And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand; and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were

without number, as the sand by the seaside for multitude.

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

TO THE PUPIL:

1. Pruning knife, a knife used to cut off from a vine, shrub or tree any excess of branches or twigs; wan means pale, sickly looking; melancholy, sad, low-spirited, down-hearted, unhappy; apology, excuse; site, a place fitted for permanent use or occupation; latitude, distance north or south of the equator; stud means (1) to set thickly with small points or projections, especially with bright knobs or studs; as, He has studded the heavens with stars; (2) to be set thickly upon; as, The daisies stud the meadows; treacherous, faithless, betraying a trust, traitorous; device, a scheme, design; trophies, anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory.

2. Lescarbot (lā cär'bō); Fortuné (for tū' nā); Poutrincourt (poo trăn′ coor).

TO THE TEACHER:

Take up the suffix ous in connection with Exercise 1. Phonics, the pronunciation of the words in Exercise 2.

SEVENTEENTH DAY

Next morning, bright and early, the Doctor came with his car, as promised, and in a few minutes Uncle Jack and the children were on their way with the Doctor to Provincetown, Ben sitting next to the chauffeur, who on this occasion was Dr. Worth, himself.

As they passed through Orleans, the Doctor called their attention to the shore station of the French Cable Company.

"How far is it from here to France?" asked May. "Roughly speaking,” replied Uncle Jack, “about three thousand miles."

"Suppose you sailed out that way, straight across the ocean," said Belle, pointing to the east, "what would be the first land you would see?"

"If you sailed due east, it would be the coast of Portugal just north of Lisbon, if my memory serves me aright," replied Uncle Jack.

As they talked, the car rolled smoothly and quietly on, and in less than two hours the Doctor

stopped the machine in front of the hotel where Father and Mother were staying. In a few minutes the party was reunited, and they all started out to take a look at the quaint, old town.

"It looks," said Ben, after they had walked a little while, "as if there were but one street in this place."

“That is true," replied Uncle Jack. "That is just the remark I made the first time I visited here. And there was a curious coincidence about my visit: It was the first time I had ever set foot in the State of Massachusetts, and I came ashore from the Massachusetts, which was the craft on which I did my first service. Then, as now, all the business of the town was carried on in this street. There is another street, however, parallel with it