OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 4 August 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

THE CONCEITED f/iQUSE. A lively Tnie >n '.* 14. i'-.m •''l'l, >'n' Tr /!'i"l! a Mon.l lilr.y Kc JT<....,<i, if V.V.:iL '. Once ii])oi! afli'ic Hi * >-, -,,^"v [ , "i'l r.ouso with a \ t;., >c," h " u;iinh.'i c,f ! :rasolf. Wh-ifc I)«Vii!-i\, I.'. .v h:J fi'-.vl !.; other couldn't; till him. "You'd botUH'kc-,;) a i li-rhl cyo in your 1 ,-ad thoso day a," s-.iiii '■; >j chilly I'fr,tnoon. "Yotu 1 t -:ip." "Scat!" answered tho small roouso, '' 's if I don't know a tr;\p w-itii I !-;w; it!" / iid that was all tho iluiuLi eho got for I r good advice "Go your own way, for yon will go no •tber," thowiso old inousosaici to herself,

•*TOITR GKAN'TIIGIS has shelled a trap." -nd she scratched her nose slowly and sad\f aa sho watched hoi' grandson acarnper • ■;» the cellar stairs. "Ah," sniffed ho, poking his whiskers l.ito a crack of tho dining room cupKiard, "cheese, as I'm alive!" Scuttle, scuttle. "I'll bo squizzlcd if it isn't that unning litfcio house.! I know what that '-,—a cheeseli'i;.-o, ofcour.-.o! What a very "•iug halll That's tho way with cheesc'ouses. I know, 'cause I've heart! the : sirymaid talk about 'em. It must bo rather inconvenient, though, to carry milk •■•_) that stop and through an iron door. I ;. .low why it's so open—to let in fresh air. i t"ll you that cheeso is pood! Kind of a inception room in thoro. I guess I know a :■ 'ception room from a nolo in tho wall. y.o trouble at all about gulling in either. Wouldn't grandmother open her eyes to 6. emo here! Guess I'll lake another nibV'.o at that cheese and go out. What's that '.Kiise? What in squeaks is the matter v. ifch tho door? This iq a ehcosehouso, I taow it is, hits what; if it should turn out l,> ho a— O-o-o-oeee!" And that's just \.hat it did turn otic to ho. Interesting Autographs. To scratch one's name on a window 1'..m0 is a pastime familiar to most young I dies and one in winch it seems that tho ii'gnitnric:) of thoe;»rlh can find iimiiser. i.'iit 100. On one of the windows of a railway ei!i'v:.!:;-r> devoted to the cxclusivo i -'o of 1 l:o kmo: of Lvmmv.-k and his guests is, perhaai as rui ions a collection of these muogrnph-i as ean anywhere bo found. Every one of royaf- bioed who travels in this or, v is e;epe-se<l (o scratch , his name with a diamond, and hi consequence the {.'lass is s-ored wii.h the si;cn manuals, most of i hem nearly undecipherable, of t.ho majority of the princes and princesses of Europe as well as mmy crowned heads. Ceremony is entirely laid aside in this stately fooling, and the great ones are bound to sign their pet or family nicknamo. Consequently hero may bo seen the signatures: ••Nicky," tho present omperoi of Russia; "Sacha," tho late emperor; "Winny," princess of Germany; "Bertie—Alix," Pri'ieo and Ptincess of Wales; •Jlisha," prand Duke of Russia; "Eddy," late duke of Clarence; "Baby," yornr-cst 'idu of fl ur; "Willy," Prince of Oohu!'<:; "T'oria," Duchess of York, and ot K ers cuito ■• • informal. Art i't Vn ". vijf Ai<n ti 1 e , ( ) 1 D i ha lot? 1 t m ( nil try Oik i m iho slot/

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