PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS. 15

very small doses. That matter was all
arranged.

The next step was to mount the lad-
der. It was thought best, by all means,
to take up two hats. One hat, we
thought, Would be hardly sufficient to
hold all the eggs. So up I started,
holding on tight to the rounds of the
ladder with both hands, and as tight to
the brims of both hats with my teeth.

In spite of myself, somehow or other,
I felt my courage oozing out of my fin-
gers and toes, as I went up the ladder.
I trembled a little, I guess. But I went
on. I had no notion of being scared out
of an expedition which promised a peck