The man had heard of the trick played upon the Indians; but did not know before this, that his partner was the one who had cheated them. He could not say a word. He departed at once. Arriving at his home, he said to his partner:

"We must separate. I have learned a

lesson. I can not remain in business with a dishonest man. You cheated the Indians for a little gain. You have lost it, and I advise you, henceforth, to deal honestly with all men."

Directions for Reading.-In the first paragraph of the lesson, notice the places marked below where words are likely to be run together in reading, and avoid making such errors.

"Out in the West, there are men who trade for furs and skins of animals."

Point out similar places in the second paragraph.

Name four emphatic words occurring in the last sentence of the lesson.

Language Lesson.-Syllabify, accent, and mark sounds of letters in the following words: dispose, gunpowder, complaint, henceforth. Give reasons for the capital letters and marks of punctuation used in the last paragraph of the lesson.

Tell the story in your own words, using the points given in the following

Analysis.-1. Trading with the Indians.

2. The use of firearms

among the Indians. 3. The trader's trick. 4. Visit of the trader's partner. 5. What the Indians did. 6. The return of the partner. 7. What he said to the trader.

Over my shaded doorway

Two little brown-winged birds
Have chosen to fashion their dwelling,
And utter their loving words;
All day they are going and coming
On errands frequent and fleet,
And warbling over and over,

"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

Their necks are changeful and shining,
Their eyes like living gems;
And all day long they are busy
Gathering straws and stems,
Lint and feathers and grasses,
And half forgetting to eat,
Yet never failing to warble,
"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

I scatter crumbs on the doorstep,
And fling them some flossy threads;
They fearlessly gather my bounty,

And turn up their grateful heads.

And chatter and dance and flutter,
And scrape with their tiny feet,
Telling me over and over,

"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

What if the sky is clouded?

What if the rain comes down?
They are all dressed to meet it,
In waterproof suits of brown.
They never mope nor languish,

Nor murmur at storm or heat;
But say, whatever the weather,
"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

Always merry and busy,

Dear little brown-winged birds!
Teach me the happy magic

Hidden in those soft words,

Which always, in shine or shadow,

So lovingly you repeat,

Over and over and over,

"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

Language Lesson.-Let pupils express, in their own language the words given below in dark type.

Their eyes are like living gems.

Which you always repeat in shine or shadow.

What kind of birds are described in the lesson?

Why did they gather straws, stems, lint, feathers, and grasses!

LESSON XXI.

měs’saģè, word; notice. mer'chan dise, things traded; goods.

guid'ançe, leading; directing. halt, stop.

de çīd'ed, made up their minds.

rē trāç'ing, going back over.
ho rizon, line where the earth

and sky seem to meet.

en eămped', set up tents.
sole, only.

gushed, flowed rapidly; poured.

ALI, THE BOY CAMEL DRIVER.

PART I.

Hassan was a camel driver who dwelt at Gaza. It was his business to go with caravans, backwards and forwards, across the desert to Suez, to take care of the camels. He had a wife and one young son, called Ali.

Hassan had been absent for many weeks, when his wife received from him a message, brought by another camel driver, who had returned with a caravan from Suez.

It said: "Send the boy with the camel to Suez with the next caravan. I have some merchandise to bring home, and I will stop at Suez till he comes."

Ali's mother was pained at the thought of sending her young son away to such a distance for the first time; but she said to

herself that Ali was now quite old enough to be helping his father, and she at once set about doing what was required for his journey.

Ali got out the trappings for the camel, and looked to the water bottles to see that they did not leak. His mother did all that was needed to make him quite ready to join the next caravan that started.

Ali was delighted to think that he was to go to his father, and that at last the day was come when he too was to be a camel driver, and to take a journey with the dear old camel which he was so fond of.

He had long wanted to ride on its back across the desert, and to lie down by its side to rest at night. He had no fear.

The camel, of which Ali was so fond, had been bought by his father with the savings of many a year's hard work, and formed the sole riches of the family.

Hassan was looked upon as quite a rich man by the other camel drivers, and Ali, besides having a great love for the animal, was proud of his father being a camel

owner.

Though it was a great creature by the