| Ea NP Pa, “CARROTS.”

| «But Dot dd do to ’Ebben,” said Doll, who
| & Be as well as Dot was listening to what Bessie
| ‘ ei was saying. “And then Doll tummed to ’Eb-

ben too,” said Dot; “and then ’Ebben was

nice.”

I kissed the pets again, partly to prevent

Bessie seeing the tears in my eyes. I under-

 

stood it all now without asking any more, and
tes Bessie never knew what it was I “ad thought.

X5 Oe Only you can fancy how sorry I was to find
| ee 2 - : aN the trots were leaving Pau that very afternoon !
a ¢ They were the children whose dear little voices
I had heard ‘through the wall, whom the landlord
| Ks aa had feared might disturb us. They were go-

 

ing on to Italy for the winter.
SN “Tf only I had known last night who they
Seed -5 were!” I said to mamma regretfully.
| i Mamma, however, was always wise. “Think,
wie s =» rather,” she said, “how very glad you should
be to know it this morning. And who can
tell but what some time or other you may see
the trots again?”

But I never did!