rankie to
draw one like it.

Frankie was delighted, and said, "This dog is like Ponto, only that it
has a short tail instead of a long one."

Miss Grant then cut a paper doll for Hitty, and afterward one for
Nelly. She made paper dresses, and aprons, and capes, and paper hats for
their heads; and was so much engaged when she saw how delighted the
children were, that she forgot she was teaching school, and never rang
the bell for the close of recess for more than an hour.

They all laughed merrily, and Frankie, clapping his hands, said, "I like
rainy days best of all!"

After recess, Miss Grant gave the children a lesson in geography, and
then related a story of a boy, named Charles Huntington, who, by his
honesty, uprightness, and faithfulness to his employer, became a great
and good man. Having gained wealth, he gave freely of it to the poor and
needy, and, after a long life of happiness and usefulness, died lamented
by all who knew him.

Frankie listened attentively to the story, and then said, "I'm going to
ask God to help me be like Mr. Charles Huntington."

And here we must leave our young friend, with the hope that the promise
of early youth was verified in his manhood; that the seed sown in his
young and tender heart, and watered by his mother's tearful prayers,
sprang up and bore abundant fruit.

As for his cousin Nelly, she continued with her aunt for many years,
until her mother died, when she returned home to comfort and bless her
father, and help train her little brother as she had herself been taught
by her kind friends. She always entertained for Frankie the deep
affection of a sister; and when he graduated from college with the first
honors of his class, no one rejoiced or felt more proud of his success
than his cousin Nelly.

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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired. The quotation marks around the poem
on pages 79-81 was not repaired as the author's intent could not be
ascertained. The marks were left as printed.

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