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Show Chuckie Wuckie's Friend "Why, Chucklo, Wuckle, what Is tho matter?" asked papa. Thoy were walking homo ono. after- H noon, when thoy met a squad of pp- linemen marching two by two, andf Wk looking straight ahead tramp, tramp, fi tramp, over tho sidewalk. Chucklo Wucklo was holding hor papa's hand whon she saw tho policemen. Sho gavo a Uttlo scream and ran and hid behind a tall bush, with her hands over her eyes. "Uttlo gooslot" whlsporod papa. "Don't you knoiy policemen aro the I best friends Uttlo girls have?" "No, they aren't!" cried Chucklo Wucklo; "you ought to hoar what Qcorgio says about them. A policeman police-man Is worsor than any story-book ogro. Whon ho sees a Uttlo g!rIho'H cliaso her so sho can't run straight. Sho'U go running round and round and round, then sho'll get to spinning Just Uko a top, and then tho policeman police-man will mako a dtvo at her and blto her head off!" "I'll have to talk to Ocorgle," said papa, severely; "now wo will go homo." Tho very noxt day, when Chucklo Wucklo nnd her papa went walking , In tho park thoy saw something very Interesting. A pollcomnn lay on his faco besldo tho duck pond, and was pulling out of tho water a little, half-drowned half-drowned puppy. Tho pollcomnn drlod It with his handkerchief, and rubbed It to mako it warm. "Now you seo how good policemen aro. Lot us go and talk to him." Ho know tho policeman his namo was Mr. Brltton; so bo Introduced Chucklo Wucklo to him. All at onco tho Uttlo girl forgot to bo afraid; sho got down on her kneos to pot tho Uttlo Ut-tlo puppy. v "Whoso Uttlo puppy is It?" sho asked. "I'm afraid I can't toll," said Mr. Britton; "I think somo bad boys throw it In tho pond. Thoy ran up tho bank when I camo in sight." "Oh, papa!" cried Chucklo Wucklo, "can't I havo It for my really own Uttlo doggio?" Mr. Brltton said ho would bo very glad to havo them tako the Uttlo , puppy; thon ho told thom about a stray kitty ho onco found In tho park. Ho took It home to his Uttlo girl, and ho had lots ot stories to toll ot how cunning it was. "I'll never, nover bo afrnld of po-llcomcn po-llcomcn any moro," said Chucklo Wucklo, when alio had shaken hands with Mr. Brltton and said good-bye. "Of courso you won't," sold papa; "whenever you seo ono of theso big men In his blub clothes and brass buttons, remombcr ho Is your friond, and it you aro lost or in any trouble go right straight to him." It was a good thing Chuckle Wucklo remembered this, for juot a few days after sho had an adventure which might havo been a pretty serious seri-ous ono. Sho wns going to Now York with papa and mamma. Thoy got Into tho depot just In tlmo to seo tho "choo-choo" cars como roaring roar-ing In. Her papa rushod to check a trunk, and left Chucklo Wucklo with mamma. Then papa camo back and jumped on tho train; he thought mamma hajl tho lttlo girl. Mamma thought papa had taken hor, and thoro she was left all alono In tho middlo of tho big crowd. "Mammal papa!" cried Chucklo Wucklo, "whoro Wk aro you" B Nobody answered. Tho big train M went pulling out, and In a mlnuto thero was nobody loft In tho depot jfl nobody but a fow raon, who went fl hurrying about, and ono big policeman police-man In a bluo coat with brass buttons. but-tons. Chucklo Wucklo walkeW straight up to him and put hor hand Into his; then sho asked In a shaky Uttlo volco: "Will you tako caro ot mo, Mr. Policeman, till my papa and mamma como buck? .Tho choo-choo cars carried thorn away!" "Of courso I will," said Uio big policeman; and ho lifted her up in his strong arms. Ho was a very Jolly pollcoman. Ho had a great, big laugh, and ho mado it scorn so funny about mamma and papa boing carried away without their Uttlo girl that Chucklo Wuoklo actually began to laugh Instead ot crying. 'Ho kept going to tho tole-phono tole-phono oooth every Uttlo whllo, and I at last ho sot Chucklo Wucklo on tho C chair and told hor to listen. Sho 1 hoard somobody cry, "Hollol" thon I' thero camo a big, happy laugh. It I was papa's laugh, and ho said, "Is H this our Chucklo Wuckle, safo and fl sound" zM "Yes," answorod tho Uttlo girl; N "whoro aro you?" H "Wo'rq at Hartford, Wo Jumped !9 oft Just ns soon as tho train stopped. jfl Poor mamma's half crazy." ID "Toll her sho needn't fool bad, jfl papa. I'vo beon having a lovoly tlmo jfl with ono of my host frlonds a beau- " H tiful, big policeman." H Then mamma camo and talked and flj halt 'cried for n mlnuto; then sho B laughed; then thoy said, "Qood-by," M because a train had arrlvod, and thoy I woro going to Jump on it to como" W hack after tholr Uttlo girl. When thoy did como Chucklo fl Vyucklo wns nlmost sorry to hnvo to bid hor pollcomnn "dood-by;" only ho M promised to bs at tho depot ready to M say, "Mollo!" when they camo Tiack flj from Now York. And ho was thoro,- I too. Isabol Gordon Curtis ' la Sep- I tember St. Nicholas. " IJ ' ' |