9. I have you fast in my fortress, But put you into the dungeon In the round tower of my heart. 10. And there will I keep you forever, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, 1. A RICH business man went back to his native town, and while there he was asked to talk to the Sunday school on success in life. "But I don't know that I have anything to say," he said, "except that work and honesty win the race." 2. "Your very example would be a great help if you would tell the story of your life. Are you not a self-made man?" "I don't know about that," he replied. "Why, I 've heard all about your early struggles! You went to Mr. Jones's when you were only ten.' 3. "So I did! So I did! But my mother got me the place, and while I was there she did my washing, and she saw that I had something to eat, and when I was discouraged, told me to cheer up and remember that tears were for babies." 4. "While you were there you studied by yourself?" "Oh, no, no! Not by myself! Mother heard my lessons every night, and made me spell long words while she got breakfast. I remember one night I was so discouraged with my poor writing that I threw my writing-book into the fire, and mother burned her hand getting it out." 5. "Well, it was true, was it not, that as soon as you had saved a little money, you bought apples and began to sell them on the night train?" The rich man's eyes grew bright over the fun of some old recollection. 6. "Yes," he said, "and I should like to tell you a story about that apple business. Perhaps that might do the Sunday school good. The second lot I bought was bad. 1 es! 1." me ng, hen em ›ur my ords ht I rew rned on as and rich 2 old you that d lot a 7. "The man of whom I bought them had cheated me, and I could not afford the loss. The night after I found out they were not good to eat, I went and filled my basket. They look very well on the outside,' I thought, and perhaps the people who buy them will never come this way again. 6 8. "I'll sell them, and just as soon as they are gone I'll get some good ones.' Mother was singing about the house as I came up with the apples. I thought I could get out of the house without being seen, but she was upon me. 9. "Ned,' said she, 'what are you going to do with those bad apples?' 'S-sell them,' I said. 'Then you'll be a cheat, and I shall be ashamed to call you my boy,' she replied. 'Oh, to think you could do such a mean thing as that!' Then she cried, and I cried, and I never tried to cheat after that. 10. "No, sir; I have n't anything to say about my early struggles, but I wish you would tell your boys and girls every Sunday that their mothers are doing far more for them than they are doing for themselves." What did the rich man say would make you successful? Tell about his apple business. Who did he saw was doing the most for the ho~~ A TRUE STORY. 1. BETTY is not a pretty dog; she is small and brown and fat, but you forget all this when you know her. Betty is the brightest dog I ever saw. 2. She is about six years old, and is as good a playmate as a child. 3. Betty owns a little hard ball. 4. She plays "catch" and "hide-and-seek" with her friends. 5. She can march all the way across a room on her hind legs with the ball in her mouth. 6. Then she will lay it down by her master and give a short bark, as if saying, "Here I am, all ready to play." 7. When the ball is tossed to her she catches it in her mouth. 8. She can catch it dozens of times without missing. 9. She will hide her eyes while some one hides the ball. When she hears the call, "Come and find it, Botty" she runs about and looks all over the room. |