6.  So Sam walked on, very sad.  Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in it were Harry and his mother.

7.  The blind man stood, and held out his hat.  “Let us give the poor man something,” said Harry to his mother.

8.  His mother gave him some cents.  Harry took them, but did not put them into the man’s hat.

9.  He threw them into the hedge as far as he could.  The poor man could not find them, for, you know, ho was blind.

10.  Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage.  He saw Harry throw the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the money until he found it all for the blind man.

11.  This took so long a time, that he almost lost his supper.

12.  Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?

13.  I know which he thanked most in his heart.

LESSON XXIX.

rip’pling fringe stray thou mill

vil’lage brink clear wild hill

course bathe tiny pool rill

THE LITTLE HILL.

1.  Run, run, thou tiny rill;
   Run, and turn the village mill;
   Run, and fill the deep, clear pool
   In the woodland’s shade so cool,
   Where the sheep love best to stray
   In the sultry summer day;
   Where the wild birds bathe and drink,
   And the wild flowers fringe the brink.

[Illustration:  Mill, with mill pond in foreground.]

2.  Run, run, thou tiny rill,
   Round the rocks, and down the hill;
   Sing to every child like me;
   The birds will join you, full of glee: 
   And we will listen to the song
   You sing, your rippling course along.

LESSON XXX.

has’tened pos’si ble bal’ance Ed’gar save

boat’man dan’ger quick’ly move trip

stretched sev’er al start’ed folks fell

THE BOAT UPSET.

1.  “Sit still, children.  Do not move about in the boat,” said Mr. Rose to the young folks he was taking for a trip on the water.

2.  The boat was a large one, and could not easily be upset.  There were in it Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the boatman, and several little boys and girls.

3.  “Keep still, please, young gentlemen,” said the boatman, when Edgar Rose and Thomas Read began to move from one side to the other.

4.  They kept quiet for a short time only.  Edgar soon wanted a stick which Thomas held in his hand.  He lost his balance in trying to get the stick, and fell into the water.

[Illustration:  Overturned boat, people clinging to boat and debris.  Another boat approaching.]

5.  Mr. and Mrs. Rose both started up, and stretched out their arms to save him; but in so doing, they upset the boat.