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March 31, 1909. TH1 fight ami to throw the books at one another. Now as for Joujou and his people, they began to play, anil went 011 playing, and did nothing else but play. And, would you believe it? They got tired, too. The first day and the second day nobody thought he ever could be tired among the rocking-horses and whips and mar bles and kites and dolls and carriages. But. on the third day everybody wanted to ride at once, and the carriages were so full that they broke down; and the rocking-horses rocked over and wounded some of the little men, and the little women snatched their dolls from one another, and the dolls were broken. On the fourth day Prince Joujou cut a hole in the very largest drum and made the drummer angry; and the drummer threw a drumstick at Joujou, and Prince Joujou told the drummer he should go to prison. Then the drummer got on top. of the painted wall and shot toy arrows at the Prince, which did not hurt him much, but troubled him, for Joujou did not wish his people to hate him. "What do you want?" he cried to the . drummer. yTell me what I can do to please you. Shall we play at marbles or bails, or Knock down tne golden ninef pins? Or shall we have Punch-and-Judy in the court of the palace?" "Yes, yes!" cried the people; and the drummer jumped down from the wall. "Yes! yes! Punch-and-Judy! We are tired of marbles and balls and ninepins, but we sha'u't be tired of Punch-andJudy." So the people gathered together in the court of the palace and saw Punch-andJudy over ancj. over agaiu, all day long on the fifth day. And they had it so often that, when the sixth day came, they pulled down the stage and broke Punch to pieces, and burned Judy, and screamed out that they were so hungry they did not know what to do. And the a rummer caueu out: "Let us eat Prince Joujou!" But the people loved him still, so they answered: "No! hut we will go out and invade the city of Confection and fight them if they won't give us anything to eat!" So out they went, with Joujou at their head; for Joujou, too, was dreadfully hungry. And they crossed the green valley to the city of Confection, and began to try to eat the gingerbread walls. But the gingerbread was hard, because the walls had been built in ancient days. Then the people from Pastime tried to get on the top of the walls, and when they had eaten a few holes into the gingerbread, they' climbed up by them to the top. And there they saw a dreadful sight. The people of that city had eaten so much that they were ill, or else so fat that they could not move. Even Prihce Bonbon, who had got Into the largest Christmas' tree, had j?aten all the candy upon it, and grown so fat that he had to stay up there among the branches. When the people of Pastime got upon the walls, however, the people of Confection were very angry; anl one or two of those who could ent the most, and who still kept on eating while they wero sick, threw apples and cakes at the people of Pastime and shot Joujou with sugar ? PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU <^00?- They w lands pro LI offee the GEORGIA 1 *"\Ve predict that it is destined to brand of coffee in the whole cour WHOLESALE GROCERS, ATLAN1 25 cts. ' THE, RE,ILY-TAYLOR C ])lums, which he picked up and ate while his people were eating the apples and cakes. In the meantime, what was going on in Lessouland? As soon as Gentil heard what a dreadful noise his people were making, he got up, though he still felt poorly, and went into the streets. The tired people were quarreling, alas! worse than ever, and they were trying to pull down the strong book walls, that they might get out of the city. A good many of them, as well as Prince Gentil, were wounded in the head by the heavy books falling upon them; and Gentil was very sorry for the people. "If you want to get out, good people," he said, "I will open the gates and go with you; but do not pull down the book wails." And they obeyed Gentil. because they loved him, and Gentil led them out of the city. When they had crossed the first green valley, they found the city of Pastime empty, not a creature in it and broken tovs in the streets' At sttrht nf the toys, the poor book-worn people cried for joy, and wanted to stop and play. So Gentil left them there and went on alone and wandered about in the green valleys, veyy unhappy, until he came to his f&ther's old palace. There he found the fool sitting on the banks of the river. "O fool!" said Gentil, "I wish I knew what our father meant us to do!" And the fool tried to comfort Gentil; and they walked together by the river where the fool had made the boat of the will without knowing what it was. Tbey had walked a long way when suddenly the fool saw the boat he had made lying under some green rushes. And the fool tin iu iciuii ii, itnu urougiu 11 10 snow to Gentil. And Gentil saw some writing on the boat, and knew it was his father's writing. Then Gentil was glad indeed. He unfolded the paper and thereon read these words, for a good king's words are not washed away by water: ".My will and pleasure is that my dear!? beloved sons. Prince Gentil. Prince Joujou and Prince Bonbon, shall all reign together over the three cities that I havebuilt. But there are only enough childpeople to fill one city at a time. Therefore, let the three princes, with Gentil * 4 ' TH. 25 fho have tasted the brews of many nounce fZIANNE, orni, t Hoet mnof 00 2?1I??I ? -- ? .uvav, uiuoi, OUl-lOi; Ulg, L1IIU91 UKI1C1UIU) (y have ever tried. ESTIMONY. be?if not already so?the foremost 1 try."?ADAMS, WRIGHT A CO., A, GA. * / lb. can 30., New Orleans, U.S.A. the eldest wearing the crown, lead all the child-people to the city of l^essonland in the morning, that the bright sun may shine upon their lessons and make them pleasant, and Gentil to set the tasks. And after lessons are over, let the three princes, with Joujou wearing the crown, lead all the children to the city of Pastime, to play until they are tired, and joujou to lead the games. And at luncheon time, let the three princes, with Bonbon wearing the crown, lead all the child-people to the city of Confection to pluck fruit off the trees and vines, and little Bonbon to cut the cake. And at time for bed, let the child-people go forth into the green valleys and sleep upon the beds of flowers, for in childcountry it is always spring." This was the king's will, found at last; and Gentil, whose great long lessons had made him wise (though they had tired him, too), thought the will the cleverest that ever was made. And he hastened to the city of Confection and knocked at the gate till they opened it; and he found all the people sick by this time, n 11 rl vor\r ulno on/1 ? V*2 e ?..u "-'j |mv.uci.u iu oee nun, lur intjy thought him very wise. And Gentil read the will in a ioiul voice, and the people clapped thqir hands and began to get better directly, and Bonbon- called to them to lift him down out of the tree, and Joujou danced for joy. So the king's will was obeyed. And in the morning the people learned their lessons, and afterward they played, and after that they enjoyed their feasts. And at night they slept upon beds of flowers in the green valleys, for in child country it is always spring. No word He hath spoken Was ever yet broken. ?Anon. Pat, on duty in the Philippines, was sent to the front for active se'rvice. Take* ill, he became extremely emaciated, and was finally ordered home. As he landed in Xew York, he met an afrpiaintance. who said: "Well, Pat, I see you're back from the front." "Begorra," said Pat, "is that so? I knew 1 was thin, but I didn't know I was as thin as that."