A FOUR-FOOTED NURSE. 27

 How was that, dear ? inquired Mrs. Alford
"Are you listening, Harry? "
 "Emma's mother died when she was a baby,
and she had no nurse but her father and Serringga.
When Edward had to go away for a little, he used
to lay Emma down close to Serringga's hay, and
tell him to watch her; and if Emma crawled
away, he put his trunk round her and lifted her
back again. Emma can make him do anything
she pleases, he is so fond of her."
 Harry was so delighted to hear this about the
elephant, that after dinner, when they went up
into the nursery, he would do nothing but ride on
his hobby-horse; and when asked by nurse to
come and play with Willie and Miss Bertha, he
always said, "Oh, I can't, nurse; I'm riding away
to India. I want to see the elephant."
 The nursery at the rectory was such a very
nice room, hung round with pretty pictures; and
though Harry was rather a bad play-fellow, Mary,
the nurse, was very good-natured, and made her
such a nice doll out of pieces of rags. She told
little Willie such funny stories too, which made
Bertha laugh so heartily; and the day passed so
quickly, that she was quite surprised when Martha
came for her.