THE SILVER LAKE STORIES. 69

“And who taught you to play so
peautifully ?” .

“Oh, a man who joined us once
taught me, and when he left us, he
gave me this pipe, and when we g0
through cities, the gipsys make me

play to get money for them.”

Ag soon as he got his piece of bread.
that morning, he said he must hasten
back, for Granny Greer was very sick.
The next day he did not come at the
usual time, but in the afternoon Maggy
heard the sound of the pipe, playing @
very sad and plaintive air. As soon
as she could find a moment’s time, she
hastened out to the end of the stone