The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1903, Page 15

THE SUNDAY CALL Find the Three City Boys, the Cows the Farmer Lad Is Calling and Some of the Other Stock---Twelve in All NCE upon a time there was a farmer’s lad who could never quite understand why people should rave so about the beauties of nature and the ideal existence of life on a farm. “Why,” thought he, “it’s nothing but work, work, work from morning till night” When some of the city boys came down to spend their summer vacation at the farm, he thought them quite daft to seek such a place as a matter of choice. Everything they admired as being beautiful, such as violets, daisies and buttercups, he pronounced rank weeds and no good, for they spoiled the pasture for the cattle and made extra work for him, as he had to drive the cows a long distance to find fields free of the wild flowers. When the boys in their frolic would roll down the grassy slopes '9( the hill he woukj remark: “Look at the dern fools. If they had to work here in the hay harvest from daylight till darkness they’d get all the grass they wanted without rolling in it.” And so he plodded on through his days always grumbling and fault-finding at the hardness of his lot in having to live on a farm. He saw no beauty in any of his surroundings, and considered the life of a farmer’s lad nothing but drudgery. "By and by a great change came over affairs at home; his father’s health failed, and, being no longer able to do the work of the farm, he called his son to his side and asked him to take his place, so that they might be able to keep the old homestead. This proposition did not meet with the son’s approval, and he begged his father to allow him to seek his fortune in one of the large cities. This caused his father much sorrow, but, having only the bést interest of his son at heart, and not wanting to compel him to stay at the old farm against his will, he consented to let him go. Ina little while the familiar scenes of his childhood—the old home, fields, meadows and cow lanes—saw him no more. y Late one day, some time afterward. an ambulance drove up hurriedly to the door of one of the large manufacturing industries of a big city. A muffled figure was borne out on a stretcher by several workmen and placed in the vehicle, and amid the hum and buzz of the machinery, which never stopped, the men returned to their work while the ambulance drove off. 'Twas a common occurrence for a workman to be injured, and little attention was paid to it. That night the person who was carried away in the ambulance lay, moaning and delirious, in the hospital. His youthful, upturned face, pale and haggard, showed plainly that his body was racked with pain, while his feeble voice kept clllih: “Co! co! col ~Ho, Brindle! Co! co! Ho! Speckle! Co! co! Hi, lassies! Co! co!” And none of those who watched beside his cot that night knew the meaning of his strange words. Weeks passed, the patient had recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital, and those who had so kindly nursed him back to life inquired where he lived, that they might send him to his home. “Ah,” said he. “I am a stranger in this great city; my home is down among the fair hills of Cumberland, and if it falls to my lot to see the farm and homestead again 1 will indeed be happy.” After he had left the hospital the nurses often wondered what was the meaning of the strange words he uttered in his delirium: but had they gone with him down the cow lane in the evenings after his safe arrival home they would have heard him repeat: “Co! co! co! Ho, Brindle! Co ! THo. Speckle! Co! co! Hi, lassies! Co! co!” He was calling home the cows. The moral of this fable is: “No accidents are so unlucky but that the prudent may draw some advantage from them.” W. M. GOODES. i Don’t Miss This. B RflN D N E— w PRI ZEJ TO:D,A YNow Is Your Chance. H URRAH, CHILDREN! The new list of prizes is a great success. if you win—and send the picture, with the coupen attached, to the Everybody wants something good to read, and so the postman TO THE EDITOR EDITOR OF THE ANIMAL FABLES AND PUZZLE PAGE, Sunday is now staggering under ths biggest loads of mail he has ever Call, San Francisco, Cal. carried. Of course, you all know a good thing when you see it. ANIMAL FABLES To the FIRST FIFTY who not only find all the objects enumera- As the Puzzle Editor said last Sunday, you have been get- AND PUZZLE PAGE ted, but whose pictures are the MOST ARTISTICALLY COLORED, ons ting toys and other useful and interesting articles for weeks and of these Fifty prizes will be awarded. Remember, old and young may weeks now, and so it was decided to give you a new and complete July 18, 1803. compete, but ALL ANSWERS MUST REACH THIS OFFICE BEFORE change—SOMETHING GOOD TO READ. In the list of TWENTY TRIDAY NOON. THE NAMES OF THE LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE PUB- BOOKS printed below you have the VERY BEST STORIES FOR BOYS Neame .. LISHED IN THE SUNDAY CALL TWO WEEKS FROM TO-DAY, AND GIRLS by the CLEVEREST WRITERS IN THE WORLD, and if you are at all persistent and artistic here is the finest opportunity you Btnnt oFP. Giocnss st vl w July 286. could find to gt & new. calisctisn for nothing. x FOLLOW THE RULES OR YOU WILL BE DEBARRED. Are you one of the skillful ones who won prizes in the Tiger's oity 2 HIS IS THE LIST OF PRIZES PROM WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE Bridal Puzzle, published July 57 Read the list below and see. seecobisortinenenEpre s IF YOU WIN: “‘Prlnu';- of the Moor,” ':, E- -n:m :1;-'- Golden And now listen carefully. This is what you must do to win one of .l Canyon,” by G. A. Henty; “Adventures Troples,’ I"-dor; those FIFTY PRIZES: After reading the fable about The Farmer's | St&tS eeeececcsseecscscvescen e T e T Raoher “lke Girafie Huntersy” by Cap "Lad, find the three City Boys who are stopping at the farm, the Cows ;,ll'“';l: 1:":‘.:'1."““.:‘:'“:’ s, Charles K which the farmer’s lad is calling and some of the other Farm Stock— If I Win I Choose for Prize... ox(l:’rd _.'Ilz.y. Tlfioml: Hn:gz‘:; “}’ol,e.’l ew—g.: . twelve in all—concealed in the big picture below, outline each in pencil Mandss “n,e.“:',‘-',','!'_’:,'h“,',,".;. e Gt Wes or ink and then color with paints, inks, water colors or crayons each e b L Y '-'.3‘1?.&‘.":-.‘3“&’.?&«. b; o:‘l{:“"w:::‘“hfl;:l‘g:‘;“ object as nearly like its natural color as you can make it, fill in the (Beo [List o Prisesd “Adventures in C‘b-'l: hyhl:‘,. :.. g-w-.l‘du ;‘.Q-te coupon herewith with your name and address and the prize you desire— . b AT e eimere Cooper. . S . . . . . . ”» Here Are the Luckv Fifty Prize Winners in “The Tiger’s Bridal” Fable Puzzle Published July 5. Louis Radquill, Alameda, flower ga . Miss Franklin, 1634 Stockton street, San Francisco, tea set; wood, Santa Cruz, White House game: Rob Bell, Los Angeles, stamps; Alice Alitz, Richmond, neck- necklace: H. Campbell, 1827 McAl- lace; Luciie Mosher, Berkeley, box paints; Raymond Greerty, Oakland, reins; Harry Dunley, Tulare, e Olga Utecht, Vallejo, Los Angeles, water wings; Rendz Echfeldt, catcher's mitt; Henry Wiese, 138 Capp street, San Francisco, water wings; W. J. Wertflel, 1285 Pacific or Browne, 1116 Adeline street, Oakland, paint avenue, San Francisco, White House game; Henry McCray, Salinas, water wings; Virgie Mayne, Alviso, box paint; Jim Norris, S8an Francisco, tennls necklade; Willle Washburn, Alviso, water wings; Eva Washburn, tea set: Amy Rice, 147 Chest- set; V. Brown, Fresno, printing outfit; Armand nut avenue, Santa Cruz, box beads: Dorn Black, San Francisco, tennis ball; J. McCray, Salinas, ar avenue, forelgn stamps; Susan Randolph, 34 agates; E. Kern, Stockton, tea set: V. ‘Willde, Vallejo, tea s Amy Brown, East Oakland, printing er, Los Angeles, water wings; Adele Durieux, Val- outfit; Josle Gilligan, 251 Seventh street, San Francisco, tea set;-Edgar Kraure, Los Angeles, click reel; lejo, tea set:; Theresa Scholten, Al 5 e Cook. Pasq Robles. necklace: Carl Fierbach, Dorothy Rhein, Lorin, box paints: Ernestine Windhovel, San Francisco, French paints; Mabel Vierra, Fruitvale, paints; Cara Decker, St. Helena, n ac \ber, 2215 Larkin street, San Francisco, Moss, printing outfit; George Jensen, Florin, tea sct; Lallie Greerty, Oakland, sadiron; Gladys Sher- hox paints; Edith Mitchell, Woodland, silver bracelet; Ursula Scholten, Alameda, water wings; E. N. At- wood, Selma, tea set. William Aenheim, Alameda, bead lister street, San Francisco, catcher 1920 Howard street, S8an Fra box; Walter Kreiger, 1511 Mission ball; Annie Leydeder, 61 Pond street, San Cassassa, Santa Rosa. lunch bo Second street, 8an Francisco, San Franc i