ntinued on page 102._)

[Illustration: Alone in the Empty House.]

[Illustration: The Best Beginning]

THE BEST BEGINNING.

Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, was not only an excellent ruler and
fine general, but deeply religious.

On one occasion, at the beginning of a great war, he landed his troops
in Germany. Directly he landed in the early morning, after giving some
necessary orders to some of his officers, he retired a few paces from
them and knelt down to pray. He noticed that this action on his part
appeared to surprise some of his men; whereupon he said, 'The man who
has finished his prayers has done one half of his daily work.'

PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.

5.--ARITHMOGRAPH.

A word of ten letters; a woman's name.

1.--4, 8, 7, 10. A great river.
2.--7, 1, 3, 4. Not fat.
3.--7, 8, 10, 5, 6. A vassal, or the lord to whom he is bound.
4.--2, 1, 3, 7. Young meat.
5.--2, 8, 7, 10. Very bad.
6.--9, 3, 8, 7. A horny substance; and a small, pointed piece of metal.
7.--5, 6, 4, 10, 2, 3. A city in Switzerland.
8.--9, 3, 2, 10. The body of a church.
9.--5, 3, 8, 9.--Something obtained.

C. J. B.

[_Answer on page 130._]

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ON PAGE 58.

3.--1. Bucharest.
2. Rouen.
3. Brunswick.
4. Budapest.
5. Santiago.
6. San Francisco.
7. Benares.
8. Prague
9. Valparaiso.
10. Nantes.

4.--Amble-side, in the Lake District, near which place lived Wordsworth,
Dr. Arnold, and Harriet Martineau.

THE INDIAN'S CONSCIENCE.

An Indian once asked his neighbour for some tobacco. The neighbour put
his hand in his pocket and gave him a handful. The next morning the
Indian came again, and brought a quarter-dollar which he had found
between the tobacco. The neighbour was surprised at such honesty, and
asked the Indian why he had not kept the money.

'It is just like this,' he answered. 'In my heart I have a good man and
a bad man. The good man said, "The money does not belong to you; give it
back to its owner." The bad man said, "It has been given to you; it
belongs to you." The good man replied, "That is not true, and such
conduct is evil; the tobacco belongs to you, but the money belongs to
him who has given it away by mistake; you must give it back again." The
bad man answered, "Think no more about it, and do not let such a trifle
disturb you. Keep the money." I was in doubt as to which voice of my
heart I should listen to. At last I lay dow