Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 137, 21 April 1917 — Page 14

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I'HE RICHMOND f AUIADIOM, APRIL 21. 1917

The Sandman Story For Tonight

THE DOLLINGTON FAMILY Part VI. The Dollington family were going away for the summer, and everything was in a btate of excitement around and about the Dollington l)ouse. A trunk was belug packed with Mr. and Mrs. Dollington's clothes and another trunk-shaped box was being made ready for the clothes of the children, when someone persuaded, the little girl who lived in the big house that very often the father and mother when they had more than one child left them with the Aunt Dinah of the family, and that If Mr. and Mrs. Dollington were very lonely, very lonely indeed, the children could be sent for. So at the last minute Roy and Marjory were left at Jiome in charge of Aunt Dinah, and Mr. and Mrs. Dollington went with the little Girl and her mother and grandmother to the mountains. Oh! such nice long times as Roy and Marjory and Aunt Dinah had to talk. The big house was so still and no one came to interrupt them or stop them from living like real people, and poor Peter said his head was "just a-spllUng with the chatter and noise" they made. "These blessed chilluns air jes a oin' t'have the time o' their young lives. I don't care what yo' all say," said Aunt Dinah, "an' If yo' all don't lak it, Peter, you' go on whar Misser and Miss Cora is." Poor Peter didn't know where they were, and he knew he would fare pretty badly if he even went outside the playroom, so there he sat under a tree all day, and night, sometimes, and 1ft the children carry on, as he called it. . . But one day something happened that made Peter a hero, and set him up in Aunt Dinah's eyes and esteem far higher than Peter ever had expected to go. It happened in this way: Someone had left the door open into the hall, and in the hall was a skylight, and a big storm of hailstones, came and broke one of the small panes of glass in the skylight window, and to catch the raid someone had put a tub under the skylight. One day Roy and Marjory were playing about and happened to look out in the hall and saw the tub; then they went to see what was in it, and when they saw it had some water In the bottom of it, Roy thought of bathing because he had heard about it, "We haven't any bathing suits," eaid Marjory, who had been well brought up and knew you could not go in bathing without a bathing suit. "We can play our underclothes are bathing suits," said Roy, and off came their clothes just the way real children do sometimes when they find a brook in the country. "How will we get Into the water? The tub is too high for us to climb over," said Marjory. "I'H show you," said Roy, and away he ran to the corner of the playroom, where there was a chair, and dragged it beside the tub. Roy and Marjory climbed up and looked into the tub. "It looks very deep," said Marjory. "Oh! you are afraid because you are a girl," said Roy. "Watch me; I'll jump in firsV "Splash!" went Roy into the water, but it was too deep, and down he went to the bottom and then up he bobbed, and he could neither swim nor walk. He just screamed: "Hellop! hellop!" Then Marjory called "Hellop! hellop!" and Peter snoozing by the Bide of the house jumped up. "Roy will drown, Roy will drown," she cried. "Oh! Peter, what shall we do?" "Tell him . to get in the boat," Bald Peter, , who knew that bouts were always on the water sailing about in picture books. "But there isnt any boat here; nothing but water," said Marjory. Aunt Dinah, hearfng the noise, ran out of the house, and when she saw Marjory in the chair she climbed up and looked in. Aunt Dinah thought only of saving her young master, and leaned over the . side of the tub to lend

a hand, but she lost her balance and in she went headfirst. t Up she came just as Roy had done and bobbed about on the top of the water calling loudly for help. By this time Peter, who knew that a boat should be on all ponds, seas and rivers or lakes, ran to the corner of the playroom, where all sorts of toys were kept, and here he found a boat, and calling to Teddy Bear to lend a hand, they soon had the boat at the side of the tub. It took only a minute to launch it and then Aunt Dinah and Roy climbed into it and were saved. Aunt Dinah made a shortcake for Peter that night and put the whole of it by his plate, with plenty of butter on it, and for the rest of the summer Peter had only to express a wish for anything that was in the power of Aunt Dinah to get for him and it appeared at his plate. All the rest of the summer was spent on the water by the left-at-homes, for Peter sailed the hoat and took Aunt Dinah and Marjory and Roy and Teddy jpear,' too, on

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long moonlight sails, and sunlight sails, too, so that when the summer was over they were sure that they had gona with the Little Girl and Mr", and Mrs. Dollington. Teddy Bear at least thought so, for he would have sat all alone in the corner by himself all summer

SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY

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This picture shows tbe royal family of Spain whose country has become so restless that the king has been forced to declare martial law. Since the Germans have placed the blockade all around their ports, it has made an increased shortage of food and such hardships everywhere that all the political ills of the country have been brought to the surface, Just as they were In Russia. Above is King Alfonso and from left to right are the Queen, little princess Beatrice, Don Jaime who is the crown prince, and the Prince of the Asturias.

POOR BOY EARNS

long if it hadn't been fcr the tub of water. "Which proved the ol' sayign," said Aunt Dinah,."that it am a bad wind what don't blow de right way, 'cause if Mas' Roy hadn t tumbled In dat water we all no sail in de boat." HAD PLEASANT TRIP Mother and I spent Easter Sunday with my uncle who lives five miles north of Dayton in a little town called Shiloh Springs. My cousins and I went to the woods and gathered pretty flowers and green moss for Easter baskets, while my aunt colored the eggs. On Easter morning my cousin Ruth and I went to Sunday Fchool at Shiloh Springs and they have a lovely Sunday school. They also have a new school built in a circle. It has three outside doorways and is built of pressed brick. We had a lovely visit in spite of the stormy weather. Ada May Death, Fountain City.

WAY TO CIRCUS

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v. c. tt Jl . . v.- ..r-..- -v.v.'.." j Once upon a tune a poor bov's father could not afford to let him go to the show. The b'oy wanted to go so bad he decided to go and win his way. About eight o'clock he started out. He got out to the grounds at half past eight. The general manager asked him what he wanted. "Sir," said Jack, "What can I do to work my way to the show? My father is poor and cannot afford to nav mv wav." H til, DQIU lilt; J110.ll, JL JUU V1I ry three barrels of water for my elephants you have worked your way. - - The boy carried the water in three hours. "Hurrah," said the man. "You shall have twenty-five dollars and your way besides." The poor boy went home and gave his father three-fourths of the money put three-fourths of what was left in the bank. The rest he gave to his mother, jjrother and sister. They had a good time and after that he always carried water for that circus. Lindo Reynard, 5B grade, age 10, Whitewater school. Birds in Little Girl's Yard Dear Aunt Molly: I have seen ftfur robins and a blue bird in our back yard this spring. The rob ins were brown and orange,, and the blue bird was blue and orange. I think they have such a pretty song, don't you? The robin likes cherries better than anything else, and I think the blue bird likes worms too. "When it gets a little warmer I think we will see all the birds again, don't you? Martha Smith, Whitewater School, Grade 4A. How One Dog Got His Dinner Once there was a dog that came to our house and pushed the door open. And he came in and the table was set. He got up on the table and ate the food, and when my mother came In she wondered what became of the food. She looked around and saw a dog. She put the dog outside and gave it a bone. He ate it and then went away and he never came back again. Tillie Abbott, 4A, Warner School.

BOY TAKES WHOLE FAMILY TO CIRCUS

Once there was a circus coming to town on Saturday. Everybody was going to see it A little boy who wanted to go bo much, could not for his father had not enough money. So this little boy thought he would get a job carrying water to the elephants. H went to. the manager and asked for work. The manager told him he would give him enough tickets to see all the shows if he would water the elephants and horses. The little boy was very glad to do it, and worked as hard as he could and soon got enough money for the whole family to go. The little boy was very glad he did this and had a fine time that day. It made him feel happy to he able to have his parents and brothers and sisters with him.-C!arence Hawkins, age 9, Whitewater School. THE GOOD FAIRY Once upon a time there was a little princess named Dollylocks. Her home was ih a beautiful castle just at the edge of a great, forest. She was a very pretty g'a, but like nil children, she would sometimes get into mischief. Dollylocks had been, told by her kind mother many times not to walk into the forest by herself. But ona day she went out to gather wild flowers and was so delighted wUh their beauty that s-lie never onte thought how far she was going. Suddenly she was startled by a strange voice speaking to her. Looking around she spied an old woman looking at her from behind a large tree. This was an Ogre who lived in ah old hut in this forest and spent her time trying to rob kind mothers of their little ones. Tho Ogre picked Dollylocks up and carried her into her hut. The little girl crted for her mother so hard that sooa she was carried into happy dreamland. When she woke up she saw a dainty little fairy standing beside her bed. She was dressed in a dress of sunshine cloth trimmed with dew drops. On her head she .wore a tiny crown made of violets and rose buds. , In her hand she carried a little golden wand. The fairy was so pretty that Dollylocks told her how badly she wanted her mother. The fairy said that the fairy queen had sent her to take the little girls heme who had been stolen hy the dreadful old Ogre. The fairy lifted Dollylocks from her bed and carried her outsisde where she placed her on a piece of golden carpet. The fairy said afew words and at at once they started to fly upward. Just then the old Ogre stuck her head out of the door, but the fairy waved.' Ur wand at her and she fell over dead. ' Dollylocks and 'the fairy still rode on until they cftme Into the yard of the beautiful, castle. She stepped off their chariot of carpet and after kissTng Dollylocks goodbye the fairy disappeared in a streak of sunshine. 1 All at once Dollylocks found herself in her dear mother's . arms. While crying she said, "Oh, mamma, I never will be naughty again. -Anna Burgess, Whitewater, Ind. A Boy's First Dollar . Once upon a time there was a little boy. His name was John. He . lived in the country. One day his father gave him a hen and he raised from the hen a great many .of little chicks. After they grew up the hen then began to lay and he saved the eggs until he had a lot of them. He went to - town and sold them and got one dollar.' He ran all the way. home, and said, "Mother, mother, 'come and look and see what Irhave;got for my eggs." His mother said, ''Very well, my boy," when -she saw the one dollar and her sou was very proud over the first dollar he had earned. By Louise Emmett, age. 8, from Whitewater school. . J BOTH ARE MADE OF DUST One night when we were washing dishes r my little eister said, "Doesn't God make our dishes?" .1 told her no, and she', said, "Why God made us."' Gladys Focht, age 11, Boston, Ind.

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