it was,
opened the casement, and drew in a pigeon with a letter.

As soon as he was placed upon the table, he walked up to little Sally,
and dropping the letter, cried "Co, co, coo;" as much as to say,
"There, read it."

"My dear Sally--God Almighty has been very merciful and
restored your papa to us again, who is now so well as to be
able to sit up. I hear you are a good girl, my dear, and I
hope you will never forget to praise the Lord for that his
great goodness and mercy to us. What a sad thing it would
have been if your father had died, and left both you and me,
and little Tommy in distress, and without a friend. Your
father sends his blessing with mine. Be good, my dear child,
and God Almighty will also bless you, whose blessing is above
all things.

"I am, my dear Sally,

"Your affectionate mother,

"MARTHA JONES."

III

OF THE AMAZING SAGACITY AND INSTINCT OF A LITTLE DOG

Soon after this, a very dreadful accident happened in the school. It
was on a Thursday morning, I very well remember, when the children
having learned their lessons soon, she had given them leave to play,
and they were all running about the school, and diverting themselves
with the birds and the lamb; at this time the dog, all of a sudden,
laid hold of his mistress's apron, and endeavored to pull her out of
the school. She was at first surprised; however, she followed him, to
see what he intended. No sooner had he led her back into the garden,
but he ran back, and pulled out one of the children in the same
manner; upon which she ordered them all to leave the school
immediately, and they had not been out five minutes before the top of
the house fell in. What a miraculous deliverance was here! How
gracious! How good was God Almighty to save all these children from
destruction, and to make use of such an instrument as a little
sagacious animal to accomplish his divine will! I should have observed
that, as soon as they were all in the garden, the dog came leaping
round them to express his joy, and when the house was fallen, laid
himself down quietly by his mistress.

Some of the neighbors who saw the school fall, and who were in great
pain for Margery and her little ones, soon spread the news through the
village, and all the parents, terrified for their children, came
crowding in abundance; they had, however, the satisfaction to find
them all safe, and upon the