and prowess.

himself in a dense part of the forest, and suddenly face to face with a gigantic stag. His heart bounded within him. Here was something worthy of his skill Advancing toward the great beast, Hubert was about to aim his crossbow at it, when lo! above its head, between the horns, he beheld a luminous crucifix, and heard a voice saying, "Turn to thy God, O man, or thou wilt be forever lost."

Awed by these words, Hubert paused. In a flash his soul was illumined by the grace of God, and, seeing the evil of his ways, he knelt before the vision. Humbly he bowed his head, and asked what he must do to be saved. From the crucifix came the command, "Go to My servant Lambert, and he will tell thee what to do." Then the vision faded away into the depths of the forest, and was seen no more.

Seeking St. Lambert, who was Bishop of Maestricht, Hubert asked for advice, and following that, he renounced the world. His fervor and the progress he made in virtue and in learning strongly recommended him to the holy bishop, who ordained him priest and intrusted him with a great share in the administration of the diocese.

St. Lambert was barbarously murdered in 681, and St. Hubert was chosen as his successor. With wonderful zeal he penetrated into the most remote places of Ardennes, and abolished the worship of idols; and for

his apostolic work Our Lord bestowed upon him the gift of miracles. After a long and prosperous episcopate Hubert died on May 30, 727.

inspiration extraordinary elevation of the imagination.-perpetuated: caused to endure. ideal: model of perfection. - chase : hunting. - dense: close. - prowess: bravery. - luminous: shining. illumined: lighted up. administration: management. — apostolic: according to the teaching of the Apostles. - episcopate: office of a bishop.

Lost on the Mountain.

"Paul and Virginia," from which this selection is made, is a beautiful story, and has been translated into many languages. The two children who give the title to the book lived as brother and sister; when the selection begins they had just taken back a runaway slave woman to her master, who, for Virginia's sake, consented to pardon the poor creature. The children start to return home, but impelled by weariness and hunger they seek for food, and in this search are lost on the mountain.

Overcome by fatigue, hunger, and thirst, Paul said to Virginia, "My dear sister, it is past noon, and I am sure you must be thirsty and hungry; we shall find no dinner here; let us go down the mountain again and ask the master of the poor slave for something to eat."

"Oh, no," answered Virginia, "I am afraid of him. Remember what mamma sometimes says, 'The bread

of the wicked is like stones in the mouth.' God will take care of us; He listens to the cry even of the little birds when they ask Him for food."

Scarcely had she said this when they heard the splash of water as it fell from a neighboring spring. They ran toward it, and having quenched their thirst with the crystal water, they gathered and ate some cresses which grew near the spring. While they were wandering back and forth in search of more solid food, Virginia perceived in the thickest part of the forest a young cabbage palm. The cabbage, which is at the top of the palm, infolded within its leaves, is good to eat; but although the stock of the tree is not thicker than a man's leg, it grows to a height of about sixty feet. The wood of the tree, indeed, is really a bundle of fine filaments; but the bark is so hard that it will turn the edge of a hatchet, and Paul had not even a knife.

It occurred to him, however, that he might set fire to the palm tree, but here a new difficulty arose; he had no steel with which to strike fire; and although the whole island is covered with rocks, it is doubtful whether a single flint could be found.

Paul determined to kindle a fire as the negroes did. With the sharp end of a stone he made a small hole in the dry branch of a tree which he held between his

feet; then, with the edge of the same stone, he cut to a point another dry branch of a different sort of wood. Placing the point of the stick into the small hole of the branch which he held with his feet, he turned it rapidly between his hands. In a few minutes. smoke and sparks of fire issued from the point of contact. Heaping together some dried grass and branches, Paul set fire to the foot of the palm tree, which soon fell to the ground with a great crash.

Having succeeded in obtaining the cabbage, they ate part of it raw, and the rest they roasted on the ashes.

After they had satisfied their hunger they were much worried by the thought that they had no guide, and knew not the way home.

Paul, whose spirit was not easily daunted, said: "The sun shines full upon our huts at noon; we must pass, as we did this morning, over that mountain, with its three points, which you see yonder. Come, let us be moving."

Descending the steep bank of the Black River on the northern side, after an hour's walk they reached another large river, which barred their further progress.

The stream by which Paul and Virginia were standing, rolled foaming over a bed of rocks. The noise of the waters frightened Virginia, and she was afraid to wade