And tingling still, and sore,
Made many a promise to refrain
From meddling evermore;
And 't is a fact, as I have heard,
She ever since has kept her word.


DEFINITIONS.-l. Qual'i-ties, traits of character. 2. Med'-dling,
interfering without right. 4. Forth-with', at once. Spied, saw. 5.
A-miss', wrong, faulty. 6. Woe'ful, sad, sorrowful 8. Tin'gling, smarting.
9. Re-frain', to keep from.


EXERCISES.--What did Matilda do? How was she punished? What effect did it
have on her?



X. THE GOOD SON. (44)

1. There was once a jeweler, noted for many virtues. One day, the Jewish
elders came to him to buy some diamonds, to put upon that part of the
dress of their high priest, which the Bible calls an ephod.

2. They told him what they wanted, and offered him a fair price for the
diamonds. He replied that he could not let them see the jewels at that
moment, and requested them to call again.

3. As they wanted them without delay, and thought that the object of the
jeweler was only to increase the price of the diamonds, the elders offered