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much terrified. Close upon him was the old ram, kicking up his 

 heels in his anger. Behind him could be seen a straggling line of 

 sheep, doing their best to keep up, 



Bobby won the race, however. His imcle came out in time to 

 turn the flock into the barn. It was a long time before Bobby 

 would venture near the ram again. 



Hobby knows now that but for the efforts of that old ram in 

 knocking him from his seat, on that bitterly cold day, he would have 

 been among the angels in a very short time. The sleepy feeling 

 which overcame him would have ended in death. 



Bobby declares that the ram knew all the time what ailed him, 

 and that he butted him from the rock on purpose. I cannot explain 

 it, but do know that '" God moves in a mysterious way, his wondei's 

 to perform." 



HELEN'S DAISY. 



Helen Stuart was a little girl about eight years old. She 

 lived in the city, in an old-fashioned frame house, with a large 

 yard. One cold day a little kitten, as black as coal, came to Helen's 

 home. She crawled down a rat-hole under the barn to keep warm. 

 Helen called her out and brought her in the house. She gave her 

 some milk, which she seemed to think was very nice. The kitten 

 was so pretty that Helen thought she would keep her. So she 

 named her "Daisy." Was not that a funny name for a black 

 kitten? 



One morning Helen went to the barn to call Daisy, and found 

 in the hay, not only Daisy, but three little kittens, — one black, 

 one white, and the other gray. She named them for flowers, — the 

 black one, Buttercup ; the white, Snowdrop ; and the gray, Violet. 

 They grew up to be very pretty kittens, and very playful. Some- 

 times they wanted to play with their mother when she was sleepy. 

 She would keep telling them not to trouble her; but they would 

 not mind, and would pull her ears, until finally she would get up 

 and box first one on the ear, and then another. But she did not 

 have to punish them very often, tor they were generally good. 



