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THE HAPPY TIMES Newspaper for Boys and Girls fr*? Storytime The Adventures of a Brownie (Summary: After three previous adventures. Brownie begins his fourth). PART 12 For the little Brownie, though not given to horsemanship, md onee take a ride, and a very remarkable one it was. Shall I tell you all about it? The six little children got a pres ent of something they had longed for all their lives ? a pony. Not a rockinghorse, but a real live pony ?a Shetland pony. too. which had traveled all the way from the Shet land Isles to Devonshire ? where everybody wondered at it. for such a creature had not been seen in the neighborhood for years and years. She was no bigger than a don key, and her coat, instead of being smooth like a horse's was shaggy, like a young bear's. She had a long tail, which had never been cut, and such a deal of hair in her mane and over her eyes thai it gave her quite a fierce counte nance. In fact, among the mild and tame Devonshire beasts, the little Shetland pony looked almost like a wild animal. But in reality she was the gentlest creature in the world. Be fore she had been many days with them, she began to know the chil dren quite well: followed them about, ate corn out of the bowl they held out to her; nay. one day when the eldest little girl offered her bread-and-butter, she stooped her head and took it from the child's hand, just like a young lady. Indeed, Jess ? that was her name ?was altogether so lady-like in her behavior, that more than once Cook allowed her to walk in at the back door, when she stood politely warming her nose at the kitchen fire for a minute or two, then turn- ! ed round and as politely walked out again. But she never did any misehief; and was so quiet and gentle a crea ture that she bade fair soon (o become a great a pet in the house hold as the dog, the cat, the kit tens, the puppies, the fowls, the ducks, the cow, the pig and all the other members of the family. The only one who disliked her, and grumbled at her, was the Gar dener. This was odd; because, though cross to children, the old man was kind to dumb beasts. Even his pig knew his voice and grunted, and held out his nose to be scratched, and he always gave each successive pig a name. Jack or Dick, and called them by it, and was quite affectionate to them, one after the other, until the very day that they were killed. But they were Bnglish pigs? and the pony was Scotch -and the Devonshire Gardener hated every thing Scotch, he said; besides, he was not used to groom's work, and the pony required such a deal of grooming on account of her long hair. At length, to keep things smooth, j and to avoid the rough words and j even blows which poor Jess some- ' times got, they sought m the vil lage for a boy to look after her, and found a great rough shock headed lad named Bill, who for a few shillings a week consented to come up every morning and learn the beginning of a groom's busi ness; hoping to end, as his mother said he should, in sitting, like the squire's fat coachman, as broad as he was long, on the top of the hammer-cloth of a grand car riage. and do nothing all day but drive a pair of horses as stout as himself a few miles along the road and back again. I ONLY NATION At- I airiina a( tkt Hart I Direct Flights Daily to CHARLESTON sc JACKSONVILLE MIAMI ) for ftfYoHow m* your Travel Agent or phon#^ MEIrose 7-B18f * FIRST WITH J ? f S I N THE U.S A * Bill would have liked this very much, he thought, if he co?ld have been a coachman all at once, for if there was one thing he disliked, it was work. He much preferred I to lie in the sun aM day and do nothing; and he only agreed to come and take eare of Jess be cause she was such a very little pony that looking after her seemed next door to doing nothing. True, Jess was a very gentle beast; so quiet that the old mother hen with fourteen chicks used, in stead of roosting with the rest of the fowls, to come regularly into the portion ?f the cowshed which was partitioned off for a stable, and settle under a corner of Jess's manger for the night; and in the morning the chicks would be seen running about fearlessly among her feet and under her very nose. (To be Continued) New Members Charlene Robinson Vicky Adams Happy Birthday Tomorrow: Johnny Smith, route one More head City, will be S years old. Satnrday: Billy Davis, Straits, will be S years old. Kimberly Bedsworth, Morehead City, will be 1 year old. Sunday: Melodie Dawn Styron, Cedar Island, will be 3 years old. Froderica Willis. Harkers Island, will be 5 years old. ft WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE NEWS-TIMCS MRTMNkY CLUB Nim I 1 ? ? Pmnt Ag? I Birth Date ' IM iter Tot | (Anyoae under 12 li tlltfMe Ik fete. FW to Mute. Plow I IRIfl. Mall to Nem-Ttee*. ??rrkrad Uty, M C ktlte . jroar Retire ? you have one). ' I Birthday Club Welcomes Four Four new members, two boys and two girli, join the Birthday Club this week. They are Cart L. Trejter Jr. of Morehead City, Vicky Anie Adams of Beaufort, i William I?aTid Gorges of Atlantic and Ckarlene Faye Robinson ol Marshallberg. These new members will, along with other members, receive a card on their birthday and their name will appear in the Happy Birthday column. All you have to do to becomc a member, is fill out the blank on this page or write a letter to THE NEWS-TIMES telling your name, present ago, date of birth and mail ing address. It's lots of fun to be a Birthday Club member, so why don't you and your friends join? We'll be looking for you. MOTr 1F1?PTV;:I,? ?HWR William D. Gorges German Nazi leader Hermann Goering was secretly named by his staff officers as "Ruben trop," which means "steal too much." BURNS CLEANER NO SMOKE, NO ODOR MKATIN0 a Ik J. M. DAVIS TEXACO PRODUCTS PHONE PA 6-5088 M6REHEAD CITY Flyer Commutes To Job by Air MaryvMe, Term. (AP) ? Dale K. Russell spends $1,300 a year traveling to work. He lives 700 miles fbai kts job. Russell, 40, is a first officer for Paa American Airways, with headquarters tin New York. Since 1967. Russell and his family have lived in his hometown of Maryville Russell, who has been with Pan-American IS years, plans to continue his present schedule as long rs is feasible. He points out that despite the distance, he spends ooly 14 flight hours a month commuting. Which is less time than many who live much closer to their jobs spend in their cars. Ir Johnnie Guthrie Recalls Boyhood Pennies He Earned By V. C. SALISBURY RrmlnKrlnK with Johnnie Guth rie, that genial Morehead City par ty boat captain who haa a service record alauat equal to "Pappy Joe" Fulcher, brought to mind the small pittance he received running errands or doing some small odd job as a young tad. One of hia early jobs waa that of notifying the people of the town some sixty years ago when a death occurred. It is not known whether Alex Webb was the recorder of vital statistics for the town or not. He may have taken it upon him self to keep a record of deaths and burial, for when a death occnrred he would employ Johnnie to take the "death book" as it was called, to each house in the town. The book was embellished with a wide black ribbon, much in keep ing with its somber message. John nie was instructed to be sure that the book was shown in some alder person of the home and that he was to keep rapping on the door until he was heard. The book was then funded to the person coming to the door that they might note the name of the dead party and the hour of the funeral. In case the person was unable to read, Johnnie would impart the message. For this act of communi ty service he received from Mr. Webb the munificent sum of ten cents. In spite of the small pay Itlorehead "THE SHOWPLACE OF CARTERET COUNTY" ? LAST TWO DAYS ? TUESDAY -- WEDNESDAY CAST Am ? starts Thursday 'I, P HlL**tOU3 Mivt,?_ Ul*TH ;m ~ , ^VTHE", EFFECTIVE NOW! STUDENTS OVER 12 35? STUDENTS UNDER 12 : .... 15c Hours: S to 5 P.M. Mondays thrwrgb Fridays ment, he was ever on the alert to learn of a death. Batweea deaths, l?h?lr would go about the town buying up eggs for Tom Webb. Purchase price waa one cent an egg, often a dozen could be had for ten cent*. His weekly salary waa ten cents. A mishap on his part would result in a deduction of the price of the egg from his salary. When the egg business was slow, there always were empty kero sene barrels to be rolled from the Webb store at the foot of 9th street to the railroad platform adjoining the station on Arrndell street. It was a long roll through the sandy road and up the only incline in the town Frequently as the barrel was halfway up the skid. Johnnie would lose his hold and the bar rel would knock him down and roll over him. This job added oar cent a barrel to his income. Johnnie did not always get paid off in the coin of the realm. Sometimes he would be given two peanut candy bars per cent. These were quite apt to be sour with age, the nuts having been eaten out by the worms. Lying under a sharpie, jacked up on the shore and help ing to paint the bottom of the craft would reward the young helper the sum of ten cents. Johnnie was born on Shacklrford Bank, coming to Morehead City Cardinals Find New Use For Filter Cigarettes Tucson, Arte. (AP) ? A pair of cardinals came up with a new use for filter cigarettes. The two birds used the soft, cellulose fillings to build nests. University of Arizona ornithAlo-. gists said the 1 birds didn't touch butts of non-filter cigarettes in the area. with his parents while a small child. He is one of the older gene ration of the town that has a vivid memory of past events and peo ple. ? ' 1 1 Beaufort THEATRE Tuesday ? Wednesday The Five Pennies Danny Kaye (As Red Nichols) I.ouLn Armstrong ? Bob Crosby and Barbara Bel Geddes Thursday ? Friday Last Train From Gun Hill Starring Kirk Douglas ? Anthony Quinn ?E fITV "EASTERN CAROLINA'S NEW VII I FINEST THEATRE" ? LAST TIMES TODAY 1 AT WM WITH ? THf ARMY ? STARTS WEDNESDAY IT PUTS YOU IN THE PICTURE! STUDENTS UNDER 12 15c Honrs: 3 to 5 F.l*. 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