name as I found out af-ter-ward) did
not at first see me. But when I
spoke, he turned quick-ly round,
took off his fun-ny hat, and made a
low bow. —

“T liked his bright, earn-est face,
and asked him where he lived.

““Down yon-der, he said point-
ing to a lit-tle cot-tage down in the
val-ley, ‘and that is my sis-ter,’ he—
add-ed, ‘the lit-tle girl pick-ing
flow-ers o-ver there in the field.
She of-ten comes up here to help 1 me
take care of the sheep.’

“<Are there an-y more lit-tle sis-
ters or broth-ers at home?’ I asked.

“There are six of us in all,’ said
Pierre, ‘three girls and three boys,
and I am the eld-est. Our fath-er