THE LIGHT-HOUSE LAMP.

AM now going to tell you about a lamp. Not

| the kind that you are used to, but one much
bigger. She lived in the very top of a light-
house, which stood upon a small island far out at
sea. The island was good and gentle herself, but
all about her were dangerous, cruel rocks. Some
of them lifted their dark, sullen heads far above
the water, and in the daytime could be plainly
seen, when of course, the sailors kept away from
them, but at night, the boats might have sailed
directly upon them, had it not been for our good
Lamp. In the light-house lived a man and his
wife. The man loved his Lamp, and it was well
worthy his affection, for in spite of two very large
wicks, it was itself anything but wicked, and had

really no vice, although once in a great while, it
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