"The teacher wouldn't let her stay in the school-room," he exclaimed, his face growing very red, "though I told her Tony would be perfectly quiet; and so I had to put her in the entry, and when the boys went out at recess they teased her dreadfully."
His mother comforted her boy by reminding him how pleasant it would be for him to come home and have Tony bark out her welcome. So that was the last of Tony's school education.
Every day, though, she learned something new at home. Even Captain Colvin took pains to teach her new and cunning tricks. Whenever she wanted anything to eat, she always stood up on her hind feet and asked for it, and then she would bark out her thank you in the funniest manner imaginable.
[CHAPTER III.]
FRANKIE'S MUSIC LESSON.
FRANKIE was generally a good boy; but sometimes, he did not like to obey his mother, and tried to argue with her. This is very naughty; for God has commanded children to obey their parents promptly and cheerfully.
One morning, Frankie ran into the sitting-room, where his mother was writing a letter, and said,—
"Ma, the boys are going to the woods for nuts,—may I go?"
"What time do they start, my dear?" she asked.
"Oh, we're going to get an early dinner! Ann can give me a piece of pie, and I'll be off by one o'clock. Say, ma, may I go?"