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Show Speech jfcBats a th greening woods dark objoct Hun to an old affkraeon waa rainy. Out collected shells and whe gave them trtcr and swayed gently wttk doora waa gloomy ; tadoore enough (or their own cSD'ecoona to gugt of wind. Baltlmora eoemed too. Or rloomy, at least ! WlXs. Oriole, y (pled make them tha envy of tha neighbor tad o thought ths Travers iritis sad children, A Torn, when they tried t loot guenaed Baltimore - Ond Some way Aivnya something aaw happened to to amuse themaelvee sooooa.1 said Lady Oriole who "1 tall you." cried Tom. hie eyee thla family, it waa tha kind of a ear fully around th qneer b-brightening (or the drat time that aft- family that oaa reads about. But ths ernoon. Call friend. Mane,' beet part of all waa that, while eome peered at tha dark brown and wall all goupupyour to tha atiio. Tou thing new. happened at leant ovary ta a tha hoard ruskint ttl and I havent bean up there (or a long month, tharo wan enough to Interest TL who did thay ssa thorat Wall, . the children between times ta tha at- comers irara Mr. and Mra time. Want tqV Ooedy. goody," aald fane, clapplhg tic, whera tha old happenings of long sa Tbrashar. her (a bands, that wo what will lust ago could be recalled at any time. and Baltlmora flulckly potnt-tTon wait hers until I telephone' Por instance, Toms thine that puasled them. and , ask her to coma ovsr." father Ursa a captain ta the Revolu-An- d gr. and Mra Brown Thrashar tha llttln' misa ran off ta high tlonary War. Mia old uniform and oomlad too. Brownjsdly said: j sword were stored away carefully ta do not know what adt who it Is. spirits. Now tf yon have never heard of the a trunk with a few relics of attld in the Trivets house you base the time. Tom lend topthar don this a treat ta store for you. la the Bret ! torn and spotted as it waa and sect, the Travers family la a vary .tend that be commanded a company big one. There are aunts and uncles, ! of soldiers. Ha would ffourtah tha eouHna Slaters and brother indeed. sword in tha air and cry. "forward, all the relatives that a family eonld j men! with a ring In his voice that have Jana and Tom could hardly made Jana thrill wtth pride, remember a month whea a new rets- - j Then there wnu the trunk full of tive did not come to thetr house from j dresses that Jane's aunts were during some place. tha time of the Civil War. One old - Once It eras an uncle from Africa flowered drees had large hoops ta tha who brought with him boxes filled aklrt to make It stand out; and when with rare stuffed birds of flaming cot Jane put It on She looked like a laaste ore: than again, it wai an aunt who of 4L. ta rfsrowk .d ty ks io !. j pre-pta- 4 far-aw- hut I do not fly until evening cornea Then 1 work all night. Perhaps you wonder whnt I do at night at I fly. Well, that la my eating time Perhaps you wonder what I feed upon. Well, 1 like moths and bugs and beetles and gnats, T have many brothers and sister. Wa live ta barns and eaves. We bring health ta men and women and boya and girls, t know you wonder how. Let me tell you a story. "A few years ago In Texas many of brothers and sister ltved happily by on n big farm. Thay caught and at all ths mosquitoes they could And. One day a new family moved onto the farm. Then something happened to my brother and sisters. "The farmer did not like the looks of them. He caused his children to hate them. He began to kill them. Once he told hie wife, T have killed more than two wash-tub- s of the pesky critters. When mybrottier and sister were deed, neither the farmer nor hts wife nor hie children could sleep at night because the mosquitoes would not leave them alone. Then fever came and the children almost died. But a wise man saw and understood. He said: The bites of the mosquitoes brought the germs of the fever. When the bate were hern, they ate the mosquitoes end kept them from flying, I dm Always Clinging Or Flying. It wan tad to tut build our asst hara ta ami thick bosh, bat bow wa are afraid.1 should not be afraid.' Tou vsssrtng voice told them. Did you heat that?" asked Mra Irtwa Thrasher. Wasn1 It queer! Lady Oriole re ' fini. 1 will not harm yon. said tha 1 am Mr. Bat Par qstaky voice. tia yon never heard of me." said Lady Orlola Tta indeed Tell ut nit about yourself." Mra thraeher added an aha moved hewn Merer to Mr. Bat have a alight cold, and my voice list vary strong, he answered, "but secs you have never heard of mo nor ten me before I wilt try. "If you will look carefully, 7ou will t that t am hanrlnr to tha brier v my feet I am alwaye ellmrtnc or j queer-lookin- ( - lens of feeling. A succulent foot. defeat. , listen. r blight An animals home. , letter. fctaMons from Webster Dictionary. A NOTED WRITER. If trvt D what pcopls do when thsy A hw pauy. l eecoad Is a pointed Weapon. A NOTED S , Mr. Bat Spread Out His Wing Quietly Sipped Away. 1 stripe of eld muslta and ba took and snipped them Into little pieces about ea inch long. Then he gathered ell the pine fa could find end ran out to th tent. He certainly kept Sammy and Till! busy for some time for he gave them each little snips of mualln separately. He would run all around th tent and ring the bell each time too. When all his muslin and pins were gone, he called eoaxlngly: "gammy, please let me see th Dye , Wof kti" jvvVv Eetsr. said Sammy firmly. So then he ran into the house again, - P. along now end have e lovely lime!" Soon Peter had started his Dye Works under the porch stepa where be was secluded and private This way to the new Dye Works! he shouted. I can dye any color you c, ' hearken . April Wecther .This Rpwl weathers so eant!" , Then the children there were quite a lot of them by this time came trooping over end Peter busy dyeing lots of thtnga Sammy and Tlllle began to wonder 4tAr - v .V- j n-- absurd" Said el nc SHINING I But Peter felt very indignant that they should have a as erst away trmm him, so he pulled the bell-roagain. Then Sammy called out ta a grown-upls- h vole: Poter, that will do I" s, So Peter stopped pulling th ea he was n deer, little fellow And thought that Sammy was almost ns grand as Daddy hlmssll. Pleasa, Muddy deer, lead me your bandkersteffl ha cried, running tat the house to hi Mother. naked bin What for, darling?Mother. , ' I want to take it ts tha Dye Works sad get it dyed." said Peter. Oh, ill give yon something better '! that.", replied Mother. are bast plain white" ?ounnterx nr flying n ntw kit. See If yon can find tt by catting So she gave him three aloe, long wWUy gutting together th black pieces. bell-rep- S? Hand-kerehle- fb "What is "Wont they 4rr It. darling?" she asked. play wits you?" - "They got a Seetret Dye Work,"' eld Peter, wiping hls eyes with hi dyed muslln.' 'aul J muste't not as It, for eans I might telL" "Well." aald .Mother. T wouldnt feel had shout that! rd start n Dr Works of my own." She reached up on a shelf end brought down tome little envelopes, Aad la each envelope waa eome colored powder. There wee orange, pink, bins purple, green, brown, yellow end lavender. Thea Mother mixed cam of each color in different little tine end put them an ea a tray. Now," eh mid. "here e now Dye Work for you! This powder ts whet I nee to color candy and Icing. Run , IF. its BRI6HT UMBRELLA, POURING OUT OF OOORS I GO OUT I N THE RAIN Because it rains before IT SHINE!)' If And shines BEFORE IT RAINS . ,'V j: f j N Doras Fishing Party Dora Was old enough ta the little stream that through the grounds of her home, the child was fond of the sport. By end by th bent pin at the end of a string gave way to a 'real hook and line, and with every new development, Dora's love for fishing grew until she wished that it would always' remain summertime M that the fun would never stop. Now Doras birthday had a habit of coming around ovary April with th earn regularity ns th passing seasons, and tneh year Dora tried to think out some novel form of enerteinmefit to celebrate th great day. The little lady was ta ha twslva years eld In another week and she set her brain to work for a real Jiew idea. Perhaps It was the word real 'that brought th other reel" to her mind, bat ufltc It to say that tha idea grew from that. She would hev a' fishing party, pad this ts ths way she planned! It: She obtained 14 cards (this number, because she expected 14 girls to spend th afternoon of her birthday at bar house), and on each card ib wrote the following list of questions: 1. A perfection bib? heavenly fish ? . Z' CARRY MY And when I. eVER A Seetret- .- Replied Peter. MistressElla, xm eirfrtt VurTis I E WRITER SAaketpear. Tf little gubkr for tt was soon seen that Peters Dye Works had more colors In II and gv- trybody went there Sammy cam out . of the tent and ran to the porch steps and looked under. There sat Peter with hls little tins In front of him. dyeing n doll's petticoat a lovely yellow' y Peter," said hls big brother, whet are you djeing with? Tf a seetret," replied Peter. Sammy thought a while, then he aald: "Well, Pete, Its no use having two Dye Works In ana family! Com os and move over to the tent and we'll be all one great, big Dya W orka." Peter Was delighted, of course, so Sammy helped him move and then thev did have an exciting time! Such beautiful colors they did dya, and Peter was th happiest child ta town. I do bellevo! Muddy dear," he said, as aba was puttlnr him to bed that night, whea I don't know what to do and rm aad. you alsray make everything ell right again, yon do. Muddy dear!" And did you have a happy day. dear?" aaked his Mothsr. "Yet, I did! cried Peter. "And, you know. Muddy deer. I'm big now and can be trusted wlf seetreta for 'cause Sammy he told me e seetret end Tlllle she told me on tool Bout th Dye Works, see ? KITE PUZZLE. nt -- . The whole is th name of a noted writer whoso birthday occur this month. To ' , DIAMOND PVZZLZ To To "And to think wsiaver aaw these things before," said Tom to Jane. Lets ask Mother to tell us tha story of the ancestor who owned them. I bet ho belonged lo Captain' Kidd's . crew." Quickly they threw the th Inge tain the chest and ran down stairs. "Qh Mother." said Jane, .tell ua ' ' about the pirate in the family. We hrsr found bin clothes m the attic. asked Mrs, Travers "Pirate, puzzled. Why. we hare no pirate that I know of Oh yes. we hsve, az'd Tom. "and their clothes e In the od chest" The Mothers eves twinkled. She! sat down and laughed. The tear ran down har cheeks so hard did she laugh. j Why deers" she said that pirate i autt belongs to your father. Dont you ."I remember that fancy-dres- s bail h went to. a few years ago? Ha bought r t th then. suit Didnt you find a , . pirate false moustache with the suit?" "Oh yes we did Mother." ttald Tmo f shamefaced arid giattrtng side ways eg- -j Mar'e. How wily she must think he -- toefh she wag two years younger water, they got lavender. Now Peter was only five years old. Mt he (and ha wa ten.) Th eye. the curly moustache. make-behe- , PUZZLE. . i bell-ro- DIAMOND For I can play and me my bran And make the box into a train, And that is fun a great deal more Than pi a purchased at a store! ! V letter. And I have found that at a rule I have a picnic with a spool. Or with a box or stick or hoe Or with the lovely things that gre j ! m quitoes every Bight and so sa ving boys and girls and man sad women from tha awful favor. g set. Wo are a If you will come near, you .11 see that ' my wings fold np like an umbrella j They art Pen and do net have feath. i ora such as yours do. Although I fly and hav wing. I am a mammal Ilk dogs and horse. My head and eers are like those of a mouse. My body hes the shape of a mole. My mouth is very large 1 and I here sharp teeth always hunt at night, hot my eyes are poor " I and I cannot see well. I know you s ' wonder how lean catch bisects with"Well dear," said Mra Travera. out seeing them. 1 will tell you. should think that would have lold you. Whea a moth come near me. he the suit was a beets the air so lively with hit wings Marie did say that people don'ti ears know Just where he la. that my leave (heir moustaches when They de. so la I that ; good My hearing but I thought that I knew better. be rarely So they b fiA, "VVh! LooJt at this daffer nod , confused, Out came frond- miss getting what 1 go after. It -weddinf dress The ohVoh, here U a mousteche. exclaimed! would not be untrue to say that I see mother Weil, she'll fonrtv rnn I knov. that greeted It could not! Jane. run downsfatrs and with my earn. !f your cooktel We eat n largo number of inserts here been more enthusiastic at grand- j People don't Ira re their moustaches gn(j m)lk are rpdr for you aald the v that harm crops and orchards All wedding .Then Tom4hen they die, quietly announced j .Mother 7,;7 farmers should ho our friends I know pulled out the eoldiercoat and the be- - Marie, cold mPh . Between gups of . Marie was agreeably Oh. it must belong fo some rela and tites of we are Tory queer, but we always try loved sword cook-Torn jsmat raiin te do our duty. It ts growing darker thrilled Tom certainly made a fine tive of ours said Jane, loftily. "Guess smiled bashfully Mir e now and I must leave you. Good by picture as he held the sword aloft and he cut It off and saved It 'Let s put "I think we have had a lovey ttmCrS h cried. "Forward" the things on. Good by f even If we did make a mitak said Jane draped the sash around her Mane, as ehe was leaving. "Tnu'ra, "Whet's In that chest over there?" And Mr. Bat spread out hla wings on a corner. and to 1 waist velvet the" ptrt and quietly Slipped away while Mr. asked Marie, pointing jacket, the nicest hoy ever vnew. fhe ehis-- e j Tom and Jane looked at each other, j She grasped the dagger In her hand pered, squeestng Tom and Mrs Brown Thrasher and Baltihand "GoM-bye.- " And more and Lady Oriole gasped with "We ha. never seen that box before," and cried: "Beware" just as a pirate called Jane. "come 000 m should? 4L Tom looked fierce In aakl. open "Leis intghty urprtae. they ingain Well, soon the Dye Works was In ami when he came trotting up, ha was A ft day TUB Roop dropped th I ft tad of her red heir ribbon In full' blast. Both Sammy and Till! filled with astonishment to see such basin of water, quit by no-- were clever with brushes and pencils, e crowd of children around Sammys cident, and found that th water so thay painted a fine sign and hung tent. He cam up running end gave a good, hard putt This gave her It outside on th tent for nil to see, the taxed a lovely pink. Tf me," he said, "let me in, a Ides, so she called her brother thea they went Inside th tent end s welted for business to begin. Sammy Sammy I" baay and aald! to a Cord end , TUJj Jtuck her head out and said.:. fsylensdtiL No, Peter, you cant com In. This M Bilngs pink with this old Hair pulled th corduirough a hole in th is a Dye Works and Its n secret and If Moo. Its 'most worn out end Ill tent with a sign above It saying: we let you see It youll tail. Now at Mother If I can just hsva U to Pleas ring. No admittance." something Soon the bell began to jaggl mer- go end get tom pine endbell-roIkf with." so pull tha Well hsve th Works ta my rily as children cam from all around to dye, end dont ty break it." herd, youll with things to bo dyad. Dolls clothes hfiu Tent." sold Sammy. not tell whet wer dyeing sod handkerchiefs sad old straw hats wh!" cried TU11. who Just loved and temps of nil kinds, even paper, etets above all things. I have ea were handed to Till! through e flap ta .that tent and Sammy dyed them si Mss ribbon too," "And we'll charge two pine to dr blue. or pink or javender. lor lhar anklflg." said Sammy, feeling quit soon found that by mixing toms of xwd ef having each a clever sister, th blu watar with tom of th pink A rather be n happy boy a single little toy have a doz$n .sameslo play And be tinhappy all the day. ID ' bringing the fever germs. Ton cant bring those ball back, but can got eome more.' Now, if you should visit that farm, you would find hundreds of my brothers and slater there catching mos & PETER'S DYE WORKS lie 80 they pulled It out and Slowly Other trunks ta tha dim attic con-- 1 and they all pushed In. My. what a, big place," gaspqd lifted tha cover. talaed clothes that had been worn at! Oee! an breathed Tom. "A pirates great events. Janas grandmother's j Maris. She waa right. It waaover Who in out family waa a sultl wadding drsea was always admired unusually big attie, for it spread pliwlal" breathlessly. It waa yeilow with age. fb whole hoa. Maria pulled out a pair af baggy 8,1 rt through tha but tha delicate veil waa as beautiful ' trousers, a stripped sash and n little nAurl.c-J.",Lwer- .d the other two. velvet Jacket. grand as a queen e It waa this attie wtth its precious belongings that Tom desired to intro-due- s to Marta, Jana's new chum. Tom Manes beautiful secretly admired golden curia. ' They were Indeed as lovely as curia could possibly be: end Tom felt that that lovely little miss who possessed them would never fee! any ndmlmtlon for him unless he showed off" before her In eome way And presently Merle eetne. "We sre going to plsy In the attic Mario.' aald Jane, slipping her arm We've around her friends waist. got trunks full af aid thmgs you." How alee! Wo can play theatre' suggested Marta. Why, so wo nan," cried out Tom. j running ap the stairs two at a time. I never theaght at thaL" They tripped up tha back stairs to the attic door. With a squeak the door ta tha enchanted roam spewed f 4 I. t. 7. A complaining fish? A tool fish? A cold fish? A warm fish? A crawling fish? animal fish? A hard fish? A flowery fish? A ruling fish? A wealthy fish ? A musical flab? A Ringing fish? (An 1- ' - 11. If. 11. 14 . taken cardboard and had cut out 14 fish about four Inches long huS three Inches wide, end in th body of th fish th wrote: FISHING PARTY, APRIL lilt, AT t.IS O'CLOCK. MISS DORA MASON WILL PROVIDE THE LINE AND BAIT. It 4s heedless to aay that all came and hugely enjoyed Doras Fishing Party-- Dora's idea eras to distribute thea cards among 1st gr at end request them to writ opposite tech qneetioa th name of th fish, that would answer to It. Her nr th correct anew era and Dora had a large box ta th shape of a fish filled with good candles ready for tha girt who would srrit th best list of answer. 1. I. I. Angel. Dog. Paradise. Grunt. 1. Rock. Rose. 1L King. Frost. It. Dollar. 4. Sun. 11 Drum. ?. Snake. If Bqr. Ths Invitations that Dora Beat out war th cutest things, at least all the gtjlg lh.Ued said they were, -- Dora had 4, File.-I- - . 7 I, f- -' ' |