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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
+by William Holmes McGuffey
+
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+Title: McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
+
+Author: William Holmes McGuffey
+
+Release Date: June 29, 2005 [EBook #14668]
+
+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MCGUFFEY'S SECOND ECLECTIC READER ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Don Kostuch
+
+
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind
+to the old blind man."
+
+The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some
+contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given
+in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write.
+Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson
+numbers.
+
+The author, not listed in the text is William Holmes McGuffey.
+
+Don Kostuch
+]
+
+
+
+ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'SŪ
+
+SECOND
+
+ECLECTIC READER.
+
+REVISED EDITION.
+
+
+
+McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
+
+JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc..
+New York - Chichester-Weinheim-Brisbane-Singapore-Toronto
+
+
+
+Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
+Copyright, 1896, by American Book Company
+Copyright, 1907 and 1920, by H. H. Vail.
+
+EP316
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+In this book, as well as in the others of the Revised Series, most of the
+favorite drill selections, which constituted one of the leading
+excellences of MCGUFFEY'S READERS, have been retained. New selections have
+been inserted only when they seemed manifest improvements on those
+formerly used.
+
+The plan of this Reader is a continuation and extension of that pursued in
+the First Reader.
+
+If the pupil is not familiar with the diacritical marks, he should be
+carefully drilled, as suggested on page 7, until the marked letter
+instantly suggests the correct sound. He is then prepared to study his
+reading lessons without any assistance from the teacher.
+
+All new words are given at the head of each lesson. When these are
+mastered, the main difficulties left for the pupil are those of
+expression. In the latter portion of the book the simpler
+derivatives,--such as are formed by adding one or two
+letters,--possessives, plurals, verbal forms, etc.,--are omitted if the
+primitive word has been given. In this way the pupil is gradually led to
+the mastery of words as ordinarily printed.
+
+A few of the most usual abbreviations have been introduced,--such as Mr.,
+Mrs., etc. These should be carefully explained, not only as to their
+meaning and use, but as to the reason for their use.
+
+Great care has been taken to have the illustrations worthy of the
+reputation MCGUFFEY'S READERS have attained, and some of the foremost
+designers of this country have contributed to the embellishment of the
+book.
+
+Many of these pictures will serve admirably for lessons in language, in
+extension and explanation of the text. The imagination of the artist has,
+in some cases, filled in details not found in the text.
+
+The thanks of the publishers are due to very many experienced teachers,
+who have contributed their valuable suggestions.
+
+June, 1879.
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY MATTER.
+
+ARTICULATION
+PUNCTUATION
+
+SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.
+
+Lessons.
+1.   Evening at Home
+2.   Bubbles
+3.   Willie's Letter (Script)
+4.   The Little Star
+5.   Two Dogs
+6.   Afraid in the Dark
+7.   Baby Bye
+8.   Puss and her Kittens
+9.   Kittie and Mousie
+10.  At Work
+11.  What a Bird Taught
+12.  Susie Sunbeam
+13.  If I were a Sun beam
+14.  Henry, the Bootblack
+15.  Don't Wake the Baby (Script)
+16.  A Kind Brother
+17.  My Good-far-nothing
+18.  The Kingbird
+19.  Evening Hymn
+20.  The Quarrel
+21.  The Bee
+22.  The Song of the Bee
+23.  The Torn Doll
+24.  Sheep-shearing
+25.  The Clouds
+26.  Patty and the Squirrel
+27.  The Sparrow
+28.  Sam and Harry
+29.  The Little Rill
+30.  The Boat Upset
+31.  Mary's Letter (Script)
+32.  The Tiger
+33.  The Fireside
+34.  Birdie's Morning Song
+35.  Willie and Bounce
+36.  Willie and Bounce
+37.  The Kitchen Clock
+38.  The New Scales
+39.  The Bear and the Children
+40.  The Little Harebell (Script)
+41.  The Fishhawk
+42.  What the Leaf said
+43.  The Wind and the Leaves
+44.  Mamma's Present
+45.  Mary's Story
+46.  Ralph Wick
+47.  Coasting down the Hill (Script)
+48.  The Fox and the Ducks
+49.  Pretty is that Pretty does
+50.  The Story-teller
+51.  The Story-teller
+52.  The Owl
+53.  The Owl
+54.  Grandfather's Story
+55.  God is Great and Good
+56.  A Good Old Man
+57.  The Greedy Girl
+68.  A Place for Everything
+69.  My Mother (Script)
+60.  The Broken Window
+61.  The Broken Window
+62.  Frank and the Hourglass
+63.  March
+64.  Jenny's Call
+65.  Poor Davy
+66.  Alice's Supper
+67.  A Snowstorm
+68.  Bessie
+69.  Bessie
+70.  Cheerfulness (Script)
+71.  Lullaby
+
+
+
+ARTICULATION.
+
+SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS.-Thorough and frequent drills on the elementary
+sounds are useful in correcting vicious habits of pronunciation and in
+strengthening the vocal organs.
+
+As a rule, only one or two sounds should be employed at one lesson. Care
+should be taken that the pupils observe and practice these sounds
+correctly in their reading.
+
+
+
+TABLE OF VOCALS.
+
+Long Sounds
+
+Sound   as in    Sound   as in
+a       ate        e     err
+a       care       i     ice
+a       arm        o     ode
+a       last       u     use
+a       all        u     burn
+e       eve        oo    fool
+
+
+
+SHORT SOUNDS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+a        am         o      odd
+e        end        u      up
+i        in         oo     look
+
+
+
+DIPHTHONGS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+oi      oil         ou      out
+oy      boy         ow      now
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBVOCALS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+b        bib         v     valve
+d        did         th    this
+g        gig         z     zin
+j        jug         z     azure
+n        nine        r     rare
+m        maim        w     we
+ng       hang         y    yet
+l        lull
+
+
+
+TABLE 0F ASPIRATES.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+f       fifi        t      tat
+h       him         sh     she
+k       kite        ch     chat
+p       pipe        th     thick
+s       same        wh     why
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.
+
+Sub   for   as in      Sub   for   as in
+a      o    what        y    i     myth
+e      a    there       c    k     can
+e      a    feint       c    a     cite
+i      e    police      ch   sh    chaise
+i      e    sir         ch   k     chaos
+o      u    son         g    j     gem
+o      oo   to          n    ng    ink
+o      oo   wolf        s    z     as
+o      a    fork        s    sh    sure
+o      u    work        x    gz    exact
+u      oo   full        gh   f     laugh
+u      oo   rude        ph   f     phlox
+y      i    fly         qu   k     pique
+qu     kw   quit
+
+
+
+PUNCTUATION.
+
+Punctuation Marks are used to make the sense more clear.
+
+A Period (.) is used at the end of a sentence, and after an
+abbreviation; as,
+
+   James was quite sick. Dr. Jones was called to see him.
+
+An Interrogation Mark (?) is used at the end of a question; as,
+
+   Where is John going?
+
+An Exclamation Mark (!) is used after words or sentences expressing some
+strong feeling; as,
+
+   Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!
+
+The Comma (,), Semicolon (;), and Colon (:) are used to separate the parts
+of a sentence.
+
+The Hyphen (-) is used to join the parts of a compound word; as,
+text-book: it is also used at the end of a line in print or script, when a
+word is divided; as in the word "sentence," near the bottom of page 9.
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'S
+SECOND READER.
+
+LESSON I.
+
+news'paper    cold    or'der    seem    through
+
+stock'ings    chat    sto'ry    light   Har'ry
+
+branch'es     kiss    burns     Mrs.    e vents'
+
+an oth'er     Mr.     stool     lamp    mends
+
+
+[Illustration: Family at evening; father reading newspaper, mother sewing,
+boy and girl reading.]
+
+EVENING AT HOME.
+
+1. It is winter. The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.
+
+
+2. Mr. Brown has done his day's work, and his children, Harry and Kate,
+have come home from school. They learned their lessons well to-day, and
+both feel happy
+
+3. Tea is over. Mrs. Brown has put the little sitting room in order. The
+fire burns brightly. One lamp gives light enough for all. On the stool is
+a basket of fine apples. They seem to say, "Won't you have one?"
+
+4. Harry and Kate read a story in a new book. The father reads his
+newspaper, and the mother mends Harry's stockings.
+
+5. By and by, they will tell one another what they have been reading
+about, and will have a chat over the events of the day.
+
+6. Harry and Kate's bedtime will come first. I think I see them kiss their
+dear father and mother a sweet good night.
+
+7. Do you not wish that every boy and girl could have a home like this?
+
+
+
+LESSON II.
+
+beau'ti ful    porch    rain'bow    burst
+
+bub'bling      same     biggest     sneeze    col'ors
+
+main           soap     wash        red       ma'ny (men'y)
+
+[Illustration: Three children playing with bubbles and cat.]
+
+BUBBLES.
+
+1. The boys have come out on the porch to blow bubbles. The old cat is
+asleep on the mat by the door.
+
+2. "Ha! ha!" laughs Robert, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat's
+back, and does not burst.
+
+3. Willie tries to make his bubble do the same. This time it comes down on
+the cat's face, and makes her sneeze.
+
+4. "She would rather wash her face without soap," says Harry. "Now let us
+see who can make the biggest bubble."
+
+5. "Mine is the biggest," says Robert. "See how high it floats in the air!
+I can see--ah! it has burst."
+
+6. "I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine," says Willie;
+"and such beautiful colors."
+
+7.  "How many, Willie?"
+
+8. "Red, one; blue, two; there--they are all out. Let us try again."
+
+9. "I know how many colors there are," says Harry. "Just as many as there
+are in the rainbow."
+
+10. "Do you know how many that is?"
+
+LESSON III.
+
+rub'ber    gun    par'lor     street
+
+num'ber    ten    o'clock'    shoot
+
+
+WILLIE'S LETTER.
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+New York, Dec. 10, 1878.
+Dear Santa Claus:
+Papa is going to give
+me a Christmas tree, and he
+says that you will put nice
+things on it if I ask you. I would
+like a gun that will shoot, and
+a rubber ball that I can throw
+hard, and that will not break
+Mamma's windows or the big
+glass in the parlor.
+Now, please don't forget to come.
+I live on Fourth St., number ten.
+I will go to bed at eight o'clock,
+and shut my eyes tight.
+I will not look, indeed I won't.
+                 Your little boy,
+                 Willie.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON IV.
+
+a bove'      world       dark        oft
+
+nev'er       spark       dew         till
+
+di'a mond    twin'kle    blaz'ing
+
+The Little Star
+
+1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
+   How I wonder what you are,
+   Up above the world so high,
+   Like a diamond in the sky!
+
+2. When the blazing sun is set,
+   And the grass with dew is wet,
+   Then you show your little light;
+   Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
+
+3. Then, if I were in the dark,
+   I would thank you for your spark.
+   I could not see which way to go,
+   If you did not twinkle so.
+
+4. And when I am sound asleep,
+   Oft you through my window peep;
+   For you never shut your eye,
+   Till the sun is in the sky.
+
+
+
+LESSON V.
+
+be hind'     to geth'er        nob'le    Scotch
+
+Dodg'er      min'utes          crib      wag'on
+
+ter'ri er    coun'try          scold     fel'low
+
+shag'gy      frisk'i ly        fits      cel'lar
+
+guards       New'found land    yard      har'ness
+
+[Illustration: Two dogs, one large, the other a small puppy.]
+
+TWO DOGS.
+
+1. James White has two dogs. One is a Newfoundland dog, and the other is a
+Scotch terrier.
+
+2. The Newfoundland is a large, noble fellow. He is black, with a white
+spot, and with long, shaggy hair. His name is Sport.
+
+3. Sport is a good watchdog, and a kind playfellow. Every night he guards
+the house while James and his father are asleep.
+
+4. In the daytime, James often uses Sport for his horse. He has a little
+wagon, and a set of small harness which just fits the dog.
+
+5. He hitches Sport to this wagon, and drives over the country. In this
+way, he can go almost as fast as his father with the old family horse.
+
+6. The name of James's Scotch terrier is Dodger. He is called Dodger
+because he jumps about so friskily. He is up on a chair, under the table,
+behind the door, down cellar, and out in the yard,--all in a minute.
+
+7. Dodger has very bright eyes, and he does many funny things. He likes to
+put his paws up on the crib, and watch the baby.
+
+8. The other day he took baby's red stocking, and had great fun with it;
+but he spoiled it in his play, and James had to scold him.
+
+9. Everyone likes to see James White with his two dogs. They always seem
+very happy together.
+
+
+
+LESSON VI.
+
+bet ween'    bu'reau (-ro)    stairs    nee'dle
+
+a fraid'     shad'ow          held      stir
+
+AFRAID IN THE DARK.
+
+1.  "Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the
+bureau?"
+
+2.  But Willie did not stir. "Willie!" said mamma. She thought he had not
+heard.
+
+3.  "I'm afraid," said Willie.
+
+4.  "Afraid of what?"
+
+5.  "It's dark up there."
+
+6.  "What is the dark?" asked mamma. "See! It is nothing but a shadow."
+And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.
+
+[Illustration: Mother, seated in rocking chair, kerosene lamp on table,
+boy standing, examining his shadow on the wall.]
+
+7. "Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it
+is light."
+
+8. "Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie. See! There is
+your shadow on the wall. Can your shadow hurt you?"
+
+9. "Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me."
+
+10. "Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything."
+
+11. "What makes the big shadow, mamma?"
+
+12. "I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older.
+But now, I wish you would find me a brave boy who is not afraid of
+shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook."
+
+13. "I am bravo, mamma. I will go. --Here it is."
+
+14. "Thank you, my brave little man. You see the dark didn't hurt you."
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Beautiful faces are they that wear
+The light of a pleasant spirit there;
+Beautiful hands are they that do
+Deeds that are noble good and true;
+Beautiful feet are they that go
+Swiftly to lighten another's woe.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON VII.
+
+spi'ders    tick'ling    stay    neck      nose         se'cret    crawls
+
+legs        beck         ope     goes      toes         speck      choose
+
+dot         nod          shoes   spread    be lieve'    six
+
+[Illustration: Mother and baby watching fly on the wall.]
+
+BABY BYE.
+
+1. Baby Bye,
+   Here's a fly;
+   We will watch him, you and I.
+   How he crawls
+   Up the walls,
+   Yet he never falls!
+   I believe with six such legs
+   You and I could walk on eggs.
+   There he goes
+   On his toes,
+   Tickling Baby's nose.
+
+2. Spots of red
+   Dot his head;
+   Rainbows on his back are spread;
+   That small speck
+   Is his neck;
+   See him nod and beck!
+   I can show you, if you choose,
+   Where to look to find his shoes,
+   Three small pairs,
+   Made of hairs;
+   These he always wears.
+
+3. Flies can see
+   More than we;
+   So how bright their eyes must be!
+   Little fly,
+   Ope your eye;
+   Spiders are near by.
+   For a secret I can tell,
+   Spiders never use flies well;
+   Then away,
+   Do not stay.
+   Little fly, good day.
+
+   24    ECLECTIC SERIES.
+
+LESSON VIII.
+
+serv'ant    sud'den ly    lon'ger     re turned'    lived      tired
+
+since       five          anx'ious    trou'ble      cer'tain   nea'ly
+
+doz'en      sev'en        at'tic      strange       great      prop'er
+
+coal    seemed
+
+[Illustration: Cat carrying kitten up stairs by the scruff of the neck.]
+
+PUSS AND HER KITTENS.
+
+1. Puss, with her three kittens, had lived in the coal cellar; but one day
+she thought she would carry them to the attic.
+
+2. The servant thought that was not the proper place for them; so she
+carried them back to the cellar.
+
+3. Puss was certain that she wanted them in the attic; so she carried them
+there again and again, five, six, seven, --yes, a dozen times; for each
+time the servant took them back to the cellar.
+
+4. Poor puss was nearly tired out, and could carry them no longer.
+
+5. Suddenly she went away. Where do you think she went?
+
+6. She was gone a long time. When she returned, she had a strange cat with
+her that we had never seen before.
+
+7. She seemed to tell him all about her great trouble, and he listened to
+her story.
+
+8. Then the strange cat took the little kittens, one by one, and carried
+them to the attic. After this he went away, and we have never seen him
+since.
+
+9. The servant then left the kittens in the attic, for she saw how anxious
+puss was to have them stay there.
+
+10. Was not the strange cat kind to puss? This lesson should teach
+children to be ever ready to help one another.
+
+
+
+LESSON IX.
+
+nine     mous'ie    fro      frol'ic    bit    slipped
+
+spied    crow       teeth    pearl      used
+
+[Illustration: White cat sneaking up on a mouse.]
+
+KITTY AND MOUSIE.
+
+1. Once there was a little kitty,
+     White as the snow;
+   In a barn he used to frolic,
+     Long time ago.
+
+2. In the barn a little mousie
+     Ran to and fro;
+   For she heard the little kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+3. Two black eyes had little kitty,
+     Black as a crow;
+   And they spied the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+4. Four soft paws had little kitty,
+     Paws soft as snow;
+   And they caught the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+5. Nine pearl teeth had little kitty,
+     All in a row;
+   And they bit the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+6. When the teeth bit little mousie,
+     Mousie cried out "Oh!"
+   But she slipped away from kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+
+
+LESSON X.
+
+washed    hours(ours)    pre'cious    game
+
+harm      a'ny (en'y)    brushed      end
+
+
+AT WORK.
+
+1. A little play does not harm any one, but does much good. After play, we
+should be glad to work.
+
+2. I knew a boy who liked a good game very much. He could run, swim, jump,
+and play ball; and was always merry when out of school.
+
+3. But he knew that time is not all for play; that our minutes, hours, and
+days are very precious.
+
+4. At the end of his play, he would go home. After he had washed his face
+and hands, and brushed his hair, he would help his mother, or read in his
+book, or write upon his slate.
+
+5. He used to say, "One thing at a time." When he had done with work, he
+would play; but he did not try to play and to work at the same time.
+
+
+
+LESSON XI.
+
+twit-twee    bough (bow)    twit-twit    top'most    lock
+
+spray        mate           close'ly     ros'y       an'swer (an'ser)
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT.
+
+1. Why do you come to my apple tree,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+2. Why do you lock your rosy feet
+     So closely round the spray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-tweet!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+3. Why on the topmost bough do you get,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit-twee! twit-twit-twit!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+4. Where is your mate? come, answer me,
+     Little bird so gray.
+   Twit-twit-twit! twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+                                      Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON XII.
+
+bright'ness    pleas'ant    learned    dress
+
+play'mates     un kind'     rag'ged    word
+
+ques'tions     smil'ing     crowed     child
+
+Sun'beam       cheered      Sus'ie     gave
+
+glad'ness      un less'     name       gate
+
+
+SUSIE SUNBEAM.
+
+1. Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But every
+one called her Susie Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face,
+and always brought brightness with her when she came.
+
+[Illustration: Older girls playing with younger girl. Three children
+standing in background.]
+
+2. Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the
+little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.
+
+3. Even when a baby, Susie laughed and crowed from morning till night. No
+one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.
+
+4. When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get
+things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she
+could.
+
+5. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her
+ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read.
+
+6. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never
+used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates
+best.
+
+7. One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and
+Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her.
+
+8. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come
+in. "What are you crying for?" Susie asked.
+
+9. "Because they all laugh at me," she said.
+
+10. Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She cheered her up
+with kind words, and gave her a nice dress and a pair of shoes.
+
+11. This brought real joy and gladness to the poor child, and she, too,
+thought that Susie was rightly called Sunbeam.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIII.
+
+wood'lands    di vine'    raised     un til'    droop'ing    blessed
+
+whose         seek        up'ward    hov'els    in'ner       steal
+
+heav'en       hearts      lil'ies    die        roam'ing
+
+
+IF I WERE A SUNBEAM.
+
+1. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know what I'd do;
+   I would seek white lilies,
+     Roaming woodlands through.
+   I would steal among them,
+     Softest light I'd shed,
+   Until every lily
+     Raised its drooping head.
+
+2. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know where I'd go;
+   Into lowly hovels,
+     Dark with want and woe:
+   Till sad hearts looked upward,
+     I would shine and shine;
+   Then they'd think of heaven,
+     Their sweet home and mine."
+
+3. Are you not a sunbeam,
+     Child, whose life is glad
+   With an inner brightness
+     Sunshine never had?
+   Oh, as God has blessed you,
+     Scatter light divine!
+   For there is no sunbeam
+     But must die or shine.
+
+
+
+      SECOND READER.    35
+
+LESSON XIV.
+
+sup port'    a long'    boots      be long'    dol'lar    years
+
+man'age      taught     cor'ner    no'tice     mon'ey     black'ing
+
+gen'tle men    hon'est (on'est)    quite    buy    earned
+
+[Illustration: Boy offering to shine man's shoes.]
+
+HENRY, THE BOOTBLACK.
+
+1. Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was
+very poor. He had a little sister about two years old.
+
+2. He wanted to help his mother, for she could not always earn enough to
+buy food for her little family.
+
+3. One day, a man gave him a dollar for finding a pocketbook which he had
+lost.
+
+4. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found
+it. But his mother had taught him to be honest, and never to keep what did
+not belong, to him.
+
+5. With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. He
+then went to the corner of the street, and said to every one whose boots
+did not look nice, "Black your boots, sir, please?"
+
+6. He was so polite that gentlemen soon began to notice him, and to let
+him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he
+gave to his mother to buy food with.
+
+7. When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear of joy,
+"You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could earn enough
+to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to get along quite well,"
+
+8. Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He earned
+almost enough to support his mother and his little sister.
+
+
+
+LESSON XV.
+
+tread     whis'per     soft'ly     talk     cheer ful'     care'ful
+
+
+DON'T WAKE THE BABY.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Baby sleeps, so we must tread
+Softly round her little bed,
+And be careful that our toys
+Don not fall and make a noise.
+
+We must not talk, but whisper low,
+Mother wants to work, we know,
+That, when father comes to tea,
+All may neat and cheerful be.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XVI.
+
+full    load     heav'y     mid'dle     heav'i er
+
+slip    wrong    han'dle    broth'er    de ceived'
+
+[Illustration: Two boys carrying a basket on a pole between them.]
+
+A KIND BROTHER.
+
+1. A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his
+grandmother.
+
+2. The basket was so full that it was very heavy. So his little brother
+went with him, to help carry the load.
+
+3. They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold
+of an end of the pole. In this way they could carry the basket very
+nicely.
+
+4. Now the older boy thought, "My brother Tom does not know about this
+pole.
+
+5. "If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light;
+but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me
+as it is for him.
+
+6. "Tom does not know this as I do. But I will not do it. It would be
+wrong, and I will not do what is wrong."
+
+7. Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole. His load
+was now heavier than that of his little brother.
+
+8. Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right. Had he deceived
+his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVII.
+
+bus'y (biz'zy)    mis'chief    looked     un'to    glee
+
+con triv'ing      ring'lets    nod'dle    drew     nun
+
+press'ing         fin'gers     car'pet    wise     lips
+
+em brace'         pon'der      lash'es    climb    true
+
+
+MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.
+
+                 1.
+"What are you good for, my brave little man?
+Answer that question for me, if you can,--
+You, with your fingers as white as a nun,--
+You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
+All the day long, with your busy contriving,
+Into all mischief and fun you are driving;
+See if your wise little noddle can tell
+What you are good for. Now ponder it well."
+
+                 2.
+Over the carpet the dear little feet
+Came with a patter to climb on my seat;
+Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
+Under their lashes looked up unto me;
+Two little hands pressing soft on my face,
+Drew me down close in a loving embrace;
+Two rosy lips gave the answer so true,
+"Good to love you, mamma, good to love you."
+
+                             Emily Huntington Miller.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVIII.
+
+ber'ries    strikes    rob'in    ea'gle    short    king     rid
+
+foe         dart       fails     sharp     hawk     worms    ac'tive
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on branch.]
+
+THE KINGBIRD.
+
+1. The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.
+
+2. He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.
+
+3. He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.
+
+4. When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree
+near them.
+
+5. He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.
+
+6. If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.
+
+7. Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.
+
+8. He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.
+
+9. He flies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his
+sharp bill.
+
+10. He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch
+him.
+
+11. Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn
+round.
+
+12. In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and
+flies away. He is very glad to get rid of his foe.
+
+13. Is not the little fellow a brave bird?
+
+14. Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the KINGBIRD.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIX.
+
+watch'ing    gath'ers    an'gels    be gin'
+
+dark'ness    a cross'    lone'ly    beasts
+
+
+[Illustration: Sunset;lake in foreground, town in background.]
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+1. Now the day is over,
+     Night is drawing nigh,
+   Shadows of the evening
+     Steal across the sky.
+
+2. Now the darkness gathers,
+     Stars begin to peep;
+   Birds, and beasts, and flowers
+     Soon will be asleep.
+
+3. Through the lonely darkness,
+     May the angels spread
+   Their white wings above me,
+     Watching round my bed.
+
+
+
+LESSON XX.
+
+di vid'ed    quar'rel    a gree'    thus    sey'tle
+
+set'tling    ker'nel     e'qual     apt     parts
+
+
+THE QUARREL.
+
+1. Under a great tree in the woods, two boys saw a fine, large nut, and
+both ran to get it.
+
+2. James got to it first, and picked it up.
+
+3. "It is mine," said John, "for I was the first to see it."
+
+4. "No, it is mine" said James, "for I was the first to pick it up."
+
+[Illustration: Three boys standing by a fence, one older than the others.]
+
+5. Thus, they at once began to quarrel about the nut.
+
+6. As they could not agree whose it should be, they called an older boy,
+and asked him.
+
+7. The older boy said, "I will settle this quarrel."
+
+8. He took the nut, and broke the shell. He then took out the kernel, and
+divided the shell into two parts, as nearly equal as he could.
+
+9. "This half of the shell," said he, "belongs to the boy who first saw
+the nut.
+
+10. "And this half belongs to the boy who picked it up.
+
+11. "The kernel of the nut, I shall keep as my pay for settling the
+quarrel.
+
+12. "This is the way," said he, laughing, "in which quarrels are very apt
+to end."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXI.
+
+crea'tures    drones     in'side    hive     i'dle
+
+de fense'     driv'en    killed     cells    size
+
+work'ers      queen      stings     shape    wax
+
+
+THE BEE.
+
+1. Bees live in a house that is called a hive. They are of three
+kinds,--workers, drones, and queens.
+
+2. Only one queen can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other
+bees will stop their work.
+
+[Illustration: Three bee-hives; wooden boxes about two feet square and four
+feet high, with a sloped roof.]
+
+3. They are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join together to
+build cells of wax for their honey.
+
+4. Each bee takes its proper place, and does its own work. Some go out and
+gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the
+hive.
+
+5. The cells which they build, are all of one shape and size, and no room
+is left between them.
+
+6. The cells are not round, but have six sides. 7. Did you ever look into
+a glass hive to see the bees while at work? It is pleasant to see how busy
+they always are.
+
+8. But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are
+driven from the hive or killed, that they may not eat the honey which they
+did not gather.
+
+9. It is not quite safe for children to handle bees. They have sharp
+stings that they know well how to use in their defense.
+
+
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+How doth the little busy bee
+  Improve each shining hour.
+And gather honey all the day
+  From every opening flower!
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXII.
+
+blos'soms    drear'y    wea'ry       pinks       smell'ing    toil'ing
+
+lev'ies      buzz       fra'grant    this'tle    weeds        scent
+
+treas'ure    yel'low    mead'ow      tax         sum'mer      clo'ver
+
+cloud'y      dai'sy     daf'fo dil lies          columbine    humming
+
+[Illustration: Flowers]
+
+THE SONG OF THE BEE.
+
+1. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+     This is the song of the bee.
+   His legs are of yellow;
+   A jolly, good fellow,
+     And yet a great worker is he.
+
+2. In days that are sunny
+   He's getting his honey;
+   In days that are cloudy
+     He's making his wax:
+   On pinks and on lilies,
+   And gay daffodillies,
+   And columbine blossoms,
+     He levies a tax!
+
+3. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   The sweet-smelling clover,
+   He, humming, hangs over;
+   The scent of the roses
+     Makes fragrant his wings:
+   He never gets lazy;
+   From thistle and daisy,
+   And weeds of the meadow,
+     Some treasure he brings.
+
+4. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   From morning's first light
+   Till the coming of night,
+   He's singing and toiling
+     The summer day through.
+   Oh! we may get weary,
+   And think work is dreary;
+   'Tis harder by far
+     To have nothing to do.
+                               Marian Douglas.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIII.
+
+un hap'py    prom'ised    heed'less    be came'    grow'ing
+
+care'less    harsh'ly     leav'ing     eas'i ly    ef fects'
+
+an noy'      ma'am        blame        worse       torn
+
+hard'ly      nic'est      spend        hab'it      e'vil
+
+[Illustration: Mother and daughter sitting under a tree.]
+
+THE TORN DOLL.
+
+1. Mary Armstrong was a pretty little girl, but she was heedless about
+some things.
+
+2. Her way of leaving her books and playthings just where she had used
+them last, gave her mother much trouble in picking them up and putting
+them in their proper places.
+
+3. She had often told Mary the evil effects of being so careless. Her
+books became spoiled, and her toys broken.
+
+4. But worse than this was the growing habit of carelessness, which would
+be of great harm to her all her life. It would make her unhappy, and would
+annoy her friends.
+
+5. One day Mary and her mother went out into their pleasant yard, to spend
+an hour in the open air. Mrs. Armstrong took her work with her.
+
+6. Mary ran about and played with Dash, her pet dog, and was having a
+happy time.
+
+7. But in a corner of the yard she found her nicest doll all torn and
+broken, and its dress covered with mud.
+
+8. She knew, at once, that Dash had done this, and she scolded him
+harshly.
+
+9. Carrying the broken doll to her mamma. she showed it to her, and could
+hardly keep from crying.
+
+10. Mrs. Armstrong asked Mary if she had not left the doll on the porch
+where Dash could easily get it; and Mary had to answer, "Yes, ma'am."
+
+11. "Then you must not blame the dog, Mary, for he does not know it is
+wrong for him to play with your doll. I hope this will be a lesson to you
+hereafter, to put your things away when you are through playing."
+
+12. "I will try," said Mary. And her mother promised to mend the doll as
+well as she could.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIV.
+
+thor'ough ly    month    dried    dyed    cuts     shear'er    sheep
+
+those   spun    dirt     oth'er wise      wov'en   cloth    wool    rub
+
+
+[Illustration: Two men shearing sheep.]
+
+
+SHEEP-SHEARING.
+
+1. Sheep are washed and sheared some time in the month of June. This
+should be done quite early in the month, before the hot days begin.
+
+2. It is fine sport for those who look on, but not much fun for the sheep.
+
+
+3. It is best for the sheep to have the wool taken off; otherwise they
+would suffer in the summer time.
+
+4. When the time comes for washing the sheep, they are driven to a pond or
+a little river.
+
+5. Then they are thrown into the water, one at a time. The men who are in
+the water catch them, and squeeze the wet wool with their hands to get the
+dirt all out of it.
+
+6. Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the shearer;
+and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears.
+
+7. It is then dyed, spun, and woven into cloth.
+
+8. In a short time, before the cold winter comes, new wool grows out on
+the sheep. By the corning of spring there is so much, that it must be cut
+off again.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXV.
+
+bear'ers    earth    warm     sul'try    wan'der
+
+rays        grain    clouds   o'er       we're
+
+
+THE CLOUDS
+
+                  1.
+"Clouds that wander through the sky, Sometimes
+low and sometimes high;
+In the darkness of the night,
+In the sunshine warm and bright.
+Ah! I wonder much if you
+Have any useful work to do."
+
+                  2.
+"Yes, we're busy night and day,
+As o'er the earth we take our way.
+We are bearers of the rain
+To the grasses, and flowers, and grain;
+We guard you from the sun's bright rays,
+In the sultry summer days."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVI.
+
+peo'ple    for'est    squir'rel    cool    near'est   tame     hol'low
+
+snug       shoul'der    miles    sticks    gen'tly    though   Pat'ty
+
+
+[Illustration: Girl sitting under tree, play with squirrel.]
+
+
+PATTY AND THE SQUIRREL.
+
+1. Little Patty lives in a log house near a great forest. She has no
+sisters, and her big brothers are away all day helping their father.
+
+2. But Patty is never lonely; for, though the nearest house is miles away,
+she has many little friends. Here are two of them that live in the woods.
+
+3. But how did Patty teach them to be so tame? Patty came to the woods
+often, and was always so quiet and gentle that the squirrels soon found
+they need not be afraid of her.
+
+4. She brought her bread and milk to eat under the trees, and was sure to
+leave crumbs for the squirrels.
+
+5. When they came near, she sat very still and watched them. So, little by
+little, she made them her friends, till, at last, they would sit on her
+shoulder, and eat from her hand.
+
+6. Squirrels build for themselves summer houses. Those are made of leaves,
+and sticks, and moss. They are nice and cool for summer, but would never
+do for the winter cold and snow.
+
+7. So these wise little people find a hollow in an old tree. They make it
+warm and snug with soft moss and leaves; and here the squirrels live all
+through the long winter.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVII.
+
+fright'ened   int end'    wheat       Thom'as    com plains'    plums
+
+choose        shock'ing   spar'row    rip'est    rob'bing
+
+break'fast    plen'ty     share       treat      tales          wait
+
+
+[Illustration: Sparrow perched on snow-covered branch.]
+
+
+THE SPARROW.
+
+1. Glad to see you, little bird;
+   'Twas your little chirp I heard:
+   What did you intend to say?
+   "Give me something this cold day"?
+
+2. That I will, and plenty, too;
+   All the crumbs I saved for you.
+   Don't be frightened--here's a treat:
+   I will wait and see you eat.
+
+3. Shocking tales I hear of you;
+   Chirp, and tell me, are they true?
+   Robbing all the summer long;
+   Don't you think it very wrong?
+
+4. Thomas says you steal his wheat;
+   John complains, his plums you eat--
+   Choose the ripest for your share,
+   Never asking whose they are.
+
+5. But I will not try to know
+   What you did so long ago:
+   There's your breakfast, eat away;
+   Come to see me every day.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVIII.
+
+aft'er noon    sup'per    deep      length    car'riage    threw
+hedge          stood      tru'ly    road      few          sad
+
+[Illustration: Woman and boy riding in carriage pulled by horse.
+Man in foreground holding gate open for carriage.]
+
+
+SAM AND HARRY.
+
+1. One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school. He went
+along slowly, reading a book.
+
+2. Sam had spent all his money for the book, but he was a happy boy.
+
+3. At length he came into the highroad, where there was a gate. A blind
+man stood, holding it open.
+
+4. The poor man said, "Please give me a few cents to buy some bread!" But
+Sam gave him nothing.
+
+5. What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing? Yes; for, as I told you,
+he had spent all his money.
+
+6. So Sam walked on, very sad. Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in
+it were Harry and his mother.
+
+7. The blind man stood, and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man
+something," said Harry to his mother.
+
+8. His mother gave him some cents. Harry took them, but did not put them
+into the man's hat.
+
+9. He threw them into the hedge as far as he could. The poor man could not
+find them, for, you know, ho was blind.
+
+10. Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage. He saw Harry throw
+the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the
+money until he found it all for the blind man.
+
+11. This took so long a time, that he almost lost his supper.
+
+12. Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?
+
+13. I know which he thanked most in his heart.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIX.
+
+rip'pling    fringe    stray    thou    mill
+
+vil'lage     brink    clear     wild    hill
+
+course       bathe     tiny     pool    rill
+
+
+THE LITTLE HILL.
+
+1. Run, run, thou tiny rill;
+   Run, and turn the village mill;
+   Run, and fill the deep, clear pool
+   In the woodland's shade so cool,
+   Where the sheep love best to stray
+   In the sultry summer day;
+   Where the wild birds bathe and drink,
+   And the wild flowers fringe the brink.
+
+[Illustration: Mill, with mill pond in foreground.]
+
+2. Run, run, thou tiny rill,
+   Round the rocks, and down the hill;
+   Sing to every child like me;
+   The birds will join you, full of glee:
+   And we will listen to the song
+   You sing, your rippling course along.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXX.
+
+has'tened    pos'si ble    bal'ance    Ed'gar    save
+
+boat'man     dan'ger       quick'ly    move      trip
+
+stretched    sev'er al     start'ed    folks     fell
+
+
+THE BOAT UPSET.
+
+1. "Sit still, children. Do not move about in the boat," said Mr. Rose to
+the young folks he was taking for a trip on the water.
+
+2. The boat was a large one, and could not easily be upset. There were in
+it Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the boatman, and several little boys and girls.
+
+3. "Keep still, please, young gentlemen," said the boatman, when Edgar
+Rose and Thomas Read began to move from one side to the other.
+
+4. They kept quiet for a short time only. Edgar soon wanted a stick which
+Thomas held in his hand. He lost his balance in trying to get the stick,
+and fell into the water.
+
+
+[Illustration: Overturned boat, people clinging to boat and debris.
+Another boat approaching.]
+
+
+5. Mr. and Mrs. Rose both started up, and stretched out their arms to save
+him; but in so doing, they upset the boat.
+
+6. Every one fell into the water, and all were in the greatest danger of
+being drowned.
+
+7. Another boat was near, with but one man in it. He hastened to them as
+quickly as possible, and saved them from drowning.
+
+8. Children should always be careful and quiet when they are in a boat on
+the water, and should obey what older people tell them.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXI.
+
+MARY'S LETTER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+     Forest Hill, June 25, 1878
+My  Dear Fanny:
+             This morning while
+out rowing, we all came near
+being drowned. Brother Ed, in
+trying to take a stick from Tom
+Reed, tripped and fell out of the
+boat. Papa and Mamma caught
+at him to save him, and before
+we knew it we were all in the
+water. The boat upset and how
+we were all saved I can hardly
+tell. A man in another boat
+which was near, picked us up.
+Had it not been for this, you
+would to-day have no cousin.
+                     Mary Rose.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXII.
+
+li'on    bod'y     stripes       de light'     Eng'lish
+
+prey     ti'ger    col'lar       ti'gress      fright'ful
+
+seize    chain     un like'      swift'est     an'i mals
+
+roar     gi'ant    slight'est    of'fi cers    whisk'ers
+
+[Illustration: Tigress carrying cub away from tent.
+Playing card scattered on ground.]
+
+
+THE TIGER.
+
+1. The tiger is a giant cat. His body is nearly covered with black
+stripes.
+
+2. Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not
+overtake him. He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one
+after another.
+
+3. By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey. With a
+frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.
+
+4. Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats? Lions have great
+whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.
+
+5. Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat's, you may be
+sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.
+
+6. By the slightest touch on the tiger's whiskers, he knows when there is
+anything in his road.
+
+7. A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt. When coming
+home from their day's sport, they found a little tiger kitten.
+
+8. They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the
+pole of their tent. It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.
+
+9. One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that
+frightened them greatly. It was the roar of a tiger.
+
+10. The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away. With a sharp
+cry, it answered the voice outside.
+
+11. All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent. She
+caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.
+
+12. Then turning to the door of the tent, she dashed away as suddenly as
+she had come.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIII.
+
+then      u'su al    cous'in      fire'side    sew'ing (so-)
+
+Ka'tie    bet'ter    crac'kle     knit'ting    per haps'
+
+Jane      rea'son    to-night'    hap'pi er    in struct'ive
+
+
+THE FIRESIDE.
+
+1. One winter night, Mrs. Lord and her two little girls sat by a bright
+fire in their pleasant home. The girls were sewing, and their mother was
+busy at her knitting.
+
+[Illustration: Mother and two girls sewing under a lamp.]
+
+2. At last, Katie finished her work, and, looking up, said, "Mother, I
+think the fire is brighter than usual. How I love to hear it crackle!"
+
+3. "And I was about to say," cried Mary, "that this is a better light than
+we had last night."
+
+4. "My dears," said their mother, "it must be that you feel happier than
+usual to-night. Perhaps that is the reason why you think the fire better,
+and the light brighter."
+
+5. "But, mother," said Mary, "I do not see why we are happier now than we
+were then; for last night cousin Jane was here, and we played 'Puss in the
+corner' and 'Blind man' until we all were tired."
+
+6. "I know! I know why!" said Katie. "It is because we have all been doing
+something useful to-night. We feel happy because we have been busy."
+
+7. "You are right, my dear," said their mother. "I am glad you have both
+learned that there may be something more pleasant than play, and, at the
+same time, more instructive."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIV.
+
+dew'drops    hop'ping     la'zi est    bends    sung
+
+pa'tience    in stead'    dar'ling     ought    rest
+
+slum'ber     my self '    re ply'      miss     lose
+
+
+BIRDIE'S MORNING SONG.
+
+1. Wake up, little darling, the birdies are out,
+   And here you are still in your nest!
+   The laziest birdie is hopping about;
+     You ought to be up with the rest.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+[Illustration: Three birds perched in bush.]
+
+2. Oh, see what you miss when you
+     slumber so long--
+   The dewdrops, the beautiful sky!
+   I can not sing half what you lose in my song;
+     And yet, not a word in reply.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+3. I've sung myself quite out of patience with you,
+   While mother bends o'er your dear head;
+   Now birdie has done all that birdie can do:
+     Her kisses will wake you instead!
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+                                        George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXV.
+
+sent        store        Bounce    float'ing    load        cir'cle
+
+rip'ples    catch'ing    cake      blocks       strolled    how ev'er
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+
+1. Two fast friends were Willie Brown and his little dog Bounce. Willie
+could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were
+equally shared between them.
+
+2. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said that Bounce
+could do almost anything in the world but talk.
+
+3. There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie's father
+something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how he did this.
+
+[Illustration: Boy and dog walking through forest.]
+
+4. It was on a bright summer afternoon. Willie had strolled with Bounce
+down to the river, which was not more than two blocks from his father's
+store.
+
+5. Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch the ripples
+as they made one circle after another.
+
+6. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies that buzzed around his
+nose, and catching any that came too near.
+
+7. There were some logs floating in the river near the shore. Willie
+jumped upon one of them, to see if he could throw a stone across the
+river.
+
+8. He drew back, and sent the stone with all his might. just as it left
+his hand, the log turned, and he fell into the water.
+
+9. He was very much frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there
+was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVI.
+
+yelp      loud'ly    against    look'ing     bark'ing
+
+spring    clothes    o'pened    dis'tress    scratched
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. Poor little Bounce gave a great yelp of distress. If he had been a big
+water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
+
+[Illustration: Boy in water clinging to log. Dog yelping.]
+
+2. He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first
+at Willie and then around. Then he started, as fast as he could run, up
+the street to the store.
+
+3. When he got there the door was shut, but he scratched against it and
+barked loudly, until some one came and opened it.
+
+4. He caught hold of Mr. Brown's clothes, then ran to the door, then back
+again, catching at him, barking, and jumping.
+
+5. A friend who was in the store said to Mr. Brown, "Something must be
+wrong; I would put on my hat, and go with the dog." Bounce, seeing Mr.
+Brown take his hat, started for the river.
+
+6. Then Mr. Brown thought of Willie. As he came to the river, he saw
+Willie's hat floating on the water, and his small arm thrown up.
+
+7. He sprang in and caught him just as he was going down for the last
+time, and quickly carried him to the bank. "Willie soon got over his
+fright, and no one seemed to be more delighted than Bounce.
+
+[Illustration: Father carrying boy from water.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVII.
+
+talk'a tive    im prove'    o bli'ging    writ'ten    tick-tock
+
+clock          truth'ful    it self'      kitch'en    fear
+
+reach'es       most
+
+[Illustration: Girl holding younger sister, both watching clock.]
+
+
+THE KITCHEN CLOCK.
+
+1. Listen to the kitchen clock!
+     To itself it ever talks,
+     From its place it never walks;
+   "Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     Tell me what it says.
+
+2. "I'm a very patient clock,
+     Never moved by hope or fear,
+     Though I've stood for many a year;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+3. "I'm a very truthful clock:
+     People say about the place,
+     Truth is written on my face;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+4. "I'm a most obliging clock;
+     If you wish to hear me strike,
+     You may do it when you like;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+5. "I'm a very friendly clock;
+     For this truth to all I tell,
+     Life is short, improve it well;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+6. What a talkative old clock!
+     Let us see what it will do
+     When the hour hand reaches two;
+   "Ding-ding--tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVIII.
+
+Her'bert    or'ange    find       post      inch'es    thread
+
+beam        thick      pine       next      groove     scales
+
+hole        peel       gim'let    rib'bon
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy and girl near table holding balance scale.]
+
+
+THE NEW SCALES.
+
+I. "Herbert, will you please peel my orange?" said Lucy. Herbert was
+reading his new book, but he put it down at once, and took the orange from
+his little sister.
+
+2. "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play
+store?"
+
+3. "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
+
+4.  "I'll show you. First, we must take the peel off in two little cups,
+one just as large as the other. While I do this, see if you can find me
+two nice sticks about ten inches long."
+
+5. Lucy ran out to the woodhouse to find the sticks.--" Will these do?"
+
+6. "No, they are too hard. Find some pine sticks if you can."
+
+7.  "Here are some."
+
+8. "These will do nicely. Now I must make a scale beam and a post. Can you
+find me a little block for a post, Lucy'!"
+
+9. "Will a ribbon block do, Herbert?"
+
+10.  "Yes, if it is not too thick."
+
+11.  "Here is one an inch thick."
+
+12. "That will be just right. Now get the little gimlet."
+
+[Footnote: gimlet: Hand tool with a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a
+cross handle; used for boring holes.]
+
+13. Herbert worked away until he had made the beam and the post. Then he
+made a hole in the middle of the block, and put the post in. Next, he put
+the beam into a little groove at the top of the post, so that it would
+balance nicely.
+
+14. "Now, Lucy, we must have a needle and some thread. We must put four
+threads to each cup; then we will tie the threads to the ends of the beam.
+
+
+15. "There, Lucy, what do you think of that?"
+
+16. "Why, Herbert, that is just as nice as the real scales in father's
+store; and you may have all my orange for making them."
+
+[Illustration: Orange halves and other parts of the scale.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIX.
+
+smelt    hide    crept    laid    floor    inn    bear    fur
+
+young'est    danced    joy'ful ly    marched
+
+sol'diers    bad'ly    run'ning     eld'est
+
+
+[Illustration: Three children and a bear; surprised woman in background.]
+
+THE BEAR AND THE CHILDREN.
+
+1. In the parlor of an inn in a small town, sat a man who had been going
+about with a bear. He was waiting for his supper, and the bear was tied up
+in the yard.
+
+2. Up in the attic, three little children were playing together. The
+eldest might have been six years old; the youngest, not more than two.
+
+3. Stump! stump! stump! Some one was coming up the stairs.
+
+4. The door flew open suddenly, and there stood the great, shaggy bear. He
+had got tired of waiting, and had found his way to the stairs.
+
+5. The children were badly frightened. Each one crept into a corner, but
+the bear found them all out, and smelt their clothes, but did not hurt
+them.
+
+6. "This must be a great dog," they said, and they began to pat him.
+
+7. Then the bear lay down on the floor, and the youngest boy climbed on
+his back, hid his head in the shaggy fur, and played at "hide and seek."
+
+8. The eldest boy took his drum and began to strike it, when the bear rose
+on his hind legs and danced. At that the children gave a merry shout.
+
+9. The two younger boys took their wooden guns, and gave the bear one.
+Away they all marched around the room, keeping step.
+
+10. Now the frightened mother of the children came to the door. But the
+youngest boy shouted, joyfully. "See, we are playing soldiers!"
+
+11. Then the bear's master came running up, and took the bear away.
+
+
+
+LESSON XL.
+
+fair    la'dy    drear        cling'ing    hare'bell
+
+fled    ne'er    de spair'    nod'ding     bloom'ing
+
+[Footnote: harebell: Perennial with slender stems, dense clusters of
+leaves, and bell-shaped blue or white flowers -- bluebell.]
+
+THE LITTLE HAREBELL.
+
+"Tell me, little harebell,
+   Are you lonely here.
+Blooming in the shadow
+   On this rock so drear?"
+
+"Clinging to this bit of earth,
+   As if in mid-air,
+With your sweet face turned to me,
+   Looking strangely fair?"
+
+"Lady" said the harebell,
+   Nodding low its head,
+"Though this spot seem dreary,
+   Thought the sunlight's fled.
+
+"Know that I'm not lonely
+   That I ne'er despair.
+God is in the shadow
+   God is everywhere."
+
+[Illustration: Flowers on hillside.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLI.
+
+rough (ruf)    of'ten (of'n)    be neath'    fierce'ly
+
+sea'side       twen'ty          tim'id ly    com pels'
+
+rob'ber        breast           spots        mode
+
+os'prey        hook'ed
+
+[Illustration: Osprey catching fish.]
+
+THE FISHHAWK.
+
+1. The fishhawk, or osprey, is not so large as the eagle; but he has, like
+the eagle, a hooked bill and sharp claws.
+
+2. His color is a dark brown, with black and white spots, and his length
+is from twenty to twenty-two inches. His breast is mostly white. His tail
+and wings are long.
+
+3. The fishhawk is often found sitting upon a tree over a pond, or lake,
+or river. He is also found by the seaside.
+
+4. He watches the fish as they swim in the water beneath him; then he
+darts down suddenly and catches one of them.
+
+5. When he catches a fish in his sharp, rough claws, he carries it off to
+eat, and, as he flies away with it for his dinner, an eagle sometimes
+meets him.
+
+6. The eagle flies at him fiercely with his sharp bill and claws, and
+compels the hawk to drop the fish.
+
+7. Then the eagle catches the fish as it falls, before it reaches the
+ground, and carries it off.
+
+8. The poor fish hawk, with a loud cry, timidly flies away. He must go
+again to the water and catch another fish for his dinner.
+
+9. Thus you see, that the eagle is a robber. He robs fishhawks, whose only
+mode of getting a living is by catching fish.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLII.
+
+leaf    task    twice       sigh'ing     hol'i days
+
+gay     twig    meant       stopped      dif'fer ent
+
+puff    edge    mat'ter     au'tumn      hun'dreds
+
+lead    grew    rus'tled    Oc to'ber    trem'bling
+
+
+[Illustration: Several large trees; fence in foreground.]
+
+
+WHAT THE LEAF SAID.
+
+1. Once or twice a little leaf was heard to cry and sigh, as leaves often
+do, when a gentle wind is blowing. And the twig said, "What is the matter,
+little leaf?"
+
+2. "The wind," said the leaf, "just told me that one day it would pull me
+off, and throw me on the ground to die."
+
+3. The twig told it to the branch, and the branch told it to the tree.
+When the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent word back to the
+trembling leaf.
+
+4. "Do not be afraid," it said; "hold on tight, and you shall not go off
+till you are ready."
+
+5. So the leaf stopped sighing, and went on singing and rustling. It grew
+all the summer long till October. And when the bright days of autumn came,
+the leaf saw all the leaves around growing very beautiful.
+
+6. Some were yellow, some were brown, and many were striped with different
+colors. Then the leaf asked the tree what this meant.
+
+7. The tree said, "All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and
+they have put on these colors because of their joy."
+
+8. Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in
+thinking of it. When it was gay in colors, it saw that the branches of the
+tree had no bright colors on them.
+
+9. So the leaf said, "O branch! why are you lead- colored while we are all
+beautiful and golden?"
+
+10. "We must keep on our working clothes," said the tree, "for our work is
+not yet done; but your clothes are for holidays, because your task is now
+over."
+
+11. Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without
+thinking, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over.
+
+12. Then it fell gently down under the edge of the fence, among hundreds
+of leaves, and has never waked to tell us what it dreamed about.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIII.
+
+gold      lambs     fond'ly    crick'et     whirl'ing
+
+fields    leaves    flee'cy    fare'well    cov'er let
+
+glade     vale      dream      con tent'    flut'ter ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Large tree.]
+
+
+THE WIND AND THE LEAVES.
+
+                   1.
+"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day.
+"Come o'er the meadows with me, and play;
+Put on your dress of red and gold
+Summer is gone, and the days grow cold."
+
+                   2.
+Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call,
+Down they came fluttering, one and all;
+Over the brown fields they danced and flew,
+Singing the soft little songs they knew.
+
+                   3.
+"Cricket, good-by, we've been friends so long;
+Little brook, sing us your farewell song,--
+Say you are sorry to see us go;
+Ah! you will miss us, right well we know.
+
+                   4.
+"Dear little lambs, in your fleecy fold,
+Mother will keep you from harm and cold;
+Fondly we've watched you in vale and glade;
+Say, will you dream of our loving shade?"
+
+                   5.
+Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went;
+Winter had called them, and they were content.
+Soon fast asleep in their earthy beds,
+The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
+
+                                    George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIV.
+
+wore      green    joke    Jessie      pres'ents
+
+jol'ly    deal     trim    ex pect'    leg'gings
+
+
+MAMMA'S PRESENT.
+
+1. Jessie played a good joke on her mamma. This is the way she did it.
+
+2. Jessie had gone to the woods with Jamie and Joe to get green branches
+to trim up the house for Christmas. She wore her little cap, her white
+furs, and her red leggings.
+
+[Illustration: Three girls carrying a small Christmas tree.]
+
+3. She was a merry little girl, indeed; but she felt sad this morning
+because her mother had said, "The children will all have Christmas
+presents, but I don't expect any for myself. We are too poor this year."
+
+4. When Jessie told her brothers this, they all talked about it a great
+deal. "Such a good, kind mamma, and no Christmas present! It's too bad."
+
+5. "I don't like it," said little Jessie, with a tear in her eye.
+
+6.  "Oh, she has you," said Joe.
+
+7. "But I am not something new," said Jessie.
+
+8. "Well, you will be new, Jessie," said Joe, "when you get back. She has
+not seen you for an hour."
+
+9. Jessie jumped and laughed. "Then put me in the basket, and carry me to
+mamma, and say, 'I am her Christmas present.' "
+
+10. So they set her in the basket, and put green branches all around her.
+It was a jolly ride. They set her down on the doorstep, and went in and
+said, "There's a Christmas present out there for you, mamma."
+
+11. Mamma went and looked, and there, in a basket of green branches, sat
+her own little laughing girl.
+
+12. "Just the very thing I wanted most," said mamma.
+
+13. "Then, dear mamma," said Jessie, bounding out of her leafy nest, "I
+should think it would be Christmas for mammas all the time, for they see
+their little girls every day."
+
+
+
+LESSON XLV.
+
+pur'ple    plumes    pail       hap'pened    coat
+
+shal'low   wad'ed    Charles    nap          yes'ter day
+
+
+[Illustration: Two girls playing in water; two boats are beached on the
+sand behind them.]
+
+
+MARY'S STORY.
+
+1. Father, and Charles, and Lucy, and I went to the beach yesterday. We
+took our dinner, and stayed all day.
+
+2. Father and Charles went out a little way from the shore in a boat, and
+fished, while Lucy and I gathered sea mosses.
+
+3. We took off our shoes and stockings, and waded into the shallow water.
+We had a pail to put our seaweeds in.
+
+4. We found such beautiful ones. Some wore purple, some pink, and some
+brown. When they were spread out in the water, the purple ones looked like
+plumes, and the brown ones like little trees.
+
+5. Such a funny thing happened to Lucy. She slipped on a stone, and down
+she went into the water. How we both laughed! But the wind and sun soon
+dried Lucy's dress.
+
+6. Then father came and took us in the boat for a row. After that we had a
+picnic dinner in the woods.
+
+7. Then father spread his coat on the grass, and took a nap while we
+children played on the beach.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVI.
+
+bid     sore     smile    Ralph     for get'
+
+hay     stem     shone    Wick      scream
+
+tore    point    pluck    thorns    snatched
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy walking in hay field.]
+
+
+RALPH WICK.
+
+1. Ralph Wick was seven years old. In most things he was a fine boy, but
+he was too apt to cry.
+
+2. When he could not have what. he wanted, he would cry for it and say, "I
+will have it."
+
+3. If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not have it, he
+would begin to tease and cry.
+
+4. One day, he went with his mother into the fields. The sun shone. The
+grass was cut. The flowers were in bloom.
+
+5. Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy. A smile was on his face. He
+wished to do as he was told.
+
+6. He said, "Mother, I will be good now. I will do as you bid me. Please
+let me toss this hay."
+
+7. "That I will," said his mother. So they threw the hay, as Ralph wished,
+and he was very happy.
+
+8. "Now you must be tired," said his mother. "Sit down here, and I will
+get a nice red rose for you."
+
+9. "I would like to have one," said Ralph. So his mother brought the red
+rose to him.
+
+10. "Thank you, mother," he said. "But you have a white one, also. Please
+give me that."
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy sitting in field.]
+
+11. "No, my dear," said his mother. "See how many thorns it has on its
+stem. You must not touch it. If you should try to pluck a rose like this,
+you would be sure to hurt your hand."
+
+12. When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to
+scream, and snatched it. But he was soon very sorry. The thorns tore his
+hand. It was so sore he could not use it for some time.
+
+13. Ralph did not soon forget this. When he wanted what he should not
+have, his mother would point to his sore hand. He at last learned to do as
+he was told.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVII.
+
+slope        voic'es      rush'ing    beam'ing    track        cheeks
+
+flood'ing    laugh'ter    health      a glow'     coast'ing    trudg'ing
+
+frost'y      Is'a bel     pleas'ure   land'scape
+
+
+[Illustration: Several children sledding down snowy hill.]
+
+
+COASTING DOWN THE HILL.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Frosty is the morning;
+   But the sun is bright,
+Flooding all the landscape
+   With its golden light.
+Hark the sounds of laughter
+   And the voices shrill!
+See the happy children
+   Coasting down the hill.
+
+There are Tom and Charley,
+   And their sister Nell;
+There are John and Willie,
+   Kate and Isabel,--
+Eyes with pleasure beaming,
+   Cheeks with health aglow;
+Bless the merry children,
+   Trudging through the snow!
+
+Now I hear them shouting,
+   "Ready! Clear the track!"
+Down the slope they're rushing,
+   Now they're trotting back.
+
+Full of fun and frolic,
+   Thus they come and go.
+Coating down the hillside,
+   Trudging  through the snow.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVIII.
+
+heed     sight     sly'ly    stream     drift'ing
+
+flock    flight    snaps     hid'den    cir'cling
+
+
+THE FOX AND THE DUCKS.
+
+1. On a summer day, a man sitting on the bank of a river, in the shade of
+some bushes, watched a flock of ducks on the stream.
+
+2. Soon a branch with leaves came drifting among them, and they all took
+wing. After circling in the air for a little time, they settled down again
+on their feeding ground.
+
+[Illustration: Fox watching ducks from a distance.]
+
+3. Soon another branch came drifting down among them, and again they took
+flight from the river; but when they found the branch had drifted by and
+done them no harm, they flew down to the water as before.
+
+4. After four or five branches had drifted by in this way, the ducks gave
+little heed to them. At length, they hardly tried to fly out of their way,
+even when the branches nearly touched them.
+
+5. The man who had been watching all this, now began to wonder who had set
+these branches adrift. He looked up the stream, and spied a fox slyly
+watching the ducks. "What will he do next?" thought the man.
+
+6. When the fox saw that the ducks were no longer afraid of the branches,
+he took a much larger branch than any he had yet used, and stretched
+himself upon it so as to be almost hidden. Then he set it afloat as he had
+the others.
+
+7. Right among the flock drifted the sly old fox, and, making quick snaps
+to right and left, he seized two fine young ducks, and floated off with
+them.
+
+8. The rest of the flock flew away in fright, and did not come back for a
+long time.
+
+9. The fox must have had a fine dinner to pay him for his cunning, patient
+work.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIX.
+
+saint      silk'en    sim'ple     pov'er ty    plain      sin'ner
+
+spin'ner   splen'dor  worth       stead'y      mur'der    plan'ning
+
+sil'ver    ten'der    prov'erb    re mem'ber
+
+[Illustration: Spider spinning web.]
+
+
+PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES.
+
+1. The spider wears a plain brown dress,
+     And she is a steady spinner;
+   To see her, quiet as a mouse,
+   Going about her silver house,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+
+2. She looks as if no thought of ill
+     In all her life had stirred her;
+   But while she moves with careful tread, And
+   while she spins her silken thread,
+   She is planning, planning, planning still
+     The way to do some murder.
+
+3. My child, who reads this simple lay,
+     With eyes down-dropt and tender, Remember
+   the old proverb says
+   That pretty is which pretty does,
+   And that worth does not go nor stay
+     For poverty nor splendor.
+
+4. 'Tis not the house, and not the dress,
+     That makes the saint or sinner.
+   To see the spider sit and spin,
+   Shut with her walls of silver in,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+                                          Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON L.
+
+civil      Pe'ter     Tow'ser     ap pear'
+
+a lone'    Pin'dar    per'sons    trav'el ers
+
+
+[Illustration: Man telling story to several children.]
+
+
+THE STORY-TELLER
+
+1. Peter Pindar was a great storyteller. One day, as he was going by the
+school, the children gathered around him.
+
+2. They said, "Please tell us a story we have never heard." Ned said,
+"'Tell us something about boys and dogs."
+
+3. "Well," said Peter, "I love to please good children, and, as you all
+appear  civil, I will tell you a new story; and it shall be about a boy
+and some dogs, as Ned asks.
+
+4. "But before we begin, let us sit down in a cool, shady place. And now,
+John, you must be as still as a little mouse. Mary, you must not let
+Towser bark or make a noise.
+
+5. "A long way from this place, there is a land where it is very cold, and
+much snow falls.
+
+6. "The hills are very high there, and traveler's are often lost among
+them. There are men there who keep large dogs. These are taught to hunt
+for people lost in the snow.
+
+7. "The dogs have so fine a scent, that they can find persons by that
+alone.
+
+8. "Sometimes it is so dark, that they can not see anything. Those who are
+lost often lie hid in the snowdrifts. "
+
+
+
+LESSON LI.
+
+lain    weak    stiff    shrill    rode    bleak
+
+
+[Illustration: Dog searching on snowy mountain-side for lost traveler.]
+
+
+THE STORY TELLER
+(CONCLUDED)
+
+1. "One cold, bleak night, the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and
+shrill. It was quite dark. Not a star was to be seen in the sky.
+
+2. "These good men sent out a dog, to hunt for those who might want help.
+In an hour or two, the dog was heard coming back.
+
+3. "On looking out, they saw him with a boy on his back. The poor child
+was stiff with cold. He could but just hold on to the dog's back.
+
+4. "He had lain for a long time in the snow, and was too weak to walk.
+
+5. "He felt something pull him by the coat, and heard the bark of a dog.
+He put out his hand, and felt the dog. The dog gave him another pull.
+
+6. "This gave the poor boy some hope, and he took hold of the dog. He drew
+himself out of the snow, but ho could not stand or walk.
+
+7. "He got on the dog's back, and put his arms round the dog's neck, and
+held on. He felt sure that the dog did not mean to do him any harm.
+
+8. "Thus he rode all the way to the good men's house.
+
+9. "They took care of him, till the snow was gone. Then they sent him to
+his home."
+
+
+
+LESSON LII.
+
+oak    dusk    fight    squeak     ruf'fled
+
+bag    Fred    whoo     a wake'    creep'ing
+
+
+THE OWL.
+
+1. "Where did you get that owl, Harry?"
+
+2. "Fred and I found him in the old, hollow oak."
+
+3. "How did you know he was there?"
+
+4. "I'll tell you. Fred and I were playing 'hide and seek' round the old
+barn, one night just at dusk.
+
+5. "I was just creeping round the corner, when I heard a loud squeak, and
+a big bird flew up with something in his claws.
+
+6. "I called Fred, and we watched him as he flew to the woods. Fred
+thought the bird was an owl, and that he had a nest in the old oak.
+
+7. "The next day we went to look for him, and, sure enough, he was there."
+
+8. "But how did you catch him? I should think he could fight like a good
+fellow with that sharp bill."
+
+9. "He can when he is wide awake; but owls can't see very well in the
+daytime, and he was taking a nap.
+
+10. "He opened his great eyes, and ruffled up his feathers, and said,
+"Whoo! Whoo!' 'Never mind who,' Fred said, and slipped him into a bag."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIII.
+
+while        bones       scarce'ly      mous'er
+
+mice        rolled       sur prised'    swal'lows
+
+wink'ing    com'ic al    duck'lings      cap'ture
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy catching owl in tree.]
+
+
+THE OWL.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. "What are you going to do with him, Harry?"
+
+2. "Let him go. He doesn't like this cage half so well as his old oak
+tree. A young owl can be tamed easily, but this one is too old to tame."
+
+3. "But won't he catch all your ducklings and little chickens?"
+
+4. "No, not while there are any rats or mice around. Father says an owl is
+a good mouser, and can catch more mice than half a dozen cats."
+
+5. "I'm glad I had a look at him before you let him go. What soft feathers
+he has!"
+
+6. "Yes, he can fly so softly that you can scarcely hear him, and for this
+reason he can easily surprise and capture his prey."
+
+7. "How comical he looks, winking his big eyes slowly, and turning his
+head from side to side!"
+
+[Illustration: Two boys talking.]
+
+8. "Yes; he is watching your dog. Be still. Bounce!
+
+9. "We have just found out a funny thing about his way of eating. He
+breaks the bones of a mouse, and then swallows it whole. After an hour or
+two, he throws up the bones and fur rolled up in a little ball."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIV.
+
+broad    knee    fig    fresh    city    trout    un der neath'
+
+fought (fawt)    sur prised'     clap'ping        gar'den
+
+car'ry ing       fight'ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Old man with cane talking to young girl.]
+
+
+GRANDFATHER'S STORY.
+
+1. "Come and sit by my knee, Jane, and grandfather will tell you a strange
+story.
+
+2. "One bright Summer day, I was in a garden in a city, with a friend. "We
+rested underneath a fig tree. The broad leaves were green and fresh.
+
+3. "We looked up at the ripe, purple figs. And what do you think came down
+through the branches of the fig tree over our heads?"
+
+4. "Oh, a bird, grandfather, a bird!" said little Jane, clapping her
+hands.
+
+5. "No, not a bird. It was a fish; a trout, my little girl."
+
+6. "Not a fish, grandfather! A trout come through the branches of a tree
+in the city'! I am sure you must be in fun."
+
+7. "No, Jane, I tell you the truth. My friend and I were very much
+surprised to see a fish falling from a fig tree.
+
+8. "But we ran from under the tree, and saw a fishhawk flying, and an
+eagle after him.
+
+9. "The hawk had caught the fish, and was carrying it home to his nest,
+when the eagle saw it and wanted it.
+
+10. "They fought for it. The fish was dropped, and they both lost it. So
+much for fighting!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LV.
+
+flow    wide    steep    lakes    twin'kling
+
+[Illustration: Lake in foreground; mountain in background.]
+
+
+GOD IS GREAT AND GOOD.
+
+1. I know God made the sun
+     To fill the day with light;
+   He made the twinkling stars
+     To shine all through the night.
+
+2. He made the hills that rise
+     So very high and steep;
+   He made the lakes and seas,
+     That are so broad and deep.
+
+3. He made the streams so wide,
+     That flow through wood and vale;
+   He made the rills so small,
+     That leap down hill and dale.
+
+4. He made each bird that sings
+     So sweetly all the day;
+   He made each flower that springs
+     So bright, so fresh, so gay.
+
+5. And He who made all these,
+     He made both you and me;
+   Oh, let us thank Him, then,
+     For great and good is He.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVI.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+[Illustration: Old man holding two little girls.]
+
+
+A GOOD OLD MAN.
+
+1.  There once lived an old man in a snug, little cottage. It had two
+rooms and only two windows. A small garden lay just behind it.
+
+2. Old as the poor man was, he used to work in the fields. Often he would
+come home very tired and weak, with his hoe or spade on his shoulder.
+
+3. And who do you think met him at the door! Mary and Jane, his two little
+grandchildren.
+
+4. They were too young to work, except to weed in the garden, or bring
+water from the spring.
+
+5. In winter, as they were too poor to buy much wood or coal, they had
+little fire; so they used to sit close together to keep warm. Mary would
+sit on one of the old man's knees, and Jane on the other.
+
+6. Sometimes their grandfather would tell them a droll story. Sometimes he
+would teach them a hymn.
+
+7. He would often talk to them of their father, who had gone to sea, or of
+their good, kind mother, who was in her grave. Every night he prayed God
+to bless them, and to bring back their father in safety.
+
+8. The old man grew weaker every year; but the little girls were glad to
+work for him, who had been so good to them.
+
+[Illustration: Girls and grandfather greeting father at door.]
+
+9. One cold, windy night, they heard a knock at the door. The little girls
+ran and opened it. Oh, joy to them! There stood their father.
+
+10. He had been at sea a long time. He had saved some money, and had now
+come home to stay.
+
+11. After this the old man did not have to work. His son worked for him,
+and his grandchildren took care of him. Many happy days they spent
+together.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVII.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+
+THE GREEDY GIRL.
+
+
+1. Laura English is a greedy little girl. Indeed, she is quite a glutton.
+Do you know what a glutton is? A glutton is one who eats too much, because
+the food tastes well.
+
+2. Laura's mother is always willing she should have as much to eat as is
+good for her; but sometimes, when her mother is not watching, she eats so
+much that it makes her sick.
+
+3. I do not know why she is so silly. Her kitten never eats more than it
+needs. It leaves the nice bones on the plate, and lies down to sleep when
+it has eaten enough.
+
+4. The bee is wiser than Laura. It flies all day among the flowers to
+gather honey, and might eat the whole time if it pleased. But it eats just
+enough, and carries all the rest to its hive.
+
+[Illustration: Heavy girl eating two apples. Plate on floor with food
+scraps. Cat lying on footstool.]
+
+5. The squirrel eats a few nuts or acorns, and frisks about as gayly as if
+he had dined at the king's table.
+
+6. Did you ever see a squirrel with a nut in his paws? How bright and
+lively he looks as he eats it!
+
+7. If he lived in a house made of acorns, he would never need a doctor. He
+would not eat an acorn too much.
+
+8. I do not love little girls who eat too much. Do you, my little readers?
+
+9. I do not think they have such rosy cheeks, or such bright eyes, or such
+sweet, happy tempers as those who eat less.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVIII.
+
+lend        Sa'rah      com'fort    a shamed'   your          wil'ling
+
+thim'ble    else'where  us'ing      bor'row     of fend'ed    de pend'ed
+
+
+A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
+
+Mary.  I wish you would lend me your thimble,
+       Sarah. I can never find my own.
+
+Sarah. Why is it, Mary, you can never find it?
+
+Mary.  How can I tell? But if you will not lend me
+       yours, I can borrow one elsewhere.
+
+Sarah. I am willing to lend mine to you, Mary.
+       But I would very much like to know why you come
+       to me to borrow so often.
+
+[Illustration: Two girls seated, talking.]
+
+Mary.  Because you never lose any of your things,
+       and always know where to find them.
+
+Sarah. And why do I always know where to find my things?
+
+Mary.  I do not know why, I am sure. If I did
+       know, I might sometimes find my own.
+
+Sarah. I will tell you the secret. I have a place for
+       everything, and I put everything in its place when I
+       have done using it.
+
+Mary.  O Sarah! who wants to run and put away a
+       thing as soon as she has used it, as if her life
+       depended upon it?
+
+Sarah. Our life does not depend upon it, but our
+       comfort does, surely. How much more time will it
+       take to put a thing in its place, than to hunt for it or
+       to borrow whenever you want to use it ?
+
+Mary.  Well, Sarah, I will never borrow of you
+       again, you may depend upon it.
+
+Sarah. You are not offended with me, I hope.
+
+Mary.  No, but I am ashamed. Before night, I will
+       have a place for everything, and then I will keep
+       everything in its place. You have taught me a lesson
+       that I shall remember.
+
+
+
+LESSON LIX.
+
+con'stant    lead'ing    ear          lull       didst    meek
+
+hark         thee        none         mild       thine    nurse
+
+ease         thy         re joice'    fret'ful
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother rocking daughter.]
+
+MY MOTHER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Hark! My mother's voice I hear,
+Sweet that voice is to my ear;
+Ever soft, it seems to tell,
+Dearest child, I love thee well.
+
+Love me, mother? Yes, I know
+None can love so well as thou.
+Was it not upon thy breast
+I was taught to sleep and rest?
+
+Didst thou not, in hours of pain,
+Lull this head to ease again?
+With the music of thy voice,
+Bid my little heart rejoice?
+
+Ever gentle, meek and mild,
+Thou didst nurse thy fretful child.
+Teach these little feet the road
+Leading on to heaven and God.
+
+What return then can I make?
+This fond heart, dear mother take;
+Thine its, in word and thought,
+Thine by constant kindness bought.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LX.
+
+skip'ping    mean    George    gift    en gaged'    Mason    El'let
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+
+1. George Ellet had a bright silver dollar for a New-year gift.
+
+2. He thought of all the fine things he might buy with it.
+
+3. The ground was all covered with snow; but the sun shone out bright, and
+everything looked beautiful.
+
+4. So George put on his hat, and ran into the street. As he went skipping
+along, he met some boys throwing snowballs. George soon engaged in the
+sport.
+
+5. He sent a ball at James Mason, but it missed him, and broke a window on
+the other side of the street.
+
+6. George feared some one would come out of the house and find him. So he
+ran off as fast as he could.
+
+[Illustration: Boy throwing snowball through window.]
+
+7. As soon as he got round the next corner, George stopped, because he was
+very sorry for what he had done.
+
+8. He said to himself, "I have no right to spend my silver dollar, now. I
+ought to go back, and pay for the glass I broke with my snowball."
+
+9. He went up and down the street, and felt very sad. He wished very much
+to buy something nice. He also wished to pay for the broken glass.
+
+10. At last he said, "It was wrong to break the window, though I did not
+mean to do it. I will go and pay for it, if it takes all my money, I will
+try not to be sorry. I do not think the man will hurt me if I pay for the
+mischief I have done."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXI.
+
+mer'chant    hon'est ly    rang    mind
+
+part'ner     with out'     rich    bell
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. George started off, and felt much happier for having made up his mind
+to do what was right.
+
+2. He rang the doorbell. When the man came out, George said, "Sir, I threw
+a snowball through your window. But I did not intend to do it. I am very
+sorry, and wish to pay you. Here is the dollar my father gave me as a New-
+year gift."
+
+3. The gentleman took the dollar, and asked George if he had no more
+money. George said he had not. "Well," said he, "this will do."
+
+[Illustration: George paying for broken window.]
+
+4. So, after asking George his name, and where he lived, he called him an
+honest boy, and shut the door.
+
+5. George went home at dinner time, with a face as rosy, and eyes as
+bright, as if nothing had gone wrong. At dinner, Mr. Ellet asked him what
+he had bought with his money.
+
+6. George very honestly told him all about the broken window, and said he
+felt very well without any money to spend.
+
+7. When dinner was over, Mr. Ellet told George to go and look in his cap.
+He did so, and found two silver dollars there.
+
+8. The man, whose window had been broken, had been there, and told Mr.
+Ellet about it. He gave back George's dollar and another besides.
+
+9. A short time after this, the man came and told Mr. Ellet that he wanted
+a good boy to stay in his store.
+
+10. As soon as George left school, he went to live with this man, who was
+a rich merchant. In a few years he became the merchant's partner.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXII.
+
+line       fig'ure       sec'ond   grain       verse        per'fect ly
+
+ad vice'   im pa'tient   stud'y    bus'i ly    fol'lowed    un der stand'
+
+[Illustration: Mother talking to small boy. Hour-glass and flowers on
+table between them.]
+
+
+FRANK AND THE HOURGLASS.
+
+1. Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing without
+asking a great many questions about it.
+
+2. His mother was very patient and kind. When it was proper to answer his
+questions, she would do so.
+
+3. Sometimes she would say, "You are not old enough to understand that, my
+son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell
+you."
+
+4. When his mother said this, he never teased any more. He knew she always
+liked to answer him when he asked proper questions.
+
+5. The first time Frank saw an hourglass, he was very much amused; but he
+did not know what it was.
+
+6. His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8.
+The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the
+middle. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an
+hour."
+
+7. Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was impatient, because it
+would not run faster. "Let me shake it, mother," said he; "it is lazy, and
+will never get through."
+
+8. "Oh yes, it will, my son," said his mother, "The sand moves by little
+and little, but it moves all the time. 9. "When you look at the hands of
+the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never
+stop.
+
+10, "While you are at play the sand is running, grain by grain, The hands
+of the clock are moving, second by second.
+
+11. "At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The
+hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face.
+
+12. "This because they keep work every minute. They do not stop to think
+how much they have to do, and how long it will take them to do it."
+
+13. Now, Frank's mother wanted him to learn a little hymn; but he said
+"Mother, I can never learn it."
+
+14. His mother said, "Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it
+will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon."
+
+15. Frank followed his mother's advice. He studied line after line, very
+busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the hymn perfectly.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIII.
+
+sleet    cheer'ly    cru'el    taps    free
+
+[Illustration: Road through forest.]
+
+MARCH.
+
+1. In the snowing and the blowing,
+     In the cruel sleet,
+   Little flowers begin their growing
+     Far beneath our feet.
+
+2. Softly taps the Spring, and cheerly,--
+     "Darlings, are you here?"
+   Till they answer, "We are nearly,
+     Nearly ready, dear."
+
+3. "Where is Winter, with his snowing?
+     Tell us, Spring," they say.
+   Then she answers, "He is going,
+     Going on his way.
+
+4. "Poor old Winter does not love you;
+     But his time is past;
+   Soon my birds shall sing above you;--
+     Set you free at last."
+                                Mary Mapes Dodge.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIV.
+
+late     straw      Jen'ny      snort'ed     Tem'plar
+
+aunt     rogue      re port'    graz'ing     di rect'ly
+
+ditch    act'ed     ser'vice    sup pose'    ca ressed'
+
+hired    e rect'    pricked     mo'ment      gro'cer ies
+
+
+
+JENNY'S CALL.
+
+1. "It's of no use, Mrs. Templar; I have been trying the greater part of
+an hour to catch that rogue of a horse. She won't be caught."
+
+[Illustration: Man and boy chasing horse.]
+
+2. Such was the report the hired man brought in to Mrs. Templar one
+pleasant May morning, when she had been planning a ride.
+
+3. "I suppose it can not be helped, but I wanted her very much," she said,
+as she turned away.
+
+4. "What was it you wanted, mother?" asked Jenny Templar, a bright,
+brown-haired, brown-eyed girl of twelve, who had just come into the room.
+
+5. "Fanny," said the mother. "It is such a beautiful morning, I meant to
+drive down to the village, get some groceries, then call for your Aunt
+Ann, have a nice ride up the river road, and bring her home to dinner.
+
+6. "But father is away for all day, and the men have been trying nearly an
+hour to catch Fanny; one of the men says she can't be caught."
+
+7. "Maybe she can't by him," said Jenny, with a merry laugh. "But, get
+ready, mother; you shall go if you like. I'll catch Fanny, and harness
+her, too."
+
+8. "Why, my child, they say she jumped the ditch three or four times, and
+acted like a wild creature. You'll only be late at school, and tire
+yourself for nothing."
+
+9. "It won't take me long, mother. Fanny will come to me," said Jenny,
+cheerily. She put on her wide straw hat, and was off in a moment, down the
+hill, to the field where the horse was grazing.
+
+10. The moment Fanny heard the rustle of Jenny's dress, she pricked up her
+ears, snorted, and, with head erect, seemed ready to bound away again.
+
+[Illustration: Girl leading horse.]
+
+11. "Fanny! O Fanny!" called Jenny, and the beautiful creature turned her
+head. That gentle tone she well knew, and, glad to see her friend, she
+carne directly to the fence, and rubbed her head on the girl's shoulder.
+As soon as the gate was opened, she followed Jenny to the barn.
+
+12. The men had treated her roughly, and she remembered it. But she knew
+and loved the voice that was always kind, and the hand that often fed and
+caressed her. She gave love for love, and willing service for kindness.
+
+LESSON LXV.
+
+rung     Da'vy     vi'o let    re cess'    ar range'
+
+ferns    ma'ple    dain'ty    lin'gered    pret'ti est
+
+
+POOR DAVY.
+
+1. It was recess time at the village school. The bell had rung, and the
+children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.
+
+
+2. All but poor Davy. He came out last and very slowly, but he did not
+laugh. He was in trouble, and the bright, golden sunlight did not make him
+glad.
+
+3. He walked across the yard, and sat down on a stone behind the old
+maple. A little bird on the highest branch sang just to make him laugh.
+
+4. But Davy did not notice it. He was thinking of the cruel words that had
+been said about his ragged clothes. The tears stole out of his eyes, and
+ran down his cheeks.
+
+[Illustration: Boy sitting alone under tree in schoolyard. Other children
+playing in background.]
+
+5. Poor Davy had no father, and his mother had to work hard to keep him at
+school.
+
+6. That night, he went home by the path that led across the fields and
+through the woods. He still felt sad.
+
+7. Davy did not wish to trouble his mother; so he lingered a while among
+the trees, and at last threw himself on the green moss under them.
+
+[Illustration: Woman talking to boy.]
+
+8. Just then his teacher came along. She saw who it was, and stopped,
+saying kindly, "What is the matter, Davy?"
+
+9. He did not speak, but the tears began again to start.
+
+10. "Won't you tell me? Perhaps I can help you."
+
+11. Then he told her all his trouble.  When he ended, she said, cheerily,
+"I have a plan, Davy, that I think will help you."
+
+12. "Oh, what is it?" he said, sitting up with a look of hope, while a
+tear fell upon a blue violet.
+
+l3. "Well, how would you like to be a little flower merchant?"
+
+14. "And earn money?" said Davy. "That would be jolly. But where shall I
+get my flowers?"
+
+15. "Right in these woods, and in the fields," said his teacher. " Here
+are lovely blue violets, down by the brook are white ones, and among the
+rocks are ferns and mosses. Bring them all to my house, and I will help
+you arrange them."
+
+16. So, day after day, Davy hunted the woods for the prettiest flowers,
+and the most dainty ferns and mosses. After his teacher had helped to
+arrange them, he took them to the city that was near, and sold them.
+
+17. He soon earned money enough to buy new clothes. Now the sunshine and
+the bird's songs make him glad.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVI.
+
+deep    flour     dough      mill'er     wheth'er
+
+cook    a far'    dust'y     cra'dles    grind'ing
+
+glow    doth      val'ley    reap'ers    a-knead'ing
+
+
+ALICE'S SUPPER.
+                   1.
+Far down in the valley the wheat grows deep,
+And the reapers are making the cradles sweep;
+And this is the song that I hear them sing,
+While cheery and loud their voices ring:
+"'Tis the finest wheat that ever did grow!
+And it is for Alice's supper--ho! ho!"
+
+                   2.
+Far down by the river the old mill stands,
+And the miller is rubbing his dusty hands;
+And these are the words of the miller's lay,
+As he watches the millstones grinding away:
+"'Tis the finest flour that money can buy,
+And it is for Alice's supper--hi! hi!"
+
+                   3.
+Downstairs in the kitchen the fire doth glow,
+And cook is a-kneading the soft, white dough;
+And this is the song she is singing to-day,
+As merry and busy she's working away:
+"'Tis the finest dough, whether near or afar,
+And it is for Alice's supper--ha! ha!"
+
+[Illustration: Mother serving supper to small girl seated at table.]
+
+                   4.
+To the nursery now comes mother, at last,
+And what in her hand is she bringing so fast?
+'Tis a plateful of something, all yellow and white,
+And she sings as she comes, with her smile so bright:
+"'Tis the best bread and butter I ever did see,
+And it is for Alice's supper--he! he!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVII.
+
+tall    hung      storm       pick'et
+
+firs    north     gowns       spar'ked
+
+roof    flakes    fair'ies    cap'tains
+
+
+A SNOWSTORM.
+
+1. Last night, the cold north wind blew great snow clouds over the sky.
+Not a star, not a bit of blue sky could be seen.
+
+2. Soon the tiny flakes floated softly down, like flocks of little white
+birds. Faster and faster they came, till they filled the air. They made no
+noise, but they were busy all night long.
+
+3. They covered all the ground with a soft, white carpet. They hung
+beautiful plumes on the tall, green firs. The little bushes, they put to
+sleep in warm nightgowns and caps.
+
+[Illustration: Snow covering house, shed, and road. Children playing.]
+
+4. They hid the paths so that the boys might have the fun of digging new
+ones. They turned the old picket fence into a row of soldiers, and the
+gate posts into captains, with tall white hats on.
+
+5. The old corn basket that was left out by the barn, upside down, they
+made into a cunning little snow house with a round roof.
+
+6. When the busy little flakes had done their work, the sun came up to see
+what they had been about.
+
+7. He must have been pleased with what he saw, for he smiled such a
+bright, sweet smile, that the whole white world sparkled as if it were
+made of little stars.
+
+8. Who would have thought that the black clouds could hide the little
+fairies that made the earth so beautiful!
+
+LESSON LXVIII.
+
+dug      roots     thump       of fense'
+
+toad     spool     heaped      smoothed
+
+forth    a'pron    clos'ets    dan'de li ons
+
+
+BESSIE.
+
+1. One day, Bessie thought how nice it would be to have a garden with only
+wild flowers in it. So into the house she ran to find her Aunt Annie, and
+ask her leave to go over on the shady hillside, across the brook, where
+the wild flowers grew thickest.
+
+[Illustration: Girl planting small garden. Toad sitting in garden.]
+
+2. " Yes, indeed, you may go," said Aunt Annie; "but what will you put the
+roots and earth in while you are making the garden?"
+
+3. "Oh," said Bessie, "I can take my apron."
+
+4. Her aunt laughed, and said, "A basket will be better, I think." So they
+looked in the closets and the attic, everywhere; but some of the baskets
+were full, and some broken; not one could they find that would do.
+
+5. Then Aunt Annie turned out the spools and the bags from a nice large
+workbasket, and gave that to Bessie. "You may have this for your own," she
+said, "to fill with earth, or flowers, or anything you like."
+
+6. "Oh I thank you," said Bessie, and she danced away through the garden.
+She slipped through the gate, out into the field all starred with
+dandelions, down in the hollow by the brook, then up on the hillside out
+of sight among the shady trees.
+
+7. How she worked that afternoon! She heaped up the dark, rich earth, and
+smoothed it over with her hands. Then she dug up violets, and
+spring-beauties, and other flowers,--running back and forth, singing all
+the while.
+
+8. The squirrels peeped out of their holes at Bessie. The birds sang in
+the branches overhead. Thump, came something all at once into the middle
+of the bed. Bessie jumped and upset the basket, and away it rolled down
+the hill.
+
+9. How Bessie laughed when she saw a big, brown toad winking his bright
+eyes at her, as if he would say, "No offense, I hope."
+
+10. Just then Bessie heard a bell ringing loudly. She knew it was calling
+her home; but how could she leave her basket? She must look for that
+first.
+
+11. "Waiting, waiting, waiting," all at once sang a bird out of sight
+among the branches; "waiting, Bessie."
+
+12. "Sure enough," said Bessie; "perhaps I'm making dear mother or auntie
+wait; and they are so good to me. I'd better let the basket wait. Take
+care of it, birdie; and don't jump on my flowers, Mr. Toad."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIX.
+
+visit    soaked    o be'di ent    ru'ined
+
+[Illustration: Girl on couch looking out window.]
+
+
+BESSIE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. She was back at the house in a few minutes, calling, "Mother! mother!
+auntie! Who wants me?"
+
+2. "I, dear," said her mother. "I am going away for a long visit, and if
+you had not come at once, I could not have said good-by to my little
+girl."
+
+3. Then Bessie's mother kissed her, and told her to obey her kind aunt
+while she was gone.
+
+4. The next morning, Bessie waked to find it raining hard. She went into
+her aunt's room with a very sad face. "O auntie! this old rain!"
+
+5, "This new, fresh, beautiful rain, Bessie! How it will make our flowers
+grow, and what a good time we can have together in the house!"
+
+6. "I know it, auntie; but you will think me so careless!"
+
+7. "To let it rain?"
+
+8. "No; don't laugh, Aunt Annie; to leave your nice basket out of doors
+all night; and now it will be soaked and ruined in this--this--beautiful
+rain." Bessie did not look as if the beautiful rain made her very happy.
+
+9. "You must be more careful, dear, another time," said her aunt, gently.
+"But come, tell me all about it."
+
+10. So Bessie crept very close to her auntie's side, and told her of her
+happy time the day before; of the squirrel, and the toad, and how the
+basket rolled away down the hill; and then how the bell rang, and she
+could not stop to find the basket.
+
+11. "And you did quite right," said her aunt. "If you had stopped, your
+mother must have waited a whole day, or else gone without seeing you. When
+I write, I will tell her how obedient you were, and that will please her
+more than anything else I can say."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXX.
+
+sought    sure'ly (shu)    wel'come      light'some
+
+loft'y    maid'en          cher'ished    in tro duce'
+
+
+CHEERFULNESS.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+There is a little maiden--
+  Who is she? Do you know?
+Who always has a welcome,
+  Wherever she may go.
+
+Her face is like the May time,
+  Her voice is like the bird's;
+The sweetest of all music
+  Is in her lightsome words.
+
+Each spot she makes the brighter,
+  As if she were the sun;
+And she is sought and cherished
+  And loved by everyone;
+
+By old folks and by children,
+  By loft and by low;
+Who is this little maiden?
+  Does anybody know?
+
+You surely must have met her.
+  You certainly can guess;
+What! I must introduce her?
+  Her name is Cheeerfulness.
+                              Marian Douglas
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LXXI.
+
+west'ern    breathe    dy'ing    moon    babe    sails
+
+LULLABY.
+
+1. Sweet and low, sweet and low,
+     Wind of the western sea,
+   Low, low, breathe and blow,
+     Wind of the western sea!
+   Over the rolling waters go,
+   Come from the dying moon, and blow,
+     Blow him again to me;
+   While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.
+
+2. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Rest, rest, on mother's breast,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Father will come to his babe in the nest,
+   Silver sails all out of the west,
+     Under the silver moon;
+   Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.
+
+Tennyson.
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
+by William Holmes McGuffey
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
+
+Author: William Holmes McGuffey
+
+Release Date: June 29, 2005 [EBook #14668]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MCGUFFEY'S SECOND ECLECTIC READER ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Don Kostuch
+
+
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind
+to the old blind man."
+
+The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some
+contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given
+in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write.
+Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson
+numbers.
+
+The author, not listed in the text is William Holmes McGuffey.
+
+Don Kostuch
+]
+
+
+
+ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'S(R)
+
+SECOND
+
+ECLECTIC READER.
+
+REVISED EDITION.
+
+
+
+McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
+
+JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc..
+New York - Chichester-Weinheim-Brisbane-Singapore-Toronto
+
+
+
+Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
+Copyright, 1896, by American Book Company
+Copyright, 1907 and 1920, by H. H. Vail.
+
+EP316
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+In this book, as well as in the others of the Revised Series, most of the
+favorite drill selections, which constituted one of the leading
+excellences of MCGUFFEY'S READERS, have been retained. New selections have
+been inserted only when they seemed manifest improvements on those
+formerly used.
+
+The plan of this Reader is a continuation and extension of that pursued in
+the First Reader.
+
+If the pupil is not familiar with the diacritical marks, he should be
+carefully drilled, as suggested on page 7, until the marked letter
+instantly suggests the correct sound. He is then prepared to study his
+reading lessons without any assistance from the teacher.
+
+All new words are given at the head of each lesson. When these are
+mastered, the main difficulties left for the pupil are those of
+expression. In the latter portion of the book the simpler
+derivatives,--such as are formed by adding one or two
+letters,--possessives, plurals, verbal forms, etc.,--are omitted if the
+primitive word has been given. In this way the pupil is gradually led to
+the mastery of words as ordinarily printed.
+
+A few of the most usual abbreviations have been introduced,--such as Mr.,
+Mrs., etc. These should be carefully explained, not only as to their
+meaning and use, but as to the reason for their use.
+
+Great care has been taken to have the illustrations worthy of the
+reputation MCGUFFEY'S READERS have attained, and some of the foremost
+designers of this country have contributed to the embellishment of the
+book.
+
+Many of these pictures will serve admirably for lessons in language, in
+extension and explanation of the text. The imagination of the artist has,
+in some cases, filled in details not found in the text.
+
+The thanks of the publishers are due to very many experienced teachers,
+who have contributed their valuable suggestions.
+
+June, 1879.
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY MATTER.
+
+ARTICULATION
+PUNCTUATION
+
+SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.
+
+Lessons.
+1.   Evening at Home
+2.   Bubbles
+3.   Willie's Letter (Script)
+4.   The Little Star
+5.   Two Dogs
+6.   Afraid in the Dark
+7.   Baby Bye
+8.   Puss and her Kittens
+9.   Kittie and Mousie
+10.  At Work
+11.  What a Bird Taught
+12.  Susie Sunbeam
+13.  If I were a Sun beam
+14.  Henry, the Bootblack
+15.  Don't Wake the Baby (Script)
+16.  A Kind Brother
+17.  My Good-far-nothing
+18.  The Kingbird
+19.  Evening Hymn
+20.  The Quarrel
+21.  The Bee
+22.  The Song of the Bee
+23.  The Torn Doll
+24.  Sheep-shearing
+25.  The Clouds
+26.  Patty and the Squirrel
+27.  The Sparrow
+28.  Sam and Harry
+29.  The Little Rill
+30.  The Boat Upset
+31.  Mary's Letter (Script)
+32.  The Tiger
+33.  The Fireside
+34.  Birdie's Morning Song
+35.  Willie and Bounce
+36.  Willie and Bounce
+37.  The Kitchen Clock
+38.  The New Scales
+39.  The Bear and the Children
+40.  The Little Harebell (Script)
+41.  The Fishhawk
+42.  What the Leaf said
+43.  The Wind and the Leaves
+44.  Mamma's Present
+45.  Mary's Story
+46.  Ralph Wick
+47.  Coasting down the Hill (Script)
+48.  The Fox and the Ducks
+49.  Pretty is that Pretty does
+50.  The Story-teller
+51.  The Story-teller
+52.  The Owl
+53.  The Owl
+54.  Grandfather's Story
+55.  God is Great and Good
+56.  A Good Old Man
+57.  The Greedy Girl
+68.  A Place for Everything
+69.  My Mother (Script)
+60.  The Broken Window
+61.  The Broken Window
+62.  Frank and the Hourglass
+63.  March
+64.  Jenny's Call
+65.  Poor Davy
+66.  Alice's Supper
+67.  A Snowstorm
+68.  Bessie
+69.  Bessie
+70.  Cheerfulness (Script)
+71.  Lullaby
+
+
+
+ARTICULATION.
+
+SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS.-Thorough and frequent drills on the elementary
+sounds are useful in correcting vicious habits of pronunciation and in
+strengthening the vocal organs.
+
+As a rule, only one or two sounds should be employed at one lesson. Care
+should be taken that the pupils observe and practice these sounds
+correctly in their reading.
+
+
+
+TABLE OF VOCALS.
+
+Long Sounds
+
+Sound   as in    Sound   as in
+a       ate        e     err
+a       care       i     ice
+a       arm        o     ode
+a       last       u     use
+a       all        u     burn
+e       eve        oo    fool
+
+
+
+SHORT SOUNDS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+a        am         o      odd
+e        end        u      up
+i        in         oo     look
+
+
+
+DIPHTHONGS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+oi      oil         ou      out
+oy      boy         ow      now
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBVOCALS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+b        bib         v     valve
+d        did         th    this
+g        gig         z     zin
+j        jug         z     azure
+n        nine        r     rare
+m        maim        w     we
+ng       hang         y    yet
+l        lull
+
+
+
+TABLE 0F ASPIRATES.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+f       fifi        t      tat
+h       him         sh     she
+k       kite        ch     chat
+p       pipe        th     thick
+s       same        wh     why
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.
+
+Sub   for   as in      Sub   for   as in
+a      o    what        y    i     myth
+e      a    there       c    k     can
+e      a    feint       c    a     cite
+i      e    police      ch   sh    chaise
+i      e    sir         ch   k     chaos
+o      u    son         g    j     gem
+o      oo   to          n    ng    ink
+o      oo   wolf        s    z     as
+o      a    fork        s    sh    sure
+o      u    work        x    gz    exact
+u      oo   full        gh   f     laugh
+u      oo   rude        ph   f     phlox
+y      i    fly         qu   k     pique
+qu     kw   quit
+
+
+
+PUNCTUATION.
+
+Punctuation Marks are used to make the sense more clear.
+
+A Period (.) is used at the end of a sentence, and after an
+abbreviation; as,
+
+   James was quite sick. Dr. Jones was called to see him.
+
+An Interrogation Mark (?) is used at the end of a question; as,
+
+   Where is John going?
+
+An Exclamation Mark (!) is used after words or sentences expressing some
+strong feeling; as,
+
+   Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!
+
+The Comma (,), Semicolon (;), and Colon (:) are used to separate the parts
+of a sentence.
+
+The Hyphen (-) is used to join the parts of a compound word; as,
+text-book: it is also used at the end of a line in print or script, when a
+word is divided; as in the word "sentence," near the bottom of page 9.
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'S
+SECOND READER.
+
+LESSON I.
+
+news'paper    cold    or'der    seem    through
+
+stock'ings    chat    sto'ry    light   Har'ry
+
+branch'es     kiss    burns     Mrs.    e vents'
+
+an oth'er     Mr.     stool     lamp    mends
+
+
+[Illustration: Family at evening; father reading newspaper, mother sewing,
+boy and girl reading.]
+
+EVENING AT HOME.
+
+1. It is winter. The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.
+
+
+2. Mr. Brown has done his day's work, and his children, Harry and Kate,
+have come home from school. They learned their lessons well to-day, and
+both feel happy
+
+3. Tea is over. Mrs. Brown has put the little sitting room in order. The
+fire burns brightly. One lamp gives light enough for all. On the stool is
+a basket of fine apples. They seem to say, "Won't you have one?"
+
+4. Harry and Kate read a story in a new book. The father reads his
+newspaper, and the mother mends Harry's stockings.
+
+5. By and by, they will tell one another what they have been reading
+about, and will have a chat over the events of the day.
+
+6. Harry and Kate's bedtime will come first. I think I see them kiss their
+dear father and mother a sweet good night.
+
+7. Do you not wish that every boy and girl could have a home like this?
+
+
+
+LESSON II.
+
+beau'ti ful    porch    rain'bow    burst
+
+bub'bling      same     biggest     sneeze    col'ors
+
+main           soap     wash        red       ma'ny (men'y)
+
+[Illustration: Three children playing with bubbles and cat.]
+
+BUBBLES.
+
+1. The boys have come out on the porch to blow bubbles. The old cat is
+asleep on the mat by the door.
+
+2. "Ha! ha!" laughs Robert, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat's
+back, and does not burst.
+
+3. Willie tries to make his bubble do the same. This time it comes down on
+the cat's face, and makes her sneeze.
+
+4. "She would rather wash her face without soap," says Harry. "Now let us
+see who can make the biggest bubble."
+
+5. "Mine is the biggest," says Robert. "See how high it floats in the air!
+I can see--ah! it has burst."
+
+6. "I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine," says Willie;
+"and such beautiful colors."
+
+7.  "How many, Willie?"
+
+8. "Red, one; blue, two; there--they are all out. Let us try again."
+
+9. "I know how many colors there are," says Harry. "Just as many as there
+are in the rainbow."
+
+10. "Do you know how many that is?"
+
+LESSON III.
+
+rub'ber    gun    par'lor     street
+
+num'ber    ten    o'clock'    shoot
+
+
+WILLIE'S LETTER.
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+New York, Dec. 10, 1878.
+Dear Santa Claus:
+Papa is going to give
+me a Christmas tree, and he
+says that you will put nice
+things on it if I ask you. I would
+like a gun that will shoot, and
+a rubber ball that I can throw
+hard, and that will not break
+Mamma's windows or the big
+glass in the parlor.
+Now, please don't forget to come.
+I live on Fourth St., number ten.
+I will go to bed at eight o'clock,
+and shut my eyes tight.
+I will not look, indeed I won't.
+                 Your little boy,
+                 Willie.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON IV.
+
+a bove'      world       dark        oft
+
+nev'er       spark       dew         till
+
+di'a mond    twin'kle    blaz'ing
+
+The Little Star
+
+1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
+   How I wonder what you are,
+   Up above the world so high,
+   Like a diamond in the sky!
+
+2. When the blazing sun is set,
+   And the grass with dew is wet,
+   Then you show your little light;
+   Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
+
+3. Then, if I were in the dark,
+   I would thank you for your spark.
+   I could not see which way to go,
+   If you did not twinkle so.
+
+4. And when I am sound asleep,
+   Oft you through my window peep;
+   For you never shut your eye,
+   Till the sun is in the sky.
+
+
+
+LESSON V.
+
+be hind'     to geth'er        nob'le    Scotch
+
+Dodg'er      min'utes          crib      wag'on
+
+ter'ri er    coun'try          scold     fel'low
+
+shag'gy      frisk'i ly        fits      cel'lar
+
+guards       New'found land    yard      har'ness
+
+[Illustration: Two dogs, one large, the other a small puppy.]
+
+TWO DOGS.
+
+1. James White has two dogs. One is a Newfoundland dog, and the other is a
+Scotch terrier.
+
+2. The Newfoundland is a large, noble fellow. He is black, with a white
+spot, and with long, shaggy hair. His name is Sport.
+
+3. Sport is a good watchdog, and a kind playfellow. Every night he guards
+the house while James and his father are asleep.
+
+4. In the daytime, James often uses Sport for his horse. He has a little
+wagon, and a set of small harness which just fits the dog.
+
+5. He hitches Sport to this wagon, and drives over the country. In this
+way, he can go almost as fast as his father with the old family horse.
+
+6. The name of James's Scotch terrier is Dodger. He is called Dodger
+because he jumps about so friskily. He is up on a chair, under the table,
+behind the door, down cellar, and out in the yard,--all in a minute.
+
+7. Dodger has very bright eyes, and he does many funny things. He likes to
+put his paws up on the crib, and watch the baby.
+
+8. The other day he took baby's red stocking, and had great fun with it;
+but he spoiled it in his play, and James had to scold him.
+
+9. Everyone likes to see James White with his two dogs. They always seem
+very happy together.
+
+
+
+LESSON VI.
+
+bet ween'    bu'reau (-ro)    stairs    nee'dle
+
+a fraid'     shad'ow          held      stir
+
+AFRAID IN THE DARK.
+
+1.  "Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the
+bureau?"
+
+2.  But Willie did not stir. "Willie!" said mamma. She thought he had not
+heard.
+
+3.  "I'm afraid," said Willie.
+
+4.  "Afraid of what?"
+
+5.  "It's dark up there."
+
+6.  "What is the dark?" asked mamma. "See! It is nothing but a shadow."
+And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.
+
+[Illustration: Mother, seated in rocking chair, kerosene lamp on table,
+boy standing, examining his shadow on the wall.]
+
+7. "Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it
+is light."
+
+8. "Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie. See! There is
+your shadow on the wall. Can your shadow hurt you?"
+
+9. "Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me."
+
+10. "Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything."
+
+11. "What makes the big shadow, mamma?"
+
+12. "I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older.
+But now, I wish you would find me a brave boy who is not afraid of
+shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook."
+
+13. "I am bravo, mamma. I will go. --Here it is."
+
+14. "Thank you, my brave little man. You see the dark didn't hurt you."
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Beautiful faces are they that wear
+The light of a pleasant spirit there;
+Beautiful hands are they that do
+Deeds that are noble good and true;
+Beautiful feet are they that go
+Swiftly to lighten another's woe.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON VII.
+
+spi'ders    tick'ling    stay    neck      nose         se'cret    crawls
+
+legs        beck         ope     goes      toes         speck      choose
+
+dot         nod          shoes   spread    be lieve'    six
+
+[Illustration: Mother and baby watching fly on the wall.]
+
+BABY BYE.
+
+1. Baby Bye,
+   Here's a fly;
+   We will watch him, you and I.
+   How he crawls
+   Up the walls,
+   Yet he never falls!
+   I believe with six such legs
+   You and I could walk on eggs.
+   There he goes
+   On his toes,
+   Tickling Baby's nose.
+
+2. Spots of red
+   Dot his head;
+   Rainbows on his back are spread;
+   That small speck
+   Is his neck;
+   See him nod and beck!
+   I can show you, if you choose,
+   Where to look to find his shoes,
+   Three small pairs,
+   Made of hairs;
+   These he always wears.
+
+3. Flies can see
+   More than we;
+   So how bright their eyes must be!
+   Little fly,
+   Ope your eye;
+   Spiders are near by.
+   For a secret I can tell,
+   Spiders never use flies well;
+   Then away,
+   Do not stay.
+   Little fly, good day.
+
+   24    ECLECTIC SERIES.
+
+LESSON VIII.
+
+serv'ant    sud'den ly    lon'ger     re turned'    lived      tired
+
+since       five          anx'ious    trou'ble      cer'tain   nea'ly
+
+doz'en      sev'en        at'tic      strange       great      prop'er
+
+coal    seemed
+
+[Illustration: Cat carrying kitten up stairs by the scruff of the neck.]
+
+PUSS AND HER KITTENS.
+
+1. Puss, with her three kittens, had lived in the coal cellar; but one day
+she thought she would carry them to the attic.
+
+2. The servant thought that was not the proper place for them; so she
+carried them back to the cellar.
+
+3. Puss was certain that she wanted them in the attic; so she carried them
+there again and again, five, six, seven, --yes, a dozen times; for each
+time the servant took them back to the cellar.
+
+4. Poor puss was nearly tired out, and could carry them no longer.
+
+5. Suddenly she went away. Where do you think she went?
+
+6. She was gone a long time. When she returned, she had a strange cat with
+her that we had never seen before.
+
+7. She seemed to tell him all about her great trouble, and he listened to
+her story.
+
+8. Then the strange cat took the little kittens, one by one, and carried
+them to the attic. After this he went away, and we have never seen him
+since.
+
+9. The servant then left the kittens in the attic, for she saw how anxious
+puss was to have them stay there.
+
+10. Was not the strange cat kind to puss? This lesson should teach
+children to be ever ready to help one another.
+
+
+
+LESSON IX.
+
+nine     mous'ie    fro      frol'ic    bit    slipped
+
+spied    crow       teeth    pearl      used
+
+[Illustration: White cat sneaking up on a mouse.]
+
+KITTY AND MOUSIE.
+
+1. Once there was a little kitty,
+     White as the snow;
+   In a barn he used to frolic,
+     Long time ago.
+
+2. In the barn a little mousie
+     Ran to and fro;
+   For she heard the little kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+3. Two black eyes had little kitty,
+     Black as a crow;
+   And they spied the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+4. Four soft paws had little kitty,
+     Paws soft as snow;
+   And they caught the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+5. Nine pearl teeth had little kitty,
+     All in a row;
+   And they bit the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+6. When the teeth bit little mousie,
+     Mousie cried out "Oh!"
+   But she slipped away from kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+
+
+LESSON X.
+
+washed    hours(ours)    pre'cious    game
+
+harm      a'ny (en'y)    brushed      end
+
+
+AT WORK.
+
+1. A little play does not harm any one, but does much good. After play, we
+should be glad to work.
+
+2. I knew a boy who liked a good game very much. He could run, swim, jump,
+and play ball; and was always merry when out of school.
+
+3. But he knew that time is not all for play; that our minutes, hours, and
+days are very precious.
+
+4. At the end of his play, he would go home. After he had washed his face
+and hands, and brushed his hair, he would help his mother, or read in his
+book, or write upon his slate.
+
+5. He used to say, "One thing at a time." When he had done with work, he
+would play; but he did not try to play and to work at the same time.
+
+
+
+LESSON XI.
+
+twit-twee    bough (bow)    twit-twit    top'most    lock
+
+spray        mate           close'ly     ros'y       an'swer (an'ser)
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT.
+
+1. Why do you come to my apple tree,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+2. Why do you lock your rosy feet
+     So closely round the spray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-tweet!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+3. Why on the topmost bough do you get,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit-twee! twit-twit-twit!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+4. Where is your mate? come, answer me,
+     Little bird so gray.
+   Twit-twit-twit! twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+                                      Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON XII.
+
+bright'ness    pleas'ant    learned    dress
+
+play'mates     un kind'     rag'ged    word
+
+ques'tions     smil'ing     crowed     child
+
+Sun'beam       cheered      Sus'ie     gave
+
+glad'ness      un less'     name       gate
+
+
+SUSIE SUNBEAM.
+
+1. Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But every
+one called her Susie Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face,
+and always brought brightness with her when she came.
+
+[Illustration: Older girls playing with younger girl. Three children
+standing in background.]
+
+2. Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the
+little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.
+
+3. Even when a baby, Susie laughed and crowed from morning till night. No
+one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.
+
+4. When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get
+things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she
+could.
+
+5. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her
+ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read.
+
+6. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never
+used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates
+best.
+
+7. One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and
+Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her.
+
+8. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come
+in. "What are you crying for?" Susie asked.
+
+9. "Because they all laugh at me," she said.
+
+10. Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She cheered her up
+with kind words, and gave her a nice dress and a pair of shoes.
+
+11. This brought real joy and gladness to the poor child, and she, too,
+thought that Susie was rightly called Sunbeam.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIII.
+
+wood'lands    di vine'    raised     un til'    droop'ing    blessed
+
+whose         seek        up'ward    hov'els    in'ner       steal
+
+heav'en       hearts      lil'ies    die        roam'ing
+
+
+IF I WERE A SUNBEAM.
+
+1. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know what I'd do;
+   I would seek white lilies,
+     Roaming woodlands through.
+   I would steal among them,
+     Softest light I'd shed,
+   Until every lily
+     Raised its drooping head.
+
+2. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know where I'd go;
+   Into lowly hovels,
+     Dark with want and woe:
+   Till sad hearts looked upward,
+     I would shine and shine;
+   Then they'd think of heaven,
+     Their sweet home and mine."
+
+3. Are you not a sunbeam,
+     Child, whose life is glad
+   With an inner brightness
+     Sunshine never had?
+   Oh, as God has blessed you,
+     Scatter light divine!
+   For there is no sunbeam
+     But must die or shine.
+
+
+
+      SECOND READER.    35
+
+LESSON XIV.
+
+sup port'    a long'    boots      be long'    dol'lar    years
+
+man'age      taught     cor'ner    no'tice     mon'ey     black'ing
+
+gen'tle men    hon'est (on'est)    quite    buy    earned
+
+[Illustration: Boy offering to shine man's shoes.]
+
+HENRY, THE BOOTBLACK.
+
+1. Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was
+very poor. He had a little sister about two years old.
+
+2. He wanted to help his mother, for she could not always earn enough to
+buy food for her little family.
+
+3. One day, a man gave him a dollar for finding a pocketbook which he had
+lost.
+
+4. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found
+it. But his mother had taught him to be honest, and never to keep what did
+not belong, to him.
+
+5. With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. He
+then went to the corner of the street, and said to every one whose boots
+did not look nice, "Black your boots, sir, please?"
+
+6. He was so polite that gentlemen soon began to notice him, and to let
+him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he
+gave to his mother to buy food with.
+
+7. When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear of joy,
+"You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could earn enough
+to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to get along quite well,"
+
+8. Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He earned
+almost enough to support his mother and his little sister.
+
+
+
+LESSON XV.
+
+tread     whis'per     soft'ly     talk     cheer ful'     care'ful
+
+
+DON'T WAKE THE BABY.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Baby sleeps, so we must tread
+Softly round her little bed,
+And be careful that our toys
+Don not fall and make a noise.
+
+We must not talk, but whisper low,
+Mother wants to work, we know,
+That, when father comes to tea,
+All may neat and cheerful be.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XVI.
+
+full    load     heav'y     mid'dle     heav'i er
+
+slip    wrong    han'dle    broth'er    de ceived'
+
+[Illustration: Two boys carrying a basket on a pole between them.]
+
+A KIND BROTHER.
+
+1. A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his
+grandmother.
+
+2. The basket was so full that it was very heavy. So his little brother
+went with him, to help carry the load.
+
+3. They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold
+of an end of the pole. In this way they could carry the basket very
+nicely.
+
+4. Now the older boy thought, "My brother Tom does not know about this
+pole.
+
+5. "If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light;
+but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me
+as it is for him.
+
+6. "Tom does not know this as I do. But I will not do it. It would be
+wrong, and I will not do what is wrong."
+
+7. Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole. His load
+was now heavier than that of his little brother.
+
+8. Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right. Had he deceived
+his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVII.
+
+bus'y (biz'zy)    mis'chief    looked     un'to    glee
+
+con triv'ing      ring'lets    nod'dle    drew     nun
+
+press'ing         fin'gers     car'pet    wise     lips
+
+em brace'         pon'der      lash'es    climb    true
+
+
+MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.
+
+                 1.
+"What are you good for, my brave little man?
+Answer that question for me, if you can,--
+You, with your fingers as white as a nun,--
+You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
+All the day long, with your busy contriving,
+Into all mischief and fun you are driving;
+See if your wise little noddle can tell
+What you are good for. Now ponder it well."
+
+                 2.
+Over the carpet the dear little feet
+Came with a patter to climb on my seat;
+Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
+Under their lashes looked up unto me;
+Two little hands pressing soft on my face,
+Drew me down close in a loving embrace;
+Two rosy lips gave the answer so true,
+"Good to love you, mamma, good to love you."
+
+                             Emily Huntington Miller.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVIII.
+
+ber'ries    strikes    rob'in    ea'gle    short    king     rid
+
+foe         dart       fails     sharp     hawk     worms    ac'tive
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on branch.]
+
+THE KINGBIRD.
+
+1. The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.
+
+2. He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.
+
+3. He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.
+
+4. When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree
+near them.
+
+5. He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.
+
+6. If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.
+
+7. Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.
+
+8. He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.
+
+9. He flies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his
+sharp bill.
+
+10. He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch
+him.
+
+11. Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn
+round.
+
+12. In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and
+flies away. He is very glad to get rid of his foe.
+
+13. Is not the little fellow a brave bird?
+
+14. Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the KINGBIRD.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIX.
+
+watch'ing    gath'ers    an'gels    be gin'
+
+dark'ness    a cross'    lone'ly    beasts
+
+
+[Illustration: Sunset;lake in foreground, town in background.]
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+1. Now the day is over,
+     Night is drawing nigh,
+   Shadows of the evening
+     Steal across the sky.
+
+2. Now the darkness gathers,
+     Stars begin to peep;
+   Birds, and beasts, and flowers
+     Soon will be asleep.
+
+3. Through the lonely darkness,
+     May the angels spread
+   Their white wings above me,
+     Watching round my bed.
+
+
+
+LESSON XX.
+
+di vid'ed    quar'rel    a gree'    thus    sey'tle
+
+set'tling    ker'nel     e'qual     apt     parts
+
+
+THE QUARREL.
+
+1. Under a great tree in the woods, two boys saw a fine, large nut, and
+both ran to get it.
+
+2. James got to it first, and picked it up.
+
+3. "It is mine," said John, "for I was the first to see it."
+
+4. "No, it is mine" said James, "for I was the first to pick it up."
+
+[Illustration: Three boys standing by a fence, one older than the others.]
+
+5. Thus, they at once began to quarrel about the nut.
+
+6. As they could not agree whose it should be, they called an older boy,
+and asked him.
+
+7. The older boy said, "I will settle this quarrel."
+
+8. He took the nut, and broke the shell. He then took out the kernel, and
+divided the shell into two parts, as nearly equal as he could.
+
+9. "This half of the shell," said he, "belongs to the boy who first saw
+the nut.
+
+10. "And this half belongs to the boy who picked it up.
+
+11. "The kernel of the nut, I shall keep as my pay for settling the
+quarrel.
+
+12. "This is the way," said he, laughing, "in which quarrels are very apt
+to end."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXI.
+
+crea'tures    drones     in'side    hive     i'dle
+
+de fense'     driv'en    killed     cells    size
+
+work'ers      queen      stings     shape    wax
+
+
+THE BEE.
+
+1. Bees live in a house that is called a hive. They are of three
+kinds,--workers, drones, and queens.
+
+2. Only one queen can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other
+bees will stop their work.
+
+[Illustration: Three bee-hives; wooden boxes about two feet square and four
+feet high, with a sloped roof.]
+
+3. They are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join together to
+build cells of wax for their honey.
+
+4. Each bee takes its proper place, and does its own work. Some go out and
+gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the
+hive.
+
+5. The cells which they build, are all of one shape and size, and no room
+is left between them.
+
+6. The cells are not round, but have six sides. 7. Did you ever look into
+a glass hive to see the bees while at work? It is pleasant to see how busy
+they always are.
+
+8. But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are
+driven from the hive or killed, that they may not eat the honey which they
+did not gather.
+
+9. It is not quite safe for children to handle bees. They have sharp
+stings that they know well how to use in their defense.
+
+
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+How doth the little busy bee
+  Improve each shining hour.
+And gather honey all the day
+  From every opening flower!
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXII.
+
+blos'soms    drear'y    wea'ry       pinks       smell'ing    toil'ing
+
+lev'ies      buzz       fra'grant    this'tle    weeds        scent
+
+treas'ure    yel'low    mead'ow      tax         sum'mer      clo'ver
+
+cloud'y      dai'sy     daf'fo dil lies          columbine    humming
+
+[Illustration: Flowers]
+
+THE SONG OF THE BEE.
+
+1. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+     This is the song of the bee.
+   His legs are of yellow;
+   A jolly, good fellow,
+     And yet a great worker is he.
+
+2. In days that are sunny
+   He's getting his honey;
+   In days that are cloudy
+     He's making his wax:
+   On pinks and on lilies,
+   And gay daffodillies,
+   And columbine blossoms,
+     He levies a tax!
+
+3. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   The sweet-smelling clover,
+   He, humming, hangs over;
+   The scent of the roses
+     Makes fragrant his wings:
+   He never gets lazy;
+   From thistle and daisy,
+   And weeds of the meadow,
+     Some treasure he brings.
+
+4. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   From morning's first light
+   Till the coming of night,
+   He's singing and toiling
+     The summer day through.
+   Oh! we may get weary,
+   And think work is dreary;
+   'Tis harder by far
+     To have nothing to do.
+                               Marian Douglas.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIII.
+
+un hap'py    prom'ised    heed'less    be came'    grow'ing
+
+care'less    harsh'ly     leav'ing     eas'i ly    ef fects'
+
+an noy'      ma'am        blame        worse       torn
+
+hard'ly      nic'est      spend        hab'it      e'vil
+
+[Illustration: Mother and daughter sitting under a tree.]
+
+THE TORN DOLL.
+
+1. Mary Armstrong was a pretty little girl, but she was heedless about
+some things.
+
+2. Her way of leaving her books and playthings just where she had used
+them last, gave her mother much trouble in picking them up and putting
+them in their proper places.
+
+3. She had often told Mary the evil effects of being so careless. Her
+books became spoiled, and her toys broken.
+
+4. But worse than this was the growing habit of carelessness, which would
+be of great harm to her all her life. It would make her unhappy, and would
+annoy her friends.
+
+5. One day Mary and her mother went out into their pleasant yard, to spend
+an hour in the open air. Mrs. Armstrong took her work with her.
+
+6. Mary ran about and played with Dash, her pet dog, and was having a
+happy time.
+
+7. But in a corner of the yard she found her nicest doll all torn and
+broken, and its dress covered with mud.
+
+8. She knew, at once, that Dash had done this, and she scolded him
+harshly.
+
+9. Carrying the broken doll to her mamma. she showed it to her, and could
+hardly keep from crying.
+
+10. Mrs. Armstrong asked Mary if she had not left the doll on the porch
+where Dash could easily get it; and Mary had to answer, "Yes, ma'am."
+
+11. "Then you must not blame the dog, Mary, for he does not know it is
+wrong for him to play with your doll. I hope this will be a lesson to you
+hereafter, to put your things away when you are through playing."
+
+12. "I will try," said Mary. And her mother promised to mend the doll as
+well as she could.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIV.
+
+thor'ough ly    month    dried    dyed    cuts     shear'er    sheep
+
+those   spun    dirt     oth'er wise      wov'en   cloth    wool    rub
+
+
+[Illustration: Two men shearing sheep.]
+
+
+SHEEP-SHEARING.
+
+1. Sheep are washed and sheared some time in the month of June. This
+should be done quite early in the month, before the hot days begin.
+
+2. It is fine sport for those who look on, but not much fun for the sheep.
+
+
+3. It is best for the sheep to have the wool taken off; otherwise they
+would suffer in the summer time.
+
+4. When the time comes for washing the sheep, they are driven to a pond or
+a little river.
+
+5. Then they are thrown into the water, one at a time. The men who are in
+the water catch them, and squeeze the wet wool with their hands to get the
+dirt all out of it.
+
+6. Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the shearer;
+and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears.
+
+7. It is then dyed, spun, and woven into cloth.
+
+8. In a short time, before the cold winter comes, new wool grows out on
+the sheep. By the corning of spring there is so much, that it must be cut
+off again.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXV.
+
+bear'ers    earth    warm     sul'try    wan'der
+
+rays        grain    clouds   o'er       we're
+
+
+THE CLOUDS
+
+                  1.
+"Clouds that wander through the sky, Sometimes
+low and sometimes high;
+In the darkness of the night,
+In the sunshine warm and bright.
+Ah! I wonder much if you
+Have any useful work to do."
+
+                  2.
+"Yes, we're busy night and day,
+As o'er the earth we take our way.
+We are bearers of the rain
+To the grasses, and flowers, and grain;
+We guard you from the sun's bright rays,
+In the sultry summer days."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVI.
+
+peo'ple    for'est    squir'rel    cool    near'est   tame     hol'low
+
+snug       shoul'der    miles    sticks    gen'tly    though   Pat'ty
+
+
+[Illustration: Girl sitting under tree, play with squirrel.]
+
+
+PATTY AND THE SQUIRREL.
+
+1. Little Patty lives in a log house near a great forest. She has no
+sisters, and her big brothers are away all day helping their father.
+
+2. But Patty is never lonely; for, though the nearest house is miles away,
+she has many little friends. Here are two of them that live in the woods.
+
+3. But how did Patty teach them to be so tame? Patty came to the woods
+often, and was always so quiet and gentle that the squirrels soon found
+they need not be afraid of her.
+
+4. She brought her bread and milk to eat under the trees, and was sure to
+leave crumbs for the squirrels.
+
+5. When they came near, she sat very still and watched them. So, little by
+little, she made them her friends, till, at last, they would sit on her
+shoulder, and eat from her hand.
+
+6. Squirrels build for themselves summer houses. Those are made of leaves,
+and sticks, and moss. They are nice and cool for summer, but would never
+do for the winter cold and snow.
+
+7. So these wise little people find a hollow in an old tree. They make it
+warm and snug with soft moss and leaves; and here the squirrels live all
+through the long winter.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVII.
+
+fright'ened   int end'    wheat       Thom'as    com plains'    plums
+
+choose        shock'ing   spar'row    rip'est    rob'bing
+
+break'fast    plen'ty     share       treat      tales          wait
+
+
+[Illustration: Sparrow perched on snow-covered branch.]
+
+
+THE SPARROW.
+
+1. Glad to see you, little bird;
+   'Twas your little chirp I heard:
+   What did you intend to say?
+   "Give me something this cold day"?
+
+2. That I will, and plenty, too;
+   All the crumbs I saved for you.
+   Don't be frightened--here's a treat:
+   I will wait and see you eat.
+
+3. Shocking tales I hear of you;
+   Chirp, and tell me, are they true?
+   Robbing all the summer long;
+   Don't you think it very wrong?
+
+4. Thomas says you steal his wheat;
+   John complains, his plums you eat--
+   Choose the ripest for your share,
+   Never asking whose they are.
+
+5. But I will not try to know
+   What you did so long ago:
+   There's your breakfast, eat away;
+   Come to see me every day.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVIII.
+
+aft'er noon    sup'per    deep      length    car'riage    threw
+hedge          stood      tru'ly    road      few          sad
+
+[Illustration: Woman and boy riding in carriage pulled by horse.
+Man in foreground holding gate open for carriage.]
+
+
+SAM AND HARRY.
+
+1. One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school. He went
+along slowly, reading a book.
+
+2. Sam had spent all his money for the book, but he was a happy boy.
+
+3. At length he came into the highroad, where there was a gate. A blind
+man stood, holding it open.
+
+4. The poor man said, "Please give me a few cents to buy some bread!" But
+Sam gave him nothing.
+
+5. What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing? Yes; for, as I told you,
+he had spent all his money.
+
+6. So Sam walked on, very sad. Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in
+it were Harry and his mother.
+
+7. The blind man stood, and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man
+something," said Harry to his mother.
+
+8. His mother gave him some cents. Harry took them, but did not put them
+into the man's hat.
+
+9. He threw them into the hedge as far as he could. The poor man could not
+find them, for, you know, ho was blind.
+
+10. Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage. He saw Harry throw
+the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the
+money until he found it all for the blind man.
+
+11. This took so long a time, that he almost lost his supper.
+
+12. Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?
+
+13. I know which he thanked most in his heart.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIX.
+
+rip'pling    fringe    stray    thou    mill
+
+vil'lage     brink    clear     wild    hill
+
+course       bathe     tiny     pool    rill
+
+
+THE LITTLE HILL.
+
+1. Run, run, thou tiny rill;
+   Run, and turn the village mill;
+   Run, and fill the deep, clear pool
+   In the woodland's shade so cool,
+   Where the sheep love best to stray
+   In the sultry summer day;
+   Where the wild birds bathe and drink,
+   And the wild flowers fringe the brink.
+
+[Illustration: Mill, with mill pond in foreground.]
+
+2. Run, run, thou tiny rill,
+   Round the rocks, and down the hill;
+   Sing to every child like me;
+   The birds will join you, full of glee:
+   And we will listen to the song
+   You sing, your rippling course along.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXX.
+
+has'tened    pos'si ble    bal'ance    Ed'gar    save
+
+boat'man     dan'ger       quick'ly    move      trip
+
+stretched    sev'er al     start'ed    folks     fell
+
+
+THE BOAT UPSET.
+
+1. "Sit still, children. Do not move about in the boat," said Mr. Rose to
+the young folks he was taking for a trip on the water.
+
+2. The boat was a large one, and could not easily be upset. There were in
+it Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the boatman, and several little boys and girls.
+
+3. "Keep still, please, young gentlemen," said the boatman, when Edgar
+Rose and Thomas Read began to move from one side to the other.
+
+4. They kept quiet for a short time only. Edgar soon wanted a stick which
+Thomas held in his hand. He lost his balance in trying to get the stick,
+and fell into the water.
+
+
+[Illustration: Overturned boat, people clinging to boat and debris.
+Another boat approaching.]
+
+
+5. Mr. and Mrs. Rose both started up, and stretched out their arms to save
+him; but in so doing, they upset the boat.
+
+6. Every one fell into the water, and all were in the greatest danger of
+being drowned.
+
+7. Another boat was near, with but one man in it. He hastened to them as
+quickly as possible, and saved them from drowning.
+
+8. Children should always be careful and quiet when they are in a boat on
+the water, and should obey what older people tell them.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXI.
+
+MARY'S LETTER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+     Forest Hill, June 25, 1878
+My  Dear Fanny:
+             This morning while
+out rowing, we all came near
+being drowned. Brother Ed, in
+trying to take a stick from Tom
+Reed, tripped and fell out of the
+boat. Papa and Mamma caught
+at him to save him, and before
+we knew it we were all in the
+water. The boat upset and how
+we were all saved I can hardly
+tell. A man in another boat
+which was near, picked us up.
+Had it not been for this, you
+would to-day have no cousin.
+                     Mary Rose.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXII.
+
+li'on    bod'y     stripes       de light'     Eng'lish
+
+prey     ti'ger    col'lar       ti'gress      fright'ful
+
+seize    chain     un like'      swift'est     an'i mals
+
+roar     gi'ant    slight'est    of'fi cers    whisk'ers
+
+[Illustration: Tigress carrying cub away from tent.
+Playing card scattered on ground.]
+
+
+THE TIGER.
+
+1. The tiger is a giant cat. His body is nearly covered with black
+stripes.
+
+2. Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not
+overtake him. He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one
+after another.
+
+3. By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey. With a
+frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.
+
+4. Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats? Lions have great
+whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.
+
+5. Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat's, you may be
+sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.
+
+6. By the slightest touch on the tiger's whiskers, he knows when there is
+anything in his road.
+
+7. A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt. When coming
+home from their day's sport, they found a little tiger kitten.
+
+8. They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the
+pole of their tent. It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.
+
+9. One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that
+frightened them greatly. It was the roar of a tiger.
+
+10. The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away. With a sharp
+cry, it answered the voice outside.
+
+11. All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent. She
+caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.
+
+12. Then turning to the door of the tent, she dashed away as suddenly as
+she had come.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIII.
+
+then      u'su al    cous'in      fire'side    sew'ing (so-)
+
+Ka'tie    bet'ter    crac'kle     knit'ting    per haps'
+
+Jane      rea'son    to-night'    hap'pi er    in struct'ive
+
+
+THE FIRESIDE.
+
+1. One winter night, Mrs. Lord and her two little girls sat by a bright
+fire in their pleasant home. The girls were sewing, and their mother was
+busy at her knitting.
+
+[Illustration: Mother and two girls sewing under a lamp.]
+
+2. At last, Katie finished her work, and, looking up, said, "Mother, I
+think the fire is brighter than usual. How I love to hear it crackle!"
+
+3. "And I was about to say," cried Mary, "that this is a better light than
+we had last night."
+
+4. "My dears," said their mother, "it must be that you feel happier than
+usual to-night. Perhaps that is the reason why you think the fire better,
+and the light brighter."
+
+5. "But, mother," said Mary, "I do not see why we are happier now than we
+were then; for last night cousin Jane was here, and we played 'Puss in the
+corner' and 'Blind man' until we all were tired."
+
+6. "I know! I know why!" said Katie. "It is because we have all been doing
+something useful to-night. We feel happy because we have been busy."
+
+7. "You are right, my dear," said their mother. "I am glad you have both
+learned that there may be something more pleasant than play, and, at the
+same time, more instructive."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIV.
+
+dew'drops    hop'ping     la'zi est    bends    sung
+
+pa'tience    in stead'    dar'ling     ought    rest
+
+slum'ber     my self '    re ply'      miss     lose
+
+
+BIRDIE'S MORNING SONG.
+
+1. Wake up, little darling, the birdies are out,
+   And here you are still in your nest!
+   The laziest birdie is hopping about;
+     You ought to be up with the rest.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+[Illustration: Three birds perched in bush.]
+
+2. Oh, see what you miss when you
+     slumber so long--
+   The dewdrops, the beautiful sky!
+   I can not sing half what you lose in my song;
+     And yet, not a word in reply.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+3. I've sung myself quite out of patience with you,
+   While mother bends o'er your dear head;
+   Now birdie has done all that birdie can do:
+     Her kisses will wake you instead!
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+                                        George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXV.
+
+sent        store        Bounce    float'ing    load        cir'cle
+
+rip'ples    catch'ing    cake      blocks       strolled    how ev'er
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+
+1. Two fast friends were Willie Brown and his little dog Bounce. Willie
+could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were
+equally shared between them.
+
+2. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said that Bounce
+could do almost anything in the world but talk.
+
+3. There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie's father
+something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how he did this.
+
+[Illustration: Boy and dog walking through forest.]
+
+4. It was on a bright summer afternoon. Willie had strolled with Bounce
+down to the river, which was not more than two blocks from his father's
+store.
+
+5. Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch the ripples
+as they made one circle after another.
+
+6. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies that buzzed around his
+nose, and catching any that came too near.
+
+7. There were some logs floating in the river near the shore. Willie
+jumped upon one of them, to see if he could throw a stone across the
+river.
+
+8. He drew back, and sent the stone with all his might. just as it left
+his hand, the log turned, and he fell into the water.
+
+9. He was very much frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there
+was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVI.
+
+yelp      loud'ly    against    look'ing     bark'ing
+
+spring    clothes    o'pened    dis'tress    scratched
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. Poor little Bounce gave a great yelp of distress. If he had been a big
+water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
+
+[Illustration: Boy in water clinging to log. Dog yelping.]
+
+2. He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first
+at Willie and then around. Then he started, as fast as he could run, up
+the street to the store.
+
+3. When he got there the door was shut, but he scratched against it and
+barked loudly, until some one came and opened it.
+
+4. He caught hold of Mr. Brown's clothes, then ran to the door, then back
+again, catching at him, barking, and jumping.
+
+5. A friend who was in the store said to Mr. Brown, "Something must be
+wrong; I would put on my hat, and go with the dog." Bounce, seeing Mr.
+Brown take his hat, started for the river.
+
+6. Then Mr. Brown thought of Willie. As he came to the river, he saw
+Willie's hat floating on the water, and his small arm thrown up.
+
+7. He sprang in and caught him just as he was going down for the last
+time, and quickly carried him to the bank. "Willie soon got over his
+fright, and no one seemed to be more delighted than Bounce.
+
+[Illustration: Father carrying boy from water.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVII.
+
+talk'a tive    im prove'    o bli'ging    writ'ten    tick-tock
+
+clock          truth'ful    it self'      kitch'en    fear
+
+reach'es       most
+
+[Illustration: Girl holding younger sister, both watching clock.]
+
+
+THE KITCHEN CLOCK.
+
+1. Listen to the kitchen clock!
+     To itself it ever talks,
+     From its place it never walks;
+   "Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     Tell me what it says.
+
+2. "I'm a very patient clock,
+     Never moved by hope or fear,
+     Though I've stood for many a year;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+3. "I'm a very truthful clock:
+     People say about the place,
+     Truth is written on my face;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+4. "I'm a most obliging clock;
+     If you wish to hear me strike,
+     You may do it when you like;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+5. "I'm a very friendly clock;
+     For this truth to all I tell,
+     Life is short, improve it well;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+6. What a talkative old clock!
+     Let us see what it will do
+     When the hour hand reaches two;
+   "Ding-ding--tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVIII.
+
+Her'bert    or'ange    find       post      inch'es    thread
+
+beam        thick      pine       next      groove     scales
+
+hole        peel       gim'let    rib'bon
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy and girl near table holding balance scale.]
+
+
+THE NEW SCALES.
+
+I. "Herbert, will you please peel my orange?" said Lucy. Herbert was
+reading his new book, but he put it down at once, and took the orange from
+his little sister.
+
+2. "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play
+store?"
+
+3. "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
+
+4.  "I'll show you. First, we must take the peel off in two little cups,
+one just as large as the other. While I do this, see if you can find me
+two nice sticks about ten inches long."
+
+5. Lucy ran out to the woodhouse to find the sticks.--" Will these do?"
+
+6. "No, they are too hard. Find some pine sticks if you can."
+
+7.  "Here are some."
+
+8. "These will do nicely. Now I must make a scale beam and a post. Can you
+find me a little block for a post, Lucy'!"
+
+9. "Will a ribbon block do, Herbert?"
+
+10.  "Yes, if it is not too thick."
+
+11.  "Here is one an inch thick."
+
+12. "That will be just right. Now get the little gimlet."
+
+[Footnote: gimlet: Hand tool with a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a
+cross handle; used for boring holes.]
+
+13. Herbert worked away until he had made the beam and the post. Then he
+made a hole in the middle of the block, and put the post in. Next, he put
+the beam into a little groove at the top of the post, so that it would
+balance nicely.
+
+14. "Now, Lucy, we must have a needle and some thread. We must put four
+threads to each cup; then we will tie the threads to the ends of the beam.
+
+
+15. "There, Lucy, what do you think of that?"
+
+16. "Why, Herbert, that is just as nice as the real scales in father's
+store; and you may have all my orange for making them."
+
+[Illustration: Orange halves and other parts of the scale.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIX.
+
+smelt    hide    crept    laid    floor    inn    bear    fur
+
+young'est    danced    joy'ful ly    marched
+
+sol'diers    bad'ly    run'ning     eld'est
+
+
+[Illustration: Three children and a bear; surprised woman in background.]
+
+THE BEAR AND THE CHILDREN.
+
+1. In the parlor of an inn in a small town, sat a man who had been going
+about with a bear. He was waiting for his supper, and the bear was tied up
+in the yard.
+
+2. Up in the attic, three little children were playing together. The
+eldest might have been six years old; the youngest, not more than two.
+
+3. Stump! stump! stump! Some one was coming up the stairs.
+
+4. The door flew open suddenly, and there stood the great, shaggy bear. He
+had got tired of waiting, and had found his way to the stairs.
+
+5. The children were badly frightened. Each one crept into a corner, but
+the bear found them all out, and smelt their clothes, but did not hurt
+them.
+
+6. "This must be a great dog," they said, and they began to pat him.
+
+7. Then the bear lay down on the floor, and the youngest boy climbed on
+his back, hid his head in the shaggy fur, and played at "hide and seek."
+
+8. The eldest boy took his drum and began to strike it, when the bear rose
+on his hind legs and danced. At that the children gave a merry shout.
+
+9. The two younger boys took their wooden guns, and gave the bear one.
+Away they all marched around the room, keeping step.
+
+10. Now the frightened mother of the children came to the door. But the
+youngest boy shouted, joyfully. "See, we are playing soldiers!"
+
+11. Then the bear's master came running up, and took the bear away.
+
+
+
+LESSON XL.
+
+fair    la'dy    drear        cling'ing    hare'bell
+
+fled    ne'er    de spair'    nod'ding     bloom'ing
+
+[Footnote: harebell: Perennial with slender stems, dense clusters of
+leaves, and bell-shaped blue or white flowers -- bluebell.]
+
+THE LITTLE HAREBELL.
+
+"Tell me, little harebell,
+   Are you lonely here.
+Blooming in the shadow
+   On this rock so drear?"
+
+"Clinging to this bit of earth,
+   As if in mid-air,
+With your sweet face turned to me,
+   Looking strangely fair?"
+
+"Lady" said the harebell,
+   Nodding low its head,
+"Though this spot seem dreary,
+   Thought the sunlight's fled.
+
+"Know that I'm not lonely
+   That I ne'er despair.
+God is in the shadow
+   God is everywhere."
+
+[Illustration: Flowers on hillside.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLI.
+
+rough (ruf)    of'ten (of'n)    be neath'    fierce'ly
+
+sea'side       twen'ty          tim'id ly    com pels'
+
+rob'ber        breast           spots        mode
+
+os'prey        hook'ed
+
+[Illustration: Osprey catching fish.]
+
+THE FISHHAWK.
+
+1. The fishhawk, or osprey, is not so large as the eagle; but he has, like
+the eagle, a hooked bill and sharp claws.
+
+2. His color is a dark brown, with black and white spots, and his length
+is from twenty to twenty-two inches. His breast is mostly white. His tail
+and wings are long.
+
+3. The fishhawk is often found sitting upon a tree over a pond, or lake,
+or river. He is also found by the seaside.
+
+4. He watches the fish as they swim in the water beneath him; then he
+darts down suddenly and catches one of them.
+
+5. When he catches a fish in his sharp, rough claws, he carries it off to
+eat, and, as he flies away with it for his dinner, an eagle sometimes
+meets him.
+
+6. The eagle flies at him fiercely with his sharp bill and claws, and
+compels the hawk to drop the fish.
+
+7. Then the eagle catches the fish as it falls, before it reaches the
+ground, and carries it off.
+
+8. The poor fish hawk, with a loud cry, timidly flies away. He must go
+again to the water and catch another fish for his dinner.
+
+9. Thus you see, that the eagle is a robber. He robs fishhawks, whose only
+mode of getting a living is by catching fish.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLII.
+
+leaf    task    twice       sigh'ing     hol'i days
+
+gay     twig    meant       stopped      dif'fer ent
+
+puff    edge    mat'ter     au'tumn      hun'dreds
+
+lead    grew    rus'tled    Oc to'ber    trem'bling
+
+
+[Illustration: Several large trees; fence in foreground.]
+
+
+WHAT THE LEAF SAID.
+
+1. Once or twice a little leaf was heard to cry and sigh, as leaves often
+do, when a gentle wind is blowing. And the twig said, "What is the matter,
+little leaf?"
+
+2. "The wind," said the leaf, "just told me that one day it would pull me
+off, and throw me on the ground to die."
+
+3. The twig told it to the branch, and the branch told it to the tree.
+When the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent word back to the
+trembling leaf.
+
+4. "Do not be afraid," it said; "hold on tight, and you shall not go off
+till you are ready."
+
+5. So the leaf stopped sighing, and went on singing and rustling. It grew
+all the summer long till October. And when the bright days of autumn came,
+the leaf saw all the leaves around growing very beautiful.
+
+6. Some were yellow, some were brown, and many were striped with different
+colors. Then the leaf asked the tree what this meant.
+
+7. The tree said, "All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and
+they have put on these colors because of their joy."
+
+8. Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in
+thinking of it. When it was gay in colors, it saw that the branches of the
+tree had no bright colors on them.
+
+9. So the leaf said, "O branch! why are you lead- colored while we are all
+beautiful and golden?"
+
+10. "We must keep on our working clothes," said the tree, "for our work is
+not yet done; but your clothes are for holidays, because your task is now
+over."
+
+11. Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without
+thinking, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over.
+
+12. Then it fell gently down under the edge of the fence, among hundreds
+of leaves, and has never waked to tell us what it dreamed about.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIII.
+
+gold      lambs     fond'ly    crick'et     whirl'ing
+
+fields    leaves    flee'cy    fare'well    cov'er let
+
+glade     vale      dream      con tent'    flut'ter ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Large tree.]
+
+
+THE WIND AND THE LEAVES.
+
+                   1.
+"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day.
+"Come o'er the meadows with me, and play;
+Put on your dress of red and gold
+Summer is gone, and the days grow cold."
+
+                   2.
+Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call,
+Down they came fluttering, one and all;
+Over the brown fields they danced and flew,
+Singing the soft little songs they knew.
+
+                   3.
+"Cricket, good-by, we've been friends so long;
+Little brook, sing us your farewell song,--
+Say you are sorry to see us go;
+Ah! you will miss us, right well we know.
+
+                   4.
+"Dear little lambs, in your fleecy fold,
+Mother will keep you from harm and cold;
+Fondly we've watched you in vale and glade;
+Say, will you dream of our loving shade?"
+
+                   5.
+Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went;
+Winter had called them, and they were content.
+Soon fast asleep in their earthy beds,
+The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
+
+                                    George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIV.
+
+wore      green    joke    Jessie      pres'ents
+
+jol'ly    deal     trim    ex pect'    leg'gings
+
+
+MAMMA'S PRESENT.
+
+1. Jessie played a good joke on her mamma. This is the way she did it.
+
+2. Jessie had gone to the woods with Jamie and Joe to get green branches
+to trim up the house for Christmas. She wore her little cap, her white
+furs, and her red leggings.
+
+[Illustration: Three girls carrying a small Christmas tree.]
+
+3. She was a merry little girl, indeed; but she felt sad this morning
+because her mother had said, "The children will all have Christmas
+presents, but I don't expect any for myself. We are too poor this year."
+
+4. When Jessie told her brothers this, they all talked about it a great
+deal. "Such a good, kind mamma, and no Christmas present! It's too bad."
+
+5. "I don't like it," said little Jessie, with a tear in her eye.
+
+6.  "Oh, she has you," said Joe.
+
+7. "But I am not something new," said Jessie.
+
+8. "Well, you will be new, Jessie," said Joe, "when you get back. She has
+not seen you for an hour."
+
+9. Jessie jumped and laughed. "Then put me in the basket, and carry me to
+mamma, and say, 'I am her Christmas present.' "
+
+10. So they set her in the basket, and put green branches all around her.
+It was a jolly ride. They set her down on the doorstep, and went in and
+said, "There's a Christmas present out there for you, mamma."
+
+11. Mamma went and looked, and there, in a basket of green branches, sat
+her own little laughing girl.
+
+12. "Just the very thing I wanted most," said mamma.
+
+13. "Then, dear mamma," said Jessie, bounding out of her leafy nest, "I
+should think it would be Christmas for mammas all the time, for they see
+their little girls every day."
+
+
+
+LESSON XLV.
+
+pur'ple    plumes    pail       hap'pened    coat
+
+shal'low   wad'ed    Charles    nap          yes'ter day
+
+
+[Illustration: Two girls playing in water; two boats are beached on the
+sand behind them.]
+
+
+MARY'S STORY.
+
+1. Father, and Charles, and Lucy, and I went to the beach yesterday. We
+took our dinner, and stayed all day.
+
+2. Father and Charles went out a little way from the shore in a boat, and
+fished, while Lucy and I gathered sea mosses.
+
+3. We took off our shoes and stockings, and waded into the shallow water.
+We had a pail to put our seaweeds in.
+
+4. We found such beautiful ones. Some wore purple, some pink, and some
+brown. When they were spread out in the water, the purple ones looked like
+plumes, and the brown ones like little trees.
+
+5. Such a funny thing happened to Lucy. She slipped on a stone, and down
+she went into the water. How we both laughed! But the wind and sun soon
+dried Lucy's dress.
+
+6. Then father came and took us in the boat for a row. After that we had a
+picnic dinner in the woods.
+
+7. Then father spread his coat on the grass, and took a nap while we
+children played on the beach.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVI.
+
+bid     sore     smile    Ralph     for get'
+
+hay     stem     shone    Wick      scream
+
+tore    point    pluck    thorns    snatched
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy walking in hay field.]
+
+
+RALPH WICK.
+
+1. Ralph Wick was seven years old. In most things he was a fine boy, but
+he was too apt to cry.
+
+2. When he could not have what. he wanted, he would cry for it and say, "I
+will have it."
+
+3. If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not have it, he
+would begin to tease and cry.
+
+4. One day, he went with his mother into the fields. The sun shone. The
+grass was cut. The flowers were in bloom.
+
+5. Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy. A smile was on his face. He
+wished to do as he was told.
+
+6. He said, "Mother, I will be good now. I will do as you bid me. Please
+let me toss this hay."
+
+7. "That I will," said his mother. So they threw the hay, as Ralph wished,
+and he was very happy.
+
+8. "Now you must be tired," said his mother. "Sit down here, and I will
+get a nice red rose for you."
+
+9. "I would like to have one," said Ralph. So his mother brought the red
+rose to him.
+
+10. "Thank you, mother," he said. "But you have a white one, also. Please
+give me that."
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy sitting in field.]
+
+11. "No, my dear," said his mother. "See how many thorns it has on its
+stem. You must not touch it. If you should try to pluck a rose like this,
+you would be sure to hurt your hand."
+
+12. When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to
+scream, and snatched it. But he was soon very sorry. The thorns tore his
+hand. It was so sore he could not use it for some time.
+
+13. Ralph did not soon forget this. When he wanted what he should not
+have, his mother would point to his sore hand. He at last learned to do as
+he was told.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVII.
+
+slope        voic'es      rush'ing    beam'ing    track        cheeks
+
+flood'ing    laugh'ter    health      a glow'     coast'ing    trudg'ing
+
+frost'y      Is'a bel     pleas'ure   land'scape
+
+
+[Illustration: Several children sledding down snowy hill.]
+
+
+COASTING DOWN THE HILL.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Frosty is the morning;
+   But the sun is bright,
+Flooding all the landscape
+   With its golden light.
+Hark the sounds of laughter
+   And the voices shrill!
+See the happy children
+   Coasting down the hill.
+
+There are Tom and Charley,
+   And their sister Nell;
+There are John and Willie,
+   Kate and Isabel,--
+Eyes with pleasure beaming,
+   Cheeks with health aglow;
+Bless the merry children,
+   Trudging through the snow!
+
+Now I hear them shouting,
+   "Ready! Clear the track!"
+Down the slope they're rushing,
+   Now they're trotting back.
+
+Full of fun and frolic,
+   Thus they come and go.
+Coating down the hillside,
+   Trudging  through the snow.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVIII.
+
+heed     sight     sly'ly    stream     drift'ing
+
+flock    flight    snaps     hid'den    cir'cling
+
+
+THE FOX AND THE DUCKS.
+
+1. On a summer day, a man sitting on the bank of a river, in the shade of
+some bushes, watched a flock of ducks on the stream.
+
+2. Soon a branch with leaves came drifting among them, and they all took
+wing. After circling in the air for a little time, they settled down again
+on their feeding ground.
+
+[Illustration: Fox watching ducks from a distance.]
+
+3. Soon another branch came drifting down among them, and again they took
+flight from the river; but when they found the branch had drifted by and
+done them no harm, they flew down to the water as before.
+
+4. After four or five branches had drifted by in this way, the ducks gave
+little heed to them. At length, they hardly tried to fly out of their way,
+even when the branches nearly touched them.
+
+5. The man who had been watching all this, now began to wonder who had set
+these branches adrift. He looked up the stream, and spied a fox slyly
+watching the ducks. "What will he do next?" thought the man.
+
+6. When the fox saw that the ducks were no longer afraid of the branches,
+he took a much larger branch than any he had yet used, and stretched
+himself upon it so as to be almost hidden. Then he set it afloat as he had
+the others.
+
+7. Right among the flock drifted the sly old fox, and, making quick snaps
+to right and left, he seized two fine young ducks, and floated off with
+them.
+
+8. The rest of the flock flew away in fright, and did not come back for a
+long time.
+
+9. The fox must have had a fine dinner to pay him for his cunning, patient
+work.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIX.
+
+saint      silk'en    sim'ple     pov'er ty    plain      sin'ner
+
+spin'ner   splen'dor  worth       stead'y      mur'der    plan'ning
+
+sil'ver    ten'der    prov'erb    re mem'ber
+
+[Illustration: Spider spinning web.]
+
+
+PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES.
+
+1. The spider wears a plain brown dress,
+     And she is a steady spinner;
+   To see her, quiet as a mouse,
+   Going about her silver house,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+
+2. She looks as if no thought of ill
+     In all her life had stirred her;
+   But while she moves with careful tread, And
+   while she spins her silken thread,
+   She is planning, planning, planning still
+     The way to do some murder.
+
+3. My child, who reads this simple lay,
+     With eyes down-dropt and tender, Remember
+   the old proverb says
+   That pretty is which pretty does,
+   And that worth does not go nor stay
+     For poverty nor splendor.
+
+4. 'Tis not the house, and not the dress,
+     That makes the saint or sinner.
+   To see the spider sit and spin,
+   Shut with her walls of silver in,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+                                          Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON L.
+
+civil      Pe'ter     Tow'ser     ap pear'
+
+a lone'    Pin'dar    per'sons    trav'el ers
+
+
+[Illustration: Man telling story to several children.]
+
+
+THE STORY-TELLER
+
+1. Peter Pindar was a great storyteller. One day, as he was going by the
+school, the children gathered around him.
+
+2. They said, "Please tell us a story we have never heard." Ned said,
+"'Tell us something about boys and dogs."
+
+3. "Well," said Peter, "I love to please good children, and, as you all
+appear  civil, I will tell you a new story; and it shall be about a boy
+and some dogs, as Ned asks.
+
+4. "But before we begin, let us sit down in a cool, shady place. And now,
+John, you must be as still as a little mouse. Mary, you must not let
+Towser bark or make a noise.
+
+5. "A long way from this place, there is a land where it is very cold, and
+much snow falls.
+
+6. "The hills are very high there, and traveler's are often lost among
+them. There are men there who keep large dogs. These are taught to hunt
+for people lost in the snow.
+
+7. "The dogs have so fine a scent, that they can find persons by that
+alone.
+
+8. "Sometimes it is so dark, that they can not see anything. Those who are
+lost often lie hid in the snowdrifts. "
+
+
+
+LESSON LI.
+
+lain    weak    stiff    shrill    rode    bleak
+
+
+[Illustration: Dog searching on snowy mountain-side for lost traveler.]
+
+
+THE STORY TELLER
+(CONCLUDED)
+
+1. "One cold, bleak night, the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and
+shrill. It was quite dark. Not a star was to be seen in the sky.
+
+2. "These good men sent out a dog, to hunt for those who might want help.
+In an hour or two, the dog was heard coming back.
+
+3. "On looking out, they saw him with a boy on his back. The poor child
+was stiff with cold. He could but just hold on to the dog's back.
+
+4. "He had lain for a long time in the snow, and was too weak to walk.
+
+5. "He felt something pull him by the coat, and heard the bark of a dog.
+He put out his hand, and felt the dog. The dog gave him another pull.
+
+6. "This gave the poor boy some hope, and he took hold of the dog. He drew
+himself out of the snow, but ho could not stand or walk.
+
+7. "He got on the dog's back, and put his arms round the dog's neck, and
+held on. He felt sure that the dog did not mean to do him any harm.
+
+8. "Thus he rode all the way to the good men's house.
+
+9. "They took care of him, till the snow was gone. Then they sent him to
+his home."
+
+
+
+LESSON LII.
+
+oak    dusk    fight    squeak     ruf'fled
+
+bag    Fred    whoo     a wake'    creep'ing
+
+
+THE OWL.
+
+1. "Where did you get that owl, Harry?"
+
+2. "Fred and I found him in the old, hollow oak."
+
+3. "How did you know he was there?"
+
+4. "I'll tell you. Fred and I were playing 'hide and seek' round the old
+barn, one night just at dusk.
+
+5. "I was just creeping round the corner, when I heard a loud squeak, and
+a big bird flew up with something in his claws.
+
+6. "I called Fred, and we watched him as he flew to the woods. Fred
+thought the bird was an owl, and that he had a nest in the old oak.
+
+7. "The next day we went to look for him, and, sure enough, he was there."
+
+8. "But how did you catch him? I should think he could fight like a good
+fellow with that sharp bill."
+
+9. "He can when he is wide awake; but owls can't see very well in the
+daytime, and he was taking a nap.
+
+10. "He opened his great eyes, and ruffled up his feathers, and said,
+"Whoo! Whoo!' 'Never mind who,' Fred said, and slipped him into a bag."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIII.
+
+while        bones       scarce'ly      mous'er
+
+mice        rolled       sur prised'    swal'lows
+
+wink'ing    com'ic al    duck'lings      cap'ture
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy catching owl in tree.]
+
+
+THE OWL.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. "What are you going to do with him, Harry?"
+
+2. "Let him go. He doesn't like this cage half so well as his old oak
+tree. A young owl can be tamed easily, but this one is too old to tame."
+
+3. "But won't he catch all your ducklings and little chickens?"
+
+4. "No, not while there are any rats or mice around. Father says an owl is
+a good mouser, and can catch more mice than half a dozen cats."
+
+5. "I'm glad I had a look at him before you let him go. What soft feathers
+he has!"
+
+6. "Yes, he can fly so softly that you can scarcely hear him, and for this
+reason he can easily surprise and capture his prey."
+
+7. "How comical he looks, winking his big eyes slowly, and turning his
+head from side to side!"
+
+[Illustration: Two boys talking.]
+
+8. "Yes; he is watching your dog. Be still. Bounce!
+
+9. "We have just found out a funny thing about his way of eating. He
+breaks the bones of a mouse, and then swallows it whole. After an hour or
+two, he throws up the bones and fur rolled up in a little ball."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIV.
+
+broad    knee    fig    fresh    city    trout    un der neath'
+
+fought (fawt)    sur prised'     clap'ping        gar'den
+
+car'ry ing       fight'ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Old man with cane talking to young girl.]
+
+
+GRANDFATHER'S STORY.
+
+1. "Come and sit by my knee, Jane, and grandfather will tell you a strange
+story.
+
+2. "One bright Summer day, I was in a garden in a city, with a friend. "We
+rested underneath a fig tree. The broad leaves were green and fresh.
+
+3. "We looked up at the ripe, purple figs. And what do you think came down
+through the branches of the fig tree over our heads?"
+
+4. "Oh, a bird, grandfather, a bird!" said little Jane, clapping her
+hands.
+
+5. "No, not a bird. It was a fish; a trout, my little girl."
+
+6. "Not a fish, grandfather! A trout come through the branches of a tree
+in the city'! I am sure you must be in fun."
+
+7. "No, Jane, I tell you the truth. My friend and I were very much
+surprised to see a fish falling from a fig tree.
+
+8. "But we ran from under the tree, and saw a fishhawk flying, and an
+eagle after him.
+
+9. "The hawk had caught the fish, and was carrying it home to his nest,
+when the eagle saw it and wanted it.
+
+10. "They fought for it. The fish was dropped, and they both lost it. So
+much for fighting!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LV.
+
+flow    wide    steep    lakes    twin'kling
+
+[Illustration: Lake in foreground; mountain in background.]
+
+
+GOD IS GREAT AND GOOD.
+
+1. I know God made the sun
+     To fill the day with light;
+   He made the twinkling stars
+     To shine all through the night.
+
+2. He made the hills that rise
+     So very high and steep;
+   He made the lakes and seas,
+     That are so broad and deep.
+
+3. He made the streams so wide,
+     That flow through wood and vale;
+   He made the rills so small,
+     That leap down hill and dale.
+
+4. He made each bird that sings
+     So sweetly all the day;
+   He made each flower that springs
+     So bright, so fresh, so gay.
+
+5. And He who made all these,
+     He made both you and me;
+   Oh, let us thank Him, then,
+     For great and good is He.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVI.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+[Illustration: Old man holding two little girls.]
+
+
+A GOOD OLD MAN.
+
+1.  There once lived an old man in a snug, little cottage. It had two
+rooms and only two windows. A small garden lay just behind it.
+
+2. Old as the poor man was, he used to work in the fields. Often he would
+come home very tired and weak, with his hoe or spade on his shoulder.
+
+3. And who do you think met him at the door! Mary and Jane, his two little
+grandchildren.
+
+4. They were too young to work, except to weed in the garden, or bring
+water from the spring.
+
+5. In winter, as they were too poor to buy much wood or coal, they had
+little fire; so they used to sit close together to keep warm. Mary would
+sit on one of the old man's knees, and Jane on the other.
+
+6. Sometimes their grandfather would tell them a droll story. Sometimes he
+would teach them a hymn.
+
+7. He would often talk to them of their father, who had gone to sea, or of
+their good, kind mother, who was in her grave. Every night he prayed God
+to bless them, and to bring back their father in safety.
+
+8. The old man grew weaker every year; but the little girls were glad to
+work for him, who had been so good to them.
+
+[Illustration: Girls and grandfather greeting father at door.]
+
+9. One cold, windy night, they heard a knock at the door. The little girls
+ran and opened it. Oh, joy to them! There stood their father.
+
+10. He had been at sea a long time. He had saved some money, and had now
+come home to stay.
+
+11. After this the old man did not have to work. His son worked for him,
+and his grandchildren took care of him. Many happy days they spent
+together.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVII.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+
+THE GREEDY GIRL.
+
+
+1. Laura English is a greedy little girl. Indeed, she is quite a glutton.
+Do you know what a glutton is? A glutton is one who eats too much, because
+the food tastes well.
+
+2. Laura's mother is always willing she should have as much to eat as is
+good for her; but sometimes, when her mother is not watching, she eats so
+much that it makes her sick.
+
+3. I do not know why she is so silly. Her kitten never eats more than it
+needs. It leaves the nice bones on the plate, and lies down to sleep when
+it has eaten enough.
+
+4. The bee is wiser than Laura. It flies all day among the flowers to
+gather honey, and might eat the whole time if it pleased. But it eats just
+enough, and carries all the rest to its hive.
+
+[Illustration: Heavy girl eating two apples. Plate on floor with food
+scraps. Cat lying on footstool.]
+
+5. The squirrel eats a few nuts or acorns, and frisks about as gayly as if
+he had dined at the king's table.
+
+6. Did you ever see a squirrel with a nut in his paws? How bright and
+lively he looks as he eats it!
+
+7. If he lived in a house made of acorns, he would never need a doctor. He
+would not eat an acorn too much.
+
+8. I do not love little girls who eat too much. Do you, my little readers?
+
+9. I do not think they have such rosy cheeks, or such bright eyes, or such
+sweet, happy tempers as those who eat less.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVIII.
+
+lend        Sa'rah      com'fort    a shamed'   your          wil'ling
+
+thim'ble    else'where  us'ing      bor'row     of fend'ed    de pend'ed
+
+
+A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
+
+Mary.  I wish you would lend me your thimble,
+       Sarah. I can never find my own.
+
+Sarah. Why is it, Mary, you can never find it?
+
+Mary.  How can I tell? But if you will not lend me
+       yours, I can borrow one elsewhere.
+
+Sarah. I am willing to lend mine to you, Mary.
+       But I would very much like to know why you come
+       to me to borrow so often.
+
+[Illustration: Two girls seated, talking.]
+
+Mary.  Because you never lose any of your things,
+       and always know where to find them.
+
+Sarah. And why do I always know where to find my things?
+
+Mary.  I do not know why, I am sure. If I did
+       know, I might sometimes find my own.
+
+Sarah. I will tell you the secret. I have a place for
+       everything, and I put everything in its place when I
+       have done using it.
+
+Mary.  O Sarah! who wants to run and put away a
+       thing as soon as she has used it, as if her life
+       depended upon it?
+
+Sarah. Our life does not depend upon it, but our
+       comfort does, surely. How much more time will it
+       take to put a thing in its place, than to hunt for it or
+       to borrow whenever you want to use it ?
+
+Mary.  Well, Sarah, I will never borrow of you
+       again, you may depend upon it.
+
+Sarah. You are not offended with me, I hope.
+
+Mary.  No, but I am ashamed. Before night, I will
+       have a place for everything, and then I will keep
+       everything in its place. You have taught me a lesson
+       that I shall remember.
+
+
+
+LESSON LIX.
+
+con'stant    lead'ing    ear          lull       didst    meek
+
+hark         thee        none         mild       thine    nurse
+
+ease         thy         re joice'    fret'ful
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother rocking daughter.]
+
+MY MOTHER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Hark! My mother's voice I hear,
+Sweet that voice is to my ear;
+Ever soft, it seems to tell,
+Dearest child, I love thee well.
+
+Love me, mother? Yes, I know
+None can love so well as thou.
+Was it not upon thy breast
+I was taught to sleep and rest?
+
+Didst thou not, in hours of pain,
+Lull this head to ease again?
+With the music of thy voice,
+Bid my little heart rejoice?
+
+Ever gentle, meek and mild,
+Thou didst nurse thy fretful child.
+Teach these little feet the road
+Leading on to heaven and God.
+
+What return then can I make?
+This fond heart, dear mother take;
+Thine its, in word and thought,
+Thine by constant kindness bought.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LX.
+
+skip'ping    mean    George    gift    en gaged'    Mason    El'let
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+
+1. George Ellet had a bright silver dollar for a New-year gift.
+
+2. He thought of all the fine things he might buy with it.
+
+3. The ground was all covered with snow; but the sun shone out bright, and
+everything looked beautiful.
+
+4. So George put on his hat, and ran into the street. As he went skipping
+along, he met some boys throwing snowballs. George soon engaged in the
+sport.
+
+5. He sent a ball at James Mason, but it missed him, and broke a window on
+the other side of the street.
+
+6. George feared some one would come out of the house and find him. So he
+ran off as fast as he could.
+
+[Illustration: Boy throwing snowball through window.]
+
+7. As soon as he got round the next corner, George stopped, because he was
+very sorry for what he had done.
+
+8. He said to himself, "I have no right to spend my silver dollar, now. I
+ought to go back, and pay for the glass I broke with my snowball."
+
+9. He went up and down the street, and felt very sad. He wished very much
+to buy something nice. He also wished to pay for the broken glass.
+
+10. At last he said, "It was wrong to break the window, though I did not
+mean to do it. I will go and pay for it, if it takes all my money, I will
+try not to be sorry. I do not think the man will hurt me if I pay for the
+mischief I have done."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXI.
+
+mer'chant    hon'est ly    rang    mind
+
+part'ner     with out'     rich    bell
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. George started off, and felt much happier for having made up his mind
+to do what was right.
+
+2. He rang the doorbell. When the man came out, George said, "Sir, I threw
+a snowball through your window. But I did not intend to do it. I am very
+sorry, and wish to pay you. Here is the dollar my father gave me as a New-
+year gift."
+
+3. The gentleman took the dollar, and asked George if he had no more
+money. George said he had not. "Well," said he, "this will do."
+
+[Illustration: George paying for broken window.]
+
+4. So, after asking George his name, and where he lived, he called him an
+honest boy, and shut the door.
+
+5. George went home at dinner time, with a face as rosy, and eyes as
+bright, as if nothing had gone wrong. At dinner, Mr. Ellet asked him what
+he had bought with his money.
+
+6. George very honestly told him all about the broken window, and said he
+felt very well without any money to spend.
+
+7. When dinner was over, Mr. Ellet told George to go and look in his cap.
+He did so, and found two silver dollars there.
+
+8. The man, whose window had been broken, had been there, and told Mr.
+Ellet about it. He gave back George's dollar and another besides.
+
+9. A short time after this, the man came and told Mr. Ellet that he wanted
+a good boy to stay in his store.
+
+10. As soon as George left school, he went to live with this man, who was
+a rich merchant. In a few years he became the merchant's partner.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXII.
+
+line       fig'ure       sec'ond   grain       verse        per'fect ly
+
+ad vice'   im pa'tient   stud'y    bus'i ly    fol'lowed    un der stand'
+
+[Illustration: Mother talking to small boy. Hour-glass and flowers on
+table between them.]
+
+
+FRANK AND THE HOURGLASS.
+
+1. Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing without
+asking a great many questions about it.
+
+2. His mother was very patient and kind. When it was proper to answer his
+questions, she would do so.
+
+3. Sometimes she would say, "You are not old enough to understand that, my
+son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell
+you."
+
+4. When his mother said this, he never teased any more. He knew she always
+liked to answer him when he asked proper questions.
+
+5. The first time Frank saw an hourglass, he was very much amused; but he
+did not know what it was.
+
+6. His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8.
+The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the
+middle. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an
+hour."
+
+7. Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was impatient, because it
+would not run faster. "Let me shake it, mother," said he; "it is lazy, and
+will never get through."
+
+8. "Oh yes, it will, my son," said his mother, "The sand moves by little
+and little, but it moves all the time. 9. "When you look at the hands of
+the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never
+stop.
+
+10, "While you are at play the sand is running, grain by grain, The hands
+of the clock are moving, second by second.
+
+11. "At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The
+hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face.
+
+12. "This because they keep work every minute. They do not stop to think
+how much they have to do, and how long it will take them to do it."
+
+13. Now, Frank's mother wanted him to learn a little hymn; but he said
+"Mother, I can never learn it."
+
+14. His mother said, "Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it
+will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon."
+
+15. Frank followed his mother's advice. He studied line after line, very
+busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the hymn perfectly.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIII.
+
+sleet    cheer'ly    cru'el    taps    free
+
+[Illustration: Road through forest.]
+
+MARCH.
+
+1. In the snowing and the blowing,
+     In the cruel sleet,
+   Little flowers begin their growing
+     Far beneath our feet.
+
+2. Softly taps the Spring, and cheerly,--
+     "Darlings, are you here?"
+   Till they answer, "We are nearly,
+     Nearly ready, dear."
+
+3. "Where is Winter, with his snowing?
+     Tell us, Spring," they say.
+   Then she answers, "He is going,
+     Going on his way.
+
+4. "Poor old Winter does not love you;
+     But his time is past;
+   Soon my birds shall sing above you;--
+     Set you free at last."
+                                Mary Mapes Dodge.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIV.
+
+late     straw      Jen'ny      snort'ed     Tem'plar
+
+aunt     rogue      re port'    graz'ing     di rect'ly
+
+ditch    act'ed     ser'vice    sup pose'    ca ressed'
+
+hired    e rect'    pricked     mo'ment      gro'cer ies
+
+
+
+JENNY'S CALL.
+
+1. "It's of no use, Mrs. Templar; I have been trying the greater part of
+an hour to catch that rogue of a horse. She won't be caught."
+
+[Illustration: Man and boy chasing horse.]
+
+2. Such was the report the hired man brought in to Mrs. Templar one
+pleasant May morning, when she had been planning a ride.
+
+3. "I suppose it can not be helped, but I wanted her very much," she said,
+as she turned away.
+
+4. "What was it you wanted, mother?" asked Jenny Templar, a bright,
+brown-haired, brown-eyed girl of twelve, who had just come into the room.
+
+5. "Fanny," said the mother. "It is such a beautiful morning, I meant to
+drive down to the village, get some groceries, then call for your Aunt
+Ann, have a nice ride up the river road, and bring her home to dinner.
+
+6. "But father is away for all day, and the men have been trying nearly an
+hour to catch Fanny; one of the men says she can't be caught."
+
+7. "Maybe she can't by him," said Jenny, with a merry laugh. "But, get
+ready, mother; you shall go if you like. I'll catch Fanny, and harness
+her, too."
+
+8. "Why, my child, they say she jumped the ditch three or four times, and
+acted like a wild creature. You'll only be late at school, and tire
+yourself for nothing."
+
+9. "It won't take me long, mother. Fanny will come to me," said Jenny,
+cheerily. She put on her wide straw hat, and was off in a moment, down the
+hill, to the field where the horse was grazing.
+
+10. The moment Fanny heard the rustle of Jenny's dress, she pricked up her
+ears, snorted, and, with head erect, seemed ready to bound away again.
+
+[Illustration: Girl leading horse.]
+
+11. "Fanny! O Fanny!" called Jenny, and the beautiful creature turned her
+head. That gentle tone she well knew, and, glad to see her friend, she
+carne directly to the fence, and rubbed her head on the girl's shoulder.
+As soon as the gate was opened, she followed Jenny to the barn.
+
+12. The men had treated her roughly, and she remembered it. But she knew
+and loved the voice that was always kind, and the hand that often fed and
+caressed her. She gave love for love, and willing service for kindness.
+
+LESSON LXV.
+
+rung     Da'vy     vi'o let    re cess'    ar range'
+
+ferns    ma'ple    dain'ty    lin'gered    pret'ti est
+
+
+POOR DAVY.
+
+1. It was recess time at the village school. The bell had rung, and the
+children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.
+
+
+2. All but poor Davy. He came out last and very slowly, but he did not
+laugh. He was in trouble, and the bright, golden sunlight did not make him
+glad.
+
+3. He walked across the yard, and sat down on a stone behind the old
+maple. A little bird on the highest branch sang just to make him laugh.
+
+4. But Davy did not notice it. He was thinking of the cruel words that had
+been said about his ragged clothes. The tears stole out of his eyes, and
+ran down his cheeks.
+
+[Illustration: Boy sitting alone under tree in schoolyard. Other children
+playing in background.]
+
+5. Poor Davy had no father, and his mother had to work hard to keep him at
+school.
+
+6. That night, he went home by the path that led across the fields and
+through the woods. He still felt sad.
+
+7. Davy did not wish to trouble his mother; so he lingered a while among
+the trees, and at last threw himself on the green moss under them.
+
+[Illustration: Woman talking to boy.]
+
+8. Just then his teacher came along. She saw who it was, and stopped,
+saying kindly, "What is the matter, Davy?"
+
+9. He did not speak, but the tears began again to start.
+
+10. "Won't you tell me? Perhaps I can help you."
+
+11. Then he told her all his trouble.  When he ended, she said, cheerily,
+"I have a plan, Davy, that I think will help you."
+
+12. "Oh, what is it?" he said, sitting up with a look of hope, while a
+tear fell upon a blue violet.
+
+l3. "Well, how would you like to be a little flower merchant?"
+
+14. "And earn money?" said Davy. "That would be jolly. But where shall I
+get my flowers?"
+
+15. "Right in these woods, and in the fields," said his teacher. " Here
+are lovely blue violets, down by the brook are white ones, and among the
+rocks are ferns and mosses. Bring them all to my house, and I will help
+you arrange them."
+
+16. So, day after day, Davy hunted the woods for the prettiest flowers,
+and the most dainty ferns and mosses. After his teacher had helped to
+arrange them, he took them to the city that was near, and sold them.
+
+17. He soon earned money enough to buy new clothes. Now the sunshine and
+the bird's songs make him glad.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVI.
+
+deep    flour     dough      mill'er     wheth'er
+
+cook    a far'    dust'y     cra'dles    grind'ing
+
+glow    doth      val'ley    reap'ers    a-knead'ing
+
+
+ALICE'S SUPPER.
+                   1.
+Far down in the valley the wheat grows deep,
+And the reapers are making the cradles sweep;
+And this is the song that I hear them sing,
+While cheery and loud their voices ring:
+"'Tis the finest wheat that ever did grow!
+And it is for Alice's supper--ho! ho!"
+
+                   2.
+Far down by the river the old mill stands,
+And the miller is rubbing his dusty hands;
+And these are the words of the miller's lay,
+As he watches the millstones grinding away:
+"'Tis the finest flour that money can buy,
+And it is for Alice's supper--hi! hi!"
+
+                   3.
+Downstairs in the kitchen the fire doth glow,
+And cook is a-kneading the soft, white dough;
+And this is the song she is singing to-day,
+As merry and busy she's working away:
+"'Tis the finest dough, whether near or afar,
+And it is for Alice's supper--ha! ha!"
+
+[Illustration: Mother serving supper to small girl seated at table.]
+
+                   4.
+To the nursery now comes mother, at last,
+And what in her hand is she bringing so fast?
+'Tis a plateful of something, all yellow and white,
+And she sings as she comes, with her smile so bright:
+"'Tis the best bread and butter I ever did see,
+And it is for Alice's supper--he! he!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVII.
+
+tall    hung      storm       pick'et
+
+firs    north     gowns       spar'ked
+
+roof    flakes    fair'ies    cap'tains
+
+
+A SNOWSTORM.
+
+1. Last night, the cold north wind blew great snow clouds over the sky.
+Not a star, not a bit of blue sky could be seen.
+
+2. Soon the tiny flakes floated softly down, like flocks of little white
+birds. Faster and faster they came, till they filled the air. They made no
+noise, but they were busy all night long.
+
+3. They covered all the ground with a soft, white carpet. They hung
+beautiful plumes on the tall, green firs. The little bushes, they put to
+sleep in warm nightgowns and caps.
+
+[Illustration: Snow covering house, shed, and road. Children playing.]
+
+4. They hid the paths so that the boys might have the fun of digging new
+ones. They turned the old picket fence into a row of soldiers, and the
+gate posts into captains, with tall white hats on.
+
+5. The old corn basket that was left out by the barn, upside down, they
+made into a cunning little snow house with a round roof.
+
+6. When the busy little flakes had done their work, the sun came up to see
+what they had been about.
+
+7. He must have been pleased with what he saw, for he smiled such a
+bright, sweet smile, that the whole white world sparkled as if it were
+made of little stars.
+
+8. Who would have thought that the black clouds could hide the little
+fairies that made the earth so beautiful!
+
+LESSON LXVIII.
+
+dug      roots     thump       of fense'
+
+toad     spool     heaped      smoothed
+
+forth    a'pron    clos'ets    dan'de li ons
+
+
+BESSIE.
+
+1. One day, Bessie thought how nice it would be to have a garden with only
+wild flowers in it. So into the house she ran to find her Aunt Annie, and
+ask her leave to go over on the shady hillside, across the brook, where
+the wild flowers grew thickest.
+
+[Illustration: Girl planting small garden. Toad sitting in garden.]
+
+2. " Yes, indeed, you may go," said Aunt Annie; "but what will you put the
+roots and earth in while you are making the garden?"
+
+3. "Oh," said Bessie, "I can take my apron."
+
+4. Her aunt laughed, and said, "A basket will be better, I think." So they
+looked in the closets and the attic, everywhere; but some of the baskets
+were full, and some broken; not one could they find that would do.
+
+5. Then Aunt Annie turned out the spools and the bags from a nice large
+workbasket, and gave that to Bessie. "You may have this for your own," she
+said, "to fill with earth, or flowers, or anything you like."
+
+6. "Oh I thank you," said Bessie, and she danced away through the garden.
+She slipped through the gate, out into the field all starred with
+dandelions, down in the hollow by the brook, then up on the hillside out
+of sight among the shady trees.
+
+7. How she worked that afternoon! She heaped up the dark, rich earth, and
+smoothed it over with her hands. Then she dug up violets, and
+spring-beauties, and other flowers,--running back and forth, singing all
+the while.
+
+8. The squirrels peeped out of their holes at Bessie. The birds sang in
+the branches overhead. Thump, came something all at once into the middle
+of the bed. Bessie jumped and upset the basket, and away it rolled down
+the hill.
+
+9. How Bessie laughed when she saw a big, brown toad winking his bright
+eyes at her, as if he would say, "No offense, I hope."
+
+10. Just then Bessie heard a bell ringing loudly. She knew it was calling
+her home; but how could she leave her basket? She must look for that
+first.
+
+11. "Waiting, waiting, waiting," all at once sang a bird out of sight
+among the branches; "waiting, Bessie."
+
+12. "Sure enough," said Bessie; "perhaps I'm making dear mother or auntie
+wait; and they are so good to me. I'd better let the basket wait. Take
+care of it, birdie; and don't jump on my flowers, Mr. Toad."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIX.
+
+visit    soaked    o be'di ent    ru'ined
+
+[Illustration: Girl on couch looking out window.]
+
+
+BESSIE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. She was back at the house in a few minutes, calling, "Mother! mother!
+auntie! Who wants me?"
+
+2. "I, dear," said her mother. "I am going away for a long visit, and if
+you had not come at once, I could not have said good-by to my little
+girl."
+
+3. Then Bessie's mother kissed her, and told her to obey her kind aunt
+while she was gone.
+
+4. The next morning, Bessie waked to find it raining hard. She went into
+her aunt's room with a very sad face. "O auntie! this old rain!"
+
+5, "This new, fresh, beautiful rain, Bessie! How it will make our flowers
+grow, and what a good time we can have together in the house!"
+
+6. "I know it, auntie; but you will think me so careless!"
+
+7. "To let it rain?"
+
+8. "No; don't laugh, Aunt Annie; to leave your nice basket out of doors
+all night; and now it will be soaked and ruined in this--this--beautiful
+rain." Bessie did not look as if the beautiful rain made her very happy.
+
+9. "You must be more careful, dear, another time," said her aunt, gently.
+"But come, tell me all about it."
+
+10. So Bessie crept very close to her auntie's side, and told her of her
+happy time the day before; of the squirrel, and the toad, and how the
+basket rolled away down the hill; and then how the bell rang, and she
+could not stop to find the basket.
+
+11. "And you did quite right," said her aunt. "If you had stopped, your
+mother must have waited a whole day, or else gone without seeing you. When
+I write, I will tell her how obedient you were, and that will please her
+more than anything else I can say."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXX.
+
+sought    sure'ly (shu)    wel'come      light'some
+
+loft'y    maid'en          cher'ished    in tro duce'
+
+
+CHEERFULNESS.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+There is a little maiden--
+  Who is she? Do you know?
+Who always has a welcome,
+  Wherever she may go.
+
+Her face is like the May time,
+  Her voice is like the bird's;
+The sweetest of all music
+  Is in her lightsome words.
+
+Each spot she makes the brighter,
+  As if she were the sun;
+And she is sought and cherished
+  And loved by everyone;
+
+By old folks and by children,
+  By loft and by low;
+Who is this little maiden?
+  Does anybody know?
+
+You surely must have met her.
+  You certainly can guess;
+What! I must introduce her?
+  Her name is Cheeerfulness.
+                              Marian Douglas
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LXXI.
+
+west'ern    breathe    dy'ing    moon    babe    sails
+
+LULLABY.
+
+1. Sweet and low, sweet and low,
+     Wind of the western sea,
+   Low, low, breathe and blow,
+     Wind of the western sea!
+   Over the rolling waters go,
+   Come from the dying moon, and blow,
+     Blow him again to me;
+   While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.
+
+2. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Rest, rest, on mother's breast,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Father will come to his babe in the nest,
+   Silver sails all out of the west,
+     Under the silver moon;
+   Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.
+
+Tennyson.
+
+
+
+
+
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+ïŧŋïŧŋ*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MCGUFFEY'S SECOND ECLECTIC
+READER ***
+
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind
+to the old blind man."
+
+The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some
+contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given
+in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write.
+Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson
+numbers.
+
+The author, not listed in the text is William Holmes McGuffey.
+
+Don Kostuch
+]
+
+
+
+ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'SÂŪ
+
+SECOND
+
+ECLECTIC READER.
+
+REVISED EDITION.
+
+
+
+McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
+
+JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc..
+New York - Chichester-Weinheim-Brisbane-Singapore-Toronto
+
+
+
+Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
+Copyright, 1896, by American Book Company
+Copyright, 1907 and 1920, by H. H. Vail.
+
+EP316
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+In this book, as well as in the others of the Revised Series, most of the
+favorite drill selections, which constituted one of the leading
+excellences of MCGUFFEY'S READERS, have been retained. New selections have
+been inserted only when they seemed manifest improvements on those
+formerly used.
+
+The plan of this Reader is a continuation and extension of that pursued in
+the First Reader.
+
+If the pupil is not familiar with the diacritical marks, he should be
+carefully drilled, as suggested on page 7, until the marked letter
+instantly suggests the correct sound. He is then prepared to study his
+reading lessons without any assistance from the teacher.
+
+All new words are given at the head of each lesson. When these are
+mastered, the main difficulties left for the pupil are those of
+expression. In the latter portion of the book the simpler
+derivatives,--such as are formed by adding one or two
+letters,--possessives, plurals, verbal forms, etc.,--are omitted if the
+primitive word has been given. In this way the pupil is gradually led to
+the mastery of words as ordinarily printed.
+
+A few of the most usual abbreviations have been introduced,--such as Mr.,
+Mrs., etc. These should be carefully explained, not only as to their
+meaning and use, but as to the reason for their use.
+
+Great care has been taken to have the illustrations worthy of the
+reputation MCGUFFEY'S READERS have attained, and some of the foremost
+designers of this country have contributed to the embellishment of the
+book.
+
+Many of these pictures will serve admirably for lessons in language, in
+extension and explanation of the text. The imagination of the artist has,
+in some cases, filled in details not found in the text.
+
+The thanks of the publishers are due to very many experienced teachers,
+who have contributed their valuable suggestions.
+
+June, 1879.
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY MATTER.
+
+ARTICULATION
+PUNCTUATION
+
+SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.
+
+Lessons.
+1.   Evening at Home
+2.   Bubbles
+3.   Willie's Letter (Script)
+4.   The Little Star
+5.   Two Dogs
+6.   Afraid in the Dark
+7.   Baby Bye
+8.   Puss and her Kittens
+9.   Kittie and Mousie
+10.  At Work
+11.  What a Bird Taught
+12.  Susie Sunbeam
+13.  If I were a Sun beam
+14.  Henry, the Bootblack
+15.  Don't Wake the Baby (Script)
+16.  A Kind Brother
+17.  My Good-far-nothing
+18.  The Kingbird
+19.  Evening Hymn
+20.  The Quarrel
+21.  The Bee
+22.  The Song of the Bee
+23.  The Torn Doll
+24.  Sheep-shearing
+25.  The Clouds
+26.  Patty and the Squirrel
+27.  The Sparrow
+28.  Sam and Harry
+29.  The Little Rill
+30.  The Boat Upset
+31.  Mary's Letter (Script)
+32.  The Tiger
+33.  The Fireside
+34.  Birdie's Morning Song
+35.  Willie and Bounce
+36.  Willie and Bounce
+37.  The Kitchen Clock
+38.  The New Scales
+39.  The Bear and the Children
+40.  The Little Harebell (Script)
+41.  The Fishhawk
+42.  What the Leaf said
+43.  The Wind and the Leaves
+44.  Mamma's Present
+45.  Mary's Story
+46.  Ralph Wick
+47.  Coasting down the Hill (Script)
+48.  The Fox and the Ducks
+49.  Pretty is that Pretty does
+50.  The Story-teller
+51.  The Story-teller
+52.  The Owl
+53.  The Owl
+54.  Grandfather's Story
+55.  God is Great and Good
+56.  A Good Old Man
+57.  The Greedy Girl
+68.  A Place for Everything
+69.  My Mother (Script)
+60.  The Broken Window
+61.  The Broken Window
+62.  Frank and the Hourglass
+63.  March
+64.  Jenny's Call
+65.  Poor Davy
+66.  Alice's Supper
+67.  A Snowstorm
+68.  Bessie
+69.  Bessie
+70.  Cheerfulness (Script)
+71.  Lullaby
+
+
+
+ARTICULATION.
+
+SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS.-Thorough and frequent drills on the elementary
+sounds are useful in correcting vicious habits of pronunciation and in
+strengthening the vocal organs.
+
+As a rule, only one or two sounds should be employed at one lesson. Care
+should be taken that the pupils observe and practice these sounds
+correctly in their reading.
+
+
+
+TABLE OF VOCALS.
+
+Long Sounds
+
+Sound   as in    Sound   as in
+a       ate        e     err
+a       care       i     ice
+a       arm        o     ode
+a       last       u     use
+a       all        u     burn
+e       eve        oo    fool
+
+
+
+SHORT SOUNDS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+a        am         o      odd
+e        end        u      up
+i        in         oo     look
+
+
+
+DIPHTHONGS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+oi      oil         ou      out
+oy      boy         ow      now
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBVOCALS.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+b        bib         v     valve
+d        did         th    this
+g        gig         z     zin
+j        jug         z     azure
+n        nine        r     rare
+m        maim        w     we
+ng       hang         y    yet
+l        lull
+
+
+
+TABLE 0F ASPIRATES.
+
+Sound   as in      Sound   as in
+f       fifi        t      tat
+h       him         sh     she
+k       kite        ch     chat
+p       pipe        th     thick
+s       same        wh     why
+
+
+
+TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.
+
+Sub   for   as in      Sub   for   as in
+a      o    what        y    i     myth
+e      a    there       c    k     can
+e      a    feint       c    a     cite
+i      e    police      ch   sh    chaise
+i      e    sir         ch   k     chaos
+o      u    son         g    j     gem
+o      oo   to          n    ng    ink
+o      oo   wolf        s    z     as
+o      a    fork        s    sh    sure
+o      u    work        x    gz    exact
+u      oo   full        gh   f     laugh
+u      oo   rude        ph   f     phlox
+y      i    fly         qu   k     pique
+qu     kw   quit
+
+
+
+PUNCTUATION.
+
+Punctuation Marks are used to make the sense more clear.
+
+A Period (.) is used at the end of a sentence, and after an
+abbreviation; as,
+
+   James was quite sick. Dr. Jones was called to see him.
+
+An Interrogation Mark (?) is used at the end of a question; as,
+
+   Where is John going?
+
+An Exclamation Mark (!) is used after words or sentences expressing some
+strong feeling; as,
+
+   Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!
+
+The Comma (,), Semicolon (;), and Colon (:) are used to separate the parts
+of a sentence.
+
+The Hyphen (-) is used to join the parts of a compound word; as,
+text-book: it is also used at the end of a line in print or script, when a
+word is divided; as in the word "sentence," near the bottom of page 9.
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+
+
+MCGUFFEY'S
+SECOND READER.
+
+LESSON I.
+
+news'paper    cold    or'der    seem    through
+
+stock'ings    chat    sto'ry    light   Har'ry
+
+branch'es     kiss    burns     Mrs.    e vents'
+
+an oth'er     Mr.     stool     lamp    mends
+
+
+[Illustration: Family at evening; father reading newspaper, mother sewing,
+boy and girl reading.]
+
+EVENING AT HOME.
+
+1. It is winter. The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.
+
+
+2. Mr. Brown has done his day's work, and his children, Harry and Kate,
+have come home from school. They learned their lessons well to-day, and
+both feel happy
+
+3. Tea is over. Mrs. Brown has put the little sitting room in order. The
+fire burns brightly. One lamp gives light enough for all. On the stool is
+a basket of fine apples. They seem to say, "Won't you have one?"
+
+4. Harry and Kate read a story in a new book. The father reads his
+newspaper, and the mother mends Harry's stockings.
+
+5. By and by, they will tell one another what they have been reading
+about, and will have a chat over the events of the day.
+
+6. Harry and Kate's bedtime will come first. I think I see them kiss their
+dear father and mother a sweet good night.
+
+7. Do you not wish that every boy and girl could have a home like this?
+
+
+
+LESSON II.
+
+beau'ti ful    porch    rain'bow    burst
+
+bub'bling      same     biggest     sneeze    col'ors
+
+main           soap     wash        red       ma'ny (men'y)
+
+[Illustration: Three children playing with bubbles and cat.]
+
+BUBBLES.
+
+1. The boys have come out on the porch to blow bubbles. The old cat is
+asleep on the mat by the door.
+
+2. "Ha! ha!" laughs Robert, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat's
+back, and does not burst.
+
+3. Willie tries to make his bubble do the same. This time it comes down on
+the cat's face, and makes her sneeze.
+
+4. "She would rather wash her face without soap," says Harry. "Now let us
+see who can make the biggest bubble."
+
+5. "Mine is the biggest," says Robert. "See how high it floats in the air!
+I can see--ah! it has burst."
+
+6. "I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine," says Willie;
+"and such beautiful colors."
+
+7.  "How many, Willie?"
+
+8. "Red, one; blue, two; there--they are all out. Let us try again."
+
+9. "I know how many colors there are," says Harry. "Just as many as there
+are in the rainbow."
+
+10. "Do you know how many that is?"
+
+LESSON III.
+
+rub'ber    gun    par'lor     street
+
+num'ber    ten    o'clock'    shoot
+
+
+WILLIE'S LETTER.
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+New York, Dec. 10, 1878.
+Dear Santa Claus:
+Papa is going to give
+me a Christmas tree, and he
+says that you will put nice
+things on it if I ask you. I would
+like a gun that will shoot, and
+a rubber ball that I can throw
+hard, and that will not break
+Mamma's windows or the big
+glass in the parlor.
+Now, please don't forget to come.
+I live on Fourth St., number ten.
+I will go to bed at eight o'clock,
+and shut my eyes tight.
+I will not look, indeed I won't.
+                 Your little boy,
+                 Willie.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON IV.
+
+a bove'      world       dark        oft
+
+nev'er       spark       dew         till
+
+di'a mond    twin'kle    blaz'ing
+
+The Little Star
+
+1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
+   How I wonder what you are,
+   Up above the world so high,
+   Like a diamond in the sky!
+
+2. When the blazing sun is set,
+   And the grass with dew is wet,
+   Then you show your little light;
+   Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
+
+3. Then, if I were in the dark,
+   I would thank you for your spark.
+   I could not see which way to go,
+   If you did not twinkle so.
+
+4. And when I am sound asleep,
+   Oft you through my window peep;
+   For you never shut your eye,
+   Till the sun is in the sky.
+
+
+
+LESSON V.
+
+be hind'     to geth'er        nob'le    Scotch
+
+Dodg'er      min'utes          crib      wag'on
+
+ter'ri er    coun'try          scold     fel'low
+
+shag'gy      frisk'i ly        fits      cel'lar
+
+guards       New'found land    yard      har'ness
+
+[Illustration: Two dogs, one large, the other a small puppy.]
+
+TWO DOGS.
+
+1. James White has two dogs. One is a Newfoundland dog, and the other is a
+Scotch terrier.
+
+2. The Newfoundland is a large, noble fellow. He is black, with a white
+spot, and with long, shaggy hair. His name is Sport.
+
+3. Sport is a good watchdog, and a kind playfellow. Every night he guards
+the house while James and his father are asleep.
+
+4. In the daytime, James often uses Sport for his horse. He has a little
+wagon, and a set of small harness which just fits the dog.
+
+5. He hitches Sport to this wagon, and drives over the country. In this
+way, he can go almost as fast as his father with the old family horse.
+
+6. The name of James's Scotch terrier is Dodger. He is called Dodger
+because he jumps about so friskily. He is up on a chair, under the table,
+behind the door, down cellar, and out in the yard,--all in a minute.
+
+7. Dodger has very bright eyes, and he does many funny things. He likes to
+put his paws up on the crib, and watch the baby.
+
+8. The other day he took baby's red stocking, and had great fun with it;
+but he spoiled it in his play, and James had to scold him.
+
+9. Everyone likes to see James White with his two dogs. They always seem
+very happy together.
+
+
+
+LESSON VI.
+
+bet ween'    bu'reau (-ro)    stairs    nee'dle
+
+a fraid'     shad'ow          held      stir
+
+AFRAID IN THE DARK.
+
+1.  "Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the
+bureau?"
+
+2.  But Willie did not stir. "Willie!" said mamma. She thought he had not
+heard.
+
+3.  "I'm afraid," said Willie.
+
+4.  "Afraid of what?"
+
+5.  "It's dark up there."
+
+6.  "What is the dark?" asked mamma. "See! It is nothing but a shadow."
+And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.
+
+[Illustration: Mother, seated in rocking chair, kerosene lamp on table,
+boy standing, examining his shadow on the wall.]
+
+7. "Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it
+is light."
+
+8. "Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie. See! There is
+your shadow on the wall. Can your shadow hurt you?"
+
+9. "Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me."
+
+10. "Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything."
+
+11. "What makes the big shadow, mamma?"
+
+12. "I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older.
+But now, I wish you would find me a brave boy who is not afraid of
+shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook."
+
+13. "I am brave, mamma. I will go. --Here it is."
+
+14. "Thank you, my brave little man. You see the dark didn't hurt you."
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Beautiful faces are they that wear
+The light of a pleasant spirit there;
+Beautiful hands are they that do
+Deeds that are noble good and true;
+Beautiful feet are they that go
+Swiftly to lighten another's woe.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON VII.
+
+spi'ders    tick'ling    stay    neck      nose         se'cret    crawls
+
+legs        beck         ope     goes      toes         speck      choose
+
+dot         nod          shoes   spread    be lieve'    six
+
+[Illustration: Mother and baby watching fly on the wall.]
+
+BABY BYE.
+
+1. Baby Bye,
+   Here's a fly;
+   We will watch him, you and I.
+   How he crawls
+   Up the walls,
+   Yet he never falls!
+   I believe with six such legs
+   You and I could walk on eggs.
+   There he goes
+   On his toes,
+   Tickling Baby's nose.
+
+2. Spots of red
+   Dot his head;
+   Rainbows on his back are spread;
+   That small speck
+   Is his neck;
+   See him nod and beck!
+   I can show you, if you choose,
+   Where to look to find his shoes,
+   Three small pairs,
+   Made of hairs;
+   These he always wears.
+
+3. Flies can see
+   More than we;
+   So how bright their eyes must be!
+   Little fly,
+   Ope your eye;
+   Spiders are near by.
+   For a secret I can tell,
+   Spiders never use flies well;
+   Then away,
+   Do not stay.
+   Little fly, good day.
+
+
+
+LESSON VIII.
+
+serv'ant    sud'den ly    lon'ger     re turned'    lived      tired
+
+since       five          anx'ious    trou'ble      cer'tain   nea'ly
+
+doz'en      sev'en        at'tic      strange       great      prop'er
+
+coal    seemed
+
+[Illustration: Cat carrying kitten up stairs by the scruff of the neck.]
+
+PUSS AND HER KITTENS.
+
+1. Puss, with her three kittens, had lived in the coal cellar; but one day
+she thought she would carry them to the attic.
+
+2. The servant thought that was not the proper place for them; so she
+carried them back to the cellar.
+
+3. Puss was certain that she wanted them in the attic; so she carried them
+there again and again, five, six, seven, --yes, a dozen times; for each
+time the servant took them back to the cellar.
+
+4. Poor puss was nearly tired out, and could carry them no longer.
+
+5. Suddenly she went away. Where do you think she went?
+
+6. She was gone a long time. When she returned, she had a strange cat with
+her that we had never seen before.
+
+7. She seemed to tell him all about her great trouble, and he listened to
+her story.
+
+8. Then the strange cat took the little kittens, one by one, and carried
+them to the attic. After this he went away, and we have never seen him
+since.
+
+9. The servant then left the kittens in the attic, for she saw how anxious
+puss was to have them stay there.
+
+10. Was not the strange cat kind to puss? This lesson should teach
+children to be ever ready to help one another.
+
+
+
+LESSON IX.
+
+nine     mous'ie    fro      frol'ic    bit    slipped
+
+spied    crow       teeth    pearl      used
+
+[Illustration: White cat sneaking up on a mouse.]
+
+KITTY AND MOUSIE.
+
+1. Once there was a little kitty,
+     White as the snow;
+   In a barn he used to frolic,
+     Long time ago.
+
+2. In the barn a little mousie
+     Ran to and fro;
+   For she heard the little kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+3. Two black eyes had little kitty,
+     Black as a crow;
+   And they spied the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+4. Four soft paws had little kitty,
+     Paws soft as snow;
+   And they caught the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+5. Nine pearl teeth had little kitty,
+     All in a row;
+   And they bit the little mousie,
+     Long time ago.
+
+6. When the teeth bit little mousie,
+     Mousie cried out "Oh!"
+   But she slipped away from kitty,
+     Long time ago.
+
+
+
+LESSON X.
+
+washed    hours(ours)    pre'cious    game
+
+harm      a'ny (en'y)    brushed      end
+
+
+AT WORK.
+
+1. A little play does not harm any one, but does much good. After play, we
+should be glad to work.
+
+2. I knew a boy who liked a good game very much. He could run, swim, jump,
+and play ball; and was always merry when out of school.
+
+3. But he knew that time is not all for play; that our minutes, hours, and
+days are very precious.
+
+4. At the end of his play, he would go home. After he had washed his face
+and hands, and brushed his hair, he would help his mother, or read in his
+book, or write upon his slate.
+
+5. He used to say, "One thing at a time." When he had done with work, he
+would play; but he did not try to play and to work at the same time.
+
+
+
+LESSON XI.
+
+twit-twee    bough (bow)    twit-twit    top'most    lock
+
+spray        mate           close'ly     ros'y       an'swer (an'ser)
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on tree branch.]
+
+WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT.
+
+1. Why do you come to my apple tree,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+2. Why do you lock your rosy feet
+     So closely round the spray?
+   Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-tweet!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+3. Why on the topmost bough do you get,
+     Little bird so gray?
+   Twit-twit-twee! twit-twit-twit!
+     That was all he would say.
+
+4. Where is your mate? come, answer me,
+     Little bird so gray.
+   Twit-twit-twit! twit-twit-twee!
+     That was all he would say.
+                                      Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON XII.
+
+bright'ness    pleas'ant    learned    dress
+
+play'mates     un kind'     rag'ged    word
+
+ques'tions     smil'ing     crowed     child
+
+Sun'beam       cheered      Sus'ie     gave
+
+glad'ness      un less'     name       gate
+
+
+SUSIE SUNBEAM.
+
+1. Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But every
+one called her Susie Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face,
+and always brought brightness with her when she came.
+
+[Illustration: Older girls playing with younger girl. Three children
+standing in background.]
+
+2. Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the
+little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.
+
+3. Even when a baby, Susie laughed and crowed from morning till night. No
+one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.
+
+4. When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get
+things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she
+could.
+
+5. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her
+ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read.
+
+6. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never
+used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates
+best.
+
+7. One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and
+Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her.
+
+8. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come
+in. "What are you crying for?" Susie asked.
+
+9. "Because they all laugh at me," she said.
+
+10. Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She cheered her up
+with kind words, and gave her a nice dress and a pair of shoes.
+
+11. This brought real joy and gladness to the poor child, and she, too,
+thought that Susie was rightly called Sunbeam.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIII.
+
+wood'lands    di vine'    raised     un til'    droop'ing    blessed
+
+whose         seek        up'ward    hov'els    in'ner       steal
+
+heav'en       hearts      lil'ies    die        roam'ing
+
+
+IF I WERE A SUNBEAM.
+
+1. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know what I'd do;
+   I would seek white lilies,
+     Roaming woodlands through.
+   I would steal among them,
+     Softest light I'd shed,
+   Until every lily
+     Raised its drooping head.
+
+2. "If I were a sunbeam,
+     I know where I'd go;
+   Into lowly hovels,
+     Dark with want and woe:
+   Till sad hearts looked upward,
+     I would shine and shine;
+   Then they'd think of heaven,
+     Their sweet home and mine."
+
+3. Are you not a sunbeam,
+     Child, whose life is glad
+   With an inner brightness
+     Sunshine never had?
+   Oh, as God has blessed you,
+     Scatter light divine!
+   For there is no sunbeam
+     But must die or shine.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIV.
+
+sup port'    a long'    boots      be long'    dol'lar    years
+
+man'age      taught     cor'ner    no'tice     mon'ey     black'ing
+
+gen'tle men    hon'est (on'est)    quite    buy    earned
+
+[Illustration: Boy offering to shine man's shoes.]
+
+HENRY, THE BOOTBLACK.
+
+1. Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was
+very poor. He had a little sister about two years old.
+
+2. He wanted to help his mother, for she could not always earn enough to
+buy food for her little family.
+
+3. One day, a man gave him a dollar for finding a pocketbook which he had
+lost.
+
+4. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found
+it. But his mother had taught him to be honest, and never to keep what did
+not belong, to him.
+
+5. With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. He
+then went to the corner of the street, and said to every one whose boots
+did not look nice, "Black your boots, sir, please?"
+
+6. He was so polite that gentlemen soon began to notice him, and to let
+him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he
+gave to his mother to buy food with.
+
+7. When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear of joy,
+"You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could earn enough
+to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to get along quite well,"
+
+8. Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He earned
+almost enough to support his mother and his little sister.
+
+
+
+LESSON XV.
+
+tread     whis'per     soft'ly     talk     cheer ful'     care'ful
+
+
+DON'T WAKE THE BABY.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Baby sleeps, so we must tread
+Softly round her little bed,
+And be careful that our toys
+Don not fall and make a noise.
+
+We must not talk, but whisper low,
+Mother wants to work, we know,
+That, when father comes to tea,
+All may neat and cheerful be.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XVI.
+
+full    load     heav'y     mid'dle     heav'i er
+
+slip    wrong    han'dle    broth'er    de ceived'
+
+[Illustration: Two boys carrying a basket on a pole between them.]
+
+A KIND BROTHER.
+
+1. A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his
+grandmother.
+
+2. The basket was so full that it was very heavy. So his little brother
+went with him, to help carry the load.
+
+3. They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold
+of an end of the pole. In this way they could carry the basket very
+nicely.
+
+4. Now the older boy thought, "My brother Tom does not know about this
+pole.
+
+5. "If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light;
+but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me
+as it is for him.
+
+6. "Tom does not know this as I do. But I will not do it. It would be
+wrong, and I will not do what is wrong."
+
+7. Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole. His load
+was now heavier than that of his little brother.
+
+8. Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right. Had he deceived
+his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVII.
+
+bus'y (biz'zy)    mis'chief    looked     un'to    glee
+
+con triv'ing      ring'lets    nod'dle    drew     nun
+
+press'ing         fin'gers     car'pet    wise     lips
+
+em brace'         pon'der      lash'es    climb    true
+
+
+MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.
+
+                 1.
+"What are you good for, my brave little man?
+Answer that question for me, if you can,--
+You, with your fingers as white as a nun,--
+You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
+All the day long, with your busy contriving,
+Into all mischief and fun you are driving;
+See if your wise little noddle can tell
+What you are good for. Now ponder it well."
+
+                 2.
+Over the carpet the dear little feet
+Came with a patter to climb on my seat;
+Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
+Under their lashes looked up unto me;
+Two little hands pressing soft on my face,
+Drew me down close in a loving embrace;
+Two rosy lips gave the answer so true,
+"Good to love you, mamma, good to love you."
+
+                             Emily Huntington Miller.
+
+
+
+LESSON XVIII.
+
+ber'ries    strikes    rob'in    ea'gle    short    king     rid
+
+foe         dart       fails     sharp     hawk     worms    ac'tive
+
+[Illustration: Bird perched on branch.]
+
+THE KINGBIRD.
+
+1. The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.
+
+2. He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.
+
+3. He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.
+
+4. When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree
+near them.
+
+5. He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.
+
+6. If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.
+
+7. Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.
+
+8. He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.
+
+9. He flies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his
+sharp bill.
+
+10. He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch
+him.
+
+11. Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn
+round.
+
+12. In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and
+flies away. He is very glad to get rid of his foe.
+
+13. Is not the little fellow a brave bird?
+
+14. Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the KINGBIRD.
+
+
+
+LESSON XIX.
+
+watch'ing    gath'ers    an'gels    be gin'
+
+dark'ness    a cross'    lone'ly    beasts
+
+
+[Illustration: Sunset;lake in foreground, town in background.]
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+1. Now the day is over,
+     Night is drawing nigh,
+   Shadows of the evening
+     Steal across the sky.
+
+2. Now the darkness gathers,
+     Stars begin to peep;
+   Birds, and beasts, and flowers
+     Soon will be asleep.
+
+3. Through the lonely darkness,
+     May the angels spread
+   Their white wings above me,
+     Watching round my bed.
+
+
+
+LESSON XX.
+
+di vid'ed    quar'rel    a gree'    thus    sey'tle
+
+set'tling    ker'nel     e'qual     apt     parts
+
+
+THE QUARREL.
+
+1. Under a great tree in the woods, two boys saw a fine, large nut, and
+both ran to get it.
+
+2. James got to it first, and picked it up.
+
+3. "It is mine," said John, "for I was the first to see it."
+
+4. "No, it is mine" said James, "for I was the first to pick it up."
+
+[Illustration: Three boys standing by a fence, one older than the others.]
+
+5. Thus, they at once began to quarrel about the nut.
+
+6. As they could not agree whose it should be, they called an older boy,
+and asked him.
+
+7. The older boy said, "I will settle this quarrel."
+
+8. He took the nut, and broke the shell. He then took out the kernel, and
+divided the shell into two parts, as nearly equal as he could.
+
+9. "This half of the shell," said he, "belongs to the boy who first saw
+the nut.
+
+10. "And this half belongs to the boy who picked it up.
+
+11. "The kernel of the nut, I shall keep as my pay for settling the
+quarrel.
+
+12. "This is the way," said he, laughing, "in which quarrels are very apt
+to end."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXI.
+
+crea'tures    drones     in'side    hive     i'dle
+
+de fense'     driv'en    killed     cells    size
+
+work'ers      queen      stings     shape    wax
+
+
+THE BEE.
+
+1. Bees live in a house that is called a hive. They are of three
+kinds,--workers, drones, and queens.
+
+2. Only one queen can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other
+bees will stop their work.
+
+[Illustration: Three bee-hives; wooden boxes about two feet square and four
+feet high, with a sloped roof.]
+
+3. They are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join together to
+build cells of wax for their honey.
+
+4. Each bee takes its proper place, and does its own work. Some go out and
+gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the
+hive.
+
+5. The cells which they build, are all of one shape and size, and no room
+is left between them.
+
+6. The cells are not round, but have six sides. 7. Did you ever look into
+a glass hive to see the bees while at work? It is pleasant to see how busy
+they always are.
+
+8. But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are
+driven from the hive or killed, that they may not eat the honey which they
+did not gather.
+
+9. It is not quite safe for children to handle bees. They have sharp
+stings that they know well how to use in their defense.
+
+
+
+SLATE WORK.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+How doth the little busy bee
+  Improve each shining hour.
+And gather honey all the day
+  From every opening flower!
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXII.
+
+blos'soms    drear'y    wea'ry       pinks       smell'ing    toil'ing
+
+lev'ies      buzz       fra'grant    this'tle    weeds        scent
+
+treas'ure    yel'low    mead'ow      tax         sum'mer      clo'ver
+
+cloud'y      dai'sy     daf'fo dil lies          columbine    humming
+
+[Illustration: Flowers]
+
+THE SONG OF THE BEE.
+
+1. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+     This is the song of the bee.
+   His legs are of yellow;
+   A jolly, good fellow,
+     And yet a great worker is he.
+
+2. In days that are sunny
+   He's getting his honey;
+   In days that are cloudy
+     He's making his wax:
+   On pinks and on lilies,
+   And gay daffodillies,
+   And columbine blossoms,
+     He levies a tax!
+
+3. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   The sweet-smelling clover,
+   He, humming, hangs over;
+   The scent of the roses
+     Makes fragrant his wings:
+   He never gets lazy;
+   From thistle and daisy,
+   And weeds of the meadow,
+     Some treasure he brings.
+
+4. Buzz! buzz! buzz!
+   From morning's first light
+   Till the coming of night,
+   He's singing and toiling
+     The summer day through.
+   Oh! we may get weary,
+   And think work is dreary;
+   'Tis harder by far
+     To have nothing to do.
+                               Marian Douglas.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIII.
+
+un hap'py    prom'ised    heed'less    be came'    grow'ing
+
+care'less    harsh'ly     leav'ing     eas'i ly    ef fects'
+
+an noy'      ma'am        blame        worse       torn
+
+hard'ly      nic'est      spend        hab'it      e'vil
+
+[Illustration: Mother and daughter sitting under a tree.]
+
+THE TORN DOLL.
+
+1. Mary Armstrong was a pretty little girl, but she was heedless about
+some things.
+
+2. Her way of leaving her books and playthings just where she had used
+them last, gave her mother much trouble in picking them up and putting
+them in their proper places.
+
+3. She had often told Mary the evil effects of being so careless. Her
+books became spoiled, and her toys broken.
+
+4. But worse than this was the growing habit of carelessness, which would
+be of great harm to her all her life. It would make her unhappy, and would
+annoy her friends.
+
+5. One day Mary and her mother went out into their pleasant yard, to spend
+an hour in the open air. Mrs. Armstrong took her work with her.
+
+6. Mary ran about and played with Dash, her pet dog, and was having a
+happy time.
+
+7. But in a corner of the yard she found her nicest doll all torn and
+broken, and its dress covered with mud.
+
+8. She knew, at once, that Dash had done this, and she scolded him
+harshly.
+
+9. Carrying the broken doll to her mamma. she showed it to her, and could
+hardly keep from crying.
+
+10. Mrs. Armstrong asked Mary if she had not left the doll on the porch
+where Dash could easily get it; and Mary had to answer, "Yes, ma'am."
+
+11. "Then you must not blame the dog, Mary, for he does not know it is
+wrong for him to play with your doll. I hope this will be a lesson to you
+hereafter, to put your things away when you are through playing."
+
+12. "I will try," said Mary. And her mother promised to mend the doll as
+well as she could.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIV.
+
+thor'ough ly    month    dried    dyed    cuts     shear'er    sheep
+
+those   spun    dirt     oth'er wise      wov'en   cloth    wool    rub
+
+
+[Illustration: Two men shearing sheep.]
+
+
+SHEEP-SHEARING.
+
+1. Sheep are washed and sheared some time in the month of June. This
+should be done quite early in the month, before the hot days begin.
+
+2. It is fine sport for those who look on, but not much fun for the sheep.
+
+
+3. It is best for the sheep to have the wool taken off; otherwise they
+would suffer in the summer time.
+
+4. When the time comes for washing the sheep, they are driven to a pond or
+a little river.
+
+5. Then they are thrown into the water, one at a time. The men who are in
+the water catch them, and squeeze the wet wool with their hands to get the
+dirt all out of it.
+
+6. Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the shearer;
+and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears.
+
+7. It is then dyed, spun, and woven into cloth.
+
+8. In a short time, before the cold winter comes, new wool grows out on
+the sheep. By the corning of spring there is so much, that it must be cut
+off again.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXV.
+
+bear'ers    earth    warm     sul'try    wan'der
+
+rays        grain    clouds   o'er       we're
+
+
+THE CLOUDS
+
+                  1.
+"Clouds that wander through the sky, Sometimes
+low and sometimes high;
+In the darkness of the night,
+In the sunshine warm and bright.
+Ah! I wonder much if you
+Have any useful work to do."
+
+                  2.
+"Yes, we're busy night and day,
+As o'er the earth we take our way.
+We are bearers of the rain
+To the grasses, and flowers, and grain;
+We guard you from the sun's bright rays,
+In the sultry summer days."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVI.
+
+peo'ple    for'est    squir'rel    cool    near'est   tame     hol'low
+
+snug       shoul'der    miles    sticks    gen'tly    though   Pat'ty
+
+
+[Illustration: Girl sitting under tree, play with squirrel.]
+
+
+PATTY AND THE SQUIRREL.
+
+1. Little Patty lives in a log house near a great forest. She has no
+sisters, and her big brothers are away all day helping their father.
+
+2. But Patty is never lonely; for, though the nearest house is miles away,
+she has many little friends. Here are two of them that live in the woods.
+
+3. But how did Patty teach them to be so tame? Patty came to the woods
+often, and was always so quiet and gentle that the squirrels soon found
+they need not be afraid of her.
+
+4. She brought her bread and milk to eat under the trees, and was sure to
+leave crumbs for the squirrels.
+
+5. When they came near, she sat very still and watched them. So, little by
+little, she made them her friends, till, at last, they would sit on her
+shoulder, and eat from her hand.
+
+6. Squirrels build for themselves summer houses. Those are made of leaves,
+and sticks, and moss. They are nice and cool for summer, but would never
+do for the winter cold and snow.
+
+7. So these wise little people find a hollow in an old tree. They make it
+warm and snug with soft moss and leaves; and here the squirrels live all
+through the long winter.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVII.
+
+fright'ened   int end'    wheat       Thom'as    com plains'    plums
+
+choose        shock'ing   spar'row    rip'est    rob'bing
+
+break'fast    plen'ty     share       treat      tales          wait
+
+
+[Illustration: Sparrow perched on snow-covered branch.]
+
+
+THE SPARROW.
+
+1. Glad to see you, little bird;
+   'Twas your little chirp I heard:
+   What did you intend to say?
+   "Give me something this cold day"?
+
+2. That I will, and plenty, too;
+   All the crumbs I saved for you.
+   Don't be frightened--here's a treat:
+   I will wait and see you eat.
+
+3. Shocking tales I hear of you;
+   Chirp, and tell me, are they true?
+   Robbing all the summer long;
+   Don't you think it very wrong?
+
+4. Thomas says you steal his wheat;
+   John complains, his plums you eat--
+   Choose the ripest for your share,
+   Never asking whose they are.
+
+5. But I will not try to know
+   What you did so long ago:
+   There's your breakfast, eat away;
+   Come to see me every day.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXVIII.
+
+aft'er noon    sup'per    deep      length    car'riage    threw
+hedge          stood      tru'ly    road      few          sad
+
+[Illustration: Woman and boy riding in carriage pulled by horse.
+Man in foreground holding gate open for carriage.]
+
+
+SAM AND HARRY.
+
+1. One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school. He went
+along slowly, reading a book.
+
+2. Sam had spent all his money for the book, but he was a happy boy.
+
+3. At length he came into the highroad, where there was a gate. A blind
+man stood, holding it open.
+
+4. The poor man said, "Please give me a few cents to buy some bread!" But
+Sam gave him nothing.
+
+5. What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing? Yes; for, as I told you,
+he had spent all his money.
+
+6. So Sam walked on, very sad. Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in
+it were Harry and his mother.
+
+7. The blind man stood, and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man
+something," said Harry to his mother.
+
+8. His mother gave him some cents. Harry took them, but did not put them
+into the man's hat.
+
+9. He threw them into the hedge as far as he could. The poor man could not
+find them, for, you know, ho was blind.
+
+10. Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage. He saw Harry throw
+the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the
+money until he found it all for the blind man.
+
+11. This took so long a time, that he almost lost his supper.
+
+12. Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?
+
+13. I know which he thanked most in his heart.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXIX.
+
+rip'pling    fringe    stray    thou    mill
+
+vil'lage     brink    clear     wild    hill
+
+course       bathe     tiny     pool    rill
+
+
+THE LITTLE HILL.
+
+1. Run, run, thou tiny rill;
+   Run, and turn the village mill;
+   Run, and fill the deep, clear pool
+   In the woodland's shade so cool,
+   Where the sheep love best to stray
+   In the sultry summer day;
+   Where the wild birds bathe and drink,
+   And the wild flowers fringe the brink.
+
+[Illustration: Mill, with mill pond in foreground.]
+
+2. Run, run, thou tiny rill,
+   Round the rocks, and down the hill;
+   Sing to every child like me;
+   The birds will join you, full of glee:
+   And we will listen to the song
+   You sing, your rippling course along.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXX.
+
+has'tened    pos'si ble    bal'ance    Ed'gar    save
+
+boat'man     dan'ger       quick'ly    move      trip
+
+stretched    sev'er al     start'ed    folks     fell
+
+
+THE BOAT UPSET.
+
+1. "Sit still, children. Do not move about in the boat," said Mr. Rose to
+the young folks he was taking for a trip on the water.
+
+2. The boat was a large one, and could not easily be upset. There were in
+it Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the boatman, and several little boys and girls.
+
+3. "Keep still, please, young gentlemen," said the boatman, when Edgar
+Rose and Thomas Read began to move from one side to the other.
+
+4. They kept quiet for a short time only. Edgar soon wanted a stick which
+Thomas held in his hand. He lost his balance in trying to get the stick,
+and fell into the water.
+
+
+[Illustration: Overturned boat, people clinging to boat and debris.
+Another boat approaching.]
+
+
+5. Mr. and Mrs. Rose both started up, and stretched out their arms to save
+him; but in so doing, they upset the boat.
+
+6. Every one fell into the water, and all were in the greatest danger of
+being drowned.
+
+7. Another boat was near, with but one man in it. He hastened to them as
+quickly as possible, and saved them from drowning.
+
+8. Children should always be careful and quiet when they are in a boat on
+the water, and should obey what older people tell them.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXI.
+
+MARY'S LETTER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+     Forest Hill, June 25, 1878
+My  Dear Fanny:
+             This morning while
+out rowing, we all came near
+being drowned. Brother Ed, in
+trying to take a stick from Tom
+Reed, tripped and fell out of the
+boat. Papa and Mamma caught
+at him to save him, and before
+we knew it we were all in the
+water. The boat upset and how
+we were all saved I can hardly
+tell. A man in another boat
+which was near, picked us up.
+Had it not been for this, you
+would to-day have no cousin.
+                     Mary Rose.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXII.
+
+li'on    bod'y     stripes       de light'     Eng'lish
+
+prey     ti'ger    col'lar       ti'gress      fright'ful
+
+seize    chain     un like'      swift'est     an'i mals
+
+roar     gi'ant    slight'est    of'fi cers    whisk'ers
+
+[Illustration: Tigress carrying cub away from tent.
+Playing card scattered on ground.]
+
+
+THE TIGER.
+
+1. The tiger is a giant cat. His body is nearly covered with black
+stripes.
+
+2. Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not
+overtake him. He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one
+after another.
+
+3. By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey. With a
+frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.
+
+4. Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats? Lions have great
+whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.
+
+5. Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat's, you may be
+sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.
+
+6. By the slightest touch on the tiger's whiskers, he knows when there is
+anything in his road.
+
+7. A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt. When coming
+home from their day's sport, they found a little tiger kitten.
+
+8. They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the
+pole of their tent. It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.
+
+9. One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that
+frightened them greatly. It was the roar of a tiger.
+
+10. The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away. With a sharp
+cry, it answered the voice outside.
+
+11. All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent. She
+caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.
+
+12. Then turning to the door of the tent, she dashed away as suddenly as
+she had come.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIII.
+
+then      u'su al    cous'in      fire'side    sew'ing (so-)
+
+Ka'tie    bet'ter    crac'kle     knit'ting    per haps'
+
+Jane      rea'son    to-night'    hap'pi er    in struct'ive
+
+
+THE FIRESIDE.
+
+1. One winter night, Mrs. Lord and her two little girls sat by a bright
+fire in their pleasant home. The girls were sewing, and their mother was
+busy at her knitting.
+
+[Illustration: Mother and two girls sewing under a lamp.]
+
+2. At last, Katie finished her work, and, looking up, said, "Mother, I
+think the fire is brighter than usual. How I love to hear it crackle!"
+
+3. "And I was about to say," cried Mary, "that this is a better light than
+we had last night."
+
+4. "My dears," said their mother, "it must be that you feel happier than
+usual to-night. Perhaps that is the reason why you think the fire better,
+and the light brighter."
+
+5. "But, mother," said Mary, "I do not see why we are happier now than we
+were then; for last night cousin Jane was here, and we played 'Puss in the
+corner' and 'Blind man' until we all were tired."
+
+6. "I know! I know why!" said Katie. "It is because we have all been doing
+something useful to-night. We feel happy because we have been busy."
+
+7. "You are right, my dear," said their mother. "I am glad you have both
+learned that there may be something more pleasant than play, and, at the
+same time, more instructive."
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIV.
+
+dew'drops    hop'ping     la'zi est    bends    sung
+
+pa'tience    in stead'    dar'ling     ought    rest
+
+slum'ber     my self '    re ply'      miss     lose
+
+
+BIRDIE'S MORNING SONG.
+
+1. Wake up, little darling, the birdies are out,
+   And here you are still in your nest!
+   The laziest birdie is hopping about;
+     You ought to be up with the rest.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+[Illustration: Three birds perched in bush.]
+
+2. Oh, see what you miss when you
+     slumber so long--
+   The dewdrops, the beautiful sky!
+   I can not sing half what you lose in my song;
+     And yet, not a word in reply.
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+
+3. I've sung myself quite out of patience with you,
+   While mother bends o'er your dear head;
+   Now birdie has done all that birdie can do:
+     Her kisses will wake you instead!
+   Wake up, little darling, wake up!
+                                        George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXV.
+
+sent        store        Bounce    float'ing    load        cir'cle
+
+rip'ples    catch'ing    cake      blocks       strolled    how ev'er
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+
+1. Two fast friends were Willie Brown and his little dog Bounce. Willie
+could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were
+equally shared between them.
+
+2. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said that Bounce
+could do almost anything in the world but talk.
+
+3. There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie's father
+something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how he did this.
+
+[Illustration: Boy and dog walking through forest.]
+
+4. It was on a bright summer afternoon. Willie had strolled with Bounce
+down to the river, which was not more than two blocks from his father's
+store.
+
+5. Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch the ripples
+as they made one circle after another.
+
+6. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies that buzzed around his
+nose, and catching any that came too near.
+
+7. There were some logs floating in the river near the shore. Willie
+jumped upon one of them, to see if he could throw a stone across the
+river.
+
+8. He drew back, and sent the stone with all his might. just as it left
+his hand, the log turned, and he fell into the water.
+
+9. He was very much frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there
+was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVI.
+
+yelp      loud'ly    against    look'ing     bark'ing
+
+spring    clothes    o'pened    dis'tress    scratched
+
+
+WILLIE AND BOUNCE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. Poor little Bounce gave a great yelp of distress. If he had been a big
+water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
+
+[Illustration: Boy in water clinging to log. Dog yelping.]
+
+2. He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first
+at Willie and then around. Then he started, as fast as he could run, up
+the street to the store.
+
+3. When he got there the door was shut, but he scratched against it and
+barked loudly, until some one came and opened it.
+
+4. He caught hold of Mr. Brown's clothes, then ran to the door, then back
+again, catching at him, barking, and jumping.
+
+5. A friend who was in the store said to Mr. Brown, "Something must be
+wrong; I would put on my hat, and go with the dog." Bounce, seeing Mr.
+Brown take his hat, started for the river.
+
+6. Then Mr. Brown thought of Willie. As he came to the river, he saw
+Willie's hat floating on the water, and his small arm thrown up.
+
+7. He sprang in and caught him just as he was going down for the last
+time, and quickly carried him to the bank. "Willie soon got over his
+fright, and no one seemed to be more delighted than Bounce.
+
+[Illustration: Father carrying boy from water.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVII.
+
+talk'a tive    im prove'    o bli'ging    writ'ten    tick-tock
+
+clock          truth'ful    it self'      kitch'en    fear
+
+reach'es       most
+
+[Illustration: Girl holding younger sister, both watching clock.]
+
+
+THE KITCHEN CLOCK.
+
+1. Listen to the kitchen clock!
+     To itself it ever talks,
+     From its place it never walks;
+   "Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     Tell me what it says.
+
+2. "I'm a very patient clock,
+     Never moved by hope or fear,
+     Though I've stood for many a year;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+3. "I'm a very truthful clock:
+     People say about the place,
+     Truth is written on my face;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+4. "I'm a most obliging clock;
+     If you wish to hear me strike,
+     You may do it when you like;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+5. "I'm a very friendly clock;
+     For this truth to all I tell,
+     Life is short, improve it well;
+   Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+6. What a talkative old clock!
+     Let us see what it will do
+     When the hour hand reaches two;
+   "Ding-ding--tick-tock: "
+     That is what it says.
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXVIII.
+
+Her'bert    or'ange    find       post      inch'es    thread
+
+beam        thick      pine       next      groove     scales
+
+hole        peel       gim'let    rib'bon
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy and girl near table holding balance scale.]
+
+
+THE NEW SCALES.
+
+I. "Herbert, will you please peel my orange?" said Lucy. Herbert was
+reading his new book, but he put it down at once, and took the orange from
+his little sister.
+
+2. "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play
+store?"
+
+3. "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
+
+4.  "I'll show you. First, we must take the peel off in two little cups,
+one just as large as the other. While I do this, see if you can find me
+two nice sticks about ten inches long."
+
+5. Lucy ran out to the woodhouse to find the sticks.--" Will these do?"
+
+6. "No, they are too hard. Find some pine sticks if you can."
+
+7.  "Here are some."
+
+8. "These will do nicely. Now I must make a scale beam and a post. Can you
+find me a little block for a post, Lucy'!"
+
+9. "Will a ribbon block do, Herbert?"
+
+10.  "Yes, if it is not too thick."
+
+11.  "Here is one an inch thick."
+
+12. "That will be just right. Now get the little gimlet."
+
+[Footnote: gimlet: Hand tool with a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a
+cross handle; used for boring holes.]
+
+13. Herbert worked away until he had made the beam and the post. Then he
+made a hole in the middle of the block, and put the post in. Next, he put
+the beam into a little groove at the top of the post, so that it would
+balance nicely.
+
+14. "Now, Lucy, we must have a needle and some thread. We must put four
+threads to each cup; then we will tie the threads to the ends of the beam.
+
+
+15. "There, Lucy, what do you think of that?"
+
+16. "Why, Herbert, that is just as nice as the real scales in father's
+store; and you may have all my orange for making them."
+
+[Illustration: Orange halves and other parts of the scale.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XXXIX.
+
+smelt    hide    crept    laid    floor    inn    bear    fur
+
+young'est    danced    joy'ful ly    marched
+
+sol'diers    bad'ly    run'ning     eld'est
+
+
+[Illustration: Three children and a bear; surprised woman in background.]
+
+THE BEAR AND THE CHILDREN.
+
+1. In the parlor of an inn in a small town, sat a man who had been going
+about with a bear. He was waiting for his supper, and the bear was tied up
+in the yard.
+
+2. Up in the attic, three little children were playing together. The
+eldest might have been six years old; the youngest, not more than two.
+
+3. Stump! stump! stump! Some one was coming up the stairs.
+
+4. The door flew open suddenly, and there stood the great, shaggy bear. He
+had got tired of waiting, and had found his way to the stairs.
+
+5. The children were badly frightened. Each one crept into a corner, but
+the bear found them all out, and smelt their clothes, but did not hurt
+them.
+
+6. "This must be a great dog," they said, and they began to pat him.
+
+7. Then the bear lay down on the floor, and the youngest boy climbed on
+his back, hid his head in the shaggy fur, and played at "hide and seek."
+
+8. The eldest boy took his drum and began to strike it, when the bear rose
+on his hind legs and danced. At that the children gave a merry shout.
+
+9. The two younger boys took their wooden guns, and gave the bear one.
+Away they all marched around the room, keeping step.
+
+10. Now the frightened mother of the children came to the door. But the
+youngest boy shouted, joyfully. "See, we are playing soldiers!"
+
+11. Then the bear's master came running up, and took the bear away.
+
+
+
+LESSON XL.
+
+fair    la'dy    drear        cling'ing    hare'bell
+
+fled    ne'er    de spair'    nod'ding     bloom'ing
+
+[Footnote: harebell: Perennial with slender stems, dense clusters of
+leaves, and bell-shaped blue or white flowers -- bluebell.]
+
+THE LITTLE HAREBELL.
+
+"Tell me, little harebell,
+   Are you lonely here.
+Blooming in the shadow
+   On this rock so drear?"
+
+"Clinging to this bit of earth,
+   As if in mid-air,
+With your sweet face turned to me,
+   Looking strangely fair?"
+
+"Lady" said the harebell,
+   Nodding low its head,
+"Though this spot seem dreary,
+   Thought the sunlight's fled.
+
+"Know that I'm not lonely
+   That I ne'er despair.
+God is in the shadow
+   God is everywhere."
+
+[Illustration: Flowers on hillside.]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLI.
+
+rough (ruf)    of'ten (of'n)    be neath'    fierce'ly
+
+sea'side       twen'ty          tim'id ly    com pels'
+
+rob'ber        breast           spots        mode
+
+os'prey        hook'ed
+
+[Illustration: Osprey catching fish.]
+
+THE FISHHAWK.
+
+1. The fishhawk, or osprey, is not so large as the eagle; but he has, like
+the eagle, a hooked bill and sharp claws.
+
+2. His color is a dark brown, with black and white spots, and his length
+is from twenty to twenty-two inches. His breast is mostly white. His tail
+and wings are long.
+
+3. The fishhawk is often found sitting upon a tree over a pond, or lake,
+or river. He is also found by the seaside.
+
+4. He watches the fish as they swim in the water beneath him; then he
+darts down suddenly and catches one of them.
+
+5. When he catches a fish in his sharp, rough claws, he carries it off to
+eat, and, as he flies away with it for his dinner, an eagle sometimes
+meets him.
+
+6. The eagle flies at him fiercely with his sharp bill and claws, and
+compels the hawk to drop the fish.
+
+7. Then the eagle catches the fish as it falls, before it reaches the
+ground, and carries it off.
+
+8. The poor fish hawk, with a loud cry, timidly flies away. He must go
+again to the water and catch another fish for his dinner.
+
+9. Thus you see, that the eagle is a robber. He robs fishhawks, whose only
+mode of getting a living is by catching fish.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLII.
+
+leaf    task    twice       sigh'ing     hol'i days
+
+gay     twig    meant       stopped      dif'fer ent
+
+puff    edge    mat'ter     au'tumn      hun'dreds
+
+lead    grew    rus'tled    Oc to'ber    trem'bling
+
+
+[Illustration: Several large trees; fence in foreground.]
+
+
+WHAT THE LEAF SAID.
+
+1. Once or twice a little leaf was heard to cry and sigh, as leaves often
+do, when a gentle wind is blowing. And the twig said, "What is the matter,
+little leaf?"
+
+2. "The wind," said the leaf, "just told me that one day it would pull me
+off, and throw me on the ground to die."
+
+3. The twig told it to the branch, and the branch told it to the tree.
+When the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent word back to the
+trembling leaf.
+
+4. "Do not be afraid," it said; "hold on tight, and you shall not go off
+till you are ready."
+
+5. So the leaf stopped sighing, and went on singing and rustling. It grew
+all the summer long till October. And when the bright days of autumn came,
+the leaf saw all the leaves around growing very beautiful.
+
+6. Some were yellow, some were brown, and many were striped with different
+colors. Then the leaf asked the tree what this meant.
+
+7. The tree said, "All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and
+they have put on these colors because of their joy."
+
+8. Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in
+thinking of it. When it was gay in colors, it saw that the branches of the
+tree had no bright colors on them.
+
+9. So the leaf said, "O branch! why are you lead- colored while we are all
+beautiful and golden?"
+
+10. "We must keep on our working clothes," said the tree, "for our work is
+not yet done; but your clothes are for holidays, because your task is now
+over."
+
+11. Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without
+thinking, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over.
+
+12. Then it fell gently down under the edge of the fence, among hundreds
+of leaves, and has never waked to tell us what it dreamed about.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIII.
+
+gold      lambs     fond'ly    crick'et     whirl'ing
+
+fields    leaves    flee'cy    fare'well    cov'er let
+
+glade     vale      dream      con tent'    flut'ter ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Large tree.]
+
+
+THE WIND AND THE LEAVES.
+
+                   1.
+"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day.
+"Come o'er the meadows with me, and play;
+Put on your dress of red and gold
+Summer is gone, and the days grow cold."
+
+                   2.
+Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call,
+Down they came fluttering, one and all;
+Over the brown fields they danced and flew,
+Singing the soft little songs they knew.
+
+                   3.
+"Cricket, good-by, we've been friends so long;
+Little brook, sing us your farewell song,--
+Say you are sorry to see us go;
+Ah! you will miss us, right well we know.
+
+                   4.
+"Dear little lambs, in your fleecy fold,
+Mother will keep you from harm and cold;
+Fondly we've watched you in vale and glade;
+Say, will you dream of our loving shade?"
+
+                   5.
+Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went;
+Winter had called them, and they were content.
+Soon fast asleep in their earthy beds,
+The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
+
+                                    George Cooper.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIV.
+
+wore      green    joke    Jessie      pres'ents
+
+jol'ly    deal     trim    ex pect'    leg'gings
+
+
+MAMMA'S PRESENT.
+
+1. Jessie played a good joke on her mamma. This is the way she did it.
+
+2. Jessie had gone to the woods with Jamie and Joe to get green branches
+to trim up the house for Christmas. She wore her little cap, her white
+furs, and her red leggings.
+
+[Illustration: Three girls carrying a small Christmas tree.]
+
+3. She was a merry little girl, indeed; but she felt sad this morning
+because her mother had said, "The children will all have Christmas
+presents, but I don't expect any for myself. We are too poor this year."
+
+4. When Jessie told her brothers this, they all talked about it a great
+deal. "Such a good, kind mamma, and no Christmas present! It's too bad."
+
+5. "I don't like it," said little Jessie, with a tear in her eye.
+
+6.  "Oh, she has you," said Joe.
+
+7. "But I am not something new," said Jessie.
+
+8. "Well, you will be new, Jessie," said Joe, "when you get back. She has
+not seen you for an hour."
+
+9. Jessie jumped and laughed. "Then put me in the basket, and carry me to
+mamma, and say, 'I am her Christmas present.' "
+
+10. So they set her in the basket, and put green branches all around her.
+It was a jolly ride. They set her down on the doorstep, and went in and
+said, "There's a Christmas present out there for you, mamma."
+
+11. Mamma went and looked, and there, in a basket of green branches, sat
+her own little laughing girl.
+
+12. "Just the very thing I wanted most," said mamma.
+
+13. "Then, dear mamma," said Jessie, bounding out of her leafy nest, "I
+should think it would be Christmas for mammas all the time, for they see
+their little girls every day."
+
+
+
+LESSON XLV.
+
+pur'ple    plumes    pail       hap'pened    coat
+
+shal'low   wad'ed    Charles    nap          yes'ter day
+
+
+[Illustration: Two girls playing in water; two boats are beached on the
+sand behind them.]
+
+
+MARY'S STORY.
+
+1. Father, and Charles, and Lucy, and I went to the beach yesterday. We
+took our dinner, and stayed all day.
+
+2. Father and Charles went out a little way from the shore in a boat, and
+fished, while Lucy and I gathered sea mosses.
+
+3. We took off our shoes and stockings, and waded into the shallow water.
+We had a pail to put our seaweeds in.
+
+4. We found such beautiful ones. Some wore purple, some pink, and some
+brown. When they were spread out in the water, the purple ones looked like
+plumes, and the brown ones like little trees.
+
+5. Such a funny thing happened to Lucy. She slipped on a stone, and down
+she went into the water. How we both laughed! But the wind and sun soon
+dried Lucy's dress.
+
+6. Then father came and took us in the boat for a row. After that we had a
+picnic dinner in the woods.
+
+7. Then father spread his coat on the grass, and took a nap while we
+children played on the beach.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVI.
+
+bid     sore     smile    Ralph     for get'
+
+hay     stem     shone    Wick      scream
+
+tore    point    pluck    thorns    snatched
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy walking in hay field.]
+
+
+RALPH WICK.
+
+1. Ralph Wick was seven years old. In most things he was a fine boy, but
+he was too apt to cry.
+
+2. When he could not have what. he wanted, he would cry for it and say, "I
+will have it."
+
+3. If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not have it, he
+would begin to tease and cry.
+
+4. One day, he went with his mother into the fields. The sun shone. The
+grass was cut. The flowers were in bloom.
+
+5. Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy. A smile was on his face. He
+wished to do as he was told.
+
+6. He said, "Mother, I will be good now. I will do as you bid me. Please
+let me toss this hay."
+
+7. "That I will," said his mother. So they threw the hay, as Ralph wished,
+and he was very happy.
+
+8. "Now you must be tired," said his mother. "Sit down here, and I will
+get a nice red rose for you."
+
+9. "I would like to have one," said Ralph. So his mother brought the red
+rose to him.
+
+10. "Thank you, mother," he said. "But you have a white one, also. Please
+give me that."
+
+[Illustration: Mother and boy sitting in field.]
+
+11. "No, my dear," said his mother. "See how many thorns it has on its
+stem. You must not touch it. If you should try to pluck a rose like this,
+you would be sure to hurt your hand."
+
+12. When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to
+scream, and snatched it. But he was soon very sorry. The thorns tore his
+hand. It was so sore he could not use it for some time.
+
+13. Ralph did not soon forget this. When he wanted what he should not
+have, his mother would point to his sore hand. He at last learned to do as
+he was told.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVII.
+
+slope        voic'es      rush'ing    beam'ing    track        cheeks
+
+flood'ing    laugh'ter    health      a glow'     coast'ing    trudg'ing
+
+frost'y      Is'a bel     pleas'ure   land'scape
+
+
+[Illustration: Several children sledding down snowy hill.]
+
+
+COASTING DOWN THE HILL.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Frosty is the morning;
+   But the sun is bright,
+Flooding all the landscape
+   With its golden light.
+Hark the sounds of laughter
+   And the voices shrill!
+See the happy children
+   Coasting down the hill.
+
+There are Tom and Charley,
+   And their sister Nell;
+There are John and Willie,
+   Kate and Isabel,--
+Eyes with pleasure beaming,
+   Cheeks with health aglow;
+Bless the merry children,
+   Trudging through the snow!
+
+Now I hear them shouting,
+   "Ready! Clear the track!"
+Down the slope they're rushing,
+   Now they're trotting back.
+
+Full of fun and frolic,
+   Thus they come and go.
+Coating down the hillside,
+   Trudging  through the snow.
+
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON XLVIII.
+
+heed     sight     sly'ly    stream     drift'ing
+
+flock    flight    snaps     hid'den    cir'cling
+
+
+THE FOX AND THE DUCKS.
+
+1. On a summer day, a man sitting on the bank of a river, in the shade of
+some bushes, watched a flock of ducks on the stream.
+
+2. Soon a branch with leaves came drifting among them, and they all took
+wing. After circling in the air for a little time, they settled down again
+on their feeding ground.
+
+[Illustration: Fox watching ducks from a distance.]
+
+3. Soon another branch came drifting down among them, and again they took
+flight from the river; but when they found the branch had drifted by and
+done them no harm, they flew down to the water as before.
+
+4. After four or five branches had drifted by in this way, the ducks gave
+little heed to them. At length, they hardly tried to fly out of their way,
+even when the branches nearly touched them.
+
+5. The man who had been watching all this, now began to wonder who had set
+these branches adrift. He looked up the stream, and spied a fox slyly
+watching the ducks. "What will he do next?" thought the man.
+
+6. When the fox saw that the ducks were no longer afraid of the branches,
+he took a much larger branch than any he had yet used, and stretched
+himself upon it so as to be almost hidden. Then he set it afloat as he had
+the others.
+
+7. Right among the flock drifted the sly old fox, and, making quick snaps
+to right and left, he seized two fine young ducks, and floated off with
+them.
+
+8. The rest of the flock flew away in fright, and did not come back for a
+long time.
+
+9. The fox must have had a fine dinner to pay him for his cunning, patient
+work.
+
+
+
+LESSON XLIX.
+
+saint      silk'en    sim'ple     pov'er ty    plain      sin'ner
+
+spin'ner   splen'dor  worth       stead'y      mur'der    plan'ning
+
+sil'ver    ten'der    prov'erb    re mem'ber
+
+[Illustration: Spider spinning web.]
+
+
+PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES.
+
+1. The spider wears a plain brown dress,
+     And she is a steady spinner;
+   To see her, quiet as a mouse,
+   Going about her silver house,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+
+2. She looks as if no thought of ill
+     In all her life had stirred her;
+   But while she moves with careful tread, And
+   while she spins her silken thread,
+   She is planning, planning, planning still
+     The way to do some murder.
+
+3. My child, who reads this simple lay,
+     With eyes down-dropt and tender, Remember
+   the old proverb says
+   That pretty is which pretty does,
+   And that worth does not go nor stay
+     For poverty nor splendor.
+
+4. 'Tis not the house, and not the dress,
+     That makes the saint or sinner.
+   To see the spider sit and spin,
+   Shut with her walls of silver in,
+   You would never, never, never guess
+     The way she gets her dinner.
+                                          Alice Cary.
+
+
+
+LESSON L.
+
+civil      Pe'ter     Tow'ser     ap pear'
+
+a lone'    Pin'dar    per'sons    trav'el ers
+
+
+[Illustration: Man telling story to several children.]
+
+
+THE STORY-TELLER
+
+1. Peter Pindar was a great storyteller. One day, as he was going by the
+school, the children gathered around him.
+
+2. They said, "Please tell us a story we have never heard." Ned said,
+"'Tell us something about boys and dogs."
+
+3. "Well," said Peter, "I love to please good children, and, as you all
+appear  civil, I will tell you a new story; and it shall be about a boy
+and some dogs, as Ned asks.
+
+4. "But before we begin, let us sit down in a cool, shady place. And now,
+John, you must be as still as a little mouse. Mary, you must not let
+Towser bark or make a noise.
+
+5. "A long way from this place, there is a land where it is very cold, and
+much snow falls.
+
+6. "The hills are very high there, and traveler's are often lost among
+them. There are men there who keep large dogs. These are taught to hunt
+for people lost in the snow.
+
+7. "The dogs have so fine a scent, that they can find persons by that
+alone.
+
+8. "Sometimes it is so dark, that they can not see anything. Those who are
+lost often lie hid in the snowdrifts. "
+
+
+
+LESSON LI.
+
+lain    weak    stiff    shrill    rode    bleak
+
+
+[Illustration: Dog searching on snowy mountain-side for lost traveler.]
+
+
+THE STORY TELLER
+(CONCLUDED)
+
+1. "One cold, bleak night, the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and
+shrill. It was quite dark. Not a star was to be seen in the sky.
+
+2. "These good men sent out a dog, to hunt for those who might want help.
+In an hour or two, the dog was heard coming back.
+
+3. "On looking out, they saw him with a boy on his back. The poor child
+was stiff with cold. He could but just hold on to the dog's back.
+
+4. "He had lain for a long time in the snow, and was too weak to walk.
+
+5. "He felt something pull him by the coat, and heard the bark of a dog.
+He put out his hand, and felt the dog. The dog gave him another pull.
+
+6. "This gave the poor boy some hope, and he took hold of the dog. He drew
+himself out of the snow, but ho could not stand or walk.
+
+7. "He got on the dog's back, and put his arms round the dog's neck, and
+held on. He felt sure that the dog did not mean to do him any harm.
+
+8. "Thus he rode all the way to the good men's house.
+
+9. "They took care of him, till the snow was gone. Then they sent him to
+his home."
+
+
+
+LESSON LII.
+
+oak    dusk    fight    squeak     ruf'fled
+
+bag    Fred    whoo     a wake'    creep'ing
+
+
+THE OWL.
+
+1. "Where did you get that owl, Harry?"
+
+2. "Fred and I found him in the old, hollow oak."
+
+3. "How did you know he was there?"
+
+4. "I'll tell you. Fred and I were playing 'hide and seek' round the old
+barn, one night just at dusk.
+
+5. "I was just creeping round the corner, when I heard a loud squeak, and
+a big bird flew up with something in his claws.
+
+6. "I called Fred, and we watched him as he flew to the woods. Fred
+thought the bird was an owl, and that he had a nest in the old oak.
+
+7. "The next day we went to look for him, and, sure enough, he was there."
+
+8. "But how did you catch him? I should think he could fight like a good
+fellow with that sharp bill."
+
+9. "He can when he is wide awake; but owls can't see very well in the
+daytime, and he was taking a nap.
+
+10. "He opened his great eyes, and ruffled up his feathers, and said,
+"Whoo! Whoo!' 'Never mind who,' Fred said, and slipped him into a bag."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIII.
+
+while        bones       scarce'ly      mous'er
+
+mice        rolled       sur prised'    swal'lows
+
+wink'ing    com'ic al    duck'lings      cap'ture
+
+
+[Illustration: Boy catching owl in tree.]
+
+
+THE OWL.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. "What are you going to do with him, Harry?"
+
+2. "Let him go. He doesn't like this cage half so well as his old oak
+tree. A young owl can be tamed easily, but this one is too old to tame."
+
+3. "But won't he catch all your ducklings and little chickens?"
+
+4. "No, not while there are any rats or mice around. Father says an owl is
+a good mouser, and can catch more mice than half a dozen cats."
+
+5. "I'm glad I had a look at him before you let him go. What soft feathers
+he has!"
+
+6. "Yes, he can fly so softly that you can scarcely hear him, and for this
+reason he can easily surprise and capture his prey."
+
+7. "How comical he looks, winking his big eyes slowly, and turning his
+head from side to side!"
+
+[Illustration: Two boys talking.]
+
+8. "Yes; he is watching your dog. Be still. Bounce!
+
+9. "We have just found out a funny thing about his way of eating. He
+breaks the bones of a mouse, and then swallows it whole. After an hour or
+two, he throws up the bones and fur rolled up in a little ball."
+
+
+
+LESSON LIV.
+
+broad    knee    fig    fresh    city    trout    un der neath'
+
+fought (fawt)    sur prised'     clap'ping        gar'den
+
+car'ry ing       fight'ing
+
+
+[Illustration: Old man with cane talking to young girl.]
+
+
+GRANDFATHER'S STORY.
+
+1. "Come and sit by my knee, Jane, and grandfather will tell you a strange
+story.
+
+2. "One bright Summer day, I was in a garden in a city, with a friend. "We
+rested underneath a fig tree. The broad leaves were green and fresh.
+
+3. "We looked up at the ripe, purple figs. And what do you think came down
+through the branches of the fig tree over our heads?"
+
+4. "Oh, a bird, grandfather, a bird!" said little Jane, clapping her
+hands.
+
+5. "No, not a bird. It was a fish; a trout, my little girl."
+
+6. "Not a fish, grandfather! A trout come through the branches of a tree
+in the city'! I am sure you must be in fun."
+
+7. "No, Jane, I tell you the truth. My friend and I were very much
+surprised to see a fish falling from a fig tree.
+
+8. "But we ran from under the tree, and saw a fishhawk flying, and an
+eagle after him.
+
+9. "The hawk had caught the fish, and was carrying it home to his nest,
+when the eagle saw it and wanted it.
+
+10. "They fought for it. The fish was dropped, and they both lost it. So
+much for fighting!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LV.
+
+flow    wide    steep    lakes    twin'kling
+
+[Illustration: Lake in foreground; mountain in background.]
+
+
+GOD IS GREAT AND GOOD.
+
+1. I know God made the sun
+     To fill the day with light;
+   He made the twinkling stars
+     To shine all through the night.
+
+2. He made the hills that rise
+     So very high and steep;
+   He made the lakes and seas,
+     That are so broad and deep.
+
+3. He made the streams so wide,
+     That flow through wood and vale;
+   He made the rills so small,
+     That leap down hill and dale.
+
+4. He made each bird that sings
+     So sweetly all the day;
+   He made each flower that springs
+     So bright, so fresh, so gay.
+
+5. And He who made all these,
+     He made both you and me;
+   Oh, let us thank Him, then,
+     For great and good is He.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVI.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+[Illustration: Old man holding two little girls.]
+
+
+A GOOD OLD MAN.
+
+1.  There once lived an old man in a snug, little cottage. It had two
+rooms and only two windows. A small garden lay just behind it.
+
+2. Old as the poor man was, he used to work in the fields. Often he would
+come home very tired and weak, with his hoe or spade on his shoulder.
+
+3. And who do you think met him at the door! Mary and Jane, his two little
+grandchildren.
+
+4. They were too young to work, except to weed in the garden, or bring
+water from the spring.
+
+5. In winter, as they were too poor to buy much wood or coal, they had
+little fire; so they used to sit close together to keep warm. Mary would
+sit on one of the old man's knees, and Jane on the other.
+
+6. Sometimes their grandfather would tell them a droll story. Sometimes he
+would teach them a hymn.
+
+7. He would often talk to them of their father, who had gone to sea, or of
+their good, kind mother, who was in her grave. Every night he prayed God
+to bless them, and to bring back their father in safety.
+
+8. The old man grew weaker every year; but the little girls were glad to
+work for him, who had been so good to them.
+
+[Illustration: Girls and grandfather greeting father at door.]
+
+9. One cold, windy night, they heard a knock at the door. The little girls
+ran and opened it. Oh, joy to them! There stood their father.
+
+10. He had been at sea a long time. He had saved some money, and had now
+come home to stay.
+
+11. After this the old man did not have to work. His son worked for him,
+and his grandchildren took care of him. Many happy days they spent
+together.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVII.
+
+hoe      grave    knock     ex cept'
+
+droll    hymn     prayed    cot'tage
+
+
+THE GREEDY GIRL.
+
+
+1. Laura English is a greedy little girl. Indeed, she is quite a glutton.
+Do you know what a glutton is? A glutton is one who eats too much, because
+the food tastes well.
+
+2. Laura's mother is always willing she should have as much to eat as is
+good for her; but sometimes, when her mother is not watching, she eats so
+much that it makes her sick.
+
+3. I do not know why she is so silly. Her kitten never eats more than it
+needs. It leaves the nice bones on the plate, and lies down to sleep when
+it has eaten enough.
+
+4. The bee is wiser than Laura. It flies all day among the flowers to
+gather honey, and might eat the whole time if it pleased. But it eats just
+enough, and carries all the rest to its hive.
+
+[Illustration: Heavy girl eating two apples. Plate on floor with food
+scraps. Cat lying on footstool.]
+
+5. The squirrel eats a few nuts or acorns, and frisks about as gayly as if
+he had dined at the king's table.
+
+6. Did you ever see a squirrel with a nut in his paws? How bright and
+lively he looks as he eats it!
+
+7. If he lived in a house made of acorns, he would never need a doctor. He
+would not eat an acorn too much.
+
+8. I do not love little girls who eat too much. Do you, my little readers?
+
+9. I do not think they have such rosy cheeks, or such bright eyes, or such
+sweet, happy tempers as those who eat less.
+
+
+
+LESSON LVIII.
+
+lend        Sa'rah      com'fort    a shamed'   your          wil'ling
+
+thim'ble    else'where  us'ing      bor'row     of fend'ed    de pend'ed
+
+
+A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
+
+Mary.  I wish you would lend me your thimble,
+       Sarah. I can never find my own.
+
+Sarah. Why is it, Mary, you can never find it?
+
+Mary.  How can I tell? But if you will not lend me
+       yours, I can borrow one elsewhere.
+
+Sarah. I am willing to lend mine to you, Mary.
+       But I would very much like to know why you come
+       to me to borrow so often.
+
+[Illustration: Two girls seated, talking.]
+
+Mary.  Because you never lose any of your things,
+       and always know where to find them.
+
+Sarah. And why do I always know where to find my things?
+
+Mary.  I do not know why, I am sure. If I did
+       know, I might sometimes find my own.
+
+Sarah. I will tell you the secret. I have a place for
+       everything, and I put everything in its place when I
+       have done using it.
+
+Mary.  O Sarah! who wants to run and put away a
+       thing as soon as she has used it, as if her life
+       depended upon it?
+
+Sarah. Our life does not depend upon it, but our
+       comfort does, surely. How much more time will it
+       take to put a thing in its place, than to hunt for it or
+       to borrow whenever you want to use it ?
+
+Mary.  Well, Sarah, I will never borrow of you
+       again, you may depend upon it.
+
+Sarah. You are not offended with me, I hope.
+
+Mary.  No, but I am ashamed. Before night, I will
+       have a place for everything, and then I will keep
+       everything in its place. You have taught me a lesson
+       that I shall remember.
+
+
+
+LESSON LIX.
+
+con'stant    lead'ing    ear          lull       didst    meek
+
+hark         thee        none         mild       thine    nurse
+
+ease         thy         re joice'    fret'ful
+
+
+[Illustration: Mother rocking daughter.]
+
+MY MOTHER.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+Hark! My mother's voice I hear,
+Sweet that voice is to my ear;
+Ever soft, it seems to tell,
+Dearest child, I love thee well.
+
+Love me, mother? Yes, I know
+None can love so well as thou.
+Was it not upon thy breast
+I was taught to sleep and rest?
+
+Didst thou not, in hours of pain,
+Lull this head to ease again?
+With the music of thy voice,
+Bid my little heart rejoice?
+
+Ever gentle, meek and mild,
+Thou didst nurse thy fretful child.
+Teach these little feet the road
+Leading on to heaven and God.
+
+What return then can I make?
+This fond heart, dear mother take;
+Thine its, in word and thought,
+Thine by constant kindness bought.
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LX.
+
+skip'ping    mean    George    gift    en gaged'    Mason    El'let
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+
+1. George Ellet had a bright silver dollar for a New-year gift.
+
+2. He thought of all the fine things he might buy with it.
+
+3. The ground was all covered with snow; but the sun shone out bright, and
+everything looked beautiful.
+
+4. So George put on his hat, and ran into the street. As he went skipping
+along, he met some boys throwing snowballs. George soon engaged in the
+sport.
+
+5. He sent a ball at James Mason, but it missed him, and broke a window on
+the other side of the street.
+
+6. George feared some one would come out of the house and find him. So he
+ran off as fast as he could.
+
+[Illustration: Boy throwing snowball through window.]
+
+7. As soon as he got round the next corner, George stopped, because he was
+very sorry for what he had done.
+
+8. He said to himself, "I have no right to spend my silver dollar, now. I
+ought to go back, and pay for the glass I broke with my snowball."
+
+9. He went up and down the street, and felt very sad. He wished very much
+to buy something nice. He also wished to pay for the broken glass.
+
+10. At last he said, "It was wrong to break the window, though I did not
+mean to do it. I will go and pay for it, if it takes all my money, I will
+try not to be sorry. I do not think the man will hurt me if I pay for the
+mischief I have done."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXI.
+
+mer'chant    hon'est ly    rang    mind
+
+part'ner     with out'     rich    bell
+
+
+THE BROKEN WINDOW.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. George started off, and felt much happier for having made up his mind
+to do what was right.
+
+2. He rang the doorbell. When the man came out, George said, "Sir, I threw
+a snowball through your window. But I did not intend to do it. I am very
+sorry, and wish to pay you. Here is the dollar my father gave me as a New-
+year gift."
+
+3. The gentleman took the dollar, and asked George if he had no more
+money. George said he had not. "Well," said he, "this will do."
+
+[Illustration: George paying for broken window.]
+
+4. So, after asking George his name, and where he lived, he called him an
+honest boy, and shut the door.
+
+5. George went home at dinner time, with a face as rosy, and eyes as
+bright, as if nothing had gone wrong. At dinner, Mr. Ellet asked him what
+he had bought with his money.
+
+6. George very honestly told him all about the broken window, and said he
+felt very well without any money to spend.
+
+7. When dinner was over, Mr. Ellet told George to go and look in his cap.
+He did so, and found two silver dollars there.
+
+8. The man, whose window had been broken, had been there, and told Mr.
+Ellet about it. He gave back George's dollar and another besides.
+
+9. A short time after this, the man came and told Mr. Ellet that he wanted
+a good boy to stay in his store.
+
+10. As soon as George left school, he went to live with this man, who was
+a rich merchant. In a few years he became the merchant's partner.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXII.
+
+line       fig'ure       sec'ond   grain       verse        per'fect ly
+
+ad vice'   im pa'tient   stud'y    bus'i ly    fol'lowed    un der stand'
+
+[Illustration: Mother talking to small boy. Hour-glass and flowers on
+table between them.]
+
+
+FRANK AND THE HOURGLASS.
+
+1. Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing without
+asking a great many questions about it.
+
+2. His mother was very patient and kind. When it was proper to answer his
+questions, she would do so.
+
+3. Sometimes she would say, "You are not old enough to understand that, my
+son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell
+you."
+
+4. When his mother said this, he never teased any more. He knew she always
+liked to answer him when he asked proper questions.
+
+5. The first time Frank saw an hourglass, he was very much amused; but he
+did not know what it was.
+
+6. His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8.
+The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the
+middle. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an
+hour."
+
+7. Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was impatient, because it
+would not run faster. "Let me shake it, mother," said he; "it is lazy, and
+will never get through."
+
+8. "Oh yes, it will, my son," said his mother, "The sand moves by little
+and little, but it moves all the time. 9. "When you look at the hands of
+the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never
+stop.
+
+10, "While you are at play the sand is running, grain by grain, The hands
+of the clock are moving, second by second.
+
+11. "At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The
+hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face.
+
+12. "This because they keep work every minute. They do not stop to think
+how much they have to do, and how long it will take them to do it."
+
+13. Now, Frank's mother wanted him to learn a little hymn; but he said
+"Mother, I can never learn it."
+
+14. His mother said, "Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it
+will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon."
+
+15. Frank followed his mother's advice. He studied line after line, very
+busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the hymn perfectly.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIII.
+
+sleet    cheer'ly    cru'el    taps    free
+
+[Illustration: Road through forest.]
+
+MARCH.
+
+1. In the snowing and the blowing,
+     In the cruel sleet,
+   Little flowers begin their growing
+     Far beneath our feet.
+
+2. Softly taps the Spring, and cheerly,--
+     "Darlings, are you here?"
+   Till they answer, "We are nearly,
+     Nearly ready, dear."
+
+3. "Where is Winter, with his snowing?
+     Tell us, Spring," they say.
+   Then she answers, "He is going,
+     Going on his way.
+
+4. "Poor old Winter does not love you;
+     But his time is past;
+   Soon my birds shall sing above you;--
+     Set you free at last."
+                                Mary Mapes Dodge.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIV.
+
+late     straw      Jen'ny      snort'ed     Tem'plar
+
+aunt     rogue      re port'    graz'ing     di rect'ly
+
+ditch    act'ed     ser'vice    sup pose'    ca ressed'
+
+hired    e rect'    pricked     mo'ment      gro'cer ies
+
+
+
+JENNY'S CALL.
+
+1. "It's of no use, Mrs. Templar; I have been trying the greater part of
+an hour to catch that rogue of a horse. She won't be caught."
+
+[Illustration: Man and boy chasing horse.]
+
+2. Such was the report the hired man brought in to Mrs. Templar one
+pleasant May morning, when she had been planning a ride.
+
+3. "I suppose it can not be helped, but I wanted her very much," she said,
+as she turned away.
+
+4. "What was it you wanted, mother?" asked Jenny Templar, a bright,
+brown-haired, brown-eyed girl of twelve, who had just come into the room.
+
+5. "Fanny," said the mother. "It is such a beautiful morning, I meant to
+drive down to the village, get some groceries, then call for your Aunt
+Ann, have a nice ride up the river road, and bring her home to dinner.
+
+6. "But father is away for all day, and the men have been trying nearly an
+hour to catch Fanny; one of the men says she can't be caught."
+
+7. "Maybe she can't by him," said Jenny, with a merry laugh. "But, get
+ready, mother; you shall go if you like. I'll catch Fanny, and harness
+her, too."
+
+8. "Why, my child, they say she jumped the ditch three or four times, and
+acted like a wild creature. You'll only be late at school, and tire
+yourself for nothing."
+
+9. "It won't take me long, mother. Fanny will come to me," said Jenny,
+cheerily. She put on her wide straw hat, and was off in a moment, down the
+hill, to the field where the horse was grazing.
+
+10. The moment Fanny heard the rustle of Jenny's dress, she pricked up her
+ears, snorted, and, with head erect, seemed ready to bound away again.
+
+[Illustration: Girl leading horse.]
+
+11. "Fanny! O Fanny!" called Jenny, and the beautiful creature turned her
+head. That gentle tone she well knew, and, glad to see her friend, she
+carne directly to the fence, and rubbed her head on the girl's shoulder.
+As soon as the gate was opened, she followed Jenny to the barn.
+
+12. The men had treated her roughly, and she remembered it. But she knew
+and loved the voice that was always kind, and the hand that often fed and
+caressed her. She gave love for love, and willing service for kindness.
+
+LESSON LXV.
+
+rung     Da'vy     vi'o let    re cess'    ar range'
+
+ferns    ma'ple    dain'ty    lin'gered    pret'ti est
+
+
+POOR DAVY.
+
+1. It was recess time at the village school. The bell had rung, and the
+children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.
+
+
+2. All but poor Davy. He came out last and very slowly, but he did not
+laugh. He was in trouble, and the bright, golden sunlight did not make him
+glad.
+
+3. He walked across the yard, and sat down on a stone behind the old
+maple. A little bird on the highest branch sang just to make him laugh.
+
+4. But Davy did not notice it. He was thinking of the cruel words that had
+been said about his ragged clothes. The tears stole out of his eyes, and
+ran down his cheeks.
+
+[Illustration: Boy sitting alone under tree in schoolyard. Other children
+playing in background.]
+
+5. Poor Davy had no father, and his mother had to work hard to keep him at
+school.
+
+6. That night, he went home by the path that led across the fields and
+through the woods. He still felt sad.
+
+7. Davy did not wish to trouble his mother; so he lingered a while among
+the trees, and at last threw himself on the green moss under them.
+
+[Illustration: Woman talking to boy.]
+
+8. Just then his teacher came along. She saw who it was, and stopped,
+saying kindly, "What is the matter, Davy?"
+
+9. He did not speak, but the tears began again to start.
+
+10. "Won't you tell me? Perhaps I can help you."
+
+11. Then he told her all his trouble.  When he ended, she said, cheerily,
+"I have a plan, Davy, that I think will help you."
+
+12. "Oh, what is it?" he said, sitting up with a look of hope, while a
+tear fell upon a blue violet.
+
+l3. "Well, how would you like to be a little flower merchant?"
+
+14. "And earn money?" said Davy. "That would be jolly. But where shall I
+get my flowers?"
+
+15. "Right in these woods, and in the fields," said his teacher. " Here
+are lovely blue violets, down by the brook are white ones, and among the
+rocks are ferns and mosses. Bring them all to my house, and I will help
+you arrange them."
+
+16. So, day after day, Davy hunted the woods for the prettiest flowers,
+and the most dainty ferns and mosses. After his teacher had helped to
+arrange them, he took them to the city that was near, and sold them.
+
+17. He soon earned money enough to buy new clothes. Now the sunshine and
+the bird's songs make him glad.
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVI.
+
+deep    flour     dough      mill'er     wheth'er
+
+cook    a far'    dust'y     cra'dles    grind'ing
+
+glow    doth      val'ley    reap'ers    a-knead'ing
+
+
+ALICE'S SUPPER.
+                   1.
+Far down in the valley the wheat grows deep,
+And the reapers are making the cradles sweep;
+And this is the song that I hear them sing,
+While cheery and loud their voices ring:
+"'Tis the finest wheat that ever did grow!
+And it is for Alice's supper--ho! ho!"
+
+                   2.
+Far down by the river the old mill stands,
+And the miller is rubbing his dusty hands;
+And these are the words of the miller's lay,
+As he watches the millstones grinding away:
+"'Tis the finest flour that money can buy,
+And it is for Alice's supper--hi! hi!"
+
+                   3.
+Downstairs in the kitchen the fire doth glow,
+And cook is a-kneading the soft, white dough;
+And this is the song she is singing to-day,
+As merry and busy she's working away:
+"'Tis the finest dough, whether near or afar,
+And it is for Alice's supper--ha! ha!"
+
+[Illustration: Mother serving supper to small girl seated at table.]
+
+                   4.
+To the nursery now comes mother, at last,
+And what in her hand is she bringing so fast?
+'Tis a plateful of something, all yellow and white,
+And she sings as she comes, with her smile so bright:
+"'Tis the best bread and butter I ever did see,
+And it is for Alice's supper--he! he!"
+
+
+
+LESSON LXVII.
+
+tall    hung      storm       pick'et
+
+firs    north     gowns       spar'ked
+
+roof    flakes    fair'ies    cap'tains
+
+
+A SNOWSTORM.
+
+1. Last night, the cold north wind blew great snow clouds over the sky.
+Not a star, not a bit of blue sky could be seen.
+
+2. Soon the tiny flakes floated softly down, like flocks of little white
+birds. Faster and faster they came, till they filled the air. They made no
+noise, but they were busy all night long.
+
+3. They covered all the ground with a soft, white carpet. They hung
+beautiful plumes on the tall, green firs. The little bushes, they put to
+sleep in warm nightgowns and caps.
+
+[Illustration: Snow covering house, shed, and road. Children playing.]
+
+4. They hid the paths so that the boys might have the fun of digging new
+ones. They turned the old picket fence into a row of soldiers, and the
+gate posts into captains, with tall white hats on.
+
+5. The old corn basket that was left out by the barn, upside down, they
+made into a cunning little snow house with a round roof.
+
+6. When the busy little flakes had done their work, the sun came up to see
+what they had been about.
+
+7. He must have been pleased with what he saw, for he smiled such a
+bright, sweet smile, that the whole white world sparkled as if it were
+made of little stars.
+
+8. Who would have thought that the black clouds could hide the little
+fairies that made the earth so beautiful!
+
+LESSON LXVIII.
+
+dug      roots     thump       of fense'
+
+toad     spool     heaped      smoothed
+
+forth    a'pron    clos'ets    dan'de li ons
+
+
+BESSIE.
+
+1. One day, Bessie thought how nice it would be to have a garden with only
+wild flowers in it. So into the house she ran to find her Aunt Annie, and
+ask her leave to go over on the shady hillside, across the brook, where
+the wild flowers grew thickest.
+
+[Illustration: Girl planting small garden. Toad sitting in garden.]
+
+2. " Yes, indeed, you may go," said Aunt Annie; "but what will you put the
+roots and earth in while you are making the garden?"
+
+3. "Oh," said Bessie, "I can take my apron."
+
+4. Her aunt laughed, and said, "A basket will be better, I think." So they
+looked in the closets and the attic, everywhere; but some of the baskets
+were full, and some broken; not one could they find that would do.
+
+5. Then Aunt Annie turned out the spools and the bags from a nice large
+workbasket, and gave that to Bessie. "You may have this for your own," she
+said, "to fill with earth, or flowers, or anything you like."
+
+6. "Oh I thank you," said Bessie, and she danced away through the garden.
+She slipped through the gate, out into the field all starred with
+dandelions, down in the hollow by the brook, then up on the hillside out
+of sight among the shady trees.
+
+7. How she worked that afternoon! She heaped up the dark, rich earth, and
+smoothed it over with her hands. Then she dug up violets, and
+spring-beauties, and other flowers,--running back and forth, singing all
+the while.
+
+8. The squirrels peeped out of their holes at Bessie. The birds sang in
+the branches overhead. Thump, came something all at once into the middle
+of the bed. Bessie jumped and upset the basket, and away it rolled down
+the hill.
+
+9. How Bessie laughed when she saw a big, brown toad winking his bright
+eyes at her, as if he would say, "No offense, I hope."
+
+10. Just then Bessie heard a bell ringing loudly. She knew it was calling
+her home; but how could she leave her basket? She must look for that
+first.
+
+11. "Waiting, waiting, waiting," all at once sang a bird out of sight
+among the branches; "waiting, Bessie."
+
+12. "Sure enough," said Bessie; "perhaps I'm making dear mother or auntie
+wait; and they are so good to me. I'd better let the basket wait. Take
+care of it, birdie; and don't jump on my flowers, Mr. Toad."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXIX.
+
+visit    soaked    o be'di ent    ru'ined
+
+[Illustration: Girl on couch looking out window.]
+
+
+BESSIE.
+(CONCLUDED.)
+
+1. She was back at the house in a few minutes, calling, "Mother! mother!
+auntie! Who wants me?"
+
+2. "I, dear," said her mother. "I am going away for a long visit, and if
+you had not come at once, I could not have said good-by to my little
+girl."
+
+3. Then Bessie's mother kissed her, and told her to obey her kind aunt
+while she was gone.
+
+4. The next morning, Bessie waked to find it raining hard. She went into
+her aunt's room with a very sad face. "O auntie! this old rain!"
+
+5, "This new, fresh, beautiful rain, Bessie! How it will make our flowers
+grow, and what a good time we can have together in the house!"
+
+6. "I know it, auntie; but you will think me so careless!"
+
+7. "To let it rain?"
+
+8. "No; don't laugh, Aunt Annie; to leave your nice basket out of doors
+all night; and now it will be soaked and ruined in this--this--beautiful
+rain." Bessie did not look as if the beautiful rain made her very happy.
+
+9. "You must be more careful, dear, another time," said her aunt, gently.
+"But come, tell me all about it."
+
+10. So Bessie crept very close to her auntie's side, and told her of her
+happy time the day before; of the squirrel, and the toad, and how the
+basket rolled away down the hill; and then how the bell rang, and she
+could not stop to find the basket.
+
+11. "And you did quite right," said her aunt. "If you had stopped, your
+mother must have waited a whole day, or else gone without seeing you. When
+I write, I will tell her how obedient you were, and that will please her
+more than anything else I can say."
+
+
+
+LESSON LXX.
+
+sought    sure'ly (shu)    wel'come      light'some
+
+loft'y    maid'en          cher'ished    in tro duce'
+
+
+CHEERFULNESS.
+
+[Illustration: Script Exercise:
+
+There is a little maiden--
+  Who is she? Do you know?
+Who always has a welcome,
+  Wherever she may go.
+
+Her face is like the May time,
+  Her voice is like the bird's;
+The sweetest of all music
+  Is in her lightsome words.
+
+Each spot she makes the brighter,
+  As if she were the sun;
+And she is sought and cherished
+  And loved by everyone;
+
+By old folks and by children,
+  By loft and by low;
+Who is this little maiden?
+  Does anybody know?
+
+You surely must have met her.
+  You certainly can guess;
+What! I must introduce her?
+  Her name is Cheeerfulness.
+                              Marian Douglas
+]
+
+
+
+LESSON LXXI.
+
+west'ern    breathe    dy'ing    moon    babe    sails
+
+LULLABY.
+
+1. Sweet and low, sweet and low,
+     Wind of the western sea,
+   Low, low, breathe and blow,
+     Wind of the western sea!
+   Over the rolling waters go,
+   Come from the dying moon, and blow,
+     Blow him again to me;
+   While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.
+
+2. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Rest, rest, on mother's breast,
+     Father will come to thee soon;
+   Father will come to his babe in the nest,
+   Silver sails all out of the west,
+     Under the silver moon;
+   Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.
+
+Tennyson.
+
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MCGUFFEY'S SECOND ECLECTIC
+READER ***
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