was sent to support him? 15. What did De Salaberry then perceive? Where did he go? 16. Why was Daly forced to retire? Who were wounded? Who took the command of the retreating force? 17. What did the enemy then do? What threw them into confusion? What mistakes were then made? 18. What order did Hampton then give? 19. Who remained in possession of the ground? To whom was the defence of the position intrusted in the morning? Where did De Salaberry go? 20. How many prisoners were taken? What indicated the line of flight? What was the loss of the enemy? What was the Canadian loss?

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THE BEST KIND OF REVENGE.

1. SOME years ago a warehouseman in Manchester, Eng. land, published a scurrilous pamphlet, in which he endeavoured to hold up the house of Grant Brothers to ridicule. William Grant remarked upon the occurrence, that the man would live to repent what he had done. And this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeller, who said: 66 Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be in his debt; but I will take good care of that." It happens, however, that a man in business cannot always choose who shall be his creditors. The pamphleteer became a bankrupt; and the brothers held an acceptance of his which had been endorsed to them by the drawer, who had also become a bankrupt.

2. The wantonly libelled had thus become creditors of the libeller. They now had it in their power to make him repent of his audacity. He could not obtain his certificate without their signature; and without it he could not enter into business again. He had obtained the number of signatures required by the Bankrupt Law, except one. It

d'espérer que la maison "des Frères" fournirait ce qui manquait. Quoi ! eux, qu'il avait cruellement fait la risée du public, oublieraient l'outrage et favoriseraient le malfaiteur ? Il était au désespoir. Mais ses devoirs envers sa femme et ses enfants l'obligèrent à la fin d'en faire la demande; et humilié par la misère, il se présenta lui-même au comptoir de ceux à qui il avait fait tort.

3. M. Guillaume Grant était là seul; et ses premiers mots au délinquant furent, "Fermez la porte, monsieur !" prononcés sévèrement. La porte fut fermée, et le diffamateur se tint tout tremblant devant celui qu'il avait diffamé. Il raconta son histoire, et il produisit son certificat, qui fut instamment saisi par le négociant offensé. "Vous avez une fois écrit une brochure contre nous !" s'écria M. Grant. Le suppliant s'attendait à voir son parchemin jeté au feu. Mais ce ne fut pas là sa destination. M. Grant prit une plume, écrivit quelques mots sur le document, et le rendit au banqueroutier. Lui, pauvre misérable, croyait y voir coquin, fripon, diffamateur" inscrits; mais il y lut, en caractères larges et ronds, la signature de la maison.

4. "Nous avons pour règle," dit M. Grant, "de ne jamais refuser de signer le certificat d'un négociant honnête; et nous n'avons jamais entendu dire que vous ne le fussiez pas.” Les larmes vinrent aux yeux du pauvre homme. "Ah!" dit M. Grant, "ce que j'avais dit est vrai. J'avais dit que vous vivriez pour vous repentir d'avoir écrit cette brochure. Je n'en fis pas une menace; je voulais seulement dire qu'un jour vous nous connaîtriez mieux, et que vous seriez fâché d'avoir essayé de nous faire du mal. Je vois que vous êtes repentant maintenant."

5. "Je le suis! je le suis !" dit l'homme reconnaissant ; "je m'en repens amèrement."

6. "Bien, bien, mon brave, vous nous connaissez à présent. Que faites-vous? Qu'avez-vous l'intention de faire?” 7. Le pauvre homme dit qu'il avait quelques amis qui l'assisteraient quand son certificat serait obtenu.

seemed folly to hope that the firm of "the Brothers" would supply the deficiency. What! they, who had cruelly been made the laughing-stock of the public, forget the wrong and favour the wrong-doer? He despaired. But the claims of a wife and children forced him at last to make the application; and humbled by misery, he presented himself at the counting-house of the wronged.

3. Mr. William Grant was there alone; and his first words to the delinquent were, "Shut the door, sir!" sternly uttered. The door was shut, and the libeller stood trembling before the libelled. He told his tale, and produced his certificate, which was instantly clutched by the injured merchant. "You wrote a pamphlet against us once!" exclaimed Mr. Grant. The supplicant expected to see his parchment thrown into the fire. But this was not its destination. Mr. Grant took a pen, and writing something upon the document, handed it back to the bankrupt. He, poor wretch, expected to see "rogue, scoundrel, libeller" inscribed; but there was, in fair, round characters, the signature of the firm.

4. "We make it a rule," said Mr. Grant, 66 never to refuse signing the certificate of an honest tradesman; and we have never heard that you were anything else." The tears started in the poor man's eyes. "Ah!" said Mr. Grant, 'my saying is true.

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I said you would live to repent writ

ing that pamphlet. I did not mean it as a threat; I only meant that some day you would know us better, and be sorry you had tried to injure us. I see you repent of it

now."

5. "I do! I do!" said the grateful man; repent of it."

"I bitterly

6. "Well, well, my dear fellow, you know us now. How do you get on? What are you going to do?" 7. The poor man stated that he had friends who could assist him when the certificate was obtained.

8. "Mais dans quelle position êtes-vous en attendant ?" Et la réponse fut, qu'ayant abandonné tout à ses créanciers, il avait été contraint de réduire sa famille dans les nécessités de la vie, afin de pouvoir payer le coût de son certificat.

9. "Mon cher ami, cela ne doit pas être ; il ne faut pas que votre famille souffre. Ayez la bonté de porter ce billet de dix livres à votre femme de ma part. Là, là, mon cher ! Non, ne pleurez pas. Tout marchera encore bien avec vous. Ayez bon courage; allez travailler comme un homme; et vous lèverez encore la tête parmi nous.”

10. L'homme accablé tâcha en vain d'exprimer ses remerciments; sa gorge gonflée l'empêcha d'articuler un mot. Il couvrit sa figure de son mouchoir, et sortit de la chambre en pleurant comme un enfant.

QUESTIONS.-1. Quel fut l'objet de la brochure du négociant? Quelle remarque Guillaume Grant fit-il à cette occasion? Qu'en dit le diffamateur ? Qu'arriva-t-il à l'auteur de la brochure? Comment devint-il débiteur des Grant? 2. Qu'avaient-ils en leur pouvoir d'empêcher? De qui avait-il en effet besoin? Pourquoi n'eut-il pas d'abord recours aux Grai.? Qu'est-ce qui l'y força enfin? 3. Quels furent les premiers mots de M. Grant? Que lui dit M. Grant en lui prenant de la main le certificat? Qu'attendait le délinquant? Que trouva-t-il ? 4. Que lui dit M. Grant? Dans quel sens la parole de M. Grant, qu'il "vivrait pour s'en repentir," se prouva-t-elle vraie? 9. Comment M. Grant montra-t-il encore sa bonté de cœur? 10. Quel effet produisait cela sur le négociant?

1. UNE mort glorieuse termina la carrière du brave Marquis de Montcalm, qui commandait l'armée française à Quebec. Il était de plusieurs années plus âgé que Wolfe ; et avait servi son roi avec honneur et avec succès en Italie, en Allemagne, et en Bohême. Dans les premières campagnes de cette guerre il avait donné des preuves signalées

8. "But how are you off in the meantime?" And the answer was, that having given up every farthing to his creditors, he had been compelled to stint his family of even common necessaries, that he might be enabled to pay cost of his certificate.

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9. "My dear fellow, this will not do; your family must not suffer. Be kind enough to take this ten-pound note to your wife from me. There, there, my dear fellow! Nay, don't cry. It will be all well with you yet. Keep up your spirits; set to work like a man; and you will raise your head among us yet."

10. The overpowered man endeavoured in vain to express his thanks; the swelling in his throat forbade words. He put his handkerchief to his face, and went out of the room crying like a child.

QUESTIONS.-1. What was the object of the warehouseman's pamphlet? What did William Grant remark on the occurrence? What did the libeller say to this? What happened to the pamphleteer? How did he become a debtor of the Grants? 2. What had they it in their power to prevent? What did he in fact require? Why did he not at first apply to the Grants? What at last forced him to do so? 3. What were Mr. Grant's first words to him? What did Mr. Grant say as he took the certificate from him? What did the delinquent expect? What did he find? 4. What did Mr. Grant say to him? In what sense did Mr. Grant's saying, that he "would live to repent it," prove true? 9. How did Mr. Grant further show his kindness of heart? 10. What effect had this on the warehouseman?

1. A GLORIOUS death closed the career of the brave Marquis de Montcalm, who commanded the French army at Quebec. He was several years older than Wolfe; and had served his king with honour and success in Italy, Germany, and Bohemia. In the earlier campaigns of this war he had