tle creature down to the shore, and left it at the edge of the waves.
Moreover, he could not help thinking it very sweet of Daisy that she
never once said, "Served you right," and he privately made up his mind
that another time if she very much wanted him not to do a thing, he
wouldn't do it.

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ON STILTS.

Who are these giants walking in the street? Only Hal and his friends,
Tom Miller and James Little. They have made stilts from pieces of wood
they bought at the lumber-yard. Hal and James can walk very well on
their new toys, but Tom is not so successful. He must lean against the
wall, and the other boys laugh at him.

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A SONG OF THE WANDERING WIND.

Listen, Children! That's the breeze
Speaking to you as he flees.
"I have no home; I rove I roam
Hark! I'm passing through the trees"

"Oer the world from end to end,
Light of wing, my way I wend.
Where'er I pass, the trees, the grass
Bow their heads, and corn doth bend"

"Yet by land, or on the foam,
I am still without a home;
I hear through all the imperious call
'Wander, wander, rove and roam.'"

There he goes! His long sigh dies
In the boughs as on he flies,
To rove, to roam, without a home,
Underneath the starry skies.

F. W. Home.

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JUDGE JACKO AND THE CATS.

In the same barn dwelt two cats. One night they found the door of the
neighboring pantry open and both walked in. They feasted on roast
chicken and cream, but were not satisfied, and so they agreed to carry
away a large piece of cheese. Their plan was executed, and they dragged
the cheese to the barn. Next morning a dispute arose between them
concerning the dividing of it. Each claimed it, and their voices awoke
the cook, who, to her horror, found that she had been robbed during the
night, and she declared that she would kill every cat in the
neighborhood. Thus the innocent are often condemned because, in name or
employment, they are associated with the bad. One is known by the
company he keeps; hence, the society of the bad should be shunned.

The cats' quarrel in the barn was long and loud. Each one tried to argue
his case in his own interest, and they thus drawled out their arguments.

"Know you the law?" said one, with a prolonged a