But one day she was having such a nice time with some little cousins who had come to play with her, that, when her mother called her in for her nap, she said, "Oh, please, mamma, don't make me go to sleep to-day; I'm not a bit sleepy. See how wide open my eyes are!" Her mother laughed and said, "Well, darling, we'll try it this once, but I'm afraid you will be tired before night." "Oh, no! mamma, I shall not be tired, I know, because I am having such a good time." So she played on merrily until her dinner at one o'clock, and, as soon as that was over, she was off again for another frolic. By and by she came in, looking very weary, and said, "I don't want to play out any more, mamma: I think it's time for my supper." Now it was not yet five o'clock, and her usual supper hour was half-past six. But her mamma at once put some nice bread and butter on the table and her mug of milk, and left her to eat it, while she went to speak to a friend. When she came back soon after, Miss Nelly had pushed back her plate, upset her mug, laid down her apron, dropped her head on her chubby arm, and gone fast asleep. The next day when mamma called her for her nap, she ran quickly, saying, "All ready, mamma, because I was so tired yesterday." JANE OLIVER. LESSONS. AUNT LIZZIE. OUT in the sunny garden-plot, Among the blossoms gay, The lilies and the four-o'clocks, What have you learned to-day? ALFRED. [Illustration] Loud humming in a hollyhock, I heard a little bee: He filled his yellow thighs with wax, And this he taught to me: "Short time have I to honey win; Short time have you to study in; Soon life and summer glide away: We must keep busy every day." BESSY. [Illustration] And on a purple candytuft I saw a butterfly: It waved its red-and-yellow wings, And said, "A worm was I: Be cheerful whatso'er befall, And hope to soar when forced to crawl." CHARLEY. [Illustration] Among some morning-glories set There grew the fragrant mignonette: It said to me, "A winning grace A kind heart lends the plainest face: Who would my simple blossom choose Should I my pleasant perfume lose?" DORA. [Illustration] Upon a green sweetbrier bough, A pleasant, shady place, All hung with dew, like gems, I found A web of silver lace; And on it, with its many eyes, I saw a spider watching flies, Who taught me this: "One must beware; The fairest thing may prove a snare." AUNT. Four useful lessons you have learned This happy summer hour, Taught by a bee, a butterfly, A spider, and a flower. MARIAN DOUGLAS. [Illustration] [Illustration: DRAWING-LESSON. VOL. XXX.--NO. 4.] THE DOLL THAT FANNY FOUND.