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The Brussels Post, 1909-1-7, Page 3A.: ,. 4!!1P Lffi te.ING FREDERICK of Denmark is very fond, indeed. of his little boy and girl subjects. Rarely does he miss a chance of playing with them. And you will see from- the picture that he makes an excellent playfellow, oven thoughhe is a king. JD)rcrof f t � f „Mines d^+tAPT-AIN BEAUCOURT, a soldier proudly darted away upon hls commis- sion. - Soon the . captain. heard the lir- . ing of muskets. A few -minutespassed, then a soldier appeared dragging, a drummer boy of the Blues, "Our prisoner, sir," reported the man, "and one who doesn't observe the rules or honorable warfare. There wasn't another Blue in back of that wall, but thischitof a. boy relied and thumped away onhis drum In order to deceive us and draw our pursuit from 'the flee- ing •enemy." "Humph! that means death for him,"' curtly responded the captain. "Have -a firing squad summoned as soon as pos- sible." - "Pardon me, captain," thebrave' drummer boy interrupted, smiling as though the whole proceeding' were a joke, "but couldn't you spare me a drink of something? I'm very thirsty." "You won't feel thirsty when you're 1qi dead, which will be quite shortly," bru- tally replied the captain. The truth was, he didn'trelish the trick played upon him by the little . drummer, and 1nconsequence, was In a beastly humor. Just then theinnkeeper: approached. "Captain," said he, "there's -there's-" "Go' on," the :Meer exclaimed Im- patiently. - - Tho landlord continued, after some hesitation: "Some of the young fel- lows out there,tell me your son was rather badly shot In mistake by one of our own men. In fact, they're here with him now." For .an' Instant the captain shook un- steadily. But quickly recovering lam - self. he commanded: - "have then{ bring him to rhe." From around the corner of the inn appeared several youths carr'y'ing their burden upon a rough board. They laid the board, with that which. was upon It, at the officer'safeet and then. silently withdrew..' Along time the captain gazed on the' face of his boy -now detail Looking about him in a dazed man- ner, he perceived a 15 -year-old drum- mer boy still standing with {tis captor, "I'vechanged my mind about that execution, said Captain Beaucourt quietly; "and, as we've no: way here of keeping prisoners, supposewe let nim go without the usual parole." of Vendee, was by no means Idle , during his furlough, Forced borne because of a severe wound, no sooner did theconflict begin to center about his native town. than be rose quickly to his feet and, began directing the remaining defendants of the vil- lage, to the aid of which, fortunately, came several regiments of regulara, Today for six hours be had been fight- ing, so that now he was obliged to rest. Sealed: outside the Inn, where he could have some view of the engagement; he dalmly puffed on his pipe. As the innkeeper brought a mug of ale, he said to the officer: "Captain, Our mon have charged. the Blues and routed them. There remains but a handful of the enemy, sheltered by a ,ruined wall at the end of the lane, MADE THE DRUMMER CAPTIVE -Doubtless. they would retreat, too, were it not for a drutnmbrc who keeps per- elatently beating. the 'Advance,', and so encourages his men." The captain' whistled, whereupon his town 'son, whom he had recruited as a Uwe defender, ramp running, "tea:+," ordered the captain, "I want you to Rad some men and to clean out the Blues from the other .end' Of. the . village." •The boy -lie was only 11 years old - Horse Macy. on TttjIe Lis lcra THERE'S lots al' fun and excite - Mont in watching a horse. race.. .And it is possible for you -to hare one in your own home. The horses -'most nay number -can be made :from pasteboard and wood by the employment of a little skill. For the race course, use the level top of a light table, Glue little blocks of wood to Its surface, for obstacles in the c0IIree, Ii you rock the table- gently !rem aide to side, after placing the horses at :the Starting point,. the wet jockeys will ride then' itteeds toward tine end of the - courso. Some will he stopped by obsta- cles, and some will travel faster than others, so that It will be dialeult as well ea Interesting to pick the winner, - King Edward's Little Boy Frier -d WHILE the king of. England wag tatting tea one afternoon with a party of friends an the Belle- vue Gardens of Marienbad. he observed a curly hatred tittle boy, with baro brown legs, playing nearby, Icing Ed- ward is very fond of boys and garia, end he offered the little follow a piece of cake /rent the royal able, The boy drew near. Then,'bocoming. seized with bashfttlheas, rah away to his Tenrse, lint tato king persisted. Placing the take on it plate, .,lie pusltotl it over to. the edge of rho tante and beeko:ed the youngster Le approach, ltynal3Y, the. 110y'a liking_ for alio triumphed ever ala ahyneea,mune slowly to the table,: end hurriedly Marled away With hie prize. Presently he Teturhod with the plata, "17nnnit yon "-ea :1 ha to the. {ting, "Moat welcome," replied the almag e'tt Ills band, Tara boy cheek !t hml 'hen ren When the king was about to leave the gardens, tate boy saw him, and, recog- nizing hila as the gentleman wife laid given him the calm, treks away from his, horrified nurse. He chased after ging Fellated, until Ile Anally overtook tilm, - "Good-bye{" dried Ie. "The cake was very good," - Ills majesty rested a hand on the curia head, "0000 -bye," said he, kindly and with a smile. .. A echcateacher wn 'Unexpected ears ing to have her pupils understand {110 meaning of the word 'cnllrle," Seeking•an Haustra - (100 she asked' +low Holly )ours, tell m1' whet It le with w)i10!: any fate and lteands 1110 eta, ertd" - teiny;r"Frecklis,profttpibrts cams the HOWARD AND JIM 00. OUT IN THE: BOAT WITR SIM chard Rutherford paid his long anticipated visit to Uncle Hugh's cottage at Pleasant Pointbe found no enjoyment lacking, - The town Is situated near Hal- ifax, on the eastern coast 00 Nova. Scotia. From the veranda Howard' could see the waves racing over the beach sands, Ville to the rear of .the cottage stretched woods of birch, ma- ple, spruce and pine; so that the salty 'breezes from the sea mingled with the fragrant, resinous odors of tile forest. Then, too, Cousin Jim was of exactly" his own age -14 years -and was as eager as Howard to paddle through the near- by streams and lakes- upon fishing -ex- cursions and to make gunningexpedi- tions into the forest, - - Howard envied bis cousin the posses- sion of a real birch bark canoe, as weU as a spirited pony, astride which the lads In turn would' canter 'merrily hlong'tho beach-' One day as they wens strolling -toward the sea t0 watch the COUSIN JIM fishing boats put out, he Bai.dt "I say, Jimmy, I'm going to write father for the necessary shekels tObuy a canon and pony tike you have. I thlnk they're great!" "Yes, they are -all right," returned Jam, "but suppose you postpone the letter until we coma back fromthis salt I think we can coax Captain Barns - by to give us." . The two, joining hands, raced across to: where Captain Barnsby was su- pervising the repairing of a small boat. "Going out today, Cap?" asked Jim- my.. "Aye," replted Captain Barnaby short - "We're going with you, aren't we?" pursued the lad, Without appearing to take further no-, (Ice of his questioner, the old sailor Jerked tho short stem of an exceed- ingly'blaclt pipe from his mouth, and waving it In the direction ofthe boat, growled: "Caulk that team good and tight, Sim, and then turn 'er oVcr se's we kin get a look at air port side," Jammy waited patiently and was at last rewarded by finding the captain'm eye resting thoughtfully upon him. A moment later the reply came forth amid a cloud of tobacco. smoke: - "Pervided yer parents are wlhin', young man,- to have yuh venshure on the briny." "Oh, _ that's all right," Jimmy reas- sured him, "Come along!" he shout- ed, dapping Howard on the back and dragging him toward the fishing smack Saucy Minerva, which lay moored in a sheltered cove beyond. "Tot: see," Jimmy explained, "the cap- tain is Just back from fiobingon the Banks, and now since Bill Garrett is homesick and Lem. Griffin's hurt his leg, he can't put off ona long trip short -Banded; so ]he's making short voy- ages until the two men are replaced." Orr TO THE BANKS Once on board, JIMMY, who seemed thoroughly at home, showed Howard over the smack. Soon they were joined by Captain Barnaby and Sim, and the crew quickly got the boat under way. Far from shore sailed the Saucy Minerva,' until she was over thebanks and submerged reefs, where swarm those tiny sea: f01k, the animalculae, which the herring find so tempting and which the larger fish enjoy Indirectly by gobblinguptheir weaker brethren, the herring. But after trawling for a few hours the captain seemed dissatisfied 'with his luck, and signaled for the return of the email boats, When all were aboard he again set sail, and, in response to Jim- my's .query, muttered: "Think I'll try over tonere 'round Sa- ble island: We're not-makin' out well here," Just when the lads could faintly dis- tinguish among the dark clouds of fog what looked like a -dozen low-lying hum- mocks in relief against the horizon, Cap- tain Barnaby brought the boat to, gra- ciously explaining that. they were then over Sable Island Banks, neer to that part known as George's Bank, where the usual depth of shoals (front thirty to seventy fathoms)was much decreased, as was made evident bythe thundering roar of the breakers beyond, .'ORTVBN BYGALE "And the land over th'ere," said he, "is Sable Island, shaped like a bow, with a hollow in its north side." Jimmy begged to be allowed to go out in a yawl. The captain finally consent- ed, so Jimmy and Howard lowered them- selves into Sim's boat, where they could Watchhim float his trawling lines over the fishing ground. They were' some dis- tance away from the Minerva, when 0uddenly there came fitful puffs of wind, "A storm!" exclaimed Slat anxiously. He took another look at the sky and then pulled Ilke made for the stnaok. But beforehe had rowed many boat- iengths the gale was upon them. Rain, fiercely driven by the wind, pelted the three. A thick mist had risen, hiding the Saucy Minerva from view. Sim dead shipped his oars, and - now lay in the bottom of the beat with the boys, wh0m, he had instructed to don ollskine and aen'westers. Occasionally there'would be e, momen- tary lull in the storm;. then the gale would renew its attack, driving the yaws before It at furious epeed. .Meantime they . were rapidly approaching .the breakers, whose savage roars burst more and more loudly upon the ears of the frightened lads. Sullen booms. of 'thunder roiled above the shouting of the shoals In deep, dread undertone, ,When It seemed that they were about l}aet �ft avea "CAP" BARNSBT to be hurled into a belling cauldron,in- habited by shrieking demons of tate sea, the boat was seized aloft and -pitched Otto a -cockleshell hither and thither upon giant waves crested with 'fly- ing spume. Then begana-frightful pas- sage toward the shore, as tumultuous as ft was brief. With terrific force the yawl was dashed upon the beach, when occurred an instant's respite in the fury of the pursuing waves, Sim was, equal to the occasion, "Up the beach]" he Yelled hoarsely, flinging the lads from the boat. Strug- gling.desperately with the waves, which already sought to drag them back, they staggered over the sand, at last finding refuge beyond the water line, But even here great danger threaten- ed. Masses of loose sand, -swirled about by the tempest, would like to have en-, gutted them as in a sea. While they pressed blindly forward, seeklnp shelter, apounding of hoofs was heard close by. They turned to find beside them a stal- Wart man, ' clothed In oilskinsand mounted en a sturdy pony. a True Stories of -Dogs IG you could -travel through Germany and Austria down Into the little country o1 Servia and visit its small army, YOU would be surprised to .find there some very interesting ancient cus- toms still carefully observed. One of these customs Is to have the big regimentaldrum drawn by a power- ful dog. tt rests on a two -wheeled cart, behind which the drummer marches and beats the drum with far greater ease than 1! he were also carrying its full weight from his shoulders. The dog is trashed. to (map Its ptaee' even in a long and tedious march, WITEN T go out with Slater Jane, 11 will not matter if the rain Collies soddenly a -pouring down While we are walking round the Lown, h'or sitter's hat is bigged far Than daddy's big umbrellas are; .And I just know I won't get wet If underneath her ]tat)* get! I LS11, PARttiSH, ��r dean Cake UR Social Club was in a bad way. U01 was dlsturbing enough when pone of the gli'lt had threatened "never to speak," but when diesensten ' groes among the boys, moat of us gave up hope, and agreed it would be best .to break up the organization, "But since we're in ouch a good pool. tion %Mancially, and have been s0 Very puecosetul with our entertainments, T thank it would be a shame to -give up everything," said Pllzebeth Garrett to Ma tie we were talking together in my home, - Elizabeth, youmust know, Is the club's historian. Inaddition to her duties as secretary,. She must carefully post our entertainment committee on the coming of any days which should be appropriately celebrated, This was a taslc Elizabeth greatly enjoyed; and, as there was hardly an important event In past history or In literature which we "And must the subjects of thin icing or queen do whatever alio tells them?" i /sited, "Yea," replted Elizabeth, And then she added In great excitement;: "Do you know, Helen, I've a splendid ideal" 01 course, 0 was anxious to know what the brilliant Idea was. She,_was quick to share the secret. Before we soparaled, it was agreed. that I should see that the entertainment was bell In my house, and that I should arrange.. to have Elizabeth discover the bean in her slice of gala:. "0 feel like a erIntinal,"' murmured Elizabeth to me when we -met at tine night of the party, We laughed- to- gether, as I assured her that I was sure we'd ,never be found out, and that my conscience wouldn'tbother ma. From what y'ou already know, the feet that Elizabeth WAS elected queen for ELIZABETH FINDS THE BEAN did not honor, our information steadily increased, IIer .errand' this day had something to do with a Twelfth Night entertainment on January 6, I was chairman of the. entertainment committee,' you know, and she was -kindly giving me the com pletp history op the day, from the time Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar, with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, paid the memorable visit to Bethlehem, down to the present mo- ment "0 think, however," send she, "that In- stead of basing our entertainment upon the drama of the ;Feast of the Three - Iiings;' or the 'Feast of the Star,' as It fa called, we should make use of the legends and games employed during the middle ages, In England, for example, it was the custom to bide a bean in a cake, and whoever received this bean when the slices of cake were distrib- uted, became king or queen -the 'mon- arch who had the ordering of the even- ing's entertainment," • the crenate w111 probably not astonish you. All were merrily breaking the cake to discover the bean, when Eliza- beth threw up her hand. "Bow to your queen!" cried she. Sure enough, she held the bean. - Then the queen rose. AlChough she smiled, there wasa grave expression on her face, as she said; "I wish to rule only over subjects who are good friends one with the other. So before we go any further, I thlnlr that Lillian and Mary had better kiss and make up. Nor do I think It would be a bad idea for Ton, and Joe to shake hands.. The members looked shamefacedly at one another. Then, moved by a common impulse, all those who had disagreed shook hands heartily. - Peace and happiness was again re- stored totheclub. The entertainment which then took place was the most en- joyablewe had had for many a month -thanks to our "Bean -Cake" queen, Elizabeth. JUST for sledding, Just for sleighing, Just for snowballs, And for playing With thesnow man— Comes the' snow. And the snow scene Made completely By the Artist, Winter, neatly, Ts for children— This Z know. Wheel Run by Siphon Power TTITS drawing: shows how it simple wheel may be opol'ated.'by a :d- ation. The wheel Nan beeasily made iron: pieces of 'woollen :boxes, end for the s11rtien May be used. That oelf a reititrr take tint of the elplioi. which -!s placed in the water :neat be shorter than the other arm, water must be sucked through the tubo after it is placed In position, so that tate slphot may begin running, of coarse, the wheel is tinned by a weedy slrratlt. of water dropping, on tate' paddles, Princesses Gardening pl/INOESS 00C,ANOPI, thei-year- old daughter of the klieg en4 queen of Italy, and her e-ye,u'-eld sister, Pta:ncessbteial,la, loop forward with the greatest delight to a vialt to their gra.nclmotbe•, t)neen htargher''ta. ' ']'hey 800e11 - tate greater' part of their holidays rlrhng :lug driving with Ills dntvng,n'quoon. Gerdetdng is tic' pes- tbne they enJoy hest of all, acid earl, bus n little plot el her cwt, dla)s ) They. aro rathaw eller e.minclat little gh'ls, e1' though they play hell to amuse tial a' ire:liet, the Molle i'r''ace tarnaarto, iel e is may 4 years Mit,