Show THAT DESTRUCTIVE BOY JACK BY WILLIAM WALLACE JR JR I Jack was only a bit of or a chap but a al almighty I mighty fellow cHow In his ways wars Some Seine peole people peo- peo pIe le thought him the most destructive little ittle boy In the world for whatever he e touched died and he touched I o cr everything thing that came his way Now of oC f course I dont don't mean that people Ot or r animals that he happened to touch died led from such contact but some some- I mimes limes they suffered a bit from It ft and antI made nade a a. great seat fuss Cuss especially if Ir Jack nipped lipped their no noses es or gave their toes a i Jack lived If away up near the north pole He might have ha seen tho the great explorers as thc they struggled to get through h tho the masses of or Ice and snow toward oward the tho point of or the compass that 14 f nearly alwa always s 's frozen frozen frozen-a a point which snakes us shiver to just read about But Jack never shivered Thou The truth truths Is s Jack would have perished in a a. warm count country He was born of oC the thc cold in tho the Great White North and he thrived ed and became happy happ in the tho silent snow amid the majestic icebergs that hat alwa always s 's floated round in the Arctic Arctic Arc- Arc tic Ic sea And had Jack seen een those explorers explorers explorers ex ex- ex- ex on their theil almost fruitless ex- ex sometimes he lie must have laughed all g-all gaily to himself What dont don't you like Ife the white coverlet on the he earth 1 he Inc might have asked those Important personages from mm John Da Davis Davs Da vis vs down to Lieutenant Peary Dont you find the tho breath of the icebergs pleasant Dont Don't you enjoy the ie sea sea that i Is never liquid Oh my friends then friends then stay slay away Leave me with the Icebergs Ice Ice- ber bergs s and tho the midnight sun bun for or my companions But though Jack might have havo said aid thc these e things to the explorers nevertheless never never- S he was a a. restless fellow himself himself him him- self and loved to make his annual ex excursions x southward Sometimes he lac grow venturesome venturesome- an and went wont as far tar to towar toward toward to- to war ward the equator as he dared Of course had he dropped down to th the tropics he lie must have died from meltIng meltIng melting melt- melt Ing then his work on earth his earth his destruction de de- would would have ha coated ceased for tor there is but one Jack Jacle of ot the North an and perhaps there ther might not be born another another an an- other one And Jack being a a. wise hes he's fellow for he's vcr very very old though still a boy knows bo-knows knows all this title and therefore there there- fore tOle Is care careful ul to preserve o his life lICo It la JJ always always- In the fall that Jack becomes restless In hi his frozen world and decides upon a trip into nto the temperate temperate temperate tem tem- zone one He lie passes across the lie Hudson bay dropping down through Canada into the tho United States And how wicked ho seems t on these across nearly half halt the northern hemisphere hemisphere hemi hemi- sphere Perhaps he means to be only mischievous but certainly his mischief wreaks great havoc with certain forms of or vegetable life On entering a pretty flower gal garden cn at night he will blow hi his breath on all the tho blooming plants and vines vine and lo loi presto pass The blossoms blossoms blos blos- Borns fall and the plants and vines Inc seem Item to have been beon touched by tho the plague as suddenly the they die Then Jack In all his wantonness goes oes farther tarth far tar th ther r and anti farther art her south bouth One year car Jack Jacl must have heard some slime of or the far tar South people bragging about their Immense j oran orange o crops which watch were promising the largest yield In n years ears Ah there was a place for tor him Hed He'd show those people down there near the tropics that the they could not always count on prospects So he lie gathered himself together for the journey journey jour jour- ney and made off orf to Florida for or a visit He lIe crept In ht so softly at night nighta night night- a night following a warm and most propitious da day for the oran orange e crop crop crop- that no one his coming His breath blew upon the fragrant blossoms of oC the orange ane and lemon lentos trees and touched the tho pineapples growing in their sheltered gardens When hen through with the fruit the lie naughty naught destructive fellow sought ou ht out the beautiful lowers and blew his col cold breath of death upon them wiltIng wiltIng wilting wilt wilt- ing them before the rite sun ro rose o to give them his warmth Now ow men brag brag said fald the mischievous Jack as he took himself off oft again before the dawn came One 1 strange thing about Jack is IJ that ho he seldom stops long long- enough h to see seo the lie havoc he has wrought but hurries hurrle on and anti on till quite fatigued with travel ol he lie returns North orth an and contents himself with staying at home till the lie next fall Sometimes I think if Ir Jack Jacl could hear the exclamations of woe woo that Is Issue Issue Issue Is- Is sue from the little children after arLer one of ot his annual visits he would not be beI beso beso so destructive e One Ono morning after aCter the sun had come up over ovel the tho land two I little brothers who w were re sleeping bleeping Inthe in inthe inthe the same lcd fed awoke Ah h. buddy its it's morning cried one I Come lets let's get up and amid go out nn and gather a lot ot of flowers glowers for tor tho rho market LOda today Mamma says we wo can have all the tho money the lowers flowers bring this week weI Yes yes cs acquiesced tho the other And ma malt mail 1 Wo We 0 must not lie hero asleep while the lowers flowers are aie ready to be cut and done up Into bouquets before noon to today a What hat do you OU lct het ItI Ill Fa say 35 answered the other little bo boy Now we must hurry We Vo should cut them while the dew Is fresh on tho the stems it makes malies them brittle and cas easy for the scissors Yes yes es the time other And they both bout sprang out of or bed and began be- be be began gan all to draw on their clothes Well rell not wait walt for breakfast said lid one Well cut before eating aUng Then well we'll enjoy our OUI meal more mOIe Work York before breakfast always makes malls a n fellow hungry hungt And so the they chatted chatte on all an unmindful ful of or the surprise which awaited them in the flower harden garden In a few fety minutes the two little boys hos baskets and scissors in hand ran out of tho time house towards the garden arden at tho rear rem Gee how cold it Is this morning exclaimed the tho one of them It tIlL will take fast ast work to lo warm us up Yes a fine tine day for selling eng said the other Well VeIl not mind the walk walle to town and standing on the street corner today will wo But just then lien tho the first speaker threw the garden galden gate open open open- and both boys bos stood open mouthed as if trans trans- fixed Before BeCore them stretched bed after bed of or dead plants plant and blossoms blossom The rhe leaves and once brilliant flowers drooped brown and Ihn limp p. p All 11 was destruction After the poor disappointed bo boys s 's could recover reco from their surprise and grief one of them said as he ho turned away with his empty empt ba basket ket on his arm rm No o use over spilt milk I 1 Thc as dead as a door dool nail That i wicked joker Jack Jacl Frost Prost has been here And so indeed he had An And so oo in indeed indeed In- In deed deel ho hu had been all an over tho the county county coun coun- ty all ov over r the state stag in fact for fOI he was on his outing and was Imo busy with his yearly tricks And these two tivo I little boys bOrs were not the only ones who I awoke in the morning to look out on onI I Ithe the ground and trees covered ered with the breath of ot Jack Jacl Frost t I Well Vell If It nothing came to kill the flowers and amid vegetables and und to nip our no mopes c w wed we'd d ha have summer the whole year yea I round philosophized one little littleboy littleboy bo boy on a cold cohl October morning Ill take talc tho the work of or Jack Fro Frost t for ho he al always always always al- al ways proves pro a forerunner of oC Old iVin- iVin ter who brings the snow now and ice gives gl us fine sleigh riding and skating Besides if IC we the had no winter winterwood word wood have o no holidays and no Christmas Christ Christ- mas Hurrah hura hurrah Jh for little Jack Frost I 1 sa say And thousands and thousands of oC m V 1 f II I II I lI-I lI 1 m r I 1 t J l fl I i I Ii tt 11 l II But Just Then the lime First Tirs-l Sj Speaker Threw the Garden Gate I bo boys s and girls all over the world join I In iii that little boys boy's Hurrah hurrah for little Jack Frost We p ma may condemn condoms con con- doms him sometimes but after all an he heIs heIs heis Is a welcome visitor And not only does he kill vc vegetable life but fe but what business h c people to neglect the tho fathering Of f vegetables vegetablE's and fruit till ho comes comes but but ho hf kills the till germs genns of oC disease and the atmosphere phere So Jack Frost performs his good deeds as well as ag hl his l mischievous ou ones |