He would expect it to be opened." "But father said no one could come in there now," explained Regie, who had watched, open-mouthed, the upheaval of the gate.

"Father said it could not be opened any more.

He told mother." "Did he, my son ?" said Dick, and he kissed every one, beginning with Hester and finishing with the dolls.

Then they all sat down to the tea-party, and partook largely of the delicacies, and after tea Dick solemnly asked the children if they had seen the flying half-penny he had brought back with him from Australia.

The children crowded round him, and the half-penny was produced and handed round.