104 THE COUSINS.

that they all wore thick shoes, he sct off briskly
in the direction of the wood.

“Oh! I know what it is; papa has put up the
swing. Have you not, papa?” exclaimed Lucy.

“Yes, I have put up the swing.”

General expressions of delight followed, and
Mr. Lovett’s followers pressed so closely upon him
that he was compelled to quicken his footsteps.
At the rate they now walked it took them but a
few minutes to reach the walnut tree, and there
was the swing hung on one of its largest branches,
made of a large, strong rope, of whose breaking
they need not fecl afraid, and with a good seat in
it. But the swing, with all its excellence, at-
tracted less attention than some other objects
under the walnut tree. Several low seats were
there with backs to them, and a table, and the
children almost believed that both seats and table
were a part of the tree, for they were just the
colour of its trunk. The legs of both the chairs
and table were made of unbarked wood, and the
seats, and back of the chairs, and top of the table
of grape vines twisted and braided fantastically
together. When they had admired these new