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Show I 0fl&Z!r''- A New JUVENILE STORY bySEYMOUR EATON, Author of the "TEDDY BEARS" ji Illustrations by C. H. TWELVETREES -fb . ' V,,.. , . . . f t dtll VH ii' riTfeT irrTiTr vy pjiproj I ' 1 And to step up front and the children Ji Each Installment a COMrLtLTE STORY . , ' . And to give a iegSon in a. b. a $ ' . ' ijffS!Brffl&. This er ov was Pce Domino, J jj f A3. 1 I) -lilBkS sSffiPfflfflfek ' ' Thc workman olci wno walked so slovj jf "- . r-w vy4&"" JSSKwtli And came that day down the country ri w'.."'"'"' v ' - , " f'n.l Jrxgf ' ySv ' P$SHBSt With Muffles hid in his tool-bos load. J i ."Vi r'?'Wrf ; - J-LJ ' V?. vIShS v His Gypsy suit was hid away j - T' 'l t -i I , "Itffi PvSx - V lPPi ; And in the closet he changed his suit l ; p-rr-. r-i&j-- U jEs?2 ' ' From head to toe, from hat to hoot. J "N V ' ' T Y'A f I- rPlf ") -3 Npf3 ilk ir' ' "V"- ' Then Dutchy dresse'd up in disguise Tr ri&i - SaMLx fTr feni A " ; And looked a workman old and wise y A ' M tih M And fooled the children everyone j 1 y3 M "I Jk I ' ' THERE was some fun at school that dalj Vf ' WhVe'DTmino Sdtto 1 'trfTl S"! S ll Thci in cntro1 everv iad 1 :'.-----"" Vcg - H ftl 1 M ' ' Was asked to dance and speak and singi' ll -C llIC IT '"feS And answer questions and everything j5 W. vv ' , NSSfef if - HI ,f' ' " And do arithmetic and prove their pow3 VmI jfij.. L ' ilL"" "r ' Of mind and thought for half an hour. 8 .v- y fff II (MOP? Qcr2 glJ i i 'if ! ril ysj? " They amused the school and Domino f , U..0"55 'szZmSi y5 yfeF f?rr H Jl? Had this to say as he let them go: , mi 1 ! I iP' ' J Mg I rR ' "s Gsy proverb learn bv heart 1 "' ffi?' Im' ) I . ? A? y L tTw Be brave be od' be be smart It ' -F: Ti " .rZ. . 1 jfeW But don't have fun or fame or joy 'If i"r SS jiy. T- iHll At the expense of another boy." 1 '". lv Vl Sx " si (fel Then all shook hands in a happy way J I VII. Dutchy Discovered THE Prince and Muffles used their power ' '-.q x And the two together spent an hour In watching the sleeping farmer lad . 'fjfy h And studying the notice that he had; In walking about and in noting signs And marks on trees and grass and vines; Then Domino his letters read , And tins to Dinkey then he said : '- j "Go to the spring and find that stpne fy': And stand on guard there all alone 1 And when the kidnapers arrive You take three prisoners alive And march them here ahead of you s 1 And watch them sharp the things they do-" ' Then Captain Dinkey stuttered some And looked at -once both scared and glum And viewed the clouds and every tree L And then to Domino said he, "Say d-dat again; I's 'fraid, Sir, shoo; ' I m-misunderstan' what you have me do." Then Domino gave command once more The very things he said before. "You m-must for shoo," said Dinkey Dadd, ; "Make some m-mistake 'bout dis here lad For I jus' tell you w-while ago t 'Bout dat big bear dat chase me so v A ' And he, I laiow, j-jus' on my track To eat m-me up when I go back." But the Prince was firm and said again, "Please start at once to the mountain glen And keep your nerve and hold your grotutd ' And we'll get Dutchy safe and sound." The Captain started up the hill With trembling knees but iron will While Domino said to the Jap, "Have Muffles wake the farmer chap. Then get him lunch and let him go And tell him, Jappy, that I know Where Dutchy is for I've a clew . , Which puts me wise about the kidnap crew." IF the boys and girls of the U. S. A; Could have seen that colored boy that day As at the mountain spring he sat On a big square stone for rug or mat Looking each way and all around And shivering a bit at every sound And watching close an opening wide Just like a cave in the mountain side Thinking each minute to see the bear Come stealing softly out of there They, too, would quake and wish that they , Were a hundred thousand miles away; For that's where Dinkey said that he That afternoon would like to be. A STEANGER called at the school that day ' As the boys and girls came in from play : A little man in workman's clothes With long gray beard and ruddy nose And foreign tongue and on his back A good sized load, a tool-box pack. His walk was stooped and slow and lame, And when the teacher asked his name, And what his errand and why the tools, He said his work was mending schools. "I'm here," said he, "to clean the clock, ' To test and mend and oil each lock, To hammer nails and paint a bit And such other tilings as you permit. ' ' He began his work with a closet door, Where things were kept, the school-room store. A try or two with special key Let him inside, "And now," said he, "I'll close the door and work in here And with your class not interfere." THE boys were troubled and whispers loud x -Passed here and there among the crowd. But presently the man came out ' . .v: And stood awhile and looked about ,.. Then made a bow and out he went - 1 V ''' Across the fields to the Gypsy tent ; " T And there with the help of the little Jap ' v He took off his whiskered face and cap ": And workman's suit and all the sham, ,' For he was Dutchy Rotterdam. . , BUT about the closet there's something more For another boy was behind the door " Just standing there with his famous cat 1 ' And waiting a chance to 'have a chat . . MUFFLES returned to the Gypsy camJ 1 " But Domino went on a tramp 'lw ' 1 ' V- " v ; , UP tbe mountain side to find the stoneM W .V-f'S.4 '$' '"'' V ' Tba'fc Dmtey guarded all alone. ,' :v :Y-W jj? "v; " . V. He found the stone and Dinkey's bootsj " - An(1- fresb chewed marks on trees and rfl , .):--a''-- ' ty And bear tracks all about the ground, ""''', v ;1 - .v. .;. But Dinkey nowhere could be found, gj ' .v, (Continued next Sunday.) |
