MASTER HENRY'S 
 
 ARRIVAL, 
 
 AND 
 
 THE ALARM. 
 
 TROY, N. Y. 
 MERRIAM & MOORE, 
 
THOUGHTLESSNESS. 
 
MASTER HENRY'S ARRIVAL. 
 
 Tf^T was five o'clock, on a fine 
 ^ evening in autumn, and Mrs. 
 Kitty, Mr. Dalben's housekeeper, 
 who knew when to expect her ma^- 
 
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 ter, had lighted a good fire, and set 
 the tea-things in order, for she knew 
 that her master hked tea after a 
 journey, when the carriage drove up 
 to the door, containing the good old 
 gentleman, with his little adopted son 
 whose father had died a few days 
 before, asleep on his knees. 
 
 Mrs. Kitty and Sally the cook, 
 immediately hastened out to the door, 
 and Thomas the gardener came 
 running from a distant part of the 
 garden at the sound of the carriage. 
 
 Thomas bowed his head as he 
 opened the carriage ; and Mr. Dal- 
 ben, addressing Kitty, said, " take this 
 little man as gently as you can, and 
 lay him on the sofa, if possible, with- 
 out waking him." 
 
 " O the little darling ! the little fair 
 one !" said Mrs. Kitty ; " so like his 
 dear papa ! a thousand blessings rest 
 upon him!" — Gently, gently, Kitty," 
 
MASTER HEINRY's ARRIVAL, 5 
 
 said Mr. Dalben ; " there now you have 
 him. Lay hhn on the sofa, where 
 he can see me when he wakes ; for 
 my old face is the only one which 
 little Henry will know." So saying, 
 the old gentleman accompanied his 
 housekeeper into the parlor, follow- 
 ed by Thomas and Sally ; who both 
 made an errand into the parlor to 
 have a further view of the little 
 sleeper. 
 
 " Softly, softly," said Mr. Dalben : 
 " there, that will do. And now how 
 are you all ? and how are the neigh- 
 bors ? All well ; I am glad to hear it." 
 
 " Poor Mr. Milner, Sir !" said Mrs. 
 Kitty, as she put some water into the 
 tea-pot : " I hope, Sir, he died happy, 
 trusting in his Saviour's merits." — 
 "Yes, Kitty," returned Mr. Dalben, 
 " he is now at rest ; we might almost 
 wish we were with him."^ — " He was 
 a sweet little boy when a child," said 
 
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 Mrs. Kitty, "and that little darling 
 there is the very picture of him." So 
 saying, she gave another kind look 
 at the child, and walked out of the 
 room. 
 
 In the mean time Mr. Dalben 
 poured out his tea, and took a piece 
 of bread, to soak in milk for the 
 child, looking at him from time to 
 time, his heart being filled with thank- 
 fulness for the blessed death of the 
 father, and lifted up in prayer to God 
 that he might be enabled to fulfil his 
 duty towards the son. 
 
 Whilst employed in these medita- 
 tions, little Henry Milner opened his 
 eyes ; his first motion was to cry, 
 finding all around him strange and 
 new ; but as he looked about the 
 room his eye rested on the face of 
 his old friend, on which a smile light- 
 ed up his whole face, and he reached 
 both his little arms towards him. 
 
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 Mr. Dalbeii instantly got up and 
 took him on his knee, feeding him 
 with his own hands, and speaking to 
 him in a manner the most tender, 
 pointing out to him the cat, who waa 
 asleep upon the rug, and other objects 
 in the room which he thought would 
 please him. After a while the httle 
 boy began again to feel the fatigue 
 of his journey, and was then carried 
 to his bed in Mrs. Kitty's room. 
 
 The next morning he was brought 
 down to breakfast with his kind friend, 
 whom he was taught to call uncle ; 
 after which he was allowed to play 
 in the study, though Mrs. Kitty said 
 she feared Master Henry would prove 
 very troublesome to her master, who 
 liked to be quiet: "and then, Sir," 
 she said, " the little gentleman has no 
 playthings to amuse himself with." 
 
 - Well then, Kitty," said Mr. Dal- 
 ben, "in default of these send Thomaa 
 
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 to the carpenter's shop, to bring any 
 little square or oblong bits of board 
 which may be lying on the floor; 
 and you, Kitty, may clear out one 
 of those cupboards under the book- 
 cases, for him to keep them in." Mrs* 
 Kitty marvelled, but said nothing in 
 tlie parlor, though, when she went 
 out into the kitchen to send Thomas 
 to the carpenter, she ventured to re- 
 mark, that she had never seen her 
 master put himself so much out of 
 the way before ; " for you know, 
 Thomas, he was always particular 
 about the study carpet, and now he 
 is going to have all manner of rub- 
 bish brought in to litter the room : 
 surely, Sally, if little master is to 
 play upon the best carpet, he ought 
 to have some genteeler toys than a 
 parcel of bits of wood which are 
 good for nothing but to light the 
 oven." In this manner Mrs. Kitty 
 
MASTER henry's ARRIVAL. 9 
 
 vented her dissatisfaction, till Thomas 
 returned with the bits of board, which 
 she directed Sally to carry into the 
 parlor in her apron. 
 
 In the mean time Mr. Dalben had 
 emptied one of the cupboards, carry- 
 ing the books and papers to his clos- 
 et ; and Henry also made himself 
 busy on the occasion, and was migh- 
 tily pleased when Sally brought in 
 the bits of board, and Mr. Dalben 
 made him understand that they were 
 all to be his own, and that he was to 
 have the cupboard to keep them in. 
 
 Mr. Dalben studied, as his custom 
 was, till twelve o'clock, and Henry 
 * played during that time in the room ; 
 at twelve he walked out, and took 
 the little boy with him : they return- 
 ed about two, and Henry dined with 
 Mr. Dalben; being seated opposite 
 to his uncle on a large arm-chair, on 
 which the sofa cushion had been 
 
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 placed to form a seat of a conveni- 
 ent heio-ht for him. 
 
 After dinner Mr. Dalben went out 
 to see a sick neighbor ; and as Henry 
 
 was too young to go with him, he 
 was allow^ed to visit Mrs. Kitty on 
 her side of the house. 
 
 Before tea Mr. Dalben and Henry 
 met again ; and whilst the tea-things 
 were preparing, Mr. Dalben took 
 
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 Henry on his lap, and told him a 
 story, and talked to him a little about 
 his Creator. After tea Henry was 
 taught to say his prayers, and he 
 then went to bed. Thus his first day 
 passed, and several of the followmg 
 days under the roof of his kind 
 uncle : but when he had been about 
 a week in Mr. Dalben's house, an 
 accident happened about which I 
 will now tell you. 
 
THE GREAT ALARM. 
 
 ,NE morning after breakfast, Mr. 
 ^ Dalben being busy writing let- 
 ters, and Henry playing at his cup- 
 board, the little boy having spread 
 all his treasures on the floor, and 
 seeing his cupboard quite empty, took 
 it into his head to try whether there 
 was not room enough in it for such 
 
THE GREAT ALARM. 
 
 13 
 
 a little body as himself ; so he first 
 put ill his head and then one foot and 
 then the other, and finding plenty of 
 room, he pulled the door nearly to, 
 and stretching himself out along the 
 floor, fell fast asleep. In the mean 
 time two gentlemen came to the door 
 
 of the house, and asked to speak to 
 Mr. Dalben, who, for a moment for- 
 getting little Henry, walked out into 
 
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 THE GREAT ALARM. 
 
 the hall, and stood there some minutes 
 talking to the strangers. • When he 
 returned to his study he thought of 
 the child, and not seeing him in any 
 part of the room, he ran out hastily 
 into the kitchen to ask the ^servants 
 if they had seen Henry. They all 
 answered, that they had not. Where- 
 upon Mr. Dalben, followed by the 
 rest of the family, ran back into the 
 parlor, but no little Henry Milner was 
 to be seen, though they went into the 
 closet and looked under the sofa. 
 
 All were by this time much alarn>- 
 ed, and ran out of the parlor faster 
 than they had come in; and when 
 they got into the hall, one took one 
 way, and one another. Mrs. Kitty 
 hastened up stairs, Mr. Dalben de- 
 scended into the cellar, and Sally ran 
 into the kitchen and brew-house, 
 where she gave the alarm to an old 
 woman, who was busy washing little 
 
THE GREAT ALARM, 
 
 15 
 
 Henry's clothes. Thomas hurried 
 away from his flower pots, and ran 
 
 out into the garden ; Vvdiile Sally ex- 
 amined ev-ery hole and corner in the 
 offices within door, the old woman 
 ran to the pig-sty, into the barn, into 
 the shoe-hole, and into the coal-hole, 
 callmg as loud as she could, " Master 
 Henry! Master Henry! dear little 
 rogue, I hope no harm is come to 
 him ! '' 
 
 Whilst the family were in this con- 
 fusion, one running one way and one 
 
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 THE GREAT ALARM. 
 
 another, every body calling and no- 
 body answering, and every one be- 
 coming more and more frightened 
 every minute, little Henry was enjoy- 
 ing a very delightful rest at the bot- 
 tom of his cupboard ; and I know 
 not how long he might have lain 
 there, perhaps till night, if the whole 
 family, having searched in vain in 
 every possible direction, had not re- 
 turned again to the parlor ; and there, 
 whilst they were examining every 
 odd corner, Sally opened the cup- 
 board, and set up such a cry of joy, 
 that Henry began to stir and rub his 
 eyes, and was not a little surprised 
 to see his uncle, Mrs. Kitty, Thomas, 
 Sally, and the washer-woman, all 
 gathered together round the door of 
 his house, as he afterv/ards called his 
 cupboard. 
 
 "O you little rogux !" said Mrs, 
 Kitty ; " how you ha^e fiigbtcned m 
 
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 17 
 
 all ! who would have thought of your 
 being in the cupboard ?" 
 
 " Why, we might all have thought 
 of it," said Mr. Dalben, " if we had 
 thought at all, and not put ourselves 
 into such a fright ; however, I am 
 very thankful that our alarm is thus 
 removed. And now, my little man, 
 come out of your hole : you will live . 
 I feel assured, to thank your friends 
 for all the care which they have had 
 on your account." So the little boy 
 got up and came out, and having 
 thanked every one, he could not tell 
 for what, all departed to their own 
 places, and thus terminated this 
 dreadful alarm. 
 
THE EVIL TEMPER. 
 
 ^OT long after little Henry Mil- 
 ^ ner arrived at Mr. Dalben's, his 
 ^•^iday came, at which time he wa^ 
 four years of age. 
 
 At this period he could speak very 
 plainly, and could walk and run as 
 well and as far as most little boys 
 of his age. Like all little children, 
 whose hearts have not been chang- 
 ed, he was full of evil inclinations, 
 and showed in many ways, when h^ 
 was only in his fifth year, that his 
 nature was corrupt, and that he, hke 
 other children, stood in need both of 
 instruction and of punishment; al- 
 though by the care of his kind uncle 
 and Mrs. Kitty, he had been kej^ 
 
THE EVIL TEMPER. 
 
 19 
 
 from going with bad boys, and from 
 thus learning to he, and steal, and 
 
 ewear, and from the many other 
 wrong things which are learned by 
 going with such boys. 
 
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 THE EVIL TEMPER. 
 
 One day, when MufF had offended 
 him by getting into his cupboard, he 
 went in a great passion, and collect- 
 ed all his bits of board in his frock, 
 and threw them in over Muff, saying, 
 " You naughty cat, you frightful cat, 
 I hate you, that I do." 
 
 He also often showed a great deal 
 of ill-temper when Mr. Dalben call- 
 ed him to read. He would not for 
 many days say the letter F. His 
 uncle bought a set of ivory letters, 
 and used to lay them on the floor at 
 the farthest end of the room, and di- 
 rect him to bring him each letter as 
 he called for it : but if Mr. Dalben 
 chanced to call for F, he would bring 
 every letter in the alphabet first, and 
 leave that to the very last : and one 
 day he was so naughty about it, that 
 he would not bring it at all, till his 
 uncle got up to see if it was there, 
 and actually found it lying by itself 
 
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 on the carpet. There it is Henry," 
 he said, " pick it up, and carry it to 
 the rest." But the httle boy sv/elled 
 out his cheeks, and would not obey. 
 When Mr. Dalben saw this, he re- 
 membered Solomon's words : " Cor- 
 rect thy son whilst there is hope ; 
 thou shalt beat him with a rod, and 
 save his soul from hell." Accord- 
 ingly the old gentleman called for a 
 twig, and laying little master over his 
 knee, he soon made him willing to 
 bring the letter F. Henry cried vio- 
 lently ; but the moment he was set 
 down he took up the ivory letter, 
 carried it to the appointed place, and 
 came back in a moment to kiss his 
 uncle and beg pardon. 
 
 You will thank me for this by 
 and by, my little man," said Mr. Dal- 
 ben, wiping the tears from Henry's 
 face ; " and I will tell you moreover, 
 my boy, I love you too well to omit 
 
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 THE EVIL TEMPER. 
 
 any means appointed by God for 
 your soul's good." 
 
 After this day there were no more 
 battles about the letter F ; but Henry 
 stood out again a long while about 
 spelling cat ; he insisted, whenever 
 he came to that word, upon calling 
 it Muff^ and tried to put the matter 
 off at first, as a very good joke. But 
 on his uncle repeatedly telling him 
 tliat c-a-t would not spell Muff, he 
 grew sullen, and lowered his brow, 
 and pouted his lips. Mr. Dalben 
 reasoned a while with him, and next 
 tried threatening, upon which little 
 master grew more stubborn. Mr. 
 Dalben was then again forced to 
 have recourse to his friend the twig ; 
 which when the young gentleman 
 perceived, he called out, c-a-t, cat, so 
 loudly, that he was heard by Mrs. 
 Kitty, who was making . pie-crust in 
 the kitchen. 
 
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 23 
 
 Through the greater part of his 
 fifth year, httle Henry Milner from 
 time to time broke out in these httle 
 fits of obstinacy ; he ;was then so 
 very young, that he could hardly be 
 expected to understand the danger 
 and the guilt of sin, though his good 
 uncle tried to lay these matters be- 
 fore him in words as plain as pos- 
 sible ; but he perfectly understood 
 the arguments used by the twig : and 
 though I think Mr. Dalben only used 
 it three times, if he heard but the 
 name mentioned, he would instantly 
 give up any point, let him have it ever 
 6o much at heart. 
 
 As little Henry approached his 
 sixth year, through God's blessing 
 upon his uncle's care and instructions, 
 he became evidently more docile. — 
 A word would now do, where some 
 months past it had been necessary 
 to threaten, if not to inflict punish- 
 
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 ment : being more humble, he had 
 also become much more polite. I 
 am sorry to say, that I see many ht- 
 tle boys m .these days, who do not 
 practise goSd' manners ; the little 
 words Mdam, and Sir, and 1 thank 
 you, and / am obliged to you are 
 terribly out of fashion in these days ; 
 and I am very sorry for it, because 
 I take rude manners to be a sign ot 
 a proud heart, and we know how 
 hateful pride is to God, for his first 
 work with those whom he calls to be 
 ;us own children, is to humble them 
 m their own conceits. 
 
 In my next book I will tell you 
 about Master Henry's troubles m 
 learning his lesson, about all the 
 creatures that came to see him while 
 he was at study, and' about his visit 
 to the hay field with Mr. Dalben. 
 
MERRIAM & MOORE, 
 
 THE 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 § MASTER HENRY'S ARRIVAI*^ THE 
 GREAT ALARM. 
 
 MASTER HENRY'S LESSON; THE 
 VISITORS; HAYMAKING. 
 
 MASTER HENRY'S WALK ; THE 1 
 STORY OP JENNY CRAWLEY. 
 
 HENRY'S VISIT AT MRS, 
 GREEN'S; HIS RETURN. 
 
 HENRYS GREEN BAG; 
 LOSS AND RECOVERY. 
 
 MASTER HENRY'S RABBIT; 
 THE BEES; THE FAITH- 
 FUL DOG. 
 
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