II

The thief thought there must be something in the old man's bags; so with his big rusty knife he chopped them into rags. But no money did he find, for the silly old man was not so silly as he seemed. His money was in his pocket.

The old man rode on to his landlord's home and paid his rent. Then he opened the thief's bag, which was glorious to behold. There were five hundred pounds in gold and silver.

"Where did you get the silver?" asked the landlord. "And where did you get the gold?"

"I met a proud fool on the way," said the old man with a laugh. "I swapped horses with him, and he gave me this to boot."

"Well, well! But you're too old to go about with so much money," said the landlord.

"Oh, I think no one would harm a silly old man like me," said the farmer, as he rode away.

The old man went home by a narrow lane, and there he spied Tib tied to a tree.

"The stranger did not like his trade, I fear," said he. "So I think I'll take Tib home."

The old man went home much richer than when he left. When she heard the story, the wife danced and sang for glee. "'Tis hard to fool my old man," said she.

—ENGLISH BALLAD (Adapted).

[THE ROCK-A-BY LADY]

The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street

Comes stealing; comes creeping;

The poppies they hang from her head to her

feet,

And each hath a dream that is tiny and fleet—

She bringeth her poppies to you, my sweet,

When she findeth you sleeping!

There is one little dream of a beautiful drum—

"Rub-a-dub!" it goeth;

There is one little dream of a big sugar-plum,

And lo! thick and fast the other dreams come

Of pop-guns that bang, and tin tops that hum,

And a trumpet that bloweth!

And dollies peep out of those wee little dreams

With laughter and singing;

And boats go a-floating on silvery streams,

And the stars peek-a-boo with their own misty gleams,

And up, up, and up, where the Mother Moon beams,

The fairies go winging!

Would you dream all these dreams that are tiny and fleet?

They'll come to you sleeping;

So shut the two eyes that are weary, my sweet,

For the Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street

With poppies that hang from her head to her feet,

Comes stealing; comes creeping.

—EUGENE FIELD.

[THE SANDMAN]

The rosy clouds float overhead,

The sun is going down;

And now the sandman's gentle tread

Comes stealing through the town.

"White sand, white sand," he softly cries,

And as he shakes his hand,

Straightway there lies on babies' eyes

His gift of shining sand.

Blue eyes, gray eyes, black eyes, and brown,

As shuts the rose, they softly close,

When he goes through the town.

From sunny beaches far away—

Yes, in another land—

He gathers up at break of day

His store of shining sand.

No tempests beat that shore remote,

No ships may sail that way;

His little boat alone may float

Within that lovely bay.

Blue eyes, gray eyes, black eyes, and brown,

As shuts the rose, they softly close,

When he goes through the town.

He smiles to see the eyelids close

Above the happy eyes;

And every child right well he knows,

Oh, he is very wise!

But, if as he goes through the land,

A naughty baby cries,

His other hand takes dull gray sand

To close the wakeful eyes.

Blue eyes, gray eyes, black eyes, and brown,

As shuts the rose, they softly close,

When he goes through the town.

So when you hear the sandman's song

Sound through the twilight sweet,

Be sure you do not keep him long

A-waiting on the street.

Lie softly down, dear little head,

Rest quiet, busy hands,

Till, by your bed his good-night said,

He strews the shining sands.

Blue eyes, gray eyes, black eyes, and brown,

As shuts the rose, they softly close,

When he goes through the town.

—MARGARET VANDERGRIFT.

[A DICTIONARY]

To the Children: Below you will find the words in the Third Reader that you may not know the meaning of, or how to pronounce. Some words have more than one meaning. In looking for the meaning of a word, choose the meaning that best fits the sentence in which the word occurs.

ad ven ture: a bold undertaking.
af fec tion: love.
a gree ment: a bargain.
al mond: a nut.
am ber: of the color of amber-yellow.
ap plaud ed: praised.
ar bu tus: a trailing plant with small pinkish-white blossoms.
A tri (Ah tree): a town in Italy.
aught: anything.

Bau cis (Bor sis): a Greek woman.
bel lows (lus): an instrument for blowing a fire, used by blacksmiths.
bil low: a great wave.
blithe (bl=ithe): joyous, glad.
bred: brought up.
bur dock: a coarse plant with bur-like heads.
card: an instrument for combing cotton, wool, or flax.
chase: hunt; pursuit.
chris ten ing: naming a child at baptism.
cliff: a high, steep face of rock.
com rade (kom rad): a mate, a companion.
Con al (C~on' al): an Irish lad.
con ceit ed: proud, vain.
con fess: to own; to admit.
coun cil: a small body called together for a trial, or to decide a matter.
court ier (court' yer): an attendant at the court of a prince.
crime: a wicked act punishable by law.
crouch: to stoop low.

dan ger: risk.
de li cious: pleasing to the taste.
de nied: disowned.
depths: deep part of sea.
de stroy: break up; kill.
dis tress: suffering of mind.
dock: a place between piers where vessels may anchor.
Don al (D~on' al): an Irish lad.
dor mouse (dor mous'): a small animal that looks like a squirrel.
drought (drout): want of water.
dub: call.
dumps: low spirits.

eaves: overhanging lower edges of a roof.
em bers: smouldering ashes.
em per or: ruler of an empire.
em press: wife of an emperor; a female ruler.
en chant ed: bewitched.
en e my: foe.
es tab lish: to found.
ex act ly: completely.
ex haust ed: tired, worn out.
ex tend ing: reaching.

fam ine: scarcity of food.
fes ti val: a time of feasting.
flax: a slender plant with blue flowers, used to make thread and cloth.
fol ly: foolishness.
foot man: a man servant.
forge: a place with its furnace where metal is heated and hammered into different shapes.
fra grance: sweetness.
free dom: independence, liberty.

gauz y: like gauze, thin.
Got ham (Got am): a village in Old England, commonly called G=o tham.
grate ful: thankful.
groom: a servant in charge of horses.
guard: one that guards; a watch.

hail ing: calling.
har bor: a protected body of water where vessels may anchor safely.
haught y: proud.
her ald: a messenger.
Ho ang ti (H=o ~ang tee): an emperor of China.
hoar y: white.
horse-chest nut: a tree.
hu man: like men.
hu mor: mood, disposition.

in no cent: guiltless.
in spect: examine.
in stant ly: at once.
in vent ed: made.

jest: joke.
ju ni per: an evergreen, tree.
jus tice: right treatment.

king dom: country belonging
to king or queen.
kirk: church.
knight: a mounted man-at-arms.

lad en: loaded.
la ment ed: wailed, wept.
lin en: thread or cloth made of flax.
lodge: dwelling place; wigwam.
loom: a machine for weaving threads into cloth.
lus cious: delicious.

Man i tou (too): a name given by the Indians to the "Great Spirit," or God.
marsh es: swamps.
mer cy: pity, kindness.
min is ter: a pastor, a clergyman.
mis for tune: bad fortune.
moc ca sin: Indian shoes.
moor: to secure in place, as a vessel: a great tract of waste land.
moult ed: shed feathers.

no bles: lords.
nurs er y: play room for children.

o blige: do a favor.
o rang ou tang: a kind of ape.
or der ly: regular; in order.

page: a youth training for knighthood.
pas try (p=as): article of food made with crust of paste (or dough) as a pie.
peas ant (p~es): a tiller of the soil.
pe can: a kind of nut.
Pe kin duck: a large, creamy white duck.
pest: a nuisance.
Phi le mon (F=i l=e' mon): a Greek peasant.
pil lar: a support.
pin ing: drooping; longing.
pound: a piece of English money, equal to about $5.00 in United States money.
prai rie: an extensive tract of level or rolling land.

rag ing: furious, violent.
rec og nized: known.
re flec tion: image.
ref uge: shelter.
re fused: declined to do.
reign ing (rain): ruling.
re mote: distant.
rest less: eager for change, discontented; unquiet.
re store: to return, to give back.
roe buck: male deer.
runt: an animal unusually small of its kind.

sad dle bags: a pair of pouches attached to a saddle, used to carry small articles.
Salis bur y (Sauls): a town in North Carolina.
sav age: wild, untamed.
scare crow: an object set up to scare crows and other birds away from crops.
score: the number twenty.
serv ice: benefit, favor.
shek el: ancient coin.
shreds: strips, fragments.
Si ling (Se): a Chinese empress.
sim ple ton: a foolish person.
six pence: six pennies—about twelve cents in United States money.
squire: a justice of the peace.
state ly: dignified, majestic.
stat ues: likeness of a human being cut out of stone.
steeped: soaked.
striv ing: laboring, endeavoring.
stub ble: stumps of grain left in ground, as after reaping.

tab lets: a flat piece on which to write.
tasks: work, undertaking.
tem pest: storm.
tem ple: a kind of church.
thriv ing: prospering, succeeding.
tid ings: news.
till ing: cultivating.
tim id ly: shyly.
tink er ing: mending.
tithing man (t=ith): officer who enforced good behavior.
tor por: numbness, dullness.
tread: step.
tri als: efforts, attempts.
troop: an armed force.

u su al: ordinary, common.

vain: proud, conceited; to no purpose.
van ished: disappeared.
ven i son (ven' z'n): flesh of deer.
vic to ry: triumph.
vol un teer: one who offers himself for a service.

wa ger (wa jer): bet.
wages: carries on.
wand: a small stick.
width: breadth.
wig wam: Indian tent.
wis dom: learning, knowledge.

yarn: thread.

Zeus (Z=us): a Greek god.

[WORD LIST]

This list contains the words in the Child's World Third Reader, except those already used in the earlier books of this series, and a few that present no difficulty in spelling, pronunciation or meaning.

9
Greece
Philemon
Baucis
unhappy
hives

10
gathered
couple
Zeus
beggars

11
attend
footsore
herbs
although
pitcher

13
disappeared
homeward

14
feeble
linden

15
treasure
lucky
Iris
precious

16
messenger
swift-footed
Mercury
awakened

17
hereafter
honest
upright

18
blossoms
luscious
harsh

19
hues
frolic
glistened
wrestled
scurried

21
fluttered
speckled
tender

22
parents
moment
remained
praised

25
zigzag
remote
comrade
blithe
amber
billows
stubble
bracing

26
plantation
spindle

28
woven
loom
ruffles

29
England
buttonholes

30
shepherd
shearers

32
dyers

33
colored
plaid

34
Hoangti
emperor
China
Si-ling
empress
suddenly

35
cocoons

37
dainty
linen

38
frightful
steeped

39
suffered
aprons

40
shreds
pulp
glorious
surprise
verses

41
isles
thousands
prayers

42
Hillmen
housewife
bargains

43
saucepan
aye
sixpence
tinkering

44
refused
muttered
vexed
chimney

45
scoured
spoiled
exclaimed

46
shelter
Dormouse
lest

47
gracious
lamented
invented

48
Atri
heralds
ye
complaint
message

49
guilty

50
arousing
justice

51
steed
undertone
jest

52
applauded

53
savage

54
dragged
judge
prison

55
denied
wisdom

56
labor
honeycomb

57
artists
extending
poets
affection
well-deserved

59
dreadful
worry
horrid
notice

62
business

65
perfectly
breath

67
Epaminondas
granny

75
service

76
obliged
gently

77
tremendous
marvelous

78
forbid
allow

81
caramels
almond
pecan
taffy

82
except
Christ

84
Pedro
altar
distress

86
stately
haughty

88
musician

90
family
scare
pantry

94
chocolate

95
whiskers
danger

101
huddled
wailed
usual
faint

102
cheerful
pardon

104
chorus
shriller
chubby
bundled

106
furniture
mirror
reflection

108
disgusted

110
satisfied
oiling

111
bow-legged
conceited

112
remarked
width

113
clattering
astonished

114
fault
recognized

115
shekels

116
impossible
caliph

117
courtier
presence
refused

119
companion

120
razors
agreement

121
instantly

122
cozy
drowsy

124
Puritans
Sabbath

125
Indians
worship

126
sermon
minister

127
tithingman
peppermint

130
freedom
regular
Vermont
able-bodied
Americans
volunteers

131
inspect

133
victory

134
president
Salisbury

135
impatient
governor

138
delicious
heartily

139
murmuring
papoose
prairie
Manitou

140
drought
council

142
declared
sleek

144
resin
selfish

147
mentioned
loose

149
hominy
sharpened

154
establish
harbor
moored
orderly

155
nursery
scattered

156
famine
Orang-outang

157
journey
magic

160
refuge
grateful
restore
innocent

161
favorite
whirlwind

162
kingdom
confess
rejoicing

163
penniless
simpleton
nevertheless

164
destroy
human

165
enchanted
tablets

166
performs
princesses

167
collected
pearls

168
depths
exactly
syrup

172
christening
godmothers

174
nightingale
spitefully

175
grieve
vanished
misfortune

177
embroidering
departed
royal

178
reigning
peasant
determined
guards
motionless

179
statues

181
canals
burdocks

182
parson
cheated

186
miserable
moor

189
terror
cruel

190
clumsy
matters

192
glossy
moulted
naked

193
horrible
sky-rocket

195
strength
turtle dove

196
Russian

199
juniper

201
trespass-money

202
mischief
damages
ringleader

205
gooseherd
excuse

206
Ireland

208
exhausted
diamonds

211
trousers
greedily

212
torpor
gauzy

213
fragrance
Killing-worth

214
squire
timidly

215
oriole
weevils
enemy
contradict

216
starvation
caterpillars
foe

218
arbutus
tempest

219
moccasins
embers
adventures

220
hoary
joyous
marshes
ringlets

221
shrunk
bosom
scent

223
treasures

224
confused
humor
score

225
attention
folly

227
million
tilling

228
caress

229
leaflet
petals

230
Gotham
woe

223
Nottingham
wager

234
aught
lodging

235
passport
youth
servant

236
venison
pasty
Sherwood

237
majesty
terrified

246
straightway
beaches

248
twilight
strews