﻿36 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



Charles remembered his father's command, and feeling guilty, 

 made no reply. He had been disobedient. 



Charlie's disobedience was peculiar. He had broken one wish of 

 his father through a desire to observe another. Anxious to save the 

 canary, he had entered the garden. He ought to have carried his 

 efforts to save the bird up to the garden gate. This, the order to 

 watch the bird required; there he should have stopped, because the 

 other command said " On no account go into the garden." 



Little reader, learn from this story that one command of God is 

 not to be kept at the expense of another. His commands all har- 

 monize, and to break one on the plea of keeping another, is DISOBE- 

 DIENCE. 



The Singular Echo. 



I ONCE saw a story of Patrick, who heard his master tell of a 

 very remarkable echo over the hill, in the woods. Patrick had a 

 curiosity to try the echo himself, so away he went. The account 

 of his excursion we will take as he grave it to his master. 



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" I jist rim over to the place ye was speakin' uv, to convarse a bit 

 with the wonderful creathur. So said I, ' Hillo ' ' 



" ' Hillo, hillo, hillo ! you noisy rascal ! ' 



" I thocht that was very qnare, sir, and I said ' Hillo,' again. 



" ' Hillo yourself,' said the hecho, ' you begun it first.' 



" ' What are ye made uv ?' said I. 



" ' Shut your mouth,' said the hecho. 



" So said I, ' Ye blathren scoundrel, if ye was flesh, like an hon- 

 est man, I'd hammer ye till the mother of ye wouldn't know her 

 impident son.' 



" And what do you think the hecho said to that, sir ? 



" ' Scamper, ye baste of a paddy,' said he, ' or if I catch you, I'll 

 break ivery bone in your body.' 



" An it hit me on the head with a big stone, sir, an was nigh 

 knocking the poor brain out uv me. So I run as fast as iver I 

 could, and praised be all the saints, I'm here to tell ye uv it sir I' 1 



