eople to
make hay while the sun shone. Strange to say, the features of the old
farmer were precisely the same as those of Mr. Toil, who at that very
moment must have been just entering the schoolroom.

12. "Don't be afraid," said the stranger; "this is not Mr. Toil, the
schoolmaster, but a brother of his, who was bred a farmer. He won't
trouble you, unless you become a laborer on his farm."

13. Hugh believed what his companion said, but was glad when they were out
of sight of the old farmer who bore such a singular resemblance to Mr.
Toil. The two travelers came to a spot where some carpenters were building
a house. Hugh begged his companion to stop awhile, for it was a pretty
sight to see how neatly the carpenters did their work with their saws,
planes, and hammers; and he was beginning to think he too should like to
use the saw, and the plane, and the hammer, and be a carpenter himself.
But suddenly he caught sight of something that made him seize his friend's
hand, in a great fright.

14. "Make haste! quick, quick!" cried he; "there's old Mr. Toil again."
The stranger cast his eyes where Hugh pointed his finger, and saw an
elderly man, who seemed to be overseeing the carpenters, as he went to and
fro about the unfinished house, marking out the work to be done, and
urging the men to be diligent; and wherever he turned his hard and
wrinkled visage, they sawed and hammered as if for dear life.

15. "Oh, no! this is not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster," said the stranger;
"it is another brother of his who follows the trade of carpenter."

16. "I am very glad to hear it," quoth Hugh; "but if you please, sir, I
should like to get out of his way as soon as possible."

DEFINITIONS.--1. A-gree'a-ble, pleasing. 2. Af-firmed', declared. 4.
Ex-pens'es, costs. Se-date', calm. Mod'er-ate, neither fast nor slow,
Dis-po-si'tion, natural state of mind. Con-fessed', ac-knowledged.
So'cia-bly, in a friendly way. 11. Fea'tures, the distinctive marks of the
face. 13. Re-sem'blance, likeness. 14. Dil'i-gent, industrious. Vis'age,
the face. 16. Quoth, said.

LXXX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (Concluded.) (224)

1. Now Hugh and the stranger had not gone much further, when they met a
company of soldiers, gayly dressed, with feathers in their caps, and
glittering muskets on their shoulders. In front marched the drummers and
fifers, making such merry music that Hugh would gladly have followed them
to the end of the world. If he were onl