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"Come down to the cetUr «nd *l»e me tome advice, will Jim aeked h-r one day after achool. A corner of the cellar bad been fixed up for Jim. with a work bench and tool*. There was a *ood. aired window above the workbench and one could are the people'a feet aa they panted on th« pavement In front of the house. Jim opened the window. "I'm rolnc to use some paint with banana-oil In It and m let e of the »-jmee," he aald. he ah hla sitter wh doing He was making bookenda for hla father out of cans. He had painted

hauaied. Why. he could really amell the amoke! He tat up and put down the hook with n great atgh. Crest atuff! Then he began to antff. Wan It Imagination t Did ha-really ■mell amoloe? He rushed to the window and\looked out What a tight met hla eyes! The lawn was on tiro and already oua long tongue of name had reached the houee. 3n an Inatant Jim was Cowboy Bill! Down the atalra ha raced, grabing an old steamer rug from u. . Chair In the hall. Now. he wan beating out the flames near the house. Someone paaatng calledTH turn in an alarm." And soon the Are engine* the scene. By that time Jim had noticed tometh. burning brightly In the cellar window. It was a box. and ! Jim recognised hit alstegs of glfta He dragged It out on lawn with the rekt. But before he had managed to bast out the flames, eyarythliw Inside wan burnt to cinders. "Poor kid." ha aald to hlmtelf. "How shell have to be a lastmlnota .-*■ “ It wa firemen t< _ mmw —— the lawn. "Son. I guaaa you've sarad the house." samarked ona of the Bremen to the sooty boy with a big fat face. "Don't come too close If rou've never had mumps." warned Jim. "How do you think the fire started T'The usual way." aald the flrenn. "Elm leaves are uncommonly dry. and somebody came along and dropped a cfcarette butt or a lighted match In among them. If you hadn't acted quick there would have been a big blase In a short

CAPE MAY COUHTY TIMES. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2. IP27.

Edited by your "UNCLE BILL”

A Wishing Boy I F you WaAt a flung and want it bad. You're apt to gel it. say* my - . D * d ' . I m wishing now with all my might That Kris will read my wish aright. Ana hang this year upon my tree A couple things I want for me. Last year on Christmas Eve I wrote Dear Santa Claus a little note. • \bd asked to find hung on the tree Ciits for my whole family. From Grandpa down to Baby Bee And only just a Bike for me. Big this year. say. I want to much I doubt if Santa Claus has such A lot of things tucked in the tack That he must carry on his back. But if he knows I want them bad And getting them will make me glad. Maybe bell squeeze an extra toy Into his pack for a Wishing Boy.

. It tent ssfa to Jet dry leaves collect. They ought to ba raked

•very day."

Poor Hilda agreed, when she me home and heard the sad story of bsr box of precious gifts. “It's certainly meant for a laaaon me. she sighed. 'To think that was the only thing In the house

be burned."

"But you put It In the window with a paper oyer It."' explained Jim. ‘The paper may have blown over a bit and caught Are. But Til be glad to have you do the raking e I've got the mumps."

** OLD ABE *•

VERY BEST COLOR CONTEST

Yes sir! That's Just what Uncle Bill i-eans. Last week's colored drawings were the very best that my boy and girl irtonds have turned In during this fasdnatlng contest. Almost every drawing was nicely colored and so many were above the average that your Uncle BUI had to scratch his head and think a lot before he decided Just which deserved the prizes In ' various Age Classes Of all the closes to Judge the 9 and 11 year groups wore moat difficult. They «erc difficult that to he absolutely fair Uncle Bill awardeo two prizes in each class. Instead of one. !n each of these classes there w?re a number of drawings not among the winners that ordinarily would have been of prize winning calibre. All of which practcc is the important thing no matter what you may be doing. Keeping at it. with the determination to succeed, usually brings success. Here are the prire winners:

Age T, Bella Harris, Xsarieetonn.

Are S| First Charles SUdler. <13 I*. R. B. Vienne, Sen I»le Citj. Sia-elal aunrd, Ktta Hee> Millville, B. F. D. No. 9.

m A.VT years ago a Chip pawn Indian whlla hunting, found an aagla'a nest right on tha tip top of tha tallaat tree In eight; It was out of the queatlon to reach tha nest by climbing, so tha Indian cut the tree down, and after a desperate battle with the enraged parents, finally aacured tha two young onee. Ona of them only lived a short time, as It was probably hurt when the tree came crashing down, but othsr. a husky youngster, was swopped to n white man for a bushel of corn. The owner carried the eagle to Ban Claire, a town In WlvccnalD. and gars It to a company rt soldiers who wars Jute itartlag to tha wan they adopted the bird as a company mascot, and chrtteaned It “OLD ABE." In honor of Lincoln, who was then President I the United States. The soldiers made a great pet of the lusty orphan, and gars It more bsaf than It coald sat. so no wona grant rata, and It waa not long before It put on ha grown-up feathars. and was looking svery bit tha aplandld bird It waa. with, flashing eyas, and banr-

A ir«- 11. First, Claire X. Coaly,

27 S. Hood A tonne, Andubon. Special. KtheJda Mnller, 14U46th SlnwW Sf* Ule City,

.Age 12, Molly MU-tein, Woodbine.

Five of the winners, this week you will note are from Cape May Count/, four from Cumberland and one from another section

the Bute.

We are glad to welcome among the colorers a 4-year-old girl, who did an exceptionally One piece of work for her age. her sister reading the colors to her .Now. boys and girls, see if you ran't make this week's contest as fine. If not even better that the lasL The subject is a good "Who Wants a Ride." Is the title and li shows little Teddy pulling Susie on a sled. Watch for next week’s article by Uncle Bill. He is planning a special Christman contest In which every boy and girl will want take part Ijont miss it Another thing, be sure to mail your drawing each week so that It will reach Uncle Mill Tuesday morning at the latest. Every week a number of drawings come In Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and they are not eligible

for prlzeis.

Mall them to Uncle Bill. Children's Editor, of this paper. 6ea Isle City. Be sure to state your name and age and address very plainly on the margin of the drawand also in your letter If you

write one.

Each week the wlf.nlng drawings are displayed in the window of the office of this paper at Sea Isle City. Fetter* from Uncle Rill As usual quite a number of my friends wrote me letters with their drawings and I shall answer as many as possible. Dear Martha ur drawing almost won a prize. It was very good and I iure you can win if you keep

Ing of a king. Whan fully grown tha head and neck of this eagle turns white, gtrlng it at a dlteancs tha ap"earwnoa of being bald henos tha popihar name of Bald Eag’». Sver since the days of the early Homans the eagle was regarded aa a fitting symbol of strength and daring, and so the gold figure .of an eagle was mounted on a eiaO. and carried at the head of tha battalion*. Jwst as a Sag U now boras In front of tha regiment*- So It was not exactly an original idea whan tha eoldlere of tha Wisconsin company fashioned a rude shield, featened it on a flag etaff, and above that arranged a comfortable parch for the sagla. Bo a certain soldier was chosen to taka charge of Old Abe and cony him alongside of tha company flag, which naturally was tha Stars and Strip**. Bo wherever the company went, Abe and his pale went too. Whether on the march, In camp, or on the betdefleld. the eagle always occupied - position of honor light with the flag. _ H * eodn histme so Igme that he

Dear Mary H.: Your color work was splendid for your age nnd I am happy to have you among I he winners. Dear Bella H.: Sorry you have been sick and unable to go ouL I hope that you are much better by now and that w inning a prize, with your very fine drawing, will cheer you up If you nre not Dear Ethel B.: Snow is beautiful, isn't IL I remember how I liked to play In it when I was a lilUc boy. You should have received your other box of crayons by now. Dear Thomas T.: Well, you not only had fun coloring the picture, but you woo a prize, too. 11 is much nicer to play where you have plenty at to rocnj. isn't it? Dear Elmer R.: Glad you enjoy the coloring. Send more drawing* In. Dear Ella R.: Dogs arc fine pals for boys and rle They enjoy playing with cm. too. You must have • fine time with your dog. Dear Helen B* Your picture didn't win a prise, but you must not stop sending the drawings in. You may win

later.

Dear Margaret H : ” musn't get discouraged because you don't win oftener. You have won once, which U more than many boys and girls have

done.

Dear Elizabeth R.: Y*ur drawing was not bad a| 1. even thought it .'Id not win prise. Perhaps you will win later if you keep at it. (Continued on page six)

was allowed to wonder about camp at hie own eweet will, and was never chained to his perch except when the Eighth Wisconsin regiments' went Into be‘tie, and even then, U waa only from gstUng Into When the cannon roared, when shells were buretlng all around, when the air was thick with powder smoke, when the musketry rattled, when, the bugles blared and when tha soldier* cheered, Old Abe would Jump up and down on hla perch and scream only os on American eagle can scream, showing .hat he woe enjoying the excitement aa much aa anybody. Of course, he did not realise that be waa In any spaclal danger, so he probably enjoyed the notes and confusion even more than the men. It is s curious fact, though he wm ever In the thickest of the fight, and he took part In twentyfive battlae. he we* never once wounded, though he had several feathars clipped off by the whlte11 ng buHtes. And another curious

W HEN grandpa was a little

boy.

A great big snowfall came.

Oh, what a sight! You'd nev<

think

The country was the same. Brown earth, like magic, turned t white. High hill and deepest dell; The greatest trees you would n<

know

Beneath the fairy spell.

A HEAVY SNOW FALL

The paths were hid from tight and

boys

Who ventured tar away Were sometimes lost and never found. The older people say. But other boys were lucky when The win'er gnomes they met And on the proper road for home Their wandering feet were set

tact was. that the soldier who carried him never received eo much ae a scratch. It seemed aa If tha •agio aa well as his soldier bearer, bore chrrmed lives, and that bullet was allowed to touch tbzm. Attar four years of soldiering It; after four years of marching, camping and fighting. Old Abe cams horns with hla regiment, and was mustered out of service with an honorable record. As there was no more fighting to be done, the remainder of hla Ufa ( wa* a peaceful one anti the old [ war-worn bird bad nothing more

rayons. Whenever you come to o tverd spelled in CAPITAL Utters use thot

color.)

lied | cant and a TAN (nee YELLOW j The houee can be colored Teddy and BROWN intscd) cap and muff ] GREEN with a P"t> chimney ! YELLOW- | legging*. Her muff waa lined ' peeping from under a cap of snow, j Un * with BLUE. | The abutters ohoilld be BROWN. | The sled le , Teddy wore a GREEN coat and j Faint the smoke GRAY (use 1 panda an ’ ^ ^ lrgKlns , an(J mittens BLACK lightly> and tha aky !

* Teddy* to ! matched hi. coat. BLUE.

BLACK-halred Dora wore a RED j The border of this picture can j YELLOW- and YELLOW toboggan cap with 1 be painted YELLOW and tha let-} tip” In hi* a bright RED tame! and her scarf j tertn j can be colored RED. and cap 1 wa* YELLOW and RED. too. with Don't forget to paint the chll- i a bright RED fringe. Her coat | dren'a cheok* PINK ( -se RED Wher-cv

ght BLUE j war BROWN. j light!/) and their lips P-SD. i And IB* Polo WfjBt Too

do than alt on hte perch, t the sun without bunking. while he allowed the State to care for him ae long aa he lived. Years after when he died of old age. hte body was stuffed and mounted on the same old shield on which he rode so proudly over fifty year* ago. The bald eagle la known tha world over aa the national emblem of the United States, and Its picture Is stamped on all tha gold coins Issued by the Government It appears on the Great Shield of the United Steles, with outspread wings, clasping an oils* branch with the talons of one foot, and a sheaf of arrows with tha other. So whenever you see this splendid bird, you naturally think of our great country. PUZZLE

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