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EIGHT
EVERETT TRUE
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ADVENTURES
of the TWINS
By Olive Roberts Barton
••I'm never, never, never going 1 « wear you ae long ae I live,” he earn
to the ehoet.
••Weill." enlil Mlatrr Snip Snap to
Ih* Twin* "I»UI you find out what
It *m that wa» wearing out I'utii*
Cottontail* ahoea ao fait'.''
' No. Miater Snip Snap,' - aald Nick
"we didn’t We vletcd tha *• liool
In the wooda ycaterday and all the
r. holara did wu* to atudy apidlmK
and 'rithmrilc and reading and wilt
ing. They used their handa a lot,
hut their trrl hardly any at all. and
there waan't anything that would
make Outle'a a ho* a wear out ao taai.”
"I do derlarr!” aald Mlatrr Snip
Snap 'll la tha greateat tnyatery
I r\er heard of. H a aa had ua the
fairy tala about the aevrn prlncraeee
who danced their ahoea to plecea
every night ami nobody vin able to
find out where they went, 'Hal 1
have an Ideal 1 have a wonderful
Idea'”
"What?” cried the Twine Juat like
that *
"Why. If t‘utlr Cottontail doean't
wear hla ahoea out in achool he inuat
ha wearing them out aotnu place
elae,” aald the falryntan.
"So ho muHt,” aald Nancy.
"Of courae." raid Nick.
"That* Juat It!" cried Mlatrr Snip
Snap us pleased aa Clinch ehout be
ing amart. "The next thing la to
find out where It la and what It la
that la doing the damage After
achool thle afternoon watch and ace
what Cutla doea. The great Illy it ary
la about to he aolved ” •
That afternoon when achool waa
out. Nancy and Nick were waiting.
Freddy Frog came out flrat
"H*rc'a for the rwlmmlng hole.”
he ehouttd. hopping away aa faat aa
hr could go.
Then camr Cob and Corny Coon
•*Har*. e for the aweet - corn patch,"
they yelled and were off
Then came Scamper and Scramble
Squirrel.
"Frost last night, fellows." they
called. "Let's see who *an shinny
up the chestnut tree first."
Bui Cutle Cottontail came out with
hla cousins, the vunny hoys and
> started straight for home.
Nancy and Nick followed him. feel
ing sure they were now going to find
out lust what It was that wore
Cutle'e shoe* out ao fast
But although hla cousins coaxed
him to play hop-Seoteh. ha aald he
had to cut aome wood and couldn't
atop to play.
He went right In the front door
and slammed It.
"I think Cutle'e shoes must have
worn out hy themselves." Nick.
It's ever ao queer.''
Hut aearcely had he spoken than
out rame Cutle again and went
straight fop the wood-ptle
But Instead of picking up tha ax
and atarting to chop wood for hta
I’LL TELL THE
WORLD
The WANT AD
COLUMNS of The Au
gusta Herald have
never failed to buy or
sell anything for me.
READ AND
TRY ’EM
—A guy that knows.
BY CONDO
mother's kltche stove, he reached
In behind a log and pulled out hla
IIC'W Hhot'ft
"I'm never, never, never going to
wear you ua long as 1 live!" he anld
to the ahoea. "You nearly pinch my
tors off after running In my bnre feet
all summer. Back you go." And he
stuck the shoes behind tne log again,
then he went on with hla wood-chop
-1 hlancv and Nick laughed. Then
they went back to Mister Snip Snap
anil told him all ebout 11. "Cutle
Isn't wearing our shoes at all lie's
got an old pair on," they aald.
"Well. well, well!" aald the little
falryman. "I'd rather Mrs Cotton
tail went on thinking vve sold her had
shoes than have Cutle suffer. We'll
not any a word about It.”
(To Be Continued!
DR. S. V. SANFORD
To Bo Main Speaker at
Mercer Opening
M \COV Oa.—l>r. Steadman V.
Sanford, of tha faculty of tha Unl
verslty of cieorgta. will be tha main
speaker at the opening exercises of
Mercer University on the morning of
September 24 A number of promi
nent local men Including the mayor,
editors of the local newspapers and
nil the Baptist ministers of Macon
have been invited to attend.
Iteglatratlon of students will begin
next Monday and by Wednesday fully
1,000 are expected to ba enrolled.
STEAMER SINKS
CHESTF.H, V’a. The It.MHMon
steamer Mary Weems, of Baltimore,
turned over on Its side and sank
Tuesdav In So feet of water In the
wet basin of the Sun Shipbuilding
and r>rydock Company here where It
was undergoing alterations. Three
hundred workmen aboard saved
themselves hy leaping to scaffolding
as the vessel overturned
The accident Is believed to have
been caused by an open sea valve or
port hole.
SEWER EXPLOSION
Causes $3,000 Damage In
Atlanta
ATLANTA. <ia.- An explosion of
sewer gas early Tuesday morning
on I’enchtrce Street Mew off a
manhole cover, wrecked <w> auto
mobile and caused more ih*\ IS OOfl
damage In business establishments
in the vicinity. Several plate glass
windows were shattered Another
man hole cover half a Mock nwny
blew off at the earn* time but
caused no damage No one was In
jured In either accident.
$25,000 ROBBERY
HKW YORK -Four armed and
mmVrd men early Tueadar ransacked
tha apartment nf Mica Edllh Robe a
rtmdlate. bound and rnjnrrd her ne
pro maid and then held up Miss Rohe
and her escort aa they were return-
In* home TheYobhert eaoaped with
Krmi valued at 125.W0.
nMTI^vfETsAYsJ^!
• Always w/n
>4 CASE OF 26*™* .2
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Buddenly the native guide put hie hands up to his mouth and made
a peculair whistle. Instantly the birds stopped shirping and returned to
the branches of the trees. When the air was cleared again Jack asked
the guide how It had all happened. The old native Just smiled.
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"Well, you see,” he finally replied, "I have been through here so
much that I have learned some of the bird language. That low whistle
1 Just made is a signal for the birds to stop chirping." Jack thought this
very wonderful and he started practicing the whistle hirnseif.
' BY AHERN
’RAY FOR THE PROFESSOR
“COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE”
A LESSON IN POLITENESS
HE GOT ROOM AND BOARD TOO
THE OLD HOME TOWN
i|| EX-JUD-SE^ORMBljOwee
1 - POLITICAL-ARGUME/NT TO DEFENDING WESIt//±. /1
PRINCIPLES HIS GRANDFATHER UPHEELD^HfMtfKjJ
he STEPPED OUT WITH TWO BLACKSt °^3K|
ETES AND MINUS HIS HAT- whsA/Wi
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Shortly the guide was heading into the trees again. “We’ve just a
short distance to go and we will come to Elephant Island,” he said. And J
sure enough, about a half mile further on they came into the open again
and were on the banks of a iittl? streamlet.• (Continued.)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17
BY STANLEY
BY MARTIN
BY TAYLOR
BY 3LOSSEB
BY SWAN