The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1899, Page 31

the twc *hor nc ably, the ti he himself by . The nea ord. er his The monsters the master R e forget the with his driv the coal hole souled man, all childrer and The little boy front gate, on Frapklin str Frankie was d he looked so nice that the passed that way stopped to look His mother had made him ready to go to His Cousin Nellie's and he had on ‘his very best clothes. Pat came driv- ing by and Frankie called to him, and . waved ome little hand to attract his s attention. Pat was busy at t soon saw Frankie and invited ho drove to a2 coal full and Pat to weigh the he had run h like other boys. not REX AND KATE ywreck. had been ground upon the rocks until ts sheath Egbert drew his sword ms with the sharp point. anchors. ters were crazed by the sight of i them to stop. They were ha ghtened n a commanding voice, “and T will tell rying the par and ordered the whales to m istance in the spar, Egbert managed to steady s Atrid, but mirrors no other face. calling the face of the dwarf with whom he had fought, he picked out the dwarf's picture in the mirror and soon blackened his own 2 large fishing boat. and the crew Egbert h self look just like the dwarf. the King. They took hi direction p! two anchors from the spar to let the that they had not fared worse. v not where they are.” ed the ocean in all directions?” R e o e T o i o GBERT, on his lonely rock in | the ocean, with the waves all around him, began to sing. The monsters of the sea drew near to listen. “Why do you sing?” asked the whale. “Be- cause I am the champion of the Lady of the Black Robe and I will save her from her enemies.”” The sea monsters crowded nearer. ‘“Do you not know,” asked the whale, “that the tide is rising and that in another hour your rock will be covered by the water? What then will keep us from devouring you?” Much may happen in an hour, and Egbert was not idle. At one end of the rock was a hort chain with two anchors stened ‘to - the ends, the being attached to a fi chain A stream of blood The water steadily rose and winding that no vessel w: in between the cliffs that but he dared not di When they had drawn near the cliffs Egbert entered a small boat rowed alone with strong strokes Hidden rocks wrecked his Finding a trail he went and, bidding the seamen good-by, through the winding pa: THE SAN FRAfiCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1899. EDITED DAVID H- Cem e BY “All except one, master.” “Take then that one course you have never taken before.” The captain trembled, for he had heard strange stories about a land that lay upon the shores of a bay entered only by a passage so s ever known to have come out after passing guarded it on either side; piercing the sky. »bey Egbert, the King's son. age to the bay. g on the water, pulled the boat and left him at the foot of a cliff, alone. its mate darted forward and ©P—on and upward. ukes c i “Halt! Who goes there?” flukes caught in their throats e sgen t swim apart. Whenever they by the sight, swam 1¢ sword. par in their mouths. This rope Egbert tied to the an that as drawing near. n on board after he, ki ing his managed soon to get rid of of the vessel, “for the Three Egbert found himself T narrow and s destruction match for Egbert, who, Not a moment w face and hands and made h “THE THREE KINGS COME!"” Egbert stood bac beautiful whi Kings on their bac the women with scorpion whips. that he nearly forgot his attiing for his life with a at a dizzy teep. One The bla dw to spare. wondering how he would learn the language and arts of these ans, Fortune favored him. Egber Behind them were black Egbert was ds been spoken by one of Atrid’s sons when height above the sea and the trail tep and Egbert would be hurled down to rf was armed with a club. after a hard battle, struck him down with his The sound of the conflict had There stands a great bronze mirror at the foot of the cliff that catches and holds the pictures of the sons of s memory was good. hearing this said, and waited to see. women, acting as beasts of burden, carried the Three , enraged at the sight disguise and would have rushed forward to rescue the women, who sobbed all the time, and walked feebly, being bent over by the monsters on their backs. that he had taken from the black dwarf accidentally touched his hand and reminded him. chariot, ungry, are you? tive black dwarf. was| He was no e 1 ain yo and and 1 will unchain you 11 4rouseq other black dwarfs, who started down the trail from the for ou cannot swallow 1004 yery top of the cli d out what the trouble was. you. Egbert tore the E dwarf’s clothes off, put them on his own fought. had been commanded person and, seizing the dead black dwarf, hurled the body from the “Kah-lah-jah!” said Egbert, seeing another spar precipice. Not looking back, when he heard the shouts of the other that spar.” black dwarfs, Egbert went on, not knowing where, but trusting to threshold. Egbert The chance to make his face look like the face of one of the sons of Atrid welcome. Re- T am here,” SX¢ eand Uz gaze at him that she knew him not to be a son of* Atrid, but he could Three give her no sign. dwarfs, goading on ADVENTURE OF A CLEAN LITTLE BOY. ready to go home yet—not while there was a chance of another ride with Pat on the cart. “Pat.”” The voice was small and faint. “Pat.”” The voice was louder this time and Pat looked around. “Hello, toddlekins,” sald Pat cheer- ily, calling Frankie by his pet name, o “sure, and what do you want now “1 ranned away.” “Sure, then, and you are a bad boy to-day.” “Pat, give me another ride”—coax- ingly. “What, with all your white clothes on. Faith and you'd be a fine sight when get home. You're smudged alread: “I don't have to ride in among the coal. I can ride on the seat with you.” Pat sald e Pat,” said Frankie, beginning to sob, “I ranned away to come to see vou, and I think that you are real mean “But, WENT FISHING. BY KATHERINE SCHILLER, SAUSALITO. N a wonderfully beautiful ' spot in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Penn- sylvania, nestled down among the lovely hills, was a dear old fash- joned homestead. A more de!lg‘pt- ful place could not be desired, with its great, roomy house, the vast apple ‘orchard, the butternut.trees, the grape .vines and the old fashioned ‘June roses that were so fragrant. The crab apple : trees and the lilac bushes and waving corn fields- erything deligh(ed the “hearts apd eves of Rex and Kate. Hav- . ing been raised in the city, this beau- _.tiful country seemed like a bit of heav- en to them. ‘- Across the road, beym;x(d the ban:i 'as a clear, rippling brook with smal ".. fian in it, and here Rex and Kate went - fishing. Kate was & blue-eyed, tow- headed girl, round and fat and saucy, and always in trouble of some kind, while Rex was small and dark, with large, soft brown eyes. He was never naughty, except when his graceless sis- ter prompted him to mischief. One bright July morning they start- ed out. Kate planned it. After sit- ting quietly on the banks for somg time, holding long sticks with thread lines and bent pin fish hooks, baited with worms quite three inches long, while the largest fish to be caught about the mill pond, which was all of & mile dis- tant, was no longer than your finger, Kate as usual grew tired of such tame sport and began poking the toe of her shoe into the water “Don’t!" cried Rex; “you frighten ‘em. There was such a lot of ’em eat- if you do not give me a ride. I won't love you enny more.” Pat could not stand this appeal. He even let Frankie help put the coal in and then took Frank up on the seat and away the two friends went together on the cart, Frank chattering like a mag- ple all the way. When they were op- posite Frankie's home Pat said “whoa” and the horse came to a standstill. “Don’t stop now, Pat,” pleaded Frankie, “I have not had half enough riding yet. Take me with you and I will get home in time to go with mamma. She won't care if I am gone a little longer.” “G’lgng!” The horse jogged on again and Frankie was the happiest of all boys. Pat even let Frankie drive some of the way, where the horse was going up hill, and then Frankie was the proudest as well as the happiest of boys. All rides will come to an end. The place where the coal was to be left was reached. Pat tied the horse to a post and went in to ask some ques- tion of the family in the house. He left Frankie sitting in the cart. Who should come along then but Frankie's uncle Jack. The little boy was afraid that Uncle Jack would see him. so he climbed from the seat over in among the coal. “Frankie.” It was the voice of Pat calling, Frankie did not dare te answer for fear that Uncle Jack would hear him. Pat looked troubled when Frankie did not appear, but thought that his little friend must have run away again and have gone home. The boy was not on the seat. He was, in fact, lying down In the dirty coal, to keep out of the range of Uncle Jack’s eyes. ‘What was that? Had an earthaquake taken place? Had the bottom fallen out of the cart? Frankle was falling. falling—and sliding, and the coal in the ing my worm. I wanted to see 'em finish their breakfast because they are hungry.” “Well, I want to catch 'em, and, say, Rex, don’t you think we could catch them in a pail.” “I think so if you think so, Kate.” ‘With that they dropped the fish-poles and through the barn yard, across the road, into the house they rushed, with flushed and eager faces. “Mamma, mamma,” they called, “please may we have a pail to fish with. Fish won't bite pins, and just eat up our nice long worms.” “Why, how in the world can you fish with pailg?” asked mamma. “Why,” said Kate, “that is easy. You just put some worms in the pail and hold the pail under the water and the fish will go in.” - “I don’t see that,” replied mamma, “but you may have the pails.” Armed with two bright new tin pails they returned to the creek and plunged the pails into the water. The fright- of the Lady of the Black Robe. “Bring in the captives!"” “First bring the Lady of the Black Robe.” So the Lady had not escaped. and the Three Kings! the Black Robe stands before you! Once more Egbert gazed upon her. “You will be my bride!” Not yours, but mine,” said Kahtola. “Never,” said the other Kings, as they laid hands on the hilts of their crooked swords. “THE QUEEN ATOLL IS HERE!” Egbert now saw what angered him even more. Atoll rode in a heayy chariot of bronze, drawn by little girls and boys, who were also sobbing. To his horror Egbert saw these to be children of the nobles of his father’s court. fawning upon her, bodyguard. The lion sniffed the air andggrowled as the chariot passed Egbert’s place of hiding. Atoll laughed savagely. bt You will be fed soon if there are new cap- was an immense lion, Egbert breathed easier when Atoll had passed. “I am lost, and that speedi the secrets of the magicians.” To the Palace of Kahtola with speed! the shape of a crocodile, had torn the magic robe from the shoulders Egbert joined the crowd of black dwarfs and ran with them. They entered the Palace and made their way to the Throne Room. Each ran to his place. good luck, picked out the place of the black dwarf whom he had He drew his crooked sword as he saw the black dwarfs do. he said, This was the cry set up by the guards as Queen Atoll crossed the This was the Queen’s joined with the others. commanded each of the Kings. cart was sliding all around him. Down he went into darkness and his voice was speedily heard, as, frightened and somewhat hurt, he called aloud, “Pat, oh, Pat; what are you doing to me?” Then Pat was scared badly. He knew Frankie's voice. He made a hasty search and found Frankie in the coal cellar, the worse for his accident. His hands and face and his white (?) dress were grimy. From two little blue eyes tears were running freely adown two very grimy cheeks, and Frankie's wail- ing was so loud that all the family came out from the house to look. So did the lady who kept a candy store opposite, and every little child in the block. They were all astonished. Uncle Jack came running up. He also knew Frankie’s voice. “My poor little boy!"™ was all that he said. Uncle Jack was always kind. All he did to Frankie now was to give him a piece of candy. ¢ How did Frankie look? You will have to look at the pictures and then you will see just what happened to a bad, runaway little boy. No picture would show how Frankie's mother looked when she saw him come in with Uncle Jack. *,‘,*@+H@,PM+®WM¢+~&+@+@+O B e e e S e o S e e o e e o ] ened minnows took refuge under rocks and among the rushes that grew in the edge of the water. “Pshaw,” remarked Rex, “they are afraid.” Now, you Jjust be still; I'll catch 'em,” and Kate leaned out over the bank very far indeed and kept very qulet for a few minutes, when one wee fish ventured over the edge of the pail. “You've got him, you've got him,” :]Cl‘dtlmed Rex, and with that the fish ed. “There now, didn’t I tell you to keep £till? You—you bad boy,” cried Kate, shaking with anger and excitement. “Now I know he won't come back. Oh! Oh!” and then tears began to flow down wee Rex's face. “Never mind, brother; I guess he'll come again,” sald Kate. “I'll try again. Now, vou just put your fist in your mouth.” Rex put his hand in his mouth obedi- ently, and Kate took a small stone and held it in her teeth, Luckily, the crooked sword For the wicked Beside Atoll in the which was her “unless I learn some of ow was he to get this knowledge? Kahtola was he who, in Egbert, by rare commanded Atoll when she was seated. She was in the power of Atoll At that instant the Three Kings entered and with them came all the other sons of Atrid with a great noise of trumpets and shouting. so spoke a low and musical voice. “The Lady of He was sure by her steady “Mine—I command!” He cln%s _ Which carry the “In an instant the Throne Room resounded to the clash of swords, The Three Kings fought and the black dwarfs warred in tavor of their favorite Kings. Above the din of fighting rang out the voice of Queen Atoll. “A mighty magician has made this war. He who can Hold, cease fighting, I command!” shall reign in his place? Ganis? The words of the Queen sword!"” “Let the contest begin.” “‘Bring in the magic urn of Ganis,” Four black dwarfs staggered under their load as they brought In a huge urn, which they placed besidg the throne upon which Atoll sat. See, Kahtola falls! Who light the fire in the urn of were all powerful. The black dwarfs sheathed their swords; but many dwarfs had fallen to rise no more. *Here,” whispered the Lady of the Black Robe to Egbert. as he drew near to her without being noticed in the confusion, “take this ring. With it you shall win the victory. Put it on the hilt of your commanded Atoll. ! The Queen’s lion stood beside the urn to battle with every dwarf who should dare to come near. threatened Atoll, who was troubled because she knew that some magician stronger than herself had brought this about. Each dwarf who wanted to be a King had to try to light the oil in the urn with a torch, Five dwarfs, battling with the lion, were beaten back. No other dwarf wished to make the test. “Alas!” sald Atoll, “there is none among the one thousand sons For the first time the lion even of Atrid who can take the place of Kahtola!” ; “Stand back!” shouted Egbert, “here is one who will light the magic urn.” him half way. beast was furious now. Down fell the lion. It was even so. in the magic urn. was not of Ghat. this person! This was done. Egbert. to assist the other Princes. Magicians.” P R & & & R THE SOLUTION OF THE WAR PUZZLE. and traded vegetables. “Rothe MI LESter? den is a shrewd man!” ED, STATE Some other unit. den of mice.” we saW AT SONtag's school. EEEEEEEEEREEE R EREREEERENE R R E IS B EE] Fearlessly he strode forward. light of expected victory. Forward leaped Atoll's lion eagerly to meet They met just beside the urn. of the dwarfs, Egbert did not wait for the lion to attack him, but rushed furiously on, having the magic ring on the hilt of his sword. With the speed of a flash and with great force the sword struck the lion on one forepaw, cutting it off. Backward Egbert leaped and waited for the lion to come. Egbert just escaped the lion as it leaped at him. One more blow and he had struck off the lion’s head. Atoll, pale with anger, ran to the beast, but all her magic could not save its life. “See,” shouted the black dwarfs, “he lights the urn.” Egbert had the torch. With it he lighted the oil A strange smell filled the room. “He is a false son of Atrid,” cried Atoll, for the smell of the flame “There is some mystery here. “So,”” said Egbert, when he was alone, (To be Continued.) WH%Q+H@+@MW+HM%WHHH©MW BY C D. FEATHERSTONE, SANTA CRUZ, HILE watching a fishing SMACK IN LEYden, we tried to engage in conversation with an old sailor wHO BARTered After an almost understand’ him, we heard him mumble something like thi: AvaLON Gardens—Ha! HA! VAN Al- Leaving him, we passed a small house, which waS PAINted red. and bore the sign, ““'SAM P. SONtag, English Tutor.” be a remarkable teacher, for we heard him say: Then giving Ed time to think. started another boy’s thoughts in this direction: trees are natives of what countries?” When we heard the MAN I LAughed and said: TER wisdom or a salary, he certalnly loses no time.” “SCH! LEYden, schoolmasters are easily offended,” said my companion. Walking on past Jan UtSIG'S BEE farm, we met a strange cou- ple, who looked like provinciAL GERmans. clumsily, and no wonder, for he had HOBS ON his boots. remarkable thing about the woman waS HER MANagement of a pair of wooden shoes, and a baby. who over a basket sparkling with DEW EYed us wonderingly. We then met an old friend. Dick RoOBANTI A GOIf player of re- nown, who told us an amusing legend: We in turn told of the novel method of teaching that His eyes already shone with the Profiting by the fall The Ho, guards! seize But no one moved to touch Egbert. “Give me the King's Black Robe,” he commanded. “Behold!"” said Egbert, “I am the King Kahtola!” “Long live King Kahtola!” shouted the dwarfs. “Put Atoll in ‘chains and lock her up in a dungeon,” ordered “She has brought trouble upon us.” Egbert sat on the throne and Atoll was carried “Send these children to their homes.” By magic the children who had drawn Atoll's chariot were at home with their rejoicing parents in a second of time. ‘Where was the Lady of the Black Robe? prisonment of Atoll had given back much of magic to the Lady. She away in chains. The defeat and im- has left Egbert to do the best that he can—alone with the hundreds of magicians—relying on his own skill and courage. Her mission was “so I am a King of the D. H W. vain effort to He seemed to “If one is a UNIT. he “PHILIP PINE “In his ruSH AF- The man walked very The most of flowers “How an old haG RID LEY- sk ok ok ok ok ok ok ke ok ok ok ok ok ok o o ok sk ok kok X X X R X g * B o o S Alas for the precaution! Just as two little beauties made their way over the edge of the pail she let the stone fall. Patient little Rex still held his hand in his mouth, but lcoking very much grieved at the misfortune. She tried again, holding her tongue in her teeth this time, “for,” she said, “it she did let go it wouldn’t drop.” She held the pail many minutes before the fish would venture in again. Pres. ently in one came, and when he bit at the worm she brigkly pulled up the pail. “I've got him, I've got him,” she shouted, dancing with delight. “Here, T'll put him in your pail, Rex, and catch some more.” S¢ accordingly the fish with some water was transferred to the other pail, and she was at it again. This time she leaned as far over the bank as she could and Rex held onto her dress to keep her from falling in. Soon two fish went into the pail and an- other and another, until there were seven, and the eighth was just making his way over the edge when Kate lost her balance and fell in with a splash. “Mamma! Mamma! Come quickly. Kate's drowned; she is!” Rex shouted Mamma ran down to the creeek, very much . frightened. In the meantime Kate had scrambled out, very wet, but very happy. for she had five of 'em, any way. Mamma hugged and scolded her, all in the same breath, for giving her such a scare, and sent Kate to bed until her clothes got dry, as a punish- ment for getting wet. Kate insisted that if Rex had kept his hand in his mouth, as she told him to, mamma needn’t have been frightened. L e e e o T S e S e e e e S R THE MERRY AND WISE PLOWMAN. BY WILLARD K BASSETT, OAKLAND. E begins his work at the early dawn, ‘When the cock begins his tiresome crow, When the m(i,lkmald takes her pall n han And the gardener takcs his garden hoe. The plowman lists to his horses’ chink, Amf feels the steady sway of the plow. his hands to fright the birds seeds from ground to bough. He trudges along behind the plow, Dreaming of a golden crop, Of tall oats rippling in the breeze, And barns full to the top. He ends his work at even tide, ‘When the sun sinks to its rest; He wanders home with an easy heart, - For he feels he has done his best. O e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e ina ina e s ] A poem has been received from Charles H. Marks, age 14, which will be published. Dear Editor: Please will you put in the Bumpkins in The Call agaln, as I want to eks , as my papa reads to me and I [ ve him read t the Bu Bns.® P*YRELLIE THOMAS (age Do~ Nevada City.