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The HANDY BOY AT HOME BY CHARLES A. KING.' state: normal school, plvmouth.n.h

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«g ■ placed upon the boftom i conoa and In each case furnish s ] .

•urpolt for the back, and which ‘ r »y be folded compactly for Irnna : 9 " 1 * - portatlon. Win certainly And many •'’"h 1 naas In thla day of out-of-doors. do thl UWng. The era! should be mad- <aaarr of oak or ash for softer wood will ! CM o

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stree t bored to death with Mfa, wrr. simply not anybody of any importance wbau Tou could bs thrown Into prtaoa for cracking a Joke on lha public streets, and laughing aloud 1 entirely Against tba law. *n dreadfully afraid of hay all woes frowna day and scowls by night and • gether It was Just TOO horrid th lhai kingdom. I'm sui ~ ' have stayed there five mint

train time!

as hardest of all for the poor

little Queen. She ha‘ ‘ pay and frivolous yi before her msrrtags, everybody at tba cou

to pleaes tbs King, and being either dreadfully rude or dreadfully bored, life was Just so stupid that wept her toeutlful blue eyas almost

blind.

When she wept His Croaapajasty would snort with rage and stamp aboat th* castle furiously and finally send her straight to bed. Bo things I went on from bad to worse until at i lass one year when It was time for I the King's annual party the beautiful mile Queen simply plumpad her self down In a royal rocklugchalr and said very firmly Indeed.

_ ,"1 shan’t go my dear, posfclvely I

project beyond tha .han't* Tour partleg are worse

place n H* * | lhM1 a j] thr funeimla that ever 1 of the j rolled Into ons. ahd I WILL

a that!”

slipped her tiny hand Into the ■gckot of ibe kf—* *— *' Che royal snuff Kow you mi Bng was most

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' Indeed, and he

tnulallng i ed to prafi

crossnvaa With a d a few violent anewarw He fell that his rndenaas could not ha In Its finest form without hie anuff. Naturslly when he reached the

head of the ' for his enu there, hs wa

without tba Mtaa of laughter Hs saw in a flash what a frightful old I cross-patch ha

And I bey do aay. that from that very day and month and year, the whole country went through the

ners, so that look where yon would you’d never find a land so carefree

’-box AHD It wasn't and gay. aa tha Utile country Just frantic with faryl “I l north of th# River Ourgrle

bored in th# back of each < Just deep 'rough to receive nut. washer and screw and not

permit th*

back el do Oct

back supports In slot c of the back braces *r.d make a halved Joint In the back of n to fit doeely over each back brace aa shown at o. Place !**o spiral springs at p of each brace, though stout rubber

band, will ajmwar th. purpow. of!^^,,, ^d. ih.’llttU SeJn preventing tha braces from falling i . . . down -hen In pclUon for th. va- '*•> *” "***£ ^

head stove 1 rlous soglea of th. back. ] It •»*» Um * >"* 0 know n lha back Slain and varnish or finish In •'’« pfamBtlf tbs Queen was so I* at holes ere 1 the natural color with varnish [worn out wllh the excitement I hat

NOT OO.

Then there was a rumpus you can believe lils Crosepajesty simply rampaged about and clawed the air and clutdmd bis hair and shouted this, that and tha other.

The Jerboa, a Queer Little Animal

s like

and the S'

for any kind ofittkely forget what you were look-I legs and tall,

unde like !( might' :ua fc-r before you gol there. | But as Dltla sa you might think. Bib!' T clr home Is on the other Bids j they are really does kin to tba nlma! the ocean. In far-a-way AsiaY little gray mice that make ihemn.g. But ' ana right In the'fnldst of a great j selves so much at .bom# In our Chance that T<0 W11: : desert at that. Bo we shall have i pantry and closet. They remind as they do not IIv*t to depend on lh« picture, end . one of toy kangaroo, and yon and you would have Mdrloe from that, they muat be would expect to C me acraas them

hape. mostly ears, hind ! ranged up In a row on the counter

of A five and ten cant store, but to see ihem eltve and moving about

la rather disconcerting.

I Their front legs are every bit aa [much loo llllle, aa the hind ones i too big. Their front legs are

■ that you would ! ■

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't know bow lo m stop bouncing. At the end of ons leap, the toes hardly aeem to touch tba ground, before It la In tha air

again.

When Jumping It uses tha long, tufted tall as a ruddei to steer by. and algo as a kind of balancing pop Without this useful tall he oe :r could be sure where hs was going to land after one of his farflung leaps. The Jerboa Uvea In hot dry deserts where there la nothing much except sand, rocks, and here

had that Jeweled snuff-box in my robe aa I entered this room.' Ed. "Let the servants roundup tha court and I will search tha

“ Tho Junior Cook '

HORIZONTAL Ik-Be pal 1-Inalats upon fi-Cbnaumt-d 7-11 disappears When we Mend up S-Kltid of hat 11— Ob a higher Place IS-tiBtirla l*s tri (abbr.) 12— Lacking

The servants rushed at tha courMV and gathered them into a great throng While the King raging rumbling with fury began matching up tha royal dlnfiar plat as and hurtling Ihem i relieve hit feelings. He advanced upon the heipleae courtiers emi mg things right and left. The | doles strove wllh alt their m to look bored and untnlerestM the midst of the bedlam about. Then In a flash tba llttlp Ct ' paUed out the snuff-box re# Into the midst of the huddled courtlera snapped 11 open and blew snuff into tha air with all her might ’■At least.'' aha cried choking and *, ’TH get some amu»*n this party If I die for it' tea stopping crashing through Ur. The King was first to g1v< throttled gasp, and suddenly palace hall was Just o The Queen sneered and laughs 1 and laughed and eneceed rocked like a bush In a bro* her merriment. “Ker chooooooeoooooooo rled the King. ‘*kerchoodteoooooooooooooooo. Kerchoo. ketch oooooo

oo!”

Miraculously between am caught sight of the poor dumb courtlera. trying to look rude and

WHO D THINK IT

WWHO'D think a little rabbit.

Hi* mother left die room

For only just a momest'i time was perishing for j , To try to bod her broom. grayish Would tiptoe to the tabic, look

Uto a bowl and (her.

CHEKRT SALAD

Waah and slam aoouffb fine large cherries to make seven for each •wtwoa »o bs served tfine canoed cherries, dreload from the Jutes, will be aa good aa the fresh ones

for this recipe.)

Blit on* aide and remove the seed Put a tiny ball of craamad cheeas tp tha place of tha stone and firm tha cheery back Into shape. To prepare lha cheeas for making Into these balls, cream together one package of cream chaeae and three teblsepeonfols of cream till they form a smooth pasta. Arrange the cherries cc nested leaves of crisp lettuce and serve at

THE FAIRIES Dot exclaimed; “^by. daddy. «*«* T *° 1.4 I meet them there I Imam. ^ 'cause you'd nod belief* jrwff Of** without the least i Why. often wbec amoax tb« And tmee when very W I heard die kind of eongi they mg. You muff sot say there ar* oo dwi or fames, daddy dear. Because poo cannot see them or then dainty voices bear.”

Knee High To a Duck I ’VE hardly ever seta s dock, j There's always aomeoO*

I'ra always lived r ti

And only guess whs* _

They always si

When string with a flown:

"Look brrr, my boy. yon can't

However great your pluck. To do to

'Bool knee high to a dock." And mother. too. when I declare I'm big and strong rr.uugh To do 'most anythin? I wish (I guest I know my stuff), •t smiles is that prove king way. "Now. sonny, you’ll get stock

Scene day. because you're only not*

'Bout kn« high to a duck.”

Of course in school those other boy»

daddy i _ And getting off that u

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'Bout knee high to • d

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Pape Kkaa W-mU O-pal fs*

Wbo're bigger than I am— BBAKBtTBAXKAV When they are pLjring in the yard; ACTKRB—I. Portia. •. AgMK ^ And get into Vj.m- ' » f "»«••*' ♦- <**•**• «• Or^A

Ydl out to me 'most every time. I

"Say. idd. you're outa luck

For games like this—you're 'way'

too small—

'Bout knee high to a dock." j I wish I'd hurry up and grow. I'm tired of being small. 'Cause I don't often, when I play. 1 H*" « .11 BOLi Tiajt to ccT-oirt

* g» make up f g an J muscular. II proportion, anfl « Instead of four

lost animals have; two toes point to tbs front, ihoulfl. and the other on# behind, and acta aa a ip. Tha queens*, thing

and owing to tha fact | and there atuotsd enerally carry them 1 that looks aa If it

under tha ft

Ice a lady would carry j while craatui . a muff, they hardly j happy ttvee, and to have all th-} ^ , !}«;,. fi Bger .jjp But then the front , need. Though they live la aurfc ^ ^ , iat j_a nly used for passing ] lonely, desolate places, they er%; mouth, end as they 1 never lonely, as a number dig thri- Now ibis slv lildc buney stuck * f trying to walk or. underground homes right near to- I J-JJ, c dore not mskc much ; gethr- * *— * " —' eg 1 * jr - - ^ -

family te Its peculiar end j mal

walking—for look

tacily what It does—not i for ss you would naturally j they When It has plenty of ’ aupp

it# hands, and Is

’ mis porlly aa a safety measure, os A utile piece he stole; u hundred pair* of eyas can k#ei , But. heavens, what was that be

a bettor lookout for danger than ' heard >

M W, Hi. n>«hc, .1 Ik Ay,! lo have folks to dial with. .... , , . , When nature formed toe Jerboa. *3' *** y °j «“*“ happened

it looks as if she had Ion all s»h## and

of prop irtlon, and when dealing , I'll not aay any more,

out ears she handed them a pair 1 that would have matched at

i their

o like sails than ears Ju Ing purpaaea: but th# y enemies

pUtlrrs

need the*

s fur-

•ateh the aUgh'.rjt

sound that mlghi mean danger They or# nocturnal tn OiMr habits, that ts they sleep In Hie

- stay awake all right, t comes creeping over th# Jerboas steal out • and begin I heir

night);

h for

see of china It

! tnd scared, he rerr. baseball that hoe I ir out of the field.

a light pUce tn the

warns them that another day wnlng. they allrnUy disappear fir holea. and at least stay In- . whether they are asleep or

brim of hie IIEL While you heve your RED paint bis mouth and the chimney of the Utile bouse beiow. Jack's feather ran be RED. too. Now Jg r rh« i jeanirtalkl The leaves ar# OREEK ’” " u - ow