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A J L - -fJfc I The Story of Jose San Miguel. Br AT.HYAN'DER TOWN LEY. eaeror. H hd mors X2a ml ered:t thn be could rrr.embr and he wu wtcning new ones every day. Iot m or such fame. Indeed. . ths truth trt told, hie origin waa extremely bumble. He bad been born in a table, and his pedigree wu o mixed that not even his test friends pretended tp give It. After he became great 'l' reed a pedigree. Like that great man of France. waa his own ancestor. lie vu christened Rover, so "nion laee a name that on would think that Jon might hare forever barred hla way !itiM-f!0n. Hut what Is la a name If the fates have decreed that on shall become famous? . m , ... Rower had a purTThood of mln tried Joy and wees. SometSnr.'s he pleased hta su periors and was r-nttoJ lea. Apm. la iosi way he could i.t understand, he angered them an 1 r- t Mrr.--If cuffed and Rimf.mf. op r. lay the sun reflecting opon iMnus. he wondered whether It worth while to try to be reere a good d wren ne w ao llkt-ly to be ir.lsundtrstr-Kl. But most of the time he was contrnt to gambol and roll over la pure d::?M. taKlnc with testacy "ths rood tLlnir tr g'l offered and cn durtnif the bufft:r3 aa Nest he might. lie rrew up to be a rollicking, g'! natured dor. and handsome, too.derplta - th eonUnrttwu-1 ltrm "Mongrel, which was frequently thrown at him. II had no vicious traits, Although when he waa not fed regularly he sometimes stole, hawtnr such a healthy appetite that It drove him to take whatever means pre sented themselwe to satisfy It. "Way don't yu give that doe; away? demanded the xalsma of tt house when down quietly enough see 'what would happen. Before long he found himself In a tent, whera he was shut up In a box and left alone. That Is. the men went away, but there were a lot of other doira around, all of them locked up for the night. They made a few remarks m first, not all of them polite, but soon settled down to sleep, nnd Kover did likewise. The next morning a man brought them food, a rl each dog waa so busy with his own brea-fast that he paid no attention to the nev.comcr beyond looking at him out of the tall of their eyea between bites. One of them reached out and nipped him on the leg. Rover shrank back with a whine of surprise: then he darted forth and gave the offender a aavage bite. It was t best thing he could have done. Th- docs looked at him with nw respect, nnd the man who was feeding- them laughed. "Bravo." he cried. "I guess old Bully '11 let you alone next time." "Say. BUL" he called out to a man who looked like the one who had lured Rover from home the night before. "I guess he ll m:k a bull-ttghter all right. lie I ami nimm r out iiuiiy. "Come a Ion, the. youngster and we'll see what you're made of." said the man. leading Rover to anotl er tent, where waa the niot astonishlrtg horse had ever aecn. 11 growled at It. showing all of his teeth. The men laughed. you'll see a lot of that beast before you get through with your training." said one of them. "Your name henceforth 1 Joss San MlgueL. explained another, -but we'll call you Jose to save time. You are to be rt rr.Uhty bullfighter and you're to begin rtjiht now." The sneaker. hnu ruuno was Bill, looked Rover straight In and he felt very uncomfortable In this new arm. so much so that he simply lay down. Instead of flchting the toreador and the matador. They struck him and beat him and tried to Induec him with dainty bits to play his part. He would Jump up. but as soon aa he felt this queer creature that was not himself holding on to him he lay down again. "Give it to him by degrees." Bill said, and they took the head off. Of course, he did sot like it. but after a time he got so he would fight with the bull's akin on him. Then they tried the head again, leaving off the noma. There were large holea for hla eyes, so he could see. and he at last got up the courage to rush at his antagonist. Last of all the horns were put on. but they were very light ones, and Jose did not mind them after he had had them on several times. He also found I The crazy people on the benches roared. The game was the most spirited Jose had ever been in. His blood was up. In his test he bit one of the picadors in the hand as he grabbed for the meat and he did not care. He had soon obtained the tid bits from the three picadors and he was still hungry. Then he turned his atten tion to the matador. There was a more satisfying prize to be had there, he knew. He boldly made the attack. The matador threatened him with his sword. Jose San Miguel retreated, renewed the attack and won. Over tumbled horse and rider be fore the horns of the enraged and con quering bull, and the crazy folk on the benches again broke Into a storm of ap plause Jose cared nothing for that, but he got his reward and he was glad of that. The bullfight went on every night and "All right: then I think you'll find him a nice dog to play with the children, es pecially if you never see a circus." And so he was. letting the children pull him about as they wished and never of fering to retaliate for any mistreatment. Apparently Rover had forgotten Jose San Miguel and picadors and matadors and he died as be was born a good-natured dog. i The Traitor Glass. Take a drlnklng-glass and fill It three quarters full of water. The edge of the glass should be dry. Place upon It. as If you wished to protect the water from dust, a playingcard of good. Arm paper. The Wreck of the Apple House. BY ELEANOR MCCARTHY. Tree Phv The Wonder Frog, ' S- '- " : ' 1 : - - - . : I Te three little Leas were passionately fond of an old apple tree tnai grew in thpir vsrd. I doubt If there Is a finer apple tree in the world. 2ot that its fruit Is so superior, for. "to tell the truth, the apples are not . numerous and they nearly always are what Mr. Lea calls runts small and faulty In shape and flavor. But the tree was of i generous size and had far-reaching branches that turned and broadened in just the right way to make excellent seats and nooks that were almost like rooms. Polly could climb that friendly tree without help, and Retty sometimes could, but Rosemary had to be helped up and then had to sit in rr nt th lowest seats in the tree. It was ' a very comfortable one. however, and absolutely safe. . Dan. who was good to them, prornlsa that when spring came he would build ihm a fln nlavhouse in the old apple tree, and one nice thing about Dan was that he always kept his. word. "Isn't spring here; now? ' Polly asked him on dav. "Well. I don't know," replied Dan. tak ir.g off his hat and rubbing his head. "It hasn't felt much Hke it yet "We found some violets in bloom, said Betty. "..... "And I got a new straw hat. put in Rosemary. . . " . "Well then. I recKon it must, oe awui springtime." admitted Dan "What did you bring. Betty" "I brought something useful" -. ty, and unwrapped a sponn l"" very much like one Ihnt ,,,v ': from the nursery that day ( "I brought somen nsr ooi r- , . ain't sucked it much." expia -,,- i u handing out a sticky lemon-.!-,,.. "I brought aj pearl neck!. Pony. .1 "What hove the Sickersel i Inquired Betty, i "Oh. they've brought silver r" gold rings and silk dresses i thing," answered Polly. " ""And here they ay?." s.i'm n voice. "Watch out! Tve c,V . enn't hold them, and I'm p.. . them down the chimney a cousin. St. NickJ dots prcsW , mAstlmo. j There was Mr, Timbohhv . ver dishes nnd gold rlncs and s' A' and a thousand pther thirty cm ', ? mio me top oi line piuyhnuve ,. ran In and filled oil the rooir.s i wans Denan to cran open. " "Oh. oh" cried Hetty. "Stop!" said Polly. But Mr. Tlmbobby kept , . things In. and at !ast tl. w r. s , .7 playhouse got tired trying m i.', '.. In and burst open, nnd pin s i,'.,,', ;',"! playthings and i Seraflna nnj Ti - ; 1 .1 ! ! t "YoV nromised a playhouse In the apple no tnrre mue ; ,f ns -tsrtedt.. tree." Betty reminded mm. . erass and were not hurt ",l 1 I ;t I ouerhtn t to maKe promises n a uu -- ep them," said Dan; with a grin. "I Dan came running up. i , ,,...u . ckon I'll have to make that playhouse built that Pfhouae stronger than th.r else .gets done about this keep reckon if nothing . . ,, !. . iv.1... I Kosemarv tried- to tell Mr,. . . . nine ljfds. , i ,.M.M hA nnlv to M '! vtiuu me in ua.ii o6"'" I ..... ....Ij . .. . .n. i 'a Bicis juv dvbicu uui ui your F'ri 1 IB BillU. 1 1 I kiiih mi 1110 r I n.. ..... frown: but when Polly and r,f!tv'LV had better run in to your ma.' did. J THE LITTLE LEAS IN THE APPLE T REE. Ct at sad sit fosretber to xaake m. comical fro. Paste tb frosr oi stiff baekrroaad mmd paLat It. Rover cad on day eaten a torterhouM steak, although he would have been Just m wu MUI3N who oiscaraea bones and scraps If they had remembered to glv them to fclro. -I might aa well. admitted the master j uim nouse: -ce un t gocd for anything. Jle wouldn't even make a good watch oo. Anyone cou:j win him over with soft word and a bits of meat." And so It proved. night when Rover should hav ""I on ruara a man leaped over the garden fence. Rover growled and gave XJood fellow.- said a soothlnr voice. -Come, nice- dog.- u added. coAXtngly. Hover fcesiuted. Then he sniffed. It w Dim t-l be acented meat. C,- coxicg voice, and ce went ' "J" -or Jd ths InstnuaUnr voice, and hand waa held out for him to smell. It seemed to be that of a rrlend. so Rover made no objection when It was laid upon Us head caressingly. When the straagsr poiled from his pocket a VTl iB.lC3L.bll.,? Rover accepted il tak aIi frlendUaess. ate It and licked bad fed him la pledge of araJry. "Cvrn said ths man. and Rover leaped 171 m.T, hl They had walSed man. -I have him." said Rover's com panion. -Any trouble?- asked the other. tOw If waa fnn m' r -. m do a fooL" " " lco vi'lIT howrJ .no rerentment. although hs was surprised tfc r.it Z.z ' t ? nappwl to his colUr and Zlm iVfte-4 ,a.to- wfn "J driven the eyes and Rover knew some Important change had come Into his life, and for a moment he wished he had not leaped OTr,.tne f3"50 fnce the night before. BUI and hla assistant had aome bright red clothes and Rover aoon learned that when they were waved or spread out be fore him he must rush at them madlv. .w.a ome kind of game, he guessed. 5.? It wasn't bad sport, except when he failed to understand his part and then the i-"" punnnw mm severely. i "lie ain't so bad." said one of the men : t the end of the first lesson, and he pat ted hlra and gave him a bit of meat bis cuit. , ; There were lessons every day. and as ! soon as Jose had mastered the art of pur- 1 suing the picador, aa the man waa called, who rushed about with th ta .inth h.i "una 10 unaeratnnfi thn m.... attack the strange looking horse .even more vigorously. One of the men got in side of the horse and ran thnnr itK i shaking Its head and its talL The upper S?rt of hu body appeared above the mld- T' norse.."o mat It gave him the appearance of riding on horseback. In " n oranamnM a sword and in the other he had n firW fmm kik . T1 ribbons. U hen he waved this! stick Jose ban Miguel plunged at him I ruriocsly, and then .the matador, as the man was called, would pretend that he ! w.r.s coins to kill him -ith ih. . - " - - 9WV U I joo always srot tho httr nt ki ttTrZ "IV1 5m,rkrt over the horse and fo;n r-at by doing this lie he enjoyed the f!irht Immonsclyf ' Aftrr l.e had Lecomo an acconiDlNhed ..cnicr, iiowcvcr. thcro wn still another jeoa i ie ienrne.1. A hairy covering that there was a reward waning for him when he had fought In the bull s clothing that was better than anvthinr he re ceived at any other time, nnd as he was a sensible fellow he settled down to hia part In the prescribed costume and did it so well that he won much praise. "Now., Jose San Mieuel. we are rendv to make our bow to the public." Bill told him one day. "and you must be terrlb'v savage ana ao us proua. Jose San Miguel had had nothing to eat all day and he was extremely hungry, for hla appetite was of the best. When he was let into the great audi torium at night he was startled for a minute by the crowds of people on the benches and a terrible confusion, such as he had never experienced before. How ever, there were the gaily attired pica dors spreading the familiar red rngs be fore him and each one with a piece of nice. Juicy meat in his hand. Jose San Mlsruel dashed upon them hungrily. They eluded him and he pursued them. Jose San Miguel became such a terrible rtjrnter that there was no restraining him. His whole character changed also. All of his playfulness vanished. . "That's a, dangerous dog." he often heard people say of him. No one but Bill could manage him. . and one night, when his savagery broke bounds, he lac erated Bill's hands so badly that the next day he was doomed to exile. At first.it; was urged that .he be put to death. . . - "No," objected Bill; "he was a peace ably inclined -dog and he'll become one again if heidon't have to be a bull. Let him go off to the country somewhere and cool nff. So Jose San Miguel was;glven to a farmer. '-'His name is Rover." said Bill, who took him to his new home. "That's a . nice common-name and he'll soon get used to It." he added. "By the way. nave you any bulls'oa the farm?" he asked. "No: not even cows. I Just raise vege tables and hens." The card must be large enough to extend ovef the edges of the glass. Let your cara stand tmis ior nair an hour. At the end of this time you will perceive that in consequence of the moisture of the water, the card has swollen or arched a little above, and, consequently, hollowed a little below, while the edges of the card have raised themselves from the ease of the glass. At this moment care fully take your card by one end and re place It. reversed. Now,, place very gently on mis cara. exactly in the center, a small cork, having on its upper part slit, in which place a small paper man or woman. In putting your cork on the card you must work with a light hand, so you .do not destroy the convexity of the card Your mannlkln sits proudly on the cork. when after a few minutes a little clap Is heard, and your card having again re versed the convexity, quite forcibly throws cork and mannikin Into the air. jpichorg, irickcftg, dock. eV vv 1 r Txrrn -1 Q t a lator thev ca and asked how soon he was going to be gin the playhouse; "I don't suppose you ve happened to look up in that apple tree lately, ne uB '"'Is it therer asked Betty., But Polly aa nnt wnit to hear his answer. She nroB nff tn tYie iinnle tree as fast as she could run, and Betty and Rosemary after her. ... There was a sight that made tne tnree little Leas stop and clap their hands for Joy. Steps led from tne grouna 10 me lower branches, so that even Rosemary rnuiri eet ud without the least trouble Boards had been placed here and there among the branches wherever climbing was hard, so that they could step about and explore the - whole tree wun ease. Almost in the center of the tree waa the nlavhouse. It was divided Into rooma that were lust waltine to be furnished in order to make a complete little tree pal ace. Mother Lea climbed up into the tree, and when she saw it she said she wished she was a little girl again, so that she could, have a playhouse like that. As soon as they had all the chairs and the sofa and the ornaments placed in the drawing-room, the books and the desk in the library, the table and chairs and sideboard in the dining-room, the beds and bureau and chiffonier in the bedroom and the stove and cupboard and refriger ator and the tables and tubs in the kitch en, the ' three little Leas decided that such a lovely palace needed a king and queen to live In it. " "We're too big; we can't get inside," said Rosemary. "Of course we can't," said Polly; "They'd have to be dwarfs to 'live in there," said Betty. - "They might be dolls," suggested Polly. "That's so,'-' said Betty and Rosemary at the same. time. "Mr. and Mrs. Tipsy Lea might live in the playhouse; they haven't gone to housekeeping since they got married." continued Polly. "Oh yes. and we mlsrht erlve them a deception." exclaimed Betty, enthusi astically. . - "A reception, you mean. Yes, and we could bring them wedding presents. I don't believe they got any when they were married." I forgot all about it." said Rosemarv. penitently. So it was decided that Tlosv Rlpkemell ana aeranna, nis wne. who had been mar ried with great pomp sometime before should . live in the new Dlavhouse. and that the occasion of their e-ninc th fir tn live should be marked by a social func tion of great snlendor. The little i.r-aa were corn to taKe a consDicuons nart in aut-itsiy. ana never were bo nappy as when they were entertaining or being enter- All the dolls of thft Tn hmisAVmM all the Sickersells had been Invited. The three little Leas themselves were dressed in the best that they could borrow. Rosemary's flnerv m m nr koin hA. .... 1 w FT 1 1 . I ... " iw z..' AUO lace-inmmea petticoat With Which her Shoulder wore arlcl.a1l,. draped caught on a branch of the apple tree and caused her to loso hop k... i another piece of her ftnery saved her. for uer sasn caugnt on a limb below and held her until Dan. attracted by their cries, came to the rescue. i-f'I?0.? aR't"-co.meL,,D aa,n: you're too little. Polly said: but at this Rosemary cried so bitterly that Pnliv rointi,.i ri told her that If she would keep real stil "'-think of a poet eating-b'f f on tne soiidest seat there was she mieht claimed co.me'. . "Think of a poet bavins t! i win. asreon KnRpm.irw v,,i vi.. ,ik...k i. i . .. lrnt hn nli," V ""a u, n. n aieneu. Allan ; i c ""v "i-, K'"ic. truny generously cave "" euu couia looK right into the playhouse and oil going on. WttS Serafina sat In state in the dm nrlnr. room. Where is Tipsy?" asked Rosemary Standing right beside her." remind i-ii . - x-uuy, severely. -pa. is retrlbut on the wo:;t f And t,., Prv TKe youv &ums-f -T "the Cv SMd- Clouds x( i j ovev hed ! " C- Tkke your Rubtc jChild- 1Vie N TOyK roTrter cred- You meo.n Golochesi v The English cVuld; ye plied ! Mabel Do you know. Jack Is a rs;-i magnet. 1 Agnes IndeedT Mabel Yes: he alwnvs drav.s m him. Detroit Free Press. "Here come the Sickersells." saloTBettv "uw ao. Mr. and Mrs. Sirirr sell and all the other Sickersells T' Now, were going to have the Dres- ents all" spread out." exnlnint rn.. Ted -What makes yon fMr: sey doesn't intend to let y i daughter? Ned The tip be gave hip market was a loser. Town 'i : f t-r. f V t "Pa. Is retribution the rson can have?" t'No; It isn't half as bad one has after he has ennf discovered that! he would n t found out If he had kept n Record-Herald. t1 f) iSL ZMinkaL. a - .. The Interesting Game of Pushball. s-v - you Know now to play pushball? It a sTreat game, and those who have tried It once are keen for more of the sport. In some ways It resembles football, but ntT,Vef,a, rnuch ,arger ba- The weight of the ball Is more than W pounds ancT It rr, aimosi reet In diameter. It Is . . i"i.i, wun t1T r to TV.ader Pl.h Ct-o Pawls! Elsht nlave wi " JTuDfr.iJi?adr- Jtwo K6ai. fchTeam trlero4puih Itl opponents towards the goll Insteld of actUe play. It is a bard thii; to get the leather seams and counu three points ball started In the right direction but it lfash surfed.0 " VSnc,.t The game Is played In four periods oft m W0M T2m Pcd In the center of the aZ,tt T7 8tart the rlmmage at once or make assort of flying wedse hen both sides touch It the balHs ,n jSnes1 ylrTsnforeh6 ba" ,n thre addUional ushes and'do1 ZtX possession of the ball unless ?h !ve .up team confines, the total advance tohl" yards. When a goal is scored ,!0three change ends. " . ..7, scored the teams n lo"7..?!-JM? left, outside riSKC outs delea uTde ftftt lMMi rusbiine, inside lettl iSde Tight? U rear 1 zr-rv. ind oF SoupTK your bowl lfy L fiM :, so up tnde.x0 nice AiHU'.Cals Jtc-: lertTyivc nt,zaomcz qulckyt jf JiiawiU nice .
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