. St. Nicholas [serial]. oung he used to quarrel and fight vio-lently with all the other boys round, and he wasalways thinking how to get ahead of them, andlooking out that they did not get ahead of this account he became very quick-wittedand clear-headed in a certain sort of way; forif you are playing a dangerous game like that,it is always a very good plan to understandvery, very clearly how to play it, or else it is— well, dangerous. It was nt a nice way toplay, for he became rather sly and crafty, andthought about himself too much. However, helearned to run well, and to jump and wre
. St. Nicholas [serial]. oung he used to quarrel and fight vio-lently with all the other boys round, and he wasalways thinking how to get ahead of them, andlooking out that they did not get ahead of this account he became very quick-wittedand clear-headed in a certain sort of way; forif you are playing a dangerous game like that,it is always a very good plan to understandvery, very clearly how to play it, or else it is— well, dangerous. It was nt a nice way toplay, for he became rather sly and crafty, andthought about himself too much. However, helearned to run well, and to jump and wrestle,and had a strong, graceful body. Then, as hegrew up, he traveled a great deal, and sawmuch that interested him, and met many dif-ferent people, too, and talked over their ideas;and he always retained his boyhoods habit ofthinking clearly and understanding all that in-terested him. This is a very good thing: to understandclearly all that interests you; but you must stillbe interested in things you dont quite under-. ?AND VERY WIDE AND STEADFAST WERE ITS GATES. 124 THE THREE CASKETS. stand. We all know how much we should loseif we should give up learning the things that ap-pear a little mysterious at first. That was whatthe Greek did. He did not like mysteries, and sohe lost a great deal that would have made himmore attractive. Nevertheless, he was a beau-tiful prince, with bright eyes and curly hair, fondof running and leaping, and interested in every-thing round him. He had not the patience andmodesty and steadfastness of the Prince of Egypt,and he was having such a good time in the pres-ent that he did nt care to bother about the future(something like boys, I think, who hate to beasked what they are going to be when they growup). In time he, too, heard about Vera, and, likeall men, imagined her and sought her; but whenhe could not find her in any particular place, hesoon thought of her as being in behind everything,— that was too faraway,too vague, and
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