5. This made his brother angry, and he sent word to all the other printers in Boston, telling them that Benjamin had run away. On this account Franklin could not get work in Boston.

6. The nearest town that had a printing office at that time was New York. Now New York was two hundred miles away from Boston in a straight line. How to get to New York was not an easy question.

7. There were no railroads or steam-boats in those days. The easiest way to get to New York from Boston was by sailing around Cape Cod. This was a sail of over three hundred miles.

8. Franklin did not know what to do. Should he go back to his brother, or should he leave Boston? This was the question that troubled him for some time.

9. He had a little money in his pocket, so he made up his mind to set sail for New York. He thought it wouldn't cost much

to live on the way, and that maybe he could make a little money on the ship.

10. After several days the boat reached New York, and Franklin tried to get work. There was no work to be had. He was told he might get work in Philadelphia; but Philadelphia was a hundred miles away.

II. Franklin's heart was now almost full, and his pocket was almost empty. But a boy like Franklin never gives up for bad luck. He started for Philadelphia.

12. In sailing across New York Bay he came near being drowned. He reached the shore at last and walked across New Jersey to the Delaware River. Here he found two men who were going to Philadelphia in a row-boat. He asked them to take him along, and they agreed to do so if he would row the boat part of the time.

13. They reached Philadelphia in the night. Early the next morning Franklin bought three penny rolls for his breakfast.

Then he started up the street to look for work.

14. He walked along, eating one roll and carrying the other under his arm. He didn't think much about his looks.

On the other side of the street stood

the doorstep.

a pretty girl on the

She laughed at him because he looked so funny with the bread under his arm. Little did she think that he would become the greatest man that had ever walked in that street. 15. Franklin found work and soon made some money In a short time he became the owner of a printing office; and a few years later he married the pretty girl that once laughed at him.

SUBJECT XLVI.

DANIEL WEBSTER AT SCHOOL.

He

1. Webster's father was a farmer. was a poor man and had quite a large family.

2. All the children except Daniel had to help on the farm. Little Dan was not strong enough to work, so they let him spend his time in play. This was just what he liked.

3. Daniel learned to read while he was very young. He says he can not remember the time when he could not read.

4. He used to go fishing with an old sailor. This old man would tell him stories about sea, and in return for this Dan would read to him from the Bible or the newspaper.

the

5. All the people for miles around knew what a smart boy little Dan Webster was. Sometimes the farmers would stop their horses in front of Webster's house and ask the boy to read the Bible to them.

6. One day the teacher of the school where Daniel went offered the boys a prize. He told them he would give a jack-knife to the boy who should recite the greatest number of verses from the Bible.

7. The next day, when the time came for them to recite, the teacher found out something he did not know before. He found out that Daniel Webster knew more of the Bible than all the rest of the school together. Daniel recited verse after verse, until the teacher cried out, "Stop, Daniel, that's enough!" and he handed him the jack-knife.

8. Webster had learned so much that his father told him he might go to a larger school; so he went away to the town.