24 SOUTHERN PRIMER. as well as oth-er boys. But he al-ways learns his les-son first. He is now learn-ing a ve-ry pretty lit-tle hymn which his grand- fath-er gave him to stud-y. If he learns it well, the old gen-tle-man says he will give him a beau-ti-ful book, full of pic-tures. I have no doubt but he will get the book, for he is ver-y dil-i-gent, and pays great at-ten-tion to his lesson. This is the right way to learn. How much bet-ter it is to be thus stor-ing the mind with learn-ing, than to pass our time in mis-chiev-ous cru-el-ty, like THE TRUANT BOYS. f
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