woke again.

"Mary!" she cried, "let him have it."

Mary turned in her seat, and said, confusedly:--"He's got it, ma'am."

THE SWEET-GRASS HOUSE.

MRS. S. J. BRIGHAM.

Two little mice went out one day
Among the scented clover;
They wandered up and down the lane,
They roamed the meadow over.
"Oh, deary me!" said Mrs. Mouse,
"I wish I had a little house!"

Said Mr. Mouse,--"I know a place
Where nice sweet grass is growing;
Where corn-flowers blue, and buttercups
And poppies red, are blowing."
"Oh, deary me!" said Mrs. Mouse,
"We'll build us there a house."

So, of some sweet and tender grass
They built their house together;
And had a happy time, through all
The pleasant summer weather.
"Oh, deary me!" said Mrs. Mouse,
"Who ever had so nice a house?"

JOHNNY'S GARDEN.

Johnny had a garden plot,
And set it all in order,
But let it run to grass and weeds,
Which covered bed and border.

Two stalking sun-flowers reared their heads,
So firmly were they rooted,
And Johnny, as he looked at them,
Was any thing but suited.

Two children small, looked up and said,
Oh, Mister, beg your pardon!
Or, if you will not answer that,
Say, sonny, where's your garden?

"What d'ye call those two large flowers?
An' what'll ye take, an' sell em?
You'd better put a ladder up,
So folks our size can smell 'em.

"We heard old Mrs. Grubber say,
'That spot ye needn't covet;
He'd better turn it into hay,
Or make a grass-plot of it.'"

But Johnny never answered back,
But went and dug it over,
And soon again, his sprouting seeds,
He plainly could discover.

He said, "I'll have a garden yet.
And make a little money;
I never liked those Podger twins,--
They try to be so funny."

BOY BILLY AND THE RABBIT.

Billy, boy! Billy, boy!
He was his mother's joy,
But he couldn't shoot an arrow worth a cent;
And a rabbit almost laughed
As she watched the flying shaft,
And the place upon the target where it went.

The rabbit passing by,
So very soft and sly,
Took Billy for a hunter gaily dressed;
But when she came anear,
She said, "'Tis very clear
It's safe enough to stay and take a rest."

Said the rabbi