Wilfred

His Britannic Majesty hunted last week at Bolton Abbey, the Yorkshire estate of rich and potent William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, onetime Governor General of Canada (1916-21).

Meanwhile, as is his custom, Wilfred hopped about on the local rector's lawn, nibbled many a grassblade. One-half of Wilfred belonged to Robert Timlinson, the rector's son, one-half to his daughter Kathleen, aged 6. His Majesty, riding out to hunt, passed the window where Kathleen lay recovering from a long illness. Kindly, the

King-Emperor inquired how Kathleen did. "Oh, I'm all right," she said, "but Wilfred isn't! My brother Bob is going to sell his half of Wilfred and so I have to sell my half--and Wilfred won't like it. He's the dearest bunny! And he loves me, I think." Amused, bewildered, His Majesty sent an equerry to inquire into the fractional ownership of Wilfred, whispered an additional command. Bob Timlinson, dazzled by the equerry with ten royal shillings ($2.45) transferred all equity by him possessed in Wilfred to the Crown. His Majesty, magnanimous, united Wilfred under a single ownership by presenting his imperial half to Kathleen.