Elsie at the World's Fair

e other young gentlemen friends waiting for them in the Peristyle, spent a little time enjoying its beauties and the never wearying view it afforded of the lake on the one side, an

landed again. "I want to see that golden doorway, and have not the

r grandfather. "No doubt we shall find a

isit," replied Harold, leading the way, as everyone

autiful golden doorway and viewed

id Grandma Elsie, "a nest of arc

, lovely!" exclaimed Rosie

, who was clinging to her father's hand on o

ther and cheaper materials." Then he called her attention to a relief on the left side of the arch, showing an ox-c

and this"-going to the other side of the arch and pointing to the contrasting relief-"shows how we travel now. See, it is a sectio

t go in the Dolphin or in our carriage, and it's

e!" exclaimed Ned, pointing up to a hig

bet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done the most for civilization.' This other is by Lord Bacon: 'There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soi

ndrously beautiful doorway, noticing the splendor of the arches and pylon, t

e at length, "but perhaps it would be as well for us to go on into the inside of the b

ssed in, the ot

le; locomotives and trains of cars such as were in use at different periods of time, showing the vast improvement in their construction since ste

e other day in collision with her sister ship, the Camperdown!" excla

a description of it in the papers. One of

tish navy. I should like to have seen her and am glad to have the opportunity to examine even a model. Ah, what a sad accident

in tearful tones. "Especially because they

ddest part of all,"

that interested them greatly. But the most attractive thing of all to the young folks-because of the s

t did they put her boat her

arling, the lighthouse keeper on L

are the

oup of seventeen islets and rocks, some of them so small and low-lying as to be covered with water and

house, and it was in one of those tha

lying broken on the rocks, and sixty-three persons on it in danger of drowning. His daughter Grace, a girl of twenty-tw

ucceeded in saving nine of the poor wrecked creatures who were crouching there on the rocks in momentar

ace Darling famou

life to save others, and they heaped upon her money and valuable presents; so that she was no longer poor. But she did not

ty, papa!

ut not for her, if she was ready

is ever sick or sorry or in pain. But I don't want to go there

enderly, bending down to press a fatherly kiss on her round, rosy chee

ther, don't we, papa?" she said with satisfaction. "Mamma too,

ma Elsie as they left th

aisance, and is a reproduction of a castle of the middle centuries. It is viewed by m

age connected with it,

k you will all enjoy looking

reproduction of the old castles of feudal

Harold, "and is considered

bout it, Uncle Har

rawbridge and

that?" asked

in the chief gateway of the castle, so that on the sudden appearance of an enemy it could be let down to keep

at is a

u shall see one presently

ed Elsie, skipping along by her father's side; "it's

n learning lessons and reciting them to papa; is it not, daught

either, 'cause my papa is so kind, and

ullis, the young folks, and indeed the older ones also, gazing at it with much curiosity, and entered a spacious hal

ny articles interesting as having belonged to those old times

e for the village surrounding it, which consisted of reproductio

music stand where a band of twenty musicians, in white uniforms and military caps, were almost constantl

time did nothing but stay there and listen

Violet, Grandma Elsie, and several of the others rose and moved on

m evidently sight-seers like our friends. It was furnished in truly German style, with quaint old-fas

ion, and they presently turned to it, paused an instant at the open door, then

wax figures, life size, representing a man and w

. Lilburn and Walter Travilla followed them into the

n, gave him a significant, laughing glance, then stepping forward addresse

ld like to ask a little information in regard to

ectators, and an exchange of glances that seemed to

he upper floors open to visitors, sir? and are there refres

joke that anyone should take those wax figures for living people-and a burly German, taking pity on

idently good-naturedly desirous to relieve Walter's embarr

emans vas dumb; he don't can't help

fellows, young shentleman

k the crowd with astonishment. "I would tell you vat you vants to

: "Come to de dable, mine frie

itality." And with a bow directed toward her and her spouse, he turned and left the room, the rest of his party following

as they left the German quar

will take you back to our floating home, and leave you there with your nurse to be fed

wife and older daughters where to meet them on his return,