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Here is the drawing

You can tell, I suppose, why the horizontal line is above the chair. I should like you to After you copy this also. have drawn it, you may then change your position from the right hand side of the chair to the left, and draw it again.

W. It will take me some time to do that, papa. May I rule the lines?

P. I should not advise you to do so, unless you really cannot make them straight without but you may rule all the lines which show the inclination to the point of sight. I mean those which are dotted in the copy. These you cannot draw properly without a rule.

W. Thank you, papa.

P. Now, Ion, you may place the chair on the table, and I will draw it in a new position.

The lines, you see, are as much altered as the lines of the stool

were.

After copying this drawing, you may place the chair on the table, and draw from it yourselves.

L. I have thought, papa, of another position. Please to let me turn the chair round, so that the side may be opposite to you. The front part, you see, is opposite to the fire. Now, papa, can you copy it?

P. Yes; and so can you-it is quite as easy.

You may copy my drawing, as before. Then place the chair before you, but when you draw it, instead of standing upright, so that the horizontal line may be above it, stand so that the horizontal line may be lower down. Let it cross the middle of the chair's back-the rail.

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FOR THE

21st Week.

HONESTY.

MONDAY.

THE TWO MEN OF BUSINESS.*

Mr. Wilson sat down to his wellstocked breakfast-table with a face which looked healthy and fresh from his morning ride; and with an excellent appetite. But sometimes he put down his cup, and stopped to smile, thinking to himself as he shook his head-"It will be a most excellent bargain."

L. Who was Mr. Wilson, papa? P. Mr. Wilson was a gentleman with a large business in the town of Stockton. He and his partner, Mr. Sandford, were owners of a manufactory, a long building with plenty of doors and windows, and steam-engines which would puff, and blow, and work hard all day, as long as they were well fed with coal. Yes; as long as you fed them they never tired nor stopped to rest," and always kept up the steam -but then, they consumed such quantities of food! Coal for their breakfast, dinner, and tea-all day long-More coal!

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But let us talk about Mr. Wilson. Everybody in Stockton knew Messrs. Sandford and Wilson. 66 "Ah," ," said one of his workmen to me one day, "Mr. Wilson be a sharp man, zur! Yes-a very sharp man-and, a rum'un to drive a bargain. He's too shaarp by half, I thinks-for he do'ent allus mind wot's fair—and sartainly—if

• The circumstances of this tale are taken from a piece called the "Legacy" in Messrs. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.

Moral Lesson.

he do business with any won, zur, he'll get the best on it! He knows how to take care of his-self, I'se warrant. 'Deed, zur, I wunst heerd un say to Measter Sandford this 'Get plenty of monny while ye can. Every won for his-self and God for us all.

"It's Measter Sandford that we likes, you know. He's won of the right sort, he is. He takes care on us-and we takes care of him, too. I'm blest if I think that he would take the adwantage of one on us. He's too oornest for thart!"

"They are both monied men," I said; "but which do you think is the richer of the two?"

"Weel, zur, as for thart-they do say as Measter Wilson is-but, I doant know!-he may have a little more monny now-but he wun't be the richest in the end. Yew mark my wureds now--and zee if em doant cum trew! Ah! ah!"

W. But what made Mr. Wilson smile, papa, when he was having his breakfast?

P. I'll tell you. He had made a bargain that morning which he thought was very cheap. He had ridden over to the village of Thornley, a place several miles off, where he and his partner had some coal mines. There he had called on an old man, the owner of a small field close to their mine, under which was a valuable vein of coal. He had inquired of the old man what would be his terms for a lease of the ground, and had made such an agreement with him that he smiled again to think of

it-and said to himself several times-"It will be a most excellent bargain." The only thought that troubled him was, "What will my partner say? Will he think that it is quite fair?"

On his arrival at the countinghouse, he bid his partner "Good morning"-and said to him, “Well, Sandford, I have seen old Richardson about that bit of land, and he is very willing to let us have it. He says it has never been anything but a plague to him, and he shall be very glad to be rid of it. "Tis a very fortunate thing I thought of riding over this morning, for I understand that Mr. Morton has been thinking of getting it from him, and sinking a mine there; but I was first, and I have made every arrangement. We are to have it for fifty pounds a-year. It will be a capital speculation."

"The man must be quite ignorant of the value of his own land to agree to such terms," said Mr. Sandford. "Did you tell him the purpose for which it was wanted?" "Oh, yes; of course I told him we thought there might be coal. I did not see why I should enter into particulars. He knows nothing about mining, and he will, upon these terms, make a deal more by his land than he has ever done yet."

"Perhaps so, but not so much as he ought to make by it. If he does not know its value, we do; and I cannot consent to profit by what would be an imposition upon him."

"Nonsense; you are so overparticular. No one but yourself would think of making the slightest objection to a thing so much to your advantage. And then, again, the man is perfectly satisfied. He

would not know what to do with more."

"Do you think he will be perfectly satisfied when he finds out that we only pay him half of its value. But even supposing he were satisfied, that does not alter the question. So far as we are concerned, we should be taking a dishonest advantage, to bind him to such terms."

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"Why?"

"Because it is dishonest to deprive any man of that which belongs to him. No matter how you do it. No matter if the man knows nothing about it. This is what I think:-"It is not an honest way of business to take advantage of another man's ignorance."

"Well, I don't know how it is," said Mr. Wilson, who was losing his temper; "but it is impossible to do anything to please you. If you might have your way in everything, our business would soon come to nothing."

"Nay," said Mr. Sandford, laughing, "I am not afraid of that. You know that I believe no one loses in the long-run by plain and straightforward dealing."

"Well, if you can make out that it will be for our interest to pay one hundred instead of fifty pounds a-year for the right of mining under that field, well and good, but I confess I cannot. I must say, too, Sandford, it will be very absurd of you to make any alterations in the terms.

"But, there!" said Mr. Wilson, greatly irritated, "it is no use arguing with you; I will have nothing more to do with the affair; manage it as you like." So saying, he sat down to his desk and wrote letters with great rapidity.

(Continued at page 337.)

THE NORMAN KINGS.

THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.

P. Do you remember the last chapt r?

W. The history of the conquest, papa? Yes, that was a sad chapter.

P. And here comes another sad chapter.

Suppose, then, that ten years had passed away since William came, and that you were looking on our beautiful island from one of those mountain-tops.

First,-You would have noticed the dwelling-places of the Norman conquerors. They had come to England to be rich, and now they were enjoying themselves. They had found out the best places-and many an old abbey and monastery, which had been plundered of its gold, was now the abode of the men of Normandy. All the large palaces and mansions, too, they seized. But you would have noticed most the castles, which seemed to be rising up in all parts. There were not only the old castles, but new ones built of stone, with strong towers, and thick walls, surrounded by a broad ditch called a moat. Over this moat was a bridge leading to the castle gate, which was drawn up at night, so that no one could enter, and was called a Draw-bridge. How you would have wondered at these castles-the great number of them -castles at the north and south, castles at the east and westcastles in all parts-everywhere. In these castles lived in ease and safety the Norman knights, who were now the rich people of the land; they were called BARONS.

Secondly,-Around the castle you would have seen a thick

cluster of cottages, some new, some old, with mud and clay walls, and thatch. Here lived in misery some of the Saxon Thanes and Churls, with the peasants and slaves who tilled the ground. These were now the poor of the land; they were called SERFS.

Thus, in England, there were now two very distinct classes of people-the conquerors and the conquered-the rich and the poor. They knew or cared very little for each other, for they spoke different languages. The conquerors, reigning in their wealth and power, spoke only French; while the conquered the poor serfs, sat at their firesides and talked over their troubles in their ancient language-Saxon.

You would soon have known each class; for if you had observed a man with a fine dress, with a coat of mail, helmet, and sword, or with the dress of a priest, no matter which, you would have known by his dark brownish complexion, his black hair, which was clipped and short; by the moustache on his upper lip, and by his dark black eyes-by all these things-without hearing him speak-you would have known him to be a NORMAN, and that he was either a Baron or a Monk.

But, by far the greater number of people were the natives. You would soon have distinguished them. If you had seen a man with light and long brown hair, florid face, and blue eyes, dressed in a tunic-a loose robe which fitted tight round his neck, and hung down to his knees, just like the smock frocks we see in the country now-you would have known that he was one of the SAXONS.

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