TINY AND GIP. 27

“Oh! of course something was wrong! he
asked me first if I thought James was sufh-
cient chaperon for two young ladies. I said,
Mother thought so, and then, after finding
fault with Tiny as to her manner of holding
the reins, he took off his hat and passed
on.”

“ Bah!” says Freda, “I wish Father would
be as kind as he is polite.”

“Well,” continues Gip, “we met young
Mr. Greenway just after, and I thought
Father would turn and come after us again,

-but he only waited to see if we stopped: of
course we only bowed; we couldn’t do any-
thing else under the circumstances, you know,
so he was satisfied and rode on.”

Jack enters here (thank goodness he
branched off to the stables before the episode
of the tub took place, so he knows nothing
of it), “Tea ready?” he asks; and without
waiting for an answer he seats himself, and
attacks the bread and butter.

“Come, girls,” says Miss Montgomery, as
she commences pouring out the tea. “Tiny