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Show ‘ i/ J De) PO REPUBLICAN, CHILDREN'S 3§=- 9 = By ing making t tht short cut Maud to hool PAGE ekaee eri bE Pas Agnes, the Litite "Good Samaritan" In ee __ Walker. of {ihe stepping outer sing ‘the shopthe and against closing in-rush of) Inside door als ; ‘ outine of t pel humane Yes, I'll phone | busied | with i ee is temples na) x ance | their daily ¢ yit ‘ iia, for my private nitarium ee worshiping, at the bath ee op Ne Nineteen hundred years ago city |}and: visiting at the home Po mn Be proundings thrilling of with. Pompei Ufe:-and then business-dk a id other. h ‘came The while slaves performing s eee their . menF Fiat pres nt the barren, forbidding a0 tap beecipe and thelr skeletons remained was not pleasant in agpect, he signs ease of and vice filth Agnes ct on dange v} the "short and poverty, that hung never... , Lane being cut. ee eae ore ca ec A her heart was swelling with this child: in distress, and. of Sn for for dis-| about 1 nteq the | Jini. narrow, ill-paved streets were hocking to little Agnes, the 3-year old daughter of a well-to-do merchant of the town. So, whenever she took this route to school she kept her eyes Be Ss ; | #° © | OAL iced ¢ rly in pecomOe: snes was hurrying to school by way), what source the to see wall most bare, man's in stockings child for the size thin and turned wards huge were and seemed in just gir her deepest eyes Agnes. old-she asked be about ge ntle Sonn in long friended then plied between Papa is sick and child I'll run | doctor, alle- ue q (a ; " she this toucher out saic } Aleeping In their dark and Italfan st | own And Mich. he for 1/sickenss, that few. ilike, a and Pe ee |henais = last words do broke Tnowoff|adjust anything ry they ‘nt, EQ eyes makes of condition misery sentences ; of was hunger, a Pompell ide a _ A a me a army strong bombarded A small Colonial town battle Which hen hath ensued recetve \ ing to school I we aa for her noon ! you to your eat, attend a gentle brave With the delirious r ears, Agnes +|/ f , ih | ft sit T™~ St " ---- a stronely matched pair man's hurried ae a ik, r ia tor Dash. this is Agnes I want-you, and Come as quickly eome} ravings from maiden did throw: ay wa, that Agnes' mother saw coming. Inj you Bleak a very made no. vé corner I said. Turner right av ay, as you can of | corner I've found the room| good, 7 Yes, | her please.| to the] Sf i\ Rricktop ‘ (\ and eee One morning | | table Bricktop Dear old loving Gran'pa Seeing Tommy near, And knowing well his failings, Had good cause for fear. ta; cous while at received tt rt, "Papa | from and home |} you and the breakfast a letter from who Ya Cite Sie aah as Taare pee Percy | ame) lived in mama are going two weeks, and for the twins to come and you But New follows: (Bricktop's She|she was It's trying | house as you can. We will all to ourselves, away In a little shop to get a fire pay me ne absence. And they want e something f I remember your remember rightly, Bricktop, "And I'm sickness." story then After of coal. how she went to a short in came Ee lright | away. "With and the ‘ much twins, love your S.-Mamma lineluded in this | they very much j little Perkinses So, playfully he crabbed him And sat him jin the chair And Tommy, howling fiercely, Leaped right in the air. need At last the jarrived, day papa sure for and Then coming down. Still feeling that He said in "Gren'pa, Then dear Said, "I That ‘He very that "twas your old loving mean aeat laughs last test Jaughs Maud wish tle Said had mamma.18 their departure sk eper Mr best ' Walker. at |turning, his father, erkins bowed said: questioningly gravely "Well, son." ita \enes in Such of Se ‘ were | 3 aan Pearue numerous unfinisned As shoud ich 2 Zerg of thel a3 "ate : he ics on ng oer ; augue n, of destruction id man taken where of medic ul attene@ gil girl pS ¢shown has WI by real brotherly to: h vurry PT lome, health should horrible place ‘ ua vplicuen res 2 fvite wrapping pieces Stages yay child the rae "ae The any eS ra the beat ie sue Poe later that. it was \gnes' through the a few But. to you, darling, is the the shops of <primitivelfinic huge by a different the bakers Kroioinclene we grinding mule or see ororni stone 5 that ‘were Christian slaves. mn one of these shops was uncovered an immense oven in which were found many a Strangely mother saw gate. minutes In Nola. Gate at Pompei. of marble showing cd toward completion of two turned ae bd to "Kiss net and to. come' with ‘her: only as also upon dest dees het x ee Agnes ~}dom it] ex loaves of bread which the evidently Just placed. er had i, bake fatal a few minutes eruption No bakthere before bones of the the bak- ers were found, but the loaves were as perfect as when placed in that oven on November 23. of the year 79. oven the stamp on each loat Is plainly diseerible The read sligo grani King-! (wheat heaven. flour. flour) and "e. ). cici ra" Mary (bean Graham rag oe on] of old feclingly It Go takes a I= Go the ch SDOOOOOSS0S2> ey i City, ee railroad station, where he procur-. ters. and been })to. meet half sent a to Uiemyat day. A Albert telling. pala a" certain him ‘ferry. | alone, attention tq close t at Brest " ( ousin two need ane fa you brought oe Na : Pe car tune eee Sa Sioe a) roid tate Bricktop and the twins had no terrors | at though they vere" for them, | They had a seat r se alias "| s ieee Bert ia +i 1 7 Ne age ae umbrella" yas! ‘t| ; went he 1 seri u . aa ie u "on, | Bricktop' nbrella me the breast pocket of his they is ready-our waiting for the |ing mile | states. were in from s an Well, across Vou the rate : we're of all forty| . here," thevshadi = Z LF - and, and some early Isle to Se the away cheese | Hee for and the twins beatenthimilbyonalm the little eee say? ee Oh, called| to °U find| Pérkinses the ee tos aninout thing to the dress-| 10" all papa oo _ ‘And right, Well, we'll about it Bricktop ris father right on attend to atl ne for ; we worryIng wut he that was he too, forget Goodby eee ricktop could dear so do every- brother!" never tell a living soul declared Bettie "Really, had too mueh on_hijs mind, train] #9yWay. And to think that he has sine . in on time at the New York| De¢n worrying over us. too It's all ir S i station nn the Raat Jersey | our fault. We should have stayec ae ce ! : Hudso; . r Eagerly} there till the crowd cleared out and ikon at t = oe, but the three } he that children es ou wouldBricktop ae{thBs : Fain have seen Pi lly us, Youoe seeea sla ainNaveed, Bricktop in the leac carrying the sags innit aaa es : post, A dense noisy crowd lined the space | Ana' there were tadve 7 within the gates, and as they started | of Bettie Bey, in the voice Bricktop whispered "Mercy!" gasped Lettie. brother?" In vain they searched' for him he could not be they ea to his| her brother went, following the planning "Where's for the morrow $e | the crowd] found On| crowd Chums . to the| ---~ -_-__ Where ere 1 go MY chum For he's so fond of me And J am just as fond of goes, ; too ' him, find our way across." |; Being bosom friends, you see. Bul nowhere did they see Bricktop! phe vex ; ; nor Cousin Bert And the little sical : ‘ ee cone School is out yy |} were about to cry when a thought struck Lettie, "We'll ask a policeman} to take us to Uncle | the number. 5s 107 Will's. Btn know Ek: | "But lost, I Ah, 7 | sures Comes And I joyously. join jf ton mhalf on wae' ta Brick!" gasped Bettie "He's | fear." ; : you couldn't lose Brick." as-| a Woe } Us hell your uncle fe So : an) When right to STICK, :) 0 he doesn't uncle's, fer find he'll sure th at we've gone directly there."'| Once on the street Bettie and Lettie wer it to a policeman who was Stand- | ing near the ferryhouse, After hearjing the little girls' tale he put them in |} a hansom c ab and gave the driver the | add ress Within a very short time the twins were within the house of their relatives, explaining how they came to be alone. Their Cousin Bert had gon e in time to meet them and have found aun tle said, right, be } | | | "Bettie and Lettie went t> a policeman who was standing near the ferry-bouse." Lettie forgot anxious P ferry "We'll tind him on the boat,.''| said Bettie "He would not stay on the other side, He knows we would | that's Grownups dinner. SELES pM an hour be-|_ a wae the morning| ™° hos a to make their toilets half day wore pleasantly] through have her fill of pudding and-chocolate sauce Briektop remembering | that men usually ate oysters and Chops} to his daught-| ers, "and the twins, I would be very| Sanguine regarding your visiting Bert | did {t not necessitate your being absent |from school e's see-when does |the holiday season begin. with our |} town schools?" "The week before; Christmas and /continues the Ne Year week," informed Bricktop, ‘‘That's two "whole |} weeks." | "But you don't want to be away from home during the Christmas fes| tivities,"' said the mother quickly, | indeed," cried the twins and | Bricktop in a voice. But," went on Bricktop, "we would have that time in | Which to study and make up for lost j time, as Aunt Agnes and Uncle Will | Suggest." The twins smiled at one another, feeling that Bricktop had made a telljing stroke, And so he had. "Yes," said | their father, slowly, "I don't doubt fer }a minute that you and the twins would study diligently and make good for lost time. You have never been behind {n ) your classes, even though the measles, ;mMumps and whooping cough have laid the you mdcoree warmly sisters to hold excused fast to each others ane ee th etp i lata @ praised him-the hero Key p at his heels Beir ne arts, Then they were a part of the crowd. | > T'went; minutes later Bricktop and pressing this way and that, and in| ©Ft came rushing in, and once more tp, turmoil the twins got separated| happine Ss reigned, and they all fell to trom Bricktop. -| Al waked nie ; eae coffee tor they hadalresty eoue ae : vin In another ten minutes |cream and cake. Bettie ate sparingly the Pullman car speed-|of meat and vegetables that she might town at hour I guess of to end his rather hearty Then they chatted for fore going to bed. In iu wet under40. | ahan't| kiddies ae one you oe cup that hat es, he can wire to » se hat they are sent C , aN : VE as4s ! s soo n-as i > you ~} eae ao : a| ar ‘ Ss i ao al a oa a > mine z 2 on the train, ordered lik he felt himself quite just now And he took at dinner rise, for grown-up: small ‘Yes, 5 Leet telegram agli in his what's too bad! 200% Chap Left their trunks at the station in their own town-forgot to check them! Well- that is awtinly unfortunate. Whats of Co f , 3 acted upon his father's laughed Bi and went at once to the lit- | comfortably Ah, ) ea. avs. een nonin ie to to be make up for lost B-4, : rae e | Bricktop read the letter aloud to his parents and sisters, the latter showing radiant faces full of happy anticipa-| tion as he proceeded. Folding the let|) ter Bricktop looked first at his mother, |then a rt sla. ea one | trick!" Gran'pa only wished to ancient saying within lette r, and to say that wish to have the three come for a nice visit, | Christmas holidays to | time at school. As‘ Janguage: a yed which they are to make as long as possible. They suggest that you three | Kids sstudy at nights and during the not gently, pin-prick, mourful ' papa destroyé aera ater Socalso ac r proven aoe tea trem blec Chere plain everything to her mother The} |8ood lady could not speak for a little) ner yoice was so choke d with emotion; | but folding her daughte r to her breast she whisp. red after a few moments HAA and it was with great im- everything Quring that visit, and each Where's that box eee Ns f ie portance that Bricktop counted over | felt that he or she could go straight) send to aunti " asked Bettie aUOL ES the money his father put inte his to their uncle's house wlih their eyes) sudden, looking up in the rack overhands, You are to take the entire | blindfolded, once they were set down heac ¢ management ' : <t}e of this trip, " Brick," said jon Broadway ; | In his father proudly. my trunk," "You are a boy to Wishing to let the children learn to| thought it better te said put Bricktop it there than be trusted in every way There'll be |rely upon themselves, the parents de-| to have t« carry it. I hate to be load| nothing forgotten, I feel quite safe jin cided to say good-by at home, and ed down like a pack mule. Saying. You have your tickets to pronot accompany them to the station Then dinner in the dining ! ar Was) to|cure to aunt and uncle | coat. "Everything loving cousin, i trunks packed and "Bert Thomas.' transfer wagon. and took y, | Of the sic on a Rate os‘Eneumonia,.. Pom ti ee ae must be taken ae exhPy ae A few minutes matehed pair {ust engage, so So, when at last the hour.arrived/announced, out every day that the sun shines| and: the little Perkinses you'd better attend to that this morn- | Bricktop, a traveling bag in each had/| were the first to be have the fresh air and exercise s ited aba tablk ing. You go on the evening train,|and a sister on either side of him,| Their appetites were sharpened "Now, by) can't you and the twins|don‘'t you?" stepped from the town "bus to the sta-/the come? You thought have no of havine idea how full privilege to much "Yes, sir,"" replied Bricktop, care-/| tion platform, as proud and important | order i}fun we'll have whatever they Beg Aunt 1 anted Minnie and from the] /fully folding the bills into his flat a young felloweas you could find in a} | Uncle Alf to allow you to come-and | poeketboek, which he cautiously plac- dozen bill af fare Lettie saved up for ice} |go {to ‘ ae & ime Agnes Ag for her tote . r -|coming f pronounced condition. ed the tickets and sleeping car berth through to New York The time required to make the journey was one | night ready to repeat the work with us if we her : as the Lulu me . oC lost during "You is so good and quiet that you'd never | | know she was about the place, and the cook stays | her own quamWers, so. | we'll be lords and Jadies of the manor in reajity wing to a cold on my lungs papa and a have decided I] shall not go to school while they are| jaway, fearing | might take sick during| |thalr Owins Ie for ground want have for , each out for rather long periods.| Bricktop I think you have your mother to} suggestioA, thank |a}of visit during their absence, remaining course, after they have returned j}long the |rightly it was she who sat with book real|in hand beside you in your convales-|) cent days and helped you to cover the I i in ree So d hee Pape goodbye. fe oO | aa a | brief there, side. and bad Narrow. case tnere.streets No| mistake-that is the Turning the Tables. Laughing Tommy Mischief Hid a crooked pin In the seat of Gran'pa's chair. (I know it was a sin.) ta eae c ihe to a. hospital. feact | ana eee out through the shop,| the corner where you are to come, "Lo your. private OG a et anaes glancing round the latter as she went,' This is notin your practice> district f-tor said Agnes, : ree y ae cate | to see what they had the for sale.| you say? Oh, dear' doctor-don't dis-|‘‘He is all that this little gir 7 aes There were few. # opwarn, toys, a| appoint me. There's little girl. in| -she las bec nm te Ning hee or cas lant of lead pencils, rubber erasers, | great distress-her papda's raving and | mamma and Nittie brot aay ‘ ooo el cheap writing table ane cord; out of his head. For my sake, docear-and he must have x 1% fee istretched above the counter holding} tor, come-please Oh, thank you. ] attention. At frets noe . a fe unpopular monthly magazines! doetor is so good of you to come, | heard my papa say-the ae TA wae . and weeklies, all of a month-old date.| for-the man is so poor that he can| not receive all th ELEN LION ee 1] |. a "Poor souls," was what Agnes whis-} never. never pay you; but you may| ing the y should have ipa shall pay yered to herself as she ran to tne! add it to papa's bill You sav }| for-- : Mn ky pnt st drug store, where she knew that all right? Well you'll be The doctor put his Heat into there would be a telephone A real, here directly Goodbye." Oo quivering mouth, and pase looked Sareeher little woman-and most capable Agne decided to run back to the! deep blue eyes, eyes so full Oe pet |}was Agnes. In a time of stress he hop and a wait the doctor's coming! derness that they brought mn oienar ; never waited to ask advice of others:| before going home after her mother. to his j She quickly own acted grey upon her orbs own judg-|She re had not long to wait, for while. real little good = ert a * oeid acl , Stee . kos child ment, which te was always ‘ Tat will hhh bite did not have to consult the 'phone{ papers and handful of du a directory, for she knew her famil; | the tiny stove the shop doo eal 4, physician's number In & moment she |] and in hurried Doctor Dash, medicine heard his emphatic "Hello!" ise in hand ae ane ‘Hello!" called back Agnes "DocHe shook hands with Agnes oy " refreshment.| and a doctor papa," lh bombshell, thundering d deat ind. woe ; ‘And sit yonder under the blanket till| return. IU bring something more | for to It was | lbread and tea The snow keeps peo-| | ple away." "You eat this now, little girl," said} Agnes, placing in her hands a basket] | of dainty luncheon that she was carry-| e Set) by ' ° ea . ‘ Near that d renown / : he 4 ee ee 1 telling li feared fost lente ambulance. An re Raf ane shederi remain ne ace ee i a ~Sawnw SSeS exposed Kedar tie paze Hiviats. ine Gne:déains ei Th Then he for itiful sob, and the child shivered | Storm, the child went on I openec ; aa and her own emotions. |the shop and tried to sell something * " Where is your papa?" asked Agnes,/so I could get the money to buy some : pay first brought hae to "the ania bling catecthe a e the sick \ the best Tod : poday ; a i little What is meant > in to ane ; lying that soft a ycnild imoment ‘ braving the suddenly dietire ve Saat © Tee were a she my up shivering paused before so. this. thatthe the na and cold summed tho As Agnes her boa hac ad tale when were as fresh and brlilpainted the day hefore of deep and absorbing theiemblikecstreats Ronee: Peppings ito. hori Ronee then to eat,"' took all hat one the taal prethat nt ft oratlonto and he had to getting 1 new 16 ‘was out." PE hava the-facs her head: sadly. haven't -y eee, Deas c under E froin her breast telephone deathsome ished there-Is ifitetest. Walking ili?" to her with Ue ae ee place gre ava And Pompeil-after her undisturbed | slumber of 1.800 years, securely ea ped 'in her covering of lava, ashes aun "ebris-is brought to lleht. a massive skeleton of the city buried so many centuries. ago. But: the historv told so mutely by the uncovered relies-relics Which bespeak the life that once fiour- in bed and pain here her and even been morning Agnes shook ae | We rhy | replied » ane papa blnThus dreadful paintings li "ht Pit es anes day that once beautiful and Bee Saaexe: have found home in ne mountain, Ve-|edthe painting eemingly1h "friendly RGA Tone hid herold sides mu Su aat Naple aa a Path: 6 suylu@ is burr Ivers of fire which she Yhere are Tan eee barhicrs, eamed by the rive ana' fiowing | Shops where Sere D ME ath (th cape oer m3 ie hae ite vineyards | apothecaries ee hel: sway There are Oe ee i ential ‘which grew | and eran Y. the culptors where ane ra es eet ; a, ‘ine ms crust of : that ae a so abundan wert Oe the too ofne ih thei ir Y rafts) < r ensbip Ont gray must be the child the Hol ;to i kre Saeetin! Soe Fx] Pil} hurry home and get mamma to come with mie Have you had breakfast?" Tears filled the child's eyes afresh i the chic las ther your drawing Oo 2YOUT aiva id the sparkling Bay of Naae acai ing at its feet eg med to ; Pon anReen have a most noes perfect a place for re pits she to one's do nothing but lie Yesterday he had a the to-|* Jate at to th oe 7 has night would groan. ‘ FS ae ba§k could covering her shoulders pretty fur boa VE 18 ES ATEN EPS meth s WY N9 pa's money are you cryin =? : lpay a ai The child's face cleared an aS ee aera seeing that she te cuidaione ee ret A terrible 4 don't know Ww s ering ae cS queer Aes she little rcat nite an Agnes knew This Agnes, "All rhe imploringly and stooping over appeared to and own distress, | | a \ shop door, -who "Hlow ae Forgetting that she would be school should she wast ae Agnes stopped then went back SO | 64 clad ae feet al- shoes- what troubled to low pect as it GGwas, bas Ps of bt today. pine Nestled Es orm BET fle inve &)1a7 tell CINE 12a ereen and flowering back"Ma y Intertor, cold; miserable apartment, where rats must have dreaded to come. with-| in tatters, ane full of holes the her came standing do bare ee a tary ae Against the wall near the one window, stood a_ pint table, and near to it was a rusty, firejes stove, pot much larger than a toy i few cooking utensils and EAT Ta ISH Ga ik on the stove and table, Two backless wooden chairs| completed the furniture of this damp Agnes had a very sympathetic heart, and turning quickly to s was. shocked to and SR sillow ener nes aaa ee Pietca | | Agnes' eyes wandered ee ite artis about the room. site corne is a palilet- ra ))) af ine ‘short cat' on account of the fast-falling snow As she turned a corner near a miserable little shop- where the keeper always looked halt frozen and half starved as he stood In the doorway looking for customers- she heard the low, heartbreaking sob of a child ' from the dark In the small bare room stood a bed In one corner On this was tossing a man in delirium He wore his ragged, dirty clothes, even to his shoes The bedding was secant and ragged, ee ae pleasant sights eee to be met ae with ana aes turn fin that poverty-stricken stric in the shop door a little thin and ragged garments, gloomy, I i aunt age Se and snow through the ended tenement quarter of, the wind "Back there and the little girl big bustling town in which she lived pointed to a rear room, through As this particular section of the town |. 0.6 connecting door Agnes could ee severe ee or she was_in tardy. Then she took Yesterday and Coday. Pompett, 3 Ke PL P74 v al) ry <a, that and here I go away," I'm| before} Just then the telephone bell rang, | and Mrs. Thomas went to out: "What, is that you, Bert?it. calling fhy-/If I get Puntshe yes, the twins are here safe My chum sits d for misdeed You Say you've got Bricktop? Oh,/ Mls he art so full yes, And he's almost crazy about of sympathy; the| ery 4m fa ct, he'll almost little ones? Well, teil him sadly by | ed here five minutes | They were their wits ' Wait-hello, there! ago jn a hans And My hat He every chum i jS my his Pleasure shares, name? dog-T that good . I have ' hy, Rover: thou Eht you knew. -Annie James, |