Show I 4 J 4 t I f I r INOW r ho NoW V u wouldn't you you think it rem remarkably queer I If Jf f all of a 1 sudden there should appear from the Animal Book you were glancing through IA A A horse and a spotted hyena or two And nd toping leaping out With a 3 snort and shout They should live and breathe beyond any doubt i j yet et this is ol only onry Iy the merest hint J Of the wonders t that at sprang from a page of print To r-To To the great delight of a boy I 1 knowLi know know- I Li i HuAs Hu His name is Don and hes he's nine or so so so- Ashe As he quietly laythe lay on fhe the floor one day III If Ji All AJI alone with a book in the comfy way I i r Ill I'll rif if believe lttie by the way there are very ery few h Readers aders of bf books this has happened to t So it might be well for a minute to fix c- c Your eyes on the book that performed these tricks tricks- 1 l No ho d dry old tome I But ut a hippodrome lad rid nd the handiest thing to have in the home homel Well Well Don Don lay there his attention bent With great delight and astonishment At Atthe the nice bright colors that are combined In beasts you know of the bookish kind When strange to say j A soft little neigh l I Came e straight from the mouth of a very gay J V v- v y VJ jC 2 COT DU I LL IL I JI L J Il L L J Ii t. t f T or r- r i a f t Calico pony Before Don knew it Th The pony h had d stepped from the page or through it The liveliest creature of white and buff With mane and tail all a lovely fluff And standing upright I In Ina na n a pose polite He l-e explained to Don that he didn't bite bitel II thick mane from Crom his eyes One day be he got loose and put hU his forefeet upon pOD the kitchen steps stel-'s thrusting ng his Lis head in at the open ollen door Kate the cook lk gave e him a raw rawl potato l and after aCter that they were firm fri fri- fri fri wl rids I I believe e he ho was once a horse Morse Some day I am going oin l to try him observed o ob observed served th the who had b bp eu u fond of riding in hit his younger ouo er dahs days The boys did not d dul divulge ul e the fact t taint that at for some soma sometime time they titer had hurl peen been riding I Pony Pouy ouy bareback around the tho pa pasture One ni night the were cre awakened n by b the tho f p. hoart-p. oars noan n couching of baby haby Margaret lur who was os agonizing u agonizing in III a severe set attack or of be croup Lights twinkled d from frow the windows window Iud and the whole f family was astir as us the sufferer grew worse and worse won We Ve must have hare a n doctor octor cried mother while tears streamed down her cheeks checks I r I have e done doue al that I can cnn but tho remedies seem scorn to have no effect Professor Ells Ellsworth ran to the pasture and the blanket ct mi Oil Pouy lollY I l leaped upon hi his back The family heard the quick little hUla hoof bea beats tI upon the tI th hard lUrd road then the sound died awn away in III the tho blackness h of ot the night All knew that I upon Ion Pon Pony depended I Margaret's Margarets I the life life th d dear lf baby baby b who wino now LOW gasped l and and foucht for lor or every breath The Professor understood horses hut but hut I ho he did not y yet l know tho the small creature upon whose t back he rode Soon the trot I became a gallop at first labored then easy ns I Pony ony was coming to his own Once again ho be was out on the wide R western I t. t i Y w fd l- l L. L Now Spots as the pony was W called you surmise Was Vas really of pf such a ridiculous size That Don thought this equine remark tile the abI absurd absurd- s k ref Est Esl and funniest thing tiling that he ever eyer had lead heard But the pony was d Already and prancing All Air over he room in a way most mos g rI 1 stand s with but roost his feet on the ground g round und i I. I JI tL Il Jill i He could cover r the room at at-a at i a f frolicsome i bound I j III I Iii I I L 11 Don knew at a 3 glance that shat h he n never ler or Heard of f a pet of such joyous demeanor J 1 A beautiful sleek j Little horse that can speak a I Isn't something You you see every everyday day in In the week I Now waiting within that ex excessively thick 1 i Book each with his own individual tri trick k t Imprisoned in in paper and fettered with ink i f L 1 P Were Vere animals more than Don ventured to think H l So he found when he flew r ii L fir At a a- sound a there ere were two J I 1 I J I More Alore ponies that briskly had stepped red into view J r 3 i However the new ones were r much more most sedate r rz r r And scarcely it s seemed emed were they articulate e f t For thing that th y ans answered J.- J. J u L r When Don quite excitedly questioned them J Then moving aside 3 1 With a gentle stride y To the opposite page they pointed with pride pride ride A ft D P U L E While each of them gave ace a delighted half d dozen zen J u- u uv v Whinnies by way of saluting the their cousin B t E T PAT A TEN BEAR The zebra who now nosy from the bock was ti as escaping p g The hoof of e each relative haughtily g Y shaking b Aimo PHillips H Half lf of him lulu lag light And h half lf black as night r st a k fir r rt A His pet et name naive was Stripes and it 1 d. d quite t x ra I. I t t IY r i U U Ui i jj l IJ I Ii I f fr i i 1 z t ti i PONY STRUCK OUT ACROSS THE w i f R. R 1 r L r 1 pROFESSOR ELLSWORTH had just bought a n summer home where theli the r li II children could enjoy an outdoor l Me c. c L J t big bi rambling farmhouse with its it I d tarn barn was backed b by an old apple I I ward rd where Warren an rind and Philip Paul not Sop lie pac d pull ft Tbt chit dr children dr n D found plenty of work an aud ement around the place Illace or at a 0 brook which danced at the thu f c tf of the orchard but the grown own people T eJ that they u needed u s horse to m make u t t tt th J hire nit all ver ry well vell for you OU said mother mother but how cuu cau do a nod aad d i 1 get t where V NV 11 c can cau t l li II a i it ta h children u at this for Cor grand grand- lit har waa a tout stout lady ludy who would be UC a ii tie sight Sut on ou a wheel ol ls 5 c e must h have inQ a gentle horse that Wat the tau an to sho cure CUr of f and aDd 1 X can drip e J I Pio nha rib in SU Surer lIure eV rejoined Professor Ell Ells Ells- b 10 be hu that tho the Lor horse e that t I eau cnn afford IVA 1 d Z e will i be he IlG ae f tame a as you OU could w wib leb a days day liter the tr trees es along the thea a U Were placarded with notices s of uY offar l Ji action at u u. farm rth alm not far fu from the home I i hero is our chance to bu buy n a d i Ii said ad t the e Prof Professor lIsor eJi 1 aU all 11 go I e e a drive rao und and a farmyard armar w ws full tu of teams ami uril a Jd Jt C hen tho the d I nt t the ur- ur usa usa- Fruit venders niu and ner be men had set tiel uV up their stands s i I I r 1 I laud Dud were already doing doieg business The Tile auctioneer was at the name Darn wd d dby Oy y u a crowd which laughed at his bis cheap jokes dukes and und smart smart remarks Oh Oh father Cather exclaimed Philip sec I hes he's going oin to sell p. J that little white horse Cant Can't we buy bur him s IIo g just the size eizo for Cor and md me mc to ride A dejected old 11 while bronco brono who whose e only beauty wa was a lou long thick tan tail was led out before the auctioneer Gentlemen the the strident tones tone were heard above nho the noise of the tho crowd crowd- heres Buffalo Hills Hill's most famous pon pony See Sec hi his brand brand H II lt E E. means Heal Beal Elegant Elegant Ele Ele- gant Jant or Heal Real Economical just as you please Feed him up and son set how he will willI will willI I trot a n bronco bronco is good until hrs he's thirty I yon Oll know i Hell J never Weser see seo thirty again cried a voice in the crowd and there thero was a n general gen sen eral oral lau laugh h. h Ten ren dollars Fifteen dollars Gentlemen Gentle Gent men a n baby could drive rhe him a 1 baby could ride him and I am offered only 1 fifteen n dollars Who'll hol holt t say n twenty Twenty ent replied Professor Ellsworth I and the children danced up and down with excitement I wo from tho rho Italian two Twenty fruit vender I cried the Twenty five Professor and Wad r rI the bronco was wn bas bis with ith a bridle and null I I I blanket thrown 10 in n For Kor some eks Pony as I they tilled called called I him ro rested st in rn m the thc pasture munching the Ille fc j sweet et grass grans f nr lying Irin on nn it with evident ident de de- Ji light ht ITis ni nj thin t grew rew round and lInd he i be began Bevan ln to hold up his head held and aud toss his hs i. i f t if t plains with youthful limo in his blood and nJ an urgent ur ut rider anon UDon his back Faster and Roll faster he lie heSpell sped Spell alon along the tho shadowy road urS urged 11 on by the anxious father 1 Those 1 hose slender le legs s seemed made of steel those little feet fert f seemed emell scarcely to touch the earth carth as OR Pony covered the miles mile that lay lav between him and doctors doctor's s house Suddenly he lie stopped trembling in the thA shadow of the tho willows where a n long bridge e crossed the river With ith blows the father ur urged pd him himon on until just at the very 0 I I brink Prof Professor sor Ellsworth saw t w that tha t the tilt water seater rolled tJ swift and black between him I and the town on the ot other her kink hank nJ and that I the bridge was gone To lb go o down stream to the next bridge meant a n distance of several sev fie eral cral miles miles and and the tide baby haby wins was dying Not hesitating for n u moment ho he ur urged e etile I tine tile trembling b beast down the steep incline I and aud into the tho swift current Nobly folly struck out across the thu river I touching bottom sometimes swimming swimming j always Keeping up stream and not nol down I as ho hI r renumbered remembered his youthful training in fn tho tine wild country countr of sudden floods and no bridges es At rt last scrambling up l tho rho bank he galloped gal loped through the silent streets of the town towo and aud stood panting at nt the doctors doctor's gate Ages it seemed to t the u watchers ut Umi Ellsworth orth homo home but it was in lu reality only an au hour before the line doctors doctor's buggy bugy rolled hilt into the tho yard and Bud the skilful ue Uc tor himself entered bringing relief relio to lit lit- i J l The two Shetland ponies both mother and child Were fere distinctly emb embarrassed to notice the wild Performance of Stripes who soon scon proved himself able To jump with great e ease se over sofa and table An action extreme That was caused it would seem By 1 his 1 is natural wish to b be I letting off steam I Itic tie tic Margaret and antl comfort to the anxious family Next t morning n a weary old white bronco with a long muddy tail tall r received receive el ed edIt a It i visit jt from Crom the entire Ellsworth E family lT Such uch he lie had hud never pr received in ii the tho course of oC his hard life The boys bOJ's J gave VC him as many apples an as he could eats eat th the cook brailed braided tI a n blue ribbon in his forelock fore forelock lock because l he had hod won the nice mother moths mother put her arms around hi his neck nod mid whispered whir whig in his ancient ear Pony Pour yo you nil shall nil stay with us and he be happy ns as lon lonas long longas g I as all you Ji live Jie e I I II Nest week toul the grand orand parade of o orho lAo tho Don akin Circus toil appear in the a Page Dont Don't miu it Everybody who icho Wc circus parades trill enjoy the akin DOl procession olI yonder Wonderful alii mal f from rom all parts of 0 tile the world conic como out of 0 the pages of 0 Don lons s book look I I Answer to Puzzle of the Ages The answers to the tho Puzzle of the Ages ites published last Sunday lIndar arc aro uro Parsonage courage carriage marriage et pilgrimage il a village hORII hostage C carnage e. e message advantage ad ud vantage adage l' l voyage heritage page hermitage h forage I to 1 J All this was so awfully nice and amusing That Don didn't think of what else Ise he heas was as was losin losing g Till Spots skipping up softly softY said in his ear ears Theres s a whole tribe of yet to appear I f IVe We Ve are only the first And you may think the worst worst worst- Turn urn the page dearest Don or the volume will will- burst I I W P I i 1 V W Wl l 5 V vy iV U f 1 r v V v V Vvs v's vs 4 I IJ J r Vl V t viv y i First it l i f Y f First cot cat out the sir six sided figure Next Neat cut out the sir six black triangles s In tn th the tho vii Kir corners comers Now try to make your original six sided d figure again complete b by placing p It on OD the space where the lettered triangles s 's appear If you sou place it successfully and complete your Jour original fj figure re with ski six of the lettered triangles as us they lie on OD the tho space of printed pa paper r you will be able to read the name namo of a n very well known bird binl V f f tz j f'S |