an hour a day, devoted to that object, will be unprofitable. The best way of arranging and employing one's time, is by calculation; and I have often reflected that half an hour's reading every day, will be one hundred and eighty hours' reading in the course of the year. Great fortunes are amassed by little savings; and poverty, as well as ignorance, is occasioned by the extravagant waste of money and time. 11. My affection for you, my dear Henry, is still as actively alive as when, in your infancy, I removed patiently every little stone from a certain space in my garden, lest, when you first ran alone, you might fall, and hurt yourself on the pebbles. But the snares now spread beneath your steps, are far more dangerous. They are strengthened by seductive appearances; and the ardor of youth would hurry you forward to the allurement, but that my watchful care, and the confidence you repose in me, serve to counteract the influence of this twofold power. QUESTIONS.-1. What is meant by "the vast theater of the world?” 2. When is the mother's anxiety for the welfare of her child the greatest? 3. When ought she to be most anxious? 4. What was the first advice which this mother gave to her son? 5. What was the second? 6. To what does the want of economy often lead? 7. What instance is given? 8. What was the next advice? 9. What advice as to forming connections? 10. What as to useful reading? 11. How are poverty and ignorance occasioned? 12. What assurance did this mother give to her son? 13. How did she hope t counteract the evil influence to which he was exposed? LESSON IV. WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING. ROAM, rove; wander. SHIV ER ED, dashed to pieces. ME TE OR, luminous body float- RUD DER, instrument by which ing in the atmosphere VES' TAL, pure; chaste PYRE, funeral pile. AM BI TION, desire to excel. a ship is steered. BEA' CON, light-house. SHROUD, winding-sheet. WAN' DER ER, rover; rambler. THE LIGHT OF HOME. 1. My boy, thou wilt dream the world is fair, And thou must go ; but never, when there, MRS. HALE 2 Though pleasure may smile with a ray more bright, It dazzles to lead astray; Like the meteor's flash, 'twill deepen the night, 3 But the hearth of home has a constant flame, "Twill burn, 'twill burn forever the same, 4. The sea of ambition is tempest-tost, And thy hopes may vanish like foam; 5. And there, like a star through the midnight cloud, Thou shalt see the beacon bright; For never, till shining on thy shroud, 6. The sun of fame, 'twill gild the name, 7 And how cold and dim those beams must be, But, my boy, when the world is dark to thee, QUESTIONS.-1. What is said of pleasure? 2. What, of the hearth of home? 3. What, of ambition? 4. What, of fame? 5. What is meant by "the sea of ambition?" 6. What, by "the sun of fame ?" 1. (%) The curling waves with awful roar, And pallid fear's distracting power, 2. Save one, the captain's darling child, 3. "And fear'st thou not," a seaman cried, "Why should I fear?" the boy replied; 4. Thus, when our worldly hopes are reft, 5. He to our cries will lend an ear, He turns to smiles each trembling tear, 6. Then turn to Him, 'mid terrors wild, Remembering, like the fearless child, ANON. QUESTIONS.-1. What is the subject of this poetry? 2. Why was not the captain's child afraid? 3. To whom should we look for aid in every time of trouble? Which lines of this poetry rhyme? Can you give a reason for the different inflections marked in this piece? LESSON VI. WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING. RE TENTION, act of retaining or {İM PER FEO' TION, defect. keeping. FEE, reward for services. JU' RY, number of persons sworn to declare truth on evidence. SUS PECTED, mistrusted. SIM' PLY, merely. MI NOR I TY, state of being un der age. CLI ENT, one who submits his cause to a lawyer. OP POR TU NI TY, chance. DE PEND', rely. In reading or speaking dialogues, the tones of voice should be varied so as to personate the different individuals. THE HONEST YOUNG LAWYER AND HIS CLIENT. JOHN TODD. "Are you the lawyer?" said a young man, hastily taking off his hat. "Yes, sir; that's my business. What can I do for you?" "Why, something of a job, I reckon. The fact is I have got into a little trouble, and want a bit of help." And he took out a five-dollar bill, and laid it on the table. The young lawyer made no motion toward taking it. Client. Why don't you take it? I don't call it pay, but to begin with, a kind of wedge,-what do you call it? Lawyer. Retention-fee, I presume you mean. Client. Just so; and, by your taking it, you are my lawyer. So take it. Lawyer. Not quite so fast, if you please. State your case, and then I will tell you whether or not I take the retention-fee. Client. Why, mister, the case is simply this. Last spring I was doing a little business by way of selling meat. Lawyer. Very well; what became of the oxen? Client. Yès. Lawyer. Well, where's the trouble? Sc I I was to Client. Why, they say that, as I only gave my note for them, I need not pay it; and I want you to help me to get clear of it Lawyer. How do you expect me to do it? Client Plain as day, man; just say, Gentlemen of the jury, this young man was not of age, when he gave Major Farnsworth the note, and, therefore, in law, the note is good for nothing, that's all! Lawyer. And was it really so? Client. Exactly. Lawyer. How came Major Farnsworth to let you have the oxen ? Client. Oh! the godly old man never suspected that I was under age. Lawyer. What did you get for the oxen in selling them out? Client. Why, somewhere between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and forty dollars, they were noble fellows! Lawyer. And so you want me to help you cheat that honest old man out of those oxen, simply because the law, this human imperfection, gives you the opportunity to do it! No, sir; put up your retention-fee. I promised my dying mother never to do such a thing, and I will starve first. And, as for you, if I wanted to help you to go to the State's prison, I could take no course so sure as to do what you offer to pay me for doing. And, depend upon it, the lawyer who does help you, will be your worst enemy. Plead minority! No; go, sir, and pay for your oxen honestly, and live and act on the principle, that, let what will come, you will be an honest man! |