After Mary had exercised her boys and girls in this way, until she thought they knew all the figures she had drawn, she told them to say the multiplication table in concert. Ellen Raby called this class the concert class, and they liked to be in a class altogether. Lily said she would like black board exercises every day; but Mary was wiser than her little scholar, and she knew that Lily would get very tired of doing the same thing every day. Mary liked her scholars to be “always busy, never weary,” and she gave them different lessons for each day. Now it was recess time. And what do my little readers think Mary’s scholars did during recess time, when it rained so fast that they could not go out of doors to play? They played in the school-room. They played Blindman Buff and “Poor Pussey wants a corner,” and “Hunt the Slipper.” Mary lent them her shoe to play with, and when they were tired of playing Hunt the Slipper, and Puss in the Corner, they gave Mary her shoe again, and asked her if they might play Blindman Buff. She said they might, but not in the school-room. She told them to go into the little room adjoining the school-room, where Blindman Buff, whoever he might happen to be, could not do any mischief. There was no ink nor desks in the little room, and he could walk or run about there without danger of hurting himself. They begged Mary to go with them, and she said she would. They all ran off, singing, Here we go All together, We have fun In rainy weather. One, two, three, Four, and away, We are glad Of a rainy day! Mary took her handkerchief and asked, who would be Blindman Buff first. They all wanted to be blindfolded first; and Mary said, “What shall I do to please all my little scholars? You cannot all be Blindman Buff at once; so I will take the oldest first.” Charles Linn was the oldest scholar; and after Mary had bound her handkerchief over his eyes, he could not see any thing at all. He put out his hands, and felt about the room, and at last he caught little Ellen Raby. Ellen was so much delighted, and laughed so merrily to see how queer Charles looked, that he knew by the sound of her voice where to find her. Carry Deacon came up to Mary and looked as if she wanted to say something to her, and as if she did not like to say it. Then Mary took Carry by the hand, and she said, “Do you want to talk to me, Carry?” Carry said, “Yes, but not before anybody. Let us go back into the school-room.” Mary went with Carry into the school-room while the scholars were at play, and she said, “Now, Carry dear, come and tell me all about your getting to school so late this morning.” _Carry._ “I stopped to see Mike Terry’s kittens.” _Mary._ “How did you know about the kittens?” [Illustration: