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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 11, 1922

4y Frances Trbqo Montoomerv

Not stopping on the lower deck,

'alter chewing the wires, they went on up until they reached the main

saloon deck. It was ever so much

wider and nicer than the deck of the cattle ship, and just now it was

crowded with passengers who had

hastily dressed themselves and had

come out on deck to see what was the matter with the ship and its

queer actions.

On, there s my goat! said a boy who was standing at the rail

just at the head of the stairway.

It was Frank Brown and, walk

ing up to Billy, he patted him on the neck. A bright faced young man, who was with Frank, also stooped over and patted Billy. "Whose goat is this other one?"

he asked, turning to pat Billy's

mother, who, being jealous like most animals, crowded up to get

her share of the attention.

"I don't know." said Frank. "It was picked up from a wreck; but

the two goats seem to be very

chummy."

Frank was looking along the deck at the long row of excitable

passengers, and suddenly he began

to laugh.

"I wish we could play some sort . of trick on all these people,' 'he said. , The young man's face lit up with a smile as he gazed at the nervous and worried looking passengers, then, all at once, he laughed out loud. , "I've got It!" he cried. "Bring

your goats and come into my cabin quickly. It's just inside here." So Billy, willingly enough, was

iea Dy me norns into tne youn

mans cabin, and

. lowed after. As soon

reached the cabin the young man rang the bell, and when the waiter

came to him the young man gave him a check and sent him after a' trunk which was soon brought up.! "Opening It, the young man took out an enormous dragon's head made of - papier mache and painted in bright colors. It " was a fierce looking head and almost filled the-trtnk .'

It had a great, double row of gleam-

, ing white teeth, .red lips, a red,'

tongue that worked In and out, Im

mense saucerlike eyea and winged ears, while a "scary" looking spine started from the top of ita nose

and arched high over its . neck

The balance of the trunk was filled

with a long, thin, sack-like arrangement which was painted green and

red and yellow, and which was to

represent the dragon s body. '""You know I told you," said the young man, "that I am the property man of a big spectacular show company, and this is a new dragon that I have just had made. It is intended for men to get inside of to walk in across the stage. We'll put the goats in it and start them along

the deck, and then we'll see some

fun!", (Copyright by th Saalfleld - Pub-

lishlng Co., Akron. O.)

Doll, Gift of Lincoln

A little old doll, dressed as little girls dressed their dolls in ' j83t.V has been placed in the new Lincoln Museum, built on the ground where

the town of Old Salem, in Illinois,

was located. Once Lincoln packed

this dojl away in his saddle bags.

and took it with lum as a girt to :i

little girl in Salem. -A Valuable Barrel

When Lincoln was a little more than 20 years old, he was clerking

in the Lincoln and Berry grocery store. One day some one was passing the store moving his household goods. To help the mover who, perhaps, felt ho needed money more than books, Lincoln bought a barrel from him. In it he found a complete set of Blackstone's law books. With these he began his

study of law, which helped, later, to send him to Washington a3

President.

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS

THE DANCING BALL

"Let me bounce your , ball Martha,' 'said Jennie. "Yes, Jennie; but do not "lose it." "All right, I'll return it tomorrow morning." "Why, Jennie, where did you get your ball?" they all asked, when she got home. "Borrowed it," she answered. "Whose is it?" asked her little sister.

maybe it will dance for us," said

Martha.

When Martha got to Jennie's

house, they went in the kitchen

and left the ball in the room.

Just as soon as they got out of

the room, the ball began to dance. Martha nd Jennie tried to catch it

but they could not do it. It went on for ten days and finally they

caught it. Martha took the ball home and it would not dance. .She hid behind a

H,uA t T : - i ' . 1

t t ' j tree and it began dancing and she Jennie began bouncine- it and ev-l ... . . . , , . ..

ery time she would bounce it, it

would dance. The next morning Jenie took the

ball back to Martha.

Martha was not up but her mo

ther told her she should wait and

she would call her. In a few minutes Martha was down, all dressed. Martha asked Jennie what she

wanted.

jennie saia, -.now, watcn me bounce this ball and you will find out.' Jennie bounced the ball and it

would not dance

uia not see anything the matter with it. Jennie was surprised because the ball would not dance. Jennie said that It danced when she bounced it at home. "I will go home with you and

tried to catch it, but she couldn't.

She went over to get Jennie and when she got back the ball had danced away. Martha went In to tell her mother. Her mother said that maybe it went home for some poor little girl and it would be all right. Her mother said that she would get her a new ball. Mildred Mayree Worley, grade 6B, Finley school.

This week's 6tory hour subject Is to be "Heroes." There are story book heroes and real heroes who save people's lives and heroes who

stand for the things they believe

in, and we like to read about all of

them. .

There are many books, about

heroes in the children's depart

ment of the library; far too many,

to mention all of them, but we

mention a few below which we

think you may like to select some from when you are reading about

people of whose lives we enjoy learning more: Story of Siegfried James Baldwin. Story of the Golden Age James Baldwin. Heroes of ' the Seven Hills C. H. S. Laing. Heroes of the Rebellion P. C. Headley.

Heroic Legends II. G. Herbertson. Heroes Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie. Stories of Heroes H. W. Mace.

American Heroes and Heroism

W. A. and A. M. Mowry. American Pioneers Mowry. Heroes o, Asgard A. E. Keary. Heroes of Aviation L. S. Diiggs. Heroes of Chivalry and Romance A. J. Church. Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds F. W. Greeue and D. W. Kirk. Heroes of the Middle West: the

French M. H. Catherwood. Story of Roland James Baldwin

My Valentines

ANSWERS to RIDDLES

i. 2.3. 4. 5. 6.

Quebec. Row, golf, box. "All's well that end-) well." Acre, race. Read, dear. Sea l, Boa r.

(Written Especially for the Junior Palladium)

When I looked out the window This morning at half past eight, I saw the postman coming,

Whistling as he was coming, And he stopped beside our gate. I ran to meet him, wondering If he had mail for me. Two envelopes he held there, Two envelopes I saw there: "I've something here, 'said he. He handed me those envelopes, The name on them was mine. Into each one I peeked thn, Into each one I peeked then, I saw a Valentine.

A big red heart was in the one, Which came from Sister Bess; The second, pansies had, and wore A fancy, lacey dress. But no name came on this to me. Whoever sent this one to me, .

I I'm trying hard to gues3.

Women to -Train for War The War Offices of the Estonian government, have ilraftr1 a law

Martha said she: proposing that women, between the

ages of 18 and 41, should be mobilized in event of war.

Geologists agree was once a part Europe.

AN EXCITING CATCH

One dav Willie, who was six

years old, asked his mother if he could go fishing with Robert, who was seven-. His mother said he could not go, because he was too little to go fishing. They lived in New Jersey, along

that England the coast.

of continental j Willie told his mother he would go to Robert's house and tell Rob-

a X h'd'! JUT KIDS This is the Afternoon of the Big Game By Ad Carter

I -i RIDDLES jj

1. Take one half of "bear." one

hair of "cent," and one half of i

quit ana mane tne name of a Canadian city. 2. Hidden in the following sentence are three sports, spelled backwards: "I was worried when I asked for a pile of logs, but five or six obligingly helped me fix the

fire." I

3. Each letter in a 'well-known saying of twenty letters, has been numbered. The letters have been divided into words. Letters 9. 1:

19 and 20 spell a word meaning not

snort; 4, g, 17, to suits with stitches; 5. 11, 2, 7. a part of a house; 15, 18, 14, 12, a slight depression; 16, 10, 13, 3, 8, something used In warfare. By guessing the

correct woras ana then arranging

tneir tetters in the proper order you will find the saying. 4. Each blank of the following sentence may be filled with the same letters arranged to form different words: "They roped off an to mako room for the ." 5. The fame letters, rearranged, form the words to fill the blanks

in mis sentence: " the newspaper to me, John, and tell me how eggs are today." 6. Curtail the name of a certain fur-bearing animal and leave where it is found. Curtail the name of an animal of the pig family and leave a kind of nake. Answers to these riddles are to be found in another part of this week's Junior.

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ert. She said, "All right, but hurry back because I want you to go to the store for me." When Willie got to Robert's house, Robert was ready to start. Willie told Robert he could not go. Robert said, "Come .on, and go anyway; she won't care. We will be back by dinner time." Willie did not want to go against his mother's wishes, but Robert persuaded him! When they got to the wharf they saw a fishing boat that had been

left there by some fishermen. Robert said, "Let's get in the boat and fish in it like Mr. Jones does." They got in the boat and to their surprise they found some fishing poles, bait, hooks and tackle which were very useful. After they had drifted about a quarter of a mile from shore they baited their hooks and threw them in the water. They didn't have a bite till about a half hour later, when, all of a sudden, something pulled on Willie's pole. Willie and Robert both grabbed his nole and

pulled with all their might, but could not pull it in.' They kept hold of the pole. It was pulling them toward the shore. They were frightened, but held on to the pole. When they got near the-shore, the owner of the other boat. When he got near, he boat saw them and he got in antold Willie to give him the pole. Willie did and then the man Jerked ' the fish out of the water. It weighed 20 pounds and was two and one-half feet long. Willie was as proud as a weather-vane, because it was the first fish he had caught. He sold it and got $4.00 for it. He gave Robert half, and they got a pair of skates. They were very happy. - . When Willie got home he told his mother what had happened. His mother said she would not scold him, but would give him a big dish of ice cream which was very delightful, because it was a hot summer afternoon in June. Bv Marguerite Muckridge, Middleboro school.

AUSTRALIAN MAGPIES There are five species of magpies (not at all related to our magpies) in Australia, all or them having a rich carol.

Saddles Showed Rank In earlier days, a high nobleman's rank could be. told by th richness of his saddle and horse trappings. Sometimes the saddles were covered with rich silks and velvets and embroidered or ornamented with precious stonew.