But he heeded not nor heard them,
For his thoughts were with the red deer;
On their tracks his eyes were fastened,
Leading downward to the river,

To the ford across the river;

And as one in slumber walked he.

Hidden in the alder bushes,

There he waited till the deer came,
Till he saw two antlers lifted,
Saw two eyes look from the thicket,
Saw two nostrils point to windward;
And a deer came down the pathway
Flecked with leafy light and shadow.

And his heart within him fluttered,
Trembled like the leaves above him,
Like the birch leaf palpitated,
As the deer came down the pathway.

Then upon one knee uprising,
Hiawatha aimed an arrow;

Scarce a twig moved with his motion,
Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled,
But the wary roebuck started,
Stamped with all his hoofs together,
Listened with one foot uplifted,
Leaped as if to meet the arrow ;
Ah! the singing, fatal arrow !

Like a wasp it buzzed, and stung him.

Dead he lay there in the forest,

By the ford across the river;

Beat his timid heart no longer,

But the heart of Hiawatha

Throbbed and shouted and exulted
As he bore the red deer homeward.

HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.

LESSON CIV.

Alarm; given; covered; distant; view.

LESSON CV.

Blaze; such; quickly; cities; monkey.

LESSON CVI.

Rough; several; winding; serious; sea.

LESSON CVII.

North; favorite; believe; office; bunches.

LESSON CVIII.

Difficult; reach; object; pupils; strong.

LESSON CIX.

Peanuts; answered; ragged; looking; your.

LESSON CX.

Once; smiling; quart; whole; best.

LESSON CXI.

Grumbled; nobody; beside; Indians; too.

LESSON CXII.

There; worth; anxious; fortune; married.

LESSON CXIII.

Thanksgiving; again; cleared; left; after.

LESSON CXIV.

Course; corner; selling; promised; unless.

Review.- Who was Hiawatha? What did he learn from the birds? What did he learn from the beasts? What did lagoo make for him? What did he do with his bow and arrow? What are antlers? Repeat the story in your own words. Who wrote Hiawatha, and what about him?

THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.

How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood,

When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood,

And every loved spot which my infancy knew;

The widespreading pond, and the mill which stood by it,

The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell, The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it,

And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.

That moss-covered vessel I hailed as a treasure,
For often, at noon, when returned from the field,
I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,
The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.

How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing!

And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well.

How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,

As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips;

Not a full-blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,

Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips.

And now, far removed from that loved habitation, The tear of regret will intrusively swell

As fancy reverts to my father's plantation,

And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hangs in the

well.

SAMUEL WOODWORTH.

LESSON CXVII.

Blushing; wicked; cracking; gutter; myself.

LESSON CXVIII.

Wrinkled; hopping; glee; worse; ago.

LESSON CXIX.

Presently; another; shoeless; briskly; else.

LESSON CXX.

Receive; splendid; floating; funny; breathless.

LESSON CXXI.

Stamp; deity; laughing; gave; patient.

LESSON CXXII.

Triumph; shook; away; gust; disappear.

LESSON CXXIII.

Review. What is an orchard? What is a meadow? What is a cataract? How did the boy get the bucket up from the well?