70 Rather Uppish.

to construct various sorts of edi-
fices.

May did not know what to do.
She had the care of her dear Johnny
nearly every day in the week and all
day long, and she thought him the
cleverest boy in the world; so that
she felt quite sure that if he would
only try it would give him no
trouble, and that he would soon do
all sorts of things as well as any
prince.

And yet there were other boys,
and girls, too, children whom she
knew herself, and whom she did not
think half so clever as Johnny, who
could read a little and write a little,
and count the coloured balls in the