FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

COWBOYS AND INDIANS.

SHELTER FROM THE FIERCE SUN

My Dear Little Friends,—

v t Ju jt' an j * rC on , Ce more , on lhe warpath. Behind the tall poplar a befeathered head peeped out, only to disappear quicldy as a reroW spoke. Four white men appeared, and the Indian sped off to the lodges of his

The palefaces returned to their camp, where another European, much bigger tha» the rest of the party, wa. boding a billy and preparing slice, of delicious twist. The returning party whooped for joy, and thref Indian, also jo„,ed them. All made a rush for the little camp, and friend and foe alike Krabbed a piece of toast, and were soon sipping hot coffee, too.

You can .ee that this tittle incident didn't happen in the vaat prairie, of America; it wa. only a pretend war, for Uncle Jack had taken hi. nephews for an outing in the bush. nu

... Un £ ,e J » ck " jurt lovely to co out >vith; Ke isn't like a man at all iu»t U •^ ~ h ° "rob in fun and games' much u th« boys do. On the way to the picnic site h~ IT-J *~jj "cowboy and Indian" atories, and eo when they reached »K»; ™* ny ft wa, decided to play thi. faUinating gall * th " P

Uncle soon manufactured some feathers from bits of brown paper, in which the bread had been wrapped, and so the Indians were soon in their war attire. The cowboys, it was decided, would need some sort of a shelter, and soon this problem was solved, too. line'* Jack took a long piece of cord frotn bis pocket and, having tied a stone to one end, threw it over the bnuach of a tree; the weight of the stone brought fhe end of the cord the ground, where >t was secured to th- .tree trunk. The 1 jfatd * cou P ,e of y« r «*s and secured to a stick very firmly « «rd. fo s*_i l ° Md th -<»wn ac«» the «TT ./m? •® c * r * d W,A P***" of string to pegs driven into n fc, ££ bean, scout when he was a boy, knew all about - enjoyable meal was eaten w the tent. before the little party proceeded to town, and thenee to the ' *"*2+ *• ■U k " • ««pW ending to a very h*,py fry. ? Tha tent ts so easy to pitch that amy boy or girl could do it, and as the '■■ymmmmr *s almost here it might ' m come in handy for a shelter at ■— the beach, in which the grown-ups coddsit away from the hot sun, /Tl/ /V "pt J eB,OBW ' # aad cakes be