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SADLIK MONTR FAT AXTT^ ^r\ RONTO TO JJVST^IiUCTO^Ms. REGARDING Success in Teaching quite as dependent upon the Methods of Instruction as upon the Chi^racter and Class!- fication of the material furnished by the texf -book, your atten- tion IS earnestly invited to the following suggestions : The Lessons OF Part First shouX^ be used for J^eading Exercises rather than Tasks. Require the class fo repeat the most important principles, definitions, and examples, both separately and in concert. Review the Lessons, and do not commence Part Second until the pupils master them. Part Second is not simply a Collection of Readings, but also a dictionary and cyclopedia, containing Needful Aids which are to be turned to profitable account. Never omit the Preliminary Exercises ; but require the pupils tp pronounce, spell, and define the words in the notes. If unable to make the necessary preparation by themselves, let them read the notes as a class exercise, and give them the requisite aid. Often require them to commence with the last word of a para- graph, in the Reading, and pronounce back to the first. Also direct their attention to jhe accents and marked letters. Before the Final Reading, be sure that the pupils tmder- stand the Lesson. Adopt a simple Order of Examination, and let them give the leading thoughts in their own language, withotit formal ques- tions : for example, first, the title of the piece ; secondly, the objects mentioned, and the facts concerning these objects ; thirdly, the narra- :ve or connected thoughts, and the portion illustrated by the picture, if any ; and fourthly, the moral, or what the Lesson teaches. The Index to the Notes is of the utmost importance, and ought to be employed daily. Make special eflForts to give pupils great facility in its use. Entered according to Act of Parliament, A. D. 1886, by JAMES A. SADLIER. in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics, at Ottawa. ^/, to their fitness for Reading Exercises; secondly, the variety, intensity, and permanency of the interest they naturally awaken ; and thirdly, the amount and value of the information they afford, and its effects in the Formation of Character. They embrace such matters of local interest as tend to develop the love of country- and of domestic affairs, as well as those of general concern. The style, though sim- ple, is free from puerility, and some of the best instruction is given in parables and apologues. The Lessons are strictly PR F FACE, graded, presenting the simplest first in order, divided into Sections topically, and fitly illustrated with wood-cuts of unsurpassed excellence. Webster's Marked Letters are used as required to indi- cate Pronunciation. The Phonic Alphabet is made complete by the addition of seven of Watson's combined letters, as follows : Ou, ow, dh, sli, fh, Wh, and ng. This marked type affords nearly all the advantages of pure phonetics, without incurring any of the objections, and is as easily read as though unmarked. Its daily use in the Readings and Notes can not fail to remove localisms and form the habit of cor rect pronunciation. Additional Aids are afforded by the introduction of about seven hundred foot-notes, which give the pronunciation of the words respelled, definitions, and explanations of classical, historic.- V and other allusions. This aid is given in every instaT.ce on the page where the difficulty first arises ; and a complete Index to the Notes is added for general reference. As most of the Lessons are original, or have been rewritten and adapted for this little work, a list of the names of authors is deemed unnecessary. • CONTENTS. I. GOOD ELOCUTION. /. LESSONS. LANGUAGE •'*'=" Articulation Dejinitions ' " ' '^ Oral Elements . . . ... '^ Words How formed. ......!..!!'! 1 ^"^ Exercises in Articulation ^° 22 Syllables and Accent Definitions ....!!.".. ^^ Arthur and the Apples. . . .'.*.'..*'....,.... ^^ Emphasis and Inflection Definitions ... ^'^ A Picture Lesson ^7 29 Punctuation Marks Exercises in Punctuation Key to Letters and Sounds To Instructors 31 33 34 4 II. APT READINGS. Section I 1. Quebec— Part First. ......... ..\ ^7 2. Quebec— Part Second. ^^ 4. Making Maple Sugar. ^^ I. PIECES IN PILOSE. Section II 6. Maty Blaine 47 7. Pobert Fenton 47 10. The Doves of Venice. . '.'.'.'. '.'.'\\\\\\\\'' "" ^o Section III 11. Crusoe's Pets. J° 12. Susan's Pets °^ 13- Alfred the Great. °3 14. Short Pieces " "7 70 7 ▼Ill CONTENTS. m Sbction IV 1 5. liig and Liitle ... . .* .' .* .' .' .* 17. Little by Little— Part Fini.. . 18. LittU by LittU—Part Second. 19. Little by Little— Part Third.. Section V 21. Tlu Crooked Tree.'. .'.'.'.'.'.'..'. 23. George White's Ten Dollars- 24. George White's Ten Dollars- Sbction VI 26. A Roland for an Oliver Section VII 29. The Passion Play 31. Coals of Fire— Part First. . . 32. Coals of Fire— Part Second.. Section V^III 33. Boastful Arthur 34. Keeping a Promise 36. / Bare net Lie Section 38. 40. 41. Section 455. 43. Section 44- 46. -Part First.. ■Part Second. IX The '' De Profundis" Bell. '.'.'. '.'.'.'. What the Moon Saw — Part First.. . What the Moon Saw— Part Second. X Wilfrid's Journey—Part First Wilfrid's yoiirney— Part Secom XI A Goldet; Day The Bttilders. . Section XII. 48. Little Blue-eye — Part First. . 49. Little Blue-eye— Part Second. 50. 7'he Anxious Leaf , Section XIV 56. The P nze~Part First. . . 57- The Prize— Part Second. 58. How to be Happy Section XV 60. The Countersign. 62. Angels Section XVI 63. True Riches 65. The Children's Party 66. Hildegard and the Fawn — Part First. . 67. Hildegard and the Fawn— Part Second. PAQR • 73 73 ■ 77 80 83 86 86 92 94 96 99 104 104 "3 116 119 119 122 126 129 131 133 135 138 138 140 • J4I 141 144 148 148 150 152 165 165 166 168 172 172 179 182 182 188 192 196 CONTENTS. Section XVII 68. Mr. South and Owen Worth. 70. The Examination Section XVIII 7 1 . Regina's Sacrifice 72. The King and the Geese — Part First. . . 73. The King and the Geese— Part Second. Section XIX 78. The Soldier's Wind/ali. Taddeo the Cripple— Part First.. Taddeo the Cripple — Part Second. The Child at Prayer Section XX 80 81 83 Section XXI 85. Giant Pride— Part First Giant Pride — Part Second. Giant Anger — Part First Giant Anger — Part Second Giant Intemperance— Part First... Gia.it Intemperance — Part Second. Water. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 92. Section XXII 95. Simple Cha, / 96. A Talk to Section XXIII 97. The Harvest 98. A Picture of Ou. 99. Land of the Holy tivj. FAOI 201 201 207 211 211 214 216 223 226 231 231 234 241 245 245 248 251 253 255 258 264 269 270 273 276 276 278 281 //. PIECES IN- VERSE. Section I 3. Skaters' Song. t, 5. The New Dominioti , . . . , Section II 8. The Boy and the Bee 54 9. Little Dandelion \\\ 55 Section IV 16. The Oak Tree 20. Little by Little 85 Section V 22. A Wish Section VI 25. The Blind Brother 27. My 41 46 47 75 75 ^iStcf. 86 90 96 96 lOI I' ' ^ r'l) * CONTENTS, Section VII ''*°" 28. Kvtning Hymn . . ..... . ." ^^^ 30. Dream »f Little Chnsit). ..'.'.['.['.'.'.'.[[[['] '^ Seotion VIII 35. y'Ae Sptrrow's Sone "^ . * 124 Sect'on IX 37. The Star. \.'. WW "9 ■ 39- The Stars " "9 13a Section XI. . . 45. 'The Holiday. WWW WW WW WW. ''♦^ • . 47- . The Lhild to the Wave's'.'.'.. ^"^I ■ ■ ' ' 140 Section XII 51. Lesson of the Leaves.. !!....,.!!..]! ! '^^ Section XIII 52. -'innie's Chnstmas Seimon—p'aWt First \\\ Mtiim/s Christmas Sermon- Part Second.. \ll 53. 54- 55. 201 204 n :, •"•' -^'^""vn—f an c^ecoiia j-fi Our A/manaA '50 JCing Winter's Boy ^T •^ 103 Section XIV 59. Our Ladv's I'Ve'n'. 'W. ^^5 171 Section XV 61. Lou's Angei... '.'... '72 Section XVI... . 64. The Stiver Bird'W 'Nest. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ '. '. ] '. ; ", ] * jgg Sec-iion XVII 69. The Use of Sight Section XVIII 74- Pointed. .........*."*.".' *'' 75- Giant and Dioarf ....!.......... ' ^'^ Section XIX 76. Good Nisr'h't. '.'.'.'.'..'.'. 223 77. Eveni„g\ 223 79. The Sunbeam * " " ^^5 229 Section XX 82. 77ie Angelic Youth. ^^' 84. Alters of Marv. . , ^39 Section XXI 91. The Fountain. ..'.'.'.'.'.'. H^ 93. The Brook ^^\ 207 Section XXII 94. A Small Catechism ....'.'. W '. '. .' .' .' .' 'W.'.'. '. '. '. '. ' ' ! ". .' " * *. " .* " 26 .•; './^- rAOB 104 104 . . 107 119 .. 134 • . 129 129 -. 132 . 141 • 143 • 146 148 . 154 • 155 . 156 . 158 . 163 . 165 171 172 174 182 £86 201 204 211 219 221 223 223 225 229 231 239 244 m 11 S>iioj^ETic itey: m m tt I III lilli /. TOPICS. X, a, ore; a§, ale, veil: 2. d; a§, filt; 3. a; as, art: ^. a, or 6 ; as, ^H, €6m : 5. d, or ^ ; a§, edre, there : ^. a ; a§, ask : 7. e, or i ; as, we, pique : <9. d ; as, 611 : 9. 6, T, or A ; a§, h5r, sir, biir : iO. i, a§, 196 : ii/i ; a§, ill: 12. 6; a§, old: IS. o, or a; as, 6n, ^at : 14. q, . VoivELs are tlie letters tliat usually stand for the tonics. They are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. 10. A Diphthong is the union of two vowels in a syllable ; as wi in our, ea in brmd. 11. Consonants are ttie letters that usually stand for the subtonic or atonies. They are all tlie letters of the alphabet except tlie vowels. The combined letters Ch, ^, tli subtonic, th atonic, Wh and ng are also consonants. II. ORAL ELEMEjYTS. SINCE Oral Elements form all the words you ever speak, I trust you will soon learn to make eadh one correctly. A\^y, tliere is only one tiling m the world tliat you will need to use oft^er, and tliat is tlie air you breatlie. ^. As you read, try to answer eadi question, with- out lookmg at tlie delinitions. What form the En- gli^ language ? W^at is the Engli^ language i ~ 3. V¥hat are the sounds tliat form spoken words called? How are oral elements divided ? What are pure tones called ? What are subtonics ? What are atonies ? What are tonics ? ^. How is tile alphabet divided? If a letter stands for a tonic, what do you call it ? Two vowels in one syJlabie are called What ? Name the letters tliat are vowels. What is a diphtTiono- ? IS DOMINION THIRD READER. 5. Letters tliat stand for subtonics or atonies are called What ? What single letters are not conso- nants ? Name the double letters that are conso- nants. What are consonants ? G. What is articulation % Articulation is a part of What ? What is good elo-eution ? 7, Have you ans2^ered all the questions in this lesson correctly ? Did your teaciher aid you to an- S2cer any of them ? 8, If you can answer all the questions, you may now read tlie tables Whidi follow. One of you will first read a line, and utter, or speak, the oral ele- ment after eadh ^ord : then all of you will read the line together in tiie same way. 9. A ^ort straight line, placed from side to side over a vowel, is often u§ed to mark its first oral element ; as, babe, a ; here, e ; line, i ; joke, o ; fliite, u. 10. A -curved line placed over a vowel is often used to mark its second oral element ; as strap, a ; fence, e ; b^ip, i ; rod, o ; bru^, u. I. TABLE OF TONICS ■'\ V 1. age, 2. hat, 3. arm, 4. i^ll, 6. dir,^ 6. ask,2 a; a; a; a; a; ape, man, biir, war, €dre, ant, a a a a a; ' The fifth oral element of A (a) may easily be produced by try- ing to make its frrsi "ound wifeh tiie lips placed nearly together veil, hand, harp, €6rk, th^re, waft. e a a 6 a they, lamp, star, fdrm, mast, a. a. 6. a. «nd held firmly against the teeth. ^ The sixth oral element of A (a) is iib uecwrid sound made twice as long and slightly sOftmed. J(i ORAL ELExMENTS. ID 7. ^e, e ; tile. g ; pique, \ ; valise, •• 1. 8. 6nd, d ; li6n. ^ ; desk, s ; sled. 6. 9. eiT,i e ; li6r. e ; sir, I; bAr, 1i. 10. ice, i ; pie. i ' fly^ y ; sky. y. 11. ink, i ; liim, i ; lynx, ^; lily. V 12. old, 6 ; own, . bone, 6 ; home, o. 13. bdx, 6; f6x. 6^ Vhat, a ; wand. a. i^. tWQ, q; mQve » q; fool, do ; rule, -?5. glue. u; time, u; €ure, u ; mfde, •• 16. €up. V mud. w son, 6 ; done. 6. 27. put, 'i; bull. v; woi:, ; W0l)l, db. 18. our, ou; out, ou ; owl, ow; €0W, ow. II. TABLE OF SUBTONICS. i. *dd. h; Mb, 5; babe, b J bnbe. A. ^. d\d, d; dM, d; d^ad, d; dr&ad, t/. 3' m> I ygt, gig. y^g. g; ^^^y g; gin. g; grig. g«m. g g. 5. mi, ^• lull, ^• Zfike, /; h0, 6. ?nu.g, w; gwn. w; stdm, m; mum, w. 7. n&t, n; run. 71 ; n^%t, n J ^un, w. 8. king. ng; sing. ftg; link, n ; bank. S» 9. ear. r; run. r; rage, r ; rdre. r. 10. Thy, th; this. tti; with, th; thither, th. ii. vat, v; love. v; vine, V ; viiM^ V. i^. win, w ; 2Vig, w; ?yi§e, w; wake. ?a 13. yes, y^ y6t. yj yarn, y; year, 2^- i^. 2:inc, «; z&st. z; his, §; wise. §• 15. rtzure. Z, r zh. X ,- ' .'^?® ***''''* °'^* element of E ag long and slightly softened It, (e) IS Its second sound, made twice is the last of tiie modified tonics. w DOMINION THIRD READER. i III. TABLE 1 OF ATONICS. 1 1. yxn, /; /at, /; /ire, /, /lAs / M' 2. Alt, A; //6t, A; Aate, h J Aome, h. 1 3. kiij, ^; ^Ic^% ^ ; ^Wnk, € J €h\n^, €. 4' p6p, i>; pup, p ; we, Pj /;r6;j, />• 5. SlSSy *; .s-gnse, s; (jont, 9 ; 9»ty, 9- 6. m, t; tut, t ; t'^vt, t ; io'dat, t. 7. Chin, fh; bofli, th ; thick, th ; truth, th. i. , 8. Jhin, dh; ridi, di ; dhase, dh ; diiirdh , dh. 9. ^C, .5 several times, and analyze all the word.^. 2. Bleak Uow^ tlie (tliu) bitter blast. 3. Our a?^nt found ants in tlie (t^iu) sweets. 4. Cora ±'m\ -el^sp your -elean *l6tli -eloak. 5. Dora Drake drove fmr dear d5g from her door 6. Fa/fh Frendi had fres^ frii/t, and ricih fringe for her dres*. 7. Grage Grant told the (tliu) groom, tliat mudi green gras5 had grO^n on our ground, near a grove. 8. Charleg Chase dhOge muc^ dheap dieege. 9. We heard loud ^louts, and s^iarp, sOiril^ ^r^eks. 10. Tho^e fliankles5 yo^tlis, wmi trufhs use (yiiz) wicked oath§. " ^ ^-^ - 11. Quy boasts of (5v) hl§ great strength, and thrusts hi§ fists against (agensf) iron (Tern) posts. 12. Why did tliat w^ite dog \Vhlne, w^ile tlie (thu) Whaleg \^eeled and \Vhirled ? 13. Jameg, Job, Jo^n, Jane, and Jason Joneg live In our stone house. U. This pleaging being I§ stilZ hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, eating, and drinking. lo, I saw ttl«~ UCPiAf\ \\Tf\Tnnnr\ t-k-mXc, « !>;?■.. -^ -1^-1 - • _„ . — ..^. -,. Tvyxixctii pieoo uci wuM-iiuuci son to her bo§6m SYLLABLES AND ACCENT, 23 II. SYLLABLES, ETC I. DEFLYITIOJVS. A SYLLABLE i§ a word, or part of a word, Hpok()m. 3. Then \n^ fatiier asked liim to bring l)aok the fr,iiV laid on t^ie plate with tfie 6tfier§ an apple, ^idi, iliough it still hud a rogy side, wa.;^ quite « de- cayed," and degired him to allow it to remain there. i ''But, father," said Ar'thnr, ''tiie decayed apple will spoil all the otherg." 5. ''Are you quite sure, my son? Wliy ^lould notttie six fre^^ ap'pleg rather make tiie bad one f re^ ? ' ' And with thege wordg he requested A r'thur to return tie appleg to tiie store-room. 6. Eight days afterward, he asked hig son to op^n tiie door and take out tiie appleg. But ;^at a sight pregentM itself ! The six appleg, Whldh had been so scHvTid and smootii, were rotten, and spread a dis- agreeable smell through i^ii room. 'Beau'tifal, vgry plea§ing t, the eye. 'PresSnt'ed, put or plaugh the rotten apple ^/^have a rogy side, it spoiled the good oneg." lo. The year rolled around', a»nd Ar'fliur had im- proved it so well, that the 15ng-expe€ted day of iiie "Children'g First Communion," wag to him, and to the otfierg, a most happy one. Truly, both men and fingelg rejoiged' to see that band of innogent young soulg approach tiie Holy Table, to regeive, for the first time, the Bread of Life. EMPHASIS AND INFLECTION. 27 III. EMPHASIS, ETC. I. DEFIJVITIOJVS. EMPHASIS is the (tiiu) greater force givm to one or more words of a sentence ; ' as, Better the child -eiy t4ian the father. Hanc/some is, that handsome 6?06^5. ^. Nearly all Emphatic Words either point out a difference, or ^low w^hat is meant ; as, I did not saj a sweet dhild, but a neat one. TF?te;'e and ^^^/ is it ? Speak Zi^^^e and loell, if you wi^ to pleage. 3. Inflection is the bend, or slide, of tlie voice, uged in reading and speaking. 4. Inflection, or the Slide, is properly a part of emphasis. It is tlie greater rise or fall of tlie voige ^i\i^€^ is heard on the accented or heamj syllable of an emphatic word. The Rising Inflection is the upward bend or J. slide of the voice ; as. \e Do you love your \i^ f>. The Falling Inflection is tlie downward bend or slide of the voice ; as, A/^en are you going ^<^/ r. The Circumflex is th( mion of the inflections on the same syllable or word. When it beo-ins wit^ ' A sentence is a union of words wOiicli tells, asks, or com- mands, somefJiing ; as, Mabel ran. Did Amy run ? Uo, John. 28 DOMINION THIRD READER. H -i liti I !■ tlie rising inflection and ends wifeii tlie falling, it is called Ae falling clrcumjiex. The //^//i^ c^/-- cumfiex begins witii d, falling slide and ends witli a rising. 8. The Acute Accent ' is often used to mark tlie rising inflection ; tlie grave accent \ tlie falling inflection ; as, Will you ride, or walk % fK The Falling Circumflex is marked tlius ^; and tlie rising circumflex, thus ^, Wliidi you will see is tiie same mark turned over ; as, You must take me for a fod, to fliink I could do tliat. 10, The Falling Inflection is used for the com- plete, tlie known, and ^\1ienever any tiling is de- clared or commanded ; as, He will ^led tears, on his return. Speak, I diarge you ! What means this stir in to^-n % lU The Rising Inflection is used for the doubt- ful, tlie uncertain, t4i(" incomplete, and in questions used diiefly for information ; as, Though he slay me, I sOiall go. Wa§ ^e hateful \ 12, When the Words are not sincere, but are used in jest, \hQ falling circumflex takes the place of ^\Q falling inflection; the rising circumflex, of tlie rising Inflection; as. The beggar oxpects to ride, not to walk. If the liar says so, tlien all must be- lieve it, of course. 13, Emphatic Words are often printed in Italics ; tlioso more emphatic, in small capitals ; and those most emphatic in large CAPITALS. Marks of Inflection also serve to ^ow ^Vhat words are emphatic ; as, Will you have rice, or pie ? ^ PICTURE LESSON, 29 U. In the next lesson, I wi^ you to notige all the emphati-e wordg. Tell your teadier What mark of Infle-etion i§ found over eadi emphati-e word. Try to make eadh infle-etion -eorre-etly with your voige. II. A PICTURE LESSOM DO you see k picture f ^ I§ it a fine^ pi-eture ? 2. I see a picture. It i§ a fine pi-eture. Bo you see it ? ^ Picture, (pikt'yor), a likeness * Fine, made perfect ; plea§'ng of a thing. to the eye ; beautiful. 30 DOMINION THIRD READER. m ■ijij 3. Here is a dog. It is a hldck dcg. The dog is stroJKj. Rii U good-natured. A. Oh, look ! Is this a Nyrse ? Is it a large horse ? Is it a large, black liorse i Is it a /^(>r6'6, or a pony f ^. It is a i?o^7i//, not a Aw-6'6^ It is a white pony Ic IS not large, but m«Z^. It is a beautiful animal. 6'. Do you see James and David, in tlie picture ? Tiiey are coiis/ns.' James rides the pony. 7. Are you sure you see two boys, and a dog and a pony ? Can tiiey walk, or run, or eat, or drink, or fight, or play ? Do tliey breathe and live ? 8. They are only pictures. If tliey had life, they could walk or run, love or hate, play or fight. 9. "Good morning, James," said David, "are aunt 2 and uncle ^ well ? " 10. " Y^s, thank you," said James, "quite well. But, my dear cousin," added tlie young jester,* "how does your black horse trot, tliis morning ? Has he had his oats, yet?" 11. '^You are a bright ^ boy," said David. "If your war-horse is laige, a giant « rides him." i^.J'Ah! ha! ha! Good for you," said James: "a David and a Goliath.^ But now for a race!" And they dabiied off, the dog ahead. ' Cousin (kuz'n), the son or daughter of an un^le or aunt. * Aunt (ant), the sister of one's father or mother. ^Un'cle, the brother of one's father or mother. ^ Jest'er, one gS\ en to saying or doing things to amuse or cause laughter. ^ Brightj having a -elear, quick mind ; sparkling with fun. « Giant (jl'ant), a man of great height and size. ' Go li'ath, a giant who lived about three fhousand years ago. He was killed with a sling by David, a Shepherd's boy, who af- terward became king of the Jews. PUNCTUATION MARKS. 31 IV. PUNCTUATION MARKS. MARKS, OR POINTS, u§ed in this book, are here explained. You will notige how they look, and learn their nameg and iiseg ; for they will aid you to understand What you read. They also mark some of the paugeg, or rests, that are alwayg uged in good reading. 2, The Comma , i§ u§ed to mark the smallest portion of a sentenge, and the ^ortdst pau§e ; a§. My kind un-ele gave us an Engli^i robin, a pet Iamb, and a gray pory. 5. The Semicolon ; i§ uged between sudh parts of a sentence a§ are some^\^at less -elosely -eonne-eted tiian thoge divided by a -comma, and -commonly marks a longer pauge • a§, Stoneg grow ; vegetable^ grow and live ; animalg grow% live, and feel. 4, The Colon : i§ uged between parts of a sen- tence less -elosely -eonne-eted than those divided by a semicolon, and -eommonly marks a longer pau§e ; a§, Angry dhildren are like men standing on their headg : they see all fhingg the wrong way. />. The Period . i§ plaged at the -elose of a sen- tence \^1lidl de-elare§ something, and -eommonly marks a full stop. It i§ also uged after one or more letterg \Vhidi stand for a word ; a§. If you will, you €an learn. He lived at St. John, N. B., last Jan. f>. The Interrogation Point '\ ^ow§ that a question i§ asked, and marks a pauge ; a§, D6e§ a hen eat gravel % Pleage, dear brother, may I take your knife ? 32 DOMINJON miKD KKADHR, 1: ■! , '% I 7. The Rxclamatjon Point \ Ih placjt'd aftx^r words to ^ihow woiult'r, Hurprige, and oMier strOng- feeliitg.^. It also marks a pause ; as, Alas, my noble boy 1 ttiat you t^hould suf^yr ! «V. The Dash - is used \Vh(>n a 3entence breaks 6ff suddenly ; Where a I6i^^^ pause Should be made ; or to separate ' words spoken by two or more per- sons ; as, Wag feliere ever a fairer (Oiiid '\ Was tliere «ver— but I liavt? not Mie lieart to boast.-- '^ Ploy ! What 18 t^iat r' — " Wliere, dearest d "— '* There 1 at the foot of ^le bed." f>. Marks of Parenthesis { ) inclose words tliat ^ould be passed over quickly and lightly in reading, or give tlie pronunciation ' of a word ; as, I have setm tOiarity^ (if (iharity it may be called) insult' witli an air of pity. Was (w6z). 10. Marks of Quotation ' " are used to ^ow that tlie rtuil or supposed words of anotlier are giv^n; as, ''Floy!" said little Paul, " tliis is a kind, good fage ! I am glad to see it again." " 11, The Dieresis " is placed over the second of two vmvels to riliow tliat tliey are to be pronounged in separate syllables; as, Really tlioge ideas' will reanimate ^ tlie weary troops. Pi, The Exercises which follow \s\W be read iso ' SSj/a rate, to divide ; to part in any wSy. * B5ast, to brag ; to talk big. * Pronunciation (pro niin' s^i- R'^un), the mode or way of speaking words. ^ Ohar'i ty, love; goodwill; Act of giving freely. •'■ In siilt', to treat with abu8< s or to injure one's feelings by words or actions. '• Again (& gen'), once more. ■■ Idea (I de'A), the picture of an object formed by the mind ; any thing tTiought of by the mind. " xla an'i mate, give new life. EX£/iC/SES IN PUNCTUAriON. 3S ■earefuUy, trliat you can give (4ie names and uses of all frhe marks, or points. EXERCISES IN PUNCTUATION. /. "The mind," said he, '*is trliat Whidi knows, feels, and thinks." ^. You say you will do better to-m6rrow ; but are you sure of to-ni6rrow ? d. Laziness growg on people ; it begins in cob- webs, and ends in iron diains. J^. The poor man tiien said, ''Alas! Wiose happy days are g6ne ! " 6. Whether riding or walking (for our faMier keeps a horse), my brotiier knows botTi When to start, and Where to stop. 6. If you will \\Qten, I will ^ow you— but stop I I am not sure tliat you wi^i to know. 7. The lesson was formed of two parts : in the first was ^own tlie need of exercise ; in tlie second, tlie good tliat would come from it. 8. You were made to seardi for trufh, to love tlie beautiful, to wi^ for What is good, and to do tlie best. 9. Are you sure that he can read and write, and cipher too ? 10. To puU down tlie false and to build up the true, and to uphold What there is of truth in fehG old— let this be our aim. 11. Thou ^alt not take the name of \kie Lord thy God in vain ; for tlie Lord will not hold him guiltless that takefh His name in vain. if l!<«t ^HOJ^ETIC KEY. I. TOJ^ICS. 1. u, or e ; a§, ale, veil : 2. h\ a§, f&t : 3. ^\ as, art r Jj,. a, or 6 ; as, ^11, €6rn : 5. d, or 6 ; a§, cdre, th^re : ^. &; a§, ask : 7. e, or i ; as, we, pique : 5. C ; as, 611 : 9. 6, T, or ii ; a§, her, sir, biir : i6?. T, a§, 190 : ii. i ; a§, ill : 12. o ; a§, old : 13. 6, or a ; as, 6n, what : 14- Q» 00, or y ; a§, dg, fool, r\jle : i5. u ; a§, mule : 16. u, or 6 ; a§, up, son: 17. u, 0, or ^o\ a§, bull, wolf, wdbl : 18. Chi, ou, or ow«; a§, Out, lout, owl. ■1 //. SUBTOJ^ICS. 1. b ; as, bib : ^. d ; as, did -. 3. g', a§, gig : ^. j, or g ; a§, jig, gem : 5. \\ a§, lull : 6. m.\ a§, mum : 7. n ; a§, nun : ^. n, or ng ; a^, link, sing : 9. y ; a§, rare : 10. Th, or th ; a§. That, thith'er : 11. y ; a§, valve : 12. w ; a§, wig : 13. y ; as, yet : I4. z, or § ; as, zinc, i§ : 15. z, or zh, as, azure : x for gz ; as, ex aet' III. ATomcs. 1. f ; as, file : 2. h.; as, hit : c^. k, or « ; as, kink, €at : >^. p ; a§, pop : 5. s, or 9 ; a§, siss, ^ity '.6. t ; as, tart : 7. Th, or fh ; a§, Thin, ^>ifh : 8. Ch, or dh ; a§. Chin, ridh : 9. Sh, 1^, or 9h ; as. Shoe, a^, 9hai§e : 10. A\^, or \^ ; a§. White, Whip. — Italics, silent; a§, of^en (6f'n) 84 85 s ■€ a f] r< it ai P bi in ^(i'T ^JS^^Q^IJ^GS. »■ » »> SECTION I. I. 1. QUEBEC, PART FIRST. QUEBEC during my s^hobl-dayg, more ttian fliirty year§ ago, wa§ a grand and quaint' old Qity. Though I have not been^ there sin^e, What rare=^ sights and soundg and sceneg still ■eome back to me ! ^. The 9ity lie§ on a long and high ridge of land and rock. It i§ more than a mile a^rdss this ridge from river to river. The bank from ttie St. Law- ren^e i§ nearly straight up, but from tiie St. Charleg it i§ not so steep. S. The Lower Town i§ a plage of ^ops and store§ and the seat of trade. It i§ built at tiie foot of the peak or highest part of the ridge. ^. From time to time, Wharf after Wharf hag been built out toward low water mark, the spage filled in, and whole streets built thereon. ' Quaint, odd ; of old fa^ion. « Been (bin). b? 8 Rare (rar), not of^^i: met with ; very good or ridh. Ifcs 38 DOMINION THIRD I^EADER. It I I •HI 1 M 5. The banks of bofli riverg are lined witti ware- hougeg, and the Wharveg jut out so far into the stream that large ^ips may float beside them. 6. In many (men'i) plageg, the rock ha§ been -eut away to make room for the hou§e§. Most of them •l! QUEBEC, ^Q nre of stone or brick, two or fhree storieg high, an early mass ; the steep, narrow and .^rooked lanes M serve for streets ; and the small and sure footed horses that climbed at a ranter to the Upper S. The old walls, the low and dark old gates, the narrow steps that lead up to high old houges with ^eir tall Frendi roDfs of bright tin, and the Ltive fhi;5ng moving up and down tiie winding flights of stairs, are to be seen noWhere else. ^. But tlie rarest views are seen from die old wall on the Grand Battery of tiie fort, or from liie Kin r's bastion on tfie Citadel. Let me recall tihem. " JO I see the port so far below, the winding rivers «ie boats and ^ips that dot ti>e bright waters, «ie hills and blue mountatns, the rocks and 'foaming water-falls, ^e miles of White villages amidst fields and woods of green, and crowds of gables, I'o'ofs <^imneys, and fining spires about me. II. ^, QTJEBEa PART SECOND. SPRING lags and arrives 3ate at Quebec. But ttie young trees, after ttieir long sleep, are soDn m bud. The sweet maple and the spicv h\r^ nm in leaf, and the young wintergreens appear, before tne ige and snow are all g6ne. 40 DOMINION THIRD READER. ii li!! N ":.!;!! 4 lii! rl'i ■' 'ii' . iiii ., ,,,. 2. Then hill, plain, stream, lake, and mountain turn from tiie igy -elasp of winter to greet the tardy summer, and to wel-eome warm sun and ^owerg. And rare young fern§, soft m5ss, springing grass, wild flowerg, and singing birdg again gladden f5rest and field. 3. The hay and grain landg are quite ridi, but all the work of the small farm§ i§ done by hand. The ^ort and hot summer ripeng many -crops. The (ihief one§ are Wheat, maize or Indian -eorn, oats, pea§, bean§, barley, buckWheat, potatoes, turnips, oniong, hay, and liax. ^. The ho«i§e§ of the farmerg are mucfh alike. They are 16ng, low, one-story -eottageg, of wood or of rough stone, and prim with Whitewash. A great dhimney is built outside at the gable end. 6. The people are fond of flowerg, and in summer their windowg and little garden plots are bright with them. The steps at the door, or a few dhairg in front, serve a§ a resting-plage ; and there women knit, and men smoke and (5hat and joke with the passer-by. 6. This, too, i§ the seagon of many boyi^ sports. During ^q long day§, there wag time enough to fly kites, to row and sail boats, to paddle -eanoeg, and to fis^ and swim. Of all thege out-of-door gameg, though, -ericket and foot-ball were most enjoyed. 7. Fall paints woodg and hedgeg with -erimgon and gold. The bright tints of the fftrest are wonderful. The ordiard boughg hang low with red and goldm appleg. Children pluck mid plumg and grapes. 8. At noon, the air ig mild, s6ft, and sweet. You see the smoke 6ff by the far hlllg and tiie mountain. SKATERS' SONG. u A§ the sun sinks in the smoke, the low windg -creep over the tree -tops and Shower leaveg upon the ground. 9. At last, we hailed Winter with great joy, a§ ohief of tiie seagong. He -eame wii.h frdst and ige and snow, making all thingg bright and beautiful. 10. He bridgeg riverg and lakes and -erusts the deep snow, forming road§ over fengeg, through lield§ and forests, and ev^ry\diere. What a time it i§! What a «all for snow-^oeg, sledg, and skates ! 11. Ho^ well I remember the merry skaterg, gliding and turning in grageful -etirveg, the gay sledgeg, with swift-footed ponieg and jingling sleigh- bellg, dating al5ng ; and a toboggan or a gang of sledg, footing down a steep, like a bolt from the sky. in. S. SKATERS' SOJVG, y. U'C'fS.4-^ d. d l/^^/^ C/^^ €1 ^M^'i^^ ■t'-€^ur tz^-t/ -i^e^: /? /? tofeiiir. mLibI r i i«i^ 42 DOMINION THIRD READER. J^/^^^^jyj. jffii ^^ //i^ //-^^i^^y ^ntfzA/ ' '/A dA-c^i-i/ -t^-^-f/ d-t^H^^ C>€ /«^^^/^-/^i /^-^^/-^ i^l V <0^^iZ -c-aAl A 'led/ ^^^/ -f/'l^fz^^. 0^^5^-/^ -CiZlefd del jf^^e^ * ^ a^d Uid. 'l€:^.d tlA^-^^/ €yA^ j.€^/Aed/ d.^-^Aid iz^e lae / iliJl " ■ ilHi MAKING MAPLE SUGAJi. AS IV. 4, MAKIJ\'G MAPLE SUGAR MAPLE-SUGAR making in Can'ada, during my s-ehool-day§, pleaj^ed tiie small boy more tiian any otiier work of tiie farm. It i§ better tlian berrying or nutting ; and it i§ quite a§ mudi enjoyed a§ trapping, gunning, or filing. '2. One reason, and not the least, Why the boy liked this work i§, that most of it wa§ done by other^. It wag a sort of work in Whidh he -eould appear to be very a-etive, and yet not do mudi. 3. In the early spring, tlie farmer boy wag the first to dis-eover w^en sap began to run. Perhaps he had been out -eutting a maple ^oot for a w^ip, or digging into the tree with hi§ knife : at any rate, he ■eame running into the house, out of breath, with the exQiting -ery, "• Sap'^s runnin\' " k^. Then, you may be sure (^or) the stir and fun began. The sap-buckets and troughs, Which had been stored in garrets or lofts, were brought down, scalded, and set out on tlie soufh side of tiie house. Sometimes large tin pang were also uged. 5. The snow i§ still a foot or two deep in ttie woodg, and the ox-sled ig tak1V * Obliging (o blij'ing), willing to do favorg ; kind. ^ Wise, knowing ; quick to see What ig true, proper, or best. ^ Captain (kap'tin), a head offi <;er ; one who -eommandg & ^ip or a -eompany of men. 8 China (dhi'na), a large coun- try, on the other side of the world from us, from -vVhidi we get tea and silk. ^ Prgs'ent, that Whidi ig given. MAIiV BLAINE. 49 9. Mary ha§ never been to s-e^obl. Her motiier taught her to read at home. Mary first learned to speak the wordg -eorre^tly, at sight ; then to give the spelling and meaning of eadh hard word ; and then to read ea§ily, witiiout haste or stopping at the ?cr5ng i^lage. 10. She now readg so well that When ^e goe§ to s-ehool ^e will -eommenge in this book. 11. Not far from Mrs. Blaine' ^ house thert ., a hi^ 60 DOMINION THIRD READER, i : 1 m Ife ■ l| . n I If •«! I large tree Where Mary ha§ bz^ilt a pretty play-house. And a§j her motlier had taught her that G6d loveg us to begin and end all our a^tionj^ with prayer, Mary made a wooden -erOss and placed it against* tiie tree, and below tiie -eross sOie plaged a pi-eture of the Blessed Virgin. 12. Whenever Mary goe§ to her play-house, before ^e beging to play, ^e kneelg dwvn and 6ffer§ her pure heart to G6d. In this way ^e hag formed the good habit of 6ffering to God every thing ^e doeg. She ig very -earef ul never to do any wr6ng thing ; for ^e ever rememberg that the eye of God ig on her, and tiiat He knowg even her se-eret fhoughts. II. 7. ROBERT FEJ^OK ROBERT FENTON said to hig mother, "I wi^ I were big and -eould help you, that you need not work so hard."— "You -ean help me, my dear boy," ans2^ered hig mother. '2. Robert's mother wag^ a widow, ^ and had to work very hard to support^ her four diildren, of Avhom Robert w^ag the oldest. He wag ten yearg old, and had hitherto ^ been ^ able to go to s-ehobl ; but, now that hig father wag dead, his ruother would perhaps wi^ him to give up s-ehool, that he might be able to earn a few gents daily. ' Against (a gensf). 2 TXTaa (xa'r^n\ * Sup port', bear the expense of. 5 XX^*^'^-^ ♦-« 3 Wid'ow, a woman who hag until now. lost her hugband by deafli. " Been (bin). A^bu •CI. i;Uj Up lO mis lime ROBERT FENTON. ni 3. As Robert went to school tliat rooming, he thought over hi§ mother's words. How often, When iiis fatlier was alive, had he fliought it tiresome to be obliged to go to school. J^. He had looked at tlie bright poppies in trhe field, and had wi^ed he might be allowed to linger' Miere, to hear tlie birds sing, and watdi the butter- flies. He had wi^aled to be like the clear little brc)bk, that he miglit wander on and on, he knew not \diere ; but now, When tliere was a dhange of getting free from going to school, Robert felt sdrry. 5. ''What could mother mean When ^e said I could help her now ?" thought he. " Did ^e wi^ me to give up school to work in the field \ " And as Robert went aldng Chinking, he met Ridiard, a neighbor's son, who was going to pick up potatoeg in the field. " I would not like to be like Richard," thought he; "for he can neitlier read nor write, and he keeps bad -company. 6. "If I could get something to do after school, that mother could let me go to school one year I5nger, I would learn with all mj might." Poor Robert ! it was early in life to begin with cares and troubles ; ^nt he was a fine, manly - boy, who would not sit down with his hands before him, When he knew he ought to work. 7. Histeadher had said: "If G5d puts you in a place Where you must live by the work of your hands, you may be sure that is the very thing that is good for you." ' Linger (ling'ger), to remain orwaitlCng; lag; stop. 2 MSn'ly, man-like ; not diild- i^ ; bold ; brave. 63 DOMINION THIRD READER. 8. Robert knew tliat his teacher wag riglit : \\v, had found (Hit already I'vw i)h3a8ant it is to feel you ai"e useful, when he hat. mended ^le wall of his niotlier's little garden, trained^ fhe vines and phints, or helped her in tlie ii *d ; but it brought in no money, and he knew t^iat ^he must pay tlie rent, and how should he manage to help lu^rin Miat? 9. At last a bright thought seemed to strike him. "I know What I will do," said he ahnid,- as he stood by the low wall of a garden. "Farmer B(m- net is a good man. I will go and tell him all about my trouble ; and if he can give me any thiiig to do after s-ehm^l-hcHirs, I am sure he will do so." JO. *' So I will, iriy little man," said Farmer Bennet, who had heard tlie boy's words. He had been bend- ing down to tie up a rosebud, and had lis^entd to Robert's words. 11. He now asked him to tell him his request,^ and promisea to grant it, if tlie s-ehdblmaster gave a good report of him. Robert was not ut all afraid that he would not, for he was one of tliu best boys in the school. 12. Farmer Bennet was as good as his word. He gave tlie little fellow only suc^ work as he could do without overtasking his strength, and as Robert made good progress ' at school, he made him after- ward keep his books for him. 13. Robert felt very proud and happy at this ' Trained, formed to a proper Aape by be ding, tying, or trim- ming. * A Icud^, with a loud voice. 3 Re quest', earnest dem&nd, or wi^. ■* PrSg'ress, an advance ; a moving or going forward. I'lii ROBERT FENTON. 53 mark of ^orifidenge/ and you may be sure he did all tliat he -eculd to degerve Farmer Beniiet's kind- ness. But the best of all wag, that he «ould giv^e hl§ mother fche help he so mudi had wi^ed, even before he had be-eome a man. U. He alwayg kept the same rule^ for himself with ^ih\(ih he began. \^^en he knew tliat he ought to do a tiling, he fhought first about the way he -eould do it, and then set ai work with all hi§ heart ; and a§ he never forgot to ask God'^^ blessing for all he did, he wag su-egessful in almost everything he undertook. ' CQn'fi dence, that in WhiCli '^ Rule (rul), that Whidh is ^iven faifli ig put ; trust. a§ a guide to «ondu€t. fi % %. ,, ^ r'^ ..1-. 'lM^ ^.jMllia P!i; pB"'#] i 1 '^W s :,r : i . MS- M-tji IP ; I'' • I ' 64 DOMINION THIRD READER. III. 8. TEE BOY AJVD THE BEE, AN idle ' boy had laid his head /\ Down in a meadow full of flowers, With dai§y=^ buds around him spread, 'Andiclover blossoms White and red, S% fragrant^ after ^ lowers/ 2, And ts he lay, with half-i^ut eye,., Watering the hazy ^ light — came flying A bu^ ^ bee, with laden ^ thigh, Acr6ss the' blossoms growing by The spot Where he wa§ lying. * 3, ''O busj^ bee," the boy begun, *, j " Stay with me, now you've come at last ; I love to see across the sun. Like gossamer ^ so finely spun, Your^° wings go sailing past." ^. But with a low and surly" hum. The bee into a blossom flew. As if the living creature ^'^ dumb,^^ ' Fdie, lazy ; not at work. « Daisy (da'zi), a pretty little plant of many sorts, as White, blui^red, and rcso color. 8 Pra'gi-aut, Bw«?et of smell. 4 After (aft'er), later in time. ^ Show'er, a fall of rain or hail lasting a f(hort time. "Ha'st, thick or dim with smoke, fog, or the like. ^ Busy (biz'i), full of work. 8 Laden (la'dn), loaded ; made very heavy. » G5s'sa mer, a fine, fhin -,veh like a cobweb, Whi(ih floats in the air, in still, clear weather. '0 Your (ycjr). " Surly (sfir'ly), ill-natured ; cross and rough ; sour. '- Creature (kret-*yur),any thing caused to live ; an animal ; a man. '3 Dumb (diim),not abletospeak. THE BOY AND THE BEE. 56 Had ans2^er6d ^ort : " I -ean not -eome, I've somefhing else to do." J. "O bee, you're sudi a littb filing," The idle boy went on to «ay ; " What matter^ all that you -ean bring ? You'd better rest your silver wing, And have a bit of play." 6. But with hi§ sullen^ hum and slow, The bee passed on, and would not stay, A§ though he murmured : ^ " Don't you know That little thingg must work below, Eadi in hi§ little way ?" 7. I know not if tiie idler -eaught This lesson from the bu§5^ bee, But through hi§ mind there -eame a thought A§ it flew by him : " I§ there naught, No work to do for me ? 8. "My sister asked me, on the wall To nail her ro§e'§ 16ng green ^(x^t,^ The ro§e ^e likes the best of all, Be-eauge the lady at the hall. In autumn ^ gave the root. 9. " Poor baby ha§ been hard to dieer. All day he would not sleep nor smile, I might go home and bring him here. And pluck him flowerg, While mother dear Should rest a little While. t^^ ' Sullen, 8our ; -erosa. * Murmured (mur'murd), made a low, humming noige ; grumbled. 3 Shoot, k young bra^v/h. ^ Autumn (9,'tu.m), fall; the sea- §on between summer and winter. 66 DOMINION THIRD READER. i! !S iji'»i 10. " Go dive into the -elover red, Old bee, and hum your surly tune. And pack your honey -elose," he said, Upspringing from hi§ grassy bed, "I'll be a§ bu§y soon.- ' IV. M. 9. LITTLE BAJrBELIOjY, ^i^f.yn^&d ^^/i^€l J^u/ -l^ ■/Z'i€.€.'7 1 , Ht^'/^i/ /lued €aeie de^4^ r r / '■m a ^. LITTLE DANDELIO IV. ''^i/€i A^^t^^ fz^ d^u^'^nJ-^-^u^/^i^.^ ((^^-^^ i:/s/-€7A lW /-2^(^ ■I'f,- l^el^'l^i 7' ^ // 1 /y cJieed Cl^^cyi-€P<>i /^^^^//fr^-gT^i:^^ 'm€He ^€l^ Game, wild anima]§ that are hunted and u§ed for food. CJiUSOE'S PETS. 61 1 It wa§ dull to roam J day by day, from ttie wo^od to tfie ^ore, and from tfie ^ore back to the wood, and feed on my own fhoughts all tfie While. i So mudh for iiie sad view^ of my -easo; but, like most Oiing§, it had a bright side a§ well a§ a dark one. For here I wa§ safe on land, While all ^Q rest of ifhe ^ip's -erew^ were 15st. 5. Then the great joy I first felt, When, weak and oam, to w.alk or isove Sboiit anj thing- ; that whicli i§ seen, trom pla(je to pla^e without any 3 Orew (kro). the persong who <;ertain aim or way. ^ork and have dhar^e of k ^ip. View (vu), way of \o6k\ng at or bCat. «X4 ft!' i '!« 62 DOMINION THIRD READER. Ill p . fi' I'* If It' N' I bruiged,' I got uj) tiie cliffs ^ out of the readh of the s^, «ame back to me. So-ori, also, I began a work Whidi left me no time to be sad. I wa§ in great fear lest I ^lould be attacked by savageg, for I knew not that J wag alone in this plage. e. I wanted also a belter from stormg^ and a safe l)lage to store w%at I had saved from the wreck ' In my walks to and fro,^ I found a «ave in the side of a hill, hidden by a grove of large treeg. Here I built my hut, strftng enough to serve a§ a fort in time of need, and to tiiis spot I brought all that wag of use. 7. But w^at led me most to give up my dull thoughts, and not even so mudh a§ look out for a sail were my four pets. They were two ^ats, a bird, and a d6g. I brought the two -eats and tiie dog from the s^ip, 8. You may eagily understand how fond I wa§ of my pets ; for t^-y were all iiie friendg left to me. * My dog sat at mealg with me, and one «at on eadi side of me, on stoolg, and we had Poll to talk to us. .9. When the rain kept me in doorg, it wag good fun to teadi my pet bird Poll to talk ; but so mute« were all fhingg round me, that the sound of my own voige made me start. 10. Onge, w^en quite worn out with the toil ^ of the day, I lay down in the ^ade and slept. You may judge w^at a start I gave, when a voige woke me out of my sleep, and spoke m y name three timeg. 'Bruised (brgzd). injured, ^ WrSck^^ niTng of & ^ip «rufflied, or broke by striking da^ed against rocks 'Tck^.k'^^ . . . ^Toandfro,f6rwardandback. ^ Cliff, & high and steep rock. ward ; to this plape and that. S.<*rjn, ^ strong wmd with a ^ Miite, not spoken ; silent, fall of ram. snow, or hail. t Toil (tall), very hard work. S(/SAAr'S PETS. 63 11. A voige in this wild plage! To «all me by my name, too! Then the voige said, "Where are you^ Where have you been? How ^me you here ? " But now I saw it all ; for on a limb of the tree sat Poll, who did but say the wordg ^e had been taught by me. 1^. My brave ^ and faithfuP d6g wa§ most useful. He would fetdi fhingg for me at all time§, and by hi§ bark, hi§ Whine, hi§ growl, and hi§ tricks, he would all but talk to me; y6t none^ of my pets €ould give me thought for thought. If I «ould but have had some one near me to find fault witti, or to find fault wilii me, What a ridi treat* it would have been. II.* U. SUSAM"S PETS. SUSAN SCOTT, When I first saw her, wag a (Charming, s little diild. She wag fat, rogy," and full of wild pranks. "^ She loved her parents and friendg, and wag v6ry fond of pets. 2. She liveg with her father and mother in Mani- toba.« They have a fine house, in a large and growing town. 3. Her father ig a do-etor.« He ig away from home most of the time. He n ot only vigits the sick in ' Brave, without fear, and quick to meet danger. ■* Paith'ful, true and fixed in friend^ip or love ; trusty. ^ None (nun), not one. ^ Treat, somefliing vfhAdh sivfB mucQi enjoyment. ^ Oharm'ing, very pleaging. eRocy (roz'i), like & roge in •eolor, or sweetness. 'Prank (prank), & droll or laughable action. * MSn i toTja, k province of the n ' Dbc'tor, one whoge buginess it ig to treat iiie sick. II 11 64 DOMINION THIRD READER. \\: w r town, but vitexi rides many miles on frlie pra/rie§,' to see his patients.^ ^ 4. One day, a farmer-boy, whom tlie doctor had cured of a fever, gave little Susan a puppy. He brought it in liis hat. " V^a^at a darling I" ^ cried ^e ; and it soon became her Chief pet. She named it Braver 5. Doctor Scott was so fond of little Susan, tliat he gave lier many pets. She had pet doves, and rabbits, and cats ; a \Vhite goat, wiMi a black faye ; a gray pony,'' wifeli White mane and tail ; and two tame little prairie dogg." 6. At first, for three or fuur monfhs. Brave caused more trouble tlian all Her ortier animals. He would run off witli hats, s^hoes, soclis, ttwels— \\^atever he could gnaw,' tear, or bury,''— and that was tlie last of tliem. 7. He fought the cats, cfhased tlie ral^bits, barked at the pigs, crut^ed ^le flowers in the garden, and left muddy foot-marks on tlie linen ^ that wag spread on the grass. 8. But, as I have said, 'he S()on became Susan's • Prai'rie, a large tract of fand, without trees, and covered with coarse grass. Most prairies have^ a deep, ridh soil. They are leveV or rolling. ' ' 2 Patient (pa'^?nt). an ill perf-, son under medical treatment. /• 2 Darkling, one dearly loved^ ' \ * Chief, taking the lead ; first. ' ' Po'nj^, a smSU horse. , " Frai'rie-dbgs, little animal^ found in large companies on some *'■'-'''■ * 1'" of the western prairies. They lodge and hide in holes Whidh they dig in the ground, and are noted for a ^arp bark, like that of a small dog. ■' Onaw (na), to bite off little by little, as something hard or tough. 8 Bury (b?r'rv), to inter or cover out of sight. .. * Lin'en, thread or clSfh made of flax ,1 tee under part of dress, as beii^ ^iefly made of linen. SUSAN'S PETS. 65 Chief pet. He ^ared all her sports, and seemed a§ hap])y in them a§ hi§ liitle mistress. At her -eom- mand/ he would roll over, sit up, bark, and -eatdi in hig mouth sweetmeats and -eakes. 9. At ball-play, he would run after the ball, and evn, or event. >v^ ALFRED THE GREAT, 67 13. Tile tub stanclj;! under ti^.e front window of tiie hliop of Doctor r-- ott. During the sunjmer months, every year, it ig always tilled witli water. Tii6re v6ry many ddgg go daily to quendli t:.. i'r flitrst. III. IS, ALFRED THE GREAT. WILLIAM wa§ a merry little fellow, wlio, witli hi§ d6g§, Carlo and Rover, would hunt tlie w(K)di hrough and fhrough, for \ rabbit, witliout feeling tired ; but he wa§ always complaining of the hard seats in tiie sc/^o-ol-rol)m. So he d,d not 6Um stand very high in hig classeg, and hi§ si£ "i Alice liad taken him to task for hi§ gieat love of piay. 2. She had given e$ample§ from history, of great men who loved study When they were boy§, a^d prized books more than gold or precious stoneg ; and of pringeg .vho had been the joy of their teadiei^. WiU^am'g hn^wer to all this wag : "But they wen? priageg, Alige ; of course they were good s-e7^oIar§." 3. "I suppose it i§ a§ hard for a pringe to learn to read a§ for anybody else," said Alige. "There were Alfred the Great and hi§ brotherg, who lived a fliougand yearg ago ; do you suppose they learned to read without any trouble? Indeed, ' continued Alige, who had be-eome quite exgited over the mat- ter, "indeed tiieir good mother, Queea Ogburga, had plenty of -eoaxing to do. ' ' In thoge dayg the kingg and pringeg cared more hunting and for sports ttian they did for study, idi they were willing to leave to tiie good monks! 4. ■".*^<« I ir. 68 DOMINION THIRD READER. 5. "Alfred wtif^ tiie youngest son of the good and brave King Ethel wolf ; and Ogburga, the queen, saw her song growitig up without any love for books, with- out even knowing how to read ; for they liked to linnt rabbits a§ well a§ a boy T know ;" and Ali^e looked very hard at William, who at that moment wa§ busy Whittling out arrowg for lii§ new^ bow. with Carlo and Rover by hi§ side. 6. William kept on whittling, but lie began to feel some interesc in ^le young Anglo-Saxon pringeg who had liked bow§ a§ well a§ himself. Finally, after a little '>Vhistling over the arrow, and looking slowly to see if it were c^uite Htvmglvt, he said : " Well, Allie, how did thev learn to read V 7. "I am not sure," remarked Alir'^, "whether ^ the other i)rin9e.s ever did learn to read. But this i§ tlie story Whiclh Br. Lingard, the historian, tellg about Alfred : 'One day the queen w^ag lowing to all her song a -eopy of a Saxon po^m, finely written and illuminate'^ — ' ' " 8. "What doeg illuminated mean, Allie?" said William.— "A§ well a§ I -ean explain it, instead of having printed engravingg like ourg, this Saxon poem wag illustrated by pi^tiireg a-etually painted on tiie pageg, and in the mo^c bmiitiful -eolorg. 9. "They uged bine, and a precious -eolor w^idi they -ealled 9innabar, made from the ore of the quick- silver. In ttioge olden timeg, they knew how to put gold on their initial ^ letterg, and to give little toudieg of it to the halog^ around the headg of their saints. J Initial (in i^'al), letterg that begin k writing or word. 2 Ha'lo, k ring of light Around thehead.ugedtomarkholypersong. ALFRED THE GREAT. 09 1' ■ ) ■^ !A.\ iTtr '^^V ll- /^. "So you see. brotiier, this Saxon poem, writ- ten and beautifully illuminated, Tv^idi their good niotiier, Queen Osburga, ^owed to thoge wild young pringeg, \ sometliing to be really prized. The story goeg on to say, that vfhen the queen saw how niudi they were pleaded witti the book, ^e held it up before them and said, ' I will give this beautiful book to the one who first learng to read it.' 11. "I suppose all the young prin^eg thought it would be very nige to have the book ; but Alfred wag the only one who took the trouble to ear^ it. The otJierg looked at the book, wished they ^oiild have it without any study, and ran off for their d6g§, and bow§ and arrowg. But Alfred ran to the room 70 DOMINION THIRD READER. I mmw MKi! of hi§ teadier, and studied so well that he won the beautiful illuminated book, ^Hi^ough he wa§ the youngest of the four." 12. William T\^is^kd again \Vhen he found that Alige had finl^ed her story, looked 16ng at hi§ arrow, and t^eij said: "I have had a good many pi-eture-booksr'given to me Whidi I have never taken the troubK to read ; but I must try to be more like Fringe Alfred, and less lik"^ hi§ wild brotiierg. Don't you think so, Alige?" !* IV. 14. SHORT PIECES. /. THE QUARREL. ■ THE mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel,^ and the former -ealled the latter ^ " Litt^prig ; " Bun=^ replied, ''You are doubtless* very big, but all sorts Of fhingg and weather must be taken togeiiier to make up a year and a sphere ; ^ and I think it no disgrage '^ to o-e-eupy ^ my plage "If Tm not so large a§ you, you are not so small a§ I, and not half so spry : I'll not deny you make a very pretty squirrel track. Talents^ differ ; all i§ well and wigely put , if I -e' n not -carry f6rests» on my back, neither^" -ean you «rack a nut." * Quarrel (kwS'rel), an angry dispute , & falling out. * L&f ter, named the last of two. 3 Bun, & little sweet -eake ; liere meang the squirrel. * Doubtless (dout'les), free from doubt or question. ^ Sphere, a ball ; the earfli ^ Disgrace', -eause of ^ame. ' Oc'cupy,to keep or fill. « TSrent, si ill in doing ; k mre gift in buginess, art, or the like. ^ F5r'est, k large piege of land covered with treeg. '" Nei' ther, not either ; not the one nr the otiier. 2HE BEES. 71 im^ II. THE BEES. The wi§e little bee§ ! they know how to live, Ea(5h one in pea^e with hi§ neighbor ; For tfiongh they dwell in t narrow hive, They never seem too thick to thrive/ Nor so many they spoil their liibor. And well may they sing a pleagant time, Sin^e their life ha^ sudh -eompletendss ; ^ Their hay i§ mad*:) in the sun of JuDe, And every moon i§ a honeymoon. And their home a home of sweetness. ' Thrive, to do well in any bu§- - Com plete'ness, & state in iness ; to g-ow and increase. \^/hidl ndfliing i§ wanting. i \ "W^ 72 DOMINION THIRD READER. M. 111 iuk ^ii. It 11 Itmi. III. BEES. I THINK every diild love^ honey, wi^es to know how it if^ made, and wants to Jearn all about the little bugy (biz' i) bee. 2. A hive of bee§ i§ like a great gity : it -eontaing fliougandg of dweller^, some of whom are idlerg and otherg do the work. There are tlie working bee§, the drone§ or idle bee§, and tlie queen bee. The working bee§ b?^ild the gell§, gather the honey, and feed and -eare for the young. 3. The (;ell5 are made of wax, and are ^aped like a fhimbk. Th(^y are about a§ big a§ a pea, and have six fliin sideg. When many are united we -eall them honey^om^. U. Wlien tlie -eellg are fini^ed, tlie bee§ liy dbroad among the llowerg and sip the sweet juigeg, \Vhidh they swallow. When tliey have all tiiey -ean -carry, tliey fly home and empty the honey into the gellg. If the honey i§ for winter use, tliey work over it a tliin -eoat of wax. 5. Some of the gellg are made for nests, and in eadh the queen bee leaveg an ^^'g. A working bee then -eoverg the -eellg witli wax. A day or two after, the gell i§ broken and a small worm appearg lying on a bed of Whitif^h jelly, on Whi(5h it feed§. 6. The working bee attend 5 to it with all the ten derness and -eare of a nurse. When it i§ full grown, Whidh i§ in abcnt six day§, tlie bee§ again -eloge tlie gell to keep it from harm. After a few day§, it passeg flirough its last diange, breaks its gell, -eomes forth a winged inse-et, and soon llie§ about. BIG AND LITTLE. 73 ■call «VM^ G SECTION IV. I. IS. BIG AJYB LITTLE. RANDPAPA," said little Paul West, a§ tiie Children -erowded round tiieir grandfatiier, by the winter fire, to hear one of hi§ wonderfuP storieg, "tell us, plea§e, hwy we may grow big at onge. I want to be a man witiiout waiting so long." ^. "My dear boy," said the kind old man, smil- mg, and patting Paul on hi§ Moulder, ''better wait, and be patient, and improve your youfh, a§ you will learn from mv story. 3. "Well, onge on a time, the -eu-eumber and ^q ■.^^ r I 'TA DOMINION THIRD READER. pVnfi'J acorn went to WisQiing Gate. There, perhaps you know, you can have your wi^, whatever it may be ; but I think you had better be careful beiore you make it. J^, "Now the cucumber wi^ed to grow big at once ; but the acom was not in sudi a hurry. He was content to wait, if Only he might grow into a large tree some day. 6. "Of course, tliey had tlieir wi^es, and so tlie cucumber grew big at once. He lay sprawl in<,r all over tlie gard^Hj and hardly left i Jbm for any filing else to grow. The acorn grew slowly, jnst Rowing- two or fhree lea^^es, to tlie joy of the cucumber, ..no said tliat it served him right. 6. " But the acorn did not mind : he was very pa- tient, only sometimes a little weary oi' waiting so long, and he bided ^ his time without saying a word. 7. "The cucumber, after filling the garden witli his great leaves, and saying rude and saiigy words to all tlie young plants round about, was laid hold of, of a sudden, by Jack Frost, who was getting rafelier tired of his airs and grages, and Rrivekd^ up in one morning. So tlie cucumber witliered away. 8. " But AVhen tlie patient acorn had waited many, many years, he grew into a fine, stout, old oak. He spread out his broad leafy hands over the old men and women, ^ whom he had known \\^en tliey were young. He seemed to be giving them his blessing, nor was he niggardly* of it ; for he gavv<^ it not only ' Bld'ed. waitM for. * Shriveled (^riv'ld), made to * N\g''gard ly, too close in one's ^hrinK and become wrinkled. dealings ; very sparii^. THE OAK-TREE. 75 .no ?i to the grandparents, bat to their Children, and tJieir Children's diildren. Who wouldn't wi^h to be an oak \ 9. " Why, Tdien fehey cut up the cucumber, it only made Edwin very ill. He ate it for his supper, with pepper and vinegar, and tlie next day they had to send for the doctor, who gave him bitter doseg. 10. "But When, after very many years, they cut up the good old oak, it was to build a big ^ip, tliat Ralph might be tlie captain of it, and sail all over tlie sea." 11. "I'll be an oak," said Paul, "if I wait ever so I6ng. But do you know, grandfatlier, Where that Wiping Gate is to be found ?" II. 16, THE OAK-TREE. LONG AGO, in dhangefuP autumn, ^ When the leaves were turning brown, From the tall oak's topmost brandies Fell a little acorn down. '2. And it tumbled by the pathway. And a diance foot trod it deep In the ground, Where all tlie winter In its ^eU it lay asleep, S. With the White snow lying over, And the frost to hold it fast. Till tliere came the mild spring weather, When it burst its shell at last. lil'i .J».# ' Changeful (dhSnj'ful), full of diange. TP.ll 76 DOMINION THIRD READER. 4. First ^lot up a saplin^i: ' tende^r, Scarcely seen above tiie ground ; Then a mimic ' little oak-tree, Spread its tiny ' arms around, 5. Many years ^le niglit dews niirsed it, Summers hot, and winters ]6l^r, The sweet sun looked bright upon it, \V1iile it grew up tall and strong. 6. Now it standetli like a giant, Casting ^hr»dows broad and high, Wifeli huge trunk and leafy brandies, Spreadiiig up into tiie sky. 7. There the squirrel loves to frolic' There tlie wild birds rest at night, There the cattle come for ^lelter. In tlie noontime hot and bright. 8. Child, When haply •' thou art resting 'Neatli the great oak's monster '^ sliade. Think how little was tlie acorn, Whence tliat mighty ' tree wag made. 9. Think how simple fhings and lowly, Have a part in nature's plan, How tlie great liafli small beginnings. And tlie diild will be a man. ' Sap'ling, a young tree. '' HSp'ly, by accident or diance '■' Mim'ic, apt to imitate ; like it may be. in form, habits, etc. »' Mbn'ster, strange and fear- - Ti'ny, very small ; little. f ul ; very large. * PrSric, to play wild tricks ; ^ Might';y, very great ; strong ; to sport. having r;;reat power. LITTLE BY LITTLE. 77 l*'i\ 10. Little efforts work great a^'tiong, Lessong in our dhikihood taught, Mold ' the si)irit to that temper, \¥hereby noblest deed§ are wrought.'* 11. Cheri^/^ then, the gifts of diildhood, U§e them gently, guard them well ; For tiieir future^ grov/tli and greatness, Who -ean measure, who -ean tell ? ■m il:l' ■4 ' 1 \ Id**'' J' MS III. 17. LITTLE BY LITTLE. PART FIRST. O N a bright May morning, a little fern^ pu^ed her head through the ground, ready to begin ' Mold, to ^ape. 2 Wrought, (rat), brought forfh or done by labor. 3 OhSr'ish, hold dear ; love. "• Fut'ure, time to -€01116. 5 Peru (fern), & plant, found in damp soil, Whidh hag its flower and seed on the back of its leaveg. '^i iii P 78 DOMINION THIRD READER. Hill. III): I unrolling it. First, as became a wise fern, ^le looked round her. 2. There were no trees, no grdss, no leaves : nofh- ing but bare stony ground, without a handful of soil. A large and jagged stone, WhiCli had rolled d(wn from tlie hill-top above, lay beside her. Round one side of it, ^e could just see tlie distant wood from w^idi e(he wag blown last autumn. 3. "This is not pleasant," said tlie fern: *'tliis is very different from last year, When I was only a yi^ed, and lived on my mother's back in a ^ady wood. I fliink I can do no good here— one poor, little fern, beside a great stone tliat looks as if it were going to fall down and crub^h me." ^. Just tiien, a gleam ^ of suns(hine came out a.id warmed the heart of tlie little fern. ''Well, well," ^e said, "as it is better to be brave, I will do my best. We may look better scion. 'Little by little^ my motlier always said;" and so one by one ^e unfolded her beautiful leaves, and hung them out. 5. They were long, green plumes ; and tliey rested against the stone, and made it look quite han^some.^ The stone, too, was kind to tlie little fern : it kept it cool and ^ady, and blieltered it from tlit wind, and they were soon good friends. (j. Not far from the stone, but quite out of sight, a stream of water ran d(«vn the hill. It came from a clear, bright spring, and it was pleasant to look upon. One day tliere was a heavy storm. The thunder rolled, the rain fell, and the fern was glad ' Oleam, a ^oot of light ; a * Handsome (Mn' sum), good small stream of light. Idbkiug ; nice. LITTLE BY LJTTLE. 79 enough of the friendly stone tliat saved her from being carried uway. 7. The brook vva§ so swelled * by the (thu) rain, that it wa§ forced out of its old track, and came leaping down over tiie large stones close to tlie fern. " liiis is terrible," '^ said t4ie fern ; " I ^all certainly be wafcilied away." 8, "Do not fear, little friend," said the stream; "I will not hurt you: tlie ground is not so steep here, and I love to rest my waters a little, before starting 6ff again in.a the valley ^ below. See how my drops sparkle, and how well I water the ground for you ! " 0. That wa§ true, indeed ; and When the fern was u§ed to tlie sound, ^e no I5nger feared.—*'! wi^ you would always come my way," said tlie stone: "You wa^ me so clean, and make me cool." 10. "I will, very gladly," said the water; ''for I had no sudh fine big stone to leap round, on my old road, and^ere was not a single fern on my banks." 11, Any diild may see tliat a stream likes leaping over stones ; for tlien it is that its merry s5ng be- gins. It does not hurry on fast and silent, as it did before ; but it murmurs softly, and tosses up little bubbles of spray,^ and all because of the stones and pebbles.^ 1'2, So the little stream fell splashing* over the ' Swelled, increased in size or lengfh by any addition. - TSr'ri ble, fitted to cause '^ Variey, a strip of la ad ^ut in by hills or mountain}. "* Spray, water flying in small drops, as by the force of wind. '•' PSVbles, small stones worn ,^-1 -«.._j-j 1 i ^ SplSsh'ing, spattering ; strik- ing and dai^ii^ about. I M^»' I'f^ 80 DOMINION THIRD READER. stone, and \\w\\ ran away down to tlie valley, Wh^re it found a large river.' It plungerJ r . . diie river, and tiowed away to Hie sea. tj M III '^• iV. 18. LITTLE BY LIjTLmI, PAisT SECOND. • SOON Hio stream grew very quiet, and tlien its waters did not spread so wide. It found so pleasant a dhannel^ round tlie big, gray stone t-liat it did not leave it, but liked it better tlian its eld one. ^. It li6llowed out, too, a little pool '^ for itself be- side the stone, Where tlie water lay calm ^ and clear. There the fern could see reflected ' her own waving leaves, and the blue sky, too, witii its ^Vhite, sail- ing clouds. At night, w^en the stars came out, e>lie saw them in tlie quiet, little pool, twinkling ^ as bright as in tlie heavt^n above. 3. Round \Vhere tlie water had been tiiere wa§ a fh*n cake of dust, like powdered rock, Whidh the stream had wa^ied down from the hill above. The fern liked this, because it smeiled a little like the soil \^^idl u§ed to be so fragrant in tiie early morn- ing When i^ie was a seed in tlie f6rest. Jf,.- Soon the birds saw the little pool and came there to drink. Then they sang their little songg of ^ Riv'er, a stream of water a spring, or found in a atream larger than a brook '^ Ch^n'nel, the bed of a stream of water. ^ Fool, a umall and I'ather deep body of fre^ water coming from * Calm (kam), not stormy ; still. '" Re flSct'ed, given back a like ness of. 6 Twinkling (twink'ling), shin- ing with a broken, trembling light. LITTLE BY LITTLE. 81 j„ m^** I fhanks, aud flew away again ; but, from time to time, they dropped the seed§ they had picked up in the new soil Whidi the water had spread. One day it wa§ an a-eom from the large oak-wood. Another day it wa§ a l)eedh-nut, and so on. 5. The stream of water was(hed dow'n more good soil 6ff tiie hillg, When the -eloudg poured out th^ir raing, and made it swell and overflow, and with this it (!6vered up the a-eorn and the beedh-nut. Seed§, too, were wafted ' by the wind to this gray spot — s6ft, downy seedg, like thoge of the fhis^le. 6. The fern saw tiiem all ; but ^e did not know \Vhat they meant, though her own seed had fal^^ 6ff all round her. No one knew, and no one -eould have guessed What wa§ to -eome, When in winter tlie deep snow lay there. It wa§ so deep that only ^^q Wafted (w&ft'ed), -earried through water or air. P^ .M "v. 1 t Ill 82 DOMINION THIRD READER. ' 'iiiiiifiai * i iii ! r# 1 1 I 1 I top of tnie rock was to be seen. TLe water, too, was all turned to icicles, and hung there hard, and bright, and still. 7. But tliere came a warm day that melted the snow, rnd it rushed from above in a strong torrent.' It brought stones witli it ; but tliey were stayed^ by the rock w^idh f=(heltered tlie fern, for tliat was larger tlian any of tliem. 8. The stream wa§ singing loudly to waken tlie fern from its winter sleep. It woke up at last, and found its Old, gray friend, tlie stone, wifcli a patdh of green moss on it here n nd there. 9. All around, too, were green stems growing up. Here tlie oak, and tliere the beedli. All tliat spring and summer, wild-flowers came out too, and young ferns in great numbers. 10. Nor was it now tlie birds only tliat flew co the sprr g, but tlie butterflies and tlie bees also ; and toe more they came, tlie more seeds tliere were, and tlie more hope of flowers for next year. All tlie summer flirough the fern heard sweet sounds, and had sweet air round her. 11. *'Wliat a pleasant home is this!" t^e said gvery morning When tlie sun roso ; "and last year it was so bare and cold." "Little by little," said the stream— "little by little, so we grow and fill the earth," and away it went tumbling over tlie stones, to get to tlie sea. ' Tbr'rent, a stream quickly raised and running very fast. "^ Stayed, hindered from mov- ing ; stopped. LITTLE BY LITTLE. 83 V. 19. LITTLE BY LITTLE. PART THIRD. YEARS AND YEARS went by, and tiien tiie rock wag gray and mSssy, and tiie stoneg above were gray and ni5ssy, and only the stream wag a§ young a§ ever. No^v the fern and the rock were in the midst of a thick, pleagant ^ade ; for the heedli and the oak had grown up, and had planted tiieir (Children round them. '2. All tiie ground round about wa§ green with niSsseg, and ferng, and wild-flmver§. The birdg built riieir nests in the treeg, and the little insects lived ^Nh, SJi, DOMINION THIRD READER. r it»l there, and the noble stags came down from the hills, and drank at the cool, deep pool beside \Vhidh the fern grew (gro). S. 'Che soil wa§ not stony now. It was covered deep with ridh mold— tlie droppings of the trees for many years. The stream, every year When it was swelled by rain or snow, took some of tlie soil into the valley ; and tlie va^' ij grew ri(5h, too. Ip. Men came there to live — they made cornfields and gard^ng ; for tliey said : '' The soil is very fine ; we ^all have g()bd crops." The corn grew there thick and golden, and the miller came and built his mill, that he mi^ht grind it. 5. He built it close to the little stream, and so tlie stream turned his mill and ground tlie corn. All tlie little dhildren had nice cakes and loaves. When tlie corn was ground, and there w^s plenty for every one. But tlie little stream did not stay : it ran on faster tlian before to readi the blue, salt sea. 6. One day tliere came a man to the hillside, and he heard tlie little stream as it ran singiitg down the hill. Then he walked on till he came to the place v.%ere it leaped over tlie stones and pn^t the waving green ferns. 7. He sat down near it, and he p|it H all in a pic- ture. He painted tlie m^'sy old i ck, and tlie stream, and the quiet pool. He painted the ferns, and tlie grand, old oak, a- the wide-spreading beedh. He painted tlio flo vers, too, and tlie moss upon the ground. 8. In his picture, you saw tii^^n all ; tlie leaves made shadows, and t4ie suiibliiiiv; stole *n between LJTTLE BY LITTLE. 85 tiicin. It f^one on the water, and on one side of the gray rock. It just kissed tlie fern leaves ; but \\\Q flowers and the moss looked all sun^ine. 9. When he had done, he carried it away to a town a I6ng way off, and every one who lo^oked at it loved the merry spring, and the gray rock, ai.d the green ferns. And every one came who could. 10. Pale, little (Children, wh > had lived in crowded streets all their ^ort lives without ever seeing tlie country ; and poor cripples, who could not get so far ; and busy people, who had not dme to go ; and poor people, who hed not money enough: tliey all looked at the picture, and it seemed as if What they saw was all real, and as if they felt the sweet coun- try air on their cheeks. 11. But tlie little spring did not stay, although it was put in a picture : it is runnirig no^v as fast as ever down the valley and into tlie river, and on, on to tlie blue, salt sea. VI. 20. LITTLE BY LITTLE. LITTLE BY 1.ITTLE the bird build§ her nest ; J liittle by Vu^tle the sun sin:, s to rest : Little by littM; the wt.ves, in tlieir glee, Smooth bhe rough rocks by tlie j^dre of the sea. Drop aftei drop falls the soft summer ^o^^er ; Leaf upon leaf grows tlie cool forest bower ; ' ' Bow'or, a Weltered or cAvHrfirl with hrmo-i.c r»f +1.000 Ko«+ o.,j place in . garden or wood, made twined together. I 86 DOMINION THIRD READER. r.r 1^1 Ill' iMi" (>i'iiiii lu'Mped on ^niiii tui'mf^ tlie iiKHintain so higli I'iiat its -ehHid-eiapped sinmnit* ig I6st to tiiO eye. Little by little the bee to her (;ell J^riu^JCIlj tiiti sweet honey, Jiiid garner^j^ it well ; Little by little 13ie ant Ifiyeth by, From tiie simuner'^ abundange, ' the winter' ^j supply. /a. Minute by minute, so passeg the day ; Ibnir afte!' lumr yeart^ are p;lidin<^ away. IMie moments improve until life W» ])ast, And, little by little, grow wi^e to tlie last. ;93i «il I »ii' SECTION V. 1. 21, THE CnOOKEB TREE. .^ ^ [LLIE BROWN had very kind parents, who aimed to set him a good example, and to bring him uj) in tlie love and fear of G6d. ;•/. Instead,' however, of ])rofitlng'' by tlie lessons he received, he 6t7^n -eauged hi§ parents mudi un- hap})iness by hi^ Uviughty*' -efmdu-et. He wa§ idle ;»nd disobedient, did not alway§ s])eak tJie truth, and several ' tinie§ t()bk wlijit v^.tg i*ot hi§ own. w 1 Slim' mit, the lii^lu»st point ; tho top. * Gar' ners, gRtiierg to keep ; storog ill a granary. ' A bun' dance great plt'n^y. •* InstSad', iu the pla^.-e or x^\\\. ^ Prbf it ing, being helped on or made better. " Naught' y,mis'(^ievou8 : bad. ' Sev'er al, mure than two, but not very many. THE CJWOKED TREE. 87 -- \ ^. Hi§ faHier wag vr^ry anxious ' to impress on his inind tiie (ian^^er of formim^r sinful habits, Tiliidh would P:row witii hig An-owfli, and stren^fhm with hig strengfh, until tiiey would hind him, a§ with iron (*amg. At last he thought of a plan by T^idh he li()])ed to teadh hi§ son this important lessg treeg, \\^ic^ were renuirk- able=^ for tiieir straight and beautiful appearan(;e. ' Anxious (angk-slius). degir- made up hig mind ; rosolvod <>«« ; mud. *on,crncd a r^ ^.^k^a ble, wortixy of be. De ter mined, docji-led ; fully ing noti(;ed. fill ' 1 1 i W|* 1 l^4» 1»« ;t%' v>.^. "^-^jt IMIi 88 DOMINION THIRD READER. II n. % \ Mr. Bi'(Hvn (llrected hi§ men to takearuix, with some stakes and ropes, and go dmvn into ttie or- diard, to see if tiiey -eoukl not straiglitwi tiie -erooked tree. He tokl Peter, the gardener, to go down at the same time, and pnt some more fas/tningg upon the pear-tree§. Hi§ obje-et in all tliis wa§ to teacih Willie a lesson. 6. After they had been gone a s'hort time, Mr. Brmvn saw Willie running from the barn to die house, and he -ealled to him— ''Come, Willie, my boy, let us go down to tlie ordiard, and see how Peter and the men g6t on with their work : we s^iall have time enough before s-ehool beging." 7. When iiiey arrived at the orchard, they first saw Peter tying -eordg round tiie pear-tree§, and fas^^^ning tliem to the stakes, \Vhidi were driven into tiie ground by tiie side of the treeg. It seemt^ that \Vhen they were little treeg, they were fas^6^n<-d in tSiis way near tlie ground, to keep them straight. 8. A§ the tree§ grew up they were fas^^^ed in the same way, higher and higher, till, by-and-by, they were strong- and firm enough to need no sudi stay. Some of tliem were so mudi in-elined to grow crooked, tliat they had to put tliree stakes down, and fas/«i tiiem on all sideg ; but by beginning early, and keeping a €onstant^ watdi, evm tliege were kept straight. 9. "Thege pear-trees seem to be doing well, sir," said Peter : " \x^ have to train them up pretty ^dose to the stakes ; for it i§ tlie only way. They must ' 06n'stant, rot given to change ; steady. THE CROOKED TREE. 89 be tak^n near die ground, When a bit of twine will hold them, and followed up till tiiey are safe. 10. They went on a little furtiier, and tiiere were tlie men at work on the -erooked tree. They had ii 16ng stake on tliis side, and a ^ort one on tiiat ; here a rope, and there another ; but all to no purpose.^ Indeed, tiiey were surprised to tliink that Mr. Brcwn sliould send tiiem to do sudi a piege of work. 11. men Willie and hij^ father -eame to tfie ^Tooked tree, one of the men wag just saying to the otlier, ''It will never do: you can't straighten it, and so you may a§ well let it alone."—" Ah ! " said Mr. Brwvn, "do you give it up? Can't you braye it up on one side, and tlien on the other?" 1^. " Oh no, sir," said one of t3ie men, " it i§ too late to make any thing of it. All the rigging '' of the navy"^ -eould not make that tree straight."— "I see it," said Mr. Brown, "and yet a bit of twine, ap- ])lied in season, would have made it a§ straight a§ tile pear-treeg. Well, men, go to your mowing." IS. "I did not expe-et them to do any Oiing with rtiat tree, my son," said Mr. Brown, turning to hi§ little boy, "but I wanted to teadi you a lesson. You are now a little twig. Your motlier and I want you to be-eome a straight, tall, and useful tree. Our -e^om- mandg and prohibitions ' are the little ^ordg of twine tiiat w^e tie around you to gird = you up. Pur'pose, the end or aim of war belonging to k ruler o" ^i(^^ i§ sought. 4 people. ^ Rig'ging, tackle ; the ropes ^ prg ^j i,j/ jjo^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ u§od to hold the niAsts, work the diarge to hinder Lome action. •■g br&ncHi of a plant. 4 Sturdy (stur'di), noted for strength or for(,'e ; stout. I A WISH. 91 Are tiiere no wandering pilgrimg ncnv To thy heart and liOrne to take ? And are tiiere no mother^ who^e weary hearts You -ean -eomfort for Mary'}^ sake ^ 3. Oh to have knelt at Jegus' feet, To have learned His heiivenly lore,' And listened the gentle lesson^ He taught On mountain, and sea, and s^hore ! While the ridh and tiie haughty knew Him not To have meekly done Hi§ will ! — Hu^! for the worldly reje-et Him yet— You -ean serve and love Him still. ^. Oh to have sSla^ed ^ ttiat weeping one Whom tile righteous dared despite, To have tenderly bound up her s-eattered hair And have dried her tearful eye§ ! Hu^ ! there are brok^^n hearts to soothe, And penitent '' tear§ to dry, Wliile Magdalen pray§ for you and them From her home in the starry sky. 5. Oh to have followed the mournful way Of thoge faithful few forlorn, And— grage beyond even an angel '§ hoj^e — The -erbss for our Lord have borne ! To have ^ared Hi§ tender Mother' § grief, To have wept at Mary'g side, To have lived a§ a dhild in her home, and then In her loving -eare have died ! • Lore, What i§ taught ; lesson §. ^ SSraced, (^leered ; •cdmforted. ^ PSii'l tent, suffering pain or sorrow on aeeount of sin. '■5t.i,lj| Ii 0% P 111 ilii *'-i 92 DOMINION THIRD READER. 6, Husli ! and with reverent s5rrow, .still Mary's great anguish b^hare, And learn, for tiie sake of her Son Divine, Thy -erdss, like Hig to bear. The s5rrow§ Whidi weigh on tiiy soul, unite VVitli thoge Whidh thy Lord hath bGine, And Mary will -eomfort thy dying iiour Nor leave thy soul forlorn. III. BS, GEORGE WHITE'S TE. Y DOLLARS, > PART FIRST. GEORGE WHITE had been (bin) saving hi§ r^pending money for a 16ng time ; in fa-et, evei- sinye hi§ un-ele had givm him a beautiful little iron safe, made just like thoge in hi§ father' § dffige. 2. One morning he opened hig treasure, and on counting it over, he found he had the large sum of ten dollarg. " No^v," he said, " I «an buy any fhing I want ! I must speak to papa about it." 3. It wa§ winter, and the ground wag -eovered witli ige and snow, so that Whenever George went out of doorg hig mother wag -eareful to see him well wrapped up. He loved to stay out in the open air rather than in the warm house, ag hig rogy dieeks and bright eyeg plainly ^owed. i. He wag very fond of skating and coasting, but he had 16st one of hig skates and hig sled wag broken. So that evening, ag they sat around the tea-table, he said : '' Papa, may I spend my ten dollarg for a new GEORGE WHITE'S TEN DOLLARS. 93 6. Hi^j lather replied, ''The money i^ yourg, my son ; you may spend it ag you please ; but to-niuiTow morn.. I am going some distance down in ttie gity, and intended ' taking you."—" O papa, I ^lould like riiat !"— "Then you must not buy your sled and skates until our retum." (J. George willingly -eonsented ;2 but he -eould not understand v^y hiff father ^ould wi^ him to wait until they returned, A^hen he -eould so easily make lii-ij purdiaseg on the way. 7. The next day Geoige prepared to a-e-eompany^ hi§ father ; and While hi^ mother handed him hi§ over-eoat and fur -eap, and vvnipped a warm -eomforter around hi§ neck, he wag thinking of the fun he would have witli hi§ new sled. 8. " V/^en I am -coasting, ' he said to himself, "I will lend my skjites to Andrew O'Connor, and When I am skating, I will lend him my sled." Now An- diew O'Connor wa§ mudh i)oorer than George White, and hi§ widowed mother -eould hardly afford to buy him toy§ so expensive. George' § resolution, tiiere- fore, proved he had a kind heart. 9. By this time hi§ father wa§ ready for the walk, and taking George' § har'^ they waved a smiling good-bye ! "G5d bless the boy," said the mother, " and grant that the lesson he i§ about to learn, may benefit him through life." 10. George and hi§ father walked on, passing the splendid hou§e§ of the ridi, and the large store§ ' In t^nd'ed, mgant. * Oon sSnt'ed, agreed. «aC com pa ny to go with as an associate or k -eompanion. ^ Ooast'ing, the sport of sliding di>wnahiil-sideousledg in winter. I ' ' fj -if i ', '% ►« 1 « il V m :W ^ ^ ^a?^ "^J^.^^^^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) .^- .4^ 4> 1.0 I.I |50 '""^™ [25 2.2 1.8 * 1.25 1.4 i4 ^ 6" - ► V] ^ /a cfjl ^ A>A >> *» '>>V^# ■/r Photographic Sciences Corporation w 4\^ ^q) v 6^ 'i*. 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 & 6^ 9Ji, DOMINION THIRD READER. Wherein are to be found all fi:ing§ rare and -eostly for thoge who have money to buy them. Presently tiiey readied a large toy-store, \^^ere, suspended^ in tii'e window, wag a hanr/some sled. IV. 24. GEORGE WHITE'S TEJV DOLLARS. PART SECOND. SNOW-BIRD, the name of the sled, wa§ on the seat, and tiie sled itself wa§ painted red and i\^ite. ' ' O papa ! ' ' said George, ' ' here i§ just What I want. Let us go in and get it."— ^' Wait, my son," said Mr. White, "until we -eome back." ^. They walked a little further, and ttien leaving the bright, gay avenue, ^ turned into a narrow, -ercoked street, on either^ side of Whidi were small, dirty, and miserable dwellings, with here and there a tall tene- ment. * Before one of the small houseg, Mr. White pauged, made a few inqurrieg,^ and entered. 3. George, still holding hi§ father's hand, went slowly up tile broken stair-ease. On the upper floor, they turned, and knocked at a door near the end of the hall. A faint voige from within said, ' ' Come in, ' ' and they stepped into the room. The sight ttiat met their gaze would have moved a harder heart than little George' §. ^. In one -eomer, on a bed of straw, lay a man feeble and wasted with sickness. Four little half- > Sus pSnd'ed, hung up. "^ Av'e nue, a wide street. 3 Bi' ther, one or the 6ther ; eadh of two. *■ Ten'e ment, a dwelling-house ; a house hired out to poor persong. '" In qui'ry, & question ; k seek- ing for information. GEORGE WHITKS TEN DOLLARS. 95 clothed Children, witii wan/ sickly fage§, v/ere trying to play in anottier -eorner of the room, and weeping by liie sick man'§ bed sat a pale and slender woman. 5. George's father spok- to her, and from her lips heard a sad tale of poveicy and distress. . . friend of hi§, bel6nging to the worthy "Conference of St. Vingent de Paul," who§e obje-et i§ to visit the sick in their homeg, had already told Mr. White of this suffer- ing family, and he had -eome to relieve their migery and to see for himself ^v^^at were tiieir most urgent need§. 6. He determined to send a do-etor at on^e. George stole up to hi§ father's si de and Tdiispered, "Opapa! ' Wan (w6n), pale ; sickly of Idbk ^'^: ■: « ' i V, MU #. '*V • -^1 '%«., Ill 9G DOMINION THIRD READER. \* 'M give them my ten dollarg ! " When they had left ^^ house, Mr. VVhit43 said, "Are you willing, George, to give up your sled and skates for the ^hole winter, and spend the money for this poor family 'V 7. "Yes," said George, "I am not only willing, but I want to do it witli all my heart. '— " V6ry well, then, my son, you ^all buy meat, and bread, and milk, and -elothing for the diildren, and I will take ■eare of their parents." In the poor room that night were light, and fire, and food, and on tiie pale mother' § fage, a happy smile. 8. Do you not fhink, dear dhildren, that George wag happier after having done tiiis good deed than if he had bought the hanc^somest sled and skates in the world ? FCllow hi§ example and see. .^. SFXTION VI. I. 25. THE BLIND BROTHER. IT wa§ a blessed summer day ; The flowerg bloomed, tiie air wa§ mild ; The little birdg poured forth tiieir iky, And every thing in nature smiled. In pleasant fhought I wandered on Beneath 1 the deep wobd'g ample ^' ^ade. Till suddenly I €ame upon Two difldren that had hither strayed. ' Be nei?th', lower in plage, rank, or worth ; under. - Am' pie great in size ; wide fully enough. THE BLIND BROTHER, 97 LiM 3. Just at an agdd birdi-tree'g foot, A little boy and girl re-elined : ^ Hi§ hand in lier§ ^e kindly put : And then I saw the boy wa§ blind ! 4. "Dear Mary," said iiie poor blind boy, " That little bird sing§ very 16ng ; Say, do you see him in hi§ joy ? And i§ he pretty- a§ hi§ s6ng?" 5. "Yes, Edward, yes," replied the maid, " I see the bird on y6nder tree." The poor boy sighed, and gently said, " Sister, I wi^^ iiiat I -eould see. lim ^H ^^mm'r^ M •s r if i *<( "^i Re clined', leaned ; rested. ■ Pretty (prit'ti). , V" 98 DOMINION THIRD READER. 6. " Yet I the fragrant flower can smell, And I can feel feiie green leaf's J^liade ; And I can hear the notes that swell From these dear birds that Gdd has made, 7. " So, sister, God is kind to me. Though sight, alas ! ' He has not given. But tell me, are there any blind Among the diildren up in heaven r ' 8. " No, dearest Edward, th^re all see ! But Wherefore ^ ask a thing so odd ? "— "O ! Mary, He's so gcfod to me, I thought I'd like to look at God." 9. Ere "" I5ng digeage its hand had laid On tliat dear boy, so meek and mild ; His widowed mother wept and prayed That God would spare her sightless dhild. 10. He felt tlie warm tears on his face, And said, "Oh ! never weep for me : I'm going to a bright, bright place, Where, Mary says, I God ^all see. 11. " And tlir-e you'll come, dear Mary, too ; And, mother, When you get up tliere. Tell Edward, motlier, that 'tis you— You know I never saw you here." 12. He spoke no more, but sweetly smiled, Until the final blow was given, When God took up that poor blind (ihild, And opened first his eyes in heaven. for ' Alas (& las'), a word uged to •' Wherefore (Whar' fur), Aow sorrow, grief, pity, or fear What o: Whidi reagon. o* evil. 3 Ere (^a.-), sooner than ; before. I pi A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. 99 11. 26. A ROLAJ^D FOE AJST OLIVER. A ROLAND for an Oliver ! " touted Paul, a§ he ran hastily into the room w^ere hi§ mother and sister were, and put hi§ own pretty red apple into one of hi§ sister' § handg, at tiie same time taking from the otiier the ripe gold^i pippin ^e held. 2. " But What is a Roland, and What i/an Oliver V* said Julia, lowing no disturbance at her sudden exdhange of property with her' brother.— " Oh ! it meang an even bargain," replied Paul. 3. " There i§ an old story and a very pretty one," said their mother, '* Whidh gave rise to your proverb, Paul."— ^^O^npther, tell us ! " exclaimed both chil- dren eagSTyT'And with a smile at their earnest fageg, ^he immediately -eomplied. . . J^. " There lived, in the year 772, a king who rcO^i over Frange and a large T)art of Europe. He wa§ a great warrior, a great rulT^lrJtod, best of all, a most devout Christian. He had a speciaj ^evotion^P the Blessed Virgin, and alwayg wSre around hi§ nJck- a little silver image of her, even requs^sting, out of love to her, that this image sQiould be bu^d with him. 5. ''He so surpassed all other rulei-s of hi§ time that he wa§ -ealled Charlemagne, ' or Charleg the Great. Among the prin(je§ who ruled over the different states of Europe, and who were subje-et to the great kingCharleg, wa§ one -ealled Guerin,^ lord of Vien'na. 6. ''He wag a bmve and noble ruler, but quick- tempered ; and having quarreled with ^^. king, re- Charlema&rne fsihar'le manV 2 f^no^iri (Trn ••y.».~'\ .^ii«-^'*'»lji 100 DOMINION THIRD READER. f if i] wSli f u§ed to obey him. So Charley -eolle-eted hi§ arniieg, mardied on to battle, and laid siege to Vien'na, now the beautiful -eapital of Austria. 7. '* At lengfli, after two montlis had passed away without any decided axlvantage to either party, tiie king and Gueiin agreed to settle their dispute by & ^single -eonibat.' A knight* from eadi side wa^ diogen by lot, to fight together in sight of both armieg, and he who -eonquered gained tlie victory for hi^ side, without more fighting. 8. "It happened in this instance that tiie two dhampiong^ were Oliver, the youngest grandson oi" Guerin, and iiie 'famous warrior, Roland. An T.^land in the Rhone ^ wa§ sele-eted for the -eombat, and the armieg ranged themselveg^on the opposite s^oreg. The knigfiS^ere on horseback and armed witii langeg. At the first ouset, both langeg wei^broken. Then they dismounted and drew their s^^ordg?^' 9. "For two 16nghourg did thege powerful, rego- lute warriorg hfficuemeir bright^wea^Sg!!^ neitiier obtaining the least advantage. At last. Roland _^ 1 :^. . ^ for^e on Oliver's ^lem^pierging it _^ „ --„ . __ig s^^ord. tiie same moment Oliver fhrimn^ swo^d wii strengfh against Roland' g ffloOT that it snappe the handle and fell -elating to iiie ground. 10. Bofh knights, now disarmed, ru^ed to- gether, eadi one trying tq^overfhrow the other. In tiie struggle tiheir helmets' be-eame unias^nm, and ^ Kulghtj & name applied to soldier§ of rank. ' CMm'pi on, one who fights for, or in plaQe of, auuther. ^ Rhone (r5n), k large river of Europe Wh idh rige§ in Switzerland . '' WSap' on, any thing nged to fight with. vm\ MY SISTER. 101 lor tiie first time Aev^a w eadi otiier' g f age. One mo- ment tiiey paijp#^pri§ed, and tlien embmged witii joyful .hearts ; for they had been, in the past, «om- paniong in many a bmve deed, and devoted friends 11. '" I am co^Teted ! ' said Roland. * I yield [f^^^^^^ exclaimed Oliver. The people on tiie ^ore saw the knights standing hand in hand, and knew the battle wa§ at an end. From that ho^ar, Charleg counted Giierin and hi§ brave family among hi§ most faithful friendg and servants. This incident gave nSTtolBie proverb of 'A Roland for an Oliver: " 1^. ' ' That i§ a mudh nobler origin of my proverb, ' ' said Paul, "ttian I ever thought of."— "Yes, in- deed ! " exclaimed Julia, "something better than 'an even bargain. IJ^Jj^u III. ^7. MY SISTER. WHO at my side wa§ ever near ? Who wa§ my playmate many a year ? Who loved me with a love singere ? My Sister ! ^. Who took me gently by tiie hand, And led me through the summer land. By f6rest, field, and sea-^ore sand ? My Sister ! 3. Who taught me how to name eadi flower, That growg in lane and gardm bower. Telling of G5d' § almighty ' power ? My Sister ! l^witij 'if y^i ' Ai might^ y, having all power. PI r, i f 102 DOAflNION THIRD READER. ^. Wlio f^iowed me Robin witli fclie rest, The -crimj^on ' feathers on his breast, The blackbird in his dark coat drest ? My Sister ! 5. Wlio pointed out the lark on high, A little speck unto the eye, Filling with melody ^ the sky ? My Sister I 6, Who led me by tlie bright, clear stream. And in the sunsliine's golden beam, Showed me the fishes dart and gleam ? \ My Sister ! 7, Wlo, as we wandered by tlie sea. And heard the wild waves in their glee. Gathered sudi pretty things for me ? My Sister ! 8, Who held the b^ell unto my ear, Until, in fancy, ^ I could hear The sound of waters ru^iiing near ? My Sister ! 9, Who, \\^en the wind of winter blew. And round tlie fire our seats we drew, Read to me stories g(X)d and triie ? My Sister ! IG. Who joined with me eadi day in pra) ^, To thank God for his loving care ; AVho in my hymns of praise would ^are ? My Sister ! ' Crimson (krim'zn), of a deep » FSn'cy, the gift or means by i'ed c61or. wtidh a picture of any thing is - lucl'c dy, sweet singing. formed iii ihe mind. MV S/STEH. 103 11. Who, When tiie sound of madn Upon the ear so sweetly fell, Walked witii me dhurdiward down liic. .ell? My Sister ! i^. When sometimes sick I lay in bed. Who laid her head against my head. And of G6d'§ power and goodness read ? My Sister ! 13. And ^ile in sickness i3ius I lay. Who helped to nurse me day by day, And at my bedside 6ft would pray ? My Sister! lit-. So I ^all never ^ease to pray, Our Lord and Hi§ dear Mother may Watdi and prote-et, by night and day, My Sister! U^'': m \..^%* s Av II : ll t|- M/ii.. m 104 DOMINION THIRD READER. SECTION VII. I. 28. EYEMIKG HYMM, HOLY MARY ! prayer and mu§i-e Meet in love on earth ami sea : Now, sweet Mother ! may the \^ eaiy * O'er the wide world turn to tliee ! 2. From the wide a '^d restless >vater§, Hear tiie sailor' § hymn arige ! From tii§ watdi-tire midst the mountain^, Lo ! to thee the ^epherd -erieg ! 3. Y'ot, \Vhile thus full hearts iind voigeg, If o'erburdened souIj^ lii Father abov^e us, let us ask Hi§ help. 5. They all knelt and made a vow ' that if G6d would remove the terrible sickness from them, they would, wilii Hig blessing, repreger* every ten yearg, the Passion of our Lord Jegus Christ. f. G6d answered tlieir prayer, and health and hap- piness returned again to their little homeg. So they remembered tiieir vow ; and to this day their diil- dren' g diildren keep the promise made ageg ago, and a-ct the life and death of our Saviour before crowds of people who gather trc^m all parts of the world to see the sa-cred perfornrangel/^^^^^jt-cL-*^^. 7. God hag blessed them, and gauged great gotx to be done through them ; for many, who -came to tlie place from -curiosity, When they saw the life of our Lord so devoutly portrayed^ by the simple peagants, listened with awe, and bowed thMr headg ' Vow. k aolftmn nrnniisp to Gog' of One whc wa§ to -eome. " Take -eomfort,'' they sang, and disappeared. , DREAM OF LITTLE CHRISTEL. 107 12. Tien, a§ tiie last notes died away, faint -eriej^ of joy were heard, Whidh grew louder and louder, till away in the distange appeared tlie streets of Jeriip if saiem, and a multitude, leading an ass, and bo^inj)*^^ '' and praying to Him who sat upon it. Children -east liowerg, and brandieg down, -erying, "Hoganna in the highest ! " old men fell down before Him. 13. It would take me too 16ng to tell you of all I saw that day— how scene after scene from ttie Holv S-eripture§ passed before me. The last one you all know— "tile Passion and Deafh of Christ.'' H. We heard the sound of the -eruel nailg piercing Hi§ hand§, and listened to tiio§e lovirrg word§, ''''Father forgive them, for they know not what they do !^^ I -ean never forget it ; and our hearts were lifted in prayer, While people sobbed and wept around us. III. SO, DREAM OF LITTLE CHRISTEL. S-: LOWLY forfh from tiie village dhurdh — The voige of the -e/^Sristerg hu^ed over- head — Came little Christel. She pau§ed in the pordh. Pondering What the Father had said. 2. ^'' Even the younght, humblest child Something may do to please our Lord ; Nmv, What," fhought sQie, and half -sadly smiled, "Can I, so little and poor, afford % — " Never, never a day should pass, Without some kindnhs, kindly sJioivn. '•'Ami j»*"i |»«^ m; > ml ,4C^ ss \\\i ill! It 108 DOMINON THIRD READER. Tiie Father said " — Tiien down to the grass A skylark dropped, like a brown- winged stone. ^.. " WeU, a day is before me nwv ; Yet, \Vhat," thought ^he, "can T do, if I try % If an angel of God would ^ovv me how ! But silly am I, and the hours tliey fly.' J. Then tlie lark sprang singing up from tlie sod. And the maiden thought, as he rose to the blue, " He says he will carry my prayer to God ; But who would have tliought tlie little lark laiew?" 6. Now ^e entered tlie village street, With book in hand and fage demure. And soon ^e came, witli sober feet, To a crying babe at a cottage door. 7. It wept at a windmill tliat would not move, It puffed with its round red dheeks in vain. One sail stuck fast in a puzzling groove. And baby's breath could not stir it again. 8. So baby beat the sail and cried, While no one came from tlie cottage door ; But little Christel knelt down by its side. And set the windmill going once more. B, Then babe wa§ pleased, and tiie little girl Was glad ^\^en ^e heard it laugh and crow ; Thinking, "Happy windmill, that bas but to w^irl, To please the pretty young creature so ! " DREAM OF LITTLE CHRISTEL. 109 10. No tlionght of herself wag in her head, A§ fOie passed out at tlie end of the street, And -eame to a roge-tree tall and red, Drooping and faint with the summer heat. 11. She ran to a brook tliat wa§ flowing by, Slie made of her two handg a nige round -eup, And wa^ed the r()bts of the roge-tree high, Till it lifted its languid blossomg up. ^^i ,» ♦« ■§ j 11 ■ ^ i4' '*!: J'? 1;M' ■»? *i^^'4if-^i y*.«*?H :^i *!■' 110 DOMINION THIRD READER. 12. '' O happy brook ! " fhought little Christel, "You have done some good this summer's day. You have made the llowerg look fre^ and well ! " Then ^e roge and went on her way. 13. But ^e saw, a§ ^e walked by the side of tiie brook, Some great rough stone§ that troubled its ■eourse, And the gurgling water seemed to say, " Look ! I struggle, and tumble, and murmur hoarse ! i^. " How thege stoneg obstru-et my road ! How I wi^ they were off and g6ne ! Then I would flow a§ onge I flowed, Singing in silvery undertone." 15. Then little Christel, a§ light a§ a bird, Put off the ^oe§ from her young White feet ; She moves two stoneg, ^e -eomeg to the third, The brook already singg, "Thanks! sweet! sweet ! " 16. Oh then ^e hearg the lark in tiie skieg, And thinks, " ^¥hat i§ it to G6d he say§ r ' She looks at tiie brook, wiiii smiling eyeg. And goe§ to her home with a happy fage. 17. She helped her mother till all wa§ done In house and field, that -ealled for aid ; Then at tiie door, near get of sun. Aweary, down in the pordn ^e laid. DMEAM OF LITTLE CHRISTEL. lit 1^- Piiere little Christel soon slept, and dreamed That in ttie bro^ok ^le had falkn and drowned • And yet ^e saw, although dead ^e seemed, And thought ^e heard every word and soind. 1^. Within the -eSffin her form tfiey laid, And T^ispered s6ftly, " This is the room r Tlien €lo§ed the ^hutterg, and midst the ^ade, They kindle the ^enser'g sweet perfume ! »-,.« :?' m'^ , (( 11^ DOMINION THIRD READER. 9M. Three at tlie right and three at the left, Two at the feet, and two at Mie head, The taperg burn. The friendg bei'eft Have -eried till their eye§ are swollen and red. ^1. Then a little stream -erSpt into ttie plage, And rippled up to the -eSffin'g side, And toudied the -corpse on its pale, round fage. And kissed tlie eyef^ till they trembled wide : ^2. Saying, " I am a river of joy from heav^. You helped tlie brook, and I help you ; I sprinkle your browg with life-drops seven ; I batlie your eyeg with healing dew." ^S. Then a roge-brandh in flirough the window -eam e, And -eolored her clieeks and lips with red ; "I remember, and Heaven doe§ the same," \Va§ all that tlie faiflif ul roge-brancih said. ^^. Then a bright small form to her -eold neck -elung, It breathed on her till her breast did fill. Saying, " I am a dierub fond and young, And I saw who breathed on the baby'§ mill." 95. Then little Christel sat up and smiled, Said, "Where are the liowerg I had in my hand?" And rubbed her eye§, poor innogent diild, Not being able to understand. 26. But soon ^le heard the big bell of the diurclh Give the hour, wliidi made her say, -■All, I have slept and dreamt in the porch. It i§ a vSry drowgy day." COALS OF FIRE. II3 IV. 31, COALS OF FIRE. PART FIRST. GEORGE BENTON lived in ttie€ountry. Not far from hi§ fatiier'g home wag a large pond. His «ou§in Herbert had given him a beautiful boat, finely rigged with masts and sailg, all ready to go to sea on tlie pond. 2. George had formed a sailing -eompany among hi§ schoolmates. They had ele-eted him -eap'taln. The boat wag snagly stowed away in a little -eave' near the pond. At three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, tile boy§ were to meet and laundi^ the boat. S. On tfie morning of ttiis day, George roge bright and early. It wag a lovely morning. He wag in fine spirits. He diuckled with delight \dien he'thought of the afternoon. '^Glorious!" said he to himself ag he fini^ed dressing. fi. "Now I've just time to run down to tiie pond before breakfast, and see tJiat the boat ig all right, l^en I'll hurry home and learn my lessong for Mon- day, so ag to be ready for the afternoon ; for tiie captain must be up to time." ^'^. Away he went, s-eampering' toward tJie cave where the boat had been (bin) ready for tiie laundi. Ag he drew near, he saw ttie signg of misdhief, and felt uneagy. The big stone before tiie cave had been rolled away. Cave. A. VinllnTir nlo/xn in 44i ~~,. — _ j>__. ii ■. , . ,- "' i-..-^, ix^ mc move iruiii die land into ttie water ^'T un ^ ^ Sc5m' per ing, running With • Launch (landi), to €au§e to speed. ts. ■< ,^j*r'; lAMf' wm^A I lU DOMINION THIRD READER. liir iilS5'P*ll! f 6. The moment he looked within, he burst into a loud -ery. There wa§ the beautiful boat, Wliidh his ■eougin had givm him, with its masts and sailg all brokm, and a large hole bored in the bottom. 7. He stood for a moment, motionless with grief and surprise ; then, with hi§ fage all red with ang^r, he ex-elaimed: ''I know who did it— urikind hoy. It wag Frank Brown : he wag angry be-eau§e I did not ksk him to the laundi ; but Til pay him for this, see if I don't." 8. Then he pu^ed back the ruined boat into the ■eave, and hurrying on some way down t^ road, he ik^tenedi a string a-er5ss die foot-path, a few indieg from the ground, and hid himself in the bu^eg. 9. Presently ' a step wag heard, and George eagerly peeped out. He expe-eted to see Frank -eoming along, but instead of that it wag hig -eougin Herbert. He wag tiie last person George -eared to see just then, so he unfastened the string, and lay quiet, hoping tiiat he would not see him. 10. But Herbert's quick eye soon -eaught sight of him, and George had to tell him all that had hap- pened, and wound up by saying, " But never mind ; I mean to make him smart for it." 11. ''Well, What do you mean to do, George?" asked Herbert.— " Why, you see, Frank «arrieg a basket of eggg to market every morning, and I mean to trip him over this string and sma^ them all." 1^ George knew that this wag not a' right feeling, and he expe-eted to get a ^arp lecture from hi§ Presently (prez'ent li), at 6ii(je ; before ISng. COALS OF FIRE. 115 I •»*' -eou§/n. But, to hi§ surprige, he only said, in a quiet way : "Well, I think Frank doe§ degerve some pun- i^ment ; but tiiis string i§ an old trick. I -ean tell you something better than tiiat." 13. "What?" -eried George eagerly.— "How would you like to put a few -eoalg of fire on hi§ head?"— "^\^at! hum himV asked George doubtfully. Hi§ «ou§in nodded hi§ head. With a queer smile George flapped hi§ handg. llf. "Bravo!" 1 said he, "that's just the thing, €ou§in Herbert. You see hi§ hair i§ so thick he would not get burned mucfh before he would have time to ^ake tiiem 5ff ; but I ^ould just like to see him jump onge. Now, tell me now to do it— quick ! ' ' % * Bravo (bra'vo), well done ; k word of c^eer. , -Mi* a A\ il I 1 1 1... .... k. 'Wf'" 116 DOMINION THIRD HEADER. .ill' 15. " *If thine enemy be hungry give him to eat ; if he thirst, give him drink. For doing this tiiou ^alt heap -eoalg of fire on hi§ liead. Be not over-eome by evil, but over-eome evil by good.' There," said Herbert, "that i§ G6d'§ way of doing it, and I think that i§ the best kind of punishment for Frank." 16. You ^ouhl have seen how 16ng George' § fage grew (gro) While Herbert wa§ speaking. " Now I do say, -eougin Herbert," added he, "iiiat i§ a real take in. Why, it is just no piini^ment at all." 17. "Try itonge," said Herbert. "Treat Frank kindly, and I ap gertain iiiat he will feel so a^amed and unhappy, that kicking or beating him would be like fun in -eomparison." V. S2. COALS OF FIRE. PART SECOND. GEORGE wa§ not really a bad boy, but he was now in a very ill temper, and he said, sullenly, "But you have told me a story, -eougin Herbert. You said this kind of -eoalg would burn, and it won't ' at all." 2. "You are mistake about fliat," said Herbert. " I have known sucih -eoalg burn up malige,*^ envy,* ill-feeling, and a great deal of rubbi^,* and then leave some -eold hearts feeling a§ warm and pleagant a§ possible. ' ' George drew a long sigh. ' ' Well, tell 1 W5n't, will not. « M^' ice, k wi^ to injure otherg ; ill-will. ' Bn'vy.pain and dislike -eaugt by the sight of the greater happi- ness or worth of another. * Rub'bish, waste matter ; 4 \eap of good-for-nothing tliingg COALS OF FIRE. 117 iiie a good -eoal to put on Frank's head, and I will see iibtHit it, you may be sure of tiiat," A "You linow, -eougin George," said Herbert, ''that Frank \^ very poor, and -ean seldom buy himself ii book, altiiough he ig veiy fond of reading, but you have quite a library. Now suppoge — but no, I won't suppose any thing about it. Just fliink over the matter, and find yinir own -eoal. But be sure to kindle it with love, for no other fire burng like tiijit." If. Then Herbert sprung over the fenye and wenr Whistling away. Before George had time to -eolle^t hi§ thoughts, he saw Frank -eoming down the lane -earry- iiig a basket of e^g^ in one hand and a pail of niillc in the other. For a moment tiie fhought -erdssed hi.5 mind, "What a grand sma^ it would have been if Frank had falkn over the string ! " 5. But he drove it away in an instant, and wa§ gla;l enough that the string wa§ put away in hi§ pocket. Frank started, and looked v6ry uneagy, When he tirst -eaught sight of George, but the latter at onge said, " Frank, have you mudh time to read now ? " 0. "Sometimes," said Frank, "\Vhen I've driven the -eowg home, and done all my work, I have a lit- tle piege 01 daylight left; but the trouble i§ I've read every book I -ean get hold of.'' 7, " How would you like to take my new book of travel^ ? " — Frank's eyeg fairly danged. "Oh, may I •( may U I'd be so careful of it." 8. " YSs," ^nsi/jered George, "and perhaps I have some otherg you may like to read. And, Frank," he added a little slyly, ''I wwld ask you to -eome and help to sail my new boat tiiis afternoon, but some **: \ni m \h .m 'ih •*««<•<' A n^ ,««*? 118 DOMINION THIRD READER. kit. one hag g6ne unci Droken tiie masts, arid torn up tlic tkiil}^, and made a great hole in the bottom. Who do ilid it % )u supi)Oge 9. Frank's head dropped on lii^j breast ; but, dfter L moment, he looked up witii great effort,' and said : '' O, George ! I did it ; but I can't' begin to tell you how s6rry I am. You didn't know that I wag so mean When you promised to lend me the bc)bks, did you 'V 10. ''Well, 1 mther thought you did it," said George, slowly.— ''And yet you didn't — " Frank ■eould get no furtiier. He felt a§ if he would dioke. Hi§ fage wag ag red rg a live -eoal. He -eould stand it no longer, so off he walked witiiouc saying a word. 11. That -eoal doeg burn," said George to himself. "I know Frank would raiiier I had sma^ed 6v^rv G^^ in hig basket than offered to lend him iiiat book. But I feel fine." He took two or three somersaults, '^ and went home with a light heart, and a grand appe- tite for breakfast. 12. When the -captain and -erew of tiie little vessel met at the appointed hour, they found Frank there before tiiem, eagerly trying to repair^ tlie injurieg. Ag soon a.^ '; ;^'\w George, he hiirried to pregent him wit^ a bt^: riiiut flaf WiiicQi he had bought for tlie boat with a part of hig own money. 13. The boat wag repaired and launc'^^ed, and made a grand trip, and every filing had larned out a§ * Effort, use of strengfli : an earnegt attempt. 2 Oan't (kant), -can not. ^ Somersault (sum''er salt), a leap in Whidh k person turn§ with. upon hi§ feet. * Repair (re par'). BOASTFUL ARTHUR, 119 ^ougin Herbert had said ; for George' g heart wa§ so warm, and full of kind fhoughts, that he wa^^ never more satis. ied and hai)py in hi§ life. U. George found out afterward tliat the more he uged of this curious kind of coal tiie larger supply he h^id on hand— kind fhoughts, kind wordg, and kind a-etiong. " I de-elare, -eougin Herbert,'' said he, witii d merry twinkle of hi§ eye, *'I think I sliall have to set up k -eoal-yard." 15. I ^ould be glad to have all of you, my young friends, engage in tiiis brandi of the +>5al bugindss. If 6vdry family would be -eareful to keep a supply of George Benton' § -eoalg on hand, and make a good use of it, how happy they would be ! 16. Never forget St. Paul's advige \ '' Be 7iot over- come by evil ; but overcome evil by good; " for Joy -eometh wi1±L good deedg ; and though the heart Revolt^ at right, yet, that rebellion quelled, ^ Strife melts to peage, the brooding -eloudg depart, And vi-etory i§ ourg, our fortress held ! *1i! % »•♦■ SECTION VIIL I. SS. BOASTFUL ARTHUR. NOW, Aunt Mary," said little Arthur, "we must have a story."— '« What do you mean by mud?'- asked hig aunt. ^ Eevolt'jbe offended or locked. * Quelled, stopped ; put down. .MAt nin^ 120 DOMINION THIRD READER. ■k a ^« '2. "Well, tlien, we ^ould like a stiiry, ' said Arfliur, who knew well What his aunt meant. — " That is a different thing," replied ^e ; '*but what did you do to-day to deserve a story, Arthur \ " 3. ''Oh, I have done twenty things at least," cried her little nephew,' who was rather fond of boasting, and did not always tell tlie e$act=^ truth.— "Very good," said Aunt Mary ; " What were they ? " ^. "Oh you know it would take tlie whole day to tell you all," answered the little boy. — " Still I must have some of them, Arthur." 5. "Very weU then," said he, t5ssing his head; *'I weeded the gaidtsn this morning." — "Whose garden, Arthur?" 6. "Why, my own to be sure," replied he. — "I suppose you did tliat to oblige yourself," said the thoughtful aunt. 7. "No, indeed ; I only did so because papa would take the garden from me if he saw any weeds in it." 8. "Of course, then, if you did tliat only because you were obliged to do it, I don't see any need to reward you for i t, " said Aunt Mary. * ' What next ? ' ' 9. "I wi^ you would rot be so particular," said he, twisting his fingers in the vain effort to discover another good deed. At last he said : "I did not do my lessons as badly as yesterday. I am sure of tiiat; Aunt Mary." 10. " If your twenty good deeds are all like those two," said his aunt, "I fear you have no great diance of a story. Wliat do vou sav Annie?" ^e ' Nephew (nef yu), the son of ^ Exact (egz akt'), full and free a broAer or sister. from error. BOASTFUL ARTHUR. mi asked her little niege/ who wa§ quietly standing beside her. 11. Annie blu^ed and answ)ergd : '• Sister Frangig said I might have played my s-eale§ mudi better if I had tried/' 12. "What am I to do, then?" asked her aimt, with a smile.— "Could you not, dear auntie, just tell us one story witliout deserving it ? " asked Annie. 13. "To be sure I -eould, dear; but you know tliat would be a great favor."— " Well, then, will you pleage do us a great favor, and tell us a story % " said Annie. U. 'Ah, now I tTiink I must indeed ; for nobody -eould regist, \Vhen a dhild knowg how to ask. ft must be a ^ort story, a§ we have lost so mudh time in seardhing for Arthur' § twenty fhingg." 15. " And I have given tJiem to you. Aunt Mary," said Arthur pertly. 2— ''How -ean that be, Master Arfliur?" inquired ^e. 16. "I have givm you two, and there i§ nought to add to make it twenty." Aunt Mary -eould not repressed smile at hi§ way of reagoning and said: " Well, Arthur, that just remindg me of a story, and a^ it i§ a very ^ort one, it will just do for us. 17. "A very smart boy went to a -college far from hi§ native village. When he -eame home, he tliought hiiiiself very -elever,^ and wag anxious to show hig father that he wag so. 18. "One day he had obtained t^e -eonsei of hig ' Niece, the (ihu) daughter of 11 brother or sister. '^ Pert'ly, smartly ; sau(;ily. 3 Re prSss', to press back ; c^eck. ^ Ol^v'er, having skill or smart- ness ; good-natured. ^j: f M. fi' »'■ . ^li- mi i ^^^\ \ m m I: m ' kit'- .-If I n I .* M ! I II INiW II ifll 1^2 DOMINION THIRD READER, father to ride on a dies^nut' horse belonging to him. The horse stood iu readiness at the hall door, and though ti ^ young man was eager to have hi§ ride, he could not help blowing his smartness a little. 19. "'Now, father,' he said, 'you may think there i§ but one dies^nut horse there, but I see two.' — 'Do your said hi§ father; 'I wi^ you would ^ow them to me.' W. " ' Well, then,' answ?er^d the son, picking up a horse-dhes^nut, 'a horse-Chestnut or a dhestnut horse i§ all the same thing, so you see there are two, and I am right, father.' — ' Very good,' answered hi§ father, jumping into the saddle, ' I will take a ride on this one : vou -can take the other.' ^1. "Now, Arthur," added Aunt Mary, "mind this story, and remember, if you had been less smart, you might have had a longer one." II. 34. KEEPLN'G A PROMISE. UNCLE ROBERT, must a boy alway§ keep hi§ promise ? " — "Of -eourse, my dear Frank, promise§ are made to be kept." — " But what if a boy hag made a wr6ng promise, a really wicked promise ? " ^. ''Then he must break it, and the sooner he breaks it, liie better. There i§ an old and very true proverb'^ ^Vhidi say§ that, 'A bad promise i§ better broken tl^ian kept.' " 3. "But, suppose the boy to whom you have ' Chestnut (c^es'uut), of a red- diiA brown -eolor. * Pr.'^v'erb, a saying in -eom- mon use. KEEPING A PP-^MISE, 123 made the promise i§ a big boy and fhreateng to \diii> you if you do not keep it ? " k. " K a boy i§ so fooli^i a§ to make sudh a prom- ise, I -ean only say tiiat he must run the risk of a beating ; for if he keep a promise of this kind, he will offend G5d, and it i§ a mudi greater ev/1 to ■eommit a sin, than it i§ to receive a whipping. Do you remember the story of St. John Baptist in your Bible History ? " 5. "Yes, Un-ele Robert, I remember that he re- proved King Herod and hi§ wife, Herodias, and that for doing so, Herod put him in prison,"— "And What happened afterwardg ? " 6. "The king gave a feast on hi§ birth-day, at ^Vhidi the daughter of Herodias danged, and sa pleaged him and hi§ guests by her graceful move- ments, that he promised to give her any tiling ^e asked of him. And ^e asked for tlie head of St. John Baptist." 7. " Hwv did Herod a-et then ? "— " Kept hi§ prom- ise and murdered a saint of God ! O Un-ele Robert, tliat wa§ a -erime ! " 8. "Yes, Frank, and he did so though he wag s5rry he had given hi§ word, knew it wag wr6ng to keep hi§ promise, and wag not afraid of being hiirt by anybody, be-eauge he wag too pwverful. Do you remember the mean and -eowardly reagon he gave for hig -eondu-et ?" 5. "I see, Un-ele Robert — it wag ' Be-eauge of thoge who sat with him at table.' Herod kept hig promise, not be-eauge he wag a man of honor, but be-eauge he wag a -eoward." • »1 . ^'a ^pii^f■\ r .if ^ Jtffcrfu ,j^ mi ^ "'I. UJ^, DOMINION THIRD READER. ill 10. " Right ; he who dreadg to dffend God, i§ not afraid of men. No man of true ^onor ^ will break a promise he -ean justly keep, or keep one Which would oblige him to f commit a sin." III. 85, THE SPARROW'S SOJ^G, I AM only a little sparrow ; A bird of low "^ degree ; My life i§ of little value, • But my Maker -eareg for me. ^. He gave me a -eoat of featherg. That i§ very plain, I know ; With never a speck of -erimgon, For it wa§ not made for 5^ow\ 3. But it keeps me warm in winter, And it ^ieldg me from the rain ; Were it bordered with gold and purple, Perhaps it w ould make me vain. Jf. I have no barn nor storehouse,^ I neitlier sow nor reap ; God give§ me a sparrow' § portion, But never a seed to keep. 5. If my meal is sometimeg s-eanty,* The lack makes it still more sweet, I have ever enough to keep me, And life i§ more than meat. ^ Hbn'or, a life ruled by k nicje sense of What ]§ right and true. * Low, humble in -eondition or rank ; simple. 8 Store'house, a room or builds ing in Whidh provisiong are kept. * ScSnfy, not too muc^ for use or need ; hardly enough. THE SPARROW'S SONG. 125 6. I know there are many sparrowg — All over tiie world we are found, But our Heavenly Father knowefh When one of us fall§ to the ground. 7. Though small, we are never forgotten ; Though weak, we are never afraid ; For G6d in heaven guardefh The life of tiie -ereature§ He made. 8. I fly through the thickest fdrest, I light on many a spray, I have no c^art^ nor -eompass,^ But I never lo§e my way. 9. And I fold my wingg at twilight, Wherever I happen to be, 1 Chart, & map, or suc^ a repre- * Com'pass, an instrument that §entation of land or water a§ will ^ow§ (jertain fixed points or di- serve to guide a traveler. re-etiong, sudh a§ nortli and south. i.'l iiiil |!5 •A if ' ^ nftl ..^4 it ^*:' S-**^'** • tf-s. Ij^^^JH^i] 'rW' ' ^'%\ l(f 126 DOMINION THIRD READER. For our Fatiier i^ alwayg watdiiiig And no harm -ean -eome to me. 10. I am only a little sparrow, And yet I feel no fear, Why ^oiildst thou doubt and tremble, G^ild, who art far more dear % IV. 86. I DARE jyVT LIE. THE soft evening breeze^ bore along tiie merry voigeg and mugi-eal laughter of a happy group of children. They were engaged in tiieir innogent sports on the green, soft lawn ^ before Beedi House. 2. It wa§ little Vingent Gilmore'g birfliday, and lii§ kind pjirents had allowed him to invite hi§ young friendg to spend tlie day witii him. And now liie ^adeg of night were already falling, and Mrs. Gil- more had told the diildren they must have only one game more before -eoming in-door§. 3. "Let it be base' -ball tiien," ex-elaimed Allan Spear. — "Oh, no, the little girlg «ould not join in it," said good-natured Arfhur Deane. Jf. "I think ' hide and seek ' would do very nigely : every one know§ how to play at that," said Jame§ Gilmore, rather timidly. — "Oh, yes ; let it be 'hide and seek.'" 5. *'Hide and seek" wag taken up and touted, by one and another. Two or fhree of the party ' Breeze, k light wind ; k gen- ** Lawn (Ian), grass-ground in tie «urrent of air. fr6nt of or near a house. / DARE NOT LIE. 127 immediately went to hide amongst the rree§ that were near, and in the ^rubbery. 6. Then ttie fun began in good earnest. Charleg Glynn had nearly -eaught Vingent Gilmore. There wa§ no diange of es-eape, for a liower-bed lay be- tween him and "home." Kate saw him -eoming toward it. "O Yingent, Vingent," ^e -eried, "you €an not jump over that bed. And papa'g Indian^ llower, oh!" 7. Vingent had made the attempt and failed ; hi§ foot slipped, and, falling forward, he had almost an- nihilated ^ the tender plant \diidi had been sudi an obje-et of -eare to Mr. Gilmore. "What will papa 'Indian (ind' yan), of, or re- lating to, the Indieg. 2 An ni' hi lat ed, -eauged to (jease to be. § I I !4 !•« I*? A 1 1 i * m^BtiiiifiABUi I I ftW* ' "'WW ' t m- ;i^' I <.3 128 DOMINION THIRD READER. * ii! nt lslllll t i say?" said little Kate for the tliird time, a§ f^ie gazed sorrowfully at tlie -eru^ed tiowerg that lay at her feet. 8. " \Vhat ^all I do ?" ex-elaimed Vingent a§ he picked himself up : " papa will be so angry ; I know he valued tiiis plant above all otherg." 9, " Well, it i§ nothing so mudi after all, to make tliis fuss about," -eried Allan, ^'-eome, let us fini^i the game."— They started 5if in pursuit of thoge who had not yet been -eaught, all but Vingent, who stcKxl still eyeing, witti a very rueful ' -eountenange,"^ tiie mischief he had wrought. 10. At last lie heard hi§ father's voige -ealling tiiem in for supper. ''I had better tell papa' at onge," he said to hiniself, but a§ he moved forward, Mr. Gilmore had turned into the house again. 11, The dhildren had dispersed.=^ Mr. Gilmore sat in hi§ study looking very grave : pregently he rang the bell. ''Tell master Vingent I wi^ to speak to him," he said to the servant who obeyed the sum- mon§. A few minutes afterwarJ, there wa§ a timid knock at the door, and then Vingent walked in. He looked rather pale. m. "Vingent, I have sent for you to ask you Whetlier you -ean tell me any thing about my Indian flower: I find some one ha§ entirely destroyed it." Mr. Gilmore spoke sternly, perhaps he guessed who the -eulprit '' wag. 1 Ruefvil (ro'ful), woful ; mourn- ful ; sorrowful. ' Ooun'te nance, the appear- ance of the human facje ; look. 3 Dispersed (dis perst'), sepa- rated ; scattered here and there. 4 Oul'prit, one a-e-euged of, or on trial for, something wr5ng. THE STAR. U9 13. Vingent -eriiugoned * to the very tip of hi§ ear§. He looked down and waited a moment, then raiding hi§ eye§, he said firmly, '* I dare not tell a lie, pai)a ; I did it. And oh, I wis^h I had told you before ; for I have been miserable ever singe that unlucky a-egi- dent. Pleage forgive me ?" Ik. "Willingly, my boy. Had you given me a denial, and pretended to have had no knowledge of iiie affair, I ^ould have felt it my painful duty to puni^ you severely. 15. '-But you have spokm the truth bravely, my boy, and iiiough I regret the 16ss of the plant Whidh hag -cost me so muc^ trouble to preserve, it hag been the meang of proving to me that I have a son in whoge word I -ean plage -eonfidenge, and of whom I may be proud. God grant, dear Vingent, tiiat you may alwayg pregerve your -eandor and truthfulness." SECTION IX. I. 87. THE STAR. NIGHT it ig : tiie sun'g last ray Gently fading into gray. Hag withdrawn its rogy grage, Thsit tile moon may take her plage ; While iiie evening' g perfumed breeze Wiiisperg gently tTirough tiie treeg. J^J«*""^;<' ^ Cr:msoned (krim''znd), be-eame deep red in €61or ; biased. 130 DOMINION THIRD READER, !li t #r*'^^ m^ I ^ •^'* II II ^m ^^-%.'- .«*^ ^. Hark, the tiny waterfall Midst the silence seeing to -eall, A§ the dripi^ittg waterg da^, With a mugi-eal soft pla^, O'er the little basin' § brink, Where the wild birdg stoop to drink. S. See tiioge lights above us far — Eadh of them i$ -called a star ; And Where smooth the water lie§. Are retle-eted starg and skieg ; Mirrored in eadh little pool. Blue and tranquil, bright and -eool. ^. Let your heart, my darling diild. Like thege waterg, pure and mild, Mirror all that's fair above — Blessed truth, and peace, and love, And in time your soul will grow^ Purer than tiie whitest snow. ! '' THE ''DE PROFUNDIS'' BELL. II. 131 88, THE ''BE PROFimDTS" BELL. AGNES sat at her window and k)bked out over 1^ the lovely scene. Tiie air wa§ s5ft and warm. I'he starg in -eountless nuniberg studded the -elear wky. The daik brandheg of the treeg waved gently to and fro, While under and between tlieni, from time to time, sparkled the rippling waterg of tlie river, a§ Hie slanting moonbeamg ^one upon it. '2. The lights tiiat gleamed from the window§ of the hou§e§, scattered liere and tliere, one by one dis- appeared. Only tJie -ery of the Whip-pooi-will from tile ^rubs ■ek)se by, broke tiie silenge. ^Che quiet peage and (Charming scene filled her heart witii joy. 3. Suddenly, tiie deep, .solemn notes of the cOiijrdli- bell tolled, slowly, slowly, over grove and meadow. '' Wliat i§ that, sister ? " Whispered Edifli, who stood beside her, gazing silently into the sky. — "It i§ the ■call to prayer for the soulg of the departed." And both knelt for a few moments w^hile the sw^eet yet •eonimanding tone§ flirilled upon tiie air. Jf. Ah ! at that instant, from many waking hearts ro§e up to heaven, witii loving thoughts of lost one§, the plea for their admission into bliss. Nor i§ that plea ever made in vain. Little one§ ! do you ever think of thoge dear souls? You ^lould never let one day pass without a prayer for i3iem. 5. Heavm will be tiieirg a§ soon a§ tiieir soulg are ■fileanspH frnm thp stain of sin. Your uravers will ^Iiorten tiieir time of waiting. Who then will not l^ray for thege dear soulg, at least once a day ? I ' M/ |*N*i# ,** ^m^-^^i IliiitL Ill l-rl r DOMINION THIRD READER. '*6'^W 'V^'^- ,.vt?,T 4 "^eit. « illtl 1' III. 39, THE STARS. HOW PRETTY i§ eadh little star, Eadi tiny twinkler, s6ft and meek I Yet many in this, world there are Who do not know that starg -ean speak. 2. To them the skieg are meaningless, A star i§ not a speaking thing ; They -ean not hear the messages Tho§e fining -ereatureg love to bring. 3. Hu^ ! lis^m ! ah ! it will not do : You do but listen witii your ear§ ; And starg are understood by few. For it must be the heart that hears. 1 oo WHAT THE MOON SAW. 4. They tell of Gekl, Hig Power aiul Love ; They speak of Bethlehem's lonely eave ; They bid us fix our hearts Above, With Ilim who died our soulg to save. IV. 40. WHAT THE M00.\' SAW. PART FIRST. SHALL I tell you ^Vhat the m()on said to me one night i Let me first say tiiat I am a pcjor lad, and live in a veryjiarrow lane. Still I do not want for light, a§ my room i§ high -ip in tiie house, Where I «an look far over the roofs of otlic r hougeg tiiat are near. ^. During the first few day§ I went to live in the town, I felt sad and lonely enough. Instead of the forest and the green hill§ of former dayg, I had here only a forest of diimneyg to look out upon. And tlien I had not a single friend— not one familiar^ fage greeted - me. 'i. So one evening, a§ I sat at the wtndow^ ixi sad spirits, I opened iiie casement ' and looked out. Oh, \\(m my heart leaped up with joy ! Here wag a well- known fage at last—the round, frienox^ fage of one tliat I had known at home. J^-. In fa-et, it wa§ the moon that looked in upon me. She wa§ quite unchanged, the dear old moon : ^^he had just the same fage that ^e uged to ^low when ^e looked dwvn upon me through the willow treeg by ihe brook. ' Pa mil'iar, well known ; well word§ ; drew near to. acquainted. 3 Ca.se'ment, a window frame • Greet'ed; spoke to with kind or sa^ Whidi openg on liingeg. \ M:..P * i j^tfjC- '* L34 DOMINION THIRD READER. 5, M B« ■' ir.«i»..aj 4 LiJjMri flt RR' K' li ]ii w IL,; I kissed my hand to her over and over again, as ^e i\\U\e far into my little room ; and J^ie, for her part, seeing ray lonely state, told me some very pretty (prit'ti; stories. 6. "Last night," said tlie moon tome, "Hooked down upon a small yard, surrounded on all sides by hwises. In tlie yard sr.t a clucking hen wifeli eleven diickens ; and a pretty little girl was running and jumping around Miem. 7. "The lien was frightened, and screamed, and spread out her wings over tlie little brood.' Tiien tlie girl's father, came out and scolded her; and I glided away and fliouglit no more of the matter. Brood, the young birds hatdh- ed at once. 2 Perches (perdh'ez), poles for fowls to alight and rest upon. 8 Dis may', loss of hope ; fear. 4 WUrful, governed by that Whidh is muc^ wi^ed rather thtm by right ; headstrong. WHAT THE MOON SAW. 135 wept and said, 'I wanted to find the hen and beg her pardon for giving her sudh a fright yesterday ; but I wa§ afraid to tell you.' 12. "And the faiiier kissed the innogent^ diild'g forehead,^ and I looked with pleasure on t^eir happi- ness. ?9 V. 41 WHAT THE MOO,]Sr SAW. PART SECOND. OME few minutes after, I looked through the window of a mean, little room. The father and mother slept, but the little son wa§ not asleep. I saw the flowered -eotton -curtain § of the bed move, and iiie dhild peep forfli. s ' In''no centj pure ; not having done wrSng. 2 Forehead (fSr'ed), the fr6nt part of the head above the eye§. Mititiiijiiii i# *'\ ^%'. ji«. ' 't^. Ill" ««.>»*«„ TTi-, , taiiiiiitk -1? '"1 P f i"* n^ ¥ M 136 DOMINION THIRD READER. ^. "At first, I fhought he wa§ looking at the great clock, \\^idi was gayly painted in red and green. At the top sat a cuckoo, below hung the heavy leaden weights, and the pend'iiluni with the policed disk^ of metal went to and fro, and said Hick, tick.' 3, "But no, he wa§ not looking at the clock, but at his mother's spinning-^dieel, that stood just under it. That was What tlie boy liked better than any other fhing in the house. Still he dare not toudh it ; for, if he meddled with it, he was sure to get a rap on the knuckles. Jf,. "For hours' together. When his mother was spinning, he would sit quietly by her side, watdiing the humming spindle and tlie revolving ^ Wheel, and as he sat he fhought of many fhingo. 5. "Oh, if he nnght only turn the Wheel himself! Father and motlier were asleep. He looked at tliem, and looked at t4ie spinning-wheel, and presently a little naked foot peered ^ out of the bed, and tlien a second foot, and then he was on tlie floor. 6. " There he stood. He looked round once more to see if fatlier and mother were still asleep. Yes, they slept ; and now he crept softly, softly, in his little night-gown, to tlie spinning- ^\ieel, and began to spin. 7. "'Buzz, buzz,'— the fliread flew from the Wheel, and the Wheel whirled faster and faster. 1 kissed his fair hair and his blue eyes, it was sudi a pretty picture. * Disk, a flai,, round plate. ' Re vblv'ing, turning or roll ing round on an axle. 3 Peered, peeped ; just in sight WHAT THE MOON SAW. 137 i ! ^Pi: 8. "At that moment the moliier awoke. The curtain ^ook: ^e looked forth, and tliought ^e saw the spirit of a little dhild. ' Oh ! \diat i§ it ? ' ^e €ried, and in her fright arouged her hugband. 9. '-He opened hi§ eye§, rubbed them with. hi§ handg, and looked at tiie brisk little lad. 'Why, that i§ Bertel,' said he. And my eye§ quitted the poor room, for I have so mucfh to see." Little Bertel had forgotten that God see§ lis at all timeg, bo€h by night and by day, and that we offend Him w^hen we disobey our parents. mm.. H ■^ c ^ MAt^Hki' f., M. !„!(«»* • nt"' 138 DOMINION THIRD KEADER. I* I , \« Is , ■ ^ -■' »l ; limi SECTION X. I. 42. WILFRID'S JOURJ^EY. PART FIRST. WILFRID had been sleeping for an hour, TV^en he first saw an angel. Hl§ mother had taken tile -candle away and had gone out of the room ; but it wa§ moonlight, and the blindg were partly opened. ^. When the angel appeared, he seemed to be sur- rounded by a gdlden light, and Wilfrid thought iiiey were standing on a high mountain. The angel toucQied the (5hild'§ eye§, and he saw the whole world, its gitie§ with lighted streets, its villageg on mount- ain side§, and its ■eottage§ on the edge§ of fdrests. 3. He saw What all the people were doing, and seemed to know them by tiieir nameg, and all about them : he knew tiie name§ of their dhildren, and Whether they were good, or naughty. ^. He also saw ditirdieg Where monks were sing- ing ^saZmg, and organg were playing. They looked down into fhougandg of s^ips, upon distant sea§. They passed over landg Where there were no diurdheg. and no Blessed Sa-erament lamps burning ; and the angel wag sad be-eauge thege landg were so dark. 5, Other landg were dotted witii ancient Christian diurdieg, but witiiout proper altarg ; and with no Blessed Sa-erament, no Mass, no pi-etureg of the Mother of Jegus ; and Wilfrid thought, but he wag not sure, that the angel wag more sorrowful over WILFRIDS JOURNEY. 139 the§e land§, tfian over 1iio§e witiicHit cHiurcnieg. 6. Then there were landg all Christian, with I'lmps lighted every^Vhere, and prayer and wa^^dhing all tiie night fhrongh, and holy -convents Whidi gleamed like moong that were fining in the deep >reen \vood§ of earfli, or on the tops of sea-side hill§. ' 7. At last Wilfrid saw a great gity, with a river running through the middle of it ; and he saw nnder the foundations of the hou§e§, and the ^ohole gity seemed to be built on the bone§ of tiie martyr§. tr p ?-*»»< -• fc H', f* *« Wt f^mw' \^-'\ 15 •• UO DOMINION THIRD READER. if ^Nii W ;li 8. The angel told him it wa§ G5d'§ yity, the gity of Rome. And he saw tiie inside ol* a grand palage, with soldierg ^ in strange dresseg walking: before the doorg. When the house wag all still, he sa\^ an old man get out of bed very gently, so that tlie people *\^ o wa^dhflimji tiie next nxjm f^ould not hear bim. AS. WILFRID'S JOURJS'EY. PART SECOND. THERE wag, something v6ry wonderful in the old man'g fage. He roge, put on a White ■eassock,2 and in hig bare feet went to the window, opened it, knelt down before it, held a pi-eture of our Blessed Lady in hig hand, and began to pray. 2. Though tiie great gity with its twinkling lights wag beneath him, s-eargely any noi^e readied him but the splaying of some great fountaing. Beybnd the 9ity were some mountaing looking black and s5ft in tiie starlight, and beydnd them again wag the great world of w^idh that old man wag tiie father. 3. He prayed for the world, and wept tearg wliidi ran down all over the pi-eture of our dear Lady. Ag he wept, hig fage grew more like th«nt of the angel, and tiie angel bowed low before him. Then he and ^Q angeJ seemed to go into one ; and Wilfrid saw heaven open and behold ! G5d the Father wag look ing with great love upon tiie weeping old man, and ''The "Swiss Guards," who are alway§ appointed a§ body- guard of die Holy Father. ^ OSs'sock, k 15ng, -elose gar- ment onge worn by Greek phi- losophers, and now by the -elergy. WILFRID'S JOURNEY. 141 then tile old man himself grew to like G6d the Fatiier. The angel told Wilfrid this wa§ tiie Pope. ^. One night Wilfrid had a little head-a-eAe, went to bed without saying hi§ night-prayer§, and did not see tile angel. But the next night he heard hi§ voige say, " {Vilfrid! be not so sad because you are not as good as you hoped: sorrow rather because you have not quite pleased God^ 5. Wilfrid awoke and prayed with zeal ttiat G6d might give him true sorrow. In the morning extreme sorrow -eame, and with it, joy and jieage. 6. That night all wa§ goldm^ again. ^Yilfrid wa§ on liie mountain-top with the angel who wa§ more beautiful than ever and ^owed him many fhingg, and said to him, " Wilfrid, do you remember your mother's flower-bed in the garden f " 7. Wilfrid answered, " Oh yes ! " And the angel said, " The souls of little children are God's flower-beds. The flowers are vi'^tues ; and God sends enough dew and sunshine to make them grow and bloom always, if the children keep out the weeds, that is, naughty words, and thoughts, and actions.^"* 14*11..' ^jj J 1!'" -( If* fti« t^ ' * -! .J -»♦♦- I r. SECTION XL I. 44. A GOLDJSJV DAY. OLDEN DAYS without allo^,^ at any age, are vArv rapp* indeed- But that was a real ffdlden ' Golde . (gSld'n), gold-like; « Alloy', & Cheaper metal mixed very precious. with & «ostli6r, or evil with good. •H, _^ |, iAe"*4~'- u DOMINION THIRD READER. I ^1^ I day— a day full of delight. We spent it far out in tile country. 2. Though I wag only eight years old, I remember it as if it were but yesterday. What a happy time was ours, sporting on tlie grass, gathering flowers, running, danging, swinging, wandering in the woods, or sitting by the quiet streams ! 3. There were eight of us ; live city dilldren, and fhree who lived in the country — our cousins, witli whom we had come to spend tlie day. ^. I had passed days in tlie country before, and I spent many days in the country afterward, but no dajA is "gold^^n'* in my memory like that one. 5. Shall I tell you, my dear young readers, the reason w^y \ I did not see it then, nor for many years afterward ; but it all came to me once, \^^hen I talked witli a dhild who had returned from a pic- nic, l(5bking very unhappy. e. "What is the trouble, dear?" I dsked.— " Oh," ^e ans^^ered as her eyes filled witli tears, " so many of tlie Children were cr6ss, and others wouldn't do any fhing if we didn't let them have their own way." 7. "I'm s6rry," I said. — "And so am I," ^e re- turned, simply ; " for I haven't been happy or good." 8. " Were you cross and selfi^ like the rest ? " I inquired. Her lips quivered and two or fhree tears dropped over her dheeks. A heavy sigh came up from her heart as ^e ans^^ered : 9. "Maybe I wag. Oh dear! wten otlier (Chil- dren are cr6ss and ugly, I g5t so too. It seems as if I couldn't help it. And then I'm so migerable ! ^ I ' Mis'er a ble, v6ry unhappy. THE HOLIDAY. US wi^ I always -eoiikl be witli good and kind dilldren. —it would be so niye." 10. And then it all -eanie to me Why that day in the -eonntry had been a "gold«?n day." From morn- i*ig until evening I did not hear a -erSss word nor see a wr6ng a-etion. Evdry one of that -company of eight (Children seemed to be full of the spirit of kindness.. 0, dear little one§, i§ not love v6ry sweet and selfi^- ness very bitter ? ^^Ksr II. 45. THE HOLIDAY, PUT BY your books and slates to-day ! This i§ the sunny first of June, , And we will go ttiis afternoon Over the hillg and far away. ^. Hurra ! ^ w^e'll have a holiday, And through iiie wood and up the o-lad o2 1 Hurra (h^ ra'), & ^out of joy « Glade, an 5pgn or cleared or triumph. pia,;e in k wood. ' ''fill's*!' Ml. \\\ t\\ ' ii-li m >5»fl lU DOMINION THIRD READER. We'll go, in siin^ine and in t^iade Over the hill§ and far away. S. The wild-roge bloonif^ on every sprfiy,' In ail the sky v^ not a -eloud, And merry bird§ are singing loud, Over the hillg and far away. ^. Not one of us behind must stay, But little one§ and all ^all go, Wliere sununer breezeg gently blow, Over the hill§ and far away. 46. THE BUILDERS. EIGHT CHILDREN were playing upon the sand beside the sea-^ore. The tide wa§ out and iiie sky wa§ -elear, While tiie pretty ^ sea-gull§ were sailing through the k\v. 2. "Oh, see What beautiful liax stoneg!" said Gedrge : "liow ni^e tiiey would be to build a house with."— "Let us build one," said Edith, who wa§ eldest of the girlg. . "No, let us build two, and see Whidh will be better," replied George. " Edith, yoi and So- e, and John, and Willie, build one ; ai \ Sarah, "^ Kate, and Peter, and I will build anotixer." .. So tile little builderg went to work. George and hi§ party fliought it would be so nige to build tiie liat sand, tiiat wa§ a§ smooth a§ me floor of Spray, a small ^oot or br&ndh. ^ Pretty (prit'ti). THE BUILDERS. 145 tiie play-room at home, and \diere they did not need to waste any o* 'le 8tone§ in making a foundation.' 5. Peter and die girl§ brought the stoneg, While Cxeorge put them togettier, and very soon the house began to grow to quite a respe-etable size. 6. But Edith led her laborerg dwfiy from the beadh^* to \\1iere the rocks began to peep above the sand, and Where tiie tide never -eame ; and having found a rock that wag a§ high a§ her waist, sQie be- gan to put her house together. 7. It wa§ hard work, for they had to pick up the stoneg on the beadi and take them up to Edith, who spent some time in laying them on the unev(en rock, so a§ to get a good foundation. 8. So George had fini^ed hi§ house before Edith had put up more than three or four row§ of stone ; and a§ he had nothing to do, he began to look at her work.— *'\¥hy, Edith, how slow you are ; my house i§ built, and yourg i§ not half done." ^. "I wanted to build a good str6ng one,' said Editli, "and it takes a 15ng While to build on this rock."— "Oh, you ^ould have built it on the sand, a§ I did," said George. 10. Just then a loud -ery from Peter made George turn around. The tide wag -eoming in, and a§ one of the first waveg had readhed hig house, it wag wag- ing away the lower stoneg. All ga,fiiered around it, but it wag too late. 11. The waveg -eame in faster and faster, and ' Founda'tioti,iLat upon Which any fhing stands, and by Whidh it i§ held ; ground-work. * Beach, tiie Sliore of the sea, or of & lake, Whidi i§ wa^ed by the waveg. i .» ! '*• ' -f *, I lif^f A 140 DOMINION THIRD READER. ■>:. M ■carried ^wSy first one stone and then another, until, witii a «nit^h, tiie irhole buildiitg fell into tlie water. ** Y6s, Edith," said George sadly, '^ see tiiat you w6re quite right. I now se*^ tiiat I ought to have built my house upon a rock." B. Our Lord tellg us of two classes of people who build— the wi§e and the foolis^i builderg. He sayg, with great forge and beauty, *' Every one that heareth laiege My wordg, and doeth them, bliall be likened to a wi§e man that built hi§ house upon a rock ; and the rain fell and the floodg ' *ame, and the wind§ blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not ; for it wa§ founded^ upon a rock. 13. " And every one that hearech the§e My word§, and dofh tiiem not, ^all be like a fooli^ man tiiat built hi§ house upon the sand ; and the rain fell and tiie flood§ -eanie ^nd the wind§ blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell ; and great wa§ the fall thereof." IV. A7. THE CHILD TO THE WAVES, ROLL, bright green wave§ acrdss the bay, Sweep up like ragerg fleet,' I love you, in your harmless play. The briliiaat* sparkle of your spray. And tiien your swift retreat.^ 1 Flood (flad), & great flow of ^ Fleet, light and quick in go- water ; water that ri§e5, sweF? ing from pla-:-'*"' 11: ■\- 150 DOMINION THIRD READER ^ in lie down under my ^ade, and men greatly admire me. But you-— poor little thing ! nobody ever looks at ycu \ nobody ever fhinks of you ! You may die under the toot of a rabbit, and wlio would miss you I " 16. Poor little Blue-eye! It was the first time ^e ever felt humbled— ever felt discontented or en- vious. ^ How ^e wi^ed ^e was a great oak ! How, for tlie first time, i^e felt that her lot was low, sad, and worthless ! II. 49. LITTLE BLUE -EYE, PART SECOND. SCARCELY had an hour passed, ^Vhen ii sudden^ ru^ of wind came roaring do^vn the moun- tain. It wa§ su(5h a tornado ^ as sometimes sweeps through a forest, twisting and' tearing up tlie great trees as if they were pipe-stems. The trees bent, and swayed, and creaked, and broke, and fell — many torn up by the roots. ^. The old oak stood directly^ in its path-way; and how he did writhe^ and bend, and toss his arms, and bow his head, and strain his roots, as if he certainly must go. But no ! He lived it through, and stood like a giant, as he was. 3. When he had rested himself, he counted the 5 Bn'vi ous, moved by envy ; repining, or feeling sad, at a view of the greater liappiness or worth of another. ^ Sud'den, coming or happen- ing When not IcJbked for ; quick. * Tor na'do, u fierce gust of Whirling wind, of^en with severe thuuder,lightning,and mudi rain. 4 Di rSct'ly, in a straight liui^ or course. '•> Writhe, to twist with force LITTLE BLUE-EYE. 151 limbs that had been broken off, and wondered over^ tlie number of his leaves tliat "had been scattered away. He knew tliat tlie fierce strife ^ had done him good ; for he felt fre^er, younger, and str6nger. . Then he nodded proudly to little Blue-eye, and said : ^. "There, Miss Blue-eye, did you see tliat? Didn't ^ .ell you I could bear any thing ? See now, here I am, my bark not broken nor my roots injured. 5. "No winds, or storms, or any thing else can hurt me. But you, Why, a million like you, had you been up here, would have been blown to atoms." ^ 6. Poor little Blue-eye ! slie never felt so small before. She hardly dared look up at the great oak, and tliere was really a little tear in her eye. 7. The sun now ^one out so bright and hot that the leaves of the old oak began to curl up, and the birds panted, and tried to hide among the brandies. Even ttie heart of the great oak felt the heat. 8. But little Blue-eye, under the ^adow of tlie rock, and so near tlie ground, did not feel the heat at all, nor did ^e even ^ut her eyes. 9. And now dark clouds rolled slowly over the mountain : the heavens grew black, and it was plain that the storm-spirit was on tlie wing. Every thing was still as in waiting, and even tlie great oak looked very sober. 10. On came tlio storm in its power and wrath. The wild creatures crept into tlieir holes. The thun- ders rolled and muttered,^ as if armies of giants were rutins: to battle in their war-dhariots ; and ' strife, struggle for victory. * At'om, any thing very small. 3 Milt'tered, sounded with a low, heavy noi..e. .«».'^- ■% 1 4 ■ It! J-, ^.tum" h K '2 DOMINION THIRD READER. Y^ J^ ^^the lightnii>gt^ gleamed and flawed a§ nofliing but ^ <^lightning -ean. 'N> 1 11, S(x)n a deep black -eloud hung over the plage, and, without warning, in an instant, down -eame tie thunder-bolt^ into the old oak, and, before the eye ■eould wink, he wa§ ^ivered into splinterg, and lay flat and s-eattered for yard§ around. He wa§ a -eom- plete ruin, and gone forever. 1'2. Little Blue-eye peeped out, after the storm had gSne past, and saw the great tree that ^e had envied so mu(5h, now only a wTeck, never again to lift up its head.^ "Oh!" said ^e, "^afc a silly little flower I have been, to be thut] envious and dis-eontented. I now see w^at wind§, and stormg, and great dangerg I es-eape, in my lowly home. IS. "I now see that the great and good Being who made us all, hag been very kind to me. I will bless Him, and never repine^ again tiiat my lot i§ lowly* , III. 50, THE A,M'XIOUS^ LEAF. ONCE upon a time a little leaf wa§ heard to sigh and -ery, a§ leaveg 6Uexi do w^ en a gentle wind i§ about. And the twig said, "What i§ the matter, little leaf?" ^. And the leaf said, "The wind just told me tiiat one day it would pull me 6ff and throw me. down to die on the ground ! n * Thun'der-bolt, a bright stream of lightning passing from the ■elcmd§ to the earth. ' Re pine', to murmur or grum- ble ; to find fault. '' Anxious full of -care. THE ANXIOUS LEAF. 153 3. The twig told it to tiie brandh on \Vhidi it grew, and the brandi told it to the tree. And When the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent back word to the leM, " Do not be afraid : hold on tightly, and you ^all not go till you want to." ^. And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing. Every time the tree ^hol)k itself and stirred up all its leaveg, the brandheg ^ook themselveg, and the little twig ^ook itself, and tiie little leaf danged up and down merrily, a§ if nofliing ^ould ever pull it 6ff. And so it grew all summer long till 0-etober. 5. And When the bright day§ of autumn -eame, the little leaf saw all tiie leave§ around be-eoming very beautiful. Some were yellow, and some s-earlet, and some striped with both €olor§. Then it asked the tree What it meant ? And tiie tree said, " All thege leave§ are getting ready to liy ^way, and they have put on tiiege beautiful -eolorg, be^auge of joy." 6. Then the little leaf began to w^ant to go, and grew very beautiful in thinking of it, and When it wa§ very gay in -color, it saw tiiat the brandieg of the tree had no bright -eolor in them, and so the leaf said, "O, brandieg ! Why are you lead -eolor andwegoldm?" 7. Just then, a little pulf of wind -eame, and the leaf let go, without thinking of it, and the wind took it up, and turned it over and over, and Whirled it like a spark of fire in the air, and then it dropped gently down under the edge of the fence among liundrMg of other leave§, and fell into a dream, and never waked up to tell What it dreamed aboi^t I ^•'Ig!! ii'ij ! ' 1 i? i%il \ (I . 14 '•I. -*«» '!E, iHtL P 1 i 5 » : 'f >hM i5^ DOMINION THIRD READER. IV. ^i. LESSOJV OF THE LEAVES, HOW do the leaveg grow In spring, upon their stem 1 The sap swellg up with a drop for all, And that i§ life to tiieni. ^. What do liie leaveg do Through the 16ng summer hour§ ? They make a home for the singing bird§, A belter for the tiowerg. 3. How do the leaveg fade Beneath the autumn blast ? Oh, fairer they grow^ before tliey die. Their brightest i§ tiieir last. ^. How are we like leave§ ? O dhildren, wpak and small, G5d knowg eacfh leaf of the forest ^ade, He knowg you ea(5h and all. 5. Never a leaf fallg Until its part i§ done. God giveg us grage like sap and dew, Some work to every one. 6. You must grow old, too. Beneath the autumn sky ; But lovelier and brighter your live§ may glow, Like lea ve§ before they die. 7. Brighter with good deed§. With faitli, and hope, and lovr?, Till the leaf fall§ down from the withered tree, And the soul i§ borne above I MINNIE'S CHRISTMAS SERMON. 155 SECTION XIII. I. 52, MIJVmE'S CHRISTMAS SERMOM. PART FIRST. SHE i§ dressed for the Christmas party In a robe of White and blue, Witti snowy riiffleg and lage§, And snowy slipperg too. ^. But never a jewel about her, On fhroat, or arni§, or ear§ ; And the pretty fage the bright hair ^ade§, I§ sullen and Hu^ed with tear§. 3. For over in mother' 5 (Chamber, In mother's wardrobe hid, I§ a dress of violet satin And ^oe§ of violet kid. 4.. And a fan all covered with spangle^, And necklage, bracelets, and ring§, Whidi grandmamma sent from Paris,' Witii a host of beautiful fhing§. 5. But mother had said to her daughter. '• Thege gifts are far too line To be worn to the Christmas party Bv anv (ihild of mine." ' Paris (par'ris), the dhief