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THE HOLBROOK NEWS, HOLBROOK, ARIZONA, MARCH 18. 1921.
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CHAPTER IX Continued.
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Jumping lightly from rock to rock
. In the shallow water of the pool, the
bandit approached the cataract, the,
third leap landing him upon the flat
top of a rock almost within the very
wash of the falling water. Pausing
an Instunt to pull his bat tight and
turn up the collar of his coat, he
snranc straicht Into the thin blade
of the falls. His leap must have car
ried him comnletelv through to the
other side. It was the first the Pearl
"hunter knew, or even suspected, that
there was an open space beyond. So
completely did the falling Water hide
everything back of It that probably
he diud whp had Just leaped and
the man who watched him were the
only two who knew there was any
thing back of It.
The Pearlhunter stretched himself
flat under cover of a clump of sprouts
growing about an old white oak
stump, and kept his eyes fixed on the
waterfall.
Time goes slowly to one who
-'watches and waits.. It was probably
not more than ten minutes, though It
seemed far longer, when, without so
much as a diverted fleck of spray In
warning, the waterfall flung forth up
on the flat-topped rock a lithe and ac
tive figure that sprang lightly to shore
over the two Intervening stones.
Pausing on the brink of the pool
barely long enough to shake his coat
by the lapels acd to knock his hat
against his hand, he immediately set
out along the bluffs toward the vil
lage, as unconcerned as If he had not
Just pulled ou about the most sensa
tional stunc ever seen by a Flatwoods-
man.
The Pearlhunter slipped out of the
cover and softly followed; trailed him
up the bluffs, through th corner of the
woods and out to the river road where
it angles north through the cut In the
cliffs : listened at the fence, near
where the path crossed it, till the re
ceding steps were well on their way
to the village.
CHArT C.K A.
The Candle in the Cranny.
All the way back to Fallen Rock the
Pearlhunter pondered the scene he had
gazed on through the chink in the
cabin wall: the man's transfigured
.face: his Hctlons with the picture that
' above all the picture. It puzzled him.
angered him. That such a mau should
have her pk-ture; his mother with
the darkly beautiful face and wonder
ful eyes warm against his breast! It
was another reason why be should
' hunt him down.
. The Pearlhunter was as brave as
the woods make them but it Is no dis
credit to his manhood to say that
his blood ran a little faster as
he stepped down off the rock Into the
water and waded through the falls.
Every Inch of the way had to be feit
out with his fingers before his feet
could be trusted to follow.
The roar of the falls had dulled a
little when suddenly a sound came out
of the dark Just ahead a sound like n
garment "rubbing against some rough
surface. . The Pearlhunter stepped to
one side of the passage and flattened
himself against the wall. Out of the
dead silence the sound oume again. A
grin loosened his fa.. The very
sound he had half expected a horse
contentedly munching ills hay.
The Pearlhunter -ramé out from
against tiie wall an-jf inched his way
deeper Into the blackness of the pass
age. It abruptly widened until he was
fio longer able to reach from one wall
to 1 the other with his outstretched
arms. Though denied the use of his
yes. he knew that the passage broad
ly expanded Just there and became a
cave. He stood in the very entrance
of It. .
The next step there was no help
for it light ! Desperate and danger
ous the first spark, and the cave
might spring to life. Still, it was bet
ter than to stumble over a sleeping
luan ; or walk Into a knife. With his
revolver balanced, his face to the open
tuve, he reached his left hand along
tie wall to the farthest stretch of his
arm, bringing his body as far as possi
ble from the light, and with hfs fin
gers fumbled out a spot suitably
i-mooth and dry for there must be no
failure. The match scraped. A tiny
flume leaped away . from the rock. It
lighted up the place surprisingly.
Tiie cave was not large hardly
twice the size of an ordinary room.
The first swift glance showed him that
except for the horse It was empty.
The stub of a candle caught his
eye, stuck by its own tallowto an out
standing stool of shale Just beyond the
mouth of the passage.' He crossed the
passage and held the match to the
wick.. In the better light he studied
the place more closely.
The cave could not have 'been far
below the trround. for an ouk root had
found its way through the wall. It
was to this that the horse was tied.
For a moment he was strongly
tempted to 6tay where he was till his
prey returned the following night and
then rid the Flatwoods of him, and
trust what evidence he already had to
prove his case. i
But a better plan had been forming
ever since he caine Into the cave, and
there was much yet to be done ; though
the cave would have made a good hid
ing place during the coming day al
ways provided the bandidt did not
chance to return lefore his time.
Selecting a spot that he Judged to bo
BQSBS-MERRJUL COMPANY
about right for the take-off, he leaped
at the falls, and. half to bis surprise,
funded on the flat rock outside. It
was like breaking through the crust
of creation Into a Dew world. Mar
veling at the small amount of water
that had clung to him, be sprang over
the two Intervening rocks to the shore.
He hurried around to the front of
the cabin, raised the latch, entered
and closed the door. Snatching up
some cold biscuits and strips of fried
bacon, he hurriedly made six sand
wiches and stuffed them into his pock
ets. Resting at the spring long enough
to eat two of his sandwiches, be
drained a gourd of water, crossed the
branch below the falls and hurried
away up the bluffs into the deep
woods.
A mile and more north of the wa
terfall. Wolf Run bends west to dou-
ble and twist and loop through a tan
gle of hills and gulches known as Fox
Den, the wildest and most Inaccessi
ble district of the Flatwoods. The
Pearlhunter had heard of the place.
tie resolved to take his chances there.
The spot was no great distance above
the three-gabled cabin.
Away up the bare front of a cliff his
eye lighted on the mouth of what ap
peared to be a cleft la the rock. Wolf
Run washed against a narrow ledge at
the very foot of this cliff. He spread
himself flat against the face of the
rock and strained from crevice to crev
ice. It was a prodigious task, but all
tasks have an end either at the bot
tom or at the top. The Pearlhunter's
task finally ended at the top. It
had to.
The strata gaped apart half the
height of a man, leaving a wide-open
scar in the face of the cliff. It was per
haps 'ten feet deep, and seemed to be
closed at-the back by the dipping to
gether of the two strata.
Rolling back as far within the open
ing as the converging strata would
comfortably allow, he-dropped his bat
tered head upon his arm to sleep the
rest of the night away.
The Pearlhunter waked with the
woods. His limbs and breast and
shoulders were sn sore that he was
He Leaped at the Falls . . .
Landed on the Flat Rock.
and
half glad for the snug place to lie In.
like a fox In his burrow, while the
hounds beat up the woods at fault
Lack of water was the greatest
drawback. Thirst was already begin
ning to annoy him. He took out his
sandwiches and ate two more of them,
saving the other two until later In the
day. The salty bacon made the wa
ter more tempting stllL He drew back
a little space from the brink of the
ledge out of sight of it. The sound of
It still tempted him.
Voices reached him suddenly, break
ing upon the silence from around a
sharp turn of the gorge down stream.
He drew his face back from the brink
of the ledge and lay listening. It was
far too risky to look. His ears made
out three of them three tongues, all
going at top speed, a sure sign that
eyes and ears were not as busy as
they might have been. Opposite the
cliff where the fugitive lay, the steps
stopped.
"What's that hole up there?"
It wits a gruff and heavy voice that'
asked, thick still with the flare of tem
per that had not yet cooled.
"Wolf den, more'n likely," answered
one of the others.
"If we wus up th' bluff cross there
furnlnst the hole, we could see In,"
suggested a voice.
The other voices grunted; and the
Pearlhunter heard them hopping back
across the stream, heard them clawing
their way through the tangled under
brush up the opposite bluff. The scar
In which he lay dipped slightly to
ward the rear. He rolled back as far
as possible, so as to have the protec
tion afforded by the slightly higher
edge; stretched himself on his right
side; and waited for them to come
Into view.
Fortunately the sun hit their side
of the gorge, and the Pearlhunter
could see them well, while, being on
Mi
the shady side, and back In the e"ark
ness of the scar, they could not see
him at all. The three of them drew
together in consultation. The Pearl
hunter could not make out their words,
but the manner in which they handled
their rifles, which they had managed
to drag up with them, Indicated only
too plainly the general drift of what
was being said.
With a final nod all around, they
faced the pocket, and one of them
raised his rifle. The bullet struck the
roof of the scar Just In front of him.
showering him with dust and bits of
shale. The second fired. The bullet
passed close to his eet and lost It
self far back In the crevice where the
two strata of shale converged.
It was now the third one's turn
There came the hot spit of smoke;
the vicious slap of the report. But
even before he saw the one, or heard
the other,' he felt something like a
red coal sting his side Just under the
armpit.
His side! A thousand flames had
got at It. Sora thing warm and sticky
ran down under his tattered shirt and
made It mussy. The flames reaciod
his face and twisted It. The air seemed
to forsake the pocket. He crawleu to
the front of the scar.
He couldn't take his eyes away from
the water glancing along at the oot
of the cliff. The flames had scorched
him dry. If he could only have one
sup of the water to moisten his lips
so that the breath could get through
He crawled a little nearer the open
ing; held his face out over the ledge.
The ledge seemed to be rocking op
and down ; the trees were dipping and
going around In a queer whirl that
made him dizzy. He had never known
trees to act like that. The tops of
the gorge were bending together. The
gorge came together slowly shut out
the all? shut out the sky.
CHAPTER XI.
Only the Hunted Know.
For a long time the Pearlhunter lay
wondering why the gorge didn't fall
In. While he lay and wondered, an
other strange thing- happened the
very strangest of alL
The top of the gorge began to open
opened and let In two little patches
of sky. He kept his eyes on them
two little spots of blue set between
clouds of pink and gold. The gorge
top opened wider. He- came back to
the two patches of sky; smiled oddly
they had transfigured; had become
the eyes of the Wild Rose.
The shooting had brought her. ' Her
arm was under his head, and she was
saying something. A tinge of crimson
deepened the pink In her cheeks when
his eyes came open. What If he had
heard! But she met his eyes with
frank directness. He lay looking up
at her a long time; trying to compre
hend it all ; the wonder of It ! that
she was there! .
She helped him edge a little nearer
the brink of the ledge, raised him, and
he drank out of her cupped palm.
Whether it was the cup, he drank
from, or the thirst that parched him,
he took no thought, but it was the
sweetest drink that ever passed his
lips. She eased him back upon the
ledge, her arm still under his head. A
strand of her hair fell upon his face.
She tried to shake it off. He put up
his hand and covered it.
Her eyes dropped to his wounded
side, '
"I didn't know he was the Red
Mask." she said, as If in pursuance of
his first remark, "till those men came
this morning."
Her next words were low and thought
ful. "I've wondered If It could have
been he that hurt Daddy?"
"It was him."
The girl's breath quickened. He saw
her fingers clench.
But there was much to do. Her eyes
turned again to his blood-stained gar
ments, and she set about uncovering
the wounded side. There was little
enough to remove a shred or two of
tattered shirt; a laying back of the
torn blouse. After the first start at
sight of the wound she became curl
ously thoughtful. The color mounted
to her face ; he tried to meet her eyes,
but they turned away.
"Can you spare me for a minute?"
For answer he lifted his head. She
took away her. arm, eased him back
upon the rock, and he heard her light
step as she sprang around an angle
of the cliff.
She was gone barely more than the
minute asked for. When she returned
she was carrying In her hands a num
ber of strips bandages of white
cloth. Where she got them well,
that's her secret.
The bullet had cut a deep, ragged
gash Just below the armpit. It had
grazed a rib, but seemingly had not
broken it. With that encouraging fact
established, and the sting of the
wound much allayed, the mind of the
man began reaching forward to the
night; the all-Important night when
a certain suave individual in a frock
coat would come to feed a certain
horse. He said no word of this to the
girl already binding the bandages
around the clean-washed wound. She
would have scouted the bare sugges
tion of the things he was, planning to
do the moment the dark was sufficient
ly dense to hide him.
She drew what was left of his tat
tered shirt and blouse over the ban
dage at last, laid his wounded arm
across his breast and slung It there by
a strip of cloth passed up around his
neck, and helped him to his feet.
It shamed him that he was abso
lutely compelled to cling fast to her,
to lean heavy upon her, or go back to
the rock. His face was far too white
to show the mortification he felt, but
she saw It In his eyes. Lifting his
well arm and laying it across her
shoulders, she caught her left arm
about his blouse waist and steadied
him.
The Wild Rpse seemed to have tak-
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en toll or every dii oí uusuiub ui
ever struck the Flatwoods. That was
the distinguishing feature of her per
sonality. That and her good, sound
sense. Her face was beaming full of
both right now the sunshine and the
sense. She was smiling up at him, he )
knew. He was staring away above her
head but he knew. The smile grad
ually drew his eyes down out of the
trees. He could no more help It than
he could help leaning upon her. She
laughed a heartening little laugh
like the hanpy water tnrllng against
the ledge. He laughed back. He
couldn't help It. The restraint was
broken ; the smart gone.
He glanced down at the ledge before
leaving to see' that no tell-tale blood
spots or bits of cloth were left. A
needless precaution her woodcraft
was as fine as his own.
How she managed to lead him, half
carry him, out of the rocky and brok
en gulches of Fox Den and down the
rough banks of Wolf Run to the cabin
of the three gables she never knew, i
.... 1
c"oer oiu ne. it always remained a
matter of wonder to him. Who does
know the source of power that mys
terious augmentation of strength that
comes to a woman In a crisis?
She led him Into the house and to
7-
Í !?, ,a 6 maIn r0m; the qUeer
- i"a-iucreu uni HI" I I1UU
stirred his curiosity the afternoon ol
his first visit" two days before.
The old man was not in the room.
She must have caught his eyes search
ing for him.
"Daddy y she answered to the eyes.
"He often spends hours away. There'll
be little pass In the woods today that
he won't see, though nobody will see
him. Poor Daddy!"
"We'll send for that surgeon tomor
row," he said. -
She was back In a moment; carrying
a pan of water, fresh bandages, and a
formidable-looking brown bottle cam
phor, the universal first aid In the
Flatwoods. The blood-soaked ban
dages were deftly removed and the
wound re-washed. She picked ud the
brown bottle.
"I am sorry to hurt you," she said.
"But It will keep the fever down."
"You're the doctor," wast his slow
answer.
She uncorked the bottle and applied
some of Its contents to the wound with
a bit of cotton. Hurt ! It hurt so that
he laughed.
"Anything to get ready for tonight,"
be grinned, under the bite of the pow
erful antiseptic.
"Tonight 1" she repeated blankly,
"Why, you mustn't think "
"I must, though. Big things depend
on tonight." She saw a sternness
gather in his eyes. "He'll think Tve
left the Flatwoods," he muttered on,
more to himself than to her. "It's
what he's been waiting for. His game !
tonight ! and I"
The girl saw the fingers of his right
hand clench against his palm doubt
less quite unconsciously while the
knotted ridges of his great forearm
bunched and swelled; but the full
meaning of, the muttered words hap
pily missed her.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
LIVED LONG ON FRUGAL DIET
Englishman Who Died in 1680 Proved
That It Was Possible to Eke
Out Existence Cheaply.
Thomas F. Curby, the champion
eater of Massachusetts, declared that
dyspepsia is the result of eating too
little, and not too much. His Sunday
dinner consisted of thirteen lobsters,
sixty eggs, and one hundred oysters.
At the other end of the scale must be
placed old Roger Crab, the first vege
tarian, who- died September 11, 1680,
after proving that a man could live
on 75 cents a year. Originally a hab
erdasher in a big way of business at
Chesham. England, a free liver and
drinker of strong ales, he "got re
ligion" also dyspepsia In middle life,
sold his stock, gave the proceeds to the
poor, and took to living in a hut on
three-farthings a week. Instead of
"strong drinks and wines," he says in
his autobiography, "I give the old
man' be lived two centuries too soon
to call It "Little Mary" "a cup of
water; and. Instead of roast mutton,
rabbit with bran, and pudding made
with bran and turnip-leaves chopped
together." And on this diet he lived to
a ripe old age. surviving repeated
cudgeling and imprisonment for
witchcraft.
- Clerical Expedient. '
The English preacher, Stephen Jenk
ins, was not a highly educated man,
but he had a native wit which often
helped him out of difficulties. One
Sunday while .reading as the Scripture
lesson the third chapter of Daniel, he
came to a batch of words that gave
him trouble. "At what time ye hear
the sound o'f the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer," etc. Now
this list of Instruments Is repeated sev
eral times In the chapter, and the sec
ond time he stumbled through It with
even greater difficulty than the first
Before he reached it again, however,
he had discovered a way of escape. So
the third time he relieved both him
self and his listeners by reading with
the utmost gravity, "And the band
played as before." Boston Transcript
Tying the Knot
The performance of the marriage
ceremony is often spoeen or as "ty
ing the knot" The expression may
be of comparatively recent origin, a
figurative phrase referring to the fact
that the contracting parties are united
or bound together in wedlock. Quite
as reasonable a supposition Is that
It has come down from the ancient
Babylonians.
At any rate It was the custom in
old Babylonia for the priest who offi
ciated at the wedding to take a thread
from the garment of the bride and
one from a garment of the groom.
He-ocould .then knot the two together
and present them to the orlde, a sym
bol of the matrimonial tie Joining her
and her husband.
Weighing a Perfume.
It was the Italian physicist Salvlonl
who devised a microbalance of such
extreme delicacy that It clearly dem
onstrates the loss of weight of musk
by volatilization. Thus the Invisible
perfume floating off In the air Is In
directly weighed. The essential part
of the apparatus Is a very thin thread
of glass fixed at one end and extended
horizontally. The microscopic objects
to be weighed are placed upon the
glass thread near its free end and' the
amount of flexure produced is ob
served with a miscroscope magnifying
100 diameters. A mote weighing one
thoúsandth of a milligram perceptibly
bends the thread. '
True Americans love all
three
colors: Red, White and Blue.
"'LIVESTOCK
HIGHEST PRICES FOR SWINE
Especially Advantageous to Southern
Farmer to Study Use of Well
Balanced Hog Ration.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Information secured by the bureau
i ví luHineis, unuea states department
of Agriculture, indicates that southern
' hnirH Will nrlnoo o o htn-h o a
those paid for hogs from the corn
belt If they are properly fed and
handled. Nearly 6,000 hogs from a
single owner In Mississippi have been
received at the National stock yards,
Illinois, within the past few months
and all were firm, finished porkers,
which sold well in line with the best
that came from other sections of the
country. A representative of the bu
reau of markets made some inquiries
into the manner In which these hogs
were fed. He discovered that the
same owner has- feeding pens in Iowa
as well as in Mississsippl, and- that
he bought his young pigs and fed
them a mixed grain ration In connec
tion with corn and tankage. All the
animals showed Intensive feeding and
weighed 250 pounds or over when they
arrived at the market
It would bé especially advantage
ous to the- southern farmer to study
the use of the -ell-balanced grain ra
tions and the complementary adapta
tion of peanuts and velvet beans,
which can be grown so abundantly In
that section.
.Twelve carloads of hogs were re
ceived from a single Tennessee owner
at the same stockyards. These ani
mals were of a distinctly southern type,
says the bureau of markets' repre
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A Good Pasture Is the First Thing to
Provide for the Most Profitable Pro
duction of Pork.
sentatlve, but they were well finished
on corn, and sold readily at the top
of the market, despite the fact that
they came from the so-called "doubtful
territory." The owner received a
check for $72,417, the largest ever
paid to a patron of that market for
a single shipment
DOUBLE TREATMENT IS BEST
Serum May Be Satisfactory for Short
Fattening Period Immunity
Is Not Permanent.
The serum treatment alone will not
bring permanent immunity from hog
cholera. It may be satisfactory for a
short fattening period. But for the
farm herd It is necessary to give the
double treatment which consists of
the virus and the serum. It It general
ly understood that a hog that has once
recovered from a case of cholera Is
permanently Immune. This Immunity
Is the result of the formation in the
body of the animal of anti-bodies
which are antagonistic to the disease
germs. For hogs that have been ex
posed to the disease or that may take
It It is necessary to use the virus
which gives the animal the disease in
slight form. The serum which Is
then Injected combats the disease
germs and assists the body in resist
ance.
ISOLATE ALL SHOW ANIMALS
Stock on Exhibition at Falra Should
Be Segregated en Return to Farm
to Avoid Disease. -
It Is an enjoyable, If not a profit
able pastime, to the owner to exhibit
his best animals at fairs and shows.
but when they are returned to the
farm, as well as others that may have
been purchased, they should be segre
gated for a period that will insure
their freedom from contagious dis
eases to which they may have been
f exposed.
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VACCINATE FOR HOG CHOLERA
Double Treatment Can Successfully Be
Used en Pigs When They Are
Still Quite Young.
Pigs can be successfully vaccinated
for hog cholera with the double treat
ment when from a few days to a few
hours old, according to Dr. R. E. Nes
bltt, president of the Illinois Veterin
ary Medical association. The cost is
less, losses are smaller, and Dr. Nes
bitt believes-from his experience that
Immunity will last until the pigs are
ready for market
Beet Top Silage.
Beet top silage contains, by chemical
analysis, 213 per cent dry substance,
1.88 per cent protein, and 11.5 per cent I
fats and like carbohydrates.
Chickenpox.
Chlckenpox has become a fairly com
mon poultry disease In the Middle West
and is so contagious that it causea
considerable loss.
Increased Care Is Demanded.
An increase of hog cholera demands
Increased care on the part of farmers.
Daddy's
?4 LVeiiifV
Fairy Tale .
óyppm GRAHAM BONNER
-ttOrVtlGMr I VUIUM NtVYATU I
THE FISH HUTS.
"On a lake," said Daddy, "which
was frozen over, were many little
huts. There th
fishermen
fish through . the
holes In the Ic
which they would
make during the
winter. The fist
huts were made
so as to protect
them against the
hard cold, and the
great cold winds.
"The Sun had
gone to bed rath
er wearily. He
had had a lazy
sort of day. r.e
had not been shin
ing very much.
He had come out
From Hut to Hut.
at times Just to look things over,
but he had spent a great deal of time
napping.
" T feel as I feel on the warm sum
mer days,' he said, before he went to
bed, 'when I am lazy and when I let
Lady Gray Clouds spread her grayness
over' the water and the boats and the
sky above.
" Tve felt that very way today, and
Lady Gray Clouds has been out a
good deal, trying on her many gray
suits and gowns of which she is very
proud.'
" 'But, said one of the Sun's daugh
ters, who had come along for a min
ute's chat, T promised to give a tea
party for some friends this afternoon.
I told them I would give them our
finest sunbeam tea.'
" Well, Mr. Sun said, 'then I will
shine for awhile.
"'I don't see, his daughter said,
why you feel today as you used to
feel on the warm days In the summer.
Certainly it is far from being warm
today.
" 'True, true,' said Mr. Sun, "but then
I am always warm, And what I meant
was not quite that this day had been
like a summer's day, but that I had
felt the same lazy way that I do some
times on a summer day the same
sort of laziness, in other words.'
"Mr. Sun kept his promise and his
daughter gave a tea party. The sky
was red and speckled with gray and
the sunset was very lovely.
" We did have some sunshine after
alL and a beautiful sunset,' the people
had all said.
As I told you before, the sun had
gone to bed when the brownies came
along to give their supper party In the
fish huts.
"They used every hut you see. And
this Is how they did It
'They had soup in one hut and
salad In another and creamed chicken
in another, and hot chocolate In still
another and so on.
They went from one hut to the
other for the different courses of their
meal.
And as they went from hut to hut
what laughter there was, what merry
sounds rang through the cold night
air.
"'Of-course, said Billle Brownie,
the fishermen didn't build these huts
for us, but it Is nice to be able to use
them for our party.
'As we never leave any crumbs be
hind or any sign at all that we have
been here, It Is quite all right They
would not mind, 1 feel quite sure.
"'So do I.' said Bennle Brownie.
"And then they hugged each other
and fell over as they so often did
when they hugged each other, and that
was very often, too.
They had the finest sort of a sup
per and what fun It was to go from
one little hut to he other, over the
frozen lake. What stories they did
tell as they sat In the different huts
eating.
"And when the meal was all over.
and they had eaten all they possibly
could, they packed
up what was left
and sent It down
the different holes
for the fishes.
" 'Some free
food,' they said.
'and we won't
catcfi you or try
to, either!'
"Of course they
didn't send the
fishes some of the
food they had had
because they
knew the fishes
wouldn't enjoy It,
and besides they
had eaten every
thing up which
Free. Food.
they knew the1
fishes wouldn't even care to have the
crumbs of. They hadn't left a drop of
hot chocolate.
'The fishes wouldn't want that
they had said.
"Then they ran races over the Iced
lake, and later they got out their
skates and had a fine skating party.
"The Ice made some funny sounds,
too. which meant that even tne ice
thought parties were nice.
'And the wind blew and whistled
and said :
'This Is such fun, such fun.
Brownies, do keep up your party until
yery, very late.'
'And the Brownies ata wnat uie
wind had asked, and had one of the
finest parties they had ever known 1".
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