adored; but she could only say, “I am dying, but happy since you are here.” Then her lips grew cold, and she lay in his arms silent for ever. Long hours he sat holding the corpse of the fair maiden, then rising with his burden he leapt into the sea, and using no effort to prolong a life which had become hateful to him, drifted down to the abode of Milu, the King of the Land of Shadows.
dis-sem′-ble
hap′-pi-ness
ho′-ri-ble
wrath
be-lief′
dis-trac′-ted
mar′-riage
jour′-neyed
venge′-ful
dan′-ger-ous-ly
hate′-ful
treas′-ure
pro-tes-ta′-tion, a solemn declaration of dissent.
ed′-dy-ing, moving in a circle, as water or any liquid.
ex-pos′-tu-la-ted, reasoned with or remonstrated with.
ta′-pu, a word used in the South Sea Islands to signify a thing prohibited or sacred.
en-gird′, to encompass, to encircle.
at′-mos-phere, the mass of air surrounding the earth.
LESSON VII.
THE PET WHALE.
(New Zealand.)
In ancient days there lived a prince named Tini, who was the lord of all the fishes in the ocean, and could compel them to perform any action he commanded. Near his home on Sacred Island he had large fish-ponds, in which the young ones were bred that were, when
