Now don't you think that old pie might ha' come down straight ?" "You should have seen his face, poor dear!" cried Pink.

"He really couldn't laugh--for almost two minutes." "Wal, I s'pose 'twas kind o' funny," the boy admitted, while Hilda laughed merrily over the catastrophe.

"But thar! when one's used to standin' on two legs, it's dretful onhandy tryin' to stand on one.

We'll have bread and jam to-day," he added, with an affectionate glance at the pot of marmalade, "and that's a good enough dinner for the Governor o' the State." "Indeed, you shall have more than that!" cried Hildegarde.

"Nurse Lucy does not need me before dinner, so I will get your dinner for you." So the active girl made up the fire anew, swept the floor, dusted tables and chairs, and made the little room look tidy and cheerful, as Pink loved to see it.