Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 22, 4 December 1920 — Page 18

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THE HICH.MOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920

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The yacht on wliic h there was a party of children and other people seeking pleasure, is destroyed, seven or eight boys and girls are thrown on an island which is uninhabited. The boys have just started out exploring. This is a brief explanation of the last two chapters. Seventh Installment. Well It turned out to be an island I thought at first that it might be one of the Hawaiian Islandsbut no it was just a plaiu old uninhabited island. You never can have any luck you knowguessing or even looking, for that matter. We climbed up to the top of the cliff and looked around then, and it was a pretty fair looking place. I'll say that much for it. It was real long, (although it did widen out in the middle) with nice long beaches on all sides. There was a dense forest at both ends and a little lake in the middle. And looking out over the sea. Just peeping over the horizon we saw a ship. It drew nearer and nearer and toward noon it came within 20 miles. But though we made every sigsal in our power, it did not approach nearer. They either did not see us at all, or refused to drop anchor. Almost in the opposite direction was another black speck, which we mistook for an island but it wasn't, and I'm not going to tell you what it was, so there's no use asking. All the time we thought it was an island But, oh, just you wait. We completed our "tour of investigation" as we called it, and finding nothing unusual we relumed to camp. The girls all crowded around to hear what we'd to say, but Marge Clar'ell and I walked up the hill apiece, and sat down on a big stone. There was silence for some time Then 1 notice that you call me Marge, so much that's not my name you know." "What! not your name?" I asked in surprise. "No." "Well, it's Marjorie then I should worry." "No not Marge nor even Marjorie."I was spell-bound. Well, then what is it?" "Ernestine." "Ernestine?" Why yes you know I thought. tnat I u just keep It secret for a while but I'm not Marjorie Clar'ell I'm Ernestine, her twin sister." Tart II. I Ihought for a long time then I said: "It must have been she that cried out you know, from the yacht, that night and to think I did not finish for glancing around I beheld a large opening. It was a cave. The others came running up just then and seeing us looking toward it they looked that way too. I heard somebody say: "Oh it's a cave! as I live!" in a very awe-struck voice. "Why it just is." "Look at 'er will you?" Just then came a screech and yeowl! Something brown raced out. of the opening and down the slope. None of us saw what it was,

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hut a moment later. Speedy Evans had struck a match and at last arter a lot of coaxing got a pretty blaze started a one end of a slick to serve as a torch. After a five minute examination in the dark, we brought these three things to light The dead body of an old mother leopard, one cub. and a fresh water spring. After making sure that the cub's "daddy" was not around, we gathered hitn up, and went back to camp. j We still had a supply of provis- ! ions taken from the ship and so after eating some and saving some, we prepared ourselves for the night. Hee! but its so "d " hard to write stories I've almost dec ided to stop and then all I have, is a old pencil and a piece of birch barkto write with. Relieve me! I bet you'd stop too if that's all you had to write with. The Black Mask Joe had started out to see who wag stealing the Starr cattle. Starr is the man who owns the Starr ranch. "Come on, Babe, you'll have to go faster than this," as he spurred his horse. After he had arrived he hid himself close enough to see everything they were doing. "Tom, you and Bill go on ahead of the cattle and watch, we'll be goin' on behind," said the Black Mask. Alter ttiey Had gone on for a! little while,, one of the men suddenly thought of something, "I forgot the branding irons!" "Well, you mosey on back and get. them," 6aid the Black Mask. The man rode back just in time to see Joe start riding away. "That fellow there will blow- on us if I don't git him," the man said, as he pulled the gun out of its socket. "I reckon this will keen I him from it." With this he shot. The bullet whizzed as it went through the air and finally there was a thud j and Joe fell off his horse with the bullet in his back. j After Joe had fallen off his horse he heard sounds like that of some-i i one getting off his horse. '"Who's I there?" he asked, in a weak tone. "They call me Buck,' was the re-: ply over his head. Joe looked up and saw a man in a cowboy suit stooping over him. "I'm about gone, Buck, but I j would like for; you to tell my dear! wife and child not to worry over' my death. "Who did this?" asked Buck. "It was one of the Black Mask's men," Joe said. in a strangling voice. "You'll see that my family is not harmed won't you?" "Yes." was the auiet answer. With this on his mind. Joe passed away into the land where ' onlv good people can go. I Buck is a stranger in Sonora and of course knows nothing of the Black Mask's gang. He got on his horse and went slowly toward Joe's home. We will go away from Buck on the road. "I wonder what is the matter with Joe. I just know something, has happened to him Mary always tried to make things seem good, so he said, "Maybe he has stopped to talk with i his friends in town." "I don't think any th Oh, there he is now. mother!" Mary exclaimed, rush in gto the door. When she opened the door she was disapnointed to find another man standing there. "Hello, what is it, please?" she asked. "I'm afraid you'll not want to hear what I'm going to tell you," said the man. Oh. dear, is it something about C. .!,.."" ,1,.1 "and who are you?" "My name is Buck Range, ma'am. and it is something about about your father." "Is he hurt?" asked Anna as soonj as sne naci learned tnat it was about Joe. Yes. ma'am, he was shot in the

'Nd then you have to thiftk out all the quotation marks and things. And I can't remember now, or not whether you're to put a comma after each negative. So you see it's pretty hard, nut then 1 suppose I'll have to keep on now, I've started it. let's see, where was I? Oh, yes! We were just getting ready for the night weren't we? Well after all, the kids had crept off to sleep in the cave which we'd taken possession of. I ran down to the water's edge, determined 'o sit there, at least until the moon went under a cloud. So away I went careering down the beach to a huge rock I saw, intending to climb up and think over the wonderous whims and ways of the Haunting Spectre of the Might Have Been." (Eighth installment next week.) Northrup R. Elmer.

Black Mask's gang. He told me to see that nothing happened to you." "Come in and tell us about it," said Anna. So Buck went in and told what he knew and he also added, "I've been looking for a job, and I just wondered if I couldn't work for you." "Why, yes, then you can see what happens here better," Anna said. So Buck stayed on the Farrow farm. (To Be Continued.) Lloyd Sliler, Junior High School. We Are Celebrating It is clean-up week in our town, We're celebrating it, We'ie tearing all the old shacks down, We're .sure to make a hit. So out with your brooms and dust pans, Get out your mops and things, And don't forget your garbage cans, Before cold weather stings. Lillian Hill. Grade KB. Junior High School, j Knute llamsum, the Norwegian, who was recent lv awarded the Noi bel Prize in literature tried to be : a conductor on a Ch'cago horse cart I thirty years ago and failed in the job. Perhaps one's failure is due i to the fact that he is running on ! the wrong line. A military camp in an elementaiv school where no less than COO children will work and sleep for a month at a time is being considertor Sheffield, England. Books will be used sparingly, the chief studies being handicraft and practical ork in the open air. Honesty is a prevailing virtue among most Chinamen. Some of them in their native towns and cities leave their places of business unguarded while they go off for half an hour or more. Should customers arrive in the meantime they find the prices of goods plainly marked, select what they-want and leave the money for thm. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Little girls of Russia who live in the agricultural regions of that great country play with dolls made of straws, tied at the wrists, neck and waist. Those living in the forest regions sometimes have dolls mafe r n,oss- Pine-cones or birchU(tl!. Doesn't your head just buzz with stories about this time of year? ! Just think of how busy all the Christmas fairies are just now and oania i ihus, ioo. w inier nine is a good time for ghosts to appear. Write a good fairy or ghost story

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PUZZLES FOR JUNIORS "What, number of 3 figures multiplied by 4 will give exactly 5?" "Oh, give me a hard one I know a number of 4 figures which, when multiplied by 10 gives exactly g!" 2. Fill in the blanks with words beginning with ten. First is "Tent." Easy? We'll see!" "In a in lives a who plays games of to get money to buy for his brother, a who sings -." 3. My first is found in the ocean wa ve, In the spring, the pit, and the mine. My second below earth's surface you have, Where seldom the sun can shine. My whole your dinner table must grace. And seldom fails to obtain a place. 4. Part of a foot with judgment t ranspose. And the answer you'll find right under your nose. Answers to this week's puzzles and riddles are hiding again in different parts of 1 li week's Junior. Can you find them? RIDDLES. ; 1. What sort of husbands would, you advi-e young ladies to get? j Tlielnia Ellis. Milton, lnd. 2. When is a ladv's cheek not a lady's che k? T. I". 3. What lias s legs and can sing. T. E. ? 4. What chins are never shav d? : .". When is a pic like a poet? I '.. W hat part ef an English sent-j ence makes children think of some. thin-: nice? Why is a new-born babe like a donkey's tail? MEEK0 Once thrre was a liiMe squirrel named Meeko that lived in I lie woods. Mecko worked very hard. When the chestnuts fell he picked them up for wIMer. He had a safe place at the foot of a big tree w here lie hid them. Or.e day a blue jay in the tree saw Meeko hide the nuts. Now the blue jay did not like to work. So when I he squirrel ran away for more he flew clown and ate some of the nuts. Soon Mecko came back. He saw that some of the nuts were gone and was angry. Meeko hid now and watched for the thief. When the bird came again Meeko jumped at him, but the bird flew away. Meeko looked for another hiding place for his nuts. He hid them there and had them to eat in the winter. Richard Campfield, Grade .IB, btarr Platoon School.

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King Arthur

When King Arthur was but t little baby he was taken from hi.i mother by Merlin.' Merlin took Arthur to a hut where an old man lived with his only son. The old man knew not that Arthur was a king. In the village there was a church and in the churchyard a big boulder lay, out of which came a sword. Only the king of that village could pull out the sword. Everyone was trying to pull it out of the rock, but could not; but, when Arthur came along, he pulled it right out. He then became king (for his father was dead and the kingdom was without a king). When King Arthur was married his wile's father gave him a big. round table, around which 100 knights hat. As there was room enough for F0 more knights to sit around the table, King Arthur traveled over the country to find them, but he couldn't find a single man, true to him and very polite to all women. One day as King Arthur was walking along the shore of a lake, a hand came out of the water. In it was a sword with a jeweled hilt. The hand gave the sword to King Arthur, and then vanished. As Arthur stood looking at the beautiful sword, he spied a tag on the sword. It read thus: "Whosoever wears me shall not feel the wounds on his body during battle." King Arthur was going into war with a powerful king, and he needed this sword very badly, so he put it on. When he was fighting he somehow let the sword fall, and, alas! he was wounded. Before he was taken away he said to one of his knights: "Belvidere, take the sword back to the Lady of the Lake, swing it high over your head three times, then thiow it into the lake." Bevidere took the sword and went down to the lake. He looked at the sword then at the lake arid said: "It is too beautiful to throw away." So he went back to King Arthur twice and said the sword was too beautiful to throw away. Then King Arthur was angry. "You must," he said; "you must give it to the Lady of the Iake." Se Bedivere took it to the lake and threw it in. and a hand came up out of the water and drew, the sword under. Then came a boat with three beautiful queens, dressed all in black, in it. and they took King Arthur auav. VIRGINIA LEE LONG. Sharonville, Ohio. If a room wilh eight corners had a cat in each corner, seven cats before each cat, and a cat on each cat's tail, how many cats would there be in the room? (Ans.) Eight. Dolls And More Dolls! Old Santa has certainly left a big supply here. Come and see them they are priced at 10c AND UP We also have a big lot of other toys you will like to see. WEISS Furniture Store 505-13 Main St.

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