The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09

K,nr in the world.

Youngest King I'm the World.
Portugal, that little sister country to
Spain, far across the waters, has just
crowned a new king His name is Man.
uel, and although he is a kings son, ne
was not the crown prince, the eldest
boy. and therefore few thoughts of rul-
ing a kingdom in the near future en-
tered his head, says a writer IN the
Children's Magazine.
We hear that he was happy prince,
with great interest In music ana q
love of the beautiful, until the first OF
February of this year. Then, without
word Of warning, his father, King
Carlos of Portugal, and his brother, the
crown prince, I4uiz Felipe, were killed
In the streets of Lisbon, while riding III
carriage with the queen and himself.
The loving mother, Queen Amelie,
tried to protect the crown prince from
the attack by bravely throwing herself
in front of him, but without avail. That
the present king, Manuel, was not
killed, together with the queen, Is prob
ably due to bungling on the part oI
the assassins. Manuel was slightly
wounded, and the queen escaped In
jrry.
Young King Manuel II. is only H.
and was born November Is, 1889, at Lis
bon To think what tragic change Tor
the infante Manuel to lose his father
and brother in minute, and from
carefree boyhood to step in one moment
to the kingship of an ancient race. That
he will make good king seems proba-
BILE. 1t Is recalled that King Manuel L.,
who reigned in Portugal from 1405 to
1921, was known as King Manuel the
Fortunate, and that his reign was very
prosperous.
Dom Manuel H. is the youngest SOW
,reign of Europe. He assumes the du-
ties Of king with a little less training
than his brother had. His first words
to his counselors were, II am without
knowledge or experience. l place my
self In your hands, counting upon your
patriotism and wisdom"
The king, as Prince Manuel, duke Of
Beta, has sufficient names for the whole
Of a normal family. How would you
remember your name, If, like the young
kings, 1t was Manuel Mario Philippe
Charles Amelio Louis Michael Raphael
Gabriel Gonzague Xavier Frances?
King Manuel was trained for the
navy, his late brother for the army.
The two princes spent many happy
days with their parents, both in Lisbon
and at their beautiful country seat, the
Castle of Nenha. at Cintra. 1t is built
on a mountain peak in the midst Of
marvellous scenery, where the King
Manuel of long ago spent much of his
time,
Let us all think frequently of the
young King Manuel, and believe that
PortugaPs fortunes have fallen into
strong hands that will raise it out of
turmoil.
Bedtime.
The short hand of the clock had
crept round to seven, and Aunt Alice
came to take Harold to bed. There was
nice, swapping log on the crate, and
he was sitting cross-legged on the rug,
watching it burn. He begged hard to
sit up little longer, although his eyes
blurred often and his neck ached from
trying to hold his head upright. But
he said he was not sleepy.
II will tell you story" said Aunt
Alice, "about some little people who
have to find themselves place to sleep
every night instead Of having a nice
warm bed, as you do"
This made the little snarls leave
Harolds face, because he loved the
stories Aunt Alice told.
II have told you about the flock OF
English sparrows that huddle in bush
near my window, but this story Is
about the dear little British blue but
terflies."
Harold followed Aunt Alice up the
stairs. and was not long in cuddling
down in his own little bed. waiting for
the rest of the story.
.These butterflies" continued Aunt
Alice, "have gray spotted wings. and
are seen flying over the downs all day,
and when it comes night they 60 in
great numbers to sheltered place,
where the grass Is tall, and each one
chooses separate blade Of grass on
which to make his bed. Each butterfly
turns his head downward and folds
and lowers his wings, so that he looks
exactly like seed growing on the
grass. II the night Is cold, they creep
down lower and lower on the blade.
and as the wind blows the grasses to
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