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+Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, January 25, 1881, by Various
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+Title: Harper's Young People, January 25, 1881
+       An Illustrated Monthly
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: January 19, 2014 [EBook #44712]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, JAN 25, 1881 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Annie R. McGuire
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE
+AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VOL. II.--NO. 65. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR
+CENTS.
+
+Tuesday, January 25, 1881. Copyright, 1881, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50
+per Year, in Advance.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: THE BREAKDOWN, AND ESCAPE OF THE MONKEYS.]
+
+[Begun in No. 58 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, December 7.]
+
+TOBY TYLER;
+
+OR, TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS.
+
+BY JAMES OTIS.
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+AN ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
+
+
+Toby's experience of the evening was very similar to that of the
+afternoon, save that he was so fortunate as not to take any more bad
+money in payment for his goods. Mr. Jacobs scolded and swore
+alternately, and the boy really surprised him in the way of selling
+goods, though he was very careful not to say anything about it, but made
+Toby believe that he was doing only about half as much work as he ought
+to do. Toby's private hoard of money was increased that evening by
+presents, ninety cents, and he began to look upon himself as almost a
+rich man.
+
+When the performance was nearly over, Mr. Jacobs called to him to help
+in packing up; and by the time the last spectator had left the tent, the
+worldly possessions of Messrs. Lord and Jacobs were ready for removal,
+and Toby allowed to do as he had a mind to, so long as he was careful to
+be on hand when old Ben was ready to start.
+
+Toby thought that he would have time to pay a visit to his friends the
+skeleton and the fat woman, and to that end started toward the place
+where their tent had been standing; but to his sorrow he found that it
+was already being taken down, and he only had time to thank Mrs. Treat
+and to press the fleshless hand of her shadowy husband as they entered
+their wagon to drive away.
+
+He was disappointed, for he had hoped to be able to speak with his
+new-made friends a few moments before the weary night's ride commenced;
+but failing in that, he went hastily back to the monkeys' cage. Old Ben
+was there getting things ready for a start; but the wooden sides of the
+cage had not been put up, and Toby had no difficulty in calling the aged
+monkey up to the bars. He held one of the fat woman's doughnuts in his
+hand, and he said, as he passed it through to the animal:
+
+"I thought perhaps you might be hungry, Mr. Stubbs, and this is some of
+what the skeleton's wife give me. I hain't got very much time to talk
+with you now; but the first chance I can get away to-morrow, an' when
+there hain't anybody 'round, I want to tell you something."
+
+The monkey had taken the doughnut in his hand-like paws, and was tearing
+it to pieces, eating small portions of it very rapidly.
+
+"Don't hurry yourself," said Toby, warningly, "for Uncle Dan'l always
+told me the worst thing a feller could do was to eat fast. If you want
+any more, after we start, just put your hand through the little hole up
+there near the seat, an' I'll give you all you want."
+
+From the look on his face, Toby confidently believed the monkey was
+going to make some reply; but just then Ben shut up the sides,
+separating Toby and Mr. Stubbs, and the order was given to start.
+
+Toby clambered up on to the high seat, Ben followed him, and in another
+instant the team was moving along slowly down the dusty road, preceded
+and followed by the many wagons with their tiny swinging lights.
+
+"Well," said Ben, when he had got his team well under way; and felt that
+he could indulge in a little conversation, "how did you get along
+to-day?"
+
+Toby related all of his movements, and gave the driver a faithful
+account of all that had happened to him, concluding his story by saying,
+"That was one of Mrs. Treat's doughnuts that I just gave to Mr. Stubbs."
+
+"To whom?" asked Ben, in surprise.
+
+"To Mr. Stubbs--the old fellow here in the cart, you know, that's been
+so good to me."
+
+Toby heard a sort of gurgling sound, saw the driver's body sway back and
+forth in a trembling way, and was just becoming thoroughly alarmed, when
+he thought of the previous night, and understood that Ben was only
+laughing in his own peculiar way.
+
+"How did you know his name was Stubbs?" asked Ben, after he had
+recovered his breath.
+
+"Oh, I don't know that that is his real name," was the quick reply; "I
+only call him that because he looks so much like a feller with that name
+that I knew at home. He don't seem to mind because I call him Stubbs."
+
+Ben looked at Toby earnestly for a moment, acting all the time as if he
+wanted to laugh again, but didn't dare to for fear he might burst a
+blood-vessel, and then he said, as he patted him on the shoulder, "Well,
+you are the queerest little fish that I ever saw in all my travels. You
+seem to think that that monkey knows all you say to him."
+
+"I'm sure he does," said Toby, positively. "He don't say anything right
+out to me, but he knows everything I tell him. Do you suppose he could
+talk if he tried to?"
+
+"Look here, Mr. Toby Tyler," and Ben turned half around in his seat, and
+looked Toby full in the face, as to give more emphasis to his words,
+"are you heathen enough to think that that monkey could talk if he
+wanted to?"
+
+"I know I hain't a heathen," said Toby, thoughtfully, "for if I had
+been, some of the missionaries would have found me out a good while ago;
+but I never saw anybody like this old Mr. Stubbs before, an' I thought
+he could talk if he wanted to, just as the Living Skeleton does, or his
+wife. Anyhow, Mr. Stubbs winks at me; an' how could he do that if he
+didn't know what I've been sayin' to him?"
+
+"Look here, my son," said Ben, in a most fatherly fashion, "monkeys
+hain't anything but beasts, an' they don't know how to talk any more
+than they know what you say to 'em."
+
+"Didn't you ever hear any of them speak a word?"
+
+"Never. I've been in a circus, man an' boy, nigh on to forty years, an'
+I never seen nothin' in a monkey more'n any other beast, except their
+awful mischiefness."
+
+"Well," said Toby, still unconvinced, "I believe Mr. Stubbs knew what I
+said to him, anyway."
+
+"Now don't be foolish, Toby," pleaded Ben. "You can't show me one thing
+that a monkey ever did because you told him to."
+
+Just at that moment Toby felt some one pulling at the back of his coat,
+and looking around, he saw it was a little brown hand, reaching through
+the bars of the air-hole of the cage, that was tugging away at his coat.
+
+"There!" he said, triumphantly, to Ben. "Look there. I told Mr. Stubbs
+if he wanted anything more to eat, to tell me, an' I would give it to
+him. Now you can see for yourself that he's come for it," and Toby took
+a doughnut from his pocket, and put it into the tiny hand, which was
+immediately withdrawn. "Now what do you think of Mr. Stubbs knowing what
+I say to him?"
+
+"They often stick their paws up through there," said Ben, in a
+matter-of-fact tone. "I've had 'em pull my coat in the night till they
+made me as nervous as ever any old woman was. You see, Toby, my boy,
+monkeys is monkeys; an' you mustn't go to gettin' the idea that they're
+anything else, for it's a mistake. You think this old monkey in here
+knows what you say? Why, that's just the cuteness of the old fellow; he
+watches you to see if he can't do just as you do, an' that's all there
+is about it."
+
+Toby was more than half convinced that Ben was putting the matter in its
+proper light, and he would have believed all that had been said if, just
+at that moment, he had not seen that brown hand reaching through the
+hole to clutch him again by the coat.
+
+The action seemed so natural, so like a hungry boy who gropes in the
+dark pantry for something to eat, that it would have taken more
+arguments than Ben had at his disposal to persuade Toby that his Mr.
+Stubbs could not understand all that was said to him. Toby put another
+doughnut in the outstretched hand, and then sat silently, as if in a
+brown-study over some difficult problem.
+
+For some time the ride was made in silence. Ben was going through all
+the motions of whistling without uttering a sound, a favorite amusement
+of his, and Toby's thoughts were far away in the humble home he had
+scorned, with Uncle Daniel, whose virtues had increased with every mile
+of distance which had been put between them, and whose faults had
+decreased in a corresponding ratio.
+
+Toby's thoughtfulness had made him sleepy, and his eyes were almost
+closed in slumber, when he was startled by a crashing sound, was
+conscious of a sense of being hurled from his seat by some great force,
+and then he lay senseless by the side of the road, while the wagon
+remained a perfect wreck, from out of which a small army of monkeys
+were escaping. Ben's experienced ear had told him at the first crash
+that his wagon was breaking down, and without having time to warn Toby
+of his peril, he had leaped clear of the wreck, keeping his horses in
+perfect control, thus averting any more trouble. It was the breaking of
+one of the axles which Toby had heard just before he was thrown from his
+seat, and when the body of the wagon had come down upon the hard road,
+the entire structure had been wrecked.
+
+The monkeys, thus suddenly released from their confinement, had
+scampered off in every direction, and, by a singular chance, Toby's aged
+friend started for the woods in such a direction as to bring him
+directly upon the boy's senseless body. As the monkey came up to Toby he
+stopped, through the well-known curiosity of his kind, and began to
+examine the body carefully, prying into each pocket he could reach, and
+trying to open the half-closed eyelids in order to peep in under them.
+
+Fortunately for Toby, he had fallen upon a mud-bank, and was only
+stunned for the moment, having received no serious bruises, even though
+he had been thrown such a distance. The attentions bestowed upon him by
+the monkey served the purpose of bringing him to his senses; and after
+he had looked around him in the gray light of the coming morning, it
+would have taken far more of a philosopher than ever old Ben was to have
+persuaded the boy that monkeys did not possess reasoning faculties.
+
+The monkey was picking at his ears, nose, and mouth, as monkeys always
+do when they get an opportunity, and the expression of his face was as
+grave as possible. Toby firmly believed that the monkey's face showed
+sorrow at his fall, and he believed that the attentions which were being
+bestowed upon him were for the purpose of learning whether he had been
+injured or not.
+
+"Don't worry, Mr. Stubbs," said Toby, anxious to reassure his friend, as
+he sat upright and looked about him. "I didn't get hurt any, but I would
+like to know how I got 'way over here."
+
+It really seemed as if the monkey was pleased to know that his little
+friend was not hurt, for he seated himself on his haunches, and his face
+expressed the liveliest pleasure that Toby was well again--or at least
+that was the way the boy interpreted the look.
+
+By this time the news of the accident had been shouted ahead from one
+team to the other, and all hands were hurrying to the scene for the
+purpose of rendering some aid. As Toby saw them coming, he also saw a
+number of small forms, looking something like men, hurrying past him,
+and for the first time he understood how it was that the aged monkey was
+at liberty, and knew that those little dusky forms were the other
+occupants of the cage escaping to the woods.
+
+"See there, Mr. Stubbs! see there!" he exclaimed, quickly, pointing
+toward the fugitives; "they're all going off into the woods. What shall
+we do?"
+
+The sight of the runaways seemed to excite the old monkey quite as much
+as it had the boy. He jumped to his feet, chattered in the most excited
+way, screamed two or three times as if he was calling them back, and
+then started off in vigorous pursuit.
+
+"Now he's gone too," said Toby, disconsolately, believing the old fellow
+had run away from him; "I didn't think Mr. Stubbs would treat me this
+way."
+
+[TO BE CONTINUED.]
+
+
+
+
+A LITTLE ARAB GIRL'S MISSION.
+
+BY F. E. FRYATT.
+
+
+Many of the readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE will be both surprised and
+sorry to learn that there are parents who are not only willing to sell
+their baby girls for a few pennies, but when this can not be done, to
+cast them out upon the highways to perish either by the wild beasts that
+prowl about at night, or by the fiercely glaring sun that heats the sand
+so that even a dog will not venture out at noonday for fear of burning
+his paws.
+
+"Where do these cruel people live, and who are they?" I hear a bright
+little girl ask.
+
+They are the Arabs who inhabit the deserts of Kabylia and the Sahara, in
+and south of Algiers, the most northern country in Africa.
+
+"Ah, but the Arabs live in Arabia, don't they?" objects my young friend.
+
+Yes, they do; but centuries ago the Arabians, or Saracens--desert
+dwellers, as they were then called, Sara meaning desert--sent out large
+armies to conquer other nations. These Saracens swept victoriously
+through Northern Africa up to the heart of Spain.
+
+Algiers is now a French province, but the greater part of its people are
+descendants of its ancient inhabitants, called Moors, and their
+conquerors, the Arabs, together with negroes from Soudan, French
+colonists, and a sprinkling of Turks, Maltese, and Spaniards.
+
+Neither the Moors nor the Arabs think much of little girls. The
+latter--especially the poor ones--are sorry when one is born; but when a
+boy baby comes, they make him presents, and a bowl of "mughly"--a
+compound of rice flavored with sugar and spices, and sprinkled with
+delicious nuts--is given to each relative.
+
+A Moorish girl of even rich parents is considered well enough educated
+if she can make preserves, and dye her finger-nails with henna leaves.
+She is not treated as unkindly, however, as the little Arab damsels, who
+are compelled when quite young to work very hard. They have to draw
+water from the wells in heavy leathern buckets; to churn; to feed and
+water the young camels and horses: in fact, they live more like slaves
+than daughters of the family.
+
+[Illustration: MARIA IMMANUEL.]
+
+The subject of my sketch, little Maria Immanuel, is a young Arabian girl
+twelve years of age, who, accompanied by a French Missionary Sister, or
+nun, has been all through Europe, and is now travelling through this
+country, on a curious but praiseworthy mission: she is trying to raise
+money to buy and support little Arabian children who are sold or cast
+out on the desert.
+
+Maria Immanuel was herself one of these unfortunates. When a mere baby,
+not yet two years old, she was picked up on the highway by some good
+women, and taken to their mission-house, where she has lived ever since.
+
+I dare say my readers would like to know just how she looks, so I will
+describe her to the best of my ability.
+
+Imagine a dark-complexioned, plump young girl, with rather heavy but
+pleasant features; fluffy, dark, silken hair floating around her head
+and overshadowing her eyes like a little cloud; red lips and milky-white
+teeth; and eyes that light up her whole face, so soft are they, yet
+brilliant and full of mischievous fire.
+
+Immanuel--for so her friends call her--is very like many American girls
+in disposition, being intensely lively, merry as a cricket, and a great
+tease when in the society of children of her own age.
+
+She has two accomplishments--she speaks French fluently, and sings
+sweetly, having a fine contralto voice.
+
+Immanuel dresses just as she did at the mission-house in the desert of
+Kabylia, wearing an Arab cloak of white wool, called a "burnoose," with
+a hood for stormy weather, over a white cashmere gown, which hangs in
+folds to her ankles, and is made with a yoke at the neck, and full
+flowing sleeves. A double row of scarlet and white beads; a girdle, or
+sash, of scarlet, blue, and yellow silk, knotted at the waist, and
+falling in long fringed ends in front; and a scarlet "fez," or cap,
+ornamented with a band of embroidery and a golden tassel, complete her
+gay and picturesque costume. Dark or solemn colors offend an Arab's eye,
+for he regards them as omens of misfortune.
+
+There are two sorts of Arabs among whom the missionaries work--the
+farmer Arabs, who live in mud villages, and the Bedouins, who dwell in
+tents, and roam the deserts a little farther south, and keep large
+flocks of sheep and camels.
+
+These shepherd Arabs despise the milder farmers, but condescend to visit
+them, after harvest-time, to barter camels and goats for their barley
+and other grains, for _they_ never stoop to till the soil or do work of
+any kind; their girls and women--at least such as they see fit to
+rear--do all their necessary work, such as cooking, sewing tent and
+saddle cloths, making mats, dyeing wool, and tending the animals, with
+which they live almost in common, and which are often ranked above them.
+
+The shepherd Arabs live in tents, removing in winter to the farther
+south, but the farmer Arabs live in mud houses, called "gourbis." The
+"gourbis," like all native dwellings, are only one story high, on
+account of earthquakes; they are made of branches of trees and stones,
+cemented together by mud, a thick layer of which covers the roof.
+Sometimes forty or more of these houses are united in a village, and
+hedged in by tall cactus plants armed with sharp thorns.
+
+The animals live under the same roof with the family; so what with this
+and the smoke, the smell of cookery, and the want of ventilation, you
+may imagine the "gourbis" anything but a pleasant place to visit.
+
+The mission-houses, some of them in the neighborhood of these miserable
+villages, and some farther south, are square wooden buildings, with a
+court-yard in the middle, on which the windows and doors of all the
+rooms open. There are small doors on the outside of the building, but
+these are carefully guarded, on account of robbers and wild beasts,
+either of which may make attacks at night.
+
+Now I must explain about the little Arab boys who are being educated and
+taken care of by the Missionary Brothers.
+
+The Arabs, as I have said, love their boys very much indeed, but some
+families are so wretchedly poor that they have to dispose of the boys as
+well as the girls, when there are too many of them.
+
+The Brothers, when they pick them up or buy them, teach them to read and
+write, and to till the ground, so that they may become farmers.
+
+The Missionary Sisters teach the girls to read and write, to do plain
+sewing and house-work.
+
+The work of the missions does not stop when the children have grown to
+be men and women; they are then allowed to visit each other socially
+under proper supervision. If a young couple fall in love with each
+other, and wish to marry, the consent of the Superior is asked, and
+given; for she knows the youth has been well brought up, and is worthy
+to have her young charge for a wife.
+
+In speaking of these weddings, which are quite festive occasions, little
+Maria Immanuel recently said to a lady, in her lively French, which I
+will translate: "I do love to have weddings going on, we have _such_ a
+good time. Oh, the music! it is fine; and then there is _such
+feasting_!"
+
+No wonder she laid such stress on feasting, for the mission people live
+only on the very plainest fare, never seeing butter, meat, or any of the
+delicacies American children have every day.
+
+At weddings--and they generally manage to have them double, triple, or
+quadruple weddings--I suppose they have fruit and honey and other fine
+dishes for the great occasion.
+
+To each newly married couple a house, an inclosed acre of land, a horse,
+an ass, and a pair of goats are given; also some farming implements; six
+each of dishes and bowls, knives and wooden spoons; a bed; and the few
+other necessaries for simple housekeeping.
+
+They now commence life as farmers, and, what is still better, as
+Christian young people. Already two Christian Arab villages have sprung
+up on the desert, while a third is being built.
+
+Are the young fathers and mothers sorry when a dear little girl baby
+comes into the world? No, they are glad, and love it tenderly, as you
+may tell by this little nursery song here translated. I wish I could
+give you the wild, sweet music too. Listen--a young Arab mother sings:
+
+  "Come, Cameleer, as quick as you can,
+  And make us some soap from green Shenan,
+    To bathe our Lulu dear;
+  We'll wash her and dress her,
+  And then we'll caress her:
+    She'll sleep in her little screer."[1]
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[1] Cradle.
+
+
+
+
+LUCKY TOM'S SHADOW; OR, THE SEA-GULLS' WARNING.
+
+BY FRANK H. TAYLOR.
+
+
+[Illustration: A LIFE-SAVING STATION.]
+
+"Be still, Meg, be still. Don't trouble me. Go and play. Young 'uns like
+you are good for naught else;" and so saying, Meg's grandmother turned
+fretfully toward the window of the cottage, and resumed her listless
+watching of the sea-gulls across the inlet, as they fluttered, dipped,
+and arose over the wavelets, picking their dinner from the shoals of
+little fish the mackerel had chased inshore.
+
+"But I'm of some use, granny; you said so yesterday, when I fetched the
+blueberries. An' I'll go fur some more if you like. I know where there's
+lots of 'em--acres of 'em."
+
+"Do as you please, child, but don't tease your granny," replied the old
+woman.
+
+There was little need to tell Maggie, or "Meg," as she was generally
+called, to "do as she pleased," for in all of her short life of ten
+years she had never done otherwise. She had roamed unmissed all the days
+among the sand-hills of the beach, wading in the "mash" for lily pods,
+or hunting in the scrub for birds' eggs. Such a place as school had
+never been named to her. The alphabet was unknown to her, but she
+understood the rough talk of the fishermen, and could mend a net or
+'tend a line with the best man among them.
+
+Meg lived with her "granny" in a little unpainted hut made from ships'
+planking, and set among a few low twisted pines, within a short distance
+of a cove where Lucky Tom, her father, who was a pilot, kept his boats
+and moored his sloop, when not sailing out on the blue sea watching for
+ships to give him employment.
+
+Meg's mother had died while she was a baby; her "granny" was almost
+always cross; so the child had grown up with but a single affection. It
+was all for her father, and he returned it in a rough, good-natured way.
+So these two were seldom apart when the pilot was ashore, and Meg came
+to be known among the beach people as "Lucky Tom's Shadow."
+
+Now just why the pilot was called "Lucky Tom" does not appear: but it
+was said among the folks on the coast that fish would nibble at his
+hooks, and obligingly allow themselves to be caught by the dozen, when
+nobody else could catch even a porgy.
+
+Near the cottage, Lucky Tom had raised the mast of a ship once wrecked
+on the bar, and made a platform at the top, with steps leading to it;
+and Meg was never so happy as when she sat high up in her "bird's nest,"
+as she called it, with her father, and listened to his surprising yarns
+about foreign ports, while they scanned the horizon with a glass for
+incoming ships.
+
+Meg tried hard to behave kindly toward her grandmother; but the old
+woman never smiled, and seldom troubled herself about Meg's goings or
+comings.
+
+"She's purty certain to git 'round at meal-times, an' that's often
+enough," was about all she would say when Lucky Tom scolded about the
+child's "bringin' up."
+
+Nearly twenty years before, Lucky Tom's father, Jack Bolden, had gone
+off in his schooner, the _Petrel_, to catch cod, and from that day
+neither the _Petrel_ nor her crew were ever seen. After months had gone
+by, poor Mrs. Bolden fell into a fever, and when she was able to move
+about, she sat all day by the window, looking out upon the waves, and
+the neighbors gazed at her sorrowfully, for they said she had lost her
+reason; but in Meg's eyes, to whom she had always been the same, she was
+a very wise and mysterious person, and the tales she repeated to the
+little girl, woven from her deranged fancy, were full of strange
+sea-monsters, talking fish, and birds that whispered secrets to those
+who watched for long-absent friends. All these were listened to and
+believed with the full confidence of childish innocence.
+
+Meg tied on her old and faded bonnet, picked up her basket, and walked
+away with a light step to the blueberry pasture.
+
+She soon became so busy picking the clusters of round little fruit, as
+they peeped from beneath the dark and glossy leaves, that she did not
+see how dark the eastern sky had become, until a cool gust of wind
+caught her sun-bonnet, and sent it half across the field. Then she
+noticed that the sun was already hidden by the advancing clouds, and
+away out across the black fretted sea a long line of foam revealed the
+white-caps leaping in great haste over each other, just like a flock of
+sheep, in their race to reach the sands.
+
+The only near refuge for poor Meg was the Life-saving Station--one of
+those lonely buildings that the government has placed along the coast,
+with boats and crews, whose duty keeps them on the watch all winter for
+shipwrecks. It was midsummer now, and the station was locked up tight;
+but Meg knew how to get the better of locks and bars. She reached the
+building just in time to escape a wetting from the thick rain that now
+shut out the sea and land alike, beating fiercely against the stout
+structure, and running in many little rivulets down the sand, to be
+swallowed up, as all water is at last, by the great ocean.
+
+At one corner the winds had blown away the sand, so Meg found room to
+crawl with her basket beneath the floor, and a loose board she had long
+ago discovered admitted her to the interior. What a gloomy, close place
+in contrast with the wildness of the scene outside! Have you ever
+visited a station of the Life-saving Service? No? Well, then, I'll try,
+with the aid of the picture, to explain what it is like.
+
+[Illustration: INTERIOR OF THE LIFE-SAVING STATION.]
+
+First, there is the life-boat, light but very strong, and shaped so it
+will rise over the tops of the waves rather than go through them. This
+one is handled by about six men; one, the captain, to steer, four men to
+row, and one with a pike-staff and lines in the bow. You notice that the
+wheels of the truck holding the boat are very wide; that allows them to
+roll over the sand without sinking into it. Under the boat is a leathern
+bucket, a coil of rope, and a grapnel or hook, and in front an ingenious
+device, consisting of a board with a row of pegs about the edge, upon
+which a line many hundreds of feet in length is placed, with the end
+tied to a projectile in the queer-looking cannon above. This is intended
+to be shot over the rigging of ships ashore, and used to haul out the
+larger rope upon the cart to the left of the picture, and to which the
+canvas bags hanging from the ceiling are fastened, to bring people from
+the wreck. Back of the cart you see rockets and signal torches, with a
+long tin trumpet, all neatly kept in a rack. There are lanterns too, and
+against the partition a mortar and some balls, two axes, and many other
+tools. With all of these and their uses Meg was well acquainted.
+Sometimes she had seen the crew run with the boat down to the water, and
+go through with their drill, when the Superintendent came there; and
+once the men hauled it out in the night, everybody greatly excited, and
+put out into the waves to pick up the crew of a sinking steamer; but a
+schooner was there first, and they only brought back a woman and little
+girl. How scared they did look, the poor things! and how thankful the
+child was for the use of Meg's only spare frock!
+
+There seemed no prospect of the rain ceasing, and so Meg sat down in the
+back room upon a bench; and as it was not in the nature of such an
+active little girl to sit still long and keep awake, she very soon fell
+asleep.
+
+When she started up from a dream full of strange sea-goblins, it was to
+find that everything was dark. The rain had ceased, and Meg, after
+rubbing her eyes, concluded to go home. When she lifted the board she
+discovered, to her terror, that the rain had washed her burrow full of
+sand, and she was a prisoner. The strong doors and windows resisted her
+puny efforts, so she sat down upon a coil of rope to consider the
+situation.
+
+Now most children would have cried; but Meg hadn't done such a thing
+since she was teething. No, she only taxed her little head for some
+means of escape. First, she must have a light. She well knew where the
+matches were kept, and in a moment she had a lantern burning brightly.
+Then it occurred to her to try the roof. It was a difficult matter to
+lift the heavy trap leading to the little platform from which the men
+usually watched during the winter days; but she soon stood out in the
+bleak night, the salt spray driving against her face, and the gale
+rushing by, as though it would tear her hold from the railing to which
+she clung.
+
+White sea-gulls whirled about her head, attracted by the light,
+screaming hoarse and discordant notes in her ears. They terrified her at
+first, but she soon recalled what her "granny" had said, and felt sure
+the birds were trying to tell her something, and that it must be about
+her father, who was still out in the terrible storm, unable to find the
+inlet.
+
+From far out on the sea the wind brought a moaning sound, as though some
+unhappy creature called in vain for help. It came nearer and more
+distinct from the northward, finally dying away in the distance upon the
+other hand.
+
+Fierce lightning flashes broke from the retreating storm-clouds, and by
+the weird electric glare Meg saw a wild figure, with arms upraised,
+which seemed to come out of the surf, and speed along the sands. By the
+same light she thought she saw the topmasts of a vessel on the sea.
+
+The gulls wheeled and screamed now more excitedly than ever. Meg was
+nearly overcome with terror, but losing not a moment, she sprang down
+the stairs, returning with an armful of torches. And now the lurid flare
+of the life-saving signal burned up fiercely, the winds catching the
+flame, and bearing thousands of dancing sparks away across the beach,
+while the shape of the station and the heroic little girl upon the roof
+stood out boldly, just in time for Lucky Tom to put his helm down, and
+head his boat away from the fatal breakers he was nearing in the
+darkness.
+
+And now suppose we let good-natured Lucky Tom tell the rest of the story
+in his own style.
+
+"Well, sir, you see, the blow came up kind o' unexpected like, an' I
+knowed we couldn't make port; but I didn't much care for that, as pilots
+has to take all sorts o' weather, but we reckoned we could keep the
+craft off an' on about the blowin' buoy; but, bless you! the buoy got
+adrift, an' floated away down the beach. We heard it groanin' ahead of
+us all the time, an' afore we knowed where we was, we got nigh into the
+breakers. Just then I seen a twinkle on the beach, an' shortly a torch
+showed us the station, with an angel o' mercy a-wavin' it from the roof;
+an' it wa'n't a minnit too soon, nuther.
+
+"We kept away till daylight a-watchin' an' wonderin' at the torches
+burnin' all the time from atop o' the station, and then we made the
+inlet. Mebbe it'll seem queer to you, but none of us thought of Meg when
+we saw the light; but the whole thing was plain enough when one of the
+crew came runnin' to the house, after we'd been ashore a bit, an'
+hollered:
+
+"'Why, Lucky Tom, the angel we saw was nobody but your own Shadow,
+little Meg, an' she's there yit, wavin' a flag.' So we went over an' let
+her out. The young'un told us all about hearin' the sound o' complainin'
+on the sea, the black figure that ran along the beach, an' the warnin'
+the birds give her. You see, that was a notion her granny put into her
+head, the one about the birds. Speakin' of the old woman, there was
+another queer thing that happened on the same night. We couldn't find
+marm high nor low; but when Meg spoke of the wild spirit on the beach,
+we knowed it must be her, and sure enough we found the poor old body
+'way up by the point, 'most dead. She had an idee, you see, that when it
+blowed hard the _Petrel_ would come ashore, though I reckon the _Petrel_
+has been at the bottom more'n twenty years now. We took her home an'
+'tended her, but she didn't last long after that."
+
+The story of Meg's adventure came to the ears of a lady on the mainland,
+and she soon afterward paid a visit to the little girl, who was now left
+all alone when her father went away, and it was arranged that she should
+live in the lady's house, and go to school. And now the school-master
+says she promises to prove as bright as she is brave.
+
+
+
+
+HOW IT HAPPENED TO SNOW.
+
+BY I. M.
+
+
+  What Jack Frost said to the trees, dear,
+    It never would do to tell;
+  He whispered the magic words, dear,
+    To oak and maple as well.
+  Some of them blushed bright red, dear,
+    And some of them turned to yellow,
+  While Jack he laughed in his sleeve, dear,
+    The good-for-nothing old fellow.
+
+  What Jack Frost did to the leaves, dear,
+    I never would dare to say;
+  They wrung their little brown hands, dear,
+    In a pitiful, helpless way.
+  The kind sun felt so sad, dear,
+    To see the leaves in pain,
+  That he hid his face for a week, dear,
+    And wept great showers of rain.
+
+  But Jack Frost's cruel breath, dear,
+    Grew colder day by day,
+  And chilled the leaves, until, dear,
+    They withered and dropped away.
+  Then the tall trees stood amazed, dear,
+    Lamenting, when they found
+  That their green and rustling robes, dear,
+    Lay faded on the ground.
+
+  The angels too were grieved, dear,
+    When the trees looked cold and bare,
+  So they gathered the soft white clouds, dear,
+    That floated in upper air,
+  And tossed great armfuls down, dear,
+    In the stillness of the night,
+  And were glad to see how pure, dear,
+    The world looked clothed in white.
+
+  What the children said next day, dear,
+    I think you must surely know;
+  But please don't say that I told, dear,
+    Just how it happened to snow;
+  For that wicked old Jack Frost, dear,
+    Would nip my nose in spite,
+  And pinch my poor ten toes, dear,
+    The next cold winter's night.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: A MOTHER'S DEVOTION.--FROM AN ETCHING BY DE MARY.]
+
+
+
+
+THE ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY KING.
+
+BY I. D. WILDER.
+
+
+A king running away from his kingdom, with all his courtiers and people
+in hot pursuit to catch him and bring him back! Did you ever hear of
+anything more absurd?
+
+There was a reason for it too, or at least the King thought so. The
+truth is, this unfortunate monarch was embarrassed by the possession of
+two kingdoms at once, and it so happened that the kingdom where he was
+was not the kingdom where he desired to be, so he made up his mind to
+run away.
+
+Now I suppose, before I go any farther, I may as well let you into the
+secret of his name and country, if you have not already guessed it. He
+was Henry III. of France and Poland, son of Catherine de Medicis, one of
+the wickedest Queens who ever ruled over any country, and brother of
+Charles IX., King of France.
+
+Only a few months before his flight from Cracow he had been elected King
+of Poland. He had been received with great magnificence by the Polish
+nobles, and the festivities had lasted many days. After everything had
+settled down into the usual quiet, Henry found life in Poland rather
+dull; so when he received a letter from Queen Catherine announcing the
+death of Charles IX., and saying that his presence in France was very
+necessary to maintain his rights as his brother's heir, he was quite
+ready to abandon his Polish kingdom, and start at once for Paris.
+
+But it was very far from being the intention of the Polish magnates to
+let him off so easily. They naturally considered the well-being of their
+kingdom as important--to them at least--as that of France could possibly
+be. So they voted an address of condolence to the King on the death of
+his brother, prayed him still to remain King of Poland, and entreated
+him not to leave the kingdom without giving notice to the Senate, and
+first appointing some one to act as Viceroy.
+
+Henry returned a courteous but rather vague reply, thanking the nobles
+for their good wishes, but giving them little satisfaction as to his
+intentions.
+
+In the mean time Henry's French attendants were urging upon him the
+necessity of returning at once to France, lest he should lose the French
+crown. His mother, Queen Catherine, sent messenger after messenger,
+urging him to hasten, and his own inclinations were entirely in favor of
+instant departure. So during the night a council of the French nobles
+was held in Henry's apartments, and it was settled that they should
+arrange matters for a secret departure. They must go secretly, if they
+went at all, for the Polish Senate was determined to keep their King in
+the country, and the people were equally determined not to let him go.
+
+Then the preparations began. In the first place, the French Ambassador,
+as had been agreed upon, asked permission to return immediately to
+France, as his mission had ended with the death of Charles IX.
+Permission was granted, and he left Cracow at once. He took with him the
+King's jewels and valuable papers, and made arrangements at all the
+principal towns on his route for horses and provisions to be got ready
+for illustrious members of his suite, who, as he said, were not able to
+leave as soon as he did. Next the King sent off M. Chemerault (the
+messenger who had brought him the news of Charles's death), on the
+pretense of carrying letters to Queen Catherine, but really to wait at a
+short distance from the capital until the King could join him. He was to
+act as guide, and conduct Henry in safety across the border.
+
+The next step was rather unfortunate for the King. A train of ten mules
+laden with coffers was observed to leave the city, and when it was found
+that the baggage belonged to the Grand Master of the King's household,
+the suspicions of the people were aroused, and they became wild with
+excitement. It was in vain that Henry assured them that he had no
+intention of leaving the kingdom. They did not believe him--and with
+very good reason--and the tumult increased, until at last the Senate
+ordered guards to be placed at all the entrances to the palace, and gave
+instructions to arrest any one who should that night attempt to stir
+out, not even excepting the King himself.
+
+After supper the King retired, and kept all his courtiers about him for
+a long time, chatting merrily with them, and appearing so easy and
+unconcerned that he fancied he must have entirely deceived the Poles,
+and then he made a sign that he wanted to go to sleep. The Chamberlain,
+Count Teuczin, drew the curtains of the King's bed, and a page put his
+sword and a candle on a table close by--a ceremony which all understood
+as a signal to leave the room, except the Chamberlain, whose duty it was
+to stand at the foot of the bed until the King was asleep. It had been
+agreed that the King and a few of his nobles should meet at a ruined
+chapel, half a mile from the city gate, where one of Henry's equerries
+was to be waiting with horses.
+
+The nobles supped together, and then quietly left the palace. They were
+permitted to pass the sentinels on their assurance that they were bound
+for a frolic in the town.
+
+Henry, in the mean time, was doing his best to make the Chamberlain
+believe him asleep, and when he was at length convinced of the fact, he
+left the room. In a moment the King's attendants had softly entered the
+room and barred the door against all intruders, had hurriedly dressed
+the King, and made all their preparations for departure. Fortunately,
+Souvre, one of the King's gentlemen, happened to remember a small
+postern-door at the end of a passage leading from the kitchen, which
+opened at the back of the castle on a faubourg of Cracow outside the
+walls. This door, which had been made for the use of the servants of the
+palace, had often been found useful by the cavaliers of Henry's court
+when they wished to go out and in unobserved. Souvre having found that
+no sentinel had been posted there, sent Miron, the King's physician, to
+reconnoitre, and see if they could get out by that way. He found the
+door ajar, and was joyfully returning to report, when suddenly the
+steward of the household, Alemanni, appeared from the kitchen, where he
+was evidently on the watch, and carefully looking about him--though
+without discovering Miron, who was sheltered by the staircase--gave
+orders for the postern to be locked and the key to be brought to him.
+
+This was a terrible blow to all their hopes. The King was in despair and
+was about to return to bed, but Souvre encouraged him to persist, and
+rely upon him to get him out of the dilemma.
+
+So they cautiously left the apartments of the King, and crept softly
+down the stairs until they came to the passage, where another flight of
+steps led down to the kitchen. Here they got a great fright from hearing
+the voice of the steward just at the foot of the stairs. He heard their
+steps, and called out, "Who goes there?"
+
+"It is I, monsieur," said Souvre, boldly descending a few steps, while
+he made a sign to the others to go on toward the door.
+
+"And what do you want?" asked the steward.
+
+"The key of the postern-door," replied Souvre. "I have a private errand,
+now that the King my master can dispense with my services."
+
+"What errand?" persisted the steward.
+
+"The truth is," replied Souvre, haughtily, "I have an appointment in the
+faubourg. I pray you therefore, monsieur, give me the key of the little
+door without further parley."
+
+This haughty manner impressed the steward, who knew that Souvre was high
+in his master's favor, and he somewhat reluctantly gave the key, and
+offered to accompany Souvre to open the door for him. He, however, only
+laughed at this, and bounding up the staircase long before the steward,
+who was old and infirm, could reach the top, he found the King and his
+companions concealing themselves as much as possible in the shadow of
+the walls, opened the door, through which they hurriedly passed, and
+locking it behind them, they made all possible speed toward the little
+ruined chapel, the place of rendezvous.
+
+The night was pleasant, though very dark, and after losing their way
+once or twice, they finally reached the chapel. There they found the
+equerry with the horses, but Chemerault, who was to be their guide, and
+several other gentlemen of the King's household, had not made their
+appearance. They waited for them as long as they dared, but finally
+Souvre persuaded the King to mount, and trust to God and fortune for
+safety.
+
+They set out, therefore, but their difficulties had only just begun. In
+the first place, not one of them knew the way, being all absolute
+strangers in Poland; and they did not even understand the dialect of the
+country, so that they could inquire. The night was dark, and the roads
+were horrible, though that did not matter so much, as they could not
+keep in them, but continually found themselves wandering away and
+floundering in deep morasses, blundering about in pine forests, and
+getting entangled in brambles.
+
+So they went on, stumbling over stones, sinking into bogs, and wading
+through brooks, till I think they must have wished themselves safe back
+in their beds in Cracow.
+
+At length Souvre saw a faint light glimmering in the distance, and on
+approaching it he found it came from the hut of a charcoal burner deep
+in the forest.
+
+The poor charcoal burner was so terrified by the approach of the
+horsemen that he darted up into his loft by a ladder on the outside,
+which he drew up after him. The cavaliers shouted and knocked, and
+knocked and shouted, but all in vain. Not an inch would the charcoal
+burner stir; so at last they began to batter down the door.
+
+Finally Souvre managed to scramble up to the loft, where he found the
+poor man crouching in a corner in a perfect agony of terror. He tried to
+calm his fears by speaking gently, but the strange language only made
+him more terrified.
+
+So there was nothing for it but to drag him down, and carry him off to
+the King, which they accordingly did. Henry had learned a few words of
+the peasants' dialect, so he soon re-assured the poor man, and made him
+comprehend that they only wanted him for a guide--an office which he
+readily took upon himself.
+
+He was swung up on a horse in front of one of the cavaliers, and guided
+them safely to the town of Liszki. Soon after this they came up with
+Chemerault and the others, who had missed the King in the darkness, and
+had arrived before him.
+
+In the mean time you can readily imagine that there was a great uproar
+in the palace at Cracow when the King's flight was discovered. The
+Senate and the nobles were absolutely beside themselves with rage at
+having been so outwitted. The French who had been left behind in
+ignorance of their master's intended flight were deeply indignant with
+the King for his treacherous betrayal of them. The mob howled and yelled
+in the streets, and everybody scolded poor Alemanni.
+
+Karnkowski, the Grand Referendary of Poland, was dispatched in a coach
+and six to bring back the King, accompanied by a troop of Tartar cavalry
+armed with bows and arrows, and a howling mob, with sticks, stones, and
+javelins, followed after.
+
+They came in sight of the fugitives at the town of Osweicin, where some
+of the gentlemen had dismounted to rest and refresh themselves for an
+hour. But when they caught sight of the Tartar troops they did not tarry
+long, you may be sure, but put spurs to their horses, and fled as fast
+as they could.
+
+Then there followed a royal chase, in which the King was the hunted
+instead of the hunter--the King and his cavaliers urging their tired
+horses to their utmost speed in front; following fast behind,
+Karnkowski, in his coach and six, the wild troop of Tartar bowmen, and
+the disorderly mob bringing up the rear.
+
+Henry and his gentlemen rode fast and well. They crossed the Vistula on
+a bridge of planks, which the cavaliers destroyed just as their pursuers
+came up; and as they rode on they left their Tartar enemies howling with
+rage and gnashing their teeth, as they saw the river rolling between
+them and the fugitives, and knew they must go six miles around in order
+to come up with them.
+
+The danger was over now. They did not overtake Henry until after he had
+passed the frontier town of Plesse, and they dared not capture him on
+Austrian territory.
+
+Count Teuczin therefore approached the King, accompanied only by five
+Tartars, and delivered his message from the Senate to entreat him to
+return, and offering his own fealty to the King. Henry refused to
+return, but he sent back fair words to the Senate, and they parted
+amicably, Henry to pursue his journey to Vienna, where he arrived
+without further adventures, the Count to return sadly to Cracow to
+announce the escape of their King to the magnates of Poland.
+
+But in my opinion if they had had Henry to rule over them four years
+instead of four months, far from grieving over his loss, they would have
+considered themselves well rid of him; for lazy, selfish, cowardly,
+false, and cruel as he was, they might have sought the wide world over
+without finding a worse King than Henry III. of Valois.
+
+
+
+
+THE NEW SCHOLAR.
+
+BY EMILY H. LELAND.
+
+
+Elbert Collins had never been marked absent or tardy since his first
+going to school in September, and it was his ambition to finish the
+whole year without a "mark," partly because he really liked to be
+prompt, and partly because he thought it would be so nice to see his
+name in the paper at the end of the school year.
+
+December had come, and the short mornings were very lively ones in his
+mother's little kitchen, because of so many things to be done before the
+nine-o'clock bell. There was the wood-box to fill, the canary to feed,
+and generally the cradle to rock, while the mother attended to such work
+as could be done best while there was some one to look after the baby.
+
+On this particular morning, however, the mother had gone to Mrs.
+Brown's, around the corner, for a cup of yeast, and had become so
+interested in a recipe for chocolate cake, a pattern for a boy's
+blouse, the pound party at the Methodist minister's, and some new ways
+for trimming Christmas trees, that she entirely forgot the time of day.
+
+Meanwhile little Elbert, with his overshoes and scarf on, and cap in
+hand, rocked the cradle, and kept his eyes on the clock. Five, ten,
+minutes passed away. The long hand was crawling alarmingly near
+last-bell time. He tied his scarf, pulled his cap over his ears, and
+rocked harder than ever. Still no mother. Then he went to the door,
+looked anxiously toward the corner, and sent out a lusty
+shout--"Mamma-a-a, come ho-o-ome!" but no one responded except the baby.
+"Oh dear! dear!" he exclaimed, as he rushed back to the cradle; and just
+then his expectant ears heard the first slow cling-clang of the last
+bell. It would ring for five minutes; the school-house was only three
+streets away, and there was time enough yet, if he could only start. One
+thing was certain--he would never leave his little baby sister. He
+remembered a story of a poor baby who was almost burned to death because
+her brother, who had promised to take care of her, left her, and ran out
+on the street to play.
+
+He went to the door and shouted again. It was something like the case of
+Casabianca. But when two mothers are talking about patterns and
+Christmas trees, who ever knew them to notice every little outside
+noise? Elbert's shout ended in a big sob. A man going to lose his entire
+fortune couldn't feel worse than this little fellow did, with that
+dreadful "tardy" mark hanging over his head.
+
+Then a happy thought flashed into his mind. Running to the cradle, he
+caught up the baby, scattering pillows and blankets right and left,
+bundled an old shawl over her, and snatching her half-filled milk
+bottle, dashed out of the house, and ran off in the direction of that
+clanging bell as fast as his stout young legs could carry him. The baby
+was a light little mite, only two and a half months old, and Elbert was
+nearly six years, and large for his age.
+
+He met two women whom he knew, and who commenced making weak remarks,
+like, "Why, Elbert!" and "What on earth!" but he bounded past them, with
+no answer but his panting breath, and reached the school-house in such
+good time that the bell gave its last two clangs just as he handed over
+his funny burden to his astonished teacher.
+
+"I couldn't leave her, and I _couldn't_ be late," he said, as soon as he
+could get breath enough to speak. "And she'll go to sleep, and be real
+good," he continued, as the teacher began to unwind the shawl.
+
+And then the whole room saw a surprised, half-smothered-looking little
+baby, still in her night-gown, one bare foot sticking out, and her
+little fists tightly clinched, as if defying anybody to send her home.
+
+The teacher was a good-natured young lady, and she laughed so that she
+almost dropped the baby on the floor, and then the whole room laughed,
+and finally Elbert joined in; for he was glad he had escaped the tardy
+mark, and the baby certainly did look funny in school.
+
+Of course there could be no order. Nearly all the scholars had babies at
+home, or were well acquainted with those of their neighbors; but they
+acted as if they had never seen one before, and every movement of the
+little pink hands and every turn of the small bald head made them scream
+with laughter, until the principal of the school came into the room to
+see what the disturbance was, and after trying to look severe for five
+seconds, he laughed too.
+
+And while all this fun was going on, Elbert's mother was running wildly
+through the four rooms of her little house, calling her boy's name, and
+feeling sure that the children were either killed and thrown into the
+cistern, or else carried off like Charley Ross, and lost forever. The
+scattered pillows and upset rocking-chair, indeed, made the kitchen
+appear as if there had been a struggle, and the wide-open door and the
+gate creaking to and fro had a dreadful look to Elbert's mother. Just
+then the women whom Elbert had met stopped at the gate, and said to the
+mother, who was coming hurriedly out, "Is anything the matter, Mrs.
+Collins?"
+
+"Oh, I don't know where my children are! I left them while I ran into
+Mrs. Brown's a minute, and the kitchen's all upset, and I'm afraid--"
+
+"Why, we just now met Elbert with the baby, kiting along like the wind,
+over there by Webster & Green's. Leastways we supposed it was the baby,
+from the way he carried it. And he never--"
+
+"Merciful man! he's taken her to school!"
+
+About ten minutes later, a flustered little woman rapped at the door of
+the First Primary Room, and inquired for a baby. It was handed to her,
+along with an empty milk bottle, and wrapping them both in a red cloak
+which she carried, she thanked the smiling teacher, and walked quickly
+home.
+
+At first she had felt very angry toward Elbert; but when she looked at
+the clock, and remembered his horror of being late, she softened toward
+him considerably, and by the time she had got the baby home, and found
+her none the worse for her little run away, she had her laugh also; and
+being a fair-minded woman, she told Elbert when he came home to dinner
+that it was very thoughtless in her to have staid so long at Mrs.
+Brown's. And Elbert gave her a hug, and said he was "glad he didn't
+_leave_ the baby, 'cause she might have been burned up, you know!"
+
+
+
+
+[Begun in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 58, December 7.]
+
+MILDRED'S BARGAIN.
+
+A Story for Girls.
+
+BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+
+How long she was unconscious, Milly never knew. She awoke to find
+herself in a beautiful white bed, in a room she had never seen. All
+signs of the storm seemed shut out; there was a bright fire on the
+hearth; the room seemed full of pleasant shadows and flickering beams of
+light. Milly was only half conscious that some one spoke to her, and
+gave her something pleasant to drink. Then she drifted off again, with a
+pleasant confusion of fancies in her mind. When she next awoke, it
+seemed again to be evening, but she was conscious of a certain change in
+her surroundings. A little table was drawn near her; half-used medicine
+bottles were upon it; Deborah was sitting over by the fire, and Miss
+Jenner was standing in the window.
+
+"Debby," she said, surprised to find her voice so weak; and then she
+lifted up her hand, and saw it was very thin.
+
+"My blessed lamb!" cried the old woman, hastening to her side, followed
+quickly by Alice. "So you're better!"
+
+Mildred found she had to keep still a long time before she could say any
+more. She nearly fell asleep again.
+
+"Debby," she said presently, "is it long since I fainted? What time is
+it?"
+
+"Oh, my lovey," said the old nurse, "you've lain in that blessed bed two
+weeks. You've been very ill, but, thank the Lord, you're better."
+
+This was all Mildred knew for days. She had had a fever; and finding out
+the condition of things at the cottage, Miss Jenner had taken Mrs. Lee's
+affairs into her own hands. She had kept Milly, as a matter of course,
+had sent a good servant to care for Mrs. Lee, filled the store closet
+with every delicacy, and allowed Debby to watch and care for her
+"child," as she always called Mildred. Sometimes, as she lay still in
+her comfortable bed, Milly tried to recall the dreadful scene at Mr.
+Hardman's; and one evening, when she was sitting up for the first time
+before the fire, and after she had finished a dainty little supper; she
+ventured to ask Miss Jenner a few questions.
+
+[Illustration: MILDRED CONFESSES ALL TO MISS JENNER.]
+
+"Miss Jenner," she said, softly, "do you know all about it?"
+
+"Yes," said Miss Jenner, smiling.
+
+"And are they going to take me to court?"
+
+"_No_," answered the elder lady, emphatically.
+
+"But why not?" Milly persisted. "They said I stole that money."
+
+"And _I_ said you _didn't_," retorted Miss Jenner. "You let it all out
+in your fever, my dear. I think I understand it all."
+
+"And you know--" faltered Mildred.
+
+Miss Jenner smiled.
+
+"Just see if I don't know," she said. "One evening a precious old humbug
+calling herself Widow Robbins came here to find you, and try and get out
+of you what you owed her--you _did_ owe it, Milly--and my boy Roger was
+standing behind one of the trees, and heard the conversation; so he knew
+you were very badly off for twenty-two dollars, and as soon as he could
+scrape it together, what does he do but send it to you in a private
+note, saying you can pay it back to _him_ when you like."
+
+"Yes," said Mildred, eagerly, "I found that note one afternoon on my
+return home; but _in it_ he bound me over not to speak of where I got
+the money until he came back. I felt dreadfully about it; but as soon as
+mother got well I intended telling her the whole story, and devising
+some way of paying Roger right back; and I will yet, Miss Jenner."
+
+There was a moment's pause before Mildred said, "But how about the
+store--the robbery?"
+
+"My dear," said Miss Jenner, "I am of the opinion that that was all
+arranged between Tom Hardman and Mrs. Robbins. I've seen her, and she
+admits she told him the whole story. He was angry because you seemed to
+snub him; and you made him feel his vulgarity, and so he devised this
+trick out of revenge. If there _was_ any robbery, _he_ was the thief!"
+
+"And have you seen him?" inquired Milly, tears of gratitude and
+thankfulness pouring down her cheeks.
+
+"Yes," said Miss Jenner, "and he and his father say the thing 'may blow
+over'; but that won't do for me. The first day you're well enough, you
+must drive down there in my carriage, and have them tell you they
+withdraw the accusation, and apologize for having made it. Now you must
+not talk any more." And Miss Jenner kissed her young friend, and moved
+away, taking up a book in a distant part of the room.
+
+Mildred never forgot the two weeks that followed. With Miss Jenner she
+had long talks, in which she realized not only the folly of her
+extravagance, but the actual sin of her running into debt. A great many
+things which she had never thought of as serious now appeared to her in
+the light of _principles_, without which, as Miss Jenner told her, she
+could not live a perfect or even an upright life. When the day came on
+which she was declared well enough to drive with Miss Jenner to Mr.
+Hardman's, Mildred felt too humbled to rejoice in being received with
+any honor.
+
+The girls looked at her, as she followed Miss Jenner into Mr. Hardman's
+office, nudging each other, and casting half-envious glances toward
+their former companion. Mary Hardman was nowhere to be seen, but Mr. Tom
+was with his father, and received Miss Jenner and Mildred with a stiff
+sort of pompousness. Miss Jenner had very little to say, and it was only
+later that Milly fully recalled the scene--Mr. Hardman's apologies, and
+Mr. Tom's surly assent. When they came back to the store, Milly paused
+to say a few words here and there, and as she walked away, it was some
+relief to hear a voice saying,
+
+"Well, I'm glad it's all right; I never _could_ believe it of Milly
+Lee."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+When I knew Mildred Lee she was a woman of nearly thirty, and at the
+head of her own house; but the lesson of her girlhood had done her a
+lasting service. No one ever had it to say of her that she bought or
+used any article for which she could not at the _moment_ pay, and her
+advice to young people was invaluable. When I knew her, her home was in
+the Brick House. Mrs. Lee did not long survive the serious illness of
+that winter, and Miss Jenner cared tenderly for the orphans her old
+friend's widow left.
+
+Mildred speaks now with tears of gratitude of all the past, even of its
+miseries; and the gray silk dress, worn but once, and still brown with
+stains, is treasured as a memorial of the _bargain_ by which Mildred
+purchased her high sense of honor.
+
+THE END.
+
+
+
+
+FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN.
+
+AN OLD BALLAD.
+
+
+  Young Ben he was a nice young man,
+    A carpenter by trade;
+  And he fell in love with Sally Brown,
+    That was a lady's-maid.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  But as they fetched a walk one day,
+    They met a press-gang crew;
+  And Sally she did faint away,
+    Whilst Ben he was brought to.
+
+  The boatswain swore with wicked words,
+    Enough to shock a saint,
+  That though she did seem in a fit,
+    'Twas nothing but a feint.
+
+  "Come, girl," said he, "hold up your head--
+    He'll be as good as me;
+  For when your swain is in our boat
+    A boatswain he will be."
+
+  So when they'd made their game of her,
+    And taken off her elf,
+  She roused, and found she only was
+    A-coming to herself.
+
+  "And is he gone, and is he gone?"
+    She cried, and wept outright;
+  "Then I will to the water-side,
+    And see him out of sight."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  A waterman came up to her;
+    "Now, young woman," said he,
+  "If you weep on so, you will make
+    Eye water in the sea."
+
+  "Alas! they've taken my beau, Ben,
+    To sail with old Benbow";
+  And her woe began to run afresh,
+    As if she'd said, Gee woe!
+
+  Says he, "They've only taken him
+    To the tender ship, you see."
+  "The tender ship," cried Sally Brown--
+    "What a hardship that must be!
+
+  "Oh! would I were a mermaid now,
+    For then I'd follow him;
+  But, oh! I'm not a fish woman,
+    And so I can not swim.
+
+  "Alas! I was not born beneath
+    The Virgin and the Scales,
+  So I must curse my cruel stars,
+    And walk about in Wales."
+
+  Now Ben had sailed to many a place
+    That's underneath the world;
+  But in two years the ship came home,
+    And all her sails were furled.
+
+  But when he called on Sally Brown,
+    To see how she got on,
+  He found she'd got another Ben,
+    Whose Christian name was John.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  "O Sally Brown, O Sally Brown,
+    How could you serve me so?
+  I've met with many a breeze before.
+    But never such a blow!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  Then reading on his 'bacco box,
+    He heaved a heavy sigh
+  And then began to eye his pipe,
+    And then to pipe his eye.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  And then he tried to sing "All's Well!"
+    But could not, though he tried;
+  His head was turned--and so he chewed
+    His pigtail till he died.
+
+  His death, which happened in his berth,
+    At forty-odd befell;
+  They went and told the sexton, and
+    The sexton tolled the bell.
+
+  THOMAS HOOD.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX]
+
+
+  SIERRA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.
+
+     I live 'way up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, five thousand feet
+     above the sea. The snow here is four feet deep. My brother and I
+     have lots of fun sliding down hill on snow-shoes. Our snow-shoes
+     are made out of strips of wood about six feet long and four inches
+     wide, with leather straps in the middle to put our toes in. The
+     shoes that grown people use are from eight to fourteen feet long.
+
+      I am ten years old. My father takes HARPER'S WEEKLY, and we like
+      to look at the pictures. He subscribed for YOUNG PEOPLE for us at
+      the beginning of the second volume.
+
+  MAY C. T.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  DERBY, CONNECTICUT.
+
+     I am twelve years old. I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and all the
+     scholars in my school like it. I get a copy every week because I am
+     a good girl, and I wish every little girl would do the same.
+
+  E. L. M.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  WEST PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
+
+     We have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE ever since it was published,
+     and we think it grows better all the time. I enjoyed reading the
+     letter from one of the party who visited Harper's Building, and I
+     hope some time to see it all myself. I guess, if I am a girl, I
+     should not be afraid, and "run away" from any of the machinery;
+     anyhow, not from the folding-machines, for some of them are made
+     right here in our own shop.
+
+      After we have read our YOUNG PEOPLE all through, we send the
+      numbers to the Children's Hospital, so that the poor little ones
+      there may have the pleasure of reading such a nice little paper.
+
+  ISABEL C.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  BOZEMAN, MONTANA TERRITORY.
+
+     I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it very much. I was so sorry when
+     the story of "Paul Grayson" was finished.
+
+      I am boarding in town and going to school this winter, but my home
+      is about five miles away, in the country. I go out there every
+      Friday night.
+
+      Yesterday I went out hunting. I have a double-barrelled shot-gun,
+      which pa gave me for helping pick up potatoes. I have a horse and
+      a saddle and bridle of my own, and in the summer I have to ride
+      lots. Sometimes I ride thirty miles at a time.
+
+      I get up the cows, and take them out every day. In the summer we
+      have school within half a mile of our house.
+
+  BERTIE R.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.
+
+     This is the first letter I ever wrote to the Post-office Box. Now I
+     thought I would tell about the freezing of the Ohio River. Just
+     below here it is frozen solid, and crowds of people skate on it
+     every day. It is not frozen in front of Newport, because a steam
+     ferry runs between here and Cincinnati, and the boats keep the ice
+     broken. They do not allow it to get thick enough to hold people,
+     because if it was, everybody would walk over without having to pay
+     the ferry.
+
+      The Licking River, a very small tributary of the Ohio, is frozen
+      over too, and I went skating on it yesterday.
+
+  HENRY R.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
+
+     We want to know who "Jimmy Brown" is. When papa read "Our Baby,"
+     mamma, my aunts, uncles, and cousins laughed until the tears ran
+     down their cheeks.
+
+      I made me some arrows with pins stuck in them.
+
+      The Christmas number of YOUNG PEOPLE was the best of all.
+
+  STEWART H.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
+
+     I am a little boy eight years old. I commenced to take YOUNG PEOPLE
+     last November, and I like it very much. I enjoy reading the little
+     letters in the Post-office Box, and I like all of the stories. I
+     think "Toby Tyler" is splendid.
+
+      I hope all the little folks who read YOUNG PEOPLE had a Merry
+      Christmas and a Happy New Year.
+
+  FRED R.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
+
+     I was nine years old on the 7th of January. Papa has taken YOUNG
+     PEOPLE for me ever since it began. He sent for a cover, and is
+     having the first volume bound. I like it very much indeed.
+
+      I have had lots of sport coasting, and I will be very sorry when
+      the snow is gone.
+
+  CRAIG C.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  EAST RUPERT, VERMONT.
+
+     My home is in Factory Point, but I am up to my grandpa's now. He
+     has got a big farm. He has fourteen cows and two calves. My papa is
+     a doctor, and I have lots of rides with him. I am nine years old.
+
+  CHARLEY C.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
+
+     I thought I would write to the Post-office about the big spring in
+     Indiana. It is called Harrison Spring, because it was owned by
+     General Harrison when he was Governor of the Northwestern
+     Territory. It looks like a very large pond, and is fifty-five feet
+     deep in the centre. There are two streams flowing from it, which
+     form an island, as they unite and form one stream at a little
+     distance from the spring. About a mile farther on, this stream runs
+     a saw-mill and a flour-mill. This spring is near the great
+     Wyandotte Cave.
+
+  GILBERT C. S.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I have increased my collection of stamps from seventy-five to
+     fifteen hundred by exchange. I think this is the grandest of all
+     the departments of YOUNG PEOPLE. I would now like to exchange
+     twenty-five foreign stamps for five birds' eggs. Correspondents
+     will please label the eggs.
+
+  ROBERT H. DAVIDSON,
+  Care of the Postmaster,
+  Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tenn.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I would like to exchange Texas postmarks for minerals or postmarks.
+     Or I will exchange an ounce of the soil of Texas for that of any
+     other State.
+
+  H. C. YANCEY,
+  P. O. Box 224, Houston, Texas.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I wish to inform those correspondents who desire to exchange
+     minerals, shells, and curiosities with me, that I have changed my
+     residence. My new address is,
+
+  CHARLES LEADBETTER,
+  305 Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I am a girl fourteen years old, but I am lame, and can not go out.
+     I have a few crochet lace patterns which I would like to exchange
+     for others. I would also like to exchange patterns of patchwork. If
+     any little girl would like to know how to crochet a pair of doll's
+     drawers, a jacket, or a petticoat, and will send me her address and
+     a postage stamp, I will gladly answer her.
+
+  ANNIE SLACK,
+  170 Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I have a list of every Indian tribe in the United States which I
+     will give a copy of in exchange for Indian relics, foreign stamps,
+     or postal cards.
+
+  JOHN E. WILLIAMS,
+  4 Harrison Street, New York City.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I have some genuine Indian bows and arrows, some fine silver and
+     copper specimens, and a great number of Lake Superior agates, which
+     I should like to exchange for shells and ocean curiosities.
+
+  HORACE H. MITCHELL, Duluth, Minn.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The following exchanges are also offered by correspondents:
+
+     A fifty-cent and a twenty-five cent stamp, for two Cape of Good
+     Hope stamps.
+
+  WILLIAM R. CARMER,
+  Mount Vernon, Westchester County, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Fine samples of gold ore, showing the stages of concentration or
+     separation of quartz from the precious metal, for rare postage
+     stamps. In answering, correspondents will please specify stamps.
+
+  DWIGHT MARFIELD,
+  Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Postmarks.
+
+  MARY B. REED,
+  Norwich, Chenango County, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     A piece of the first Atlantic cable for an American copper cent of
+     1799, or the half-cent of 1836, 1843, or 1852; or one Spanish and
+     one English coin and two French coins for the American twenty-cent
+     piece of 1877 or 1878.
+
+  WILLIE B. SHOBER,
+  Cumberland, Md.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Lead or iron ore, and specimens of different varieties of quartz,
+     for foreign postage stamps, skulls of small animals, ocean
+     curiosities, petrifactions, and minerals of all kinds; or a piece
+     of silver ore for a collection of the different varieties of stamps
+     now in use in Canada.
+
+  GEORGE C. BAKER,
+  Comstocks, Washington County, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Foreign postage stamps for stones from the different States.
+
+  ARTHUR D. PRINCE,
+  Lowell, Mass.
+
+We do not consider the above address sufficient. Correspondents who
+reside in large cities should always give their street and number, or
+the number of their post-office box.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Postmarks and stamps for stamps.
+
+  WILLIE H. HASKIN,
+  Fort Preble, Portland, Maine.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Rare postmarks for any variety of South American postage stamps or
+     United States department stamps.
+
+  FRANK SWETT,
+  1419 Taylor Street, San Francisco, California.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Stamps and postmarks in use in 1852, also some of 1869, for foreign
+     postage stamps or curiosities of any kind.
+
+  SADIE HAWLEY,
+  Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Texas flints, pretty stones, snail shells, postmarks, stamps,
+     specimens of different kinds of wood, petrified wood, cotton as it
+     comes from the field, cotton seeds, or seeds of the "Indian plume,"
+     for foreign postage stamps, or good specimens of minerals and ores
+     of all kinds.
+
+  SAMMIE RISIEN,
+  Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Soil and sand from Ohio for soil and sand from any other State or
+     Canada; or an Indian arrow-head two and a half inches long,
+     together with a specimen of Ohio soil, for twenty-five foreign
+     postage stamps.
+
+  EMMER EDWARDS,
+  Washington C. H., Fayette County, Ohio.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Foreign postage stamps for United States Navy or Justice stamps.
+
+  WALLACE GREEN,
+  Hackensack, Bergen County, N. J.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Soil from Missouri or Texas for soil from any other State; or a
+     stone from Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, or Georgia for one from any
+     other State.
+
+  HARVEY CLARK,
+  Lock Box 26, Butler, Bates County, Missouri.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Postage stamps and postmarks for winter skins of wild animals, or
+     for stuffed birds.
+
+  JOHN LAWRENCE,
+  40 Washington Square, New York City.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Birds' eggs.
+
+  GEORGE A. POST,
+  Florence House, corner of Fourth Avenue and
+  Eighteenth Street, New York City.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Minerals, fish eyes from China, or West India beans, for minerals
+     or any kind of curiosities.
+
+  CARL R. EABY,
+  22 North Shippen Street, Lancaster, Penn.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     A carved shell, some seeds from the Sandwich Islands, or stones
+     from Lake Michigan, for any foreign postage stamps except English
+     and German. Chinese stamps especially desired.
+
+  WILLIAM C. MCCONNELL,
+  262 Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Postmarks and revenue stamps.
+
+  WILLIS ROSE,
+  939 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Stones from New Jersey for stones from any other State or Territory
+     except Colorado and Wyoming.
+
+  JOHN W. ROSENBAUM,
+  194-1/2 Morgan Street, Jersey City, N. J.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     Two different War Department stamps and thirty postmarks for
+     sea-weed, or the same, together with some moss and pretty shells,
+     for a piece of stalagmite.
+
+  FLORIE DICKSON, Brenford, Kent County, Del.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+J. W.--The earliest calendars, as the Jewish, the Egyptian, and the
+Greek, did not begin the year where we do now; and the Jewish year,
+which opened on the 25th of March, continued to have a legal position in
+many Christian countries until a comparatively recent period. In
+England, it was not until 1752 that the 1st of January became the initial
+day of the legal, as it had long been of the popular, year. Several
+other countries made this change earlier than England--France in 1564,
+Scotland in 1600, Holland and Russia in 1700.
+
+The Roman calendar, which made January the first month of the year, is
+credited to the second King of Rome, Numa Pompilius, more than six
+hundred years B.C. He added two months to the ten into which the year
+had been previously divided, and called the first one Januarius, in
+honor of Janus, the deity supposed to preside over doors.
+
+Our Saxon ancestors originally called this the Wolf-month
+(_Wolf-monat_), because wolves were more than usually ravenous and
+daring in that season of the year.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A. T. G.--Snow crystals were first observed by the arctic explorer
+Scoresby, and for a time they were supposed to be peculiar to the polar
+regions. It was found, however, that these crystals were formed wherever
+snow falls. An interesting account of these beautiful formations, with
+engravings of many of them, was given in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 15.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+F. T. B.--When metal pins were invented and brought into use, about the
+beginning of the sixteenth century, they were a very acceptable
+New-Year's gift to ladies, and money given for the purchase of them was
+called "pin-money"--an expression which has come to mean the money set
+apart for a wife's private expenses.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+INQUISITIVE JIM.--The best account of Petra, the wonderful rock-hewn
+city of Arabia, is to be found in Stephens's book of travels called
+_Egypt, Petra, and the Holy Land_. The present name of the little valley
+where it was situated is Wady Musa. The city, shut in by high cliffs,
+occupied an area of about half a mile square. The valley is watered by a
+stream, and the principal entrance is through a deep ravine, with
+rugged cliffs 300 feet high on each side. In ancient times Petra was a
+very strong city. It is mentioned in the Bible under the name of Selah,
+and received its present name, which signifies rock, from the Greeks,
+about 300 B.C. It was finally destroyed, by whom is not known, and was
+not heard of after the sixth century A.D. until it was discovered in
+1812 by the traveller Burckhardt. The ruins, consisting of tombs, a
+theatre, temple, etc., are very interesting and picturesque.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+W. H. J.--If your puzzles are good, and suitable for our columns, they
+will be accepted. We can not judge of the merits of the enigma you have
+already sent, as you neglected to inclose the answer. The _nom de plume_
+you have chosen is not good, but you can easily invent a better one.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LILLIE.--The introductory paragraph to the Post-office Box of No. 45
+explains why your request for exchange is not printed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+O. H. BRUCE.--1. The United States government began the coinage of
+one-cent pieces in 1793. 2. In 1815, none were coined. 3. The last
+coinage of large one-cent pieces was in 1857. 4. The coinage of two-cent
+pieces began in 1864, and the last issue was in 1872. 5. The coinage of
+the nickel five-cent pieces began in 1865. 6. In 1864, both copper and
+nickel cents were coined. This double coinage did not happen in any
+other year.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+D. L. S.--On page 398 of your bound volume of YOUNG PEOPLE is a story
+entitled "Camping Out," which will give you the information you require.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JOHNNIE.--White elephants are not a distinct species, but are simply
+albinos, which are found among animals, birds, and insects, as well as
+among members of the human family. In India the white elephant is
+considered a sacred animal, and is treated with the greatest reverence.
+When specimens are found in the woods and jungles, they are captured
+with tender care, and their possession is eagerly sought for by the
+sovereigns of the small kingdoms. White elephants have been the cause of
+many wars, as their possession is supposed to bestow greater benefits on
+their royal owners than either chests of gold or extended territory. One
+of the proudest titles of the King of Ava is "Lord of the White
+Elephant," and the King of Siam at Bangkok also counts his white
+elephants among his most precious possessions, as, according to Burmese
+superstition, they insure prosperity and good fortune to the nation. The
+death of one of these creatures is regarded as a national calamity, its
+funeral is conducted with great solemnity, and the entire people mourn
+as for the loss of a dear relative. These elephants are kept under
+richly embroidered canopies, are fed with the most delicious fruits, and
+members of the nobility seek for the honor of being custodian to the
+royal beast. When the elephant is taken to bathe in the river, it goes
+escorted by a band of music, and is followed by adoring crowds.
+
+This singular reverence for an albino elephant has existed in Burmah for
+centuries. An English traveller who visited that country three hundred
+years ago describes the same treatment of this beast which may be seen
+at the present time.
+
+Even the hairs of this creature are supposed to insure good fortune. In
+1855, a foreign ambassador delivered some presents to the King of Siam,
+who ordered many presents to be given in return. On the conclusion of
+the ceremony, the King himself, with much solemnity, placed in the hands
+of the ambassador a small golden box, locked with a golden key, which he
+said was far more precious than all the other presents. The box, when
+opened, was found to contain a few hairs of a white elephant!
+
+And, after all, this elephant is not white, but of a dull yellow color.
+It has white or reddish eyes, and is a very ugly-looking beast. No
+greater proof could be found of the moral darkness and ignorance of the
+natives of certain portions of India than their superstitious veneration
+for this animal.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+F. O.--Read the paragraph appended to a letter from Ida Belle D. in the
+Post-office Box of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 51.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HALLIE C. W.--The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by a Spanish
+navigator about the middle of the sixteenth century, but they remained
+comparatively unknown until visited by Captain Cook in 1778, who gave
+them the name of Sandwich, in honor of Lord Sandwich, an English
+statesman who conducted the naval affairs of England during our
+Revolutionary war. On St. Valentine's Day, 1779, Captain Cook was killed
+at Hawaii, the largest island of the group, in a quarrel with the
+natives. Mauna Loa, the volcano on the island of Hawaii, which has
+recently been in a state of eruption, is said to have the largest
+burning crater in the world.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EDMUND H. B.--There is no especial time for the printing of "Wiggles."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MATTIE H.--The story "Who was Paul Grayson?" was concluded in HARPER'S
+YOUNG PEOPLE No. 57.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TILLIE DAVIS.--Send your full address, and we will print your request
+for exchange.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RIDLEY MCL.--Your puzzle is very good for the work of a "little
+eight-year-old boy," but we can not print it, as the same solution has
+already appeared in an earlier number of YOUNG PEOPLE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Favors are acknowledged from Ruby W., C. H. B., M. Stiefel, Frank R.,
+Joseph W. Hawkins, Marshall R. Grimes, Gay Wood, John V. Gould, Gracie
+K., R. M. Sites, Mamie K. Pope, Anna M. Roberts, Elsie E. T., Frank
+Davis, Mae King, Mary Olive L.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Harvey Ridgway, "Geo.
+Graphy," Grace A. McElroy, Percy Lincoln McDermott, A. G. O. M.,
+"Nightingale," Alfred A. True, Craig Coburn, C. F. Bishop, Cal I. Forny,
+Carrie and George Hall, M. S. Brigham.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
+
+No. 1.
+
+ENIGMA.
+
+  First in box, not in chest.
+  Second in hole, not in nest.
+  Third in meat, not in bones.
+  Fourth in rubble, not in stones.
+  Fifth in measure, not in mile.
+  Sixth in fashion, not in style.
+  Seventh in river, not in sound.
+  Eighth in fly, not in bound.
+  Ninth in mallet, not in saw.
+  The whole an article used in war.
+
+  D. L. S.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No. 2.
+
+NUMERICAL CHARADES.
+
+  1. I am a familiar adage composed of 18 letters.
+  My 5, 12, 1, 18 is to separate.
+  My 15, 7, 3, 16 is to propose.
+  My 5, 2, 9, 10, 13, 4 is to describe.
+  My 17, 8, 6, 4 is a character in music.
+  My 11, 14, 15 is a boy's name.
+
+  MARK MARCY.
+
+  2. I am a shrub composed of 6 letters.
+  My 4, 5, 3, 1 is a healthy drink.
+  My 3, 5, 4, 6 is a South American city.
+  My 4, 2, 5, 3 is armor.
+
+  LIONEL.
+
+  3. I am composed of 9 letters, and am very pleasant in winter.
+  My 6, 2, 5 is part of the face.
+  My 1, 9, 7, 3 is an emotion.
+  My 6, 7, 8, 4 is used for trimming.
+
+  MARY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No. 3.
+
+HIDDEN BIRDS.
+
+  1. Isaac ran every step of the way.
+  2. How Lillie has grown!
+  3. See that Kit eats his dinner.
+  4. Do you call him a hero? Not by any means.
+
+  MABEL.
+
+  5. O, Matthew, renounce the company of those bad boys.
+  6. We were playing hide-and-seek, and I caught Rob in the swing near
+        the tree.
+  7. Let us run and pick up the pears now, Birdie.
+  8. I saw your lunch pail in Nettie's closet.
+
+  BESSIE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 62.
+
+No. 1.
+
+  F I N A L
+  I B I S
+  N I P
+  A S
+  L
+
+No. 2.
+
+1. Mouse-ear. 2. Porcupine. 3. Portland.
+
+No. 3.
+
+  C O L O R
+    X E B E C
+      G I B E S
+        T U R I N
+          T E N O N
+
+No. 4.
+
+  C H A M P L A I N
+    C A R A C A S
+      N A T A L
+        T A Y
+          G
+        D O N
+      G E N O A
+    B O L I V I A
+  G U A Y A Q U I L
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WIGGLES.
+
+The following are the names of those who sent in answers to Wiggle No.
+16:
+
+Natalie Newell, Helen Edwards, I. La Rue, R. I. Brasher, Charlie
+Conklin, Horace Dodge, Joseph Welsh, Edwin M. Cox, Mark Manley, F.
+Place, M. P. Rich, Shelton A. Hibbs, Ellie Earle, Mansur Beard, G.
+Darling, Jack Evert, Jim Evert, Tom Evert, Will Evert, Bobbie Hornfager,
+C. H. L., N. Adda T., Toby, Crank, Dumper, G. H. A., Racy B. Sweet,
+G. E. P., Newton I., M. Siegert. Annie A. Siegert, A. Utz, Worcester
+Wiggle Club, Santa Claus, Robinson Crusoe, Robert E. Walsh, Frank
+Zabriske, Millie Stephenson, Burton Harwood, Fanny Reed, Dayton Reed,
+J. O. O., J. P. W., S. G. Hopkins, M. Goller, Alice Brown, H. M. Eaton,
+Carrie Harding, E. A. H., Carrie Peddle, Charles L. Glessner, W. Doerr,
+Thomas Buford, Frank J. Jones, A. R. B. H., N. P. Grensel, M. F. K.,
+Randolph Bolles, J. Flaherty, T. Flaherty, Willie A. Scott, Fred
+Dierking, Louise Brown, Mary Dancy, Isobel L. Jacobs, Robbie H.
+Bradbury, G. H. Ralston, Lawrence Jones, Carrie E. Weightman, F. S. G.,
+Willie Harris, J. M. Ingersoll, W. Harman, Louise Fowler, Scilla Fowler,
+Helen S. Woodworth, Elsie E. Trautman, Lynn Trautman, Amelie Ferrand,
+Harry B. Brazier, Stella Pratt, George H., Robert A. Magill, Nellie R.
+Field, Paddy Miles, Clara S. A., Willie R. Perkins, Henry Welsh, Harry
+Eichbaum, Albert Evans, Percy L. McDermott, C. C. Gardner, Rosa
+Freyensee, L. G. Duffy, Meline Rosenthal, J. Frees, W. F. Reed, F. L.
+Kittle, Walter Eichbaum, Tommy Booth, Charlie S. Bryant, Anna Jones,
+Grace T. Lyman, Nellie Brees, Walter Mandell, Bronte Smith, Bertie
+Seymour, Willie Seymour, Vannoy M. Wallace, Fanny M. Young, J. H. Young,
+S. M. Young, Lou Bell, J. W. Long, J. W. Kittrell, Bob Ewing, Otto D.,
+Harry O. Boone, Harry Kenderdine, Grace Lansingh, Addie M. Taylor, Roy
+Demster, Percy Matthews, Harry Lander, Annie Reinhardt, Frank Lander,
+Ahan Hyde, Sinclair G. Wills, Bessie H. Moore, Emma F. Cassidy, Pollie
+Burke, "Lone Star" (R. H. Davidson), Louis Burtnett, Frank Edinger,
+Nellie Hyde, Hallie Hyde, Daisy Hyde, Katie B. Barr, Mollie Edwards,
+Eddie D. Knowles, G. W. Bird, Wendell M. Frank, Bertram Frank, Willie
+Dorrance, Alfred P., Frank Hoover, S. H. S., J. S., George Shriver,
+Grace E. Stevens, Pearlie Hare, Little Pet Hare, Little Mary Hare,
+Little Johnnie Campbell, Edwin C. Hutman, Robert G. Bidwell, Edith B.,
+J. F. H., B. M. Allison, H. M. P., Fred Dale, Leila King, Georgie
+Clementson, Percy A. Robbins, Eddie Booth, Norrie M. E., Harry Harper,
+Frank Ostrander, R. D. White, H. Sidway, F. Sidway, Gardner Howland,
+John A. Tompkins, Emma R. Bullock, Theresa A. Morro, B. L. Worden, Lydia
+M. Bennett, L. L. G., Cobweb, Du Puy, Waddy Thompson, D. W. G., John R.
+Glen, Jessie Glen, Kirk Romaine, E. D. Kellogg, Frank Crabbs, Thomas M.
+Armstrong, Henry C. Deknatels, Clarence Edsall, Fred R. Fisk, W. L.
+Green, Melville Wilson, A. C. Chapin, W. F., C. J. Breek, Jun., A. C.
+Pearsons, Albert J. Sullivan, Jacob Burr, Joe, Ed Smith, Joe
+Fitzsimmons, J. F. S., Anna Gallett, E. J. B., M. J. Caldwell, H. F.,
+J. A. Fritz, Grace Hamilton, H. W. Smith, Donna A. Smith, Harry C.
+Sloan, Willie Reynolds, Charles D. Jones, Dimple McCrea, R. H. K., John
+Carnahan, James W. Grubb, H. Adams, Little Jennie Simpson, Chester
+Marslich, Howard, N. B. B., Mary C. Green, B. L. Worden, Harry Tompkins,
+Jameson L. Fumey, Mattie L. Day, Jennie Janes, Wilfred H. Warner, Ben
+W. G., Mary E. Heartwell, Teddy Smith, Charles H. Tucker, T. Bert. John,
+Vinnie John, Sue John, Edmund H. Blunt, Nelson C. Metcalf, H. T.
+Gottsleben, L. G. Baker, Genevieve, Carl Mueller, M. D. M., "Go Bang"
+(J. R. Blake), Charles P. Gifford, Edmund Stirling, Bertie Headley,
+Bertha S., O. Fuehrlein, M. M., Willie Green, Charles Barker, George St.
+Clair, Daisy Crampton, George Taylor, John N. Howe, C. E. S. S.,
+"Daisy," S. J. G., Carry Owen, Bertie W. Gifford, Bessie H. Moore,
+Marion P. Wiggin, F. R. S., Mollie C. Wrenshall, B. E. H., George B.
+Rogers, D. H. Rogers, W. H. Cantrell, Eddie G. Cantrell, Wamie Forse,
+Bevy Pettit, Woodvill Wrenshall, Howard Rathbone, G. W. D., Arty Taylor,
+Joralemon, G. V. E., L. A. Osborne, L. B. Parsons, Grace and Jennie,
+Millie Olmstead, Lucy and Fred.
+
+
+
+
+A NEW SERIAL.
+
+
+In No. 66 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, issued February 1, will be begun a
+new Serial Story, entitled
+
+  "PHIL'S FAIRIES,"
+
+by MRS. W. J. HAYS, author of "The Princess Idleways," etc.
+
+
+
+
+NOTICE.
+
+
+HARPER & BROTHERS _beg leave to state, in answer to numerous inquiries,
+that the Bound Volume of_ HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE _for 1880 is entirely
+out of stock, and will not be reprinted at present_.
+
+
+
+
+HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
+
+
+SINGLE COPIES, 4 cents; ONE SUBSCRIPTION, one year, $1.50; FIVE
+SUBSCRIPTIONS, one year, $7.00--_payable in advance, postage free_.
+
+The Volumes of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE commence with the first Number in
+November of each year.
+
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+will be understood that the subscriber desires to commence with the
+Number issued after the receipt of the order.
+
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+risk of loss.
+
+  HARPER & BROTHERS,
+  Franklin Square, N. Y.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: SOME DRAWINGS OF WIGGLE No. 16, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND
+NEW WIGGLE No. 17.--SEE PAGE 207.]
+
+
+
+
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