"O yes, it is," said a chorus of voices. "This is just where such folks as you belong. There are many of your fellows here, and you won't be lonesome a bit."
They had begun to unwind the web from his eyes now, so he opened them and looked about him. O what a wretched place it was!
Against the sides of the cave, stood long rows of boys and girls, with very sorry faces, all of them saying over as fast as they could speak, "Going to, going to!" "Wait a bit, wait a bit!" "Pretty soon, pretty soon!" "In a minute, in a minute!" studying the names just as hard as if they were lessons.
There were Delays, and Tardys, and Put-offs, with ever so many more; and in a corner by themselves, and looking more unhappy than all the rest, were the poor little fellows whose names were "Too late."
Directions for Reading.—Pupils should read loud enough for all the class to hear them.
The words forming a quotation should usually be spoken in a louder tone than the other words in the lesson, as—
"Johnny," said his mamma, one day, "will you bring me an armful of wood?"
Language Lesson.—Divide into syllables, accent, and mark the sounds of the letters in the following words: Carlo, armful, mountain, unwind.