“ CARROTS.”

with the heads of all the English kings and
queens, from William the Conqueror down to
Victoria.

»?

«« Sovereigns of England,’ mamma, you see

she exclaimed, pointing to the words on the
lid, and quite out of breath with hurry and ex-
citement, “and I very often call them my
sovereigns; and of course Carrots didn't un-
derstand how there could be a “a/f one of them,
nor how nurse could have any.”

“Tt must be so,” said Mrs. Desart to her
husband ; “the poor child really did zo¢ under-
stand.”

“But still the taking the money at all, and
hiding it,” said Captain Desart. “I don’t
see that it would be right not to punish him.”

“He has been punished already — pretty
severely for him, I fancy,” said Floss’s mother,
with a rather sad smile. “You will leave him
to me now, won't you, Frank?” she asked
her husband. “I will go up and see him, and
try to make him thoroughly understand. Give
me the sovereigns, Floss dear; I’ll take them