Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 244, 26 July 1919 — Page 18

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIM, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919

The-Wishing Pxam l M. BX M Willi s Winter

Well, maybe you have guessed $ince yesterday who sent the official letter. Well It was from Prince Charles now King Charles. In the letter the king told how he had been offered the throne by his faithful followeis a few days after Captain Brave has rescued him from the attack of his enemies. In fact the attack on his life was a final effort on the part of his enemies to kill him, as they knew at that time that nothing could prevent his men from placing him in power. So now King Charles and his wife Queen May, had come into their own again. He was back in the big castle in his own kingdom and Queen May, with wnom the children had fallen in love , on their visit to the Azores, was wearing the queenly robes she had told the children no much about.

He ended his letter by telling

Captain Brave that he would feel

offended if the Captain and Lady-

dear and Jack and Jane failed to

visit him right away so that he could return some of the kindness they had shown him. For Captain

Brave's benefit he enclosed directions as to how to reach the little kingdom and the castle in it. The children were eager to go immediately. Captain Brave and Lady dear talked the matter over for a few minutes and then decided, much to the children's delight, to start immediately for King Charles' home. It was late by the time the children had heard all the news, and they were wondering if Captain Brave would make them wait until tomorrow morning to start for the King's castle, but Captain Brave had no such intention.. .They decided to take Jeanne with them, too the little French orphan whom Captain Brave and Ladydear had brought home with them from France. Captain Brave explained to

the little French girl that they would be coming back to France after their visit to the King and would then continue the search for her parents. "Perhaps some of the kind folk who have tried to help us find your mother will learn something of her while we are gone," he said. Jeanne showed the children the pretty things that Ladydear had bought for her. They were prettier than anything she had ever had, even before the war came. There was a pretty white dress with lota of -lace on it for real dress-up occasions, lots of play dresses, a coat and hat, and shoes and stockings and other things like Jane had. They were put away in the airplane with Jane's clothes and the little group got all ready to start. As scon as the airplane left the

ground and was well on its way, Ladydear tucked the little folks into bed with the news-that by. the time they woke up in the morning ' the airplane would be in the little kingdom. and nearing the castle. Ladydear and Captain Brave took turns guiding the airplane through the night . . " '. When the children , awoke in the airplane the next 't morning and gazed out of the windows they saw a country of nothing but mountains and valleys. A great river

His Tiny Dirigible Created as Much

Interest in 1 905 as R-34 Does Today

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ran down through the center of the country, giant forests lined the river and mountains towered so

high that it seemed as if the air

plane might hit the peak of one of

them any time.

Now and then on the top of one

of these mountains the children

could see a large castle. They were trying to figure out which one

might be King Charles' when Lady

dear told them that it was still

many miles away, but they would have to hurry and dress to be ready when the airplane landed. They could hardly tear themselves away from the windows, so wonderfully did everything seem, but they realized that they couldn't go anywhere in their pajamas and they didn't want to take the time to dress after the airplane landed, so they climbed into their clothes.

Very soon one of them noticed that the airplane was gliding rapidly down to the side of one of the mountains and, under Captain Brave's expert hand, it landed on an immense level lawn which formed part of the grounds around

a castle larger than any the children had seen on the way. Several men in uniform and carrying guns rushed up to the airplae and demanded to know why Captain Brave had landed there and who he was. When they found out who he was

however, they treated all the folk

very courteously and while some of

them helped Ladydear and the chil

dren to alight from the plane one of the guards hurried to the castle to announce their arrival.

Jack and Jane were wondering whether or not they would feel as free to talk to King Charles and Queen May as they did to both of them when the royal couple was in exile. The question was settled for them thought when the king and queen met them coming up the pathway to the castle. The King and queen shook hands with Cap

tain Brave and Ladydear. The queen gave Jane a big hug and a

kiss while the king swung Jack high in the air and said, "How is

the little man getting along?"

" ,When Ladydear told them about

Jeanne they soon made her feel

just as welcome as the rest of

them.

"I'd be mighty glad if someone in our little country could help find

yonr mother and father," said the

king.

On the way to the castle King Charles explained to Captain Brave

how his followers had finally sue

ceeded in unearthing the source of the plot against his life and the

plan to keep him from becoming

king, and that when the facts were made public the good people of the

country saw to it that the conspira

tors were imprisoned and' the prince called back to take the

throne.- -

: "While they call me king, I have arranged everything so that the people really elect the men who have charge of conducting the

government," said King Charles.

' "My only desire is to see that the people live contentedly and happi

ly. "The people could not under

stand when Queen May and 1 returned why we did not surround ourselves with a large body of

servants, and men and ladies-in-

waiting, and assign a regiment of soldiers to accompany us whereever we went, to add dignity to our

presence. But we had learned dur

ing our long exile that the real

leader of his people lives as they

do. We have just enough servants around to take care of the castle

and keep out prowlers."

By this time the party had reached the castle and the children were

wondering what they would See inside. Copyright, 1919

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rhe first dirigible seen in the U. S., taken after its flight in California

When Roy Knabenshue exhibited the dirigible shown above, back

in 1905, those who saw it wer ethrllled at the sight. Roy staged many short flights with it. His race with an auto from Los Angeles to PasBadena, Cal attracted nation-wide attention. The dirigible surprised all by winning the race. One can get some idea as to the diminutive size of the pioneer dirigible by comparing it with the people gazing at it in the pcture.

Query Corner

I no editor win try to answer

questions readers of tho Junior submit to her. She will not

promise to answer all of them.

The questions will be answered In rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed in the same week in which you send it In.

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DRY Miles: "I wonder how soldiers in the trenches managed to get their clothes dry when they washed

them?" Giles: "I suppose they hung them on the firing line." American Boy. TRUE "How did you learn to roller skate?" a little boy was asked. "Oh," was the innocent but sig-:

mncant answer, by getting up.

every time I fell down."

LAUGHING BILL AND SIGHING JACK! Up the road went laughing Bill, Jumped the gate and climbed the hill! Never noticed rain was falling Only heard the moorland calling! Never noticed frogs a-croak Was so full of fun and joke! Never minded wind and squall Loved the seasons, one and all! Storms might beat but laughing Bill Jumped the gate and climbed the hill! Down the lane went sighing Jack,

Spent some moments looking back,

Groaned at sun and growled at heat Never noticed flowers were sweet! Never heard the merry song Birds were trilling, clear and strong! Never marked the wealth of life In the springtime-hedges rife! Paused and grumbled lazy, slack Down the lane went sighing Jack. On the summit, laughing Bill! In the vale Jack's sighing still! Boys' Own Magazine, i

RIDDLES 1. What will go up a chimney down, but will not go down a chimney up? Elizabeth Riggs, Starr School. 2. There's a garden that I ken, Full of little gentlemen. Little caps of blue they wear, And green ribbons very fair. 3. From house to house he goes, A messenger small and slight, And whether it rains or whether it 6nows, He sleeps outside in the night

(Answers will appear in next week's Junior). Helen Smith, Grade 6B, Hibberd School.

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. Because he could not lie. 2. When he's a-shaving. 3. When he went to Philippi (fill-a-pie). 4. In cider (in side her).

"To be 'on time is one of the best things we know of. Our idea of being on time is to be just three minutes ahead of the hour at which we are expected."

Dear Aunt Polly: What part of the United States do you like best. Edna M. Dear Edna: I tako it you mean what part I like best in my imagination, be

cause, you see, i nave not travel

ed enough over the United States to really have a "best." I know it would be somewhere in the north

and somewhere near water be

cause I like cold weather and

water and evergreen trees and oak

trees, and things like that, bo if

I were to just make up a "best"

place, I would choose somewhere in Maine, way up in the northeast. But I expect "home" is the very best part of the U. S. after all, and in that case, the part I would like best is the pretty little town wo both live in. Aunt Polly.

Dear Aunt Polly:

I bet you can't guess how old I am! Ruth. Dear Ruth: Well I just know I can! You are about twelve years older than the roses that bloomed this June. That's a guess anyway, and that's what you said I couldn't do. You did not say you bet I couldn't guess RIGHT. So I win this time. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Are there any pretty boys in Richmond? Give me some of their names. R. O. Dear R. O.: Thank goodness I do not know any "pretty" boy! Boys are not supposed to be "pretty". Boys are supposed to be good looking, and full

of "pep and manly and Drave ana full of fun, and often they are handsome, but even that usually comes from a good disposition showing itself in smiling lipe and merry eyes. I know lots of boys, like this, too many to tell all their names, but I do not know any "pretty" boys and to tell the truth. I hope I never shall. I'm just sure I wouldn't like them. Aunt Polly.

"In life as in football, Fall forward when you fall." He who seeks to follow two trails comes home with an empty

SOLDIERS GUARD FOOD STORES IN BERLIN DURING RIOTS

German soldiers on guard outside delicatessan store ransacked by rioters seeking food. Dispatches from Germany just before the signing of the treaty stated that food riots had broken out

afresh in Berlin and other cities. It is believed these were started by the Reds in a vain effort to over

throw the moderate government. The picure, just received in this country shows how one delicatessan store

I was wrecked by the rioters. Soldiers are guarding the place.