26 The Old Umbrella.

his eyes, ‘ because it seems like a duty
for you to go, child; but, mind you, if
you were to go running into danger,
or I were to throw you into it—
*twouldn’t be the same thing at all;
so now, take care what you're about,
and don’t steal liberty another time.
But, dear me, how it does rain

The children looked rather blank
at that: for it certainly was some-
thing of a downpour; but the father
said that when a great black cloud
that was just overhead had passed, it
would not be so bad; and there was
one comfort—they could each go well
shod—so he thought.

Johnny did not know what that
meant; but when it was explained