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" I g’.‘m‘ it and find it STORIES . WRITTEN BY WIDE- Nathan Hale. Nathan Hale, an_American soldier, g T e e 3 e was - ated at Yale ‘college in 1773, and in- | far from the | tended to be'a mlnhm:n When the ; he's one of my SRR B Can't help it i Delli 1y X My Lte ways forge : oRynp, The most of our peop! en lived ; 0 X 2 ' ! “sn Tt cane hian e il | Sdpdout all e B ey A o P D e e : v vl e : ng was_cap! an as 2 Forgets that a m&e he owes Jack, | o shv by the order of Sir William | The 1and to the west was filled with And smiles at pleasantly still. y 2 In_Arkansas o Howe, e o any land be. = : always forgets 'tis his turn Hale We not en own - rose color, - 3% e hvoss what the others shall Yas hanked h ey Torkeay yondthe Missizeiopl river, and the site e n'ludnm' frets ecret of this lies alone B‘;; 'ihh: :-Ilh'ln that th:‘hddle forgets. play; 'z hen oy 2L ty of Washingtor, was aimost . 4 Forgets about others to learn e for my countrys A |0 the center of the inhal ted country. lrt P aars The gossipy things that “they say. nne"mnnuléug& m:ry Hoan: hEmetod to-his ots‘:m :h::w a s.gc‘:':;l:;e:?‘ h‘g n:opn:sl tself. A > 2 A i memory at Coventry. o the best - pose, E NEW YORK. ‘2 4 . He forgets to look sulky and cross chosen this was thought to e e When things are not gaing his y young patriots - will die - for Forgets some one's gain ‘in his lo - Forgets, in_his worktime, ‘his This is why 1 must take his part Man; their ooucntry 'ARRIE A. GELO, Age 11. place. ‘The first presi 9| Lebanon. was Jcin Adams. PAULINE HASLER, Age 12. dent {h 'Washington Why I say he is one of my pet S TeREg Tattville, e T repeat it with all of my. heart 5 Paul re’s Ride. e I love him for what he forgets! ‘A story, Grandma, please,” sald The Lesson Max Learned. dozen at once with these moulds ‘they Y. Yes!” saia Mary, “About when| (M8X Was & country boy who lived in| Th .| fixed the wicking on sticks Dolly's Dress. tt ' and run 2 lley among the hills of New Eng- insects and are not as popular as | it down through the moulds ana fasten 1 was a little girl” ?m‘;: e§ust msg (hee farm house ran a|they were formerly. - at the bottom, then melted the “When I was a little girl" began| qioiic cileam of clear water that HARR' low and filled up the moulds; W}ne‘n_ }:ol‘lty ,?.':‘.“2; _1:’: a dance grandma ofiedxenuy.l d"gust fl"’“g turned and twisted as it disappeared g your age, ary, an inc lent oecurrex i e lieve I ever orget. It was on the % Her skirt is o0, excesliingly short, - | avening of April 18, 1775; eversone in |, D00 WAT, SUIty day as Max was look like the wax candles they have | plates of thin horn. These scales|tell you about a dog who always fol- Her waist o very low, “ lying on the bank of the stream and | Mafy and Martha were twins. =And|nowadays. in the fish are not all of the same|lows me. His name is Ted. Extremes to meat would' only have e R ot oD ne tary | thinking of taking a. dip in“the cool | 1€V bez?ymeflmea they would way to go; her bay- | size; they are besutifully fitted onto| Ted is mostly white with large water, his father called him and told | EDSW them apart but their brother the ‘body, so that while they afford|black spots. He plays tag L g s e e i b | him that he thoushit = cold apell was Tof. The twine and ed lived in the protection, they do not interfere in|and is a jolly old felow. ed out of and, very foolishiy ran e - It Fashion should declde the skirt | .54’ hid behind the tanl grandfether|Coming€ on aud as the summer was Z the candles harder | the least with the movements of the| I know a fire dog who lives near o tle white stone house with @ red paint-|and they would burn better and last|fi ; me. His name is.Dixie. I wish you Be yet, ack . ‘om| an Le ‘wants him to and ey sh. VR = M;“, ks < clock. The noise was growing louder, :—uni:rg the pum;?(?ns and store them in|°d Toof It was such a tiny house|ionger. The tortoise lives inside of a house|could see how he runs after the fire A e b, ™ every moment. The rider halted be- % journals that Martha and Mary had no bed-| T think we nowadays are furnished £ his ribs formed in- | engine. He s a white dog with large as ing to the A composed o own il “t’the modes an-|fore our door and knocked loudly, R e e e Mg 0. ety | room, but slept in a Httle Ded in one | with lights and mauch less work thew crying: back. He has & to a dome, and he rests upon his nounce ther was drivitg off. “I'll fake a swim | SOTRer of the garret; and Ted slept in| our grandmothers did and have better wh ‘Will be the mext @ecree ‘To arms! To arms! The regu- breastbone which is flattened out in- | companion ose ;mame is Dalsy. % R and do the work tomorrow.. A frost|2 lm:f bed in the other corner of the|lights. oY Acca B to a broad ,‘n,.! t; serve, m:g for g:i;ty‘u is n:;t q-a ‘tma as Dixie. She is ars are coming!” s ‘yve | S&ITE 5 5 i t bt St = ulet. - Ay atorial My father was a minute-man, and | fonidnt come up suddenly atter we've| S5y twing sixth birthday their - e the attachment of the. s o - Hampton, R. F, D, No. 1. ondly, as a kind of supporting foot| Anyway, I wish I had a dog lfke he hastily ot into his ciothes and de- | "4l that sftormoon Mok swam around | E¥andma gave them twin dolls that e or basement. Ted. 1 hope‘all the Wide-Awakes ~—Minna Irving in Judge. parted. ~ We never saw him again.|in the water, thinking nothing Of to- looked as much alike as Mary and A My mother informed me later that the UNCLE JED'S. TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Paul Revere. - -1 hayve dogs and I also hope You have. o ol Martha did. Discovery of Mexico. The hedgehog has no-bone-formed AL D -3 brave man who gave the warning was 0 Oh! The suspense in which we ut e SBEGAL, Age Mexico was discovered by Gorzalia, | dome, covered with horny scales, as in ‘The twins got up out of bed very 2 N e of this, his| Norwich. m;l‘h‘ewl:extwdahye as z:;hn logkeznollt 0: softly so Brother Ted would not hi a Spanish navigator, in 1518. On the | the tortoise. nstead April, , ' Hernando C ri umes the form of ® - Bround. Fle went ‘ot and found, much | them and got dressed and went out in | sent gut By the Sivernor ot Cube. oins, or bristios, each ‘st prealy A Visit $o f‘“"'fl'"l""’fit The examination season is here and [ Weited! The terrible boom of can-|ito his alarm, that the pumpkins were | the Dig swing under the ‘apple tree.|janded his force of 617 men Where now | into the skin at one end and - -very| Dear Uncle Jed: One pleasant day ‘every pupil in the schools should be|DOR in our ears. How frightened-I| ryined. They hoped Ted would not awake, be- was! Too frightenea to cry! But stands the city of Vera Cruz. sharply pointed at tme other end.|last summer we decided to go to Mo~ When his father came home and saw | C3use When he did they had to help|” Mexico was inhabited by numerous | These bristles the owner can erect in |hegan Park. So we all got ready and the damage he gave Max a scolding|Pim peddle milk for their grand-|warltke nations, who understood many | groups, with all the points outward, |started right after d.lnnm;; e Uncle Jed Weard a senseless little | tidings of triumph reached our_ears. | for being lazy, and he was sent to bed | mother. o | of_the arts of civilized life. presenting an array of weapons. ‘When we got there we began to boy say he did not care how he stood.| Did I say “Glad tidings, dear?” | for the rest of the day. e P eTed fCamary: “Atent| In 1521 with his small force, Cortez | The scales in the cracodile are letfargund. were ‘three monkeys. There e e S0 man; 3 ey 3 5 ' TIe e of ontazuma. hose o e , an ey are > w boy or girl he is making of them a | guy e e s o oy O ot By | . “Yes, indsedy! Maybe he won't make | *From {his tme. Mesics whe coves | Lian, those of the fsh, aud by are|bic ong was. bieck, His name. was worthless and unhdppy man or woman. | Ah! well. dears, need I finish? I|how much you may e - hindered to-| US_80_with him this mornin’, 'cause|ed by vicéroys from Spain until 1822 | amount of water, This 1 found out|Jack. “The two small S Pdos 5 g Don’t Care -ehecks ‘the puplls from | tire ou! Run along till another day, | morrom s : b jesterday's our birthday, An’ Fan an’|when Iturbide was proclaimed emperor | by soaking a crocodile’s sidn in wa- | The ‘big monkey Clgar. ‘Bt the two rometisic ek Mol the feeling of | 462Ties; ana grandma smiled, as:she. SARAH HYMAN;Age 12. | Anne's so pretty,” eald Mary, smooth- | From 1810 till 1530 insurrections |ter. Before the skin was soaked, it|bOYy SRve him' a cigar. Tvas, S, promotion and 08,19, the Jesling, 9| ipes wway @ stray foar. and cettled| Norwich ing out the dolls® dresses. against the home government prevail- | was as hard and inflexible as a board. | 8Tay monkeys:were yery lively. They shame aud the oosts of getting an edu- | herselt for a. dream of by-gone dase. Al “Yes, he will make us go,” said Mar- fed throughout the country. In 1823 > cation to the burden of his parents. MARGARET McGARRY. Every ehild who does well in the| Norwich. school increases the pride and joy of swinging on_ropes. . Having becn soaked a few hours, it|Were hag e little looking tha, “’cause Ted don't like to take the|Iturbide was banished from the coun- One monkey a 00 ger and Her Reward. Tl araing Mlotas o became as soft as a wet towel. - A its parents, the interest of the teacher in his welfare and his own reputation resolved to. do his best. with the dawn of April 20th the glad The try and in 1824 a constitution was o o eills. | glass. He would lay it down on the LA e “Miss Ames, won't you-come up to| Just then they heard a short, sharp|formed similar to that of the United | *oc°dlle also has lungs not sil Why Girls Should Learn to Cook. |the hospital this afternoon with me?” | whistle, and they knew that Ted was NES SHEA Eround and look in it. States. YATE N - Age 12, | B e boy held his handkerchief up to Mrs. St. Clair was going to Bos And the 'upea-ker pushed - ‘)ixar heug up and looking down at them from ton for a day or.two, and so thinking] Lo gus, oy oif opened “door gnd|his little sarret window. HATTIE PERKINS. the monkey and he nearly tore it to R e Colchester. LETTERS TO UNCLE 2 plev%u. some sheep’and some smiled brightly. - en just two minutes later he was 3 2 S ek e also saw J and prospects in life. | it tUme for Gertrude, her thirteen| Helen Ames looked up dreanily, a | beside the swing, saying to the twins: Hans and the Fairy. A Trip to Eagle Mountain. | deer. It you are ever temipted to say: “I|Year old daughter to assume some re- | refusal on her lips, but she hesitated a| “Come on, you fellows! Leave your don't care!” dp not ‘give voice to it,| SPORSIbility, left her to keep house. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time We saw some little rabbits. There nattallyy, et moment bofore deciding. "After all, it |old baby olls there an’ come an’ held | 1iveq a moor Httle boy rarcn T | there were thrée boys wha. were very | was & black one, two gray ones and & for it shows an evil spirit Is taking pos- rrome ot warude. In a very | mignt do her good to get out in the sun | me take the milk around.” Hans lived with his father and moth. | close chums. The boys names were | White one. ] :3; excited frame of mind, stood on the|and forget about her troubles. 0, Teddy, please let us stay with|er in a little hut cutside of the city. |Sammy, Bob and Frank. Sammy had| We started for home about § o'- session of you and it will surely make | veranda, watching the car for Bos-| Helen had come to New- York from|Fan and Anne just this oncey begsed One day when Hans was returning|planned a treasure hunt in Bagle |clock. I was very tired. you a disappointment to your parents tflf_{W?llBaDDear in the distance. a small town in the west. Like hun-| Mary, ~“’cause they'll be 5o lonesome| pem o walk in the flelds he saw twe | mountain and all three were anxious ANNA ANDBRSON, Age 10. and a failure in many things you may | qiq vhat olosk Stke ey 3¢ ] e o other Sirls, She had e sweet|without us. An' maybe they might|men talking. They seemed very ex- | for school to close. Norwich. 5 2 voice an oug] ul cry.” L - A - T 4P ST ST undertake. 5 there 1§ Plenty of time to -surprise| world on fire wiit it if she might have| * Kind little Mary felt so grieved when | Siicd, about something, but he: could ALASKA GLACIER RETREATS. ‘What makes a man a capitalist is|Papa, but I want everything to be de-|the study and the means to cultivate|she thought of the dolls weeping that he reached home he found his moth-|mother did-not care and so Sammy his ability to sawe a nickel a day.| GioUS S0 T'll = go to work at onmce.”!jt. Her father had finally been per-|two big tears rolled out of fier eyes. Wi ears. found a pickaxe, & spading fork and | United States Geological Survey While she was paring the potatoes, | s; llow h to the| ™ e et in: Saes. hat makes a boy a success lics in| she eng hoc Besel s iif iy DOI2(00% | suaded to allow her to come to the| “Oh, pooh!” said Ted. “Old dolls city for a voice examination. can’t ory no wOrG china dishes),” But| . oG, Mmother, dear, what fg the|a shovel 'Then each hoy Red 5. ool Bhows Chnges in-Oinalor. his ability to say *I will!” several minutes bathing 1it, before| " “If T can sing before Madame Bron- | tley can break like china dishes’ “;,mfi;" namad H.M& -5 i hm, to 5: and soon strayed away and Eot| Tifteen years ago a member of the These little “I don't cares” of child- g::"?h‘ntt through all the ~burean|te” she had said, eagerly, “I will abide| “Well, I'm not comin’, Ted Todd—so| ChUPPY hand around his mother's hood get such a hold upon the mind | "3} Clast: Rer cor Tt Plaster. = neck. in the line of a little cabin. This the | United States Geological Survey map- by whatever she teils me. there!” ¢ried Martha. At last her wound was forgotten; e “Our good queen is very ill and the|boys went to. The people were kind | ped the front of the Barry Glacier, And that morning she had obtained “Well, if you 't come,” sald Ted, and wished to give them supper, which | which s in the northwest corner of that they hinder ono for life and keep | but in the meantime, 5o was the fire. | a hearing from the great prima donna | “then Tl mis Yol wos S iy that there 1s Bo hope | 70 ‘Hladly accepted. Boon they were | Prince Wiliam Sound, -Aleska. . In him poor and unhappy. Much to her disgusef she had to and all her hcpes and aspirations had As soen as Ted said these words it L What do these three little words|doWn three flights of stairs to the|been dashed to the ground. at the table and a nice supper was 1910 it was found that the front of the a frightened the twins and they did | waiken Siaery but oote tho neas | hetore them. They ate heartily. Then | slacier ' had Some pack about —three mean? “I-dowt care!” I do not take| mampment, fof cobs amd ofl You Ldve a very eweet voice. my|what they were told, Coming to an old oak tree he seatsd |the man kindly gave them a ride for|miles from the position it occupied in ? working for fifteen or twenty minutes | dear,” the woman had said kindly,| “We'll come, Ted,” cried the twins.|yimocie beneath its wide, s ing | about two miles, and the boys walked | 1899, B. L. Johnson, of the Geological any interest. I do not care to deserve | a feeble little flicker catching a dry|after Helen had sung a simple melody | “But Yplease let us bring Fan = and it preading | O other two miles. At last they ar- | Survey. ewamined the front of Barry praise. I have no desire to please my fr&t‘ment did the work, and soon the|in her clear, sweet soprang, “But your| Anne.” Suddenly he heard a tiny voice ex-|rived at the mountain. Glacler in the fall of 1914 and deter- parents or, téacher. I do not feel| Xeti# Was singing again. Yoice is not destined to be a great one.| “Nope!” he called. “You better come | i CS0Y 28 Neate & UAY velce ex-| "oy " oonnq the tall cedar, but to|mined that the total retreat of the ashamed, ‘I have no aim. I do not W&: ‘335“‘1 ‘::erssttotargoxgebm?le; thutg&n (ulng Fes; you have e;lt:e q“flelr' ;.}(:cn:,d'caule srandma’s got the horse| qo7» and’ looking down at his side |Sammy’s dluppofbn'.:nent ;:‘:," Was | glacier between 1910 ?nat 1914 %ppu; 3 u s, e timbre, no power. S 4 T n, el t 8, ‘eet, a rel care to lead—I do not mind if I have | the clock spoke truly rt - was ~ then| You might studly for years, ang vour| Fes elimbes ol toeShont seat of th| H2NS SaW a tiny man dressed in green | Bothing _there; but . something ed to be about 8,20 ol to follow. I do not care for any one's | 11.20. tugging at a \wild cherry. caught Sammy’s eye. It was a leather |4 1.2 miles in 15 years. A short ac- e : singing would improve, your technique | wagon and picked up the reins and the | “58a " 1°elh, you in any way? ask- | Pocketbook which bplonged to 0ld Si- | count of the retreat of this glacier by good will and I am not bothering my- ‘“Now I know mother never takes|might become perfect, but your power | horse galloped off. ed polite little Hans. v las Dolby. / Mr. Johnson has just been published solf about any one's Ul-will. In its| hy i upminptes t0 bake cookles, sd| would nover Le great, your range| When they ot to the bottom of the | 3 POlite little H S «Yes»| Silas Dolby was an old miser and|as Profressional Paper 95-C, It®in- 'y oy . that is what I shall have for desert.| would be mediocre and your sympa- | hill where Mrs, Wilson lved ‘Ted sald: said he, “This a‘:‘, is “P,"u" tiat | very few people liked him. Sammy | gludes a sketch map showing the po- wake are carelessness, idlemess, wick- g; i tcu:xr:-zse, p:;a won't tr‘x‘\lnd g‘ we | thetic .:o'nes, wn::h a:e b:vour ;;’ru.gle;t “Martha, you t;k:‘ Mis' ‘a(l-mn'- ;;1&1.: I can't make it :o'“ If you win|got ten dollars for finding the pocket- | gition of the glacier front in m:fiven edness and nothingness. Pudding ~mother always| possessions, would not be greatly im-|up to her, and Mary will take Mis' |} c3N't, make It move If you will|P,,, oy s 3 B Pt e il g makes. He is so fond of cookies, I'm | proved.” Wilson's up to her.” /4 All of our Wide-Awakes do care.| ge®ho nicise Rim e They could not be wide-awake did n Helen’s lips had trembled childishly. Gertrude, knowing where every in-|She had looked forward with they not care. It is earing and seeing | gredient was kept, had the and learning and thinking and pleas- ing which is going to make to them k; Just before the boys haa started a|tions of photographs of the glacier. Now Mrs. Wilson had a big dog that | POU%2 18, yonder hol e oran, when|man had come into town with some | A copy of the report may be ob- | o't NS T2l B | aimage o8 the T b £5% a4 mane Toarmed, wha G vou i he| i, Thich bad & B of s | wined Frc on Sppiiaton o e D12 cookles 0 this In = - o e self, so he 1 > he them ane rew! was f the United States 0] Tady gor the oven In an amazingly | termined to work and study and show | little Mary go.” most of in this world? orse on or of the Un! me. M sail At 12 o'clock they were, | her father and all of the Gainsville . - e d to anybody who could find it.| Survey at Washington, D. C. p “I wish,” said Hans, “that I could | ofere o g “I am not i up to One night while the boys were sleep: or at least Gertrude called them done. | people what a great singer she would ‘cause T atraig of her | Make our good queen well and strong |, 0% MERL WElle the bove were Siecps all the difference in the world. They looked good and she proudly| become. And now it was all over; she again. Those who care are guided to the | placed them on the table. had a sweet voice, but she would never winning way and they do things well | She had just finished taking up the | be a after teasing Mary to go, she A > a great singer. started up the hill, end success after' success marks their | 121f-done vegetables and meat, when “‘Go on studying at-home, chil "aeg Sammy had dug a hole in the ground d yorlose vour eyes. tumn around on| I out of the hole sprans s horss. e per-| As Mary feared, the big yellow dog | thg little man, 2 gu:"&: aried Tor: howia with 355 3 the door opened an din walked her|fect your technique, do church ‘work.|came running after her. In a moment ans obeyed. When he opened The boys now had $35 which they gave Bamy course in life, and this increases their| father with, “Goodness me,” a man|A voice like yours has its place in the| Mary and the milk can were rolling| *¥&S he found in his band a little to & poor lady to help her out. The joy and adds to the delight of their|to dinner. _{world. Do not imagine that, because|down the hili—the dog barking and|, “Give the queen the contentsof this|ioye ‘were very much pleased with | all 5 healed by triends, 4 .‘Aht. the tableh::luwa.l ab%!ns well, 'the | you may nievertb;‘;n opera. ;flng:;, yelping and the child sereaming, 2 . lm‘lme Fiked wish shall be granted,” | tpeir adventure. Fussed all the time, P " ” ather was cl ng about this and|your place is nof as securely fix-| ‘When Mrs. Wilson brou; ‘Mary inf a FLORENCE IOWN, Age 11. T don't care” is the fos of all 1ttle| that” when he stopped anddenly - to| o8, for it is. Woric our YOUr own des| the homes Bae coor s oErt aary 1nto! ™ Hans fan home as fast as he Sould.| Norwieh Town. = o folks, and T suspect it is one of “the|look at his friend, Mr. Marston, who | tiny in your own way and life will| forehead which she had recelved from| . NNext morning E{‘-m and his father gobblins that'll catch ‘em if they don’t | was fumbling with a gold tooth, and | bring you much happiness.” the cover of the milk can. So- she|Went to court and as’soon as St casting queer glances at Gerfrude. the queen swallowed The Bluehirds’ New Home. Helen thought it all over as she|sent Ted down the hill after Dr. Grubb, 1o the powder that the 2 cookle: ith Suth print e it o | et gt th Ll Sray. HOGTAL | ELrod down the Ml after Dr. Grabb | 3 atmed. she &% once Tl WeR| Dear Upcle Jed:. Eamae time ago 1 FHE WINNERS oF P | by his plate, with evident signs of .a which one this was, and Martha end| =" strong. made a litle bird house and put it up v PRIZE BOOKS. | sfruggle showing on the gemfiemant |t - | Tea saids “it s Mary Han's father was given a title, and|in a tree for the birds to shelter them- | P < Pk faco. . St. Clair said nothing, but | ing house had somehow suspected the 1 ¢| Hans was brought up m the palace, | selves through the -winter. 1—Walter = Supina = of Stafford | wonderea what had happened. Ho de. | girl's unhappiness and had said very so that in the end they all were hap- | that time I didn’t see any birds go in Springs: Dick, the Bank Boy. clined desert and in a_short ittle on the way up. Once inside the by 2—Edith P. Foster of North Frank- | both had left for the office. RALPH PENDLETON, Age 9. urb?utiir‘:;l tflu m'; .;lrlc he : 5 ~ | Breat cool place, the quiet and peace , . a bluel ew to the IOuUSe an lin: Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies. ‘Well, now, what did ail that man,”|of it fell like a cooling spirit on the Mary Providence, R. L seeing it he went in. He must have 3—Margaret MoGarry of Norwich: thou'tr:tl Ipoo:: “S:rtnldfl. TN go and|girl's hurt feelings. She heard the 3 £ T ;mlelh! that it would be a good, safe * | see at T pu 0 those cookies. Per- | Woman say: 3 Ruth Flelding a‘t Sunrise Farm, haps they didn't bake long enough.| “I have some flowers for the'little| noticed and finished peddling the milk| Betty cottage by m}n:mhnt:xh:da-ymt‘hefl:a “md 4—Harry Levi of Bozrahville: Fred | Now, let me see. M ginger, | Gordon girl,” and then Helen followed | himself. It was a pretty cottage, handuome . birls ‘Guslly. WOrKInG. 3 Fenton on the Crew. salt, butter, sugar, milk and flour. Yes, | her upstairs and into the children’s - 1 DUNN, Age 12. Jed rambler roses and pretty e Dast sy A 4 no, what is this? Plaster Paris.” ward, where little hurt bodies were ly. Norwich. everything was maks and c‘m_ 6—Pauline Hasler of Taftville: Ruth | 1o you wonder that Mr. in following the — I peeped in and there it was, all com. Flelaing at Lighthouse Point. : y on, R denrt pleted. Instead of making it as the e S Connecticut. 6—Marie A. Shea of Norwich: The should learn ‘walked betw: Connectl %o Tagaing in. the kast Betty other bg!l:‘ ;l‘o, “tltazyfl:dm}:“n ::e -:u-.h g 2 lcut e - a way ended from WO High School Rivals, BEA' BURNHA! girl had ern of the United States, on the | poe & shells, to the bot 7—Beatrice Burnham of Hampton: Sigs R G et e ent of North Ams family Sl His Lordship's Puppy. ttempt to Swim, beside he: It is bounded on the nm'by Mass- . ¢ achusetts, on the east by Rhode Is- 8—Lucy A. Carter of Hampton: |+ One warm day in July, my friend, gently. | 1and, on the south by !'&mkflml on’ the Tennis | Herbert, came up to my house fo find Sound, and on the west by New York. nd : out if I would go swimming 15 8oft and sweet.” It is one of the smallest states in the 1 saw that a big bird was try- Winners of living.1n the | 5O 1900, T8 IRCORE Helen flushed, but she began a little| Unlon. PN SR g0 B LUl ba SN S Aeo 'may call at’the usiness lumber d followed it with a i e for them at T after 10 children’ iter L. m. on Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Jahn Hogan of Putnams thank you e Jine s [z