I've learned it all, and written it
Without the least mistake,
And mother said, "I am right glad
To see the pains you take."

I did not know how pleasant 'twas
To study hard before;
But now, I'm very sure, I'll ask
For easy tasks no more.




[Illustration: "Now Tony might have been often seen sitting in front of
his father's cottage."--_See page_ 107.]




TONY THE MILLER'S SON

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CHAPTER FIRST.


ABOUT A MILL, AND THE OLD MILLER WHO BECAME TIRED AND SOLD IT TO TONY'S
FATHER, AND OF THE ADVICE GIVEN TO THE NEW OCCUPANT.

For many long years there once stood a solitary mill. It was in a valley