of contentment'. Even che pussy cat comes from under the barn with 

 the kittens trailing after her, and she purrs and rubs up against the 

 legs of the cow trying to demonstrate her affection and work on your 

 sympathies until you are tempted to treat her with a cup of milk. Up 

 above you in the walnut tree the birds are singing, and in your own 

 happy heart there is a song also. You feel sort of a fatherly pride as 

 you look upon your happy family, and as you leave the barnyard with 

 a bucket of rich milk for the strawberries, and peaches, and black- 

 berries, and honey, you have also a feeling of gratitude for such 

 providence. You have also carried away with you from that contented 

 barnyard scene a lesson in serenity that will give you poise and equa- 

 nimity for the arduous duties of the day. 



View of Runnymede 



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