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.
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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.
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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 .
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