Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 214, 17 July 1920 — Page 12

TAGE TWO

iHE RICHMOND "PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1920 J9 trances Trego Montgomery

"I have one of them," Mike called 1o Tim as he dragged Nanny from under the thorn-apple tree, where she tried to hide after 6he and Billy Whiskers tried to escape from the boys. "Which one?" said Tim. "Nanny," said Mike. "I'll bet ye It wasn't that old one; he's a foxy old customer, he is, and I'll bet me red shirt ye'll never

set your eyes on him again, said Tim. "You hold Nanny, while I go and look for Billy. Tim." "All right and Joy and good luck go with ye, but mark me words, ye never will find him when you're looking for him. Better come home with me, and if he ever comes back he'll come back tonight to see Nanny of his own accord," said Tim. "I know the ways of goats better than ye do." But Mike did not take Tim's advice. He went to look for Billy, but in about an hour and a half he wished he hadn't, for he saw no signs oi tne runaway, and came back tired and foot-sore, just in time to see Tim and Nanny disap pearing over the hill on the way home. Billy hid behind some rocks in the bottom of the ravine until he thought the boys had given up looking for him. Then he came out of his hiding place and snipped off the fresh young leaves from the bushes as he walked along making up his mind what he would do next. THE WILD WOLF Flora Merrill Are we wolves members of the great dog family, or are we not? This seems to be an unsettled question among mankind home people believe that the dog

, ! OUR FRIENDS, the DOGS

goes back as a distinct animal forjing grounds are barren of food, we Many thousand years. Others claim ! must creep to the outskirts of civ that he is a wolf, a dingo, or a ! nized places, to attack sheep, poul-

jacKai aomesucatea. Certainly our, common ancestors, the creodouts, were very different from what we are now. We look like dogs, but the resemblance seems to be on the surface. In character and habits we differ greatly. If taken very young we can be tamed, but never to be the affectionate and loyal friend to man that dogs have proved to be. A pet wolf may seem contented for a number of years then suddenly comes the old call of the wild, and he is gone. There ate many kinds of wolves, and we are found in the forests or the plains of every northern country. 1

"It is too bad," he thought, "that Nanny is such a scare-cat and slow runner, for if hhe had only kept up with me she would be free now and we could have a good time here. There are lots of young shoots and juicy leaves for us to eat and plenty of water in the creek to drink. "Now, I must go back and see what has become of her. I expect

I will be caught and pounded by the boys, but I told her I would take care of her, and I never break niy word, so I must go and see what I can do." He climbed a high hill where he could get a good view of the road end there he saw Tim leading Nanny into Mike's yard, and a mile behind he saw Mike walking slowly along. "Ho, ho!" said Billy, "they have caught Nan, so there is no use in my trying to get her away now. I will wait until dark and then go back and but the shed down and get her out and then we can run away together before they an catch us." Turning and looking in the opposite direction he saw lying in the valley beneath him a city, and he Immediately made up his mind to visit it, for it had been a long time since he had been in a large town. Down the hill he started on a run, loosening stones and pebbles as he went, which rolled after him, sending up a cloud of dust. . At the bottom he struck the main road that led to the town, and keeping up his fast gait he was soon within its suburbs. Copyrighted by the Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, .0 Texan Flags Train After Seeing Movie "Gosh, I didn't do nuthin'; I saw a guy do that in the movie, that's how I knowed what to do," s;tid Roy Kennedy, a 10-year-old boy of Texas, when people praised him for his quick thought in waving a distress signal near his home by which act he saved the lives of many people. Roy had found a break in the line where COO feet of trackage had been washed away by a sudden rainstorm that was almost a flood., and he ran back and with his sweater flagged the approaching train. Like the Indians, we are being s forced down by civilization. We must have space in which to roam twenty miles is a short night's travel for us and we must have weaker animals on which to feed. Man, with his spreading cities, is our great enemy. When our hunt try, young cattle and even man, if our hunger becomes desperate Man fears us, and defends himself with guns, traps, dogs and poisoned food. We have learned to be wary, and trapping an old wolf is the hardest job a trapper has to face. States, counties and ranchmen combine to offer a "bounty" for each wolf scalp. Some of pur cleverest comrades, known as "outlaw" wolves, have defied man succesfully for many years. So the battle between man and the wolf goes on. Can it be possible that the gentle and highly civilized dog is a descendant of ours? Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service.

CHAPTER III. Inside Mystery House "Who wants to go uptown with me?" asked Norene at the breakfast table one morning. "I do,' 'said Betty. "We don't," said the boys. "I might, though, if you get some candy and promise you'll not go to Bluff Taylor's house," teased Hal. "Oh, bother,' 'said Norene, but blushing, "I don't know whether I'll

buy any candy or not."

"Well, if you do." suggested Al..ja u Fhe inted t0 "you can just save us some, for Im(lows ,n that room exc

not going. "Are you going, Agnes?" asked Betty. "Not this morning, if you don't mind," replied Agnes, "I want to find out something about that mystery." "What mystery?" asked Norene. "Not " "The one in that book that Agnes is reading, I suppose," interrupted Betty. Soon after breakfast Betty and Norene started uptown, leaving Agnes on the porch reading her 'beloved book,' as Betty had expressed it. As soon as they were out of sight, Agnes closed the book.

f ?011 . i!"?, ,fauIt " thland close by. a small gas range. In think I m doing .what 1 m i not. said ! one corner rested an old washing Agnes to herself "Bu I just nius machine that was run by water and find out. She looked all around jnext to u a boiler 0n one si(le of to see that no one was watching j ,he room was a cupboard. They

, T , .u w , ,Tno between the Dewe home and the Mystery House. Agnes tried the windows to see if they were unlocked, but, of course, they weren't. Even the cellar windows were locked. She was about to cive un hopes of getting in when she disi covered a cellar window on the i other side of the house and the glass was broken out. "Maybe I can squeeze through that,' 'muttered Agnes, "I'm going to try it, anyway." So, she put her feet in first and slowly wormed her self inside. Her feet dangled on the wall of the cellar; she could not touch the floor. Then she heard a low chuckle aHd thenienBhe felt someone take hold of her and set her down on the floor of the basement. She turned around and faced " Billy Borton ! " she gasped, "What are you doing here?" "Agnes Pale!" he said mockingly, "What are YOU doing here?" 1 came to investigate this old place," Agnes answered "And so did I," said Billy, "but I had to ditch the boys." "Ditch the boys?" pondered Agnes, "I don't understand you." "I mean that I ditched Hal and Al,' said Billy. "Oh, I understand that part per fectiy well," Agnes said, "But what do you mean by 'ditch'?" "Oh," laughed Billy, "By that I mean that I slipped away from them to get here." "Did you break the glass out of the window?" asked Agnes. "No, that was already broken," said Billy, "But say, isn't it funny that we both happened to come at the same time? "Yes, it is," agreed Agnes, "But how did you happen to come?" "I heard you girls talkin' about this place and so I said to myself 'I'd like to see inside that place.' Then one morning I said to Hal and Al, 'Wouldn't it be fun to rpp wiidis inside or mat house?' Then tney said that there wasn't much to see just a common, ordinary house. But I didn't, agree with them, so I just slipped off bv myself to see what 'twas like." lhats about the way with me"

ba.ia Agnes, uetty and Norene! them and people were being killed arent no more interested in this! very fast, but Nennette and RentinPlace than I am in geography! So, tin were not even scratched.

i jusi mougnt I might as well look I around while I have the chance." I "Yes, and we'd better not waste' any more time. We won't be able ! to stay in each room very long for the girls will soon be back." warned Billy. "Let's look this basement! over first." I "How higk up the windows are " said Agnes, "I can't see outdoor -, from here. Which window dul I come inr "Guess," said Billy. Agnes pointed to a window next to the one that she came through. 1

They do not need to buy ! Billy shook his head. Then one at all the win ept one, for below it stood a barrel "Well, it CAN'T be that one," she said, pointing to the one under which the barrel stood. "But it IS," nodded Billy. "When you climbed in, your feet went right down into this barel and it is so deep that you couldn't have touched bottom unless you'd just dropped." Agnes laughed and then they went on to see the rest of the basement. They were in the middle room and at each end and on one side of the basement was a door. They went in one of the end doors nearest them. Looking around, they found it to be the wash room. Aeainst the wall were two sinks i opend it and found an electric iron starch, bottle bluing and several other articles needed when washing. Tubs hung on the wall and an ironing board was discovered. A door was in this room also. They tried to open it, but it was locked. Billy peeped through the keyhole. "Why, it takes you outdoors," he said, "instead of another room." "Let me see," said Agnes, as Billy surrendered the hole to her. "So it does! I can see the barn. How handy it is! The washing is done in here and then when ready to hang up. all there is to do is to walk right out of this door into the yard, hang 'em up and when they're ,i J ,L V T r .i " through this door, and when they re ready to iron, the iron is down here, .. ... ,i From there they went into the other end room and found nothing o f ...i r, ihere was something in these cupboards yes, yes! In one, there were glasses and glasses of jellies, jams, preserves and butters, and jars after jars of fruits and vegetables, all tightly sealed. In the other cupboard were manv bottles ! , . r , , . and jugs of wine and different, beverages. Then they wentintoi

.c B,u uuu.. .i , u,c ;,u; c!botii were very, very happy, room and in it was a door like hei T,, , T, , , , J , a i,i, a-i John told Billy to send a wireless one m the laundry room. Ashes m , , were taken out to the alley by this t0m01,s0w. s started down door they supposed for it opened (he mountain into the back yard, also, only at the ; mu. ;K1 tu , n

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t'wwi. . " v . i vi i iiii,-) v i ! cv ii i v: i (The rest of this will be continued next week.) Julia R. Burr. No Fear of Airplane Bombs With These Dolls as Charmers Nennette et Rentintin were lovers. Nennette was I lie girl and Rentintin was the bov. During an air raid in Paris Nennette and Rentintin hurried down the street together ami in arm to a nearby town where some of their relatives lived. The bombs were falling all around The Fi-ct people marveled at this, po t' " : -ng ladies made lit- ; tie doll.! ' : present these two lov- ! crs and i' : f-;ave them to their soldier swe4:!:e:;rs to protect them frc".i the air raid:-!. ! This is the s'ory of the yarn 'dolls made to represent Nennette and Rent in! in, which the French roldiers wore during the war. This is a tr.ie story of Nennette land Reniintin who have since I been married and are now living in P;uis. -Emily Roberts, Henley Ro.id, Richmond, Ind.

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THE LAND SLIDE Once upon a time some Boy Scouts were given a month's vacation because they had sold Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps for the two years that we were in the war and had not stopped to play ball or go fishing, but had gone right to work and sold $500 worth of stamps. So, Roland, Frank, Maurice and Billy and John started up the Rockies to have their vacation. They traveled up for a day and that night they pitched their tents, ate their supper and went to bed. The next day they went on up the mountain and as they were going over an especially rocky place, the rocks began to slide. The boys went with it until Frank caught hold of a stripling and yelled to Roland, John, Maurice and Billy, "Catch hold or my feet!" After the stones and dirt had quit falling, they made their way to the path, and pitched tents, all except Frank, who, when he caught hold of the stripling, broke his arm. The boys iixed his arm in a splint and went to bed. The next I morning Frank had to go home to a doctor but he told the boys to go j on up the mountain. The rest went I on up the mountain. About noon I they were turning a corner when I they saw a cave. John said, "Let's : eat our dinner here!" G r Tl i J 1 r rr r fr r 1 1 1 li n - r L- ? n rr ittnn. isils and got dinner. After dinner, , b went , he , j They saw ft ,.ght go ,hey they would investigate. ' back and saw a cirl Lk7 ie l m V about 18 years old. The scouts asked who she was. She said, "My name is Louise Jones." John said, "Did you have any brothers?" "Yes, I had a brother, John Jones." h V l"JU' , have been hunting lor you, and hunti f ,..K Am, "1nh 1(wl .,. t . . . 1 lux "'"l"He got up at breakfast and up at 4:30, and . i, . ,1 . they ate breakfast Then they started again down the mountain. At 8:00 o'clock they were at the station. They found a party of people to meet them. The people cried, "Why did you bring that Indian girl here?" John said, "She is my sister, who was kidnapped by the Indians who hid her in a cave." So the party went to John's home and had a party and then they talked over their adventures. Benjamin Bentley, Joseph Moore school. Honorable mention in the StoryWriting contest. "WHISTLE AND HOE

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