Or Beauty's thrilling fingers strayed
These manly locks among,

That hallowed touch was ne'er forgot!
And now, though Time hath set
His frosty seal upon my lot,
These temples feel it yet.

And if I e'er in heaven appear,
A mother's holy prayer,

A mother's hand, and gentle tear,
That pointed to a Saviour dear,
Have led the wanderer there.

AN honest man means a man who deals fairly, speaks the truth, and never tries to impose upon

1 Pron. du. 2 man-tānd'.

3 war'yur. 4 bûz'um. 5 dĭmd.

any one. If he be a trader or shopkeeper, he will always give full weight and measure, will never say any thing about his goods which is not true, and will never cheat any one who buys of him.

An honest man will always succeed in his business better than a dishonest one, because people will have confidence in him, and believe what he says. A man will sometimes gain by a single dishonest act; but, in the long run, the honest man will make the most money. People will never deal again with a man who has once cheated them; and even when he speaks the truth he will not be believed.

The Indians of our country were honest and truthful. White men used to go among them to sell them guns, blankets, powder, knives, and other things they wanted, and receive furs and other articles in exchange. The Indians, on account of their ignorance, were sometimes cheated by the whites, but the whites were very rarely cheated by the Indians. Here is a story of the way in which they were once imposed upon by a trader, and how they punished him for it.

He went to one of their villages with a large stock of gunpowder for sale. Finding the Indians well supplied with this article, and that they, in consequence, refused to buy, he thought of a trick to get rid of his gunpowder at a good price.

He, therefore, proceeded to the open fields, and began making long ridges in the ground with a hoe; and having done so, he mixed some onion seed and large-grained gunpowder together, and began sowing them in the trenches. The Indians

flocked around him, and asked him why he sowed gunpowder. He replied, to make it grow; that he wished to increase his stock, and this was the only way to do so.

The Indians blamed the men who had before sold them gunpowder for not having told them that it would grow. In a few days, the onion seed sown with the gunpowder began to appear above the ground, and the Indians, no longer in doubt that gunpowder would grow, eagerly bought all the trader had at an advanced price.

But, after a time, they found that no gunpowder grew on the onions as they came up, and thus discovered the cheat put upon them. Some time afterwards, the author of the trick, though he was afraid to come again to the Indians, sent a partner of his to the same place to trade with them.

By some chance the Indians found out that this man was connected with the gunpowder sower, and when he had laid out all his goods before them for sale, they very deliberately helped themselves to every thing he had, and disappeared in the woods.

The trader was loud in his complaints of this injustice, and went to the great chief of the tribe to obtain redress. The old man looked at him in silence for some time, and at last said, "My children will pay you as soon as they get in the gunpowder harvest."

XLIV. DO NOT DECEIVE EVEN A BRUTE.

WILLIAM had a nice little pony, of which he was very fond. He used to ride it about and feed it, and was very kind to it. But Jocco,- for that was the pony's name, when he was once put into the pasture, was very hard to catch.

One day, William wanted to catch his pony, but Jocco wished to have another trot round the pasture; and when William went to him, and was about to put the bridle on him, Jocco gave a kick and a snort, flung up his heels, and trotted away.

William tried again and again, but could not catch him. A man was at work close by, and William asked him what he should do.

"Get some corn in your hat," said the man, "and he will come to you."

"But I have no corn," said William.

"Then hold out your hat as if you had," said "and he will come, and you can catch

the man,

him."

“That would be deceiving him,” said William; “and I will not deceive any one, not even a beast. Besides, if I cheated him once, he would not believe me another time."

At last, William got a handful of grass, and held it up to him, and Jocco came up to him, and he let him eat the grass. He then gave him some more, and when he had patted him, he put the bridle on him, and leaping on his back, trotted off as happy

My pretty kitten, mild and meek,
Stretched in the sunshine, still and sleek,
One would judge, by your sober grace,
You did no worse than wash your face.

You take wondrous care of your glossy fur,
And keep time, meanwhile, with a drowsy purr,
As if you despised the vulgar old cats

That jump on their feet at the sound of the rats.