'then -from my plate.' ,o . But one day Duke was too clever and bit me.vand then my, parents gave him away. A MOTHER'S PROTECTION * "BARBARA BALL. ; . r - >'iv 23 Belmoiit: Avemiei Snn Frnneluoo. * CSruttan Sfliool, -A Fourth Grntle. 1 Ajfe 10. Years \u25a0 .. One niglit -we heard a. great com- • motion in the chicken yard. Old Speckle had been , brooding her. seven chickens iii,a barrel turned down on ' its- side. A' rat had got in and eaten the heads off two of them. Papa took her and the other five chicks and shut. thorn up for the night. The next day she took them" up the ladder In the chicken ; house and showed them how tovioost. After sitting a while she look them down the ladder to the yard, talking to.j->ieni' nil; tlfij£ while. She dlcr this \u25a0 flvtf^nr six tlnras during the dny, and thut night -'they all went. to roust out of harm's way. U^<IENDLY MOSES ALVA AVDERSO.V. 1220, Ttventy-nlxth' St^ Sun FrnnolNco. »NoeYnlley, School, B Fourth Grade. Ajre'l2 Yenrn. \u25a0-' I have a cat.' He is gray and white. His name is MoseH and \u25a0 he is. ,a very, clover cat. He scratches, and \u25a0 when ever lio bites it hurts very much. He eats cake, candy and nuts, and he won't drink anything except warm milk. . One day. a little- girl came over to play with, my, sister. When' the cat saw her he began, to growl. When she wanted to touchy him he' began to scratch and bite her. After a little while the cat couldn't be found. Whon tho girl went • away ;Moses' came back. He didn't growl any more,' he was. so happy the girl had gone away,' and al ways when she comes he does the same thing to her. WHAT TITO DID aVallrv w. maybeck, Berkeley. AXeA K e 11, , , /One." night when^Tito ~(my donkey) was tied near the cart my father heard a noise and went'out to see what was tho - matter. " I He * found .Tito with his front feet up in the cart jiggling it. lie chewed two holes 'In the seat and one in the back. \u25a0 . PUSHING A CART IIKUMCIO FISIIHR. JiaiS HriKßs AvniiiP. Aliimcilfl. Akp 10. I liave a dog whom I like very well. She knows many tricks. \u25a0 She sits up on her hind legs when she wants 'to soe. something. If I sit out in the back yard, or. even go' out there to do some thing, she will bring a stone and put it at my feet for me ;to throw. . If • I don't pay any attention to her. she will;bark and* paw. at my feet until I throw It. If I stay out tliore long enough she will keep doing it ull the time. -When 1 tell her to go and lie down she will pick up her, rock and walk away as if she were, going to stay, but' she "- turns around and comes back again. . . One summer evening my brother's playmatewaswalting in the back yard for him to'come out from his supper. Babe,, my petdogi was sitting Jn a go cart. J The boy pushed, him across, the yard.' Babe jumped, out of the \u25a0 cart and the. boy Bat down in it. -Babe put her paws on his- knees and*walking on her hind legs, pushed '"him back again.' 1 thought that, was the .cleverest tiling she ever did, because she -had never been taught to'do it. . BROWNIE -\u25a0-\u25a0•\u25a0. KOUIS; P. STROEXER, Orovlllc, Cnl. Sixth J Grade. Afte 13 \; *» • \u25a0\u25a0'•tf "• v ; " '•• lears.. «. -".-;. :. '\u25a0\u25a0 - oMy pet was. a' brown Irish terrier; being brown, we called him Brownie. As soon as he -was able to understand. I taught him different tricks. He used to chase the ducks, and, whenever he was caught he would get a. licking, but 'he soon: learned how to escape, especially when "I had to give him the lictfings. This is how he, did it. Whenever he saw me coming with a whip he would want; to sliake hands, or. sit up. So I would pv^t my,' whip be liind me. But at last, ivhenever I put my. hand \u25a0 behind -'\u25a0 me he would sit .ui), whether or not J had a switch.^ '\u25a0 \u25a0 A TRAVELING DOG I-'rniH'K >I«*ConloKue, SOS Main Street, . Hciilclti,.AKe V£. ., . .'Once my dog runaway arid we never found out for a ' year: after where he had gone. ,. The morning '-wns a rbright ono and he was tired of staying liome. Dewey, as his name is,, wont across on t ho ferry boat Solano and walked tlio track' to Martinez.^ 1 • \u25a0 x :;; •\u25a0- •\u25a0••. • When he - reached there he hunted \u25a0 - '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0--- \u25a0" r> \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 . ',-'\u25a0-•'\u25a0\u25a0 ,--' -' - \u25a0 for a new home, which lie found soon. A man took him and fed- him; Long after some boys went there and- saw our dog. When , they, came, back the boys told rriy father they had soon Dewoy. ; My father went tho next day to- get him. He brought him home that even- Ing. -'This is the cleverest thing my pet did. He is still with me, TEDDYS ANSWERS PHONE MI.VT lioAVULL JR., ' ModfNlo, Cal., "Third iG'rnde, Age 0 • I 1I 1 am going to tell you a : true story of. my pet dog, Teddy, who- is a .fox terrier anJ is 9 years old. He. was six weeks \u25a0 old when we -got 'him first and papa brought him home in his coat pocket.': \u25a0-- .- • : • He is a very smart dog and can do many tricks. - He got in the habit of staying away' from home, ana" one night one of papa's* friends rang up and said Teddy was, at his, house. Papa told him to bring Teddy to the phone.and when papa whistled: oyer ; the phone to him, he jumped from the man's arms and came home,. which was quite a~dis tance. Don't you think' that was pretty smart for a dog? ,, , ": T. A REMARKABLE DOG 'ZULLA ANDREWS 1031 Lincoln Street," Red Illuff. j KigliOi Grade. Aged 13 Years - Nobody need tell' me that dogs do not think; at least. some do, and ] am sure our old Rolla dog was one of them. When you know some of the wonderful tilings he did 1 am sure you will agree with, me. •.''\u25a0'\u25a0 ... He enjoyed having you throw a ball; then he would run after it and bring It to "you to throw again. .When .he be came tiredr of the sport he-.wouid take the bull , out in-.the yard, and leave" it. After a few hours, or - sometimes a week would pass before any: one would say,' "Holla, get the . ball!" Then he would run immediately, andjflnd it and bring it in." , - , .*' : , '\- , \ • Thfirfi. were . t days- when his- master, George,' whom 'he r loved very \u25a0 dearly; would be gone from .home.' If t Rolla heard any .one saj,', "I guess if is time for George to be coming \ home," he would leisurely walk to tire gatf ; and look In the :, direction' »from which he knew George would return. ... .' If Ernest Thompson Seton had known old ltolla he could 'have \u25a0written, a book about the wonderful knowledge ha "dis played in many things. A DYING DOG A LICK K IRCHM AX.V. Sun Annelnio. . ' Seyenth firiule. ' ARe l.'t Venrn ."A Dying Dog" Is rather a peculiar name for my composition, but. -my. little • log. -really dies. , '\u25a0 \u25a0 r. \u25a0':-. He is a< black and white fox terrier and is '\u25a0': named \u0084 Snookums, .after the Xe.wlyweds' baby,' nlthongh he does not look like him. v- : - ' . , T^ast Friday.' Snookums. and I were out in our yard, .whon l/sald \u25a0 to him. . "Now,' Snookie, you have to- die." -and 1 then helped him to. roll over, because ho, is so fat, and there he : was with all four; feet sticking straight up in the air and not moving. a muscle. \u25a0 V watched him-a: few minutes and then : went -in to "the house, banging tho door after, me,- so aS'to make a' noise; but Snookums was not .to be bothered with-, a slight" noise . a nd.*- remained as quiet as ever. ' •' '. \u25a0'. '•\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 - I -paid no' attention '\u25a0 to: 'hlm.v but in a little whole I looked out of the win dow, \u25a0" and.' lo!.'; he was"; still there; . so, taking pity on him, /lopened the win dow and told him to wakelup.'and you never .saw a' happier -dog. .He \u25a0 ran -to me ami, then of course' we had a good tussle. ' , • \u0084 . : :' Do you not.think'he is a clever dog? He will- also sneeze when I ; tell him- to and- shake J . hands,'.- and -you ', never saw a dog that could, jumpi'hlgher. - : .". ['\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0;' KITTEN VISITORS • BARBARA SAKE, 1121' U Str««et, v Freßnb. '"JelTerHOii Sohobl, Fltlh Grade. Ace 12 Yenrw ' Last spring! was confined to my bed from a ,long. spell "of sickness., ' - Ev«ry morning my cat- would come! and. get.'in bed with me. ' : She:, was very i olever and' liked me very much.- Her"" name; Is, Brownie. \u25a0'. . ... : . '\u25a0 ", One morning.papa^found-.her with, a nest iof \u25a0*.. four/ kittens .' in . the barn.' Brownie seemed to know, that, 1 could not.. get : : to see; them/. so. one- morning she carried in , one- little kitten>after .another.. She would -quiet ~'onev and .then start out after another,: but -if it oried she would go 'back to them, again;- ]<Mnally she~ got them all-in bed withy me. x y:Papa let them.;stay there j until I .' 'bedtime and then he ,'tookv them; out. . He 'brought them in 'each morning and let them stay- on. my bed until night. They grew to be good slzedkittens and then we gave them away: . > ' A CANINE'EXPRESS OIIAKLES PIXO.Y Kourth Grmle, •\u25a0 Xoe; Valley •.- School. \u25a0 \u25a0 A ice .10 ,Yeur* ..... , -';T-had a dog and her name was Fanny. k.'l; received her from 'my • uncle -a year ago. 1 1 She was very small :and > fat. \u25a0 A t tli'Ht she would not. come- to any one. When I had her a few weeks she would gu to any ono In. the, family. < Everybody took a" liking to. her and. l was "very happy to have such a pet. - ;.*.; • .-.. .„'. . Ono day 1 was coming,' home -from . scbooland I had all my books with me. I was very. tired carrying them. Just then I saw my dog coining up, tho Htrert. "1 laid my\ books down to"- pet .her, when .what was : my surprise to sco hfir pick them up, and I ran after her. thinking she might tear them. When I got- home she- was. standing at tho door with the books. beside her. 1 brought herlnthe house and gave her a' bone. Kvery day after that she brought my, books home. " \u25a0 \u25a0 '.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- MY BEST FRIEND Flli:i> MAY. :tri:fj Murtreutli Street, Sun IYiiuHnco. lloraoe Miinu '.School,? Seteuth \.\kv 12 Yrur* It was the', day >M»£oro Christmas when my mother Bald, "Fred, 1 am Koing to get yuu a pet dog." I hail filwaya wanted a dog 1 and was very happy to hear that I was -going- to havn one. My mother told me to go to bed early and tomorrow morning I would ccc the dog at the aide of mybed. Of rour»e, I did not go to sleep oarly, because I was bo euger for the morn ing: to "come, Whon 1 awoke I saw a little fox terrier in a box at tho ttldo of- my bed, I jumped up ami took tho little pet in my arms — it looked co f;weet. \u25a0 \u25a0 . ;, ' • \u25a0 ' .- . 1 named my dog Petty, and now she Is 5 months old. She Is very fond of me and Malts at the gate when I come home from school. I am also teach ing her tricks, but I do not think she Will ever become so clever as Alonzo. PUZZLE CONTEST The correct answers to the puzzles in. last Friday's Junior are as'follows: (1) Palace^ (2) Sailor. (3) Magpie.'K (4) Lilies. (5) Potato. (6) Bowling. Watclies are awarded, to the i follow ing: :\u25a0 '.•.-.»" V' '" \u25a0', '\u25a0'. '. ';•.'\u25a0\u25a0/.' V- v> * ; \u25a0 ' Wnllaee Porter, 125 Judah. street. .San Francisco. ," .y :-'./"\u25a0\u25a0, :\ :~ . •: Juanltn Krineger, 968 Thirty-ninth * street, {Oakland, .v/ . ,• : ""..-.\u25a0\u25a0:- ' * ' ; \u25a0-\u0084'\u25a0 > Elaine Llddleont, 473 ' Fourteenth ; * street k San Francisco." .5 • ' Answers* to; puzzles must be sent in on ; postals." Those in other .ways:will:not be considered. , RAG'S JOURNEY <?i SIBYIr CONKI.IiV, - 2231 ;Vlne; Street, Berkeley. Berkeley" :i- *>:IIlg;h • School, '\u25a0• H \u25a0 Muth Grade. ' •" -'\u25a0 • ;',; ', :'S.,' \u25a0*\u25a0•••'\u25a0•* Age^l4;- Yearn '.I' ,'^ : \- :\u25a0.'\u25a0 i -." '\u25a0''..\u25a0 i A number -of.' years ago" we Vnad ; 'a petndog which we' called' Rags. v s •' i' \u25a0 Such a. ragged: looking .little -fellow^:, a a he - was, • but \u25a0 there | never r was r such j a j smart one.; .Whenever. my little* brother ', 'criedr-Rags would- come .tol mamma and, -looking^ up; Into her • face, would-wag his ; tailas if uojieay,: "The babyvis crying.:-. Come to him.'.*, : :' ' One "day, \u0084we s decided 1 to . go « to ". Ihde- "\u25a0\u25a0 : pendence, a s small town Just ? & ':" short* - distance V from? where . we;; lived. ?' \u25a0: Pap a; could .not leave" 1 his business; to go "with: .us, but he: and Rags .went, to see, usi off.' •.: The next evening, as we were sit ting • in \u25a0: my ; aunt's -front 'room*'/ talking l there -.was! a queer pawing noise *at "the \u25a0 door. -We- paid -no attention *Uo; it 'at .'first, but;. when.' the whining of a '< dog' /wassheard =my; aunt: went.ito ! see what it could ibe.'i-.- ;. : ; .-, ,'-^— :,*".- \u25a0:.,;.- ; The door was opened arid who .'should come x darting into - the room,^barking •and wagging.'his tail, but; Rags! . . , < rHow didheiknow.that- we. had' gone to. Independence : and at .which \ house : to flnd^us? >Jf ; ,been-"there!i •.before -It would' nof be such* a. puzzling ; question,-, but .he -had- not; \lthTnknhiß ; t! tlie cleverest:* thing "any; dog has ver. done." :'; - '\u25a0 '-.-.:\u25a0\u25a0 . '-' - \u25a0-" DELL'S CUTENESS^ wi"nifrei»l<:oxwei/l. 1324 Twentieth Street,: Kivliuioud. Rich '\u25a0' V maud Jllk>> School. : -AXe ; 15: Tfnr« tn2 ; .: We have iiivery dear little.; spaniel about 8; months.' old. He is 'very, smart and alsoivery, misclilevous.''When-,T go to the shed' for, coal he tries ;to make me play with> v him. ' J/ , - One day. when !\u25a0 ''.went «'to: the shedihe trl.ed' to jump 'ln\my r lap: and did every thing,.^ attract >my attention;»but <as ] " was \u25a0; In '.a-, hurry I did not -notice him. As he. bo.therednne-1 < picked : up \ a stick; and put-it'onithe.edgeiof my "-hip v by. way of hlnt.-but'lnsteadQf taking the' hint 'Dell; took) the .'stick- and, carried 'lt off. 'AVhcn he- came baok> he. went; be lilnd mo and gently lpulled^one',of ; my^ curls, them he went ;ln- front* of mo,' anil lay down and : was , very, still fora shor t-, time; but as I paid; him no "attention he got up and; pulled : another curl.' He did this .several times'andt looked? atV me In such<an Innocent manner I coiild> not" help but, caress -him. DORA'S TREACHERY, PiiiL.MA li.iMimKciriy ii, Cul. Seven Ui ".tJrutle, . Union School S*FY' \u25a0 T \u25a0 I had a pet fat which was very'large and liandßomo. : Her narno was, Dora. '": She was v good pet, : Her color-was"' white and black, she «haO' one white ' paw, and her .nose Iwas* white. \u25a0 She. made frlunds with every -she saw. 1 received from a friend a pies- \u25a0 ent, a canary, a beautiful singer. Thu"< canary's cage hung In my bedroom; and, when the cat waa not: there,' the cage, was opened and the*.canary was al lowed to liy - about the room as -It " pleased. . , ; \u25a0•'\u25a0 On£ day Avhen the cage, was open, the cat somehow got Into the roomy without- being noticed. When my brother came in he was surprised to find Dora and the. bird the -best of friends. The canary was riding about the room on'the cat's head and look- ' Ing v very dignified, and the cat waa : purring with dulight. .After this they often passed hours together. But one day I was. going to feed. my ; canary. My pet cat was on the "bed." I J went over to her. What do "you" think : Bhe had done. She had killed my ca- ' nary at last. . . \u25a0 . . 5