Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 18, 21 January 1922 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATl'KDW, JANIZARY L'l, 1922

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eys rKANttS I When Billy woke up lie saw something that made him gasp wlih' surprise, and at first he thought he must be dreaming. Right beside him, sleeping peace fully, near an empty bowl that had contained, milk just irr front of it, lay another goat. It was his own mother! Billy was so overjoyed ,lhnt he did not know what to do. lip licked her face gently and when she opened her eyes he capered around till the horses in Ihe stalls near by thought that he must have gone crazy. Billy's mother was no less happy and when they had calmed down Billy told her how Hans Zug had thrown him over - board, how lie had .Buffered through the storm and how the ship had picked him up. You were lucky, I guess, that he threw you over," said his mother, 'We got into that same terrible itorm and our ship struck upon lie rocks and broke to pieces. 1 lo not know what became, of the jiher goats or of Hans Zug. Of tourse, all the circus animals in she cagea went down. I was awirn-One-Reel Yarns Hide and Seek "Mother," coaxed Justine, "plca:;e send Dick down town or something. Esther is coming over this afternoon, and he always hangs around 60." "Indeed IT1 not,0 said her mother. "You and Dick have always played together and have been such good chums. Now, just bocause you are so fond of Esther, 1 am not going to have you shut him , out." Justine looked very cross when she went out on the porch to see if Esther was coming. Dick was tossing up a baseball. "Say," he called, "if Esther comes over, let's play run-sheep-run or something. i n . . . . r reu n,vans js coming over, too. We can have some fun." Justine was about to say that she and Esther did not care to play with toys, but her mother came out just then, and she said nothing at all. When Esther came she saw Dick and Fred in the yard, she didn't look pleased, either. "They'll keep bothering us," she complained. "I'd rather sit and talk, wouldn't vnn" "I've an idea," whispered Justine. "We'll suggest playing hideand seek, and Dick and Fred can play against you and me. We'll be it first and they'll probably go out. by the barn or somewhere and hide. Then we can sit down and enjoy ourselves. It'll be a long time before they get suspicious.'' Esther giggled and clapped her hands. Then they ran over to tel! the boys. , - The two girls stood against a tree near the porch and counted, with their eyes shut, while Dick and Fred went scampering off to hide. They finished counting, and (hen sat down on the porch steps. "Now. we're rid of those old boys," said Esther. "We can make plans for that surprise party." So they sat and talked, quite forgetting the game they had started. "What will we have to eat?" " ' 'rl.aypl.ytboertan worried Justine. "Sandwiches and' " "Ice cream!" came a chorus right behind them. Both girls jumped up. Just around the corner, crouched down by the porch, were Dick and Fred. "We thought this would be a gooj place to hide," said Dick. "Now, you'll have to make us a plate of fudge, or your old surprise party isn't going to be any surprise."

The Story of a Dog Once upon a time there lived three children. Their names were John, Mary and May. They lived in a tent. One day they went into the woods to hunt nuts. They found a tree with butternuts on it. When they started home they saw a big dog. May thought it was a bear. The dog was poor and hungry. It followed them home and they gave the . dog some milk. The mother told them they could keep It. One day they were playing on j

the bridge and Mary fell in and the dog saved Mary's life. The dog always had a good home ever aJter. By Dorothy Harris, age , grade 4, Whltp school.

RL - .GO rlONTGOMEttV fel'l,-1 ming about in Ihe water when some sailors In a boat grabbed me and took me with them. They said that they had not had time to get provisions and that they might have to cat me. I would have jumped overboard when I heard this, but they had already forced mo under one of the seats in such a way that I could not scramble out. The storm was still upon us and the waves spun around us like a top, and two .or three times we thought we were gone. liy morning, however, Ihe storm calmed down and we were safe, although I some of the men had been swept ! overboard by the big waves that broke over us. ah uay long we drifted about. One of the men had brought along a box of crack- ; era and another one Had got come j dried beef. A keg of water was already irr the boat so that there was nearly enough for everybody for breakfast, and when the noonday meal came, one of the men wanted to kill me, but the others would not let him. They wanted to save rue, they said, until the next day. It wag nearly dusk when this ship saw us and stopped to take us on board. If this ship had missed us I suppose that tonight would have been my last." Billy shuddered. "Well," said he, "at any rate we are together again, and this time I suppose we will stay together. If you are rested enough come on and let us look around the ship." First the two goats trotted side by side past the big, clean stalls of the horses and all around the room they were in, then they made their way to the stairway that led II. IPU up to the deck Thev were about i ney wtm doom. to climb this when Billy spied the open door of a little closet, lYiich was scarcely large enough to put his head in. Full of curiosity, he went up to it and stuck his nose inside. "Oh, come here, mother!" he suddenly cried. Here is a rope with a very strange taste. -1 had some of it in a big hotel in Bern and I diil not care for it very much, but it has .such a queer taste that you must eat some of it." (Copyrlprht by tho Saairiolrt Pub- j lishiiif? Co.. Akron. O. ) 1UST KIDS Two Dear

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I There was once a very ai ' !'. .- boy. He never wont'! mind li.s ! mother . One day lib- mother went uptown, and left him ai home. r.ciore ieai:iK. Mie mm not to play with matches, telling him I of a boy she kne w, whose hand and face were scarred' from bums received from making a hon fire and playing too close to the fire. After she had gone, Joe thought, "I'll just take n look through the cabinet drawer." . There he found a (audie. Then ne rememnercu seeing a trunk in I the attic when his mother cleaned i nouse. lie wondered what was in it. Getting a match he lighted the candle, saying, "Just one won't hurt. She will never know" After a search through the trim!;, he dropped the candle on some cotton which soon taught on fire. This spread to some clothing. This, of course, frightened him. lie never thought of water or how he could put the fire out. All he could think of to do, was to call "Help!" When the neighbors heard him thry sent in a fire alarm. The firemen soon came, and put the fire out. Now, I suppose you wonder what his mother said on her return, after finding out what had happened. She was so glai that her little bov wasn't hurt, and, thinking it would teach him a lesson, she kissed the tears awav and asked him If he was through with matches. playing He said, "Never again. Mother." Sara Kathryu Long, grade 4A. Finley school. Knowledge Was Limited One of our neighbors was the proud, father of a small daughter. Th .1,11,1 ,,. .... , 7 -""" I'li-uy aim i.. f , i.; i.i- ,,. .. . . jv... u,uiiuiii; UI 1111, UUt lilt! UU,.ing parent had a habit of seeking praise for her. At a lawn party he asked a sturdy boy of 4: "Don't you think she's the cutest little thing you ever saw?" With the frankness of childhood the answer came: "Aw, gee! If you think that kid's cute, you ought to see my aunt's babv."-Contributed by C. S. Millions of dollars worth of watches have accumulated in Switzerland and there is no market. Little Students Talk it r

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CHAPTER III. (Continued from Last Week) Old Tom goes on, "Wal. Sar, w'en h gits inside dat house Ah slams ,i:lt nr . Ki,Pt Pnn ha gits me ter ,...,., nb inv !m. ,.' come along an" he'd go wid me ter git dem cows, an' he says he waren't goin' ter have me comin' in de house all skeere out no more. "Finally I'ap gits dat ol' cow Ah was chasm' back wid do others, an' we drives 'em ter de house. "Somehow cr other, I'ap was in good humor. Ah found out dat it I was 'cause Ah run fr'm a white j mule 'stead ob a ghost dal 1 thought it war. An' dat's de end, now fel I lers leave me go b'low an' ten' ter my fire er dis ship will stop here in a little bit." A few things happened that you would think was rough, but to the pirates it. was just having fun. A man had to climb up the rope ladder that led to the top of a mast, and when he got to the top he was pushed off Into the sea by another pirate who had followed him. Everything went on fine until the Black Guard reached land again. It was on pay day, when the pirates went to a saloon near the dock, after receiving their money. Most of them drank a little more brandy than they could stand and went on board the ship staggering over boxes or bumping info anything i ,nat Iniht have been in the way. I Captain Scott was very much surprised because his men had never come aboard in this conditloti before. He knew It would be useless to try to get them to work. "And then, they might have spent all their wages and might come to me for more, saying that they don't get enough to keep them alive," thought the captain. In this the captain was right, for that very night, those who had got drunk, came up to the captain and demanded more money. "More money! What do you mean more mouey?" asked Captain Scott "You know mighty well what we! mean. We don't git 'nough pay," said George Beach. "Say, listen here, Beachy, there ain't any use in your tryin' to bluff me 'cause you can't do it. I ain't goin' to give you or your drunkard friends another red cent. Over Rv Arl Carter COULD "THINK : OF THE SWELUST THINGS Buck "j

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I UmA here, at those olher f. 1 They didn't squander all . j money for drinks, did thev? j neither do you have to. "Then we ain't goin' ter wenk more on this old ship for you," ; Beach . And he and the other rates that were with him walked the ship with sour looking f:i Captain Scott looked after t retreating pirates until they turr a corner. Then he called a'.l t! were left of his crew. "Wlw-i-loin." he asked alter ever.' elso had gathered around him. "Ah's a-comin,' Boss; All's ; comin' right now," said the cod. man. "I want to find out how ma i" nen I have left," said Captai i Scott. "One, two, three," aad o on, until the captain count' d "That means that y;m eight, men. win enen nave to do ciounie wo;k Of course, I w ill hire some mo men, but, being green to the work, they will have to learn how thing should be done. We'll get aw,' from here as soon as possible-a t! go back and get the gold, becau e Beach and his men will run fo, that the first thing." So, in two days the Black Ciua'.l left for the island where they had burled their treasure. There weiv seven new men taken in the crew . Everything went on the same a usual during the voyage which too'; them three weeks. As the Black Guard drew nea.the island, the watchman spied another vessel lying anchored there. After the Black Guard's crew had landed, the captain saw smoke fling from the shore. He sent I v.men to see who it was. Whi'these men were away, Caplai' Scott had thiugs prepared f.' camp. Supper was got ready and ea'.o". but the two men that had gone on to find out who had built the fehad not returned. Captain Scott took out his wale'' and looked at It. "Four hour have gone by since those fel.'ow left here. There must be some thing wrong or they surely wou'd have returned by this time," ho said. So, calling five other pirates, tiecaptain started out to see whai had become of the two sailormen They walked toward the pine.where the smoke was rising fiivl. After walking so far, they saw a fire burning in the midiit of t lumen who were standing or sifting around it. That was not all they saw, for. tied to some trees, were the very men the captain had sent out lo spy. "We'll have to draw back and think of some way to rescue those guys," said Captain Scott. As they started to go, one of tho pirates jerked the captain's arm, saying, "Did you see that?" "See what?" replied the captain. Jerry pointed to one of the men who stood around the fire. "Why, it's George Beach," replied the captain, "and I won't be afraid to bet he's come after the gold. We'll have to beat him to it!" exclaimed the captain. To Be Continued. Lloyd Slifer. Little Frank's Scare Once upon a time there was a little boy whose name was Frank. He didn't believe in ghosts, bo he went, to bed that night, and about midnight he heard something go "rap-tap-rap-tap" ont he stairsteps. He looked around and saw something white. Frank was scared and he jumped out the window and ran and ran until he came to a tree that was rocking. 1 So Frank got on the top of the tree and it swung him into a big castle. When he got there he saw a piano. It was jumping up and down. He heard a noise that sounded like "hoo-woo! boo-woo!" Then a ghost came out from under the piano and about the time the ghost was about to kill hun Frank woke up. Bernard R. Ginger, age 8, grade G. Half a Sentence "Rastus," said the judge sternly, "you're plain no-account and shiftless and for this fight I'm going lo send you away for a year at hard labor." "Please, Jedge," interrupted Mrs. Rastus from the rear of the courtroom, "will jo Honah jes' kinder split dat sentence? Don't send him away from home, but let dat hard labor staud." American Iegion Weekly.