Instance the absurdity of taking the fork under the thumb with the forefinger pressing along the back of the wobbly instrument, when any one could see that the proper, natural way of using a fork was to grasp it daggerwise and drive it firmly through that skidding piece of meat.

Not only this, but a cup must be held in one hand, and bread must be broken into little pieces before putting butter on it.

Above all, no matter how terribly hard one tried, there was sure to be a mistake, and then: "Now, Joan, don't do that.

This is the way--" But how different everything was in this delightful house of Daddy Dan! In an incredibly short time three torches flared about them and filled the air with scents of freshness and the outdoors-scents that went tingling up the nose and filled one with immense possibilities of eating.

At the very same time, a few motions caused a heap of wood to catch fire and blaze among the stones while a steady stream of blue-white smoke wavered up toward the top of the cave and disappeared in the shadows.