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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922

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A sharp yelp behind he heels made Tiny jump half : out of her hide, and then King, laughing at the trick he had ' played on her, sprang from behind her and over her stall to inquire about Billy. It seemed strange to Billy to have a dog come near him without getting ready for a fight, and he could not get over the surprise of being in a place where everybody seemed to

get along so nicely. He could not understand It at all until Bobby came in again, and then he reflected that all these animals were simply trained to that kindness nnd gentleness that was in their

master. Before ho went to sleep that night Billy had some more mash and a few tender mustard plants to eat, and he slept like a top until morning.

Those were tiresome days for

Billy. He did long to get out and play with the other animals, but he

allowed to walk outdoors with only a cloth bandage wrapped around his leg, the puppies scampered out after him. Billy blinked his eyes when he got outdoors again. - My, what a fresh, pretty, green world this was, to be sure! How good it was to be alive! How good it was to be in. such a fine home as this! Copyrighted by the Saal-

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knew that he must first let his injured leg heal, so he stood it aspatiently as he could. Bobby came to see him at least two or three times a day and rebandaged

his leg as often as was needed.

The leg healed rapidly, and at last,

Bobby said one morning:

"Well, old fellow, be good two

more days to make sure and we'll

let you out.

Those were the most welcome words that Billy had heard in a long time, and he licked Bobby's hand' for saying them. After Bobby went away he began to wonder how he should put' in those two

long, long days, but before he had time to fret about it, he heard a whole chorus of little yelps, and here came Bobby with King and Queen and half a dozen pretty baby collies. "Here, old fellow,' 'said Bobby, "I brought you some playmates. Introduce them, King, and amuse our friend Billy all you can." Bobby took Dandy from his stall to hitch him up and go into the village for some lumber, leav

ing Billy in good company. Such puppies as those were! They nipped at him, they pulled his tail, they clawed his beard, they hung

on his horns, they sprawled 11 over him and came tumbling down on all sides, little awkward, white and brown bunches of down. There was no chance for Billy to get blue or fretful, for those puppies kept him laughing all the time.

Their awkward antics would have made anyone laugh. For the two whole days that Billy had to stay bandaged up for safety's sake, those puppies kept him amused.

and when on the third vday, his splints were taken off and he was

RIDDLES

1. Of the following two words, half the letters of one should be exchanged for the same number of letters in the other. When the right letters are exchanged, two animals are found: Couaje, yogtar.

2. The letters In the title of a

very famous book for boys have been numbered straight through from one to ten. 3425 spell to boil slowly; 9, 10, 8, a tray for carrying bricks; 7, C, 1, uncooked. 3. Insert some number in the following blanks and form complete words, as: Deb8, debate. A dance, re m, e de.

4. Find the two states hidden in these sentences: "The color adopted by the class was blue." "Along the avenue large or giant trees formed an arch." Answers to these are in another, part of this week's Junior. 1

. About three miles south of Whit-

' tier, Calif., are the new Santa Fe

Springs oil fields. The first weu there was a gusher of 4,200 barrels daily, and is California's banner oil well. Of course, lots more companies bega nto drill there, but when they got down about 2,000 feet they strike gas. We have had three of these gassers now. They spit gas, sand, oil and rocks with a loud roar, sometime deafening, and last about two days, then take fire and the flames lean 100 feet or more

into the air. This fire lights up the country for miles, making a very beautiful scene at night. The fire reflected back on the mountains makes their outlines look red.

Thousands of people come to see this eight and roads are filled with machines all about it. Part of the

time windows and doors rattle and things shake like an earthquake from it." One day a gasser threw sand all over Whittier. They have all caved in now and the fire is out. Lisle Brumfield, age 9 years, Whittier, Calif.

OUR CHICKENS We have four chickens at our home. There are three hens and one rooster. The hens are laying eggs. We let them out every day.

We feed them corn and bran. We made a house for them last summer. When we let them out they run upon the hill. They dig in the ground. At evening they go Into their house. Ruth Walton, 3B grade, Whitewater school. '

The Adventures of

Brave rrince ttrtnur

Once there was a king and a

queen and they had one son named

Arthur. One day "Arthur said to

his mother, "I am going to seek my Xortuno, mother; will you bake me a loaf of good brown bread and give me a bottle of wine so I can eat on my way?" When Arthur was going to go, his mother gave him her blessing, and away he started; and( he walked and walked till he came to

a deep forest and it was getting dark. Arthur wandered through this, forest when he saw a light, and when he came to the hut he knocked and an old man came to the door. Arthur said, "May I stay here

for the night?" The old man said, "Ye3, you may." This old man had a beautiful daughter, and when she had gone to bed the old man told Arthur that a huge giant had bewitched his daughter, for he had magic power. When morning came Arthur went to the giant's palace and told the giant to com out and fight with him. Out came the giant a huge

elant be was. For a club he had

a pine tree.

Arthur had already his sword drawn and the fight began. They fought so hard that the old man heard them, hut Arthur wa3 quick

and the giant was slow and so big, and Arthur got the test of the giant and killed him, and cut off his head. He took it back as proof and when the old man saw Arthur you can guess how surprised ho wa3 when he saw him coming. The old man thanked him and

Arthur said, "Will you give me your daughter for my wife?" The old man said, "Yes." And

so Arthur and his wife went back to his mother's and lived happily

ever after Johnnie Wade, age 11, Warner school.

THE SURPRISE

I once know a girl who said, "No

one can surprise me!"

But ono day she met with a surprise. Her mother had invited sev

eral of the neighbor girls.

Wo met at the neighbor's house

close by.

Her mother had her older sister take her out In the barn. After

they were out there for a while, her mother called the neighbor's house

to tell us to come and we went. After a few moments of waiting she came back. Then her mother

told her to go into the room and get that old dress, as she would like to mend it. But when she opened the door what did she see? A large crowd of girls. Although she had said, "No one can surprise me," eh had

to say now, "I see I am surprised at last." Then w went out In the yard, and played games. After a while her mother called for us to arrange ourselves In order. We did so and after awhile we were seen to be eating delicious ice cream and real good cake. We parted late in the evening. All expressed our thoughts as to what an enjoyable time we had, and wished that she might have many, many more enjoyable birthdays. Esther May Lowdenslager, age 12, Hollansburg High school, Hollansburg, O. j

How Marylyn Took Thunderbolt Captive Marylyn Quentin lived about two miles from town with her mother. She was about ten years old. She had light curls and blue eyes. ' One evening they didn't have any more flour in the house and no bread, so she went to town. There had been several robberies in town lately. She took her pet, which was a large collie dog, called Colonel. The way was dark and she heard

some twigs snap. Colonel barked,

and ran toward the dark from

there. Colonel tore the man's clothes and bit him. Tho man was

already very tired from running, so Colonel and Marylyn guarded

him and kept the man there till she could make some one hear.

This man turned out to be Thunderbolt," a most desperate

robber.

Marylyn received a large sum

for his capture. Sho and her mother lived peacefully for many years. By Georgella Van Voorhis, Dennis J. II. S.

Indian Makes Record White Eagle, a Sioux and Creek

Indian, on his horso Red Bud. re

cently rode from Hardin. Montana.

to Omaha, Nebraska, a distance of

900 miles, in 24 days and 5 hours.

lie was given a record ride.

medal for this

Alice and the Pet Fox Which Became a Prince

Establish Schools in Persia In years gone by parents in Per

sia were glad to be rid of little girls and sold them for a few dollars, but ndw there is a strong deand other schools for the purpose sire to educate them and industrial have been organized there.

Once upon a time there was a poor widow. Howsoever, she had three daughters. The biggest's name was Helen, and the second's nam was Marie, and the third one's name was Alice.

Now. Alice was the good ana

the best erirl. She did all tho work

of the house, while the two other sisters sat down and read, and

still her mother liked her little Alice And they were spending their many long winter nights at home. But one cold, stormy night there came a loud tapping on the door. Mother told Alice to go see who it might be; but it was a little baby fox out in the cold without his mother. But, Alice felt pity on him, and said to her motrher:

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"Please, may I keep him for a pet?" And her mother said, "yes." Alice was very glad, but her sisters kicked about it and mocked it and threw it around. One time, when Alice was not at home, they bought some poison for the fox to eat, but they lost it and didn't buy any more. And, one otner winter night, it was very bad weather and very cold, and snowy, too, and the two sisters woke up and heard the fox snoring out loud, and It made the sisters mad. Both got up and got tht baby fox and slammed it out of doors. It began to "holler" and make a great crying sound. The two sisters were asleep. Alice got up and took the baby fox by her bed and went to sleep; and, while they were all sleeping, the fox got up and went out and

iouna a den and went to sleep there, but didn't get a warm sleep. And when morning came, Alice got up and looked all over the house for the pet fox. She could not find him. She began to cry. Marie and Helen began to laugh, and said, "You foolish bird! What are you crying for? Even if Mother would die, I wouldn't cry." But Alice kept right on crying. Once, her mother got very sick.

ana, at last, she died. But, when Alice heard that her mother died, she began to cry and cry until she had no more tears, so she stopped. And Marie and Helen put their handkerchiefs over their faces and began to laugh and didn't care for their mother. - After awhile the fox entered in. When Alice saw this, she ran to the fox and dropped a tear right on the fox, and Alice said, "I have been waiting for you ever so long, and now I have found you!" When she dropped the tear on the fox then, lo! the fox turned into a prince! He was a bright one. But Alice kept on saying, "Where is my baby fox?" But the prince only answered, "Here I am the fox, but you would rather see me a prince.

wouldn't you?"

Alice said she would But the two sisters looked at

each other and fainted. And Alice and the fox lived happily ever after. By Elizabeth Hornak, St. Mary's school.

CABBAGES, MAYBE! Mrs. Willis (at the hall game as the pitcher and catcher hold a conference) : "What aro they talking about?" Ans.: "About what to throw to the next batter." Mrs. Willis: "But they don't allow them to throw anything ex cept the ball, do they?" Zelda Geren. 'ti; "Deadwood Dick" Alive "Deadwood Dick" is still active. His real name is Dick Clark, and he spoke recently at a meeting of the Society of Black Hills Pioneers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His speech was short just 33 words.