"See what ?" "Oh dear! and you began it, too," cried Nell.

"You really are a very stupid boy.

Why, it's a regular verse of poetry-- "Who forgot the bread?
Who forgot the tea?
And who forgot her head?
Oh, my--me! "Don't you see it now ?" "Oh, yes," replied Bob, adding his usual expression when praising anything--"it's jolly!" "I confess I did not see it either at first; so, I suppose, you'll call me a stupid too, Miss Nellie, eh ?" chuckled Captain Dresser.

"However, now you've made it all clear to us, I will, if you like, christen your short but sweet poem for you.

What say you to `Sarah's forget-me-nots'?
Do you think that will do, eh ?" "Splendidly!" said Nell; an opinion which they all seemed to share, excepting poor Sarah, into whose ears the verselet was dinned so incessantly, both by Bob and Nellie, and even by the pert Dick, too, that its repetition, or any specific allusion to any one of the articles she had omitted in making up the historic hamper, would invariably make the unfortunate damsel wince; while if the simple name of the innocent flower which the Captain had adopted were but mentioned, even without any malice prepense, the poor girl would leave the room at once.
"Where are the forget-me-nots ?" said Mrs Gilmour incautiously, for instance, to Nellie, while arranging the wild-flowers in vases shortly before going to bed.