t he could not but admit this, Tommy became convinced that no
one should make a slave, of another, and decided that for the future he
would never use their black William ill.

Some days after this Tommy became interested in the growing of corn, and
Harry promising to get some seed from his father, Tommy got up early
and, having dug very perseveringly in a corner of his garden to prepare
the ground for the seed, asked Mr. Barlow if this was not very good of
him.

"That," said Mr. Barlow, "depends upon the use you intend to make of the
corn when you have raised it. Where," he asked, "will be the great
goodness in your sowing corn for your own eating? That is no more than
all the people round here continually do. And if they did not do it,
they would be obliged to fast."

"But then," said Tommy, "they are not gentlemen, as I am."

"What," answered Mr. Barlow, "must not gentlemen eat as well as others;
and therefore, is it not for their interest to know how to procure food
as well as other people?"

"Yes, sir," answered Tommy; "but they can have other people to raise it
for them."

"How does that happen?"

"Why they pay other people to work for them, or buy bread when it is
made."

"Then they pay for it with money?"

"Yes, sir."

"Then they must have money before they can buy corn?"

"Certainly, sir."

"But have all gentlemen money?"

Tommy hesitated some time, and at last said, "I believe not always,
sir."

"Why, then," said Mr. Barlow, "if they have not money, they will find it
difficult to procure corn, unless they raise it for themselves." And he
proceeded to recount the History of the Two Brothers, Pizarro and
Alonzo, the former of whom, setting out on a gold-hunting expedition,
prevailed upon the latter to accompany him, and became dependent upon
Alonzo, who, instead of taking gold-seeking implements, provided himself
with the necessaries for stocking a farm.

_III.--Town Life and Country Life_

This story was followed by others, describing life in different and
distant parts of the world; and in addition to the knowledge they
acquired in this way, Tommy and Harry, in their intercourse with their
neighbours and in the cultivation of their gardens, learned a great
deal. Tommy in particular, growing much kinder towards the poor and
towards dumb animals, as well as growing in physical well-being.

Mr. Barlow's young pupils were gradually taught many interesting and
useful facts about natural h