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A MYSTERIOUS FACE : y " . ' Mr. and Mrs. Gordon and their children, NelU and Walter, ha1 lust bought a new house, About the third night they had keen In It, they were all awakened by a noise that sounded like glass was being broken. JuBt a tew minntea after they saw a face appear tn the window. Nellie and Walter acreamed; then they saw the face disappear. " In the morning they went out to look for signs of the person. Nellie, saw that the cellar window had been broken. . ; She called, "Daddy, the cellar window has been broken!" Then Mr. Gordon spied a largo foot print near the rose bush. Meanwhile the nan had broken the cellar window and cut bis fin g era on it - He ran toward the. rose bush and pushed it aside, then he gave three knocks on the ground and a door opened. He went down a dark staircase, at the end of which there wan a long tunnel that ended in a wall. . He then pressed a button and a door opened. ' In the room were two other men. ' They said, "Do you' hare the girl?" ; The man answered, "No, but I can get her tomorrow night." That room was yery light: There were pictures of ghosts painted on the wall and very ugly animals carred on the furniture. ; The man pushed another button, and a door opened into a bedroom. That room was pretty. There was an old-fashioned four poster bed and a cuckoo clock and many other things. They had stolen all these things. : The next night, Nellie's friend, Bess, asked Nellie over for supper. ' About nine o'clock as she was coming home, she passed the rose bush. Just then she was grabbed and taken to the same place the man had gone. She was very scared. r About ten o'clock her mother was I setting worried, because Nellie had I said 'she would be home at nine o'clock. She telephoned to Bessie but she was not there. They sent policemen all over the city, but they could not find her. , All the time Nellie was with these men. They said she could hot go until her father paid them a thousand dollars. One night Bessie came over to play with Nellie. She did not know that Nellie, had been stolen. ' ' She oassed the rose bush and Was grabbed the same way Nellie' was. She was taken to the 6ame room where Nellie was. She was very, scared. She saw a girl sitting in the corner. ' Bessie saw that It was Nellie. ." Bessie cried, "Oh, Nellie, how did you get here!" I Nellie said, ' ' "Those bad men stole me!" '' Mr. Gordon Bald that he didn't wan't the rose bush, as Nellie was tte only, one who did, and they might never see her again. He said that he wanted to put a light for the yard there. "I will get the gardener to move It," he said. Mike, the gardner, was sitting on the grass, resting. A fly flew about and landed on the ground. Mike slappe dthree' times before he hit it. As he was about to get up he noticed a trap door. i Of course he ran to Mr. Gordon. "Oh, sir," he exclaimed, "I have (ound - where Miss Nellie was stolen." "Call the police," 'said Mr. Gordon. The police came running. They hurried to the trap door and went down the steps. They came to the tunnel nd, followed it until they came to the wall. But how would they pass It? One of the men heard them and opened the door. The man did not know what the noise was. The police rushed in and grabbed the men, Bessie and NellieThree days later Nellie was called to the police station. . - , The polios said, "Take this reward to Mike." It was $500. i He also gave Nellie a reward for showing them the things that had been stolen. After that they went down and got the things that had been stolen and took them back to the people they" belonged to. Nellie and Mike put the reward in the bank.

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ifftatWBwasw An old roan pony that had been on me rancn ror years told Billy Jr. how the Indians were discov ered. "When we went out thi-j morning to round up and count the cattle, Jim Wowsen, the man who noes me, said. "Something has hap pened during the night, for the cat tie are frichtened and rpRtlens and when we got near them, wo saw at a glance what was the mat ter. And he proceeded to tell Billy about the last raid of tho redskins. The Indians had ridden into tb.3 , i night, had stolen Hftylhead of the company's best cattle, and had ham strung about Iff a a y i a & a ..vu utuio qui or wanton cruelty, because. the savage nature delights in torture. When Jim saw what had been done he was furious and he rode off like the wind to find the herder who had been with the cattle. After riding around the whole herd twice without discovering any trace of him, he at last found him lying face down ward on the ground. After mutilating him,' the savages had left him for the wolves and vultures to devour, and then satisfied with their fiendish work, had stolen his pony and ridden away. Billy discovered that the Apache Indians were the most cruel and fiendish of all the" tribes living in the territories. During all this time the fury of the savages had increased. Before leaving the ranch, the HOW WE GET WEIGHED AT BAXTER SCHOOL Girl's Sewing Class at Baxter School. At Joseph Moore school the girls go to Baxter school to have a sewing class. When we get there we begin to sew. Our teacher's name is Miss Murphy, I forgot to tell you that. After about three o'clock, every other week, she says to us, "All the girls must take ofT their shoes." Then we take off our shoes and the next thing she does is to send some one out after the scales, which are small. They are just big enough to stand on. When she weighs you, she tells you what you should weigh, and if you are under or over weight, 6he gives you a card whicji has ten rules. At the top it says: "These ten things I do for my body so as to serve my country," an dthen ten health rules follow. OUR "THANK YOU" LIST Wo wish to thank the following boys and girls for writing and sending stories into the Palladium of fice, and we are sorry that we are unable to publish them. The, reason they are unable to print them in the Junior is because they are too nearly like stories that have already appeared in our little newspaper, or because they are more like book stories than "head" stories. . The juniors whom we wish to thank in this way are Helen Nicholson, Devon, school, Newcastle, Ind.; Dorotha Mitchell, Finley school; G. E. and G. J., Junior high school; Hazel Sarver, Grade 6-B, Warner school and Ruth Borton and Matrice Denny, Junior high school. WHO IS HE? He was a Rrre.it champion of Irish home rule. Last Week: President Jamea A. Garfield.

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redskins intended finishing their work of destruction. Thty wanted pale faces They wanted scalps. But most of all, they wanted firewater (the Indian name for whis ky.' They were sure the cowboys still had 6ome hidden in the cabin. And so the attack lasted for three days or more. Provisions were getting low within the cabin, and fuel to cook the meals was gone, and the horses were neighing for fodder, as they had been fed only potatoes and cabbage once a day, and as a last resort, straw out of the mattresses; and still the Indians skulked outside and waited for the little band in the house to either surrender or starve. . The third night of the siege ic boys began to lose courage. Constant watching, loss of sleep, little to drink and less to eat had nearly worn them out, while their enemies seemed to be in perfect condition and acted as though satisled to camp outside their door for the rest of their natural lives. At last one of the cowboys named Henry Staples said, "I have it boys! I know just how we can get out of here, save our scalps and, what is better still, kill every one of those fiends sitting outside grimly waiting to see our finish. "Don't buoy us up with a fairy tale like that, Henry," they all said, "for it is too good to be true." "Litsten and hear my plan," he replied, and proceeded to explain it. Next week you'll hear the cowboy's plan.) Copyrighted by the Saalfleld Publishing Co., Akron, O. f BOYHOOD STORIES OF FAMOUS MEN John B. Herreshoff. What are you making, John?" asked a playmate. John was. whittling as hard as he could. "I'm making a boat." "But you are blind what you are making won't look like a boat!" John said nothing, but whittled on. Before long he had carved one of the neatest little boats any boy ever made. Although he was blind from boy. hood, John B. Herreshoff rose to tho top in the business of making yachts. JUST KIDS When the

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BOYS AND GIRLS OF JOSEPH MOORE WRITE LETTER TO FRANCE Tho boys and girls of Joseph Moore, have mitten a .letter to boys and girls of their grade in France. The letter in part follows: ; 'Joseph Moore School, Richmond, Indiana, May 4, 1921. Dear Foreign Friends: The girls and boys of the sixth grade of Joseph Moore school are delighted to write to the girls and boys of France. We are studying France and we find your country very interesting. We are glad to have the privilege of getting acquainted with some French chil dren. Richmond is situated on the National Road which was built when the early settlers came across the mountains in their canvas covered wagons to settle this country. The National Road was built from the year 1802 to 1838, taking 36 years. In those days railroads were unknown. Everyone traveled then in covered wagons. The National Road runs through West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana into Illinois. It was built by the National government and so is called the National Road. In studying about the history of Fiance wo were very much interested in your country's old Roman roads and we would like to know more about your roads. The census was taken last, year for the population of the United States which is one hundred five millions. Richmond is not far from the center of population which is in Monroe county, Indiana, 95 miles west of here. It happened that our center of population is not very crowded. There are only six cottages surrounded by trees and only two of these are being used. The center of population Is S,800 miles from the Pacific coast, 620 miles from the Atlantic coast, 650 miles from the southern coast and 720 miles from the northern boundary. We like to go to our school. The name of school is Joseph Moore. It is in the outskirts of Richmond by the river. We have from the kindergarten to the sixth grade There are about three hundred children in our school. We have a very nice auditorium and six other rooms that are being used. The Joseph Moore school is surrounded by a large play ground, one side for boys and the other Weather Gets Summery

for girls. We have many swing and slides. The boys have baskntball goals. There are other nice schools in Richmond. A junior high school Is being built. Have you many schools? We would like to have you write and . tell us something about your schools. We have heard so many nice things about them. - Do you study English? We do not study French until we are In high school. People dome from many parts of the world to our college which Is on the outskirts of Richmond. Our sports are basketball and baseball. We go to Earlham to see football and track meets. The games we play are hide and seek, hop scotch, black man. dodze ball and duck on

a rock. We should like to know some of your games. What vineyards there are in the United States are in New York, Ohio and California. The California grapes are the largest and sweetest, therefore they are made into raisins and grape juice. In Ohio the grapes that are not so sweet are made into grape juice and jelly. The raisins and grapes are sent all ove rthe United States. We would like to know about vineyards in France. We are sending you some pictures of Richmond, the children, and the school building. Also we are- sending some of our latest stamps which the government is sending out to celebrate the Pilgrim tercentenary. We will tell you more when we are more acquainted which wo are more acquainted which we hear from you soon. Cordially yours, Your American Friends. f GIRLHOOD STORIES OF FAMOUS WOMEN Rosa Bonheur. "Now Betsy, hold still just a minute longer until I paint your tail," said little Rosa to a big cow which was grazing near by. "I must hurry home for mother wanted me to take care of Juliette this afternoon, but I couldn't help coming out to paint a little while," chatted Rosa to the cow. When she got home her father examined the picture carefully and decided it was time that she go to the studio with him and be taught the principles of painting. Rosa Bonheur devoted her whole life to painting. She became famous through her animal pictures, one of which is the well known "Horse Fair." By Ad Carter

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