His music is the humming loom, Then clear the way, and quick give room 5. "I CAN!" Indeed, we know you can! To your blood 'tis a busy fan, How can the flame burn dim? And when nor bow, nor bow-string swerves, 6. "There is a magic in the power That makes us stronger every hour, For greater efforts still. Then banish from you every CAN'T, And show yourself a MAN, And nothing will your purpose daunt, Led by the brave "I CAN!" QUESTIONS.-1. What does "I can" do? 2. Who is called his twin. brother? 3. What is said of an unbending will? LESSON LVI. CAS' ED, invested. WEAP ON$, instruments for defense, UN WOR' THY, undeserving. NOW, TO-DAY. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER 1. ARISE! for the day is passing, you lie dreaming on; And Your brothers are cased in armor, And forth to the fight are gone! A place in the ranks awaits you; Each man has some part to play; 2. ARISE from your dreams of the Future,- Of honor, (God grant it may!) 8. ARISE! if the Past detain you, Her sunshine and storms forget; 4. ARISE! for the day is passing; (f) Stay not to sharpen your weapons, When, from dreams of a coming battle, You may wake to find it past! QUESTIONS.-1. What reasons are assigned why we should arouse to 2. What rule for the falling inflection on arise? See 3. How, according to the notation mark, should the effort now, to-day? Rule VIII, page 33. last verse be read? LESSON LVII. REV O LUTION, change of govern- [letters. IN' TER VIEW, meeting; conference. CON' SE QUENCE, (CON, with; SEQUENCE, a following,) a following with, as an effect, or result. IM PRESS' IVE, (IM, in; PRESS, to bear upon; IVE, tending to,) tending to press in, or upon; producing an effect. IN VOLVED, (IN, in; VOLVED, rolled,) rolled in; enveloped. THE CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE. A 1. ONE of the saddest events in the history of the American Revolution is the treason of Arnold, and, in consequence of it, the death of Major Andre. Arnold was an officer in the American army, who, though brave, had a proud and impatient spirit. 2. He fancied he had not all the honor and the pay due for his services, and, having plunged himself into debt by his expensive style of living, these things soured his heart; and, as is the case with ungenerous minds, he never. acknowledged a fault, or forgave an injury. More than this, he sought revenge against his countrymen by plotting treason against his country. 3. Soon after forming this bad design, he opened a secret correspondence with the English General, Henry Clinton, and, at the same time, asked General Washington to give him the command of West Point, an important post on the Hudson river. Washington let him have it, and this he determined to betray into the hands of the enemy, provided he could make out of it a good bargain for himself. 4. He wrote to General Clinton what he would do, and asked to have a secret interview with some English officer, in order to agree upon the terms. General Clinton was delighted; for he thought an army divided against itself, must prove an easy conquest; and he asked Major Andre, a gallant young officer, to meet Arnold, and settle the price of his treason. 5. Andre did not wish to engage in such business; but he obeyed, and went up the Hudson in an English sloop-ofwar for this purpose. Arnold agreed to meet him at a certain spot, and when night came on, sent a little boat to bring him ashore. He landed at the foot of a mountain called the Long Clove, on the western side of the river, a few miles from Haverstraw, where he found the traitor hid in a clump of bushes. ¿ 6. Little did poor Andre foresee the fatal consequences of this step. All that still star-light night they sat and talked; daylight came, and the business was not concluded. old dismissed the boatmen, and led his companion to a solitary farm-house on the river's bank, where the papers were finally drawn up, and hid in one of Andre's stockings. Andre felt how exposed he was to danger in the enemy's country, and heartily wished himself back to the sloop. 7. Forced now, however, to go by land, Arnold gave him a pass to go through the American lines; and, at sunset, he set off, on horseback, with a guide. They crossed the river, and, getting along on their dangerous journey with but few alarms, the guide left the next morning, and Andre rode briskly on, congratulating himself upon leaving all dangers behind, for he was rapidly nearing the English lines, when there was a loud shout, "Stand! HALT!" and three men* issued from the woods, one seizing the bridle, and the others presenting their guns. 8. Andre told them he had a pass to White Plains, on urgent business from General Arnold, and begged them not to detain him; but the men, suspecting that all was not right, began to search him; and, hauling off his boots, they discovered his papers in his stockings. 9. Finding himself detected, he offered them any sum of money, if they would let him go. "No;" answered the sturdy men, "not if you would give us ten thousand guineas;" for, though poor, they were above selling their country at any price. Andre was sent a prisoner to General Washington's camp. Arnold, on learning the news of his capture, immediately fled from West Point, and made his escape to the English sloop. 10. According to the rules of war, poor Andre was sentenced to the death of a spy. Great efforts were made to save him. General Clinton offered a large sum to redeem him. So young, so amiable, so gallant, and to meet a felon's doom! but, in ten days he was hung. 11. Arnold lived; but, with the thirty thousand dollars— *Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart. |