PERSEVERE AND PROSPER.

nation showed that Arthur had given his
attention to the matter, and that he was
intelligent.

Arthur felt glad that his Uncle Tom
thought he was intelligent, and he looked
at his mother with a smile; for he felt sure
that she would be pleased to see that he
comprehended some things that had been
taught him, as well as, if not better, than
Fanny; and his uncle seeing that the boy
took pleasure in mechanics, talked to him of
anew machine which he was going to set
up at Fairdown, an improved threshing
machine. Arthur understood the principle
upon which it worked; but he was not able
to imagine the machine distinctly, that is,
to make a picture of itin his mind. Arthur
was not a boy of strong imagination, and
could seldom form an idea of anything that
he had not seen. He was what is called a
matter-of-fact boy. This had always been
a trouble to Fanny and the little ones in
their various games. When they played at
Arabs in the Desert, for instance, Arthur

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