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Manawatu Herald, 3 February 1898, Page 4

A STORY FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS. Kilty's First T.esfion _u Sliding on tho Ice. Uow Fred and Will Helped. Ifc vras a winter's day, but Fred and Will did not care for that, for they knew that they would havo plenty of sliding. Thero waa a Inrgp pond closo by their grandfather's house, where numbers of peoplo went to Ekato and to slide." "And next your," said Will, "father la going to buy us Eomo skates and teach ns to skate." '•yes," said Fred, "and this year we must have somo good slides instead." , So the two little hoys wore very glad when their mother bade thom put on thoir THE BOYS SET OUT. winter jackets nnd caps, for she was going to let them spend the day at their grand- " fathor's. "I want you to carry a sponge cako for your grandmother," sho said. So tho boys sot off, Will with a basket over his arm, and Fred carrying a large umbrella fn case of a snowstorm. Their grandmother was very much pleased to 6ce theni, and thoy gave her the cako that their mother had sent. They found that a great many people had como to the pond, and thero were some capital slides in one part, to which they went off. Here they found numbers of boys and girls, and among them Mary Ellis and her little sister. Mary could both s.'ide and skate, but today sho had brought her lit- j tlo sister Kitty, with hor, to givo her a les- i son in sliding. j Poor Kitty had not tried to go on the ice beforo, and her feet slipped, and it was all she could do to stand upright. Mary held her fast, so that sho could not fall, but sho found lt rather hard work. So Fred and Will each took ono of Kitty's arras and gently pulled bor along, while Mary wont bohind and told Kitty not to bo afraid. ."Now, put out your right foot," eald "*^3Fred, "and slide along upon it. Wo will hold you fast." So Kitty slid nlonsf and found it much easier than trying to keep upright with only Mury. And after taking her up nnd-down the slide eoveral times Kitty began to s«* MART HELD HER FAST. What sho had to do, and though she could not go by herself she was not so timid aa | she had been at first "You only want a few more lessons," said Will, "and you will be able to go alone." "yes," said Mary, "I think she will, and I thank you and Fred very muoh for helping me." Serrta'* Boy King. Young Alexander I has annulled the constitution of Servia, which he swore to defend when he beoame king. Were it not that he has the army well in hand, and is therefore in a position to deal sharply with . any revolt, a revolution would be probable. | [ History furnishes no parallel to tbe ca* | zeer of Alexander. He became king when he was 13 years old by tbe abdication of his father in Maroh, 1889. The regents appointed to manage affairs for tbe young monarch made themselves obnoxious to Alexander, so in April, 1893, he declared himself of age and upset the regency by Military force, proclaiming, in defense of his action, that the constitution was in danger. That was a Napoleonic piece of business for a boy of 17, Bays Golden Days. He bas now abolished the liberal constitution of i 1888 and restored that of 1869, wbich makes tbe king practically an autocrat A Happy land For Children. The French have such beautiful proverbs about children that if they wore lived up to Frenoh children should lead tho happiest of lives. One rule for childhood ia, "No cares, no fears, no tumult, no strife— H»ll merriment. " Another says that "childhood ia the holiday of life," and bids parsee to it that it be made such. The Bee and the Fly. . The Bee went o-courting ! My lady, the Fly. ! Baid the Bee to the lady, i •'For you I wotild die. " i Said sweet Lady Fly r As she blushed 'neath her wing, '♦I love your soft words, Bnt I hear that yon ating. "