FABLES. 



THE THIEF AND THE DOG. 



A Thief coming" to rob a certain house in the 

 night, was thwarted in his attempts by a fierce 

 vigilant Dog, who kept barking at him continually. 

 Upon which the Thief, thinking to stop his mouth, 

 threw him a piece of bread ; but the Dog refused it 

 with indignation, telling him that before he only 

 suspected him to be a bad man, but now upon his 

 offering to bribe him, his suspicions were fully 

 confirmed; and that as he was entrusted with the 

 guardianship of his master's house, he would never 

 cease barking while such a rogue was lurking 

 about it. 



APPLICATION. 



NOTHING can alter the honest purpose of him 

 whose mind is embued with good principles. He 



