70 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. 



the finger-hole, for they have no more need to 

 spin anchor-threads; but you can always see on 

 the shell the place that used to be open. You can 

 tell their shells, even if they are old and broken, 

 for they always color the part next to the hinge 

 with a rich purple that never fades or washes out. 

 But, good by, now, for I must go, or the tide 

 will leave me high and dry. When I am dead 

 you may find my shells washed up on the beach. 

 If you do find them, please put them in your cab- 

 inet with a proper label; and whenever you look 

 at them, think of me, and of my little story about 

 the pectens. 



BLACKBOARD WORDS. 



vigorously (vig'or-fts-ly), commotion (kftm-mo'shiin), 

 escalloped (es-kol'ftpt), ancestors (an'ses-terz), colonies 

 (ktfl'o-mz), bivalves (bfvalvz), delicacy (deTi-ka-sy). 



