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An Emergency Animal

1STWEE.N the small town of

Marlboro and the Pecowslc gorge

of the Oreen River, where the

bis new dam was being built, the

road passed through very thinly settled mountain country for a distance of ten miles. Much of the way the winding, hilly road was bordered by heavy forest. Here and there were a small clearing and a farmer's cabin. The railroad spur that carried materials for the construction work at the dam followed another course so that It was not in view from the road. The men at work on the dam were paid ofT each Saturday with money brought from the bank at Marlboro. Sometimes the paymaster's messengers made the trip by railroad: sometimes by motorcycle. Nobody ever knew which way they would go. This precaution was taken in order to foil robbers. But there came a day when robbers guessed right and waylaid the messengers. On thati day the money, several thousand dollars of it. was being transported by motorcycle. It was carried by two men who rode in a side car cycle. Both men were heavily armed and the one who rode In the side car kept a vigilant lookout as they whizzed along. But they were ambushed and fired upon; the man in the side car was severely wounded and fell from the car. The driver, thouph also badly wounded, drove bravely ahead with the bullets whistling after him. Looking back ho saw that he was being followed by men on horseback. His strength was ebbing fast and he knew that he could not reach

the dam. So he gritted his teeth and desperately nerved himself to hold out until he reached the first house. That was the house where the Hasbrooks lived. Mr. Hasbrook was away that day but Mrs. Hasbrook with her two boys. Ben and Jim. was at home. As the motorcycle drove Into the'yard all three of them went out of the house to see who It was. They saw a man. carrying a leather satchel, come staggering towards them. Blood was running down his face from a wound In his head. "Quick!" he gasped, dropping tne satchel at Mrs. Hasbrook's feet. "Hide the money! Robbers are after mo. They'll be here In a minute." Mrs. Haabrook was a quick-witted woman. She turned to the boys. "Ben." she said, "you and Jim take that grip and put for the woods. Hide It good somewhere and then circle around and come home. But don't come to the house unttl you see there aren't any robbers here." She turned to the wounded man. "You stay right where you are and I'll fetch some water and linen and bind up those wounds." She had hardly started on her task of bandaging the wounded messenger when the robbers rode Into the yard. In violent language they demanded the money. The messenger grinned at them weakly. "Tho money isn't here." he said, "and it's where you'll never get it. too. You're too late, boys." "We'll see about that," snapped one of them. "Bob. you go through that

car. Jake, you and Bill search the house. Shake a leg, nowl" But the man he called Jake had ridden a little to one aid and was gazing up the hill across the clearing in which the house stood. "There they go!" he cried suddenly. "Them kids has got the grip. Mike. There they go into the woods! Come on!" He spurrodils horse after the boys and the others followed him. Mrs. Hasbrook turned to run after them, her face suddenly white. Then she stopped nnd went on with her work of bandaging, saying. "I guess my boys can take care of themselves." In another fraction of a minute Ben and Jim would have been in the wooJs without being seen. Now as they turned to look back Just as they slipped nmonsr fhp trffs thfv rdw the

men riding after them. "They see us. Ben!" panted Jim. "What'll we dot We've got to get under cover quick!" "Make for the cave!" gasped Bsn. "It's our only chance." The cavern that Ben called the cave was a long, narrow tunnel formed by the slipping and tilting of a layer of rock. The boys went into it on hands and knees Just as the robbers reached the edge of the woods. Fortunately they did not see the boys enter the cave and so at once the men spread out and began to beat through the woods to discover where the boys had hidden. Ben and Jim crawled to the back end of the cavern and crouched there panting. They vere in darkness, but could see the opening of the cavern into which the dylieht penetrated

for a few yards. "Ben." whispered Jim. "what'll we do if they look In here? We can't fight because we haven't any gun. Guess we'll Just have to let them have the money, won't we? "Maybe they won't find us." answered Ben. "Anyhow, if -they come here keep perfectly still. We'll make them crawl all the way in to see If we're here." "But maybe they'll shoot In hero on a chance." "Lie down back of this boulder with me. They couldn't hit us If they did." The boys lay In silence for a moment. They could hear the shouts of the men outside as they ranged up the hill. Ben's thoughts were not idle, however. He was trying to think of a way to keep the men out.

Ml The HANDY BOY AT HOMElirep BY CHARLES A.KING. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. PLVMOUTH.N.H. I j

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fjf F mother is not already provided W with a moulding board for kneadw .115 bread. I cannot think of anyhi thing the "Handy Boy" can make which will please her more. " It will not be' easy to secure a 20" pine or whitewood board, but red wood boards of that width are not uncommon. If neither can be secured the board will have to be glued up, in which case the Joint should be matched, therefore matched boards of good quality may be used; the matching is to insure that no cracks will develop later for they will fill with flour and be difficult to keep clean. The lip upon three sides of the board is to keep the flour on the board and to prevent it from coming in contact with the clothing of the one working upon It. The bonrd must-be mad of

the desired size and planed and sandpapered; the lip should be fastened with round head screws. Hi" x No. 10, the ends passing by the front as at a, as the shrinking and swelling of the board will quickly loosen nails and allow the lip to work away from the edge of the board, thus offering a place for flour to collect will not be easy to keep clean. The cutting board should be made of hardwood, maple or beech. If it Is to be used for cutting bread or meats, though if only the former Is to be cut on it. whitewood will be satisfactory. Open grain woods, like oak and ash are not so good because their open cellular grain offers lodgement for dirt and dust. The corners of the board should be rounded as at b. or they

will splinter badly when the board la washed. Do not bore a hole In the board to hang It up by. for It will become dirty by the accumulation of foreign matter. Instead put In a atout brass screw eye as shown at c, or stand the board against the wall as a platter in a plate rack. A cutting board Bhould be made of quarter sawed wood or it will be likely to twist or warp so It will not rest firmly upon the table top. The annual rings of the board should be at nearly right angles with the surfaces of the board as indicated at d, for such a piece of wood will not warp appreciably. If the board does warp, the exposure of the hollow side to moisture, or the rounding side to dry heat will usually remedy the trouble.

LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER'S DOG BOV,WOW,WOV(

THE THREE BLIND MICE

'HERE isn't any wonder that she ran that farmer's wife

For such enormous mice I never saw in all my life,"

i Said little Tommy Tucker s Dog. They called me to the house

To catch, so Mrs. Farmer said, a blind and helpless mouse. But soon I found, not one, but three, almost as' big as rats; And that is why she wanted me they'd frightened all the cats. Of course, without their tails, those mice were very hard to catch; But finally I cornered them and killed them with despatch."

or to hide the money so they couldn't find it. Suddenly he had an idea. It was freakish but it might work. "Jim, have you your watch, with you?" he asked. "Yes," answered Jim, puzzled. "Let's have It." Silently Jim handed it over as Ben drew out his own watch. Both watches and luminous dials. Just then one of the men discovered the mouth of the cave. "HI!" he shouted to the others, "here's a cave! I'll bet them kids are in here!" He stooped and peered into the cavern. The other men joined him as he shouted: "Come out of that, or we'll shoot!" The boys gave no sign and the man called Mike said sharply: "That dossn't do any good. Crawl In there. Bill, and see what's what." Bill dropped down and started in. When he had advanced so that he was well into the gloom of the cavern, Ben cautiously held up the two watches over the top of the boulder so that they were side by side and about three Inches apart, their luminous dials facing the approaching robber. At the same time Ben made a low. ahort growling noise in his throat. The man who was crawling In suddenly stopped. Ben moved the watches a little to one side and growled again.

The man backed awkwardly but hasi tily out of the cavern. I

"There's some kind of a big crlttsri

in there, Mike," he said uneasily,

"Bear or something. Got the durnd-C

est eyes I ever see. Make you creepy."!

"You're crazy," snapped Mike. He dropped down and started to crawl in

himself. Again Ben repeated hi;

maneuver. Mike, too. was impress and backed out.

"Guess you're right. Bill, bt aid.

"There's a big catamount or some

thing In there. His eyes shin Mke

fire. Well, we haven't any time to b

killing game and it's dead sure thenkids aren't In there with that critter Scatter again, boys, and we'll find "em yetl Remember there' thousand! waiting for you!" j When the robbers had been fone a quarter of an hour the boys crept out,1 hid the satchel in a safe place undei some rocks and made for home by a roundabout path. Mrs. Hasbrook1 had been able to summon help by a passerby and there was tio danger that the robbers would return. A few days later Ben and Jim both received two hundred dollar checks! from the construction company as af reward for their "bravery and ln-f genuity." But their best reward wu

Mrs. Hasbrook's quiet remark: "I

knew my boys could look after them selves!"

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(To le colored with paints or crayons. Whenever you spelled in CAPITAL letters use that color,

USIE MAT took Teddy into her play-room. It was a nice big room with BLUE painted walls that had a row of YELLOW

geese with RED bills and big RED shoes with YELLOW buckles on them painted on the walls too. The chair board and floor of the room was a

YELLOW-BROWN so was the blackboard frame. (You can get this color by mixing the two colors using more YELLOW than BROWN). "Let's play school." said Susie. "We can have Dolly's little RED table and chair for teacher's desk and chair." "Oh. yes." Teddy agreed, "You be

T EAVES turning yellow, corn-

II stalks piled high. ji(jDeep purple tints in the chill western sky; Golden rod nodding, the pumpkins grown gold. The kids and the lambs herded into the fold.

OCTOBER

Barrels of cider, the nuts on the ground, ' Hardly a songster is now to be found You've guessed it already, by signs given here October has come with her Hallowe'en cheer!

come to a word J

teacher!" "All right I'll ask sister Lucy for her old GREEN skirt and I'll let my GREEN spotted dress stick out for a blouse." "Fine!" cried Teddy. "And here are some books for chairs a GREEN one for Monk a RED one for Julia a BLUE one for Sallle and a PURPLE one for Teddy B." "You and Humpty can sit on the floor." Susie said sticking a Ions: RED pencil jnto her bright YELLOW curls to bunch her hair up. "Now then. Monk is the Dunce!" she announced "'Cause he's always holding that old GREEN stick." "Well, he can't help that and he can't put on the dunce hat either, because he's got his RED hat on al

ready," said Teddy. Little BROWN Monk aat up very still, holding onto his stick and twisting up his funny RED face. He wore big baggy RED pantaloons and a BLUE Jacket trimmed with bands of YELLOW. "Julia can't be dunce! She'a too nice." Susie said. "Look at her she is so intelligent I love her BROWN hair and cute little RED bow aunt Nancy made her YELLOW checked frock and bought her nice little YELLOW shoes." YELLOW plush Teddy B. sat way down on his furry spine until his BLUE ribbon touched his book-chair he thought he looked too pretty In his new RED dotted tights to be chosen as the dunce. "It can't be Teddy B. He's much too young." said Teddy, "How about Humpty?" Humpty was the fat ball boy who sat up very straight and had the brightest RED and GREEN cap and brightest PURPLE suit one ever could Imagine. "Oh Humpty's too bright!" laughed Susie, "But there's sleepy Sallie she's always asleep and won't mind a bit!" Sallie was Susie's French dolL She wore a lovely PINK frock and had her soft YELLOW curls tied with a big PINK ribbon. Her shoes and socks were PINK too. Susie got her for Xmas but after a month of popu

larity Sallie became very queer her eyes closed one day when Susie shook her for being wobbly and they wouldn't open any more. "A girl is never a dunce!" said Teddy, "I'll be the dunce." he added putting the tall dunce cap on his BROWN head. Teddy wore a BLUE collared sailor suit with BLUE trousers, cuffs and pocket. His shoes were BROWN. "All right" said Susie, "Mr. Dunce, read what I have written with my YELLOW chalk on the black-board!" "One C two " began Teddy. "Wrong!" cried Susis severely stamping her YELLOW shoed foot on the BUFF colored rug. (You can get this color by using mors with your YELLOW-BROWN). All their cheeks were PINK except Teddy B's. even Monks. The border can be YELLOW and the lettering RED.

THE JUNIOR COOK

RED APPLES TO SERVE WITH MEAT ROAST.

Arrange around the platter enwhich a pork roast is served. There

should be one apple for each person.

Select six fine perfect apples. Peel but do not core. Be sure to leave the stem on. Put in a large, Cat saucepan, and add: 1 and cupfuls water. 1 cupful sugar. Cover tightly and cook till apples are tender. Because the sugar is put on first, the apples will remain firm unless cooked too long. After they have cooked ten minutes add: 1 tablespoonful of small, red cinnamon drops. The red candy will cook Into the apples making them a pretty color and flavor.

AN INGENIOUS BIRD

nOT long ago a South Australian telegraph line was seriously interferred with by a magpie. For some time the line worked badly and at last a telegraph operator was sent to examine the wires. After searching for a few' miles the clerk found at the top of one of the posts a magpie's nest most ingeniously construct

ed. The bird had wrenched away with its beak the wire which bound the line to the insulator and after twisting the wire In a suitable position, built its home there. Considering that It is impossible for anybody to unbind the wire without the use of pliers the the magpie's industry and perseverence may be admired.

NINE, ANIMALS ftV WALTER. WfLLMWM

" Here's a funny maze You can start with any letter and then proceed to the next circle if there Is a path Icadtns to It- In other words, yon can 0 anywhere there la a path. How many animal names can you make out?

CORNER ENIGMA 1 am composed of 9 letters.

My 4-8-1 is a canine.

My 3-6-6-9 is to give for a time

only. My 2-7 is a conjunction. My whole is an Autumn flower. OXE-LETTER DECAPITATION'S

1. Behead a fish, and leave a girl's

name. 2. Behead an Important bone, and leave a tree. 8. Behead thin and leave to peeL 4. Behead a portion and leave an animal. 6. Behead fun and leave a kind of wine. 6. Behead trite and leave a narrative. 7. Behead a girl's name and leave a friend. 8. Behead a number and leave leveL All the words commence with the same letter. AXSWER3 ES1QMA Dog lend or OOLDEXROD OyE-LETTER DECAPITATIOXS 1. Skate-Kate. 2. Spine-Pine. 3. SparePare. 4. Share-Hare. 5. Sport-Port. 6. Stale-Tale. 1. Sally-Ally. 8. SevenEven. XIXE AXIMALSCat, Rat, Goat, Pig, Tapir, Bison, Bear, Beaver, Rabbit.

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