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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: A Tale of Two Monkeys and other stories - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: February 15, 2021 [eBook #64564] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online - Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A TALE OF TWO MONKEYS AND OTHER -STORIES *** - -[Illustration: - - Monkey-Shines. -] - - - - - A TALE - OF - TWO MONKEYS - AND OTHER STORIES - - -[Illustration] - - THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN - NEW YORK CINCINNATI - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - A TALE OF TWO MONKEYS. - - -The late Dr. John Torrey, of Columbia College, was extremely fond of -pets, and expressed admiration for the pretty little Brazilian monkeys -with gentle, human faces and velvety, mouse-colored coats. A gentleman -who heard it went shortly afterward to Brazil. Upon his return, he -presented the doctor with a choice pair. A cage was provided for them, -and they soon became members of the family, petted by all, and tenderly -loved by the doctor, in whose study they lived. - -One Sunday, the entire family went to church and the monkeys were left -at home in their cage. When the churchgoers returned they found the -stay-at-homes on the top of the folding doors of the parlors, trembling -and crying piteously—and for reasons, as they soon discovered. The -little mischief-makers had forced open the door of their cage, and, -finding themselves free, had proceeded to enjoy themselves in a manner -that was scandalous. - -[Illustration] - -In the cellar a bag of hops and ten baskets of strawberries were dumped -together and hopelessly mixed; the pans of milk were without cream, and -there was unmistakable evidence that the monkeys had skimmed them with -their tails! A cistern in the yard offered a fine opening, and the -little mischiefs gathered some clothes from the line, the cook’s aprons -from the kitchen, and plumped them all in. - -An open watch belonging to a daughter of the house attracted one of the -monkeys. He removed the hands, took it down stairs and carefully covered -the face with mud, and then brought it back and placed it on her bed. -Not so carefully did they pull the cover from her writing table, -bringing ink and papers with it, and spilling the ink; and when it came -to the pulling down of muslin curtains and bed hangings, and tearing -them into strips, the fun must have risen to frenzy, for they proceeded -to do up the parlor window draperies in the same style. The dining room -table next engaged their attention, and the fact that they made a salad -of the flowers in the center with the pepper, salt, and mustard may have -accounted for their tearful state when they were found perched above the -door. - -The little penitents were forgiven, for they seemed really sorry. But -soon afterward one of the midgets carefully removed the glasses from the -doctor’s spectacles, twisted the bows and put them in the stove, from -which they both took ashes and sprinkled round the room. Fortunately -there was no fire in the stove, for the next thing in order was the -discovery of a gross of matches, which they scattered over the floor. - -This began to look like danger, so the doctor was obliged to sell them -to Mr. Barnum. But, whenever he went to visit them, as he often did, -they greeted him with unmistakable signs of delight and affection. - - - - - THE OLDEST CHRISTMAS STORY. - - -[Illustration] - -What is the most beautiful Christmas story in the world? It is found in -the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Matthew tells the story of the wise men -and the star, and Luke of the shepherds and the angels; and Luke’s story -is the longest, but together they make the most wonderful story that -ever was written. It is a great truth, so great that we cannot learn it -all, and the heart of that truth is love. God our Father is a great -Spirit, filling the earth and heavens, and we, his children, are spirits -made in his likeness, living in earthly bodies, and he has made all -things that are. When his children were forgetting their Father, and -losing their likeness to him, he so loved them that he said, “I will go -down and live among them, and teach them how to live and how to love.” -So he began to live just as we all begin to live in this world, by being -a helpless little child. He was first loved by Mary, the mother, and -then Joseph and the shepherds, and the wise men all adored him. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -As he grew up many wondered at his words, and loved him so much that -they left all to follow him. At last he laid down his life for us all. -Then his children began to understand who he was and how he loved them, -and many gladly suffered and died for his sake, and the story of the -holy Child is now read by those who love him around the whole world, and -they now begin to understand his words when he said, “I and my Father -are one.” Is not this the most beautiful Christmas story in the world? - -[Illustration] - -And the hero of this great Christmas story still lives in heaven, and -hears our prayers and watches over us so lovingly. He is glad when we -are like him and grieved when we forget his teachings. - - - - - THE ELEPHANT’S TOOTHACHE. - - -A dentist tells this story of an elephant that belonged to a circus. He -was very good-natured, but one day when his keeper went near him he made -a vicious switch at him with his trunk. - -The keeper knew the elephant so well that he said at once that the -elephant was sick; something was the matter with him. He sat at a safe -distance from the elephant and watched him. - -The elephant trumpeted loud and acted as though he was very angry, but -no one could decide what was the cause of the change in this good -elephant’s disposition. This continued for three days. At the end of -that time one of the men said, “Why, when Jack” (that was the elephant’s -name) “lies down he keeps rubbing one side of his head; I think he has -got the toothache;” and everybody immediately said, “Yes, that’s what’s -the matter.” - -[Illustration] - -The elephant was chained safely to posts and iron rings, so that he -could not move, and the dentist was sent for. The dentist looked in his -mouth and saw that one tooth was badly decayed. He touched it, and the -elephant trumpeted as though in great pain; then the dentist went to -work and filled the tooth. - -After a time the elephant seemed to understand that the dentist was -trying to do something for his pain, and he gave every evidence of -appreciating the attention. Some weeks later the dentist visited the -winter quarters of the elephant and the elephant recognized him. It was -rather an expensive operation, for it cost one hundred dollars to fill -that one tooth. Doubtless, then, the elephant’s toothache is a larger -ache than either you or I ever know when our teeth ache. - -There is an old story, something like this, about a lion which showed -gratitude to a man who had taken a thorn out of his foot. Do you -remember it? - - - - - WHERE ARE THE SWALLOWS? - - - There’s a swallow in the air - Somewhere! - It is on its way to me - Over land and over sea, - Over pine and over palm, - Through the storm and through the calm, - And it finds the summer fair - Everywhere. - - Swallow, bring the stork with you, - Swallow, do! - Bring the bird of paradise, - And the parrot, bright and wise, - Birds in scarlet, gold, and green, - Such as we have never seen; - Bring the crested cockatoo, - Swallow, do! - -[Illustration] - - - - - A CURIOUS KIND OF BEAR. - - -These little animals are called ant-bears, though no respectable father -bear or mother bear would own for a cub such a queer, sharp-nosed, -bushy-tailed creature as this. The ant-bear hasn’t a tooth in his head, -and any little Goldilocks might eat his porridge, sit in his chair, and -lie in his bed as long as she pleased without being afraid of him. The -Creator has given to the ant-bear a taste for insects—he prefers -ants—and has fitted him with a long and prying snout. Out of his mouth -he can dart a very long, threadlike tongue, which is so sticky that the -ant which it touches is caught fast and must go down the red lane, -whether he will or not. - -There are various kinds of ant-eating birds and animals on the globe, in -feathers, fur, and scales, but this ant-bear lives in the New World -only. Can you tell in what part of it we should look for him? - -[Illustration: - - A Pair of Ant-bears. -] - - - - - ROVER IN CHURCH. - - - ’Twas a Sunday morning early in May, - A beautiful, sunny, quiet day, - And all the village, old and young, - Had trooped to the church when the church bell rung. - The windows were open, and breezes sweet - Fluttered the hymn books from seat to seat. - Even the birds in the pale-leaved birch - Sang as softly as if in church! - Right in the midst of the minister’s prayer - There came a knock at the door. “Who’s there, - I wonder?” the gray-haired sexton thought, - As his careful ear the tapping caught. - Rap, rap, rap, rap—a louder sound. - The boys on the back seats turned around. - What could it mean? for never before - Had anyone knocked at the old church door. - Again the tapping, and now so loud, - The minister paused (though his head was bowed), - Rappety-rap! This will never do; - The girls are peeping, and laughing too! - So the sexton tripped o’er the creaking floor, - Lifted the latch, and opened the door. - In there trotted a big black dog, - As big as a bear! With a solemn jog - Right up the center aisle he pattered; - People might stare—it little mattered. - Straight he went to a little maid, - Who blushed and hid, as though afraid, - And there sat down, as if to say, - “I’m sorry that I was late to-day; - But better late than never, you know. - Besides, I waited an hour or so, - And couldn’t get them to open the door - Till I wagged my tail and bumped the floor. - Now, little mistress, I’m going to stay, - And hear what the minister has to say.” - The poor little girl hid her face and cried! - But the big dog nestled close to her side, - And kissed her, dog fashion, tenderly, - Wondering what the matter could be! - The dog being large (and the sexton small), - He sat through the sermon and heard it all, - As solemn and wise as anyone there, - With a very dignified, scholarly air! - And instead of scolding, the minister said, - As he laid his hand on the sweet child’s head - After the service, “I never knew - Two better list’ners than Rover and you!” - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - - - “LITTLE PETER.” - - -The sailors call this bird “Little Peter” because he is always trying to -walk on the sea. Strangely enough, he does not care to live on the land, -or even very near it. He even tucks his head under his wing and goes to -sleep with a wave for a cradle. He is a feather ball, so oily that the -water cannot wet him, and so light that he cannot sink. The petrel is -sometimes called “Mother Carey’s Chicken,” and follows the ships to get -the bits of food that are thrown overboard. He is very fond of fat, and -so he follows the whaling ships for the bits of “blubber” that are -thrown overboard. They get very fat themselves, and the people of the -Faröe Islands catch them to make candles of them. Think of it! They draw -a wick through the fat little body and hang them up in their huts to -give light at night. Poor “Little Peter!” - -If you think that it is strange to use a bird for a candle, what do you -think of the Indians of Alaska who take a greasy little fish and run a -wick through and use that to light their little huts. Those who have -seen the candlefish and smelled him burning prefer the electric light. - - - - - A BRAVE LITTLE GIRL. - - -There is a story, in a beautiful book called _The Queens of England_, -about a little girl who saved her father’s life. It happened a long time -ago, when a woman named Mary was queen. Lord Preston, the father of the -little girl, loved King James, who had been sent out of England, and -wanted him to be king again. So there was a trial, and they said he must -die. While the trial was going on the little Lady Catherine, only nine -years old, was left in the queen’s room in Windsor Castle. The next day -after the trial the queen found the little girl in a picture gallery, -looking earnestly at the picture of King James which hung there. “Why do -you look at my father’s picture so strangely?” asked the queen. - -“I was thinking,” said the child, “how hard it is that my father must -die for loving yours.” - -[Illustration] - -The queen was so touched by the reply that she pardoned Lord Preston and -gave him back to his loving little daughter, to the great joy of both. - - - - - ONE AFTERNOON. - - - Papa and mamma went out to row, - And left us three at home, you know— - Roderick, James, and me. - “My dears,” they said, “now play with your toys, - Like dear little, good little, sweet little boys, - And we will come home to tea.” - - We played with our toys the longest while, - We built up the blocks for nearly a mile— - Roderick, James, and I; - But when they came tumbling down, alas! - They fell right against the looking-glass— - O how the pieces did fly! - - Then we played the stairs were an Alpine peak, - And down we slid with shout and with shriek— - Roderick, I, and James; - But Jim caught his jacket upon a tack, - And I burst the buttons all off my back, - And Roderick called us names. - - Then we found a pillow that had a rip, - And all the feathers we out did slip— - Roderick, James, and I. - And we made a snowstorm, a glorious one, - All over the room. O wasn’t it fun, - As the feathery flakes did fly! - - But just as the storm was raging around - Papa and mamma came in and found - Roderick, James, and me; - O terrible, terrible things they said! - And they put us all three right straight to bed, - With the empty pillowcase under our head, - And none of us had any tea. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: - - STARLING. -] - - - - - A STORY ABOUT A STARLING. - - -A starling had been taught to answer certain questions, so that a -dialogue like this could be carried on: - -“Who are you?” - -“I’m Joe.” - -“Where are you from?” - -“From Pimlico.” - -“Who’s your master?” - -“The barber.” - -“What brought you here?” - -“Bad company.” - -[Illustration: - - A picture of the Jewish Tabernacle which the Israelites had instead of - a church. It was made of skins and beautiful cloth—purple and fine - linen—and could be folded together and carried about from place to - place during the forty years in which the Israelites were wandering - in the wilderness. -] - -Now it came to pass one day that the starling got out of his cage and -flew away to enjoy his liberty. The barber was troubled. Joe was the -life of the shop; many a customer came because he had heard of the bird, -and the barber saw his custom falling off. Then, too, he loved the bird, -which had proved so apt a pupil. But all efforts to find the stray bird -were in vain. - -Meanwhile Joe had been enjoying life on his own account. A few days -passed very pleasantly, and then, alas! he fell into the snare of a -fowler, in truth. - -A man lived a few miles from the barber’s house who made the snaring of -birds his business. Some of the birds he stuffed and sold. Others, -again, were sold to the hotels near by, to be served up to guests. - -Much to his surprise Joe found himself one day in the fowler’s net, in -company with a large number of birds as frightened as himself. The -fowler began drawing out the birds one after another, and wringing their -necks. Joe saw that his turn was coming, and something must be done. It -was clear that the fowler would not ask questions, so Joe piped out, -“I’m Joe!” - -[Illustration: - - Patsy. -] - -“Hey! What’s that?” cried the fowler. - -“I’m Joe,” repeated the bird. - -“Are you?” said the astonished fowler. “What brings you here?” - -“Bad company,” said Joe, promptly. - -It is needless to say Joe was soon given back to his master. - - - - - ORIGIN OF THE NAME PUSSY. - - -Did you ever think why we call the cat “puss?” A great many years ago -the people of Egypt, who have many idol gods, worshiped the cat. They -thought she was like the moon, because she was more active at night, and -because her eyes changed, just as the moon changes, which is sometimes -full and sometimes only a little bright crescent, or half moon, as we -say. Did you ever notice your pussy’s eyes to see how they change? So -these people made an idol with the cat’s head, and named it Pasht, the -same name they gave to the moon; for the word means “the face of the -moon.” That word has been changed to “pas,” or “pus,” and has come at -last to be “puss,” the name which almost everyone gives to the cat. Puss -and pussycat are pet names for kitty everywhere. Whoever thought of it -as given to her thousands of years ago, and that then people bowed down -and prayed to her? - -[Illustration] - - - - - PATSY BRYAN. - - -Patsy Bryan was a little street peddler. Patsy was always ragged, often -hungry, yet kept a brave heart and wore a happy look. - -His father was dead, his mother drank, and Patsy’s scanty earnings went -a long way toward maintaining the family, which consisted of his mother, -himself, a younger sister, and a cripple brother. Poor Patsy had never -been to church or Sunday school, and was little better than a heathen. - -One Sunday afternoon, however, Patsy strayed by a large building in -which a mission Sunday school was in session, and hearing the singing, -he stepped in to see what was going on. He was kindly invited to enter a -class, and soon found himself quite at home amid a number of boys of his -own age. - -After that Patsy became a regular attendant, and when, in the summer -time, a company of children were sent into the country for a few weeks -by the benevolence known as the Fresh-Air Fund, Patsy found himself one -of the fortunate number. - -[Illustration: - - Jamie has a Little Talk with Piggie-Wig. -] - -This was one of the great events of his life. Never before had he seen -the beautiful country. How rapidly the days passed! What fun it was to -roam the green fields and to gather fruits and flowers without the fear -of the ever-present “cop,” and then what royal fare—vegetables fresh -from the gardens, plenty of nice, fresh milk, berries, and fruit without -any stint! The days flew by only too swiftly, and soon Patsy returned to -the great city and his daily work. But he returned with a new color in -his cheeks and with new ideas and hopes in his mind, and there is every -prospect that, keeping good company and refraining from bad habits, he -will grow into a useful and happy man. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - - - TWO LITTLE GIRLS. - - - That little girl is very rich, - With an old doll like a perfect witch, - A broken chair and a bit of delf, - And a wee cracked cup on the closet shelf. - She can play with only a row of pins; - Houses and gardens, arks and inns, - She makes with her chubby fingers small, - And she never asks for a toy at all. - Poor little girl and rich little girl, - How nice it would be if in Time’s swift swirl - You could—perhaps-not change your places, - But catch a glimpse of each other’s faces; - For each to the other could something give, - Which would make the child-life sweeter to live, - For both could give and both could share - Something the other had to spare. - - - - - PRINCE AND PIGGIE-WIG. - - -Jamie had no brothers or sisters, so he made friends with everything -about his father’s farm. He loved the trees because he could climb them -and sit among the branches. - -Prince, his dog, was his constant companion, who always felt it his duty -to keep his eye upon everything about the premises, for when anything -went wrong he knew it, and had to help make it right. - -[Illustration] - -One day Jamie and Prince were playing tag; Prince stopped and began to -growl. He heard something stir in the cornfield, and soon found that the -mother pig had worked her way out of the sty and was rooting up the -beautiful corn. Prince knew what to do. He pulled the mother pig’s ear -until she was glad to go back again, and Jamie fastened her safely in. -“Where is little Piggie-Wig?” said Jamie; “he is out too.” They found -him in Prince’s kennel fast asleep. Prince soon hustled him out, and -Piggie-Wig sat down upon the garden walk to rest. Jamie threw himself -down before him to have a little talk with him. Piggie-Wig opened his -pink eyes and lifted his funny nose and looked at Jamie. - -“Well,” said Jamie, “you thought you had found a fine little house when -you got into Prince’s kennel, I suppose.” - -Piggie-Wig grunted and lay down upon the walk. - -“You are a lazy fellow,” said Jamie; “boys are sometimes lazy—you like -to pull weeds, though, and I don’t.” Piggie-Wig grunted again. - -After having a little talk together Jamie and Prince took Piggie-Wig -home, which was not a very easy thing to do, and went to the house for a -rest. - -[Illustration] - - - - - GRANDMAMMA SPIDER. - - - Grandmamma Spider is building a nest - Right there by the crack in the wall; - Look sharp, little friends, the threads are so fine - You hardly can see them at all. - - Two little birds—see them up in that tree?— - Are singing a beautiful song, - All about grasses, and flowers, and leaves, - And summer that waited so long. - - The wind is a lullaby, soft and sweet; - Miss Pussy is purring a tune; - Towser is happy—he’d talk if he could; - Sir Cricket chirps loud, for it’s June. - -[Illustration: - - Pods and Blossoms of the Vanilla. -] - - - - - VANILLA. - - -Most of the vanilla which goes into American cake and ice cream comes -from Mexico. It is made from the beans and pods of a climbing plant -which grows wild in that country, and is also cultivated on great -plantations. It is a sort of orchid, and has flowers of a greenish -white. After these come the pods, which are from six to twelve inches -long and dark brown in color. When these are ripe enough they are picked -off and treated with heat and moisture until they begin to “work,” or -ferment. When the “vanillin” has been extracted from them it is -dissolved in alcohol and bottled for use. - -[Illustration] - - Holy Jesus, - Heavenly Friend, - Let thy word - My soul defend. - -[Illustration] - - - - - AFRICA. - - -Africa is the hottest country in the world, because it lies in that part -of the world where the burning sun shines straight down upon it. The -beautiful snow, which falls about us every winter, is unknown there, -except on the highest mountain peaks. There lies across that country a -belt of great forest trees, forming a jungle so dark and dense that no -man has yet been able to pass through it. Only wild beasts hide there to -get away from the heat of the sun. But north and south of this great -forest are beautiful woods and palm trees and wild flowers. In such -places the natives live in rude huts, and sometimes huddle together in -villages. Their food is mostly bananas, dates, African maize, goat’s -milk, roots, and barks. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - - - JACK DAWE - - - I.—BEFORE. - - Jack Dawe a new idea possessed - That would not let that young man rest; - He watched with care his grandpapa - Indulging in a big cigar, - And argued, “Smoking is, I guess, - The outward sign of manliness.” - - - II.—AFTER. - - So from the box abstracting one, - He took good care his prep. to shun, - And perched upon a shady stile, - He puffed away with sickly smile; - But soon slid down with aching head, - Stole home “quite cured,” and crept to bed. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - “Hurrah, boys, the early morning - Is the time for play! - Faithful Donald stands in waiting; - Let us haste away.” - - - - - TWO PAIRS OF FETTERS. - - -Eighty years ago a fierce war was waged in India between the English and -Tippoo Sahib. On one occasion several English officers were taken -prisoners. Among them was one named Baird. One day a native officer -brought in fetters to be put on each of the prisoners, the wounded not -excepted. Baird had been severely wounded, and was suffering from pain -and weakness. - -A gray-haired officer said to the native official, “You will not think -of putting chains upon that wounded man?” - -“There are just as many pairs of fetters as there are captives,” was the -answer, “and every pair must be worn.” - -“Then,” said the noble officer, “_put two pairs on me_; I will wear his -as well as my own.” - -This was done. Strange to say, Baird lived to gain his freedom—lived to -take the city—but his noble friend died in prison. - -A noble act—to bear a heavy burden for another which that other could -not bear for himself. Thus our Saviour showed his love for the world. -“When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the -ungodly” (Rom. v, 6). - -[Illustration: - - Mount Hermon. -] - - - - - STORY OF THE CENTURY PLANT. - - -[Illustration: - - The Century Plant. -] - -The century plant, as we call it, though it does not live much longer -than fifty years, is a kind of cactus. The cactus family—or the “cacti,” -for we never say cactuses—numbers fully forty members, and you are -pretty sure to find them growing in those parts of the far south where -the sun and sand dry up every other green thing. - -The true century plant, or agave, is found chiefly in Mexico. It is -composed of a clump of thick and fleshy leaves, each having a hard, -sharp, thorny point at its extremity, as well as an edging of prickly -spines growing the whole length of the leaf. - -At the flowering time a tough, tall stem grows from the center of the -plant, rising to the height of ten or fifteen feet, and producing a -blossom of a yellowish-green color. - -It is said that the century plant has been put to no less than one -hundred uses. For example, the fiber of the plant is spun into thread -and made into garments; the thick, fleshy leaves produce an extract -which is used as a substitute for soap; while the tough flowering stem, -when withered, serves the purpose of a razor strop. The pointed thorns -at the tip of each great leaf are used by the natives as needles, and -the leaves themselves are made into shingles. It seems possible to make -paper out of almost any substance, and this plant is not an exception. - -Just at the time when this juicy, pulpy plant begins to flower the -flower-bearing stem is cut off, together with the thick leaves -immediately around it. A basinlike hollow is made in the center, into -which all the rich sap or juice flows. A single plant will, for two or -three months, produce at the rate of two gallons of this fluid each day. -It is collected in vessels of raw-hide, and kept until it ferments. Many -Mexicans get drunk on this “pulque.” The city of Mexico contains eight -hundred and twenty shops in which this beverage is sold. Eighty thousand -gallons are consumed daily throughout Mexico. - - - - - NESTING TIME. - - - “’Tis June, ’tis June, my sweet, sweet mate.” - “I know it, I know it,” said she. - “The sun is bright and the sky is fair, - The sheltering leaves are everywhere; - It is time to build,” said he. - - “O joy, joy, joy! Let us build our home - On a rock-a-bye bough,” said she, - “Where our baby birds may safely rest - Till they get too big for the little nest.” - “We will, my sweet,” said he. - - “My little nest is full to the brim, - And my heart with song,” said she. - “Our baby birds are ready, I know, - To try their wings, so let us go - And see the world,” said he. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE DEAD TURKEY. - - -“Mrs. Wells, here is your little turkey, and it is dead,” said a pitiful -voice. Little Eddie, the ministers son, who was Mrs. Wells’s next-door -neighbor, held the limp turkey in his hand as he stood in the door. - -“O, I’m so sorry,” said kind Mrs. Wells, and Edward went home with a -troubled face. Something hurt him so. - -“What is the matter with my little boy?” said Eddie’s mother. “All the -sunshine has gone out of his face.” - -Eddie gave a deep sigh; then he looked up. “I’m going to tell you all -about it, mamma,” he said; “you know Mrs. Wells’s dear little chickies -and turk-a-lurks? They looked so cunning that I just picked up one -little turkey and hugged it a little bit, and it was dead. The old -mother turkey was ’most crazy. I carried the poor little turkey chick to -Mrs. Wells and told her it was dead, and—and something hurts me so right -in here,” and he clasped his little hands over his heart. - -“Was that all you told Mrs. Wells, Eddie?” asked his mother, gravely. - -[Illustration] - -“Yes’m,” said Eddie; but a little later she saw him trudging toward Mrs. -Wells’s door. “I killed your turkey, I squeezed it so hard. Will you -please to forgive me?” said little Eddie. - -Mrs. Wells said, “Yes, dear; you didn’t mean to kill it, I know.” - -When Eddie came home the sunshine was in his face again. “I told her the -whole truth, mamma, and the hurt is gone,” he said, gleefully. - -[Illustration: - - A General Smash-up. -] - - - - - A GENTLEMAN IS FIRST A GENTLE BOY. - - -There is nothing which will make a man angry so quickly as to be told -that he is not a gentleman. But one becomes a true gentleman by -beginning early to practice gentle deeds. - -On a crowded trolley car going out of Boston, one evening, an old woman -was packed in the crowd in the narrow aisle where the standing room was -all taken. She was bent with age and was very feeble. Her shabby dress -and worn shawl told of her poverty. She carried a large basket, and it -seemed to grow heavier and heavier as she changed it from one arm to the -other. Seated where this woman was standing sat two persons—one whose -tailor-made clothes of expensive fabric showed he was a well-to-do man. -The other was a ragged newsboy. Tired from his work, the little fellow’s -head now and then dropped on his shoulder and his weary eyelids closed. - -Awaking from one of these naps, he saw standing near him the shabby old -woman with her heavy basket, and he put his little hand out on hers and -said, very gently, but manfully: “You must be tired. Take my seat. I’ll -hold your basket.” - -There was the making of a splendid gentleman in that boy. - -[Illustration: - - So Many Letters to Write! -] - - - - - THE BROTHERS. - - -There was a time when the world was very young, and the first people -were like children who cannot understand how to worship God, so they -were allowed to offer sacrifices upon an altar. You have heard about -Cain and Abel, the two sons of Adam and Eve. One was gentle and good, -and he kept the flocks. The other, the elder, took care of the ground -and the fruit trees. When they came to offer their sacrifices Abel -brought a lamb and Cain brought grain and fruit. The Lord looked upon -the hearts of Cain and Abel, and he saw true worship in Abel’s heart, but -in the heart of Cain he saw selfishness and sin. So he did not accept -his offering. Then the sin in Cain’s heart rose into his tongue as he -talked angrily with his brother, and by and by it crept out into his -hand, and he struck his brother and killed him. The seed of murder, -which is hate, had sprung up quickly in Cain’s heart. - -[Illustration: - - The Two Altars. -] - - - - - HIS WORK. - - -One time a man came to one of the men who worked for him, gave him a big -stone, and said, “Now cut in this stone leaves just like the ones in -this picture.” The stone did not look very pretty, and the man said, “I -will do just the very best I can, but I wish I could cut in this -beautiful marble here.” So he toiled away with his sharp tools, and, -after much work, he finished the leaves according to the pattern. - -When he finished this the master brought him another just like it, and -told him to cut a branch in it. So for weeks he worked on these big, -rough stones, and he did not know what they were for. - -One day, when he was walking down town in the large city, he saw a -beautiful building. He went over to look at it, and there, in front of -that large building, were all those big, rough stones upon which he had -been working for so long; but they were all put together now to form a -most beautiful picture. The man looked at it a long time and then said: -“O how glad I am I did it well! Now I see what the master meant.” - - - - - FORGIVE THE WRONG. - - - Dear child, has some one done you ill? - Don’t hasten to resent it; - Oft those who seek a swift revenge - Find leisure to repent it. - - Though anger loud for vengeance cries, - Again, again deny it; - Two wrongs will never make one right, - Howe’er you multiply it. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE STORYBOOK. - - - “I have a little storybook; - I love to read it too; - It tells about the fairy folk, - And what they say and do, - - “And how they sleep in lily bells - And scare away the bees, - And visit birdies in their nest, - And do just what they please.” - -[Illustration] - - - - - “WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?” - - -Said a little girl: “It is easy enough to remember that the old woman -who lives down in the Row is my neighbor, for she is very poor and lives -in a poor house, and when I carry her things mamma sends she says, -‘Bless you, my little lady;’ but it isn’t so easy to remember that my -own grandma is my neighbor when she wants me to run up stairs after her -spectacles, or hold some yarn for her just when I’m playing.” - -[Illustration: - - The Man with the Gridiron Collar. -] - -[Illustration: - - Five O’clock Tea. -] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES - - - 1. 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