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Show & GltfWA BONNER HALLOWEEN. "I nm going to tell you," suld Daddy, ' of the things I did when I was n boy Ht h a 1 1 o w c o u rZT 1 lime." M "Do." said Nan- jSBffe ut commencod P5S8ib4bV wnder?" asked W3? "I'll tell you Tr KJiSMT wnen ",0 story Is SvttSj I ! i ovcr I ",,nk" BI,1 gjKssJiy y Nick, "as I'd rath- TOLi "First of nil I wv'rfvV' ii i Wtlml used to lovo bobbing bob-bing for npplcs." "Bobbing for said Daddy. "I Apples." woro a bathing cap so If It was a cold evening my mother wouldn't bo afraid 'I'd get my bnlr wet nnd catch cold because she know how far down I'd dive info tho tub of water J "Then wo would play games and ono of our farbrlto games was to run races carrying peanuts on knives. "Two would rnco against each other at a time. Tho end of tho race would be a big bowl Bet on tho floor nnd wo would start off at tlio other end of the room. "Then we would each have a lot of peanuts nnd wo would carry as many as wd could on our knlfo until wo had gotten rid of all of them. "We had to tako nil tho peanuts to tho bow) without letting any drop off. "It was most exciting, for though nono of the other children could push us or Joggte us they could make funny remarks to us and wo would stnrt laughing nnd sometimes our knife, would shake and we'd drop the pen-nuts pen-nuts and have to start nil over again. nr. .. . pumviuaes we wouiu oniy taKC ono at a ilmo becnuso wo could get them all to tho bowl more quickly that way In tho long run. "Then we would play potato games In tho same way. Somo of tlio girls weuld drcos up ns ladles nhd act very pfoud nnd would tell us they couldn't piny such games. But they didn't stay dressed up very long as. they wanted (o play. "They liked to do It for a llttlo while becauso the dressing up hnd been such fun. But they didn't Ilko It for long. I can tell you, not when thero were games to be played I "Then wo used to make Jack o lanterns lan-terns out of pumpkins and put n candle can-dle In each Jack o' lantern. "Such handsome Jack o' lanterns n we'd make nnd every ono would be Just n little bit different from tho other. "But they nit had great big mouths, and big eyes and fine noses. And the light from tho cnndlo in each would shine forth. "Then wo'd take our Jack o' lanterns around to tho different houses nnd would ring tire bells and hldo behind tho houses so wo could Jast look out n llttlo bit nnd seo wliat was going on. "Then we'd seo If our Jack o' lantern was politely received. "Sometimes peoplo would be cross, but not usually. Most of them liked to hnvo Jack o' lantern cullers. And somo would tuko tha Jack o' lantern Inside, which "of courso was n very mean thing to do when wo wanted to tako tho Jack o' lantern to make other, calls. "But most of tho people talked to our Jnck o' lanterns ns wo liked to havo them do, and . they wrfuld sny how handsome JMk thoy thought tho fVv Jack o' lantorns X wore nnd how m?iW$2 plonsed thoy were r YWS to havo hud them j Bsl "Yes, we did nil sJtfSTft of thoso things Sfflfix each year. But Nil l J what woro you wfUl going to say, Hl mckr drW "I was going to a&T W say," Bald Nick, ((57 Ms "that I thought I Tfl Ti nr perhaps you were ,.st L telling us whnt ( you used to do bo " as to bo sure wo'd remember to do all thcso things too, and also becauso you might ltko to do boiuo of them with us, you're such a woudcrful Daddy-Boy Daddy-Boy I" "You'ro right, Nick," Bhoutcd Daddy, "And I'm to bo allowed to come to tho Halloween party too?" "1'ou most certainly nre," said Nick. "You most certainly nrol" |