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diff --git a/old/54513-8.txt b/old/54513-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 57e9309..0000000 --- a/old/54513-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2168 +0,0 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, February 28, 1882, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Harper's Young People, February 28, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: April 8, 2017 [EBook #54513] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, FEB 18, 1882 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE] - - * * * * * - -VOL. III.--NO. 122. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, February 28, 1882. Copyright, 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 -per Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration: THE LITTLE FROST QUEEN.] - -THE LITTLE FROST QUEEN. - - - Sparkling and light - Are the snow-drifts white - In the glow of the winter's morning, - And the icicles gleam - In the sun's bright beam, - Each tree and shrub adorning. - - Rosy and fair - In the frosty air - Are the cheeks of the little maiden, - And merry and gay - With the happy day - Is her heart with the sunshine laden. - - Where is she bound - O'er the frosty ground? - Ah, that is beyond our knowing. - But wherever she goes, - We may fairly suppose - The sunshine will surely be going. - - - - -CHARLEY OTIS'S RIDE. - -AS TOLD BY HIS GRANDSON. - - -He is my grandfather now--Charley Otis is--and he told my brother Hal -and me this story. He's a regular fine old gentleman, is my grandfather -Otis. There isn't a bit of old fogy about him, and he likes to see us -boys have any amount of fun. He isn't hard on a fellow either, when he -gets into trouble through some of his mischief; though he looked pretty -sober when Hal and I and Uncle Timothy's boys painted Squire Dexter's -Chester Whites one time, and the Squire caught us at it, and thrashed -us, and made father and Uncle Timothy pay ten dollars apiece to get out -of having a lawsuit. - -"Don't have any more of that sort of fun, boys," says grandfather. - -"No, sir," says we; and we don't mean to, for there isn't any fun in it. -Some folks in story-books are all the time preaching up how funny it is -to paint pigs. It isn't. If it is, it is mean fun, and I don't like that -kind. For besides making a fellow feel cheap, there's almost always -something not so nice to top off with. - -"Boys will be boys, Susan." That's what grandfather says to mother time -and again. - -"Well, they needn't be wild Indians," says mother. But she doesn't tell -father _that_ time. You see, my grandfather was a boy once himself, and -he knows we can't keep bottled up _all_ the time. We have to "let nature -caper"--that's what grandfather calls it--once in a while, or we would -burst, Hal and I, and go off like two rockets maybe. I hope when I grow -up I'll be just the kind of a grandfather my grandfather is. - -Last Washington's Birthday we boys had planned to have no end of fun, -skating on the pond, and snapping crackers at folks, and playing -shinney. But when Hal and I got up in the morning, everything was dull -gray; and when breakfast was over, it was snowing as if the witches were -emptying all their feather-beds at once up in the sky. - -Hal looked out of the window, and turned away, and shut his lips. Then I -looked out, and--well, I'm not very old, and small of my age--and I -cried. At that grandfather put down his paper. - -"Hoity-toity!" said he; "what's all this about?" - -We told him. - -"Well," said grandfather, "this snow will make first-rate coasting, and -while you're waiting for enough of it to come, I'll tell you a story." - -So here is the story. You ought to have heard Grandfather Otis tell it, -though, with his funny twinkles and wrinkles to set it off; but because -you couldn't, I'm going to tell it my own way, in regular story-book -style: - -Early one Twenty-second of February, more than fifty years ago, my -grandfather and my two great-uncles, Stephen and Samuel, were out -looking for something to have fun with. "Trouble was," says grandfather, -"there was ice enough, but we hadn't a pair of skates to our feet." -Pretty soon, while they were standing around on the door-step, a man -came along leading a horse and sleigh, and hitched it to the fence. The -man's name was Mr. Nutt. - -"Good-morning," said the boys, wondering to themselves what made him -walk and lead the horse, instead of riding. Catch a _boy_ doing it! - -"Mornin'," said Mr. Nutt. "Father to home, boys?" - -"Yes, sir," said they. - -"I'm going after the doctor," said Mr. Nutt, "and that critter runs away -so'st I can't do nothin' with him. It's Lawyer Chadbourne's horse, down -to Westport, 'at I took for his keep, and that's more'n I'll get out 'n -him. S'pose I can get your father's team, boys?" - -"Wouldn't wonder," said they. "Father's chopping wood in the north lot." - -With that Mr. Nutt started off across the field, and the boys walked -down to the gate to look at the horse. He was a red horse, with -"three-white-feet-and-a-white-nose--take-off-his-shoes-and-give-him- -to-the-crows." - -The boys walked around him, and looked at him, and felt of the harness. - -"Looks kind enough," said Steve. - -"Don't believe he'll run away," said Sam. - -"The harness is stout," said Charley. - -Then they all looked at each other and laughed. - -"S'pose we do," said they; "and be spry about it." - -So Sam and Charley got into the sleigh, and Steve unhitched the horse, -and got on behind, with one foot on each runner, and Charley took the -reins, and away they all went. The horse didn't go so very fast at -first, but he kept going faster and faster and faster; and pretty soon -the sleigh hit his heels. Then didn't he go! - -"Stop him!" yelled Sam. "Whoa!" - -"Whoa!" sung out Steve, a-hanging on to the sleigh back for dear life. -"We've go-go-gone far enough." - -But there wasn't any whoa to that horse. And Steve made up his mind that -he'd ridden about as long as he wanted to, and so he dropped off. He -fell flat, and slid for as much as a rod on the ice before he stopped. -"Took every one of his wesket buttons off," says grandfather, "slick and -clean as you'd cut 'em with a knife." - -But that didn't stop the horse--no, sir! On he went, with the old sleigh -clattering at his heels, and the ice his shoes cut up flew like sleet -into the faces of the two boys. All Charley could do was to keep him in -the road, and that's more than a good many would, _I_ say. And the horse -kept going faster and faster. - -"Whe-ew!" said Sam, catching his breath. And he jumped out, and turned -two first-class summersets before he struck on his head in a snow-bank -beside the road. And there _he_ was. - -Then Charley, my grandfather, was left all alone. That's why I call it -"Charley Otis's Ride." And the horse kept going faster and faster. And -Charley couldn't see a rod ahead of him, for the wind blowing and the -bits of ice flying, until, pretty soon, he began to go up a little hill. -And because for a minute the ice didn't fly so thick, Charley saw, just -ahead, and hobbling along as fast as his two poor shaky legs and his -knotty cane would carry him, old Grandsir Herrin, who wasn't anybody's -grandfather really, though everybody called him so. And Grandsir Herrin -was as deaf as the deafest kind of a post--and right in the middle of -the road! Now, sir-- - -No use to ask me what I'd have done if I'd been there. I wasn't there. -But I can tell you what Charley did, and I don't believe anybody could -have done any better. His heart thumped so he could almost hear it -through all the noise of the bells. But, quick as a flash, he put all -his strength on the right rein, and pulled that horse with a flying jump -into a big bank of snow drifted up against the road fence. And Charley -_kept right along_. - -He picked himself up in a minute, and looked around. The horse was deep -in the snow, standing quiet enough, but trembling like a leaf. Charley -unharnessed him and got him out of the snow, and turned the sleigh, and -harnessed up again, and led the horse back to where he started from. Sam -and Steve were waiting by the gate. - -Charley hitched the horse, and just then another man drove along, and -stopped. - -"It's Lawyer Chadbourne," whispered Sam. - -"Who left that horse there?" said the man, in a deep-down, pie-crusty -kind of a voice. - -"Mr. Nutt, sir," answered Charley; "and he said he would run away. But -he don't look like he would." - -"Well, well, I'm glad of it," growled the lawyer, and away he went. -And-- - -"Hello!" said grandfather, breaking off right here. - -There was a thundering noise in the hall, and the door flew open. - -"It's the Broomstick Brigade!" cried grandfather; for there were the May -boys and the Berry boys and Uncle Timothy's boys, and each one of 'em -carried a broom. - -"Come along with you," said Ben May; "we're going to sweep the ice. It's -stopped snowing." - -So it had, though we hadn't noticed. And so we took our skates and -brooms, and went along, Hal and I; and grandfather took up his paper -again. - - - - -A BRAVE LITTLE SISTER. - - -One cold day this winter, as it was growing late, Mrs. Ivy, whose home -is in Pictou, Nova Scotia, was obliged to go out, leaving her two -children alone. Their father was dead. - -Little Alice was only seven and Henry was five years old. They played -together awhile, and Alice told Henry stories, and they tried to think -that the time was slipping away very fast, and that mother would soon be -back. - -But presently it began to get dark in the room where the careful mother -had left them, locking them in for safety. The stars were twinkling in -the sky, and the lamps were lighted in the street. Alice knew where the -matches were kept, and she had often seen her mother light their lamp, -so she thought she would do it now. - -Unfortunately neither she nor little Henry observed that they had set -the burning lamp very near their mother's working dress and Alice's -white apron, which were hanging quite close to the mantel. - -The first thing they knew, these had caught fire, and the room was in a -blaze. - -What should little Alice do? How could she save Henry? She never thought -about her own danger. The key was in the lock, alas! on the other side -of the door. - -Quick as a flash she raised the window, and creeping out to the end of -the projecting shelf, lowered herself till she hung at arm's-length, and -then dropped to the ground. - -It was a distance of thirty-five feet, but the air buoyed up her -clothing, something as it does that of a little girl when she whirls -round and drops down in what we used to call a pot-cheese. Alice reached -the ground unhurt. - -She flew up stairs and unlocked the door. No Henry was there. Frightened -and desperate, she screamed and cried so that the neighbors came running -to see what had happened. - -They found the little fellow on the ground, where he had fallen, having -crawled out on the window-sill to see what had become of his sister. It -was a mercy that he too had escaped with only a few bruises. - -Brave little Alice Ivy! She showed unselfish love, courage, and -promptness in action. We think she was a heroine. Do you agree with us? -Her behavior was the more worthy of praise that she had to do something -at once, and that she did the best thing under the circumstances. We are -sure her mother felt thankful for such a noble daughter. - - - - -PERIL AND PRIVATION. - -BY JAMES PAYN. - -I.--ON THE KEYS OF HONDURAS. - - -Most readers know well the adventures of what real personage the -admirable story of _Robinson Crusoe_ was founded; and in the history of -disaster connected with the sea there are the materials of ten such -tales, had we only another Defoe to write them. Still, not even the mind -of that master of fiction, the man of all others who knew how "to paint -the thing that is not as the thing that is," could have conceived such -events as it is now my purpose to describe. His fine sense of what was -life-like would have resented them as being too amazing and -extraordinary to have happened to the same person, and that too on a -single voyage. - -To be seized by pirates; to become one of them by force; to escape at -the peril of one's life, but only to find one's self upon an uninhabited -island, "remote from the track of navigation," and to remain there for -sixteen months alone--seems too sensational to be crowded into three -years of existence. Yet these things happened to Philip Ashton, an -Englishman, little more than a century and a half ago. - -The schooner which Ashton, who hailed from Salem, Massachusetts, was on -board was seized in Port Rossaway by the famous--or infamous--Ned Low. -In _The Lives of Highwaymen and Robbers_, which I am sorry to say was -one of my favorite books when I was a boy, the story of Low's life is -told, but his behavior in pirate life is not described. Ashton gives -some curious particulars of it. In some respects this "bold bad" rover -of the seas was by no means so black as he is painted. For example, on -our hero's being carried on board Low's vessel, "which had two great -guns, four swivels, and about forty men," that gentleman comes up to him -with a pistol in each hand, with the inquiry, "Are you a married man?" - -Terrified, not without reason, "lest there should be any hidden meaning -in his words," Ashton did not reply. He did not know whether it would be -wiser to say he was married or a bachelor. You see, it was very -important to make a favorable impression. - -[Illustration: "'YOU DOG, WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER?' CRIED LOW."] - -"You dog, why don't you answer?" cried Low, cocking one of the pistols -and putting it to the other's ear. Thus compelled, and yet not knowing -what to say, Ashton hesitated no longer, but did what he might have done -at firsthand which is always the best thing to do--he told the truth. - -"I am a bachelor," he said, whereupon Low appeared to be satisfied, and -turned away. - -The fact was that this scoundrel, who seemed so heartless, had had a -wife of his own, whom he had loved tenderly, but who was dead. She had -left him a child, now in the care of trustworthy people at Boston, for -whom he felt such tenderness that on any mention of him, in quieter -moments--that is, "when he was not drinking or revelling"--he would sit -down and shed tears. Judging others by himself, he would never impress -in his service married men, who had ties, such as a wife and children, -to render them desirous of leaving it. - -Moreover, Low would never suffer his men to work on Sunday. What is -still more strange, Ashton tells us that he has even "seen some of them -sit down to read a good book upon that day." - -For all that, he had to join the ship's company, and become a pirate -like them, or die. His name was accordingly entered on their books; -whereas, when opportunity offered, the married men who had been captured -were put on shore. - -Ashton was sometimes fired at, and slashed with cutlasses, upon the -supposition--which was quite a correct one--that he was planning how to -escape. Otherwise he was not, on the whole, ill-treated. He assisted, -much against his own will, in the capture of many vessels. - -Though very successful in her depredations, the pirate ship was at one -time pursued by _The Mermaid_, an English man-of-war, when Ashton's -feelings were more uncomfortable than they had ever been, "for I -concluded that we should certainly be taken, and that I, being found in -such company, should be hung with the rest, so true are the words of -Solomon, 'A companion of fools shall be destroyed.'" - -However, one of the ship's men showed Low a sand bar over which his -vessel could pass and _The Mermaid_ could not. - -"So we escaped the gallows on this occasion." Nor was it only hanging -that was to be feared, for it was proposed by these desperate fellows -that in case their capture became certain, they should "set foot to foot -and blow out each other's brains"--a suggestion which, though he -pretended to approve of it, did not please Ashton. - -There was now a plot among the more honest portion of the crew to -overpower the rest. It was unfortunately discovered, and one Farrington -Spriggs, the second in command, informed Ashton that he should "swing -like a dog at the yard-arm," as being one of the conspirators. To this -our hero meekly replied that he had had no intention of injuring any one -on board, but should be glad if he could be allowed to go away quietly. - -Perhaps this soft answer had the effect of turning away Mr. Farrington -Spriggs's wrath, for Ashton presently remarks, "In the end this flame -was quenched, and, through the goodness of Providence, I escaped -destruction." - -About this time they were in the Bay of Honduras, which is full of small -wooded islands, generally known in that part of the world as "keys." - -At one of these, which lay altogether out of the track of ships, the -pirate touched for water, and the long-boat was sent ashore with casks -to get a supply. Low had sworn that Ashton "should never set foot on -shore again," but that chieftain was not on board at the time, and the -cooper, who was in charge of the boat, granted his request to go with -the party. As to running away, there was nowhere, as he reflected, for -the man to run to. - -When they first landed, Ashton made himself very busy in helping to get -the casks out of the boat and in rolling them to the spring; but -presently he began to stroll along the beach, picking up shells. On -getting out of musket-shot, he made for a thick wood. - -"Where are you going?" cried the cooper. - -"Only for cocoa-nuts," was Ashton's reply, pointing to where some were -hanging. - -When once out of sight he ran as fast as the thickness of the bushes and -his naked feet permitted him. His clothing was "an Osnaburgh frock and -trousers and a knitted cap, but neither shirt, shoes, stockings, nor -anything else." - -The wood was so thick that he could hear the voices of the party while -he himself was quite invisible and secure. - -When they had filled their casks they hallooed for him loudly; and then -said to one another, "The dog"--they always called him the dog--"is lost -in the wood, and can't get out again." In a short time they put off -without him. - -Then came reflections very similar to those we read in _Robinson -Crusoe_: "Thus was I left on a desolate island, destitute of all help, -and remote from the track of navigators, but, compared with the state -and society I had quitted, I considered the wilderness hospitable and -the solitude interesting. True, I was in a place there was no means of -leaving; my clothing was scanty, and it was impossible to procure a -supply. With the trifling exception of cocoa-nuts, I was altogether -destitute of provisions, nor could I tell how my life was to be -supported. But as it had pleased God to grant my wishes in being -liberated from those whose occupation was to devise mischief against -their neighbors, I resolved to account every hardship light." - -In five days the pirate vessel set sail without him, and Philip Ashton -found himself alone. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -THE TALKING LEAVES.[1] - -[1] Begun in No. 101, HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. - -An Indian Story. - -BY W. O. STODDARD. - -CHAPTER XXI. - - -For his own part, To-la-go-to-de had decided upon the policy he should -follow. He had told his older warriors, - -"The pale-faces are cunning. The Lipans must be wise. Suppose the -Apaches kill many pale-faces? Ugh! Good. Lipans kill rest of them very -easy. Not so many to kill." - -He was right about the Captain's "cunning," for it was a good deal like -his own "wisdom," and it had been expressed to his men in the same way. - -"The Apaches are strong enough to beat them, and us too, and they'll be -on the look-out. We mustn't throw ourselves away, boys. We must get -separated somehow. There won't be enough Lipans left to follow us far." - -He and Two Knives, therefore, had about the same object in view when -they rode out together in advance of their combined force after supper. - -The miners were all mounted, and nobody would have guessed how much -extra weight they were carrying. They were drawn up now in a close rank -in front of their little camp, in which they had not left a single -guard. - -Two Knives asked about that. - -"What for?" replied Skinner. "What good to leave men? If the Lipans want -to rob wagon, they kill the men we leave. Suppose Lipans do as they -agree, camp safe, then. Better take all the men we've got to fight the -Apaches." - -That was good sense, and Two Knives only said "Ugh!" to it, but his next -question meant more. - -"How about fight? Tell chief what do." - -"No, I won't. It's your fight more than mine. If you want us to go -ahead, we will go. If you say we are to keep back and let you go ahead, -all right. If we say we want to do anything, you will think it is -crooked. Better not say. You say." - -The chief had been expecting to hear some plan of action, and to find -something "crooked" in it. Captain Skinner had beaten him at once and -completely. - -"Then you ride along with Lipans." - -"No. The hearts of your young braves are hot and bitter. My men are -angry. Must keep apart. Have fight among ourselves. No good." - -There was no denying the good sense of that, and Two Knives had no fear -at all but that his pale-face allies would come back after their wagon, -extra horses, and mules. Of course they would stick to property for -which they had shown themselves so ready to fight, and he could not -suspect that they now had the best part of it carefully stowed away -around them. - -"Ugh! Pale-faces can't go ahead. Not stay behind. What then?" - -"You say. We go." - -"Ride left hand, then. Away off there. Not too far. We go this way. Both -find Apaches. Come together then." - -"All right. That'll suit us. Send some braves along to see that we don't -run away." - -Two Knives would have done so if Captain Skinner had not asked for it, -but he instantly suspected a cunning plot for the destruction of as many -braves as he might send, and he replied: - -"Ugh! No good. Pale-faces take care of themselves to-night." - -So both of them got what they wanted. - -Two Knives believed that by keeping to the right he should make a -circuit and surprise the Apache camp, while the miners would be sure to -meet any outlying force by riding toward it in a straight line. - -Captain Skinner's one idea was to get as far as possible from the -Lipans, he hardly cared in what direction. To the "left" was also to the -southward; and so he was better off than he had hoped for. - -"Go slow, boys," he said to his men. "We must go right across every -stream we come to. The more water we can put behind us, the better." - -The Lipans also advanced with caution at first, keenly watching the -distrusted miners until they were hidden from them by the rolling -prairie and the increasing darkness. - -The line on which the Captain was leading them slanted away more and -more toward the south, but not so much as yet that it need have aroused -the suspicions of To-la-go-to-de's keen-eyed spies who were keeping -track of them. - -They reached a good-sized brook, and the moment they were over it the -Captain shouted: "That gets bigger, or it runs into something before -it's gone far. That's our chance, boys." - -Nothing could be more sure, for all the brooks in the world do that very -thing. Besides, that brook was running in the direction in which the -miners wanted to go, and they now pushed forward more rapidly. - -"If I knew where the Apache village was," said the Captain, "I'd go near -enough to see if we could pick up some ponies. But we won't waste any -time looking for it." - -The brook was a true guide. In due time it led the miners to the place -where it poured its little contribution into the larger stream, and that -looked wider and gloomier by night than by day. - -"No ford right here, boys. The water runs too still and quiet. We must -follow it down." - -Every pair of eyes among them was now busy peering into the darkness as -they rode along the bank. - -If they could but find a ford! - -They thought they found one once, and a tall horseman wheeled his horse -down the bank, and into the placid water. - -"Careful now. Feel your way a foot at a time," shouted Skinner. - -"Tain't three feet deep yet, and it's a good bottom." - -It did not seem to get any deeper until he was half-way across and the -rest were getting ready to follow him, when his horse seemed to stumble -and plunge forward. - -There was a splash and a smothered cry, and that was all. Days afterward -an Apache hunter found a stray horse, all saddled and bridled, feeding -on the bank near the spot where he had swum ashore, but nobody ever saw -any more of his rider. He had too many pounds of stolen gold about him, -heavier than lead, and it had carried him to the bottom instantly. - -"Boys," said Captain Skinner, "I'll try the next ford myself. I was half -afraid of that." - -Every man of them understood just what had happened, and knew that it -was of no use for them to do anything but ride along down the bank. - -There was not a great deal further to go before a sharp string of -exclamations ran along the line. - -"See there?" - -"Camp fires yonder!" - -"That's the Apache village!" - -"It's on the other shore." - -"Hark, boys! Hear that? Off to the northward? There's a fight going on. -Ride now. We're away in behind it." - -Captain Skinner was right again. By pushing on along the bank of the -river he was soon in full view of the village. At the same time, just -because he was so near it, he ran almost no risk at all of meeting any -strong force of Apaches. The sound of far-away fighting had somehow -ceased, but the Captain did not care to know any more about it. - -"Silence, boys. Forward. Our chance has come." - -[Illustration: THE MINERS CROSSING THE FORD.] - -He never dreamed of looking for a ford there by the village, and there -were no squaws to find it for him and point it out. More than a mile -below he came to the broad rippling shallow the Apache warriors had -reported to their chief, and into this he led his men without a moment's -hesitation. - -"Steady, boys; pick your tracks. Where the ripples show, the bottom -isn't far down, but it may be a little rough." - -A large part of it was rough enough, but Captain Skinner seemed to be -able to steer clear of anything really dangerous, and in a few minutes -more he was leading them out on the southerly shore. - -"Now, boys," he said, "do you see what we've done?" - -"We've got across the river," said Bill, "without any more of us gettin' -drownded." - -"That's so, but we've done a heap more than that. We've put the Apache -village between us and the Lipans, and all we've got to do is to strike -for the Mexican line." - -At the end of a few more hours of hard riding the foremost man sent back -a loud shout of "Here's another river!" - -"That's all right," said Captain Skinner. "Now I know where we are." - -"Where is it, then?" said Bill. - -"The first river we forded was the north fork of the Yaqui, and this is -the other fork. When we're on the other bank of that, we're in Mexico. -We can go in any line we please, then." - -The whole band broke out into a chorus of cheers. - -Whatever may have been their reason for wishing to get out of the United -States, particularly that part of it, it must have been strong enough to -make them anxious. They were not contented for a moment until this -second "fork" was also forded. - -Then a good place for a camp was selected, and the weary horses were -unsaddled. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -MR. THOMPSON AND A BIRD WITH A LANTERN. - -BY ALLAN FORMAN. - - -"Pooh!" said Mr. Thompson, after examining a dark lantern I had -purchased for the skating season--"pooh! there is nothing new about a -dark lantern; they are very common. Why, down on Long Island, where I -spent last summer, even the birds carry them." - -As I was about to exclaim, he interrupted me with: - -"Not all the birds, of course; but there is a kind of heron, a Qua -bird--a mighty intelligent fellow he is, too. He carries a lantern when -he goes fishing at night--'fire-lighting,' you know. A nice bird, and a -bright talker." - -"Did you talk with him?" I ventured to ask. - -"Of course I did. Long talk. Funny time. I'll tell you about it," -replied Mr. Thompson, good-naturedly. - -I will not try to repeat the story in Mr. Thompson's own language, for -his sentences are somewhat disconnected, but the gist of it is as -follows: - -Mr. Thompson lay on the shore of a little creek down on the east end of -Long Island. He had fled from the farm-house where he was boarding, -partly on account of the heat, but principally to escape the sewing -circle which met at the house that evening. He had been lying on the -bank for some time, and was just beginning to feel cold, when he saw two -queer-looking lights bobbing along the shore, and moving toward him. - -"Somebody trying to steal Farmer Brown's oysters," he murmured, and -prepared to give the intruders a good scare. But the lights came so -slowly that his mind wandered off, and he was only aroused from his -musings when he heard a peculiar voice near the shore remark: - -"It's a man, but he's asleep, and he hasn't any gun." - -"Hack!" replied the other, in a guttural tone; "_he_ couldn't hit us if -he had a gun." - -"No," said the first. "He's a pretty good sort. I've seen him before, -and he don't go shooting much." - -Just at this moment the cold was too much for Mr. Thompson, and he gave -way to a prolonged "Achew!" - -"Hark!" screamed both voices. Then one remarked: - -"He's a nice man," and he spoke then almost like one of the noble family -of Ardea. "Say!" he continued, addressing Mr. Thompson, "what did you -come out here for?" - -Mr. Thompson was not surprised at having them speak to him, and he -answered, politely, - -"I came into the country to escape the heat of the city." - -"Just what we came from Florida for." - -Mr. Thompson looked carefully at the two speakers, and could see dimly -outlined against the water the dark forms of two birds. They had long -legs and necks, and long sharp bills. Mr. Thompson immediately concluded -from their appearance, and the reference to the family of Ardea, that -they were a species of heron. - -The birds noticed Mr. Thompson's look, and one of them said, kindly, - -"I suppose that you want to have a good look at us, so I'll just light -my lantern, and introduce myself," saying which he threw aside the long -feathers on his breast, and disclosed a ball of light, very much like -that which is seen on the common fire-fly. This light he obligingly -turned full upon his companion, while the other performed the same -office for him. In the flood of pale phosphorescent light Mr. Thompson -was able to see them perfectly. - -The first speaker was about three feet high, with a black head and back, -and tail and wings of ashy blue; his legs and bill were long like a -crane's, and his throat and breast were cream white; on the top of his -head were three long white feathers. His companion was the same, with -the exception of the feathers on the head. After Mr. Thompson had looked -at them for a few minutes, the one with the plumes on his head said: -"Now, I suppose that you would like to know our names. In Florida and -the Southern States we are called Qua birds; in Virginia they call us -Lamp-lighters; when we come up here to Long Island, we are Quaks; and if -we go further north, into Connecticut, they add an s, and call us -Squaks. But we don't like those appellations: our proper name is Ardea -Nycticorax. I am Mr. Nycticorax, and this is my wife, Mrs. N." - -Mr. Thompson bowed gallantly, and introduced himself as Mr. John -Thompson, of New York. Then he continued: "I don't like to be -inquisitive, but your having a lantern makes me peculiarly interested in -you; would you mind telling me something about yourself?" - -"Certainly not," answered the bird: "I should be most happy to do so. I -was born in Florida. We live there in great villages of five or six -thousand families, and we generally take a trip every summer for our -health. We stop along by the way, and some prefer to spend the summer in -one place and some in another, so you see that by the time we get here -we are pretty well scattered. When we get here we go to housekeeping. -But," he added, deftly snapping up a fish in his long bill, and tossing -it to Mr. Thompson, "just eat that, and I'll show you the rest." - -Mr. Thompson swallowed the fish without thinking. In a moment he began -to experience the most peculiar sensations. His neck began to stretch, -his nose to elongate, his hands and arms became covered with feathers. -Almost before he knew it he was a full-grown Quak. - -"Now," remarked Mr. Nycticorax, "you look something like other people. -If you will just follow me, I will introduce you to some of my friends -who are keeping house over here in the woods. Come." - -"Come," urged Mrs. Nycticorax, and the two flapped their wings and flew -rapidly over toward the woods. Mr. Thompson followed, and soon they -alighted on the top branch of a tall tree. Just beneath them was a large -nest built of twigs; on it was seated a motley-looking Quak, who -welcomed Mr. Thompson cordially. - -She raised herself a little, and proudly showed four light green eggs. -In another tree was a small family about three weeks old. They could not -fly yet, but had climbed out of the nest with the aid of their strong -bills and claws, and were perched comfortably on a high limb waiting for -their parents to return from a fishing excursion. - -After Mr. Thompson had talked for some little time, he suddenly -remembered that his friends at the farm-house would be worried at his -prolonged absence. As he was about to excuse himself, his friend said, -"I will go back with you as far as where we first met." - -Soon they were again on the shore of the creek, and Mr. Nycticorax was -saying good-night, when Mr. Thompson detained him. - -"One more question," said that unwearied searcher after knowledge. "What -is your lantern composed of?" - -"Some kind of phosphorus or other," replied the bird, and at the same -time threw back his breast feathers. - -Mr. Thompson stretched out his hand to feel of it. - -"Ouch! you tickle!" screamed the bird, and flew away. At the same moment -Mr. Thompson felt some one grasp his shoulder, and a familiar voice -remarked, - -"Wa'al, now, I reckon you've ketched a powerful cold, sleepin' here." It -was 'Lisha, one of the farm hands. - -Mr. Thompson insists that he did not go to sleep; but his -fellow-boarders are rather inclined to believe 'Lisha's statement, to -the effect that "Mr. Thompson was a-sneezin' and a-snorin', and -a-snorin' and a-sneezin'; and ef I hadn't waked him up, he'd 'a ketched -his death." - -Certain it is that Mr. Thompson has suffered with a tremendous cold in -the head ever since. - - - - -[Illustration: "WINTER."--FROM A PAINTING BY LAURA ALMA TADEMA.] - - - - -"THINK AND THANK." - -BY MRS. W. J. HAYS. - - -"Granny, please tell me more about my father," pleaded a little voice in -the gathering darkness. - -"Ah, child, it hurts me to talk of him. The sea has been his bed, I -doubt not, this many a long day." - -"But you were telling me how blithe and brave he was, and what merry -songs he sang. What made him go to sea?" - -"All lads think they can do well on the water. They tire of the fields -and the plough. But your father was no fool to think a sailor's life an -easy one. He did not go until your mother died, and then he was not -brave enough to bear sorrow as we poor women have to do." - -The child asked no more, but knit away at the stocking her grandmother -had set up for her. - -Presently the old woman said, with a shiver: "It's growing cold; there's -snow in the air. Put some more sticks on, Peggy." - -The child arose and made a pretense of adding to the fire, for there was -no more wood, and she had not the heart to say so. Then taking off a -little shawl from her shoulders, she put it about those of her granny. - -But the old woman had that keenness of perception which is so often a -merciful compensation to the blind. - -"Child," she said, "you are robbing yourself. The warmth of your own -little heart is in this shawl. Is there no more wood?" - -"No more, Granny." - -"And the flour, does it hold yet, Peggy?" - -"It is all gone, Granny; but there's oat-cake enough for the breakfast, -and we've a nice sup of porridge on the fire." - -"Let us eat it then, and be thankful," said the old woman, solemnly. - -The child divided her portion with the cat, and then, with what seemed -like careless indifference to the grandmother began to play about the -room with her pet. - -"Peggy, Peggy, how can you be so light-hearted when we have no food for -the morrow?" - -Peggy stopped playing, and began to look grave. Suddenly her face -lighted up, and she clapped her hands. - -"To-morrow is dole-day. Granny; don't you remember? They give out the -loaves at church, and your turn began last week." - -"Sure enough, yes. To think that I should have lived to be one of the -oldest people of the parish, as well as one of the poorest! Ah me!--I -who began life so well!" - -"And you shall end it well, too. I can do something." - -"You remind me much of your father, lassie. You're a brave little woman. -God forgive me for despairing!" Then they went to bed as the easiest way -to keep warm. - -The Sunday was late in dawning. Daylight came slowly, and the weather -was cold and windy and cheerless. The old woman wondered to hear her -child singing hymns in a high clear voice that had no rhythm of hunger. -But Peggy, like the boy who "whistled for want of thought," was singing -to keep up her courage. She was hungry, and wished it was afternoon, -that they might have their nice loaf of white bread from the church. -Then she began to wonder what she should do when the loaf was gone. How -would the old cat taste if they killed her for broth? "Oh, what an awful -thought!" and then she hugged and kissed her old pussy, and whispered in -her ear that she was sorry she had no breakfast for her, and she must -hunt for a mouse. - -But the day wore on. They went to church, and, after the second service -they staid with the other old people to whom the bread was due, and -received, besides, several yards of good warm flannel. - -Peggy was now in haste to be home. She did not envy the nicely dressed -little children in the church-yard, for she was proud to have her dear -old Granny lean upon her, and tell her all about the Bruces, from whom -the dole of bread had come, and how their family motto was "Think and -Thank." Granny said it meant consideration for the poor, and gratitude -for everything. But as they neared their cottage, Granny stopped and -listened. - -"What is it, Granny?" - -"I hear a strange step, child." - -As she spoke, a man with a big bunch of bananas over his shoulder, and a -silk handkerchief in which were golden oranges, stopped at their very -door-step. - -"Oh, dear Granny, it is a strange man," said Peggy, giving her loaf a -little tighter hug. - -"We must ask him in to supper, Peggy," said Granny, firmly. - -"But, Granny, we've so little," said the child, "I am ashamed." - -"Never be that, Peggy, unless you have done wrong. What does the man -look like?" - -"A traveller; he's brown and funny-looking." - -"For the sake of my son, we must be kind to all that sort; but perhaps -he can tell me about Tom." - -At that moment the man spoke: "Can you give me a night's lodging, -madam?" - -Granny stood for a moment as if she had become a statue--fixed, -immovable. Then with a cry she rushed at the man, and put her trembling -fingers on his head and face and hands. Then she fell sobbing on his -shoulder, for Tom had come back, her dear son Tom, whom she had so long -supposed to be drowned. - -And then came a long tale of suffering and shipwreck and privation. -Granny in her turn had to tell how she had lost her sight. And then Tom -kissed Peggy, whom he had left as a baby, and promised never again to -leave her. - -Ah, it was a happy time--and how Peggy did enjoy the oranges!--great -juicy globes of nectar. - -After that there was no more hunger. The cottage looked like a little -bower, with its blooming plants, its warm curtains, and its cheerful -blaze on the hearth. Peggy had white bread enough and to spare. Her -father brought her home a canary and a parrot; the latter she taught to -say "Think and Thank," and every time she remembered her thought of -making broth of old pussy, she gave her an extra bowl of milk thick -with cream. - - * * * * * - -It may not be generally known that the custom of a weekly dole of bread -is still observed in Trinity parish, New York. Sixty-seven loaves of -bread are given to the poor every Saturday at St. John's Chapel. A -bequest for this purpose was made thirty years ago by John Leake, Esq. - - - - -"GOOD-BY, WINTER." - -BY M. D. BRINE. - - - Good-by, old Winter, good-by once more; - At twelve to-night will your reign be o'er. - We're tired of you and your sleet and snow, - We're tired of hearing your chill winds blow; - We long for breezes that fill the air - With the scent of the Spring-time flowers fair; - We long for meadows where daisies white - Lift up their heads in the warm sunlight, - And where the grasses are nodding all day. - With the Spring-time breezes forever at play. - - Good-by, old Winter. We're sorry for you, - But we're glad your season is nearly through. - You brought us plenty of fun, we know, - For sleighing and snow-balling come with snow; - But O for a breath of the Spring-time sweet, - When the earth and the sky in beauty meet! - And O for the trees where the birds all day - Are singing the golden hours away! - Good-by, old Winter; the Spring is near, - And you may sleep for another year. - - - - -[Illustration: BARNUM'S SHOW IN WINTER-QUARTERS.] - -BARNUM'S SHOW IN WINTER-QUARTERS. - -BY J. C. BEARD. - - -Last week, boys, I was too busy to tell you anything myself about my -experiences among the birds and beasts so snugly located in the -"Winter-Quarters." This time I am able to talk to you a little, as well -as draw you some pictures. - -Suppose we take a look at this party of cranes and pelicans and other -queer birds. In spite of his long legs and clumsy bill, the pelican has -more or less beauty to recommend him. The prevailing color of his -feathers is a lovely rose shading off to white, while his breast wears -an orange tinge. The cranes are also really handsome birds, in spite of -their long thin legs. They have soft gray plumage, with snow-white -crests, and two gracefully flowing plumes besides on the head. - -But if you want to see a homely bird, look at the adjutant. Certainly -the one that roams so confidently about the inclosure is the most -hideous creature I ever saw. A great clumsy body, long legs, thick bare -neck, and bare, ragged head make up a sum total of amazing ugliness. The -adjutant's beak is the most remarkable feature about him, being nearly a -yard long, and thick in proportion. This huge beak is strong enough to -kill a man with one blow. As you see in our illustration, the keeper -when feeding these birds is obliged to carry the dish of food upon his -head; if held in his hands, those enormous beaks would make short work -of dish, meat, and all. The adjutant acts the part of watch-dog, and -cats and other stray animals that value their lives are careful to avoid -this yard. - -One of these birds reminded me of an expert at base-ball. Especially is -he a good "catcher." The keeper stood fully fifteen feet from him, and -tossed great pieces of meat toward him. Each time the bird's great beak -opened exactly at the right moment, and closed with a snap upon the huge -piece of raw meat. The bird seemed to enjoy the sport fully as much as -the by-standers. - -The adjutant in the lower sketch, whom we see apparently holding a -confidential chat with his keeper, is a little fellow, quite tame, and -even socially inclined. This position upon the keeper's knee, as the -latter sits by the fire, is a favorite one with him. - -The monkeys in Mr. Barnum's collection are well worth seeing. They are -of various kinds. A blue-faced baboon named Napper is evidently the -leader of monkey society at Bridgeport. He is a brilliant object to look -at, for his cheeks are blue, his nose and eyebrows are bright scarlet, -while his pointed beard is yellow. He is not a monkey of good character, -and has actually been known to get intoxicated. Mr. Hodges, the keeper, -is very fond of Napper, who seems to return affection. He will sit for -hours upon his friend's knee before the fire, turning himself from side -to side that he may receive the full benefit of the welcome heat. The -monkeys suffer dreadfully from cold draughts, and are very apt to die of -consumption. - -Mr. Hodges assured me that most if not all of the cageful of monkeys -would be dead before spring, and seemed much affected by the loss of his -pets. Some of them seemed to be in the last stages now, coughing -violently, and holding their slender hands affectedly to their chests. -If the monkeys could be clothed, they would better endure the cold; but -a jacket in the cage would remain whole on the back of the wearer just -about five seconds. - -A keeper fed the monkeys while I was there, and it was a funny sight. He -put the pan of rice and sugar inside the cage, and I expected a general -scramble, but instead of this I found the distribution of food to be a -most orderly process. The big fellows calmly served themselves first. -They ate as much as they could, then crammed their cheeks full, and -grasping as much as their hands would hold, retired to a corner to -finish at their leisure. The smaller monkeys now modestly proceeded to -dine in the same fashion. They follow the example set them by their -elders, and all is done in the most orderly manner. - -Feeding the monkeys with pea-nuts is great fun. The instant they see a -pea-nut they rush pell-mell to the front of the cage, eager to reach -through the bars and catch the delicious morsel. The fortunate possessor -retires with his prize to a corner, proceeds to crack the shell, and -eats it with quite as much delight as you would, if presented with -something you particularly like. - -Aard-vark, or the "hog with a wart," is not a pretty name, and he is not -a pretty animal. The domestic hog is quite a beauty in comparison, as -this one has enormous tusks, stiff bristles, scarcely any eyes at all, -and hideous lumps on his face and head; not _one_ wart, but plenty of -them. But he eats the pailful of carrots with as much relish as if he -were the handsomest beast in the world. - -The coach-dog which is such a favorite with the elephants is named -Denver, and the huge animals take the entire charge of him. A gentleman -saw the keeper put a piece of meat before one of the elephants near him, -and the great creature seized it in his trunk, and gave the -"mother-call" for Denver. This mother-call is the sound they make in -calling their young ones. Denver understood in a moment, and rushed -toward them; the elephant gently laid the meat on the ground before the -dog, and watched him with great interest while he devoured it. - -Denver was lost once for two weeks, and the elephants would not perform -until he was found. The welcome he received from his huge friends on his -return was nearly the death of him. They caressed him with their trunks, -rolled him over and over, "purring" all the while like distant thunder, -and stuffed him with all the meat he could eat. - -The Bridgeport boys are very careful about their behavior to Denver, for -if a howl of pain or annoyance is heard from him on the outside of the -building, the elephants inside become so enraged that there is danger of -their breaking their chains and avenging their favorite. - -As I left the "quarters" I found a crowd of Bridgeport boys gathered -about a small Irish jaunting-car with a beautiful striped zebra -harnessed before it. This zebra's name is Sheik, and is often seen in -the streets of the city, with some of the ladies belonging to the circus -driving him. Sheik is gentle, swift, and has as much endurance as a -mule. Zebras are generally supposed to be untamable, and Sheik's keeper -deserves great credit for the wonderful manner in which he has succeeded -in training this wild creature. Sheik is not, however, a "true zebra," -but one of the species called _asinus Burchelii_. A "true zebra" has -never been brought to this country. Bridgeport boys think Sheik driven -in the jaunting-car a fine show. - - - - -NINE MEN'S MORRIS. - -BY JAMES OTIS. - - -As an in-door amusement, a very interesting game is that of Nine Men's -Morris, or Shepherd's Game, as it is known by some. A board may be made -of anything at a moment's notice, and bits of paper, peas, beans, or -anything of that sort may be used for men. - -To make the board, draw three squares, one within the other, with a -space of at least an inch between them; then draw four lines to connect -each of the sides, and it is complete. - -[Illustration] - -Each player has nine men, it making no difference what they are made of, -so long as one set may be readily distinguished from the other. - -Then each player places alternately a man on any one of the -intersections, which on the plan are numbered from 1 to 24 simply for -the purpose of better explaining the game. The first point is for one of -the players to get three men in a line; that is to say, have them on -three direct stations, as 16, 17, 18, or 10, 11, 12, but not on the -angles, as at 1, 4, 7. If either player succeed in so placing his men, -he can remove one of his adversary's men from the board; this is called -_pounding_. One of three men in a line can not be pounded, provided -there are any others on the board. - -As the game is really divided into three distinct phases of playing, it -may be well to illustrate each phase, taking the work of placing the men -first, and allowing Black to open the game: - - Black. White. - 9 11 - 13 18 - 14 15 - 8 7 - 5 2 - 6 4 - 21 pounds 11 16 - 12 17 pounds 12 - 12 24 - -By this play White has the best of the game, and then the moving begins, -which consists in moving a man from one intersection to another which is -not occupied, never passing over a man or out of the direct lines. For -example, a man at 11 might move to 10, 19, 4, or 12, provided those -stations were not occupied. - -To continue the game illustrated: Black has only one man which he can -move, and that is from 21 to 20. White moves 2 to 3, and pounds 20, -selecting that one because 6, 14, or 20 must be removed, or a line could -be made by Black, who would have pounded 7, and had the advantage. Black -then moves 14 to 21; White, 15 to 14; Black, 21 to 20; White, 3 to -2--White now being able to make a line at 3, 15, or 24 whenever he -chooses, despite Black. Black now moves 20 to 21. At this point it would -be possible for White to block the game by moving 17 to 20; but in the -hope of winning, even though he gives his adversary an advantage, he -moves 2 to 3; then-- - - Black. White. - 5 to 2 4 to 5 - 21 " 20 14 " 15 pounds 20 - 13 " 14 17 " 20 - 9 " 13 24 " 23 - 14 " 21 18 " 17 pounds 21 - 8 " 9 23 " 24 pounds 12 - 6 " 14 24 " 23 pounds 13 - -Black has now but three men; and when either party is so reduced in -numbers he can jump to any part of the board, regardless of men or -intersections, provided the station at which he wishes to stop is not -occupied. - -To illustrate this latter portion of the game: Give White seven men, on -stations 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 17, and 18, and Black three men, at 7, 12, and -15. White moves from 6 to 14; Black, 7 to 13; White, 17 to 20; Black, 15 -to 7. By this last move of Black's he can jump to 16, make a line, and -pound. White moves 3 to 15; Black, 13 to 16, and pounds 14. - -When Black is reduced to two men he loses the game, and this would have -occurred had he pounded any other man but 14, as otherwise White could -have made a line by the next move. - -The game is continued by-- - - White. Black. - 15 to 14 16 to 13 - 20 " 21 13 " 16 pounds 9 - 8 " 9 7 " 13 - 11 " 19 13 " 7 pounds 9 - 18 " 17 7 " 20 - -This portion of the game calls for the most skillful playing, since -White can also jump when he has but three men left; and as his men stand -now, he could complete a line in one or two moves despite Black, -provided he could jump. Black must therefore play to gain the advantage -of position rather than to pound: - - White. Black. - 14 to 6 12 to 18 - 21 " 14 16 " 21 - 17 " 16 18 " 17 - 6 " 5 - -Now if Black should make his line by jumping from 21 to 23, and pound -one of White's men, White could make a line in two moves by jumping to -6, 11, or 12, and thus win the game; but in such a position, between -equal players, the game should be a draw. - -It is possible to display quite as much skill in Morris as in checkers. -But the one, although it looks so simple, requires quite as much study -as the other. - -In playing, avoid crowding all your men on two squares. If you have the -first move, take the corners, and try to make a cross with three men. -Keep your adversary blocked as much as possible, and leave your own men -free to move. Do not try too hard to form a line while placing the men, -or your adversary will have an opportunity to place his for position, -and you will be beaten easily when the moving begins. - -When possible, try to arrange men so that you can make two or three -lines by successive moves, as, for example, men on 9, 13, 18, 20, and -23. Then 18 can move to 17 and make a line, back to 18 for another, and -so on. - -Before reducing your adversary to three men, and thus giving him an -opportunity to jump, try to arrange your men so that you will be able to -form your lines in successive moves. For example: Black has eight men, -at 2, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, and 24; White has four, at 3, 9, 12, and -22. Black moves 24 to 23; White, 22 to 10. If Black made a line at 14 or -20, White, being reduced to three men, could jump either to 20 or 14, -whichever was vacant, and thus prevent the second line from being made; -but if Black moves 2 to 5, White can not prevent him from making a line -either at 4, 14, or 20, even if he can jump. - - - - -[Illustration: THE MUSIC-ROOM.] - - - - -THE CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL. - - -There are matter-of-fact people nowadays who do not believe in the -_Arabian Nights_, and fairies, and Mother Goose, and the wonderful -things that we have all read about and heard stories about. I confess -that I was one of those people; but I have gone back to dear old Mother -Goose, and Aladdin, and Sindbad the Sailor. From henceforth I am Prince -Carnival's most devoted subject. And now I will tell you why. - -But suppose I ask you to fancy that you are with me at the Academy of -Music in New York on the eve of St. Valentine's Day. Beautiful music is -heard in the distance, and presently a gauzy curtain is lifted up, and -disappears out of sight. Then the music grows louder, as an immense army -of fairies and goblins is seen, from the midst of whom a graceful figure -issues forth, and dances along in front until he comes to a huge hen's -nest, on which is lying a great white egg. The Court Jester--for that is -his name--stops when he comes to the egg, hits it with his staff, and, -lo! the top falls off, and Prince Carnival, a ruddy little fellow about -six years old, is seen waving his wand for the fun to begin. - -And thus it began: First came the Court Jester, dancing and bowing and -leaping with the utmost grace; then followed three clowns; after them -came three Shanghai chickens, each about as big as a horse, and dancing -as gayly as if they knew they were too big to be eaten. Then came Prince -Carnival himself, in his broken egg on the nest, which was drawn by his -attendants in fantastic costumes. After him came an old rooster and an -old hen. - -Then came a carriage drawn by two live white goats, containing a boy and -girl gorgeously dressed, and after them a band of Gypsy Maidens. But -what have we here? A lot of little old things with blue-gray gowns and -red hoods and blue-gray beards, and behind them a wonderful being, -riding on a chariot of gray rocks in which the gold dust glitters. -Surely this is the Queen of Fairy-land. - -Then came Aurora, the rosy Goddess of Dawn; Zuleika, the beautiful -Grecian Princess; and behind her were actually twenty babies in their -night dresses and night-caps, with pink sashes. What little things they -were! Some of them were so small that they could hardly toddle fast -enough to keep up with the procession. And last of all came the Gardener -in his cart, drawn by a live donkey, and attended by a group of Flower -Maidens. - -Then the dancing began. Whenever Prince Carnival waved his hand, a -beautiful being stepped forward and danced in the most enchanting -fashion, until the whole building rang with the applause that greeted -each. There was the Queen, of Fairy-land, who came without her little -gray-bearded attendants, and danced beautifully. But the little gnomes -soon missed her, for before she had finished they ran up and huddled -themselves together to watch her. Then, when she rested, they began -their dance. It was just such a dance as you would expect little imps of -mischief to perform. They didn't dance at all. They simply romped. They -played "snap-the-whip," chased each other about the floor, and at last -left the stage more on their heads than their feet, for they all turned -head over heels time after time, until they were back among the crowd of -fairy folk again. - -A little later, the twenty babies in their night dresses came on, and -they tried to dance, and were doing very nicely until, as they were all -standing in a line, the end one fell, and so they all fell and knocked -one another over, just like a row of tin soldiers. After that they gave -up dancing, and just frolicked as the gnomes had done, until five little -soldiers came, when they retreated in just such another head-over-heels -fashion as the gnomes had. - -The most wonderful dancing of all was that of Zuleika, the Grecian -Princess, who was about twelve years old, and was dressed in a beautiful -costume of blue and white satin. She was attended by a group of Grecian -maidens who performed the brilliant cymbal-dance. The applause was loud -and long, and hardly had Zuleika collected the beautiful bouquets, when -little Prince Carnival waved his wand, and five mysterious figures -appeared, arrayed in long cloaks covering them from head to foot. The -Prince stepped forward, and going from one to another, he waved his wand -over them, and they threw off their long cloaks, and appeared as five -beautiful little fairies, representing the Five Continents--Europe, -Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. Then each came forward and danced, -but the prettiest dance of all was danced by America, who had a bow and -arrow, like an Indian. - -It was not long after this that Fairy-land broke loose. I was standing -watching the brilliant scene, and wishing that I might remain in -Fairy-land forever, when I heard a sweet little voice saying, "Please -let me pass." I looked round, and it was--could I be awake, or was I -dreaming?--yes, it was the Queen of Fairy-land herself asking me to let -her pass. I drew back, and she went right up to a beautiful lady, who -called her "My child," and kissed her. Happy lady to be the mother of -the Queen of Fairy-land! - -And so they were not fairies, after all, but real children, and they had -mothers, who kissed them, and called them "My child," "My darling!" - -Did the fairies we read about have mothers? I think not. So much the -happier, then, these fairies. And since they are prettier far than any -of the fairies the story-books tell us about, and dance more gracefully, -and are altogether far more wonderful, therefore I believe in -fairies--this kind of fairies--from this time forth, and swear -allegiance to my sovereign lord Prince Carnival and all his merry band. - -[Illustration: THE CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL.] - - - - -[Illustration: SLEEPING IN THE MEADOW.] - - - - -OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. - - - NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. - - There are four of us children in this house to enjoy HARPER'S YOUNG - PEOPLE, besides our little wee baby, and we gave four subscriptions - on Christmas-day as presents to our little cousins, and they enjoy - the papers so much! But what we want to tell you about is our - little brother M., who is only four years old. A few days ago he - took his papa's mucilage bottle and brush, and pasted it all over - his little sister's face. They thought it was fine fun at first, - but lying down almost immediately to take a nap, when she woke up - she was fast to her pillow. Her crying brought us, and when we saw - what was the matter, we made him quite ashamed of what he had done, - and he didn't want us to tell his papa when he came home from - business. When he said his prayers at night he said, "Dear Dod, - pease dive me more ense [sense] o me won't do my little ister o any - more." - - LENA AND EULALIE MCD. - - * * * * * - - FORT APACHE, ARIZONA. - - My papa is in the army, and we travel about a good deal. We have no - schools out here, but I study with papa. I have a big sister, who - rides on horseback. There are lots of Indians about these - mountains. The soldiers had a battle with them last August. I - suppose you read about it in the papers. General Carr was in - command. My papa was wounded, but he is well now. I take YOUNG - PEOPLE, and love it very much. My sister takes _St. Nicholas_. We - have only one mail a week; the mail-day is Wednesday. There are not - any girls here, or even boys. I like the story called "Talking - Leaves" very much. I am afraid my letter is too long, so good-by. - - BESSIE G. - -Your letter is not too long, dear. You might have told us how you amuse -yourself without any little companions. How glad you must be that your -papa's wound is healed! - - * * * * * - - MONROE, IOWA. - - My name is Johnny. I am eight years old. I have a little brother, - Joe, six years old. We both have the whooping-cough badly. I have - to stay at home from school, and don't like it a bit. I have a big - cat that looks just like a tiger. She has no name yet. What shall I - call her? I can set type just a little for papa's paper. - - JOHNNY V. - -We are very sorry that you and Joe have the whooping-cough. It is one of -the few things it is right to be very selfish about. You must be ever so -careful not to give any of it away, you know, and that's why you have to -stay at home from school. One comfort is that next winter your mamma -will say, "I am not afraid of whooping-cough any more, for my boys have -had it." At least she will not be afraid of your having it very severely -again. Perhaps some of the little correspondents will send you a name -for Madame Puss. We think Mouser is as good as any. Is it difficult to -set type? - - * * * * * - - NACHITOCHES, LOUISIANA. - - I have been going to school ever since the new year began. Our - teacher is good; she has twelve scholars. We are doing very well. I - read all of the letters in the Post-office Box, and I thought I - would write to you. I have a horse and gun, and go hunting very - often. The river runs right in front of our house, and the ducks - are plentiful. Recently my brother and I went hunting, and brought - home a good many ducks. I have three brothers and one sister. She - is just learning her letters. I think she is anxious to learn. Our - teacher has a little book in which she marks off our lessons. She - has a page which she calls the Black List. She has not marked me - yet, and I am not going to get on that list. I spent my Christmas - holidays at home. Our greatest fun was in popping fire-crackers. - The river rises every winter, so we have to use a boat to cross. - This is tiresome to little boys who are lazy. - - ELISHA W. B. - -Has that good teacher a Roll of Honor for the well-behaved as well as a -Black List for the naughty scholars? We hope so, because we are sure -that if she has, your name will appear on that. - - * * * * * - - DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK. - - I am a little girl nearly nine years old. I do not take HARPER'S - YOUNG PEOPLE, but my grandma does. I have a little sister who was - three weeks old yesterday. I hold her very often. She is a real - sweet little thing. She is ever so fat. And she can smile, too. I - heard that the Editor wants all the little girls to tell about - their pets and dolls. I have no pets except two cats, a mother cat - and a kitten. The mother's name is Mollie, and the kitten's name is - Dot. I have a beautiful doll that I got on Christmas. She has - lovely golden curls, and little pink socks, and everything to - complete a baby's toilet. We haven't very good coasting, for the - snow is so deep. We have in front of our house a great big - snow-drift that is higher than a man. - - ISABELLA T. N. - - * * * * * - - FOOCHOW, CHINA. - - I shall be eight years old next month. I came here from - Massachusetts a year ago with my mamma and two little brothers to - stay with my papa, who has been in Foochow a good many years. Our - house is on the river, and we can see a great many sampans and - junks. When we go out to ride, we go in a chair on two poles, and - it is carried by two or three coolies. We had ten rabbits, but we - gave away the three old ones, and now have the seven young ones - left. It is not cold enough for snow or ice here, so there is no - chance for coasting or sliding, but the flowers blossom all winter. - - I am getting a lot of nice stamps for my book; I have over three - hundred. I like HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and get two or - three by every mail, twice a month. - - AMY C J. - -We felt the more interested, Amy, in your little letter, which left -Foochow just before Christmas, because the very day it came we had been -talking with a lady who had spent many years in China, and who told us -some very interesting things about its people. We will be pleased to -have you write again, and tell us whether you intend to learn to speak -and write Chinese while you are in the Flowery Land. We would try to do -so if we were there, difficult as it is. - - * * * * * - - GEORGETOWN, D. C. - - Can you make room for a stranger who would like very much to see - her letter in the Post-office Box? I think one of the nicest - stories in your paper is "The Little Dolls' Dressmaker." In No. 118 - there was a short article called "Home Gymnastics for Stormy Days," - which I think I shall try. I am a little girl just twelve years - old, and have one brother and one sister, both grown-upers. - - VIRGINIE T. B. - - * * * * * - - EUTAWVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. - - I am a boy of nine. I am spending the winter at my grandfather's - plantation in South Carolina, but my home is in the Pennsylvania - mountains. The Santee River is near here, and a deep swamp with - bears in it. There are many young lambs here, and one day the - buzzards caught two little weak ones. Another boy and I drove them - off from getting another. The birds are very gay, and the - woodpeckers tap on the house like mad. Love to the Editor. - - E. B. C. JUN. - -Poor little lambs! We are so glad you and your friend were in time to -drive off the cruel buzzards before they carried away any more of them. -Have you ever happened to meet a bear, or do they hide themselves in the -swamp? What would you do if one came along? And are you studying the -habits of the birds, so that when you go home again you will have -acquired a fund of information about the warblers of the South? - - * * * * * - -C. Y. P. R. U. - -Perhaps some of you would like to know how to make pretty scrap-books, -either for your own pleasure or to give to little friends. These -scrap-books are sources of enjoyment to children who have been ill and -are getting stronger--who are what we call convalescent--and some of us -know crippled children, or even grown people, who are shut in from busy -life by weakness or disease. We ought to try to brighten their lives if -we can. Gather together all the illustrated newspapers and books with -pictures that you can command. Black and white pictures are as good as -colored, and the two look well together. Cut these out neatly and -carefully, with smooth edges. Torn and worn-out picture-books usually -have something left which will do to cut out, and be thus saved from -being wholly lost. Then there are the Christmas, New-Year, and birthday -cards, of which nearly all of us have some. Take for the pages of your -book, paper, muslin, or common glazed cambric; cut this into pieces ten -inches long and eight inches wide. Three or four pages will make a book -large enough to begin with. The cambric may be all white, or any color -you prefer--pink, blue, red, or a part of each color. On these pages -paste the pictures neatly on both sides, using your taste as to which -pictures look well together and fit in nicely. The covers may be made of -the cambric, neatly lined; but if you aim at durability, take light -pasteboard covered on both sides with cambric, and sewed together over -and over, or what is better, in button-hole stitch in colored worsted. -Then with the scissors make holes through all, and tie the covers and -pages together with a narrow ribbon or twisted worsted. - - * * * * * - -We are sure that none of you who can play and sing will neglect to learn -the beautiful melody which we give you in this week's Post-office Box. -We shall think we hear you singing it as we follow the paper in its -flight over land and sea to the thousands of homes where little hands -are outreached to welcome its arrival. - - * * * * * - -Here is a bit of wise counsel from Charles Kingsley about the best way -to study history: - - "If you would understand history, you must first try to understand - men and women. For history is the history of men and women, nothing - else; and she who knows men and women thoroughly will best - understand the past work of the world, and be best able to take a - share in its work now.... If, therefore, any of you ask me how to - study history, I should answer: 'Take, by all means, - biographies--wheresoever possible, autobiographies--and study them. - Fill your mind with live human figures, people of like passions - with yourselves; see how they lived and worked in the time and - place in which God put them.' Believe me that when you have thus - made a friend of the dead, and brought them to life again, and let - them teach you to see with their eyes and feel with their hearts, - you will begin to understand more of their generation and their - circumstances than all the mere history books of the period would - teach you." - - * * * * * - -A. C.--St. Mary's Free Hospital is an Episcopal institution. We can not -answer your first question. - - * * * * * - -We offer the C. Y. P. R. U. this week a variety of articles from which to -choose. Mr. James Payn begins another of his thrilling stories of "Peril -and Privation" on the great deep; the presence of mind and courage shown -by little Alice Ivy will appeal to readers of all ages; Mr. Allan Forman -gives us a glimpse into ornithology in his amusing article on "Mr. -Thompson and the Bird with a Lantern"; and there is no small amount of -information in regard to natural history to be gleaned from Mr. J. C. -Beard's article on "Mr. Barnum's Show in Winter-Quarters." Capital -entertainment for long evenings will be found in the game of "Nine Men's -Morris," which Mr. James Otis gives us full and clear directions how to -play. - - * * * * * - -PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. - -No. 1. - -A DIAMOND CROSS. - -Centre diamond.--1. A letter. 2. To strike. 3. Expanded sheets. 4. A -fold. 5. A letter. - -Upper left-hand diamond.--1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. Parts of a ship. -4. To mistake. 5. A letter. - -Upper right-hand diamond.--1. A letter. 2. To sup. 3. Edges. 4. A plant -and its fruit. 5. A letter. - -Lower left-hand diamond.--1. A letter. 2. A surface. 3. Bottoms. 4. A -favorite. 5. A letter. - -Lower right-hand diamond.--1. A letter. 2. An affirmative. 3. Marine -animals. 4. Cunning. 5. A letter. - - BOB. - - * * * * * - -No. 2. - -ENIGMA. - - Find my first in church, but not in building, - And in barn my second, not in house. - Find my third in crayon, not in pencil, - And my fourth in bread, but not in cake, - And my fifth in sleep, but not in wake, - And my sixth in squirrel, not in rabbit. - Only little children need my whole. - - WILLIE B. W. (aged 7). - - * * * * * - -No. 3. - -RHOMBOID. - -Across.--1. A priest. 2. Small reptiles. 3. Fast. 4. To gain knowledge. -5. Started with fright. - -Down.--1. A letter. 2. A preposition. 3. A dowry. 4. A small bird. 5. -Outer surfaces, 6. A Persian monarch. 7. A Latin numeral. 8. A French -adverb. 9. A letter. - - BUSTER BENZINE. - - * * * * * - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 119. - -No. 1. - -Satisfactory. - -No. 2. - - Y I E L D - I D L E R - E L E G Y - L E G A L - D R Y L Y - -No. 3. - -Lexington. Abraham Lincoln. Franklin. Australia. Yenisei. Erie. -Ticonderoga. Texas. Egypt. - -Lafayette. - -No. 4. - - It was the time when lilies blow, - And clouds are highest up in air, - Lord Roland brought a lily-white doe - To give his cousin Lady Clare. - -No. 5. - -Ethel. Lethe. - -No. 6. - - H - C O T - C A N E S - H O N E S T Y - T E S T Y - S T Y - Y - - * * * * * - -Correct answers to puzzles have been received from N. Y. C., Flora C. -McGregor, Murray Cheston Boyer, "Lodestar," Clara, Bertha, Mary E. -Nesmith, William A. Lewis, Harry H. Rousseau, "Sam Weller, Jun.," -Charley Lamprey, Florence Cox, E. Knowles Webster, "Little Violet," -Guilford D. 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