"Not know yourself!" said one, laughing; "Lannie, tell grandpa who he is." "Yes, Lannie, who am I, and what have I done to deserve the honor of this occasion?" "Why, you are Emperor William the First, and this is a long time ago when you were younger and your grandchildren here were not grown up. And on the whole, I think this is before the war with France, at which time you gained great popularity. This is your son, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and this is his wife, the daughter of Queen Victoria. And these are your grandchildren." "Thank you! I feel better acquainted with myself." They all laughed at this and the callers withdrew. Mr. Davidson settled to his newspaper again, but presently he looked up to say: "That was play. But we do belong to a royal house, eh, mother?" And the wife and mother smiled; she understood. THEODOCIA. SIR JOHN AND THE EREBUS. THIS is a real Johnny. He was born one hundred years ago in England. When a very little fellow he was fond of the water. He would make little ships like the one in our picture, and slip away back of the barn and down through the bars, which he didn't always put up in his hurry to the pond among the trees. Here with his ship he would spend hours seeing the wind blow it from shore to shore. When there was no wind to make it skip over the water, he would puff sharp blasts from his cheeks against the sails. He learned a great deal watching his ship. And he thought, may be, he would some day have a big one, be its captain, sail away off upon the ocean, visit distant lands and see strange people and strange things. And he did. But he was going to school, learning fast and making many friends by his good conduct. His father told him one day when he came from school, right after tea, when they were sitting about the bright fire, that he wanted him to learn all he could and make haste and grow up a good man and be a minister of Christ. But though our boy thought it would be a grand thing to spend his life telling about Jesus and his love, yet he thought also he could do it as well in a ship as in a pulpit. And when his father saw how much he loved the sea, how much he knew about ships, and how well he could sail his own little vessel, he consented. Soon after Johnny was taken on board the ship _Polyphemus_ as midshipman. He was a sort of servant, or a _cadet_, to carry the commands of the captain. Of course he was very happy. This was a first step to being captain himself. But the _Polyphemus_ was a war ship. There was war at that time and many battles in which brave men suffered much and died.