e chase. That was not the end, though; for one of them threw a
stone after me, which hit me on one of my paws, and so I came home
limping. But do you suppose I let the newspaper drop? Not a bit of it.

I have been barking at this door a long time; and yet nobody comes to
open it. I wonder where my master is, that he doesn't hear me. Perhaps
he is asleep. I am very hungry for my dinner; and I should like to get
into the house, and lie down in my corner by the kitchen-fire.

I can push open the garden-gate with my nose; but this door won't move a
bit when I put my paws on it. I wonder why dogs can't open doors as well
as gates. I am going to bark again. Bow-wow-wow! There! Didn't you hear
a footstep? Yes: there comes some one to let me in.

H. B.

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BABY IN HER HIGH CHAIR.

HERE I am all ready: here's my little plate
Wants some 'tato on it: papa, you'll be late.
Here's the milk a-waiting in my silver cup;
I'm so hungry! will somebody please to push me up.

Didn't see me, did you, scrambling up my chair?
Got up all alone too; would you think I'd dare?
Got my clothes all twisted; 'fraid I mussed my curls:
What did papa say about frowsy-headed girls?

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Dear, I have such troubles! people are so slow!
Don't they want some supper, I should like to know?
There's a fly gone swimming in my silver cup;
And I can't quite reach him, 'cause I'm not pushed up.

Here's my mamma coming; here come Sue and Fred;
Now there goes the ding-dong, just as if it said,
"Little folks and big folks, time to come and sup!"
Thank you, papa, thank you, for pushing Bessie up.

HELEN BARRON BOSTWICK.

THE BRINDLED COW.

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THE cow is in the pasture, feeding. The pasture has been wet with the
rain, and the grass is fresh and sweet. The rain makes the grass grow.

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The sun is hot, and the cow has lain down under a shady tree. She is
chewing her cud. It is nice and cool in the shade.

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But the flies bite her, and plague her. She tries to scare them off; but
they come again. Then she gets up, and rubs her nose against the tree.

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Now she is standing in the water. The water feels cool to her feet; but
the f