The Keepsake | Page 5

at her work by the fire,?To Alfred's request thus replied:?"Come, listen to me, and I'll soon tell you how,?The difficult point to decide.
"Wherever the sun rises, there is the east,?Now that is both easy and clear;?Wherever at ev'ning he sets from your view,?The west, my beloved, is there.
[Illustration: _to face pa. 40_
_Alfred_]
"Now you know where to find both the west and the east, We soon shall discover the rest:?To the left is the south, to the right is the north,?When your face is turn'd full to the west."
[Illustration: _to face pa. 41_
_William_]
WILLIAM.
"My dear," cried his mother to William one day,?As glowing and panting with heat,?The parlour he enter'd in haste and alarm,?And threw himself down on a seat:
"My dear, what misfortune has hurried you now,?And brought you so soon from your play??Have you lost your new ball in the field or the pond??Or has your kite flown far away?"
"My ball, my dear mother, is safe in my desk,?My kite rides secure in the air;?But I brought a poor boy, whom I left in the hall,?And who claims your attention and care.
"I found him just now, as returning from play,?I passed by the side of the wood;?He was stretched on the ground, and senseless and pale, And his face was all covered with blood."
"Oh! quick let us go; sure we linger too long,"?Cried his mother; "my love, lead the way."?William bounded, all eager, and soon reached the place, Where reviving, but weak, his friend lay.
His bruises and wounds were examin'd with care,?And happy was William to hear,?That patience and time would restore him to health,?For his life he had nothing to fear.
With unwearied attention he sat by his side,?And anxiously waited to know,?If in climbing he fell, or in mischief was hurt,?Or another had given the blow.
And as eagerly too did his invalid friend,?To his mother and William relate,?The cause of his suff'rings, and how he was found?In so sad and so helpless a state.
He had hasten'd, he said, in his play-hour at noon,?To the strawberry bank in the wood,?For some ripe ones to take to his sister at home,?Who was ill, and they might do her good.
As he climb'd some high rocks in his search for the fruit, And held by the trees that hung o'er,?He slipp'd, the branch broke, and he fell to the ground, But he knew and remember'd no more.
His name too he told, and the place where he liv'd,?And quickly young William ran there,?To tell his good mother her son was now safe,?And from them would receive ev'ry care.
Delighted to hear of her Jemmy again,?She gratefully thank'd his kind friend,?Who promis'd to bring him himself to his home,?As he knew he would speedily mend.
THE END.
Darton, Harvey, and Co. Printers, Gracechurch-street.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Keepsake, by Anonymous
? END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KEEPSAKE ***
? This file should be named 23457.txt or 23457.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
? http://www.gutenberg.org/2/3/4/5/23457/
Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at?http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images?generously made available by The Internet Archive/American?Libraries.)
Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is subject to the trademark license, especially commercial?redistribution.
? START: FULL LICENSE ***
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE?PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK
To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at http://gutenberg.org/license).
Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works
1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide