Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 12, 14 January 1922 — Page 15

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PART I , Poor Billy! Once more he had ost his mother! He didn't think ibout. his own predicament! He coked for the ship to turn round md send out a boat as it had done vhen Hans fell overboard, but it lid nothing of the sort. Instead, t steamed straight ahead. In the excitement nobody had noticed hat Hilly had been thrown into the rater. The cook got the life preserver ;nd threw it over after Billy, thinkng it a good joke, then the cook ,vent below and Hans stood at the tern railing shaking his fist at the oor goat. Bily swam as long and .a hard after the boat as he could, lut It was no use; he could not beTin to kpep up with its great speed.

Presently, however, he came to

.vhere the life preserver floated, t was a big circular one and Billy lUt his front paws upon it. His veight made it tip on edge and Jily was surprised and delighted o find that held him up in the ater, makng the work of swimrting much easier. In trying to get tls legs further Into It he slipped mco or twice, but finally in his druggies his head and horns went hrough it, and, after swimming nd wriggling a little bit, he got la front shoulders through and here It clung around him, holding im up splendidly. It was too mall to pass backwards over hisj

other, nearly drowning him and sometimes nearly crushing him by their weight. In all his life Billy had never passed such a terrific night as this, but through it all the big life preserver held him up and carried him safely through. Many times there seemed to come a lull in the storm and Billy began to breathe easier, thinking that he would get a little rest, but the storm would break out

again with new fury each time, until, when morning came, the

poor goat was bat tered and bruised

and nearly dead. With the dawn,

however, the storm calmed down

The skies began to clear, the

waves grew smaller, and the wind,

shifting by-and-by, to the opposite

direction from that in which it

had been blowing all night, beat back the waves and smoothed them down until by ten o'clock the ocean was quiet, ruffled only by gentle swells over which Billy and his life preserver bobbed in comfort, although he was very tired and beginning to get hungry. -PART II Ever since the sky had cleared, following the storm, Billy had seen smoke off where sea and sky seemed to join. Billy knew what smoke meant. Wherever there was smoke there were people, andl wherever there were people, there

was food, so he started toward it, swimming a little bit and resting a long while between times. The smoke grew blacker and presently

sengers at ence ran forward with a shout. I "Why, It's my Billy goat!" he J

cnea. rapa, come ana iook: See the singe marks on his brick?" Biliy " Laahd " joyfully. He rather liktd Frank and was very glad that he had found a friend. The captain himself, interested and amused, had joined the crowd by this time. "Vour goat?" he askd Frank, in amazement. "Bo you always keep your goats out at sea in life preservers?" "Not always," laughed Frank.

"In fact, this in the only goat I have. We lost him in Havre. The last I saw of him he was tied to

SMILES AT HIS OWN NAME

the back of our carriage with a

rope. When we got down to the wharf he was gone. Then we went down to Cherbourg, where papa had some business, caught your

ship the next day, and here we are,

he saw a little speck under the How Billv ever got here from

smoke. It grew larger and larger, Havre, 1 don't know, but here he is and by-and by he was able to. and he's my goat."

ody, and it could not get off over is' head on account of Billy's orns. It was a lucky thing for Billy hat this happened, for that night terrific storm came up. The wind iiricked and howled, the lightning lared, the thunder rolled, and

reat foam-capped waves, some of

make out that it was a big ship coming in his direction. Poor Billy swam harder than ever then, and, fortunately for him, the ship was coming almost straight toward him. Still more fortunately, the captain, sweeping the sea 4 with his glass,

made out the life preserver holding!

up something white, and immediately thought it must be a woman in a white dress. He altered the direction of the ship slightly, so that it came nearer to Billy and had ordered a boat to be lowered before he mad'? out that it was only a goat otherwise he might have passed, on by. The boat, however, was already lowered, so he let it go. The ship was a big passenger steamer, and by this time scores of passengers were thronging to the rails to see what the excitement was all about and when the boat was drawn up Billy, a comical looking sight with his big life pre-

hem nearly as high as a house, server around him was placed on roke over Billy, one after an-1 the deck. A boy among the pas-

Well, according to the law of

the sea," said the captain with a twinkle in his eye, "he is salvage now and belongs to the men there who picked him up. Of course I have a share in the salvage, too, but I'll take a cigar for mine." Mr. Brown, laughing, gave him the cigar and then gave the sailors some money, and Billy was taken below to a large, white, clean room where some fine blooded horses were hitched in roomy stalls. Here he was given a big bowl of warm milk and a bed of clean straw, both of which he was very glad to get. As soon as he had drunk the bowl of milk, he felt so good and warm that he lay down and went sound to sleep. (Copyright by the Saalfiehl Publishing Co., Akron, O.)

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LONDON CHILDREN CARRY GIFTS TO PALACE TO PRINCESS MARY

This is a photograph of a famous Missouri cat.

HOME-TALENT PLAYS

The Magic Lamp Scene: Living room of Brownlee I

home, poorly furnished.

MARCIA: I guess I know what it is. We'll ston fiehtine. won'i

Aladdin.

in baggy trousers and short waist- J ERRY (gruffly): All right.

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Ont group of ,ajt side children passing the haughty sentry at the entrance to Buckingham palace.

The love the little folk of London find all England tear for Princess Mary was shown recently when children from the east ide af (be British capital jour

neyed to Buckingham palace to present her with presents they nad made at home and in school. They also left presents for Lord Lascelles, who is to marry the

princess. The gifts included a pretty sachet for the yrincess and a fancy cigar receptacle for the viscount. The chiluien were greeted by the princess.

coat, is sitting on the floor, hold

ing in his hands a bowl-like lamp. ALADDIN: Slave of the lamp, hastpn to me. Bringing rich gifts from over the sea. Garments of silk, diamonds so fine And the beautiful princess, too, shall be mine. (Lights go out. Then on. Aladdin is gone. The two Brownlee boys, Jerry and Larry, are lying on the floor, reading a book together. Marcia is sewing. Mrs. Brownlee, an invalid, is sitting in her chair, knitting.)

JERRY: Gee! That Aladdin

story is great, isn't it?

LARRY: You bet. Wish we had a magic lamp. MARCIA: If we had a magic lamp, I'd wish for a new dress. I hate sewing. MRS. BROWNLEE: And if I had a magic lamp, I know several

things I'd wish for, and they

wouldn t be silks and jewels. JERRY: I tell you what, Mother, we'l pretend the lamp on the table beside you is magic, and we'll all be your slaves of the lamp. (Mrs. Brownlee smiles, puts down her knitting, and rubs her hand over the lamp on the table.) MRS. BROWNLEE: I wish that

this room were swept and dusted. I'm afraid it has been sadly neglected. (Marcia runs and brings in a broom and dust cloth. She starts sweeping and Jerry and Larry help.) MARCIA: Why don't you wish for an apple plo for supper? I haven't made one for a long time, because I don't like to bother. MRS. BROWNLEE: So I will. But first I have another wish to make. LARRY: What do you wish of the slave of the lamp? MRS. BROWNLEE: I wish the woodbox were filled again. I think Marcia fussed because it was'

empty. LARRY: Yes, she did. I'm very sorry. It won't take long. (Exit Larry.) JERRY: Ouch! Marcia, you hit me with the broom handle. MARCIA: Well, I didn't, mean to. Don't be such a baby. JERRY: You did mean it. And stop calling me names. . MRS. BROWNLEE: I have another wish to make,

thing looks ship-shape. Guess I'll go over to see Joel Jenkins. (Get cap.) MRS. BROWNLEE: Just a minute. (She touches lamp.) JERRY: Tell me your wish. MRS. BROWNLEE: I wish my boy would stay home and go on with his reading. JERRY: We-1-1. All right. Ill read to you if you want me to. (Puts down his cap and gets book. A knock is heard at the door.) MARCIA: I'll go. (She opens door.) Why, how do you do, Mrs. Stoner. Come in. Here's mother.

Mrs. Stoner, who i3 very weli dressed, enters. Marcia picks up broom and dust cloth and goes out.) MRS. STONER: How are you, Anna? MRS. BROWNLEE: Why, how are you? You have been out of town so much that it's a long, long time since I've seen you. LARRY (running in): The wood-

box is full, Mother. And I've built up a good fire so sister can make a pie. Oh, excuse me. MRS. STONER: That's all right, Larry. How tall you boys are getting. You know Anna, I've a proposition to make. That big house of mine will be empty all winter, as I'm goiag south. The coal is in, too. How would you like to move in there? I'd thought about it before but decided I didn't want a lot of young hoodlums in my house. But when I see what thoughtful helpful children you have, I'm sure you're more than welcome. During this speech Marcia has come In the doorway and stands listening. MARCIA: Oh, Mother! It was a magic lamp, after all.

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