Bob Robinson's Baby at

“There are several worms on the ground
outside,” suggested Mrs. R. timidly.

“Pooh! i said Mir R. Bh? Oh, yes,
so there are. It’s that fellow the starling
who has a nest under the eaves. He's
dropped them, of course ; he’s a most waste-
ful fellow.”

“But his nest—or rather 4er nest—is on
the other side of the house.”

“There you are again, jumping to con-
clusions, Cecilia!”

Every day Bob Robinson found a
number of worms for his new baby; and
every day the starling who lived under the
eaves, the other side of the house, was
seen to pick up worms from beneath the
nursery window ; which (as Bob said) clearly
proved that the starling had dropped them
there himself. Poor Mrs. Bob Robinson
had her doubts; but, being dutiful and
reverential, said nothing about them.

Meanwhile Bob Robinson decided on
certain alterations in the garden; he re-
solved to abolish flowers altogether, and
devote the flower-beds wholly to the cultiva-