28 THE WEASELS OF HOLM-WOOD.

become of him. ‘To her, of course, he told all his strange adven-
ture, and she, silly thing, went immediately and cackled the whole
story to Dame Goose; who told it to one of the young Goslings,
who told it to old Mr. Drake ; he quacked it about so loudly that
his wife and children soon learned it; and in ten minutes there
was not one in all Holm-farm who did not know of this won-
derful adventure. As for performing his promise, we must do
Mr. Bantam the credit of saying he never for a moment thought
of being such a silly, for he well knew that the day which saw
him enter Old Weasel’s house would be his last. |