Show There wr were five Ive of them ranging r in n I 3 years earn from U 12 to 8 two and anti three thre niec nl nieces ai of ot the tM 1 protector Tho whose bo e entitled Matter re the scientific world The pr professor feasor Or ws waa s now engaged on its Ita eom volume t lume U M nd d ir V that t fresh air lr and the beau beaus k s of ot nature reflected fi m his hl ap apI I iatI v nr 11 on the th pages of hla hI ra would add fore force to the con conI I ng chapters ter he h had parked packed up hl bl ha tig ng Tn t riaN rI and ponderous rO books book ref rT and al therewith r L It hs s Hl s rambling ry children ho e father was vas as an hon bon or and anti but ler with a sound t nd nn no Imagination a k O I re r i iT I Ir Ir II r T is uncle I to of oe n a type r of some r c n r tv w j I ie IJ Iea the only n one o In cap ea ean V A r ing from the n the tho professor and hid ha hi Kings bangs with true scientific hr he am wt act t to work at once In arpe roam opening upon the brad r anda The Th children had listened re to ree e t to tn their th t ir mothers mother K word words of ot tv n arning but had bad led from making l c II cry rj rr promises f nr r three flu successive uc imle mornings th tM the pro proff 0 ff flor pursued the pleasures of author authorship e ship P under th theae e conditions Ae Affectionate e little Oela curled about 41 out his l is ok ek caressing his hia cheeks with Eti sticky kv fingers Seraphic Harold whimpering confidential for the loan 0 ob S cents till next t week Keek Domestic Hazel Z the pages of I his hl manuscript with I orderly r precision I Inquisitive Curtis Curti performing his hi rec roe feat ft of asking tort fort forty unan unanswerable unanswerable I W questions questions in Y seconds 4 c Helen If expressing logical doubts about hout the success of any book that tha could O ld not boast a b more attractive c cUC tive UC title than flisa The luncheon bell Net N literary re it twelve e badly blurred bl ed line of Mind MindOn On the th if of the th our tn di day the tho thop professor p moved ut U to he bap B Bv this thin T time the children d han had r learned farned I Ito I it to lave O him for far pima him If alone The had no nt n objections to the barn rot not they I j ii t i Rut But n i back b ck of the tho barn was a densely w and ami ravine into which 18 Ildren n never ver ventured and so o 0 the thea ther r I a ar ved an Inspiration lie ea 11 fe 1 eio ed the barnyard gate and andert w tc ert for tor the coming of hit h affection ata at tormentor When they came whoop inC I i 1 shrieking from front the house he hedt dt Q through the barn door with dered d T hair and in frenz frenzy rolling roiling and met them at he te gate Bk k back foi fOl your lives thundered th professor The terrible I Ihas I Ir r has come 01 rn 1 t of the woods and is I hiding in the barn I Oh all my said Harold HAMid Does fire come out cut of or his hi mouth No N o tut hit he hs liaa teeth and antI claws an aninch aninch inch long loog and he hart hao hil I a II thing to eat Mt this th month Tm Im going right home h 1118 whispered littie lit tie Ue Ota Drift I If Ii toe he cant get g any n children to eat vent he eat you uncle demanded nr Curtis Curt CurtOn On Oli no nd I control kim him with the power of oC idy eye A tte want to see seo you do Ir lr pleaded Hazel He Fie would smell your blood said the professor r in a tragic fcO ht r I would o i lene iese lle my 11 control over ocr him He would eat you ajr aJI How ll w can n you control the with your jour eye and write at the same lW aim lm 77 demanded S Helen I coldly c Why stammered the e professor grow I rd I 1 11 I 1 write with the other oye eye Come ch Wren dren ren saM said Helen we will willJO go JO for the present this thing must be bethought beU thought U tover ov r So the children en returned return to the house arguing as they went In low voices olce Re Returning Returning Returning turning to the barn the professor dipped hit hi pen pon In the ink several severn 1 times and tried to remember where he bE had left off Just t its bS he was entertaining hopes n of t suc sue success success cess c s a chorus of treble reble voices voice hailed him hint from the gate Tae professor went out with 1 Jr hand raised in warning nr I Uncle began Helen lr accusingly minima mamma says saja B cruelty c to animals is I a 11 I crime Ye You Y rr start stary startIng Ing log the i I ro in the barn and und mamma sa says 8 starving is 18 cm eru 1 city aIt You are mistaken children replied the professor I have arranged to feed the beast twice a w week ek every Tuesday and Friday Fr dR Run along now new I hoar hear him moving about Where do yoU jou get your children to feed f ed him with r naked asked Curtis backing awn away from the gate Here is where the professor r made his fatal mistake He informed the children that there was one morsel that the Child Later Eater relished even Iven more than a nice fat t little boy boj and that was n a salad made ngom of broken n glass f s bottles The children went away y apparently to discuss among themselves this strange instance of or a u perverted appetite I The professor protessor wont went back to his man manuscript manuscript ulI and after cudgeling his brains for air ate hour had just begun a sonorous sentence opening when he was compelled to respond to the summons of ot small voiced vOice at it the gate Curtis and Helen carried between b tween them theman themI an old washtub covered with a soiled tablecloth What Whal on earth have you ou there de demanded the pter pc le or Helen removed the covering with a flourish h It in is a salad slad of broken bottles for the she answered a You said idt he was to be fed on Tuesdays i s and Fridays Friday well this is Tuesday a Thank thank you gasped gall ed the pro ro I Jhen lessor r You maj ma leave the salad naiad when vou you are at a safe fa distance I will set it before the tho beast I There was an instant Jn in tent tant storm of 01 remon The children Insisted on tho the thord reward rd of their e labors b they must see Epoe the t child eater at his semi 5 semiweekly r weekly w meal of broken tn glass Rut But f Te 1 I dare not protested the pro professor professor professor fessor He lie fe would smelt smell your jour blood and andOh Oh uncle exclaimed Hazel indig indignantly Indignantly indignantly You said the en enjoyed enJOYed enjoyed joyed a lof of br bottles more moro than nice nl fat f children o The Tie pro w t 8 fairly df cornered With great presence fI of he rush back into the barn burn in time to meet the children at nt the door I OOT with the news that thal the had escaped I 1 would like to have seen Reen him en ea enthat a that salad said Mid Helen but now dea uncle there Js nothing to prevent ou keeping you ou company com nY out here he all da long 1 That evening fv the professor Bor and hi hit manuscript t entitled Mind hind departed d Cd Ii h search of tho the peace and quiet that Ar fir AIto Arto to be found only in modern n apartments o t r C pIs t 1001 1904 by JJ Hears H c r |