Melville is an ingenious lad. With his old hobby-horse and some parts of an old bicycle he has a steed that comes nearer a real animal than anything yet seen.


STORIES BY GRANDMA.

REMARKABLE HARVEST OF WILD ANIMALS.

"Grandma," said Ralph, "what did Uncle James go to Borneo for?"

"Well, I declare," answered Grandma; "who ever said that anybody ever went anywhere?"

"You did, Grandma, you know you did; you're trying now to get out of telling me a story."