Mr.Winston, the gentleman father has brought home." "I really believe the child is crazy," said Mrs.Ellis, surveying the chagrined girl.

"Beat Mr.Winston over the head with a broom! how came you to do it ?" "Oh, mother, I made a great mistake; I thought he was a beggar." "He must be a very different looking person from what we have been led to expect," here interrupted Esther.

"I understood father to say that he was very gentlemanlike in appearance." "So he is," replied Caddy.
"But you just said you took him for a beggar ?" replied her mother.
"Oh, don't bother me, don't bother me! my head is all turned upside down.
Do, Esther, go down and let them in--hear how furiously father is knocking! Oh, go--do go!" Esther quickly descended and opened the door for Winston and her father; and whilst the former was having the dust removed and his hat straightened, Mrs.Ellis came down and was introduced by her husband.

She laughingly apologized for the ludicrous mistake Caddy had made, which afforded great amusement to all parties, and divers were the jokes perpetrated at her expense during the remainder of the evening.

Her equanimity having been restored by Winston's assurances that he rather enjoyed the joke than otherwise--and an opportunity having been afforded her to obliterate the obnoxious marks from the door-steps--she exhibited great activity in forwarding all the arrangements for tea.
They sat a long while round the table--much time that, under ordinary circumstances, would have been given to the demolition of the food before them, being occupied by the elders of the party in inquiries after mutual friends, and in relating the many incidents that had occurred since they last met.
Tea being at length finished, and the things cleared away, Mrs.Ellis gave the girls permission to go out.