"Melted my dollie!" said a pretty little golden-haired girl, as she tripped like a little fairy up the garden-path. "So he melted my dollie, did he? I should like to see him do it again!" Tears came into her eyes at the thought of her sad experience. Since then, however, a china head had replaced the melted wax, and Nellie's fickle little heart had been comforted. So the tears soon vanished in a smile as she showed her new treasure to Harry.

ON THE SETTING SUN.

Those evening clouds, that setting ray,

And beauteous tint, serve to display

Their great Creator's praise;

Then let the short-lived thing called man,

Whose life's comprised within a span,

To Him his homage raise.

We often praise the evening clouds,

And tints so gay and bold,