70 " -MADGE’S MISTAKE,

which will be finer still when she is older,
and Tiny a delightfully sweet mezzo, which
charms all who hear her.

It is hardly surprising, therefore, that he
looks upon my vocal performances as merely
a necessary evil! Having arrived in sight
of the verandah, which runs all along the
front of the house, I am suddenly startled
by a voice therefrom, which demands in no
gentle voice, “‘ Who is that whistling?”

“Me,” I reply, as with a flushed counte-
nance I present myself before my enraged
parent.

“Oh! you, is it?” he replies, as he fixes
his piercing eyes on mine; “ well, ’'d advise
you to try ‘I’ next time; now go in to your
breakfast, and don’t let me hear you whist-
ling again, do you hear?”

I do hear, but I do not stop to say so, ‘and
in a twinkling I am seated at the breakfast-
table, at which I find the whole family as-
sembled, with the exception of Mother and
Netty.

There is a Babel of voices as I enter the