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A THORN PIERCED HER FINGER"
And,' after all, that mother know beet
.what le for your food."
But : Herbert , and Louise hardly
waited to hear the lait word. They
were already on their way to the
garden. , There Louis remained to pluck
xoMt. whil Herbert continued toward
th orchard.
In gathering th fragrant roses, Louise
disdained th oee of garden shears. 8h
could break th stems Just aa well with
tier Angers, sh knew; and ah wouldn't
b disobeying mother, becaua mother
had given permission for her to do ex
actly aVsh d (m1 red this day. A mo
ment later, however, ab learned th
wisdom of mother" method, for a great
thorn pierced her flngera and tor th
flesh co that th blood flowed rapidly.
fch had not dried her tears before ah
heard a wall from th orchard. Her
bert had Ventured to climb a tre which
-ATE AS MANX AS HE COULD"
mother had pronounced unsafe. Th
fragile limb aiong which h had crawled
had broken aud he bad fallen to th
ground ; with a thud. Rubbing hi
brulsas ruefully n directed hi step
toward the kitchen, where, to forget hia
woes, h began to- eat aa many ppla
as be possibly could. - ,
At luncheon. Instead of eating frugally
of the food before them, Louise greedily
devoured everything upon the table,
iierbert had ear en so great a number
or applet that hia appetite waa entirely
gone.-
, When the meal was finished, th little
girt went to enjoy a rid la her favorite
swing under th maple tree. But ah
had eaten so much that the motion of
' the swing made her ieel 11 L In th
meantime, her brother had taken on
of hia father's cigars. It yas not long
before Herbert was very sick. Indeed,
bo he was put to bed, and there he staid
the remainder of that afternoon. Nor
was It more than two hours after lunch
eon that Louise, too, was glad to take
refuge In her little bed. She had been
leaning far over the bank of the pond
when she lost he. balance and fell In
the water. Horrid, nasty water she
swallowed quarts of it. ah declared
so that eh fell wretched.
That evening, before they kissed their
mother gooanlght, Herbert and Louise
admitted that It waa only through
obeying her that they could find th
greatest pleasure.
What Ha Wanted.
Concluding his lecture, th foreign
missionary solicited contributions of
money from the audience, however
small they might be. One little boy
hastened toward him and began:
"Please, sir. your talk interested m
very much and"
"Go on, my boy," said the lecturer,
encouragingly; "do you wish to help
In th good workT"
"Not exactly, sir," replied th lad.
with some hesitation; "I only wanted
to know If you have any foreign
stamps you don't want"
KCE upon a time there was a
pretty llttl girl, who, be
caua she was poor, had to
go barefooted both in sum
mer and winter. Ther lived In th
kam village a kind old shoemaker's
wife, and she mad a pair of Htti
shoes out of a plec of red cloth and
gave them to th llttl girl, whos
nam was Karen.
Karen loved thon shoes and was
very proud of -them and wor them
for th first ttm on th day of her
mother's funeral. Aa she was going
along with th funeral a large car
riage cam by and la It sat an old
lady.
Bhe looked at Karen and felt very
sorry for her, and said to the clergy
man: -If you will giv m that llttl
girl I will tak car of her." And
this th clergyman did.
Karen believed It was because of
her red shoes, but th old lady
thought them hideous and had them
burned.
Karen was taught to read and to
sew. and when peopl saw her they
said sh was pretty; but Karen really
was more than pretty sh waa very
beautiful.
One day the queen, with her daugh
ter, the princess, waa going through
the part of the country where Karen
and tba old lady lived, and all th
people ran to see them. Llttl Kafen
ran. too.
The princess was dressed In pur
white silk and had on a beautiful pair
of red morocco shoes. Karen longed
(or a pair just like them, for ah
thought nothing could be so fine.
Karen was old enough now to be
confirmed. She got some new clothes
and waa also to nave some new snots.
The old lady took her to a shop
where were great glass cases full of
pretty sboea Among them was a pair
of red ones. Just ilk those which th
princess had worn. Th shoemaker
said:
"They were mad for a count's
daughter, but they did not fit her."
Karen tried them on, and. as they
fitted her, the old lady bought them;
for, as sh could not see well, sh did
not know they were red.
Everybody looked at her feet all th
way from th church door to th
choir, and when the clergyman laid
his hand on her head Karen thought
only of her red shoes. '
In the afternoon the old lady heard
from every on that Karen had worn
the red shoes.
"It was a shocking thing to do." sh
said. "Karen will go to church in fu
ture In black shoes, even If they are.
old."
On th next Sunday Karen looked
Drat at th black shoes, then at th
red ones, and then put on th red .
ones.
In the door of the church stood an
old, crippled soldier, with a large red
beard, leaning on a crutch. He' bow
ed down to th ground and wiped th
dust off th old lady's shoes and
Karen put out her little foot. too.
"Dear me, what pretty dancing
shoes." said the soldier. "Sit fast
when you dance," said he, speaking to
the shoes, and ha slapped th soles
with his hand.
Th old lady gave him soma money.
and they want Into th church.
When Karen knelt bfor th altar'
ah thought only of her red shoes. 8b
forgot to sing; sh forgot to prayfsh
forgot everything but the red shoes
After church, a Karen was slipping
Into th carriage, th old soldier said;
"Dear ma. what .pretty, dancing
shoes!" Karen could not help dancing
a few steps, and when sh began sh
could not stop. It Seemed as if htr
shoes bad some power over her legs.
8h danced around th church, and th
coachman had to - run after her and
elsV her. He lifted br into'th car
ries, but ber feet still danced and
kicked th good old lady. At last they
took ofT the shoe and they war put
awsy in a closet, and only then wr
Karen's feet quiet,
Now the old lady got very sick, and it
was Karep'a duty to nurae her. But
Karen had an invitation to a party that
day and wanted to go very much. 8h
looked at her red ahoea. and said to her
self: "It is no sin to leav th old lady
tor a llttl while." . -
8h put on the red shoes and went to
th party. But when she, wanted to
dance on way th shoes mad her
dance the other, and ah danced down
the stairs snd out through th gat, oft
Into th dark woods. All of a sudden
something shone up among th tree
like the moon. It was th old soldier
with his red beard. He sat nodding his
bead, and said:
"Dear me. what pretty dancing shoes!
She waa in a frfaht at one, and tried
to get the red shoes off, but they stuck
fast. 81e tor off her stockings, but th
shoes had grown fast to her feet.
She danced and danced and could
not help dancing, over field and
meadow, In rain and sunshine, by
night and day.
Bhe paaaed the church door and aaw
an angel ther with long, whit
wings reaching from his shoulders to
the earth. In his hand he held a
sword and his fac was sad and
stern.
Napoleon 's Boy
hood Debt
THE 1 great ' emperor. Napoleon,
paaaed bis youth at th military
. school of Brlenn. Her wer laid
th foundations of that knowledge which
enabled htm to accomplish mighty deeds
In later years. . ; ' '
Like other boys. Napoleon was very
fond of fruit Ther wss an old fruit
woman stationed near th school, and
sh It was who provided tempting eat-
Tou shall dance," said he. "until
you are pal and cold."
"Mercy 1" cried Karen. But sh did
not hear the angel's reply,' for the
hoe carried her on.
On morning sh cam to th houa
of th executioner and called:
. "Com out, com outl X cannot'
com Inl"
"I do not suppose you know who
2 am; I strike off th heads of th
wicked." be said.
"Don't cut my head cTf," said Ka
ren, "for I want to repent of my
sin. But cut off my feet snd th red
shoes." And then sh confessed her
sin, and th executioner struck off
ber feet; but th shoes danced away
with th llttl feet across th fields
Into th deep forest
Th execution r carved her a pair
of wooden feet and aom crutches
and taught her a psalm which la al
ways sung by sinners. She kissed
the hand that bad; guided the axe
and went away.
"Now. I have suffered enough for
th red shoes," sh said. "I will go
to church."
But when sh cam ther th red
noes were dancing before her, and
ah was frightened and turned back.
ror many daya sh wept and waa
sorry for her sin. The next Sunday
ahe went to church and looked sadly
at her crutches.
"O God, help ml" ahe, said.
The sun ahon brightly, and sh
looked up and aaw right near her
the angel In whit robes, the one sh
had seen before at the church door.
He no longer carried th sword, but
a beautiful green branch of roses.
He nodded his head to her and aald:
"H was right of you to come, Ka
ren. "It wss for mercy," said ahe.
in organ piayea, and the
- .ft ,.": I III
dren's voices sounded very soft and
lovely. Karen was happy, and her
heart was filled with peac and Joy,
Arthur's Easter
Bunny
WHEN th beautiful Princess Ber
lin arrived at 'th age of U
; years ber father, the imperious
monarch. Phllpot XXI, deemed it advis
able that sh thould marry. He, there
fore, sent broadcast a proclamation In
viting th attendance at court of noble
suitors. , .
Now the princess really loved no one.
But she was a dutiful daughter and she
tvaa witling to be ini-rried if the king so
li sired. However, she longed for ad
viee in making her selection of a hus
band. To her aid she summoned her
godmother. Fairy Hellit.ope,
I he fairy greeted Certina graciously,
nnd talked 10 ber with kindness and
ti mpathy. . '
"My dear Bertlna," said the god
mother at parting, "I am leaving with
you a little casket. Va each suitor pre
sent himself giv him the casket. Bid
i.im take it away, examine its contents
mid return a to you at the end of twen-ty-four
hours. But 1 must give you
warning; do not, upon any account,
open tho caakot yourself until a suitor,
kfter lookinc into the little case, returns
again and returns again and renews his
vows to you."
Bertlna thanked her fairy godmother
nd promise to obey these instructions
'lieu fl put iwr precious casket in a
a pla. i ;--. '
i lie next day a prince from the nelgh
i ing kingdom arrived at court and
finally asked for the hand of the
mcesa Bertina, He was enormously
-aJthy and possessed of great power,
nt llertina refused to listen to him.
"Take tbis casket." aatd ahe, "open it
issxf hearo
im ths morrow the prince failed to
pear. Instead,: h sent the casket by
. tsjteeial messenger, who also brought
note stating that the prince had sud-
nly tw-en called away by a matter of
i rem importance. -Then
Count Oscar, a handsome gentle-
in vf the highest rank, was given a
rial. lie returned with the casket not
to renew his tows, however, for he did
but murmur that he would return, per
baps within a week or so and went his
way, never to be heard from thereafter.
And thus It was that suitor after suit
or appeared. .Full of ardor and declara
tions of lov was each as he threw
himself before the princess. But always
the casket was brought back and the
wooer hastened his departure nor tar
ried to woo a moment longer.
EDFRED RETURNED
Bertlna was becoming a-wearled of
the ordeal and afraid lest she have
opportunity to accept no one, when th
good prince Edfred cams to sue for her
band. .. . ...-v..- ., -
No prince was more virtuous and ,
handsome than he. And as Bertlna
looked upon the gallant prince kneeling
before her. a great lov for him grow ,
In her heart Sbo sighed as she hand-?
d him th llttl casket and murmured
to herself that doubtless this handsome
loye would be sent away by its magic,
as had been th others.
But th prediction of th princess waa
unfulfilled. , Th next day again Edfred
kneeled at her feet, as constant as
ever. Gazing upon' her with eyes full
of adoration and love, he addressed her
thus:
"Princess, 'tis not your wealth nor
your lands I desire. 1 want but you:
and in possessing you for my wife I
should attain to the greatest wealth
mortal could ever have!'
Th princess shyly veiled her beauti
ful eyes with their long lashes. Be
fore making reply she opened the cask
et With astonishment upon a plec
of parchment therein sh read thes
words:
"To Whom It May Concern:
"Before I may conscientiously accept
your devotion I must confess myself ut
terly ruined a princess without dowry,
without lands or' wealth. No honors
can I bring to my husband.
. "And I hereby absolve you of all
promises and declarations you may hava
offered mistakenly! nor shall I bear 111-
, will should you find it impossible to
further press your suit.
"PRINCESS BERTINA"
' And so was revealed the reason for
' the inconstancy of those who desired
her only for ber wealth. And so it was
revealed, as well, that Princ Edfred
was her true lover.
Gladly sh accepted him for her hus
band; explaining the while how It was
through ignorance of what the bejew.
eled casket- contained that she had prac
ticed suchr deceit Nevertheless, you
may b sure she was grateful to her
fairy godmother for adopting even this
means, for it compelled her to lOve Ed
fred all the more. .
Amid the greatest - Jubilation wer
: Bertlna and Edfred married. AH man
ner of costly gifts they received. But
no possession was prized so highly aa
i th llttl Jwjeweled casket
ARTHUR wanted a bunnyr oh. so
much I He'd always wanted a
bunny, you know. Every time h
asked, father would ay: "Walt until
Eastertlm, and then catch th bunny
that brings your Easter eggs."
But Arthur had tried three Easters
now, and he hadn't caught Bunny. So
be was beginning to bellev that Bunny
waa 'most too sly to be caught How
Aver, h mad up bis mind he'd try Just
this once, anyway.
Easter morning found Arthur astir ere
morning had hardly dawned. 8oftly b
sped down ths stairs. Yea, ther wer
all th gifts Bunny had brought little
baskets containing chocolat hens and
rabbits; funny llttl toys' that opened
and showed many tiny eggs within, and
'most everything a llttl boy could wish.
But Bunny himself had disappeared. In
spit of all th presents. Arthur was
disappointed, ,
"Do you know, Arthur," said father at
th breakfast table. "I hav an Idea
that perhaps Bunny bides vbis eggs
among th grass and bushes outside, as
well as In th house,' If I wer you. I'd
look all th way to - the barn, and
maybe you'll find th Bunny bidden
somewber." ,
In breathless excitement Arthur ran
out to search th garden. True enough,
be found nicely colored eggs In several
of th bushes. They seemed to lead In a
direct line straight for the barn, , Alto
gether h had gathered eight eggs by
th Urn be stealthily entered th barn. .
A moment's search and then, what do
jrou think he found T 'Twas Bunny him
self! And he was Just as tame as any .
bunny could be; the nicest llttl bunny,
Arthur bad ever seen. '
"1 think he must hav pitied you In
your bunt." . laughed father, "and so
just waited for you to come up to him."
Ba that as It may. Bunny never ran
away. He remained with his llttl mas
ter, and became almost as fond of Ar
thur as Arthur was of him.
Muezza, Famous Pussy
PERHAPS you may not have beard
. the .Arabian legend of Moham
med's favorite cat- Muesza, Mo
hammed sat in deep meditation, whil
the cat reposed at ease on th broad
extended sleeve of his coat So affected
was Mohammed by the warm, drowsy
air of the afternoon that he entirely
forgot his surroundings. Suddenly, when
hours had passed, be bethought himself
of certain duties he had to perform,
and was about to rise from his rug
when he observed Muesza still sleeping.
Then, in order not to disturb the slum-,
ber of his pet Mohammed calmly cut
off the sleeve of his garment and went
unon his way: -; i .
tlrriATiNo Ted
"WB HAD A MIGHT? TUSSLE"
Father It's only fair to tell you that
I'm pleased with your economy this
term. Your requests for money wer
too frequent last term.
Son Yes, father I thought so, too;
so this term I've had everything on
tick. - ,
npWAS a mighty scary feeling Ted
I gav us when w 'nltiated him
1 Into th "Bloody Robbers." ,
Ted, you know, was 'clined to b Just
a llttl fresh, so w Jus' mad up our
minds, when w finally guessed he might
as well be a "Robber," that we'd hav
a pretty stiff 'nitlatlon for him.
Right t'other side of Rocky Lot (wher
all Us fellers go a-campln') Is the stone
crusher, wher they've got a big ma
chine to pound and grind up th rocks
for makln' roads.
'Bout th middle of th day, th men
who'r at th crusher leav off workln'
an' get their dinner. So there's an hour
when th machine's not goln'.
Now,eur scheme was to blindfold Ted,
lead 'im over to th stone-crusher; then
tak off th bandage, gag 'im and 11
him among soma o' them thunderin' big
wheel of th crusher all this, of
course, while the men were away. Then
we'd pretend to sneak off, leavin' him
there: an' get back Just before th men
got there to start the machinery.
We had a mighty tussle gettin' Ted
over to the crusher, I can tell you; Cap
tain Billy Mumford got a bloody nose,
an' Pet Hamilton got a black eye. Th
bandage had worked itself - loose, so's -Ted
could se to bit straight enough, all
rlghty. -
But, at last w had 'Im tied all right
And though ha pleaded hard as he could ,
with them eyes o' his'n - (you see, he -couldn't
talk for the gag), we went
away an left him, an' hid In th woods
beyond. . ..' "
AH of a sudden we heard th crusher
begin to grind. It seems that one of th
men had com around by th pike, and '
got In all unbeknownst to us.
You betcher life, every one of ns was
struck dumb. Billy and Skinny wer
.he only ones who'd dare to go back.
They atreaked it for th crusher, 'course,
expectin. to find Ted smashed to smith
' ereens. ,
Billy couldn't talk when 'e got there,
and Skinny had to stammer out what"
he wtnted. The engineer - stared and
seemed to know not hi n. He stopped the
engine In a jiffy, an' then Billy and
Skinny and him went to look for poor
Ted. They couldn't see anything but
Ted's old straw hat!" It was ragged
enough before, goodness knowsi but
now It was Just all torn to tatters.
"Now I want you young murderers to
i go to Ted Abbott's bom an' tell his
folks what's happened, an' then I'm
goln Co hav you arrested." ' said th
engineer, awful solemn and determined
. luce. . .
Billy and SkinnW cot mighty stiff
. upper lips, but It took a heap of nerve to
go an' teU Mis' Abbott Th news bain'
s sad. of course, they, went In by th
front door an' into the parlor. Well,
Skinny had jus" begun in a rounderbout
sort of way, to break the awful news,
when who' should com out from th
dining room, munchln' on a chunk o
pi an' grinnin' fit to kill, but that
bloomin Ted himself!
Th Jok was on Billy and Skinny and
all th rest of us, all rlghty!
You see, by good luck, Ted bad man
aged to 'tract the engineer's attention
before th machine was started. Then
, he told Mm what to say to us, and. after .
tearin' up his hat scooted for home.
We wus so glad to know that ther
wasn't any part of Ted missln', that we
all chipped In and got 'im a new hat
with a flashy ribbon that it hurt your
eyes to look at That wus about th
only thing that kept Ted's pa from
; havin' all of us trounced good 'n' hard.
He was awful mad when the engineer
told him 'bout Ted's 'nitlatlon.. Some
how Z don't blame 'im much. ..
Couldn't Whistle it Back
PHIL was taking his llttl sister
Beatrice on a short trip by rail.
As th train sped along, h said
to her, warnlngiy: . -v-. -'
"Be careful not to lose your bat,
Beatrice." '-.--.-.;. i ...v.. . .:. .;.:
Then, snatching It from her head, on A
the sly, he exclaimed: l
"There! You've let It blow" away. S i
jjut never roiuu, t.ioau vouui ic
back for you."
Thereupon he whistled, and Imme
diately produced the hat .v . , , ...
A short time afterward h was
; chagrined, to hear Beatrice ask:
"Won't you whistle my hat back
again. FhilT I threw It out th win,
dow."
THEY ENTERED THE COTTAGE
able for th future hero. Should ba
hav no money. It mattered not at all;
for sh knew h would always repay
ber Just as soon as bis next allowane
arrived. It so happened that when h
waa ready to leav th school, he waa
still two crowns In her debt II said to
bar. be for making hia departure:
"My good woman. I fear I must go
without paying what I ow you; but X
shall not forget" '
Th fruit woman replied:
"Oh. do not permit that to disturb
your peac of mind, my nobl young
man. May Ood preserv your health
and make you happy!"
Engaged In such arduous and exciting
work aa was the young soldier, he could
hardly b blamed for allowing thla tri
fling debt to slip his memory for th
Um.
- Napoleon became a general and con
quered Italy. He than Invaded Egypt
Returning by mean of a aea swarming
with ships of the enemy, h entered
Paris and was named premier consul.
Napoleon established peac in bis
country; he waa crowned emperor of
France; still in fulfilment of his boy
hood debt the old fruit woman had
nothing but his promts:
"I shall not forget"
But such a promts was of higher
value than th sum of money Involved,
So It was that when, on day, Na
poleon entered Brlenn aecretly and In
cognito, he remembered his promise,
and hastily bethought himself to repair
bis neglect
What memories wer recalled as, with
a trusted officer In sol attendance, b
traversed the streets he had trod so of
ten when a boy I All th Incidents of
bis earljf youth cams back to him vivid
ly. After a whtls he paused befor th
humble dwelling wher th fruit woman
had one made her home. A bystander
Informed him that th good woman still
resided ther. Th two entered.
"May w hav some refreshment
asked the emperor.
"Certainly," responded th woman,
snd sh went out into her garden, re
appearing shortly with a delicious
melon, which sh net befor them.
Whil the fruit-woman proceeded with
th car of her fir, on of her visitors
aaked:
"Do you know th emperor, and
whether he Is expected here today?"
"He has not yet arrived," sh answer
ad, "although he is expected almost
any time. Why should I not know th
emperor He bought many a basket of
fruit from m whil ber at school."
"And did he always pay you prompt
ly T" persisted the emperor.
"Certainly, no on was mor honest,'
was the indignant rejoinder.
Then her distinguished visitor arose,
. saying:
"My good woman, you either apeak
untruth, or you hav a poor memory.
Aa proof that you- do not know the em
peror, I may say that I am be; and to
prove that th emperor did not always
conscientiously pay his debts. I would
recall to your mind those two crowns
be owed you when he left school."
At th sam tima th other visitor de
posited on the table a gleaming heap of
gold coin to the amount of 1200 franca
And th honest woman, now recog
nising the emperor, fell at his feet al
most overcome with Joy at the meet
ing. Her little children clung to her, re
garding th great men with astonish
ment, not knowing whether to laugh or
weep.
Napoleon ordered that th poor d wall
ing be torn down, and that another b
erected in it place, '
"it is In this house," h said, "that I
wish to lodge whenever I come to Br
nne; and I wish It to bear my name."
Befor taking leave of th fruit wom
an he promised, that - h would tak '
good car of her children. He kept hi
word, so that you may know th debt!
of his boyhood was paid honorably and
In full. ......
Light Rays in Water
TWO COINS WILL APPEAR
T THE bottom of an ordinary glass
or tumbler, place a coin of any
kind.
Pour water In ths glass to one-third
Of its capacity. .
Pres a saucer firmly over the mouth
of the glass, and carefully turn glass
and saucer upslds down.
In this position you will, be surprised
to apparently see two coins resting on
th surface of th saucer.