J. A. M.

[Illustration: {A SPRIG OF BERRIES.}]

THE ROAD TO SCHOOL.

[FROM THE GERMAN.]

In winter, when it freezes,
In winter, when it snows,
The road to school seems long and drear,
O'er which the school-boy goes.

[Illustration: {WALKING THROUGH FALLING SNOW.}]

But when the pleasant summer comes,
With birds and fruit and flowers,
The road to school, how short it is!
And short the sunny hours!

[Illustration: {WALKING UNDER SHADY TREES.}]

But to the boy who loves to learn,
And wisdom strives to gain,
The road to school is always short,
In sunshine, snow, or rain.

L. A. B. C.

WHAT SAMMY'S MONKEY DID.

Sammy Brown had a monkey. He bought him of an organ-player. He named
him Billy.

[Illustration: {SAMMY AND BILLY.}]

Sammy's mother did not know what a naughty monkey he was. If she had,
she would not have given Sammy the money to buy him.

Sammy thought he was very cunning. All the boys at school thought so
too. They all wanted one just like him. Sammy had him out every
Saturday afternoon. He was dressed in a gay little uniform. He would
play on a drum. He was fond of mischief; and when no one was watching
him he would do some very queer things. He would take the spools from
Mrs. Brown's work-basket. He would carry them away and hide them.

He would take her thimble and wax, and hide them too.

Sometimes he would bring them back again. Sometimes Mrs. Brown would
have to find them herself. This gave her a good deal of trouble.

At last Billy acted so badly, that Mrs. Brown told Sammy that she
could not have him in the house any longer. One morning Mrs. Brown
went away to spend the day.

She thought the monkey was fastened out of the house. But he got in
through a window. When Mrs. Brown came home she did think of Billy.
She opened the door of her pantry. She saw a dreadful sight. She knew
at once that Billy had been there. He had moved the dishes all about,
from one shelf to another. He had poured milk and sugar over the
floor. He had emptied bottles of medicine into clean dishes. He had
broken up a whole loaf of cake and scattered it around. He had eaten
out the middle of a pie, and turned it over in the plate. Mrs. Brown
could not find her spoons and forks anywhere. But she found them
afterwards in the cellar.

Now Mrs. Brown had to go right to work and clean her pa