proper for their passage. "Farther west, boy; farther w finder; "there where you see the the top of the dead oak in a li the blasted hemlock." 12. Eau-douce made no answer, the center of the stream, with its the falls, and it had already begu tion by the increased force of th moment Cap would cheerfully h claim to glory that could possibly feat, to have been safe again on s roar of the water, thundering as i screen, but becoming more and mor louder; and before him he saw its below, along which the green and a stretched and shining, as if the pa lose their principles of cohesion. 13. "Down with your helm! do man!" he exclaimed, unable any 1 anxiety, as the canoe glided tow falls. "Ay, ay, down it is, sure enou finder, looking behind him for a si silent, joyous laughter. 14. The rest was like the pas wind. Eau-douce gave the requi paddle, the canoe glanced into the few seconds it seemed to Cap that caldron. He felt the bow of the raging, foaming water careering ma the light fabric in which he float to his surprise, he discovered that the basin of still water, below the f impulse of Jasper's paddle. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born in Boston, Ja Philadelphia, April 17, 1790. He was not kep years of age he was taken to help his father, wh soap-boiler, and at twelve years he was apprenti printer. Being fond of reading and having a b teach himself. How he improved his compositio direct, and idiomatic style which characterizes h lesson which follows, taken from his Autobiograp At the age of seventeen he went to Philadel tudes became the proprietor and editor of a ne He continued his habits of study and observ wise projects for the good of mankind. His disc his fame widely. By means of a kite he first dre clouds, and showed it to be the same as lightning He was one of the leading patriots of the Rev Declaration of Independence. Afterwards the g court of France, to persuade the French to aid hi gle with Great Britain. AFTER some time an ingenious tradesman, Mr. new Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, who frequented our printing-house, took notice of vited me to his library, and very kindly lent me books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to , and made some little pieces; my brother, thinkmight turn to account, encouraged me, and put composing occasional ballads. One was called The Lighthouse Tragedy, and conI an account of the drowning of Captain Worthiwith his two daughters; the other was a sailor's on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. were wretched stuff, in the Grub-Street ballad and when they were printed he sent me about the to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity; but my father discourme by ridiculing my performances, and telling me makers were generally beggars. So I escaped bepoet, most probably a very bad one; but as prose g has been of great use to me in the course of my nd was a principal means of my advancement, I tell you how, in such a situation, I acquired what ability I have in that way. About this time I met with an odd volume of the ator. It was the third. I had never before seen of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and much delighted with it. I thought the writing _ent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and, ng short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, Chem by a few days, and then, without looking at ook, tried to complete the papers again, by express Then I co should come to hand. with the original, discovered som corrected them. 6. But I found I wanted a stock ness in recollecting and using ther should have acquired before that t making verses; since the continua. of the same import, but of differen measure, or of different sound for th laid me under a constant necessi variety, and also have tended to fi mind, and make me master of it. T of the tales and turned them into ve when I had pretty well forgotten th back again. 7. I also sometimes jumbled my into confusion, and after some weel duce them into the best order, bef the full sentences and complete the teach me method in the arrangemen 8. By comparing my work afterw nal, I discovered many faults and I sometimes had the pleasure of fan particulars of small import, I had b improve the method or the languag aged me to think I might possibly a tolerable English writer. in-gen/ious (-yus), clever; skillful. bal'lad, a oc-ca'sion-al (-zhun-al), produced on sen'ti-m trag e-dy (traj/-), a mournful play or the end |