PERSEVERE AND PROSPER.

Arthur first went to Fairdown, the hops
were very plentiful.

Arthur and Fanny became such favourites
with their relations there, that when the two
months appointed for their stay had elapsed,
a letter from grandmamma was despatched
to Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, begging them to
allow the children to remain until the
hopping season was over, and to come down
themselves to Fairdown for a few days,
hopping. Now Mrs. Reynolds loved Fair-
down always; but she loved it three times
better at hopping than at any other time;
and she could not refuse to let the children
stop for so great a treat; nor could she
help persuading Mr. Reynolds to give up
business for a few days, and enjoy them at
Fairdown. So she wrote to say that the
children were to stop, and that she and their
papa would come down before the hopping
was over, and take them back to town.

There was great rejoicing when this
letter arrived; for it would be three weeks
more before the hopping would be all over,

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