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WonderfulOF A BRIGHT BOYA SHIPWRECKA CARGO OF MIRRORS-A STRANGE ANIMAL

KCUE OLIVER was smoking his pipe on theporch the children came home and hewont indoors with them for he was a mn

who preferred to be with youngsters thanwith grownups As eoon as they had taken theirhats and coats off they flocked around him and askedhim all manner of questions as usual Finally Mabelinquired

you ever see A fireeater Uncle Olivera picture of one on fence down town

Tea he replied Ned I knew one once upon a

Doe be really eat eked Tim

uTJ e i what does be

Well I cant exactly till you He fins his mouthwith cotton filled with some stuff likeItcnzinr and be lights it keeping his mouth closedtight BV that doesnt burn him and breatheihrongJi his nose When he gets his lungs full ofair be just blows it out and that sends forth a flame-

It is very surprising how much fire he can sendforth

Why deesnt it burn his asked MabelHe keep em wet all the time It tares a lot of

practice to become an accomplished fireeater letme tell

Vbat was the mans name that youasked Tim

He a boy and his name was Tommy Hunland He learned the trick from his Uncle ortnerwho was a great performer on the piccolo in a German band never told me how it was done butI hate read about it in a book

Did Tommy Hkvilaad asked TimTot fireblowing but Le became wealthy by

Multipod the Elastic ifnltrpod-On wliats a Multipod Never beard cf that

meant manyfootedOk mean a centipede

OFF ON A LONG TRIPi

No I a wbiek atthaal-higgerthaa an least ibis ow was andit waa the only I beard of Ha iweoveredit in the Wad of TMrph away orf ofAsia

uQh tell us till about it cried the children seiz-

ing chairs and sitting in a circle around UncleOliver v

Well I know as it is a very interestingtory begin Uncle Oliver bemuse its all aboutrannlbais and pirates wrecked snips piles of goldand and awful animals in caves You

like that kind of a storyOh certainly not skid iin as be winked at

his sisters We could not bear to listen to it Hewiggled all ov r as be drew near to his uncle whowent on

Yon see thjs boy Tommy had a bad uncle namedBill Fortnejr as well as the good Uncle Charley inthe B ttcb land and be lived with Uncle Bill whomade him get up at four oclock in the morning tobuild the fire bring in the milk and do everything-that he didnt want to do himself Then all day heworked in Uncle Bills lookingglass factory for hawas the trade

He never received any pay however so he rarelyhad any uiQueylo spend Charleythe gave it to him The funlie liad was in leanring some of the many tricks hisrncle Charley knew Among them was this fire

which be soon was even more adept than

But Uncle Bifl caught him at H day in theslop and gave licking because the slopwasnt insured Fomy of running

way and going wits a circus or something of thekind but just when he was really determined to-

t his undo said to him one dayI am going to make a salesman of you

Theres a ship sailing to the Philippines and youhall go in her with a lot of sample mirrors andiy to sell them over there where I am sure they

need themOf Tommy was delighted but be Hdut

show iTOee fear his uncle would see it and changehis mind He hastened to get ready and next dayras on board the ship which was the Owl

Abs con and commanded by Captain Dave Barrett Here be found that a large packingcase filled

lookingglasses was being placed in the holdHe saw his own name on the box and when lie wentto the captin the latter asked him what was inthe box

Lookingglasses replied Torn

STRANGE DEEP SEA CREATURES

Humph I wonder where ve can sell lbemtBrp-ie dont wear clothes in the countries weriiiJEJjKthey dont need lookingglasses very mudr

Well that dashed poor Tommys hopes lliht istart but he made up his mind to try

possible to sell the mirrors As this was his fir t-

upp rtunity to make his way in the world be de-termined to get rid of them even if he had to sellthem at cost Little did be imagine in what an

manner he would dispose of them nordie he would get

Meanwhile had nothing to do on board ship butroad and watch the great waves and now and theneat tire to amuse Captain Barrett or the crew whichyou may oe spe tickled then all vastly for it was

harming ia theleast

Sometimes when the wind failed and the seav alm a millpond Tommy used to fish

of the ship for the h but usuali v too warm to permit of thatjipvrC cj the crew hid m tht shade of a sailtoile aiuy auci Captain Barrnt reclined beneatham awn g Matching Use ti iiigii h circling butterflyhfei arot IK the craft skimming over water likegwillows r sviftly darting aloft to avoid the blyand ever hungry catfishvibe memr7 of file latter could tchear ii tM Li vbii ho ruined his prcv as act

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HE THREW THE SUNLIGHT ON THE GREAT SHINY CREATUREas the deeptoned bay of the great hulking dogfisbslinking along in the dark shadow of the ship and

hewl of the seawolf Jar down in thedepths lurking there in the hope of falling in withsome iwndeping seaurchin on an errand to his mormaid aaother in the seaweed forest like poorlamenpl Bed Riding Hood Sealions and sea

wftce down there in that slowheavingdeep as as seaelephants and great seacows

bellows could be faintly heard attimes as they roamed across the wide fields of secuQumbers and seaanemones growing there ButTommy rarely caught sight of any of thesecieaturos

At nj when the wafer was with glowingnce as if untold millions of fireflies

were through the waves he sometimes sawthe great fish with windows in their sidesthrough which streamed a brilliant glare or heard

drflinfish beating his solemn tattoo to marshalthe l ote of the sharks and giganticeele tn gather and investigate the strange monsterthat dated above them on the surface for shipsae in the waters of the Pacific so vast thatoceajt

He saw the halflighted waters the sunh and the starfish vicing with

iof n shapes and sizes crowded the

writer and Tommy that with thelight Jit gathering it might bB a fish ballthat wa heW b below him

Ccptem Barrett was ull of stories about the wonders ofdid deep Hour after hour be would sit amispin yarns about strange things which he had seenor whit had befallen his friends

about monstrous barracouta whichbites ouly the tees of swimmers how be had oncebeheld tjH f sea serpent and strange to say it wasnot at while coming from a banquethaw eel attached himself to his shipaaidvdiiis to the compass so that CaptainBarrett toered the ship a thousand miles out of hisway and the Unsociable Islands whirlswere net d hm on his chart how aa bfe s J Merry Grig of Boston letin lot of ttter entered the ship and then clappedthe bo Dde Uacta after which the fish remainedin the bow for days eating the cargo of white

ASPIRATE SHIP APPEARSv

Ife toid Aow anotke of Us the Ann Meaderof Harlem onoB zaji into a school of fish so deep

so tlte vessel was lifted dear outof wfter aw carried seven hundred miles out of

th along day after dayit the Straits of KerfuwileinMhk into the depths tho ship hnd

the suns beat she leaked like

of blowfish and throwing thempity hold where

of air as you perhaps mayif you ever lived near the sea-

ling the water out of the holdvessel up so effectively that she

her keel the waterIf be used to capture Jhe cat

asjosjrsjf a w10 atills cat bd around them scooped them upjri ft p when be commanded a whaler

jjr Worm he once drove a school of-

flay of Calomel where they crowdedQHeezcd each other in their fright

filled etory Mrrel on board in one day without

Then drifted away from fish storks and related how tit he took the Sutherland to Siam

tra e sunn heat caused the cargo tosprout and when he sailed into port the whole shinwas a tons o beanvines clear to the top of themasts ho sold the fresh vegetables to the royalfanuly for V ore money than he could have got1orthe dried beans

And also on another he had paint-ed tile ship with a reproof naiiit that he had in-vented and whop the ship caught fire shev M for two days until at last there was

t of her fireproof iaf thatthin shell of paint they drifted fur two weeksthey Parnambuoo and hen he had ahothecship built u igain inside the pint

Ajiotbcr in the far North his ship sprang nnd sank right Dear shore when

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ing now abnobt solid ice she floated easily and tinsl teas enabled to sail her trick to Boston where husod the jk to au ice company at a goodprofit

All dozens of tfcer tiles the captaintold asnrays benefit and if the boy was notfully iii roHsed with all the wonders of a seafaringlife it o wasnt the captains fault The resuit wastbat Tommy grew for marvelsand so wa t the strangest things happened themhe was not unprepared

One day they were sailing slowly along and neari Asia when on appeared the firstsail had seen or weeks them swiftlyearning with breeze from Ae S E half E by W-and as ifr cnrne full into view the captain turned paleand his hula bead broke out into a cold perspiration-He muttrjd Malays by Hidlay and then

for tq0 men to arm tbein elves as the approaching ship w a pirate craft

WRECKED ON A STRANGE SHOREbut two swords and a repl er on

the A and realrrii an attempt toTpouTd ana slaughter of his Captain

Bftrrett reifponded to the hail of the Malay captainwith a salute and the swarmed on board

tooktbe valuable portion of the cargoletups a iitliclBfelC Ton 3 boa

and and soon tic ships company hadthe satisfaction of their peaceful de

rThey could hardly believe their eyes when tl ey

saw the Malay craft sail away as swiftly as she hadcomo but the captain was sad and depressed sogloomy in fact that he didnt notice the approach-of a which is a dreadfully fierce windstorm

encountered in the waters of theAsiatic CKseten The storm swept up and before theyhad sails it took them aback andaway went every mast breaking off at the deck likematches

Then Captain Barrett woke up but all lie coulddo was to order the mass of wreckage cut awayafter Giddy Owl rolled like a ltd in thetremendouft eas that broke over and swept her fromstem to f pi for two days her erew with little foodmid all the skin Then came a calm during

wreck drifted along in a current for daysand dfty ufrtil every atom of food was consumedand water gave out but they were spared fur

torture seas kindness for then theyat last grounded on the white sandy beach of

a large a Ljtnknown island whose gigantic niouuthins clear to the blue sky

ey repebed the shore and found a spring-of c ld and saw that there wero wholefor s of breadfruit cocoanut and banana trees

so they had BO longer the lost fearSow delicious tbefe uits tasted to

the famished I leave you to imagine when oneconsiders how good even a twocent yellow bananatastes to a boy who never fails to get three mealsa day with a few slices of bread and butter be

But a1 l when they Lad all filled up takona long drij of the sweet refreshing spring water

Sirat to have a nap out forestrushed a horde of savage Dyaks the fiercest savagesewer mad nd in a trice every man was handand fool ajer which they were led away along a

to the abode of the King of Dyakiaa palace built of bamboo and adorned as

all are with the beads of people theyliftvo war and the captives saw at oncowhat their ej l was to be

STARTLES THE NATIVES

But to be slaughtered atomic Thevwere tak to a prison and well guarded whfle theDyak searched the ship for booty and when thocases of goods were brought ashore the captainwins w so little was to be found He ex-plained tftt had been taken by pirates amt

made the Dyak king so mad that hoJt

IA lioso enrj re l at this event that

dragr nil te crew atoi but oar Sad taken advantage of a chanceto his valise during the exeiteinent and ho

secreted his fireeating materiel about him so-tfat inkiest the angry saragts rushed to the prisonwith th r poisoned spear and daggers to destroy

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All of them fled when Tommy stepped fleds s if every Dyak demon they had ever heard of wasaltar ti and the whole village WItS deserted byall but seventeen hundred dogs belonging there

bj Hadley thats a useful gift after allJust keep that ere fire lighted and well have em

and pliable as waxLaft in the day many of the natives returned and

at cli called out for Tommy andwbecube appealed they kneeling on the ground

to their To this agreedon installed ia the bamboo palace but lie

aii hiving the captain and the crew withhim attendants although ihe Dyaks were at firstinclined to resist the demand

Well for many a day King Tommy Havilandruled his Dyak realm but it was not much fun Hohad taken his big box of mirrors into the palacefor security and that was all they had saved of the

of the cargo what the captain in fact saidwas the worthless of it all but it really provedthe precious as you will shortly sec

to rule wisely and teach the savagenatives sifew that civilized people value suchas bathing cooking their food keeping quiet at

murder and torture but the more he preachedat hom the Jess they liked it and pretty soon after

had watched Him eating and doing all the orditit y does they concluded that he

was not but merely a clever young man whuhad learned a few tricks

little they grew to fear him less andsoon they would have begun to despise him had notthe Elastic commenced his operationsagain in that island

This fQ brful creature lived in a long tunnellikecavern initka mountains that divided the island likea wall It was a hideous wormlike monster biggerthan an elephant and with a million legs I guessand the strangest thing about it was that its endor tail was actually fastened in some manner tothe rock at the extreme end of its cavern It nevercame out in the daytime as the least ray of sunlightfalling Upon it would have killed it at once but atnight it shot seized whatever creature wasabroad alter which it snapped back just like arubber place there to devourat leisure whomsoever it had caught Away at tboremote end of its cave it sat all shrunk up into

shape a pale clammy whitish thingsurrounded by legs So elastic however was itsbody that it could stretch out for a mile twist andturn the trees after a flying frightenedsavage aiia snap him up in its strange shapelessinoutk m a inkling

BY THE lyiULTiPOD

And as St softly through the dense forest02 over the tumbled rocks its thicklypadded feetmade no noise to warn any who might be abroadonly its dTullygl u htg eye betrayed itspresence dark shades

The had seized or thirty nativesbefoi e they came to Tommy and prayed him to attack the thing with his fiery breath and drive it into

Of course Tommy as well as the captain was as-

tonished to hear of such a creature as the Multipod-for neither f them had ever read in their NaturalHistory of such an animal

wished to learn more of its habits and apbefore he agreed to do anything There-

fore he climbed a tree at sunset and a longtime before anything appeared but just as he wasgrowing tired stiff he suddenly saw the gleam

woodland heart was sp loudlythat lie feared the Multipod would hear it and lookup but ft snorted its long pale wormlike form

him jantll its head vanished in the darkness farbeyond be heard a wild scream it had caughtsom unwary Djrok outside of his lint and in anothermoment he saw the head with tho savage writhingin its shapeless jaws passing beneathperch He fell from the limb ic his fright

The Mnltipod disappeared as silently as it hudcome and soon he took courage and slid down thetrectrunk and ran 1o his palaee When he told Cap-

tain Barrett what he had je old mariner wasshocked

I thought it was all as big a fairy story as thoI used to spin you on board I said he

shuddering Why the thing might get anyof A be done thats sure

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KING DESTROYEDA DEADLY BEAST ANDESCAPED VERY RICH

the 111 just ponder over some trick rother tfnigbt while asieep std tell yoix heyto do it in the morning

the long sleepless night that followedTommy himself devised a splendid plan to settleMr llultipod if it were true that a single gleam-of sunlight would destroy the monster

arQgai early and of the Dyaks quegregarding the matter and all assured ban

that was supposed to be true that s-

light rogdfatal to allThan lfe was sure of success and calling some wf

the crowtp help him he unpacked all of his lookingseveral to each man after wlrioli be

awakened old Captain Barrett and asked him toaccompany him to the foot of the mountains robes

cave of the monster was to be found CaptaiuBarrett stammered for a moment and then said

Wall I dunno t I am a brave man and bold butI have the rheumatiz powerful bad and cant walk

But the thought of being left behind was toomuch for the old mariner and finally he agreed togo with the rest and so carrying a few mtrroiathey all trudged off followed at a far aud safe

a few curious Dyaks wondering wbethocTommy would succeed in his project

Tommy was aware that there was no danger untilthey had penetrated into the cavern where the lightof tho sun was too feeble to bo effective and therefor ho placed the captain at tho entrance He gavehim a big mirror and told him to hold it so thatthe sunshine on it would be directed far into thewindings of tho cavern which as I have said was

tunnel but twisting and turning in alldirections far into the base of the mountain

Then advancing into its depths he placed a sailorat a turn in the tunnel with another mirror heldso as to catch the light that held by CaptainBarrett So he proceeded at each turn a mana mirror reflecting the brilliant blaze of a hot MMI yto the next wan beyond until at last be wasonly one left and holding a lookingglass agaiuschis chest he advanced boldly along the dark

until a sudden strange sound half growlmoan far ahead of him caused him to stop

KILLED BY THE LIGHT

Turning his so that it caugkt the lightfrom the man behind lie flashed a broad ray of UJ6shine down the tunnel before him and was Uto behold the awful thing conning silently towwrflhim with its greenish eyes aflame

As the sunlight struck it full in its shapeless fa-it reared its form upward writhed in awfuland then fell down in lump on the cavern floor

Tommy held the light on it till he was sureit was quite dead and then advanced to itlay a mass of white flabby pulp stretched tie

for twenty or thirty feet with its myriadlegs kicking out more perhaps like a gigantic cater-pillar than anything else but my how immenseand terrible even in death

Then Tommy lighted a ships lantern and calledall of themen to come and see the Multipod Wh4nthey they also lighted lanterns and thenTommy looked about

The first thing he saw was an immense pile of goldcoins rubies and other precious thingsthe creature had stripped from his victims a dstored in a small room at the side of his ext-ern Thore were seven or eight wagonloads ofare so much that Tommys eyes popped out inamazement

Then tRey explored the cavern and discoveredwhere the was fastened to the yeaby his tail as if he had grown right out of it A fwwminutes afterward old George Carmony the

shoutedHi Sink my blooming tarpaulins if there aint

another way outSure enough he had discovered a back door ta

the Multipo cavern a door that led them out iothe other of the mountains Hero was a landthat the Dyaks had never visited for the moutttatttewere far too high for them to climb even had theydared approach them and this lovely land was quiteuninhabited

Thoy soon found that they were altogether aofand here and therefore they broughtout all the treasure from the cave and it upoutsido Then they cut the from the rodeand hauled him out also

So they stuffed the Multipod with leaves andgrass and things and him up in the woods toscare any Dyaks that might happen to comasnooping around to see what had happened tobut none ever came because the savages coteluded that they had been eaten up every onethe dread monster They changed their minds wharfthey found tLat the Multipod was never seenbut the and captain and oasenger of the GiddyOwl never cared what they thought

Under tho captains direction they built them-selves a boat fashioning her of great timbers thatgrow there in plenty and when she was finished theysailed avay i far Bombay with a fair wind from-S S E by NV onehalf 2s which is as fair aas is made both for man and beast and thqy

that port without accident or incident havingLad advQntuBes enough s the captain r iseveral voyages and he certainly ought to know

DIVIDED THE

V got home they divided the treaaure of Tommy half the captain a quar

the crew poor men who had been glad to toil aloftand alow for sixteen dollars a month got over amillion Rollers each so you may just guess what

The he set up in the big hall of thehouse he built and some he will give it to theMuseum but if you should happen to be passinghis hou p the bell cnd ask to sea it He is al-

ways to show it to nice cleanfaced childrenand it worth seeing I assure 3 ou

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