the other, with a proud look, as though he had got the
better of the bargain, 'why do I want to get rid of it? Because it died
last night!'

LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT.

'Good morning Mr. Sun!' Jack said,
As by the blind he stood;
'All night I lay awake in bed
And thought you'd gone for good.
The white moon kept me company
From ten o'clock till two:
Then in the darkest hour of night,
Behind the hill she slipped from sight
To go and look for you.

'I thought and thought of lots of things
As in my bed I lay;
The whole long list of English kings
From Alfred till to-day.
I thought of bats and bicycles,
Of stilts, and tops that hum,
Then turning to the window-pane,
I thought of _you_, and sighed again:
"Whenever _will_ he come!"

'The house was still as still could be,
But on the stair-case near,
The big clock seemed to talk to me
In whispers hard to hear.
"He's coming! Tick! He's coming soon!"
I thought I heard it say:
"Look, look toward the window-blind,--
Tick-tock, tick-tock--and you shall find
The darkness growing grey."

'But as it spoke, a gurgle low
Towards me seemed to float,
As though the poor old clock, you know,
Had something in its throat.
And then it chuckled: "All is right,"
And loudly chimed with glee:
"Oh, what's the time? Oh, tell me, _do_!"
I cried, and counted one and two,
And then I counted three.

'But after that I fell asleep,--
At least, I think I did,--
For soon the sun began to peep
Beneath a sleepy lid.
Then bright and brighter grew the ray,
And o'er my bedroom cast
A glow that chased the gloom away
From every corner where it lay,
And morn had come at last.'

THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.

IV.--THE JURUPARIS OF SOUTH AMERICA, THE MEXICAN WHISTLE, AND THE
CHINESE HINEN.

Of all the so-called musical instruments of the world, that known as the
Juruparis, used by the Indians of the Rio Negro, seems to involve most
misery to humanity in general. To women and girls the very sight of it
means death in some form or other, usually by poison, and boys are
strictly forbidden to see it until grown to manhood, and then only after
a most severe preliminary course of fasting.

The Juruparis is kept concealed in the bed of some stream far away in
the gloomy forest, and wherever that river may wander, or however
brightly its waters may sparkle in t