the chestnut wood, and the little brook that springs from rock to rock down under the tall, dark trees. She wakes with the first daylight, and is out of bed in a minute, when she hears her father's cheerful call, "Come, children; it is time to be off."

7. Their dinner is ready in a large basket. The donkey stands before the door with great bags for the nuts hanging at each side. They go merrily over the crisp, white frost to the chestnut-trees. How the frost has opened the burrs! It has done half their work for them already.

8. How they laugh and sing, and shout to each other as they fill their baskets! The sun looks down through the yellow leaves; the rocks give them mossy seats; the birds and squirrels wonder what these strange people are doing in their woods.

9. Jeannette really helps, though she is only a little girl; and her father says at night, that his Jane is a dear, good child. This makes her very happy. She thinks about it at night, when she says her prayers. Then she goes to sleep to dream of the merry autumn days.

10. Such is our little mountain sister, and

here is a picture of her far-away home. The mountain life is ever a fresh and happy one.

DEFINITIONS.-3. Chest'nut (ches'nut), a tree valuable for its timber and its fruit. Tăs'sels, hanging ornaments, such as are used on curtains. Wrapped (răpt), completely covered up, inclosed. Prickly, covered with sharp points. 7. Crisp, brittle, sparkling. Bûrrs, the rough coverings of seeds or nuts.

LESSON XLVI.

HARRY AND THE GUIDE-POST.

1. The night was dark, the sun was hid
Beneath the mountain gray,
And not a single star appeared
To shoot a silver ray.

2. Across the heath the owlet flew,
And screamed along the blast;
And onward, with a quickened step,
Benighted Harry passed.

3. Now, in thickest darkness plunged,
He groped his way to find;

And now, he thought he saw beyond,
A form of horrid kind.

4. In deadly white it upward rose,
Of cloak and mantle bare,
And held its naked arms across,
To catch him by the hair.

5. Poor Harry felt his blood run cold,
At what before him stood;

But then, thought he, no harm, I'm sure,
Can happen to the good.

7. And when he came well nigh the ghost
That gave him such affright,

He clapped his hands upon his side,
And loudly laughed outright.

8. For 't was a friendly guide-post stood,
His wandering steps to guide;

And thus he found that to the good,
No evil could betide.

9. Ah well, thought he, one thing I've learned,

Nor shall I soon forget;
Whatever frightens me again,

I'll march straight up to it.

10. And when I hear an idle tale,
Of monster or of ghost,

I'll tell of this, my lonely walk,
And one tall, white guide-post.

DEFINITIONS.-2. Heath, a place overgrown with shrubs. Be night'ed, overtaken by the night. 3. Groped, felt his way in the dark. Hor'rid, hideous, frightful. 6. Mon'ster, a thing of unnatural size and shape. Diş'mal, dark, cheerless. Pier'çing, sharp, penetrating. 7. Ghost (gōst), a frightful object in white, an apparition. 8. Guide'-post, a post and sign set up at the forks of a road to direct travelers. Be tide', befall, happen. 10. I'dle, of no account, foolish.

LESSON XLVII.

THE MONEY AMY DIDN'T EARN.

1. Amy was a dear little girl, but she was dpille

too apt to waste time in getting ready to do busan

her tasks, instead of doing them at once as she ought.