EXERCISES.

Tom sel'-dom takes a prop'-er meth'-od of load'-ing his wag'-gon. He throws things at ran'-dom up-on' it, and then they are spoiled or tum'-ble off. He should first pack them well in the bot'-tom, and by that means it would hold more. Hen'-ry is a faith-ful ser'-vant, and la'-bours hard. He has gained the fa'vour of pa-pa' by his be'-ing so mind'-ful of his du'-ty.

These lambs gam'-bol and frisk a-bout', and eat the blos'-som off the furze. Foor things! they do not know why they are kept in such a rich pas'-ture as this field is; else they would not be so play'-ful. Here comes my po'-ny as fast as he can gal'-lop. He will frighten the lambs and make them run out of his way. He has a bad cus'-tom of kick'-ing when a sheep comes be-hind' him.

Do you know who that gen'-tle-man is that

rides a-long'? It is the bish'-op of Ches'-ter. He was sit'-ting in the par'-lour when I went in this mor'-ning. I heard him preach a ser'mon on Sun'-day. He com'-mon-ly vis'-its a good deal when the weath'-er is fa'-vour-a-ble.

The old man that you see work'-ing in the field was once a pi'-lot. He was taken by pi'-rates, and sold for a slave; but his friends paid his ran'-som, and he re-turned' home. The peo'-ple with whom he was a slave had an i'-dol which they wor'-shipped. He was sick when he went first there, but he was cured by a French doc'-tor who lived in the coun'-try.

THE GOOD SON AND SICK MOTHER.

One day a lit'-tle boy, a-bout' ten years of age, ven'-tured to speak to the Em'-per-or of Ger'-man-y, whom he met in the streets of Vi-en'-na, say'-ing, My moth'-eris ver'-y ill, and as we can'-not get a doc'-tor with-out' mon'-ey, I hope you will give me a flor'-in. I have

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nev'-er begged till now, but if my moth'-er could get well, it would make us hap'-py.

The Em'-per-or de-mand'-ed the name and res'-i-dence of the poor wom'-an; at the same time gave the boy a flor'-in, which he re-ceived' with great thank'-ful-ness, and ran a-way' full speed. The Em'-per-or went short'-ly af'-ter, cov'-ered with a man'-tle be-long'-ing to one of his at-ten'-dants, to the house of the poor wom'an. She mis-took' him for a doc'-tor, who had heard of her ill'-ness by her son, and free'ly told him her com-plaints'; when, point'-ing to a pen and ink, she re-quest'-ed he would write for her. The Em'-per-or gave her some flat-ter-ing hopes of a-mend'-ment, wrote up-on' the pa'-per, and with good wish'-es for her recov'-er-y took his leave.

Soon after he was gone, her son came in with a doc'-tor. The sick wom'-an was in great sur-prise', say'-ing a doc'-tor had just been and left his ad-vice' on the ta'-ble. The

doc'-tor begged leave to read it; when he soon dis-cov'-ered the Em'-per-or's sig-na-ture, and, to his sur-prise, found it an or'-der on a bank'-er to pay the poor wom'-an a sum e-qual to a-bout five and twen'-ty pounds ster-ling!

The joy of the poor boy and his moth'-er may be better con-ceived' than de-scribed'. May ev-er-y child be will-ing to as-sist his pa'-rents; may ev-er-y sick moth'-er be fa'-voured with a son as good, and a friend as kind.

THE GOOD DAUGHTER.

One day, some chil'-dren were at play round their fond moth'-er, when a la'-dy came in'-to the room. Their moth'-er wished to con-verse' with the la'-dy, and de-şired' the chil'-dren to be si'lent. They o-beyed' her at once; and they did not seem at all out of hu/-mour. She told them, that they might ei'-ther stay in the room with her, and be quite still; or go in'-to the nur/ser-y, where they might make as much noise.

as they pleased. Two of them pre-ferred' stay'ing with her, and two went in'-to the nur'-ser-y. The two who staid in the room with her, a-mused' them-selves', with-out' dis-turb'-ing their moth'er and the la'-dy, who were con-ver-sing togeth'-er. The la'-dy said she was much pleased to see they were so o-be'-di-ent. My chil'-dren, said the good moth'-er, al'-ways mind what I say to them. They know they must o-bey' me. When I have said an'-y thing, I al'-ways keep my word.

Soon af'-ter this, the good moth'-er had a long and se-vere' ill'-ness. Her el'-dest girl, who was a-bout' e-leven' years old, looked af'-ter the ser'-vants, while her moth'-er was con-fined' to her room; and car-ried all her moth'-er's di-rec'tions to them. She was ver'-y af-fec'-tion-ate to her moth'-er as well as o-be'-di-ent; and nursed her ver'-y ten'-der-ly, and did all she could to com'-fort and as-sist' her. She took a great deal of care of her lit'-tle broth'-ers and sis/-ters. She was so kind to them, and be-haved' so well