WHAT THE BROWN BEETLE SAW. Ig

brown beetle who was gazing admiringly at
her, the blue dragon-fly busied herself in
arranging her toilet, that was in some dis-
order from her long flight. She fluttered her
gauzy wings and spread them in the sun, all
the time apparently unconscious of the pres-
ence of the brown beetle, who was admiring,
with all his might, the beautiful blue of her
graceful body, and the delicacy of her gauzy
wings.

Giving the finishing touches to her toilet,
the blue dragon-fly threw back her head proud-
ly, and addressed her attendants thus:

“J desire ye to keep further off. Your pres-
ence oppresses me.”

The gnats obediently withdrew to a short
distance, and hovered together in the warm air,
while the blue dragon-fly balanced herself
gracefully on a stone and, for the first time,
looked at the brown beetle.

The beetle was so embarrassed, when the
dragon-fly fixed her beautiful great eyes on
him, that he hardly knew what he said, but he
stammered some words to the effect that he
was glad to see her.

“Tt is a matter of indifference to me,” re-