. St. Nicholas [serial]. trong study out the meaning. Thus one man re-a feeling, and the Prince of Youba would know ceived from his brother a stone wrapped upthat the Prince of Pomba was sorry and wished in some rags. Heto be friends again. puzzled over the The Prince of Youbas answer to that mes- symbols for a while,sage was a string on which were eight cowries and then decidedall turned one way, a piece of spice, a shred of that this was hisa mat, and a feather. See, now, how easily brothers meaning:that is interpreted: The eight cowries mean I have nothing butagreement, the spice means a pl
. St. Nicholas [serial]. trong study out the meaning. Thus one man re-a feeling, and the Prince of Youba would know ceived from his brother a stone wrapped upthat the Prince of Pomba was sorry and wished in some rags. Heto be friends again. puzzled over the The Prince of Youbas answer to that mes- symbols for a while,sage was a string on which were eight cowries and then decidedall turned one way, a piece of spice, a shred of that this was hisa mat, and a feather. See, now, how easily brothers meaning:that is interpreted: The eight cowries mean I have nothing butagreement, the spice means a pleas- stones to eat, and no- ant sensation, a thing of which one « thinS but raSs t0 wear- may be assured by burning thespice, the shred of mat is a re- to convey other meanings. For example, ifa savage wakes up some morning and findsa knife and aspear on thethreshold of hishut, he knowsthat his life isin danger fromsome enemy,who is, how-ever, willing togive him timeto run novel symbols are sent, and then. [ Your words agree with my thoughts,with you. This that you see is a piece ofanxiously waiting to hear from you. minder of the happy times they passed with eachother, and the feather, as before, means cowries turned one way, Your wordsagree with my feeling. Spice, Something tobe depended on ; or, Deceive me not and Iwill not deal doubly with you. Shred of mat, This that you see is a piece of the mat that man, promptly sent back a grain of corn and afeather, which was the same thing as saying: I will send you something to eat at once. The smile on the hungry mans face as hereceived this showed that he perfectly under-stood the message. HEARD THE NEWS? A little bird sat on a telegraph wire,And said to his mates, I declare, If wireless telegraphy comes into vogueWe 11 all have to sit on the air. McLandbiireh Wilson. cA0RCf(,
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