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December 8, 1909. tears in the eyes they lov byter. A SPELL It was at a private d mother had told the teai Cll r? Vi urrtrtlc o c "pit'' n?i/-1 ii ? ? W 1 v I O II o vut ClIIVI Soon after the mothei called out. "Phoebe," said the t and then tell us what k "P-i-g," spelled Phoe noise they make: 'Que, q "That is excellent," si lin, you may spell 'doj noise he makes." "D-o-g, dog," replied " Row-wow-wow,' and sc when the cat comes arc v ery gooci, inaeea, may spell 'cat,' and tell "C-a-t, cat," respondet ''Mew,' sometimes she p ers her, then she hisses "Splendid!" exclaiinei you spell 'love.' "Oh, laughed Grace, ran up to the teacher, neck, and gave her a sw the way I spell 'love' at while the teacher and i girls laughed. "That is a beautiful w of any other?" asked th< "Why, yes, ma'am, around. "I spell 'love't a raveling from the teac dust from her sleeve, an books on the platform d for mamma, papa, little they need me!" she saic The teacher took th said: "Grace that is the isut you can t spell 'lov "Why, I can!" exclai The teacher hugged h and then dismissed the WHERE \ Van is four years old, that he can dress himsel For this he backs up tc One morning Van w some important work ( something of the sort), clothes, and, of course, : ,1 ? -i tvuuiu upaiuc uuwi way the arms and legs i was dreadful to conten pleasing face that came touches. "There, everything is "Why, no, Van," sai< put on everything yet." v THE PRESBYTERIAI ed so well.?Herald and Pres,ING LESSON. lay school for little girls that clier that Grace could spell all 1 "doe" and "lat." r had gone, spelling class was eacher, "you may spell 'pig,' ind of noise little pigs make." be correctly, "and this is the ue, que, que.' " aid the teach?.r. "Now, Rosaj,' and tell me what kind of Rosalin ; "and our doggie says, jmetim^ he gruwls very "gly >und." the teacher said, "Sallie, you what noise she makes." d Sallie. "She sometimes says urrs; and when the dog bothi at him." d the teacher. "Now, Grace, "I can spell love!" Then she threw her arms around her eet, resounding kiss. "That is home," said Grace, demurely, ill the little spelling class ay to spell 'love.' Do you know e teacher. " answered Grace, looking his way, too." Then she picked :her's dress, brushed a fleck of d put in shape the topsy-turvy esk. "I spell 'love' by working brother and everybody when I. e little girl on her lap, and best way of all to spell 'love.' e' the way the book says: med Grace. "1-o-v-e, love." ler, called her a dear little girl, class.?Southern Churchman. rAN LEFT OFF. and vprv nrrnid r?f tVip fort J V.4 V..V *?vv f?all but the buttons "ahind." i father and gets a bit of help, as in a great hurry to get to the marshaling oi an army, or so he hurried to get into his , they bothered him. Things i, "hind side 'fore," while the >f these same things got mixed iplate. So it was not a very ; to father for the finishing on now!" shouted Van. 1 father soberly; "you haven't Vf * OF THE SOUTH. Van carefully inspected his his small toes up to the broa He could find nothing wantii "You haven't put your sm with the tiny wrinkles creepir it on, Van, and I'll button it And Van began to put it o mai ne aiways remembered tl self dressed for the day until atop of the white collar and tie.?The Sunday-School Advi STILT WALKERS O The children whom we see and who consider their ability lishment, will be surprised to district in France where the about and transacts its busin trict is called "Les. Landes." The inhabitants, who are 2 ants in France, gain their su such little agriculture as is p cows and sheep. The shepherc for two purposes, first, becaus< sible on account of the sage ar and, second, because the hei them a greater range of vision The stilts generally are abo Near the top there is a suppoi a strong stirrup and strap, ai band of leather fastens the st below the knee. Some stilts, < fancy walking and for trick: seven feet, and the man who be an expert?can travel as fi The lower end of this kind c sheep bone to prevent its spl nf T or? v* vttvov i^miuva on* clever in the management of races, step or jump over brook and are able to keep their 1 while stooping to the ground gather wild flowers. They fa and assume their perpendicul; in a single moment after th< themselves.?Technical Work A BUTTERFLY'S ' He was only a butterfly, on< bluish-black ones that we so den, but he knew enough to It was during one of the he quently, in the hot days of denly upon us, driving every To escape the downpour, wf if not destruction, to so delica flew to a nearby Balm of Gile on the under side of a large I closely drawn together and ward, using the big leaf as ai from the great drops falling a here he remaned until the she Diue sKy ana warnj sun caile favorite haunts.?St. Nicholas ' % II clothes, from the tips of d collar about his neck, igile on yet," said father, ig about his eyes. "Put up for you." n tnem ana there. After nat he couldn't call himhe had put a sunny face the Scotch plaid neckocate. F LES LANDES. running about on stilts, to do so a rare accomplearn that there is a vast entire community goes less on stilts. This disimong the poorest peasbsistence by fishing, by >ossible, and by keeping lc mol/n iicn /-*f ? IIIMIW UOV. U1 C 11V. 11 31111^ e walking is quite imposid undergrowth of brush, ght of their stilts gives ut six or seven feet high, t for the foot, which has nd still nearer the top a ilt firmly to the leg just ispecially those made for 5, are even higher than uses these?and he must ist as ten miles an hour. >f stilt is capped with a itting. ipherds are wonderfully : their stilts. Thev run :s, clear fences and walls, balance and equilibrium to pick up pebbles or to 11 prone upon their faces ir without an effort, and ey have thus prostrated i Magazine. 'UMBRELLA." ; of those beautiful, large often see about the garget in out of the wet. avy showers that so fremid-summer, come sudone to the nearest cover. mon r? 4- 4- ? ? ?? ? Iivti Hivaiii tat IHJlIiy, ite a creature, he quickly ad tree, where, alighting eaf, he clung with wings hanging straight downI umbrella to shield him I I - ? - in rouna. mgn and dry, ?wer had passed, and the d him once again to his >.