2.  She looks as if no thought of ill
     In all her life had stirred her;
   But while she moves with careful tread, And
   while she spins her silken thread,
   She is planning, planning, planning still
     The way to do some murder.

3.  My child, who reads this simple lay,
     With eyes down-dropt and tender, Remember
   the old proverb says
   That pretty is which pretty does,
   And that worth does not go nor stay
     For poverty nor splendor.

4.  ’Tis not the house, and not the dress,
     That makes the saint or sinner. 
   To see the spider sit and spin,
   Shut with her walls of silver in,
   You would never, never, never guess
     The way she gets her dinner. 
                                          Alice Cary.

LESSON L.

civil Pe’ter Tow’ser ap pear’

a lone’ Pin’dar per’sons trav’el ers

[Illustration:  Man telling story to several children.]

THE STORY-TELLER

1.  Peter Pindar was a great storyteller.  One day, as he was going by the school, the children gathered around him.

2.  They said, “Please tell us a story we have never heard.”  Ned said, “’Tell us something about boys and dogs.”

3.  “Well,” said Peter, “I love to please good children, and, as you all appear civil, I will tell you a new story; and it shall be about a boy and some dogs, as Ned asks.

4.  “But before we begin, let us sit down in a cool, shady place.  And now, John, you must be as still as a little mouse.  Mary, you must not let Towser bark or make a noise.

5.  “A long way from this place, there is a land where it is very cold, and much snow falls.

6.  “The hills are very high there, and traveler’s are often lost among them.  There are men there who keep large dogs.  These are taught to hunt for people lost in the snow.

7.  “The dogs have so fine a scent, that they can find persons by that alone.

8.  “Sometimes it is so dark, that they can not see anything.  Those who are lost often lie hid in the snowdrifts. "

LESSON LI.

lain weak stiff shrill rode bleak

[Illustration:  Dog searching on snowy mountain-side for lost traveler.]

THE STORY TELLER (CONCLUDED)

1.  “One cold, bleak night, the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and shrill.  It was quite dark.  Not a star was to be seen in the sky.

2.  “These good men sent out a dog, to hunt for those who might want help.  In an hour or two, the dog was heard coming back.

3.  “On looking out, they saw him with a boy on his back.  The poor child was stiff with cold.  He could but just hold on to the dog’s back.