Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-04-03
he IS no ~pAoNoeRAPH.
But Little Harold Mech Has q Moss Re
markable Memory,

out for a ride, leaving instructions that
Harold is on no account TO be allowed
10 leave the house. during their alb
sence. Harold is only z years old, but
he has an astonishing memory. He
remembers everything that interests
him, and he maKes 1t his business TO
be interested in whatever his gifted
papa SAYS. Unlike most of the mu-
scum prodigies, he is no phonograph;
his mental apparatus is sensitive
enough to things which strike his
fancy, but receives no impression from
routine iargon and phrases which his
understanding cannot fathom. He is
a bright, healthy, wholesome boy,
with a big, active brain in his Uranium.
Harold was good enough TO receive
a visitor from The Tribune. The honor
impressed him deeply, but failed to
abash him in the least. His memory
was in fair to middling condition, he
guessed, and by wayof removing from
his own mind any doubt in the prem
ises he proceeded to reel off a few cold
pages Of American history. This vas
merely a kind of turning up process.
who Won the battle of Waterloor
asked Haroldis mamma.
Napoleon"
"Who was Napoleon's wife,"
Josephine"
"What was her sons namel"
Eugene"
Eugene what!"
''The Duke Of Orleans"
What was the name Of Josephinehs
daughterl'
"Hortense."
What famous marshal was with
Napoleon at Waterloof"
Harold's mental apparatus had to
have a little time here. He took q
turn about the room, and made q run
ming jump TO the knee of his visitor
with a whoop Of victory.
Marshal Ney," he said.
"Can you repeat something when
you have heard it once1' asked Har.
ODDS visitor.
I'm try" said the boy, jumping to
the floor and throwing out his chest
"What is itT'
The visitor toek a mean advantage.
He quoted to the unsuspecting genius
the first verse of amagazine love poem.
The king and the pope together
Have sent O letter 70 me;
Il is signed with a golden scepter, (.
IL Is sealed with a golden key.
The hing wants me out Of his eyesight;
The pope wants me out Of his see.
Harold made an unsuccessful effort
10 conceal his disgust and began:
The king and the pope together
Alctter have sent 10 me;
Signed with a golden something
And sealed with o golden key.
The king wants me out Of his kingdom
And the pope wants me out
'My goodness, how l hate poetryl"
And Harold had TO have a drink OF
water to take the taste out of his
mouth.
"What do you like, Haroldf'
HE likes history" said Harold's
mamma. For two years ho read
nothing but American history"
why do you like American his
tory, Haroldl"
The boy seized a flag which stood
furled in one corner of the room and
waved it periodically from ram
parts improvised out of a haircloth
sofa, and answered, with a cheer:
"Hurrahl Because there's war in it,
Then the youngster, having marched
around the room a number of times,
plunged into the story of the battle Of
Shiloh, and nothins >ould sop him.
Though he did not in~ariabf, use the
exact words of the historian, his
phraseology had the genuine histori-
cal swing, and his voice and manner
changed according 10 whether the de-
scription was spirited or pathetic. In
describing the heroic effort of Gen.
lohpstop 70 conceal from his staff the
fatal nature Of his wound the little
chap wa really impressive.
Little Harold Meech's knowledge Of
the principal battles of the rebellion
has proved embarrassing TO the I1afL
ayers Of one or two pan6ramas in Chi.
eago. The first time he saw the
representation of the battle of Gettys-
burg he cast his eye over tie expanse
OF canvas and detected at once the alb
sence of an important detail. The
lecturer looked the matter up and
found that the boy was right.
Harold inherits from his mamma q
good deal of his interest in history.
Not long ago Mrs. Mech prepared a
paper on Josephine and Her Court"
at the request Of a society of which
she is a member. She read the paper
and a few days afterward Harold got
hold Of it. 1t was Just in his line.
He read it through once or twice and
with his mamma for an audience re-
citedit with fine effect from beginning
to end.
Harold is commander-in-chief of all
the boys ia the neighborhood. Under
his direction they barricade the alleys
and fight all the famous battles of his.
tory without missing an incident Of
strategic importance. In these battles
il is noticeable that the forces under
Harold invariably march ON to vic
tory.
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