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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1910.-TIIK JUNIOR CALL FOR THE YOUNGER JUNIORS SAME SHORT STORIES BY YOUNG JUNIOR WRITERS The Haunted House MARGARET LINDSAY The houso stood on the hill in the IHtlo village of Yorkshire, But be fore" soins on with the story we will have to learn something of its first occupants. Lord and Lady Farrlngton, with their only daughter, Ellen, lived very happily nnd in Luxury. The house was large and spacious and the grounds around It were beautiful, with fountains here and there. Lord Farrlngton had been well liked and attended clubs and dif ferent functions of society. He also went traveling with Lady Farrlngton and Ellen every year and spent his money lavishly. In, a social way he Hked to see others enjoy, themselves. This kind of life lasted for somo years and seemed to be all right so far as outsiders knew, but finally things seemed to take a change. LordFar rington had become bankrupt. There lived at this time In the vil lage a Mr. Cox,. a very stern and hasty tempered man to whom Lord Farring ton was indebted. One day In the middle of September Mr, Cox ' and Lord Farrlngton had a serious interview, which ended fatally! for Lord Farrington had been shot and Mr. Cox, to hide his crime, had him immediately buried in the basement of Lord Farrington's home.- , Lady Far rington and Ellen knew nothing of what had happened, but the villagers suspected it Nothing was revealed^ until years afterward. The house was never occupied after this and it be came dilapidated. The story -was al ways told and never forgotten , About 15 years afterward it was whispered that the old mansion waa haunted. Several had claimed to have seen ghosts fly past them, and so pco THE WINNERS OF PAINT BOX PRIZES This is the picture to be colored. Paint it in water colors or, crayon and send immediately to the- Editor of the Junior Call. ' W-L* Ivl^^sO | •••| ; (<l*|| l'f Ml IMl'li ••••\u25a0• •!> •i m HIM i'iim !*• M'l'iVl'iVlli'i I I t'l i'l'i iI i \u25a0 •a • • plo had a dread of the place. A re ward was offered to anybody who would remain in the house a night to investigate. But nobody seemed to have the courage Not far from the main building was a large danco hall and every year a grand ball was given to the people of the village. On this particular even 4ng the dance was given and everybody had enjoyed a merry time, dancing*, laughing and talking. About 1 o'clock tho villago folk began to don their wraps, "when suddenly all were startled and eyes were drawn in the same direc tion. A white form was seen float ing from tho chimney. It did not take the people long to empty the hall. Night after night this thing occurred. Finally In the village papers it was published that some man had agreed to investigate. He said that he was not afraid and made fun- of the peo ple for their simple notions as he called It. So on© night he started out and stood against the chimney waiting for the ghost. By and by, when it came, he threw his arms around it and to his great surprise it was nothing but smoke. Further investigations Jed to the discovery that a number of tramps from the outskirts of the vil lage had taken lodging there and the smoke came from their fires. * A Childhood 'Experience MARJORY MAUZY HOC O'Farrell Street, San FrnneUeo. Pacific Height* School, A eighth Grade. Age 14 Years A few years ago I was Invited to pay a visit to ray aunt and uncle in Oak land. We spent a delightful week to gether, and - before I went home I was questioned as to what,l would like for my birthday. My earnest wish was for a little sister. Uncle was a doctor, and he said he would think about it A few weeks passed by and my birth day arrived. Uncle Doctor, as I called him, came to sen me and brought me a big box. I was very anxious, and when I opened it was very much disappointed to see instead of a little sister a beauti ful picture of a baby. It h.id such a sweet face that I soon forgot my grief, and was laughing and kissing tho pic ture. „:-,:\u25a0\u25a0 Horse, Dog and Man The horso and the dog had tamed a man and fastened htm to a fence. Said the horse to the dopj: "For tho life of me, I don't see a bit of sense In letting him have the "thumbs that grow at the sides of his hands, do your* And tho dog looked solemn and shook his head, and said: "I'm a goat* If 1 do." The poor man groaned and tried to get loose, and sadly he begged them: - "Stay! You will rob me of things for which I have use, by cutting my thumbs away! You will spoil my looks, you will cause "* me pain! Ah, why would you treat me so? As I am, God mala me, and Ho knows best! O' masters, pray let me go!" The dog laughed out, and the, horse re plied: "Oh, the cutting won't hurt you; see? We'll have a hot iron to clap right on, as you did in your docking of me! God gave you your thumbs and all, but still, the Creator, you know, may fall To do the artistic thing, as He did in furnishing me with a tail!"..'. So they bound the man and cut off his thumbs, and were deaf to his piti ful cries: . ; •> And;they seared the stumps and they viewed their work through happy and dazzled eyes. "How trim he appears," the horse ex - claimed, "since his awkward thumbs aro gone!. For the life of mo I can not bpc why the Lord ever put them on!" "Still, it seems' to me," the dog replied, "that there's something else to do; His ears look rather long for me, and bow do they look to you?" The man cried out: "Oh, spare my ears! God fashioned thejn ns you nee, And if you apply your knife to them you'll surely disfigure me!" "But you didn't disfigure me, you know," the dog decisively said, "Wh«n you bound mo fast and trimmed ray ears down close to the top of my head!" So they let him moan and they let him groan while they cropped his ears away, ... . . And they praised his looks when they let him up, and proud indeed were But that was years and years ago, in an unenlightened age! Such things-are ended now, you know; we've reached a higher stage! - The ears and thumbs God gave to man are his to keep and wear, And the cruel horse and dog look on, and never appear to care! — Ladies' Home Journal. Travels of a Leg "I know a wooden leg- that I'd give a hundred dollars for," said the hospital doctor. ; "I don't want to wear it, 1 be cause I have two good flesh and blood legs of my own, but I'd like that- leg as a curiosity. It ; belongs, to a man who is laid j up 'in the fever ward.. "He. has traveled all over the world.. From the ' knee to the toe • the leg is covered with- the names of. places and dates. Siru?apore, September; 1900; Cape Town, Constantinople, as : far north as Archangel, and so on around the. globe.'' : , • Paint boxes were awarded to the fol lowing Juniors who painted the picture, in the paper. of October 30: ' RuHßell Knoiyland, ' 1543 Everett street, Alameda,':.? . . . Grace Jacobl, 224 Presidio avenue, San Francisco. Henry Ednnnls Roger*, 908 Linden street, Oakland. . Ella 2896 Twenty-third street, San Francisco. Genevlevc Rossi, 1534 Jones street, San J Francisco. - ' - . ' Catherine Carroll, 1358 Fifteenth ave nue, Oakland. \u25a0 • ,\u25a0 ~ > -> Sherman Duck e1, .2528 Sutter. street, San Francisco. Wilbur .TrowbridKe, 754 Telegraph^ avenue, Oakland. . Willie liahr, 1509 Eighth avenue South, San Francisco. Frank Dave yy It. 6,' box 110, Rose Lawn, San; Jose. : Alberta lleiuricb, 115 Alabama street, Vallejo. Dorothy It obliiHon,* R>» 3, box .160, Fresno.. KlNie de Wolf Douglas, 2007% Fruit-\ vale avenue, Frultvale. , Sarah KniMM, 28 Shaver street, San Rafael. » \u2666 Jennie Galen, Sausallto. K<Uvurd Ilrnekney, Watsonvillo. Julie Geary, 608 Haight avenue, Ala meda. Rachael I*. ThoinpHon, 5G2 Sixty-third street, Oakland. Virginia Sladolyn Sullivan, Virginia City. , ' Flora Gray, 77 Pearl street, Oakland. What's the Answer? When Is a dog most . Ilka a human being? — When he In between a man and a boy. - How does a dot? look If you hurt him? — It makes him yoll, Oh! (yellow). Why did the last dove return to the ark? — Because she hadn't suniclont ground fof riinuiniiiK. Why 1h thera reason to doubt the existence of the Giant's Causeway? — There are bo many shamrocks (sham, rocks) In Ireland that this may be one i of them.. Why are good husbands like dough? JUiausi! women need them. Why is a specimen of good writing like a pig led to the slaughter house? UecauHe It Is dono with the. pen. When does a m man., feal girlish?-— When he makes his maiden speech. What docs a man do when he misses his train and cornea home late for sup per? — Catches It when he gt;ta home. Why is a plowed Held like feath ered game? — Because its pait-rlJgea. 7