44 At Elm Cottage.

At last, making a bold effort, the
little fellow struggled off his grand-
mother’s knee, saying, ‘ Me fetch
em; ’ou see.

So he bundled downstairs very
quickly, and almost as quickly got
up again with the shoes in his hand.
And running up to his sister, he said,
‘Pease, put em on. Me let grand-
dad hear the nice noise.’

And then you should have seen
him marching up and down in noisy
triumph, much to the amusement of
the old couple !

But May remembered her promise,
and knew that it was now time for
them to go; so she asked Johnny if
he meant to keep them on or carry