them. General Washington felt that he must know more about the British; he must have maps of their camp, lists of their regiments, and, if possible, some idea of their plans. To obtain this information, he must find an intelligent spy. A counsel of officers was called and a volunteer was asked for. No one would go. The risks were great: if the spy were caught, a dishonorable death; even if he was successful, little reward or honor. So the Council sat silent wondering what to do. Suddenly a clear voice spoke out: "I will go." It was Captain Nathan Hale. Truly loving his country, and willing to sacrifice his own ambitions, even his life for her, he was the only one ready to undertake the mission. His friends begged him not to go, but Hale answered with warmth: "I believe it is my duty to get this muchneeded information for my country. I realize all the dangers of doing this, but I have been in the army a year and done no great service for my country. Now when my chance comes, I will take it."

Hale dressed himself in the plain brown dress and broad-brimmed hat of a schoolmaster, was rowed across to Long Island, and somehow got into the British camp. He was there about two weeks, found out all he wanted to know, and was just safely out of the British lines and waiting on the shore to be rowed back when some British soldiers, led by a betrayer, fell upon him and captured him. He was searched; at first they discovered only his college diploma, but finally under the inner soles of his shoes they found thin pieces of paper, with plans, lists, and notes about the British army written in Latin. He was taken before General Howe and, as the proof was clear, was quickly sentenced to be hung the next morning. He showed no fear at the thought of death. He said that his only regret was that his efforts to help the American army were not successful.

Hale was put under guard of Provost-Marshal Cun

ningham, a brutal and cruel man. When Hale asked for a clergyman, he was refused; and when he begged for a Bible, that also was denied. Even when he asked for paper and pen, it was only through the kindness of a young lieutenant that he managed to get it. He wrote letters to his friends and family, but when his jailor read them, he was so furious at the noble sentiments he found that he tore them up, crying, "The rebels shall never know they had a man who could die with such firmness."

Next morning, Hale was led out to execution, friendless and brutally treated, but still as brave and loyal to his country as ever. His last words as he was about to die will never be forgotten. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

MAY: FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHER

NATIONS

For the Teacher:

A SOLDIER'S SPEECH

"Looking back in life I can see no earthly good which has come to me so great, so sweet, so uplifting, so consoling as the friendships of the men and the women I have known well and loved - friends who have been equally ready to give and to receive kind offices and timely counsel. Nothing will steady and strengthen you like real friends, who will speak the frank words of truth tempered with affection - friends who will help you and never count the cost. Friendship is the full-grown teamplay of life, and in my eyes there is no limit to its value." 1

1 "From Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot, p. 180. Houghton Mifflin Co.

For the Class:

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then in the year's steady sifting,

Some of them turn to friends. Friends are the sunshine

of life.

JOHN HAY.

Suggestions for morning talks

Begin the month by some examples of the greatness of friendship.

Stories of the friendship of David and Jonathan. — 1st Sam. XVII, XVIII.

Read: "Jaffàr," by Leigh Hunt in The Garland of Poetry, Mrs. E. M. Kirkland. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Stories of Lamb and Coleridge, in Ethics for Children, p. 166, by Ella Lyman Cabot.

Learn: "If you have a friend worth loving," in Ethics for Children, p. 155.

Read: "Where Love is, God is," Leo Tolstoy. Twenty-three Tales. Translated by L. & A. Maude. Oxford University Press.

Friendship with those of different Nations.

The Story of Ruth and Naomi.

Stevenson's friendship with the Samoans.

Lincoln's letter to the workmen of Manchester.
Write letters to school-children in other lands and

tell them of your country.

"A Lesson for Kings," from the Jataka Tales, in Ethics for Children, p. 163.

Friendship between nations.

Read: "The Deep Sea Cable," Rudyard Kipling, in The Seven Seas. D. Appleton & Co.

"America's Tribute to Grotius," in The Friendship of Nations, p. 69, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn & Co.

"Christ of the Andes," in The Friendship of Na

tions, pp. 74-76, Lucile Gulliver.

Friendship of Holland and the Pilgrims.
Friendship of France and America in the Revolution.

A MODERN BAYARD 1

LAURA E. RICHARDS

Dr. Samuel G. Howe had just won his degree as a doctor when he heard of the Greek war for freedom. He loved the courage the Greeks had shown all through history. He wanted to help them. How could he help? He sailed for Greece, and offered his services as a doctor in the Greek army and navy. There he stayed for six years, sharing the dangers and the hardships of the Greeks. Often he slept under the open sky with his head on a stone; often he had no meat but snails and roasted wasps.

"Are n't roasted wasps horrid to eat?" his little daughter asked him, years afterward.

"Not at all," he replied. "Roasted to a crisp and strung on a straw like dried cherries, they were not at all bad. I was often thankful enough to get them!"

Once Dr. Howe found a wounded Greek in great danger with the Turkish soldiers coming up behind and ready to kill him. He lifted the Greek on to his own horse and he himself had to go on foot in danger of his life. The Greek soldier recovered and became a devoted friend to Dr. Howe. He could not bear to be out of Dr. Howe's sight and slept at his feet like a faithful dog. 1 Adapted from Two Noble Lives. Dana Estes & Co.

So Dr. Howe went about, in towns and forests and on the hills, caring for the sick and wounded; and as he went, his heart was touched by the sight of starving women and children. He came back to America and, burning with his story, he told of the sorrows and suffering he had seen. He asked for money, for clothes, and for food. Quickly it was given, for the need was great. He must have been glad and proud of his people when he sailed for Greece in a large ship full of rice, flour, money, and cloth for the widows and children. How the women flocked about him when he landed in Greece! It is the best of fun to be happy over some one else's happiness, and I suppose Dr. Howe never enjoyed himself more than when he saw the hungry little Greek children contentedly munching the bread he had brought.

But many of the people had been made ill by suffering and want of food. For them he started a hospital with the money he had brought from America.

And then, wise Dr. Howe thought about the future. Do you know what that means? He wondered what all these people were to do by and by to earn money. And he made a plan for them to build a great wharf for their harbor. He held a meeting of all the people in Ægina, and told them that he was going to build a pier, and that if they would work he would pay them for it. Instantly they set to the men dragging great stones and the women and children bringing baskets of pebbles and earth to fill in the gaps.

Dr. Howe was as happy as he was busy. One day he wrote in his diary: "Getting on finely. The poor who labor are now five hundred, and it is cheering to my heart to go among them and see the change that has taken place. Instead of, as formerly, humbly and tremblingly addressing me and begging for assistance, they look up brightly and confidently, and cry out: "Welcome among us, Sir!" and they often add as I go away,