Harry didn't know exactly what to say. So he blushed for a
second, and just then tears came rolling down his cheeks, and he
threw his chubby arms around my neck. "Mother," he whispered,
"isn't God good to make everybody so rich?"


DEFINITIONS:--Disconsolate, filled with grief. Reproachfully,
with censure or reproof. Chloroform, an oily liquid, the vapor of
which causes insensibility. Startled, shocked. Defiantly,
daringly. Afford, to be able to pay for. Experiments, acts
performed to discover some truth. Exclamations, expressions of
surprise, anger, etc. Exultingly, in a triumphant manner.
Treasures, things which are very much valued.



A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.

Coming, coming, coming!
Listen! perhaps you'll hear
Over the snow the bugles blow
To welcome the glad new year.
In the steeple tongues are swinging,
There are merry sleigh bells ringing,
And the people for joy are singing,
It's coming, coming near.