“ CARROTS,”

“Not just yet. When we've gone about
half-way would do; and papa said that great
‘big place, Millingham, would be about half-

”

way.

“ But if there were any other people to get

into the carriage?” said Carrots.

“Well, it wouldn’t matter,” said Floss.
“People must eat when they are travelling.”

“But wouldn’t we have to ask them to have
some too ?” suggested Carrots, :

“T don’t know,” said Floss ; “I never thought
of that. Perhaps it would be polite. But there
are only eight sandwiches, Carrots ; eight sand-
wiches and four sponge cakes and a packet of
Albert biscuits, I hope a great many people
won’t get in.”

No one got in at the next station, Only
the guard put his head in at the door, as Cap-

tain Desart had asked him to do, to see how
the little pair were getting on. Carrots had
thoughts of offering Azm a sandwich ; but he
disappeared before there was time to do so,
which Floss thought very fortunate when she