k, and Carlo began to bark, and Minnie began
to mew, and Bunny began to squeak, and Jenny began to chip, and
Ninny began to gabble; but for all the knocking, and barking, and
mewing, and squeaking, and chipping, and gabbling, nobody came to
the door; and poor little Jack began to think he would never get
his loaf of bread after all.

All of a sudden, Jack thought of the back door. Off they
hopped, and ran, and leaped, and jumped, to the back of the
house.

The hill went down on this side perfectly straight, like the
side of a house, and there was scarcely room for them to
stand.

Dear me! that door was locked too. So they each began again to
knock, and bark, and mew, and squeak, and chirp, and gabble,
as hard as ever they could; all crowding round the door in a
bunch.

Just as they were making all the noise they could,
suddenly--open flew the door! and out jumped a TREMENDOUS
DOG!!! right into the middle of them, growling, and barking,
and making his great white teeth snap together like a pistol
shot!!

Frightened to death, Jack tumbled backwards over Carlo; Carlo
tumbled backwards over Minnie; Minnie tumbled backwards over
Bunny; Bunny tumbled backwards over Jenny; Jenny tumbled
backwards over Ninny; and they all tumbled head over heels
down the steep hill, with the TREMENDOUS DOG on top of the
heap; and that's the last I ever heard of them.

"Oh! aren't you sorry?"

LITTLE HELEN.

One day last spring when Aunt Fanny was in Charleston, she was
walking up Meeting Street. Just before her she saw a pretty
little girl, almost as white as snow, carried in the arms of a
tall black woman, nearly as black as ink.

Aunt Fanny went softly up behind them, and heard the old nurse
say--"You make nurse shame, for carry such a big girl."

"But I so tired," said the little thing. "O my!"

"How much you tired?" said the old black nurse.

"I tired a dollar," said the child.

Then Aunt Fanny laughed, and went up to her, and said--"Get
down my little kitten, and walk with me."

So the nurse put her down, and she took hold of Aunt Fanny's
finger, and trotted along, quite pleased.

"What is your name little one?" said Aunt Fanny.

"My name Helen, and I'm mamma's dear little baby. Here's my
house; come in my house, do, please?"

So she pulled Aunt Fanny in; and there at the side of the house
was a large yard, and in it was such a lot of little children!
all playing soldiers together; some were white;--they