. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . was a towncalled Tartown. Here there livedsome people called Tarters. Theirqueen was a beautiful lady who had lovely,golden curls which hung down to her always wore a gown of blue silk withpearls on it, and her crown was made ofdiamonds on which were cut tiny hearts. This lovely queen had a very prettyhome. It was Juanita. (It sounds likeWaw-neeta.) Everybody loved this queenand thought that she was kind and lovely. In the northern part of Tartown thereli\ed some very bad men. These menwanted to rule over Tartown instead ofJuanita. So, one ni
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . was a towncalled Tartown. Here there livedsome people called Tarters. Theirqueen was a beautiful lady who had lovely,golden curls which hung down to her always wore a gown of blue silk withpearls on it, and her crown was made ofdiamonds on which were cut tiny hearts. This lovely queen had a very prettyhome. It was Juanita. (It sounds likeWaw-neeta.) Everybody loved this queenand thought that she was kind and lovely. In the northern part of Tartown thereli\ed some very bad men. These menwanted to rule over Tartown instead ofJuanita. So, one night they planned tosteal Juanita. They chose the night ofFebruary 14, which is Valentines Night,and a time of festivity in Tartown. When February 14 car^ around, Juanitaordered her cook to bake a whole lot ofstrawberry tarts for her people. It is very-warm in Tartown, so strawberries growthere the whole year round. That night all of the people came to the-palace for a party. While they^fc-ere play-ing, someone came to the queen and said:. Jiggs, after a dinner of corned beef and cabbage,as sketched by Don. son of Engineer Morley,Ohio River Sub-Division 48 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, March, ig2j Mistress Juanita, someone has stolenall the tarts. Queen Juanita looked troubled. Isntthere time to bake more? she asked. No, replied the cook, more straw-berries would have to be picked and cooked,and the flour would have to be is no time to bake more. Where did you put the tarts? askedthe queen. Out on the doorstep to get cool,answered the cook. I shall go see; perhaps the thief hasput them back. She excused herself toher company and went out into the yard. Immediatel} she was seized and a great, big man said to her: Weare going to take you away into the northof Tartown. Then he picked her up andcarried her off in his arms. Juanita feltlike screaming, but she could not, for hermouth was tied with a handkerchief. Shethought of how her people would miss her. Prese
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