A TREASURY OF STORIES, JINGLES AND RHYMES.

Then the muff girl said, “ What's your name?” AndI
told them “ Charlie,” and she said, “I’ve brought you some-
thin’ right here in my muff—guess what?” And [had to
guess a lot of things—but none of them was right, so she took
outa little paper Box from her muff, and I undid it, and what
do you think! A lot of glass beads—red and blue and all
colors. She said, ‘“ Youcan string ‘em on a thread, an’ make
necklaces an’ rings.” And then the flower girl said, ‘I’ve
brought you somethin’ too!”—and she gave me her big
bunch of lovely flowers.

Then the fan girl said, “So have I brought you a pres-
ent.” And she took her hand from behind her back and
gave me—what do you suppose? A dear little live ¢urdle
tied by a string! Was n't ¢haé nice?

Then they all looked at the peppermint girl—and she put
her finger in her mouthand hung herhead. They all giggled
again—an’ when [I said, «What's the matter?” hens the
flower girl said, ‘Tilly Pepp’mint, she set out to bring
you some pepp’mints—but ‘fore she got here, she eat them
all“up!”

Then Tilly Pepp’mint said, “I’ve got one left”—but I
said, “ No thank you. Yoweat it.” Soshe popped it in her
mouth, and they all giggled together !

I asked them to stay and play with me—but they only
giggled again, and went out of the gate one by one, and
away down the road. They were too shy to stay. But
they were the jolliest little chocolate creams I ever saw.

Elizabeth S. Tucker.

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