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SYNOPSIS;
Burteit H. Barnes, a wealthy Asserican
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
lish Meutenant. Edward Gerard Aastruth-
er. and -Ma Ccrsicaa bride. Marina,
daughter of. the Paolls. from the mur
derous vendetta, understaadlaf that his
reward Is to leue nana or the gin ne
loves. EnM Aastratlier. sister of Ue Eng
lish lieutenant The four fly from AJac
cie to Marseilles OH board the French
steamer Constantlne. The vendetta pur
sues and as the quartet are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina is handed a mystertousvnote
which causes her to collapse and necessi
tates a postponement ot the Journey:
Barnes sett part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which inform him
that he fe marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vendetta at their own same.
Far the. purpose of securing; the safety
of the women Barnes arranges to have
Lady Cbartria lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party Is to be' taken
in a yacht. Barnes and Enid make
arrangements for their marriage. The
net tightens about Barnes. He re
ceives a note fr-m La Belle Blackwood.
the American adventuress. Barnes hears
that Elijah Emory, lus detective, has
been murdered by the Corslcans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor
reglo, who followed the party on their
way to the beat, was Sahceti. a nephew
of the count, and that Count Corregio
had been in Nice for some time prior to
the party's arrival. The count warns
Barnes '-net to' marry. Raid unless be
would have her also. Involved In the mur
derous feud. Barnes and Bald are mar
ried. Aeon after their wedding Barnes'
bride disappears. Barnes discovers she
has been kldaaped and taken to Corsica.
The groom secures a .fishing vessel and
Is about to start In pursuit of his bride's
captors when he hears a, scream from
the villa and rushes back to hear that
Anstrather's wife. Marina, is also miss
ing. Barnes Is compelled to depart for
Coraica without delay, and so lie leaves
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be
fore Barnes' boat lands on Corsica's
shore Marina is discovered hiding in a
corner of the vessel. She explains her
action by saying she has come to help
Barnes rescue his wife from the Corel
cans. CHAPTER XL Continued.
"How, many were there t" interjects
Barnes hurriedly.
"About four. Monsieur. Only one
know how to sail se ship. Bat ze night
.1s Ine and affaire bringing; me to
nuke se breakfast daring se darkness,
se one who knew se coast steered us
here. Zen xey drop ze anchor and
cry to me: 'Cook stay on board. You
tell se cursed Americano, Signore
Barnes of New York to come to Bocog
nano if he would rescue his wife. We
hare greeting for him sere vitch he
vlll not forget!' Zay all take off zalre
oats, as se youns; cavalier bring upon
deck your beautiful lady, who looked
like a goddess, so haughty, so noble.
To ham as -he bowed before her, she
say:! 'Monsieur Bernardo SaUceti,
you who were Tore un gentilhonune a
few days ago and have now become a
kidnapper, tell your savages to keep
zalre hands on me and I vill go with
you.'.
"Tome she command as she stepped
into ze boat: 'Loboeuf, have a good
meal for Mr. Barnes, who vill be com
ing soon;' Zen she look at me with
her eyes. I know she means I am not
to forget something. Ah, your mariee
vas vaire brave. Only once in ze long
night, as I listen with my ears, I hear
from ze cabin a short, quick sob."
"My wife's eyes told you to remem
ber something? What was it?" asks
Barnes very eagerly, though his gaze
is dim.
"Ohvoiia! Vhen ze rattans were
preparing ze boat for her, Madame
whispered in my ear: 'Tell my hus
band to look in ze' third drawer of ze
cabin locker.
Before the last words have left. the
Frenchman's lips, the American is
down the companionway and has torn
open 'the drawer indicated. He hur
riedly tosses aside the contents and
produces a note, the superscription of
which, in the dear hand he knows,
makes'him falter. It is simply ad
dressed: "Mr. Burton H. Barnes," and
reads:
My Darling Husband: I have little
time to write, for they are preparing to
take me on shore in a boat. We are
now anchored off Corsica somewhere.
Last -evening.-through some careless
message of Thompson misinterpreted by
my own eagerness. I came on board the
yacht alone, thinking you had gone there
before me to avoid some encounter with
Dauella that might delay our wedding
trip. A boat was waiting for me at the
landing
place. In the darkness, during I
t hundred yards to the yacht. J
the short hundred yards to the yacht.
1 noticed nothing suspicious in the oars
men, probably because my thoughts were
so entirely of you. ' ' i
Flying into the cabin, expecting to
meet you. I heard the. doors close upon
me and a voice in Corsican French say:
"She is ours!" Then the slipping of
bolts outside told me I was a prisoner.
No cries of mine or commands were
heeded. The yacht got under way.
An. what a night I've passed here in
this cabin that should have been our
honeymoon home, thinking ot your mis
ery when you found you had lost me.
But" knowing by your love that you
will pursue and find me. I send you this
warning, which is of great Importance. '
I have learned by some careless French
conversation that baa drifted in to me
that I am, to be made the lure to bring
you to .the death ot the vendetta in
Bocognano. To me Saleeti has boasted
that they have notified you they take
me to Corsica. They are sure your af
fection for ae will make you follow' me.
'rash and careless ,ln your agony. There
SaUceti means -.to assassinate you. think
ing by that to -gala the votes ot his pe
culiar eeuntryseabcause be has nobly
fulfilled 'his dmboMcal oathjof the hor
rible -vendetta that they worship. There
fore, jby your loVeJfor me. my husband,
I charge you not to risk your dear life
unduly, and to bring with you enough
friends to protect you from these as
sassins. I hear the' splash ef.the boat
put overboard: they will be coming for
me. so kiss the letter where I sign and
you'll jrmeet the lips of. in Ufe or death,
alwafs, YOUR WIFE.
Barnes reads this letter carefully
twice. Once he gazes up; but the
sight of the cabin decorated for his
honeymoon, about "which are scatter
ed his wife's dainty belongings
brought on board for a nuptial voyage,
makes him close his misty eyes-with
a sfcadaer.
Iiswoeuf is now calling down the
coutpanlonway: "Monsieur, I have
obeyed your wife's commands. A good
f-is served on deck for you and
Anstruther."
H mutt eat to keep his streugthup
tar uS war that m ahead ef Mam. The
ftnWiflrfin ateasj alertly oa deck aad
tries to shew his appreciatJea ef the
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to appetite. J'1 '
After a moment Barnes nsww
Enid's letter over 'to 'Edwin's wife.
When she has read it, he says: -"I
have been thinking If It wouldn't be
better to sail to AJaceto aad get De
Belloc aad some of his troopers to go
with us to Bocognano."
"With De Belloc and his troopers
you would 'never Sad her," answers
Marina. "The sight of their cavalry
nnlfonas would be signalled up the
Valley of the Gravona';:Enld would not
be in Bocognano In the mountain fast
nesses of Del Oro they would hide her
where you' would nerer find her."
Thei some honest countrymen,
from this neighborhood; they can he
hired?" suggests Barnes.
"But not by a foreigner to strike
against a Coraicaa," replies Mariaa,
almost proudly. "To have any hope of
Inding your wife we must go alone.
Ill lead you by secret paths through
the mountains; on the main road did
they see you coming they would am
bush and, kill you." Her eyes look
eagerly upon the shore, she rises aad
says, resolutely: "Come!"
Barnes, more eager than she, quick
ly dresses himsetf in the simple hunt
ing suit he has brought with him.
"Oh, you must look more Corsican,"
cries the girl, and deftly puts a cock's
feather plucked from one of his bride's
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bonnets in his hat "Some soot, Felix,"
she commands the cook, "to make
Monsieur's eyebrows darker and his
moustache black."
"Yes, that's it!" she adds eagerly.
"And'you?" asks Barnes placing his
eyes on Marina's white Parisian fete
dress.
"Oh, I've brought a Corsican peas
ant's costume with me," and the lady
calls to Graham to bring on board a
little bundle she had left upon .the
deck of the fishing smack.
n10 itarn. nn, rinwn th m.
panionway and secludes herself in the
salon while Barnes gives his direc
tions to Graham. "You had better re
turn that fishing boat to Villefranche
by two of your crew."
"Yes, even a land lubber can sail
her across in this fine wezfther without
any trouble," answers the mate.
"I am sorry, my gallant fellow, I
cannot take you with me," says the
American; "only Marina and I must
SO"' - -- r
"Hoot, man! not lone wi' that deli
cate lassie."
"We are safer alone than with a
few." replies Barnes. "Bat have, the
yacht ready to sail aad a sharp look
out kept for me. During the night have
a boat ashore there with a couple of
men in it, so that, if necessary, I, may
'immediately come on board of you."
, "Aye. aye! Night. and day 111 look
for you," answers 'the mate.
"Now, bring the boat alongside." t
"Not ! yet. Monsieur," cries Leboeuf,
issuing from the galley, "not without I
something to eat,-to support youand
Madame," and he produces a big hav
ersack filled with provisions.
-You're right By evening we shall
be hungry, if not before," answers the
American, "and it will be-fiest'to avoid
as much as possible, native inns." He
calls: "Madame Anstruther, I am
ready!"
"And so am 1." And Marina trips to
the deck., a peasant girl of her island
her dark brown tresses shaded by
the graceful mandile and a faldetta of
grey cloth draping aer agile figure.
Her abort skirts disclose her delicate
feet shod in strong country shoes St
for use over the stones of mouatala
Both are eager. Within ve min
utes they are in the boat aad aattei
bx-two Scotch tars,
madunoathe
ifeto 1-.p. i-3Bai
rocky shore. As Marma's feet touch
the sail, she looks at Itjassloattely
aad murmars'Mttefly: "To think that
I come back to my aative Island with
the hands of so many of the friends
of my childhood against me, with so
many hearts that once turned toward
me turned away." Then she draws her
self up aad says desperately, yet
proudly: "But Fwill show to them my
hands are free of the. blood of To
'masso Monaldl." ' '
Clambering over" the "" sea-washed
rocks, they reach the green .woodland,
and soon through its soft foUage'of
ilex, beech and wild citron, J tread1 a
romantic path that leads them to the
more dusty; highway whieh skirts the
coast, slightly to the south of the lit
tle quay of Sagoae. This Mariaa says
is fortunate, thai they aeed not excite
curiosity 'by passing through the sea
side village to reach the road to Vico,
by which they will strike east to reach
the vast glen between Moate Rotoado
aad Moate Del Oro.
A little while along this road. roast
Ins; beneath the hot sua aad stifed
by the dust of early summer, when
Marina says, polatiag to a farmer's
house: "Stay-here aad nibargala for
the use of two of the native ponies I
see la his barnyard."
A few minutes of apparently excited
gesticulatioa and talk with the peas
ant who is hoeing in his Seld, aad she
brings into the road two sturdy, shag
gy brown ponies.
Mounting astride one of these, Cor
sican fashion, Marina 'says almost
gaily: "We have the beasts for a week
at 30 francs apiece. Now ' I feel at
home again."
Upon the other Barnes would dash
forward, but socte very serious words
f rem his companion stop him. "It was
lucky I saw that farmer. He said: 'I
would glrf you a more gentle beast,
girl, had not four men three hours ago
engaged my gentle Mandalma for a
lady's use: Of course, my best was at
Signore Sallceti's order. J had heard
him speak up in the mountalas at the
Week at Thirty Francs Apiece."
polling booth great words on the glory
of Corsica, which had given France
a Bonaparte and one day would give
her another.' "
Suddenly the girl calls: "But you
cannot overtake Enid in a second," for
the American's heels are beating a tat
too on the sides of his 'sturdy little
cob, and he is harrying forward mut
tering: "Three hours ahead of me.
Perhaps we can overtake my darling
before night!"
'.'Don't ride so fast," exclaims his
companion, galloping her pony to him.
Then her voice growing very solemn,
she says warnlngly: "From some hill
top, should we get too near, they will
see us coming, and In a vendetta am
bush, some knife might reach not only
your heart but Enid's. When you
have enemies in Corsica, beware the
path ahead of you!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
MACHINE WAS ALL RIGHT.
Figured So Well Merchant Decided
That He Needed Twe.
"8ir," said the man as he entered
the oslce. "I wish to exhibit to you
my universal calculating machine''
a thing that should be found la the
counting room of every business man.
It will add, lubtrast divide, multiply
and there is no such thing as failure."
"I have heard of it," replied the mer
chant "but I never understood It was
much of a success." "O, sir, bat it is
perfection! Give me any example
yon will, and I will guarantee a correct-solution."
"Very welt r bought
two dozen leghorn chickens at S3
each. I built a coop at an expense
of $30. ln one year' I bought $35
worth of feed. In the same year I
got six eggs. What was my profit or
loss for the year.?' "Why, you paid
out $127 and got hack about 20 cents.
In actual figures, your loss was
$126.80." "I guess that's correct"
sighed the merchant., "aad you may
leave me two machines. Ill keep one
busy on my chickens aad the other
figuring out how each profit I 'make
In raising my own celery aad cu
cumbers." Grand Jury Kept Busy- ,
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ty returns oa aa average sixty-four ia
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The neglected flock never returns a
profit
RectlfyVour mistakes if possible, do
not repeat them.
Dry comfortable quarters must be
provided for the brood sow.
Care counts more with sheep than
with almost any other farm animal.
A few sheep means a few more dol
lars of profit for the small farmer.
The pedigreed scrub is worse as a
sire than the high quality grade sire.
The hen likes the dark nest. And
the dark nest is not apt to encourage
the egg-eater.
Livestock may be profitably raised
oa high-priced land if intensive meth
ods of farming are followed.
Over feeding is indicated by the
mussed over feed which the cattle
leave. Cut down the rations. v
Assimilation is the only true meas
ure, of value in feeding. What Is not
assimilated is practically wasted. "
Don't keep the pig always stuffed to
the limit, or he will not take the neces
sary exercise to health and proper de
velopment. Your best cows are the ones which
are making the biggest profit for you.
Do not be tempted to sell them, even
at a high price.
It costs less to make a pound of
young flesh than it does a pound of
mature flesh and the former is worth
more in the market
Every farmer should have a Bab
cock tester so that he can know what
his cows arc doing in the way of prof
itable milk production.
A good currying feels just as good
to the cows as it does to the horses,
and is quite as essential to- their
health as it is to that of horses.
Take time to spread the manure
when you cart it to the field. If left
in piles it will ferment and much of
the nitrate will nas3 off in the form of
gas.
In case of impaction of the bowels
of the horses through feeding of
straw give a pint of linseed oil. fol
lowed after 24 .hours by a somewhat
lighter dose.
Stover is notably deficient in avail
able proteins, and when fed alone to
the cows does not give the best, re
sults. When combined with clover
hay it gives the best results.
During the slack days of winter get
the supply of wood ready for spring,
summer and fall, when you will be
too busy sowing, cultivating and har
vesting the crops to tend to the mat
ter. Ulcers on the horse, or simple
abscesses caused by bad fitting col
lars or saddles, a blow from the butt
end of the whip, or other cause. If not
promptly and properly treated may de
velop into fistulas.
- Lard and gunpowder may make a
good poultice for a horse, but it should
be kept away from the fire. A New
York man made this kind of a poultice
and then thoughtlessly threw the pa
per on which the mixing had been
Cone into the fire. Result, a wrecked
stove and fire charred house.
There is a considerable difference
in the feeding of corn fodder and red
clover hay. Prof. L. A. Clinton of the
Storrs (Conn.) experiment station has
found that one thousand pounds of
common red clover contains 20 pounds
of nitrogen, 4 pounds of phosphoric
acid, 22 pounds of potash. This is
clover as ordinarily cured for hay.
One thousand pounds of cornstalks
will 'contain 5 pounds of nitrogen, 4
pounds of phosphoric acid, 16 pounds
of potash.
Too much slop fed to the hogs
crowds the work of the kidneys, and
the result is that much of the water
In the slop has to go off with the
feces. This interferes with digestion
and assimilation. The hogs not only
do not get .out of the food all that is
in it that they would naturally get
out but the hog pen is kept In a con
stant state of filth. The stomach of
the hog 'Is small and should not have
food that is too bulky either with wa
ter or with green stuff. The hog nat
urally requires a considerable imrtion
of concentrated food to do his best.
Again we hear the charge that shoe
ing Is probably responsible for more
lameness in horses than any other
cause. The shoes may directly lead to
lameness through defective construc
tion or attachment; or they may, by
their jthape (calks, etc.), cause strain
and consequent lameness in some part
of the leg. The mere concussion (em
phasised by shoes) of trotting along a
macadamised road must be very try
lag to nil the ligaments, tendons aad
points of the horse's legs, so that the
wonder is, not so much that there are
as many aasoaad horses as that there
are so many sound ones.
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medicine.
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-Select the young sows from the
most prolific of the old ones. . vX
Pigs should be given all the suitable
feed they will clean up readily.
The scrub sire will produce- a
progeny that is scrubbier" thaa aim-
self.
' - The horse has a sweet 'tooth. tTry
J him on a little molasses. Good f or
him.
Intensive rather than extensive
fanning should be the watchword of
every fanner.
The, breeder for early pigs mast plan
ior weir proper protection n ae woum
have them do welL
Big, strong eyes In an animal are aa
indication of good brain force aad
hence much nervous energy.
T
Molasse as a stock food seems to he
growing in favor. A plat to a quart a
day 'is about the right amount
Keep the implements in their right
places aad be sure that they are ia
good condition before patting away.
Keeping cows Is literally what
struggling dairymen are doing. Better
get better cows and let them keep yon.
Don't Jeopardize an expensive crop
by using inferior or cheap seed. Get
the best and be sure it Is the best by
testing.
. The object of fertilizing Is not only
to add needed elements of plant food
to the soil but to supplement those al
teady there.
The single feed of hay for a hors-
if sold off the farm, says an expert,
takes more away from the farm than
a ton of butter.
Go slow with trying the new varie
ties in the grain or -vegetable line.
Test in small plots first and make sure
you have what you want
Many a dairyman who is careful to
stop the leak in the milk pail is con
tent to go on without mending the
leak caused by the poor cow.
If the barnyard is not well drained,
the puddles ot water which collect be
come frozen over and are dangerous
for the stock. Look out for them.
Thin the fruit oa the trees which set
too much next spring and you will
be both pleased and. surprised to see
how much better quality fruit you will
set. ,
The eye for the individual sheep is
the profitable eye for the farmer, for
it detects the sheep, that is running
down and gives the opportunity for
special attention.
Look at your neighbors faults with
a telescope, and at your own with a
magnifying glass. Then there will be
less disposition on your part to pick
flaws, to gossip and to quarrel.
The average yield of corn per acre
for the country is only about 35 bush
els. Proper seed selection and culti
vation ought to double this yield, and
even treble it, for some corn expens
assert that no man should be satisfied
with less than 100 bushels per acre.
Just back from the college where
you have taken the short course in
dairying or some other branch of
farming? Good! That explains the
sparkle in the eye, the hopeful ring in
the voice and the eager relish with
which you go back to the farm to take
up the work. Puts new life and new
purpose Into a fellow to get into touch
with other progressive spirits and to
learn the whys and wherefores of
things and new and better ways of do
ing things.
One farmer has succeeded in hold
ing his four boys on the farm by put
ting into the hands of each some spe
cial branch of the farm work which
they like: One looks after horse
breeding and raising, a second son
makes his specialty beef cattle, the
third son has taken charge of the
swine, while the fourth has made a
study of soils and agronomy and is
proving the brains of the farm regard
ing field crops, clovers, alfalfa, soil
fertility and agriculture in general.
The Minnesota station has secured
the following data concerning the fat
tening of lambs or wethers which may
prove suggestive to our readers: 1.
That it is possible to so fatten lambs
that the finish will be of a high order
without unduly loading them with fat.
2. That the ration used in the experi
ment viz.: bran, oats, barley and oil
cake, in the proportion of 3, 3, 3 and 1
parts respectively, with hay and roots,
is well adapted to the production of
such .meat 3. That such a diet is
eminently adapted to the production
of large gains, since during the experi
ment proper, it produced monthly 11
pounds of increase. 4. That such a
ration Is also eminently adapted to
sustaining the ratio of increase during
a long feeding period, since the lambs
gained about as much during the last
part of the feeding period as during
the first part thereof. 5. That it is ad
mirably1 adapted to the cheap produc
tion of mutton, since 100 pounds of
increase was made during the entire
period of feeding at a cost of but $3.41.
6. That because of the all 'round ex
cellence of the results obtained, the
growing of Iambs on forage other than
grass pastures leaves them in a fair
condition for being successfully fat
tened. 7. That when wethers and
lambs are bought at the same price
per pound and are fattened under sim
ilar conditions, the lambs are likely
to bring considerably more profit 8.
This increased profit Is likely to arise
first, from the greater relative ad
vance at which the lambs win prob
ably be sold, and second, from the
! vttlaMva ! wTbtoh hs
lambs are likely to make oa a given
t of food.
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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.
Diraetiene ver the Ma ins, ef n DsKfiwt
fal
Take a board which is at least 13
laches square. Draw lines through
the ceater of the hoard as ia Fig. 1.
dividing t Into quarter sections. Then
aiacct theseeaarter sections as Indi
Tted la Fig. 2. From the ceater mark
a.
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off five Inches on each liae and con
nect these points with straight lines
which will give you the octagon of
Fig. 3. After this is done take a
straight piece of paper the exact
length of the lines, ten inches, and
double it four times evenly. This will
make eight divisions. Now apply this
piece of measured paper to the lines
on your game board and mark off oa
each the divisions as they are on the
paper. Mark off the divisions as in
Fig. 4. Next connect these as in Fig.
5. When nil this is done color the
sections as hi Fig. 6. The game board
is now finished. '
To Make the Counter. First, trace
the triangle A on a piece of thin card
board. Add B and C and D by tracing
until you have a complete figure of the
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with spruce.
Fig. 2. Trap for lynx or other large animal. To reach the bait the lyax
must place its forepaw on the trap.
Fig. 3. A simple snare for the hare. A humane form of trap in as
much as it shortenS'the sufferings of the little dumb brute.
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HANDKERCHIEF PLAY.
"Old Lady" Which Can Be Easily and
Quickly Made.
To form the "Old Lady" out of a
plain handkerchief, you have but to
Explanatory Diagram.
tarn the corner B Fig. 1 and place
It over the forefinger of the right
baad with the fold uppermost, so as
to form the cap; then draw the hand
kerchief over the hand, using the
thumb and middle finger as arms, and
the lady is complete. See Fig. 2.
A BEAUTIFUL SELL.
The Thimble Which yeur Friends Can
not Pick Up.
Borrow a thimble from some one
and procure .a plate. Now make a
bet with one of your friends that ycu
will place the thimble in such a posi
tion that it will be impossible to move
it with the plate. Usually, this offer
will be received with incredulity, but
if you place the thimble in a corner of
the room you will be able to demand
whatever the stakes were, because it
will be found impossible to move it
with the help of the plate.
Settling the Atlantic
"I suppose you are still collecting
wonderful things," said his father's
Yes." said Walter; "I'm getting
new things. I've get
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Figures to Fmy the Game Use
four white bettou aad fear alack hat-
to .emtsnmaumt the .players.
How to Fmy the Game. The twe
players place their mea car the eatsMe
sections of the game heard (spider's
web). The black batten mast he
placed on the fear alack section nam
the white oa the: four eatside whMe
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aad if Mack oa black.
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is oa its base after It has fallen. (Hold
the counter by its point)
Players play in tarn and' go in what
ever direction they may choose to go.
They may sever jump over other play
ers figures.
Two players may not rest oa the
same section or color at one time. If
any player wishes, and if his turn per
mits him, he may send say of hi op
ponent's figures back to aa outside
starting place again by moving oa his
opponent's section aad resting there.
To do this he mast have the exact
number that will permit this move.
Players move only one button at a
time. The one who first places four
buttons in the center upoa his own
color wins. The spider gets the files
who do not win.
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SHADOW-TAG.
A Game Which Can Be Played Early
in the Morning ar iCate Afternoon.
Shadow-tag is a good name for the
early morning or late afternoon, when
the shadows are long and clear. It
may be played in any clear space
where there .aro one or two, trees, or
a house, to afford shadows. For the
shadows are the "goal," where the
players are-safe, and the child who is
"it" instead of tagging the othors.
tries to step oa their shadows as they
run from one shade to another. It is
great fun, for unless you are careful
your-shadow is apt to bob ap unexpect
edly and will be stepped on before you
know it We played "shadow-tag" suc
cessfully on a roof garden, where two
sheds gave us the necessary shade aad
an 'open space of sun in between made
the shadow of the runners quite dis
tinct. In cold weather, when you need to
exercise, and don't know exactly what
to play, it is a good idea to ma races
and let one of the children find prises
for the racers. The prises may be any
thing she finds at hand the more ri
diculous the better but it makes the
race more interesting to have them,
particularly ir they .are presented with
a speech. It is well to let all the play
ers have prizes, though of course the
winner receives the first prise.
m Defining the Needle.
Teacher Teddy, telL-me what a
needle is?
Teddy The needle is a tool for sew
ing. There are two parts, the point
and the eye. The eye is made of air
and you stick the thread through it
The point is made of steel and it's
what you stick through the cloth.
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