PERSEVERE AND PROSPER.

late,—perhaps every body was down at
breakfast. He alarmed himself without
cause; for none of the family were awake
yet; it was just five o'clock, and the noise
he heard was made by some of the labourers
on the farm, who were taking their breakfast
in the kitchen:

However, Arthur was very anxious to get
down stairs, thinking it was late. He
opened his window and peeped out, just to
scent the morning air. It was delicious,
and he longed to be out in the garden.

There was one thing which Arthur never
neglected to do when he got up in the morn-
ing, because his mamma had, at first,
required him to attend to it, to please her,
and because it was right; now, he had got
into a regular habit of doing it, and would
no more think of omitting to take a
sponging bath than of neglecting to say his
prayers or to eat his breakfast. This morn-
ing he enjoyed the fresh, soft water which
Susan had placed for his bath the previous

night, more than you can well imagine.
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