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Who, but the sparrow, that shot the fatal arrow,
And roused the indignation of all creatures far and nigh.
VACATION AT GRANDFATHER'S.
VACATION nad come and Dick and I were two of the
happiest boys you could find after a good long search.
Vacation did not simply mean to us that eeaminations
were over, that now books and slates could be put away,
and study hour given over to play. No indeed! vacation .
meant lots more to us, it meant Grandfather’s. Ifany boy
has a grandfather who lives on a big farm with lots ai
| horses and cows, and WHOSE place is just filled with fees
that grow in exactly the right style for climbing, and if he
has a grandmother who knows how to make the best pies
and puddings and ginger cake men that no baker could
possibly make nei as good, then he has some idea of
met vacation meant to Dick and me.
Grandfather’s place was many miles from our home.
We had to start quite early in the morning and ride on
the train all day—then just about the time the sun com-
menced to creep down back of the hill the train,stopped
at Clearfield, that’s the name of the station and out we
popped, eyes wide open for the two big grays that grand-
father always drove. They never failed us, and after get
ting a good big hug from grandfather we always rubbed
their soft noses, and patted their sleek, fee
Grandmother Knew the appetites of her two healthy
grandsons, and made ample preparations, . Such piles of
bread and butter as she cut for us, and how good it tasted
spread with grandmother's lovely butter and the golden
honey that the ney bees made.
“Early to bed, and early to rise†ee grandfather’s
motto, so we boys must wait until breakfast time to tell all
the home news, and to ask after Towser, the watch dog, .
and Bess the old donkey, and to hear about the cunning
a kittens in the barn, and the little fluffy ducklings
only two days old, and the baby lambs. |
The sun was not up long, when grandfather called—
“Dick! Rob! .It’s time roe were a Stirrin.’ Don’t let the
-outside world enjoy all the morning’s loveliness, get up
and enjoy yourself.â€
How we did love the yell cured ham that grandmother
had for breakfast, and the new laid eggs that were fried
just right. Everything tasted wonderfully ood to us
boys, for hunger is a good sauce, you know.
Breakfast over, we started for the stables. It was
such fun to hear the horses whinning for their share of
the apples we carried to Bess, and to see the little baby
colts trot coyly away as we attempted to rub their cunning
faces. Our next visit was made to the calves. Nothing’
could -be prettier than these timid little creatures. We
- had hard work coaxing them to be
friends, but the salt held out to
them was too great a temptation
and we won at last.
Aaron, the man,was milking.
The milk rose in a snowy foam
as it poured into the shinning
tin pail. We boys were gteat friends with Aaron and his
round, red face beamed like the sun, as we watched him
- with undisguised admiration.
“Mew! Mew! sounded from some far away corner.
Dick went off to search for the cause, and there in an
empty stall lay Malty and her four malty babies. Aaron
gave usa saucer of milk for her, and she purred gently as
thoughshewere trying to express herthanks. Theoldgob-
bler strutted around the barn yard, seeming to suggest
that he too was a subject for el enon
The boy Dan had gone to the corn field to pull
out the weeds that had gathered between the rows. Dick
cand ¥ started off to join him, but what a laugh we had
when. we reached the top of the hill. There stood the |
funniest looking thing you ever saw. It was F scare Crow .
rigged up in an old suit of Dan’s with one of grandfather's
hats on its head, a wooden gun in its hand, and a powder
flask swung underits arm. But the funniest sieht of all
Wee to see a crow perched on the top of the hat, no more
scared than Dick and I were.
Days went so fast that vacation was over before we
realized it, and the time had come for us to go home. It
was hard work to leave so much fun, but we had to make
the best of it, and look forward to another summer and
more happy day at Grandfather's,
TED S BIR TEDAY “Glia.
Ir was Ted’s birthday. Eight years ago, Grandma
told him as she wished him many happy returns of the day,
and gave him a great big hug and a kiss—he was just the
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self as tall as ever he could.
Now Papa had a birthday kiss for Ted too, but he had
something besides that. Right along side of Ted’s chair
at the table was the loveliest red wheel barrow all finished
off in black and gold. You should have seen Ted’s eyes
when they spied the treasure. They grew bigger and big-
ger atl you might almost think they would drop out of
his head. He had wanted a wheel barrow for ever so long,
and now that his wish was to be fulfilled he was too pleased
to say one word. .Papa looked almost as pleased as Ted,
he did so like to make his boy happy.
Ted’s birthday came in the spring. He thought it
was a beautiful time to have a birthday—the whole out:
side world seemed to put on its prettiest dress in honor of
the day, and as
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tocare very much,
the breezes heav-
ily ladened with the perfume of the blossoms stole softly
in at the half opened windows.
Little Bess was Ted’s three year old sister, and she
was also his pet and plaything. Ted was an idol to Bess
and to share in his play was her greatest happiness. Bess
thought the new wheel barrow the most beautiful thing
_ she had ever seen. :
“Go put your bonnet on and I'll take you for a ride,â€
said Ted.
What fun they had and how frightened Bees grew
when Ted trunneled her so swiftly around the corners.
Ted laughed at her fear and went all the faster.
But Ted’s fearlessness led to sad trouble. Just as they
started at full speed down the hill, off came the wheel, out
went Bess andthe coer
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barrow fell all to
pieces. No bones i
were broken, but
two broken heart- Wit?
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picked up the
pieces and went into the hienise to i es “Mother ass
and petted them both, and comforted Ted with the promise
that Father would mend it and make it as good as new.
TALES OF THE CRUSADES.
Lone, long years ago before your grandfather, or your
great-grandfather or your ereat-creat-great-grandfather
was born something happened away across the Atlantic
Ocean which set that great big country in a regular hub.
bub. The Turks, a nation living in Asia had gotten pos-
-. session of a country called Palestine or the Holy Land,
and it was {6 try and get it once more in her possession
that all Europe was so greatly exercised.
The Holy Land was a place very dear to the hearts of
the Christian peoplé, it was the place of sacred relics and
when the Turks conquered it some of their rulers behaved
very badly. Not all, for some of them treated the Christ-
ians with much kindness, but others persecuted them
shamefully. It was the custom of the Christian people
to make pilgrimages to this holy spot to bring gifts of
money and to worship there, many of them walked all the
distance reaching the place of worship ragged and foot-
sore. But these peo- abused these relig-
ple who had taken ious visitors most
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possession had a cruelly. Some of the
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fered severely from the hands of the:Turks. They did
more than this, they destroyed their places of worship,
and tried to interfere with their pilgrimages.
At last the people could stand it no longer and it was
decided that nothing remained but to go to war against
the Turks, and a poor monk named Peter the Hermit, who
had suffered at the hand of this Eastern nation and who
had seen the sufferings of his fellow. creatures went forth
preaching against these cruelties and rousing the people
so greatly that thousands of men, rich and poor gave up
everything to go fight for the Holy Land.
A. great and mighty army was formed and men full of
zeal and vigor led these hosts of men. Now these Soldiers
were called Crusaders or cross wearers
owing to the red cross which no wore
on their shoulders ana the wars were
called the Crusades.
These pilgrims \Y
too many almost
to count marched
forth armed with their Re =
behold this vast body of soldiers.
One Crusade after another was formed—eight in all
and victory anddefeat both met them. These wars lasted
many years—after the eighth Crusade had been formed .
and the army conquered by the Turks, the expeditions
were abandoned and the Eastern nations held the land.
UNCLE JOHN’S VISIT.
THERE were four of them counting the baby; Fred
and Nell, Tot and’ baby Joe. Of course little Joe knew
nothing about it, but the rest knew that Mother had gone
off on the steam cars early that morning to find a place
where they meant to stay all the summer long. What
jolly times they meant to have! They knew all about it,
for Mary the nurse had once lived in the country, and she
had told them beautiful stories about the cows and the
horses, and the little baby chickens that were so soft and
yellow. They had heard too,about the pio wnat hada ring
_ put in his nose because he rooted up all the young plants
that were put in the ground. Bred could scarcely wait to
go fishing, with a rod and line, like Mary’s brother used
to have. He could make them. Papas cane had served
him for a pole, and he had found a string ond a mi in
Mother's sewing basket. Nell wanted to wear a sun bon-
net and go after black berries, and Tot meant to find all
the nests where the hens laid the eggs that Father loved
to have for his breakfast. Poor Mary was almost crazy
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with the questions they kept asking her, and she sighed
as shelooked at the clock and found that it was more than
four hours before Mother would be at home to satisfy the
curiosity of Nese noisy little tormentors.
Ding! Dong! sounded the front door bell. It was Uncle
John, the dearest, best uncle that ever lived,so the children
thought. Uncle John had come to see Mother, and find-
ing she was away from home, decided that he would wait
until her return.
The children were right in thinking well of Uncle
John for a kinder man never lived. He pitied poor Mary
when he saw her tired face, so he asked her to leave him
with the children for a while, he thought they would get
along very well indeed: Mary was only too glad to leave
them, and went off to have a cup of tea and a chat with
the cook.
Uncle John felt quite proud of himself as the children
- gathered around, listening with rapt attention to the tales
of the wonderful things he had seen. By and by baby Joe
grew restless, for all this talk failed to please him, and his
little lips quivered, and great big tears rolled down his
rea Out of his pocket came Uncle John’s watch, and
baby grabbed hold of it eagerly. Uncle John started off
once more with his wonderful tales but interest was lost
and failure seemed to stare him in the face. . At last Fred
spied something, Uncle John’s glasses had met his fancy,
then his dairy fell a victim to Fred’s searches. Nell with
an eye to the beautiful, and a love for finery had mounted
a chair to rob Uncle of his necktie. Tot was missing by
this time, but not for long, for in she walked with Uncle’s —
beaver hat perched on or rather over her curly head. By
this time Uncle had repented of his eagerness to relieve
poor Mary, and looked around helplessly for some means
of getting rid of these children. Relief came much sooner
than he had expected for Mother had taken an earlier
train, and had hurried home to her darlings. Then Uncle
John was forgotten, but he made up his mind that never
as long as he lived would he play nurse maid to four
small children.
It was much more of a task than he had bargained
for, and he said, (to himself, of course) that he did not see
how Mary managed to live, if they were always as full of
mischief as they were that day. But that was all because
he was notused to their pranks; not because they were bad.
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