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5. Then throw more logs on the fire,
Since the air is bleak and cold,
And the children are drawing nigher,
For the tales that the wind has told.
So closer and closer gather

Round the red and crackling light;
And rejoice (while the wind is blowing)
We are safe and warm to-night!

Hark to the voice of the wind!

LESSON CCXI.

AN'THEM, a song of exultation.
BAN-DAN NA, a kind of handkerchief,
usually red or blue with white spots.
BROADWAY, the name of the principal
street in New York.

DI-LAP'I-DA TED, (Latin di, asunder, and
and lapis, a stone, referring originally

to stone buildings,) fallen into decay, gone to ruin, EX-ULT'ING, (Latin exulto, to leap up,)

leaping for joy, rejoicing greatly, tri-
umphant.

JU BI-LANT, rejoicing, shouting with joy.
JU'BI-LEE, season of great rejoicing.

PRONUNCIATION.-Il-lu'min a-ted 16, cir'cu-la-ted 16, wharf, 32c, sud ́den 4d, ex-ult'ing 28, Con-nect'i cut 33, Febʼru-a-ry 10.

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THE RETURN OF PEACE.

1. IN June, 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain. This war interfered so much with commerce that during its continuance numbers of merchant-vessels lay idle in the harbors. A treaty of peace was signed in December, 1814.

2. In those days no steamships nor telegraphs were in existence, and the news of the treaty did not reach New-York till the 11th of February, 1815. It was about eight o'clock on Saturday evening that the tidings circulated through the city.

3. In half an hour after the news reached the wharf Broadway was one living sea of shouting, rejoicing people. "Peace! peace! peace!" was the deep, harmonious, universal anthem. The rigors of a winter night could not chill the popular enthusiasm.

4. The whole spectacle was enlivened by a sudden inspiration. Somebody came with a torch: the bright idea passed into a thousand brains. In a few minutes, thousands and tens of thousands of people were marching about with candles, lamps, torches making the jubilant street appear like a gay and gorgeous procession. Huge bonfires crackled and blazed at the corners.

5. The whole night Broadway sang its song of "Peace!" Old enemies rushed into each other's arms; every house was in a revel; every heart seemed melted by a joy which banished all evil thought and feeling.

6. Nobody asked, that happy night, what were the terms of the

treaty; we had got peace-that was enough! I moved about for hours in the ebbing and flowing tide of people, not being aware that I had opened my lips. The next morning I found that I was hoarse from having joined in the exulting cry of "Peace! peace!

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7. The next day, Sunday, all the churches sent up hymns of thanksgiving for the joyous tidings. I set out in the stage-coach on Monday morning for Connecticut. All along the road the people came out of their houses, and saluted us with swinging of hats and cries of rejoicing.

8. At one place, in a rather lonesome part of the road, a schoolmaster came out with the whole school at his heels to ask us if the news was true. We told him it was; whereupon he tied his bandanna pocket-handkerchief to a broom, swung it aloft, and the whole school shouted, "Peace! peace!"

9. At all our stopping-places the people were gathered to rejoice in the good tidings. At one little tavern I looked into a room by chance, the door being open, and there I saw the good-wife, with a chubby boy in her lap-both in a perfect gale of merriment—the child crying out, "Peath! peath!" Oh, ye makers of war, reflect upon this heart-felt verdict of the people in behalf of peace!

10. We arrived at New-Haven in the evening, and found it illuminated; the next day I reached Hartford, and there was a grand illumination there. The news spread over the country, carrying with it a wave of shouts and rejoicings.

11. Boston became clamorous with pealing bells; the schools had a jubilee; the shipping, rotting at the dilapidated wharves, got out their dusty flags; and these ragged and forlorn - now flapped merrily in the breeze. At night the city flamed far and wide, telling the glorious tale even to Cape Cod. So spread the news over the country, everywhere carrying joy to every heart.

AM'PLE, large, spacious.

LESSON CCXII.

FINAL, last, putting an end to any thing.
FRA GRANT, Sweet-smelling, odorous.

LAY, song.

RE-CLINE', to lean, to rest, repose.
RE-PLY', to answer.

PRONUNCIATION.-Bless'ed 33, be-neath' 15 chil ́dren 11, put 33, pret'ty 33, wid'owed 6, ere 33.

THE BLIND BOY.

1. It was a blessed summer day;

The floweret bloomed, the air was mild;

The little birds poured forth their lay,
And every thing in nature smiled.

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5. "Yes, Edward, yes," replied the maid,
"I see the bird on yonder tree."
The poor boy sighed, and gently said,
66 Sister, I wish that I could see."

6. "Yet I the fragrant flower can smell,
And I can feel the green leaf's shade,
And I can hear the notes that swell
From these dear birds that God has made.

7. "So, sister, God is kind to me,

Though sight, alas! He has not given.
But tell me, are there any blind

Among the children up in heaven?"

8. "No, dearest Edward, there all see! But wherefore ask a thing so odd ? ”– "Oh! Mary, He's so good to me,

I thought I'd like to look at God."

9. Ere long, disease its hand had laid

On that dear boy so meek and mild;
His widowed mother wept, and prayed
That God would spare her sightless child.

me;

10. He felt the warm tears on his face,
And said, "Oh! never weep for
I'm going to a bright, bright place,
Where, Mary says, I God shall see.

11. "And there you'll come, dear Mary, too;
And mother, when you get up there
Tell Edward, mother, that 't is you,-
You know I never saw you here."

12. He spoke no more, but sweetly smiled,
Until the final blow was given,
When God took up that poor blind child,
And opened first his eyes in heaven.

DR. HAWKES.

LESSON CCXIII.

A-BATE', to decrease, to become less in HUB'BUB, uproar, tumult.

strength.

AT TACH', to bind, fasten.

E LAPSE', to glide by, to pass away.

PRE DIC'A-MENT, condition, state.
TER RIF'IC, dreadful, causing terror.
TRACT A-BLE, manageable, obedient.

PRONUNCIATION.—Ex-haust ́ed 32c, a-bate′ 2a, the 31, porʼcu-pine 16, to’ward 266.

FIRE IN A FOREST.

1. WE were one night sound asleep in our cabin, when, about two hours before day, the snorting of horses and lowing of cattle suddenly awakened us.

2. I took my rifle, and went to the door to see what beast had caused the hubbub, when I was struck by the glare of light reflected on all the trees as far as I could see through the woods. My horses were leaping about, snorting loudly; the cattle ran among them with their tails raised straight over their backs.

3. On going to the back of the house I plainly heard the crackling made by the burning brushwood, and saw the flames coming toward us in a far-extended line. I ran to the house, told my wife to dress herself and the child as quickly as possible, and take the little money we had, while I managed to catch and saddle two of the best horses.

4. All this was done in a very short time. We then mounted and made off from the fire. My daughter, who was then a small child, I took in one arm. I looked back and saw that the frightful blaze had already laid hold of the house.

5. By good luck, there was a horn attached to my hunting-clothes; and I blew it, to bring after us, if possible, the remainder of my livestock, as well as the dogs. The cattle followed for a while; but, before an hour had elapsed they all ran, as if mad, through the woods, and that was the last of them.

6. My dogs, too, although at all other times extremely tractable, ran after the deer that in herds sprang before us as if fully aware of the death that was so rapidly approaching. We heard blasts from the horns of our neighbors, and knew that they were in the same predicament.

7. I thought of a large lake, some miles off, which might possibly check the flames; and, urging my wife to whip up her horse, we se! off at full speed, making the best way we could over the fallen trec: and the brush-heaps, which lay like so many articles placed on purpose to keep up the terrific fires that advanced with a broad front upon us.

8. By this time we could feel the heat; and we were afraid every instant that our horses would drop. A singular kind of breeze was

passing over our heads, and the glare of the atmosphere outshone the daylight.

9. I was sensible of a slight faintness, and my wife looked pale. The heat had produced such a flush in the child's face that, when she turned toward either of us, our grief and perplexity were greatly increased.

10. Ten miles are soon gone over on swift horses; but, notwithstanding this, our hearts failed us when, covered with sweat and quite exhausted, we reached the borders of the lake. The heat of the smoke was insufferable; and sheets of blazing fire flew over us in a manner beyond belief.

11. We reached the shore, however, coasted the lake for a while, and got round to the lee-side. There we gave up our horses, which we never saw again. Down we plunged among the rushes by the edge of the water, and laid ourselves flat. The water refreshed us, and we enjoyed the coolness.

12. On went the fire, rushing and crashing through the woods. The heavens themselves, I thought, were frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed clouds and smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching; and the child, who now seemed to understand the matter, cried so as nearly to break our hearts.

13. The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside us, and others swam across to our side, and stood still. Although faint and weary, I managed to shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh.

14. The night passed I cannot tell how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like pillars of fire, or fell across each other. The stifling and sickening smoke still rushed over us, and the burnt cinders and ashes fell thick about us.

15. Toward morning, although the heat did not abate, the smoke became less, and blasts of fresh air sometimes made their way to us. When morning came all was calm; but a dismal smoke still filled the air, and the smell seemed worse than ever.

16. We were now cool enongh, and shivered as if in an ague-fit; so I removed from the water, and went up to a burning log, where we warmed ourselves. The forest had become a grim wilderness of smoking and blackened skeletons. A shower of charred twigs fell around us.

17. What was to become of us we did not know. My wife hugged the child to her breast, and wept bitterly; but God had preserved us through the worst of the danger, and the flames had gone past; so I thought it would be both ungrateful and unmanly to despair now.

18. Hunger once more pressed upon us; but this was soon remedied. Several deer were still standing in the water, up to the head,

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