| THE POWER OF KINDNESS, | [ 7] |
| ADA AND HER PET FAWN, | [ 18] |
| HOW TO AVOID A QUARREL, | [ 26] |
| THE BROKEN DOLL, | [ 34] |
| HARSH WORDS AND KIND WORDS, | [ 42] |
| A NOBLE ACT, | [ 46] |
| EMMA LEE AND HER SIXPENCE, | [ 53] |
| THE TIMELY AID, | [ 59] |
| THE DOUBLE FAULT, | [ 69] |
| A STORY ABOUT A DOG, | [ 74] |
| THE DISCONTENTED SHEPHERD, | [ 81] |
| THE SHILLING, | [ 86] |
| THE WOUNDED BIRD, | [ 90] |
| THE HOLIDAY, | [ 99] |
| ROVER AND HIS LITTLE MASTER, | [ 104] |
| JAMES AND HENRY, | [ 108] |
| THE USE OF FLOWERS, | [ 116] |
The Power of Kindness.
“I HATE him!”
Thus, in a loud, angry voice, spoke a lad named Charles Freeman. His face was red, and his fair white brow disfigured by passion.
“Yes, I hate him! and he had better keep his distance from me, or I—”
“What would you do, Charles?” asked the lad’s companion, seeing that he paused.
“I don’t know what I might not be tempted to do. I would trample upon him as I would upon a snake.”
For a boy fourteen years of age, this was a dreadful state of mind to be in. The individual who had offended him was a fellow-student, named William Aiken. The cause of offence we will relate.