"Well, if a lady can ride on it, perhaps Dan Webster can do as much."

And so they set out on their journey to Exeter. Mr. Webster rode in
front, and Daniel, on the old gray nag, followed behind. The roads
were muddy, and they went slowly. It took them two days to reach
Exeter.

The people whom they met gazed at them and wondered who they could be.
They scarcely noticed the sidesaddle; they noticed only the boy's dark
eyes and his strong, noble face.

His clothes were of homemade stuff; his shoes were coarse and heavy;
he had no gloves on his hands; he was awkward and bashful.

Yet there was something in his manner and voice that caused everybody
to admire him.

Daniel Webster lived to become a famous orator and a great statesman.
He was honored at home and abroad.




THE WHISPERERS



"Boys, what did I tell you?"

The schoolmaster spoke angrily. He was in trouble because his scholars