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TIDDLYWINKS'. A Children's Story. -■ >-^1 FHAID? O, no! I'm | not afraid of any four-legged crea ture that ever grew!" said Tiddly winks. Tiddlywinks was a Partridge Cochin, a tall, flne-looking fellow, with beauti ful red and gold m, plumage, which glistened brightly In the spring sun shine. His tail feathers were long nnd glos sy, proudly arched above his back, with a graceful droop towards the ends, and he had a handsome red comb, which little Rosy declared looked like u scarlet poppy. Tiddlywinks was quite r. favorite with little Rosy, but he was not much liked In the, barn-yard, on account of his tyrannical disposition, and his boastfulness. He pecked the Guinea-fowls unmercifully, picked a quarrel with the White Pekin duck on every possible occasion, nnd would not allow the younger fowls to cat a mor sel, until he had crammed his own crop with all the corn or oats It would hold. He kept a respectful distance from old Fadladeen, the bronze gobbler, und the White Leghorn rooster, who were larger and stronger than himself, nnd would not have hesitated to give him « crnotl (t rn lilii nu If llild CAUffht jj* him at bis pranks: but he was selfish tjjjif and cowardly enough to seize a fut bug, | or a fine, plump cricket which some Ci, poor pullet had Industriously scratched up. and devour It himself, before her very eye*. fffjftf, And when one of the hen* laid an fiag. Tiddlywinks would Invariably k.u'kle louder than she did herself, and make so much noise you would have thought he had laid the egg himself! Then, loo, he was always boasting. He was standing on one foot, under a tall pokoberry bush, one warm day, fS recounting some of his own brave cx Iglplolt. to a group of fowls who were .V'Jtftthered near. Borne were pluming j j themselves, others taking a dust-bath Ipta the side of the ash heap, and others • .again leisurely picking gravels from a pile of sand, which had been dumped ■ ‘ In one corner of the barn-yard, ex pressly for that purpose. [ "No." said Tiddlywinks, holding up pf hi* head and looking proudly around, ’v "I'm not afraid of any four-footed creature that evar grew! Why, If a i,;' fox were suddenly to pounce over the F/'fenee Into the ham-yard, do you know what 1 would do?" R “I know what I'd do." said u snuff ■colored hen, who was wallowing In If the ash-heap. "I'd run Into the ben I bouse and scramble up on the roost t.s ■ fast as ever I could!" ® . “And I,” said Queen Anne, a moth 9ft arly old hen, with a black top-knot IFand a ruff around her neck, "I’d fly i ilff up Into that big oak tree, double quick." 9& "Cluck! cluck! I'd hide under the Burdock bushes, with my chickens k under ray wings,” said Madame Kenth f crlcg, anxiously. S' "I dare eay.” sneered Tiddlywinks, "You are old hen*, you know, and Its the nature of hens to bn cowardly. Hut I would not show the white feather! I'd Just-” "Cut, cut, cut!" cackled a long HOLDING HIM UY THE TAIL legged pullet, running full tilt from be hind the barn. “Cut, cut! O! I've bad such a fright!" "What—what—what—what waa It?" stammered Tiddlywinks, while ibe t.ens ■ clustered auxlously around him, ns If for protection? "O, dear! 1 don’t know," panted the pullet, still trembling with fear. “I—I was scratching near the barn —when % pounced right at me' Such a ter ” rlble creature, with legs and ||g|| And It opened Its mouth, and went •gr r r- !* sud I ran away so fast I I've lust my breath!" Was It a a fox," gasped Tiddly ' winks, looking up at the oak-tree aa If he were calculating the distance to its lowest branches? "No. It w »Yl i fox It had a short tall," said the pullet. "1‘erbap* It wa* a possum." Suggestei| the stlUlf colored hen. ruffling her feather*. "No, It ran too fast for a possum O! O' heie tt cornea now! Look look' Cut. rut. cutr and the frightened pul let tried to hide under Queen Anne * wing, aa a small, brownish colored animal rams making and froikhlag from behind tbs bar a Tbe f«wl» Sew wildly about, some la nne direction sad wwe la a nut hat Tb# While IVIIs duck outlied sway ■ and kt4 be reelf bebiad t be bea-buues Tbe timer* fowls ttew up to tbe y,unb : of the hern shattering with all tbelr might, and Tiddlywink* waa Ju*» Up. ending hie wtaga to tabs refuge in ibe eah tree, when the at range tatmal suddenly rushed towards htli It was a email brow a • feature, not to targe ae a fait grown sat, hat m plump m ts be alar eat tee ad It hie had Indeed were like a Its# seehi-m with tone leg* end a white aims and tall than any thing tb* "Ik f f.“ It eetd. shewing tww run* el sharp white teeth Tiddly w lake 1 grate as he ew*. certainly warned te be quite as much frightened as tin hens. He was just flapping his wings*, to fly up into the oak tree, when th« strange animal made a sudden dart al hts toes. "Boo—woo—wool Qr—r—r!" Itcrigl savagely. And flop! went Tiddlywinks, sprad dling his long legs, while "bee—wee— woo!" went the enemy, diving past him and seising a respectable top-knot hen by the tall. "Squawk!" cried the hen who hod a temper of her own, and ruffling up her feathern she flew at the saucy stranger and gave it a savage peck between th* eyes. “Take that for your Impudence," sh« cried. "Yelp,” howled the aggressor, half frightened out of his wits, but spying Tiddlywinks streaking towards the hen house ns fast as his long legs would carry him, It suddenly turned and scampered after him. * "Boo -woo—woo,” It cried In such b shrill voice that the poor Cochin stood still with terror, while the savage foe seized him by his handsome (all feath ers ami stood shaking them and cry ing, "gr—r r" triumphantly. Poor Tiddlywinks, more dead than alive, could do nothing hut stand stock-still and cry "Sqtmk! squok-aw awk!" at the top of his lungs. The hens cackled In sympathy, making such a racket that Aunt Peggy looked oul of the hack door to see what on earth could be the matter. "Hun, Hosy,” «he cried, "Something Is disturbing the fowls!” And little Hosy ran quickly to the rescue of her feathered favorites. But. when she reached the barn-yard atid espied the tall Cochin squeaking with terror, while a tiny shepherd pup py stood holding him by the tall, and growling savugely, she hurst Into s hearty laugh. "Come here, Hoy,” she cried, and the fat puppy let go hit victim’s tall, and went frisking to het with a shrill little bark of delight "For shame, Tiddlywinks,” said Rosy "to he afraid of a little hit of a dog like Hoy, who only wanted to play with you!” But Tiddlywinks, finding hlmscll free, hurriedly sueaked off around the barn, and began pluming his ruffled feathers. He was well twitted by fhe other fowls, when they ventured tc come forth from their hiding places. "You wouldn't run from a fox, would you," sneered the snuff-colored hen maliciously? "Of course not,” put In Queen Anne shaking her feathers, and hopping over the pig-trough to pick up a grain ol corn on the other side. "He Is not afraid of any four-footed creature that ever grew!" "Quack, quack, quack," said the Pe kin duck, waddling out from a bunch of tall grass, where she had been hid ing during the affray. "Pray, Mister Tiddlywinks, do tell us what you would do if a fox were to pounce unexpectedly over the fence?" “It's only natural for hens to be cow ardly,” said a yellow-legged pullet, who owed the Cochin a grudge for rob bing her of a dragon-fly that morning. Even the guineas flew boldly down from the barn-roof, where they had been sitting in a row, screaming “pot rack! pot-rack!" during the contest. "If It had been a great big dag, like Farmer Dill’s Howser," they said, "It would he different. But a little puppy, no bigger than a kitten! And Tiddly winks squawked as If a whole pack ol foxes were after him!” And Tiddlywinks felt so shame faced, that he did not venture to crow for half a day. But he was never heard to boast of his own bravery again. And what was still better, he was cured of his other bad habits, and was never again guilty of pecking the guinea fowls, nor quarreling with the Pekin duck, or robbing the pullets of their food. And In time, Tiddlywinks and the other fowls became quite friendly with Roy, the shepherd puppy, who grew to be such a good watch-dog that not a fox, possum, or any other midnight prowler, dared venture near the barn yard. _ quin- a stamping (iruiiml. "We are blessed with a domestic who keeps us In hot water half the time lot feur we will lose her," said an east end householder, "and, naturally, she I* welcome to all the usual and a good many extraordinary privileges. Not long ago she decided to buy a bicycle and when It arrived It. was a nine days' wonder for all the girls in the neigh borliood. Every evening they came over to admire It. My back yard I* large and nicely eodded and It speed tly became a cycle circus. Our girt did uiuet ot the rtdtng. with two or three other gtrla to hold her on and a hall doaen mure altllng on the fence to keep out of the way. You never heard euch equalling and glggllug In your life Out girl would pedal her way along for a doaen feet or to aad then the aad hei aide partner* would go dowu tugethei la on* struggling heap aad three ui four of the gtrla on the fence weald tumble ot la ehaer ea Itemvat. "I never had more fun than I did lai evening ^atrhtag them through th« screened window ef our pantry The) didn't notice me of couree. and thr wtertiment **• quite unreetrained dome of the gtrla nr* decidedly ttmw liv* and I wan pleasantly tahtag ts j iho swift iarhee uf well Ailed hu*ktr> when I fslt a sharp grip ea my ear ea st > Wife I* I me hack tu the pared tut the perftrnmnnce goes m |ue the mm* every eveatag 1‘tevsU*-. Main I water f»e meets Walker Thm middle-of he-r«a-i ( ptatfurm tea t rnteh any of the hwy«k : vote Wheeler Mu* Wither New They want the ehuie darn nmd aad, the etdewalh three a Uk. tHaetaaai Knquuer A VALLEY FOR NOBLEMEN. I . ■■■ - ... I tamt Have l.lvnl the Live* of Kanrh men anti Itarome Wealth?. Eastern people have little idea of the j <reat number of younger sons of Brit- ! ish and European noblemen who have some to this part of the state either to seek their fortunes or to avoid the gnomlny their poverty might bring up on them in their native land, or es cape the consequences of youthful in discretions to which the sons of great foreign families seem to be prone, says a Colorado letter to the Buffalo Ex press. Down at the entrance to Chey enne canyon, three miles from tho lonely spot where Helen Hunt Jackson was bureld, there Is an estate of hun dreds of acres owned by Count Pour tales, a Oerman. He came here to in crease a fortune which waH beginning to dwindle in the old country and to Improve his health. He brought with him his pretty young wife. She had been a leader in the most fashionable society in Germany, and was noted for her beauty, but here she went into comparative retirement. There were plenty of social functions at the springs, but they did not Interest her. tier husband, in company with sever al business men, built the Broadmoor casino on his domains and attached to It a gorgeous restaurant, parlors, danc ing halls and barroom. It was a mag nificent building, built entirely of wood with broad porches along the front and rear. He built a little artificial lake in the shadow of the mountains and the white-capped peaks were reflected In iUf waters. He ran an electric car line out past it and he hired a German band to pluy on Its banks. People could sit on the porches of the casino and listen to the music and watch the boats on the lake. It was a delight ful place. Then, after It was all com pleted, he admitted the public at 60 cents a head and made money. But he was more shrewd, energetic and far-sighted and fortunate than most _ m a l t»l . t l If. .... .m!.. one out of a hundred of them or their sons or relatives who attained much success financially.In Colorado Springs there are two or three baronets In pret ty poor circumstances. They usually do not wish to be known as having titles. One of them, at least, is known only to very few people an a noble. They live quietly and economically and pass their time away playing polo, nut the spot where the impoverished noblemen or their sons, or second sonB, are most numerous Is a few miles above here, In '\tyet Mountain valley. Of late years It has been called the Valley of the Second Sons. It Is literally filled with degenerate noblemen and their sonB and relatives. Only the poorest of them have come to this valley. Some of them have bought land, on which they have built themselves little homes. They live the same kind of life as the ranchmen round about them, chop their own wood, milk their cows and raise their own vegetables. They have parted with all the luxuries of civili zation. They wear old clothes and big sombreros, and It is hard to tell some of them from the ordinary uncouth mountaineer. A stranger goes Into the valley sometimes and meets one of these second sons, or, It may be, a nobleman himself, and after making his acquaintance and treating him in the same informal way with which he might treat any of the ranchmen there abouts, is greatly surprised to learn in some roundabout way that his new friend Is a person of such distinction. It hau become quite a common thing for Impoverished noble families in En gland to send all the sons but the heir to Wet Mountain valley. There are so many of them here already that it must seem like home to them. They are a pleasant lot of men and they enjoy life. MoBt of them are having a much bet ter time In the lonely spot in the moun tains than they ever had before In their lives. The Kelt Serpent. Seaside Guest (to landlord)—'T've been here three days and haven't seen anything of the sea serpent yet.” Land lord—"Just be patient. The gas gave out but we got a new supply aud my man's blowing him up now."—Ex change. Fatal. "I guess I bad better give these li.g i'Utts to the flrat tramp that onies along," said Mrs. Hunnimune, with pathetic candor. "No." exdalnaed her husband, nervously, "don't do that He might throw them at the dog," Washington Star. "Now suppose." said an arguttrr to a iramp, "you had f-0 In gold, and “ "Hold up." said the tramp, "I can't lo It. Make It Wichita Eagls. CAUGHT WHILE FLOATING. Sties tMtch i far were recently lure up the roadbed of aa ohasatsua add) i.uu to a railroad a dlalaace of several mile* The l*arte.an • hist let at the theater In order to ahow hie diagual. the lata doaer la ehus his delight and ap pro « at I luring the yegr ending June A I del.JM,ID pieces of ardtaary mail Matter panted through the Sw Verh ; “etogk* la a four horse rig Ed Mtyeat a.**i his family reccatlv pass—I Car sue S«* . ha»ing traveled over aid miles la forty day a Their deettaaitoa is KshersheM Cal Ms* at ilea frog* Cat •aa A Am- A spot l ids i hahetmwe potted >y a atun.ter tea crab the af.i day, sad og age side af the tfoaewre 4s< fastened a pair of em-ihsd ey. glass-'s I He* they came there is gw* the gosa I •Mh | 1'leanlnff Old Mal<!«. The man who to'.d this story prefaced I it by saying that it was the sort you j could tell only to n young woman or a ! married one. Whereupon his listener j remarked that she was indeed glad to hear a story of that kind, as, according to her previous experience, all stories were divided into two parts—the kind you could tell to young women and the kind you could not. The story was as follows: A certain man had, somewhat late in life, taken unto himself a wife who was, to put it temperately, not precise ly in the first bloom of her youth. At the wedding the man's mother, a typi cal Yankee, took occasioc to say: “Yes, I'm real glad to see John mar ried and settled at last. An’ I'm real f leased at the choice he’s made, too. le couldn't a suited me better. Ye see. young girls are skittish an' hard to manage, an' widders are sot in their ways and ye can't manage ’em. hut old mauls are thankful and willing to please. Isn't Tobacco Spit md Smoko Your Lite Away. 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There are I on the Islands about 3,000,000 Malays 1 and Chinese, the former race in par ticular being renowned for its ferocity, as well as for its bitter hatred of all white people. Moreover, as the is- J lands are more than 0,000 miles farther ! away from Spain than Cuba, the diffi culty in getting troops to Manilla be fore the rising has had time to extend all over the islands is practically in superable. Then, Japan may not be neutral—Lewiston Journal. Architectural Dream. Silesian glassmakers are making pos sible the realization of an architect ural dream. They are producing sub stantial glass bricks for building pur poses. Since glass can easily be made ' translucent without being transparent, j light may be evenly diffused through a building of glass, while its occupants! 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