A FOGGY STORY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 96, 15 October 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

A FOGGY STORY.

The.rumours that are going about concerning Holland's attitude towards the war make Queen Wilhelmina a particularly interesting personality just now. Her Majesty is a great lover of all things English, and has been interested in our country since her early girlhood. Her knowledge of England once led to a very amusing incident in her Majesty's girlhood. One day the young Queen was very naughty, and her governess, in order to punish her, ordered her to stay la and draw a map of Europe. Intending + o "get even" with hot governess, the youthful culprit made her map all out of proportion. Holland she made one of the largest of the countries, while 6he drew the British Isles so small that it was difficult to see them. Then with a splosh of gray paint she obliterated them altogether, ana took the map triumphantly to her teacher. "Why," exclaimed the latter, "where have you put the British Isles?" "There," answered the Queen, pointing to the grey splosh. "But I cannot see them,'' said the governess. "Of course you cannot," replied her Majesty; " thev are hidden by the L'rru ish fog." GOOD COMPANY. In the North of England, where rab-bit-coursing is much in vogue, swift, well-trained dogs often win large sums in prizes. It is, therefore, little to be wondered at that the owners of theso animals should bestow so much attention upon them. An old Yorkshire collier, well known for his success in the coursing-neld, recently surprised all his mates by marry, ing a very unprepossessing woman. He had always been reckoned a confirmed hater of the other sex.

"Why, has ta gone and got spliced, lad, at thy age?" one of his friends asked him.

"Oh, that's not much of a tale," answered the oldi man, stolidly. "I agree wi' ye 'at Betsy yonder is no beauty—if she had been I shouldn't have wed her. But that dog o' mine, he was 6imply pinin' for somebody to look after him while I was away at t' pit. I couldn't bear to leave him in the house by hissen, so I hit on the idea of marryin' Betsy. She's not handsome, hut she's mighty good company for the dog!"

In character, in manners, in style, in all things, true supreme excellence is simplicity.—Longfellow.