trees.

He heard his mother calling him, but took no notice of her call. It was
a warm summer day, and he fell asleep. Soon he was startled by the loud
barking of dogs. He woke up, and, oh, how frightened he was!

Luckily for him, the dogs did not come where he lay crouching; for their
masters were shooting birds, not rabbits. Bunny thought the best thing
he could do now was to scamper back to his mother, his brothers and
sisters as fast as he could.

But it was not quite so easy to find them again. No sooner had he got
into the open path than a troop of boys caught sight of him; and at once
there was a volley of stones from their hands. By rare good luck he was
not hit by the stones. But he had not gone many paces farther, when a
man with a gun shot at him. Happily the man missed his aim, and the shot
went into some bushes.

Having escaped this new danger, Bunny leaped swiftly over the high
grass, till he came to the fallen trunk of a tree. Here he hoped to find
his mother; but, ah! there was no trace of her to be seen. Night came
on; and poor Bunny had to lie down all alone and go to sleep.

The next morning it rained heavily; and Bunny crept into the hollow
trunk of the tree, where he could keep warm and dry. But before noon
the sun came out beautifully; and the little rabbit, being very hungry,
ran out.

The first thing he saw was his mother and the rest of the family eating
their dinner. Oh, how glad he was! His mother did not scold him, but
gave him plenty to eat; and he made up his mind, that he never would
run away again from so good a mother.

AUNT EMMA'S NIECE.

[Illustration]

A TUG EXCURSION.

It was just after dinner when papa said, "Put on your hats quickly, and
we will go down to the dock, and perhaps we shall find a tug going out."

Ralph had something beside his hat to put on; for, contrary to mamma's
orders, he had taken off his shoes and stockings. But, with good
Maggie's help, that wrong was speedily righted, and we were soon on our
way to the dock.

There we found the stanch tug "Williams" just ready to leave. We jumped
on board. The ropes were cast off; and a few turns of the wheel took us
out on the broad expanse of Lake Michigan.

How delighted we all were with the beautiful picture there spread out
before us!--the broad blue waters, dotted here and there with white
sails; far away to the right, the smoke arising from a huge steamer on
her way from Chicago to Buffal