Language Lesson—Let pupils use other words to express the meaning of the parts given below in dark type.

"Right down there—just a step, you see."

"Pretty likely place for a prospect."

"The only one I take much stock in."

Write out in full the words for which 'em and an't are used.


LESSON XLVI.

quaked, shook, as with fear.
cha'os, a great number of things without order.
gi gan'tic, of very great size.
stealth'y, very quiet, so as to escape notice.
fa'tal, causing great harm.
mis'sion, what one is sent to do.
in'ter vals, spaces of time.
thrill, feeling, as of pain or pleasure.
af fect'ing, making a show of.
a pol'o gize, express sorrow for an act.
ret ri bu'tion, paying back for one's acts; punishment.

A GHOST STORY.—PART II.