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THE PREVARICATION STORY.

One day, as Jonas and the children were
riding along, they observed upon one side
of the road, among some trees at a little
distance, a small farm-house, with several
sheds and small barns near it, and among
the rest a large barn which rose above all
the other buildings.

‘What a great barn!” said Rollo.

“Yes,” said Jonas; ‘‘ that barn makes me
think of the Prevarication story.”

Q, tell it to us,” said Lucy ; “come, we
are all ready for another story.”

“ Very well,” said Jonas, “I will.

"I‘here was once a farmer who had two
boys, and it gave him a great deal of trouble
to make them come home in season, when
he sent them away of errands. Like many
other boys, they had a sad habit of loitering
and playing by the way. Sometimes he
would send them off a short distance, for

 

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