74 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

in, and then two more for those which his father
carried in in one hand, and then, finally, she
added another mark, for the one egg which his
father carried in in his lantern hand.

“Now,” said Lucy, “if you'll count them all
up, you'll see that it makes just five, — exactly.”

So Eben began to count, —

“ One — two — five — six — four.”

“QO dear me!” said Lucy; “ why, that isn’t
the way to count.” .

“ That’s the way I count,” said Eben.

Lucy looked extremely perplexed, and did not
know what to say ; but just at that moment her
mother came up. She saw that the lantern
which Eben-had put: down upon the ground,
while he was listening to his lesson in arithmetic,
was leaning over to one side; and she was afraid
that the light had got put out. So she took it up,
and looked into it.

“No,” said Lucy, “it has not gone out, but
it burns very dim. What makes it bun so dim,
tnother?”” she asked.

“Q, it burns very well. It looks rather dim,
but that is because it is bright daylight. A candle
burning in the daylight always looks dim.”

Her mother then asked her what she was
making there in the road. Lucy told her tnat