Short Stories

The Bit Of Garden.
Young children like to have a small piece of land for a gar...

The Bracelet;
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The Echo.
Little Charles knew nothing about an echo. As he was playin...

Comfort And Sobriety.
Let me here give you a few maxims to commit to memory:---- ...

The Sailor Boy.
Yarmouth is the principal trade sea-port town in the county...

Lettice And Myra.
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My Early Days.
My father's house was indeed a pleasant home; and father wa...

The Boy And The Gold Robin.
A bright eyed boy was sleeping upon a bank of blossoming cl...

His Wife's Deceased Sister
It is now five years since an event occurred which so color...

The Plum Boys.
Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they...

The Pleasant Sail.
Down by the sea-coast is the pleasant town of Saco, Where M...

A Piece Of Red Calico
I was going into town one morning from my suburban residenc...

Emily's Morning Ramble.
In the suburbs of the city of B. stands the beautiful resid...

Harriet And Her Squirrel.
It was on a Sabbath eve, when at a friend's house, we were ...

The Happy Family.
There are a great many novel sights in the streets of Londo...

The Market Day.
Mrs. Ford had three little children--Lily, Hetty, and a dea...

Mother's Last Lesson.
"Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me...

Lettice Taking Home The Work.
Early in the morning, before it was light, and while the tw...

The Boy And The Dew Drops.
A little boy who had been out early in the morning playing ...

Melly, Anna And Susy.
There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sis...

GEORGE AND HIS GUINEA.

Little George Ames went with his aunt to attend a missionary meeting.
After the minister had ended his sermon, as he sat in the pew he
whispered to his aunt, saying, "I wish you would lend me a guinea and
I will give it to you again when we get home." His aunt asked him what
he wanted of his guinea; he told her he wished to put it in the box
when it came round, to assist in sending the gospel to the heathen
children. She replied, "a guinea is a great deal of money, George; you
had better ask your mother, first." As George's mother lived very near
the church, he went home immediately, and said, "Mother, will you let
me have my guinea to give to the mission?" George's mother saw that he
was very much interested for the heathen children, and says to him,
"supposing you give half of it." "No," said George, "I want to give it
all." "Well, my dear, you will remember you cannot give it and have
it too." She then gave him a one pound note, and a shilling. But
George said he would rather have a guinea. "Why," said his mother,
"what difference can it make? it is just the same amount." "Yes," said
George, "but that one pound will seem so much for a little boy to
give. If I had a guinea, I could put it in between two half-pence and
nobody would know anything about it." His mother was pleased with his
proposal, and George having got his guinea returned to the church and
put it in the box as he intended.

Little George is now dead, and there is no danger of his being puffed
up by what he has done. You may learn from this act of George, how to
do some good to poor heathen children. You should be willing to deny
yourselves some pleasures in order that you may benefit others. And if
you do good out of a pure motive you will be blessed in the deed.





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