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'^ - 0--^ . ■■_ "■ fy •' ■ '■■',";. MY PET DOQ, : h r\\ nev-er hurt m^ lit-tJe dog, But stroke and pat his head; I like to see him wag his tail, I like to see him fed. , «. Then I will nev-er hurt my dog, Nor ev-er give him pain, But treat him kind-ly ev-er^ day, jiad he 'U love me ck-gain» »a^: I x.'f * ;>,' *> "^•'x'™^ i'.'.&.A-ai&ti'w.j^; rJ^^WsSffW^fy^ ^ * [■ 8 - SECOND PBIMSB. JIP AND TOP8EY. 1. !li)ia-my Har-ris had a Utrtle broum dog,- named Jip- 2. He did a num-ber of tricks, and would stand on his hind legs for a hit of bread. 8. His coursin Hirtrtie gave him a pret-ty kit^ien. TcMiwiiy thanked her* 4.Tl^kit. tie's moth-er did not like to let it go. fi. When he tookjthe kit-ten to his home, jjp |ftn af-ter it. ■ V V' '■^M.-kisJf, SSCOJfD PBIMEB, 9 V . and chased it till it had to climb a tree. He ^-^"' ^J^ .( s . K BABY AND THE CHICKENS. Here is barby, put in a basket and lefiUn a cpr-ner. 12, Sbeha^i^ doll in her hand, s. The hen has biwigM her K^^ iriJy to the sain^g)r-ner, md is iUing down close t^le bas-ket. 4! She has ^v^en ehict^ns^ a l^rge Uy to look #ter, and ij> scratch up food K)r, :'^: li'my' ^ 6. They wiU soon be^ and pick u p c r umbs for them ^ 1 8S00ND PSIMSS. U Si V KITTY, ANP VTHE MOUSE. 1 Once up-on a^tifioie, the^^^ tie kit4en, snow^hr^ and witii not a black spot on her skiii She had Wack eyes. She us^wi tb^ jJfiQr to t^^ ham; 2. A lit-tle mouse iive^ the same barn, apd ran up and down^here and there, and ni1>bled at the corn. 8. The kit4»n saw the lit4e mouse wittriter hliel^^^^e^ ran ftt the mouse. 12 8S00ND PBIMSB, 4, The kitrten had four scrft paws ; but the soft paws had sharp claws in-/ side them/ and the shai^ claws caught the lit-tle mouse. / 6. The kitten had little teetl^ as clean and white as pearls ; and s|ie bit the mbuse with her deto \^ teeth. «i The lit-tle mouse cried "^queak! squeak ! " and tried , to get a-wiay. 7 At last the kit4en^^^a^^ her paws; mous-ie saw a hole, and was off in a mo-Daent : 8. Oiice them #as a Ut-tle Kit4y, Whi-ter than the snow ; In a barn she used to play, Long ti^e a-gq. 9. In a bam a ht-tle mous-ie Bantoandfipo;: < For she heard the Eit^tycom-mg, Ijong fime a-go. >^^ r I A I ?i *>-* as '■'nr'-- SSaOND PBIMSB, 18 • . ■ ■ • ■ . ■ , 10. Two black eyes had lit-tle Kit-ty, Black as any sloe; ' And they spied the lit-tle mous-ie, »• : IiOng time a-go. %i. Four soft paws had litrtte IQt-ty, Paws soft as dough, And they caught the lit-tle mous-ie. Long time a-go. ■ - ° -.*■'■ 1 .-■,■ ■■ ■'■■-■■■■■.'*■..'.-•■. * \i2. Nine pecupl teeth had lit-tte Kit^ty, All ma row; ^ And they bit the lit-tle mous-ie, 'lK)ng time a-go. 18. When the teeth bit lit-tle mous-ie, Mous-ie cried out, ** Oh! " But she got a-way from Kit-ty, > Long time a^o. • ^. ... '=^1 m t .'^ ■ - . ■ ■ ', A '-ritt^v ^■"■' ' ■■••:«■ .i^f , ; 1^, > . ■ ^ - .■ .- .. K \ ^ 8S06ND PRIMSH ,: ^ IPHB TENOjOSLINQS. 1. Old Moth-^r Ooose has a !§rge fam-i-ly, and they are not earSy tokeq? ingobdoMler. «. 'VQiat fim-ny lit-ile Mlows they: 8. One is just tiT^bng hard^^^^t^^ out of his shell; an-oth-er has a bit of his shell still stickrmg to hi^ taiL f / , ' ( ■ ^- /• ■ 4 An-othror is stand-mg s |ilid fe^ping its lit^fl^wii^jSr^ up W PBIMEA (jw. / , ' \ ■ /*-. \ 10 5. Itemom-er is scolcUing onCpf the lit-tle c/nes; and the liirtle one is say-ing, "I didn't do it I it was Bil-ly;' 6. Ten fl/os-lingis? Isaw on-ly nine in the DioMbure on the last 7. Ah I but here is the oth-er. He |(as lost his way in the yard- a. "What are you. do-ing here^sir?" thetuivkey. r^OMptt won't come here a-gain, ^ tf ^»11 let^go^" «ays Gods-^ "I waiit to go back to my mioih-er; ■til -^1 v\ * Vtf ^^ 8M00ND PRIMES. M^A MAN. ' ' . ••■■'■' i.Do not cry. If you hit your toe^ \ Say"OhrV And let it ga Be a man If you can^ And do not or3^ 8. You nev-^er should But try to be good. Tou nev-er should scold; do what you are told, as lit-tle ones should. «. Do jiot tease your lit- tle sis-ter, but help to please her with ypur toys. This wiU maikd her crow fndlau^mid Jl%. •'^^,m'^l «*ODit lantM mtM.' » I "Si, '\ •s^-.. J; ■^f- ■^ , BMOOND PtaMMB. Gf^4€4^[ti^, 17 Jl^ ^0^, /(ftf/. *^'*u/ <^ ^a^P4 d4t^ «f u^tu O* -»Jfti «i^ *^ <^ 4^4^ d^^V€'9€ r^' ■' BEQOND PBIMBR, THQ SNOW MAN. 1. These boys have made a snow- man. They made hun by roU-ing \snowrb^lls on the ground and put* /(iing W of the oth-er. See, '■>■■■/■■■ .- "■'■," they have put a hat o%his head. toU-ing snow-balls is fine fun, lie Ibng-er you roll onjS'thei bigrger it I gets, till /^ last /youy can not votL 'it:at alLv.v.. ■"'''■./■: > v. ■y'\-^'-r^\:-^' '■'■'■ ^:. ^s can mc^ke with snow-balls 8. Boy« 'A \\-i ■n a house large e-nough to go in-to, it would not be av^wton house. ■■^i a BSOOND PRIMSR. 10 LITTLE GRAY MOUSE. i. Prei^ty lit-tle gray mouse, A Hid-ing in ttie wall, - In his at-tic play-hoi)de HardJy sleeps^^ ^ «. Creep-ing %ieath the wire door, Won-der what he sees? Is it what he looks for? Has he found some cheese? '.' . ' ■ ' ■ '-' '■ ■■■" ] • a. Some-thing white is there, sure. Mous-ie nib-bles, — "Snap!" Quick-ly shuts the wire dopr, — Mous-ie;i9 in a trap! 'i 'Om ^v so BXOOND PRIMMB, .\ THB RAINPOW. *i The l|iin-bow stretch-es a-crosB the sea, and looka like a bridge of man-y^col-ors, 1 Thei^ we three boats sail-ing un- der it AllA^teni^ ha^e4^ir sails up. 8. There ^|^^!^|^^) ]]iear-er to the shore* '''^11^^ k^^- ' 4. How lov04y^the ram-bow looks a-gainst the black cloud ! A. God showed No^ah a ram-bow when he came out of 1^ ark, as a sign ttmt he woiitd nev-er a^ain de-strpy tii,#^ . rjf :f--- Vi '* -*r«. ''#& W^. i tOOHJO PMIMJUL SI ■'<$, :n- ^.♦^ s::s^ 4 THE HAIliS AT HOMI. 1. Here are six hares. There are two big ones and four lit-tle onee. 9. The two log ones are Fath-et lliMre and Moth-er HaHi; mid the four li^ile ones are their chil-dren. a. The fath-er thinks he hears a noise. 4. So he stands up on his^^hind-legs. paws, turns up his Ut-tle tail, and looks a^bouthim. .■>-.+ *"1 «> "IB^ \ 1,11 i-V-,* 0(1 . : o*,"'' SBOOm PBIMSR, ^ ADDITION. Two ap-ples had Tom ; His sis-ter had one ; They go-ve them to me, And then I had three. .^rj '"x Twa^ap-ples had Jane, Alia Ma-ry two more ; They gave them to me, And tiien I had four. Ma-ry had a pin-etish-ion, Giv-eii by her moth-er ; It had five pins 0^ one side, And four on the oth-er. How ma-ny pins in all Were on the lit-tle ball ? •I' w\>^ >^4 H^'- ^^&c^^ f^ 3-: 4 ^ 6 J S f o ■n -19 # " BEOOND PSIMSS, SUBTAAOTION. Ten ap-ples on a ta-ble li^ M6th-er takes three in pass- ingby, How man-y dbes she leave? Three from ten leaves sev-eli. When M8wg[,had ten pins, - She gfi^e !&Ji-za ^i^itir ; Then all she had left Were six and no more. Four froin ten leiaves six. Pe-ter had sev-en plmns, He gave his sis-ter three, And then he was 'so kind. He gave the rest to me. He gayemeifour.^ ^ Three from sev^en leaves four. Here are sev-en dots. Three in ea^ row, One be tw ee n th^ two set Sy^ That makes sev-en, you know. M "m. 4 " \: u SEOOND MOMXS, ^if ■■^js^.' THE QUEER CHICKENS. 1. May Jones ha^ pet hen named Pol-^fi She ssA, on some duck eggs i]iif*til tett lit-tle ducte cracked the sheik arid came out One day they came to a pond imd i^|^|dl rim iii46 the wa-teri PoWy Was -a^fi^ would be drowned. She soon saw that they eould swip, andphe thought they ifext year she totched her own « 8XC0ND FMIMEM. 95 i }■ eggs, and had six nice chicka. She took them down to the pond, but they would not go in the wa-ter. She was y^K an--gry, and she scold-ed thetn well, and tried ta make lihein go in^ She thought th^ should 1)6 as smart as her lit-tle~yel4(W chicks were last year. When sM[ found they would not go in, ^e 1^ th^!]^ tmd Ma] to take care of them herfelf. ^% u 8S00KD PBIMSB. 8. She fed them weU, and gave them plen-ty of wa-ter ev-er-y day, biit they did not grow so well as if they had been cared for hj their moth^^en *• One of them was drowned in their ■""""'*llii*ji -A 6'i'.;--'- ^^ ^ ^^ p „ wa-ter dishj one fell sick and died, and one was lost and/nev-er came back. 6. So May ha4 onJy ^ chick-ens left. Tliey grw up to be fine hens, and her motlip^ gave May their eggs. 6. S^ sC}4A^the eggs, and saved the mo-B^ she ^t for them. She did ll^s^kd aig^^of it JCK)tish.ly Oon Lrmui Omt," '% i F --^ ^ min^iite o^^ Just aslongaslev-ershidtllivel*' " GHed lit^tle Tom Tem-ple one day. "Tdgive My dol-lar'bill aiS^ my old dog Tur^* If ney-er^a-gain I had to woikP •\ :m Y-? ^. ^.:. fW'-wn lells' boy . #^■^.•1 ■X SMOOND PSIMSB. *■ ,1 ■ ■ ■ . _ ^ - \ - ■ 1 "Ho, hot ha,j^r laughed Tom-s grand-pa-] «I can fix that^ sir, with your good n^am-ma; Give nie the dog^nd your dol-lar bill, An4 I pledge yoii iny word you may /have your wi^lt— Nd more work, jbut just play, play, ■/•:;::#play^^ ^^e-a^y niin-ute Vi,!. ■/ / In I BBOONlf PBIMEB. * ■ 81 "CAT'8-CRADLB.'* ; 1. Bertha likes to play with her coushin Wilrlie. He lives a-way in the c6un-try> and she lives in a cilry. 9. She goes to school) and is taught how to sew, and draw, and make foims with clay, as well as to read, and iirnte, and spell; - i 8. She Jikes to go to a school where she is tai%ht to use her fing-ers. Bf SMCfOJfD rSIMMA ii0hm ^he' gets tired play-ing oth-er gamefiK she plays " Jacks " or "Catfs-crardte/V « 6. She is teach-ing her cous-in tp play "cat's-cra-dle" now/ and he en- joys it veivy much. * v :^ «. His fing-ers are not so niin-ble as hers. ■ "%>p SUMMER IN THE WOODS. J^V:;^ 1 . We had a pi We eAch took a bas-ket with some- tbiag good to eat BMOO^0^B1MEB, 88 ■ u i. We Bat down un-der the pine (areeii to eat our bread, meat, cake, and peaoh-ee. 8. Then we got out of the boat and had a run in the ^oods. 4. We saw a deer with ver-y large horns go bound-ing o-ver the rocks. A. We saw some pret-ty red squir- rels. We gave them j^U the bits of bread we had left in ou]|^as4c^^ 6. At last it was time to go home. We all took home some moss andh?^ ferns and flow-ers to our moth-^rs. ^^S^M^t^n- ■ ki V > ^ 'U^ ^^Sate M^ €^iS£H ^ '4e / ^ New Year, dear mam- niai" she said ; /and WU-lie quick-ly fol-lowed with his kind greet-ing :. 9. They treaty their pa-pa in the same way, and both mam-ma and pa-pa said, inan-y kind things to their little ones/ 10. They ftt'om-ised that they would be^ -the year well, and try to be kind-er and mpre^ thoughtM than Hiey had ev-er been. Jfr When they went down to break- fes^ they jfound some ver-y pret-ty pres-ents, and a great pile of New Yearns cards. One of the ^ircest of Ber-tba's had tiiese lines pii it: " ^^'^H^'H^' €i4(M4^u/ 'U*€M, c G ■^1 PINKBTY"WINKBTY-WBfe(^-^*"' ; •■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ '. V ■ ■'■ ' - \ Ten pink fin^gere has she, Ten pink toe% and one pink nose, And two e}res th^ hardly s^ ; \ And they Wink and bli t|iey wink aiid wink. So you dto^ldl wheth-er th^sy WMu© or pink. .■.''T*rC 88 aSOOND PSJMEB. >- Pink-e4y--blinkH5-fy--wink-^^ Not much hair on her head has she : She has no teeth and she can-not y.taik;-;':.- ;;;^ /;;;-- he is not strong e-nough yet to walk ; She can-not ev^en so much as creep; Most of the time Bhe is fast ansleep ; When-ev-er you ask her how she feels, She only doub-les her fist and squeals. The queer-est bun-die you ev-er did v.,v.f - seOt J3 lit-tle Pink-e-ty-wink-e-ty-wea A, *? i.'i4^,.ii SJSOOND FMIMBS. 89 * ■f QObD-NIQHT. 1. Ma-bel is kiss-ing grand-pa good- night Her moth-er was his own lit- tle gi]4 long a-go, but she is dead. «. Marbd's &^ili^ was lost at s< •He was-cap^Mn of a large ship, ai one dark night the wind ble^ s< hard that his ves-sel was driven on a rock- J shore and he was' drowned. 8. His podr wife, when she he$rd the 9ad news of his deatih, fell fiisk and died. Ma-bel's jpand-pa then^^k her to Hxe with hinu ,?*?i 'm^^^i^^t 40 SECOm PBIMSB. WfMtfJlUS4t1iy;i(;|^, ^^ ^>iil i!*' :: J-^^ii '■*r^C'.'ii^''Ti \ ON THE ICE. . /. See the; skat-ers hav-jng ^ good time>on the ice. 2. Some of thenMire go-iiig fast a-cross the popd: One has fal-len down, hiid^Ame is cut-tmg. flg-ures with his^Rates. t * 3^our boys are play-ing shiii-ty. ' ley could not play it' on the ice if tKey ^adi#^» skates on. One bpy has lost Ki^^at There" is an^'oth^r look-ing at tiem W mg. ■'» SBdOND PBIMEB. 41 ' '■ ■*■;■•■■ '. ■: , ' X, Gar-net has a ddg named Dash, and a kit-te^ named Snow-drop. He •caljs it Sno^. fie has d a lit-tl^ .' white hen. ^^ s. He likes to jday wi(h these p^^ and he x^-ei forgets to feed theao^ ''h -ni 4$ BMOOHrD. PBIMJSH. y •• > ». He brings the^eggs that his heii lajrs to his moth-er. 4.* When he goes ib: see his cous^^in Har-oldy who jiives near Jtdin, he of-ten takes Snow un^er his ana^ PU68 ASLEEP jfil THE SLIPPER. ;-* •T ^i. . Look at the kit-teni How snug he is. ;■ ■■■,.e- v.''r V-;,-- :,■■■■ -.:..:,■.:-•:./■;. 2. Puss Jikes a warm plaioa piis is one of fi^ther^s alip^pe^ 9. The slqnper is lined with soft^ ifimk eo1rton-*wooL Puss li sit-ttug ,--.:;l ''- ' -. ■ -^* ' ^ '■ ,>• " -. " ■M i'^fSi fS&aQ: ■k '■■ t- f -■ »!- aSOONDf, PniMBM. 4$ 4. He lit» his nose ^1 in-to the heel, y,':"'^ '''-.-.::: :vV A^ I can-iiot see his eyes; but I. can see his whisk-ers. I « 6. Puss is black and white, and yer-y fat He is fast a-sleep. ^ :•;■* ■N-. LIKE THIS AND THAT. 1/ As proud as A pea-cock; As round as a pea ; . As blithe as a Asbrisk as a , ■ ■ * ■ -.**■... ^. As light as a feath-er ; / X Artriie 8te a gun ; As^ gte^n as the g<^ ; Assc^'ai a bulk; 44 SECOND PRIMES. •/?»•■ 4. As sharp as a nechdle; As strong as an ox ; Asgraveas a judge; As sly as a fox. ^ ■ * ■ ■ ■ . * fi. As sol-id as mar-ble ; As firm as a rock ; .As soft as a plum; ' As dull as a blodk. 6. As pale as a lilry ; As brown as a bat; As wfatte as a sheet ; As black as a hat. <: . fc» u " ^'^i '^^A'7 rick. He ranif^ ■,?t'L,-'/ 46 BSOOND PHIMEB, the doc-tor, and he said she had a fe-ver. ^ 4. Belle was ver-y ill for two weeks. She lay in her crib, but did not kiiow her sis-ters when they came to watch her, or to put fr^h flow-ers near her. «. At last she o-pened her eyes, and said, "Mam-ma J" The doc-tor was in at the time and h^ said she woul(^ get bet-ter. Thifi^ was 0ad news. IS IT YOU? There is a child, — a boy or girl, ^ I'm sorry it is true,— Who does not mind when spok-en to ; Is it?— it is notyoul Oh, n<^ it can't be you! I know a child,— a boy or girl,— - I'm loath to say I do,— Who struck a little play^roate child ; Was it?— it was not youl I hope ihaiyfpA not youl ^•- ^S' >< BEOONJO FBIUMB, 47 Iknowachil4, — a boy or girl, — I hope that such ai:^ few, — Who told a lie; yes, told a liet Was it?-— it was not you! It caa-not to 't was you I There is a boy,--I know a boy, — I can-not love him, though,— Who robs the lit-tle bhd-ies' nests; Is it ?— it can't be you f That bad boy can!t to you! 1 - ■ , - ■■.■■■ ,■■/«' V-'.- -/.^ ■■ ■:•;■. A girl there is,— .«i girl I know,— And I could love her too, But that she is isq proud and vain * Is it ? 4- it can't be you ! /niirtsiWly i^^ ^fU^tt^ ca^f. 4^ ^■ 4» BMOOND PBIMMB. DICIC'f |K>LUUI. 1. Di^ 10 a poor ]^y who ^mns bis liv'ing by black-ing boots qh fbe street Be lives ui To-rott4o, and boards at ^^News^boys'Lod^ing." ^• c&C 8M00ND PMMXS. 49 * 1 is \i It f At 9. When he was a ver-y litrtle fel- low he had been cared for when be was sick by kind la-dies in the "In- fants* Home." 8. One day Dick had called, "Have a sTiine, sir?" un-tir near-ly noon with- out eam-ing a sin-gle flVcboeiit piece. 4» Then it rained hard, and the streets were mud-dy, and Dick soon had his pock-^t full of sil-ver piec-es. ft. He turned them all out and count- ed them, and found he had twen-ty five-cent piec-es, — a whole dol-lar. 6. He thought of mcufiry ways of spend-ing the mon-ey, biit at last he said to him-self : "1 11 giy§ this dol-lar to Doo-tor Wil-son for lie 'In-fonts* Home,' to help some oth-er boy who may be sick, as I was." «'. Dfek did not for-get the kmd-ness shown to him when he was ill. He^ said he nev-er spent an-oth-er dol-^lar that made him feel so wel£ » ^ t ^ % .* .1 ■H| W^^'t}w :■■ , ' ■-: r: ■■■'■■ ■'^mm Wm ''•'' '■ ■ ■ ■ ■".',*■ w :»■:'[ MM& t. Wheii I grow to twen-ty-one^ . I win {dimt a field o^^ «. When the com be^ns. to sprout^ Two eanall leaves come peep-ii^ out 9- While the stalk lEe^ on to grow. The ti-ny eara be^i^ 4. When the^ sun has gone^ It^s time to gath-^ in the com* What a foiv^iUiB I shall win. * "• 4 / THtt 9HBBP. 91 .'■■f^^ aii?^" 1. ^ like to see tbia the fields^ and jlie laoi^ frisk a-bout rad shaketiieir Ut4Ie tails so {day-fbUy. ^: 1 In the hot sum^ooaer we tc^ke the sheep to a brook, wash their fleec-^ ancliiMhMn oflF with a pah* of shears. ». The wool is made in4o cloth; and the cloth is inade in-to jack-ets. 4 So the^/ wool which was once on the backs of sheep is now on the Jbacks of bcq^ and gi]^ .vV -<•' '^i ' ¥} 59 SEOdND PMitaai. «* ji AT THE SEASIDE. 1. Let us go dowi^ to the aeib-shore, and dig in the sand. * _ ' ' s. Then we can ti^ off our dioes and stpck-ings and wade fa the sea. s. How nice to see th^ b% waves roll gen-tly up and break in^-to fi)ain f^ ourfeetl"^' ** 4. The tia^isoiit nowj.so M V» lB^ - '*•..*' oWi^er 'iId lihfifwiliM' H^l^ ^pj^ ^isiHi^'r sea* ;ireed, and^ *i^^..u t^i s& <^', .-r (mcam MtamM ftS k r ^' s... ft^ Far, ibr a-way, the ships dance a- bbut on ihe sea ; and the simiBthitie strikes their white sails* 6. See those men in the boat ! whaF '^ are they do^jjiSj^ ^^4^1 7. They awJPw^g. Theyajcrifel- ing in their^mit now. They make a living by oatdMng flsh. Iliqpe their net may be fiill. ^'v 4^ 9. Whe& they get tHS fish on bIbo^ 'M IbesBGi^ and {)ack them 111 b^riela^^irl^ "^ raMty fi>rmaf4cek' . #^ ?**•. r lU ♦ - swooMD^wam ^ • V THE YOUNO BLACk&mi^s/ ,4 ^ 1. Ocforge and James found a black- bird's nest^ with four young Islrds in it ^Let us take it home^'' said George; and James argreed.^ - s. Tbey car-ried the hest with them, and the old birds iftew af-ter them all : the way. They niade a great dSel of Ifd*^ boys, wh^ do you takj^ ojisr dear bar|^ birds a-way?" \ \^ h f ,41 # II r.t". BEOOITD PMOmk u ■ i # •^f t. ISi^ boiiTB^^ and they ibarad thaft tbabr^oih-^ w^ be an* grjr wiiii'th^m. \Tbey tfiought they had bet-ter take it hack, }>^i SimeB said, ''l. r i„*i ■''5 BMOOm FMJMMM. 59 Ber-cy car-rted it a^way wilii*Iiiiii on Use palm of his hanct * It iraa illie nest of 8 field-mouse. P^noy pui ttiem 4n a cage, and tbey were pret-ty' pets. i'i ii>i • ' d mn ^ OI.D Jipr. 4. Wil4ie John-^ton was play4n( side^^e riv-er one day^ whei^bMa^ i^>| l^Qfiid float-ing m 00 lUropifD MOMBM. Ff.-.- ,V % 8* K When it reached th^ shore le found that it was a lit-tle pup-py. fie took it home, and itgreirto be a laig0 dog. WiH^ 8. For a long time WiUie's moth-er did not like Jeff. She used to wish that he would siroy a-way and get lost, but he nev-er did 4. One day Mrs. John^ston wns in the gar^. She had left ba^ a- eleep. All at once eonolce came burst- ing from the win-dowB <^ the din-ilig room where ImM>]^ la^ ^c. Sbie ran in quick-Iy and fimnd the room fliU of flre and wpolw. -She could not see the cra^ but she reached it at last and was star-lied to find Jeff ly-ing on top of the ba-by. 6..He was b^-ly ^scorched, biitthe ba-by was free from harm. Jeff was ^^preat pet a&ter liafimier ~~ 7. Seine men came^ and put out the be*foiee it did much harm. * 'f. At-Will* mmuu •I w ROBIN'S 1* Aimt Jen-nie lOBt 8^^ last spring. She thought some* bad bojr or girl had stpJen it^ wh^ shct hiMl spread it on the lawn to dry. is^» mst, and, wpuld jbu foe^ieve it, ■^.mmnv; £^4ow had tak-en Auiit MMOOn PMtMBA THB BLIND MAM AND ROOill* h Bog^r walked straight a-lomg the side-walk as though he owned tile wbole street Be would not turn out of the way for any one. 9. The old man rest-ed with us for ♦ ■ " ' ■ . . • ■ ' ■ - , a whfle. We gave hfan li drink^ and 8. He; said he loert; his eyes, while oare-le8s4]r with flxe^wori^ 351 BMOtWD fMUatL he - he /; ut "1 br * id i . • :t to / V !»■;. >'.^^ \.x I* Kate has gti %mm from ri^«nd ber has dUowed her to jt out fi>r an hopr to en-joy l«Sheiawait^ ing for Em*-Dia Cole and Alice Brown. Kiey ing to play a game of ball. s. Kate is flurow^ng her ball BrfSBiAj£ a waU, and catch-ing it when it re- bounds. 4. Kate's moth-er likes to ^ h^ epjoy a good game in the o^n air. She knows thi4 itr makes her strong, iffld riTes «. I hope'EnMua and J^Uoe may scKnl oome, iir^ K^ care bf piii4y BiB^er irhm, she walee. ws ,W" e I? «? ^v •-■!)' aMO0m fUMMM. Is THE HAPPV FAMILy. 1, What a hap^ this is. Moth-er tells a Bi-He sto-ry, ey-eKiy n^rf-tertea.^ ^ td]^ tl^ samf lTO)ry ne^ is^/ |il^e^ha^ to-ni^ht^ >^ w shouldKr TO make our homeBt hap*irp « ■ / *»' . r I IB- I IS. -e-jy dren ' We \:, p*py «j 1 v" '^ )