Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 28, 13 December 1919 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 119

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Wl CLI S All fey loog Jack and Jane had thought that surely Captain Brave or the police would find Ahem 'before nightfall and mtu . them from the band of bad men who had atolen them to get revenge on gignor Angela. All day long, too, the children had been real brave. The little old woman had been awfu'ly cross bot she hadn't harmed them and had given them breakfaat and dinner. .But when the suit wnt dowa and the little old woman'a bouse began to get real gloomy again. It was all the children eonld do to keep from breaking : down again and crying. And when they aw the little old woman preparing a big pot of stew for supper they knew that the men would be coming in time to eat and that they would spend the evening - laying more plans to keep the children hid. , ' ' -If I was sure . they wouldn't hart you I'd try to climb out of a window or sneak out some way while everybody is talking" tonight" -Jack said to Jane Just before the men came. But when he saw that there were six men and that one of the men took his place at the front door where the other guard had been all day Jack realised that it would be a pretty hard matter for one little boy to slip away from all of them. Of course, the men talked in ' Italian and, therefore, the children couldn't understand what they were saying. But, from the way the men laughed and joked, the children were sure that the kid- . nappera were confident that Cap- ' tain Brave, Lady-dear and the police had failed to get any trace of them. After supper one of the men he looked like the one who had brought the clothes to the cellar the first day said to Jack and Jane: "What do you suspect your Captain Brave is doing right now," , and then laughed as though he thought that was a good Joke. "J don't know Just what he's do ing but I'm sure he's trying to find us and he will find us pretty soon, too," said Jack. "If V thought he could find you rd see to it that you were put some place where nobody . ever would find you," said the man, angry because the children had faith in Captain Brave. .The little old woman allowed the children to stay up a little while after supper and then roughly or dered them into their bedroom and Query Cofrner The editor wiU 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 la Is Mary Pickford dead? L. Virginia Rhodes Rear Virginia: No, she is very much alive and making pictures all the time. There was a report that she was dead but that was not true at all. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Am I going to pass. M. E. H. Dear M. E. H.: Of course you are, lor you have a third of the term left to study real, real hard in and even if you have just been about "passing the other two-thirds of the term, if you study real, real hard all the rest of the time you will pass and pass with a grade you will like to see on your card. - -,, 1 Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: ' How many stone buildings are there in the world f y, - v .: Boscoe, Dear Bosco: That's easy I There are as many times 100,000,000 stone houses ' in the world as there are feathers on the cockv little cardinal that chirps

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' locked the door on them, never even saying goodnight to them. A few minutes after the children had climbed Into bed tbey heard a commotion in the room where the men wore. Someone had oome la and was talking excitingly. As us ual the talk was in Italian, so the children couldn't make ont what was the excitement The men talked rapidly for many minutes. Occasionally the little old woman would try to say something but the men would growl at her and she would keep quiet for a while. - Finally everyone was quiet ex cept the leader. He talked along for a long time, Just as though he was laying some plan, and then the man, with the exception of the one guard, left assaln. I'm sure They've heard somethins that has made them afraid," said Jack. "Maybe they've found ont that Captain Brave knows where we are. If we only did know What it was all about perhaps we could help someway. Jack and Jane went to sleep that night trying to figure out some way they could let Captain Brave know where they were but there seemed to be absolutely no way to do it 4 Grace and Shep Once there was a little girl and I her dog who lived in the woods by mem selves, xne gms name was Grace and - the . dogs' name was Shep. The little girls' mother and father both had died and she and her little dog had lived in the woods by themselves. Grace could cook and keep her house clean and the dog would be her guard and run errands for her. One day the little girl went to the woods to gather berries, and while she was picking the berries, she became very sleepy and went to sleep. When she awoke it was very dark, and she called for her dog to come, but he did not come. She wandered on and on in the dark woods and then she, gave another cry for help, and at this time the dog Shep heard her cries and came running toward her. They were very glad to eee each other and they traveled on till they came to a house. The little girl knocked at the door, and was invited in and the good fairy who lived there told her to wish three wishes, which she wished for a good father and mother, home and happiness, and the wishes were all granted, and to bo sure this was a happy little girl, and the li'ttle dog had the best of care, and they lived happy ever after. Mary Stoops, Pairview School, 6A rade Jane's Christmas Once there was a little girl whose name was Francis. She was very rich. Across the street lived a little girl whose name was Jane. It was near Christmas, and Francis was going to have lots, of pretty toys and dolls while Jane! Was going to get nothing. Francis was very kind. It was now the day before Christmas. Francis went up town and stayed until seven o'clock and she phoned her mother and told her to come up in the auto. When her mother came she saw all the packages. She asked what she was going to do with them. She was going to invite jane over lor Christmas. So when Jane and her mother came over she showed them all the presents and ate their dinner and lived happy for ever In Francis boose

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- Violet May Winters, Grade 5B Warren

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The Junior Book Shelf Dear Juniors: Here 1 am the Junior Book Shelf! I am only of paper not of wood at all as people think book shelves ought to be but I can hold, a great deal, as much as many ola wooden shelves in fact, for I am going to hold your friends your little book friends for you funny, interesting, happy, exciting ones (oh, some, real exciting ones) new friends and old friends. Sometimes these friends will speak for themselves, and sometimes they will ask Aunt Polly to speak for them, and sometimes, too, you Juniors can speak for them or about them and tell just what you think about them and why you like some little book friends more than others. That is all 1 have to say. I ought not say much anyway I will let the Book People talk themselves for after all I am not very important for I am just Your humble friend, The Junior Bookshelf. Boy Scouts! Have you seen the new Year Book? AH the subjects in which scouts are interested, and that means about everything, stories, poems, out-of-doors activi ties, adventure, new discoveries, nature stories and all sorts of things are written up in this book and written in the most interesting manner. There are pictures, too, lots of them! The editor of "The Boy Scouts Year Book for 1920" is Chief Scout Librarian, Franklin K. Mathiew.v so you know it's good. " "Larkspur" enters and speaks for -self: "Can you have fun with Girl Scouts? I say so! Girls of all countries can, for when Jane D. Abbott wrote me, she gave Patricia Everett (usually called Pat, and

A WONDERFUL HORSE THAT COULD

By Robert W. Carson, R. H. S. One Sunday afternoon when my little grandson asked for a story, I thought that it would be a pleasant change from the usual fairy e.tory for me to tell the story of how I, an Englishman, came to live on this little farm here in America. So I began with "Once upon a time," this story which I shall now tell you. There were some men in England excavating a cellar for a large house. One of the men struck something that rang like metal. He called to the others and soon they unearthed a beautiful statue of a horse with bridle and saddle on. They scraped the.dlrt off and, "if ter much exertion had been expended, got it on the road. It was a life sized statue of a splendid horse, "Equirius" was written across the bridle. The reins lay upon a splendid saddle all ready, it seemed, for a rider. A man started to clean the dirt out of the left ear. Suddenly the thing vanished. The men stood agasp. "Where on earth do you suppose Equiruis Is," exclaimed one workman. He no sooner had the word out of his mouth than there it stood before him. This time he looked into the ear and found a little round pin. He showed It to them and pressed it and it disappeared again. Then he called it and It appeared. They looked Into the other ear and found another plug. They could not quite reach It from the ground, so one of the men got onto Its back and found that this plug turned. Just as the man turned I

Rene, a French orphan who had as we' all had together! We all fled to this country as a refugee, and another girl. Sheila Quinn, to me as the girls who have the most part in my story. And Buch fun joined the Girl Scouts, and found all sorts of interesting things to do. Our Christmas party for the munition workers was nothing short of splendid, and our camp,-a real winter camp was great sport, only we were scared to pieces when Pat and Billy Lee broke through the thin ice." "Larkspur" stops speaking and runs away with a laugh. Dear to the heart of every member of the Camp Fire Organization will be "In Camp with the Muskoday Camp Fire Girls," by Amy E. Blanchard. It is the story of a vacation spent in camping by the side of a lakeand is full of good times of a group of Camp Firs Girls Many characters in it are the same as those introduced to us by Miss Blanchard in "The Camp Fire Girls of Brightwood" and "Fagots and Flames." Beautiful is the Volland Edition of Mother Goose. Until all the stars get tired and drop right out of their places, we shall love those funny little rhymes all packed together and called Mother Goose Book. The important thing in the Volland edition is the piotures which were drawn and painted by Frederich Richardson who makes Jack Sprat and his wife, Sleepyhead, and Slow, Simple Simon, and in fact, all our friends from Mother Goose to the Wondrous Wise Old Man look just exactly as we thought they ought to look. The. librarians at Joseph Moore School for thin last week, Martha Hobson and Lucilc Gaylor. FLY LIKE AN AEROPLANE the plug, a dinner bell rang, which reminded him that it was time to go to dinner. The horse shot up into the air and galloped over the clouds for a short time with the man on its back. Then the horse dropped suddenly to the earth and stopped before his very door step just as his wife was setting the table for dinner. Fearing that his wife would bother the horse be pressed the plug in the left ear. The horse immediately vanished. Soon the other men came down the road on their way to dinner, they were talking excitedly. They said a man got on a statue of a horse and it took him to the clouds and galloped away with him. They went to tell his wife about it and found the man himself there. They questioned him and when he refused to tell them they threat ened to tell everyone; then he would have to leave. He said all right, it just suited him, and they left. As soon as it got dark, he told his wife to pack all their clothes, and food enough for three days into a . large basket. Then they went into the back yard and he called the horse. It appeared and frightened his wife, but he soon told her about it They tied the basket to the horse's tail and then got on the horse. The man twisted the plug and away they went straight up, yet It was no trouble to stay on. "We are going to America," said the man. After a short while they were galloping over the clouds in the direction of America, In a lit tle while they were over the ocean. They ate and slept for two days In

the air. On the third day they sighted America, and In a little while were over the. land. They were seen from the ground, and a man in an airplane .gave chase to them. It was a strange sight these two people on horseback, galloping across the clouds with a large basket flying in the wind behind them, and the airman sped after them, gaining on then all the time. The man on the horse began to fear that the airplane would over take him and force him to stop. The airplane was just a little way off when he thought of something. He leaned over and pushed the pin in the left ear. Now, they were invisible and the airman loBt them. They were passing over a great plain and below them they could see trees, houses, and other indications of farms. The man said, "Let's go down here; I believe I see where there is a farm for sale." The horse descended, unseen from below, before a door-step. A young man was on the porch when they stopped before him, but they were invisible until they touched the ground. Then; suddenly, the man stared, for out of space there came two people and a basket The man introduced himself to the young farmer, and found that the young man bad just bought the un. the day before and was living on it by himself. They offered to buy the farm in trade for a wonderful horse. After explaining its properties to him, the farmer thought awhile and finally agreed to trade in the morning. He let the Englishman and his wife stay in the barn that night, and in the morning the trade was made. The young man mounted the horse and rode away, well pleased with the exchange, while I have lived here with Grandmother for forty years now.

As Dear as Salt There was once a king, named Bulu, who had three daughters. One day he called the youngest to him and said to her, "Albuna, do you love me or not?" She answered, "Father, I love you as you love your gold!" "Good, my child," said he. Then he called the second, and asked her, "do you love me, Evasa?" She said, "Father, I love you as you love your diamonds!" , "Good, my child," said he. Then he called his oldest daughter, Kasa, and asked her. "Father, I love you as you love your salt." "Away!" cried the King, "you are no daughter of mine!" So Kasa wandered through the wide world, until she came at last to the house of King Bixi. She went in and asked, "Will you take me into your service?" "What can you do?" they asked her. "I will wash the pots and pans," said she. "Very well," they replied; so she washed the dishes and learned cooking, until she became a very good cook. M. E. H. (To be continued.) LITTLE JOHNNIE Little Johnnie was busy one day with a pen, paper and ink. His face was looking very anxious and sad as he tried very hard' to think. "What's the matter with my little boy?" his mother then tenderly said. "Why I was writing a letter to Santa to bring me a wagon that's red. For its time for the letter to go, oh how I know, Dear Santa, please bring me a wagon that's , red. If the "wagon will not go in my stocking, Just put my stocking in the wagon instead. Sent in by Donald Woods Grade 4B, Warner School The Lamps of Heaven The star that watches you In your sleep Has just put out his light.. "Good-day, to you on earth," be said "Is here in heaven Good-night "But tell the baby when he wakes To watch for my return; For I'll hang out my lamps again When his begins to burn." By John B. Tabb Sent in by Marjory Sneider Grade 2A Sevastepol School A RABBIT HUNT Once upon a time was a little boy and he was a bad boy and he had a gun and be went hunting and he shot a rabbit and he brot it home and that was the end of the story. Dale.

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