Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 296, 23 October 1920 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1920

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UAjI: Frances Trego Montoomerv j

: Billy Whiskers was the most sui prised goat you ever saw when the circus man threw the rope over his head, for it was the first time he had ever seen a lasso thrown, and had he only known it, the circus man had been a cowboy In his yolmger days and lassoed many head of cattle. When Billy found he was fairly caught, bis pride had a fall, for be had thought himself too smart to be caught, and instead of him leading the men a chase and making them cross the brooks? to get him, they were pulling him off the bank and through the water, making him follow them. At first he tried to pull back and get awy, but he had to giro that up, for the rope tightened around his neck and shut off his breath, A and he was glad enough to follow where -they led. When Nanny saw what had happened, Ehe ran up to Billy, bleating as if her heart would break, for she was very fond of him, and she was . afraid they were going to kill him and take him away forever. "Don't cry, Nanny. I will get loose and come back tonight, or tomorrow night sure, if I can't get loose tonight ; so don't take on so. I know my way back and a circus lem is not a nara tning to get out of." . "But, Billy, dear, they may tie ; you as they have now, and then you can't get loose," said Nanny. "Oh, yes, I can, when they leave me alone I can chew the rope in two." "But can't I go with you, Billy? I feel so terribly at being left alone and, think of it, we have not been married two weeks." "What a pretty face that little Nanny goat has," said the circus man. "Yes," answered the farmer,

THE CLAN OF NORTH AMERICA

THE AUTOMATIC LIGHT Francis Rolt-Wheeler "You see, it was like this," said Paul Croth, the First Guest of the Independent Camn. to his excited and expectant audience. ' Off where I live on the Atlantic coast, there 's a bad shoal, as bad as any on the coast, I guess. Lots of ships have been wrecked on it. An automatic gas buoy burns over it. That's all there is to warn ships to keep off. "This night I'm talking of, there wag a storm blowing . up. Right about dusk, looking out to see, I saw the gag buoy wasn't burning. 'Way off to the south'ard I spotted the lights of a steamer. With bad weather coming on, and no light, I figured it likely might get wrecked. My uncle," he's in the Lighthouse Service, and I've stayed with him, so I knew that light had to get burning somehow. "Dad had the boat away and there was no saying when he would re, yr. So I put some matches

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they both came to the pasture one day and Joined my goats and have been here ever since. I never knew where they came from, or whom they belonged to." "Well here we .ire at the barn; you must run back little Nanny; I can't take you with me today, although it does seem a shame to separate you two lovers," said the circus man. As Billy went through the bars, he halted a second to give Nanny a last good-bye kiss; and with tears streaming down her face, Nanny stood and watched him until they were out of sight. The cireus man tied Billy to tho back of his buggy and whipping up his horBe he started for town. Bitly had to run fast to keep up and though he got out of breath, ne could not stop unless the horse did. The worst of it was the horse kicked up such a dreadful dust that it nearly blinded Billy as it flew up in his face from under the buggy. At last they came to the outskirts of the town, where the circus tents were pitched, and Billy was untied from the buggy and led inside a large tent where cages of wild animals were arranged around the outer edge, while in the center two elephants and four camels were tethered. (To Be Continued.) THE MYSTERY 'NEATH AN OLD MAPLE TREE CHAPTER III. Nobody saw the piece of paper fall out of the box. Mary said she was going to take the box home to put her paper dolls in. She went to get the box, and as she picked it up, she saw a little key by the box. She took the key and box to John and Alice. They said the key must have dropped out of the box; but what was it in there for? Mrs. Green went in the house to get supper, for it was five o'clock. After she got supper started, she went in the front room, as she was reading. Something that Alice said drew her attention. She sat and listened to the children talking. They were talking about the key. She got up and went out to the children. She told them she had heard them talking about it. They told her about finding the tin box and then Mary found the key. Mrs. Green said: "Let's organize a secret club and each one try to find out about the key." They organized and Mrs. Green was president, and Mary secretary. They adjourned to meet the next Tuesday. John acted very funny, and said: "I think something is go-j ing to nappen at the next meeting." (Continued next week. Ethell Everett, 8B, Garfield. in a tin box with a tight lid and swam out. I had to bust the machinery up some to get the .as to flow, but I got the buoy 'ighted anyway. Dad didn't come back next day, and I was afr: id if I swam back in the ruorning, I couldn't get out again the second night. I was about all Li. So I just tied myself with my belt to the! ouoy that night, and sll the next day and next nigh', and, around daybreak. Dad came out and fetched me. It wasn't anything to make a fuss over. I couldn't stand on the shore and see those ships wreck themselves, could I?" The roar of applause that followed told just what the Campers thought of the brave deed, and this was redoubled when Pierre stepped forward and pinned on Croth's coat the Clan Medal of Honor. "Say, fellows," said Croth, "this ought to be pinned to the buoy! I only kept it going for two nights. All the rest of the year it lights by itself."

Lena's Adventures There was once an old man and woman by the name of Nichols. They had one girl named Lena and a boy named John.

Grandfather and Grandmother Nichols, as they were called by their friends and neighbors, lived among the rocky hills of a little village named Oaklaid, where the word "fashion" was seldom heard. Their house was far from any of the rest in that village and was very plain. John left home when he was eighteen, first going to New York, then to Ohio, and finally wending his way southward to Kentucky, where he remained, forgetting the low-roofed farm house far away to th north, where lived a gray-haired man and woman and a beautiful young girl of seventeen his father, mother and sister. Here, in Kentucky, he met a proud, haughty girl, whose name was Matilda Richards. She was the daughter of a rich plantation owner. Her father died, leaving his entire fortune to her. John and Matilda were married but, first, we must tell that she was too proud to receive the name of Nichols. So, John changed his name to Livingston. We will now leave them living happily together on a big plantation in Kentucky, and go back to the little home in the north. Lena was now a young girl of twenty. She was also married to a young fellow by the name of Harry Rivers, a good-for-nothing fellow, as Grandmother called him. They also had a six-weeks old daughter, whose name was Lena. Harry and Lena lived together but a year, when, one morning in June, Lena awoke and found a note lying on the table telling her that h had other ideas in his head and for her not to worry, he would be back by and by. But naturally, she worried and worried herself until the latter part of June, when she died, leaving her small baby daughter and parents. Years passed, and Lena, th'e baby of our story, grew to be a young girl. Grandfather and grandmother Nichols were alto growing i into years; until one day in bep tember, Grandfather Nichols was! stricken with a fever. He longed to see his son, John, and said he couldn't die until he

nail seen nun. Mabel Johnson s. The following clay they sent word j They received their invitations a for him to come. He came. But,jweej before the party, but Carrie,

my! how he had changed! He wasn't the same John that Grandfather had remembered. He now had three children. Their names were Carrie, Anna and John, Jr. The days went by until one day Grandfather passed away. He was laid away beside his daughter. The next question was, "Where are Mrs. Nichols and Leno going now? John thought of taking them home with him. But what would his wife say, to have his "poor relatives," as she called his folks, to come and live with them. No! He could hear that ringing in his ears, although he had never written to his wife about it. John picked up courage, and said "She doesn't have all the say about this!" So, by October, Mrs. Nichols was packing up, taking her mops and crockery, about the most valuable things she had, she told Nancy Scovandyke. John said, "Mother, the little niggers will have a good time playing with your mop down on the plantation. They love to have something like that to play horse with!" "With my mop!" Mrs. Nichols looked astonished. "Well, I'd just like to catch 'em. I'd give them niggers the worst tanning they ever had." "Yes, I'd like to see you catch one," said John. Finally, thev were off, when they had gotten about half way to the station, Mrs. Nichols happened to think that she had left a whole pound of tea in the kitchen on the shelf. She declared that John would have to go back after it. "Go back after it, nothing! Why, Mother I'll buy you a whole ton of tea, if you want it." "But, think, John this is already bought. It would be wastin' if you didn't go back after it." Lena nudged her grandmother, and told her to go on. "Well! Ain't this a free country?" snapped Mrs. Nichols. They got to the station and were on the train when she happened to think of her baggage. Mrs. Nichols had never ridden on a train be fore; so you can imagine how she was. Everytime the train whistled, she jumped, and asked Leny,

as she called her, what that was; and If something had gotten loose. Thinking of her baggage again, she trotted up to where John was sitting, and told him to "stop this bloomin' train at once.' ' They had left all her bundles back there in ttlft station and no tellin' who had all her fine crockery by this time. John's sayin, "Go back and sit down." didn't phase her. She kept on, "John! If they don't stop this train, I'll jump off!" John told her again, to go back and sit down. This time, she did so. They finally reached the station at Kentucky, where there was a negro servant waiting for them with a horse and carriage. It wasn't far to the Livingston homestead, so they soon reached it. Mrs. Livingston met her mother-in-law very cooly: but Anna and

John, Jr., gave their grandmother and cousin a more friendly welcome, though Carrie was like her mother in every way. Lena wasn't- there long until Anna and Carrie sent out invita tions, inviting all their young friends to come to their party, to be given in November. The evening finally came. The boys and girls assembled in the richly furnished parlor of the Livingston homestead. Among the crowd was a young boy named Robert Bellmont, whom Carrie was very much interested in. But he didn't pay much attention to her. The evening was spent in games and dancing, until finally came the time for departure. There were cheery "good bye's" and their voices could be heard all over the plantation. The next day the servants were busy cleaning up the house and putting things bac kin place. Ever since Mrs. Nichols had been there, she had been bothered with rheumatism, and it was getting worse all the time, until she was confined to her bed. She had suffered until she grew so thin that no one hardly knew her. For two months she lay and suffered, until one cold, clear morning in January she died. She was taken back to Oakland and laid beside her husband and daughter, Three months have now passed away, and Carrie, Anna, Lena and j0hn, Jr., are invited to a party at proud ana nangnry, was geuuig ui dress ready and planning the way she was going to fix her hair, so as to look nice before Robert. The evening for the party finally came. The girls at the Livingslon homestead were busy dressing and fixing their hair. John, Jr. was ready. He said: "I'd hate to be a girl, always aprimpin'!" But thm girls finally were ready, and they were off. On the road they met Robert, who was coming after Lena. She got in with him and they all rode on. This made Carrie very jealous. They hadn't gone far when they met Harry Ross, coming after Anna. She did the same as Lena did. This made Carrie still more jealous. Now, there was no one left in the cariage but Carrie and John, Jr. All of them got to the Johnson homestead, which was quite as beautiful as the Livingston home. The young party of girls and boys had a very nice time, but Carrie sat around and wouldn't play any of the games. She wouldn't dance and would hardly talk to any one. It was now twelve o'clock, and was time for the party to break up. Robert took Lena home; Harry took Anna, and Captain Smith, an old bachelor of fifty, took Carrie home; while John. Jr. didn't have anvone to take home, for Mabel was his girl. The next morning Carrie told her mother about Lena and Robert, which made her mother very jeal ous of Lena. But this did no good, for Lena and Robert were to be married the next day. Anna and Harry also were to be married; while John and Mabel were to be married the next week, and poor Carrie was going to marry that old bachelor. They were all married, Lena and Robert, Anna and Harry, Mabel and John were going to "Europe" on their honeymoon, while poor, proud Carrie had to stay home with her old bachelor. For he was too old to take such a trip as that This taught Carrie a lesson which she never forgot. Miss Inez Davenport, age 13, School district 9, grado 8.

BOY SCOUTS

Boy Scouts of Troop 1 and then mascot, Blackie, enjoyed their first hike Wednesday afternoon to Hartman bottoms. The fire was built without matches. Glen Bromley bleu himself getting the fire started. A wild bird resembling a crane was captured, but later was let free. Fishing and football soon passed the time away. Meeting was held around the campfire. A Hallowe'en party was planned lor next Tuesday evening. After starting for home it was heard that an old man was lost in the woods. The scouts then hunted for him but were unsuccessful in finding him. Coming home a Ford passed us burning soft coal and throwing sparks out of his exhaust pipe. The crowd separated at Twelfth and North E streets. Note: Blackie is Horace Webb's dog. Riddles for Juniors i. light 2. What subject can be made of? Why can you never expect a fish-monger to be generous? 3. When is a man allowed to sit before a queen with his hat on? 4. If all the Presidents up to 1894 were to stand in a row how far would they reach? 6. Which animal took most lugage into the Ark, and which the least? Answers next week. Answers to Last Week's Riddles: 1. It is easiest to read in the Autumn when Nature turns the leaves. 2. For every grain they give a peck. 3. Why are you most likely to miss the 12:50 train?" Because it is 10 to 1 if you make it. 4. A Scotchman is like a donkey when he walks along his banks and braes. 5. What has four legs and can jump as high as the Woolworth building? (A dead cat; the Woolworth building can't jump.) Puzzles for Juniors ,1. "The ox race! Dig, rid, song, love, cool!" Sure, it makes sense. Just rearrange the letters, and out will come four famous men. 2. I bought some fowls the other day One hundred dollars did I pay; Each turkey did five dollars touch. Each goose did bring but half as much; While chickens, if it must be told, For ten cents each were freely sold. One hundred fowls in all had I Of each how many did I buy? 3. A tired doughboy in the Argonne forest was heard to say: "Well, here we rest! I hope we can stay, and stay a long time. The chief trouble of this army of liberty and independence is that there is too much of this 'Forward, March stuff. I'll be glad to get back to the old country of agriculture, commerce, and corn on the cob. The Union is good enough for me." In speaking these words the doughboy spoke six state mottoes. Can you find them? 4. Here is a meal of anagrams. Your order, please? Hand me cruet Your posset Try our steak One solid Lamb Steamed or tossed 5. Punctuate this sentence so it makes sense. It can be done: "It was and I said not but". Answers next week. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES 1. Buried animals : Ermine, Monkey, Beaver, Zebra, Ostrich. 2. Cough, rough, though, hiccough, and plough are six words ending in ough, all prnounced differently. 3. Badger, Wis.; Bay, Mass.; Pine Tree, Me.; Buckeye, O.; Coyote, S. D.; Creole, La.; Hawkeye, la.; Prarie, 111. 4. "Herein" is the word of six letters from which six other words can be made without changing the position of any letter. The words are: he, her, here, ere, rein, and in. WANT ADS CHRISTMAS SEALS for sale. Save money by phoning your order to me. Sold only in packages. Margaret Livingston. Call phone

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