is the first letter, so we will write down Manasseh; H is the last letter of Manasseh, so we must find a name beginning with H.”

"Herod," said Amy.

"Now D."

"Dathan," said Nelly.

Arthur wrote the names one under the other,

and when his paper was finished, it had this

The children went on with one letter until they came to one which they could not cap with another, and then they took the next letter in the original word, and they all agreed that Arthur's game was a very interesting one, as it could be played by one alone quite as well as by a party.

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CHAPTER XIII.

BIBLE PLACES.

ERHAPS this game is not quite so easy as some," said Aunt Myra; "but still I think we could make it very interesting. Here is a large map of the Holy Land, and each shall take it in turns to spin this top on the map, and whatever place the top points to when it falls, the one who has spun must give an account of it. See I have put a box of counters on the table, and whoever gives a good account shall take one; and at the end of the game, whoever gets the most counters shall have for a prize this pretty picture card."

"But Arthur or Nelly are sure to win," said Evelyn disconsolately.

"No, I think not," said Aunt Myra; "because 1 propose the three youngest shall have the first chance of giving their account of any place before the elder ones speak at all."

"That will be quite fair," said Arthur.

"Then Bertie shall have the first spin," said Nelly. Great was the interest with which the children watched the top, as it moved from place to place; at last it spun itself out, and fell down at Gath. Little Bertram could not remember anything about Gath, so Evelyn had the next turn.

The great giant Goliath was from Gath," said she.

Right," said Aunt Myra, and to her great delight, Evelyn received the first counter.

"I know something else about Gath," said Nelly; "it was one of the towns to which the Philistines took the ark, and God sent such plagues to the people, they had, at last, to send the ark home to the Israelites."

"Very good," said Aunt Myra; and Nelly received a counter.

Then Evelyn spun the top, and it fell on Bethlehem.

"Jesus was born there," said Bertram, as he seized his counter in triumph.

"Rachel died there," said Evelyn.

"And Naomi brought Ruth to Bethlehem,” said Arthur.

"David was born there," said Robin.

"And Herod murdered all the children under two years there," said Lilias.

Each received a counter, and every child in turn spun the top; and the game went on with increasing interest, as the little heap of counters grew before each child.

"I think I shall study this game by myself," said Amy. "Could I, auntie, and learn about

the places out of the Bible?"

Yes, dear child; I am very glad you should do so, and you may borrow my Concordance, and that will help you to find where the different places are mentioned in the Bible," said Aunt Myra.

"We shall all have to study it if Amy does, or she will be too clever for us," said Arthur, with a laugh.

"So much the better," said Aunt Myra, smiling.

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THE TWO WAYS.

HIS afternoon we will take the broad and the narrow way," said Aunt Myra. "Who can tell me where they are spoken of?"

"In Matt. vii. 13;" and Amy's little fingers soon found the place, and she read the words aloud.

"We will now draw on this sheet of paper two paths, one broad and the other narrow; and then Arthur shall draw the gates to each, the wide gate for the broad way, and the straight gate for the narrow."

"There, aunt, I have made a wicket-gate at the narrow way, for I suspect you are going to propose something like 'Pilgrim's Progress;' and there every one who went to the celestial city went in through the wicket-gate."

"True, Arthur; but can you tell me what the wicket-gate means."