Show Winter Quarters in the Back Yard By Uncle Dick J PATTERN OF s O r r I r l r tr oe sY n so OF IN J d H IC KL t om F y y Y OR CEMENT TT 9 4 r j f y rt fm rm afraid those boys boge ova a tAe woods da t talce alce say COVER MA MADE warm FROM 00 TIM Im I'm going goin to show chow yo you yon u I how bow to make ake something that wont won't t be of any aey particular use to you yon as ss you yon have hll such comfortable qua quarters rte ra here but I know that thata a whole lot of you r I friends friend's will be inter interested ted in it it Uncle Dick had removed his to topcoat rot o On D I I I entering the woodshed and stood with wit h his bis back to the stove store gazing out of the tho I window at the tho little flurry of snow the snow the first intimation on that old Boreas was on the job practising up a little for some o othe of f the big stunts he had in view later ouI ouI ou I called over at the automobile factory I last week to see Iee Mr r. r Smith and we wo wen went t I out for or a spin in one of his machines W We were on a suburban road when something g went wrong and wo we had bad to stop As Mr r. r Smith was tinkering with the machine I I happened to notice a 11 couple of boys bOJ's carryIng carry carry- In Ing a stove store into a tent pitched in their r back yard The incident reminded me o oa of ofa f a winter water camp the tho Bog Boggs boys established one ono fall fail and how bow Bill BiJl Smith heated th the a tent When and Jim were about fourteen and twelve respectively their mother died About two years later old r Mr lr Boggs Bogga married a second wit wife Now O I I and aud Jim just worshipped their ir mother and the idea of a B stepmother I I taking her place was unbearable They had bad never DOver 6 seen n the lady as she lived upState up upState State where Mr Mn Ir Boggs moved from when I a young man The wedding took place at the ladys lady's home Mr r. r Boggs making ho the I 1 trip alone He was obliged to leave nc Louie 1 and Jim at nt home to take core of the stock Block J JIn in his D. D absence nce However there W was to bea be bea t a big time on the arrival of the new bride brid and all the people ople in ie the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- 1 hood were iu to the homecoming Ve c boys noticed a 11 great change iu in Jim after Mr lr Louie and ant Boggs went h away They didn't caro care about playing j jeven i even when we would go 10 over and het 1 them get ct their work dODo op up Indeed j i it It t s c Fo b c J In a t r t f e I I J i i 1 I i i I i I 1 I i 55 i I. I 1 I I r I i 1 e attn I i i e t I I g 3 j I I I hard work to keep up with him burn And Ancl Andeo eo to the they reached the plain and found themselves them selves among people whoso whose language they could not understand and who were not cot PO so kind to thorn as ns their own ot people heel had been along the Rhine on In the other Bide aide of the mountains But they were warm rearm at nt t any aey rate and they found food tood enough to keep them from starving starring By dusty roods roads between green fields they went wont nn un til tit they reached the splendid city cHy o of Genoa Gonna where n thousand ships lay at anchor in the harbor From Irom this place Nicholas announced wo the Vo shall set out ot for the Holy Hoty Lind A way nt will be found to cross the sea They Thoy were ragged and ned sunburned enough nough when hen they entered the city and aed looked with Hb surprise p upon the ms magnificent ent houses in is which lived lined the rich rieb merchants merchant and the nobility But they unfurled their b anners once more and raised their song sons of or victory The boys of the tho city black e cd and dark rk haired h look foulk enviously at t them hem on oar that August t day dav in the y year r 1212 1121 when they then walked through h the tk- U streets The inhabitants wore were kind heart beset ed M and mans of nf them received ed the wan waD d int Into their bom homes s for or the night Hans Ilan was invited in bv hy a 1 merchant nor and hi his wife who h happened d to know the German Ger Gem man tOD tongue ne to tn pass 5 the night with them and Ind he was WitS hind glad ld enon enough h to accept oc For FOT t the he first tnt time tim since ine he left his oss own n hum horn in Cologne he be slept pt In a bed But Rot he be wa wag not allowed to enjoy it until he had tol told t tho he story of his adventures adventure and nd gr a areas at a was the woo wonder er and pity of nf Pj Pietro tro an ant i Maria for so 10 th the merchant and ADd his Ms wit wife were named Dl nt at what he hid had to tell They Thy bad had no children of or their own an ana aDO i it t wn Wa was evident that t freely rl was pleased 1 e with their visitor Suppose c we him she he her husband p said id t tr when Hans had bad rune rone to his hlf chamber ham cr B He Re is n s f fine n strong hay hoy and he heRn can Rn help yon you with noun hn briefness If 11 he will win star ar with frith n us us W we shall hAJt hero so Sam r one to lean upon ac Sf we Wc g crow row old I r think it i is a II rood id idon n to re rp plied T I will speak to tho rho bo boy about aboa II 11 to morrow y t tSo So in fh morning momin- h asked Hans remain with t r t r them A At t f first r t th the nor would not not Mt think of nf it it hot h be no non coon found th that th the a nr micas mn merle made p. p fn to them hr ht of finding finning Nicholas P l n P n It war arrow t toP he yen sen to th the would Land w were not n fulfilled and rd thAt it he be PR nrc for the fhe army Irm a to tn march n r on on no one on knew a exactly 1 He Re also found n wither h her here r that sumo pome of Ms his T com om minions had nn h d made up tun their thir th fr mind mimic to tn re I In Genoa nnA and pd cn o h hp he firm devised ed to arrant th n off r that find hod keen been mode to t him TI H Ro remained and nn n never hA had Inn nn n to tn reer regret f it for fir in t th tinb conr o n of or f time r rea- rea a o he rose rasp to tn he be one lne of nf the l 1 nine dinc rl In mr MPr fh th the ih n fl fleet of of or shins hina ht hron-ht lt him bim wealth from of nr the toe world I J 1 r rt A Ac I R for tor tT th tn r root f of the fhe Ir ar it U m r hei on nn n Tf line cuing as ac e fir Rome nf it If f near neT r n nr to t vet cef t t M She Ih h IT ot Tn Lan n T Tte e e rare mach re re re- hv ht An n It f few tV w of thI who h hod rl set pt not eo so II l from Pt t n 11 r r n main tR in I they seemed to be bo very busy with some pome me mysterious duties of their own After bit I noticed abit a a- that Bill Smith was mil mixed mired in in the wonderful s genet whatever cr up 1 Of it wae weer d Of course I J felt kind of miffed then how I didn't want to Interfere with jtb them so ro I just kept a away way from them Well the date of the homecoming arrived ed at last Bill Smiths Smith's mother took charge charse of the house bouse and got everything in nese The bride and aed bridegroom arrived on time the tho festivities were started and then it dawned on everybody c that Louie Louin and Jim were not cot there Instead there ther was a a. note addressed to Mr lr Bog Boggs Bogga signed by bythe the pair It was a funny little littia boyish note saying that they weren't com corn ing jug homo home any more and hoping that their papa spa and his bis new wife would be very happy Poor Mr Boggs was awfully c up set et about it but tried not to show it His uv new wife however boweTer was all aU broken up and the tho party came to an end with every body feeling blue Where here the boys had bad gone nobody knew That is nobody but Bill BiB Smith About bont a week later he lot let me mc into the tho secret They were camping out ont in the woods over toward Frog Fros Hollow They had taken takeD their clothes and some cooking utensils and wore were living in ie a tent My what a bully time they were having Bill and I went over oter to the camp every day or so se smuggling ling in in all aU tho the food they wanted But a 3 new problem soon presented resented itself When th they y went a away ay it t was early n In n October and all the fire tire they needed wa was for cooking cookin purposes Now it was along In November the nights were getting frosty and anti although they had piled branches around the tent until it was like a cabin they needed heat beat inside It didn't take Bill Smith long to fix fir them up W We found an old tin roof root tomake tomake to make the cover this with three lengths of stove sto pipe and aDd a few bricks briefs for the hear hearth b was as all aU that 01 tutu was wa was ue needed need aea Wo o 0 tt set Get I I I I I I I I I r I I I I 1 1 J t 1 h j i j i it 01 tutu was wa was ue needed need aea Wo o 0 tt set Get I the bricks in in clay which ia l is plenty good enough f Of courso course a n. little of ot the smoke ke escapes into tho the tent but bur n not t enough to hurt anything With the tho new fireplace they were ere as snug snag 8 as a bug In a rug mg until untila a real cold spell set et In when w we we all real that they thoy hadn't taken their winter clothes with them Just then a funny thin thing happened Bill Smith W was passing parsing the o 3 s farm one ODe day when Mr t Ho Boggs Bo hailed him Say BiJJ Bill he be in inquired tired red do you yon know knots of any boys coys about tb the a age ace e of Lowe Louie and andI Jim that I can give their winter inter clothes to They went neat off without taking th thorn them m. m and Id I'd just like to give gi them to tomo poor floor boys that need Deed them You can wager that Bill didn't didot hesitate long Jong Why yes be he said Theres a poor woodchopper in Ia tho the over o woods with a couple of boys just their size I know blow they'd like to have them So o Mr Boggs went into tho rho house an and came camo back with It a big bundle bUDdle containing Louies Louie's and Jims Jim's winter clothes Jill said Bald afterward ard there was a queer little twinkle in in his eye when be he handed him the bundle You just tell them they're to these because my boys will probably outgrow outgrow out oct grow them before they come back k A A few days later Inter n a big snowstorm storm e set t tin i in n and Mr lr Boggs Bogga called called BIU Bill again Say Bill BiJJ he be said Tm Im afraid those boys over o In the woods dont don't sleep very ter warm these nights Heres Here's a pair pir of or blankets off of my boys' boys bed that WC TC got t no use us for tor By the way you might take these boots alon along alone too When Bill sow saw two brand new Dew pairs palm of rubber boots be he had bad to laugh and Mr Ir Boggs laughed d too tea Just iJen wen Mrs Boggs came to tn the door with two big pumpkin pies and aud a s lot of jam and things s for for Bill to pack o on the sled and that set let tied fled it Of Ot course Mr BOg Boggs 8 knew where the they were all aU the tho time He a acted u as a I u. u u nothing had bad happened when the boys bor carne came for their Thanksgiving dinner and aud they soon came to think their new mar ma Was YU v YUth the th n next nest t best woman that tha t ever Ii lived Jived If any of your friends arc are 1 going OID y to keep their teats tenh up during durin the winter this th drawing will show lust just bo how bore to o make the fireplace You can get fief the rivets met in iu any hardware store and can probably bud some hiron iron iroD rods for lor the grate bar bars It If If you can an cant can't t beau telegraph wire will letl do if u jou Jcu ou P Pit put close o enough |