Off he went, and at three o’clock that afternoon returned, bringing the lost key.
He was tired and hungry, but a good dinner was ready for him, and kind words soon made him forget his fatigue.
In fact, I believe both master and dog were ashamed and sorry for the past, and inwardly determined to do right in the future.
Now after these true stories of my great-uncle, I hope you feel better, and will go home, not to plan how you can be revenged, but how you can be true and faithful, and, if possible, win better treatment in future.
R.
Of the four hundred and thirteen species of trees in the United States sixteen will sink in water. The heaviest is the black-iron wood of Southern California.
BARNYARD ILLUSIONS.
SOMEBODY in one of our exchanges tells an amusing story of his attempt at studying human nature in the barnyard. He placed a large piece of looking-glass against the trunk of a tree, and scattered corn in front of it, then took a convenient position and watched. Some of the hens came up with cautious tread, to meet what they supposed were new acquaintances, and were simply astonished and bewildered by the result. Others pecked at the glass, and were anxious to get up a fight with the supposed intruders.