Jimmy looked. It all came back to him vividly — the cold, the awakening to boulder hills and wraith forest, the struggle through the woods, the Indian canoes leaping down the rapid. And 5 then his mind followed the natural course still farther. He felt the sway and rattle of the train, the good-night kiss on his lips, his mother's caressing voice. "Is it far to New York?" he asked Makwa 10 again. And Makwa, who had been told some things, though vaguely, by Antoine Lavoilette, answered him as before, "Very far." But beyond that he said nothing, for he knew that now the little boy 15 must leave them, and his heart was sad. STEWART EDWARD WHITE: The Magic Forest. conical (kon'i-k'l), cone-shaped; round rectangular, four sided and square at and pointed at one end junction (junk'shun), union novelty (nov'ěl ti), something new and fresh portage (port'äj), a space over which canoes must be carried the corners teepee, an Indian tent; a wigwam HELPS TO STUDY If White's The Magic Forest is in your school library or in the public library, get it and read it. You will be interested to hear what else happened to Jimmy Ferris, and how he got safe home again. I. 1. How did Jimmy get lost from the train? 2. In what sort of place did he find himself? 3. Where did he think he was? 4. What were the Indians doing when he first saw them? 5. Describe how they "shot the rapids." 6. Why did they take Jimmy farther from his home? 7. How did they dress him? II. 1. What was the first exciting adventure Jimmy had with them? 2. Describe the good fishing that he had. 3. What strange footprints of wild animals did he see? 4. Tell how he saw each of the three kinds of animals that had made them. 5. Which of these animals had he seen before? 6. What exciting and dangerous adventure did he have? III. 1. Which way are the Indians going on their return? 2. What pleasures do the boys have in the camps? 3. What kept Jimmy from being homesick? 4. What memories came to him when he found himself back at the place where he had left the train? 5. Can you imagine how he got back home again? THE SKATING RACE Hans Brinker is another of the books that every boy and girl ought to know. The scene is laid in Holland, and tells many interesting things about the life and customs of the Dutch. Skating is one of their favorite sports, and prizes are given for the best boy and girl skaters. Hans and his sister Gretel are a pair that you will be glad to know better. I A flag is waved from the judges' stand. Madame Van Gleck rises in her pavilion. She leans forward with a white handkerchief in her hand. When she drops it, a bugler is to give the 5 signal for them to start. The handkerchief is fluttering to the ground. Hark! They are off! No. Back again. Their line was not true in passing the judges' stand. The signal is repeated. Off again. No mistake this time. No mistake this time. Whew! how fast they go! The multitude is quiet for an instant, absorbed in eager, breathless watching. Cheers spring up along the line of spectators. Huzza! five girls are ahead. Who comes flying back from the boundary mark? We cannot tell. Something red, that is all. There is a blue spot flitting 10 15 near it, and a dash of yellow nearer still. Spectators at this end of the line strain their eyes and wish they had taken their post nearer the flagstaff. The wave of cheers is coming back again. Now we can see! Katrinka is ahead! 5 She passes the Van Holp pavilion. The next is Madame van Gleck's. That leaning figure gazing from it is a magnet. Hilda shoots past Katrinka, waving her hand to her mother as she passes. Two others are close now, whizzing on 10 like arrows. gray ? Hurrah, it is Gretel! She, too, waves her hand but toward no gay pavilion. The crowd is cheering, but she hears only her father's voice, "Well 5 done, little Gretel!" Soon Katrinka, with a quick merry laugh, shoots past Hilda. The girl in yellow is gaining now. She passes them all, all except Gretel. The judges lean forward without seeming to lift their eyes from their watches. 10 Cheer after cheer fills the air; the very columns seem rocking. Gretel has passed them. She has What is that flash of red and won. "Gretel Brinker- one mile!"-shouts the crier. The judges nod. They write something upon a 15 tablet which each holds in his hand. While the girls are resting. some crowding eagerly around our frightened little Gretel, some standing aside in high disdain the boys form in a line. Mynheer van Gleck drops the handker20 chief this time. The buglers give a vigorous blast! The boys have started. Half way already! Did ever you see the like! flashing by in an instant. Three hundred legs But there are only |