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‘Oh, I shall swarm up the water-pipe, as I did the other day. I shall manage all right’; and his eyes sparkled with the delight of arranging a real adventure.

‘Well, I suppose that’s how it will have to be-

settled, as Diamond jubilee is such a great baby.’ said Emmeline reluctantly. ‘ Anyhow, we really must go home now, so you will just have to wait here patiently, Diamond Jubilee, till Micky can come back.’

‘Not ifl know it,’ said Diamond Jubilee, who as a town-bred boy felt terrors of the gathering dusk in the lonely wood which stirred him to unwonted resolution. ‘You'll be giving me the slip if I let you out of my sight.’

‘ Ladies and gentlemen always keep their word,’ said Emmeline, with much dignity ; ‘ you needn't be afraid of Micky's not coming back.’

‘ I'm coming home along of you,’ said Diamond jubilee firmly; ‘then you can give me some- thing to eat. I'm about ready for it, I can tell you.’

‘ You're t/ze most unreasonable boy I ever tnet,’ said Emmeline, at the end of her patience. ‘ You can't possibly come home with us. Aunt Grace would be most awfully angry. And I think it's extremely greedy of you to want anything more to eat after what you had at the shop,’

Emmeline herself had had one tea, and was