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BY AUNT SUSIE.
(This Is a comer set aside for the Little Folks of The Constilu’ioa for their enter
tainment and development n the art of let tcr-uriting.)
The LUlle Tin Horn.
Sure as you’re horn.
The little tin horn
Is the merriest music on Chri tmas morn!
For little bright fellows put all that they j
know
Os Christmas tide in if. and so. let ’em ,
blow!
And God K've ’em stnitgth for the blowing! ,
They arc Rifts of kind heaven's bestowing
These little brisist fellows in nightgowns of
white.
Who dreamed of those tin horns for many
a nirht!
Let 'em R»!
Let ’em blow •
All of Christmas they known
Is. as sure as you’re born.
In the little tin horn!
Frank 1.. Staxt-»n.
— I
Ctkineman IVanut in.it-
Germans. Irishmen, policemen. Chinaim n. 1
Englishmen, the farmer, real brownies and i
Indians—«ti’ite a c mpan-'. Clayton has six !
Brownie-. and he goes to sle-p with them
every nigh:, By th- wav. he siyn * must
wish you ail a merry Chri: tm and tell .
you he is g« tl i g too big f *r levs; !i*- i.
going to a.4 Si".t.-t » iii.-- to bring li m •
games and books. But I can whisper in I
your car and tell y«»n when he goes «! »wn
town, and mW trains «! -in and nuns,
and horns, and horses. and .arts, etc., he
forgets all üb.rtit being a big boy. and wants
everything he sees.
I >id you vwr hear f a doll made of ;
peanuts? I think it would amuse you •
try and make <<:ie. So I will give you a
picture ami tell you now. You will se<
Is a Chinaman.
I.:cle Tait - • <for tl it is his name*
yequir-3 nice plump peanuts, a strip each
.. 4 1 P
■
it r
of scarlet an i bine loth fan- kind, some
coarse black lin*n thread. «i> I a tine bi - I
of red paper for tvs hat. Tai e th- biggest t
end of th. longest nut foi
up Ms fata- with India Ink and atta h t ,
long cue of linen thread, leaidel to th--
crown of his h*.«<l; leave a single litre I to i
draw up through his bat by which to dan :
die him.
The scarlet trousers are four Inches long j
and two inches wide; sew them to the -
lower part of the peanut head, and draw ‘
them in a. little smaller at the bottom
around the feet. Make the feet of the i
small ends of two nuts and st tin with India
ink; push up th- lam- ends of the peanut |
into the truus rs at**l draw tit-tn it- !
them so only the tips will show for I--
?4ake a sa*s|U< <f a strip of the blue stuff
and half Im
c. hal' long; s- w in stia ght little s'.*--x x-s
on the s;-‘ s and put int • a. i.. *:n id ••t.*t
dewr. a peanut; rather th sacqtte arottn '. ■
the top ard -ew to -h* —a. Glne on the .
hat. and you have a ;u-tny doll to amuse -
th* baby with.
Now, 1 think it you will try making one (
of these dolls it will nnur-- you very mu-h. -
I must te*l you 1 am going *,- :-p* ltd
Cartsts:..is trnt.t hunt ■- I *> ;v • n eating :
my own turk, y for a great many years, j
and now I am going to • at >«*m *bu*iy -Ise's
t urkey.
I shad spend the Christmas with King.
Uir »h-l- family G going (even the cook*
and we • .Xpert to btv i j-.lly time. iii- !
tell you. I *2ll not going to i--t those Ih>,s
sleep wit!-, cie this •'nr,.-lni ts. »*• you l •
member how they treit -d sue last Christ- »
mas? Now. i mil give >• i .- *i;;e games to
amuse you during «’bristn-.xs vv.sk, and
hope you may all have ,i merry, happ;. ’
time. Yours. AUNT Sl'SiE.
Gra-I- llosoititl I.lm
I promised to publi-h every w ek the
n.<-nes ot those v.tie subscribed to t.'v |
Grady h-ispital, and 1 am glad i. t- .l yo i
that I n, n receiving letters right aiotie,.
l-ut 1 an. very sotry to t<H you that 1 am
afraid the ladk< will not b- aide to semi ’
th« litth Iseik they udered for tin extra '
one cent 1 am very sorry auu you must
rot Hattie Aunt S, f- r 1 ho|»-d tn
WcU.i b abb to '-•■HU th.- ts.ok, ten •;
find it c »st - . much t.< publish It that th- y ■
totilo t.o aitor-i st. Thi ias troubled n..-
more th; n I can t-II you. fur all the chil
dren have seat extra «>n» cent. To
thtew* i w:il say it I can g- 1 the i-ook 1 ;
wti! c rtalrdy s-eno it. but I would ask ilia ,
no one else w-» il 1 sen-1 the . xtra stamp. ’
hut hop-.- all will sen ! me W cents for the j
hospital. !-•’ every child help me. 1 h.-v -
faith to believe every one will. Let your
name be among the numb- r. Th lirst
money that cam* in was tr<<m a little toy
thirteen yeam old. .•» 1 will head the list i
for the week with !tis isaiitc.
. Master Sye Jones. Snow. Ga., cents;
•rte Pia Ghnn. Collierville. T- an., 11 cents;
Elbert lik-lsoe, Armstrong. Ala., 1! rents;
Pattie Smith. Highland Park. Fla., 11
rents; Chappell IVhis. nant. Jacksonville,
Ala.. 11 cents; Margaret Gilmore, Math.-w
Station. Ala.. 11 cents; Elizala-th Pack
ard. Pine Bluff. N. C.. 11 cents; Itaniel 8.
Packard, Pine Bluff. N. c.. it cents; I4»ie
M. Jackson. Cap!- vill* Tenn.. 11 cents;
Pearl Watts. Armuchee. Ga.. 11 c nts.
tinmen for ( hrhtnin».
The “Plain Tale” is the name of n game
which l aus s much p« rrinc-nt. One person
begins to r» late an Imaginary fairy tale. <
When he has arrived at a |»oint where his |
listeners are interest**!, he stops short,
throwing a handkerchief at the i**-rs >n he
wishes to continue the narrative. Any one j
failing to respond must pay a forfeit.
The game • I love my love” is mention- I
by Charles Dickens in s* veral of his novels, t
•fiie leader in this game commences by say
ing something like this: ’’l love my love
with an A. because sii-‘ is artistic, because
her name is Agnes, because she lives in
Asia. I will give her an airgun and f-i-l
h* r on artichokes and make her a bouquet
of appl* blossoms.” The next player takes '
the letter It and uses the same phrases, -
supplying wools bginning with B. and so
on Any one failing pays a forfeit.
In "Fly Feather,” another mirth-creating 1
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ; ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1894.
I game, cverylwtdy sits around in as small
a ircle as possible. A sheet is stretched
[ across the circle, and held securely under
I j»ersoti's chill. Some one takes a small
downy fentlcr. and. letting it float in the
air. giv*- it a puff. The ;» r-on l-eforc whom
’ it tails blows it up and towards some one
. else. If it falls upv:i him, or if he lets
it tot:--h the sheet. , forfeit is demanded.
An absurd -;.init-, called "Jack's Alive,”
r--i|irr--.< a small sp--«dc <>f lirewool, which,
after being i.-l-l in the fire until ablaze,
is extinguished. lea» ing the en<l to smoul
der. Th-- stick is passed from hand to
h-r.-i. Eai-h *ne tdov s H keep it lighted,
sex ing "Ja< k's Aliv-" as long as the spark
i niaijis. The person in whose hinds
"Jack” dies paxs a forfeit.
These is a game cdlvd "Booster" which
e. uses no en-t -f merriment, but it is neces
sary that on< jH-rson of the party shall not
know the game. The lender .--ayn aloud that
; he will whl.-p- r to each person the name
i of an anim I. whose ;*eetili.ar cry they must
imitate at a signa! from him. To all but
tie- uninitiatx •! p< rs m he whispers, "keep
p-rs it!. sIJI.” To hi' one h< whispers
!- ' Ti-e 1* a-ier then '-ounts "One,
t\ . th: ••! ’ \t three u loud, prolonge-1
.; from the victim of tho joke
itilti :• him int * th-- mysteries ol the
rooster game.
*
!x tin- f - most !»-w>n ever given to
- ■ *tnt! t ; I »r. Price's Cream Baking
I ; r.
\<n ><; i oi i-. < oi;i;i m'omh ni e.
lettx i* ci I x-t ai-g- liuong Ihe <’«»n*>t
tnt i.in *> Lit tie 1 <>!!;>.
o-<-ai Niv. t'.irioilto-. t-.i. -I th-iiirht I would
x-nt-- t-- tii- V-i-:i-._ l-o-us < .ii n r. I il.-i - til--first
tli.l ■ I• X* : <nple<! tn V..IU to 111 < '--llsLitll
lion I lit <>..< .:.-l.iiiiil tr s i ill - l-itxii <>i Car
r->.u->ii. i .nt seven year-ol age.
>lx pip; -..iii', >i« tiiihs .in.i f.irm<. We wit.
n ike .il» it tix. nty ■ i-' i-in-' - I n-tti-n tins xiur
.'iy | has glued -I J tides tins year.
Annie May 1-oth'v il. 'lulu- it. I eiu nearly
r-i Jit x i sol-1; li.iv- got a a-io-i papa and Hiaiii
ina; i't - i i -i.i. i live in Midway,
a--..>tt a cult and a hail tr-un the old i-.ipitol, Mil
-- -1..--tille
I .im a- -ii; to ---lio -I at th-- oid Mtdw xy acade
my. wnerv lay g-*-»<l old gran tina tlsi-d to go in her
vuddii-e-d -i.iys. lie nave a nice echuol and 1 love
tux te..eii<-r.
(Sertrude Burgess, orange I'ark. Dear Aunt
bii'ie: I liaxe just r< ail yxiiu last letter a.-king the
musiu-to k*nd a helping liaiixi in building the
t.rauy ho-pual iarg- i.
I I v '--in t ..tl-- in -Io just as 1 please u-ith,
ni I M-iid y—u V- -a nt-.
l.cxmgly y--iii friend.
V. . ■ i.i st .«-_v. ■: u y. t- nn. 5,.,. n y-inr appeal
illla-t X*.ek < -I l tutn-l. I--I a!-l to lilt-ill tile
>hi .it i.’s xxaid tn th-- t«r -lx ho j ita . Iciiet-r-
I ,x •--I--, licit-- my iiii.i . I ala a po.-r orpli U Ihi.V
x».t ii ittel i.iir- ii or n:--!n- r. am! -an i-yiupa
t.. x> linl--I ll.t; U< Illti- Olles. I ;.l-oeii.
< •• - in- .-damp i«ir Siu* -H ie l-o-.1. of put ins; I
- ... 11... d.
11.-.l' ami a I* qpx .'••■xx Vxa-, I am your little
111-11..
!.x < ..s-.-l Matin- < utj- pj- r, l.ydi i, S. <'. My sis
t-r.-.a. I xxi'll t-- :<» ii t. ■ ii ox *- -id «*t Consti
tu-.-m Ju in-.', our i pa takes 1 in- I nsiilit
’■••• like it v. ry iniicli. Ut- are lanncr's
«la-_t... t'.
io i.i-.c to read very iniicb, but sehloiti liave the
-Ii -11-1-. Motin-r -lie.l t Hl' year, and let t IIS to k« ep
ln-iis<-l—r »ur |-apa ami txx-i biotin rs. We have
two niarri-d si-lers .nd txxo inairied brothers.
Oneol our I t-.iU- r* lives in .Mexia l-xia.
W-- xximid id.-- eoir«-s,uni-1 with r—nie one
Ir- a; x.-a- ii st -in iii tin uia--n, x-'i-eclally some -me
troiu jti-r ida and Alabama.
i!- i.:x Miiith. Itasea.’lex. I e.-nie and bi g to
I - - -a p.e*t . '-me of yonr l-aiid. I am one ol tin
la -i ! I ’ i. ar. Hum, n II ■'my la x-in te
|...| •r. I in ' ,;i <1 I a-I I lie Y-mug I-oiks'Cor
I . ait tex 'I- a tine -••-tiutry. It lies lie-
Ixx---- . ,o-. .;m a -trip -d ii-nbei, ami a
t i-i -....mix co .mil I-• l-umi anyvxhe-i-. i'ropie
to- •• n-.-'-tt-m. x. ii< a, •• t', and almost any
tl.lli-J t -at :s la’s- -< 111 I- X.I-.
•I . . !’■ -c .-til-.g oil e tow I xxitll o.O'iu 111-
l U :.Hx- •---■ I--s-aoml with some Isiys an-1
y .tlsul my age.t-tt-- u.
I'oe-in- k.t.-x- ■'.••tm* VI-mi: ain. Miss.—As one
, ai •i ■- om -ia --o' is over, I 1.-i-l itee t- xx-rite
.■ -i > • let . i t-> :li-- ; bill !-a. «-. l<-ll:vg of tin- til -.-
«•> --im ■: ol th- -i- g- sb ' ye.it. It o|s-in-l the
1 tii ..i ' | ti-uil - r xxith 1;.-c l-oai-lmg pupils, and
I - liee-i-l.il < x- ry qu itterxn -io n--t ii.ivi-any
M'luyiuC i-idii; xi--an • tree." as'om- -d thegirs
« . it, - x'. ■goup to the eoilege and have a gay
tune.
i. -• S.itni-iay ii’giit xx- I.ad th • p'e«smeot
h, a. ii,. Kil's- u 11. 1 -mw- 1. <d l ili.ad-'lpliia, l--c-
tu. --ii on- --I ui'line h-<- u;-'. tin- - ut-jeet xv.s:
■ . ..I IH II --U '. or -iii». t-. I-com--Great.”
Ii »<•. n l-.il-m mm t :.r -.i ;h Ims iectiir-, ami
ui, . i.,-. no iva.-t lit tells us iodo, we can all la-
- .i■ .1.
,1.- ,i i--dtl miiy ex-mu... preached lor
ii- s .ii. -x i. ■ mug . w- ail »xisiied n-r him to stay
l.i o , IX - : n lc. ami I- xx Ith as al opeiilug.
tail In- pi w --.-I in- s-i mit iiim i<> d<> s<>.
I v.i! an in r al- i -pi 'lions:
p-n.km y s -i-l: "Am urn.- l--r -lefcH'C, but nol
Get. t.itWaim xia- aii- -l by the Indians -'fl.e
x; _ •’ a-.- -a. ry, I;-..a!.--: *. Mi". Y'osr
In to tt- r a-stlsg In p l--i tin- p-« r sick --lull ren,
lu' Iv-t lead .-n-i api-t-flat--I. 'lx little sis-
i. rlx ••-. 1 r--tI «• lioln rt -iii-l myy- lt, liaxe eaefi
agr- - *. to ', n-i -i dime, ami mamia.-i -en-ts a ipi.ir
t-ii : l -- • ,io a-n ill--- woniti like, lair an-no;
. I•S< I a lin-iu--. 1 ill' Is a small pllt but
l-o ; xx;,l help some.
X,, .11. in a Veil pretty hi:!-- loxitl, Indian
l-aioittr ai xx 1..- it gets its ii.mu tloxx.-. tliiou.n
tii -cut r—v< r xxhi«:li is a long bridge, lim- side
.. ~. • \• .-. York.” the ■; a-1 --Iy, We
e o', til-’ iitooklx II Mil-’, but to sclmol in .\exv
Y-rl..
i., < . ii'titiitioii ii.,' iii.hli- us x-.-ct k!y visits lor
tin p.i't fix-- y--.it', .-nd u is certainty a xxelcoine
visitor. The Youth's Companmn is also an old
friend.
! ~i ',.r'-«: y. itsoi age. man.ma's first born;
|i.in -ix . i loth-r-ami .liu-i- sisters younger than
iiitM-li. . I. Ixxooi my little -islets nave cm.ssed
■■ liue I'.. ;.i. du! IIIV--I. ami xve .'hall never cease
to miss th- -r sun-, t la---
woiidie plt.i---d il some girl cousins would
write to ;ae.
I xxill close, wi.'limg all a merry Christinas.
1.-'otia Mat son, Pan'k-. Tenn.— We moved from
the g-sst <-l-t state *d t-e-irgia to this slate two
n arsago. Uy sister I'.tli I and 1 have two little
i-r-dle I-. Ce. it av-t W ill Paul, who own and wot k
a p--s call that is as docile, while m itie l-aek yard.
~' .ar I« t k-l>--n. but Xil'.en ibe gate is ietl open
and t • •t- nil-* tli<- mill 101, he has his oxxn way
lor axxuilr.
v, in , l.ttic! ::iui I were engag-Mi putting the lin-
I'hmg toii- iii s-,n -ur in-is'-voi. ted dol l house
down l-y tn«- garden last week. lieard I In- l.oys
i lying, tii all bawlm . and la-l-u-- we had time
l.- a-;. H- <-III'.■-d all the tl- iii-le. tin---.llf --Mi.
t ad-' i-ro.h-r- call bun Mllti came -lashing
i , t t-rx tk II ■■ . I xriUl his ey.-s
t-mgmg Ir-mx their i-n-ki-i ', m---k elong-led ami
ion -ii- protruding and l-aw.ing like mad.
V\ l,< ■■ lie Ii id pass--I. l.im lh ok at me and I
iookat Lili--.. we l oin looktd ala clean spot
wh---< --n •• -nr -'-.il Ii- u-< 't-io-l. Ethel lai-.-g 11---I,
' I < i.i'-i ml aw y -iowti l-y Tin- mill in that big
I g>- •> ,; *y what remained o» the I ai-y i-u.-g* th.it
; I in-noys |-.i-l li.irn* "---I io --.11 lit ia-h-s,” before
. lit- x dr--x- him into die mill lot.
Hall out -li'!.«-s xv-1«- iiroken.-nr hou*c demol
ish* -I. < cell’s xx.- I -t Sprain- il, W ill FaUl’s new. first
t trou-a-is torn ami soite-l.
I saw nia-iiiii.i t -it tiing Jtl't l-eforx- she gave the
l--,x- a 'cwre lecture ->n deportment. We have
not told papa, t-ut it you wil pi mt this, xx*- intend
to show him the pa]H-r alter marking this piece.
Annie Jenkins. <s»s A*h M.. Maeon. Ga.—ln an
sw-r to a short letter tn Th-- Y-ning Folks’Corner
. --I The* oti'titution sometime a;:--, I have rec--ived
quite a number of leti- r< from tlie cousins in du -
I Icrvnt 'iat<-s, expressing -ympathy au-l offering
- tbeniseltes as corn-s|*oiideut».
As 1 can only currx.-poud with a tew, i wish (if
Aunt. Susie will kindly allow- me), to take this
nu-ttiod of inlorniing eacli one <>t them h-w much
1 appreciate their letters. Ish ill keep all tue let
ters received as souviners, of the kind and sym
pathetic feelings ot my unseen "Constitution
cousins.”
Since I \x rote last, my dear father lias lieeti ta
ken from a lied oi suifering to that bright ami
happy world on high, where pain anil sorrow are
never known. The grim messenger did not seem
to have any terrors lor him. lie died triumphant j
the 17th ot September, and xxo are left without a ;
father to love and counsel us.
1 read The Constitution, and like it far better
tii in any secular pap-.-r I have ever read ; and as 1
read tin- many interesting tilings contained in its
columns, it is a pleasure to think that the cousins
all over our sunny south and many in the far off
stati-s and territories are reading it also.
I would like to tell the con-ins about the b<-au
tiiul city in which I live, but fearing 1 will make
my letter «••** long I '-till only say that, added to
the many other conveniences, Macon ha.'recently ,
lii-en brought tn speaking -tistance ot her sister
city—Atlanta, a hundred mites aw ty.
M ith much iove to Aunt Susie anti all the cous
ins, I will say, adieu.
Essie Barrino. Beaver Dam. N. C.—Several weeks
have elapsed since I joined the h -ppv b.u.il ot
cousins. lam always glad when Tuesday comes,
for then we receive the dear old Constitution.
I enjoy reading Aunt Susie's ami the cousins ,
letters. I tlunk they are so interesting. I agree I
with "Pansy ’on giving advice. 1 do not think
there is any one so wise tliat they should not have
advice; neither do I think that the foolish should
not have it. Give good advice everv time am! to
every Immlx, and if they do not take it, why it is
their own'lookoiir.
< inly suppose lather and mother not to give t lie i r
dear children good advice, where do yon suppose
they would land?
I'have seen boys and girls that would not take
even their parent's advice, and go on their own
way rejoicing. But, alas! xvhatdid they come to
in alter years? They came -Io n, down, step by
step, until at lan they wi re almost helpless, with
out money mi-l without friemis. Beware, boys and
girls, that you take good advice.
Cousins, how many of you do unto others, as
you would tliey slioi.ld -io unto you? I -Io not lor
one xbiit lam sorry to say so.) It xvas the golden
text in our s-umlay school books last Sumlay, ami
our siiperinteniieiit gate us a talk on it. ami he
asked this-|Uesti<>ll: "How many oi yo-i return
good lor evil? Non-! answered. 1 tell you *t is
hard to do. but let tis all endeavor to do s->, and us
i’an-y said, we will be richly rewarded.
< hristmas xvill soon be here to till our hearts xvith
clii-i-r. Guess wi- will all gtv.- old .Narita a hearty
welcome when- lie may - bailee to g--. 1 hope to
r- ceive many presents, but I tear my hopes will be
in vain.
1 close, wishing all a merry Christmas.
Since its great victory at the world's
fair the sales of Dr. Price's Baking Pow
der have in-rease-i tenfold.
THU STORY OF A UNIFORM.
Captain John L. Clem, of the quartermas
ter’s ilepartment of the I'nit-'-l States
army. with headquarters in Atlanta, is
th-- fath- r of on-- of the brightest young
boys in Atlanta. He bears bis father s trime
at--i is now just the .-nine size and of the
same ag-- that liis father was when lie cu
te ■ I the f--dera! army more than thirty
y-ars ago. At that Cine Captain Clem we
a mere boy, being but ter- years old. He
ran a-vay from his home and enlisted as
i drnnin.-'r hoy. His father went .-liter him,
but limling that lie was very p -p ilar will,-
his compiny and being well eared for. he
permit'-<1 lum to remain. Captain Clem did
active service until the - nd of tin- war, at
which time he was corp ifal of iiis tompa
ny and detailed for duty on Hie start of
General Meade. At the close of the war h<
was hut twelve years of age.
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The figure to the left of the accom
pany ing cut |»rxsents Captain Clem in the
uniform presented him by the la-lies of
Chicago in lkf-1 as tin- youngest officer in
the service of the union army, it is taken
frx tn an olfl-tline war protograph.
Tie picture to tin- right is that of
Master Ja--k Clem, taken -n th-- .-am-- his
l .rie uniform just a few -lays ago in At
lanta. Toe uniform Ills him exactly, and
though b aring evi-h of hard service,
it i- still in a splendid state of pre
servation.
Master .Ink is a chip of the obi block,
iib'- iiis i.-th-T is prolu-biy tin- most p-quilar
army officer - ver siatioin -l in Atlanta. He
is said to be the yeungi-st veteran ->•' th--
war. ana is known ag stv-h throughout the
country .
Yt AN i EU.
< onied«-r:ite Local or City Stamps.
These stamps w re .ssued by postmasters
ot various towns in Jxe-i-ct 1. ore the regu
lar xoal-'l aate stamps xvere used. They
are in various colors of print and usually
b-a- the name vs the tox-.n and sonn times
tne mime of the postinast- r by wlioin issued
wit.i urn"'ii.t of postage paid. \Ve also buy
nil )ietioniin:.' ions of co.-if-d rat am! Co
luinbian stamps. For full particulars ad
dress with stamp.
STANDARD STAMP COMPANY,
Box IM. Atlanta, Ga.
Pour Robin.
1 killed a robin. The little thing
With i scarlet breast ami glossy wing,
Tli il conies in the apple tree to sing.
1 flung -i stone as h-‘ twittered there,
I only m-alit to give him a scare,
But oi,' it went—and it hit him square.
A litth* flutter a little cry-
Then on the ground I sav him lie,
1 di-in’t think he was going to die.
But as I watched him 1 soon could see
JI- never would sing fcr you or me
Any more in the apple tr-e.
Ami I'm thinking, every summer day.
How never, never I can r- pay
The little life that 1 took away.
—Sidney' Dayre, in Youth's Companion.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Mednl and Diploma.
T'l-e Kobin unit the Itiivcn.
IH ar Amateur Writers ' have been very
long wri-ing to you and now while 1 have
time i will tell you a story about tin- Robin
and the Raven.
"Gooxl morning to you." said a little robin
with a chirp, t’o a raven, who was croak
ing in a very cross tone about the
win-l. ' 'f said good morning to you.” re
peated the robin, as the raven did not reply.
"You seem very in- rry this morning
about nothing,” at length said the raven.
"\\ hy should 1 not l-e so'.’’’ replied the
robin.
"Don't you see those bl.iek .-lou-ls yon
der?" said th-* raven. "What d > they lore
tell but snow'.*' and lie shivered at the
thought of ii.
“Wait till it comes; tint-- enough to be
.-ad Inen. I shall sing til! then at any
rale; ami p- rhaps then, two. for it will no;
make me any colder,” ehirpe-t the robin.
”1 dare say you are foolisli enough to
do so,” <-roaked the raven. But Hie robin
hoppi-i away, perhaps io limi m-.re tin --r
--fui company than the i aven’s. By ami by
the sot -iiolie forth, ami as the robin was
singing blithely cn the fence the raven
again came out, not s<--niing to lie much
the livelier forth .- sunshine.
"W--11. my friend, where’s your snow?”
said the robin.
"Never mind, it will come," replied the
raven, sulkily.
"An-1 meanwhile you will --roak y-mrsclf
hoarse. For my part, I like to take ‘lie
bright si-!-- of everything, and I seldom fall
to tind it.”
But the raven croaked on ami the lebin
sang on, and it is said that the raxe-n
croaked till he died, and that the robin
sang on his grave.
ETHEL ESTHER VBUO.MAN.
LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER.
And His Queer Country.—The Second Visit of the Children. —There
the Thunder Lives.
•
The Children’s Second Yiaii. .
Copyright, 1894, by Joel Chandler Harris. I
PART IV.
THE BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN.
"I'm not much of a story teller," said Mr. :
Ribbit. "ami I never set up for one. but J
J will say that I like the rough and tumble i
tales a great deal better than I do the kind '
where some great somebody is always com- i
Ing in with conjurings ami other carryings ]
on. It's on account of my raising, I reckon.”
"Well, stories can’t be ail alike.” re
marked Mrs. Meadows. "You might as
vv- li expect a fiddle to play one tune.”
"Tell us the kind of story you like best,” :
sai-1 Buster John to Mr. Ribbit.
"No. not now,” responded Mr. Rabbit.
’TH do that some other time. I happened (
to think just now ot' a little circumstance
tliat 1 used to hear mentioned when I was :
younger.
"In the country next door there used to I
be a great m iny chickens. Some were of '
the barnyard breed, some were of the i
kind they call game, some w»>rc black, some I
were wiiite, some were brown, some were
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“Look, Look, Look, I «>oK at the Blue Hen's Chickens. *
speckled ami some had their feathers culled
tlie wrong way. Among all these there was
one whose name, as well as I can rememlier,
was Mrs. Blue Hen.”
"Was she really blue?” Sweetest Susan in
quired.
“Well, not ai; indigo blue.” replied Mr.
Rabbit, after reflecting a moment, "nor yet
a sky blue. She was just a plain, dull,
every-day blue. But such as she was she
was very line. She belonged to on-- ot the
lirst families ami moved in the very best
circles. She was trim looking, so I've heard
said, and as she grew older came to
have a very bad temper, so much so that
she use,! to fly at a hawk if he came near
her premises. Some of her neighbors use-i
to xvbisper it around that sh<- tried to - row
like a rooster, but this was alter she had
grown old ami h ird-hx ailed.
"Wh-ii Mrs. Blue Hen was growing up
she was very nice ami particular. Sht
coudn’t bear to get water on h- r feet, and
she was always shaking the dust from hei
- lothes. Some said she was finicky, an-i
some siixi sh-- was nervous. Once when
sb.- tanned out little Billy Bantam, who
called mt her one -lay, a great many of
het acquaintances said she would never
sx-ttie down and make a good hous- ke-.-per.
"But after awhile Mrs. Blue Hen con
cluded that it was about time lor her
to have a family of her own. so site went
away off' from the other chickens and made
her a nest in the mid-lie of a thick briar
patch. Shi’ made her a nest there and laid
an egg. It was new and white ami Mrs.
Blue Hen was very proud of it. She was
so proud, in fact, that, although she had
made up her mind to mike no fuss over it.
she went running ami cackling toward
the house, just -is any common hen would
do. She made so much fuss that away
down in tin- branch Mr. Willy Weasel
winked al Miss Mirny Mink.
" T><> you hear that?’ says he.
•• i n. vi r le ii l anything plainer in my
life," says she.
"Mrs. Blu< Hen xvas so proud of her new,
white egg that she went luck after awhile
to look at it. There it was, shining while
iu the grass. She coveted il up an-i hid it
as well as she eouid and then she went
about getting ilinu. r ready.
"'l'h- next morning she went to ‘he nest
and las! another egg just like tin- lirst one.
Tnis happen--,! fer three mornings, but on
the fourth morning wi - ti Mrs. Blue Hen
went buck she found four eggs in the
nett and till four appeared to be dingy
ami muddy looking. She xvas very much
astonished an-i airmed, as well sin might
be. for here right before her ey- s she '
siw four eggs, when she knew in r- nsoit
that th-re should be but three, and not
only that, they were all dingy and dirty.
“Mrs. Blue Hen was so excited that
she took oh tier bonn, t and began to fan
h-rseli'. Then she xvondered win ther she
had not made a miscount; whether she
h . 1 not n ally laid four instead of three
eggs. Tin- more she thought about it the
more confused she becalm . Sh-- hung her
bonnet ->n a blackberry bush am! tried to
count off the days on her toes. She began
to count ‘One, two, three’—and she would
have stopp'd there, but she couldn't. She
had four loi-s on her foot and she was com
pelled to count them all. Ther • wa a toe
on the foot for every egg in the mat.
'This i uusi-ii Mrs. Blue Hen to feel some
what more comfortable in mind ami bod;.,
but she w.is left in such i hysterical stale
that she went off eavkiing nervously itn-i
postponed laying an egg until late in the
afternoon. After that there were live in
tlie nest and she kept ott laying until
there were ten altogether. Then Mrs.
Blue H--n rumpled up her feathers and got
mad with herselt and went to silting. 1
reckon that's what you call it. I’ve heard
some call it 'selling' ami others 'sitting.'
Om-e, when I was courtit-g I spoke of a
silting hen, but tin- young lady said 1
was too uris.'.v for anything.”
"What is prissy?” asked Sxveetest Susan.
Mr. Rabbit shut his eyes an-i s«-rat-died
his ear. Then he shook his head slowly.
"It’s notiiing but a girl's word,” remarked
Mrs. Meadows byway of explanation. "It
means that somebody’s trying hard to
show off'.”
"1 n-i-kon that’s so,” said Mr. Rabbit,
op'-nliv; his eyes. He appeared to be much
relieved. "W. 11, Mrs. Blue Hen g>t in;, i
ami x-ent to setting. She was in a snug
place an-i nobody botherexl iter. It was sin h
a quiet place that she could hear Mr. Willy
Weasel am! Miss Mirny Mink gossiping in
the calamus bushes and she count hear
Mrs. Puddle Duck wading in the branch.
One day Mrs. Paddle Duck r-ta-le so boll
as to push her v. ;y through the briars and
look in upon Mrs. Blue 11- n. But tier visit
was not relished. .Mrs. Blue Hen rumpled
her feathers up and spread out her tail to
such a tlegrct ami squalled out such a
harsh protest that Mrs. Puddle Duek was
glad t'» waddle off with whole bom-s. But
whi n sh-- got back to the branch she splut
tered about a good -leal, crying out:
“'Aha! aha! quack, quack! Aha! You
are there, are you? Alta! you'll have trouble
before you get away. Aha!’
“Now Hie fact was tliat Mrs. Puddle
Duek was the very one that had e ii.s. I
M*s. Pine Hen all the trouble,” '.lid Mr.
Rabbit, nod-ling his head solemnly. “Wad
ing in the branch Mis. Puddle Duek had
seen Mrs. Blue Hen going to h- r nest far
three days, slipping an-i creeping through
the weeds ami bushes, and she wanted to
know what all the slipping and creep'ng
was about. So, on the third day Mrs. Pud-
. die Duck did some slipping and creeping
I on her own account. She crept up close
J enough to see Mrs. Blue Hen on her nest
I ami she was near enough to see Mrs. Blue
' Hen wii t she ran away cackling.
j "Then Mrs. Pud-lie i’tick waddled up and
1 peeped in the nest. There she saw three
1 eggs as white and as smooth as iv->ry ami
i the sight lilled her with jealousy. She be
i gatx to talk to herseif:
i " 'I knew sir- must be mighty proud, the
atuek-up thing. I - an see that by the xv i.v
she st'-ps around hero. Quack, quack! and
I'll just show her a thing or two.
"Then and t): re Mrs. Pud-lie Duek, all
muddy as she .'.as, got in Mrs. Blue Hen's
■ nest ami sa' on her beautiful white eggs
■ and soiled them. Ami even that xvas not
I all. Out of pur- spite Mrs. J’uddle Duck
! laid one of her own dingy-looking eggs in
I Mrs. Blue Hen’s nest, and that was the
cause of all the trouble. That was the
s reast-n Mrs. Blue Hen found four dingy
I eggs in her nest w h n there ought to have
been three clean white ones.
"Well, Mis. Blue Hen went to setting,
I and after s-> long a time nin • little chick-
I ens wer-- hatch-a. She was x'ery promt of
them. Sii- taught them how to talk ami
' th--n she wanted to gel off her nest and
t -aeh them how to s-'rat- h about ami earn
their own living. But there was still one
egg to hatch, an-i so Mrs. Blu ■ Hen con
tinued to set on it. tllli- -lay she made up
her mind to take her chicks off ami leave
th ■ -gg tliat wouldn't hatch. The 01-l
Speckled Hen happened to b-» passing an 1
Mrs. Bitt)- Hen asked h- r But the
ohi Speckled Hen was v ry much shock -1
when .-lie heard the particulars.
“’What! with nine --hickens!’ she cried.
‘Why, nine is an odd number. It would
never do in th world. Hatch out the
other egg.’
"But young people are very impatient,
and Mrs. Bin. Hen was young. She fret
ted and worrit-1 a good deal, but in a few
days tin- tenth egg hatched. Mrs. Blue
Hen felt very much better after this. In
fact, sh-- felt so comfortabl ■ that sh--
didn't t..ke the trouble to look at the
chicken that h-.n-h- u from the tenth egg.
Hut when she I : tight her children off th--
n st she was very much astonished to tind
that ;ne of them was entirely different
fr-ni ail the re~t. Sit- was not only sur
prised but shock 1. Nine of iter --hihlren
were as n ;• t looking as she could wish
them to be. but the tenth one vvas a sight
to see. It had weak eyes, a bill as broad
ns a caseknife, ind big, flat feet. Its feet
were so -ig that it wa-1-iled when it.
walked, and ai! tlie toes of each so- t were
join- I togeth r.
"Mrs. Him- Hen had very high notions.
She want--! - veryhody to think that she
belonged to the quality, but this wabbly
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I r-'tii il re. Right Before Her Eyes, She i
Saw Four Eggs.
chi- ken with a broad bill and a foot (hat ■
had no instep l. it took h-r pride down a j
peg. Sh-- k- pt her . hil-iren bid as long as '
siie could, but sue had to come out in
put'lic filer a while, ami when she did—
w- 11. i 11 let you know th re xvas an uproar
in Hi-- barnyard. The old Spe.-kl.-i Hen
was the first to begin it. She cried out;
‘Lojk lo k -look! Look at the Blue
Hen s chick -ns!'
"Th»-n Hi Guinea hens b-gan to laugh,
and Hi- oi.l Turkey xjobbler was so tickled
he earn,- mar swallowing his snout. Mrs.
Blue Hen hung her head with sham- ant
cart led her cliil .rtn axvuy off tn th- woods, i
"But her flat-footed chicken gave rise ;
to a. by wor-i iti all that country. When any !
Ftraiu-vr came along looking rough and
lagged, it was the common saying that he
vva< the Bbie H n's chi- ken.”
"i'v-- «*• .tnl it many a time,” remarked I
Mrs. M< tdows.
"There was no story in that,” Buster i
John suggx -t--d.
"N->." replied Mr. Rabbit. “Just some ,
- v rv-Xty facts picked up ami strung to
gether.”
"Sp-;.kitig ->f stories.” said Mrs. Meadows, '
"I have ou ■ in my tnind that is a sure
enough nory—one of the old-fashioned
kind.”
“Well, please, ma'ali. tell it," said Bus
ter John, so seriously that they all laughed
- x.-ept Mr. Rabbit.
(To 1-e Continued.>
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•j. Are x in married?
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