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he pointed down thq road over which he
had "come at" such speed. By now Jenny
had come up all out of breath, and she,
too, clung to her father for protection
She was crying and could not speak.
"A what?" asked their father, looking
in vain to see something.
Then Fred looked about them, and see
ing no rhinoceros in sight, he explained :
"Well, it's down in the woods there. We
saw it as plain as day running through
that hedge brush by the road."
And then their father began to laugh,
and he laughed and laughed till the chil
dren wondered whether he had not sud
denly lost his mind on hearing that so
terrible a beast was running loose in the
woods near their home. And the hired
man laughed, too, pointing towards a
thicket and saying : "There he is your
rhinoceros. Look livelv. now. or he'll
catch us."
Upon this Fred and Jenny looked be
hind them in the direction the hired man
pointed, and there they saw not a
rhinoceros at all, but a great, big, black
hog !
"We are after your rhinoceros," ex
plained the children's- papa, stopping his
laughter as best he could. (Poor man, he
really couldn't refrain from laughing, the
little ones looked so comical in their
fright. But he felt sorry for them just
the same.) "You see, that old black ani
mal is one 1 bought from neighbor Jones
this morning, and as the pen I put him
in was not quite strong enough to hold
him against his will, he broke out and
went wandering in the woods. You shav
ers run along home and tell your mamma
of your narrow escape from danger while
Sam and I tackle the beast in his lair."
And patting each child on the head, the
good man laughed again, and, with, the
hired man, went in the direction of the
thicket, where the old black "rhinoceros"
was rooting for roots.
"Ain't you ashamed, Jenny ?". began
Fred, as he and Jenny went, homeward.
"Don't you say a word to me," cried
Jenny, Hashing, "or 111 tell all about
how you were bragging about not being
afraid '
But Fred interrupted her. "Say, sis
ter," he said in a friendly tone, "I'll let
you coast on my new sled all evening if
you want to. And you may have my new
long slate pencil, too."
"And will you go back and get my
book that I dropped in the road?" rsked
Jenny, just remembering it.
"Sure," replied Fred. "Anything else
you want?7 And he smiled kindly on
his little sister.
"Oh, there's heaps and heaps of things
I want," she said, grinning knowingly.
"Yes; you may wait on me all the rest
of the winter or I'll tell you know,"
and there was a sly twinkle in her eyes.
letter Enigma.
My first is in grace, but not in ease ;
My second is in dirt, but not in grease.
My third is in grape, but not in vine,
My fourth is in vinegar, but not in
wine ;
My fifth is in arrow, but not in shoot,
My sixth is in organ, but not in flute ;
My seventh is in wash, but not in rub,
My eighth is in wringer, but not in tub,
My ninth is in new, but not in old,
My tenth is in Klondike, but not in
cold;
My eleventh is in lung, but not in heart
My twelfth is in cake, but not in tart
Put my. whole well together and there
appears
The full name of a person who slept
many years.
Answer Hip Van Winkle.
Conundrums to Crack.
When are soldiers and stars alike?
When shooting.
When do your eyes resemble nuts?
When they are hazel.
What men are like musical instruments?
Drummers.
Why are ladies like lawyers?
They take great interest in new suits.
When is the bad boy at school like the
Brooklyn Bridge ? . ,
When suspended.
What sort of sticks are musical?
Fiddle-sticks.
When is a horse like a city street ? .
When curbed.
The Iloliby Home.
Bert is big and tall and strong, .
And such a rider mercy, me!
He can gallop all day long,
And bis horse you should Just see!
He's the greatest one to race
Over hills and mountains high;
He can gallop, trot and pace,
Yet he never seems to try.
All Bert has to do is jump
In the saddle and say, "Go!"
And the horse begins to run
For this horse is never slow.
O'er the earth with mighty speed,
Never stops he night or day,
Never thinks of drink or feed,
Never even stops to neigh.
"Hobby" is his name you know,
And Bert fears him not at all,
For he never did Bert throw,
Nor behave ill in his stall.
He's a dear old horsey, good,
And all children love him, too,
If he is made out of wood,
For his heart is grand and true.
THE GIRAFFE.
The giraffe is surely a curious beast,
Dark clouds do not annoy him in the least;
He stretches his neck high in the sky;
Puts' his head way above tbem; doesn't
half try.
TOURISTS.
Always Drink
POLAND
WATER
IT
ASSURES
HEALTH
IN
ALL
CLIMATES.
IT IS
VITALLY
IMPORTANT
FOR
ALL
TRAVELERS.
Because of its unequalled purity
and unchanging diuretic qualities,
Poland Water la the most import
ant of all dietetic factors in over
coming the attacks on health which
always menace tourists.
To drink Poland Water always is
to be free from all dangers of lo
cality always.
If you have any difficulty obtain
ing Poland Water in your travels,
we would esteem the information.
. HIRAM RICKER & SONS
POLAND SPRING, SOUTH POLAND, MAINE
Before You Start South
CALL ON
J. C. Littlefield,
TAILOR
12 Beacon Street,
BOSTON.
Everything needed in the
way of clothes by the well
dressed man:
RIDING BREECHES AND SUITS
SMART BUSINESS CLOTHES
Dress Suits a Specialty-
HOTEL GORDON
lGtli and X Street,
lAashlngton, - D. O.
Two squares from the White House, State
War and Navy Departments.
American plan, $3 to $3 a day
Witt. P. KENN1T.
RICHMOND HOTEL
17 & H STREETS,
Washington, D. C
American Plan, $3.00 per day and upwards.
CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Proprietor.
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II. W. PBIEST, PROPRIETOR,
eaoh 'Bluff, Massachusetts.
Qffn Ideal Sm2er Resort on the Jtforth Sh'
Princess Anne Hotel,
Virginia Beach, Va.
Situated within 200 feet of the ocean waves. Splendid drives through the
pines and along the beach with the best quail and wild fowl shooting in Amer
ica upon its preserves. Write for booklets.
JAMES S. GROVES, Proprietor.
The Magnolia
PINEHURST, N.C.
Steam Heat, Electric Lights, Excellent Table.
J. L. POTTLE.
Blooded Dogs For Sale,
Call or address, G. Dan Morgan.
Pinehurst Kennels.
H. Steinmetz,
FLO RIST,
iiai,eigii, nr. c.
Itoseft, Carnation, Violet. lalmn,
JFern and lotted llanM.
UnllM for Fall .Planting-.
Telephone and mail orders promptly executed.
Hecate Oti Hinckley,
ART NEEDLEWORK, NOYELTIES, ETfi,
The Merrow Studio.