MY ASTHETIC SISTER. 21

nothing; and just at that instant I hear
Miss Montgomery’s voice calling us in to
tea,

As Jack rises from the ground I hastily
slide down from my seat in order to avoid
his delicate attentions in helping me, which
generally consist in seizing my two feet and
dragging me down.

We now march on together in silence,
followed by the dogs, who have calmed down
considerably.

I see my eldest sister, Elfreda, walking
towards the house with Miss Montgomery,
our governess.

This sister of mine goes in for intensity,
and wears dresses very much gathered and
puckered up, and has awfully long tails to
them, which are always tripping us up, and
herself too, sometimes; she wears large
flowers, too, tucked up right under her neck,
and thinks it a dreadful thing to walk any-
way but very slowly.

It was fun to see her the other day though,
when Jack went up to her and said, “ Freda,