. St. Nicholas [serial]. Then the boat gave a lurch, The Lark wabbled on her perch;She was handlin her mandolin, when overboard it went. But the Owl said, Now, my dear, I will get it, never fear! And with an oar he dashed and splashed to reach the instrument. But, alas! the boat upset In the watery waves so wet,And both the quaking, shaking birds were dumped into the deep; The Owl was washed aground, But the little Lark was drowned,Which caused the Owl to yowl and howl, and moved the moonto HOW TEDDY HELPED. By F. Lockley, Jr. Teddys papa owns a large summer there was a
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Then the boat gave a lurch, The Lark wabbled on her perch;She was handlin her mandolin, when overboard it went. But the Owl said, Now, my dear, I will get it, never fear! And with an oar he dashed and splashed to reach the instrument. But, alas! the boat upset In the watery waves so wet,And both the quaking, shaking birds were dumped into the deep; The Owl was washed aground, But the little Lark was drowned,Which caused the Owl to yowl and howl, and moved the moonto HOW TEDDY HELPED. By F. Lockley, Jr. Teddys papa owns a large summer there was a drought. The springsdried up, and the streams became trickling rillsor disappeared altogether. The cattle wanderedrestlessly over the range in search of father sent to the nearest town and hadmen come with steam- drills and iron pipes to borean artesian well, so that there would always beplenty of water for the cattle. They bored downseveral hundred feet in hopes of finding an un-derground stream, but they could not do so,and had to give up the quest. They wentaway, taking their tools with them, but leaving— what greatly interested Teddy — a deep holelined with iron pipe. He would take the boardoff the pipe and peer down, and then drop in arock and see how many he could count beforeit struck the bottom. One night after he had gone to bed he heardhis papa talking to his mama. He said: Lastwinters blizzard killed scores of the cattle, andnow this drought comes. They are suf
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