So glad was she to see it was not dead. R. H. STODDARD. LESSON CLXXXVI. COL-LECT'ED, not disconcerted, cool. IN-TENSE', (Latin intensus, from tendo, PRONUNCIATION.-Fast'en 21, break'ing MA-NEU'VER (ma-nuʼver), management, VE HI-CLE, (Latin veho, to carry,) that in 12, pro-vide' 3d, pre-vent' 1, fal'low 6, been 33, fearful 22, gath ́er 33. BREAKING A COLT. 1. POMP was the name of a colt belonging to Charles and Augustus Lovell, who had a great affection for him. 2. When the time came for breaking him Charles, the elder brother, provided himself with a pair of low wheels, having a long axle and shafts long enough to prevent any accident from Pomp's heels. 3. The brothers had great difficulty in getting Pomp into the shafts. He flew round from side to side, till all parties were very much excited. But he was at last fastened in the shafts. 4. "And now, old fellow," said Charles, as he sprang into his seat, "you and I do not separate till one or the other of us is master.” 5. No sooner was Charles in his seat than Pomp was made to feel that he was wanted to go ahead. He therefore chose to do just the opposite, and began running back. Finding this rather a troublesome way of getting along, he altered his mind, and all at once gave a spring forward that would have broken any common harness. 6. But nothing gave way, and, although the vehicle was lifted bodily some feet from the ground, it came to the earth again all sound, and as tightly fastened as ever. 7. This was followed by a succession of leaps, with an occasional attempt at standing on two legs, to the manifest danger of falling over backwards. Then he darted across the road, and over the ditch, and up the bank, along the foot-path, and then down again to the opposite side of the duck-pond, frightening the poor paddlers, and scattering them in all directions. 8. Then he rushed up an embankment where it seemed impossible for horse or wheels to keep erect. But Pomp had good command of his legs, and appeared no more to mind the sloping hill-side than does a cat or a dog. 9. But around he must go, for his master would allow of no stopping until he said whoa; and he had not yet said it, nor did he mean to say it till the colt should be brought under subjection. 10. And now finding that impassable places were of no avail, but the same burden kept fast to him, and the same steady pressure on the bits continued, when once more in the high-way Pomp started off to try the effect of a run. 11. This his master expected, and was prepared for it. He felt now assured that the critical moment had come which would decide the contest. 12. The colt started with great speed, and all who witnessed the play of his legs and the powerful leaps he made looked on with intense interest. Augustus was deeply excited, and most heartily wished the colt had never been purchased. 13. Charles, however, seemed perfectly collected, although the fearful rapidity with which he was carried was not calculated to set the strongest heart quite at ease. He held no tighter rein than he had done, nor by any signs let the colt know that he was not doing just the thing his master wanted. 14. The road before him was clear, and for some miles Charles had nothing to fear; but as he had the welfare of his horse in view, as well as his own comfort, he only meant to let him get a little tired. Two miles were soon passed, and there appeared no flagging on the part of Pomp. 15. Charles now began to gather up the reins, until certain that he should have the requisite power. He looked to see that his feet were firmly braced, and then calling out "Whoa," he drew the bits with great violence once or twice across the colt's mouth, reining him back at the same time with his utmost strength. Pomp drew his head back, made one or two plunges, his pace slackened-a repetition of the first maneuver with the bits, and the colt yielded. 16 Pomp was now white with lather, and as he champed his bit and tossed his head, Charles saw that the foam from his mouth was streaked with blood. As the place in which he had stopped allowed sufficient space for turning, Charles gave him no breathing time; but as soon as he had fairly brought him to a halt turned him with his face towards home. 17. The colt obeyed with apparent willingness, and when in the road started off on a good, round trot, and came back, to the aston ishment of all, with the steadiness of an old horse. Several now called out to Charles to stop, and let the colt go for the day; but he resolved to finish the work he had begun. 18. So he turned and retraced the path he had traveled in such haste, and kept turning and trotting and stopping at will, until he felt assured there would be no efforts on Pomp's part again to have his own way. 19. "Poor fellow" said his master, after he had unharnessed him, and was washing his mouth in cold water, "you and I, Pomp after this will be better friends than ever. You are my slave now, but you shall find me a kind master." 20. And after Pomp had had a good roll he was led into his snug, warm stall, well littered with straw, and well provided with the substantials for a good supper. It has been a hard day, Pomp, but you and your master will, in consequence of it, be the happier for many years to come. ROE. LESSON CLXXXVII. BLEND, to mix, mingle. BROOK, to bear, to endure, to support. MEL'LOW, soft to the ear. PRONUNCIATION.-A-gain' 33, the 31, soft'ened (sofʼnd) 21 & 4a, with 15, and 29, wav'ing 12. THE MOONLIGHT MARCH. 1. I SEE them on their winding way; And waving arms and banners bright Are glancing in the mellow light. They are lost and gone; the moon is past, The wood's dark shade is o'er them cast; The march is rising o'er the hill. 2. Again, again the pealing drum! The clashing horn!-they come, they come ! HEBER. LESSON CLXXXVIII. HU-MIL'I-A-TION, abasement of pride. thus shortened for sake of easy pronunciation. For instance Gloucester is pronounced Glos'ter, Cholmondeley Chum'ly, Cirencester Sis'e-ter, &c. Many English names of places are | VIV'ID, strong, lively. PRONUNCIATION.-Sup-port' 3e, sul'len 4c, mo ́ment 16, stub'born-ness le & 9, bade 33. TWO SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A GREAT MAN. Scene First. 1. "SAM," said Mr. Michael Johnson of Litchfield, one morning, "I am very feeble and ailing to-day; you must go to Uttoxeter in my stead, and tend the book-stall in the market-place there." 2. This was spoken, about a hundred years ago, by an elderly man, who had once been a thriving bookseller at Litchfield, England. Being now in reduced circumstances, he was forced to go every market-day and sell books at a stall, in the neighboring village of Uttoxeter. 3. When Mr. Michael Johnson spoke Sam pouted, and made an indistinct grumbling in his throat; then he looked his old father in the face, and answered him loudly and deliberately, "Sir, I will not go to Uttoxeter market." 4. "Well, Sam,” said Mr. Johnson, as he took his hat and staff, "if, for the sake of your foolish pride, you can suffer your poor, sick father to stand all day in the noise and confusion of the market, when he ought to be in his bed, I have no more to say. But you will think of this, Sam, when I am dead and gone!" 5. So the poor old man, perhaps with a tear in his eye, certainly with sorrow in his heart, set forth to Uttoxeter. The gray-haired, feeble, melancholy Michael Johnson!-How sad it was that he should be forced to go in his sickness, and toil for the support of an ungrateful son who was too proud to do any thing for his father or his mother or himself! 6. Sam looked after Mr. Johnson with a sullen countenance until he was out of sight. But when the old man's figure, as he went stooping along the street, was no more to be seen the boy's heart began to smite him. 7. He had a vivid imagination, and it tormented him with the image of his father standing in the market-place of Uttoxeter and offering his books to the noisy crowd around him. 8. "My poor father!" thought Sam to himself, "how his head will ache, and how heavy his heart will be! I am almost sorry that I did not do as he bade me!" 9. Then the boy went to his mother, who was busy about the house. She did not know of what had passed between her husband and Sam. 10. "Mother," said he, "did you think father seemed very ill to-day?" 11. "Yes, Sam," answered his mother, turning with a flushed face from the fire, where she was cooking their scanty dinner, “your father did look very ill; and it is a pity he did not send you to Uttoxeter in his stead. You are a large boy now, and would rejoice, I am sure, to do something for your poor father who has done so much for you." 12. "Oh, I have been a cruel son!" thought Sam within his own heart. "God forgive me! God forgive me!" 13. But God could not yet forgive him; for he was not yet truly penitent. Had he been so, he would have hastened away that very moment to Uttoxeter, and have fallen at his father's feet, even in the midst of the crowded market-place. There he would have confessed his fault, and besought Mr. Johnson to go home, and leave the rest of the day's work to him. 14. But such was Sam's pride and stubbornness that he could not bring himself to this humiliation; yet he ought to have done so for his own sake, for his father's sake, and for God's sake. LESSON CLXXXIX. GAIT, manner of walking. PEN ANCE, a voluntary act of suffering MAN'TLED, clad, covered. PER MA-NENCE, fixedness, duration. SMALL'-CLOTHES, a close-fitting garment extending from the waist to the knees, breeches. THOR'OUGH-FARE, public passage, street, way. PRONUNCIATION.-Bulk'y (u sounded as in but), wors'ted 9, be-neath' 15, awe 10, prog'ress 27a, a'ged 33, si'lence 2b, saw 10, parʼent 27a. TWO SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A GREAT MAN. 1. FIFTY years passed away. It was again market-day in the village of Uttoxeter. The streets were crowded with buyers and sellers, with cows, pigs, carts, and horses. In one place there was a puppet-show, with a ridiculous merry-andrew, who kept the people in a roar of laughter. 2. There was a clock in the gray tower of the ancient church; and its hands had now almost reached the hour of noon. 3. At this busiest hour of the market a strange old gentleman |