e early dawn was coming through the eastern
window-panes. Where was baby? Oh! what had Nellie done with him? She
jumped from the bed, ran here and there, but could not find him.

At last she looked in the cradle, and there he was, lying snugly asleep.
Without knowing what she had done, she had put him in the cradle, and
had covered him up, and then, without undressing herself, had gone and
lain down on the bed. "Oh, you darling, you darling!" cried Nellie; but
the tears came to her eyes, and she could say no more.

MARY ATKINSON.

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ANNIE'S WISH.

"I wish I were a fairy,--
A fairy kind and good,
I'd have a splendid palace
Beside a waving wood.
And there my fairy minstrels
Their golden harps should play;
And little fairy birdies
Should carol all the day.

"A hundred fairy minions
On my commands should wait;
And want and pain should never
Be known on my estate.
I'd send my fairy heralds,
To solace, soothe, and aid;
And love and joy and pleasure
Each dwelling should pervade."

"But, ah! you're not a fairy,
Dear little Sister Ann;
So pray now be contented,
And do the best you can.
To parents, friends, and teachers,
Be docile, true, and fond,
And you will work more wonders
Than with a fairy's wand."

GEO. BENNETT.

[Illustration: Outline Drawing by MR. HARRISON WEIR, as a drawing lesson.]

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GRANDPA'S PIGS.

Mamma says that I am only
a little boy; but I think I am
quite big. I shall be six years
old next May.

Last summer, mamma took
me to grandpa's, to stay a few
weeks. When we got to the
house, I asked grandpa if I
might go with him every day
to feed the pigs. He said,
"Yes."

So the next morning I went.
There were four large pigs, and
six little ones; and, when the
food was put into the trough,
they were all so eager to get it,
that they kept tumbling over
one another.

One morning, there was not
a pig in the pen. We hunted
everywhere, but could not find
them. At last, grandpa said,
"They must be in the turnip-
garden." Sure enough, there
they were.

The moment they saw us,
they scampered; but, after a
while, we got them all back in
the pen. Then grandpa said
he wanted to know how they
got out: so we hid in the barn.

By and by, an old pig peeped
around, to see if anybody w