The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-06-09
Eyes, mamma. Thst's like learn
ing ones letters, isn'tit?p

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then she showed Alice how the black
notes went in twos and threes from
one end of the piano to the other
and how D was always between the
two black boys, with G and 3 on each
side of it, and how G andA were be-
tween the three black boys with +
and B on each side of them. Alice
was quick child, and The first les
son she mastered the music-alphabet
though it seemed to her rather queer
that theiblack notes should be sharps
and flats at the same time.
However,when this was all learned
Alice was very happy, and very
much pleased with herself.
"Now l shall very soon be able tc
play like cousin Clara, shan't /,
mamma?"
Not too fast, my dear. Unhappi.
ly, among the discoveries of the age
there is one road which no one yet
has been able to fnd."
jsssWhat road, mamma?"
"Theroyalroad to learning"
"l don't1think i know what you
mean, mammal" ~
"Did ever tell you the story Of
Prince Hasuager, and how he tried
to find it?"
"No, mamma"
"Well," said her mother, II shall
tell you"
The Prince was born heir to.one Of
the Fortunate Isles in the far Indies.
/ am not sure that 4he wasn't born
reigning sovereign. In any case,
from his earliest infancy he was a
powerful potentate, than whom there
was none greater in the Kingdom,
and whenever he showed SO much as
the tip of his nose, all his subjects
fell down on the ground before him
and cried
"Ah, mighty and gracious sover-
eign, there is no one in the world
half so powerful or clever as you"
The worst Of it was that young
Prince Hasuager knew that this
wasn't true. He wasn't bit clever,
or, rather, he had never had the
chance Of becoming SO, for no one had
dared to take such liberty as to teach
him. And he grew up almost to
manhood complete Ounce.
But one day he was out hunting
in vast forest which stretched
away from his castle for miles and
miles, whena storm coming on, he
took shelter in the hut of u hermit
who lived in the forest. Now the
hermit was very learned man, and
the princes curiosity was much ex.
cited by the number of books which
lined the walls Of his little cabin.
Il shouldn't have thought there
were so many books in the world"
said the prince.
81 assure your highness that these
are but very small number indeed
compared with what have been writ.
ten"
'Dear me" said the prince; "what
are they all aboutT
"History, biography, divinity, ge.
ography, astronomy, botany, zoolo-
gy," began the hermit.
"Bless my heart" said the prince,
81 never heard of any of these things
and yet people say am so clever
The fact is, l must learn them all"
"It will take your highness many
years, and much labor" said the her.
nit.
"oh, nonsense!" said the prince;
"Pm not going to be bothered. l am
a prince, you know, and can have
anything that l want, and now l
want to have all this knowledge i'm
mediately."
The hermit shook his head.
II don't see how you'll manage it,
prince"
Then the prince, who was a bit of
a tyrant, began to get cross.
you've got it, you close old fell
low," he cried. "You pass it over to
me, and I'll pay you well for it, if
that's what you mean; and if You
don't give it to me at once I'll have
your head off,"
"Prince," returned the hermit,
my head is, | assure you, the most
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