92 Make-Believe

“T like you, do you know?” said Doris.
by-and-by.

“Do you, indeed ?” asked her companion
in tones of absolute surprise, as he sat up
in the boat. ‘“ Whatever for?”

‘You believe so many things,” answered
the child. Then, noting, perhaps, that he
was still a little puzzled: “I’m sure that
you would never say there are no such
things as fairies.”

“T should think not,” said the Visitor,
much relieved.. ‘That is the sort of thing
you are simply bound to believe if you
want to go on living.”

‘‘But have you ever seen any?” asked
Doris, forgetting all about the world
beneath the waters, and facing him
eagerly.

“Jam not quite sure, Doris,” he said.
“T fancy I used to see them pretty often
once upon a time. But, anyway, I don’t
count for anything. You may be certain
plenty of other people have seen them.
Have you forgotten the tale of a man who