ractices.

If Hurry and Deerslayer were unlike in appearance, character, and
principle, so, too, were Judith and Hetty. Judith was very handsome,
quick-witted, fond of admiration and fine clothes, while Hetty was not
beautiful to look at. Hetty was possessed of a weak mind, and cared
little for the admiration of others, although she was of an affectionate
nature. Her principles were good, and she ever sought to follow the good
she knew, her constant companion being her Bible, for which she had the
deepest reverence, while the good counsels of her mother, whose body
rested beneath the waters of the lake beside which the family dwelt,
were put in daily practice by the devoted child.

Two other characters of the story deserve more than a passing word. One
was Chingachgook the hunter, the other 'Hist,' a lovable maiden, both of
whom were great friends of Deerslayer; they were Delaware Indians by
nationality.

(_Concluded on page 171._)

FOOTNOTE:

[2] _The Deerslayer_, by J. Fenimore Cooper. There are several cheap
editions published which can be easily obtained.

PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.

8.--RHYMED METAGRAM.

1. Now thin and plain, now rich and sweet,
But nearly always good to eat.

2. A pigment painters use when they
The lovely blushing rose portray.

3. A garden tool we sometimes need
When smoothing soil and sowing seed.

4. Our true regard for any friend;
The purpose, final cause, or end.

5. To seize, to choose, to get, to hold,
Sometimes to catch, as we catch cold.

6. Active, alive, to cease from sleep;
A noisy Irish feast to keep.

C. J. B.

[_Answers on page 195._]

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ON PAGE 130.

6.--1. Cat. 2. Yes. 3. Will. 4. Pony. 5. Dry.
Rat. Yet. Pill. Pond. Day.
Rag. Pet. Pile. Bond. Way.
Hag. Pot. Pine. Band. Pay.
Hog. Not. Pint. Bard. Pat.
Dog. No. Pent. Bare. Pet.
Went. Care. Wet.
Won't. Cart.

7.--_Never despair._

1. Paris.
2. Pear.
3. Rasp.
4. Veer.
5. Rip.
6. Near.
7. Nerves.
8. Spain.
9. Span.
10. Drip.

THE TWO PUPILS.

A Hindu Fable.

An old philosopher who had two pupils one day gave each a sum of money,
and told them to purchase something with it, which should fill the room
where they did their studies. One p