My little sister says, "she
is a religious mule." Do you think that the mule really knows when
Sunday has come?--Your well-wisher,
ERNESTINE HAMMOND.
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KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES.
(_Jack-in-the-Pulpit's Story in the December Number, Straightened
Out_.)
King Alfred the Great, having been driven by the Danes to seek safety
in flight, disguised himself as a peasant, and took refuge in the hut
of a cow-herd, where he was told to watch the baking of some cakes. But
he forgot the cakes and let them burn; and when the herdsman's wife
came in, she gave him a sound scolding for his carelessness.
Charles I. of England was defeated at Marston Moor; and his son,
Charles II., after losing the battle of Worcester, barely escaped
capture, by hiding in the leafy branches of an oak-tree.
Robert Bruce lost many battles, fighting for the Scottish throne. At
length, he lay down disheartened on a heap of straw in an old hut.
While he was thinking over his troubles, he saw a spider trying to get
from one rafter to another. It failed many times, but at last
succeeded, and Bruce, taking courage at the insect's example, went on
fighting until he had secured his kingdom.
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