Then the President's youngest daughter climbed up into the engine, and gave Tom the prize watch. The boys took him on their shoulders in triumph to the President's car, every one got on board, the flag-men were called in, and the entire party went gayly home with the empty engine trailing behind.
[BEES IN THE MEADOW.]
BY MRS. SANGSTER.
Bees in the meadow,
Birds on the bough,
Bloom on the hill-side—
Play-time is now.
Stones in the pasture,
Weeds in the bed;
Haying and harvest,
Hard work ahead.
Loud sings the robin,
"If you'd be gay,
Take to the work, lad,
The heart of the play."
PUNCH AND JUDY IN A CONVENT.