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THREE HANDSOME WATCHES WILL BE GIVEN AS PRIZES FOR SOLVING THESE PUZZLES
THE BRAVEST ACT I HAVE EVER DONE, SEEN, READ OR
HEARD OF
iff/riierc's.a subject lo write about And it nil came about.bccausc Alonzo
: and the* editor couldn't agree. - ' \u25a0 ;
Alonzo brought a book home from the library the other night, and after
- supil^: they began" to read.. It was .the most thrilling thing, all about deep
\u25a0sea divers, engineers, steeple climbers, army nurses", every trade' and pro
.'fession that heeds great courage. >My, r but some of those stories were wonders!
Well, about half way; through .tlic book Alonzo began to get mad. JTe
said it "was ridiculous ; to say -that a steeple climber needed more courage
than— well, than an .".office" boy. ."Everybody needs courage," says Alonzo,
.'•only some things take a; kind of courage, that makes a great show and the
othervkind" nobody, ever sees." v^
The editor tried: to defend the man who wrote the book, but Alonzo
said he didn't care What anybody./said, he was right. Sometimes Alonzo is
real obstinate.; ; He says he knows that the Juniors have done or ; seen or
heard of- other, people doing things, that were, just as brave as anything in
\u25a0the: book, and :to prove to the editor that he is right he wants "you- all to send
in:foryour next contest stones 'of; brave deeds. s ; v ., '. ;
Remember, you/may-haverdone- thething yolirself ; or some one of your
familrora friend. > It niay riot have been such a great thing, but in your opinion
it took-jiist as much;cpura3e:as;it;d6es for a man- whose trade is climbing
steeple's to. run up ach'urchr.toweK ;. -v : ' , i j '
1 If. you really care about Alonzo, give him;a chance to. say to the editor,
."I told you so."^ : '.V- ;. ; ;- ;„ fs&- "'"•'• v' W "
vln preparing the composiuon follow; this .arrangement and save those
; who have to read themllots^of {trouble : .. ; ' V
AWARDED A WATCH
HARRY THE COLLIE
JOSEPH i ROSEXTHAW
ISSO Page Street, San Francisco.
Crocker School. Aged 13 ;
I *anvrgolng =to tell; you about' Harry,
tiieVcollie:,- Harry- is tall. With dark.
• - Vacation"; had just begun and my
mother and- myself left for Mendocino
•county.'* AYe stopped \u25a0 at a sheep-ranch,
the owner.! being I . a friend of my; father.
Ifwas here that I' met Harry. . ,'
•Harry was the best;Pheep dog on the
"ranch;' v'Many, a y time his master; was
offered 'money for ;. him, : but refused
to part with. him. \u25a0 \ .- '"^.^
, Harry and myself soon , became >the
"best of friends and I discovered that, he
had much intelligence. l-He^sed to fol
low me on long -walks and -iwould
watch over s me as. if I were a baby.
One day in one of my* walks. 1 came
to Howard creek. This creek is oneof
the largest in'the county. -v,-1 was walk-
Mng. : along its. steep -banks, when sud
denly the earth loosened under my feet
-and 1 fell intothe creek. > • .*
i As I did not know, how, tcT Bwlm,
I would 'have been drowned had It not
been, for Harry. . Jumping.bravely Into
"* the water, he, caught my collar in his
sharp teeth and. paddled me to, shore.
I quickly > went, to a* nearby farm
.house and was driven back;to the ranch
in a wagon. 'Shivering with cold,' l
told my adventures to my mother. ' My
mother .was so delighted at the brave
conduct of Harry that she tried to pur
chase him from -the man, but he wotild
not sell the collie.'
Anybody, that happens to go up to
Mendocino county and in the direction
of Howard' creek, can ask some of the
farmers about Harry, the collie. -
AWARDED A WATCH
'TAG GOES INTO BUSINESS
CKAHISXCK IJIXO.V, .
4170 TMCiity-ilfth Street. Xoe Valley
School, II Fourth tirade. 10 Year* .
My father was delivering his papers
as usual one cold morning, when he
Baw a littlfi^bg sitting on v doorstep,
HhlverlnK with cold. He picked him up
and put him In Ills pocket, thinking he
was homeless.'' He brought him, to uh
and we gave him shelter. -He became h
pot. and a very useful pet he afterward
proved to be, for when Tag, aa he was
named, grew a little and became utrong
ho began to follow my father every
morning when he left the papers at the
ljouses.
Little my father knew what an in
telligent animal was running along be-
Bide him every day. He did not know
that this little animal was gradually
learning exactly at which housts*
papers were to be. left' and .probably
never .would have ; known . had not it
been for a father made one
morning." - ; ';•.-' '-.-., » ' •
.Through one of the streets' they used
to pass,- we re, two. adjoining, buildings
built exactly the, same and at one of
these?my father used to leave a paper
every ; morning. He must . have been
thinking of, something else on this par
ticular occasion, or perhaps he .forgot
for.amoment which was the right
house, but whatever the. reason was he
left *, a paper, iin the f ron t; door -of the
wrong-house. He was passing along
whenhe heard- Tag bark, saw him run
up : the steps, seize the paper in hfs
mouth' and;run to the front door- of
the righthouse and leave it there. Just
think, how surprised my father must
have been and? how. proud little Tag
was! That made ,my father think he
could make Tag quite useful to him.
After that he. used to leave papers only
on one side of the street and Tag left
them on.' the other,;rnnning across each
time to get a paper from hjs master." So
you see .Tag became a paper carrier
and thus rewarded my father, for tak
ing care of him when a homeless pup.
| AWARDED A WATCH
NEVER BE TOO SURE
;t;7 DOHOTIIV 51 A V .SHOUT,
403 .Moa* • Avenne, Oakland. Grant
School. Asre 10 Years
We had two pet dogs (Master Tlge
and Mistress Peggy). Two smarter dogs
would be hard to find; -and, \u25a0 like all
well bred dogs, they waged, war on
nil subjects, of catdoni that came In
their way.
One day a > great big black fellow
ventured into their domain, and with
out even waiting for the command
they both charged. Poor Thomas Cat
flew here and there In wild .terror, but
the naughty dogs seemed to have him
cornered. An a last resort he sprang
upon the sill of the woodshed* window;
however, by a little fancy jumping the
dogs could have reached him. So feel
ing sure of their prize they stopped a
moment to "cool off."
Each dog thought that he had been
the hero of the occasion, and looked
daggers'* at the other, as If to say,
"That's my prize, I'm commander in
chief of this yard," and without fur
thfi- notice started in to find out wlio
was the "it."
That's where tho error came In; for
had they waitted to divide the honors,
the capture would have been certain.
As they stopped to light for^tue gen
eralship Mr. Thoniiw Cat 'saw his chance
for escape and knowing that they were
too absorbed In themselves to notice
him, he jumped right down on their
backs and over the fence.
Did the cat come back? No, he stayed
away.
In the midst of the hair pulling match
MiKtress Peggy happened to see what
had happened, and with a disgusted air,
walked to her house, a wiser and a bet
ter dog. As '.for Tige, one glance^ at
the window sill was enough for him;
he began star gazing, but right down
in his heart I know he made a resolve
to share the honors next time, and so
secure the prize. \u25a0-
Moral — Don't be selfish and want it
all., AVait patiently your turn, or you'll
get none at all.
ALONZO'S RIVAL
IRENE BACIGAL.UPI,
37 Teleifraph place^ San Fraucl«eo.
< Ajee 10 Year* : j.»
Jerry is a beautiful brown dog. He
is fat and little. He known several
tricks, but I .will -tell" you ; a Joke that
happened to a Chinaman. . \u25a0\u25a0- ."
"When papa had a store I always
liked to go with, him because there
was so much fun -with ; Jerry. When
. papa and I saw a Chinese coming along
we would say to Jerry, "There's a Chi
nese." The dog would run - for . the
C hinese to catch ' his tail. He always
liked to ; tease them and he used to
: pull their 'tails -wnenever he, saw. one.
One Sunday we were going to Oak
land . and at the ferry I saw a well
dressed Chinese and I said to "my pet,
"Look ; at ' John." : Jerry grabbed the
bottom of the man's , tail, where the
silk tassel : hangs, and John was trying
to get away from Jerry. The Chinese
had a false braid on-and, not noticing
anything, went ' on E his way. At some
distance behold he found out that this
dog had his false braid. My pet Tdog
was running, along the street with the
false braid and the silk* tassel and we
ha'J quite a time to take it from Jerry.
When my dear pet Jerry sees any
men, smoking cigars he pulls their
coats and stands on his hind legs, just
as if he were asking for them. He
likes. to smoke cigars and" pipes.
- I- hope Alonzo will be interested in
this story about mv'pet Jerry, as .he
said he, wanted -this- subject .repeated
Hhis week. I think Jerry is clever to
do the tricks I told you about, but I
wonder if he's ' as* clever as.* Alonza.
Tell Alonzo I send my regards."
BILLY BOY
JOHN PAIIIjINA,
.1(10 Misslou Street, San Francisco.
„' Fairmont School, II Sixth Grade.
' \ ' XfS<f . 13 Yearn
'Billy Boy Is a Plymouth rock rooster,
but a clever'one, \u25a0I- think. ; He was
hatched in an incubator, and was a" very
wobbly, chick, so mother brought him
into the house to keep him warm and
give^him special care." >ile was my
pet from that day to this and we are
always together. - .
I taught him to fly over a stick and to
c>iase me, also to piny tug of war. . I
always fed him from my hand. I would
get long pieces of cooked meat and let
him have an end while. I would hold
the other end in my -fingers. It was
funny, to see J him pull; sometimes- the
meat< would break' and he would go
back double , quick.
He never goes to roost in the barn
like the other chicks, but goes under
the back stairs, where I have fixed a
roost for him out \of an, old broom
handle. When I first started feeding
him Billy Boy was bo tiny I had to
hold him. When he finished hia.meal
I would crow, and as soon as he could
make a noise he imitated mo. Now
he, is biff and always thanks mo for
his dinner by crowing a couple, of
times. But his funniest stunt is chase.
I > run down the yard, Billy Boy fol
lowing, and when we get to the end I
turn on him and he Jumps at me and
tries to spur me; It surely Is a comical
sight. - He. is- now a year old, but as
playful as ever.
I suppose tho Juniors think him a
funny pet, but he. ls the favorite in our
family. Now I can almost hear Alonzo
bark: "Rats, if I ever 'chased that
William. Boy and he tried any funny
spur tricks on me there would be one
rooster lees out ingleside way."
EATS CANDY FROM MY
HAND
MARION KAVTNRn;
420(1 Twenty-fourth St., Sim FronclMvo^
11 Fourth Grade, >'oe Valley School,
Age*! 10 IVnrN
My v< 4 t Is a large black horse. 'There
is not a white sppt on him. His name is
Carlo. On tag day I went down to
my uncle's store to sell my tags and
most of the men bought a tag. When
1 was ready to go home my uncle said:
?piIvSAN T'K^g^'^^UX,^\TlTHr)AV, APRIL 2, i9lQi.-~TII I- H '^IpR_CAU,
"Here Is a nickel, go and buy some
candy." I thanked him nnd went in the
direction of home. 1 got off the car
on Douglass street and bought some
sugary candy. I then walked down the
street
When I reached home I put the tog
money in my purse, which was in my
mother's drawer. 1 came near the stall
where my horse was kept and ate the
candy. My horse, seeing mo eat candy,
neighed. I paid no attention to him at
lirst. Onco, I looked up and saw his big
brown eyes fixed upon the bag. I said,
"Do you' want some candy?" He gave
me a look which seemed to say, "Yes."
1 took a piece out of the bag. He had
his mouth opened for it already. 1
dropped a piece on the floor of the
stall. It broke to many little pieces.
My father, who had been fixing the
garden, passed by. "Why don't you let
him eat it out of your hand?" he asked.
I placed a small piece on the palm of
my hand. He ate It right off. I then
let him finish what was in the bag.
BUNNY DIGS CARROTS
£ hpxen da en,
inoi) El ßhth Avenue, South San Fran-
Cisco.' Bay View. School, 11 Sixth
Grade. Age 11 Year*
I have a pet rabbit. He is of a brown
ish color. We call him Bunny. We
used to let him run about and he was
very playful, but when he got into the
garden he would dig up all the flowers
and gnaw off all the vinos. So we had
to keep him locked up.
One of his tricks was when I came
to feed him. if he could not get out
he would take his earthenware drink
ing bowl and throw it through; a hole
he had made in the box. One day he
broke it and we gave him a new one.
Next morning he did not do it, but
when ' I was gone he made the hole
larger and pushed it through and he
slipped through himself. Then he
knew he would get a -scolding, so he
went Into the garden, dug up a carrot
•>.»d started to scratch at the' door.
When I opened it 1 found he had a
carrot . for me and he , did not get a
scolding.' ' \ .-
TIPPIE THE NURSE
JBSSIKFIMV
S« Kigrhth Street, Oakland. Lincoln
School. . Age 10 Year*
Our Tlppie was a small, black rat
torrler. He did, everything but speak,
it -seemed.
Papa was offered $50, for him and
would not take it. Not long after
Tipple, disappeared. -, \u25a0
He , would : sit up on his hind legs,
with a pipe in Ills mouth, spectacles on,
and holding a newspaper he would pre
tend to read. .
But the- cleverest thing he ever did
was to-be nurse when mamma was
sick. He would lie on a chair by tho
side of mamma's bed and watch her.
When any. one came into her room ho
would go out, and just as soon as they
left the room he would come in and
take his place beside mamma's bed
again. He did this for six weeks.
would say, "I am sick; cry,
Tipple," and ho would rub his. eyes
with his front feet.' . '/
I wislr so many times that he was
still with us, ,
l.do hope no one will be so cruel as
to take Alonzo from you, as some one
did my Tipple.
NIGGER PLAYS THE PIANO
IUTA K1.1N15,
AVllloiv*. Akc 11 Yenra
I will tell you Juniors about our pet
oat named Nigger. He is as black as
coal and weighs 14 pounds. lit' IS a
very pretty cat. Everybody that comes
to our houso remarks about him. ho in
bo big and pretty. Now I will tell
you what he did. -
One day 1 and my sister, Edna, who
is one year younger than I, were left
alone on the ranob. Although it Is
not very far from tho neighbors . we
were a little afraid to stay all alone.
We would look around at every little
noise we heard. So to be on tin- fafe
side we took' the two dogs in the,
lIOUHO.
When Nigger buw thin lie became so
jealous that lie wanted to get out im
mediately but wo would not let him
out.
lfe ran In the parlor, where ho hardly
ever went, and we never let him <>n
the piano.
After v while Kdna and I were busy
dolnit the di.shetj and w<> iit-urd a nulfitti
We listened nearly soared out of our
wits. The noise kept up. it sounded
like somebody drumming on the piano.
\\ c tiptoed to the room half, ready to
run at any little noise. Neither of us
wanted to look. ln, but we decided that
both would look at once. We looked
In, half astonished and half frightened.
\\ c saw Nigger mere, running up and
down the.; piano as hard as he could,
and grow^upa* evt-rVf.-step. We had
to laugh/a?.this sicVit, but whon Nig
ger saw us come in lie jumped down
iiiwl ran: for he knew he had been do
ing something he should not.
PETE
JOHN WALSH,
2KfiO Twenty-third Street, Sun Frnn
elM«o. Slxtk Grade, St. Peter'a
School. Age 12 Yearn
"Pete" is our wonderful canary bird.
Let me tell the Juniors how I got him.
Our. old bird; Sam, was used to flying
around our' flat, but one day a neigh
bor's cat came In and alas! Sam was a
bird of the past. My sister felt so
blue about it that tne cat's master
bought us a baby canary. We called
him "Pete," and lie is now eight months
old.
He has many cute tricks. He fights
and kisses, but, the trick we think
his best is waking t;s up. -
Our flat is smtll and since the April
16, 1906, we lea>e all the doo.rs open
into the hall, so^iow Mr. Pete (who al
ways finds his tpge door open) comes
into sister's roo.h as soon as he sees
asun ray, runs >p and picks her ear or
nose — in fact, hu used to pick her eye
when* she bllnkeJ.-so she has to watch
him. But after ij>*^akes : sis he comes
to our room anif^»e tease him. Then
he fluffs up hisf .^ngs and wants to
tight. i ,
Ho eats from iLv lips, but lie won't
do half the triifiß for us boys. My
sister says it isLecause he knows we
tease him/.. ? rJLI *'
Anyway, my n^y sister would not
write about our s*^, so I said I would,
and if we win iJ&watch of course, as
usual, we shall lave to pass it to her.
She feels so ,'»t>ud because she has
an .Alonzo .'..'but tin, . but Eddie and I
are going to go town for ours Tuesday.
OLfr BILL
VA I.ORJW P. MKVKH,
7C:i Union StreH-., Hancock .School,
A Fourth, Grtde. A»?e 13 Vearw
"At mv grandpas' farm "we have an In
dian pony that ia^very clever. Last year
while on a visit To the farm, we had
lots of fun with Old Hill, as he is
called for he i is nearly 20 years old.
Hill would let all four boys get, on his
back at once and if we let him go slow
he would be all' right; but If we tried
to make id.nUrrX-^£.g' ->r than a trot he
would bu^Blgt >-as all off.,
Mv i-i>w*BS&* st—wiake him jump a
fence oue uay.^'^ell. Old Bill was too
cute for her. She tried to get him
over two or three .times, when all of a
sudden he started toward the fenco
on a run and when he got to tho
fenco he stopped short and threw her
over He loolted at her and switched
his tail, then started on a run for the
Old Bill didn't like a whip and would
trot along' in* a slow jog all day, 1 but
lust \u25a0 'hh soon as a .whip was used he
would begin to buck and if he. saw
tho whip before one got on hi«* back
tliat person would have a hard time
to get on his back.
Old Bill was Very tricky to any one
who did not know his way of going.
He wuh a very nervous pony. '-'
My brothers and I would all like
to go baric -and see Old Bill, and ki-o
everything they Tat the farm.
MY^OO^T BILL
,ioh\ jMnoxADO.
My pet i« a.jr««y' His name Is Bill.
\\'i> have v cart'Wsfl harness that Santa
(Ma uk sent me. . Ptitir of us go to school,
but 1 g<» I> V mi' Be l' when my brothers
'"Tit* va U c r a r t s iont'\Mrned .BiTl into .the
baseball ground ltt; my place; and one
afternoon some 1JP 1 iron, town ram*
to practice. TIjJF were going to have
\u25a0i littln fun wit l him, no they began
tV.ising him. IN. ran a little way back
nil cave a nuKl ruKli toward iwu of
thfl- boy-" Oli. \L v J—**rjy were s r- U
inided when. old iiTUguvt! i,hvm a good
(Vmice Oi^ f.llow'l'tmld not play any
"rVor lit- hjid-J.aore leg, (yii*ii
ViVv witc to 9Q h "Jk 1 went nit. ami
!joV\ny ioat, hU'^l it up. and 1 united
the fellow If he wanted 'to ride In with
me. He finally went in the little cart.
His knees were nearly in his mouth.
Ho laughed over what had happened.
T felt sorry for him. When 1 stopped
to leave him at his home the goat gave
him a glance; and about that time he
was on the sldewwlk ready to give him
another butt. The poor boy ran up
the steps of his house. It took all my
strength to hold Bill back, for he pot
up the steps, too. So. the boy waived
his linger to say "So long" through the
window. Bill can point the same fel
low out of twenty.' My goat goes
around a butt-en (ing). -But Alonzo
goes around the Junior Call's button.
CARLO THE WANDERER
. KATHAIIINE IIORNE.
4032 II Street, San Franeliico. Acre 11
When I was living in Fair Oaks,
about three years/ago, I was the proud
possessor of a large St. Bernard named
Carlo. : . /
Carlo was a very clever dog, but the
most amazing habit of his was riding
about the country. By riding 1 . 1 mean
traveling 1 in a railroad train. He used
to disappear sometimes and remain
several days, then he would suddenly
come back home. We used to wonder
what became of him, but never found
out until one day when I saw him
boarding a train at a station: as h it
were an ordinary occurrence!
After that friends of mine used to
tell me that they had seen him at dif
ferent towns between x San Francisco
and San Jose, but; how he managed
to elude the railroad and pound men
remains a mystery. One day, however,
he disappeared and never returned, but
he may still be traveling around the
country.
BUSTER
FA.VMK S UTTOX,
I.on Gatos, . Cal. Route 5M>. 13 Yearn
Buster is my 2 year old pet kitty
and, of course, I think he is the clev
erest kitty there Is. He does many
tricks I have taught him. He will jump
over my clasped hands. I dress him up
in doll's clothes and then I put him in
the doll carriage, where he will stay
until I take * iiim out. But the most
clever thing he ever did was to save
our birds- life.
One morning last summer, after
hanging Dickie out in the sun, my sis
ter and I went for wild flowers. After
coming home and while arranging them
in bouquets, I heard an, unusual noise
on the porch and, thinking at once that
something was wrong with Dickie, I
ran to his assistance, and there, to my
surprise, was Buster eating a. butcher
bird, which,. no doubt, would Jiave killed
Dickie had not Buster have eaten him
first, i ' ';*; * : - \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0'... "-\u25a0\u25a0•' \u25a0 "
Now is he not a buster of a kitty?
COLLIE FEEDS THE HORSE
IJO\ r AI,IJ DeWOIiF.
135 Sixth Avenue, San FraiiclNCO. " II
Seventh Grade, HoohcvcH School.
Age 11 Yearn,
"Well, well, well, Dbn; back again?
How are you? Come in and have some
lunch, then I will show you around."
As 1 walked along tho path I rached
down and patted a beautiful
white and brown collio dog. He
seemed to like mo, for he followed me
everywhere.. 1 at once 'claimed him
as my pet.
After lunch 1 went out to the stable
and took "Beauty," the horse, threw ai
blanket over her' back and rode away,
followed by "Collie."
1 rode along tho road and on the
way we came to a water trough.
"Beauty" wanted a drink, but she was
hot, so Blio couldn't have one. Bho
stopped and shook her head, bilt I
made her "giddap."
I stopped at my aunt's house, and
after depositing tljo reins in "Collie's"
mouth went in the liouh<>.
Just as I mmo out 1 caught night
of "Collie" leading "Beauty' 1 back to
the trough to drink. After her drink
•'Collie" brought her back to me. Thin
1 .got on her and rod« home.
The next morning I went into the
Ktablii and nOtlCQd oats all over the
floor iMiir the i»at box. My first thought
WftS, "The 1) or t>e has been here eating."
How could she? 1 thought. The lid was
down.
Then 1 heard a noise, ho 1 hid -behind
a barrel. Here came "Collie," leading
tin* hor.s'i by the halter to tho box.
Tlun "t'ollie" put her paws on the
i'iliio of tho box and pushed up the
lid so that "Beauty" could eat.
1 w;is no UMlnniHhcd I Jumped up and
\u25a0 aitnl "Collio" and then went in the
house to tell the folks about it.
I think "Collie" was very clever, and
hope all you i Juniors will enjoy .this
composition.
HOW DUKE SAVED ME
CO1I I) IK TAXDRU, '
745 Hampshire Street, San 'Frnnelneo.
. Franklin A Sixth Grade. Age;
, \ 12 1 ' Yearn
i We. had a* big St. Bernard dog named
Duke. \u25a0 , '
One day a few years ago, when I
was about 7, I was playing rope with
some girls. . I sat on the edge of the
watering trough to turn. The troughs
were low then. I lost my balance and
1 fell In. - Thedog had been lying near
by and, as ' we, thought, asleep. But
when he heard the sudden splash he
jumped up, seized my clothes and pulled
me out. Then he ran upstairs to my
P mother and barked. In a moment ; be
'returned to me. and stayed till my
mother came/ I was not hurt, but.very
much frightened;:: The girls and I
thought it was a very clever thing for
him to do. After I had a change of
clothing I continued playing rope, but
never forgot about my bath.
: The dog is dead now. He died of old
age last year.. We air were very sorry.
That is the cleverest thing he ever did.
NIGGER'S TROUBLE
RL'TH FAVVCETT,
410 Elizabeth Street, San Franclpco.
, . Ace 10 Yearn
My pet's nariie Is Nigger and. he Is
very clever. 1 will tell i you something
about him. , ' .
One day as I was sitting on -the
stairs 1 ' heard him, «.'rying. I-» called,
"Here pussy; here pussy." He came up
to me as if to say, "I want some milk,"
but 'that' wasn't what he wanted.' I
went in. the house and: he came after
me. I put some warm milk in a saucer
and put it on the floor but he only put
his paw; in : it and came over to me.
As he. was walking 1 noticed' he was
limping. I lifted him in my, lap. He
turned over and put a paw in my hand.
Then I noticed a splinter in his foot,
so I pulled it 0ut. . ... • " \u25a0'- '
Every day he waits for me on the
steps and when he sees me he begins
to purr as if. to say, i"Can I come In
the house with you?'
WHAT PUZZLED TOM
\u25a0\u25a0» KIJ.VA SXOWDR.V,
4243 Twenty-tirHt Street, San Fraucluco.
JVoe Valley School.. Aite 12 Years . -
I have a ' beautiful cat; his name Is
Tom. He Is very- clever. I will- tell
you some of the ..things he has done.
One day a lady friend came to see
my mother.- She had a piece of liver
in her satchel for her own cats. -She
gave my cat a small piece, and ever
after when she came to our houso he
would run to meet her and jump Into
her lap. Then he put his two front
paws on her shoulders and gave her a
cat's kiss on her cheek. Afterward
he would lie down on her lap and go to
sleep.
Another time my little sister had a
toy kitten made of white fur. We put
It In front of my cat. lie looked at It,
licked it, then he took it up in his
mouth and carried it over to a corner
and laid it down, H« would touch Jt
with his paw, then sit back and look
at it with a puzzled look as much as
to say, "What can be the matter with
that kitten?"
CARLO AND THE LUNCH
I.OUISB r MI3II.IKIS,
.Muderu. CttK Firth' Grade. Age 10
Yearn
I have a large St. Bernard doe of
whom 1 am very fond. 1 named him
Carlo. My father gave him to me on
my birthday when 1 was 6. One day
our school was going to have a pic
nic. I had never gone on a picnic with
the school before, and 1 was very much
excited. I could talk at nothing else.
At lawt the glorious day arrived and
how happy 1 was. I was soon ready
and then 1 helped mamma fix the lunch.
Such goodies us we put In! After it
was all ready i went to get my hat,
and as I was coming down the stairs
1 heard the girls railing for me. I
hurried to where they wer« and
walked off without my lunch backet.
We wore just in time, for the-wagon
was going to start. After we had gone
about a block 1 saw Carlo CQnie run
niiiß" with the lunch basket in his
mouth. He was very tired for the
basket Wiis heavy. 1 asked the driver
to stop which he kindly did. Then T
took the basket from Carlo; When T
got homethat night my* mother told
me , Carlo had taken the basket from
the table and run off with it.
STORMY, THE HUNTER
MKI.VI.vSvVCOFP
WatNonvllle, Cal. Green Valley School,
. Fourth Grade. Apre
12 Yearn : r
The cleverest pet I- ever^had Avas a
little Scotch terrier I used tO'own when
I was about-8 years old. His name-was
Stormy. By mamma taught,him.to lay
down and roll over, be a dead : dog, J sit
up and speak and jump through a hoop.
I am sending you a picture of him and
myself taken at that time.-fortl am 12
years old now. We took him with, us
from Watsonvllle to, Eugene, Ore., on
the train. While we were waiting for
our train at Oakland piera man asked
my father if he. would. take $25 for that
dog. Father told him he did not think
I r would want to, give him up. But
when^we came back from Eugene; to
Watsonville we went to Portland. As
we knew he would -bea lot of trouble,
we gave Stormy to a.friend. I did hate
to part with him. -. •>
But the cleverest thing he .ever . did
was the .way he caught squirrels. -He
would slip out. about 10 or 15 feet from
a squirrel hole *and then Mie flat down
and-be, oh, so still. It seemed as if
he hardly breathed. If we called him
he wouldn't even move his tail, and he
was so nearly >the color, of .the ground
the squirrels could -not See him. He
would waiti t until they were r far enough
away so that, he could' beat them to
their holes, as a squirrel when fright
ened runs for his hole. Stormy always
got there first and grabbed him. • I
have- watched that dog by- the hour,
and , it . was-, wonderful the . patience he
had and how he hardly ever missed his
squirrel.
OUR DOG TIGE
DOROTHY MAY SHORT,
403 Mosk : Avenue, rOnklaud. Grant
School." Age 10 , Years -
He was our "own darling pet up to
two months ago, when "he '.was 1 pois
oned — poor, dear/fellow! Why, no one \u25a0
knows, for he never harmed 1 any. one. '
He was a great.big brindlo bull: ter
rier," the fattest, ugliest, burliest look
ing; fellow you 'ever say, and j f ct as
gentlo and loving to 'us three girls .as
could be. H>e' was especially fond ,of \u25a0
Bonnie, our little sister,;and seemed -to*,
watch over her so no one would 'harm
or impose upon her.' • .
One day she had been playing with
her doll and left it out on the porch
over night. As I Avent out there the
next morning, seeing her. d011y,. 1 went
to get it, when Tige growied .; and
almost' sprang at me. I thought per
haps he was fooling, so reached again
for the doll, j when he deliberately lay
down by the side of it and, putting*
his * great paws over it, looked up at
me as if to say, "This belongs to Bon
nie. Touch it if you dare!" ,
I had to 'laugh. It looked so'funny.
I called the family to see how cute
Tige was in protecting Bonnie's dolly.,
When she came out Tlge ran to -her,
wagging his tail, almost saying. "Bon
nie, dear, 1 saved .your dolly's life for
you." \u25a0 .„• \ \u25a0
DEATH OF CURLY
MA Itli: .HERMAN, '
10»4 Shotwell Street, San - KraneUco.
Fourth Grade, Hawthorne School. -
;, ; ' A ire 10 Yearn,.
I had a largo Newfoundland dog
whose name was Curly. Last summer
we went on our vacation by the sea.
Many bathers took their plunge daily in
the surf. Among these bathers were
two boys. On this particular day of
which I am going ,fo talk they had
been In the water a good while. One
of the boys, whom they called Ned, be
gan making queer motions. The other
boy, Jack, laughed at him, thinking
he was fooling. But as Jack turned
his back to swim, Ned grabbed him
around the neck and held him tight
so that he could not swim. It was
then that Jack knew Ned had a cramp.
Curly, who had been barking at the
waves, heard the cries of horror, and,
dashing into tho water, dragged tho
two boys to tsafety. When Curly reached
the shore he was exhausted a» he laid
the boys down and of course the people
paid moDt attention to. the boyß, trying
to bring them to and forgot Curly. The
tide was coining in and the waves took
him out to sea and that was the lant
fif our Curly.
PUZZLE CONTEST '
The correct answers to last Satur
day's puzzles are:.. \u0084/. - •\u25a0 -. • '
(1) Croquet. (2) : - Waltz. (3) Tra
peze. (4) Snails. . (5) -Forceps. (6)'
Pinchot. \u25a0 . -."".:'.
Watches. are awarded to the follow
ing: \u25a0'. :\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '.•'..;\u25a0\u25a0';\u25a0 "\u25a0;;,;.:"/\u25a0"» *.*\u25a0•":'> "^
I.oiiln Chl.sholm, 685 Third, San' Fra
ncisco. . •\u25a0 \u25a0. .• ..; ..*.-•;\u25a0'...\u25a0 _- \u25a0 _ \u25a0. . . ;.\u25a0'
: Harry Roach, 75. Vernon, Oakland
l.hnrn ; Able™, 1551 \u25a0 Sanchez- San
Francisco. \u25a0 ' ;c • * '
COONIE BOY
•* *. PAULINE 'AVAI.SH^^M
1040 Ha? e« Street, \ San Franelxco." - St.
\u25a0 : Vlnccni'w Convent," Sixth ' \u25a0
; . <\u25a0-" :', \u25a0. ' ••.:." Grade. : Akc' 3 14 /- : f r.,, ;;.'-..-:
No doubt my. pet is an odd one. I
havev never "seen, any, one 'of his r; kind
before. ,' A' friend brought; him to me a
year age and we are -great chums. \u25a0* I
call himi"Coonie Boy.", And iet : me tell
the Juniors . that- the coons are -great
ratters.. -. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 ; -. .. \u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0 , \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.;. ,_.-» -.-;
.My. coon is very cute and knows
many tricks. svile5 vile will • fetch, ; pray: and
shake . hands,', and I- spend; many .hours
after 'school- training.-, him ; and? showing
him new,' tricks.';: M ;r; r . .->=.;
One ;.'; day.' liej got tangled up c in his
chain and the poor boy cut * his 'neck.
T was.so af raid. he would die; from loss
of blood,, but papa said, -"Let nature
take its course," and. I wish the ' Juniors
could: have- seen' that ''coon*' wash v the
wound: i;<He.. would clean: it twice :<a
day. and," although the cut. was ivery
deep,it.was healed. in»a week. >
\u25a0•.- Coonle Boy. loves pur kittens,- and ; it
is : funny -to ;see them all sleeping to
gether.*- They have 'a certain • partiof
the ,yard,; ( and "there ,Coonie.;B6y ?-lles
and coddles ; the^three*kittens. „ I am
sure theyi.love ,him, ; for', their; mother
died "when: they, were. three weeks'- old,"
nnd 'he has been' the- 'nurse ever * since.
I - ; have .»; other •} pets, X' bnt '\u25a0" Coon I e '-', is -the
favorite. '• I ; find' him i v good companion
and; he. 'seldom gets cross. . ' ' '/,:\u25a0.
GI^AY BEAUTY
IIKI.KV GOEKICKE, '.; > . \u25a0'.•V;
San Itsifut'l, II Thiril tJrmle. \u25a0 Short I'rl
.^ inairyy School v . • ":; .
My kitten's name is Gray Beauty.
She was Riven to< me:. when four weeks
old. - About' a .' month \u25a0a f ter my father
brought home; a beautiful .Scotch \u25a0collie
of eight months, and that little' mouser
spit at him, but since then they" havn
become .friends. She sleeps : on v his, tail
and helps him catch fleas, but he draws
the line at her. helping hlm.eat.. \They
play tag, at times, ami she runs -up > a
tree. She sees a bird and stays there,
while he walta patiently at the foot of it.
She ia a good 'mouser. One day she
almost lost one, and; it was -funny to
see -her make -a double jump after it.
Anything mew- that comes in the
house she inspects. Last night; father
brought his . suitcase homo and, after
tho contents were emptied, she layln it,
and father, thought to tease,- her by
dropping the lid on hor. . But howll!
have to get up earlloras the lilg eyes
of the wise, cat soon saw what he was
at, and like a "Foxy Grandpa" she
jumped out.
One day ahe made mo mad. I : was
trying for a "Junior Call" paint , box
prize when she stepped all over tho
painting with her wet paws. Hut.Btill
I love her better than my; /dolls; \ for
I liave' no sisters or brothers to teaso
me.
A GOOD WATCHMAN
GISOUOH LIKHIV
UOS Iliirtleit Street. Akiinnlx School,
Klfth Grade. Age 11! Year*
.. A fine mastiff once played an Im
portant part- In the defense of a little
western settlement. -
Many Indians were on th« war path
and the settlers decided that one of
their number should be guurd every
night. One of the men owned a line
dot? and when liia turn came to act as
cruard he took his dog with him.
Toward the middle of the night the
guard fell asleep. He had been asleep
perhaps two hours when he wan awak
ened by his dot; licking his face. As
lie sprung to his feet several .dark
forms appeared and then disappeared.
The g\mrd knew they must be Indians
and at once gave tho alarm. The set
tlers succeeded in beating off their at
tack, but if the noble dog had not
aroused his master the Indians would
have succeeded In their plot.
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