Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 211, 16 July 1921 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JULx16, 1921

. 6s" Frances Trclqo Montqomerv

When Hero proposed a race with ?Y Billy Jr., be, of course, thought he could beat Billy and not half try, or he would not have suggested it Billy -Jr.,f on the other hand, was sure he could beat Hero, so he let himself bo caught and led into the front yard where he was soon bitched to Ned's cart, while Hero was re-harnessed and hitched to another by Will, his master. Soon tho dog and goat were ready for the race and they were led into the middle of the street, Ned and Will each in their respective carta, and the other boys standing around, ready to follow them when they started A boy stood at the head of each anl mal, letting go when the word was given. Both the goat and dog started at such a pace that the boys lost their hats and came near being thrown backwards out of their carts. Billy gaie one leap which carried him ahead of the dog and jerked the cart along on Its back wheels. Away down the street they sped, dodging wagons JkWhose drivers stopped and stuck their heads out at the sides to see the fun. Hero, who was fat and short winded, seeing that he would have to do his best,, ran with his toungue hanging out of his mouth, panting for breath, while Billy Jr, who wts slender and in fine condition, closed his mouth and ran swiftly as an antelope, coming out way ahead. A way out west In a deep woods there lived a little girl. Her name was Caroline. She was very poor. Her mother and father were . both dead. She lived with her grandpa. One evening ner grandpa didn't ome home. Caroline was very much worried about him, so she went out In the woods to find him. He was a wood chopper. She went on and on, but she couldn't find didn't know her way home. She sat down by a tree and began to cry. She sat there a long time and cried herself , to sleep. In the morning she got up and didn't know where she was. She wandered around for three days She lived on wild berries. One day she found a path. She followed It and came to a little House. She went in, but no one was there. After awhile she heard some one coming. She ran and hid herself,, but .the man that came in heard someone and and found her under the table. lie seemed kind , and told her he would take her home, but instead, he took her to a" dark, ugly cave and locked her In. She stayed .there all liight. In the morning the, man came and got her. He put her on a horse

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Ahd they started away. He was 'A very mean to Caroline. " They came .to a small town. He told -her that if she told anybody about him he would kill her. Then

the man went in a - store and Dougnt sometning. in an nour or so the man came out.' . Caroline was very tired but she was afraid to tell the man.? They rode on and on, until they came to a tumbled down looking shack. ." He told her, to get off the horse and get in the house, and she did as she was told. Tho man made her work very hard. ' She lived there with the man a" long time. 'bne naa grown very pretty. She was eighteen years of age. One day the man told her to go to the town, not far off, and get come groceries. So she went to the town grocery and saw an old man working behind the counter. His face , looked familiar. - She looked at, him and he saw her looking and wondered why. And as he looked he recognized her, and cried, "Caroline!" And she cried, "Grandpa!" Caroline told all about what had ' happened and he said that as he was coming home from chopping he saw some nice trees and he stopped to chop them down and when he got home he didn't know where she was, so he lived by himself awhUe and then went

, away because of the lonesomeness and had come here to work In the store. k So Caroline lived with her old grandpa until he died, and then she got married and lived happily ever after. Nina Murray, age 11. i

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I . ."Hurrah for you, Billy! shall take you home with me and keep i you, for I consider you a good friend and vou shall have the best supper you have had in a long while," said Ned. Billy Jr., bleated his thanks and added that it could not be given to him any too quickly, as he was both hungry and thirsty. "Before I go I want to tell Hero that I would like to have another race with him some other day when he is in better trim, for I beat him too easily this time." Hero thought Billy was only bragging about his victory, so he said the reason he had not beaten was because his collar was so tight that he could not get his breath , "Besides 'he added, "Will is much heavier than Ned." "Oh, if you think that is the reason," said Billy Jr., "come out tomorrow and J will run you a race without any carts for a couple. of miles instead of one, and then we shall see who will win." This was all the conversation they had, for Ned led Billy off, fearing the other boys might want to take him away from him. They said ho had no more right to the goat than they had, as he was evidently a stray goat. "That's all right," Said Ned, "but none of you fellows have a wagon so I guesg I will keep Billy until his owner turns up, and claims him, and I am ready to fight the first boy who meddles or tries to take him away from me" This settled the matter, for Ned could whip any of the boys in the gang. Copyrighted by the Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, O.

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JUST KIDS In the Course of a Vacation

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I wish that I were a train With a tender, engine and cars; I would run very fast from the ' country to town, With my smoke puffing up to the i stars. k : I wish that I were a kite With a long and fluttering tall. And a strong little breeze would come blowing along. And way off in the air I would sail. I wish that I were a boat With a rudder to help me steer; I would climb up and down over blue dancing waves, With some dolphins and whales swimming near. My wishing game is great fun! Won't you come and play it with me? We can take turns at choosing to be what we like On the land, in the air or the sea. Christian Science Monitor. INBOOllAGIC Magician's Maxim: The best trick loses its effect when you re peat It. - How to 'Knock a Tumbler Through a Table. This trick will arouse an immense amount of curiosity and surprise. But remember never repeat it! Sit on a chair behind a table, keeping your audience in front. Place an ordinary tumbler upside down on the table Cover the tumbler , with a newspaper and press the paper down around the glass so that it takes the form of the glass. ' -Then draw the paper to the edge of the table, let the tumbler drop into your lap, quickly returning the paper to the center of the table. The stiffness of the paper will preserve the form of the tumbler. Hold the paper form with one hand and with the other strike it a heavy blow. At the same Instant let the tumbler roll easily from your lap onto the floor. It looks like you have positively knocked the tumbler through the table Smooth out the paper before anyone can examine it Once is enough for this trick. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper.

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SKEETS LANDS A JOB

(Continued from Last .Week) Chapter III, BAUMBERG'S SEEMS LIKELY PLACE fcOR JOB, BUT IT ISN'T If one were to judge by the newspaper advertisements the next day, no one in town was in need of boys to work for them. "But I've got "to find a job," Skeets told himself, v "Smltty and Tom got theirs, and they're goin to work all vacation: I'm goin' to get one, too, and show 'em I'm just as able to earn money as they are." Skeets set out for- a walk through the downtown , district of Carson. The streets were pretty quiet that early in the morning, for Carson was not a large town. Skeets had ample opportunity to think. "Maybe some store will have a 'Boy Wanted sign in the window," thought he. Tries Baumberg's. . He had just crossed Perry street and was walking in front of Baumberg's grocery store. Baumberg's stood on the corner of Main and Perry. "I wonder if I could get a . job there old Baumberg seems to be in need of som.e help the way his store is mussed up." Skeets stopped in front of the place and looked through the dirty plate glass at the messy display windows.v "Won't hurt to ask." So Skeets started toward the screened entrance of the store. He opened the door and walked in. No one was in sight, but a box dropping in the rear of the store told him Mr. Baumberg was back of the old partition preparing for the day's business. Wlien Baumberg heard the door of his store slam he hurried around the partition. As he walked up to Skeets he squinted his mean little eyes over the top of his funny spectacles and rubbed his chubby hands on his soiled apron. Nothing Doing. "What can I do for you, my boy?" He talked with a foreign accent. "I want a job," blurted Skeets. "Job? I ain't got no Job. For why you come here?" "Well, I jus thought maybe you might need somebody to help you." "Aw go 'long and don't bother me. I ain't got no time to monkey By Ad Carter

with kids like you besides what, good would a little feller like you be? None." And Baumberg turned back toward the partition. Skeets walked . out disgusted. "What good would a little feller like you beT' Maybe if old Baumberg had a!,"little feller 'or two around to help he could do better business. Skeets was plainly mad. But on top of this he was discouraged and though he looked and looked all that day he found no work. Jobs certainly were scarce! Chapter IV. SKEETS LEARNS WHAT IS MATTER WITH OLD BAUMBERG'S GROCERY It was a restless night Skeets experienced . Twice or three times he was awoke from a troubled sleep Once he dreamed he was

working for Baumberg, the grocer, and while carrying a huge barrel of green apples to the rear of the store dropped them on a crate of eggs "What good can a little feller like, you be?" Old Baumberg's words rang through Skeets' brain. They insulted him. They made him want to get up and fight almost. Skeets Forms a Scheme. "I know." spoke Skeets, half aloud, in the darkness, "I know what I'll do. I'll just show Baumberg what a little feller like me can do. I'll make him give me a job that's what." And with this determination Skeets dozed again, only to dream of more barrels of green apples and smashed crates of eggs. Next day Skeets stationed himself on a soap box near Baumberg's store and watched. Baumberg didn't seem to be . getting many customers. But several doors down and across the street Raymond's grocery store appeared to be attracting most of the housewives with their shopping lists. Studies Baumberg's. "I wonder why?" mused Skeets. "Must be something awful wrong, with Baumberg's. I'm going to compare the two stores. Raymond's seems a lot cleaner than Baumberg's. Old Bauiaberg's window displays are always messed up. Raymond's ain't. And look at Baumberg's front windows! Don't look as though they'd been, washed in a month of Mondays. Old Mr. Baumberg ain't a neat person, anyhow, so you can't expect his store to be. But Mr. Raymond and Bud Raymond they sure keep their place spick and span. He Commences Work. "I'll bet if old Baumberg would clean up his place once in a while he'd get a lot of Raymond's trade. Baumberg's prices are just tha oamc no jiaj'uruiiu a i m going 10 make some suggestions to Baumberg. I'll just show him how It pays to have somebody around to suggest things. And I'm going to be the somebody he needs." As soon as Skeets had finished analyzing the situation in this manner and come to his decision to "show Baumberg that he was . the one he needed," he started at a swift pace for home. On the way he stopped at the stationery store and bought some heavy pieces of white cardboard, some drawing . paper and some black ink. "I'll bet my scheme works," Skeets chuckled as he climbed to his room and got busy. .WANT ADS FOR SALE Two Will sell cheap. Main street. Belgian Hares. Call 120S Kaat FOU SALE Ono good Crown bicycle, good tires, only been ridden two months. Call 4049 or Bee Everett W. Lemon, Box 15, National road east, Illchmond, Ind., or Junior Falladium editor. FOR SALE Here's a chance to have some fun! Tap in on the music from the Palladium. Buy a small wireless set and an Arlington cupler with loading inductence reaching about 4,000 meters; also an audion control with vacuum tube in good condition. All of these have been used in hearing music from the Palladium wireless. Receiver accompanies these sets. Call 202 North Fifteenth Etreet, Gerard Harrington. '