The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03

prSHIs .s another Kandahoof story.
 You remember. do you not, tns @l last time Princess Mary. Princess Ruth and Prince George were nome. It was in October. after the scnooi staksa had opened. and they cele- brsted their mother. the Queens, pirth- day.
 Time went by, and at last Guy Fawkes, day-the Eth of November drew near. Although 1t is an Eng lsh day. the King of Kandahoo knew all about it, because he had visiteo England and seen how the people eel ebrated it with bonfires and fireworks. And the children knew all about #. be- cause the King had told them all about it.
 So now he was not surprised to re- z ceiye a line from Prince George. say ing: 'Piease, may we come home TOT Guy Hawkes. day. and please get somS ripping frewerl<s."
 The King drowned over the misspeiied word, but he reflected that excitement is enough to make any one misspeli' so he turned over two big bright guineas to the Queen. and said: Those are for the fireworks, my dear."
 So off went the Queen, highly delight- ed. to buy fireworks. and the first thing they saw in a shop was a big, ugly efagy of Guy Fawkes. all ready to be burned
 .I declare, I'll get it." said the Queen. ''how pleased the children will be-"
 THE QUEENS SECRET
 ysut when nlae asked the price, 1t was too high.
 'I believe could make beautiful one myself" thought she. land that will leave me all of this money for fire- works."
 So she laid all the money out in every kind of lovely fireworks-rockets. squibs. hrecrackers, Catharine wheels, roman candles. and every other kind you have ever heard of.
 All through the following week she spent her eveningS Ike, up in the attic doing sousething mysterious. which she kept secret from everybody, even the King.
 Could you have peeked in on her those days you would have spied her sneaking in from the stables with armfuls of straw. which you would then have seen her stuff into a suit an old chest. hirst there was a white silk waistcoat, then knickerDockers and white silk coat. and finally a red The head puzzled her d little, but she made 1t at last out of a brush and comb bag, and marked the eyes When 1t was all finished. she dragged 1t into an empty coach house "There,'' she panted, T shall come down last thing ana .bd tis sorns It up to the old tiagpOst
 Of. course. you all know what hre- works are like. Well, the children got very black hands and faces in consequence. Prince Geerge mischievously dropped a firecracker at his fathers royal heels, and laughed and laughed to to see the King jump.
 How the children laughed at mother so%ehU% waS %SS tSst shed ee@e cesfh oas in rs long shiny waterproof and> drawn it's hood tightly over her Lead.
 At last, when they'd all shouted that turned everybody and everything a beautiful crimson. the King said:
 By the way how about that sur
 MORE THAN ONE SURPRISE
 "Yes. yes. the surprise" chorused @ This way, all of your' cried the Queen, who'd been waiting sexcitedly for this particular minute: and she led the way behind the coach house. where, tied to bre ken fiagstaff, with it's arm sticking stiffiy out on each
 "A guy!' shrieked the children. .IIooray Hooray! Hooray!'
 "I>made 1t every bit myself" said the Queen nroudly. ''Will you have the goodness to light it. my Lord Cham berlain?"
 R1sf the Chamberlain ohediently took a box of matches and walked up to the guy.
 waited in tremendous excitement, and saw the match go out directly it touch ed the guys foot, which was white SfoclxinE of the Kings. The Chamber iein lighted another. and another. but