Karen rushed breathlessly back to her mother ahead of the serving-maid. "Oh, mother! It was the King's _Jaeger_! Valdemar, it's for you! For you!" she cried, as the awe-stricken maid put into the boy's hands the great white envelope inscribed with the words: "To Valdemar Ingemann, from his Majesty, the King." Every one looked inquiringly at every one else, but in the Court Painter's eye there lurked a knowing twinkle. "Oh, mother! _mother!_ Oh, _Uncle Thor_!" excitedly exclaimed the little artist, dancing about the room. "It's from my friend the King! He says he has visited the Academy and seen with great pleasure my statue of little Prince Olaf of Norway. He congratulates me upon winning a prize, and, mother dear, he wants to see me at the Palace, Thursday, at one!" * * * * * Even before Twelfth Night had come and gone, the American relatives had said their good-byes to Copenhagen and to the Ingemanns, and sailed for New York. Valdemar, accompanied by his Uncle Thor, had made the call at the Palace, and been entered as a student at the Academy, with the King's promise to him of long years of study in Rome just as soon as he was ready for it. So we too will bid good-bye to our ambitious little Danish Cousin, with his rose-colored dreams of the future. THE END. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 29: "Merry Christmas."] [Footnote 30: Starched ruffle.] Selections from The Page Company's Books for Young People THE BLUE BONNET SERIES _Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume_ $1.50 =A TEXAS BLUE BONNET= By CAROLINE E. JACOBS. "The book's heroine, Blue Bonnet, has the very finest kind of wholesome, honest, lively girlishness."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._ =BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY= By CAROLINE E. JACOBS AND EDYTH ELLERBECK READ. "A healthy, natural atmosphere breathes from every chapter."--_Boston Transcript._ =BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON;= Or, BOARDING-SCHOOL DAYS AT MISS NORTH'S. By CAROLINE E. JACOBS AND LELA HORN RICHARDS. "It is bound to become popular because of its wholesomeness and its many human touches."--_Boston Globe._ =BLUE BONNET KEEPS HOUSE;= OR, THE NEW HOME IN THE EAST. By CAROLINE E. JACOBS AND LELA HORN RICHARDS. "It cannot fail to prove fascinating to girls in their teens."--_New York Sun._ =BLUE BONNET--DÉBUTANTE= By LELA HORN RICHARDS. An interesting picture of the unfolding of life for Blue Bonnet. THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES By HARRISON ADAMS _Each 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume_ $1.25 =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO;= OR, CLEARING THE WILDERNESS. "Such books as this are an admirable means of stimulating among the young Americans of to-day interest in the story of their pioneer ancestors and the early days of the Republic."--_Boston Globe._ =THE PIONEER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES;= OR, ON THE TRAIL OF THE IROQUOIS.