Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 29, 1917, Page 9

wards them in the trees. . ? fi;mtmm,m\.m ted “Brother! “What is it, Rosali called her - Brother?” look at coming towards us e storles or letters ool | sToR|ES WRITTEN BY WIDEA- your lfl?fl age ™ the WAKES. ? .On the Banks of the Rhine. i tc Dacle s y nd th ¥ Jea, Bullstin Shea Ly B AR lg_ s of | {n% B - you that! the River Hiiine. ooy Fimo She Reld.” 5 you say—Be truel all’ come fxiios tharh aull 1he s eth |t e, S8 TnGan, Hodelie, IeF, b0 I it Straightforwardly act, and women I on the Rhine are ho: Tas < there are kinds of birds to Be homest—in fact, e LT G« Dogts, to e | ooy an Sy ihe honse s Tagl, St . il Al Be nobedy else but you" fairy tales that one can hardly tell| ol i £ 3 . GRANDY, Age 11. ry ly th said in 1 MFLDRED E. GRANDY, Age . which is which, or help believing that o 3 Tine. Yantic. POETRY. - iry stories arg true. p s < i " 3 -~ ' . $ 1 knoW a little maid the 3 -ther § "‘5‘" “-r"nm’ La Miserere. i Fegia- 2 banks of the Rhtne. SO was Galy e : . So he Eot up T i scatrnn vonow s wia Piivintkl Mk dd Wy te W - s. 10 when T lnew her T i over e'g‘gtmvu; A.a ive hu v mhv ‘ay to Market,” draws ®y THOMA! g . Il Y G Gver Mol . ‘a sudden the went over and |in Spain lived a duke who had two|Cybil Miner of North Franklin. - in, sons. ‘ in marchen meadows. Her name is| "y .. 12°.0 ‘mdian, Rosaiie, coming Georsge fell in. tof f the By LOUELLA C. POOLE: e, an 3 e, The dog jumped immediately Into| A gypsy woman stole one o, A cozy nook behing the ; Entpeclien. X B P s i) B o b - 3 51 Swam over to him. But |sons and brought him to her home i ly.e meiv 1 whispered to the expreds- Good food a-plenty, was it strange |gshe always replied: e B D O s my her brother, - | the bottom as he|the mountains. She brought Nim ub|man at the left. © _That he was Siéek and fat — “Snipschen, mein Frau.” 24 Dot kot ncle Ea is. her husbind ce e came |as a gypsy. He had a sweet and lovely | ™} wouid rather ane would purchise For Bridget was a kindly soul Her home is just across the river | “'\ypon her father came in. she asked,| And my euzzin Arties mother. and the quickly | voice. The pecvple ul:;“ niu. t10u-{me, instead,” he replied, cracking B Soft was his bed, well filled his bowl; | from a great city, with a cathé@ral| .« ¥ e ¥ badour or wandering e whip at his spirited horse. He was'a happy cat. and & royal palice in P ok g ner P red, “I di She lives in a Nouse with 2 bathreoms e e e | “We Gid uot fiave lime.to acsue loks, > . Snipschen was 3 i, flored. cook ngnted Ll hore. £ 3 for“the little girl had already entefed Most dignified 'and neat was he: B Gont thigk she aver wer s Tt e el After George had shaken what water| Unfortunately the two brothers be- |ine store and was speaking to' the With pride quite beautiful to see | the city except on markst Gay g Lol e IR 6 cuid off his clothias bb patted 1ig |came in lo¥e w.th ¢ same lady. The |man at the coynter. He took the greatest care her father, who was a fisherman, car-| ' . and L 'y g00d | troubadgur fousht wi ‘g s & “I will charge you a Quarter for i i " Nelther WemS W-hu Shdian. you ke vou have saved my life. captured him and put him in a high ” Of his white.vest, his velvet toes, ried over all the fish he could catch,|;, tne tree, but only a red heron; and &a > = ¥ hé Doy’ P them,” said the clerk, “and you are His bristling, curved moustachios— to_sell in the public market. Femeanber, 1 @0 D0t WaBt you BWer She tells ixactly Wat evervbody sed So, lnz the dog’s strength, the boy's |tower. getting a bargain at that, ma’'am. Well groomed each shining hair. Then she got into the rowbeat be- to tell me @ thing till you are ‘Wen she comes back from sum |life saved. - One evening the gypsy mother came |” The littie gi*l agreed to this sale, side him, all dressed in her Sumdey{28in to tell me a thiag L7 ¥Ou AY __place shes bin, MAINE, Age 12. |to the duke's castle. She heard tBelang accordingly the man stepped (o But, oh, alas! ope ill-starred day best; with her thick wooden shdes S g O . And she likes to ride in awtomobeels| North Stonington. bell toiling and thé monks singing the | tho window. He took the dainty danger The cook, kind Bridget, went away, that had beén washed apd scoured till * BLBANOR DAYON, Aze 12. And be told shes looking thin. SES - | Miserere. She wondered Wwho Was|ang then reached out for me. And 'twas mot_long before they fairly shone, and with stocKin, Plainfield. z = = Margarst Walden's Honesty. about to be hanged. 2 “Thank you,” she said, as she cloded The family on pleasure bent, on—for Snipscheén never wore stock- She ses, O, my deer, and Reely, Margaret Weldon had alwayvs want- | She heard her betrothed singing 10W | the door bebind her. “I shall now b Away in whirling autos went ings except on Sunday and e e B Gl And, Indeed, O, yés indeed, ed a ring. Her chum, Lucy Hansen, |hard it was to be banged and how 11ard | aple to make one person in this wofld To summer at the shore. days, with a curious, tucked-up dress Learning to ontented. And instead of sumthing you want at | bad on1 with a diamond in it, and|it was to leave ler. She sang ba~k to0|puappy.” that 'made her look the veriegt little| <Oh, dear!” sobbeq Betty, ‘_I‘ne\;’{ Krissmuss Mafzarel ratuer. cavieg her. o |bim while the mottks were singing the | 1 lay in my dark wrappings, har8ly Barre i k< ‘h|old lady, and a hood that tried in|get what I wan girls She gives you sumthing yoin Déed. ne day her mother sent her to the | Miserere. e o devinig to_braathe, for. teas elis WoRld Megpe wach. window, locked. each Sl T Aaiiton s curling brisjn.g?ir fust what they wanted for Christmas, O = o e store for a- pound o Butter, on el BILEEN COONBY, Ase 13. |fo fiightenca and isoscn o pentls A1l a i She would brace one t upon e t me.” - way sl cqul nof e ng altic. ras| .. Ve ! L s ern heters e Tl e Tas aiia Dot b | Who are ail the giris, Motty7" asks She makes wunderfill peetch puddings|yyucy Hansen's ring and wished she — e it ek h:,'g,‘, l":,,‘ e et And luckiess Thomas, left pehind, |one 05 l‘he ";:;" !-;hn;nhwluefe‘cs &a oL ol soliy, ot ty 2% 20k 1o s B g Bag O it & a il My Two Little Pets. again, 1 thought: “Supposs this @irl Could neither food nor shelter find; dances or jov, o o er ve her e daughter what she mos 3 ‘wonder could earn enough I"have two liille puppies. They were |should not give me t N Lill Tarcl oo thin, fittle hands together gould not have|wished for, but pained to find her so|And she makes Artle do hic hoamwerk | money to buy & ring,” she thousht. “I|porn in Lisbon, Conn Sept. 5. 1916, |loving as nerseil, what will becomo of 3 reached around the oar. discontented with what she did get. - - | might take care of somebody’s baby | Their mother's name was Tootsie, and | me?” His once sleek coat all burrs and dust,| Snipschen’s mother did washing for| “Well, there’s May and Clare and for a little time, but mother would|tnair fathers name Tip. The puppies’ | Arriving at my destination, the =nila people in the city and that was whers | Dotty, and lots of others. too. They|Wen she seté in-a chair you cant see{not 1ét me, because she thinks I am/,ames are Prince and T'p, They had |took off the wrapping and ran to Her e e T met her first. I used often to see|got just what they wanted. They tol the chair not careful enough.- 1 might be an | irec liitis siaters. gt Comprised his scanty fare: v thi 2c|her when I took a walk upon the|{me so, this very morning, when Dof] And there izént mufch left of her|errand girl somewhere and run on|' yy; e e ¢ the Siaae O mother Sy Rt R Consumeg by thirst, mere ghost was| iU "bank. opposlte the city. sent a_rnote asking me ‘o come over 1ap, errands after school. iR e e R R G R sl B e B Of thé fine cat he used to be— The women all take the clothes they | for a fow davs, and see &l her new |And no mattir wat part of her house| While thesé thoughts ran throush|ister the little sisters were given|Tom?’ ~ He looked Ilike grim despair. have to wash down to the river, and | toys. OL, may I go? You said wou'd you are in her mind, she kept looking at ‘the|_ ... Her 'mother didn't reply, for she was there they scrub all day, with plenty |let me know this afternoon. May I, T S M $rounid. ~ EYSSncly ahe Jaw ther: on e pupPles are one-half sheoherd [struck by the generous heart of Her % ey f fresh water at hand, and spread | mether - APE. the ground, a ring with a ruby in it. " e o R e e I Bared noede | he cloths 9n the banic to dry 3 “Well, Beth, do vou think you de- Margaret picked it up ana put it on |350 el Sedsle, Wacn SRR comes |Canguer o o, Tttt oner and Inside & hostile door: T began by watching Snipschen|serve to so now. after belng so dis. ier fnger. ' It was rather larse, but |y, a5 wha Tup for a house dos, 1|niay Vou do t'ings even greatsr and - LI 3 =, nten al 2, vou E she he! on. o g 5 4 LS Gt R D A e ac fast o+ et | T @0 hope My littis, SIEf Wil scion Tesre | loast Mo what be meant But geter-{* 5,50 " Gverihg, whin ~ahe returned |love them just aa-if they Were my two |kinder than this!™ ahe excified acth feed. - ain g e o e {ines sho has g d with the] " He put me in a small bag with some | lome she looked at the paper and| ,pBrAmAM WASSERMAN, Age 1. | So wrapt In the sudden joy of mak- 5 g v Beth set out, Py at the 7 i i - 3 3 There bowled along a lumbering van, | Was when I asked her what her real thoutht ot visiting her blind friend | ittle hole in the bag and 1 could see e L el hiur ) lige LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. close to her heart. Bhe finally laid me eneath its wheels he blindly ran. D S | found her sitting all by | in the big stone house W all sorts going on. T e i O Tl pad. BN S T on the table and, taking up the Boer Hotteq Sasrar: Bt a herseif in a quiet spot, looking earn- | Of pretty things were. S wus traveling | called herself a thief. She could not . Went to a Picnie. dancer, Jeft the room. " oor hunteq vagrant of the street. |herseif in & aulet spot. loofing SOTe| " wWhen she arrived at her friend's|northward. After awhile ke reached a| think of going to bed with that heavy | Dear Uncle Jud: One day I went toa | -As I waited @ thovght: “ohere are His little heart had ceased to beat. Avthing was the matter, end she re- | house she was surprised to find her and there I found myself| pyrden on her mind, so she ran in- |picnic with my sister. We rode ap on |S0me good people in this world, and I All limp he lay, and dead. i -3 nly just waiting for the|little friend May, a lame little girl, | spread with some other stones, on a| gtantly and told her mother all about |a car to a lake where we got off, and | iucky to be possessed by one Bts -t cate aalt ol o ® ething | there, too. And, so she anticipated | smooth gurface. Upon looking around| it and gave her the ring. Her mother | went where the picnic was going to be. of them. e Alss that human thoughtless O %) a sreat time _ I found I was In an Indian wigwam. | jissed her and sent the ring to the|We had a swing and many games,| When my mistress returned her face Should bring such misery dnd dis-|that I want to KnOmc @ & could ten| After chatiing awhile, they went up| An old man and a lovely Young mali- i jady. When it was dinner timé we sat down | WAS radiant gnd her eyes beaming. B B oy LR Aes e TecET beow he piay room, and Beth was fairly | den were speakinz to the Jad who had | "The next day Margaret received a{on the grass and ate. She took me up, wrapped me in yaper Such_suffering as that Hig What it it vou want to know?: | delishted” with What she saw there. |found me. I knew at once by theifive-doflar bill and With it a note say We had cake sandwiches, lemonade {#nd put me intc a scented box. Poor Thomas knew, bereft of home, |fai 3 & “Ob, Dot!” she cried, (what bedu- | glances the young people gave each Buy yeurself & ring, which her|and many other things. Although thrre was everything to S t ing 3 She lonk‘zgj up‘dauxlh‘gnil:.th‘y::a::nc tifal things you have! Such a beau- [ other that they were to be married. | mother did for her. We started for home at 4 o'ciock, |make me happv. there was one thing For ShemEneT, g tiful doli! It beats my little raz one| The old man immediately began to JENNIE DINSMORE, Age 11. |and were very tired but happy. that prevented my happiness. = The blue ?” inlc " -eo e i ” = . all to pieces. I should think you'd|make arrows and used some of my| Mansfield Depot. SUSIE HOPKINS. |little dancer was to be given to Mary, I did not trv to amswer her, for t0|,c the happiest sirl with all those | companions as points. - Brooklyn. a pood girl, and I to Tom, an, o:phan Ard left ‘iipon the streets to roam. A starved, abandoned cat! UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- tell the tAath. I should like very much thin, & t = to play with. SGanahiie i e PRI boy. The thought of separation was to know myself. 5 o Lo eanwhile the young people went The Bird’s Home. s s A AWAKES. i = “Fq just as soon have vour ras dolL | gutaide | AC last #t was my turn o be T g el e e DRE [GUS CoMmpIiRteL: yory_ paintal, butii could not be Few grown people know w! a Skunk Huntin, O e e ama " tell wie how this|Used as a point. I was fastened se-|Gf making the nest, but there is one| Dear Uncle Jed: It was George| Afterwards I found 3 = people know what eyes’ fo 3 e ety G tTan SHEE 4 S5 arrole. Deay 3 2 3 wards I found Tom w; chila wonderful thing a tree is, for they| During the winter season skunk |looks. Do you really like.it?” holding : thing almost all of them try to do, and | Washington's birthday and Junn's |us gentle as m: former Histress. He The-old man then called the two in|that is te hide it. They cannot put|mother told him all about ( 72 % P 3 i v . " Moo up a large beautifully dressed doh: - 2 t A n b cherished , fur T was the only - have =o little interest ‘in things ahgut | DURUNE 1s very pRpwlar @ Moo HEht e I Sobered down instantly. She|and the maiden bade her father £00d- |heir homes out in plain sight, as we|Washington. “My son.” she said thing In the ‘world that He Poseessed ‘hem that they are ignorant of its| weuld see his shedow and would stay | raised her head to the little girl hold- | bye. She was going to the tribe of|do our*houses, because so many crea-|member that George Washington never |By day he played with me, and by habits or power. in his hole. So the darkest nights are|ing the srand doll, and she wondered ,"f" \w:w&'efl- hflhe» Minnehaha. love- | tures want to rob them. Squirrels|told a lie. 5 night he slept with me, and T consig- A tree always represents prepared- | best for them to run. which she would rather have, this | liest o cotah women, was to live|and snakes and rats and some big| i was about § o'clock in the morn-|ered myself the luckiest being 'n th&~ N =i e To go skunk hunting it is necessary | beautiful doll and no eves to see it| With Hiawatha, brave and strong. He|birds, and cats and many others likeling and John went to school. He 1ead | world ness. Tt takes eVery tree a vear to| i have-a good.hunting dof, a stout | with, 6r her little raz doll and two | €athered the arrows and away (hay|io eat eggs and young birds. about the story of George Washinzton | At iength he grew older and mo zet ready for the next year's leafage|stick and a flashlight. A lantern can|eves to see just how it looked. Then fl%}mé SE s RN R So most l}:lr_ds, h;s. first sof all, rtcg and the cherry tree and how he told | longer cared to play. Every day 1 was ind fruit. Trees ‘conld mot put out|be used, but it gives the skunk an op- | she turned and iooked at the pale lit-| While zoing through the woods a|find good hiding places. Some tlhythe truth. less and less noticed until finally I was portunity to see the hunters and he is| tle face beside her, the face of a lit- | bear suddenly came ushes | warblers g0 to the tops of the tallest | That evening his mother baked some | lort to myself in is coat HOCKEL, en. their leaves in the spring if they had 2 tie mirl who could have a lot of toys,|and Hiawatha took me, placed me in|trees and hide tWe nest amon: ies d cake> and made some SPale t not made them reads to open and | Shanie ase usually found in open | too. but would much rather be abic | bis bow and before I knew it I was|jeaves. Orioles hang swinzing | Bive put these ir. the pantre: Sl | B A D eiled them tp in nuds last vear. 1t iote “They Iive in holes which belong | to run about and play Jike most all | traveling into thered flesh of the bear | cradie at the end of a branch. where| john stole + and ate some cakes v nd ¢ cket so0n békun to P & SR to the woodchucks. They do not dig | sirls. Then shp recalled the wordscausing him to growl flercelv. cats and snakes and naughty bovs|ang part of a pie. He also ate some =igns o e is wonderful such great leaves can be |0 Z1€¢ WOOLE E @ catse it i t0o|she had spoken to her mother that}have killed himi for I moved no more, | cannot come. Song sparrows tuck the|jam, : Bos#te U posiet Syhee Latky, iang 1 vacked away and Xent secure from |much trouble. May and Dot could have everything | neither did he. little nest in a tuft of weeds on the|™ Laier on his mother discovered some “-‘115”{?65 ':Svm‘:\;“!&rk::; n_o;.h;:r i “rost and beating winds during all the | | The hunters start out and the dog | they wished, and fof the first time she | Many vears afterwards a sray-hair- | ground, and bobolinks hide it in the | calies and part-of a pie and some jam |throush, bui at length, feeling excecd: ‘i finds them. . He barke savagely when | realized that even the richest girls|ed man found me sgorching among | decp grass. Were missing. <he went into the din- |ingrs ired. for you sed I was ol See, o s he sces the skunk. Then the hunter | comldn’t have evervthing they de-|the bones of the dead. Il took p After a csafe place is found theyling room and asked: “Children, who [T fell asleep. : The pussy-willow is bursting its | henS up and striies the skunk on the | sired. and she resolved never again to{on me and carried me to his home far | have to gét something to build of |aie some pie »nd some cakes and| When I awoke it wae broad d o buds or catlins, which were grown in | head. e is brought home and skin- | erumble about thinzs she couldn't e s Loghan L awoks it WAGbrond dayiigh 1916. The reasen it is called the pus- | ned. fave but to be zlad and contented John felt the spiri Gusty, forlotn, and helpless. T whs sy-willow Is because it rosing buds ARTEHUR JAMES, A5 10 | L B e v —_— ington and eaid: : Drusted up. by (ho sixeet siekndr Snd £ buas| ponge. "After spending a few happy days at i John thought he would be praised, |thrown into a can, where I am lying @ are covered with large, silvery hairs, - the stone house, Beth returned home \ las George Washington was, but he 4 & e y 5 _retur 3 4 s, 80t [now, awaiting the end. Although 1 = SH3 SRS e Ay M S e B A s ity atrld end WHAT SHEP DID IN AN EMERGENCY & spanking. 77 |Fnow that tne nour of death is dratwing ed catkins or'little cats. And its| The dog is a friend that never de- | FONCL B 10hined on the first day - Yantic JARRY SOHATZ, Age il [near. I am peifectly contented, for 1 vellow tassels were hid there so tht|serts his master. No matter how bad- | (RS IESSON SO0 SORSE Slars antic. e Yy am sure I Mave given happiriess as when the sun supplied the heat and |1y he may e treated. he is always . GRACE KERN. A Trip to Norwich. i ““HDLEN FRINK, Age 18 power . they coulgd spread themseives Vith i B Norwich. = Dear Uncle J. d: It was a breezy day, Tt 4 . P Bt e i g e Mr. Lane, his son, dog Shep, and|]decided that seven men were holding [ wednesday, Mareh 14, 1815 and ww| orvich: and invite the bees to sup their honey | animal seems to know as much as the g = p ) his master's step as|Coming to Lisken from New York| , .. Cassie, lived in a pretty cottage fast to a rope which was fastened t0|mother thought that it would be a gocd so théy might load them with pollen A ¢ ¥ ; an even find ity. some part of the ship. day taki i The Sissy. or willow dust, that other willows el 25 s toice. and.can even e vod trpm Mo |PU8T the seisicre in R——. ARewt| prave sturdy Paul Graysen, .who s N A R o iia Tea. &S et B Wk may ‘produce seed and the wind may | = BDesides ihis the dog is a useful ani- | Last eummes Te MOVSS Tromh IO fopposite, some = distance from =~ the|was the best swimmer in New Eng-| We got on thc 1 o'clock ear to 5o to[a naughty boy. He put chewing gum sow them far and wide. mal. On some farms he is often set!Iork, Cit¥, 1, CoSiOr, N, journey | Reach. was a large rock called the|land, offered to swim to the wreck if|Norwich. When we got on the car it |in a liftle boy’s curls and thém put ink Seagull, nearly as cruel and treacher-|they would fastén one end of a rope|was fuli and we sat there for aimost |on them, and called him Siesy, Lo, ous as Bolling Rotk. which was Sit |securely on the #flore. The other end|an hour; and when we got to Noiwich | The liiile boy's Thotter WAL pese 16 L 3 London S e ise to ihe|he fastened to his body, and after|we went up to the ahoe store to get a |Bob's house on Saturday morning afd tv just as soon as the sun sets them | dogs are used to draw slelghs. Six or|Lomdon. . .. .o ¢ gleastward: and which wrecks every|reaching the wreck he intended fo|pair of rubbers and then we went up | told Bob's motlier what Bob nad domé i tion: i eight are fastened to a sleigh, with an| The b i ship that comes in contact with|fasten it to the vessel s6 he and the|to the Plaut-Cadden stor e Sibgnrg in motion; and the pushing power of | Si&ht e head to 1ead hem.|o'clock in the evening. 1 went to the|Jn P o 416 hoiling waves. for the suc-|men could cling to it whils swimmin; e to get a| Bob's mother told Bob he would have trees is many horee power. The pow- | Tiey oh of 1Mo Head iom to the Vient | ticket office to buy my ticket to New | 30% T L1l "0, eF 2¢" this point draws | to the shore S |harmonica for my brother; thea we|to dress up like a girl and do a wifTs er. needed 10 hold an osk or elm tree|or the left as they are bid. London, but imagine my disappoint- |, vosser in the boiling water on to- St whlen was Aot trom |tk 8 Ave fal ey bent bore | work for.one Week. i place and clothe it in leaves is| The following story will show how 'tnznt';;’;;" Ihe ticket seller sald T was | wards the dangerous rock before she|the great white caps high in the air,|to the Davis theatre and saw a won- | Then Bob was sullen. When his greater than the power of an engine | MUch the dog know o S A % could net so niess | can, chanse her course. S almost blinded the man &s his firm |derful picture snd vaudeville, and we |MOther told him t wipe the dishes he ohi a i 3 sine | A lady while walking along a road, {"‘TTegd P zhm’m The Life Saving crew was stationed | strokes grew weaker and weaker, and |staved to the first reel of picutres and | 85 SO angry that he broke three Which serd the touring car past you|was overtaken by a strange dog, gl on the mainland between these two|the angry waves broke ocecasionally|the vaudeville, and then dishes; and when his mother told him on e road af a speed of 35 or 40| which tried to attract her attetion| My mother ‘g:fa!;fl?"’m‘t‘fica“':’:::{ rocks. over him. About half the distance{snd shopped. We came out |, gweep the floor he madé &6 much miles an hour. by looking up to her ucad ‘;1;“: 1‘n‘ na T'd try to buy muy. ticket| One evening when the September|was covered when the men on shore| We then took the car and came dl;s% his moéherhhnd hm opén_all the It requites préssure fo grow the | A% She 8id mot stop the dog at Jawt. [came fa, 04 TS U0, D fhe evcived I]eguinoctial storm was in full force jrealized that he was not @rawing out|home again. We reached home at|INGCWE 824 when the veys Wlat by : o8, : atood dn frint oF DEx w0 Gaat. sho Lo gt i ] -T|Mr. Lane read a story to Bobbie, who | the rope and hastily pulled him ashore | half past 5. We had a very good time, | P¢Y Peeped in at tie windows and vegetables ‘and flowers in the gardens. | go Do tr’lnrt;-er.dm e o heaith officer came- to’ me- and|laid befors the hearth where 2 bfil{t in an exhausted condition. i EDITH FIRTH, Age 1v. |52id “Hello! Eis. and under test a squash vine has b the dog n 3 urt her, blaze glowed with his arms aroun s| After young Grayson had been| Baltic. 4 That made him mad and he would q vine has been |, 25 (1€ S O%Eht there must be some. |asked me where I wanted to go, I told | Plaze S10med T Mg, Sl Sioune o e 1o the. nearest house, Shep, tic. to tend the sheep, and when this is|Df ! Nort| Thevlea.!tl'e and bloom upon all the done, few of them are ever lost. aione. I :lggl?h:o!::ul;xer twio §-';; trees is ready to clothe them in beau-| In the cold countries of the north Fiver to take = -~ known to lift eighty pounds, .and a| g ract animal. | hini that I was going home. He said | 0% - 3 not speak to thzm for a wesk. But B itself through a concrete walk. found that her shawl was missing.|{he promised to try to get a ticket for Where they often saved ihe lives of “rie ‘& 76pé about him, quick” Dear Uncle Jed: Oné day in Janu- When she turned back the dog ran |me. lost travellers in blinding snow storms.| This was done and the dog plung- |2T¥ Of€ of my friends had a birtnday INNETH V. FRYHR, Age 18, Men work in the fleld and srow | 1050 Barking and showing his joy in| Later in the cvening he save me the |10t travelicns (2 DURIINE SOOW SUlie i hto the winrlpool while the Baten. |Party, and I was invited. I went dowp | NOrth Frankiin. vegetables all their lives and die with- | every way he could. ticket. rignt after school. My sister went sut ever having found this out; but our e what the Wy stinptd. the I went to my stateroom feeling that gogtgdhtm” and ';hg,';_t“t';‘;t:‘l'gl_‘?g = ';?’:3. vlmm::gd bgsh-m \miuld'.he R T T sinter. walt Wide-Awakes are going to know {t{ Causht hold of her dress, as if to Jead [a great burden had been lifted from e ol man by the shoulders and swam for | We were the first ones there, 5o we sat &’ Usicle. Jed foel it her on, till, at 1ast, he brought her to |my mind. 2 Those were good, brave dogs, Dad as they neared the beach the|d0Wn to wait for the rest. ::*eznl;:e e s sure they will not | the spot where: the shawl ny,A & lnt :l;% mT'?'c:rhxl" xé:wlea:d:hnf’b“’ no better than Shep, for he is a]life-saving crew pulled them ashore. Ar'l;r a wl:li?n they all ca;‘ne, and " : ICKA, Age 12. | boa: 5 A we an es. irst THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. gz : oA e omms sucosione."t an¢ [pet has never beew trained, so he|turning with the last man the ship [Peanule Affer that wé piayed olng 2 5 - Henesty. - b - “lcould not exce se dogs’ ank. e exhausted dég ana man : . 1—Hillen Frink, of Norwich—Ruth| A merehant required ‘an . additional |S¥ersd them all and he gave me per- ¢ fiece"he could, for dogsie’s|lost their strength and as the two|, After that they hung a large cloth - Fielding Down. in Dixie. wd.al?!ra.l ‘or” 2 & NROTNSTTE H, MARKEWI1z, |natural instinet would' enable him to[were pulled ashore loud cheets were e N ey T o s 2—Anna Argerson, of Norwich—Ruth i e ) gitie. ool D e i s Paa | T D A O e e v | 50t the fall ‘meardst right gSt 4 prise. X a at Fielding in Mgving Pictures. told the tail % 3—A > t el 3 out to Seagull and Roaring rocks, s E got the prize for that, and it was a of Baltie— |2 sina, h g My Trip to the Movies. eplieq Bobbie. e " Sismerned. ¢ |box of crackerjucke. A Markewi Fa 3":;’ o the » Tol One day my mother and I wént to his fatmer smilingly remarked,|and eléar and ¢he rescued men were| After that we played that we were Grandy, ; X Fantih 3 B Tl feared the dog would never iy h ;: parcel postmen. There was a parcel Piehe Year at High e b pug pidtume Bt R I & ot e eteerdn Pt A A R i |midaen in the réom for each of us, and 3 and . spen as school was out. walked | that vicinity were not likely to be giv- fcent surf was caused by the great|RECR VT O Iw < g P We! opened eyer, of Taftville—Tom v Z to Hanover, a iittle village two miles |en to dolr for swimming long dis- [waves and billows b ng as they | /TTL o 'y packages of trans- tivity. %fl 3 2 south of my home, where we stopped |tances.” He was interruypted by struck the rocks on shore. 'flPC o bdd we Hia Heibel, of Taftvate— 2 3 m«&:‘. house and wai un- | loud booming of guns. Shep received the best of care, but| o8 bireha “”'Q > . 44 o SR RS . R [0 e e S | | T et e o, B e Teske edems b6 st ma | P 0L, " Gt e e nnd | saé e . il ear] in the ove e loud - Ing an s master. 4 »- (B B S seq. th “ag ve on They B dhren suns [of Tus wind And waves the cuns could | e mheu sr the lfa-ssving station | Andy Snd psatiuts. = S T had a very good timé, and I hope per they took. us by automobile to |be distinctly heard, and the intense |in tlmé:‘ .r’no;:.ualy.-t‘;'um;;:“ .rescmd all of the Wide-Awakes will have a& V. Fryer, of North FairReld’s Huntisg itic, where the pictures were to be fdarkness, which was caused by the[that b happy birthda: o = _|heavy cluds, was lightened by con-[that Shep had by a unanimous vote|Ve"Y PARRI RIWACRSL . iere were So many people that we flashes of bright light from sky [béen elected an honorary member of | o . ion ALTRE Y “The Cesk of the Reost” drawn by w rize books living in the We lad = s crew. Roger Miner, of North Franklin. of pi : city. call at The Builéetin sl- , Then we wenc into Mr. Lane exclaimed, “A vessel has| The members of this crew with the - & ness office for them at any hour after e n s verioc St kie some ice fatinck the Seewuii Ruck, and taking [rescued mer hung on Shep's collar a| The Adventures of a Soldier. | s il RO of THureaLy. 2 = __{eream. Wher finished we started | his field glass he and Bobbie donned qbn that would not tarnmish. Dear Uncie Jed: One bright day in |[MOTHER GRAY'S POWDERS 33 boy said, “he found it on the|for , feeling quite pleased with |their rubber coats and hats and start- bie, of course, was proud of winter I lay proudly displayed in a toy BENEFIT MANY CHILDREN IR~ s o and put it where it would ~be our evening's en t. (ed with Shep for the beach where a|dog and often would laughingly say: |shop window, looking at thé snow-clad | .ousanas of mothers have found LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT E - > YETTA R large crowd had preceded them. “Dad! What about Shep’s excelling |streets that strctchéd before me. Mother Gray's Bweet. Powders % : Ky z nnmdd. “As it m Baltic. . The lifé-boat, which had béen quick- | other dogs?* As I turneéd to the doll dancer at|cellent remedy for childrén compliin- Hazel McDaniels of Ihfld _flt- to te any one, why those mad| And Dad would trémblingly reply, as |my side, a sound of tiny feet, patter- | icg of headache, colds, feverignnsss. ter: I received the prize I » w he recailed the horrors of that night: |ing over the snow, caught my ear, and | stomach troubles and howel 1 - & thank You for it. “Hecause it @id net " . shore until they were opposite “Shep was a wonder. and 1 hope |presently a liitlé fur-clad figure ap- |larities from which children suffer h 4 % . I was fas | wreck. that you, my son, when a man, will [peared before me. Heér kind face antl | Gufing these dave These powder: d 5 E z “Flashes of light were seen, then the be as faithful and persistent in a £00d | zentle eves told of the good deeds (hat | fiay And, plessant to izke 4nd cwiel: in 3 W &n more flashes, | canse as was yon: dog.” she thought secreted in her heart. J use. TUsed by mothers for 20 yaswm. lifesaving crew DIANA. “How 1 wisli that little girl would | Sold by druggizts everywhere, 15 cents.