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Snrull , Brown, 'i‘illic`s espoclul clluln, promised to be there, nntl, with Rosie Ivins, ritl- sie Pirt»\~.li_ Murtlia Jones, Bertha Smith and Mary \\'hlte us guests, the nuniilel' was t-liliiplett-_ 'i`oliliil,\' '|`uotllt~s Llalketl at the Bug- gestion of urrnyilig liilnsclf in his host t:lotll9s_ .-tflci' much couxlng, ‘ ' llolrt-ver, :intl the lirllic tif l-t pt-nlly -I from Tillie. lic becailir more reason- _ able, Of course, nil were dressed in 5 if $1? >‘<~' WF; Q " _-.¢'.< " ' -o\=~» . _ their finest to8S. _ "Lonaol Bridge." "Follow Your Laaderf 'Ring Around the Rosy," "Tug M fhr," “Blindman's Buff" and other es were more exciting than ever be e. Even Sliip joined ili, and barkelt loudly as the others laugh- ed. Then e refreshments. There Wal A "br of ice crvulil for each guest, toget with lots and lots of cake ang anode, And wasn't it loodl Yu \./uid have thought so had you se* Vile gusto with which the eat- nlllt-s were devoured. soon 'i‘olnlii_v Woodies. Who was “over lo," rlet-lured lie heard a whistle out- id _ S "'i:ll.tt's Willie Green. l‘ll he back in a minute. Sis." lic suid. as he sprung to his feet und dashed around the corner. But he forgot to return, and accompanied \\'illie ou it ilsliing _taunt down to tile \viutl’¥. 'l`hen 3-your-nltl Tedtiy 'i‘o0U*`k¢'i“ fi" the Zoo. At the slime time, Bwlhi Smith ulul Murtiilt Joilea. liutli tom- boys. run after an ice wagon to beg _,-1 if _ ‘i . ,j it, ._ 1 ,__ ,..-~.,._ -...i . '-1 t `-'. MMM* in _ ‘$24 ‘fri-_l”` J. i As the guests were neighbors, they , ` ' _ arrived ill plenty of tilne. Rosie was ' _ #_ tile last to be gi-eeted by Tillie. Hard- ~‘l`i;,€'-';‘31'f- * ly had she I-nine than Johnny Toodlss, I _~"";,-»‘-,=';;_11_ ' ~ _‘\ ugitl 4, plp~-I; Tm’ 7 _ '-" "»`.'. és “ io we out now. e." ., _ " 1.' ., Most of tile guests brightened Ba" Y ,;.32’.`¢',~`,‘P.¥_ff.-f=¥"L"" Q ‘,}_.I~ ` . ti xg .~ . . .' _..° / / this stlggcstioli. und thtlir faces ft. " "'»‘i when Tillie rt-pli<-ll, tlrinly: =- -' _ Cl;~rta.lnly not; were going to hav , if i.~ gullies lil‘_~'t-~snli llien l-efreslirlients. So they bt-gitll \vitll tilt- pluys 'l`iilio A l lvl lirr-tlllttll 'i‘ll<-\ “ere all o j I ¢- ‘ fn. ii `l is ii' ii ld l ' I I 4 V 4 gullies. p u_\'c~l _v t 0 oys an girls ' X - ‘ _. ' ' _ _ ,L _ ' ni'.tily times ii(-I`ul'<-_ Kult thc thought }/"'* `» l- ~; . , ’ Y’ i “M” ' that the party wus zi May-Day cclnbra- f/ \ " ,.,.,(, :_ ~ _ /'- , \ ' tion lent new zest to ull the plays. I - ` lj" _ - 'f .,- ` l , . Y - gi I ' _ , , | ffl!-` , > 1 if l ' E "1 "S i\§-_ _ *,\\ _ _ £7) .gzl ';S~js... §"<~.( 1_7" ` i.'l\§"x _ 9 itzf ; ies 5°-f -` for ice. Johnny Toodles started of! to sllll his new bout in the park luke. Then a great colilnllition of burking around the corner drew away Rosie lvtns, who wished to see whether Snlp was in a.fli;llt. 50. wilt-ll 'l‘illie rillll Surah paused i1 nlonleut in thc-ir llcscriplion ol' thc new til-asses liotli were to linve wltllill tlic next i'c\v weeks. they found thot ull tim other guests hull vl\liisl\t’\l. "\\`t=ll, il' tiiut lsll't too lileuli!" cried both, lil the slllno lirc-.itl\. But when thc "gtlcst.~l" returned inte tilnt itftci‘iitNvli, lilltl saw 'i`iliit=, euvil ex|,ilnllit»li the rvltsoli for having to leave limi illsistorl that 'i`lllle's May- lJlt_\' party was the very nicest party they hall ever nttentieli. All had en- jn,\'t‘tl till-lilseives greatly, nithoiléih, us 'i`illi~' Sititi. they prtlliubly spent the BERT part of their time AWAY from the purty. . - .. - __ I in mise ‘twins best. There wa.sn't. * '~ ` _ T 4 '__ _ , , i Qi ’I‘liem cowards, Billy an' Pete, had 'gf' nlrclltly skipped, though Pets said after- _ ~ wiirll ie was only htllltin' dry clothes c _ _ ,. ,ixn the Mousetrap. an' Billy made believe ` ` ` e was lurllqin' after Zeke. But clean _ cloilivs l\'».»reri't hidden way up the road (ili:it’s where Pete ram. nor was Zeke crllppin' grass mors'n half s mile t`otller side n' tile wagon. So, secln’ as how I wu.~.the only brave man. I up und says: "_\Ir. 1-‘armel-. our dog, that's nmned Pretty. and the hind leg nf which's been llllrt for sevarlal years (I says this so's to znrllte 'im sorry for Pretty), went nnd pushrfl the snow out in the creek with is liver. an' Petrswam after it rg bring it l»uck._onlY it filled 'fore he could do thut. Anl`t that right. Pete?" lint Pete. liein' afraid. had went u on his tiny. as Deacon Perkins, our unsoy' scll-wi nilyierilitandent. would say. An' wi rl' lllll tlilit measly dog dg but .how hlssfilf jus' tllf-nl "'i`l\1\t 110/1,. .vvu say, pushed m boat uft'li the bank?" spotters the fiirmer, a~p~»intill' to Pretty. who ain‘t 'uetly of th_e biggest size that dogs come in, V ills nose is orful strong, slr," Splains I. ‘Ill.-it snip of; dog!" the farmer goal gli. with hs e .si a»shinin'_ An' than “ iflllkhs so iiurcl that the trees wobble. AI_t»-r n while hu calms considerable. Afore you youll; tellers does other duiliagfl. ld ruther yull’d git." orders ho. silyili' whit-li he turns and starts liown the road, n-cnusin' of Billy to doflsw from the bushes where he was unll at-sniper toward the Mouse- P “Y0u er. ie . ~ . twaitel develo ments. Nur wus it ion8 “ bsR,LhSb` wm.,..y0u hen! me 'lieforelu lieud ‘with eagerly blazing eyes M’ “ l°°P“"‘l- asked *'i"`i*" appeared from smltist the shrubbery on But l-‘eurllass was it dog ."“”~'f<'!“ l/fl' \` ”’ /./' ' ' I .\ Gi ¢ 6 Ili/ / t the fur side of the little 0P€T\ BD5\C°~ Attracted by the smell of tho ment. tho ferocious beast glided warlly forward. like a grt-nt cut. For u moment. the leopard seemed to puzzlo over tile fact that u piece of delirllnls llieut should make such out- cry. But the bait seemed innocent enough, und at lust. giving way to teniptlitioll, the beust sprang upon the clltiivc mlir.'sel_ in ull tlisttilit thc copper lid was jerked from its position nn the ground und Fveurless was rcivuscd. tlnly one glunce wus necessary to tho dog. Then, with yclps of terror, llc st-uttled towurd surety, naturally choosing it direction opposite to that in which the leupurd iuy feasting. Past the cannon shot the frightened Fearless. 'l`ll<~ lullyurd bccunle taut. At. once followed s deafening boom. and the leopard was stretched lifeless oil the gross, "Nut t=\~».-rybotly vnu shoot ti. leopard With a clilllloli," proudly cried the lull tis he bt-gan to skin his victim. ills triumph was lesscllcd only by the flint tllut thcrc wus little of tile tawny. lilucl<»stri|»i-tl t-out undamaged by the bull uilcll ill thc unlillnll. It culinol llc suitt tliut Fearless thought much nf the glory of the liuhlevoniciit. IIIS chief desire was to get home as quickly as possible. All of which lends us t0 question the fitness of this doggie‘l name. ' _§ mmm WQp[_ sh. w* treat sawdust tag", for m deed, what else could a' mi doll stuffed Wm, u u' weep? All alone in a corner 'dun dumped; one leg was twiltedh. W" ller head; one arm was tuna" doubled behind her back psi; Mun’ l>f‘\2l\ In this uncomfortalile m 'md for days. and it was all on U‘U_sltlon of that new, double-jointed iiiiium doll! Hadn’t Arabella seen her n?|u°l tress, Betty, hugging and |¢|,|§` that new doll~dressing it '.“" morliing and putting it gg bpd “ery iilKlit'.' It evon went calling »\'lti‘i'wry Arabella felt certain; niitid ou when calling. it tiling that Arsbellya had Hit ways done, until now! Ever)_b‘:" knew that Betty had ttlways lik y best to take ller rag dull when led went calling with her mamma 'fi t-rn-<1 Arabella, -'lr <.,,l,- l \\,,,`,,-t m‘~, if only 1 liud dollhle-jollltsf if uni' I had soft yellow hull", insloiitl uf] 3; tw? palntts ?lnlt;=l'- ‘" ‘V95 U *HK 'upiy who softly bnrkeli soliletliilig injiiigi-`lh,".!_x “’hatsvcr it was, it seemed to culii-I cw; fliu ¢ it I dl g lD>zi Z'°5.f,';if,,”°@ e iii I v --Anasmnm Worr' "-r q fort her. for she picked up her tn;-|_ and even smiled tus inut-h us .mg could with only a red line for 5 mouthli "You see." concluded tu Rag Pupgy. barking aloud now, “ have live here longer than you, is l know u. thing or two!" When the new double-jointed dal: came in (she had been out callin ) Arullella did not "speak her mills* as she had intended to du. Sho only raised uno eycliruw Sas liluch as she could raise just s pa nteti ling). The new doll was holding one arm bl- hilid her liuck. btit when she turned around. Arabella and the Rag Puppy both caught sight uf what had hap- pened. The new dull’s right hand was gone! At this the Rag Pupply winked at Arabella (as much aii e could with Just it pvlnled eye). but Arabella did not wink back-shl c\'S"i"" und silll>t'l'iel'ed her with hukti *Ulf ltiraw.-s. "l love you hast. Aram-llat silo cried; "you don't break when I tlrtin _\-ou! l’ln always g0il\K *U Wk* you calling after this!" And Arabella value iioul' to crying a 3|'€“\ "“"'y sawdust tours for DUN! 103'- U” ¢-,nnsr she loved iletty so lnllcli Bild wus lievr~r rcull_\' happy unless ill _lltrig itrlils, Iltlt .»\l'ltl\ella's livltrt was so r and tender iof collrse. b0|l\X iU_“_df' "8 suwtlusll. so Artibcilu felt s\ilill21_ well us gliiti. She felt glad now [lol cuust- she was made of rug. l'i\l;\ lin-nut lieultn and li snvd Ions It "6 und gliid because Betty lured Nr tinve more, but sorry for tile P201 tlotlble-Julliltvd doll, who had i_i*U;‘ such' u slitiirt life and died Sulfil trug c dest i. nut ills wise nag &’ul;r`.\' i<"°“' ““ sion! that it wotilELS¢I§E PARRISR who was always wry much afraid. ' A low whln is Y e liickliess doggie, Wim pro Milled with lnolzrlllill, sobbing barks. r For if Fearless wus afraid of leop- AVS l18BWd BWUUY for lim” ards. Curb wasnrt. And he vowed D 'Finn-Sun - days went ill H that he would shunt one bsfone his drealn world where uni? U10 ' visit in Afril-it ended. charming gurdcn and her pets, the Armed with rlfiie amd a. gazing, hirtis and fishes. were reul. Aéld us d K ti r 6 _ toll. _ :vrhleu li. exinrteu tu ull mini small- s:Y,‘h;'\‘“b:¢§',_§“’.’5,_ ‘,$_§,""},,,“rd‘i§ aww. l qumry' i‘° "`”""°d W “W 7“"5"°» uf it, the little 'Pina-San had hecotlle Whlrm by colnnloll report, leopard! quite ii big girl. . _ e ' ’ ‘ _ lurited and playfully ies.pBdiUU°“ ‘md ¢~dgillemIt`ol?atlvyi! ti£=ehiigtsl,l‘l:ill1;'lltt‘;c _ “mbied “V 'Prey i" “h""d‘"'°° gnu to learn indoors. She was taught Evfrv new and than the nad would tn linen obedlemly tnnlitlr gfullifnlsrriiintl , turn to the pup digging “long bg. how to arrange her r nt-oy. len -?-- hind at the end»of it strongicord. and sn" ,‘3°m-“neg htm” l