The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1899, Page 31

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1899. 4+ [ o * * e @o4 0400 X and the I at least,” away and we found ound h 1 bottor ther the d try e U Tt ould get to the I . as we looked ch we were pris & our rif arned lat r, the trac The -In sharp look- riends, but that our no -match for 5 don’t see what i to our e to .send us a What do we want-of len- o R N R R acR o R S | pretty lady” FecE xS o $opodod e TR at you me Writing upor r that I happened ny . pockets -and this UNCLE to: be fooling,” ] -1 - DON ARE rested at t 1 only one nigt I be off now and. fini had spies ing _him. me, “is he is care.” ady, who. the Black bout her “I am or a mag- won- s brought nded it .to u nothing, reely come,” s kindstone. 1F wers and the things with alked rd the cas ¢ Lejun- waiting for.hi stle gate ~was locked, - The 1 ot care for a little ob; that. Taking from his satch cut ‘some the Then he’tied 3 id -so made for himself a stout rope. He fastened one ath he into thin strips. 1 ether 2 t end of the.rope ‘ta. the knob- on the gate. How was he to fasten the other. end in such a way as:to let-him: get down safely on the other.side of the gate? : “How stupid I am,”. laughed ' the Prince, “that I did not see at once how. to do that.” -Taking from his satchel a sandwich that the miller's ‘dalghter had given him, he made a hoak out of etout wire and put the ineat from the sandwich upon it for bait. 'Then he fastened the hook to the " rope and threw the rope over the gate. Now'the g t had some very large- geese; ‘and he had them in hig garden.” He thought they would give him warning if the Prince should try fo climb over thé gate. The geese, seeing, the.sandwich, one and all tried to get it. The .old gander got it inte his mouth. - As-he was running -to get into Some place vay from the geese where he could feagt, he wound the rope several times yund a-tree, the geese keeping up the } until the rope was so stoutly :ned that it would have held the ight of a glant without slipping.’ ery good,” said the 'Prince; “very #n0d, indeed. I will now wait until all e stamp— R Al R St SUR S S Sl sl SUB SO SU8 SUR 2L S S Sl SR SO SO SOR SOR SCS SOS SCR =YY | LEN ARTY 4040404 0404040404040+ 404040404040404040404040@ A BULLET VALENTINE. D40404040404040404040404 4040404040+ 04 040404040400 A 04040 impatiently, “and I thought a 21 better of you, Uncle Ben, Jocked the impatience of sked: ‘Who has,the rifle two miles and more cer- UP'S PICTORIALSTORY e that he had a gun 0 one wa of such lor “Very gaid 1, “we will have to old reliable’ once more.” - T loaded up my own rifleand rammed an old-fashioned rifle with me on_that trip. There ma s, but I have suld fire count of give so good an ywn to the boys I wrapped at 1 had written about a bullet and had put a thin wire around the paper to hold it on. To get the bullet into the barrel was a hard mat- ter. If the bullet Id had not turned out a bullet a ltttle under size I would B D D D S s e R SR S S S e s | CHARLEY'S ZIG-ZAG VALENTINE. ss the way, ring, ' laud her valentine— st th ROSEMARY SHIELDS. T TR T T SOy S S S S e not have been able to make it go. ‘Now wait,” I said,.“‘and see me shoot one.of our friend 2 “‘You shall not do that,” said Charlie, earnestly. “I pushed Charlie aside and took careful aim and -fired at the proper gle, to make the bullet carry as far as possible. We kept a sharp watch for the next few seconds. We could see that there was excitement among our friends. One of them was pointing the geese get a mouthful, so that they annot squawk, and then I will go over into the garden.” From the satchel several wads . of were pulled out by Prince. On each of the wads the nee -sprinkled .some meal, that he 1 taken from the mill. Shoemaker's X is very sticky. The geese eagerly gobbled the wax, being attracted by the smell and sight of the meal. The wax stuck their jaws together so that they could not open them to make a sound. “This is the time for me,” said the Prince. He climbed up to the top of the gate and slid down the rope to the round in’ the garden. “Good geese, what will you do if T will take the wax out of your mouths?” asked the Prince. Of course they could not answer, but each goose solemnly put one foot upon its heart, thereby promising friendship. You may not have noticed this to be a BOUOCOICOONOTY shoemaker's wax th Pr TINe e .Y " 3:‘,‘,’“" Bt - e in our direction. some one? chance.” Ping! “A bullet whizzed toward us and struck a tree. I ran -to the tree and found the bullet, the force of which had nearly spent. That was our an- swer. We needed.no other. That was the most welcome valentine that has ever been sent to me." “The Indians did not know what to. make of the firing, buf kept still. Jud Lawson, who was the leading spirit in the party of miners, was an old Indian fighter. He hastily made a plan of at- tack that was worthy of a Nappleon. The miners separated into several parties and by detours managed to sur- round the hill that we occupied before the Indians knew what was up. Then, at a signal, Jud's miners made a com- bined movement. Not over twenty of n. Had my bullet hit We had to take that OF THE ROUGH RIDING, OF BILLY—COME ON, IT'S A GOI the Indians got away alive. Half a dozen were killed. We took fourteen prisoners and sent them about their business when we were through with them. ' We made them carry our packs for us over some steep country as a punishment for their trick. When we had no more use for them we turned- them loose. 1 have never seen any.of the Indians since we told them to ‘go and not look back.’” D. H W. e It was one of those gray, dull morn- ings when it is impossible to tell whether the sun is doing its duty or not and little 4-year-old Margie wanted to go out and play in the yard. “You had better remain in the house,” said her o + $ FOOL N 3 SUSIE BY MARY ANDERSON. ©04040404040404040404$ 0400 ARRY was bashful. So was Susie. Harry wished to send a valentine to Susie and wished to make sure that she received it. He had a very \alx;ige New- oundland dog Wwho wou carry iundles and could be sent after a pack- age that he had seen his master lay down. Harry started out un'SL Valen- tine’s night with his dosg, Verner, fol- lowing, and with his very best wvalen- tine tightly held. It had onita picture of 'a heart of pure gold and some winged Cupids and a lot of flowers. On the envelope was this: “Miss Susie Cross, from Harry.” The valentine was placed on the doorstep and Harry was about to ring the bell when he heard some one titter. He could not stand being laughed at and he stepped back into the darkness, much confused. Who should come forward but Ned Williams and Georgie Perkins! Ned -was carrying a light stepladder aqd Georgle had a string of jingling tin cans, all of which were filled with water. “Sh,” said Georgie, as Ned placed the stepladder against the door. Rat-a-ta-tat. Ned was nailing some- thing to the door of Susie’s home and Georgie was filling a popgun with water. 04040 + o + o “TIM THE TERROR” AND THE BOTH—TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S CHARGE! “All's ready,” said Ned as he took the ladder away. Georgie tapped on the door and steps were heard inside of the house. ““There she comes,” said Ned giggling. “Sh,” said Georgie, “‘wait until you see the cans drop and I squirt the water @0+ 040404040404040404040@ | lu%’/ did not have the time he needed to think before he acted. He did not wish to have Susie think that he had put a valentine on her doorstep so that she might be soaked when she bent over to pick it up. If Susie thought that she would never forgive him. “Go and get the letter Verner,” he said to the dog. Verner darted forward. At that in- stant Susie opened the door and stood on the doorstep. Swish! The water from the popgun struck her full in the face. Bow-wow! Verner ran against her as he tried to reach Harry’s valentine to pick it up. Bang, bang! Swish, swish! Down fell the cans of cold water, striking the poor girl and drenching her clothing thoroughly. “‘Oh, oh,” shrieked Susie. “Ha, ha,” laughéd both of the bad STORMING OF A FORT IN TIM—LOOK OUT FOR THE BOMB! boys loudly. Susie was plucky. She stood her ground until she had Harry's valentine in her hand. She thought that she would now know who had played this trick upon her. = When she read the writing on the envelope she was quite angry; nor would she speak to Harry again for some time—not until Ned and Georgie owned up to her. Susie and Harry are firm friends now. it ‘‘Bessie,” said a north side mother to her four-year-old daughter, “here is 3 cents; run down to the drug store on the cerner and get me a stamped en- velépe. A few minutes later Bessle entered’ the store and the proprietor LICER; - ; OO 5 ST © [5) i (m .%', _'./,x'..:lrfm. m_:_:m‘.‘!' (4 il HfdlePan, ou m”zf”'/f @O+04040404 0404040404040+ +04040404040404040404040 o § & & LITTLE TRUE HEART. /1 [ : i [ ] o + S &£ O $ o = Q @040404040404040404040400+ 040404040404 040404040400 ARTAN was six years of age and Flora only three. They were as loving sisters as could be found anywhere. One night, after they had been in bed about twenty minutes, and should have been TRUE ROOSEVELT FASHION. MRS. KEEFE—KILT BY THE SODGERS! fast asleep, their mother heard Marian call as if in great trouble. So she drop- ped her book and hastened to their room to find Flora sitting up in bed weeping softly, while Marian was hug- ging her and begging her to stop. “What is the matter?” asked their mother, as she took Flora in her arms. “Tell me, darling.” “Mamma, when I drow up, won't T be your dirl?” s yet, Flora could not manage her g Then there was an- other burst of tears. “My darling, what put such an idea into your head?” “Won't I, mamma? sobbed. ““Of course you will,” said mamma, as she hugged her tightly. “You will al- ways be my girl. But what does it mean? Marian, have you and she been talking together instead of going to sleep?” “No, mamma,” answered Marian, greatly distressed. “I have just been lying here never saying a word, and neither did she.” > “Were you not talking when she be- Won't 17 was would get married. when she grew up, and so would have to.leave you. Then she began to cry and say she wouldn't. And I just made Cousin Clara stop it. And told Flora she needn't leave you if she didn’t want to. That’s all.”" “So you have been lying here going over it, my Pettie?” asked.her.mother. “‘Yes,” murmured the little voice that could not manage the g’s. o “Well, my darling; think no more about it. You are mamma’s girl and al- ways shall be, and always shall stay with her.” th papa, ful little soul. » “Yes,” said papa, darting in from the hall, where he had been listening. “And now for a lark over it.” And a lark there ‘was, ‘from ‘which papa came out with a rumpled collar and his hair flattened down on his fore- head so that his eyes could scarcely be seen. As for Marian and- Flora, -they 8ot out of breath, and were glad to lie down-and be cuddled by mamma. In Jjust half a minute more they were both sound asleep. ELSA HUGG, THE COTTON BALL. BY CONSTANCE HOPE, SALT LAKE CITY! ‘WAS a little cotton ball,:and grew on a cotton plant.. -One day I was taken from the plant and put into a basket and carried te a factory and made into -cotton goods. : Then they took me to a store and put me on a shelf and kept -me there for .six months and sold me for 50 cents a yard. A lady came one day and took nie home and made me up-into a dress for.a. little girl whose name was Julia.” I was cut, and then was sewed up-on the machine. One day the little girl took me and put me on and a little while after she was eating an orangé¢ and she got a spot.on me.- Then she took me off and put me in a closet and the next day she came with soap and water, but could not get the spot off. - The next day she got some gasoline and it came off. . Then she wore me on ‘Wednesday and Sunday, and at last. the girl wore me out and put me in the rag bag; and one day a ragman came and took me to make paper out of me, and took me to a store and they .sold me to a little girl and she -wrote a letter to her sister, who tore me up and put me here, and now. I do not Know.where 1 am in this lonely place. too?” asked the HERE ARE THE NAMES OF SEVEN KINDS OF MONEY FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN. mother. “It looks like rain.” “But, mamma, I won't get wet,” replied Mar- gie; “T'll come right in when the man turns the water on.” There he found the leather rope that had served the giant ran to the gate. Prince so well. “I will take this with me,” said the giant, “and when I catch the Prince I will hang him to one of the trees in the garden with his own rope.” Meanwhile the -Prince, being thirsty, was engaged in milking one of the cows helonging to the giant. He made a cup out of leaves and was enjoying a drink of milk when something from overhead seized him and held on so that he could not pull away. He saw that he was in f=3=3-3-F-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3.3-7.3-¢-3- 1 fact, but so it is; a goose may be stupid, but no goose has ever been known to break a promise. The wax was- taken from the jaws of the geese, who Were.ready to laugh at the Prince's clever way of getting into the garden without letting Lejundire know what he was doing. ‘“Keep your promises,” said the Prince, “and all will be well with you."” ooy .* Lejundire was in the garden, but at gate, when a “Lejundire, the The some distance from th raven called to him: Prince is now in the garden.” the grasp of a raven. Lejundire, who was not distant, hearing the noise, came up. Once more the Prince was in the power of a giant. ““At last,” said Lejundire, “I have you so that you can never get away. I will Just put some of this magic fire paint upon your fine coat and turn you loose until sunset. Then the paint will take fire and it will be good-by little Prince, How do you like that prospect, eh?" “Why,"” said the Prince promptly, “I don't care.” The giant smeared the Prince’s fine out of the popgun. That'll be great.” Harry heard and saw all, but he did not know what to do. Like m#ny an- other, he made a mistake because he asked: “Well, little girl, what can I do for you “If you please, sir,” she re- plied, “my mamma wants free cents worf of stamped antelope.” PPRRRAINCED coat with some substance that would burn when the sun went down. It was 8o sticky that if the Prince tried to climb over the gate he would surely stick fast. The paint burned even now, and would grow hotter and more un- bearable every minute. Of course this was the work of magic. But the Prince did not try to run away. ‘“Let us have some fun,” he said to the giant, “to pass the time. 1 hear that you are a great wrestler. See if you can‘throw me.” The giant laughed at this. The Prince slily put his right hand into his satchel and grasped the kindstone firmly: The stone was soft and crumbled easily. Having kindstoned both his hands the Prince put himself in the way of the laughing giant. The giant had to stoop until he was nearly double to get hold of the Prince. When I Don’t Care was in his grzsp he found to his surprise that he could not stand up straight, nor could he lift -or harm the Prince. On the contrary the Prince, to whom the kindstone had given the strength of one hundred men, was able, seizing the giant by one of his huge legs, with a swift turn, to throw said the astonished giant. only had you to chop wood for would be worth fifty servants, would be cheaper, too, for you could not eat much.” This amused the Prince. “You ought to have thought of that before you pre- pared to burn me up, Lejundire. It is too late now. But I always have said that you were stupid and now I know it. But come. let us try ‘some other game. I belleve that I can beat you running.” The giant agreed to make the test. Away the two went over hill and meadow. The glant was ahead at first, but the Prince, stooping down, covered his shoes with a coating cf the dust of the kindstone. Then he flew like the wind and easily caught up with the glant and passed him. So they played games all the afternoon. “I am more daring than you are” said the Prince. "“See, I know that T am to die—to be burned to death soon— and yet I can laugh and make sport for you. Come with me and let us « e DoNT RRARES. who has the greater courage.” A league from the castle was a swampy lake, in which lived a huge water serpent—that was so .large that it could easily swallow a whole ox. The Prince led the way to the swamp, and the;e told the giant what he was about to do. “I will awaken the serpent,” he said, ‘‘and the serpent, with its head high in the air, will' hunt until he finds me. As soon as the snake opens his mouth I will jump into it. I will crawl down into the serpent's belly, if he does not crush me with his sharp teeth before I can get into his throat. Then I will cut my way out and come back here and join you. The test of your cour- age will be when it comes your turn to pop into the serpent’s mouth.” To this most remarkable proposition the giant could offer no objection. He watched as the Prince drew from his belt a silver horn and blew upon it to awaken the serpent. A minute later the serpent was astir. As the serpent raised its horrible arched neck, covered P gan to cry?” “No, mamma. was. Aunty’'s, But I know how it with shining green scales, and glided madly about the water looking for the person who had dared to disturb him, the Prince ran nimbly toward the wa- ters’ edge and threw a number of som- ersaults, revolving with great speed. The serpent opened its mouth. So ex- actly had the Prince calculated that he fell—fairly spun—through the serpent’s rows of sharp teeth and down into the monster’s dark throat before the ser- pent, who was-#huch surprised, thought to shut his mouth. The giant looked on with great wonderment expressed on his face. Suddenly the serpent be- gan to thrash the water viclently and to make a very loud barking noise, as if in pain. The giant saw a sharp steel point dividing the green scales upon the serpent’s body. Then the hand of the Prince, and then his arm and then his body came into view. In among the reeds fell the Prince. Diving deep, he came up near the shore and ran up the bank to the giant. “Now it is your turn,” said the Prince, *let us see how much better a giant can do than a poor little fellow like me. I am sure that you will' make me quite ashamed.” The giant had not expected to see the Prince alive again. Big as he was, Le- Jjundire was afraid of the’'serpent. But he could not allow the Prince to laugh at him, for giants are very vain, and 80 he said that he would new show the Prince a new trick worth two of any the Prince could perform. So saying, fe¥-3-3-3-F-3-3-F-3-3-3-3-F-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-3-3-3-F-3-3-%.F-3-3-F-F-F-F-F-F=-2-F-3-F-3-3-3-3-3-3-1 flflflfififlfiflfifiufinfififififibfiufififi#fififififlflfififififififififififififlnflflfififififi “ Samuel Drake of Grass Valley has solved ‘the Crucifixion puzzle, folding This morning, when we were at the paper only four tirhes before cut- Cousin Clara told her she ting. .Can any one beat:-this? $0H0B04080504050506080808 06 0606060606060E060G0S0S06 06 0060606000 H0S0$080606 T4 09 0P0S0H0S060608060H0606 00 080H0H00S0$0$0S0$060® 0% 0 0S0S0S0H0H0H0S0P0S0H00® 0 &0E0HOSTS0S0E06050S the giant seized a long log, which he sharpened at.both ends with .his big sword. The serpent, much enraged, drew near. Skillfully Lejundire threw the log so that it stood on end in the serpent’s mouth, wedging the jaws wide open. The serpent, in its struggles, drove the points into its face, and could no longer either open or close-its mouth. While the serpent beat the water into foam with its tail, Lejundire seized it with his mighty hands and drew it to the shore, : g “Now for the trip over your road!" said Lejundire. “Now,” answered the Prince,."let me see what you can do.” The giant took some time getting out of sight. “When his body had disap- peared the Prince, leaping into the wa- ter, struck the log that held the ser- pent’s jaws apart with a mighty blow, he having smeared his good sword plen- tifully with the dust of the kindstone. The log snapped in.two pieces and fell out into the water. - Down:-came the horrible upper jaw of the serpent upon the unfortunate giant, cutting his body in half. * - 3 ““And now;” said the Prince, as he rubbed the kindstone upon his coat, thereby removing the paint that the giant had placed thereon, “I am also the king of the Land of the Three Brothers as well_as the king of Gor- bozo's castle. Let come what ceme may—I don’t care.” i .(The End.) s