The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1899, Page 31

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 31 will never be through eating until I can eat no more. But hurry now. I want some fine mountair trout at once and some bread and some wild honey and a plenty of the milk of the red goat that lives in the belfry.” This puzzled the giantess. She found the trout and the bread and the wild heney, but she had never heard of a red goat that lived in a belfry. So the breakfast was put on the table without the milk. “A pretty giantess ds ever the sun shone on you certainly are,” said the TN o ~ B re. of lions. The king of the lions seized ing sand, and the ogre was covered up giants than in your hands. Now I am ho had some knowledge of hu- ferocious giantess and made a business \ RINCE T DON'T CARE reached ihe the Prince by his stout cloak and sald: and could not get out of the pit. Only going down to breakfast, If you will Lance who had some KnoWIedes BE B ot preving upon people. S BTORE D, urther bank, saw the “What good luck is this! 1 have here his head was above the surface. His get some more giants I don't care.” breakfast until I have the milk.” She went out, and by this time her three-hei i Gorbozo. There was & Tich prize to carry home to my mas- howls awoke the glant, who came into ~ When the Prince found the breakfast 'qpl ohiniece went out and found that father, aided by several other giants, giant before or since who was ter, the great Gorbozo.” Hearing this the castle yard in haste to sete what room he was surprised at the height some bad boys had driven a goat up had succeeded in breaking open the = St as criel as Gorbok@ie SCAthE the Prince was easy in his mind, for he was the matter. At the same instant of the table and also at the size of Gor- i, the belfry and there had painted it huge iron front door and ran into the man.” he shouted to Prince I knew that the lion now would not dare the king lion bounded into the court. bozo’s favorite chair. ~He tore up a .3, She made all haste to get the ¢astle. He smelled the breakfast and “wou will make a fine to hurt him. What would happen next? The giant was angry at being napkin, that was. as big as the cover- ;i and when she brought it to the Went to the breakfast room. The Prince The Prince made no boastful speech, but k from his pocket a ball of stout d it until he had a rope uppose that he has other giants Well, I d -care.” It was this habit of saying "I don’'t care ” € in danger that had wen e which the Prince had. n to his words he took 1 loaf of bread and a and ate heartily while at him. “I am coming ,"" he shouted to Gor- on as I have done eat- out for me.” When he 1ough he tied one end of a tree and made the other nare. In the snare he put A great eagle was speed- the snare. The Prince, d the rope under his going over the head > giant laughed heartily. when he gets you into ered the Prince, but lew straight toward a high will kill me if you fly right If so dainty for you to eat if Why don’t you “I don’t care,” said the Prince. “I will now get closer to the giant and I may have a chance to surprise him.” The lion trotted down the road to the killed by the giant, but his heart was stout. In a few minutes he was in the castle, in the giant's parlor, and Gor- bozo was looking at him and laughing. “Welcome,” said the giant in a loud voice that made the lofty rafters of his castle shake. “I told you that you would be good for me to eat. It was kind of you to save me the trouble of coming over the river to get you.” The Prince was put in a big dungeon with a servant of the glant, a frightful two-headed ogre, to guard him. “Do you like money?” asked the Prince of the ogre. “Have you any with you?” “No; but 1 know where there is a plenty, and if you want it I will show You where it is after the giant has gone to sleep.” At midnight. when Gorbozo had be- gun to snore, the ogre let the Prince out of the dungeon. The two, the Prince and the ogre, had long-handled shovels. The Prince pointed out a place where awakened, and thinking that the lion had spoiled his sleep he struck the lion with a riding whip that he had in his hand. He ran into the castle, through the doorway that the giant had left open, and having boited the door behind him he jumped into the glant’s hu-~e bed and went to sleep. He knew that the giant would not be able to break down the castle. “Let them fight it out while I get rested,” said the Prince. “If they should get into the castle it would be bad for me, but—I don’t care.”” So say- ing he went to sleep and did not awaken until the sun was shining in through the iron-barred windows of his room, 7 Hearing flerce howls in the castle yard he climbed up to the window by a rope ladder which he made by tearing up some of the bedclothes of Gorbozo. “Let me in,” howled the giant at him. “If you do not I will get some more giants and tear the castle down.” “If you come in you will kill me,” answered the Prince. “I shall be no worse off in the hands of a thousand ing of a tent, and threw it over the chairback and then climbed up into the chair hand over hand after the fash- fon of sailors. - In front of him was a giantess, the daughter of Gorbozo, came into the room. When she saw Prince I Don't Care she was greatly surprised, but being full of fun she came up to the Prince as he sat at the table and asked humbly what he would like. “Breakfast, and that very quick- 1y!” roared the Prince, striking the ta- ble heavily with his clenched fist. “Come now; move as if you were used to waiting upon a gentleman every day Prince she laughed aloud. “I have the milk now and you must eat your break- fast. After breakfast you are mine.” The Prince smiled gayly and said: “T and cut from the bread a slice so thin that the glantess could see the light through it. ‘“‘At this rate,” said the Prince, “this loaf of bread will last me a week. You can run away now and play and I will call you when I want anything.” The giantess saw that the Prince had played a trick upon her, but she al- ways kept her word, even if she was a and don't stand there looking at me as4 @+ © 40+ 040404+ 240404 if I were' a curiosity out of some mu-& + seum.” “I am Grundalkin, the daughter of Gorbozo,” answered the glantess, “and I think that I will breakfast after you+ are done; that is, I will eat you up¢ after you have finished eating.” ‘““And you promise me that you “'H]‘ not eat me until I.am through eating?’ ® “Yes,” answered the giantess. “Very well, then,” said the Prince; "if you keep your word that will be all right and I will die of old age; for 1+ ‘was not there. Where was he? D. H W. (To be continued.) —— - Freddie, aged 5, £ ) hold his v veight. gate of the giant’s castle, and when he The Prince was no more concerned in bell. This he rang, out of bravado, 0 e. You said that I could live _. _had been watching e ol e o' had reached the gate roared to be let this fight than he had been in the bat- and before the sound of the bell had Gomi 1 hed finiehed eating.” _Then he his mother preparing the turkey for e %ight the siant’ he satd, in. The Prince saw a chance to be tle between the eagle and the serpent. stopped ringing through the house 2 tank from his girdle his sharp dagger dinner and finally said: “Mamma, I'd rather be a wild turk: one.” “Why so, dear, e asked. “Be- cause,” was the reply, “a wild one can run around on the prairie all his life than a tame cannot slee e “Well,” replied Willie, my back."” +04040404040404040 frcm you. old might be found and set the ogre, o : B e Stonger. 1o digging. = @+ 04+04 04040404040+ 0404040+ 0 4004040404 “Are we most down to the gold?"+ asked the ogre, after he had dug awhile. ¢ “Yes; keep at work and I will watch4 to see that the giant does not come to take it all away from you after you have found it.”’ By this time the ogre was in a pité The eagle was a little he Prince had advised. The >d b - a huge serpent. He knew agle and theé serpent. That was 1 twined himself around the eagle and DT Sying Mol Bl yol pe = rokenallyy . who had his eves open, slipped needn’t mind to fix her hair, know the crack is there #) ht time, cutting the piece of his cloak mouth. He did not stop to see eagle and the serpent, but ran n more trouble, for the cave was full fifty feet deep. Before he could get outy of the pit the Prince began to shovel the dirt back into the pit. It was slid- 2464040404040 F0+0+0F 00 +oForep tOTOTOPOLOLIOLOLOS OurF irst \Sorrow: HAT. crving, Molly ? And you've dropped your ° aris.dolly ? Well, do not break your tender heart Because her pretty head’s apart. A little glue, some patience, too, Will make Adele as good as new. I'll fnénd thatibroken do CO000000CO00UWO0000 iv. so cheer up, Molly. COCO00000000000C0000 the second bath of the day, sobbed be- & Will hide this vgly crack, and so Adele herself will never know. Then cheer up, dear, althotigh "tis clear French dollies need much watching here, S‘nu:, crying. girlie _ Why, see, her blonde halr curly he had! He was ready to forgive his aunties now for all the time that they had caused him to lose from the back yard; he was even willing to forgive the soap that had been washed into his eyes only to be scrubbed out again. Never were such cakes made for a lit- tle boy before; never was his plate so piled with Juxuries. Whoop! HURRAH! Coming to aunties is all right after all. He reflected that it was mamma who always seems to know when a little boy is hungry—who had fixed him for lunch. door bell just before mamma is about to start for home. Her company stays some time. The sun is tired of shining any more for the day—just as Little Mister is almost tired of playing. He goes into the house hoping that his aunties will urge him to have some ot cure iKs too, endure weeping, Molly! sition as was poor William Tell’s son, Wwhen the apple was about to be shot from his head. The lion slept on. Frank had made sure that the rifle was all right before he aimed. The perspiration was stand- ing on his brow from excitement, but his hands were steady. All being ready Frank spoke out aloud: “Keep perfectly still.” 1 was as silent as a statue—but not ] So dainty, with such curly hair like yours, girlie the muzzle of Frank's rifle was pointed the lion. Awakened by Frank's voice Ella« Sexton i : directly for my head. As a matter of the brute looked up. His head was e e e fact I was in about as ticklish a po- raised a trifle above my shoulder. Quick as a flash Frank fired. The bul- let must have entered the lion’s brain. It stiffened out after a brief struggle, in which its claws were used to tear up my hunting suft “Hurrah for William Tell,” shouted 1, leaping up and rushing over to shake Frank's outstretched hand. The lion was a cub, but quite a large one. Frank has the skin and I have kept the claws for a memento WELCOME SURFRISE. By MINNIE BRADLEY, SAN FRANCISCO. HE ground was covered with snow. We were all going to visit Grandma on my birthday. This was in the East. The big sleigh was in front of the house and there were two horses hitched to it. We a beautiful tree, just like a Christmas tree, and it was full of lovely presents. I got a gold ring, a writing desk and many other things, and the baby had a rubber doll and a rocking horse, a wagon and other things. We had a nice time playing games after dinner. We stayed at Grandma's all night and had a lovely sleigh ride home the next morning. That was the nicest birthday that I ever had. oS © cause ' his -ciothes \’eryt'wi]] é'flllhthe same—the calt(ei1 are more cakes—which took the largest sleigh, because we were CORRES—BN x ! SR o Z ~ X7 : £ great! n ere are so many of them! they do, and he going to meet Aunt Ida on the way. & o LLITTLE Vi ISTERQS WET DAY e pEtel ot ary, e And when mamma holds up a warning votes Inwardly tha Uncle Phil drove. It was a long way N ATy ° 1. =3 5 ivildlss 8 e ik B o resucg'l“e hfis ?Pr]llggr uskLn:le‘Mlster‘beglgs to eat his they—both thecakes through the snow to Grandma's. When wI‘>eal'tl3dl‘tlor: Ixthou‘gmh! would write % 2% . & PR rd cake, it is auntie who comes to and the aunties, but we came to her home, a large white Y0u a few lines. I am in the sixth grade. 000000000002 00000200020C0000000000000C0 Bl g ine shaok his rescue after all and says: “The the cakes first—are Dhad e A Eit ootiwhile Untls Phil 1y teacher's name is Miss Parkman. 1 = unpleas- be placed upon dress parade. In came taed (o combtenl cakes are plain and T made them for too sweet for any- took the horse to the barn. Grandma h2}e & Bet dog. His name ls Jack. He is Little Mister, doubly sweet and doubly tpeo i ~comfort him; Jet him have them all this time.” thing as he has often heard his mamma was very glad to see us. We had never name is Lucflle. She is very handsoms sticky. All that an industrious mamma gaple to stroke her Then Little Mister forgives her com- say—although he has never clearly been to see Grandma since she had She is 2 years old. My papa lets me write could do had not been enough to restore fur the wrong way pletely. Yes, as he toddled away from made out what she means by that. But, moved and we were anxious to see the on his typewriter. Christmas weck papa the “vhite dress to dress-parade condi- gome time before the table, once more bound for that when the cakes are all eaten, Auntie new house. and T made some home-made candy. 1 tion. lae result of the pleasing en- ghe became uneasy back yard—was there ever such a back brings out a horrid pall full of warm We were just inside of the house €nioy W{f‘"fi the Boys’ and Girls’ "Page counter with good molasses candy Was and ran s was ooy vard like it any where else in all the water and into it he goes, regardless when we were met by our eight cousins, J7¥ much, We all like Tho Call. T am in view. The company was no longer his = clothes were world! Auntie even slyly put a pep- of his protests, when he Is scrubbed. four girls and four boys. First we g > your rency, o the Longtellow Bis 4 detained. In cne minute by the watch ready to ee ut“ege permint candy—his choicest confection— Hear his voice raise went up to the nursery and began to LERA F. URDICK, San Jose, Cal s et the sofled dress was off and Little Mis- ume>mnre 1‘;“1 Lh‘j in one of his hands and looked so cute in wailing. Was he play. Then I wanted to go downstairs i por o , te s in a wash bowl “to get the .gle . Mister said: and fu.ny that Little Mister has to ever happy in this and into the parlor, but I found that Dear Editor: I thought that T would : jcky off.” el st laugh. But his honest mind makes him world? Will be ever door was locked. ' I asked why this WS Y00 G20, WAGh | wrpte to you 2 i > b e S go to mamma with it. She, too, laughs be happy more? He was and they told me that Grandma |; & e ' K, und his I don't want be clean,” protested away old bowl I Sy dig it 3 o8 Taa s S like to see the children’s letters in The and Little TR 1€ 58D Alnyity i e SAbN'T MES him YAnY: nioreao T/ rpins this t!me and says: “Well, if you are thinks nnt_. The had a surprise for me and she had kept Call. 1 was very happy to see my poem ¥ . g0 play e w7 Did G ’ sick your aunties must come over and bath comes to an the door locked that I might not find published. I have a little dog. We call vivimty e Ly o ‘;‘““(1;9 the b““}"i take care of you.” Then they all laugh end, as do all things 2 3 wie Mty o to rab ronghi avar hided to 4 towel and Little Mister sings at the top of his worldly. He feels R i MR iEINe: Bt now; the = “?s Sensl- yoice as he begins to play. very comfortable, Gaze upon this picture and answer who is the hero whose features are disclosed :, mu ‘,,{ AR h sur:h\\‘s war:’n The children in the next house peep after all. Then he in the puzzle picture. So long as the earth stands there will never be a greater i M ushe e i sosier was on th: ground. tnrough the fence to see who is sing- finds out that he is man than this. s >l de clean and without any one fearing that he would yn0 gueh a jolly song. It Is about “Sing tired. Then—well cont a1 g !ht‘ was T‘)]:’-aflf-d. catch rom.‘ The'sapd 1§ Ic'len\n._ sgld a song o’ sixpence, pocket full of rye' here is his picture ally clean ba dressed in his pl. the aanties encouragingly, “and it will a5 rest and about the Ki S and that shows the trouble « clothes and turned all shake off.” At which Little Mister ‘Gloon' 200 “MNipped off & " Sorns S hit he aois e kind friend, adrift in the back looked unspeakable gratitude—and then yyjckeq blackbird! Lucky bird to be So this stage of the n stuffed yard \\]‘H.’z r-j -shnw{ {3;:{282911‘2; fi(;t c(‘l;:]tg oxce tmoredas snug! Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! game. See him and _his joy anc St a A 3 tray do; at v e e X 2 e So0h' TorgOLtE i look-d wistfully in under the gate anq DUt #1as! There comes a ring at the VBN troubles of thebowl. wouh:‘ llndni'; !zlag: dc&m “in to play with o May no bowl ever the chi he had been invited. ~Little psne fhom) ver Miscer com‘orted the doggie tor nis loss THRILLING MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE. | more lasting grief! by giving him his cookie. The dog His aunties” smiled wml!(lld rlml dzo e but, e~ting his 5T g as he sang, in a ¥ cookie, lay down close to the gate, get- i fine little trebel: “Dere’ll be a hot time ting his head as close to the child as T TNl fudoel and: manpovs heainnot juppupand e in de old town t'night,” and talked to the fence would let him. : R e S L B S n ’'sev 1:-he ca the kitten and told her that she need not wash her face so often “for you had no canny” feandy). Sweet smells stole out from the kitchen to the open air. How the happy hours passed, all sun- shine! When luncheon was ready the Little Mister's eyes took on a look of naphtha launch three sum- mers ago, during the long va- cation from school. We slept under the awning which by day kept off the heat of the sun. The launch as the sequel will ~rove. “Lie still,” he whispered almost in- audibly. “Your lion is a big fellow, I have my rifle here and after the brute drops off to sleep again I will"— lolly” (his The aunties were making cake of the apprehension, Two = ~ 3 asure) “to - Sort most liked b - Little Mister. His baths in ene fore. had no cabin. The worst enemy that Here he was interrupted by the re- wiv when he keen senses told him all about this, but noon had led him e encountered during BNt Was newed snarling of the lion, and so his to see me— he had beer. taught not to ask for any- to believe that nij the Sacramento River mosquito, Who purpose was, to some extent, a mystery came from the tules accompanied by to me. The silence seemed to pleass can't thing when Le went visiting. Alas, aunts had become so ked. Rills of sweetness rolled un- temptation awalits us all! There was a addicted to fmmer- 811 his blood and b‘°“‘ze‘; ‘::;‘lflf"& :Re lion, which.dattex: looking about a ved from the corners of a par- dish of coffee gelatine placed upon a sion that he was _One Saturday nigh han Ongvr& htle, rgstud‘xel ::da\lea eep sigl m}:1 ti rosy little mouth, when two table upon the back porch to cool sure to be ‘“held member, for then we avman adven- then went quiet! yl sf&ep{, eanflymst e t playing leap fri Little Mister . .nted to poke uis grimy np'* inthe interest turc WHICHIL shiuk; yousuill agree was warin pldce that ithad founs. s oke his mirth to tt little finger: into the sweets—and so of cleanliness at thrilling. We were well up !de river Thinking it over as well as I could His cl he did. It was hot—had not cooled off any time and for a Above Sacramento and had tied up the under the circumstances, I was satis- ribbon vet. Little Mister was startled, pulled iong period. His launch to the river bank for the night, fled that the llon was no more than a , brave in the pink rc the dish cver and the gelatine, soft fears were ground. according to our custom. By 10 o'clock,” cub, for a grown lion would not have ted upon them and stringy, covered him in a steaming mass, from shrinking head to cunning little feet. A sorry sight, indeed. Once less that time. Only a brush of the hair from the fair fore- never dreaming of danger, we had both fallen asleep. Frank slept upon the seat on one side of the launch and I slept upon the other. When I awoke acted as this brute had. Never mind; this was enough of a :non to make it very unpleasant, not to say dangerous for me, if 1 made a move to quit his 0 aunties who had company more the wash bowl and once more into head, only & molist vas ly 3 , and wh ,‘ ’n(ul ‘.mY ”al];‘l‘i- it goes the Little Mister! cloth passed over his hands and plump :n;l‘°‘{§€;ttf,\gt &Tx?fi?‘f:hlémgdbfi:xflg :fi:‘i‘:tgxznm’r‘:}?eorset:treevvggxestie"lilee:é; company to linger that the baby might ~ When Little Mister, emerging from face—and then—such a lot of goodies as e V%t s “vo - fooling; this I8 too breathing of the lion told me that he “which Frank was. warm a night to be sleeping double.” The answer that I received was a was asleep. The brute stirred uneas- ily, and I took warning and gave up all snarling noise, such as no human pe- idea of trying to help myself. Some- ing ever made. Iknew the sound well. thing dropped unon my shoulder. It 1t was the voice of a mountain lion. was the head of the mountain lion, So, then, my bedfellow was a mountain lion, and not a very good natured one at that. - The moon had risen while we slept and the interior of the launch was fully {lluminated by the moonlight. I was lying on the inner edge of the seat and was facing the other seat, upon He was awake and 1 could see that his eyes were upon me and also that he could see what sort of a bedfellow I had. He had been awakened by my shout and the snarling of the lion. Unlike which he had placed there in order that he might have a more comfortable post- tion for sleep. Then he was off for a very long nap. Frank did not fall asleep during this slow performance. Neither did he move until the lion had been:sleeping some time with its head upon my shoulder. Then Frank reached cau- tlously for his rifle and brought it to an_aim, resting it upon his knees for steadiness. Do you think that I was happy just then? To me it seemed that out the surprise too soon. We soon were called to dinner and T was very glad. 1 noticed that Grandma was smiling and 1 did not know why then. She told us to get in line and march into the back parlor. Then ghe threw open-the folding doors and there was him Prince, I have also two kittens and a big black cat. We call her Jet. We have been having vacation. I am in the sixth grade. I go to the Milbrae School. Ve have a very nice teacher. Her name is Miss Lawrence. Your frlend, ROSEMARY SHIELDS, Milibrae, San Mateo County, Cal