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VOIL. XXIII. CHICAGO, lLL., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. I895. NO. 6.
THE CRLHSEVOF THE MERRYyGOyANN' ‘ ::ing,"sheaald. "sow! have tound out gave it Avi;;'ou:sLln;. ‘Hie astonished
r what bird tumhleil on and eawed nllgr y. .
. The stoutstring hoiiie secured. she gave At this the cry across the riveraroie ,
By nxaxxaxaaiar m&EvVsvx1ER‘ the crow a push. at the contrary him again with renewed rorcc. i r
‘ e.e-%- had changed his iniud about crossing; the 'l('Iiieh i ten warn gone, Fan a plague,
.. - .. ll-oi r. rind hlopping t e impetus o er on i act-ow,ii lernnlornen o coull eru-
A"th0‘' "7 The Pm“ M me ‘lolly Nancy‘ Etc’ Etc‘ push with two or three heavy hope on the tion, decided to lay away and Ice what that
:: ground.ho htalknd calmly hack and took lrieadly voice trom atar might mean. Ac-
. , ., CHAPTER Xm, 1-r...ti,m. tn. t,,.ci(.t,..,‘k;,,; am not", lus stand beside the kitten. curilliigly he rose on his win ii and started
a STUEBORN CROW. with a thump oi disgust, and stood storing “L'i1vl',cliw.c:tw!”iaglain, and again, and across gum F519’: carrying hlle -innzlmz
and Frank known it he n d not have hopelessly acrosstho wide wnicrsatFrauk,.ngaiii came the eager cry horas: the river, co: wit um
3 ii thou ht or concern to 1-‘an,hut aiihc stood llmklng at her. hiittlit old crtiw had all at once hecorne hmioverloyedi Jim-red -In W.1‘PK“Il"
apenthiiisympathy all on himselr, who ccr- “(7nlv,t:nw,cnwl" The cry came taintly very dear and sleepy. Slowly he settled the cord, and thulntten. 5-mmmly drop-
toinly edod it on that eali, barren hit acrossthe waters troni the inland. down hesido the kitten, drew in his head lied. scurried up into it tree‘ .
or sand in the midst oi the river. without a <-caw, l:aw,c:1vt'!" and closed his eyes. i .- l-an de.-ilt out the cord-hand over hand,
Fun watched him in disgust. but decided Mnclllnz the crow
to let him alone tor a tim l
“1’crha.ps the old thing
crumb or lood or a aparlr ol lire to cheer The crow, who was standing on an oarhe- lly lnzhcr and higher.
pin. - - sitlt: the round kitten, stretched out hislong e. . In her II
Fan. she anoozed away under the ueclraudlistoucd. will mp, ,, ,..,u.,., ucarcr and nearer to hrank. The boy eon-
gray blanket all the :arternoon and all the tiiiued to call and the hird, responding. con-
nighi, until the earth had turned her hall conlinue to advaee until it was hall way
way over and the sun hnrsi. torth in anoth- . across the rh-’el'. But then. to the dismay
,, gmio“, mom; 3, ' . r or boy and girl, it (altered. wheeled about
Ufcaurse she was surprised to see that and he an to wins '“ My back to the
shore that it had lelt.
l- ‘ow. caw, claw!" called Frank. aiix- .
lonely, crouching to the ground. t
"Shew,shew,sl.lelv!" hissed Fan. wnrihg
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’ hut rho was so relreshed and amiahle and
serene alter her long sleep that nothing un-
der that splendid run could have disturhed
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hat the hird notice neither the one nor
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when she spied the chip which Franla had
tttaehed to tiie crow‘ti neck and had read , ad the other.‘ It new straight hack. and see.
tl c message. she g so long and so L ., (ii ing the bright eyes of tho kitten nhlniug
lotidlv that thecrow squaelred and the cat >537 : C lroin the tree. it swooped down, and with .
squall-,d and all the little birds in the trees if,’ iluttcr nnd lI‘IlD]), settled on the branch he. . ,' ‘
at1th2k.niatiii non: to I t t the . it W a, sldeher. . . r g Ag
o.am.‘.%.a......... , N t ,y].,;$,.. “Xou rnenri old tllIrl;!‘t'!xcIaImed:Y'hn', ‘ 1 I
" Ihe.relnairked', to the crow l 6
giving the cord :1 twitch that. nearly unblaI-
attend the IIn"I‘lIeIllI bird
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7aI.l)d,J..Izj.nah,,"nL5:oul-se he would getinio “,5 Z, .. , H g A 5 77 g , .
.trouhleil he wentgfl without me. What‘: wjfza lie almost a pt the dazed kitten to the ‘ '
a hey good inr witiiout a girl to plelr up ground with the desperate tlepping ot his
atter him and rein..iii him ot. :ih‘;pgs.v it i7;’.4t’1h wings. as he tried to maintain his position. ,..,,ag.,
‘ Ienes him right to get stuck on that is g y, when he V---‘-settled again, he‘ tipped 5;, r H)‘ l
laud. Ind I hope III! will gehawfully Ione- ,,’ ‘ . huh and a Jnlmed Llle llalpoerlincnt strln I
roi-ue tor me holore I get t or " uh his round. inquiring eye ll v t.
isruid hiniselr tliatlt was the consent his
mishap, he lorthwitlitoolr it in his alinrp
hen ,and,a1teralittlo struggle. contrived ‘ . l
to snap it in two, Ienving only enough hang.
iugto his leg to amuse the liitton,v.ho
clawed and pnwed at it in a very cunning
laishlon. '
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xow Fan‘; idea or an island was that or
the uirrera Inn.” it she knew that
Franlr hadhecn atnrviug and freazinz
night. she would hare bestirred lierseli and
.’ . hastened to the rescue.
'Believing, on the eontrnry, that hewas as
. comlortahly lodged as they had heen on
lhdtldhtkllfme. “;
]e,e'lnreIlsya:Il;If:d ;:rscII,rl.IIo kitten and CHAPTER XI“ . v
crew and lllled er pack, "Inca she could Tu! HCKAN . . (
not carry everything. with hlscuit and cor. ran sat, mute and dispair.n,,, 9., Q,‘ If
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tea, the tin eup,a tall or tniiio and some
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navine securely tied up the nioutlis or
the grub sack and the all-sorts-of-things
rack, hht: dragged them a little higher on
the hank and covered tllem with leaves.
Then, shoultlerlng the ears with a groan,
‘ she started on down the river hank accom-
panied hy the kitten and crop.
e oars were so heavy and the way so
long, and she was so stilt trons lying nlteen
e hard ground, that she was
ohliged tn sit down many times to rest. so it
on that di-sert hit or sand, was as 5I]En[ ..,.i
dolcful as the. and Almost fairitlrig with
hunger. He had ialm-it made up his mind
that he rnlglit as well chat liimsclr adrlfg in
the .llt-rry-uoana and trust to luclr to
bring lulu nshoro and to Fun, that to do :0,
ground oelow, l-‘rank. away across ynnder it v
when he was roused by a volce up the
river.
Fan heard the welcome sound at the same
time, and sprang to her lest. l i
There irnsahoat, and there was a man, " 1‘ I
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nnd the man was singing s jolly‘ tune:
l-ii-haryo-aallin- to. on. thy‘!
The olllln’dowu to de hay.
l 15130 is there oevoio l or
An’ year do saw-mill aayin'
liess yo’lIlupAn' lcl e
no kn’ inr lllnlcuf my oi-lereyad hora,
. so rice fInIlln'd<lwn do atreani
- - n‘ a iwohoas teana.
-the narrow strip or land where l-‘rank and
the Merry-Go-Ann were stran e .
Even then aliti might not. huvo discovered
him had it not bcen tor the crow.
The crow, whom the kitten had led .
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It -‘When I Ilnds dab two-hon tum
tho worried old crow in the trees saw the v rse gwinot' we‘: like rue run by ateana,
island llrst. and having in mind the ind'g. H Co‘n llI'bTlC0n- I'll ‘NI!’ I earn‘
airy that he had sallered there at the hniuis “'5'” w"'“ V“ f‘"““‘ "“' "'=“’>"" . An‘ won‘! so mall-1' -l>0ulrhello:'-
of the rude buy. a will B “ll!” of mockinz - The last uord was not a part or the song
“Univ, caw, nnwl" enuie thecnll to star again it I don't notice him.” ah. hut wns rolled iorth in astonishment as the
i rranir, however. lylnsz face dowllwnrd on The crow tiuttercd his lilack wings uu- reasoned. man in the heat. turning around to see that
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the sand did not hear the hlnt cnlhand certainly, cawo once. cocked his eye l'l hilo the perverse crow was pretending the stream wns clear. kaw the children onl h
F-“V min: only I “M 0' Yello" Md lat down at the kitten, and settled down her to sleep she made preparation tor his fight; the opposite linnhs. each ti-aviaghrignalot "
acron t e river, llowmz so straight and Ilde hcr. ' by IHVIII ny, the hall of cord (he was distress.
wlde balm lmi W” ll! "0 mm“ Well-at “coir. caw, eaw," again the taint call. sure there would he enough to reach to the lie stared tlrst at one and then atthe oth. r
it was the -slaud- i This was more than the crow could hear. lslnad. and uhen rrsnlr should hnvo oneenn er; lhen, evidently deciding that the boy in
at; w. cut. cow l" tho crew had cumin"-xe He opened his beak and heleheii lorth a re. lhc would tie the oars to the other, and it the middle or the river was in great" “.24
ed to -cream. lander Ind louder In "try in rice or o.-iws that eaused the lritten to arch she should set them ailoat a little up stream or hint, he turned his bent and made tor I
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Pl'0-cll=<1 “'9 ml" 01 hi! muzzle the pre its hack and to hiss in renionstranea
, . she icltnaiiosure that he could easily pull ih islan .
vlous cl-oniiilz. and finally Frwk llmfd him The crow waited for another call. plum- them in to i B island as they lloaled down. ho was satished With this decision and
aiid.yumi=l-ll: to his feet. shouted is glad rc- ing his wings, Ihu while for llig it. This was an excellent plan it only the was settling down to wait; when it accur-
‘-1 wish that 1 had the wings oia crow,” crow would do his part. not the wily old red to herihat she mig , w ‘i t,,,i,d ‘
ply. .
“Hi.llI,hlI"Fnn thrilled ncrms the n- sighed Fnn.wntching hiin, enviniisly.'rlien hird lrcothialien hidden and chuckled to are and have some eolrcce ready to, M,
ler. waving brr l=nml.buI It is -loubllul if she cried out: . t hiinsrl undrrhla win . l. other ulirn he should Ilanlliexo sooner
tbs! yevtr llolwl ncrnss lhntwiilr. ‘iat a guest: I niiil ‘ Ill.-rc,WlIlt!" she 1 Nu) grew tired or waiting. The voice thoiightorihan oiio. ' V i.
Iloil-inst streaii-to Frank’: -um -'l0wovcr. cnughttliocrow t e leg,nnil It(‘.I2cIiilg lclvsesllle rlvvr was heeoining hoarsor and 'i‘hciun;i and ljranlzin lllo hunt with the‘.
he Itncw that the win there. lvr lie ran the kitten'seyes upon him. suluiillted lo rniutor with each cry. She was atraid llleri-r-Go-Ann in tow. came slowly lcroqs
about and uatrd his linnds.-ind shouted llln- captivity uiili hello.-ginoe.tlinii he hail the Frank uould gwe up in despair. Now that the river. the prow oi the heat pointed up
ny lhiiiga that Fun cmllll not undei-staurl. night hetero in Frank’: hands, she could ten the hare ground. she know stream at such an nnlzle that they cu... to
low hr nwny lmu-na to he sure! now run took out the largo hall or twine, how hungry ho iiiustl . ym..1araetly were Fanvi-as awaitiii em
under the run was iiiie ever to get him out which she had putiiito Ilcr pack.and pro- ‘ sho alilyanaicliod the liittan and hidit ‘I so . that eolrro si-uclls good.‘-erieri‘
otwhat earthly use had it been to tug cecded to tie an end around the crow’: leg. under her dress, then the lined the end ct .lrrank.rprinizlng ashore as soon as the keel
llwu he-V! elm All Hat long My? “I lrnew that I wanted thnt (or some oar upon whlch the erow wn pei-chlng, and touchodnnd. .,.
