A BASKET OF CHILDREN,

 

“How many are there, Charley? One,
two, three, four, five, besides the dolly.
What a basketful !”

“Yes, Susy; I guess it was more than
full, for it looks as if one had spilled out.”

“| wonder how they came ig, (acer.
Perhaps they climbed in and can’t get out.”

“Oh! Pll tell you, Susy. Maybe they
have been out playing and got all covered
with dirt, and their mamma has put them
in there until she can get time to wash
them. That one little girl looks tired and
hungry and cross. And the other little one
doesn't look very happy. See. how she
treats her dolly. I think the boys look
better humored than the girls, don’t you?”

“Well, they ought to be; they are big
ger than the girls.” a

“That is true, Susy dear, and I’m bigger
than you, so I'll not tease you.”