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Show PRINCESS MARY'S GIFT BOOK behind it, for even when lying in bed, we like to feel that we are uiiconiiiiouly fine fellows. Alter she has gone you get up cautiously, and. walkii ' stei lthily to the v ' robe. produu from the poeke your greatcoat a good novel. holiday in bed must be arranged for beforehand. \Vith a gleam in your eye )11 slipba<k to bed. double your pillow to make it higher, and begin You are in the middle of to read. You have only got to a Cliapter- the l'ourtli page. when you make a horrible discover -naiiiel_\'. that the book is not r 1. An experienced holiday-maker would have had it cut the night bel'ore. but this is your first "311 lK'lidll ~ 01‘ perhaps \ m have been thoughtless. In any case you have now matter to lllillK of'. You are. torn in two (llfl‘CI‘CIlt‘thl There is your coat on the floor with a kiiil'e in it, but you cannot re ‘ ii the coat without gettingr up again. Ought you to evict the kiii " or to give up reading"? Perhaps it take a quarter I 7‘ an hour to decide this question. and You decide it hV discovering; a third course. lei ‘ a sort of an invalid on have certain privileges which would be denied 5:011 lf'§'011\"CI‘C merely sitting in t a ‘ iii the aqonies of neuralg'i. ()ne of the glorious privileges of a hr: ida ' in lied is that you are entitled to cut books with your fingers. So you out the novel in this w. . and read on. L " Those who have never tried it ma . . , , fancy that there i a lack of incident iii . a liolid . y in bed. There could i _ not be mistake. X ou are iii the iniddle of a chapter, when a more n >iistrous suddenly you hear a step upon the stan Your lovingr ears tell you that the iiiiiiisterii ig angel has returned, and is hastening to you. Now, what happens? Hie book disappears beneath the pillow, and when she enters the room soltly you are lyingr there with your eyes shut. This is not merely ineident ; it is ( I ma. i i ' \Vhat . happens "C t depends on circumstances. She st :1 low voice 1 "Are you Feeling any easier now, John '9 " I\o answer. " ()h, I believe he is sleeping." Then she steals from the room, and you begin to read |