ear the docks;
We heard a cry, both Trim and I,--
The cry that always shocks.

"Help! boat, ahoy! See, there's a boy:
Make haste, he's going down."
"There! watch him, Trim! in after him!
We must not let him drown."

Through foam and splash Trim's quick eyes flash:
He strikes out to the place;
And round and round, with eager bound,
He watches for a trace.

A little hand comes paddling up,
A face so wild and wan:
"Ah, Trim, he's there! Make haste, take care;
And save him if you can!"

Oh! brave and bold, he seizes hold;
His teeth are firmly set:
Now bear him near; there is no fear:
The boy is breathing yet.

"Bravo, good Trim!" They welcome him,
And clasp him round for joy;
Then homeward bear, with tender care,
The pale, half-conscious boy.

O faithful Trim! "Would I sell him?"
Inquired a curious elf:
"What, sell," I cried, "a friend so tried!
I'd rather sell myself."

GEO. BENNETT.

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PERILS OF THE SEA.

EDWIN had a present of a ship, sent to him from England; and he named
it, after the giver, "The Uncle George." It was a splendid ship. It had
three masts, as a ship ought to have, and was rigged in complete style.

One fine day last month, Edwin took his ship down to the Frog Pond on
Boston Common, and set her afloat. On the opposite side of the pond he
saw four boys sailing their boats, and a tall boy carrying a sloop, and
followed by his small brother.

A sloop, you know, has but one mast. None of these boys had a ship with
three masts, like "The Uncle George." Edwin felt a little proud when he
saw his good ship catch the wind in her sails, and go plunging up and
down over the pond.

But, dear me, think of the risks of ship-owners! Consider, too, that
Edwin's ship was not insured. What, then, was his dismay, when, as she
got into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (for so Edwin called the
pond), a flaw of wind threw her on her beam-ends, and sent her masts
down under water till she foundered, sank, and disappeared.

There was a shout from the owners of vessels on the other side of the
Atlantic Ocean. "What a pity!" exclaimed the boy with a dog.

"What's her name?" asked the tall boy.

"The Unc