14  PRUTH.

falsehood the chief thing to be avoided.
Truth is the foundation of .most ‘other vir-
tues—of honesty, justice, and fidelity. No
character is so much prized as that of a lover
of truth, none so much despised as the liar
and the deceiver, for falsehood lies at the
bottom of almost every vice.

The Horse and his Groom.

A groom, whose business it was to take
care of a certain horse, let the animal go
loose into the field. After a whiley he wanted
to catch him, but the brute chose to run
about at liberty, rather than be shut up in
the stable; so he aera about the field and
kept out of the groom’s way.

The groom now went to the granary, and
got the measure with which he was wont to
bring the horse his oats, When the horse
saw the measure, he thought to be sure that
the groom had some oats for him; and so he
went up to him, and was instantly qaugus
and taken to the stable.

Another day, the horse was in the field,
and refused to be caught. So the groom