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with a master who was willing to hazard his life in his cause, and with him he found his way to another land, glad to escape with his life. He was more than six weeks wandering about the country, in various disguises, in the very midst of his enemies. His secret was known to more than forty persons. He was recognized by many of the very poorest of the people, and eyen by some of the party who had been strongly opposed to his reign; but none of them, notwithstanding the large reward that had been offered for his capture, were induced to betray him."

"Indeed!" said Edward, the vain Charles himself, in the happiest days of the Restoration, could hardly have given a more graphic account of his singular adventures. If ever I am promoted to a place of sufficient influence, I will have you appointed Historiographer to the Court."

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fair,

And will add to your healthfulness too; But a dirty-faced child, in a dress that is soil'd,

Is a sight most distressing to view.

If you wish to be aged, be calm, be calm
If you wish to be aged, be calm--
For passion and rage never lead to old age

And bad tempers are fruitful of harm;
But, if gentle and mild, while but a child,

Amid meekness and peace you will grow; Keeping under control every power of your soul,

Until age shall encircle your brow.

If you wish to be happy, be good, be good-
If you wish to be happy, be good-
For a mind at ease, and a smiling face,
Are better than clothing or food;
But a naughty temper and angry looks
Mark a spirit that's wicked within,
On which God looks down with his awful
frown,

For he never can smile upon sin.

If you wish to be God-like, be kind, be kind—
If you wish to be God-like, be kind-
And whatever you store, forget not the poor,
Nor be vain of the deed in your mind;
For the Father of love pours down from
above

His sunshine and showers upon all,
And to imitate this will bring to you bliss;
For his blessing upon you will fall.

If you wish to reach heaven, strive hard, strive hard

If you wish to reach heaven, strive hardNor the conflict shun till the victory's won, And you gain the eternal reward. Be holy within, and keep spotless from sin,

Through the grace which in Jesus is given : Then, near to the throne, you shall claim as your own

A crown and a palace in heaven!

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MERRILY Swinging on brier and weed,
Near to the nest of his little dame,

Over the mountain-side or mead,

Robert of Lincoln is telling his name;
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink;

Snug and safe in that nest of ours-
Hidden among the summer flowers,
Chee, chee, chee.

Robert of Lincoln is gaily drest,

Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders and white his crest, Hear him call his merry note

Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,

Spink, spank, spink;

Look, what a nice new coat is mine,
Sure there never was a bird so fine-
Chee, chee, chee.

Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,

Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings,

Passing at home a patient life,

Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee.

Modest and shy as a nun is she,
One weak chirp is her only note,
Braggart and prince of braggarts is he,
Pouring boasts from his little throat-
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,

Spink, spank, spink;

Never was I afraid of man;

Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you canChee, chee, chee.

Six white eggs on a bed of hay,
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight!
There as the mother sits all day,
Robert is singing with all his might
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink:

Nice good wife, that never goes out,

Broods in the grass while her husband sings Keeping house while I frolic about

Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,

NEW SERIES -VOL. II.-8

Chee, chee, chee.

114

INFLUENCE OF A NEWSPAPER.-THE DRUNKARD'S WILL.

Soon as the little ones chip the shell,
Six wide mouths are open for food;
Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well,

Gathering seed for the hungry brood,
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link.

Spink, spank, spink.

This new life is likely to be
Hard for a gay young fellow like me-
Chee, chee, chee.

Robert of Lincoln at length is made
Sober with work and silent with care;

Off is his holiday garment laid,
Half forgotten that merry air,
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,

Spink, spank, spink.

Nobody knows but my mate and I,
Where our nest and our nestlings lie-
Chee, chee, chee.

Summer wanes; the children are grown;
Fun and frolic no more he knows;
Robert of Lincoln's a humdrum drone;
Off he flies, and sings as he goes

Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink-
Chee, chee, chee.

Influence of a Newspaper.

A SCHOOL-TEACHER, who has been engaged a long time in his profession, and witnessed the influence of a newspaper on the minds of a family of children, writes to the editor of the Ogdensburgh Sentinel as follows:

I have found it to be the universal fact, without exception, that those scholars of both sexes, and of all ages, who have had access to newspapers at home, when compared with those who have not, are :

nunciation, and consequently read more understandingly.

2. They are better spellers, and define words with ease and accuracy.

3. They obtain a practical knowledge of geography in almost half the time it requires others, as the newspaper has made them familiar with the location of the most important places, nations, their governments and doings, on the globe.

4. They are better grammarians, for having become so familiar with every variety of style in the newspaper, from the commonplace advertisement to the finished and classical oration of the statesman, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and consequently analyze its construction with

accuracy.

The Drunkard's Will.

I LEAVE to society a ruined charac ter, wretched example, and memory that will soon rot.

I leave to my parents, during the rest of their lives, as much sorrow as humanity, in a feeble and decrepid state, can sustain.

I leave to my brothers and sisters as much mortification and injury as I could well bring on them.

I leave to my wife a broken heart, a life of wretchedness, a shame to weep over me, premature death.

I give and bequeath to each of my children, poverty, ignorance, a low character, and the remembrance that their

1. Better readers, excelling in pro- | father was a monster.

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THE HE boys had been doing their utmost to finish the job, and get in all the hay before dark, as they were to have the next day for holiday. The meadow was well-nigh cleared. One or two loads more would take it all, and yet the sun was a full hour high.

"We'll do it, Charlie," said William to his brother," and have ample time to get all our fixing ready this evening." "You may as well say it is done already," replied Charles, "for there is time enough, and a will. So we will have to-morrow for a party to the Lake."

"That we will," cried Fanny, rush

ing out from behind the great tree, where she had paused a moment to learn what her cousins were so earnestly talking about, as they stopped in their work and leaned upon their rakes for a single moment-" That we will, Coz, and Mary, and Lucy, and two or three more of the girls, will be here soon to have a little consultation about the matter."

"I am afraid," said Charles, keeping steadily at work while he talked, "you will only hinder our work, so that we shall not finish it up to-night, and so shall not be able to go at all."

"So ho!" exclaimed Fan, with a

wild, musical laugh, that was peculiar to her, "if we hinder you a bit, we will help you more. We will turn to, all of us, and toss, rake, or pitch; and if we three girls don't beat any three of you boys, we will pay the forfeit, that's all."

Mary and Lucy now came up, with two or three more of the same sort.

At the same moment, the wagons returned from the barn, and the boys were all on the ground. Discussion ran high. There was no moderator, no rules of debate. Two, three, and four would speak at the same time, while laughter and joke filled up all the gaps.

After a time William succeeded in getting something like order, so as to be heard. The plan was all laid out, and a part in the arrangements assigned to each one, to which each and all assented. There were lots of things to be done. Cakes, and pies, and fruits, and all the et cetera, were to be got ready.

"It will be midnight before we get through with all these preparations," said Charles. "Now hurry away, all you, and let us get in the rest of the

of

hay.”

"We'll have a bit of dance first," said Fanny, with a mischievous laugh. "Here, George, out with your flageolet, and blow away briskly. We have no time to lose."

Suiting the action to the word, she seized Charles by the hand, threw down his rake, and drew him under the shade of the great tree

"So be it," cried two or three of the boys, and choosing each his partner, soon filled up the set.

Merrily, merrily they tripped the light fantastic, as if there were no work to be done, no preparations for the morrow to be made. "Begone, dull care," seemed to smile on every face, and speak from every eye. Meanwhile, some who did not dance did something else-made love under the trees, as Ben and Susy are doing, or looked on with downright sympathy on the fun, but with a grave wish that the hay was in, as Jerry, that old fellow on the left, is doing, and with a sober thought of the cakes and pies, as prudent Charlotte is doing on the right.

Well, the dance came to an end, and the day was coming to an end too, and Charlie and William sprang to their rakes.

"Come, boys, now set to with a will," exclaimed old Jerry. "Only twenty minutes to sundown, and two good loads to get in yet."

Where there's a will, there's a way. Oh! what marvels of work were done in those twenty minutes! There was a will in the work, and all worked to that one will. The girls took hold, as if they knew how. They raked the hay in heaps, they carried it in their arms, for want of forks, and then they mounted the wagons, and spread and pressed the hay, in the best possible style. They worked like men, as Jerry said, evidently intending a first-rate compliment. But Fanny repudiated the comparison, as unworthy of her

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