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had the chance,
would carry the
dying all around
faces to the front
ing over our dea<
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heroism or belon
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and your fellown
be lawyers, engin
serve it. Have
it does not soun(
you know don't 1
had a hard time
money and they
other people insl
being a hero, jus
It is all true ai
glorious chance t
wanting. I thin
some one had toh
In the year 15
fighting each otlv
Spanish army h;
every battlefield i
the broken half (
to Italy. But it
nephew of the Ki
but so brave, so
rr>i\ unrl
One day there
battalions of Sp;
every fight were
lines and Gaston
against them. F
ging and pleadin
' But while they
THE PRESBY1
r the Children
[LLIE'S DILEMMA.
y Adelbert F. Caldwell.
in- ears to all that's good,"
sain, as eacli uoy should.
r arm," said Grandpa Home;
?ed it to lean upon."
ur hand," said Cousin Dick,
our chances; give it quick."
ir eyes," said Auntie Sue,
ou; seek some good to do.
I n.y arms and ears,"
id, almost in tears,
eyes cast all around
tiurt awfully on the ground).
d my hand, I?I can't see
d be much left of me.''
:hance for boys.
By Mildred Welch.
inj; to be a hero and we all wis
What dreams we have of hov
enemy's breastworks, the dead
us, and fall at last, ourselves
; our country's victorious banner
il bodies.
e could win the Carnegie nteda
g to the immortal Legion of II
lad a chance!
nee, boys ; a chance to serve the \
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iv. ii in-inv; ui v i^iii 11 win
cers, merchants or teachers, will
you guessed it?the ministry?
d attractive, does it? The mini
ook "like heroes. They look like
and you know they never can
always have to he looking on
ead of themselves so that if tl
t please excuse me.
id yet boys, here is your chance
o be a hero which you have all
k it is like that beautiful old
:1 us of Gaston de Foix.
12 the Spanish and the French
er on the sunny plains of Italy.
ad won famous victories on a!
of Europe ; the French army was
>f the great force Louis XII. had
had at its head Gaston de Foi?
ing. He was hardly more than a
bright, and dauntless that his
soldiers worshipped him.
came a crisis in the battle,
inish infantry that had conquer
about to break through the F
de Foix determined to lead a c
lis men pressed close about him
? with him not to throw his life ;
still urged he suddenly broke
'ERIAN OF THE SOUTH.
cr\: "Let him who lo
red his horse toward tin
Thev hesitated a niori
France, every rude hi ret!
if ill* wiili
follow me!"' ringing in 1
The Spanish were not
gave way before that 011
waved above the lions o
triumph went up from th
I hit the gallant boy-ge
above him, nobleman, j:
who had answered tha1
Von would have followei
Then, listen.?for still t
forefront of the battle t
who understands all a
and lie calls, "Let him
Sn ripnr 01 cu'pnt
that other battle fought
the brave, the strong, tli
you be among them, bo
Ex.
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A Whole Village Bu
h we y;n far as i know?ai
v' wc over?there is but one
an" whole village is built hi
, our course> in savage lands,
\va\- Guinea, tree houses are
dwellings propped on s
1 Hut then the occupants
onoT. raiders come to burn ai
in their tree-top huts 01
i i *
vorl(l themselves secure and ii
' er from afar, and accost
ever ., ,
,, \ astly dilfcrent, how
Tint . , / ...
ot Robinson, near 1'aris
istcrs
. Island of the French me
thev . ...
make 1,0 vu,Kant>'> nothing bt
r lv scenerv. and a whr?1<
i ior ' - ' -
tat is hours ?n novel surroun<
turmoil of a vast city.
; tilc Jacques Guesquin, a In
been macle a little fortune it
storv the suburb to "plant c
alluding to their ideal
were I>ut that was sixtv vt
The cast ahout for a likely :
hnost at last ttpon the vicinity
only Roses, only seven miles
I sent <|nict lane was he<
c. the along the shoulder of tl
l boy, elms and immense che
scar- forest that once encircl
Here old Guesquin b
Two he must occupy his mil
ed in planting cabbages. For
rench therefore decided to opi
harge his slender capital fron
, beg- wondered why the wea
away, close by had never foun
away ly bought another plot
November 3, 1909?ves
me follow me!" atul spur;
enemy's lines,
nent, then every nobleman of
I soldier, every peasant with a
t cry, "Let him who loves me
lis cars.
used to giving way but they
islaught. The lilies of France
f Aragon and a great shout of
c victorious French,
ncral lay dead on the field and
icdsant and soldier, lay those
i brave call with their lives.
I him. too, wouldn't you boys?
hat cry rings out and in the
Uands the C hrist, that Christ
boy's thoughts and longings,
who loves Me follow Me!"
rings out that call, and as in
so many hundred years ago.
ic loving will answer it. Will
vs?
BINSON
lilt High Up in the Trees.
ltd I have traveled the world
place in civilization where a
gh up in big forest trees. ()f
especially in cannibal New
common enough, and so are
stilts out in the shallow seas,
are always terrified lest fierce
id kill and kidnap; and while
r sea-propped homes they feel
1 a position to espy the stranghim
from a safe distance,
ever, is the charming village
i. You may call it the Coney
tropolis; but there is no noise,
it a quiet appreciation of lovcesonie
resolve to spend a few
1: r. te. r?i i
11 n^r>y ?i \> <i \ iiuiu LUC 11 CI <11111
Robinson was "invented" by
nnblc rentier, a man who had
i Paris, and then retired into
abbages," as the French say,
of the country life.
ars ago. Monsier Guesquin
;ite for his retirement, and hit
r of Sceanx and Fontenay-auxfrom
the city. A lovely spot,
lged with wild roses, and ran
lie hill, tlanked by immemorial
stunts, survivals of the great
ed all Paris.
nilt a cottage, but soon found
1/1 Afli or ^tViin/rc
VI Willi vmvi iyvaivi\ ~
his had been an active life. He
en a little store, and thus keep
i diminishing too quickly., Tic
ry brain-workers of the, city
d out this retreat. He presentI
of land, higher up the lane.