o; for you know _I_ love it. And Jennie and Katie
and Bessie will love it too, if they only _know_ about it; and, besides,
I can get a present, if I send some new names to 'The Nursery' man."

Little Mamie was so urgent in her request, that her mother asked papa
what he thought about it.

Papa said, "Oh, let her try if she wants to: it will do no harm." How
the black eyes danced! and the little feet could hardly keep still,
while mamma dressed her up very warmly, till she was just about as large
one way as the other.

"Now, mamma, for my muff; and, oh! I must have a 'Nursery' to show." So,
with a "Nursery" sticking out of one end of the little muff, this Mamie
started on her errand. All the way along to Bessie's house, she kept
saying, _sub_scribe, _sub_scribe, so that she might not make another
mistake in the word.

She was gone but an hour, and returned with the names of six children,
who were to be made glad each month by the visits of Mamie's friend.

Mamie was full of glee, and could hardly eat any supper, so anxious was
she for her papa to send the names to Boston.

Well, they were all sent; and the six little friends have been made glad
by receiving each a "Nursery" of her own; and next month they will be
glad again, and so on for a whole year.

Did Mamie get a present? Oh, yes! She got a present from "The Nursery"
man, which she values very highly.

Now, can you tell _which_ little Mamie this is?

MARY MYRTLE.

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SNIP'S STORY.

MY name is Snip. You can read it on my collar: though why my master put
it there I can't tell; for everybody knows me, and almost everybody is
my friend. People stop in the street to pat me; the little children love
to have me play with them, because I never snarl and bite; and the
butcher round the corner saves me a bone every day. I think butchers are
very nice men.

Every morning I go down street to get the newspaper for my master. The
bookseller always has it rolled up, waiting for me, and puts it in my
mouth; and back I trot as fast as my legs will go. To-day I had a hard
time of it; for, just as I got nicely started for home, some bad boys
who were playing in the road saw me, and thought it would be fine fun to
catch me, and take my paper away.

They ran after me, hooting and yelling; and I was so frightened, that I
trembled all over. But I could run faster than they; and they soon gave
up th