one could rouse her. All the good fairy could do was to cause a charmed sleep to fall upon every one in the castle, upon the dogs in the courtyard, and upon the horses in the stables. Even the fire ceased to burn. And a thorn-wood grew up and hid everything but the castle tower.

A hundred years passed by, when a young prince hunting near the thorn-wood, noticed the tower, and learning the legend of the castle resolved to go to the rescue. He forced his way through the wood. In the courtyard he saw the men-at-arms and dogs asleep. In the castle he passed the servants sleeping, and at last found himself in a lovely room, where he saw a beautiful maiden lying asleep so fair that he feared to speak. He knelt beside her and touched her hand with his lips. At once she awoke. "Are you come, my prince?" she said. “I have waited long for you." And as the princess awoke, the lap-dog began to bark, the mastiff to howl, the horses to neigh, the fire to burn. And the men-at-arms and the pages, the footmen and the cooks, all woke up.

And the prince that very day married the princess in the castle chapel. As they rode gayly away from the castle through the thorn-wood, they turned to look back, and lo! there was no thorn-wood to be seen, nor any castle, only the open country and the winding road.

III. Oral Composition.-1. (1) Describe the arrangements for the king's feast. (2) Describe the situation when the old fairy arrived. fairies as they gave their wishes.

(3) Describe the (4) Tell how the

princess met her fate in the tower. (5) Tell of the different people-what they were doing-who fell asleep. (6) Tell of the moving objects that became still. (7) Describe the thorn-wood. (8) Tell of the arrival of the young prince-how he broke the charm.

2. Repeat the following sentences, giving equivalent words or phrases for the italicized words:-(1) Once upon a time there was a king of Thule (thew'lē). (2) After the feast, they gave gifts. (3) It was a charmed sleep. (4) She fell into a faint. (5) He resolved to rescue the princess. (6) He forced his way through the castle. (7) They rode away from the castle.

3. Use the following words in sentences of your own: -(1) Once upon a time. (2) come upon. (3) banish. (4) charmed. (5) legend. (6) to the rescue. (7) men

at-arms.

IV. Principles-Punctuation. The Comma.-The punctuation point that is chiefly used in the subdivision of the sentence is the comma (,).

Rule 1. Notice that the comma must be used to mark off a word of address:

Little lamb, who made thee?

Come, dear children, come away down.

NOTE. The exclamation is used where the address involves an element of exclamation:-O father! I see a gleaming light.

Rule 2. Notice that the comma must be used to mark off words in apposition:

Tom, Tom, the piper's son.

Our great old grandmother, the Earth.

There stood Perseus, a beautiful young man, with golden ringlets and rosy cheeks.

NOTE 1. Sometimes a dash (-) is used for this purpose, or a comma and a dash:-He saw a pretty sight, a great, brown, sharp-nosed creature.

NOTE 2. If the appositive noun is a part of the title no point must be used: -The Apostle John; King William the Conqueror; James the First.

Rule 3. Notice that the comma must be used to mark off participial phrases:

So speaking, Lancelot left the hall.

Henry IV died, leaving his son Henry V to succeed.

Henry IV dying, Henry V succeeded.

Rule 4. Notice that parenthetical words or clauses must be set off by commas:

There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

It takes, they say, all sorts to make a world.

EXERCISE 1. Study the tale above and seek to explain the use of each comma employed.

2. Rewrite the following sentences, punctuating them correctly:-(1) Dear master I can go no further. Farewell kind master. (2) Blow, blow thou winter wind. (3) God save thee brother. (4) Fair daffodils we weep to see you haste away so soon (5) Horatius quoth the consul as thou sayest so let it be (6) Thou paradise of exiles Italy. (7) Let us then be up and doing. (8) Come read to me some poem some simple and heart-felt lay. (9) He their sire butchered to make a Roman holiday! (10) The poet Milton wrote his great epic poem "Paradise Lost" in blindness. (11) All are architects of Fate working in these walls of Time.

V. Composition.-Rewrite the story of the Sleeping Beauty, adding any appropriate details, and following this plan:

Title.
Introduction.

The time-the birth of the baby princess-the feast—the invited guests.

Keep all the sentences of the introduction in one group or paragraph.

The Complication.

The wicked fairy's arrival—the wishes of the good fairies-the wish of the wicked one-the seventh fairy's plan—the charmed sleep the thorn-wood.

Keep all the sentences of the complication in one paragraph.

Resolution.

The time elapsed—the young prince-the entrance into the castle - how everything appeared to him-the Sleeping Beauty-the awakening the marriage-the departure.

Keep all the sentences of the resolution of the story in one paragraph.

LESSON VII.

I. Memorize:-"THE BEGGAR MAID."

Her arms across her breast she laid;
She was more fair than words can say:
Barefooted came the beggar maid
Before the king Cophetua.

In robe and crown the king stept down,
To meet and greet her on her way;
"It is no wonder," said the lords,
"She is more beautiful than day."

As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen;
One praised her ankles, one her eyes,

One her dark hair and lovesome mien.
So sweet a face, such angel grace,

In all that land had never been:

Cophetua sware a royal oath:

"This beggar maid shall be my queen!"

-Alfred Tennyson.

II. Theme:-PETER KLAUS.

There was once a goatherd of Sittendorf named Peter Klaus. Every day Peter tended his goats on the sides of the rugged Kyffhäuser (kif' hoy zer) and every evening he counted them by an old broken wall. By and by he noticed that one of his finest goats always disappeared at this spot, and never returned to the herd till late. Watching more closely he discovered that it slipped through a fissure in the wall. Following it, he found himself in a cave where he saw the goat munching grains of oats which fell through a crack in the roof. Overhead he heard the neighing and stamping of horses. As he stood wondering there, a lad came and beckoned Peter to follow him. He ascended some steps, crossed a walled court, and came to an open glade surrounded by cliffs. There to his astonishment he saw twelve old knights playing skittles, and they made Peter set up the ninepins for them.

The game went silently on. Peter grew hot and tired with his work, and ventured to take a draft from a pitcher that stood near him. It was a wonderful drink with a delightful fragrance and most refreshing. He drank again and again, and before he knew it he fell asleep.