and they were willing to assist Arista in going against him, and his brothe king. So they gave him a fleet of t ships, and with this and what other he could raise, he sailed to Ephesus. from thence marched to Sardis, w took and burnt, except the citadel. which Artaphenes retired with his ga But fearing to stay where they were rounded with enemies, they returned in to Ephesus. The Persians and Lye arrived there before them, and opposed embarkation so sharply that they lost of their men. The Athenians at las on board their ships, and sailed home, would never more do any thing to Aristagoras. But their late repentanc not satisfy Darius for the assistance had given him.

H. I dare say he thought he had r enough now to go against Greece.

Mrs H. So much so that he em an officer to say to him every night per, Sir, remember the Athenians.) first, he suspected Hystæius had a the revolt; buthe convinced him t presence only would quell the insurr and Darius, deceived by his fair pr let him return home. As soon as hi ed Ionia he joined the rebels, who w in want of a leader from the death

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As she twisted her <nair, trying, she said, Dood, and look like a Mama a pretty good fond father. Cer" and "good,' will always twist en laugh at me; but ; for it is you, papa, gs. Well, I'll say ; and that is, I supare not we pretty

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de get into a frolic, ag, about as fast as ary, looking somewill attend to you, my am not " in a frolic, you have done exhistory. But now for d Mr Harrison. oth by sea and land, e care of Mardonius, with orders to invade in Thrace submitted fear; but his fleet, in ut Athos, met with a -hips and 20,000 men

or their ships must have ly destroyed.

CHAPTER XI.

PERSIANS AND GRECIANS.

Mrs Harison was called away, just as she was about to close the last lesson, and t therefore ended somewhat abruptly; but she afterwards found time to give Henry and Frances a lesson, which, she observed, she would preface with a few explanatory remarks. But when lesson time came, she was again interrupted, and in the evening little Helen seemed to have the fidgets, for she would neither go to sleep or keep awake, and everything went against any recitation that night. But Jane wanted to hear more about Darius, and Henry did not like to be hindered a whole day; and he wished it was not against mama's principles to give a baby a drop of laudanum, to make it sleep when it was convenient; and even Frances seemed rather lost and waiting for something. At last, Mr Harrison was notified of the difficulty, and he very cheerfully laid by his own book and took up the affair, by ascertaining where in the history they were, and how much of the general subject of it they understood.

'Now is not mama a pretty good in

structer?' asked Jane as she twisted her fingers in her father's hair, trying, she said, 'to make it stay up good, and look like a young gentleman.' Mama a pretty good instructer?' replied her fond father.

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tainly, mama, is " pretty," " and " good," at anything.' Oh, you will always twist everything I say, and then laugh at me; but I shall laugh back again; for it is you, papa, that say the queer things.' 'Well, I'll say another queer thing then; and that is, I suppose you meant to ask, 'are not we pretty good scholars?'

'When papa and Jane get into a frolic, they help a lesson along, about as fast as Helen does,' said Henry, looking somewhat discouraged. 'I will attend to you, my son, and assure you I am not "in a frolic, when I say I do think you have done extremely well in your history. But now for king Darius, continued Mr Harrison. He raised a large force both by sea and land, and committed it to the care of Mardonius, a young relative of his, with orders to invade Greece. Many cities in Thrace submitted to him at first, out of fear; but his fleet, in passing around mount Athos, met with a hurricane, and 300 ships and 20,000 men perished in the sea.

F. How very poor their skips must have been, to be so easily destroyed.

Mr H. They knew next to nothing in those days, of the arts of ship building and navigation, and nothing at all of the magnetic needle, which sailors now use, and therefore they dared not sail out of sight of land. This made sailing very dangerous, for the vessels were close together and so near the land, that they were easily blown against the shore and dashed on the rocks.

J. But what became of Mardonius, after his ships were destroyed?

Mr H. He encamped with his land army in a very insecure place, and the Thacians attacked him, and killed great numbers of his men, wounded him, and obliged him to fly back to Asia with the mere remnant of his army.

J. And so ended this great Persian inva sion.

H. Oh, no, Jane. You are in too great a hurry. Darius will only learn better how to manage the next time.

F. `If I did not find these kings and kingdoms so determined to be always at war, I should expect the Persians would be willing to stay at home.

Mr H. Henry is right, however. Darius found he had committed his army to an inexperienced young man. He, therefore, recalled him, and gave the command to Datis, a Median, and Artaphernes, son to his