StNicholas [serial] . Colburn patted Alicescheek with a caressing gesture. Thank you, oh, so very, very much ! wasall Alice said; but her face told volumes. The girls crowded about her as she openedthe pretty case and disclosed to their eagereyes the beautiful little watch with its prettymonograms, and the dainty heart-shaped pinto hold it. Oh ! and Ah ! and Howsweet! How lovely ! were heard upon allsides, and large and small offered their congrat-ulations. None were heartier than Mrs. Fol-somes and Gertrudes, for they rejoiced mostsincerely in Alices good fortune. After theexcitement had subs
StNicholas [serial] . Colburn patted Alicescheek with a caressing gesture. Thank you, oh, so very, very much ! wasall Alice said; but her face told volumes. The girls crowded about her as she openedthe pretty case and disclosed to their eagereyes the beautiful little watch with its prettymonograms, and the dainty heart-shaped pinto hold it. Oh ! and Ah ! and Howsweet! How lovely ! were heard upon allsides, and large and small offered their congrat-ulations. None were heartier than Mrs. Fol-somes and Gertrudes, for they rejoiced mostsincerely in Alices good fortune. After theexcitement had subsided, a few brief remarkswere made by Miss Case, thanking Mrs. Col-burn in her own and the girls names for hergenerous gift, and the school was dismissed. Alice, naturally, was the heroine of the hour,but bore her laurels modestly. Now that I have the watch, and know thatit is truly, truly mine, I am almost sorry I vewon it, for if I had nt, Gertrude would, Iknow, she said to Mrs. Folsome afterward. (To be concluded.). HOW PEPPER HELPED TO DISCOVER AMERICA. By Klyda Richardson Steege. How would you like a pie not only sweet-ened and spiced but made hot with a sprin-kling of pepper? or a cake full of fruit andalso strongly peppered? I rather think youwould call these things spoiled, and beg tohave them made in a different way. If, how-ever, we had lived some four or five hundredyears ago, we should have thought, like everyone else in those days, that no dish, sweet orotherwise, was complete without the pungenttaste of pepper. No doubt it is as well forour digestions that we in these times like ourfood prepared in simpler fashion. Perhaps it would surprise you to know thatthis taste for pepper, and the value which wasonce placed upon it, played an important partin the discovery of America. In case this laststatement seems improbable, let me tell yousomething of the history of pepper, and its im-portance in the commerce of the world duringthe Middle Ages. There are a great manycom
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