is the power of a mother's love!" Then turning her head she kissed her sleeping baby, and for the first time she wept. 10. Overhead frowned the front of the precipice, never before touched by human hand or foot. No one had ever dreamed of climbing it; but all the rest of this part of the mountain-side, though scarred and seamed, yet gave some footing, and more than one person in the parish had reached the bottom of the cliff. 11. Many were now attempting it; and before the cautious mother had followed her dumb guide a hundred yards the head of one man appeared, and then the head of another; and she knew that God had delivered her and her child in safety into the care of their fellow-creatures. 12. There had been trouble and agitation, much sobbing and many tears, among the multitude while the mother was scaling the cliffs; sublime was the shout that echoed afar the moment she reached the aerie; and now that her preservation was sure, the great crowd rustled like a wind-swept wood. 13. She lay as in death. "Fall back, and give her fresh air!" said the old minister of the parish; and the close circle of faces widened around her. Hannah started up from her swoon, and looking wildly around cried, "O the bird, the bird! the eagle! the eagle! the eagle has carried off my bonnie wee Walter! Is there none to pursue?" 14. A neighbor put her baby to her breast; and, shutting her eyes and smiting her forehead, the sorely bewildered creature said, in a low voice, "Am I awake? O tell me if I'm awake, or if all this is the work of a fever, and the delirium of a dream?" HEADS FOR COMPOSITION. Write a composition by answering the following questions:1. What facts made it seem hopeless for Hannah Lamond to descend from the aerie? 2. What did the fall of the branch make Hannah Lamond resolve to do? 3. How did she secure her child? 4. What is said of the first part of her descent? 5. What aided her in descending the precipice? 6. What guides did she now follow ? 7. How did her heroic effort end? 32.—There's a Good Time Coming. glis'ten (glis'n), shine, sparkle. îm'pulse, moving force. in-iq'ui-ty, wickedness, wrong. sū-per-sēde', take the place of. 1. THERE'S a good time coming, boys, We may not live to see the day, Cannon-balls may aid the truth, But thought's a weapon stronger; 2. There's a good time coming, boys, The pen shall supersede the sword, Worth, not birth, shall rule mankind, The proper impulse has been given; — 3. There's a good time coming, boys, In the good time coming; To prove which is the stronger, 4. There's a good time coming, boys, Smallest helps, if rightly given, "Twill be strong enough one day;- 1 HEADS FOR COMPOSITION. I. What compound word (1) means war? What word (2) means ruling power? What word (2) means aristocratic position in society? II. Write the full forms of: there's (1); thought's (1); we'll (1) 'twill (4). Analyze this sentence: "Cannon-balls may aid the truth, But thought's a weapon stronger." III. What thought forms the beginning of each stanza? ärm'or, metal covering worn to | knight (nīt), in olden time a perprotect the body. son belonging to a certain military rank. bal'sam, a healing ointment. dru'id, a priest of ancient Britain. | sar-eăs'tie, taunting, mocking. 1. In the olden times a British prince set up a statue to the goddess of Victory, at a point where four roads met. In her right hand she held a spear, and her left rested upon a shield. The outside of this shield was of gold, and the inside of silver, and on each side was an inscription. 2. It happened one day that two knights-one in black armor, the other in white-arrived at the same time, but from opposite directions, at the statue. As neither of them had seen it before, they stopped to examine the beautiful workmanship and read the inscription. 3. "This golden shield," said the Black Knight, after examining it for some time," this golden shield-" "Golden shield!" cried the White Knight, who was as closely observing the other side; "why, if I have my eyes, it is silver." 4. "Eyes you have, but they see not," replied the Black Knight; "for if ever I saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." "O yes, it is so likely that any one would expose a golden shield on the public road!" said the White Knight, with a sarcastic smile. "For my part I wonder that even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for some people who pass this way." 5. The Black Knight could not bear the smile with which this was spoken, and the dispute grew so warm that it ended in a challenge. 6. The knights turned their horses, and rode back to have sufficient space; then, fixing their spears in |