CONTENTS


[A TRIUMPH.]
BY CELIA THAXTER. 		PAGE
513
[ONE SATURDAY]
BY SARAH WINTER KELLOGG. 		514
[MRS. PETER PIPER'S PICKLES.]
BY E. MÜLLER. 		519
[UNDER THE LILACS.] (Serial)
CHAPTER XIV.-SOMEBODY GETS LOST.
CHAPTER XV.-BEN'S RIDE.
BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. 		523
[MASTER MONTEZUMA.]
(With Illustrations copied from Mexican Hieroglyphics.)
By C.C. HASKINS. 		535
[A LONG JOURNEY.]
BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD. 		540
[THE LITTLE RED CANAL-BOAT.]
BY M.A. EDWARDS. 		541
[THE BUTTERFLY CHASE.]
BY ELLIS GRAY. 		548
[HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE.]
BY M.F. 		549
[ONLY A DOLL!]
BY SARAH O. JEWETT. 		552
[DAB KINZER: A STORY OF A GROWING BOY.] (Serial)
Chapters I, II, III, IV
BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD. 		553
[HOW WILLY WOLLY WENT A-FISHING.]
BY S.C. STONE. 		562
[CRUMBS FROM OLDER READING.]
BY JULIA E. SARGENT.
III.--THOMAS CARLYLE. 		565
[JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.] (Letter-Box)
A ROPE OF EGGS.
CONVERSATION BY FISTICUFFS.
A HORSE THAT LOVED TEA.
TONGUES WHICH CARRY TEETH.
DIZZY DISTANCES.
LAND THAT INCREASES IN HEIGHT.
THE ANGERED GOOSE.
A CITY UNDER THE WATER.
REFLECTION. 		566
["FIDDLE-DIDDLE-DEE!"] 568
[THE LETTER-BOX.] (Dear St. Nicholas)
A BRAVE GIRL.
LETTERS...
SOME THINGS WHICH WE EXPECT IN YEARS TO COME.
THE TRUE STORY OF "MARY'S LITTLE LAMB".
LETTERS...
ACROSTIC.
CITY CHILDREN'S COUNTRY REST.
ANSWERS TO MR. CRANCH'S POETICAL CHARADES received from...
ERRATUM.--
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES in the April number were received...
CORRECT SOLUTIONS of all the puzzles were received from... 		572
[THE RIDDLE-BOX.]
EASY BEHEADINGS.
ACCIDENTAL HIDINGS.
METRICAL COMPOSITIONS.
PORTIONS OF TIME.
MELANGE.
EASY CLASSICAL ACROSTIC.
ENIGMA.
ANAGRAMS.
PICTORIAL PUZZLE.
EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.
CHARADE.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE.
FOUR-LETTER SQUARE-WORD.
EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.
METAGRAM.
EASY ACROSTIC.
BLANK WORD-SYNCOPATIONS.
CHARADE.
TRANSPOSITIONS OF PROPER NAMES.
SQUARE-WORD.
ADDITIONS.
LABYRINTH.
 574
[ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN MAY NUMBER.] 576

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


[A BRAVE GIRL.] 		PAGE
Frontispiece
["I BELIEVE SHE'S GONE DRY," SAID KIT.] 518
[TWO CROWS.] 519
[THEY TURNED OUT THEIR TOES SO GRACEFULLY.] 519
[TANGLED IN THE LONG GRASS.] 520
[OH, MY! HE'S GOING BACKWARDS!] 520
[THIS IS TWICE AS DEEP AS YOU WERE IN.] 521
[THERE, IN THE TWILIGHT, HE SAW A LONELY FIGURE STANDING ON ONE LEG.] 521
[AT THE CIRCUS.] 524
[BEN AND LITA AT THE BROOK.] 529
[MASTER MONTEZUMA'S PARENTS TAKE HIM TO THE PRIEST AND THE TEACHER.] 536
[MASTER MONTEZUMA MUST BE PUNISHED.] 537
[MASTER MONTEZUMA IS TAUGHT HOW TO FISH.] 537
[MASTER MONTEZUMA IS TALKED TO BY HIS FATHER.] 537
[CARRYING THE BRIDE.] 538
[THE WEDDING OF MONTEZUMA.] 538
[A PEACE-OFFERING IN THE YEAR ONE RABBIT.] 539
[PROTECTING THE GRAIN FROM RATS, IN THE YEAR ONE RABBIT.] 539
[THE EMPEROR MONTEZUMA, SEATED IN THE ROYAL HALLS.] 540
[CHARLOTTE WAS PUSHING THE BOAT ALONG, MAKING HER WAY TO THE LANDING-STAIRS.] 542
[AT THE FIRE-WOMAN'S.] 544
[THE BOYS WITH THEIR BOATS.] 546
[BELL'S TELEPHONE. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2] 550
[Fig. 3. A "CIGAR-BOX" TELEPHONE.] 551
["POLLY, MY DOLLY! WHY DON'T YOU GROW?"] 552
[DAB GIVES DICK HIS OLD CLOTHES.] 556
["IS YOUR NAME DABNEY KINZER?"] 559
[MAKING READY FOR A CRUISE.] 561
[WILLY WOLLY GOING FISHING.] 562
[WILLY WOLLY CAUGHT HIMSELF.] 563
[MOTHER UNHOOKS WILLY WOLLY.] 564
["JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT."] 566
[THE ANGERED GOOSE.] 567
[THE LITTLE BROWN WREN.] 568
[THE LITTLE BANTAM HEN.] 568
[THE SPECKLED GUINEA-HEN.] 569
[THE DUCK.] 569
[THE DOG.] 570
[THE HORSE.] 570
[ALL IN PROCESSION.] 571
[PICTORIAL PUZZLE.] 575
[LABYRINTH.] 576

A [TRIUMPH].

BY CELIA THAXTER.

Little Roger up the long slope rushing
Through the rustling corn,
Showers of dewdrops from the broad leaves brushing
In the early morn,
At his sturdy little shoulder bearing
For a banner gay,
Stem of fir with one long shaving flaring
In the wind away!
Up he goes, the summer sunshine flushing
O'er him in his race,
Sweeter dawn of rosy childhood blushing
On his radiant face.
If he can but set his standard glorious
On the hill-top low,
Ere the sun climbs the clear sky victorious,
All the world aglow!
So he presses on with childish ardor,
Almost at the top!
Hasten, Roger! Does the way grow harder?
Wherefore do you stop?
From below the corn-stalks tall and slender
Comes a plaintive cry—
Turns he for an instant from the splendor
Of the crimson sky,
Wavers, then goes flying toward the hollow,
Calling loud and clear:
"Coming, Jenny! Oh, why did you follow?
Don't you cry, my dear!"
Small Janet sits weeping 'mid the daisies;[Page 514]
"Little sister sweet,
Must you follow Roger?" Then he raises
Baby on her feet,
Guides her tiny steps with kindness tender,
Cheerfully and gay,
All his courage and his strength would lend her
Up the uneven way,
Till they front the blazing East together;
But the sun has rolled
Up the sky in the still Summer weather,
Flooding them with gold.
All forgotten is the boy's ambition,
Low the standard lies,
Still they stand, and gaze—a sweeter vision
Ne'er met mortal eyes.
That was splendid; Roger, that was glorious,
Thus to help the weak;
Better than to plant your flag victorious
On earth's highest peak!