Chanrer Gi,

ARTHUR'S NEW FRIENDS.

— slept very soundly that night ;

so soundly that he did not hear the
hymn that was sung in the room below him
by the rest of the family, half an hour after -
he was in bed. When he woke the next
morning, he did not quite understand where
he was. A bright light shone on his face
as he lay in bed, and he heard the loud
chirping and twittering of swallows and
sparrows. He sat up, and rubbed his eyes,
and remembered he was at Fairdown.

How clear the sky looked! He began to
think he had overslept the time at, which he
said he should get up, and go with Fanny
to see the garden, before breakfast.

He got up in a great hurry; he heard

voices and rough laughter,—it must be very
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