. St. Nicholas [serial]. saw on one of the large redwoods a knobwhich on one side resembled a buffalos head, and on theother side resembled an elephants head with the trunkcurled up on the tree itself. The picture of the flying-fish interested me, as I sawseveral on a trip to Catalina Island, California. Whenthey leap from the water it is usually because somelarger fish is chasing them. The larger fish goes asfast under water, however, as the flying-fish above, andwhen the flying-fish falls into the water, the large fishis usually there to catch and make a meal of it. Thefish looked very prett
. St. Nicholas [serial]. saw on one of the large redwoods a knobwhich on one side resembled a buffalos head, and on theother side resembled an elephants head with the trunkcurled up on the tree itself. The picture of the flying-fish interested me, as I sawseveral on a trip to Catalina Island, California. Whenthey leap from the water it is usually because somelarger fish is chasing them. The larger fish goes asfast under water, however, as the flying-fish above, andwhen the flying-fish falls into the water, the large fishis usually there to catch and make a meal of it. Thefish looked very pretty as they went skimming throughthe air, the drops of water glistening in the sun. Your interested reader, Alice Baldwin (age 13). BEST LETTERS REGARDING WEEDS. The prize for the best letter on the interestand beauty of weeds has been awarded to MissMabel Fletcher, Decatur, Illinois. Honorary mention is due to Miss May Hen-derson Ryan, Caliente, California, and to MissFern L. Patten, Richmond, Kansas. ST. NICHOLAS into an envelop and will be in-cluded in the competition forJune. The editor did not sup-pose there were so many en-tertaining family traditionsthat could be told in a man-ner so attractive, and we mustnot waste so good a course any one who wishesto do so may send a second tradition, and this will inno way interfere with thechances of the first effort. PRIZE-WINNERS .COMPE-TITION No. 51. heading for floyd l. mitchell f AGE 15. (GOLD BADGE.; In the oozy marsh is a leaf of green,And a rift of blue in the skies of gray, While the wind unceasingly blows betweenTo blow old winter away. March is the last month of preparation for theChapter Prize Competition, which we hope is going tobe better than ever before. The prize-winners whowon the books in the previous competitions havebeen very happy over them,and some of them havestarted chapter librarieswhich may grow to be alasting benefit to otherboys and girls when theyoung people who startedthem ar
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