time. But it was just as my father said. No sooner had one found a good bush than he called all the rest, and they left their several places and ran off to the new-found treasure.

7. "Not content more than a minute or two in one place, they rambled over the whole pasture, got very tired, and at night had very few berries. My father's words kept running in my ears, and I 'stuck to my bush.' When I had done with one I found another, and finished that; then I took another.

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8. “When night came, I had a large basketful of nice berries, more than all the others put together, and was not half so tired as they were. went home happy. But when I entered I found my father had been taken ill. He looked at my basketful of ripe, black berries, and said, 'Well done, Joseph. Was it not just as I told you? Always stick to your bush.'

9. "He died a few days after, and I had to make my way in the world as best I could. But my father's words sunk deep into my mind, and I never forgot the experience of the whortleberry party; I 'stuck to my bush."

10. "When I had a fair place, and was doing tolerably well, I did not leave it and spend weeks and months in finding one a little better. When other young men said: Come with us, and we will make a fortune in a few weeks,' I shook my head, and 'stuck to my bush.'

11. "Presently my employers offered to take me into business with them. I stayed with the old house until the principals died, and then I had everything I wanted. The habit of sticking to my business led people to trust me, and gave me a character. I owe all I have and all I am to this motto: Stick to your bush.'

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Questions. What is the meaning of "recited"? Of a "capital time"? Of "rambled"? Of "taken ill"? "principals" in the last paragraph? What is a "motto"?

Dictionary Lesson.-Find the definitions of the following words, and compose sentences containing these words: successful, distant, fearful, permission, luncheon, several, pasture, entered, ill, experience, tolerably, presently, employers.

5.-A Little Hero.

1. In the city of Hartford, Connecticut, lives the hero of the true story I am about to relate-but no longer "little," as the perilous adventure which made him famous in his native town happened several years ago.

2. Our hero was then a bright, active boy of fourteen-the son of a mechanic. In the severe winter of 1835, the father worked in a factory about a mile from his home, and every day the boy carried him his dinner across a piece of meadow land.

3. One keen, frosty day he found the snow on this meadow nearly two feet deep, and no traces of

the footpath remaining. Yet he ran on as fast as possible, plunging through drifts, keeping himself warm by vigorous exercise and brave, cheerful thoughts. When in the midst of the meadow, fully half a mile from the house, he suddenly felt himself going down, down!

4. He had fallen into a well. He sank down, down into the dark, icy water, but rose immediately to the surface. There he grasped hold of a plank which had fallen into the well as he went down. One end of this rested on the bottom of the well-the other rose about four feet above the surface of the water.

5. The poor lad shouted for help until he was almost speechless, but all in vain, as it was impossible to make himself heard from such a depth, and at such a distance from any house. So at last he concluded that if he was saved at all he must save himself, and begin at once, as he was getting extremely cold in the water. So he went to work.

6. First he drew himself up the plank, and braced himself against the top of it and the wall of the well, which was of brick and quite smooth. Then he pulled off his coat, and taking out his pocket-knife he cut off his boots, that he might go to work to greater advantage.

7. Then, with his feet against one side of the well, and his shoulders against the other, he worked his way up, by the most fearful exertion, about half the distance to the top. Here he was obliged

to pause, to take breath, and gather up his energies for the work yet before him. Får harder was it than all he had gone through, for the side being from that point covered with ice, he must cut with his knife grasping-places for his fingers, slowly and carefully, all the way up.

8. It was almost a hopeless attempt, but it was all that he could do. And here the little hero lifted up his heart to God and prayed fervently for help, fearing that he could never get out alone. Doubtless the Lord heard his voice calling from the deep, and pitied him. He wrought no miracle to save him, but he breathed into his heart a yet larger measure of calmness and courage, strengthening him to work out his own deliverance.

9. After this, the little hero cut his way upward inch by inch. His wet stockings froze to the ice and kept his feet from slipping, but his shirt was quite worn from his shoulders ere he reached the top.

10. He did reach it at last-crawled out into the snow, and lay down for a moment to rest-panting out his breath in little white clouds on the clear frosty air. He had been two hours and a half in the well. His clothes soon froze to his body, but he no longer suffered with cold, as, full of joy and thankfulness, he ran to the factory, where his father was waiting and wondering.

11. The poor man had to go without his dinner that day, but you may be sure he cared little about

that, while listening with tears in his eyes to the thrilling story his son had to relate to him. He must have been proud of the boy that day, as he wrapped him in his own warm overcoat, and took him home to "mother." And how that mother must have wept and smiled over the lad, and kissed him and thanked God for him!

12. I have not heard of the "hero" for two or three years, but I trust he is growing up into a brave, heroic man, and I hope he will never forget the heavenly Friend who did not forget him in the hour of his great need. There is an old saying that truth lies at the bottom of a well. I trust that this brave boy found and brought up from there this truth: "God helps those who help themselves."-GRACE GREENWOOD.

Analysis. Tell what a hero is. Tell where Hartford is. Give the meaning of "native town." What are traces of the footpath"? What is meant by "vigorous exercise"? What is a "miracle"? Why does the word "Friend” in the twelfth paragraph begin with a capital?

DEFINITIONS.

Per'ilous, full of peril or danger. Fa'mous, noted.

Fer'vently, warmly.

Ere (ar), before.

Wrought, worked.
Deliv'erance, freedom.

Language Lesson.-Compose sentences containing the following words: hero, relate, adventure, native, severe, factory, traces, plunging, vigorous, cheerful, grasped, surface, concluded, extremely, advantage, exertion, obliged, carefully, hopeless, at tempt, fervently, wondering, thrilling.