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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/14180-0.txt b/14180-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8366de --- /dev/null +++ b/14180-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,825 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14180 *** + +DEW DROPS + + +VOL. 37. No. 17. WEEKLY. + + +DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILLINOIS. + +GEORGE E. COOK, EDITOR. + +APRIL 26, 1914. + + + + +AMONG THE ROCKS + +By Margaret E. Hays + + +The tide was low, and a dark line of rocks showed up clearly in the +still water. + +"I wonder what those rocks are really like," said Toby rising slowly +from his seat. + +"It looks almost as if we could paddle out to them," said his twin +sister Nancy, as she pushed her red curls under her sun-bonnet. + +"I vote we try!" exclaimed Toby, seizing her by the arm. "We can go out +a long way at low tide--it's all so flat." + +"I'm sure lots of ships must have been wrecked on the rocks," added +Nancy. "Perhaps we shall find some treasure." + +The next moment they were hurrying off. + +On and on they paddled, till the water was well above their knees. Then +a few minutes more, and Toby laid his hand on a rock. + +"I don't see any sign of wrecks!" said Nancy, looking about. + +For a few minutes they stood, then Nancy caught sight of the boat. + +"Oh, there's the wreck! Why, it's only a little boat." + +"Of course it is! What else did you think? It's really some life boat +that has been put off from a wreck, and it may be full of treasures!" + +Cautiously they worked their way to it, panting with excitement. What +were they about to discover? + +"See," said Toby breathlessly, "the anchor rope had broken and caught +among the rocks! I wonder we never saw the boat here at high tide--it +would be visible then!" + +"I hope--oh!" Nancy's voice was full of disappointment. + +"What?" + +"Why, it's only Rowan's old Lily! It isn't a wreck at all! It was on the +beach this morning!" + +The children stood looking blankly at the boat. + +"There's something moving!" + +There was something queer about the "wreck" after all! + +Half-frightened, and hanging on to Toby's arm, Nancy peeped over into +the boat, and the next moment she shrieked in alarm, and something +sprang out of the locker and clung to her neck! + +"Oh--h!" Nancy pulled at the clinging creature in terror, but Toby was +bent with laughter! + +"Stop it, Nan! It's only a kitten!" he cried, as soon as he could speak. + +It was true! A poor, shivering little tabby kitten was cuddling into +Nancy's neck, mewing with terror! + +"Oh, the little darling!" she exclaimed. "How frightened it must have +been! I wonder whose kitten it is?" + +[Illustration: "How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten +it is?"] + +"If we can't find out I should think we might keep it ourselves." + +"Wouldn't it be lovely to have a kittie of our own?" + +"I'm afraid we ought to ask a few people first," said Toby sadly. +"There's old Rowan. Shall we go and tell him about the boat?" + +Old Rowan was looking gloomily out to sea, and never noticed the twins +till they stood before him. + +"Please, Mr. Rowan," said Toby, "we've found your boat." + +"Found my boat?" asked the old man absently. + +"Yes, the Lily. She's out there among the rocks." + +"Is she? Ay, she got adrift at high tide. I'd better go after her at +once." But Rowan didn't seem much interested in his boat! + +"Me--ew!" A furry ball suddenly sprang onto the fishermen's shoulder, +purring delightedly! + +"Hullo!" Rowan was now quite wide awake, and stared around him. "Where +did you come from, Bunch?" + +"We found her in the boat--do you know whose she is?" asked Nancy, and +even Toby looked anxious. + +"Ay, that I do! My little grandchild has been breaking her heart all day +over Bunch. She's a cripple, you see. Miss, and the kitten's company for +her. It must have followed me to the shore this morning and gone to +sleep on the nets. Matty will glad to find it!" + +"Shall we take Bunch home to her?" asked Nancy, sighing at the thought +of parting with her treasure-trove. + +"It would be real kind. Miss." + +She was glad she had offered, when she saw poor Matty's face beam at the +sight of her only playmate. + + + + +A QUEER SNAKE. + +BY MARY E.Q. BRUSH. + + +It was the Dalton children's first year in Florida. They enjoyed the +sunshine, the balmy air and fragrant flowers very much. There was only +one thing to mar their pleasure and that was their dread of snakes. + +Tilly, the little colored girl who used to play with them sometimes, had +big stories to tell. + +"Dar's rattlers in de pine woods, hidin' on de sunny sides of stumps: +and dar's a pow'ful sight o' moccasins down amonst de water-hyacinths +near de bayou. Youse bettah look out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, +shuah!" + +Mabel, Tom, Hetty and Charlie talked the matter over very seriously, +almost solemnly. + +"Do you s'pose they'll crawl into the house?" Hetty said, her eyes large +and round with fearful anticipations. + +Tom shook his head gravely. + +"No telling! I heard a missionary from India say once how those awful +cobras in that country used to drop right down from the ceiling." + +Mabel drew a long breath. + +"My stars! I'd hate to wake up in the morning and find a snake near my +pillow!" + +"Guess we'd better keep a good lookout," was Charlie's emphatic +suggestion. + +One day when papa and mamma and little Hal went in the launch across the +river to see the new orange grove, and the children were left alone +save for old Uncle Pomp who was hoeing in the truck patch, something +happened that made quite a scare. Hetty went into mamma's room for a +spool of white thread, and when she came out there was a frightened look +on her face. + +"Oh, there's a snake on mamma's bed!" she exclaimed. + +Tom and Charlie sprang up so suddenly from their game of parchesi that +counters and disks fell to the floor. + +Then all four children hurried to the door of mamma's room and peeped +cautiously in. It was not very light in the room for the window shades +had been pulled partly down to shut out the glare of the noonday sun, +but sure enough, it could be seen very plainly that there was something +on the bed--a half-coiled, bluish-green snake with brown stripes. + +Mabel uttered a scream. + +"It squirms--I saw it!" she cried. + +"No you didn't either," said Tom. "You just thought so, because you're +so scared. But it is a snake, sure enough and it's asleep. Guess we'd +better not arouse it." + +"Somebody ought to kill it," Hetty whispered, her teeth chattering. "One +of yon boys'd better get Uncle Pomp; have him bring his hoe or +something." + +"I'll go," said Charlie quickly. + +"Let's all go," suggested Mabel. + +Tom hesitated a little. He was the bravest of the lot, though the +youngest. + +"Say, somebody ought to stay and watch that snake; if it crawls down, we +want to know where he goes to. I'll stay--only get Uncle Pomp soon's you +can." + +But the children couldn't find the old darkey. So the children came +trooping back to the house. But when they peeped into mamma's room +again, there was no snake on the bed! Nor was there any Tom to be seen! + +"Shucks! I knew he wasn't as brave as he pretended to be--you see he's +deserted!" growled Charlie. + +[Illustration: "You see, he's deserted."] + +Just then there was a chuckle from the other side of the bed and up +popped Tommy who had been crouching on the floor there. And if you'll +believe it, there was the reptile that had so scared the children around +his neck! + +"It wasn't a snake at all!" Tom cried, grinning. "See, it's only little +Hal's necktie, that old blue and green, bias-cut silk thing that sort of +twists up. Weren't we silly geese though!" + + + + +RAINDROPS. + + + Little Pit and Little Pat + Come out in stormy weather; + They chase each other down the pane + And then run off together. + + + + +TOODLES' MISHAP. + +BY ASTON MOORE. + + +Toodles was dreadfully meddlesome. He could not leave things alone. If +you took the slippers away from him, he tried to eat the mat. If you put +the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth. And when +the cloth was folded up, he sharpened his teeth on the legs of the +table. + +One evening he learned a lesson which made him a better dog. He was shut +in the kitchen, to keep him out of mischief. The plates and dishes were +on the shelves out of reach. There was no carpet on the floor. And his +sharp teeth could not do much harm to the plain deal legs of the chairs +and table. + +But there was a lighted candle in a tall brass candlestick upon the +table. Toodles scrambled onto a chair, jumped to the table, and tried to +bite the candlestick. He could not break or tear it, but he soon knocked +it over, and the candle rolled to the floor, where it lay burning in a +pool of grease. Toodles ran to play with the candle. Next moment, he was +racing round the room, screaming with pain and fright. He had burned his +paw. + +[Illustration: Toodles.] + +If he is mischievous now, you have only to show him a lighted candle. It +makes him quiet and good at once. + + + + +THE DOOR OF SPRING. + +BY HELEN M. RICHARDSON. + + + April unlocks the door of spring, + And soon you'll hear a robin sing. + A bluebird perched upon a tree + Will woo his mate. Perchance you'll see + An early redwing, if you go + Down to the swamp where catkins grow. + For April warden is, of all + The things that went to sleep, last fall. + + Just where the field mouse and the toad + Have burrowed; where, beside the road, + The grasshopper and katydid + All winter have been safely hid; + And when the bumblebee will come + A-booming back with pleasant hum? + April can tell you, for 'tis she + Opens the door that sets them free. + + + + +ADOPTING A GRANDMOTHER. + +BY MARY STARR CONEY. + + +"Oh, Eloise! Where are you going?" Marjorie Blake rushed down the steps +as she caught sight of her friend dressed in her very best clothes and +carrying a small valise. + +"Guess where! It's the best place in the whole world!" + +"Away on the train?" questioned Marjorie eagerly. + +"Of course. My grandma doesn't live here. Goodness! I told you!" laughed +Eloise. "Would you have guessed?" + +"No, for I didn't know you had a grandma." + +"Why, of course, I have! Haven't you?" + +"No, Eloise." + +"How awful!" Eloise dropped the valise in her dismay. "Why, Fannie Green +has two. I've only one, but she is the sweetest, beautifulest grandma +you ever saw. I'm awfully sorry you haven't got one. But here comes +mamma, so good-by." + +After Eloise had gone away, Marjorie walked slowly back to the house. +She had never felt the loss of a grandmother before, but now it weighed +heavily upon her. + +"If grandmas are so nice, it does seem as if I ought to have one," she +said to herself, "'specially as some little girls have two!" Marjorie +sat down on the steps and with heavy heart thought over the situation. + +At last a plan suggested itself and she sprang to her feet. + +"When Aunt Mary didn't have any little girl and wanted one; she went to +an orphan asylum and adopted one. Why can't I adopt a grandma?" Marjorie +asked herself excitedly. "I never heard of an asylum of grandmas, but +that doesn't matter! I want only one, and surely somewhere there must be +one for me." + +The child looked across the street. The family in the third house were +strangers who had moved in a few days before. Marjorie was playing in +the yard when they came, and she remembered seeing an old lady go into +the house. There weren't any children over there, she knew, for she had +watched eagerly for some to appear, but none had. Maybe she could get +this old lady to be her grandma. + +The little girl rushed across the street and rang the door bell. Then +her heart began a loud beating. S'pose the old lady shouldn't want to be +adopted and should act cross? The child had half a minute to run away +before anyone came to the door. But that would be cowardly and Marjorie +detested a coward, so she decided to stand her ground. + +At last the door opened, and Marjorie looked up eagerly, into the face +of a kind grandmotherly looking old lady standing there. + +"Good-morning!" The old lady smiled invitingly at the child, who stood +there with flushed cheeks and happy brown eyes. "Did you want something +of me, dear?" + +"Yes'm," replied Marjorie, catching her breath, "I want to adopt you!" + +"To adopt me! Why, dear child, what do you mean?" + +"I want to adopt you for my grandma. You see, I haven't even one grandma +and some little girls have two. I don't think that's fair, do you?" + +"No, really that doesn't seem fair," answered the old lady, her eyes +twinkling with amusement. + +"I'm lonesome without a grandma, and I thought maybe you hadn't any +grand-children, or even if you had some, p'raps you wouldn't mind having +one more. So I came over to adopt you--that is--if you please!" + +Quickly the twinkle left the old lady's eyes and she put her arm close +around Marjorie. "You dear child!" she exclaimed, "of course you can +adopt me. I haven't a grandchild in the whole world but even if there +were a dozen of them, I'd still have room in my heart for you!" + + + + +"We cannot be free from unkind words unless we are free from unkind +feelings." + + + + +THE FIVE CASTAWAYS. + +BY COE HAYNE. + + +When Lena Stuart sprained her ankle the doctor told her that she could +not walk on it for at least ten days. + +"Just think, mamma, ten whole days!" she cried in despair. + +"But the time will pass quickly if you make up your mind to be +cheerful," said Mother Stuart. + +"But I cannot go to the picnic to-morrow," said Lena sadly. "And just +think! it was a picnic that I helped to plan for." + +"But you can watch the children as they play their games on the island," +said Mother Stuart. + +"Why, sure enough!" exclaimed Lena. "I can see them as they cross in +Cousin Rob's boat, right from our front windows. I hadn't thought of +that." + +Just then a fine black spaniel ran up to Lena and pushed his nose +against her hand. + +"And I have you, Waggy, to keep me company," said Lena more cheerfully +as she stroked the silky ears of the dog. "And, mamma, isn't it lucky +that I taught Waggy to go to the post office for the mail and to the +market for meat?" + +"Very lucky for me," laughed Mother Stuart. "That will save me a few +extra steps." + +Waggy had learned his lessons well. When he went to the meat market he +always carried a covered tin pail in which to carry home the meat, and +when he went to the post office, he was given a big leather wallet in +which to carry the letters. + +The following afternoon Mrs. Stuart had an engagement with her dentist +and was compelled to leave Lena alone with Waggy. A kind neighbor had +lent Lena a wheel-chair so that she could travel from one part of the +house to the other. At two o'clock she began to watch for the picnickers +and at last saw them--five in all--run down the hill and get into her +Cousin Rob's boat and row out to the pretty island in the middle of the +river. Everyone knew that Cousin Rob was a good boatman and so fathers +and mothers did not worry when their sons and daughters went on the +water with him. + +But on this day Rob was a little careless about pulling the boat up far +enough upon the island after all had landed. While the merry party was +on the other side of the island the boat floated away. Then to make +matters worse the sky suddenly became overcast with clouds telling of +the storm that was coming. + +Lena saw what happened to the boat and presently she saw the five +picnickers hurrying toward the spot where they had left the boat. She +could imagine how they felt when they saw their boat floating down +stream. + +"What can they do!" lamented Lena. "They will be soaked sure and perhaps +the river will rise and sweep them away." + +In hard storms Lena had seen the water rise quickly and hide all of the +island except the bushes that grew upon it. + +Lena could not telephone for help for there was no telephone in the +house. But she put her mind to work and thought of a way to rescue the +castaways. + +"Come, Waggy," she called to her spaniel. "You must go to the market." + +Lena wrote a message on a piece of paper and put it into the pail which +Waggy always carried when he went to the meat market. + +"Mr. Jones," wrote Lena, "please send somebody to the island near our +house. Rob's boat has floated away and five friends of mine can't get +off the island. There's a big storm coming. Please be quick!" + +Waggy took the note in his pail to the butcher thinking of course that +he was going to be given some meat to carry home. But he was surprised +to see Mr. Jones hurry away toward the river. + +A little later Lena was overjoyed to see five very wet and draggled +friends of hers coming into her house to wait until the storm was over. + +[Illustration: Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends +of hers coming into her house.] + + + + +ON ACCOUNT OF THE BUNNIES. + +BY EMMA C. DOWD. + + +Pauline looked through the picket fence and scowled. + +"Oh, those poor little rabbits!" she whispered to herself. "I don't +believe that boy has fed them this morning. And now he's gone off to +play ball. It is a shame!" She glanced under the grape arbor, where some +chickweed was growing luxuriantly, and for a minute she hesitated. The +next, she was down among the chickweed, pulling it up by the handful. + +She approached the fence again, looked cautiously around, to make sure +nobody was in sight, and then thrust the green stuff between the +pickets. + +That first time of Pauline's feeding the rabbits was followed by a +second and a third, and finally it came to be a common thing for her to +peer through the fence to see if they were supplied with food, and if +not to carry them a good meal. + +One morning Pauline was feeding them with celery tips, and, having +become a bit careless, stopped to see them enjoy their feast. When she +looked up she was disconcerted to see their owner watching her--only a +few feet away. + +"I beg your pardon," she began, hesitatingly, "but I just thought I'd +bring your rabbits a little celery." And she turned to go. + +[Illustration: John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.] + +"Oh--I say--wait a minute!" he returned, as her foot touched the fence. +"So it's you that's been feeding them, is it? The fact is, I--forgot, +you know." + +"I did feel sorry to see them hungry," confessed Pauline; "and I love +pets." + +"Say, you may have a couple of 'em, if you want," he said generously. + +"And I'll help you fix a pen," he added. + +"Oh, thank you! I'd like them ever so much!" beamed Pauline. And there +was the beginning of a firm friendship between the small neighbors. + +Pauline was to be satisfied with no such little makeshift as John gave +his own pets. Only the biggest sized dry-goods box would do for the +house itself, and the yard that he helped to fence off with wire netting +made him look disgustedly upon the tiny space allotted to the bunnies on +his side of the pickets. + +When at last, Pauline's rabbits were in their new quarters. John gazed +at them thoughtfully. + +"Say!" he suddenly burst out. "I'm going to have just such a place for +mine--big yard and all!" + +"Oh, and I'll help you!" cried Pauline. + +The new pen brought about other improvements. Tangled weeds and rubbish +heaps seemed most unsuitable surroundings for so dainty a little maid as +Pauline Randall; so John cut down the weeds and mowed the grass. He +raked up the brush and rags and tin cans. Pauline gave him slips from +her own geraniums, and he made a flower bed to put them in. + +"Mother says she's awfully glad you fed my rabbits," he confided to +Pauline, one day, "for if you hadn't our yard would probably be the same +old place it has been for all these years." + +Pauline looked up from the baby bunny she was petting. "I'm glad, too," +she smiled. "If I hadn't, we might never have been friends." + + + + +SERVING THE QUEEN. + +BY MARY E. JACKSON. + + +"Once upon a time, there was a brave little worker bee, who lived in a +big hive. She was strong and willing, and was ready to do anything. And +what do you think was the only thing required of her? She and a dozen +other bees were placed at the door of the hive, and were told to keep +their wings in motion, so as to send a steady current of air into the +inner cells of the hive where the queen was. The little worker bee was +disappointed, for she had wished to do some great service for her queen. + +"She could see other workers hurrying about and doing such important +tasks! Some were making wax, and building the comb inside the hive; +others were providing food for the young bees, and still others were +feeding honey to the queen herself! + +"Day by day the little worker grew more discontented, until one day the +queen sent a message to the tireless workers at the doorway. 'Tell +them,' she said, 'that they are doing me a wondrous service. Without the +air they are sending me, I could never live.' + +"When the little worker heard this message, she took courage, and her +wings whirred as never before." + +--_Selected._ + + + + +OUR LESSON.--For April 26. + + * * * * * + +PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK. + + * * * * * + +Title.--The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.--Luke 15:1-10. + +Golden Text.--There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one +sinner that repenteth.--Luke 15:10. + +_Golden Text for Beginners._--_God is love._--1 John 4:8. + +Truth.--There is joy in heaven over every sinner saved. + +1. The poor and sinful liked to hear Jesus talk. + +2. The Pharisees and scribes found fault with Jesus because he let such +people come near him, and even ate with them. + +[Illustration] + +3. Jesus said that if a man had a hundred sheep and lost one, he would +leave the ninety-nine safe in the fold and go to find the lost one. + +[Illustration] + +4. When he found the sheep he would carry it home with joy. + +5. He would ask his friends to rejoice with him. + +[Illustration] + +6. Jesus said that one sinner saved causes great joy in heaven. + +[Illustration] + +7. If a woman had ten pieces of money and lost one, she would bring a +light and sweep the house, and search until she found the lost piece. + +8. When she found it she would want every one to be glad too, and would +call in her neighbors to rejoice with her. + +9. Jesus said the angels rejoice over one sinner saved from sin. + +10. Jesus loves to find and save sinners. + + * * * * * + +QUESTIONS. + +What is the Golden Text? + +What is the Truth? + +1. Who liked to hear Jesus talk? + +2. Why did the Pharisees and scribes find fault? + +3. If a man lost a sheep what would he do? + +4. What would he do when he found it? + +5. What would he ask his friends to do? + +6. What did Jesus say would cause joy in heaven? + +7. If a woman lost a piece of money, what would she do? + +8. What would she do when she found it? + +9. Over what do the angels rejoice? + +10. What does Jesus love to do? + + * * * * * + +LESSON HYMN. + +_Tune._--"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat). + + When from him we wander far, + Jesus seeks us where we are; + If we will obey his voice, + Angels will o'er us rejoice. + + * * * * * + +Title of Lesson for May 3. + +The Prodigal Son (Temperance Lesson).--Luke 15:11-32. + + * * * * * + +Golden Text for May 3. + +I will arise and go to my father.--Luke 15:18. + + * * * * * + +Beginners Golden Text for May 3. + +_God is love._--1 John 4:8. + + + + ++---------------+ +| | +| Knowledge Box | +| | ++---------------+ + +The First Safety-pin. + + +This is the way it came about. There was a little boy, by the name of +Harrison, who lived across the ocean in England, and because his mother +was busy with other work he often had to take care of his baby brother. +Very often the baby cried, but instead of scolding him, or calling to +his mother, that he couldn't do anything with the baby, Harrison would +try and find out what it was that made him cry. And very often he found +that it was because a pin was pricking him. + +Now Harrison was not only patient with the baby, but he thought there +might be some way the pins could be bent so there would be no danger of +their pricking. He tried and tried for a long time to bend the pins so +they would be safe, but every time he failed. One day his father, who +was a blacksmith, asked him what he was doing. Harrison told him that he +was trying to bend a pin so it could not prick the baby. + +"That is a good idea," said his rather. "I will see what I can do." For +his father knew that what would help his own baby would help all other +babies. So he, too, tried, and at last he made the safety-pin that is in +use all over the world. And though it was the father who finally made +it, the thought came to him from Harrison, and his thought grew from the +unselfish wish to made his baby brother comfortable. So we can truly say +that it was to a little boy, and to a little boy's kind thought, that we +owe the invention of the safety-pin. + +--_Adele E. Thompson._ + + + + ++----------------------+ +| | +| Thoughts for Mothers | +| | ++----------------------+ + +Good Reading. + + +The habit of good reading once acquired will be of inestimable value to +a child all his life. Great care should be exercised at first that a +taste for good literature be not spoiled by an earlier perusal of the +more trashy stories so easily obtained. + +See that the children have at hand the right kind of books. If they get +their books at a public library it is well to exercise a little +oversight over what is chosen. + +Most librarians are always glad to talk with mothers and give a list of +the best books for children according to their ages. More personal +attention is likely to be given your children, too, if a talk has been +had with the librarian. Children sometimes draw out books presumably for +their parents which are not exactly suited to their own needs. Also +having a list of children's books yourself, you can always have a book +ready to suggest. It is wise not to say much about the books of which +you disapprove lest you implant the desire for the forbidden and +mysterious. It is better to suggest good books than to censor bad ones. + +Reading aloud with the children from the best class of books is a +splendid way to cultivate a desire for them. It is often enjoyable to +read together what to read alone might seem a little heavy. + +Some children will need no urging to read, but on the other hand will be +so fond of reading as to interfere with proper exercise and outdoor +play. Books on nature subjects will be good for these children for if +they become interested and learn to love the things of outdoors this in +itself will act as an antidote for over-bookishness. + +Best and most important of all is to teach them a love and appreciation +of the Bible. It is our greatest literature, our truest guide to all +that is good in life. In it is a never-ending source of pleasure and +inspiration. + + + + +IN THE WOODS. + + + In the woods the leaves are green, + In the woods a golden sheen + Falls upon the flowers; + In the woods the robin gay + Sings a happy roundelay, + Perched in bloomy bowers. + + In the woods the squirrel flits + High among the trees, or sits + Basking in the light; + In the woods I love to lie, + Gazing at the blue, blue sky + With its clouds so bright. + +--_Lew Ward._ + + + + +[Entered at the Post Office at Elgin, Ill., as Second Class Mail +Matter.] + +Price of Dew Drops.--In lots of five or more, to one address 20 cents +per copy per year, or 5-1/2 cents per copy per quarter. Address, + +DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILL. + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Dew Drops Vol. 37. 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No. 17. WEEKLY.<br /> + DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILLINOIS.<br /> + GEORGE E. COOK, EDITOR.<br /> + APRIL 26, 1914.<br /> + </b> + </center> + <br /> + <br /> + + <center> + <img src='images/illus02.jpg' width='500' height='339' + alt='AMONG THE ROCKS By Margaret E. Hays' + title='AMONG THE ROCKS by Margaret E. Hays' /> + </center> + <br /> + + <p>The tide was low, and a dark line of rocks showed up clearly in the still + water.</p> + <p>"I wonder what those rocks are really like," said Toby rising slowly from his + seat.</p> + <p>"It looks almost as if we could paddle out to them," said his twin sister Nancy, + as she pushed her red curls under her sun-bonnet.</p> + <p>"I vote we try!" exclaimed Toby, seizing her by the arm. "We can go out a long way + at low tide—it's all so flat."</p> + <p>"I'm sure lots of ships must have been wrecked on the rocks," added Nancy. + "Perhaps we shall find some treasure."</p> + <p>The next moment they were hurrying off.</p> + <p>On and on they paddled, till the water was well above their knees. Then a few + minutes more, and Toby laid his hand on a rock.</p> + <p>"I don't see any sign of wrecks!" said Nancy, looking about.</p> + <p>For a few minutes they stood, then Nancy caught sight of the boat.</p> + <p>"Oh, there's the wreck! Why, it's only a little boat."</p> + <p>"Of course it is! What else did you think? It's really some life boat that has + been put off from a wreck, and it may be full of treasures!"</p> + <p>Cautiously they worked their way to it, panting with excitement. What were they + about to discover?</p> + <p>"See," said Toby breathlessly, "the anchor rope had broken and caught among the + rocks! I wonder we never saw the boat here at high tide—it would be visible + then!"</p> + <p>"I hope—oh!" Nancy's voice was full of disappointment.</p> + <p>"What?"</p> + <p>"Why, it's only Rowan's old Lily! It isn't a wreck at all! It was on the beach + this morning!"</p> + <p>The children stood looking blankly at the boat.</p> + <p>"There's something moving!"</p> + <p>There was something queer about the "wreck" after all!</p> + <p>Half-frightened, and hanging on to Toby's arm, Nancy peeped over into the boat, + and the next moment she shrieked in alarm, and something sprang out of the locker and + clung to her neck!</p> + <p>"Oh—h!" Nancy pulled at the clinging creature in terror, but Toby was bent + with laughter!</p> + <p>"Stop it, Nan! It's only a kitten!" he cried, as soon as he could speak.</p> + <p>It was true! A poor, shivering little tabby kitten was cuddling into Nancy's neck, + mewing with terror!</p> + <p>"Oh, the little darling!" she exclaimed. "How frightened it must have been! I + wonder whose kitten it is?"</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus03.jpg' width='500' height='575' + alt='"How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten it is?"' + title='"How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten it is?"' /> + </center> + <p>"If we can't find out I should think we might keep it ourselves."</p> + <p>"Wouldn't it be lovely to have a kittie of our own?"</p> + <p>"I'm afraid we ought to ask a few people first," said Toby sadly. "There's old + Rowan. Shall we go and tell him about the boat?"</p> + <p>Old Rowan was looking gloomily out to sea, and never noticed the twins till they + stood before him.</p> + <p>"Please, Mr. Rowan," said Toby, "we've found your boat."</p> + <p>"Found my boat?" asked the old man absently.</p> + <p>"Yes, the Lily. She's out there among the rocks."</p> + <p>"Is she? Ay, she got adrift at high tide. I'd better go after her at once." But + Rowan didn't seem much interested in his boat!</p> + <p>"Me—ew!" A furry ball suddenly sprang onto the fishermen's shoulder, purring + delightedly!</p> + <p>"Hullo!" Rowan was now quite wide awake, and stared around him. "Where did you + come from, Bunch?"</p> + <p>"We found her in the boat—do you know whose she is?" asked Nancy, and even + Toby looked anxious.</p> + <p>"Ay, that I do! My little grandchild has been breaking her heart all day over + Bunch. She's a cripple, you see. Miss, and the kitten's company for her. It must have + followed me to the shore this morning and gone to sleep on the nets. Matty will glad + to find it!"</p> + <p>"Shall we take Bunch home to her?" asked Nancy, sighing at the thought of parting + with her treasure-trove.</p> + <p>"It would be real kind. Miss."</p> + <p>She was glad she had offered, when she saw poor Matty's face beam at the sight of + her only playmate.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>A QUEER SNAKE.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY E.Q. BRUSH.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>It was the Dalton children's first year in Florida. They enjoyed the sunshine, the + balmy air and fragrant flowers very much. There was only one thing to mar their + pleasure and that was their dread of snakes.</p> + <p>Tilly, the little colored girl who used to play with them sometimes, had big + stories to tell.</p> + <p>"Dar's rattlers in de pine woods, hidin' on de sunny sides of stumps: and dar's a + pow'ful sight o' moccasins down amonst de water-hyacinths near de bayou. Youse bettah + look out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, shuah!"</p> + <p>Mabel, Tom, Hetty and Charlie talked the matter over very seriously, almost + solemnly.</p> + <p>"Do you s'pose they'll crawl into the house?" Hetty said, her eyes large and round + with fearful anticipations.</p> + <p>Tom shook his head gravely.</p> + <p>"No telling! I heard a missionary from India say once how those awful cobras in + that country used to drop right down from the ceiling."</p> + <p>Mabel drew a long breath.</p> + <p>"My stars! I'd hate to wake up in the morning and find a snake near my + pillow!"</p> + <p>"Guess we'd better keep a good lookout," was Charlie's emphatic suggestion.</p> + <p>One day when papa and mamma and little Hal went in the launch across the river to + see the new orange grove, and the children were left alone save for old Uncle Pomp + who was hoeing in the truck patch, something happened that made quite a scare. Hetty + went into mamma's room for a spool of white thread, and when she came out there was a + frightened look on her face.</p> + <p>"Oh, there's a snake on mamma's bed!" she exclaimed.</p> + <p>Tom and Charlie sprang up so suddenly from their game of parchesi that counters + and disks fell to the floor.</p> + <p>Then all four children hurried to the door of mamma's room and peeped cautiously + in. It was not very light in the room for the window shades had been pulled partly + down to shut out the glare of the noonday sun, but sure enough, it could be seen very + plainly that there was something on the bed—a half-coiled, bluish-green snake + with brown stripes.</p> + <p>Mabel uttered a scream.</p> + <p>"It squirms—I saw it!" she cried.</p> + <p>"No you didn't either," said Tom. "You just thought so, because you're so scared. + But it is a snake, sure enough and it's asleep. Guess we'd better not arouse it."</p> + <p>"Somebody ought to kill it," Hetty whispered, her teeth chattering. "One of yon + boys'd better get Uncle Pomp; have him bring his hoe or something."</p> + <p>"I'll go," said Charlie quickly.</p> + <p>"Let's all go," suggested Mabel.</p> + <p>Tom hesitated a little. He was the bravest of the lot, though the youngest.</p> + <p>"Say, somebody ought to stay and watch that snake; if it crawls down, we want to + know where he goes to. I'll stay—only get Uncle Pomp soon's you can."</p> + <p>But the children couldn't find the old darkey. So the children came trooping back + to the house. But when they peeped into mamma's room again, there was no snake on the + bed! Nor was there any Tom to be seen!</p> + <p>"Shucks! I knew he wasn't as brave as he pretended to be—you see he's + deserted!" growled Charlie.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus04.jpg' width='400' height='358' + alt='"You see, he’s deserted."' title='"You see, he’s deserted."' /> + </center> + <p>Just then there was a chuckle from the other side of the bed and up popped Tommy + who had been crouching on the floor there. And if you'll believe it, there was the + reptile that had so scared the children around his neck!</p> + <p>"It wasn't a snake at all!" Tom cried, grinning. "See, it's only little Hal's + necktie, that old blue and green, bias-cut silk thing that sort of twists up. Weren't + we silly geese though!"</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>RAINDROPS.</h3> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Little Pit and Little Pat</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Come out in stormy weather;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>They chase each other down the pane</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>And then run off together.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>TOODLES' MISHAP.</h3> + <h4>BY ASTON MOORE.</h4> + <br /> + + <p><img src='images/illus05.jpg' hspace='5' vspace='5' width='50' height='81' + align='left' alt='T' title='T' /> oodles was dreadfully meddlesome. He could not + leave things alone. If you took the slippers away from him, he tried to eat the mat. + If you put the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth. And when + the cloth was folded up, he sharpened his teeth on the legs of the table.</p> + <p>One evening he learned a lesson which made him a better dog. He was shut in the + kitchen, to keep him out of mischief. The plates and dishes were on the shelves out + of reach. There was no carpet on the floor. And his sharp teeth could not do much + harm to the plain deal legs of the chairs and table.</p> + <p>But there was a lighted candle in a tall brass candlestick upon the table. Toodles + scrambled onto a chair, jumped to the table, and tried to bite the candlestick. He + could not break or tear it, but he soon knocked it over, and the candle rolled to the + floor, where it lay burning in a pool of grease. Toodles ran to play with the candle. + Next moment, he was racing round the room, screaming with pain and fright. He had + burned his paw.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus06.jpg' width='260' height='395' alt='Toodles.' + title='Toodles.' /> + </center> + <p>If he is mischievous now, you have only to show him a lighted candle. It makes him + quiet and good at once.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>THE DOOR OF SPRING.</h3> + <h4>BY HELEN M. RICHARDSON.</h4> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>April unlocks the door of spring,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>And soon you'll hear a robin sing.</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>A bluebird perched upon a tree</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Will woo his mate. Perchance you'll + see</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>An early redwing, if you go</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Down to the swamp where catkins grow.</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>For April warden is, of all</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>The things that went to sleep, last + fall.</span><br /> + <br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Just where the field mouse and the + toad</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Have burrowed; where, beside the road,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>The grasshopper and katydid</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>All winter have been safely hid;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>And when the bumblebee will come</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>A-booming back with pleasant hum?</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>April can tell you, for 'tis she</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Opens the door that sets them free.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>ADOPTING A GRANDMOTHER.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY STARR CONEY.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>"Oh, Eloise! Where are you going?" Marjorie Blake rushed down the steps as she + caught sight of her friend dressed in her very best clothes and carrying a small + valise.</p> + <p>"Guess where! It's the best place in the whole world!"</p> + <p>"Away on the train?" questioned Marjorie eagerly.</p> + <p>"Of course. My grandma doesn't live here. Goodness! I told you!" laughed Eloise. + "Would you have guessed?"</p> + <p>"No, for I didn't know you had a grandma."</p> + <p>"Why, of course, I have! Haven't you?"</p> + <p>"No, Eloise."</p> + <p>"How awful!" Eloise dropped the valise in her dismay. "Why, Fannie Green has two. + I've only one, but she is the sweetest, beautifulest grandma you ever saw. I'm + awfully sorry you haven't got one. But here comes mamma, so good-by."</p> + <p>After Eloise had gone away, Marjorie walked slowly back to the house. She had + never felt the loss of a grandmother before, but now it weighed heavily upon her.</p> + <p>"If grandmas are so nice, it does seem as if I ought to have one," she said to + herself, "'specially as some little girls have two!" Marjorie sat down on the steps + and with heavy heart thought over the situation.</p> + <p>At last a plan suggested itself and she sprang to her feet.</p> + <p>"When Aunt Mary didn't have any little girl and wanted one; she went to an orphan + asylum and adopted one. Why can't I adopt a grandma?" Marjorie asked herself + excitedly. "I never heard of an asylum of grandmas, but that doesn't matter! I want + only one, and surely somewhere there must be one for me."</p> + <p>The child looked across the street. The family in the third house were strangers + who had moved in a few days before. Marjorie was playing in the yard when they came, + and she remembered seeing an old lady go into the house. There weren't any children + over there, she knew, for she had watched eagerly for some to appear, but none had. + Maybe she could get this old lady to be her grandma.</p> + <p>The little girl rushed across the street and rang the door bell. Then her heart + began a loud beating. S'pose the old lady shouldn't want to be adopted and should act + cross? The child had half a minute to run away before anyone came to the door. But + that would be cowardly and Marjorie detested a coward, so she decided to stand her + ground.</p> + <p>At last the door opened, and Marjorie looked up eagerly, into the face of a kind + grandmotherly looking old lady standing there.</p> + <p>"Good-morning!" The old lady smiled invitingly at the child, who stood there with + flushed cheeks and happy brown eyes. "Did you want something of me, dear?"</p> + <p>"Yes'm," replied Marjorie, catching her breath, "I want to adopt you!"</p> + <p>"To adopt me! Why, dear child, what do you mean?"</p> + <p>"I want to adopt you for my grandma. You see, I haven't even one grandma and some + little girls have two. I don't think that's fair, do you?"</p> + <p>"No, really that doesn't seem fair," answered the old lady, her eyes twinkling + with amusement.</p> + <p>"I'm lonesome without a grandma, and I thought maybe you hadn't any + grand-children, or even if you had some, p'raps you wouldn't mind having one more. So + I came over to adopt you—that is—if you please!"</p> + <p>Quickly the twinkle left the old lady's eyes and she put her arm close around + Marjorie. "You dear child!" she exclaimed, "of course you can adopt me. I haven't a + grandchild in the whole world but even if there were a dozen of them, I'd still have + room in my heart for you!"</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <p>We cannot be free from unkind words unless we are free from unkind feelings."</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>THE FIVE CASTAWAYS.</h3> + <h4>BY COE HAYNE.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>When Lena Stuart sprained her ankle the doctor told her that she could not walk on + it for at least ten days.</p> + <p>"Just think, mamma, ten whole days!" she cried in despair.</p> + <p>"But the time will pass quickly if you make up your mind to be cheerful," said + Mother Stuart.</p> + <p>"But I cannot go to the picnic to-morrow," said Lena sadly. "And just think! it + was a picnic that I helped to plan for."</p> + <p>"But you can watch the children as they play their games on the island," said + Mother Stuart.</p> + <p>"Why, sure enough!" exclaimed Lena. "I can see them as they cross in Cousin Rob's + boat, right from our front windows. I hadn't thought of that."</p> + <p>Just then a fine black spaniel ran up to Lena and pushed his nose against her + hand.</p> + <p>"And I have you, Waggy, to keep me company," said Lena more cheerfully as she + stroked the silky ears of the dog. "And, mamma, isn't it lucky that I taught Waggy to + go to the post office for the mail and to the market for meat?"</p> + <p>"Very lucky for me," laughed Mother Stuart. "That will save me a few extra + steps."</p> + <p>Waggy had learned his lessons well. When he went to the meat market he always + carried a covered tin pail in which to carry home the meat, and when he went to the + post office, he was given a big leather wallet in which to carry the letters.</p> + <p>The following afternoon Mrs. Stuart had an engagement with her dentist and was + compelled to leave Lena alone with Waggy. A kind neighbor had lent Lena a wheel-chair + so that she could travel from one part of the house to the other. At two o'clock she + began to watch for the picnickers and at last saw them—five in all—run + down the hill and get into her Cousin Rob's boat and row out to the pretty island in + the middle of the river. Everyone knew that Cousin Rob was a good boatman and so + fathers and mothers did not worry when their sons and daughters went on the water + with him.</p> + <p>But on this day Rob was a little careless about pulling the boat up far enough + upon the island after all had landed. While the merry party was on the other side of + the island the boat floated away. Then to make matters worse the sky suddenly became + overcast with clouds telling of the storm that was coming.</p> + <p>Lena saw what happened to the boat and presently she saw the five picnickers + hurrying toward the spot where they had left the boat. She could imagine how they + felt when they saw their boat floating down stream.</p> + <p>"What can they do!" lamented Lena. "They will be soaked sure and perhaps the river + will rise and sweep them away."</p> + <p>In hard storms Lena had seen the water rise quickly and hide all of the island + except the bushes that grew upon it.</p> + <p>Lena could not telephone for help for there was no telephone in the house. But she + put her mind to work and thought of a way to rescue the castaways.</p> + <p>"Come, Waggy," she called to her spaniel. "You must go to the market."</p> + <p>Lena wrote a message on a piece of paper and put it into the pail which Waggy + always carried when he went to the meat market.</p> + <p>"Mr. Jones," wrote Lena, "please send somebody to the island near our house. Rob's + boat has floated away and five friends of mine can't get off the island. There's a + big storm coming. Please be quick!"</p> + <p>Waggy took the note in his pail to the butcher thinking of course that he was + going to be given some meat to carry home. But he was surprised to see Mr. Jones + hurry away toward the river.</p> + <p>A little later Lena was overjoyed to see five very wet and draggled friends of + hers coming into her house to wait until the storm was over.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus07.jpg' width='500' height='253' + alt='Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her house.' + title='Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her house.' /> + </center> + <center> + <b>Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her + house.</b> + </center> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>ON ACCOUNT OF THE BUNNIES.</h3> + <h4>BY EMMA C. DOWD.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>Pauline looked through the picket fence and scowled.</p> + <p>"Oh, those poor little rabbits!" she whispered to herself. "I don't believe that + boy has fed them this morning. And now he's gone off to play ball. It is a shame!" + She glanced under the grape arbor, where some chickweed was growing luxuriantly, and + for a minute she hesitated. The next, she was down among the chickweed, pulling it up + by the handful.</p> + <p>She approached the fence again, looked cautiously around, to make sure nobody was + in sight, and then thrust the green stuff between the pickets.</p> + <p>That first time of Pauline's feeding the rabbits was followed by a second and a + third, and finally it came to be a common thing for her to peer through the fence to + see if they were supplied with food, and if not to carry them a good meal.</p> + <p>One morning Pauline was feeding them with celery tips, and, having become a bit + careless, stopped to see them enjoy their feast. When she looked up she was + disconcerted to see their owner watching her—only a few feet away.</p> + <p>"I beg your pardon," she began, hesitatingly, "but I just thought I'd bring your + rabbits a little celery." And she turned to go.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus08.jpg' width='350' height='363' + alt='John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.' + title='John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.' /> + </center> + <p>"Oh—I say—wait a minute!" he returned, as her foot touched the fence. + "So it's you that's been feeding them, is it? The fact is, I—forgot, you + know."</p> + <p>"I did feel sorry to see them hungry," confessed Pauline; "and I love pets."</p> + <p>"Say, you may have a couple of 'em, if you want," he said generously.</p> + <p>"And I'll help you fix a pen," he added.</p> + <p>"Oh, thank you! I'd like them ever so much!" beamed Pauline. And there was the + beginning of a firm friendship between the small neighbors.</p> + <p>Pauline was to be satisfied with no such little makeshift as John gave his own + pets. Only the biggest sized dry-goods box would do for the house itself, and the + yard that he helped to fence off with wire netting made him look disgustedly upon the + tiny space allotted to the bunnies on his side of the pickets.</p> + <p>When at last, Pauline's rabbits were in their new quarters. John gazed at them + thoughtfully.</p> + <p>"Say!" he suddenly burst out. "I'm going to have just such a place for + mine—big yard and all!"</p> + <p>"Oh, and I'll help you!" cried Pauline.</p> + <p>The new pen brought about other improvements. Tangled weeds and rubbish heaps + seemed most unsuitable surroundings for so dainty a little maid as Pauline Randall; + so John cut down the weeds and mowed the grass. He raked up the brush and rags and + tin cans. Pauline gave him slips from her own geraniums, and he made a flower bed to + put them in.</p> + <p>"Mother says she's awfully glad you fed my rabbits," he confided to Pauline, one + day, "for if you hadn't our yard would probably be the same old place it has been for + all these years."</p> + <p>Pauline looked up from the baby bunny she was petting. "I'm glad, too," she + smiled. "If I hadn't, we might never have been friends."</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>SERVING THE QUEEN.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY E. JACKSON.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>"Once upon a time, there was a brave little worker bee, who lived in a big hive. + She was strong and willing, and was ready to do anything. And what do you think was + the only thing required of her? She and a dozen other bees were placed at the door of + the hive, and were told to keep their wings in motion, so as to send a steady current + of air into the inner cells of the hive where the queen was. The little worker bee + was disappointed, for she had wished to do some great service for her queen.</p> + <p>"She could see other workers hurrying about and doing such important tasks! Some + were making wax, and building the comb inside the hive; others were providing food + for the young bees, and still others were feeding honey to the queen herself!</p> + <p>"Day by day the little worker grew more discontented, until one day the queen sent + a message to the tireless workers at the doorway. 'Tell them,' she said, 'that they + are doing me a wondrous service. Without the air they are sending me, I could never + live.'</p> + <p>"When the little worker heard this message, she took courage, and her wings + whirred as never before."</p> + <p>—<i>Selected.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>OUR LESSON.—For April 26.</h3> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK.</h4> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <p>Title.—The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.—Luke 15:1-10.</p> + <p>Golden Text.—There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one + sinner that repenteth.—Luke 15:10.</p> + <p><i>Golden Text for Beginners.</i>—<i>God is love.</i>—1 John 4:8.</p> + <p>Truth.—There is joy in heaven over every sinner saved.</p> + <p>1. The poor and sinful liked to hear Jesus talk.</p> + <p>2. The Pharisees and scribes found fault with Jesus because he let such people + come near him, and even ate with them.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus10.png' width='400' height='291' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>3. Jesus said that if a man had a hundred sheep and lost one, he would leave the + ninety-nine safe in the fold and go to find the lost one.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus11.png' width='400' height='297' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>4. When he found the sheep he would carry it home with joy.</p> + <p>5. He would ask his friends to rejoice with him.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus12.png' width='400' height='268' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>6. Jesus said that one sinner saved causes great joy in heaven.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus13.png' width='180' height='292' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>7. If a woman had ten pieces of money and lost one, she would bring a light and + sweep the house, and search until she found the lost piece.</p> + <p>8. When she found it she would want every one to be glad too, and would call in + her neighbors to rejoice with her.</p> + <p>9. Jesus said the angels rejoice over one sinner saved from sin.</p> + <p>10. Jesus loves to find and save sinners.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>QUESTIONS.</h4> + <p>What is the Golden Text?</p> + <p>What is the Truth?</p> + <p>1. Who liked to hear Jesus talk?</p> + <p>2. Why did the Pharisees and scribes find fault?</p> + <p>3. If a man lost a sheep what would he do?</p> + <p>4. What would he do when he found it?</p> + <p>5. What would he ask his friends to do?</p> + <p>6. What did Jesus say would cause joy in heaven?</p> + <p>7. If a woman lost a piece of money, what would she do?</p> + <p>8. What would she do when she found it?</p> + <p>9. Over what do the angels rejoice?</p> + <p>10. What does Jesus love to do?</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>LESSON HYMN.</h4> + <p><i>Tune.</i>—"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat).</p> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>When from him we wander far,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Jesus seeks us where we are;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>If we will obey his voice,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Angels will o'er us rejoice.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Title of Lesson for May 3.</h4> + <p>The Prodigal Son (Temperance Lesson).—Luke 15:11-32.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Golden Text for May 3.</h4> + <p>I will arise and go to my father.—Luke 15:18.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Beginners Golden Text for May 3.</h4> + <p><i>God is love.</i>—1 John 4:8.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <center> + <img src='images/illus14.png' width='500' height='109' alt='Knowledge Box' + title='Knowledge Box' /> + </center> + <h3>The First Safety-pin.</h3> + <br /> + + <p>This is the way it came about. There was a little boy, by the name of Harrison, + who lived across the ocean in England, and because his mother was busy with other + work he often had to take care of his baby brother. Very often the baby cried, but + instead of scolding him, or calling to his mother, that he couldn't do anything with + the baby, Harrison would try and find out what it was that made him cry. And very + often he found that it was because a pin was pricking him.</p> + <p>Now Harrison was not only patient with the baby, but he thought there might be + some way the pins could be bent so there would be no danger of their pricking. He + tried and tried for a long time to bend the pins so they would be safe, but every + time he failed. One day his father, who was a blacksmith, asked him what he was + doing. Harrison told him that he was trying to bend a pin so it could not prick the + baby.</p> + <p>"That is a good idea," said his rather. "I will see what I can do." For his father + knew that what would help his own baby would help all other babies. So he, too, + tried, and at last he made the safety-pin that is in use all over the world. And + though it was the father who finally made it, the thought came to him from Harrison, + and his thought grew from the unselfish wish to made his baby brother comfortable. So + we can truly say that it was to a little boy, and to a little boy's kind thought, + that we owe the invention of the safety-pin.</p> + <p>—<i>Adele E. Thompson.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <center> + <img src='images/illus15.png' width='500' height='103' alt='Thoughts for Mothers' + title='Thoughts for Mothers' /> + </center> + <h3>Good Reading.</h3> + <br /> + + <p>The habit of good reading once acquired will be of inestimable value to a child + all his life. Great care should be exercised at first that a taste for good + literature be not spoiled by an earlier perusal of the more trashy stories so easily + obtained.</p> + <p>See that the children have at hand the right kind of books. If they get their + books at a public library it is well to exercise a little oversight over what is + chosen.</p> + <p>Most librarians are always glad to talk with mothers and give a list of the best + books for children according to their ages. More personal attention is likely to be + given your children, too, if a talk has been had with the librarian. Children + sometimes draw out books presumably for their parents which are not exactly suited to + their own needs. Also having a list of children's books yourself, you can always have + a book ready to suggest. It is wise not to say much about the books of which you + disapprove lest you implant the desire for the forbidden and mysterious. It is better + to suggest good books than to censor bad ones.</p> + <p>Reading aloud with the children from the best class of books is a splendid way to + cultivate a desire for them. It is often enjoyable to read together what to read + alone might seem a little heavy.</p> + <p>Some children will need no urging to read, but on the other hand will be so fond + of reading as to interfere with proper exercise and outdoor play. Books on nature + subjects will be good for these children for if they become interested and learn to + love the things of outdoors this in itself will act as an antidote for + over-bookishness.</p> + <p>Best and most important of all is to teach them a love and appreciation of the + Bible. It is our greatest literature, our truest guide to all that is good in life. + In it is a never-ending source of pleasure and inspiration.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>IN THE WOODS.</h3> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the leaves are green,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods a golden sheen</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Falls upon the flowers;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the robin gay</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Sings a happy roundelay,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Perched in bloomy bowers.</span><br /> + <br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the squirrel flits</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>High among the trees, or sits</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Basking in the light;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods I love to lie,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Gazing at the blue, blue sky</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>With its clouds so bright.</span><br /> + + <p>—<i>Lew Ward.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <p>[Entered at the Post Office at Elgin, Ill., as Second Class Mail Matter.]</p> + <p>Price of Dew Drops.—In lots of five or more, to one address 20 cents per + copy per year, or 5-1/2 cents per copy per quarter. 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No. 17, April 26, 1914, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, 1914 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: November 27, 2004 [EBook #14180] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEW DROPS VOL. 37. NO. 17, *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Suzanne Lybarger and the PG Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +</pre> + + <center> + <img src='images/title.jpg' width='770' height='158' alt='DEW DROPS' + title='DEW DROPS' /> + </center> + <br /> + + <center> + <b>VOL. 37. No. 17. WEEKLY.<br /> + DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILLINOIS.<br /> + GEORGE E. COOK, EDITOR.<br /> + APRIL 26, 1914.<br /> + </b> + </center> + <br /> + <br /> + + <center> + <img src='images/illus02.jpg' width='500' height='339' + alt='AMONG THE ROCKS By Margaret E. Hays' + title='AMONG THE ROCKS by Margaret E. Hays' /> + </center> + <br /> + + <p>The tide was low, and a dark line of rocks showed up clearly in the still + water.</p> + <p>"I wonder what those rocks are really like," said Toby rising slowly from his + seat.</p> + <p>"It looks almost as if we could paddle out to them," said his twin sister Nancy, + as she pushed her red curls under her sun-bonnet.</p> + <p>"I vote we try!" exclaimed Toby, seizing her by the arm. "We can go out a long way + at low tide—it's all so flat."</p> + <p>"I'm sure lots of ships must have been wrecked on the rocks," added Nancy. + "Perhaps we shall find some treasure."</p> + <p>The next moment they were hurrying off.</p> + <p>On and on they paddled, till the water was well above their knees. Then a few + minutes more, and Toby laid his hand on a rock.</p> + <p>"I don't see any sign of wrecks!" said Nancy, looking about.</p> + <p>For a few minutes they stood, then Nancy caught sight of the boat.</p> + <p>"Oh, there's the wreck! Why, it's only a little boat."</p> + <p>"Of course it is! What else did you think? It's really some life boat that has + been put off from a wreck, and it may be full of treasures!"</p> + <p>Cautiously they worked their way to it, panting with excitement. What were they + about to discover?</p> + <p>"See," said Toby breathlessly, "the anchor rope had broken and caught among the + rocks! I wonder we never saw the boat here at high tide—it would be visible + then!"</p> + <p>"I hope—oh!" Nancy's voice was full of disappointment.</p> + <p>"What?"</p> + <p>"Why, it's only Rowan's old Lily! It isn't a wreck at all! It was on the beach + this morning!"</p> + <p>The children stood looking blankly at the boat.</p> + <p>"There's something moving!"</p> + <p>There was something queer about the "wreck" after all!</p> + <p>Half-frightened, and hanging on to Toby's arm, Nancy peeped over into the boat, + and the next moment she shrieked in alarm, and something sprang out of the locker and + clung to her neck!</p> + <p>"Oh—h!" Nancy pulled at the clinging creature in terror, but Toby was bent + with laughter!</p> + <p>"Stop it, Nan! It's only a kitten!" he cried, as soon as he could speak.</p> + <p>It was true! A poor, shivering little tabby kitten was cuddling into Nancy's neck, + mewing with terror!</p> + <p>"Oh, the little darling!" she exclaimed. "How frightened it must have been! I + wonder whose kitten it is?"</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus03.jpg' width='500' height='575' + alt='"How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten it is?"' + title='"How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten it is?"' /> + </center> + <p>"If we can't find out I should think we might keep it ourselves."</p> + <p>"Wouldn't it be lovely to have a kittie of our own?"</p> + <p>"I'm afraid we ought to ask a few people first," said Toby sadly. "There's old + Rowan. Shall we go and tell him about the boat?"</p> + <p>Old Rowan was looking gloomily out to sea, and never noticed the twins till they + stood before him.</p> + <p>"Please, Mr. Rowan," said Toby, "we've found your boat."</p> + <p>"Found my boat?" asked the old man absently.</p> + <p>"Yes, the Lily. She's out there among the rocks."</p> + <p>"Is she? Ay, she got adrift at high tide. I'd better go after her at once." But + Rowan didn't seem much interested in his boat!</p> + <p>"Me—ew!" A furry ball suddenly sprang onto the fishermen's shoulder, purring + delightedly!</p> + <p>"Hullo!" Rowan was now quite wide awake, and stared around him. "Where did you + come from, Bunch?"</p> + <p>"We found her in the boat—do you know whose she is?" asked Nancy, and even + Toby looked anxious.</p> + <p>"Ay, that I do! My little grandchild has been breaking her heart all day over + Bunch. She's a cripple, you see. Miss, and the kitten's company for her. It must have + followed me to the shore this morning and gone to sleep on the nets. Matty will glad + to find it!"</p> + <p>"Shall we take Bunch home to her?" asked Nancy, sighing at the thought of parting + with her treasure-trove.</p> + <p>"It would be real kind. Miss."</p> + <p>She was glad she had offered, when she saw poor Matty's face beam at the sight of + her only playmate.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>A QUEER SNAKE.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY E.Q. BRUSH.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>It was the Dalton children's first year in Florida. They enjoyed the sunshine, the + balmy air and fragrant flowers very much. There was only one thing to mar their + pleasure and that was their dread of snakes.</p> + <p>Tilly, the little colored girl who used to play with them sometimes, had big + stories to tell.</p> + <p>"Dar's rattlers in de pine woods, hidin' on de sunny sides of stumps: and dar's a + pow'ful sight o' moccasins down amonst de water-hyacinths near de bayou. Youse bettah + look out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, shuah!"</p> + <p>Mabel, Tom, Hetty and Charlie talked the matter over very seriously, almost + solemnly.</p> + <p>"Do you s'pose they'll crawl into the house?" Hetty said, her eyes large and round + with fearful anticipations.</p> + <p>Tom shook his head gravely.</p> + <p>"No telling! I heard a missionary from India say once how those awful cobras in + that country used to drop right down from the ceiling."</p> + <p>Mabel drew a long breath.</p> + <p>"My stars! I'd hate to wake up in the morning and find a snake near my + pillow!"</p> + <p>"Guess we'd better keep a good lookout," was Charlie's emphatic suggestion.</p> + <p>One day when papa and mamma and little Hal went in the launch across the river to + see the new orange grove, and the children were left alone save for old Uncle Pomp + who was hoeing in the truck patch, something happened that made quite a scare. Hetty + went into mamma's room for a spool of white thread, and when she came out there was a + frightened look on her face.</p> + <p>"Oh, there's a snake on mamma's bed!" she exclaimed.</p> + <p>Tom and Charlie sprang up so suddenly from their game of parchesi that counters + and disks fell to the floor.</p> + <p>Then all four children hurried to the door of mamma's room and peeped cautiously + in. It was not very light in the room for the window shades had been pulled partly + down to shut out the glare of the noonday sun, but sure enough, it could be seen very + plainly that there was something on the bed—a half-coiled, bluish-green snake + with brown stripes.</p> + <p>Mabel uttered a scream.</p> + <p>"It squirms—I saw it!" she cried.</p> + <p>"No you didn't either," said Tom. "You just thought so, because you're so scared. + But it is a snake, sure enough and it's asleep. Guess we'd better not arouse it."</p> + <p>"Somebody ought to kill it," Hetty whispered, her teeth chattering. "One of yon + boys'd better get Uncle Pomp; have him bring his hoe or something."</p> + <p>"I'll go," said Charlie quickly.</p> + <p>"Let's all go," suggested Mabel.</p> + <p>Tom hesitated a little. He was the bravest of the lot, though the youngest.</p> + <p>"Say, somebody ought to stay and watch that snake; if it crawls down, we want to + know where he goes to. I'll stay—only get Uncle Pomp soon's you can."</p> + <p>But the children couldn't find the old darkey. So the children came trooping back + to the house. But when they peeped into mamma's room again, there was no snake on the + bed! Nor was there any Tom to be seen!</p> + <p>"Shucks! I knew he wasn't as brave as he pretended to be—you see he's + deserted!" growled Charlie.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus04.jpg' width='400' height='358' + alt='"You see, he’s deserted."' title='"You see, he’s deserted."' /> + </center> + <p>Just then there was a chuckle from the other side of the bed and up popped Tommy + who had been crouching on the floor there. And if you'll believe it, there was the + reptile that had so scared the children around his neck!</p> + <p>"It wasn't a snake at all!" Tom cried, grinning. "See, it's only little Hal's + necktie, that old blue and green, bias-cut silk thing that sort of twists up. Weren't + we silly geese though!"</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>RAINDROPS.</h3> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Little Pit and Little Pat</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Come out in stormy weather;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>They chase each other down the pane</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>And then run off together.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>TOODLES' MISHAP.</h3> + <h4>BY ASTON MOORE.</h4> + <br /> + + <p><img src='images/illus05.jpg' hspace='5' vspace='5' width='50' height='81' + align='left' alt='T' title='T' /> oodles was dreadfully meddlesome. He could not + leave things alone. If you took the slippers away from him, he tried to eat the mat. + If you put the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth. And when + the cloth was folded up, he sharpened his teeth on the legs of the table.</p> + <p>One evening he learned a lesson which made him a better dog. He was shut in the + kitchen, to keep him out of mischief. The plates and dishes were on the shelves out + of reach. There was no carpet on the floor. And his sharp teeth could not do much + harm to the plain deal legs of the chairs and table.</p> + <p>But there was a lighted candle in a tall brass candlestick upon the table. Toodles + scrambled onto a chair, jumped to the table, and tried to bite the candlestick. He + could not break or tear it, but he soon knocked it over, and the candle rolled to the + floor, where it lay burning in a pool of grease. Toodles ran to play with the candle. + Next moment, he was racing round the room, screaming with pain and fright. He had + burned his paw.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus06.jpg' width='260' height='395' alt='Toodles.' + title='Toodles.' /> + </center> + <p>If he is mischievous now, you have only to show him a lighted candle. It makes him + quiet and good at once.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>THE DOOR OF SPRING.</h3> + <h4>BY HELEN M. RICHARDSON.</h4> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>April unlocks the door of spring,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>And soon you'll hear a robin sing.</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>A bluebird perched upon a tree</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Will woo his mate. Perchance you'll + see</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>An early redwing, if you go</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Down to the swamp where catkins grow.</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>For April warden is, of all</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>The things that went to sleep, last + fall.</span><br /> + <br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Just where the field mouse and the + toad</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Have burrowed; where, beside the road,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>The grasshopper and katydid</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>All winter have been safely hid;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>And when the bumblebee will come</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>A-booming back with pleasant hum?</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>April can tell you, for 'tis she</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Opens the door that sets them free.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>ADOPTING A GRANDMOTHER.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY STARR CONEY.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>"Oh, Eloise! Where are you going?" Marjorie Blake rushed down the steps as she + caught sight of her friend dressed in her very best clothes and carrying a small + valise.</p> + <p>"Guess where! It's the best place in the whole world!"</p> + <p>"Away on the train?" questioned Marjorie eagerly.</p> + <p>"Of course. My grandma doesn't live here. Goodness! I told you!" laughed Eloise. + "Would you have guessed?"</p> + <p>"No, for I didn't know you had a grandma."</p> + <p>"Why, of course, I have! Haven't you?"</p> + <p>"No, Eloise."</p> + <p>"How awful!" Eloise dropped the valise in her dismay. "Why, Fannie Green has two. + I've only one, but she is the sweetest, beautifulest grandma you ever saw. I'm + awfully sorry you haven't got one. But here comes mamma, so good-by."</p> + <p>After Eloise had gone away, Marjorie walked slowly back to the house. She had + never felt the loss of a grandmother before, but now it weighed heavily upon her.</p> + <p>"If grandmas are so nice, it does seem as if I ought to have one," she said to + herself, "'specially as some little girls have two!" Marjorie sat down on the steps + and with heavy heart thought over the situation.</p> + <p>At last a plan suggested itself and she sprang to her feet.</p> + <p>"When Aunt Mary didn't have any little girl and wanted one; she went to an orphan + asylum and adopted one. Why can't I adopt a grandma?" Marjorie asked herself + excitedly. "I never heard of an asylum of grandmas, but that doesn't matter! I want + only one, and surely somewhere there must be one for me."</p> + <p>The child looked across the street. The family in the third house were strangers + who had moved in a few days before. Marjorie was playing in the yard when they came, + and she remembered seeing an old lady go into the house. There weren't any children + over there, she knew, for she had watched eagerly for some to appear, but none had. + Maybe she could get this old lady to be her grandma.</p> + <p>The little girl rushed across the street and rang the door bell. Then her heart + began a loud beating. S'pose the old lady shouldn't want to be adopted and should act + cross? The child had half a minute to run away before anyone came to the door. But + that would be cowardly and Marjorie detested a coward, so she decided to stand her + ground.</p> + <p>At last the door opened, and Marjorie looked up eagerly, into the face of a kind + grandmotherly looking old lady standing there.</p> + <p>"Good-morning!" The old lady smiled invitingly at the child, who stood there with + flushed cheeks and happy brown eyes. "Did you want something of me, dear?"</p> + <p>"Yes'm," replied Marjorie, catching her breath, "I want to adopt you!"</p> + <p>"To adopt me! Why, dear child, what do you mean?"</p> + <p>"I want to adopt you for my grandma. You see, I haven't even one grandma and some + little girls have two. I don't think that's fair, do you?"</p> + <p>"No, really that doesn't seem fair," answered the old lady, her eyes twinkling + with amusement.</p> + <p>"I'm lonesome without a grandma, and I thought maybe you hadn't any + grand-children, or even if you had some, p'raps you wouldn't mind having one more. So + I came over to adopt you—that is—if you please!"</p> + <p>Quickly the twinkle left the old lady's eyes and she put her arm close around + Marjorie. "You dear child!" she exclaimed, "of course you can adopt me. I haven't a + grandchild in the whole world but even if there were a dozen of them, I'd still have + room in my heart for you!"</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <p>We cannot be free from unkind words unless we are free from unkind feelings."</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>THE FIVE CASTAWAYS.</h3> + <h4>BY COE HAYNE.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>When Lena Stuart sprained her ankle the doctor told her that she could not walk on + it for at least ten days.</p> + <p>"Just think, mamma, ten whole days!" she cried in despair.</p> + <p>"But the time will pass quickly if you make up your mind to be cheerful," said + Mother Stuart.</p> + <p>"But I cannot go to the picnic to-morrow," said Lena sadly. "And just think! it + was a picnic that I helped to plan for."</p> + <p>"But you can watch the children as they play their games on the island," said + Mother Stuart.</p> + <p>"Why, sure enough!" exclaimed Lena. "I can see them as they cross in Cousin Rob's + boat, right from our front windows. I hadn't thought of that."</p> + <p>Just then a fine black spaniel ran up to Lena and pushed his nose against her + hand.</p> + <p>"And I have you, Waggy, to keep me company," said Lena more cheerfully as she + stroked the silky ears of the dog. "And, mamma, isn't it lucky that I taught Waggy to + go to the post office for the mail and to the market for meat?"</p> + <p>"Very lucky for me," laughed Mother Stuart. "That will save me a few extra + steps."</p> + <p>Waggy had learned his lessons well. When he went to the meat market he always + carried a covered tin pail in which to carry home the meat, and when he went to the + post office, he was given a big leather wallet in which to carry the letters.</p> + <p>The following afternoon Mrs. Stuart had an engagement with her dentist and was + compelled to leave Lena alone with Waggy. A kind neighbor had lent Lena a wheel-chair + so that she could travel from one part of the house to the other. At two o'clock she + began to watch for the picnickers and at last saw them—five in all—run + down the hill and get into her Cousin Rob's boat and row out to the pretty island in + the middle of the river. Everyone knew that Cousin Rob was a good boatman and so + fathers and mothers did not worry when their sons and daughters went on the water + with him.</p> + <p>But on this day Rob was a little careless about pulling the boat up far enough + upon the island after all had landed. While the merry party was on the other side of + the island the boat floated away. Then to make matters worse the sky suddenly became + overcast with clouds telling of the storm that was coming.</p> + <p>Lena saw what happened to the boat and presently she saw the five picnickers + hurrying toward the spot where they had left the boat. She could imagine how they + felt when they saw their boat floating down stream.</p> + <p>"What can they do!" lamented Lena. "They will be soaked sure and perhaps the river + will rise and sweep them away."</p> + <p>In hard storms Lena had seen the water rise quickly and hide all of the island + except the bushes that grew upon it.</p> + <p>Lena could not telephone for help for there was no telephone in the house. But she + put her mind to work and thought of a way to rescue the castaways.</p> + <p>"Come, Waggy," she called to her spaniel. "You must go to the market."</p> + <p>Lena wrote a message on a piece of paper and put it into the pail which Waggy + always carried when he went to the meat market.</p> + <p>"Mr. Jones," wrote Lena, "please send somebody to the island near our house. Rob's + boat has floated away and five friends of mine can't get off the island. There's a + big storm coming. Please be quick!"</p> + <p>Waggy took the note in his pail to the butcher thinking of course that he was + going to be given some meat to carry home. But he was surprised to see Mr. Jones + hurry away toward the river.</p> + <p>A little later Lena was overjoyed to see five very wet and draggled friends of + hers coming into her house to wait until the storm was over.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus07.jpg' width='500' height='253' + alt='Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her house.' + title='Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her house.' /> + </center> + <center> + <b>Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends of hers coming into her + house.</b> + </center> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>ON ACCOUNT OF THE BUNNIES.</h3> + <h4>BY EMMA C. DOWD.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>Pauline looked through the picket fence and scowled.</p> + <p>"Oh, those poor little rabbits!" she whispered to herself. "I don't believe that + boy has fed them this morning. And now he's gone off to play ball. It is a shame!" + She glanced under the grape arbor, where some chickweed was growing luxuriantly, and + for a minute she hesitated. The next, she was down among the chickweed, pulling it up + by the handful.</p> + <p>She approached the fence again, looked cautiously around, to make sure nobody was + in sight, and then thrust the green stuff between the pickets.</p> + <p>That first time of Pauline's feeding the rabbits was followed by a second and a + third, and finally it came to be a common thing for her to peer through the fence to + see if they were supplied with food, and if not to carry them a good meal.</p> + <p>One morning Pauline was feeding them with celery tips, and, having become a bit + careless, stopped to see them enjoy their feast. When she looked up she was + disconcerted to see their owner watching her—only a few feet away.</p> + <p>"I beg your pardon," she began, hesitatingly, "but I just thought I'd bring your + rabbits a little celery." And she turned to go.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus08.jpg' width='350' height='363' + alt='John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.' + title='John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.' /> + </center> + <p>"Oh—I say—wait a minute!" he returned, as her foot touched the fence. + "So it's you that's been feeding them, is it? The fact is, I—forgot, you + know."</p> + <p>"I did feel sorry to see them hungry," confessed Pauline; "and I love pets."</p> + <p>"Say, you may have a couple of 'em, if you want," he said generously.</p> + <p>"And I'll help you fix a pen," he added.</p> + <p>"Oh, thank you! I'd like them ever so much!" beamed Pauline. And there was the + beginning of a firm friendship between the small neighbors.</p> + <p>Pauline was to be satisfied with no such little makeshift as John gave his own + pets. Only the biggest sized dry-goods box would do for the house itself, and the + yard that he helped to fence off with wire netting made him look disgustedly upon the + tiny space allotted to the bunnies on his side of the pickets.</p> + <p>When at last, Pauline's rabbits were in their new quarters. John gazed at them + thoughtfully.</p> + <p>"Say!" he suddenly burst out. "I'm going to have just such a place for + mine—big yard and all!"</p> + <p>"Oh, and I'll help you!" cried Pauline.</p> + <p>The new pen brought about other improvements. Tangled weeds and rubbish heaps + seemed most unsuitable surroundings for so dainty a little maid as Pauline Randall; + so John cut down the weeds and mowed the grass. He raked up the brush and rags and + tin cans. Pauline gave him slips from her own geraniums, and he made a flower bed to + put them in.</p> + <p>"Mother says she's awfully glad you fed my rabbits," he confided to Pauline, one + day, "for if you hadn't our yard would probably be the same old place it has been for + all these years."</p> + <p>Pauline looked up from the baby bunny she was petting. "I'm glad, too," she + smiled. "If I hadn't, we might never have been friends."</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>SERVING THE QUEEN.</h3> + <h4>BY MARY E. JACKSON.</h4> + <br /> + + <p>"Once upon a time, there was a brave little worker bee, who lived in a big hive. + She was strong and willing, and was ready to do anything. And what do you think was + the only thing required of her? She and a dozen other bees were placed at the door of + the hive, and were told to keep their wings in motion, so as to send a steady current + of air into the inner cells of the hive where the queen was. The little worker bee + was disappointed, for she had wished to do some great service for her queen.</p> + <p>"She could see other workers hurrying about and doing such important tasks! Some + were making wax, and building the comb inside the hive; others were providing food + for the young bees, and still others were feeding honey to the queen herself!</p> + <p>"Day by day the little worker grew more discontented, until one day the queen sent + a message to the tireless workers at the doorway. 'Tell them,' she said, 'that they + are doing me a wondrous service. Without the air they are sending me, I could never + live.'</p> + <p>"When the little worker heard this message, she took courage, and her wings + whirred as never before."</p> + <p>—<i>Selected.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>OUR LESSON.—For April 26.</h3> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK.</h4> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <p>Title.—The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.—Luke 15:1-10.</p> + <p>Golden Text.—There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one + sinner that repenteth.—Luke 15:10.</p> + <p><i>Golden Text for Beginners.</i>—<i>God is love.</i>—1 John 4:8.</p> + <p>Truth.—There is joy in heaven over every sinner saved.</p> + <p>1. The poor and sinful liked to hear Jesus talk.</p> + <p>2. The Pharisees and scribes found fault with Jesus because he let such people + come near him, and even ate with them.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus10.png' width='400' height='291' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>3. Jesus said that if a man had a hundred sheep and lost one, he would leave the + ninety-nine safe in the fold and go to find the lost one.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus11.png' width='400' height='297' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>4. When he found the sheep he would carry it home with joy.</p> + <p>5. He would ask his friends to rejoice with him.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus12.png' width='400' height='268' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>6. Jesus said that one sinner saved causes great joy in heaven.</p> + <center> + <img src='images/illus13.png' width='180' height='292' alt='Illustration' + title='Illustration' /> + </center> + <p>7. If a woman had ten pieces of money and lost one, she would bring a light and + sweep the house, and search until she found the lost piece.</p> + <p>8. When she found it she would want every one to be glad too, and would call in + her neighbors to rejoice with her.</p> + <p>9. Jesus said the angels rejoice over one sinner saved from sin.</p> + <p>10. Jesus loves to find and save sinners.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>QUESTIONS.</h4> + <p>What is the Golden Text?</p> + <p>What is the Truth?</p> + <p>1. Who liked to hear Jesus talk?</p> + <p>2. Why did the Pharisees and scribes find fault?</p> + <p>3. If a man lost a sheep what would he do?</p> + <p>4. What would he do when he found it?</p> + <p>5. What would he ask his friends to do?</p> + <p>6. What did Jesus say would cause joy in heaven?</p> + <p>7. If a woman lost a piece of money, what would she do?</p> + <p>8. What would she do when she found it?</p> + <p>9. Over what do the angels rejoice?</p> + <p>10. What does Jesus love to do?</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>LESSON HYMN.</h4> + <p><i>Tune.</i>—"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat).</p> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>When from him we wander far,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Jesus seeks us where we are;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>If we will obey his voice,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Angels will o'er us rejoice.</span><br /> + + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Title of Lesson for May 3.</h4> + <p>The Prodigal Son (Temperance Lesson).—Luke 15:11-32.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Golden Text for May 3.</h4> + <p>I will arise and go to my father.—Luke 15:18.</p> + <hr style='width: 45%;' /> + <h4>Beginners Golden Text for May 3.</h4> + <p><i>God is love.</i>—1 John 4:8.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <center> + <img src='images/illus14.png' width='500' height='109' alt='Knowledge Box' + title='Knowledge Box' /> + </center> + <h3>The First Safety-pin.</h3> + <br /> + + <p>This is the way it came about. There was a little boy, by the name of Harrison, + who lived across the ocean in England, and because his mother was busy with other + work he often had to take care of his baby brother. Very often the baby cried, but + instead of scolding him, or calling to his mother, that he couldn't do anything with + the baby, Harrison would try and find out what it was that made him cry. And very + often he found that it was because a pin was pricking him.</p> + <p>Now Harrison was not only patient with the baby, but he thought there might be + some way the pins could be bent so there would be no danger of their pricking. He + tried and tried for a long time to bend the pins so they would be safe, but every + time he failed. One day his father, who was a blacksmith, asked him what he was + doing. Harrison told him that he was trying to bend a pin so it could not prick the + baby.</p> + <p>"That is a good idea," said his rather. "I will see what I can do." For his father + knew that what would help his own baby would help all other babies. So he, too, + tried, and at last he made the safety-pin that is in use all over the world. And + though it was the father who finally made it, the thought came to him from Harrison, + and his thought grew from the unselfish wish to made his baby brother comfortable. So + we can truly say that it was to a little boy, and to a little boy's kind thought, + that we owe the invention of the safety-pin.</p> + <p>—<i>Adele E. Thompson.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <center> + <img src='images/illus15.png' width='500' height='103' alt='Thoughts for Mothers' + title='Thoughts for Mothers' /> + </center> + <h3>Good Reading.</h3> + <br /> + + <p>The habit of good reading once acquired will be of inestimable value to a child + all his life. Great care should be exercised at first that a taste for good + literature be not spoiled by an earlier perusal of the more trashy stories so easily + obtained.</p> + <p>See that the children have at hand the right kind of books. If they get their + books at a public library it is well to exercise a little oversight over what is + chosen.</p> + <p>Most librarians are always glad to talk with mothers and give a list of the best + books for children according to their ages. More personal attention is likely to be + given your children, too, if a talk has been had with the librarian. Children + sometimes draw out books presumably for their parents which are not exactly suited to + their own needs. Also having a list of children's books yourself, you can always have + a book ready to suggest. It is wise not to say much about the books of which you + disapprove lest you implant the desire for the forbidden and mysterious. It is better + to suggest good books than to censor bad ones.</p> + <p>Reading aloud with the children from the best class of books is a splendid way to + cultivate a desire for them. It is often enjoyable to read together what to read + alone might seem a little heavy.</p> + <p>Some children will need no urging to read, but on the other hand will be so fond + of reading as to interfere with proper exercise and outdoor play. Books on nature + subjects will be good for these children for if they become interested and learn to + love the things of outdoors this in itself will act as an antidote for + over-bookishness.</p> + <p>Best and most important of all is to teach them a love and appreciation of the + Bible. It is our greatest literature, our truest guide to all that is good in life. + In it is a never-ending source of pleasure and inspiration.</p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <h3>IN THE WOODS.</h3> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the leaves are green,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods a golden sheen</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Falls upon the flowers;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the robin gay</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Sings a happy roundelay,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Perched in bloomy bowers.</span><br /> + <br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods the squirrel flits</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>High among the trees, or sits</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>Basking in the light;</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>In the woods I love to lie,</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 2.5em;'>Gazing at the blue, blue sky</span><br /> + <span style='margin-left: 3.5em;'>With its clouds so bright.</span><br /> + + <p>—<i>Lew Ward.</i></p> + <hr style='width: 65%;' /> + <p>[Entered at the Post Office at Elgin, Ill., as Second Class Mail Matter.]</p> + <p>Price of Dew Drops.—In lots of five or more, to one address 20 cents per + copy per year, or 5-1/2 cents per copy per quarter. Address,</p> + <p>DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILL.</p> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, +1914, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEW DROPS VOL. 37. NO. 17, *** + +***** This file should be named 14180-h.htm or 14180-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/1/8/14180/ + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Suzanne Lybarger and the PG Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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No. 17, April 26, 1914, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, 1914 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: November 27, 2004 [EBook #14180] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEW DROPS VOL. 37. NO. 17, *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Suzanne Lybarger and the PG Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + + + + + +DEW DROPS + + +VOL. 37. No. 17. WEEKLY. + + +DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILLINOIS. + +GEORGE E. COOK, EDITOR. + +APRIL 26, 1914. + + + + +AMONG THE ROCKS + +By Margaret E. Hays + + +The tide was low, and a dark line of rocks showed up clearly in the +still water. + +"I wonder what those rocks are really like," said Toby rising slowly +from his seat. + +"It looks almost as if we could paddle out to them," said his twin +sister Nancy, as she pushed her red curls under her sun-bonnet. + +"I vote we try!" exclaimed Toby, seizing her by the arm. "We can go out +a long way at low tide--it's all so flat." + +"I'm sure lots of ships must have been wrecked on the rocks," added +Nancy. "Perhaps we shall find some treasure." + +The next moment they were hurrying off. + +On and on they paddled, till the water was well above their knees. Then +a few minutes more, and Toby laid his hand on a rock. + +"I don't see any sign of wrecks!" said Nancy, looking about. + +For a few minutes they stood, then Nancy caught sight of the boat. + +"Oh, there's the wreck! Why, it's only a little boat." + +"Of course it is! What else did you think? It's really some life boat +that has been put off from a wreck, and it may be full of treasures!" + +Cautiously they worked their way to it, panting with excitement. What +were they about to discover? + +"See," said Toby breathlessly, "the anchor rope had broken and caught +among the rocks! I wonder we never saw the boat here at high tide--it +would be visible then!" + +"I hope--oh!" Nancy's voice was full of disappointment. + +"What?" + +"Why, it's only Rowan's old Lily! It isn't a wreck at all! It was on the +beach this morning!" + +The children stood looking blankly at the boat. + +"There's something moving!" + +There was something queer about the "wreck" after all! + +Half-frightened, and hanging on to Toby's arm, Nancy peeped over into +the boat, and the next moment she shrieked in alarm, and something +sprang out of the locker and clung to her neck! + +"Oh--h!" Nancy pulled at the clinging creature in terror, but Toby was +bent with laughter! + +"Stop it, Nan! It's only a kitten!" he cried, as soon as he could speak. + +It was true! A poor, shivering little tabby kitten was cuddling into +Nancy's neck, mewing with terror! + +"Oh, the little darling!" she exclaimed. "How frightened it must have +been! I wonder whose kitten it is?" + +[Illustration: "How frightened it must have been! I wonder whose kitten +it is?"] + +"If we can't find out I should think we might keep it ourselves." + +"Wouldn't it be lovely to have a kittie of our own?" + +"I'm afraid we ought to ask a few people first," said Toby sadly. +"There's old Rowan. Shall we go and tell him about the boat?" + +Old Rowan was looking gloomily out to sea, and never noticed the twins +till they stood before him. + +"Please, Mr. Rowan," said Toby, "we've found your boat." + +"Found my boat?" asked the old man absently. + +"Yes, the Lily. She's out there among the rocks." + +"Is she? Ay, she got adrift at high tide. I'd better go after her at +once." But Rowan didn't seem much interested in his boat! + +"Me--ew!" A furry ball suddenly sprang onto the fishermen's shoulder, +purring delightedly! + +"Hullo!" Rowan was now quite wide awake, and stared around him. "Where +did you come from, Bunch?" + +"We found her in the boat--do you know whose she is?" asked Nancy, and +even Toby looked anxious. + +"Ay, that I do! My little grandchild has been breaking her heart all day +over Bunch. She's a cripple, you see. Miss, and the kitten's company for +her. It must have followed me to the shore this morning and gone to +sleep on the nets. Matty will glad to find it!" + +"Shall we take Bunch home to her?" asked Nancy, sighing at the thought +of parting with her treasure-trove. + +"It would be real kind. Miss." + +She was glad she had offered, when she saw poor Matty's face beam at the +sight of her only playmate. + + + + +A QUEER SNAKE. + +BY MARY E.Q. BRUSH. + + +It was the Dalton children's first year in Florida. They enjoyed the +sunshine, the balmy air and fragrant flowers very much. There was only +one thing to mar their pleasure and that was their dread of snakes. + +Tilly, the little colored girl who used to play with them sometimes, had +big stories to tell. + +"Dar's rattlers in de pine woods, hidin' on de sunny sides of stumps: +and dar's a pow'ful sight o' moccasins down amonst de water-hyacinths +near de bayou. Youse bettah look out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, +shuah!" + +Mabel, Tom, Hetty and Charlie talked the matter over very seriously, +almost solemnly. + +"Do you s'pose they'll crawl into the house?" Hetty said, her eyes large +and round with fearful anticipations. + +Tom shook his head gravely. + +"No telling! I heard a missionary from India say once how those awful +cobras in that country used to drop right down from the ceiling." + +Mabel drew a long breath. + +"My stars! I'd hate to wake up in the morning and find a snake near my +pillow!" + +"Guess we'd better keep a good lookout," was Charlie's emphatic +suggestion. + +One day when papa and mamma and little Hal went in the launch across the +river to see the new orange grove, and the children were left alone +save for old Uncle Pomp who was hoeing in the truck patch, something +happened that made quite a scare. Hetty went into mamma's room for a +spool of white thread, and when she came out there was a frightened look +on her face. + +"Oh, there's a snake on mamma's bed!" she exclaimed. + +Tom and Charlie sprang up so suddenly from their game of parchesi that +counters and disks fell to the floor. + +Then all four children hurried to the door of mamma's room and peeped +cautiously in. It was not very light in the room for the window shades +had been pulled partly down to shut out the glare of the noonday sun, +but sure enough, it could be seen very plainly that there was something +on the bed--a half-coiled, bluish-green snake with brown stripes. + +Mabel uttered a scream. + +"It squirms--I saw it!" she cried. + +"No you didn't either," said Tom. "You just thought so, because you're +so scared. But it is a snake, sure enough and it's asleep. Guess we'd +better not arouse it." + +"Somebody ought to kill it," Hetty whispered, her teeth chattering. "One +of yon boys'd better get Uncle Pomp; have him bring his hoe or +something." + +"I'll go," said Charlie quickly. + +"Let's all go," suggested Mabel. + +Tom hesitated a little. He was the bravest of the lot, though the +youngest. + +"Say, somebody ought to stay and watch that snake; if it crawls down, we +want to know where he goes to. I'll stay--only get Uncle Pomp soon's you +can." + +But the children couldn't find the old darkey. So the children came +trooping back to the house. But when they peeped into mamma's room +again, there was no snake on the bed! Nor was there any Tom to be seen! + +"Shucks! I knew he wasn't as brave as he pretended to be--you see he's +deserted!" growled Charlie. + +[Illustration: "You see, he's deserted."] + +Just then there was a chuckle from the other side of the bed and up +popped Tommy who had been crouching on the floor there. And if you'll +believe it, there was the reptile that had so scared the children around +his neck! + +"It wasn't a snake at all!" Tom cried, grinning. "See, it's only little +Hal's necktie, that old blue and green, bias-cut silk thing that sort of +twists up. Weren't we silly geese though!" + + + + +RAINDROPS. + + + Little Pit and Little Pat + Come out in stormy weather; + They chase each other down the pane + And then run off together. + + + + +TOODLES' MISHAP. + +BY ASTON MOORE. + + +Toodles was dreadfully meddlesome. He could not leave things alone. If +you took the slippers away from him, he tried to eat the mat. If you put +the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth. And when +the cloth was folded up, he sharpened his teeth on the legs of the +table. + +One evening he learned a lesson which made him a better dog. He was shut +in the kitchen, to keep him out of mischief. The plates and dishes were +on the shelves out of reach. There was no carpet on the floor. And his +sharp teeth could not do much harm to the plain deal legs of the chairs +and table. + +But there was a lighted candle in a tall brass candlestick upon the +table. Toodles scrambled onto a chair, jumped to the table, and tried to +bite the candlestick. He could not break or tear it, but he soon knocked +it over, and the candle rolled to the floor, where it lay burning in a +pool of grease. Toodles ran to play with the candle. Next moment, he was +racing round the room, screaming with pain and fright. He had burned his +paw. + +[Illustration: Toodles.] + +If he is mischievous now, you have only to show him a lighted candle. It +makes him quiet and good at once. + + + + +THE DOOR OF SPRING. + +BY HELEN M. RICHARDSON. + + + April unlocks the door of spring, + And soon you'll hear a robin sing. + A bluebird perched upon a tree + Will woo his mate. Perchance you'll see + An early redwing, if you go + Down to the swamp where catkins grow. + For April warden is, of all + The things that went to sleep, last fall. + + Just where the field mouse and the toad + Have burrowed; where, beside the road, + The grasshopper and katydid + All winter have been safely hid; + And when the bumblebee will come + A-booming back with pleasant hum? + April can tell you, for 'tis she + Opens the door that sets them free. + + + + +ADOPTING A GRANDMOTHER. + +BY MARY STARR CONEY. + + +"Oh, Eloise! Where are you going?" Marjorie Blake rushed down the steps +as she caught sight of her friend dressed in her very best clothes and +carrying a small valise. + +"Guess where! It's the best place in the whole world!" + +"Away on the train?" questioned Marjorie eagerly. + +"Of course. My grandma doesn't live here. Goodness! I told you!" laughed +Eloise. "Would you have guessed?" + +"No, for I didn't know you had a grandma." + +"Why, of course, I have! Haven't you?" + +"No, Eloise." + +"How awful!" Eloise dropped the valise in her dismay. "Why, Fannie Green +has two. I've only one, but she is the sweetest, beautifulest grandma +you ever saw. I'm awfully sorry you haven't got one. But here comes +mamma, so good-by." + +After Eloise had gone away, Marjorie walked slowly back to the house. +She had never felt the loss of a grandmother before, but now it weighed +heavily upon her. + +"If grandmas are so nice, it does seem as if I ought to have one," she +said to herself, "'specially as some little girls have two!" Marjorie +sat down on the steps and with heavy heart thought over the situation. + +At last a plan suggested itself and she sprang to her feet. + +"When Aunt Mary didn't have any little girl and wanted one; she went to +an orphan asylum and adopted one. Why can't I adopt a grandma?" Marjorie +asked herself excitedly. "I never heard of an asylum of grandmas, but +that doesn't matter! I want only one, and surely somewhere there must be +one for me." + +The child looked across the street. The family in the third house were +strangers who had moved in a few days before. Marjorie was playing in +the yard when they came, and she remembered seeing an old lady go into +the house. There weren't any children over there, she knew, for she had +watched eagerly for some to appear, but none had. Maybe she could get +this old lady to be her grandma. + +The little girl rushed across the street and rang the door bell. Then +her heart began a loud beating. S'pose the old lady shouldn't want to be +adopted and should act cross? The child had half a minute to run away +before anyone came to the door. But that would be cowardly and Marjorie +detested a coward, so she decided to stand her ground. + +At last the door opened, and Marjorie looked up eagerly, into the face +of a kind grandmotherly looking old lady standing there. + +"Good-morning!" The old lady smiled invitingly at the child, who stood +there with flushed cheeks and happy brown eyes. "Did you want something +of me, dear?" + +"Yes'm," replied Marjorie, catching her breath, "I want to adopt you!" + +"To adopt me! Why, dear child, what do you mean?" + +"I want to adopt you for my grandma. You see, I haven't even one grandma +and some little girls have two. I don't think that's fair, do you?" + +"No, really that doesn't seem fair," answered the old lady, her eyes +twinkling with amusement. + +"I'm lonesome without a grandma, and I thought maybe you hadn't any +grand-children, or even if you had some, p'raps you wouldn't mind having +one more. So I came over to adopt you--that is--if you please!" + +Quickly the twinkle left the old lady's eyes and she put her arm close +around Marjorie. "You dear child!" she exclaimed, "of course you can +adopt me. I haven't a grandchild in the whole world but even if there +were a dozen of them, I'd still have room in my heart for you!" + + + + +"We cannot be free from unkind words unless we are free from unkind +feelings." + + + + +THE FIVE CASTAWAYS. + +BY COE HAYNE. + + +When Lena Stuart sprained her ankle the doctor told her that she could +not walk on it for at least ten days. + +"Just think, mamma, ten whole days!" she cried in despair. + +"But the time will pass quickly if you make up your mind to be +cheerful," said Mother Stuart. + +"But I cannot go to the picnic to-morrow," said Lena sadly. "And just +think! it was a picnic that I helped to plan for." + +"But you can watch the children as they play their games on the island," +said Mother Stuart. + +"Why, sure enough!" exclaimed Lena. "I can see them as they cross in +Cousin Rob's boat, right from our front windows. I hadn't thought of +that." + +Just then a fine black spaniel ran up to Lena and pushed his nose +against her hand. + +"And I have you, Waggy, to keep me company," said Lena more cheerfully +as she stroked the silky ears of the dog. "And, mamma, isn't it lucky +that I taught Waggy to go to the post office for the mail and to the +market for meat?" + +"Very lucky for me," laughed Mother Stuart. "That will save me a few +extra steps." + +Waggy had learned his lessons well. When he went to the meat market he +always carried a covered tin pail in which to carry home the meat, and +when he went to the post office, he was given a big leather wallet in +which to carry the letters. + +The following afternoon Mrs. Stuart had an engagement with her dentist +and was compelled to leave Lena alone with Waggy. A kind neighbor had +lent Lena a wheel-chair so that she could travel from one part of the +house to the other. At two o'clock she began to watch for the picnickers +and at last saw them--five in all--run down the hill and get into her +Cousin Rob's boat and row out to the pretty island in the middle of the +river. Everyone knew that Cousin Rob was a good boatman and so fathers +and mothers did not worry when their sons and daughters went on the +water with him. + +But on this day Rob was a little careless about pulling the boat up far +enough upon the island after all had landed. While the merry party was +on the other side of the island the boat floated away. Then to make +matters worse the sky suddenly became overcast with clouds telling of +the storm that was coming. + +Lena saw what happened to the boat and presently she saw the five +picnickers hurrying toward the spot where they had left the boat. She +could imagine how they felt when they saw their boat floating down +stream. + +"What can they do!" lamented Lena. "They will be soaked sure and perhaps +the river will rise and sweep them away." + +In hard storms Lena had seen the water rise quickly and hide all of the +island except the bushes that grew upon it. + +Lena could not telephone for help for there was no telephone in the +house. But she put her mind to work and thought of a way to rescue the +castaways. + +"Come, Waggy," she called to her spaniel. "You must go to the market." + +Lena wrote a message on a piece of paper and put it into the pail which +Waggy always carried when he went to the meat market. + +"Mr. Jones," wrote Lena, "please send somebody to the island near our +house. Rob's boat has floated away and five friends of mine can't get +off the island. There's a big storm coming. Please be quick!" + +Waggy took the note in his pail to the butcher thinking of course that +he was going to be given some meat to carry home. But he was surprised +to see Mr. Jones hurry away toward the river. + +A little later Lena was overjoyed to see five very wet and draggled +friends of hers coming into her house to wait until the storm was over. + +[Illustration: Lena was overjoyed to see five wet and draggled friends +of hers coming into her house.] + + + + +ON ACCOUNT OF THE BUNNIES. + +BY EMMA C. DOWD. + + +Pauline looked through the picket fence and scowled. + +"Oh, those poor little rabbits!" she whispered to herself. "I don't +believe that boy has fed them this morning. And now he's gone off to +play ball. It is a shame!" She glanced under the grape arbor, where some +chickweed was growing luxuriantly, and for a minute she hesitated. The +next, she was down among the chickweed, pulling it up by the handful. + +She approached the fence again, looked cautiously around, to make sure +nobody was in sight, and then thrust the green stuff between the +pickets. + +That first time of Pauline's feeding the rabbits was followed by a +second and a third, and finally it came to be a common thing for her to +peer through the fence to see if they were supplied with food, and if +not to carry them a good meal. + +One morning Pauline was feeding them with celery tips, and, having +become a bit careless, stopped to see them enjoy their feast. When she +looked up she was disconcerted to see their owner watching her--only a +few feet away. + +"I beg your pardon," she began, hesitatingly, "but I just thought I'd +bring your rabbits a little celery." And she turned to go. + +[Illustration: John discovers Pauline feeding his rabbits.] + +"Oh--I say--wait a minute!" he returned, as her foot touched the fence. +"So it's you that's been feeding them, is it? The fact is, I--forgot, +you know." + +"I did feel sorry to see them hungry," confessed Pauline; "and I love +pets." + +"Say, you may have a couple of 'em, if you want," he said generously. + +"And I'll help you fix a pen," he added. + +"Oh, thank you! I'd like them ever so much!" beamed Pauline. And there +was the beginning of a firm friendship between the small neighbors. + +Pauline was to be satisfied with no such little makeshift as John gave +his own pets. Only the biggest sized dry-goods box would do for the +house itself, and the yard that he helped to fence off with wire netting +made him look disgustedly upon the tiny space allotted to the bunnies on +his side of the pickets. + +When at last, Pauline's rabbits were in their new quarters. John gazed +at them thoughtfully. + +"Say!" he suddenly burst out. "I'm going to have just such a place for +mine--big yard and all!" + +"Oh, and I'll help you!" cried Pauline. + +The new pen brought about other improvements. Tangled weeds and rubbish +heaps seemed most unsuitable surroundings for so dainty a little maid as +Pauline Randall; so John cut down the weeds and mowed the grass. He +raked up the brush and rags and tin cans. Pauline gave him slips from +her own geraniums, and he made a flower bed to put them in. + +"Mother says she's awfully glad you fed my rabbits," he confided to +Pauline, one day, "for if you hadn't our yard would probably be the same +old place it has been for all these years." + +Pauline looked up from the baby bunny she was petting. "I'm glad, too," +she smiled. "If I hadn't, we might never have been friends." + + + + +SERVING THE QUEEN. + +BY MARY E. JACKSON. + + +"Once upon a time, there was a brave little worker bee, who lived in a +big hive. She was strong and willing, and was ready to do anything. And +what do you think was the only thing required of her? She and a dozen +other bees were placed at the door of the hive, and were told to keep +their wings in motion, so as to send a steady current of air into the +inner cells of the hive where the queen was. The little worker bee was +disappointed, for she had wished to do some great service for her queen. + +"She could see other workers hurrying about and doing such important +tasks! Some were making wax, and building the comb inside the hive; +others were providing food for the young bees, and still others were +feeding honey to the queen herself! + +"Day by day the little worker grew more discontented, until one day the +queen sent a message to the tireless workers at the doorway. 'Tell +them,' she said, 'that they are doing me a wondrous service. Without the +air they are sending me, I could never live.' + +"When the little worker heard this message, she took courage, and her +wings whirred as never before." + +--_Selected._ + + + + +OUR LESSON.--For April 26. + + * * * * * + +PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK. + + * * * * * + +Title.--The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.--Luke 15:1-10. + +Golden Text.--There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one +sinner that repenteth.--Luke 15:10. + +_Golden Text for Beginners._--_God is love._--1 John 4:8. + +Truth.--There is joy in heaven over every sinner saved. + +1. The poor and sinful liked to hear Jesus talk. + +2. The Pharisees and scribes found fault with Jesus because he let such +people come near him, and even ate with them. + +[Illustration] + +3. Jesus said that if a man had a hundred sheep and lost one, he would +leave the ninety-nine safe in the fold and go to find the lost one. + +[Illustration] + +4. When he found the sheep he would carry it home with joy. + +5. He would ask his friends to rejoice with him. + +[Illustration] + +6. Jesus said that one sinner saved causes great joy in heaven. + +[Illustration] + +7. If a woman had ten pieces of money and lost one, she would bring a +light and sweep the house, and search until she found the lost piece. + +8. When she found it she would want every one to be glad too, and would +call in her neighbors to rejoice with her. + +9. Jesus said the angels rejoice over one sinner saved from sin. + +10. Jesus loves to find and save sinners. + + * * * * * + +QUESTIONS. + +What is the Golden Text? + +What is the Truth? + +1. Who liked to hear Jesus talk? + +2. Why did the Pharisees and scribes find fault? + +3. If a man lost a sheep what would he do? + +4. What would he do when he found it? + +5. What would he ask his friends to do? + +6. What did Jesus say would cause joy in heaven? + +7. If a woman lost a piece of money, what would she do? + +8. What would she do when she found it? + +9. Over what do the angels rejoice? + +10. What does Jesus love to do? + + * * * * * + +LESSON HYMN. + +_Tune._--"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat). + + When from him we wander far, + Jesus seeks us where we are; + If we will obey his voice, + Angels will o'er us rejoice. + + * * * * * + +Title of Lesson for May 3. + +The Prodigal Son (Temperance Lesson).--Luke 15:11-32. + + * * * * * + +Golden Text for May 3. + +I will arise and go to my father.--Luke 15:18. + + * * * * * + +Beginners Golden Text for May 3. + +_God is love._--1 John 4:8. + + + + ++---------------+ +| | +| Knowledge Box | +| | ++---------------+ + +The First Safety-pin. + + +This is the way it came about. There was a little boy, by the name of +Harrison, who lived across the ocean in England, and because his mother +was busy with other work he often had to take care of his baby brother. +Very often the baby cried, but instead of scolding him, or calling to +his mother, that he couldn't do anything with the baby, Harrison would +try and find out what it was that made him cry. And very often he found +that it was because a pin was pricking him. + +Now Harrison was not only patient with the baby, but he thought there +might be some way the pins could be bent so there would be no danger of +their pricking. He tried and tried for a long time to bend the pins so +they would be safe, but every time he failed. One day his father, who +was a blacksmith, asked him what he was doing. Harrison told him that he +was trying to bend a pin so it could not prick the baby. + +"That is a good idea," said his rather. "I will see what I can do." For +his father knew that what would help his own baby would help all other +babies. So he, too, tried, and at last he made the safety-pin that is in +use all over the world. And though it was the father who finally made +it, the thought came to him from Harrison, and his thought grew from the +unselfish wish to made his baby brother comfortable. So we can truly say +that it was to a little boy, and to a little boy's kind thought, that we +owe the invention of the safety-pin. + +--_Adele E. Thompson._ + + + + ++----------------------+ +| | +| Thoughts for Mothers | +| | ++----------------------+ + +Good Reading. + + +The habit of good reading once acquired will be of inestimable value to +a child all his life. Great care should be exercised at first that a +taste for good literature be not spoiled by an earlier perusal of the +more trashy stories so easily obtained. + +See that the children have at hand the right kind of books. If they get +their books at a public library it is well to exercise a little +oversight over what is chosen. + +Most librarians are always glad to talk with mothers and give a list of +the best books for children according to their ages. More personal +attention is likely to be given your children, too, if a talk has been +had with the librarian. Children sometimes draw out books presumably for +their parents which are not exactly suited to their own needs. Also +having a list of children's books yourself, you can always have a book +ready to suggest. It is wise not to say much about the books of which +you disapprove lest you implant the desire for the forbidden and +mysterious. It is better to suggest good books than to censor bad ones. + +Reading aloud with the children from the best class of books is a +splendid way to cultivate a desire for them. It is often enjoyable to +read together what to read alone might seem a little heavy. + +Some children will need no urging to read, but on the other hand will be +so fond of reading as to interfere with proper exercise and outdoor +play. Books on nature subjects will be good for these children for if +they become interested and learn to love the things of outdoors this in +itself will act as an antidote for over-bookishness. + +Best and most important of all is to teach them a love and appreciation +of the Bible. It is our greatest literature, our truest guide to all +that is good in life. In it is a never-ending source of pleasure and +inspiration. + + + + +IN THE WOODS. + + + In the woods the leaves are green, + In the woods a golden sheen + Falls upon the flowers; + In the woods the robin gay + Sings a happy roundelay, + Perched in bloomy bowers. + + In the woods the squirrel flits + High among the trees, or sits + Basking in the light; + In the woods I love to lie, + Gazing at the blue, blue sky + With its clouds so bright. + +--_Lew Ward._ + + + + +[Entered at the Post Office at Elgin, Ill., as Second Class Mail +Matter.] + +Price of Dew Drops.--In lots of five or more, to one address 20 cents +per copy per year, or 5-1/2 cents per copy per quarter. Address, + +DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILL. + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, +1914, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEW DROPS VOL. 37. 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