Show II Story Story Writing by Grade Pupils in the City Schools I 10 In ht connection connect lot with it the N city Ill schools today u n bet hel better ter opportunity for lire tho pupils to display their thell of thought exercise c elcI their Imagination and nd nt lit till the same Bunte lime lima give gle them nn Impressive HIs sive If on In language mind mid composition than do 10 the exercises given In the tho fifth grade Bindo In III all dl the of the city lly nod nothing could more plainly show tho the disposition maul and character of the children thou than the stories which they tilt lire are railed upon to complete In III those exer exa exercises rises In the tho language unit composition com book boole purls parts of ot Klyen and mo are ln to 10 complete the stories In own manner mind and give then them the theilia ilia which they think appropriate In ii mi 1 class clans of or children about n 11 or 0 12 years of age It II Is IH easy IRH to Imagine that there would be he a variety safety vallet of ot conclusions and andr i r limaxes Some of ot them ore are decidedly I it ri and ami slow show much originality origin of or t and expression lon lonU It U is IN not 1101 a 1 very vor hard matter to 10 tell v w I 11 of or the 1111 stories mire nrc written by hy buys boys mill which by J girls As a u rule rille tin the 11 girls do not 1101 bring their to toi too I o i and exciting climax but hut butI butOn I On Ihl hi y have III them tinged with romance with Just enough h excitement to make them Interesting and nt at the same HUne time tune timen n everything Iver to have halve a 1 happy end endIng lug Ing If on Hi the other hand the boys boy have to Its hae lam vo Nome thrilling cold and s III In then their stories with a II grand grandi i II at Ht the end In III which nearly manly nearl eve every every VC ry IT one aliI with the tho story IK Is laded killed To Io I hear hen the thc children read their IB Is certainly a n treat and a 1111 well worth hearing Tho Ihn News lion lum secured copies of ot two or M tire the atones written Ill II en recently by b in I n the lime Twelfth school mid and produces them Ih m herewith The rite part of lit the story Hen given In iii the tho language hook book U Is I nn as fol tul oh H Why h pupa Pipit come collie said sidd III lit Ito pressing her Iter trice face 1 the window miles timid and 1111 peering out oat Into Inlo the Ihl then i n gloom gloat He lie should be III here hele by b this time nine 10 ro pd I her mother something has haM tic dr 11 him It hn no mo doubt hum but he hu will surely Kurel nm sonn Nau 1 1 I hop hopt he hI wIM Cum como before It II gets gels 1 tot for the wolven night might conic come nut out of ot otHi Hi 1110 answered Phoebe Theo Then I always think nun about the tho Indians II pupa papa I It 16 may 1111 than when he ho Is III at lit hac nil mill you nu 1111 II lie h afraid of o In lit u sold ald her brother Henry ft a 1 sturdy boy of o twelve who nine lIme In fn nt ot that moment with wItt his hiM arms full of at wood There Thero been an ton Italian Indian around fur for more than six months month I 1 don dont t be he belleve belove love they the wilt will como come back hero here any anymore 1111 more micro after the thu scare they thc had last spring 1 t think that they have havo hall had enough of or bullets nt tit that time line to 10 make them bent let tot us alone for Cor awhile he con Call continued continued with confidence us as he lie throw threw the wood 1001 Into Inlo the Iho box lye Ive fed old and put the corn Into the tho boxes I for or line tho oxen wi so 0 papa wont have so HI much to do when nn he come he ho added turning turn to his hll moth cr or Mrs IH a n 1 good thoughtful boy hoy sire flie hc sold Now till 1111 up tip the tha hox and by that time your father will III be bu homo WhiT we wee can cnn have hate supper Mr Williams had unit been one ono of o the first who ho hall had settled In h Ohio after atter the coun cOlin country country try tn Into Inlo undisputed possession of the He lie had built n 0 small email log Ing In house and cleared n a piece of ground which grow larger each ellch year an nil he cut cUI cUIdon down don the trees Upon this he ho rained his bis little crop of or grain and vegetables which supplied the family faintly with food toad and though they suffered many priva privations priVations this little family of oC pioneers was contented und timid happy Today tho the father had hind gone to the tho vil village 11 huge lage live mills miles a way with a n load lORd of or orI cord ord I wood and had hind not returned as lit early eMI as us usual Open the Iho door dool mamma I Phoebe I 1 hear bear pushing against It said wald Mrs Williams It 11 IB is Henry with tin an another other armful of oC wood Phoebe did an miH her mother motheL told lold her hul herbut herbut but hul when she RhE threw open the tho stood Blood not Henry II n 1 but hilt a n 1 tall 1111 hot co re looking Indian The rho pupils were requested to finish the thin story I tor by h adding about words WOlds Following Is the ending written by a u girl gill In time tho class AND TIll INDIAN IDIN Phoebe had hall been heen brought blought up to 10 he be brim 11 lint Hut this wu wits 1111 an 1111 exception There she uhe wim Willi standing at lit a the Ihl dour door with an In Indian not live tent Icet away 1111 mt VaY Sliu trod had never been so o close to 10 one befort There was no time tithe to 10 lose she eho knew that much Ho tio us liS It wad the tho most nat natural natural ural thing to 10 do she Kho lieu Her mother molher had land seen tho the Indian mind and was WIB trying to get the tho gun sun down Ilon from the tho wul out It was caught and would tint not hud had run null half hul way Into Inlo the tho room foot Tho ho Indian advanced Into Inlo the room gad and caught Phoebe up and tart ran away with her Oh Oil mother mother lies HOH got ol mo mite lies taking mo mu ort oft mother father miter r Henry help Mrs had bad gotten the tho gun II and turned jutt Jim it In III line Hint to see nee the tho Indian pick up und tutu run Cwt I Sic She Hh lire because e situ wa wean 1111 afraid of hitting Phoebe mist lust l then Henry clime running In Mutter l why wh Is III M so 01 He lie looked up 1111 Into Inlo her hue face and sm ell hurt how ho distressed site looked Mother he lie said tell mo me what has hits rhem she told him hint mill all about It Just then Mr Mm 11 Williams came In III say eay en saying Ing III list Indians were welI In tho tire village iliago What to tu do they did not know kno Clio Tho Indian anti Phoebe wore WOle sortie distance away l by hy this thin time and Mr 11 Williams knew W that If It ho he wits Willi ever over tsee l t lJ see feu her he hc must 1 go KO litter after them than lie He aroused line tho of ot the wiling lIlal and n a company of ot men mon started darted after them Phoehe meanwhile was Willi not trot having un nil awful tine after all 1111 but sou was Vas wary ery tI frightened Tho rho Indian was WUI kind to her Iter that hat Is H kind In III lilt his Indian Richton way lIe He had bud n U swift little pony with him Ho set Het her on behind mil and l they thoy noon fur r off miff I IMI been blell told toll to drop things that she sho had hod with her hel It If site should ever cyst be taken away HI so Hn that thit they Ihl might trace her hll and get ot her back Ho So first she dropped her hot handkerchief then Ihen her III Ii cr ha hr ribbon then she Khe tore her herred herred red gingham gin apron mud and dropped ph of lint Pretty Prell soon they name In iii ot or aIg The Indian led INI her to one ono of ot them than and iris bin squaw entire to 10 tho tiro Ih door They talked together a 1 moment m In their language then thon motioned to 10 Phoebe to follow tollow The Indians offered oferell her fool food but belt sho shin was too afraid tn to eat a 1 thing After Attel HI she hl lay la down on sant they tine hud had put there thero for tor her hor She Shedid till did 1111 not lIot mean to 10 go to she was vas afraid they might hurl hurt her while steep sleep Ing lay hay la there thero for awhile but soon fell II I oll She was wan BO so exhausted with i her ride and In the tho fright she had brat hail had I Mi Mr Il and the men searched nil all night but hul could no truce trace of or the lw Indian and Phoebe Tine The n they thoy found some ot of the things Phoebe hind had dropped and then Ihen It II was not lIot long 1011 before they were wele found They he drove droe the Indians off without much trouble and got 01 Phoebe back melt mutt sire she harmed In the least loust At Following FallowIng Is 18 the tine story written by h n It aboy boy nCE LOOKING INDIAN lie He had Imd come crone to kill them two taso In Indians had hail captured Henry and were making wet IllI upon the thu village and amid everything In their ther way wa 1111 walie lie He struck truell Mrs dead anti and andI antiI I carried Phoebe off burning anti and killing 1 I everything he lie could find Mr sir William WilliamI i I came come home the tho next morning He lie coul 1 not get et there the lire night before on Oil on ac Ill account aCcount count of ot the Indians He lip como came In and found his hiM wife dean dea on the Moor floor he grabbed his bis gun ant ami with Bomi other men set FUt out for tor 01 the tho I Indians but bul the line children wore were never found It 11 Is supposed that they were werI lulled killed I m |