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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY KORMNG. march a," 1903 msjimw'm - " . - . .. rs-a. a maniAi nm mi n v. a i t .'., - - . - - i , ONPPRINCBTGDMANY Wro;il nursery-and that, mwa ....... but aeldom-lt was . w w - - . with darkening brows and a shake of the lid. But no no srer would hav suspected that the causa of the king's dlsoomflture wi tho pretty UtUo baby boy who lay nestled Id Ms royal cradle, purely he was ths ouletest , and boat naturad baby ta tha world. All 4y Ion bo would Wink solemnly at th high-vaulted calling above him. nor would aver cry aacapa blm. 21 a. It was not tha behavior of tha mite, of a prints that , displeased tha king: it was tha prlnct himself.,- r kmc; it waa tne pruici -v. . - . ki-.Ju. I m m member; And when a kingdom is- aa 'email aa the kingdom' of Canard waa, -or a king 'aa poor aa King Edouard waa. 'It la ao-eaajr matter, to nttjngly provide for aU aona, let alone eeventh. PRINCE GERALD . Really, the eeventh baby hadn't the ellghteat excuse for being a boy. He ahould have known that a prlnceaa waa wanted. - Not many year a paeied before Prince Gerald dlacovered that he had given of fense because he was a boy. When a mere child he played contentedly by himself In the nursery, nor did tha thought that he w shunned by all except a loving nurse disturb him In the least. As he grew Into a handsome youth, however, the truth came home to blm that there waa no place for him In the management of the little king dom. One of hla brother prlncea aa elsted tha. king in watching over the affairs of the wee monarchy: another commanded the army; a third the navy; the fourth bad control'of the treaaury; and ao every other Important position waa flJlea. Indeed, Prince Gerald seemed to flt in nowhere', although aa a mat- ter of fact,-he was the brightest and mobt talented of ail seven eons. . No one seemed to mind greatly when tha Prince announced hla -Intention of leaving Canard to soek his fortunes etae wheref On the contrary, many .tamonc whom were the king and Queen and alx prlncea) seemed much rej eved In mind. A great adn-m and loneliness -ell i HE; SEARCHED him when he observed In what little es teem be was held by theroyal family. None to the whole kingdom mourned hla departure, save the old ayn-'. These were not pleasant memor,e"to carrj wUh him. so It -mall wonder that Prince Gerald alghed deeply as ha trudged toward the city whlcfTlay be " fore lm. But even while ao preoccupied "' m fhought. the prince could not but soon observe the Tlack of Inhabitants in the city " rough which he waa Pewnr Yet though no" one peraon or animal had he v seen, theri was a Btranga air of bustle about him. Smoke was curling from ' rhfmneVsi the hum of Induetrycame to - hi. earal If he but -closed his eyes, i .verythmg would seem ae it a oulu be - fV . lBrte city, but, oren them again, Lnd It U upon scene of deaertlon. Marveling, he aearched in all tha publlo - tlaSS' and In the byways, in hft -en-Seavor to Arid a single living creature, 5 !?' tn vdencea of people. W without -the PP,ev',:VJ-i: A- Wondering ..mora land . more, tha I' :f If me Vi m.idV virr learned. cava on the UUlalde. a very ie magician. Of him Prlnco Gerald -in quired about thia gtrangs en. -Know, than." rapllad , tha. that I myaalf am tha creator ot thla marvel. Sara ral V yea r dlaoovered a wonderful "J sooner did thla P the.ntoutlv of a peraon than that parson. betsams in visible. But peraona thus Invisible to ordinary eyes were readily seeti' by one another. As tbla drink waa of delightful flavor, before long vary -- -":.. UBn now a a. a InaitaieiA Af WilOl Hl vHJ one In the city, even wt "-- " It ja uaed Inataad of water... Tha .ajty la, Indeed, teeming wa which you heard Bound; H waa mera- Jy Invlalbla to your -Lot ma buy .of the maglo; drink." asked tha prlnca. aager for adveu- tU"Nay." aald tha magician. "I eell to no one; but aa thou art of a a"r caat of oountenance. Til give thee all thou deeireet Many there In the city know tha .ecret, ao that thou wilt have no trouble In obtaining It here- Princa Gerald found It to be aa the magician bad aald. After drinking the wonderful liquid he returned to the city. Naturally, ha waa atartled at flrat to ae. clearly everything which before had been Invlalbla. Thla he eoon grew ac cuatomed to. however, and even forgot that ha himself waa not visible eacept to thoae about him. Tha city ha found to be the capital of the kingdom of Myato. Hastening to codrt he preaented himself to the king, toy whom he was received most gra ciously. There waa plenty of opportu nity here for achievement The king ac cepted the services of the prince anl straightway aet him at many difficult tasks. All of theee did Prince Gerald accomplish In auch a way aa th greatly please the king. Indeed, the handsome youth rose ao high In the king's esteem that within three yeara he waa appoint ed prime mlnlater to hla majesty. Per hapa many of Gerald'e great deeda were Inspired by the winsome brown eyes of the beautiful princess Of Mysto. With her, had the prince fallen deeply In love, but he dared not ask her to marry him. who possessed no lands of his own or wealth except that which the king of Myato had bestowed upon him. One day Prince Gerald bethought him self that he would like to pay a visit to his father and mother. The king grant ing him permission, he again sought the magician, from whom he aecured a liquid which would make him visible. Drinking thla. the prince rode off In a .magnificent coach of state, accompanied by a large escort of honor. King Edouard was greatly impressed by the magnificence of hla eon's apparel and of hla coach; also he observed the great respect shewn by the retinue. Bo Prince Gerald received a cordial wel come from tha king and queen, although his brothers were somewhat envloua at his aood fortune. ' Gerald related his exploits briefly. say Inn nothing about his power to become Invisible. Then the king poured forth his woes Into the esra of hla son. He told of how he had been threatened by the neighboring kingdom, and thtit ha waa too poor to go to war. The prince thought for a moment; then he re- '''Ju'st leave it to me, sire. I shall rid you of yourenemy." Thereupon the prince returned to the klna of Mysto, and begged for the loan of the .invisible army. This was im mediately granted. Marching- upon Ed ouard's enemy, the weird, invisible host IN THIS.-BYWAYS sent their, adversaries flying In mortal So pleased was the king with hla de liverance that he turned the conquered kingdom over to Prince Gerald. - And Gerald, now that he waa wealthy and possessed of great lanoa, ventured to ask for the hand of tho princess of Mysto. The princess really loved him . devotedly, ao that you may be sure that It waa not long before they wera hap- filly married: She reproached him great y when she learned that he bad waited to become wealthy , before .daring to claim her, iou may be iure, too, that King ed ouard by thla time had become recon ciled to tha fact that his eeventh son waa a boy. He by no meana underestl- mated the value of such a powerful ally. And the bliss in which Gerala now ; lived with his incomparable queen more than atoned for the neglect received dur ing his childhood. The aeventh son waa, after - all, the moat iortunaMr .of tha brothers. , , aa. ' r-f V - "'ryPS, s SS Her Great Grandmother AnAJntr' The- L ord How Willie Learned His "Times" Tables THERE was certainly nothing more tiresome than ahelllng corn Un less, praps, it was learning times" tablea So Willie muttered to himself as he aat on an upturned bushel basket in the corncrib, dexterously loosening the gold en grains from the cobs. Worst of all. this happened to be Sat urday morning, when, ordinarily, he would have been enjoying himself with . the "fellers." No wonder Willie wasn't delighted over the prospect of shelling ear after oar. There seemed to be a million of them, too. But, since he was bound to think "bf unpleasant things, his thoughts turned again to, the "times" tables. He knew that he had made a miserable lizzie of the tablea In school the day before. That waa nothing new. however; he always did that. No, he never could-learn ""times" tables! Just to paaa away the time. Willie be gan to count how many twists of the hand It took him to shell an ear. He found that usually It took seven. Then he began to calculate exactly how many twists It would Ukealtogether to she'll the alx ears 'that lay beside him. Counting aloud one number after the other, he arrived at "42" In triumph. He thought, , with a start, that "six times seven" was what he had missed In school on Friday. It was certain . that he'd never forget that number again! After a, while he succeeded In shelling most of the ears with six twists. He found, too, that he could do four ears In twenty-four twists, and five ears in just thirty. This pastime of counting began to grow quite fascinating, and Willie tried one combination after the other. Faster and faster flew his An- ?:ers, so eager was he to obtain the (lif erent results. A mouse came slyly nut of a hole In the corner of the crib and scampered away with four of the kernels. He shied a cob at the offender, after which he calculated that, if one mouse took away rour grains in una milium, mea ( B" k EN haa written that he will be glad to have Harry at any time," aald Mr. Fairfax to his wife, "and. Inasmuch as the lad is growing worse In health each day, I think tha" sooner he makes the trip the. batter." . George looked Indignant when he saw wl'h what aadness Harry received thla announcement. Here was a chap who Could have tha. time ot hie Ufa. and away -from, all books, yet who didn t ahow the slightest appreciation of hw opportunity; while HE only wanted half a chance to get away on such a vaca-tion-and couldn't get It- Some folks never do know when they're in, luck! Why, Gerge would be only too glad to be Ui in ofder to pay a visit to Uncle BenV But it waa of no uae-HE couldn't look alck no matter how hard he tried. A week later found Harry living with tincle Ben in the great- bousa built in the mWet of the woods of Maine. While the boy was treated with every concelv nble kindness, his uncle Insisted that he apend most of his time In active exer cise. : w.rrv a.t flrat felt 4t a great hardship n rmnln away from hla beloved books. feut. after a wWIe, he grew accustomed weather, and even began to take plea- -lira. in hla ramblea, . . . , One thing that Interested Jlm 1m menaely waa . the deer park. . From one aide of the mansion there ran a great inclosure. where only a few of th giant UecB bad been failed, And ttara war Pierrot WhJ Wumu the miMTEU GEGAMEthe MUNTW innovriMht. 1SUL by The North American Company. l-. K' . . Ud " "-f . ,'aa. C I ' Mavorb BsJ to CMereo TUE LORD MAYOR of London la a very Important dignitary. In deed, ao that when he gives a ball you may know that It Is attendeu with all the magnificence possible. The fancy dress ball whlcn he gives an nually to the children la no exception to the rule. This year's ball was held In January, when Sir John Bell (the Peseni Lord Mayor) extended an Invitation which no loss than 600 persons accepted. A d ot this number, at least half were children between the ages of 6 and I 14. ..nM The scene w as fcJ ' ;,,M among the brilliant throng one could see vikings clowns, admirals. Jeatera, mowfiitfafHOJGiir Qit ABedJiful Thought in a gmka grew 'f$rer unhl If seme was New frag wee, weworwg, the gdrJcofJIcJ TVcyer he rvjhk weehess spJttJ For.fheBemh'Tvi f Thought, shh pehk free J, JtaJhuJJeJ anJhloomeJ to & Beauttut Dee J. ' 1 J eight mice could take away thirty-two grains in the aame time. He doubled the number of mice, and tried ag aln. Willie looked around with a start, to discover that he had shelled the very last ear, and that his task waa com Peted: Nor did he realize . at thai Urn. that li was , abled him to finish so quickly, and ,that he had been aeaiousiy iiwuui.. any number of what Uncle, en was "eased to call hla "tame" But although they would come readily at h i uncle's call, Harry Ladn't found them tame. Indeed, he had dlfflcu ty In even catching sight of them at tlmea, All BABRX FINALLY BECOMES v.-' - A- -1 5 . " . I : . .w - s --v. , y . " w - - sr ar a a aJ tV -hL costers, "great grandmothers," geUliun, fairies, queens. PlerroU and Pierrettes, fishwives, cavaliers, soldiers and sail ors; In fact, it would be difficult to find a costume which was not represented. A number were dressed In the costumes of their ancestors. All kinds of entertainments were pro vided for these little people. Including marionettes, mimical clowns and a Punch and Judy show. You may ta sure that every one hud the happiest sort of a time. Everywhere through the crowd walked the great Lord Mayor, shaking hand with his little guests and proving that he wasn't nearly as terrible aa ho look- 9j jooJ so fall, hJ 1 he $arJen wj ! very tables the whole morning. But he did recognize the fact, when he stood up In achool next Monday and recited his "tlmea" tablea perfectly! What with the mice and the gralna and the "twlstings' he could not forget If he would. Ever alnce that time Willie haa learned to . l. i i. a m .if t a mn 111 n f enm-fihell- lUlUft MV Anu ne xerv uiun uu hla overturea toward friendship seemed . . . . i I I . . 1. Atw in twt vUnred with ausnlclon by the deer. who appeared to regard him as an enemy. Finally the lad became weary of friendly endeavora. So thereafter he played he was Indian, and trapper, and FRIENDS WITH THE DEER ing. at all! l."i '''yij ' ..JJ" 4et - '' ' : it How Strong Are Your Lungs ? YOU wish to see, Just how hard you can blow, you may easily flna nut hir niacin two classes in the positions shown in the picture the smaller Inside the larger, and the larger tilted in a slanting position. Blow into the large glass, above the outer rim of the smaller. If your lungs are strong enough, the smaller glass POSITION OF GLASSES will pop out of the larger into a hand waiting to catch it A great deal, of course, depends upon the weight of the smaller glass as well as upon your lung capacity. But the test is a good one. How He Managed. Jackie A donkey is tied to a rope ten feet long; twenty feet away there's a bundle of hay. and tha donkey wants to cat it. How does he WjohnnilYou want me to say -J give i n " upT" then you'll say. "So did WSffiiv- rttht,,ne'an8Wr- ed up to the hay ana ale It Johnnie How could he? Tackle You must remember that I .aM the donkey was tied to a rope, but I dldn?t aaV that the other end of the rope waa tied to anything. In fact. It wasn i. hunter and what not, and indulged In many 'an exciting chase of deer, when ever ohe was so injudicious as to show UItl'so happened that a certain deer hunt in which the boy was engaged one afternoon had for him a moa t unex- of caro he crept around in back o: f the animal and. for a wontier, iua aw.-v.. was u iobserved until he was hardly a rod r a wav Then a most astonishing thing Jccur. eel Instead of the deer be coming frightened at the nad wtanM. douuhty hunter, it savagely, turned and made for him Harry didn't stop long to ponder, he made a beallna ?nr tree near by. up which he "shin-. Imt v.lth H "possible speed. There he, remained for the space of several houra. while the buck pawed the ground uu- derneath. snorting wrath and defiance. , at last one of 7them heard the halloas of the youth and came to the rescue. TTncle Ben-laughed and laughed when , he heard how the "hunter" had been hunted Indeed, Harry had to laugh,' too But thia waa-after the adventure ; was all over; he hadn't even felt like smiling when tho buck waa In pursuit of I may add that It was not long after thia that the deer became quite friend ly and would come -to Harry to be fed. But he never ivent "deer, hunting" again. He didn't know but what a vengeful buck might atlU be lying soma where In wait tor him. - ir ie Storm-Tosse )anow NE very stormy day laat June . there wai found on the aide walk, apparently half dead, a Door littla aparrow 'hawk, that aeemed literally to have been . driven ' from the aky by tha force of tha heavy rain, which fell In torrenta.' Ha waa brought to ma by a friend, who felt sure that the forlorn, bedraggled bird would find a welcome, aa indeed ha did. At first he waa unable to atand, Bem Insly from wtakneaa, but In .short . time he perched on tha arm of a chair and began to arrange hla toilet, which was, of a truth. In deeperata need of attention. ' f "' . I had never aeen a Bparrow hawk ba rm, at close range, and, aa he preened hU feathers and the colors began to how a he became dry. I was amazed at their variety and unuaualneae. Tha top of his head dried Brat, and the rufous spot In the center of tha steely, blue struck me as a happy combina tion; and as hla beautiful barred back, so rich In color, and hla creamy breast, with its decoration of velvety black spots (to say nothing of the remarkable alaty blue banda which the wing cov-' erts furnished), all gradually resumed their normal condition, I thought Z had never seen a more handsome fellow "ATE FROM OUR FINGERS" ""i t ' His eyea were luminous in their bright ness, and his cute, little head rovolyed as If on a pivot ,.'(. He seemed quite at home, not at all afraid, and wheii I carried him to a small room upstairs, which, for tha time being, I gave up to him complete- . ly. he seemed to appreciate the situa tion and proceeded to make tha most of it. The proverbial expression, aa wild as a hawk," failed to fit thia specimen, for he ate from our fingers quite trust ingly from the very first; sat serenely on an Improvised perch we made for him; looked calmly out of tle window, aa If much Interested in what ha saw,-., but never once flew at the window' or made any attempt to escape, aa wild birds brought Indoors generally do. Hs aeemed attracted by anything ahlny, and a small pair of scissors and a thimble he would bring to his perch from a nearby table, and play with them, much as a kitten might, .some times actually rolling over on hla side and poking them about In a spirit of absolute playfulness; and If either or them fell to the floor, he promptly went after it and brought It back. At night he took up hla perch on the top of the highest picture in the room, and there, he stayed till morning. He generally greeted every one who opened the door of his room with bis funny little note of "klUy-kllly-kllly," and he had nearly sixty callers during the few days he waa with us. We named hlra Nicodemua. and It seemed as if he really got to know his new title. - On the second morning of bis stay we were awakened by the shrieking and excited calling of many robins, vand. wondering what could be troubling them, looked about out of doors to dis cover the cause. Presently - we fountt that poor, little Nicodemua waa the In nocent occasion of ail the commotion. He sat on hia perch by the window as contentedly aa ever, but on the flag pole of the next house perched a larga robin, who, with hla feathers fairly br'stling with excitement, announced t alf interested parties that mere was a. hawk In the neighborhood. .For some minutes he would ahout the disturbing news, and then, apparently gathering all his force, would swoop' toward that window as if bent on the destruction of the hawk, once even striking tha window with aurHclent "force to throw, him backward upon the piazza roof. Other roblna Joined In this performance, some using the gable of tbenext housa for a perch when the flagpole- waa fully; occupied. Occasionally the blue Jaya would add their cry to the general up roar, and two' orlolea and one. little red eyed vlreo came cautiously up on tha roof and peered In the window to see what terrible monster thla was about, which the robins were telling auch a harrowing tale. They soon went back to their family cares, however, only the robins kept up the disturbance; but from "early morn till dewy eve" they slandered, abused and tried to pounca unon Nicodemua. He noticed It, but made no attempt at retaliation; only, as they swooped ao viciously at tlm window, he ducked ' him bead ' an J dodged, as If afraid of being struck. Not only Nicodemua, but people as well, who came to call upon him, would, it' standing near the window. Instinctively dodge as the robins ew toward th window, so fierce and determined wuj the onslaught. ' " - For Ave days we kept the little hawi and during that time the robins nevt Cbased from their plan of campaij: until their clamor really came ta bu ., nuisance to the neighborhood. - Peru,,) , who were told of tills strange and con tinuous performance could hardly be lieve It until they came to see, and it seemed the more remarkable. . In tin, t the room occupied by Nicodemua w.t In an out-of-the-way corner of th, house, and how the robins ever discov ered him, or how they announced it t other birds, ta still a mystery. "Attached aa we really became to o r ,cute little visitor, we aoon found v. , had an "elephant on our hands, w didn't want to cage him; neither, l i . then, when -the-woods were so full i. Jfbaby birds, did we wish to set him fr. lest he destroy aome ot them. Fluai we took htm to a nearby park, m. there he remained through lha sututui , well cared tor, and much admired t, " many visitors. Handsome, friendly, i , . tie Nicodemua will always b a v. , happy memory t us whose guest i . was, as he will be likewise to all th , who were so fortunate aa to maku 1 acquaintance. .Well Supported, ' School Dlrector-Llttlo boy. whi ported the world on '-bis should, . Pupil Atlas, sir. " School Director But who bum AtlaaT ' ,; Other 'Littla Boy-Tha hook say, sir; but I suppose It was i. . 'x TJtutniwerabla Arguin : . One of the lady teacher cf a , ot boya asked a lad to the beauties of . ed'ti.., - i ' .much embarrass"! wheii t - a ' the response, "Pretty e ! ; i t era. ; ---i-j-.j ' t . .-.".-. .'.V-Vf-.V-
