I will be with you.

Antonio.-Hie thee, gentle Jew.

[Exit.

This Hebrew will turn Christian: he grows kind. Bassanio.-I like not fair terms, and a villain's mind.

Antonio.-Come on; in this there can be no dis

may;

My ships come home a month before the day. [Exeunt.

SHAKESPEARE.

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Contributed by Mrs. E. Elterich, Clayton, Mass.

VER and over again,

OVE

No matter which way I turn,

I always find in the Book of Life
Some lessons I have to learn.

I must take my turn at the mill,

I must grind out the golden grain,

I must work at my task with a resolute will
Over and over again.

We cannot measure the need

Of even the tiniest flower,

Nor check the flow of the golden sands
That run through a single hour,

But the morning dew must fall;
And the sun and the summer rain
Must do their part and perform it all
Over and over again.

IN

Over and over again

The brook through the meadow flows
And over and over again

The ponderous mill wheel goes;

Once doing will not suffice,

Though doing be not in vain ;
And a blessing, failing us once or twice,
May come if we try again.

The path that has once been trod
Is never so rough to our feet;
And a lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,

And the heart to its depth be riven
With storm and tempest we need them all
To render us meet for heaven.

HOW HEZEKIAH STOLE THE SPOONS.
Contributed by Mrs. M. Josephine Ashley, Columbus, Ohio.

a quiet little Ohio village, many years ago, was a tavern where the stages always changed, and the passengers expected to get breakfast. The landlord of the said hotel was noted for his tricks upon travelers, who were allowed to get fairly seated at the table, when the driver would blow his horn (after taking his "horn"), and sing out, "Stage ready, gentlemen!"-whereupon the passengers were obliged to hurry out to take their seats, leaving a scarcely tasted breakfast behind them, for which, however,

they had to pay over fifty cents! One day, when the stage was approaching the house of this obliging landlord, a passenger said that he had often heard of the landlord's trick, and he was afraid they would not be able to eat any breakfast.

"What!-how?

rest.

No breakfast!" exclaimed the

'Exactly so, gents, and you may as well keep your seats and tin."

"Don't they expect passengers to breakfast?"

"Oh! yes! they expect you to it, but not to eat it. I am under the impression that there is an understanding between the landlord and the driver, that for sundry and various drinks, etc., the latter starts before you can scarcely commence eating."

"What on airth are you all talking about? Ef you calkelate I'm going to pay four and ninepence for my breakfast, and not get the valee on't you're mistaken," said a voice from a back seat, the owner of which was one Hezekiah Spaulding-though "tew hum" they call him "Hez" for short. "I'm goin' to get my breakfast here, and not pay nary red cent till I do."

"Then you'll be left."

"Not as you knows on, I guess I won't."

"Well, we'll see," said the other, as the stage drove up to the door and the landlord ready" to do the hospitable," says

"Breakfast just ready, gents! Take a wash, gents? Here's water, basins, towels, and soap."

After performing the ablutions, they all proceeded

to the dining-room, and commenced a fierce onslaught upon the edibles, though Hez took his time. Scarcely had they tasted their coffee when they heard the unwelcome sound of the horn, and the driver exclaim, "Stage ready!" Up rise eight grumbling passengers, pay their fifty cents, and take their seats.

"All on board, gents?" inquires the host.

"One missing," said they.

Proceeding to the dining-room the host finds Hez very coolly helping himself to an immense piece of steak, the size of a horse's hip.

"You'll be left, sir! Stage going to start."

“Wall, I hain't got nothin' agin it," drawls out Hez.

"Can't wait, sir-better take your seat."

"I'll be blowed ef I do, nother, till I've got my breakfast! I paid for it, and I am goin' to get the valee on't it; and ef you calkelate I hain't you are mistaken."

So the stage did start, and left Hez, who continued his attack upon the edibles. Biscuits, coffee, etc., disappeared before the eyes of the astonished landlord.

"Say, squire, them there cakes is 'bout eat-fetch on another grist on 'em. You" (to the waiter), "'nother cup of that ere coffee. Pass them eggs. Raise your own pork, squire? This is 'mazin' nice ham. Land 'bout here tolerable cheap, squire? Hain't much maple timber in these parts, hev ye? Dew right smart trade, squire, I calkelate?" And

thus Hez kept quizzing the landlord until he had made a hearty meal.

"Say, squire, now I'm 'bout to conclude paying my devowers to this ere table, but just give us a bowl of bread and milk to top off with; I'd be much obleeged tew ye.”

So out go the landlord and waiter for the bowl, milk, and bread, and set them before him.

he had plenty of silver ones lying on the table when the stage stopped.

"Say, dew ye? dew ye think them passengers is goin' to pay ye for a break fuss and not git no compensashun?"

"Ah! what? Do you think any of the passengers took them ?"

"Dew I think? No, I don't think, but I'm sartin. Ef they are all as green as yew 'bout here I'm going to locate immediately and tew wonst."

The landlord rushes out to the stable, and starts a man off after the stage, which had gone about three miles. The man overtakes the stage and says something to the driver in a low tone. He immediately turns back, and on arriving at the hotel Hez comes out, takes his seat, and says:

"How are yew, gents? I'm glad to see yew."

66 Can you point out the man you think has the spoons?" asked the landlord.

"P'int him out? Sartenly I ken. Say, squire, I paid yew four and ninepence for a breakfuss, and I