the people were sullen, and would not assemble to hear them; they therefore came into the streets, and poured forth their patriotic harangues to the murmuring thousands that stood doggedly together. Will ye, they exclaimed, give up the city of your fathers' glory to their bitterest enemies? Speak-will ye, can ye do it? And the people held up their pale and famishing children, saying, These are our answer-these shall speak for us! all night without the walls, of deadly It was now no use mounting the rostrum, preparation. The distress of the besieged was now intolerable, and a truce was eagerly desired. A deputation, therefore, of the most honourable citizens, headed by the most eloquent orators, and preceded by a herald bearing a white flag, went to the camp of the enemy. The orators addressed them in the most powerful, and, as they thought, most soul-touching words; they craved only a truce for seven days; but their words fell like snow-flakes upon a rock,—they moved no heart to pity, and the orators were sent back to their city with many marks of ignominy. Go back, said they, and our answer shall reach the city before you do. Accordingly every machine was put in motion. Arrows, hurled by the balistæ, fell into the streets like hail, and ponderous stones, falling upon the buildings threatened destruction to all. The rest of that day the inhabitants kept within their houses, for there was no security in the streets, nor, it must be confess ed, much within doors. The next day when the enemy a little relaxed their efforts, the people ventured out, but nothing was heard save lamentations and equal to FellowThere is Just at this moment, the poor man, filled with compassion for his town's-people, and suffering from want their own, stepped forward. town's-people, said he, listen! no need for us and our children to die of hunger;—there is no need for us to deliver up the city. Only do as I say, and we shall have plenty of provision, and may drive our enemies to the four winds. What would you have us do? asked the people. Why, said he, for every engine that the enemy brings, bring out one also: defy their battering-rams-disable their crow-feet-sink a shaft to the river, and have water in plenty! Give me but seven days, three brave men, and the means I shall ask, and I will pass through the enemy's fleet, visit the cities which are friendly to us, and return with provisions to stand out the siege yet ten months longer. Try him! try him! said they; we cannot be worse than we are! THE THREE WISHES. There was an instant re-action in favour of the poor man; all fell to work at his bidding;-every smith's shop rung with the sound of hammers;-carpenters worked all day and all night constructing machines which were enigmas to them. There was such a hum of business for two whole days, that the enemy could not imagine what was going forward. In a short time all was ready. A huge machine, the height of the walls, was raised, furnished with a tremendous pair of iron shears; and no sooner had the enormous crow-foot of the enemy reared itself to pull down a part of the wall, than the shears, catching hold of it, snapped it in two! A roar of applause echoed through the city, and this first successful effort assured them all. The poor man at once obtained the confidence of the city; all the enemy's deadly machines he counteracted; he set fire to their immense wooden tower by balls of inflammable matter, which he flung in at night; and these exploding suddenly, with horrible crackings and hissings, terrified the enemy almost out of their senses, and bursting up into volcano-like fires, threatened to consume not only the tower, but the very camp itself. While this was doing, the poor man and his three colleagues passed through the fleet in the twilight, in a small vessel constructed for the purpose, which floating on the surface of the water, looked only like a buoy loosened from its hold. No sooner were they outside the fleet than they cut away one of 197 the enemy's large boats that lay moored on the shore, and hoisting full sail, by help of a favourable wind and good rowing. they arrived by the end of the next day, at a friendly city. There they soon obtained supplies,-corn, salted meat, fresh-killed cattle, and everything of which they stood in need. A large vessel was immediately stored and properly manned; her hull was blackened, so were her masts and sails, and by good rowing, she reached the outside of the harbour by the next evening. There they waited till it was quite dark, and then with every oar muffled, silently as the fall of night, yet swiftly as a bird, they passed through the midst of the fleet without being detected; and by the next day-break the vessel lay moored upon the quay of the city. That, indeed, was a morning of triumph! Men, women, and children, thronged down in thousands. Food was abundant; they all ate and were satisfied. But the extent of the poor man's service was not known when they merely satisfied their hunger;-he had induced the friendly city to send yet further supplies, with a fleet, which should not only attack the enemy's ships, but land a body of soldiers whose object would be to fall suddenly upon the camp in the rear, while the soldiers in the city made a sally on the front. Accordingly, the next day, the sea outside the harbour was covered with ships. The enemy was in great consternation. All fell out as the poor man had foreseen. After very lit tle fighting, the enemy had permission annals of the city, and ever after he was to retire, leaving as hostages three of universally called 'the Saviour of his their principal men, till an amount of country.' treasure was sent in which quite made up the losses of the siege. As you may suppose, after this, nobody, thought they could sufficiently honour the poor man; his deeds were written in the ENGLISH GRAMMAR. These form all words when rightly mix'd. With u, and sometimes w and y. And so of these we've mention'd all. 1 Three little words we often see, Are Articles-a, an, and the. 2 A Noun's the name of any thingAs School, or Garden, Hoop, or Swing. 3 Adjectives tell the kind of noun As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. 4 Instead of nouns, the Pronouns standJohn's head, his face, my arm, your hand. 5 Verbs tell of something being done To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. 6 How things are done, the Adverbs tellAs slowly, quickly, ill, or well. 7 Conjunctions join the nouns together— As, men and children, wind or weather. 8 A Preposition stands before A Noun-as, in or through a door. And so you see, the poor man, by his science and skill, could do more for his city than either soldiers or orators. Upon my word, said both the brothers in the same breath, there's something in it. 9 The Interjection shows surprise- TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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