He spent all his spare time in studying and reading the best books that he could get. We shall find that afterward Benjamin Franklin became the most learned man in America.
[SOME WISE SAYINGS]
Lost time is never found again.
One to-day is worth two to-morrows.
God helps them that help themselves.
Plow deep while sluggards sleep,
And you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
—Benjamin Franklin.
[A WEAVING STORY]
| Abner | glanced | shuttle | loom |
| Silas | musket | threaded | coax |
| Deborah | offered | possible | stitch |
t was a spring morning more than one hundred years ago. A young man was plowing in a field near a low farmhouse.
Four men with guns on their shoulders passed along the road. "There is Abner White," said one of them. "He ought to join the army. Call to him."