And found the plan so good,

That, from that day, the other fowls

Got hardly any food.

PUZZLE-PAGE.

Here is a puzzle page for you. The names of two of these objects begin with C, one with L, one with P, one with R, and one with S. Now try if you can find them out.

A STORY OF A WOODEN HORSE.

CHAPTER V.
A MAN OF SCIENCE.—MAURICE PARTS WITH THE HORSE.—JOURNEY TO NICE.—RETURN HOME.—AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.

At the close of the last chapter I told you that an old gentleman had been looking on from a little distance, while Maurice and Adrienne were discussing the sale of the horse. At last the old gentleman came up to Maurice, and said,—