You
Welcome, My Benefactor
Is This the Boy?
Mr. Randall Pays the Mortgage
BERT'S THANKSGIVING
Buy a Paper, Sir?
In Mr. Crooker's Office
The New Home
IN THE ACADEMY KITCHEN
In My Spare Moments
WILL WINSLOW
There Was a Heavy Plunge
ONLY THIS ONCE
The Father's Story
The Race
THE RIGHT DECISION
I Will Pray First
THE USE OF LEARNING
The Contrast
The Chain Carrier
JAMIE AND HIS TEACHER
It's Me Testament
Reading the Testament?
WITH A WILL, JOE!
I've Managed It, Mother
EFFECTS OF DISOBEDIENCE
Lock Him in His Room
It Was My Sister
STAND BY THE SHIP
The Drummer Boy in Battle
Sweeping the Office
On Shipboard
The Bracelet
A FAITHFUL SHEPHERD BOY
His Attendants Came Up
THE BOY-MAN
He Learned to Drink
Dick Harris, the Drunkard
THE WAY OF SAFETY
The Deceitful Merchant
Jacob Leaves His Position
The River Steamboat
He Called on His Pastor
ROGER'S LESSON
It Wasn't My Fault
The Sprained Ankle
BERT'S MONITORS
He Opened the Door and Went Down Stairs
The Cat
The Mocking Bird
Bow, Wow, Wow
The Family Horse
Bert Came Into the Shed
The Flogging
THE TWO CLERKS
Helping the Bookkeeper
An Outcast
The Fatal Ten Minutes
TEN MINUTES' DELAY
THE PREMIUM
Presenting the Bible
Is That a Bible?
The Holy Bible
The Bible Lamp
Rejoice in the Lord
WHERE THE GOLD IS
Early Morning Reading
TAKING HIM IN HAND
Isaac Remonstrated
Jim at the Door
The Unruly Cattle
OVERWORKED BOYS
Not Afraid of Work
Not How Little but How Much
The Old Cabin
The Best Fun
The Wood Pile
Carrying in the Wood
SOMEBODY'S MOTHER
WAITING FOR THE GRIST
The Open Gate
LESSONS IN DISHONESTY
You Simpleton!
Half a Dollar too Much
Mr. Carman's Letter
Arrest of James
The Scene in Court
The Accusation
A PICTURE OF GOD
Going Up Stairs
IF YOU ARE ONLY HONEST
In the Raging Stream

[Illustration]

TIGER AND TOM

The day was pleasant, in that particularly pleasant part of summer time,
which the boys call "vacation," when Tiger and Tom walked slowly down
the street together.

You may think it strange that I mention Tiger first, but I assure you,
Tom would not have been in the least offended by the preference. Indeed,
he would have told you that Tiger was a most wonderful dog, and knew as
much as any two boys, though this might be called extravagant.

Nearly a year ago, on Tom's birthday, Tiger arrived as a present from
Tom's uncle, and as the dog leaped with a dignified bound from the wagon
in which he made his journey, Tom looke