CHAPTER XVIII. ,
MERCY.

Tux merciful person considers the feelings
of everything that lives and feels: suffering
in others never fails to give him pain and to
awaken in him a desire to alleviate or re-
move it. I shall tell you a little story in
illustration of this excellent quality.

The Young Fisherman.

James Ferris was permitted to _go to the
bridge to amuse himself with fishing. He
put down the hook, and after various nib-
ble’, drew forth a perch. It was beauti-
fully marked with black and gold stripes,
and as it jumped and writhed on the hook,
the little boy felt delighted. “ I have caught
a fish !? said he, in exultation, to his com-
panions. It was thé first he had ever caught,
and he experienced as sincere a feeling of
triumph as did Alexander when he gained a

battle.