LEAVING HOME.
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Here is Arthur Young. He is leaving home for the first time in his life, and is going away to be a sailor on board a very large ship. He was so proud of his fine clothes when they came home, and was never tired of talking about the ship to his little brothers and sisters; but now he cannot help thinking that he will not see his dear, kind mother, for ever so long, and he is trying to listen very attentively to her last words of advice.