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dventurks or UNCLE I'OM ANDY BILL ADDISON AND 1JALSER MIENT In tho earlier days of Iudiana there were two boys, whose names Hero Tom Andy Rill Addison ajul Ualscr Brent. Their homes were close together and tho boys were good friend. When tho boys were twelve years of ago tbolr father bought rack of them a rifle. They hunted together around their homes until they wero sixteen years of age. One day when the boys were out " hunting with Tom Andy Pill's father, Balser'a dog, Prince, stopped suddenly, threw up its head and uttered ft low growl. "He scented a bear," said BalBer excitedly. "Hear nothing," laughed Mr. Addison. "Yes, but it Is," answered Balser. When he lays back his head that way and utters that growl, that's . sure sign that he smells a bear. W'hen Tige saw Prince stop ho - went up to his side, put his nose to the ground and was off at lop pced up the hill. The boys followed as fast as they could. Mr.

Addison, who did not believe there were any bear near, went more slowly. Tho boys heard the dog utter a bark of surprise and anger. The boys knew that the bear must be " close. They Increased their speed. They came to a small cliff which ' they did not see at first. Balser, who was ahead went over first, lie uttered a yell of astonishment. "Don't jump, Tom Andy Bill," he called, but Tom Andy Bill was going so fast he could not stop and he.too, went over the cliff. There In front of him were two bears with Balser on one's back. When Tom Andy Bill came on over he knocked Balser off and took his place. Balser followed the dogs, rolling down the hill. Tho one Tom Andy Bill was on started to ward a cave close by. Tom Andy Bill clung onto the bear's back and Ihe bear took him into the cave They ran against a wall and Tom Andy Bill fell off. The dogs came into the cave and had a fight with the bears: Tom Andy Bill ihot the bear and Ml led it. as he lid bo, he felt something heavy fall on him, and something hot trickling down bis face, when he came to bis senses ho was lying on a bed at his home with a broken teg and his bones were sore and stiff. Tbey skinned the bear and ?lve hln hid to Tom Andy Bill because he had killed the bear. ABBIE WILKINSON and RUTH. A VISIT TO FAIRYLAND There was once a little girl named May. She was very1 poor. She lived in the woods with her aunt. One day she got lost In the woods and began to cry. She heard some one say, "What tre you crying for?" The little girl looked up and saw a fairy. The fairy said, "Would you like lo come home with me to fairy land!" The Uttle girl jumped up and aid "Yes!" So the fairy and May ent to fairyland, When May got (here it was dark. She saw the fairy queen. There were pearls knd diamonds on the walls. May said, "Is this your home?" The fairy said, "Yes." The fairy took her into a pretty room.. The fairy said, "Go down Into the hole and you will find a key to unlock the door. Go in and you will find a pretty doll and a bank of gold. May went into the hole and found the key and unlocked the doof and went In. She found Uie pretty doll and the bank of gold. She came up and the fairy took her home. The next morning she told her aunt and gave her the bank of gold, and they lived happily ever after. MARY HODAr, 4 B Grade, Finley School. 5J" COUNTRY LIFE Tjast summer I went to my second routing' bouse in the country. We went out in the back yard. She had a big swing. We were swinging nd a big boy came driving some rows by. He asked us if we would like for him to swing us. We said that we would. He pushed ua so high that we touched the branches. We had lots of fun and did not want him to go hut he had to take the eowa home. This ia a true lory. Marguerite h. Mockridge, Finley School, 3A Grade.

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A MISUNDERSTANDING . There was once a king of Prussia who had a regiment of very tall soldiers in which he took great pride. W henever a new man joined his regim?r.t, the king used to ask him several questions, usually in the same order. He would ask, "How old are you? How long have you been In my servic?" Last of all, he would ask, "Are you satisfied with your food and quarters?" A Frenchman who knew no German once enlisted in that regiment. Ills oicer said to him, "When the king asks you how old you are, you must say, 'thirty years.'. When he asks you how long you have been In my service, you must say, Three weeks.' When he a-eke yon 'Are You satisfied with your food and quarters?' yon must answer, 'Both'." The Frenchman learned to say these three sentences In German, just as a parrot would say them, without understanding the questions to which they were the answers. On day the king came, and beckoned to him and said: "I have seen you before, my man. How long have you been in my service?" He did not understand a word but gave the first answer that he had been taught, "Thirty years." "What?" cried the king; "How old are you, then?" "Three weeks," answered the soldier. "What?" thundered the king in a fury. Are you craiy, or am I?" ..hies" D osay.pa.fsoldieroBP "Both," answered the Frenchman quietly. MILDRED JONES, 6-B Grade, Finley School. THRIFT STAMPS Boys and girls may help the government win the war by buying Thrift and Savings Stamps. Each Thrift SUmp costs twenty-five cent. When you buy a Thrift Stamp a Thrift Card is given you. This card holds sixteen stamps. When you have sixteen stamps you can exchange them for a war savings stamp. The war savings stamp will cost $4-12 during the month of January. Next month It will cost one cent more and so on. At the end of five years the govern ment will give you $5.00 for this stamp. The children can help win the war by working and buying thrift stamps. The United States needs a lot of money to feed and clothe the soldiers and sailors. As we want our country to win the war we must help all we can. RUTH HAMILTON. 4-B Grade. Baxter School.

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THE STORY OF THE CHRIST CHILD In an Eastern country were wise men who had heard that the greatest King was born in the world. A bright star appeared in the heavens and slowly moved toward Judea. These wise men rode on the backs of the fastest camels, following the star. The star Bhone over a strange little building that was not even a house but only a stable. "Is a baby here?" asked the wise men when they came to the stable. The keeper of the stable answered, "Yes, there is a baby here." Theen he told them that the town was so full of peeople who had come to pay their taxes that there was no room for the new baby except in the stable. They got down from their camels and bending their heads went to enter the low doorway they went in. But first they took from their camels backs some very costly gifts that tbey brought to give to the baby king. With gifts in their hands they entered the lowly stable and found the tiny baby lying in a manger with fresh hay. Beside him was his mother, Mary. Beside them both was Joseph, guarding them. The wise men knelt before the baby and worshipped him. They gave their gifts to Mary and Joseph for him and went away to the far country to tell the wonderful story. - HELEN MIKES ELL, 1107 Sheridan Street, ; Sevastapol School. LONE SCOUT NEWS A Lone Scout meeting will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 p. in. in Aunt Molly's office. All Scouts are asked to bring a boy with them. The purpose of the meeting ia to get new members. If we can get twelve regiments we will get a Treek cart We win need 216 hoys. There will be eighteen to a regiment and there will he a captain for each regiment. Captains will be elected at the meeting. Gilbert Snider, Lone Scout Editor. THE POOR BOY Once there was a little boy who was very poor. His mother and father were dead. One day he went out in the woods and there was a little boy sitting on a log crying. The first little boy asked the boy on the log what was the matter and the boy told him that he was lost. The boy took him home and they lived happy ever after. ; EDITH WARNBR, 1 A Grad,. Starr School.

A CAMPING TRIP It was a very beautiful day and ihe sun was shining ver hrltjhtly v. lifif several of us shin deckled t.q take a camping nip. We decided U gu the next dav :ra- ne5t day -liu,' '-M'n ri:;t as bsauti-

ftVTa"i tue day before had been. We were all up bright and early and it was'. not long until we were on our way. We went several miles and it vaa about 7 a. m. when we went through the first small town. We thought that wo did not want to stop there so we went. on. About two miles out of town we got our i first scare. We were riding along j very nicely when a little girl fell I out of a tree in front of our ma1 chine. We picked her up and look t. . i. . . n-i i iier 10 a uiriH House nearuy. i ner they save her medicine and put her to bed. We then went on our way. We met an oM man who was selling medicine, lie had a cart with him. lie seemed to bo in trouble .so wo asked him what was wrong, lie told us that he had lo.st'a bolt from the cart. We gave him a bolt and started on. It was getting toward night and it looked as if a storm was coming up; and then as luck would have it, something did not work right with the machine and we could not go on any longer. We got out ar.d tried to fix it but before we could get it fixed the storm was on us. We got in the machine and pulled the curtains down, but. tho wind blew - so hard and the rain was pouring down that we decided that it was not safe to stay there so we started to walk to a farm house. It was not long until we. saw a light. We kept on going hut the light that was in the house was not there now. We went up to the door and knocked and on looking in we found that it was empty. We went in and sat down on the floor to wait patiently until the rain was over. All at once we heard an akful noise and smelled sulphur. We were all very scared but thought that maybe it was the storm. It was not long until we heard the noise again and we decided to leave the place. When we got to the door a white object grabbed one of the girls and threw her in the room and said, "You have come bacg, have you." The rest of us were so scared that we ran out of doors and we heard the sound of horses. Pretty soon they were in sight. We stepped them and an old man asked us what was the matter. We told him and he said he would help us find the girl. We went in the house and knocked the door down. When we got in the room -we found that the girl was not there. We saw that she had jumped out of the window. We thought that she had gone to the place we had left the machine so we went up to see and there wo found her. We then thanked the old man and started on our journey. The rain had ceased but we thought it was still too rainy to camp. We thought that we wonld go to a hotel and stay until it had dried up. On our way to the hotel we saw an old man with his cart. He was stuck in the mud. We asked him if we could help him and he said that we could take him to Franklin because he heard that the man who owed him some money was there and he wanted to get there before the man got away so that he could have him arrested. UNION HIGH SCHOOL. The Tvy Little Princesses Once there were two little girls. They were princesses. Their names were Dorothy and Ethel. They lived Tery happy until one day their father died. They were very sad. Their mother had died a long time ago; so they were -now left alone. Ope day their nurse told them they were to go to live with an uncle. They were not to be princesses any more. Their father had willed his kingdom to his brother, Their father's brother dldnot like Dorothy and Ethel, so he sent them to live with their mother's sister, who was not very rich but she was glad to take the motherless and fatherless girls. They are living very happily, although they miss their mother and father very much . BEULAH MAY SCIIAROLD, 6-A. Finley School! ' There is no folly eqnal to throwing away friendship in a world where friendship is so rare.

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lltne editor will try lo answer iiue.suons; reauers or mo Junior Ki;lmilt t, Iiaw CIia mill ...... ..... u ,IT., hJIIU IIUI proniiso to answer i II of them i nu iiesuQs win lo unswereu. in rotation, so do not expect the u'.Mvcr la ho printed in the aihe week fn which oir sendi .t id. ! Dear Aunt Molly: Do yen like red hair? Harry M. Dear Harry: I certainly do like vm h-.iiv heriuiso I've hepn told that my hair is almost red. Don't let the color of your hair worry you because I've heard it said that the people with red hair are the brightest. Aunt Molly. Dear Aunt Molly: Where did 'you go Christmas? Mary Jane. Dear Mary Jane: 1 stayed home Christmas. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: In what stale is Washington City? T. L. G. Dear T. L. G.: Washington City is not in a state. It is in a little sec tion of land eight miles square. This land was donated by both Maryland and Virginia. Dear Aunt Molly: Why do girls wear bright colored dresses? Boneita Widup. Dear Eoneita: Someone has to wear the bright colors and who could wear them if not young girls? It is time enough when you are old and gray to wear somber colors. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Who invented the first volley ball? Thomas A. Dear Thomas: Mr. William G. Morgan invented the game in 1895 and used the rubbery blatter of a basket ball to play with. This did not work very well, so he asked A. G. Spalding and Co. lo make a more suitable ball which they did. Dear Aunt Molly: Do you like soldiers? William Salunrulo. Dear William: I certainly do like soldiers. My big brother is one, and I wouldn't trade him for anyone dressed in civilian clothes, Aunt Molly. Dear Annt Molly: Where is the sea of Asov? Maurine T. Dear Maurine: The sea of Azov is a large gulf of the Black Sea, formed by the Crimean peninsula. It Is very shallow, being from-three to fifty-two feet deep. It occupies aa area or n,&oo square miles. Ed. Dear Annt Molly: Where is the Bear River? Pauline H. Dear Pauline: The Bear River rises In the North of Utah and flows back into Utah and empties into the Great alt Lake. It is 400 miles long. Ed. When you make a new friend think of the future enemy that is in him. ' EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. These Ada Cost You Nothing; Send In Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior. LOST A blue handkerchief. Find-' er may leave it at Aunt Molly's office. LOSTA fifth grade reader. Finder please leave it at Finley school or call telephone number 2894. LOST A Collie dog, answers to the name of Max. If found return to Harold Hanson C02 N. 20th St., and receive reward. FOUND A night lock key. See Aunt Molly. LOST A door key. Call at 107 N, 16th St WANTED To trade one bantam rooster for hens. For further iaformation Bee Aunt Molly. WANTED An empty shed or part of a barn to keep our treek cart, - Boy Scouts, Troop 2. WANTED Any little balls of yarn or any old knitted sweaters or shawls; to he used fn making sU Inch scares for soldier comforts, - Baiter School Children.