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Short StoriesHarriet And Her Squirrel.It was on a Sabbath eve, when at a friend's house, we were ... Julia's Sunset Walk. It was a beautiful June day, just at the sun's setting, whe... Old Pipes And The Dryad A mountain brook ran through a little village. Over the bro... The Echo. Little Charles knew nothing about an echo. As he was playin... Bertie's Box. A very little boy by the name of "Bertie," kept a box in wh... The Bit Of Garden. Young children like to have a small piece of land for a gar... The First Dollar. I will tell you an affecting story about a young lad by the... The Happy Family. There are a great many novel sights in the streets of Londo... Margaret And Herbert. In a large family there are often diversity of character an... Or The Unexpected Meeting. I must tell you who were Lettice and Myra. They were the da... The Motherless Birds. There were two men who were neighbors to each other, living... Anne Cleaveland. Anne was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She had a good N... Jane And Her Lessons. It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S... The Saint's Rest. We've no abiding city here: This may distress the wo... Or, Honesty Rewarded. At St. Petersburgh, the birth day of any of the royal famil... Lizzy And Her Dog. I wish to relate to you a very affecting story about a good... Chinese Proverbs. What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. ... Anna With A Pleasant Home. Anna, having obtained leave of her mistress, soon found her... A Boy Reproved By A Bird. The sparrows often build their nests under the eaves of hou... The Transferred Ghost The country residence of Mr. John Hinckman was a delightful... |
ANECDOTES.A poor Arabian of the desert was one day asked, how he came to be assured that there was a God. "In the same way," he replied, "that I am enabled to tell by a print impressed on the sand, whether it was a man or beast that passed that way." THANKFULNESS.--Walking along Bishopgate street one morning, I saw two men standing as if amazed at something that had happened. "Pray, gentlemen," said I, "what is the matter?" One of them informed me that a genteelly dressed man had hastily come up to him, and tapping him on the shoulder, had said: "Sir, did you ever thank God for your reason?" "No," said I, "not particularly." "Well," said he, "do it now, for I have lost mine;" when he marched off with great speed. HONESTY.--An honest boy, whose sister was sick and the family in want, found a wallet containing fifty dollars. The temptation was great to use the money; but he resolved to find the owner. He did so; when the owner, learning the circumstances of the family, gave the fifty dollars for their comfort. He took the boy to live with him. That boy is a prosperous merchant in Ohio. THE BOY AND HIS MARBLES.--One Sunday a lady called to her little boy, who was shooting marbles on the pavement, to come into the house. "Don't you know you shouldn't be out there, my son? Go into the back yard if you want to play marbles; it is Sunday." "Yes, mother; but aint it Sunday in the back yard?" Next: THE BOY AND THE DEW DROPS. Previous: THE REWARD.
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